2000 Square Feet - Space Needed

Career Development Centre

To include:

• reference library for artists to view markings in scores of Canadian artists.
• information on auditions and competitions.
• accessibility to international directories for research.
• a rehearsal, audition and seminar space.
• a listening room and record and book library.
• office space.

For Information call 416.362.1422

Gallery Gift Shop

a retail outlet for memorabilia, recordings, films or books of Canadian Classical artists for tourists and fans which doesn't exist currently in Toronto.

Celebrating Canada's wealth of great performing artists in the classical music and ballet fields, memorabilia will be displayed to promote public awareness of the wealth of our past, present and future artists. Tourists and fans will have an opportunity to purchase items as souvenirs. All funds will in turn support the Career Development Centre.

Two Prominent Canadian artistis - have donated their personal music libraries to the International Resource Centre for Performing Artists. These collections contain not only the singers' markings, but also those of famed conductors, and in some cases hand-written annotations of the composers, including Puccini. In this way, important musical traditions are passed from one generation to artists of another.

These heritage scores will give artists open access to the traditions they need to advance their careers. These collections will form the basis of a reference library accessbile to all performing artists of classical music. The library will also be open to fans and tourists.

"It is obvious that their training has a good foundation. And I was glad to be able to move them beyond their training. As I mentioned in my interview with CFMX, I don't know of any other program that is as complete as the one you have devised. As you know, in New York there are several attempts at one facet or another, but I have not seen anything so complete and so personally considerate for the young artists' needs"
-- Janet Bookspan
New York

"I know of no organization that so completely gives singers the professional direction they need."
--Joan Dornemann, Metropolitan Opera

Clarice Carson

"I have always been vitally interested in the nurturing of talented young Canadian singers and know only too well how important it is to learn the skills to perform well and build self-confidence. A program such as this will go a long way in helping to achieve these goals." - Maureen Forrester

"As I treasured the experience of my past generation, I hope opera and concert performers will treasure and benefit from my notations and those of my teachers and coaches." - Clarice Carson