TEMPO Programme 2022 – 2023
Many thanks to our Program Director, Christine
McClymont, who is planning an exciting program for 2022-
23. Our first session will begin on October 2nd because of location difficulties
in September
October 2: Colin Savage - Recorders
Colin Savage was the principal clarinetist with the
Mississauga Orchestra for 30 years and excels on the recorder. He has
toured Japan and played with Opera Atelier, Canadian Opera Company,
Apollo’s Fire, Les Boréades, Tafelmusik and the Toronto Consort. Besides
pursuing his photographic interests, Colin is an enthusiastic member of
Ensemble Polaris, a Northern crossover band who play accordion, mandolin,
Swedish pipes, recorders, bouzouki, musical saws, and more. They have made
five recordings, and enjoy a successful concert life.
November 6, Anne Massicotte (Recorders)
Anne Massicotte graduated from the
Conservatoire de Québec as a clarinetist. She then taught music for the
Toronto District School Board for 30 years. As an Orff specialist, she
developed award-winning children’s choirs. Anne teaches recorder privately,
as well as conducting large ensembles and adjudicating at music festivals.
She was a founding member of the recorder quartet, ACTA. She now sings with
the Toronto Chamber Choir, and has been teaching at the CAMMAC Musical
Centre since 1984.
December 4, 2022, Vincent Lauzer (Recorders)
Vincent Lauzer has performed on recorders since age 8.
While still a youth, he won first prize in the Canadian Music Competitions
Stepping Stone division. He received his master’s degree in music at McGill
University, studying with Matthias Maute and Sophie Lariviere. He has
played with many groups, such as Les Violons du Roy and the Pacific Baroque
Orchestra. Vincent performed with Flute Alors! in Toronto’s Summer Music
Garden, and is a member of Ensemble La Cigale. He posted a virtual concert
in July 2020 with the Lameque International Baroque Music Festival of which
he is Artistic Director.
Jan. 8th, 2023,
Joseph Lanza (Baroque Violin)
Joseph Lanza was Concertmaster of Orchestra
London for more than 25 years. He also loves chamber music and has
performed in countless ensembles in London and Toronto. Joseph’s evolving
interest in music of the 17 th and 18 th centuries led him to study Baroque
violin with Jeanne Lamon and Stephen Marvin. He has performed regularly
with Tafelmusik and Opera Atelier, made many recordings, and toured to
Europe and the Far East. Joseph teaches privately and at the University of
Western Ontario.
February 5, 2023, Femke Bergsma (Recorders)
Femke Bergsma studied recorder at the Utrecht
Conservatory in Holland and is also a viol player. She established her
multi-instrument career in Montreal, performing regularly with several
eminent ensembles specializing in Baroque music including Les Boréades and
les Idées Heureuses. She has also performed with Thirteen Strings in Ottawa
and Tafelmusik in Toronto. Femke has a special interest in medieval music.
She teaches regularly at CAMMAC’s musical summer camp.
March 5, 2023, Janos Ungvary (Recorders)
Axeff “Janos” Ungvary has become a much respected
supporter and friend of TEMPO. He studied recorder and flute in Hungary,
and has been a performer and teacher with chamber orchestras and small
chamber groups in Austria, France, Germany, Poland, and the former
Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. He presently teaches music for the Toronto
District School Board and is a private music teacher and coach of chamber
groups in Toronto.
April 2, 2023, Caroline Tremblay (Recorders)
Caroline Tremblay is a passionate flutist. She
obtained her Masters degree in Music Interpretation at Université de
Montréal, which included an internship abroad at the Jerusalem Academy of
Music and Dance. In 2004, she won first place in her category at the
Canadian Music Competition. As a founding member of the Flute Alors!
Quartet, she tours across Canada and the United States playing for
audiences of all ages. She has been a soloist for many orchestras, even for
Cirque de Soleil events. She’s an enthusiast of early musical education, as
well as musical director for the Montreal Recorder Society and a teacher at
the CAMMAC Music Centre.
May 7, 2023, Robert Rivers
(Recorders and Viol)
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