PHOTO ORI DAGANLDancing, Dining, Rarities& Reservationsive music is the red thread that ties the clublistings together, but the ever-expanding listcontains everything from extravagant to unpretentious,from dance hall to pool hall. To helpplan your next outing, in the spotlight this monthare places where dancing and dining are ideal.Feet firstDovercourt House: Dancingis the main attractionat the Dovercourt,where Swing Toronto(aka “Odd Socks”) giveshappy feet a chance todance every Saturday!Sensational swing bandsset the scene every Saturdayfrom 9:30pm-1am,preceded by two beginnerdance classes at 7pm. for unlimited dancing,$15 including oneclass, includes bothclasses. On Saturday-choreographer Frankie Manning (1914-2009), oneof the founding fathers of Lindy Hop.www.odd-socks.orgThe Reservoir Lounge: The charming “Res” is oneof Toronto’s historic jazz venues, and the only onechaelBuble’s old stomping ground back in the day,blues, and boogie woogie including endearingacts like Sophia Perlman and the Vipers on Mondaynights, Bradley & the Bouncers on Wednesdaysand Tyler Yarema every Tuesday and SaturdayNight. The fantastic fusion menu is very muchworth mentioning and so is the mouth-wateringmartini selection! www.reservoirlounge.comLula Lounge: Lovers of world music will embracethe Lula World festival from May 5 to 30.If your mom likes to dance, don’t miss Mother’sDay brunch on May 9 with the incomparableLuis Mario Ochoa and his Cuban Sextet, followedthat evening by a passionate concert with vocalistbill on May 12 unites eclectic vocalist Yvette Tollarand Serbian saxophonist Jasna Jovicevic. OnMay 22 musical director Sean Bellaviti presentsViva Celia: a tribute to the Queen of Salsa, CeliaCruz. Full details on this extraordinary multiculturalextravaganza at www.lula.caHungry? Famished? Pregnant? Craving?Hear live music hereAquila Restaurant: Passionate about good food,Ori's StoriesORI DAGANLisa Particelli with birthday-boyNorman Marshall Villeneuve.owner and Chef Jose Corniellis smokes meat theold fashioned way using natural wood, and sticksto organically grown produce. Entrees on the extensivemenu include bison striploin (.95), nat-of lamb (.50); plenty of lunch specials andweekend brunch. Stayfor live jazz every Saturdaynight includingthonyTerpstra and PhilSkladowski on the lastSaturday of every month.www.torontorestaurants.com/aquilaTen Feet Tall: This eastcantsource of goodtimes, thanks largely toits tastefully creativemenu. Savoury itemsinclude Chicken Imperial(), Pad Thai (),make your own pizzaand the popular new, Mac ‘n’ Cheese Boutique!vibrant Danforth spot; Saturday night cabaretsgo from 8-10pm and Sunday afternoon jazz matineesgo 3:30-6:30, no cover charge, reservationsencouraged.Plum 226:charming new Cabbagetown room is under newmanagement and has recently reopened after renovations.Below the restaurant, the intimate 30-seat lounge has much to boast: an appetizing Italianmenu, friendly service, stellar atmosphere andpriceless live music. Romantic, elegant and reasonablypriced, this is a great date destination!Exquisite tapas, pizzas and pastas, and mains in-Catch the Lisa Particelli Trio on Friday May 21,No Cover, 8-11pm. Norman Marshall Villeneuveplays the last Friday of every