File consists of program and recordings for performance held on 20-21 October 2023, Pollack Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University.

Featuring: McGill Symphony Orchestra ; Alexis Hauser, artistic director; Itamar Prag, piano.

Works:

• Fantasie und Fuge, organ, BWV 537, C minor / Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, orch. Edward Elgar

• Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 3, op. 26, C major / Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953

• Subito con forza / Chin, Unsuk, 1961-

• Symphonies, no. 8, op. 88, G major / Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904

File consists of program and recordings for performance held on 25 October 2023, Tanna Schulich Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University.

Featuring: McGill Jazz Orchestra I; Marianne Trudel, artistic director and conductor; Camille Thurman, voice.

Works:

• Mary's idea / Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981

• Caravan / Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

• I got it bad / Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, arr. Billy Strayhorn

• Everyday I have the blues / Slim, Memphis, arr. Ernie Wilkins

• Deedles’ blues / Ames, Morgan, arr. Frank Foster

• Quietude / Jones, Thad

• Three and One / Jones, Thad

• Tall Cotton / Nestico, Sammy

• First Love Song / Brookmeyer, Bob

• The sweet time suite, excerpts / Wheeler, Kenny

• Dans la forêt de ma mémoire,excepts / Trudel, Marianne

File consists of program and recordings for performance held on 29 September 2023, Pollack Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University.

Featuring: McGill Wind Orchestra Orchestra ; Danielle Gaudry, conductor and artistic director.

Works:

• Awayday / Gorb, Adam, 1958-

• Cathedrals / Salfelder, Kathryn

• Suite française / Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974

• Roma / Coleman, Valerie, 1970-

• Passacaglia, band / Nelson, Ron, 1929-

Letter from John William Dawson, Glasgow, Scotland, to Margaret A. Y. Mercer, 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh
Remarks that he has arrived in Glasgow safely. Has received dinner invitations from some of his father's friends.

Personal letter, possibly to Vennor's mother, containing personal and professional updates

Letter from John William Dawson, Glasgow, Scotland, to Margaret A. Y. Mercer, 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh
Describes his depressed feeling with regard to travelling. Comments on Glasgow.

Letter from John William Dawson, Liverpool, to Margaret A. Y. Mercer, 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh
Describes how he has spent his time in Liverpool. Remarks that he has made some sketches of Margaret.

Letter from John William Dawson, Liverpool, to Margaret A. Y. Mercer, 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh
Remarks that he is still in Liverpool waiting for better wind conditions so that they might sail. States that he has received her letter. Sends his best to everyone in Edinburgh.