jazz in the clubssion Workshop, K!imax w/ DJ Billy Bryans. Nov21 Ddessa/HavanaCDRelease. Nov22 Yawo.Nov 23 Cuban Dance Party w/ very special guestBenny Escalante. Nov 24 Cuban Dance Party w.Cafe Cubano.Manhattan's Music Club951 Gordon St. Guelph519·767-2440www.manhattans.caNov 17 Adrean Farrugia Trio.Mezzetta681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687Wednesday Concerts in a Cale. Sets at 9 and10: 15. Reservations recommended for first set.N' Awl ins Jazz Bar and Dining299 King St. W.416-595-1958www.nawlins.caEvery Tues Stacie McGregor.Every Wed. Jim Heineman Trio.Every Thu Blues Night with Guest Vocalists.Every Fri/SatA// Star Bourbon St. Band.Every Sun Robi Botos.Old Mill, The21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641www.oldmilltoronto.comNov 1,2 Ascension. Nov 3 CHFI Broadcast. Nov5 Sounds of Jazz FM91. Nov 6· 10 Fifth Avenue.Nov 12· 14FifthAvenue. Nov 15, 16 TheCaverners. Nov 17 Fifth Avenue. Nov 19 Soundsof Jazz FM91. Nov 20-22 Ascension. Nov 23Galaxy All Star Big Band. Nov 24 Ascension.Nov 26-Dec 1 Jay Boehmer.Opal Jazz Lounge472 Queen St. West. 416-646-6725www.opaljazzlounge.comNov 20·24JohnSherwood. Nov 27-Dec 1Brian Dickinson/Ted Duin/an.Pantages Martini Bar and Lounge200 Victoria St.Every Fri: John Simoes and Aaron Peixoto.Every Sat: Solo Piano: Various artists.Pilot Tavern22 Cumberland 416-923-5716www.thepilot.caNov 3 Bob Brough Ouartet Nov 4 Gene PoolBoys. Nov 10 20 Years of New OwnershipAnniversary party: Return of Tenor Madness(Mat) The Jive Bombers (Eve}. Nov 11 Kol/age.Nov 17 Oavid Virelles Ouartet. Nov 18 PatCarey Ouartet. Nov 24 Richard Underhill Ouartet.Nov 2 5 Robi Botos Quartet.Quotes220 King St. W.416-979 7717Nov 2 Dave McMurdo. Nov 9 Chase Sanborn.Reservoir Lounge, The52 Wellington St. E. 416-955-0887www.reservoirlounge.comEvery Mon Sophia Perlman and the Vipers.Every Tue Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm.Every Wed Bradley and the Bouncers.Every Thu Janice Hagen.Every Fri Chet Valient Combo.Every Sat Tory Cassis.Rex Jazz and Blues Bar, The194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475www.therex.caNov 1 KevinOuain,From NY: Pandemic. Nov 2The Hogtown Syncopators, Sara Dell, KingsleyEtienne Trio. Nov 3 Abbey's Meltdown, LauraHubert Band, Justin Bacchus, Kiki MisumiOuartet. Nov 4 Excelsior Dixieland Jazz, ClubDjango, Shannon Butcher, Jay Boehmer Jazz.50Back to Ad IndexNov 5 Peter Hill Ensemble, UofT. Student JazzEnsembles. Nov 6AliBerkok Trio, Classic RexJazz Jam. Nov 7 Victor Bateman Trio, GospelEvent: Rhythm and Truth. Nov 8 Kevin Quain,From Australia: Peter Knight Ouintet. Nov 9Hogtown Syncopators, Sara Dell, VaughanMisener Trio. Nov 10 Abbey's Meltdown, SwingShift Big Band, Justin Bacchus, Mike McC!ennanOctet. Nov 11 Excelsior Dixieland Jazz, BeverlyTaft, 5+ 2 Brass Ensemble, Sean Bray Ouartet.Nov 12 Joel Haynes Trio, UofT Student Ensem·bles. Nov 13 Ali Berkok Trio, Classic Rex JazzJam. Nov 14 Victor Bateman Trio, From Vancouver:Jodi Proznick Ouartet. Nov 15 Kevin Ouain,New CO: Rich Underhill Quintet. Nov 16 HogtownSyncopators, Sara Dell, Rosemary GallowayOuartet. Nov 17 Abbey's Meltdown, TheTJO Big Band, Justin Bacchus, From MDntrea!