month.www.plum226.comHappy Birthday To NMV: Speaking of NormanMarshall Villeneuve, the veteran jazz drummercelebrates his 72 birthday at The Pilot Tavern onSaturday May 29 th from 3:30-6:30pm.www.thepilot.caAlize Restaurant2459 Yonge St. 416-487-2771Every Sun Lara Solnicki Sings in English& French with guest guitar players.6:30-9:30pmAlleycatz2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865www.alleycatz.caEvery Mon Salsa Night with DJ FrankBischun with Lessons 8pm; Every TueCarlo Berardinucci Band, Swing & Jazz Cover 8:30pm; Every Wed Valu David &Co. Jazz & Soul 8:30pm; Every Thu Soul,R&B and Reggae, Refreshments, NoCover; Fridays and Saturdays Funk, Soul,Reggae, R&B, Top 40, Cover withoutdinner reservations.May 1 Lady Kane. May 6 May 7, 8 May 13Soular. May 14 Lady Kane. May 15Jamesking. May 20, 21, 22 May 27 Lady Kane. May 28, 29 Time Band.Annex Live, The296 Brunswick Ave. 416-929-3999www.theannexlive.comAquila Restaurant347 Keele St. 416-761-7474May 1 Tony Quarrington. May 8 SteveMacDonald. May 15 Howard Letters. May22 May 29 Bari’d AliveAzure Restaurant and Barat the Intercontinental Hotel225 Front Street 416-597-3701www.azurerestaurant.caEvery Thu, Fri, Sat Dan Bodanis Triowith Bernie Senensky and Steve Wallace5:30-10:30pmBlack Swan, The154 Danforth Ave. 416-469-0537Every Wed The Danforth Jam w/ Jon Longand Friends 9:30pmBon Vivant Restaurant1924 Avenue Road 416-630-5153Every Friday Margaret Stowe Solo Guitar6-9pmCastro’s Lounge2116 Queen Street East 416-699-8272NO COVEREvery Sun Jeremy Rouse Trio (Jazz/Roots)6-9pm; Every Mon Smokey Folk (Bluegrass/Rockabilly)9:30pmChalkers Pub Billiards & Bistro247 Marlee Avenue, 416-789-2531www.chalkerspub.com (for completelistings)Third Mon every month The Sisters ofSheynville; Every Wed Girls Night Out Vocalist-FriendlyJazz Jam 8:30-12 with hostRoss MacIntyre (b) Norman Marshall Villeneuve(d) No Cover; Every Sat Dinner Jazz6-9pm, Serious Old School 9:30pm-2am.May 1 May 2 Donny Ha-Rarities & ReservationsFunny how some patrons seem to have reservationsabout making them. Or perhaps, they forget.In any case, to avoid disappointment, be sureto buy your tickets or book your seats in advance.continues on page 46C. In The Clubs(Mostly Jazz)44 THEWHOLENOTE.COMMay 1 - June 7, 2010
thaway Tribute feat Michael Dunston. May8 Lorne Lofsky Trio. May 15 Lisa MartinelliQuartet. May 16 Donny Hathaway Tributefeat Michael Dunston. May 17 Sisters ofSheynville. May 22 Mark Eisenman Trio.Mar 28 Ashley Summers Quartet. Mar 29Fern Lindzon Quartet.Chick N’ Deli744 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-489-3363www.chickndeli.comEvery Mon Big Band Night; Every TueJam Night; Every Sat4-7.Classico Pizza & Pasta2457 Bloor Street West 416-763-1313Every Thu Jazz Guitarist Nate Renner 7pmNo CoverCobourg, The533 Parliament St. 416-913-7538Jazz Sundays 9PM,NO COVERCommensal, Le655 Bay St. 416-596-9364www.commensal.caJazz Fridays 6:30pm - 9:30pmNO COVERMay 7 Lara Solnicki & Dan Eisen. May 14Warren Greig & Dan Eisen. May 21 SamanthaClayton & Steve Hunter. May 28Jonathan Marks & Fabrice Sicco.Communist’s Daughter, The1149 Dundas Street W 647-435-0103Every Sat 4-7pm Gypsy Jazz w MichaelJohnson & Red Rhythm: Michael LouisJohnson (trumpet, vocals) Roberto Rosenman(guitar) Terry Wilkins (bass)Corktown, The175 Young St. Hamilton 905-572-9242Sets at 8pm and 10pm, Coverwww.thecorktownpub.caEvery Wed The Darcy Hepner Orchestra &Special GuestsDave’s Gourmet Pizza730 St. Clair Ave. West 416-652-2020www.davespizza.caEvery Thu 8-12 Uncle Herb Dale & FriendsOpen Mic.DeSotos(formerly Regal Heights Bistro)1079 St. Clair Ave. West 416-651-2109Every Thurs Open Mic Jazz Jam 8pmmidnight,hosted by Double A Jazz; EverySun Brunch with Double A Jazz and Guest11am-2pmDoctor’s House, The21 Nashville Road, Kleinburg (905)893-1615www.thedoctorshouse.caLive Entertainment every Saturday 6:30pmDominion on Queen500 Queen St. East 416-368-6893www.dominiononqueen.comEvery Sun Rockabilly Brunch 11am-3pm;Every 1 st & 3 rd Sun Jazz Jam with hostRobert Scott 4-7pm; Every Tue FrenchGypsy Jazz Jam with host Wayne Nakamura.8:30pm, pwyc; Every Thu John T.Davis on B3, 5:30-8pm, No CoverMay 3 May 14 Bill Colgate & Friends. May 15May 17May 21George Grosman’s Bohemian Swing. May28 Que Isso Brazilian Jazz.Dora Keogh Irish Pub141 Danforth Avenue 416-778-1804www.allens.to/dora (full listings)Every Sat Roberto Occhipinti Trio featHilario Duran & Mark Kelso.Dovercourt House805 Dovercourt Road 416-537-3337www.odd-socks.orgEvery Sat Saturday Night Swing: Dancefeaturing Live Swing Bands”May 1 Up Jumped Swing! May 8 Tevlin’s New Orleans Rhythm. May 15Band TBA. May 22 Solomon DouglasSwingtet. May 29 Tribute to Frankie Manning,band TBA.Drake Hotel, The1150 Queen Street West 416-531-5042www.thedrakehotel.ca (full calendar)Frida Restaurant999 Eglinton Avenue West 416-787-2221.www.fridarestaurant.caLive Jazz Tuesdays 7-10pm/No CoverGate 403403 Roncesvalles 416-588-2930www.gate403.com (daily schedule)LIVE JAZZ & BLUES EVERY NIGHT, twoshows daily, three on weekendsNo Cover Charge / Pay What You CanEvery Tue Julian Fauth Blues Night; EverySat Bill Heffernan & Friends.Grossman’s Tavern“Toronto’s Home of the Blues”379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-1210www.grossmanstavern.com (completeschedule)“Toronto’s Home of the Blues” NO COVEREvery Sat Matinee matinee 4-8pm; Every Sun Nicola VaughanAcoustic Jam 4-9pm, The Nationals withBrian Cober: Double Slide Guitar OpenStage Jam 9:30pm-2am.Harlem Restaurant67 Richmond Street East 416-368-1920www.harlemrestaurant.com (full musicschedule)NO COVEREvery Mon Open Jam Night hosted byCarolynT 8pm-1am; Every Wed Music isthe Answer: Fundraising for Haiti, 8pm.Minimum Donations /w Aspirin, First AidKits, Vitamins, Masks, Protein Bars; EveryFri Jazz/Blues 7:30-11:30pmEvery Sat Jazz/Blues 7:30-11:30pm; May1 ZimZum. May 7 Duane Forrest. May 8Dane Hartsell. May 14 Brilliant Corners.May 15 Joni NehRita. May 21 JevonRudder. May 22 Rosanne Howell. May 28Shobha. May 29 Quique Escamilla CreoleNight.Home Smith Barsee Old Mill, TheHugh’s Room“Toronto’s home of live Folk and Roots”2261 Dundas Street West 416-531-6604www.hughsroom.com (for complete scheduleof nightly acts)All shows start at 8:30pm; for ticket pricesrefer to website.May 18 Sacha Williamson. May 21 LilyFrost Band CD Release w opening act TheWilderness of Manitoba. May 22 Lily FrostBand CD Release w opening act TerraHazelton. May 22 Big Rude Jake. May27 Ron Davis CD Release w Daniela Nardiopening.Joe Mama’s317 King Street West 