FWD:Music Acknowledgements

I would like to thank a number of people for doing so much of the work to make FWD:Music such a success on Saturday night.

• First of all, the RCM faculty performers on the concert:
  
  Susan Gagnon, cello
  Brahm Goldhamer, piano
  Alan Hetherington, percussion
  Helen Jacob-Stein, violin
  Joel Katz, bass-baritone
  Anne Lederman,fiddle
  Robert Loewen, baritone
  Wagner Petrilli, Brazilian guitar
  Karen Quinton, piano
  Helen Russell, clarinet
  Margot Rydal, flute
  Stephen Satory, piano
  Donna Sherman, soprano
  Christine Surman, piano
  George Thurgood, piano
  Jennifer Tung, piano, soprano
  Subhadra Vijaykumar, Carnatic violin
  Alla Zacarelli, piano
  Monica Zerbe, mezzo-soprano
  Christopher Foley (me), piano

• The non-RCM faculty performers:
  
  M. Mayuran, mrdangam
  Ivan Zilman, guitar

• The members of the subcommittee I chaired with the task of getting this series off the ground:
  
  Joel Katz
  Christine Surman
  Jamie Thompson
  Stephen Satory

• The entire Faculty Association Executive Committee for their input on various matters, especially John Graham, president of the Faculty Association.

• Jessica Lovett and Jacquelyne Beriault, Marketing Managers of the RCM Community School for their tireless work creating and distributing press releases, posters, and brochures.

• Jeremy Trupp, Payment and Adjustments Officer of the RCM Community School, also wearing his hat as box office manager.

• Josh Grossman, Performance Manager of The Glenn Gould School and production coordinator for the show, who ensured that all the stage business associated with having 20 faculty members on stage in one evening went off without a hitch.

• And finally, Stephen Green, Acting Dean of the RCM Community School, for having such enthusiasm and support for this project.
  

What I found particularly satisfying about this concert was the first-rate quality of the performers and how seamlessly the classical, folk, and world music works blended into each other. Congratulations to all for what might very well become one of the RCM's most unique and engaging concert offerings.