Kang-Mercer-Park Trio in recital, February 2015

From our Community’s Riches: Marimba Music, and Heritage as Treasure
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The presenters, left to right: marimbist Darrell Bueckert, and Gordon Barnhart
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Sheryl McKee serves guests Eric Bews and Lina Hack
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left to right: Beth Shevkenek, Karen Sterner, Joan Halmo, and Susan Bertolo
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Helen Few, Guy Few of Kitchener, Ontario, and Darrel Bueckert
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Arnold Nickel and John Elias
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Kengo Asai of Sudbury, Ontario, and Pat Leach
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Joanne Khan and Gordon Barnhart
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Darrell Bueckert prepares to disassemble the marimba for moving, with help from his colleague Bryan Allen
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Janina Fialkowska in concert, May 20, 2015 ~ Centenary Recital honouring Leschetizky

Art and Artists of our Land: Inuit Carvings and Canadian Music, June 14, 2015
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Inuit sculpture, on display for the afternoon program at Gustin House
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Ewen Coxworth (left), composer whose work was performed at the program, and Norman Zepp, Inuit art expert and guest speaker
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Gregory Schulte (left), and Thomas Hu, pianists at the event, talk with Judith Varga
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Alyssa Thompson, clarinetist, cleans her instrument after the performance
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Karen Sterner (left) speaks with guests about the Lyell Gustin heritage
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Thomas Hu (left) and Eric Bews, pianists at the event, in the Gustin studio
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Lynne Graham offers refreshments to Ellen Parchomchuk
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left to right, Judith Varga; Jaya Hoy, whose parents’ Inuit art collection inspired this program; Norman Zepp; and Karen Sterner, pianist at the event
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Thelma Kulrich and Jean Bews
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Mrs. Zepp, and beside her, pieces from the McPhail collection
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Marjaleena Repo and Eleanor Knight
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Michael Williams examines carvings displayed in the Gustin verandah
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Harrington/Loewen Duo performs, August 25, 2015

Allen Harrington, native of Saskatoon and one of Canada’s leading classical saxophonists, along with collaborative pianist Laura Loewen, gave the closing recital of the 12th season of the Lyell Gustin Series on August 25, 2015. The versatile and virtuosic Duo performed a wide-ranging program from transcriptions of Bach and Schumann to a medley of famous Gershwin melodies. Included in the recital repertoire was a Canadian work by Diana McIntosh, who studied with prominent Gustin Studio graduate, Alma Brock-Smith. Dr. Loewen gave the pre-concert talk.
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Duo Concertante performs Violin and Keyboard Music of Three Centuries, October 4, 2015
Violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves gave a special autumn concert at Gustin House. Duo Concertante performed Bach’s Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in A Major, BWV 1015; a Schubert Rondo for Violin and Piano, and Jocelyn Morlock’s “Petrichor,” a work composed in 2013 for the Duo. Mr. Steeves is a Gustin musical descendant; he and Ms. Dahn are on the music faculty of Memorial University, St. John’s NL, and concertize widely in Canada and abroad. The artists, who have performed previously at Gustin House and in the Lyell Gustin Recital Series, gave commentary on the evening’s repertoire.
The festive evening was also the occasion for Gustin House to recognize Shirley and Peter Pridmore of Saskatoon for their gift of the historic Knabe piano that had belonged to Lyell Gustin for many years. Mrs. Pridmore, who had studied with Dr. Gustin, was the second of his students to own the piano from the very early 1980s onward. Unable to be present at the October 4 evening, she and her family were represented by Mr. Pridmore. Gustin House is deeply grateful for their magnanimous gift.
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Duo Concertante–pianist Timothy Steeves and violinist Nancy Dahn
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Audience members talk with the artists in the back studio of Gustin House
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Victoria Neufeldt and Peter Pridmore
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Joan Halmo (centre) and Rachel Pomedli of Toronto chat with the violinist; in the background, Helen Henderson and Judy Balon
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The artists with Terry Bethune
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Preparing to serve guests: left to right, Karen Sterner, Sheryl McKee, and Heidi Bartsch
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Garth Cantrill (left) and Michael Pomedli
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Alyssa Thompson looks on while Verna Sagansky serves at the reception
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Gregory Schulte and Rachel Pomedli
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Helen Aikenhead with Sumiko Asai and Yuhachi Asai
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Gail Rothery and Peter Pridmore
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Helen Henderson (left) and Donna Malcolm
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Leschetizky Centenary ~ pianist Thomas Yu, and speaker Gregory Schulte, November 29, 2015
The date November 15, 2015 marked exactly one century since the passing of the renowned Theodor Leschetizky (1830-1915), one of the long line of illustrious pianist-teachers that included Ludwig van Beethoven, and–a century later, on the Canadian prairies–Lyell Gustin. On November 29, an afternoon event held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church brought the Leschetizky Centenary to a celebratory finale. Preceding the musical performance, Saskatoon pianist and organist Gregory Schulte discussed aspects of the Leschetizky legacy as experienced by so many through the Lyell Gustin Piano Studios.
Thomas Yu gave a solo piano recital honouring the Leschetizky tradition, perfroming Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 111, Reflets dans l’eau by Debussy, Chopin’s Scherzo No. 3, and a work by Regina composer David L. McIntyre. A versatile pianist widely recognized for his artistic and musical accomplishments, the artist had just returned from Germany, where he had given a recital at the Berliner Philharmonie, prestigious home concert hall of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Thomas Yu, pianist for the Leschetizky Centenary finale
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Thomas Yu poses with David L. McIntyre of Regina, whose composition he performed at the recital
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Heidi Bartsch (left) and Lorene Nickel
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Thelma Kulrich, Lynne Graham, and Carol Leach
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Michelle Yu in conversation with David L. McIntyre
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Karen Sterner, Colin Macdonald, and Gregory Schulte
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Enjoying reception treats and company
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Alyssa Thompson (left) and Lori Hansen
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Michael Pomedli, Carman Rabuka, and Al Kirchgessner
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Joan Egger visits with Thomas Yu
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Joanne Gerber (left) and Heather Schnare; in the background, Steve Boechler
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Lorene Nickel, Thomas Yu, Gregory Schulte, Sheryl McKee, and Hugh McKee
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