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Sunday November 18th – HCA Piano Concert – Shoshana Telner 2:00pmSunday December -2nd Music Performance ClassMonday Decemeber 3rd-Saturday December 8th Celebration Week/Open HouseSunday December 9th – Music Performance ClassMonday December 24th-Friday January 4th HCA CLOSED FOR WINTER BREAKSaturday January 5th – Classes Resume (Makeup for Easter weekend)Saturday January 26th – Exam Fees DueSaturday February 3th – Guitar Hamilton Concert –Duo ExAudiSunday February 10th – HCA Piano Concert—Valerie Tryon 2:00pm Monday February 18th – HCA CLOSED FOR FAMILY DAYSunday February 24th – Makeup day for Family DayMonday March 25th – Saturday June 15th 3rd Term

for all private music students will be on Sunday December 9th and 16th. Please join us! We look forward to seeing friends and families of our students! Bring your camera, and use the Twitter hashtag #HCAcelebrationweek

Monday-Thursday 9:00am-9:00pmSaturday 9:00am-5:00pmFriday & Sunday Closed

Be sure to check the lost and found bin, located on the first floor beside the women’s washroom. The bin is emptied on a monthly basis and unclaimed contents are donated to charity.

HCA IN THE News!This past September Family and Cultural Events joined SUPERCRAWL. We created programming focused on environmental sustainability and civic engagement that would inspire children, youth, and adults. The two day event kicked off with KIDSCRAWL—14 galleries and arts institutions opened their doors to over 800 students to offer special programming to Elementary and Middle School classes. The students previewed work by local and international visual artists.

One particularly memorable project was City Voices, which was created by Aaron Hutchinson, Amy McIntosh & Andrew O’Connor at the Factory Media Centre. The ARTASIA project investigated the theme of city building through sound, video, and interactivity by displaying interviews of people in our community. ARTASIA also displayed its Street Corners Project in the beautiful Lister Block corridor that responded to the question “How would you change your neighbourhood, city, country and world?”

On day two, an HCA “Kids Area” proudly displayed a herd of 14 aluminum caribou sculptures created by 500 children and local artist Dave Hind. We asked the community to contribute to the conversation about public parks by writing on a large community board in response to the statement “Every park has the right to...”. Responses were chosen and were etched on a large Community Caribou on site.

Julia Hitchcock led an Urban Farming activity. Participants chose from vegetables, grain, flower and tree seeds and mixed them with locally harvested clay and compost to create seed balls which can be planted almost anywhere.

Special thanks to our HCA teachers who demonstrated many of the programs offered including our Classical Realism course, Cartooning classes, and various dance and performing arts classes. If you missed SUPERCRAWL this year, be sure to join us next September.

On Sunday, October 14th we welcomed Eric Himy for our first HCA Concert Series event of the year. The concert was quite memorable. Mr. Himy left the audience in amazement as he performed his program Gershwin in Paris.

HCA was mentioned a number of times in this years ‘State of the Arts’ series in The Hamilton Spectator. Be sure to frequently check the “In The News” section of our website for up to date news articles and features on HCA!

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DATES to REMEMBERSTAFF at the HCAartistic Director: Vitek Winczaeducation & Visual arts: Victoria Long-Winczaregistrar: Cristina Fedeassistant to the artistic Director: Laura Kappelreception & administration:Bev Long & Jacklyn Warmingtonevents coordinator: Jacklyn Warmington housekeeping: Linda Van SickleMaintenance: Eric KwitekBookkeeper: Wendy Wei

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HAMILTON CONSERVATORY FOR THE ARTS

Hello to All! I am delighted to welcome all students and parents, both new and returning for the 2012-2013 year at the Ham-ilton Conservatory for the Arts. Registration has ended and the holidays are quickly approaching. We have a busy year ahead of us, filled with exciting and rewarding artistic experiences for us all. You may have noticed some improvements to the HCA website (www.HCArts.ca) – I hope the new site is easy to navigate and will allow for simple online registrations next fall. Please use the website as a tool for commu-nication—there are updates every week. You can find information on new classes, special events, and HCA news! There have also been many new developments throughout the building. Our maintenance staff has been working very hard to repair and renew the space. Special thanks to Linda Van Sikle for the beautiful job she did on our Holiday decora-tions—they look incredible. There are many new faces this fall at HCA. I would like to welcome a new staff member to our Music Department. Vitali Afanassiev is originally from Russia and teaches Piano, Clarinet, Theory, Flute, and Saxophone. I would also like to welcome a new staff member to our Visual Arts De-partment. Mike Gagnon is a working comic book industry professional with over 12 years of experience in writing, colouring and illustration. I would like to welcome George Qua-Enoo, a Hamilton based portrait and lifestyle photographer who is teaching photography classes. You may have noticed our new Administrative Assistant, Jacklyn Warming-ton. Jacklyn is a writer and photographer who currently contributes to Hamilton Magazine and writes her blog Beaux Mondes. We also welcome Yoga instructor Helena McKinney of In Fine Feather Yoga to The Hamilton Conservatory.

