A premier degree-granting institution for the scholarly and professional study of music, the University of Toronto Faculty of Music presents an annual season showcasing its outstanding students, faculty and visiting artists in master classes, lectures and concerts.

Featuring chamber, orchestral, vocal, choral, jazz, electroacoustic, opera, percussion, historical, contemporary and world music, the 2001-2002 season includes appearances by tenor Ben Heppner; conductors Helmuth Rilling and Sir David Willcocks; pianist and conductor Martin Isepp; organists Egbert Schoenmaker and Ludger Lohmann. For the first time, the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Raffi Armenian joins forces with the Montreal Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 6. The Opera Division presents Britten’s Albert Herring in the fall and Offenbach’s Bluebeard in the spring.

Other distinguished faculty and guests highlighted are pianists William Aide and Jean-Paul Sevilla; flautist Patrick Gallois; cellist Shauna Rolston; soprano Lorna MacDonald; violinist Scott St. John; jazz bassist Dave Young; guitarist Massimo Gasbarroni; Elmer Iseler Singers; chamber ensembles Amici, St. Lawrence String Quartet, Gryphon Trio and I Solisti Veneti.