Diane Kolin

Soar – Toronto Chinese Orchestra 30th anniversary concert

Trinity-St. Paul's United Church 427 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON, Canada

I will be one of the guests of this special performance. Come celebrate with us as we present our 30th Anniversary concert, SOAR, showcasing traditional and contemporary works for Chinese orchestra. All our repertoire are Canadian premieres, with one of the earliest works for the traditional Chinese orchestra, Variations on Xinshuiling (1925) by LIU Tianhua,...

Adaptive Voice and Instruments workshops at CMST: final performance 2023

York University, Music Department 83 York Boulevard, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, Canada

Presentation of the adaptive voice and instruments workshops at the CMST final recital. The song "The Greatest" by Sia will be performed in American Sign Language by voice students, and another group of students will present their work on one of the adaptive instruments they discovered. One of my voice students will also sing "Sweet...

Children, Youth and Performance Conference 2023: “Disability and music: music education with adaptive instruments”

Young People's Theatre 165 Front St East, Toronto, ON, Canada

Adaptive instruments are generally used to teach music to children with disabilities. This project has for objective to demonstrate that children with all abilities are receptive to alternative ways of learning. I believe that the discovery of adaptive instruments can open the mind of a student, whether it is a young child, a teenager, or...

Organ Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland

St. Laurenzen Church Kirche St. Laurenzen, Marktgasse 25, St. Gallen, Switzerland

My colleague and friend Bernhard Ruchti leads the fantastic Kuhn organ rehabilitation project in St. Laurenzen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. The new improved "Surround-Sound" instrument will be inaugurated in September 2023. The St. Laurenzen church will offer a three-weeks organ festival with distinguished guests from all over Europe. I will be onsite, helping the team with...