/CD REiease/ Gale Rodriguez Group. Nov 18Excelsior Jazz Band, George Grossman BohemianSwing, Shannon Butcher, Bruce Cassidy. Nov19 Peter Hill Ensemble, UofT Student JazzEnsembles. Nov 20 Ali Berkok Trio, Classic RexJazz Jam. Nov 21 Victor Bateman, Mark Laver1 Nov 22 From NY Mike RUby CO ReleaseEvent, Kirk MacDonald Ouartet. Nov 23 Hog·town Syncopators, Sara Dell, Kirk MacDonaldOuartet. Nov 24 Abbey's Meltdown, Dr. Nickand the Rollercoasters, Justin Bacchus, From NYAmy Cervini Quartet. Nov 25 Excelsior DixielandJazz, Freeway Dixieland, Shannon Butcher,Random Access. Nov 26 Peter Hill Ensemble,John Macleod's Rex Hotel Orchestra. Nov 27Ali Berkok Trio, Classic Rex Jazz Jam. Nov 28Victor Bateman Trio, Nathan Hiltz Trio: CDRelease. Nov 29 Kevin Guan, Dan Weiss Trio.Nov 30 Hogtown Syncopators, Sara Dell, FromNY: Dan Weiss Trio.Saint Tropez, Le315 King St. W.416591-3600Live music 7 days a weekSpezzo Restorante140 York Blvd. Richmond Hill 905-886-9703Live jazz every Thursday.Ten Feet Tall1381 Danforth Avenue, 416-778-7333www.tenfeettall.caLast Wed of Every Month Girls Night OutVocalists Jam.Nov 4Jazz 'N' laughs w/!lana Waldston. Nov11 Elizabeth Shepherd.The Trane Studio964 Bathurst St. 416-913-8197www.tranestudio.comNov 1 Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble.Nov Nick Brownman Ali. Nov 3 ErnestDawkins. Nov 4 Kobena Aqua Harrison. Nov 5Ernest Dawkins. Nov 6 Dinner/Comedy w/ JayMartin. Nov 7 Chris Rouse, Carlos Morgan andWade 0. Brown. Nov 8Josh White Jr. Nov 9Nick Brownman Ali. Nov 1 O Yvonne Moore.Nov 11 Tiki Mercury-Clark. Nov 12 PoetryReading w.Josh WhiteJr. Nov 13 Ka/abash.Nov 14 Tribute to Sam Cooke w. Glen Ricketsand Eddie Bullen w. band. Nov 15 Hiiario DUran.Nov 16 Nick Brownman Ali. Nov 17 DemoKates: Tribute to Grover Washington Jr. Nov 18Sister Lois: Tribute to Mahalia Jackson. Nov 19Poetry w. Ursula Rucker. Nov 20 Ursula Rucker.Nov 21 Donee Roberts. Nov 22 Joe SealyQuartet. Nov 23 Nick Brownman Ali. Nov 24Neil Brathwaite and Michael Shand: Trubute toHerbie Hancock. Nov 25 Eddie Bullen. Nov 26conversation with Frances Ann Solomon. Nov 2 7Alexander Brown: Tribute to Clifford Brown andDizzy Gillespie. Nov 28 Kingsley EttienneOuartet: hnouring Jack McDuff Nov 29 AdamSolomon and Tikisa. Nov 30 Nick Brownman Ali.WWW. THEWHOLENOTE.COMANNOUNCEMENTS, ... WORKSHOPS, ETCANNOUNCEMENTS*November 3 5:00: BrantfordSymphony. A Magical Night In Venice.Evening of Italian cuisine & complimentarychocolate treats; performance by BrantfordSymphony Orchestra musicians & others; live& silent auctions; dancing, & more. 5:00:Silent auction & cocktails; 6:30: Dinner.Hellenic Community Centre, 475 Park RoadNorth, Brantford. 519-759-8781.(includes charitable donation receipt).Proceeds directed towards preserving theperforming arts in our communities.*November 3 8:00: First United ChurchWaterloo. The Phantom of the Opera. 1925silent film starring Lon Chaney. Featuring liveorgan accompaniment by Ian Sadler. 16William St. West, Waterloo. 519-885·4472, 519· 746-6768. (advance).(door), (st).*November 4 7:00: ECHO Women'sChoir. Fall Fling and Square Dancing. Eveningof song, scrumptious baked goods & preservessale, pie raffle & square-dancing. All-agesevent. Live music with Anne Lederman, fiddle& Lorraine Sutton, caller. No dancing partner?Not a problem! Church of the Holy Trinity, 10Trinity Square. 416-588-9050 x3. ,(family) (sliding scale).*November 11 10:45am: Fort YorkNational Historic Site/lODE, TorontoChapter. Remembrance Oay Ceremony.Processional parade led by fife and drum;military costumed staff from historic FortYork; standard bearers from the !DOE. Tohonour soldiers from the Toronto Garrisonwho have fallen in war. Fort York parking lot,100 Garrison Road, to Strachan AvenueMilitary Cemetery, just west of Historic FortYork. 416-392-6907. Free.*November 251 :00·4:00: AmiciChamber Ensemble. 20thAnniversaryGala. Beethoven: Trio; Schumann: SpanischeLiebeslieder; music by Piazzolla; Armenianfolk songs; Bob Rae: newly composed song.Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano; Bob Rae, piano/composer; Patricia Parr & Serouj Kradjian,piano; Benjamin Bowman, violin; members ofAmici. Grano Ristorante, 2035 Yonge St.416-368-8743. 0.