• Maestro Music Presents •

ALAN HOBBINS in concertunder the patronage of Wayne Emmerson, Chairman & CEO of York Region

Flato Markham Theatre for the Performing ArtsSUNDAY MAY 17, 2015, 7:00 PM

171 Town Centre Blvd. Markham (Hwy 7 & Warden)

PROCEEDS FROM THE CONCERT WILL gO TO MARkHAM STOUFFvILLE HOSPITAL

gUEST ARTIST. COLIN YIP, TENOR

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TICkETS

A Benefit for the Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation

Alan Hobbins

Colin Yip

“Mr. Hobbins had his audience spell-bound as he showed his grasp of the overall structure and line of movement…”

The Star, Jamaica

“Mr. Hobbins brings a welcome rhythmic vitality to this repertoire. His command of the expressive rubato is never willful and always serves a coherent structural purpose…a grand Huzzah to Hobbins for this exceptional album”

The Wholenote, Toronto

Celebrated Jamaican-Canadian pianist Alan Hobbins returns to the Flato Markham Theatre to give a benefit concert for the Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation. Established in 1989, the Foundation has raised funds to support healthcare for over 330,000 residents from the Markham and Witchurch-Stouffville communities.

Alan’s playing has won rave reviews for its clear melodic beauty and poetic artistry. He has given many successful

solo and chamber music concerts in Toronto, Richmond Hill, London, Waterloo, Ottawa, New York City and in his native West Indies. He has performed at The Royal Conservatory of Music, Glenn Gould Studio, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Richmond Hill Centre, National Library of Canada, and Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center New York. Alan’s recordings are available on iTunes and broadcast on Classical 96.3 FM, CBC Radio and CKWR FM.

Alan is the recipient of the Frederic Chopin Society of Canada Medal and the Harry Jerome Award for Outstanding Professional Excellence. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School and a member of the College of Examiners for The Royal Conservatory of Music. Alan currently resides in Markham where he manages his own Piano Studio.

“Colin has a fantastic, beautiful voice, with the nobility of phras-ing and expression; he is a real artist…”

New York Times

Colin Yip has been the Presi-dent of the Toronto School of Music Canada and the Inter-

national Music & Dance Association in Toronto, since 1996. He has also served as an adjudicator for the Bellini International Music Competition and Verdi Internation-al Music Competition in Italy.

His operatic performances have included the leading roles in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Donizetti’s Lucia

di Lammermoor, Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, Strauss’s Ariadne Auf Naxos and Verdi’s La Traviata.

Colin has performed at Carnegie Hall, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts, and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing China. He has also performed with the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, The Royal Conservatory of Music Orchestra in Canada and Manhattan Philharmonic Orchestra, in New York.

In 2007, Colin performed Schubert’s German Lieder song cycle, “ Die Schöne Müllerin” at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, China. Colin is currently admitted in the International Who’s Who of Intellectuals.

Repertoire

Bach: Toccata in G major; Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13; Chopin: Scherzo in B-flat minor, Op. 31; Polonaise-Fantasie Op. 61; Polonaise Op. 53; Liszt: Widmung; Mephisto Waltz;

Schubert: Ständchen; Verdi: Ah siben mio; Lehár: You are My Heart’s Delight

Post-concert reception