Thank you to everyone for their suggestions in the comment box. Your thoughts are important to us and we take every comment very seriously. We strive to continue to improve the quality of our building, our classes, and the overall experience at The Conservatory. If you have any thoughts, ideas, or concerns please feel free to leave a note in the box or send us an email. The HCA Gallery is proudly displaying works by Gisèle Comtois—please take a moment to view the beautiful collection. We are all busy preparing for our Performance Classes. These performances and open houses encourage our students by providing the opportunity to showcase their progress to friends and family. After our Performance Classes we hold a potluck reception. We appreciate our

parents who contribute by bringing tasty nut-free treats and beverages to share. The occasion is a great opportunity to meet the teacher, and celebrate student achievements in an informal atmosphere. We look forward to seeing everyone, and don’t forget to bring your camera! The HCA Concert Series has returned again this season with the kind sponsorship of Mr. Robert Summers-Gill. he HCA Concert Series welcomed Shoshana Telner November 18th. Hamilton Magazine named Shoshana one of Hamilton's "most facinating people and inspired individuals". It was quite a show. On febuary 10th at 2:00pm, Hamilton resident Valerie Tyron will join us and on March 2 th we welcome The Franz Josef Quartet at 7:30pm. Student and member ticket prices are available, be sure to check them out. The year certainly promises to be eventful!

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Teacher SpoTlighT: MegaN roBB Megan has been dancing since the age of 3. Under the tutelage of Vitek she passed her Society of Russian Ballet exams.  During this time she was part of the Hamilton Ballet Youth Ensemble, performing with Karen Kain, for Prince Charles and joining the Ensemble of Snow White, the Nutcracker and many other Ballet Productions. She then went on to learn Jazz, Musical Theater, Modern, Lyrical as well as exploring diverse cultural dances. As a competitive dancer she won many awards and scholarships.  Throughout her teaching career she has won several choreography awards and her students have been awarded distinctions onstage.Megan currently teachers Ballet, Triple Threat, Jazz and Hip Hop

DreSS coDe For BalleT STuDeNTS Dress code is an important part of dance ethics and training. Students should wear the required leotard, tights and shoes have their hair in a bun and not be wearing any jewel-lery. If a student has short hair every effort should be made to secure their hair away from their face and off their neck.

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Teacher SpoTlighT: Mike gagNoN Mike Gagnon is a working comic book industry professional with over 12 years of experience in writing, colouring and il-lustration. He has worked with publishers of all sizes including Marvel, Dark Horse and a number of small presses and creator owned comics. A former publisher, Gagnon has worked on ev-ery side of the industry and knows the ins-and-outs of not only the creation, but the manufacturing, production, distribution and legality of the comic book world.

children’s cartooning Fundamentals (Age 6-10) Saturday’s 10:30-12:30Teen cartooning Fundamentals (Age 11-17) Monday’s 5:30-7:30adult cartooning Fundamentals (Ages 17+) Monday’s 7:30-9:30

For registration and more information visit our website.

giSele coMToiS Born in St. Marc-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Gisele Comtois now lives in Burlington, Ontario.  The artist has taken countless sketching trips exploring the Gaspe coast, Charlevois County, the Laurentians, the Eastern Townships in Quebec, the Maritimes, Northern Ontario, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, Holland and Spain.Among the long list of private, public and corporate collections that contain the artist’s work are:  Monsanto Canada, Suncor Energy Inc, Merrill Lynch, Pfizer Global Pharmaceutical, BCE Emerges and 80 others.The Gallery is free to the public, please take a moment to enjoy the beautiful works.

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CARTOONINg, wOOLIES AND MORE!!!our visual arts department is offering a new cartooning class for children, teens, and adults. The second term of Cartooning classes begins January 9th. Full course outline and registration information is available on our website.

looking for something fun to do this holiday Season? hca crafts! welcomes local fibre artist keiley Stewart for a Winter holiday craft Workshop: Wonderful Woolies. Get cozy this winter with wool-based crafts. Register online, by phone, or at HCA.