416-340-6469Live music every nightEvery Sun Nathan Hiltz, Bernie Senensky& Sly Juhas.Latinada1671 Bloor Street West 416-913-9716www.latinada.comLive Music Wednesday to SundayLula Lounge1585 Dundas West 416-588-0307www.lula.ca (complete schedule)May 1 and DJ Bernal. May 2 manAmadio. May 5-May 30 LULA WORLDMUSIC FESTIVAL May 5 Bomba + Fito Garcia + Marlin Ramazzini.May 6 Sugar Minott. May 7 Dominic MancusoQuintet, Vagabunda. May 8 AfrolatinoDance Company presents I am Cuba: ACabaret. May 9 Mother Day Brunch w Luistet,Mother’s Day Concert w Eliana Cuevas& Special Guest Luanda Jones. May 11Gems of 20 th May 12 Yvette Tollar & Jasna Jovicevic.May 13 Kinobe and Soul Beat Africa. May14 Rick Lazar’s Samba Squad & SpecialGuests. May 15 Sounds of the RiverScreening + Son Jarocho Dance Workshop,Colombia Mi Amor w Orquesta Fantasia.May 16 Montreal’s Yohualichan. May 17 MondoUke. May 19 Anima Fado. May 20 Ro-May 21 May 22 Viva Celia: Tribute to Celia Cruz.May 23 w Freddy Torrealba. May 26 Ottawa’sFlorquestra Brasil, Baque de Bamba. May28 David Occhipinti and Giorgio Civello wDominic Mancuso, Beatchild + Tingsek +Ebrahim. May 29 TBA. May 30 BrokenHearts and Madmen: Gryphon Trio withManhattan’s Music Club951 Gordon St., Guelph. 519-767-2440www.manhattans.caMezzetta681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687www.mezzettarestaurant.comEvery Wed Jazz Series: sets at 9:00 and10:15. Cover -10Momo’s Bistro664 The Queensway, Etobicoke416-252-5560www.momosbistro.comEvery Wed Open Mic 8pm.My Place: A Canadian Pub2448 Bloor Street West 647-348-4702www.myplacepub.caJazz Wednesdays 7-10pmN’Awlins Jazz Bar and Dining299 King St. W. 416-595-1958www.nawlins.caEvery Tue Stacie McGregor; Every WedJim Heineman Trio; Every Thu Blues Nightwith Guest Vocalists; Every Fri/Sat AllStar Bourbon St. Band; Every Sun TerryLogan.Old Mill, The21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641www.oldmilltoronto.comNo Cover Charge, minimumexpenditureNEW: Toronto Downtown Jazz Presents:THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ CLUB in the OldMill’s Dining Room 7:30pmMay 13 Schwager, John Sherwood, Neil Swainson,Terry Clarke, . May 20 -call 416-515-0200. May 21 Blues Icons.95. May 27 Big Band Cabaret w DaveMcMurdo Jazz Orchestra, . May 28Danny Marks w Rick “The Biscuit” Manand Sherie Marshall, .95.All Home Smith Bar Shows: No Cover, minimum per person.Every Thursday 7:30-10:30pmEvery Friday “Something to Sing About”Series 7:30-10:30pm ; Every Saturday7:30-10:30pmMay 1 Tom Szczesniak Trio. May 6 JohnMay 7, 8 Laila BialiTrio. May 13 May14 Judy Marshak Trio. May 15 fert.May 20 May21 Margot Roi Trio. May 22 Nancy WalkerTrio. May 27 May 28 Ori Dagan Trio. May 29 Willan Trio.Painted Lady, The218 Ossington Ave 647-213-5239www.thepaintedlady.caNo Cover / Pay-What-You-CanEvery Sun Safety in Numbers 6-9pm withRobert Stevenson (clarinet) Chris Bezant(guitar) Chris Kettlewell (bass) playingEveryMon Open Mic 10pm-late, all genres;Every Tue Rambunctious! 10pm: 11-piecehorn band featuring Michael Louis Jordanplaying New Orleans, Harlem, The Balkans,improvisations and more!continuesMay 1 - June 7, 2010 THEWHOLENOTE.COM 45
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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!).