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Her musical leaning comes natuâ€" rally â€" her mother was a member of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and a soloist with the Toronto Oratorio Society â€" but her biggest influence was the man who led her high school instrumental program, Barry Gosse. Music has been a part of Susan Barber‘s life ever since she was a toddler and whisked off to watch her mother in yet another perforâ€" mance of The Messiah. Oakville Beaver Staff By KATHY YANCHUS Trumpeting‘ the efforts of a special music teacher 384 Iroquois Shore, Oakville 849â€"7827 Buy any two footlongs get 1 free of equal value Only with this coupon at this location BUY 2â€"GET 1 FREE By then Barber had decided Barber says it was the flute or oboe she really wanted to play but developed a way "of whistling across the top" which put an end to those dreams. upon the trumpet as her instrument "because that was one of the first things I could get a sound out of," laughs Barber, an Oakville resident who will receive the Senior 1994 Mississauga Arts Award for Music Sunday during a special ceremony at Meadowvale Theatre. The more she played, the more attached she grew to the trumpet and wound up competing in the Kiwanis Music Festival and decidâ€" 1 1 1 1 1 M.4444644â€" eee000 e80000000UUu= 20000 © ©e00 When she returned to Canada, she earned her Performance Degree from the University of Toronto, then took the Orchestral Training ing upon music as a career. After only two years at the University of Western Ontario, she packed it in to concentrate solely on her trumpet studies in England where she played with two community orchestras, the London Repertoire Orchestra and the Royal Amateur Society. "I just loved playing the trumâ€" pet...And London is the cultural Mecca of the world...," says Barber. Taking private lessons, playing with two community groups and lisâ€" tening to two concerts every week was her idea of school. EXIT TO EDEN (R) Evgs. 9:45 Only THE PUPPET MASTERS (AA) Horror, Violence THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (AA) Not Recommended For Children. Evgs. 7:00 9:40 Sat. Sun. Mat. 1:30. LITTLE GIANTS (PG) Evgs. 7:20. Sat. Sun Mat. 2:00. (Dolby Stereo). Evgs. 7:10 9:45. Sat. Sun Mat. 2:00. PULP FICTION (R) Brutal Violence, Drug Use (Dolby Stereo) Evgs. 8:00. Sat. Sun. Mat. 1:30. No Passes Accepted. SUSAN BARBER Program through the Royal Conservatory of Music and spent BRUTAL VIOLENCE Ts [ maren DRUG USE "I think the kids tend to conâ€" nect," she says. And as if her school weeks and offâ€"hour committments weren‘t timeâ€"consuming enough, Barber has spent the past three summers at Northwestern University pursuing her Masters Degree in Music Education. Barber says the school always had a "sound" music department but she pushed for a more competitive spirit at a higher level. The student response was always "very, very enthusiastic." "I like feeling that I‘m being challenged and I like to keep learnâ€" ing," she says. "I love teaching and I really, really miss my kids," says Barber. After her orchestral training, Barber attended Teacher‘s College and began her teaching career in Peel with Woodlands School where she spent 11 years, five of those as Department Head, before accepting a position as Arts Consultant within the same board. Barber says she believes she was a better teacher because of her involvement in her own ‘extracurâ€" ricular‘ activities which include memberships in the Toronto Festive Brass and the Oshawa Symphony Orchestra for whom she is principal trumpet. several summers at the Banff School of Fine Arts. Be in tune with the OSO Call 844â€"7984 to receive a copy of our 1994â€"95 Seasons Brochure.