*November 25 2:30·5:30: Music Gallery/Arraymusic/NUMUS. Music Gallery OpenHouse: Celebrating James Tenney. Tenney:Road to Ubud & other music. Composers &performers will discuss works & workingwith Tenney; demonstrations on Tenney's useof tunings. Performers include Evergreen ClubGamelan, Arraymusic Ensemble, StephenClarke, piano & others. Church of St. Georgethe Martyr, 197 John. 416-204· 1080. ;(Gallery members); O(sr/st, artsworkers, underemployed).* December 11 :DO· 7:00: St. Clement'sChurch. 6th Annual Art Show and Sale. 59Briar Hill Ave. 416-483-6664.*December 2 2:00-5:00: Elmer lselerSingers. Sherry and Shortbread. Join in thesilent auction & enjoy music of the holidayseason. Albany Club, 91 King St. East. 416-217-0537. In support of the activities of theElmer lseler Singers.LECTURES/SYMPOSIA*November 4 2:00: Toronto Opera Club.Freudian literature from Pelleas et Melisandeto The Wizard of Oz. Video presentation byguest speaker John Rutherford. CDs to bewon. Room 330, Edward Johnson Bldg, 80Queen's Park. 416-924-3940. .*November 812:10: University ofToronto Faculty of Music/RoyalCanadian College of Organists (TorontoCentre). Symposium on Dietrich Buxtehude:lecture by Dr. Kera/a Snyder. Walter Hall, 80Queen's Park. 416-978-3744,www.globalserve.net/-chubb/rcco/buxtehude300.htm Free.*November 21 8:00: Toronto WagnerSociety. A Broadcaster's Experience withWagner. Lecture by Howard Dyck. Arts andLetters Club, 14 Elm St.www.torontowagner.org Members free, non·members by donation ( suggested).*November 22 12:10: University ofToronto Faculty of Music. Presentation bypercussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. WalterHall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978 -3744. Free.*Northumberland Learning Connection/Port Hope Friends of Music. Bricks,Bohemians, and Passionate lovers. Looking atopera in 5 lectures: Nov 8: The Architectureof Acoustics: the Design of Toronto's NewOpera House with Gary McCluskie; Nov 15:Puccini's la Boheme with Clayton Scott; Nov22: Verdi's Greatest love Duets, la Traviatawith lain Scott; Nov 29: Verdi's Greatestlove Duets, Un Ba/lo in Maschera with lainScott; Dec 6: Verdi's Greatest love Duets,Otello with lain Scott. All lectures at 7pm atthe Columbus Community Centre, 232Spencer Street, Cobourg. For tickets & moreinformation: 905-349-3402,www.northumberlandlearningconnection.caMASTER CLASSES*November 4 2:00-5:30: Singing Studioof Deborah Staiman. Master class inmusical theatre/audition preparation, usingtextual analysis and other interpretative toolsfor the "sung monologue". Yonge & Eglintonarea - please call for exact location. 416-483-9532, www.singingstudio.ca*November 9 3:00: University ofWestern Ontario. Baroque flutemasterclass with Mathieu Langlois. vonKuster Hall, Don Wright Faculty of Music,UWO, London. 519-661-2043. Free.*November 10 1 Dam: University ofToronto Faculty of Music/RoyalCanadian College of Organists (TorontoCentre). Symposium on Dietrich Buxtehude:William Porter Organ Master Class. KnoxCollege Chapel, 59 St. George St. 416-978-3744, www.globalserve.net/·chubb/rcco/buxtehude300.htm (non-RCCO members).*November 13 11 :30am: YorkUniversity Department of Music. liedermasterclass with Che Anne Loewen. Singersfrom the classes of Catherine Robbin &Norma Burrowes. Observers welcome.Tribute Communities Recital Hall, AccoladeEast, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186.Free.NOVEMBER1 - DECEMBER 7 2007
