{"id":164,"date":"2023-06-12T04:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toot.org\/nwp\/?p=164"},"modified":"2023-06-17T22:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T03:27:33","slug":"alison-melville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toot.org\/nwp\/alison-melville\/","title":{"rendered":"Alison Melville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/toot.org\/nwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AlisonM_new.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/toot.org\/nwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AlisonM_new.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Alison Melville with recorder\" class=\"wp-image-166\" width=\"190\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Long recognized as one of Canada&#8217;s bright lights on historical flutes, Toronto-born Alison Melville began her musical life by playing the recorder in a school classroom in London (UK). Her career as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician with many ensembles has taken her across North America and to New Zealand, Iceland, Japan and Europe. She plays medieval, renaissance, baroque and modern recorders; renaissance, baroque and classical flutes and one-keyed piccolo; and Norwegian seljefl\u00f8yte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides her work with The Toronto Consort, Alison is a member of the Ensemble Polaris and is artistic director of the mixed-media Bird Project. She appears regularly with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, and as a guest with other ensembles across North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some memorable career moments include playing for The Tudors, The Borgias, CBC-TV&#8217;s The Friendly Giant and Atom Egoyan&#8217;s The Sweet Hereafter; solo shows in inner-city London (UK) junior schools; a recent recital in sunny southern Spain; and, oh yes, a summer of concerts in Ontario prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alison has been heard on CBC\/Radio-Canada, BBC, RNZ, NPR and Iceland State Broadcast Service, and on over 50 CDs, including five critically acclaimed solo recordings. A professor at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music (USA) from 1999 to 2010, she now teaches at the University of Toronto and Wilfrid Laurier University.<br>More info: www.alisonmelville.com<br>Photo \u00a9 Mary Perdue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long recognized as one of Canada&#8217;s bright lights on historical flutes, Toronto-born Alison Melville began her musical life by playing the recorder in a school classroom in London (UK). Her career as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician with many ensembles has taken her across North America and to New Zealand, Iceland, Japan and Europe. 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