Information for KWCO Members

Registration Form Waiver Common Questions Answered:

1. The Waiver expresses that compliance is intended under both the stipulated federal and the provincial legislation, in a manner as such legislation may apply. It is not intended to be a legal statement of opinion as to if or how the legislation applies to the circumstances of the KWCO. It is intended to be a broad inclusive statement, also encompassing the possibility of a judicial interpretation of the legislation at some future date which may determine that certain provisions of the legislation in fact do apply to KWCO, in a previously unanticipated manner. In the body of the document, KWCO binds itself to comply with whatever restrictions on use of personal information may exist under the federal and the provincial legislation. An entity such as KWCO is obliged to maintain compliance over time, and change its practices if so required, and it is not sufficient that it achieve a static compliance only at the time of execution of the waiver document.

2. KWCO has adopted a privacy policy. The policy is accessible for review by a member on the KWCO website.

3. The revocation of consent for publication of a member's photograph should be provided each year. A membership is renewed each year, and the revocation should accompany the annual membership renewal.

2019 – 2020 Registration Form Waiver

For the purposes of facilitating compliance with the provisions of any applicable Federal and/or Provincial privacy legislation (including without limitation, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000 c. 5 as amended, and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter F.31), Member hereby consent(s) to the KWCO’s collection and use of the Member’s personal information necessary and sufficient to enable the KWCO to maintain the Member’s general ongoing enrolment with the KWCO from time to time, including some or all of and without limitation: the Member’s name, home address, e-mail address, telephone number, age, date of birth, photographs and reproductions and publications of same in which the Member may appear and which are taken in conjunction with activities of the KWCO. This consent may apply to the disclosure and/or distribution of any or all of such personal information as a whole or in part, as may be necessary or ancillary to the various activities of the KWCO, and the various entities with which the KWCO may have dealings from time to time, in direct relation to its individual or collective membership roll. This consent is given on the express understanding and agreement that the KWCO shall provide or distribute such personal information to anyone only in respect of the uses described above, and to any person where the Member expressly consents, and to such disclosures as may be required by law. It is understood that KWCO operates as a non-profit corporation and that certain of its documents or other means of disclosures or publications may include certain personal information or photographs or other representations of a Member, provided however that the herein consent is restricted to the extent that the primary purpose of any such disclosure created and/or distributed is in conjunction with the successful operation of KWCO in accordance with its objectives and mission statement, and that this document prohibits the direct resale or reproduction of personal information or photograph or reproductions for any other purpose. This consent shall continue to be valid and binding on the undersigned until such time that it may be revoked by the undersigned by notice in writing to the KWCO, and that any revocation shall apply only to information obtained by KWCO regarding such Member from that date forward. *

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does the orchestra not perform more contemporary popular music arrangements? Would this not expand our audience?

There are many other venues where popular contemporary music may be heard. Our orchestra has the special mission to provide classical music to the community.

Also, the availability of music is an inhibiting factor. Popular music arrangements are often under copyright. The rental of copyrighted music may cost upwards of $500 plus shipping for us. While we do have a budget for music, we have to try to source things as cheaply as possible.

Finally, playing contemporary music arrangements would not be satisfying for many of our players as quite often it is very difficult.

Could the orchestra perform more modern classical repertoire, perhaps by living Canadian composers?

The main factor preventing this is again the availability of music.  Also, finding the music at the right level of difficulty for the orchestra may be a challenge.  Some modern pieces require a large variety of instruments which would be difficult for us to find.

Why does the orchestra play pieces that do not include all instruments?

Great effort is taken to pick pieces that include all of our players. However, composers before the early 19th century (Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven) used a reduced number of wind instruments. We would not want to exclude such great composers from our repertoire, hence some pieces selected will use fewer players. We tend to avoid Baroque music which uses the least amount of players.

Could we have 4 concerts per year, as the space between concerts seems too long?

Yes, we could consider having 4 concerts per year, if the orchestra members would support that.