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Professor and Voice Teacher at the University of Toronto (music.utoronto.ca)
Artistic Director of the Centre for Opera Studies & Appreciation (cosacanada.org),
and the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy (cosiprogram.com)
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20201 min read
OPERA PREMIERE: The Wings of the Dove, May 14 & 15, 2013
The COSI Connection took its inaugural flight at Heliconian Hall, Toronto, on May 14th, with The Wings of the Dove. The COSI Connection...
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20201 min read
Loudly Let the Trumpets Bray! April 28, 2013
To sing Gilbert and Sullivan arias with conductor Vicki St. Pierre, London Pro Musica and Orchestra London Canada was a treat: the tenor...
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20201 min read
Benjamin Britten’s Saint Nicolas: April 21, 2013
What a pleasure it always is to work with Paul Merritt, Director of Music at First-St. Andrew’s United Church Choir in London, ON. His...
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20201 min read
Launching the COSI 2013 Audition Tour
I always marvel at the enriching life that is given to all of us who choose a life in music. The progress of my singing students...
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20201 min read
The COSI Gala in Toronto (Etobicoke) & The Mikado in London, ON.
September 21st and 23rd, 2012, were made incredibly exciting with our annual COSI gala in Toronto (Etobicoke), and our concert in London,...
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20201 min read
The Pause that Refreshes!
Various vacation snapshots
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20202 min read
January-June, 2012
For those of you who ask me, “What did you do on your sabbatical?”, I have chronicled some of the highlights below. I made the most of...
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20208 min read
Planning for 2012-2013
U of T, COSI, COG and myself, I have been making plans as we prepare the on-ramp for 2012-2013 academic year and music season. It’s...
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20201 min read
April 11, 2012 Leaving the Czech Republic
Our time here has been extraordinary! We are so grateful for the many experiences we have shared here. Yesterday we were hosted by a...
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20201 min read
April 9, 2012 Easter Monday
Easter Monday. My 52nd birthday. A wonderful day. We saw what the “Whipping Day” was all about (see posting for April 2nd). It dates back...
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20201 min read
April 8, 2012 Easter Sunday
This began as a snow day. We spent the day in Prague, and started with St. Margaret’s Catholic Church. The service included a Mozart mass...
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20201 min read
April 7, 2012 Saturday of Easter Weekend
Our friends’ home was decorated for Easter! We paid a visit to a folk wood sculptor, Jan “Honza” Kužel, in order to buy a gift for the...
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Darryl Edwards
May 26, 20201 min read
April 6, 2012 Good Friday
This was a day for traveling and more sight seeing. I learned that the Czech Republic has three regions: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia,...
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Darryl Edwards
May 25, 20201 min read
April 5, 2012
This was a day for sight-seeing! We took a tour of a more modern Czech castle (a “modern” castle, in this case, one built between...
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Darryl Edwards
May 25, 20203 min read
April 4, 2012
Today was an exciting day. Within it was a dress rehearsal and a performance, but within that was a series of thrilling musical moments,...
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Darryl Edwards
May 25, 20202 min read
April 2, 2012
I am so pleased to be writing to you from the Czech Republic. It is very Dvořák and Smetana-like here, with views of small villages and...
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Darryl Edwards
May 25, 20201 min read
March 29, 2012 p.m.
Dianne and I head to the Czech Republic tomorrow. I am looking forward to an Easter concert with the Czech Boys Choir in Hradec Králové....
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Darryl Edwards
May 25, 20201 min read
March 29, 2012 a.m.
It was a pleasure today for me to return to my alma mater, Western University (aka UWO), to give a master class to the voice students of...
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Darryl Edwards
May 25, 20201 min read
March 25, 2012
I was delighted to recommend two of my students as performers for a gala at which Dianne and I were invited guests. It was a fabulous...
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Darryl Edwards
May 25, 20202 min read
March 19, 2012
“For lo, the winter is past…” For this final weekend of winter, we enjoyed a “pause that refreshes,” at our cottage in the Haliburton...
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