The Vancrancy of Chance

Submitted by msimmons1
on Tue, 07/14/2015 - 12:22

The famous Canadian tenor, Jon Vickers died this past week and as such, stories about his life have been popping up in the various media. This most recent one by the Globe and Mail national reporter, Tu Thanh Ha really highlights the role that chance plays in our lives. Both a relief and a curse, chance brought us Jon Vickers the Opera Star versus Jon Vickers the Truck Driver or even, Jon Vickers the Physician.

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Music; Medicine; Jon Vickers; Globe and Mail

Sharing our Stories

Submitted by msimmons1
on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 15:21

Some of you know this already, but I guess I am officially outing myself on now:  for the past year or so, I have taken my long-standing interest in how people tick and have used that to embark on an exploration of the medical field.  As part of that interest, I have maintained a subscription to an American based medical blog called Kevin MD, which recently published a piece by Mark Vonnegut, the son of the late American author Kurt Vonnegut.

I knew from my pastime reading of Vonnegut senior's autobio (A Man Without a Country) that his son was a physician.

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Mental Health; Mental Illness
Creativity; Artistic Talent

Sometimes harder *is* better

Submitted by msimmons1
on Mon, 05/11/2015 - 22:07

 

That title is more than just an apt summary of my life this past year (boom-boom ching), it also encapsulates the essense of a video that just stumbled across my desktop this evening. 
 
This insightful video was produced by Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael's Hospital (I may have mostly lifted that last line directly from the video....) 
 
Anyhow, should you also enjoy it, you can subscribe to his Youtube
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Dr. Mike Evans; Exercise; Health & Well-being

Spring Faculty Concert - Warbling for a Worthwhile Cause

Submitted by msimmons1
on Fri, 05/08/2015 - 17:22

(Click on the image below to visit the facebook page for the event!)

Faculty and friends come togerther for a fun-filled exploration of our most beloved repertoire for guitar, voice, violin, oboe and piano! Featuring works from J.S. Bach to Offenbach & Many More! I'll be collaborating on some lullaby excerpts from the Mt. Sinai NICU Music Therapist fundraising CD I recorded this past year with soprano, Cheryl Campbell. Come tomorrow night for your "sneak peak" of the soon to be released recording!

Convenient downtown location at St.

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Offenbach
Belle Nuit
Evening Prayer
J.s. Bach
W.A. Mozart
Non-for-profit
Fundraising
University Settlement Music & Arts School

Less Than 1 Week To Go!

Submitted by msimmons1
on Sun, 11/23/2014 - 18:42

Our excursion into the wilderness happens less than a week from today - Saturday November 29th at 7:30 pm!

As some of you already know,  many of our regular baroque orchestral collaborators are on tour with the Taflemusik orchestra, so we will be performing at concert pitch A440!  I will be singing the part of the Second Israelite woman, which is an interesting outing for me. C.P.E. didn't see fit to include an alto soloist in this piece, so I will be masquerading as a soprano!  Please come cheer me on - shouts of applause for anything over 784Hz (high G) would be greatly appreciated! ;)

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C.P.E. Bach
Oratorio
Die Israeliten
Sacred Music
Toronto

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