An afternoon with CLAYTON SCOTT

An afternoon with CLAYTON SCOTT

Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 1:30pm

Westside Lutheran Church (510 Ferndale Dr. North Barrie, ON)

MOTIVATION! - 1:30pm
Igniting the Flame and Keeping it Lit. Supportive and Balanced Approaches that Motivate Motivation! This is where it all begins. Come hear Clayton Scott discuss how to ignite the flame of motivation - and keep it lit - for your children and students.

This workshop is full of ideas that you can use to support your children and students, as well as balanced approaches to motivate them - and you. Motivation: the powerful desire to learn. Come learn how to nurture and inspire this motivation. So that your child or student will say: "I want to play this!" Or even better: "I have to play this!"

This workshop is for Students age 11 and up, Parents & Teachers

MUSIC AS STORY - 3:30pm
Music tells a story - a good story. Therefore this presentation/ performance is conducted in a lively and anecdotal manner. The great operas, ballets and symphonic works come alive as their stories are dramatically retold. Who wrote them? When? Where? Why? Who was the first audience?

A Multi-disciplinary approach will gradually unfold the story behind the music, in its historical and social context. Composers will be taken off their pedestals and revealed as real people, living in a real time. The audience will become part of the fabric of the era.

Each session will begin with a spirited investigation of the concrete: the social history, manners, clothing, art and politics of the era; and then move to the abstract - the specific musical works. Key passages - what in the music makes it a masterwork - will be demonstrated at the piano and discussed- but always anecdotally, always accessibly to an audience of mixed ages. Finally, a dramatic performance of the work will bring the story to life, told over music recorded by world class orchestras and singers.

Clayton Scott's objective is to educate and entertain, as she introduces the masterworks of opera, ballet and orchestral music to families, students and the general public.

Fee Per Person: $25
Fee Per Family: $50
Early Bird Rate: $40 Please send cheque payable to Barrie Branch ORMTA by Oct 7th to Susan Pajor, 68 Gore Dr. Barrie L4N 5R5