Major Minor Misbehaviour
at the TSO!

Toronto, Ontario – Major – the minor. Minor – then major! What’s happening? A symphony concert is sabotaged by a sudden and unexpected change from major to minor, and a detective is brought in to question everyone to find out who is responsible. A confounding mystery, and a surprising conclusion! The repertoire: Grieg’s Norwegian Dance, Op. 35 No. 2; the traditional Frère Jacques (audience sing-a-long); Mahler’s Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn (excerpts); Greg Smith’s Major-Minor Mystery; and Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5.

Gregory Smith, a self-described "severely eclectic" composer, graduated summa cum laude from the Dana School of Music in 1980 and subsequently studied film scoring and arranging with Don Sebesky in New York City and Fred Karlin in Los Angeles. Smith’s professional experience covers the entire range of the musical world from serious chamber music to Broadway to movie scores. Smith enjoys a long association with the Walt Disney Company. He has served as Composer and Music Supervisor for numerous productions at Walt Disney World, EPCOT, MGM Studios, Tokyo Disney and Euro Disney, and arranged music for many of animated programmes. He has also worked extensively for Warner Brothers, orchestrating animation music for many TV programmes.

As a conductor, Smith has recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and Seattle Symphony Orchestra as well as numerous recording studio orchestras in New York, Los Angeles, and London. Smith’s concert works include orchestral, orchestral with narrator, choral and pops works. The Boston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, The Minnesota Orchestra and numerous others have performed his orchestral works. As with Toronto, Smith has often appeared as narrator for these works with orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, and many others. His works have been performed in the UK, China, South Korea, Germany, and New Zealand.

A biography of John Morris Russell is available upon request.

Part of the Desjardins Young People’s Concerts Series

Tickets:

Call the Roy Thomson Hall box office at 416 593 4828

Mon-Fri, 9-8. Sat, 12-5. Sun, 3 hrs prior to concert start.

Tickets: $23.50, $14.50
Call the Roy Thomson Hall box office at 416 593 4828
or order online at www.roythomson.com.

Mon-Fri, 9-8. Sat, 12-5. Sun, 3 hrs prior to concert start.

Purchase online: www.tso.ca VISA/MC/AMEX.