*November 16 2:30: York UniversityDepartment of Music. Vocal masterclasswith Leslie Fagan. Singers from the studios ofCatherine Robbin, Norma Burrowes, StephanieBogle & others. Observers welcome. TributeCommunities Recital Hall, Accolade East, YU,4700 Keele St. 416- 736-5186. Free.*November 17 1 :00-4:30: Long &McOuade/Miyazawa Flutes. Flute masterclass with Ian Clarke. Victoria College Chapel,93 Charles St. West. 416-588· 7886.(performers), auditors free.*November 17 & 25 7:00-9:00:Vocalway Studios. Voice master classwith coach Tom Schilling. Melrose UnitedChurch, 86 Homewood Ave., Hamilton. Toreserve a spot: 905-546-5671,www.vocalway.com (participant), O(auditor); (performers, ACTRA &Equity members with card). (auditors,ACTRA & Equity members with card).*November 18 1 :30-4:00: Toronto FluteCircle. Informal performance masterclass/workshop for flute enthusiasts of all ages &levels. Group participation. Presented byMargot Rydall. Location tba.416-463 -1011or duomusic@sympatico.ca*November 18 2:00-5:30: Singing Studioof Deborah Staiman. Master class inmusical theatre/audition preparation. See Nov4.*November 20 12:10: University ofToronto Faculty of Music. VoicePerformance Class: lute Song Master Classwith John Edwards. Walter Hall, 80 Queen'sPark. 416-978-3744. Free.*November 20 6:00-8:00: VocalwayStudios. Voice master class with TomSchilling. See November 17 & 25. CollegeStreet United Church, 452 College St.Toronto.*November 30 4:00: University ofWestern Ontario. Violin masterclass withVaslie Beluska. von Kuster Hall, Don WrightFaculty of Music, UWD, London. 519-661-2043. Free.*December 2 1 O:OOam: University ofWestern Ontario. Piano chamber musicmasterclass with Paulina Zamora. von KusterHall, Don Wright Faculty of Music, UWD,London. 519-661-2043. Free.*December 2 2:00-5:30: Singing Studioof Deborah Staiman. Master class inmusical theatre/audition preparation. See Nov4.WORKSHOPS*November 3 & 4 2:00-5:00: CAM MAC.Ghanaian Music. Workshop with Ghanaianmusicians. Morningside-High ParkPresbyterian Church, 4 Morningside Ave. 416-421 -0779, www.cammac.ca.*November 41:30-4:00: Toronto EarlyMusic Players Organization. Workshop onearly music for winds and strings, led by SusieNapper. Bring your early instruments & stand.Lansing United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 416·778-7777. , members free.* November 6 2:00-4:00, 7:00-9:00:Remenyi House of Music. ChoralWorkshop with Bob Chilcott. Hear & sing hiscompositions. Limited seating. Church of theRedeemer, 162 Bloor St. West. 416-961 -3111 x218.NOVEMBER l - D ECEMBE R 7 200 7Back to Ad Index*November 7 7:30: Penthelia Singers.Open Rehearsal. Come sing with us for anevening & meet the members afterwards at ameet and greet. Rosedale Presbyterian Church,129 Mount Pleasant Rd. To register: 416·538 -2378.* November 10 9am-6pm: Grand RiverChorus. Calling All Singers: ChoralDevelopment Workshop. Led by RichardCunningham; ending with a goodwill concertfeaturing the pieces learned during the day.Wesley United Church, 69 Superior Street,Brantford. 519 -759- 7885.*November 16 7:30-1 Opm: RecorderPlayers' Society. Opportunity for recorderand/or other early instrument players to playRenaissance & Baroque music in groups.Church of the Transfiguration, 111 Manor Rd.East. 416-534-7931 . O(CAMMACmember). (non-member).*November 18 9:45am-5:00: RoyalConservatory of Music CommunitySchool. Progressive Songwriting Workshop.Day-long workshop with professionalsongwriters, musicians & producers, exploringthe creation of a new song, helping it to evolveas it progresses through three differentapproaches to modern song writing. Limited to20 participants. 90 Croatia St. 416 -408-2825. .*November 18 2:00: CAMMAC. MusicalReading. Emile Swanepoel leads a reading ofDvorak's Stabat Mater. For singers andinstrumentalists. Elliott Hall, Christ ChurchDeer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-421 -0779,www.cammac.ca (non-members).