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- ↑ "Mendelssohn Singers" (PDF). Roy Thomson Hall . Retrieved 27 November 2015.
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- ↑ Walter Pitman (28 July 2008). Elmer Iseler: Choral Visionary . Dundurn. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-4597-1481-6.
- ↑ "Vancouver Symphony tackles Mahler for Olympiad". CBC. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ↑ William Littler; John Terauds (15 June 2013). Roy Thomson Hall: A Portrait. Dundurn. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4597-1876-0.
