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The Toronto Music Garden

The Toronto Music Garden, created in collaboration with eminent cellist Yo-Yo Ma, is a three-acre public park on Toronto's Harbourfront whose design is inspired by the First Suite for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. Curving paths move visitors through six garden "movements" that flow from the different moods, feelings, and forms evoked by the music. JMMDS Project Manager: Julie Moir Messervy

  • Location: Toronto Harbourfront - Ontario, Canada
  • Collaborators: Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist; Susan Richardson, Bob Duguid, Leslie Coates, City of Toronto Parks and Recreation; Peter Welanetz, The Halvorson Company; Horst Dickert, Moonstone Landscape Consultants; Tom Tollefson, Tollefson Studios, Ltd.; Anne Roberts, Feir Mills Enterprises; Evans Golf and Landscape, Landscape Contractors
  • Inspiration: The First Suite for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Honors: Leonardo Da Vinci Award for Innovation and Creativity, 2005