*November 21 7:30: Toronto ShapenoteSinging from Sacred Harp. Beginnerswelcome. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields, 103Bellevue Ave. 416· 922-7997 orpleasancecrawford@rogers.com*November 26 7:30: Toronto EarlyMusic Centre. Vocal Circle. Recreationalreading of early choral music. Ability to readmusic is desirable but not essential. 12Millbrook Cres. 416-920 -5025. (nonmembers).members free.* November 27 8:00: Toronto FolkSingers' Club. An informal group that meetsfor the purpose of performance & exchange ofsongs. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave.416 -532-0900.*December 2 1 :30-4:00: Toronto EarlyMusic Players Organization. Workshop onearly music for winds & strings led byKatherine Hill, singer & performer on gamba,vielle, rebec. Bring your early instruments andstand; music provided. Lansing United Church,49 Bogert Ave. 416-778 -7777. ,members free.Attention: Opera SingersDo you have a dream rolethat you want orneed to perform?ll 1s easier ihan you th ink'More info: www.OperabyRequest.caopercl by requ estD,recior. W,lhim ShookhoHAc,it k·nuc Ex
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Welcome to our December/January issue as we turn the annual calendar page, halfway through our season for the 25th time, juggling as always, secular stuff, the spirit of the season, new year resolve and winter journeys! Why is Mozart's Handel's Messiah's trumpet a trombone? Why when Laurie Anderson offers to fly you to the moon you should take her up on the invitation. Why messing with Winterreisse can (sometimes) be a very good thing! And a bumper crop of record reviews for your reading (and sometimes listening) pleasure. Available in flipthrough here right now, and on stands commencing Thursday Nov 28. See you on the other side!
Long promised, Vivian Fellegi takes a look at Relaxed Performance practice and how it is bringing concert-going barriers down across the spectrum; Andrew Timar looks at curatorial changes afoot at the Music Gallery; David Jaeger investigates the trumpets of October; the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution (and the 20th Anniversary of our October Blue Pages Presenter profiles) in our Editor's Opener; the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir at 125; Tapestry at 40 and Against the Grain at 10; ringing in the changing season across our features and columns; all this and more, now available in Flip Through format here, and on the stands commencing this coming Friday September 27, 2019. Enjoy.
Vol 1 of our 25th season is now here! And speaking of 25, that's how many films in the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival editor Paul Ennis, in our Eighth Annual TIFF TIPS, has chosen to highlight for their particular musical interest. Also inside: Rob Harris looks through the Rear View Mirror at past and present prognostications about the imminent death of classical music; Mysterious Barricades and Systemic Barriers are Lydia Perović's preoccupations in Art of Song; Andrew Timar reflects on the evolving priorities of the Polaris Prize; and elsewhere, it's chocks away as yet another season creaks or roars (depending on the beat) into motion. Welcome back.
What a range of stuff! A profile of Liz Upchurch, the COC ensemble studio's vocal mentor extraordinaire; a backgrounder on win-win faith/arts centre partnerships and ways of exploring the possibilities; an interview with St. Petersburg-based Eifman Ballet's Boris Eifman; Ana Sokolovic's violin concert Evta finally coming to town; a Love Letter to YouTube, and much more. Plus our 17th annual Canary Pages Choral directory if all you want to do is sing! sing! sing!
