JOHN McKENNA (tenor)
THE NEW ENGLISH STRING QUARTET: ]
Winifred Small (violin) ; Eveline Thomson
(violin); Winifred Stiles (viola) ;
Florence Hooton (violoncello)
Leo Smith , who is a professor at the Toronto Conservatoire, was born in Birmingham and was a distinguished pupil of the Royal Manchester College and of Manchester University, whose Bachelor of Music degree he holds. Before going to Toronto he was a member of the Halle Orchestra and of the Covent Garden Orchestra, and now takes an important part in chamber music and in Canadian musical life in general-as teacher, composer and critic.