Saturday December 1st childrens Workshop (ages 6-12) 10am-noonOne-of-a kind wet felted holiday ornaments

Teen & adult Workshop (13+) 2pm-4pmAdorable felted and hand-sewn recycled sweater mittens

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Opening Reception Sunday, November 18, 4pm

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artistic Director: Vitek WinczaMusic: Sue Ding, Lauren Cho, Helen Hong, Janine Hunt, Patricia Birch, Jen Hinkkala, Stillman Matheson, Irina JacobVisual arts: Victoria Long-Winczainformation: Jen HinkkalaDesign and editorial : Caroline Brown, Jacklyn Warmington

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ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC EXAM RESULTS

Congratulations to the following students:

Teacher: Sue DingAdrian Hucal, Grade 4 Piano, First Class HonoursSureesh Manogaren, Grade 3 Piano, First Class HonoursJacqueline Cho, Grade 3 Piano, First Class Honours Kailas Daniels, Grade 2 Piano, Honours

Teacher: Lauren choCamille Dehghan, Intermediate Rudiments, First Class Honours with Distinction Nathan Dehghan, Intermediate Rudiments, First Class Honours with Distinction Anna Chung, Grade 7 Piano, Honours

Teacher: heLen hongChloe Hewitt, Grade 5 Piano, First Class Honours

Teacher: Janine hunTSierra Faraci, Grade 1 Piano, First Class Honours Kaylee Glavin, Grade 1 Piano, First Class HonoursLiam Pugh Matrin, Grade 3 Piano, First Class HonoursSofia Bravo, Grade 2 Piano, First Class HonoursEmmali Branton, Grade 5 Piano, Honours

Teacher: PaTricia BirchAudrey Messersmith, Basic Rudiments, First Class Honours with Distinction

Teacher: Jen hinkkaLaSheila Yu, Harmony DistinctionRob Hollinaty, Advanced Theory, DistinctionLindsay Walsh, Basic Harmony, First Class Honours with DistinctionDaria, Basic Theory, Honours, Grade 5 Piano, HonoursClaudia, Grade 4 Piano, Honours

Teacher: STiLLman maTheSonMegan Wong, Basic Rudiments, First Class Honours with Distinction Yuqing Sun, History 1, First Class Honours with DistinctionEmma Ziolkowski, Grade 1 Piano, First Class HonoursDaphne Walford, Grade 7 Piano, First Class HonoursMegan Wong, Grade 5 Piano, First Class HonoursSophoe Walford, Grade 8 Piano, Honours

Teacher: irina JacoBBrendan Armstrong, Grade 4 Piano, HonoursKeryung Houg, Grade 4 Piano, HonoursMichelle Li, Grade 8 Piano, HonoursBrigid McPhee, Grade 1 Piano, First Class HonoursNibilah Yusuf, Grade 3 Piano, First Class HonoursJulia O-Connor, Grade 4 Piano, HonoursJulia Robertson, Grade 6 Piano, First Class HonoursKatelynn Smyth, Grade 2 Piano, HonoursKayla Zhang, Grade 4 Piano, HonoursMiranda Zhang, Grade 4 Piano, Honours

BURLINgTON ROTARY MUSIC FESTIVAL

Tiana Veletic, Classical, Grade 1, 1st PlaceKristina Veletic, Concert Studies, Grade 8, 3rd PlaceCynthia Min, Classical, Grade 5, 1st PlaceContemporary, Grade 5, 1st PlaceRomantic, Grade 5, 1st PlaceCanadian, Grade 5, 1st PlaceJulia Robertson, Gaming & Anime, Music Intermediate, 2nd PlaceOwn Choice, Grade 6, 1st PlaceConcert Studies, Grade 6, 1st Place

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Teacher SpoTlighT: rolaND FiX, Voice, Diction German born baritone, Roland Fix is a graduate of the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria with a Master’s degree in Opera perfor-mance. While in Europe, Mr. Fix has participated in the Hallein Music Fes-tival in Austria, and in Germany Mr. Fix was invited to sing in the Rossini Festival in Rügen, where his performance of Mustafa in Rossini’s Adina was recorded on the Canterino label. His Italian debut was in recital at the opera house in Città di Castello. Since his return to Canada, he performed with Opera York, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Opera Anonymous, Opera in Concert, and TrypTych.A flair for light opera and musical theater classics became evident in con-certs and recitals, as well as the staged production of Frank Loesser’s Most Happy Fella in the title role, a concert performance of  Les Mis  as Javert, and several Gibert & Sullivan productions with Edmonton Opera and Toronto Operetta Theatre. He appeared as soloist with various choirs and orchestras where oratorio performances include Handel’s  Samson, the Fauré Requiem, the Duruflé Requiem, Mozart’s Vesprae solennes de confes-sore, and Coronation Mass, Liszt’s Via Crucis, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Mass in B Minor and Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël. Upcoming performances include the Duruflé Requiem in Hamilton in March 2013.As a voice teacher with 18 years of experience, Roland has seen his students succeed on many levels. His students have won silver medals for the highest Royal Conservatory grades in Ontario, have won scholar-ships and awards at competitions, have successfully auditioned at and/or graduated from Western, Laurier, U of T, and McGill, and have in some cases gone on to successful careers in music.Roland is director of the HCA Opera Workshop Program, and is in demand for master classes, as an examiner, and as an adjudicator.Roland Teaches on Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.