Arraymusic, the Music Gallery and Native Women in the Arts join for a mini-festival celebrating the work of composer, performer and installation artist Raven Chacon; Music and Health looks at the role of Healing Arts Ontario in supporting concerts in care facilities; Kingston-based composer Marjan Mozetich's life and work are celebrated in film; "Forest Bathing" recontextualizes Schumann, Shostakovich and Hindemith; in Judy Loman's hands, the harp can sing; Mahler's Resurrection bursts the bounds of symphonic form; Ed Bickert, guitar master remembered. All this and more in our April issue, now online in flip-through here, and on stands commencing Friday March 29.
Something Old, Something New! The Ide(a)s of March are Upon Us! Rob Harris's Rear View Mirror looks forward to a tonal revival; Tafelmusik expands their chronological envelope in two directions, Esprit makes wave after wave; Pax Christi's new oratorio by Barbara Croall catches the attention of our choral and new music columnists; and summer music education is our special focus, right when warm days are once again possible to imagine. All this and more in our March 2019 edition, available in flipthrough here, and on the stands starting Thursday Feb 28.
In this issue: A prize that brings lustre to its laureates (and a laureate who brings lustre to the prize); Edwin Huizinga on the journey of Opera Atelier's "The Angel Speaks" from Versailles to the ROM; Danny Driver on playing piano in the moment; Remembering Neil Crory (a different kind of genius)' Year of the Boar, Indigeneity and Opera; all this and more in Volume 24 #5. Online in flip through, HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday Jan 31.
When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.
Reluctant arranger! National Ballet Orchestra percussionist Kris Maddigan on creating the JUNO and BAFTA award-winning smash hit Cuphead video game soundtrack; Evergreen by name and by nature, quintessentially Canadian gamelan (Andrew Timar explains); violinist Angèle Dubeau on 20 years and 60 million streams; two children’s choirs where this month remembrance and living history must intersect. And much more, online in our kiosk now, and on the street commencing Thursday November 1.
Presenters, start your engines! With TIFF and "back-to-work" out of the way, the regular concert season rumbles to life, and, if our Editor's Opener can be trusted, "Seeking Synergies" seems to be the name of the game. Denise Williams' constantly evolving "Walk Together Children" touching down at the Toronto Centre for the Arts; the second annual Festival of Arabic Music and Arts expanding its range; a lesson in Jazz Survival with Steve Wallace; the 150 presenter and performer profiles in our 19th annual Blue Pages directory... this is an issue that is definitely more than the sum of its parts.
In this issue: The WholeNote's 7th Annual TIFF TIPS guide to festival films with musical clout; soprano Erin Wall in conversation with Art of Song columnist Lydia Perovic, about more than the art of song; a summer's worth of recordings reviewed; Toronto Chamber Choir at 50 (is a few close friends all it takes?); and much more, as the 2018/19 season gets under way.
PLANTING NOT PAVING! In this JUNE / JULY /AUGUST combined issue: Farewell interviews with TSO's Peter Oundjian and Stratford Summer Music's John Miller, along with "going places" chats with Luminato's Josephine Ridge, TD Jazz's Josh Grossman and Charm of Finches' Terry Lim. ) Plus a summer's worth of fruitful festival inquiry, in the city and on the road, in a feast of stories and our annual GREEN PAGES summer Directory.
In this issue: our sixteenth annual Choral Canary Pages; coverage of 21C, Estonian Music Week and the 3rd Toronto Bach Festival (three festivals that aren’t waiting for summer!); and features galore: “Final Finales” for Larry Beckwith’s Toronto Masque Theatre and for David Fallis as artistic director of Toronto Consort; four conductors on the challenges of choral conducting; operatic Hockey Noir; violinist Stephen Sitarski’s perspective on addressing depression; remembering bandleader, composer and saxophonist Paul Cram. These and other stories, in our May 2018 edition of the magazine.
In this issue: we talk with jazz pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo about growing up in Toronto, building a musical career, and being adaptive to change; pianist Eve Egoyan prepares for her upcoming Luminato project and for the next stage in her long-term collaborative relationship with Spanish-German composer Maria de Alvear; jazz violinist Aline Homzy, halfway through preparing for a concert featuring standout women bandleaders, talks about social equity in the world of improvised music; and the local choral community celebrates the life and work of choral conductor Elmer Iseler, 20 years after his passing.
