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"I didn't know it was com­ ing," says Saarinen, noting that she had a similar complaint in a Toronto condo but resolved it by moving the piano to another room. "I would go to any lengths...I was thinking of mak­ ing a sound-proof platform and moving the piano to another part of the room and putting it on that platform." But it's all irrelevant now. The Oakville musician is look­ ing for another place to live, and she's looking to buy this time. She's a bit disappointed that some of the money she once used for musical projects will have to go to purchasing a home and moving costs. And, she will miss her view of Lake Ontario. But she's determined to stay in Oakville. "I love Oakville. This is my last stop in a sense. I've traveled a lot and lived in a lot of places, and I love this place," says Saarinen. "I love the birding; I love the trails; I love the hikes; and I love the water. And besides, everybody I've met here has been truly friendly and help­ ful." Saarinen has students in Toronto, so she drives into the big city two or three days each week. But she also has students in Oakville whom she coaches in piano, voice, flute, saxophone and jazz improvisation. Some she teaches in their homes, some in hers. "Music is my life. So, it pret­ ty much fills the waking hours and sometimes keeps me awake Gloria Saarinen at night when I've got a big important concert coming up and I feel I need another 20 hours practice," she says. Most people pay to hear her play, she says. And her neigh­ bours in other cities have encouraged her to open her win­ dows so they could enjoy a free concert. That's the kind of neighbourhood she is hoping to find again. Her dream, she says, is to rent a guest house on the lake that the owner would like to have filled with music. "If you heard me practising, you would think it was playing. I'm not repeating incessantly. So you'd just think it was a con­ cert," she explains. "And I never play at top volume. I save that for the concert stage. Why waste your energy. All I'm getting is the physical and the mental combination together." Saarinen understands that musicians do make noise, but she also questions the quality of construction of some buildings where even something as neces­ sary as running water can be heard from one apartment to the next. Saarinen, who started study­ ing music at the age of three, had graduated with honors from New Zealand's University of Otago with a bachelor of music by the time she was 18. She then accepted a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. While she was at the acade­ my, Saarinen, then 21, met and married a Canadian teacher. The couple moved to Italy, Germany and Austria over the next several years, giving Saarinen an oppor­ tunity to study with some of Europe's top musical aficiona­ dos. After touring worldwide, using London as a home-base, she and her husband moved to Calgary in the early 1960s. Saarinen continued touring, performing in as many as 150 concerts a season spanning five continents. She also taught at the Univer­ sity of Calgary where she was appointed professor of music in 1973 and appeared on the Cana­ dian television show Musical Portraits for 15 years. When she decided to move to Toronto, where she was spending much of her time anyway, she and her husband parted company. He remained in Calgary. The Oakville pianist has a number of classical CDs to her credit: two solo CDs - Gloria Saarinen Plays Brahms and Glo­ ria 's Treats - as well as two with Arnold Draper as the Chinook Duo; two accompanying the Prague Quartet; one as part of The Chinook Trio, and seven as a member of The Canadian Trio. In the future, she and her per­ sonal manager, Estelle Hamo- line, are planning to start a sum­ mer festival "with a nucleus of ensembles for classical music" combined with a bit of pop and other musical styles. "I think this is a wonderful place to do that," says Saarinen. "I did a summer festival in the Okanogan with people from all over the world...Two weeks of non-stop concerts every day. And one of them we did at a winery...We did a mixture for that one too, singing and read­ ing, and piano. I'd like to do that here." In conjunction with the Oakville Jazz Festival, Abbozzo Gallery is opening an exhibition of new works by well-known Dutch artist Annelies Hoek. Painting in the traditional genres of figures, still life, and florals, Hoek is remarkable for her skilled rendering and expressionistic use of colour. The exhibition at Abbozzo Gallery will fea­ ture works in oil on canvas as well as many other works on paper in various media. Hoek, who is a graduate of the National Acad­ emy of Visual Arts in Amsterdam, will be pre­ sent at the official opening and reception for her art show on Friday (July 9th) from 7 to 10 p.m. Join the staff at Abbozzo for this rare opportunity to meet the artist while she is visiting Oakville. Also Jonathans' restaurant will be offering summer wines to guests. This paint­ ing, titled Yellow Tulips, is an oil on canvas by Annelies Hoek. 'Songs Sinatra Taught Me' Right in the middle of the Oakville Jazz Festival this weekend, Tommy Ambrose will be singing Songs Sinatra Taught Me - not jazz perhaps but swing. Ambrose will be singing the songs he grew up with at 2 p.m. on Saturday in The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $21.99 and are available by vis­ iting or calling the box office at 130 Navy St.; 815-2021, week­ days from noon to 5 p.m. or Sat­ urdays from 2 to 5 p.m. 1 I H ea rt & Stroke H ea lth line | 24 hours a day our information service helps you by accessing and sending out customized, ' d understand information* reventing and living with heart disease and stroke. H IAR T AN O STROKE | FOUNDATION F ONTARIO Local Toronto cals: 416-631-1557 For many students, Shad Valley is like a trip to the future. Last year Oakville's Rita Tien joined a select group of over 420 outstanding young Canadian high school students in the award-winning Shad Valley Program. Shad Valley is an exciting summer learning and employment opportunity for top science and math students who exhibit creativity, initiative, drive, leadership qualities and community spirit. The two-part program includes four weeks of academic lectures, workshops and group projects at one of nine Canadian universities, followed by a five-week "real world" work term with a Shad partner company. Rita was one of 13 students across Canada who were partnered with Royal Bank. Working with Barb Donato at Royal Bank, Rita helped write the bank's presentation and handout for the Ontario Universities Fair. Royal Bank, as Shad Valley's first national partner and sponsor, would like to thank Shad Valley for putting our donation to such good use. For more information on the Shad Valley student or partner opportunity, visit the Shad Valley website at www.shad.ca or call (519) 884-8844. ^ * § 8 ROYAL BANK |H ! g FINANCIAL GROUP ) Registered trade mark of Royal Bank of Canada Im a g in e ^ A New Spirit of Community | http://www.bertinstables.com mailto:bertin@webtv.net http://www.shad.ca ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT By Carol Baldwin | 24 hours a day our information service helps you by accessing and sending out customized, ' d understand information* reventing and living with heart disease and stroke. |H!g FINANCIAL GROUP