In this issue: Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera collaborate to take Gogol’s short story The Overcoat to the operatic stage; Montreal-based Sam Shalabi brings his ensemble Land of Kush, and his newest composition, to Toronto; Five Canadian composers, each with a different CBC connection, are nominated for JUNOs; and The WholeNote team presents its annual Summer Music Education Directory, a directory of summer music camps, programs and courses across the province and beyond.
In this issue: composer Nicole Lizée talks about her love for analogue equipment, and the music that “glitching” evokes; Richard Rose, artistic director at the Tarragon Theatre, gives us insights into their a rock-and-roll Hamlet, now entering production; Toronto prepares for a mini-revival of Schoenberg’s music, with three upcoming shows at New Music Concerts; and the local music theatre community remembers and celebrates the life and work of Mi’kmaq playwright and performer Cathy Elliott . These and other stories, in our double-issue December/January edition of the magazine.
In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!
In this issue: several local artists reflect on the memory of composer Claude Vivier, as they prepare to perform his music; Vancouver gets ready to host international festival ISCM World New Music Days, which is coming to Canada for the second time since its inception in 1923; one of the founders of Artword Artbar, one of Hamilton’s staple music venues, on the eve of the 5th annual Steel City Jazz Festival, muses on keeping urban music venues alive; and a conversation with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, as he prepares for an ambitious recital in Toronto. These and other stories, in our October 2017 issue of the magazine.
In this issue: a look at why musicians experience stage fright, and how to combat it; an inside look at the second Kensington Market Jazz Festival, which zeros in on one of Toronto’s true ‘music villages’; an in-depth interview with Elisa Citterio, new music director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; and The WholeNote’s guide to TIFF, with suggestions for the 20 most musical films at this year’s festival. These and other stories, in our September 2017 issue of the magazine!
CBC Radio's Lost Horizon; Pinocchio as Po-Mo Operatic Poster Boy; Meet the Curators (Crow, Bernstein, Ridge); a Global Music Orchestra is born; and festivals, festivals, festivals in our 13th annual summer music Green Pages. All this and more in our three-month June-through August summer special issue, now available in flipthrough HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday June 1.
From science fact in "Integral Man: Music and the Movies," to science fiction in the editor's opener; from World Fiddle Day at the Aga Khan Museum to three Canadians at the Cliburn; from wanting to sashay across the 401 to Chamberfest in Montreal to exploring the Continuum of Jumblies Theatre's 20-year commitment to the Community Play (there's a pun in there somewhere!).
In this issue: Our podcast ramps up with interviews in March with fight director Jenny Parr, countertenor Daniel Taylor, and baritone Russell Braun; two views of composer John Beckwith at 90; how music’s connection to memory can assist with the care of patients with Alzheimer’s; musical celebrations in film and jazz, at National Canadian Film Day and Jazz Day; and a preview of Louis Riel, which opens this month at the COC. These and other stories, in our April 2017 issue of the magazine!
On our cover: Owen Pallett's musical palette on display at New Creations. Spring brings thoughts of summer music education! (It's never too late.). For Marc-Andre Hamelin the score is king. Ella at 100 has the tributes happening. All; this and more.
In this issue: an interview with composer/vocalist Jeremy Dutcher, on his upcoming debut album and unique compositional voice; a conversation with Boston Symphony hornist James Sommerville, as as the BSO gets ready to come to his hometown; Stuart Hamilton, fondly remembered; and an inside look at Hugh’s Room, as it enters a complicated chapter in the story of its life in the complex fabric of our musical city. These and other stories, as we celebrate the past and look forward to the rest of 2016/17, the first glimpses of 2017/18, and beyond!
In this issue: a conversation with pianist Stewart Goodyear, in advance of his upcoming show at Koerner Hall; a preview of the annual New Year’s phenomenon that is Bravissimo!/Salute to Vienna; an inside look at music performance in Toronto’s health-care centres; and a reflection on the incredible life and lasting influence of the late Pauline Oliveros. These and more, in a special December/January combined issue!
In this issue: David Jaeger and Alex Pauk’s most memorable R. Murray Schafer collabs, in this month’s installment of Jaeger’s CBC Radio Two: The Living Legacy; an interview with flutist Claire Chase, who brings new music and mindset to Toronto this month; an investigation into the strange coincidence of three simultaneous Mendelssohn Elijahs this Nov 5; and of course, our annual Blue Pages, a who’s who of southern Ontario’s live music scene- a community as prolific and multifaceted as ever. These and more, as we move full-force into the 2016/17 concert season- all aboard!
Music lover's TIFF (our fifth annual guide to the Toronto International Film Festival); Aix Marks the Spot (how Brexit could impact on operatic co-production); The Unstoppable Howard Cable (an affectionate memoir of a late chapter in the life of of a great Canadian arranger; Kensington Jazz Story (the newest kid on the festival block flexes its muscles). These stories and much more as we say a lingering goodbye to summer and turn to the task, for the 22nd season, of covering the live and recorded music that make Southern Ontario tick.
It's combined June/July/August summer issue time with, we hope, enough between the covers to keep you dipping into it all through the coming lazy, hazy days. From Jazz Vans racing round "The Island" delivering pop-up brass breakouts at the roadside, to Bach flute ambushes strolling "The Grove, " to dozens of reasons to stay in the city. May yours be a summer where you find undiscovered musical treasures, and, better still, when, unexpectedly, the music finds you.
INSIDE: The Canaries Are Here! 116 choirs to choose from, so take the plunge! The Nylons hit the road after one last SING! Fling. Jazz writer Steve Wallace wonders "Watts Goode" rather than "what's new?" Paul Ennis has the musical picks of the HotDocs crop. David Jaeger's CBC Radio continues golden for a little while yet. Douglas McNabney is Music's Child. Leipzig meets Damascus in Alison Mackay's fertile imagination. And "C" is for KRONOS in Wende Bartley's koverage of the third annual 21C Festival. All this and as usual much much more. Enjoy.
From 30 camp profiles to spark thoughts of being your summer musical best, to testing LUDWIG as you while away the rest of so-called winter; from Scottish Opera and the Danish Midtvest, to a first Toronto recital appearance by violin superstar Maxim Vengerov; from musings on New Creations and new creation, to the boy who made a habit of crying Beowulf; it's a month of merry meetings and rousing recordings reviewed, all here to discover in The WholeNote.
2016 is off to a flying start! We chronicle the Artful Times of Andrew Burashko, the violistic versatility of Teng Li, the ageless ebullience of jazz pianist Gene DiNovi and the ninetieth birthday of trumpeter Johnny Cowell. Jaeger remembers Boulez; Waxman recalls Bley's influence, and Olds finds Bowie haunting Editor's Corner. Oh, and did we mention there's all that music? Hello (and goodbye) to the February blues, and here's to swinging through the musical vines of the Year of the Monkey.
What's a vinyl renaissance? What happens when Handel's Messiah runs afoul of the rumba rhythm setting on a (gasp!) Hammond organ? What work does Marc-Andre Hamelin say he would be content to have on every recital program he plays? What are Steve Wallace's favourite fifty Christmas recordings? Why is violinist Daniel Hope celebrating Yehudi Menuhin's 100th birthday at Koerner Hall January 28? Answers to all these questions (and a whole lot more) in the Dec/Jan issue of The WholeNote.
"Come" seems to be the verb that knits this month's issue together. Sondra Radvanovsky comes to Koerner, William Norris comes to Tafel as their new GM, opera comes to Canadian Stage; and (a long time coming!) Jane Bunnett's musicianship and mentorship are honoured with the Premier's award for excellence; plus David Jaeger's ongoing series on the golden years of CBC Radio Two, Andrew Timar on hybridity, a bumper crop of record reviews and much much more. Come on in!
Vol 21 No 2 is now available for your viewing pleasure, and it's a bumper crop, right at the harvest moon. First ever Canadian opera on the Four Seasons Centre main stage gets double coverage with Wende Bartley interviewing Pyramus and Thisbe composer Barbara Monk Feldman and Chris Hoile connecting with director Christopher Alden; Paul Ennis digs into the musical mind of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and pianist Eve Egoyan is "On the Record" in conversation with publisher David Perlman ahead of the Oct release concert for her tenth recording. And at the heart of it all the 16th edition of our annual BLUE PAGES directory of presenters profile the season now well and truly under way.
Paul Ennis's annual TIFF TIPS (27 festival films of potential particular musical interest); Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Jeffrey Beecher on the Silk Road; David Jaeger on CBC Radio Music in the days it was committed to commissioning; the LISTENING ROOM continues to grow on line; DISCoveries is back, bigger than ever; and Mary Lou Fallis says Trinity-St. Paul's is Just the Spot (especially this coming Sept 25!).