TMBlue PagestheWholeNote Presenter Profiles | 2010-2011eras of choral music: classical, sacred and secular.Rehearsals are on Wednesday nights in Unionville.Village Voices raises its artistic level and expandsits repertoire through vocal workshops andby including professional guest soloists and instrumentalists.The choir performs at various venues inMarkham and the surrounding area. It continues tohonour its mandate to the community by entertainingat local retirement and group homes.This Christmas, Village Voices will perform Vivaldi’sGloria with the Kindred Spirits Orchestra attwo different venues in Markham. At our annualSpring concert, the BOSS Chamber and BOSS TrebleChoirs, from Markham’s Bur Oak Secondary Schooland under the direction of Shirley Madden, will joinas we present “Voices of Nature.” Concert dates: December11 and 17, 2010, and May 28, 2011.Joan Andrews, conductor & artistic directorGerald Loo, accompanistMarg Clark, membership information905-472-6435marg.clarke39@yahoo.cainfo@villagevoices.cawww.villagevoices.caVisual and Performing Arts NewmarketVisual and Performing Arts Newmarket was organizedin 1988 with the aim of bringing together artslovers and campaigning for a performing arts facility.In 1997, VPAN was able to take advantage of a newstate-of-the-art theatre in Newmarket and created“Three For The Show,” a three-concert series of classicalmusic on Sunday afternoons during the wintermonths. Most recent artists appearing include ElmerIseler Singers, Royal City Saxophone Quartet, TorontoChildren’s Chorus, Quartetto Gelato, Rivka Golani,Joel Quarrington, Andre Laplante and Bach Children’sChoir. The late Maureen Forrester performedduring our second season.Ten years ago, VPAN added a popular fourth concert,“Young Artists’ Showcase.” This 14th season,VPAN proudly presents “Made In Canada” (piano,violin, viola, cello) on November 14, 2010, pianistJanina Fialkowska on March 13, 2011 and the GryphonTrio on May 1, 2011.All concerts take place Sundays at 2pm at theNewmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres. Subscriptiontickets are (adults), (seniors) and (students). Single tickets can be purchased by callingthe theatre box office at 905-953-5122 or online atwww.newmarkettheatre.ca.Judy Craig, 905-895-8713art_ judycraig@rogers.comwww.vpan.caVIVA! Youth Singers of TorontoLeading innovators in choral education, VIVA! YouthSingers of Toronto is a vibrant choral organizationPRESENTER PROFILES 2010/2011THEBLUEPAGESThe talent is here.updated onlineTHEWHOLENOTE.COMfor children and youth aged 4-25. 2010/2011 marksVIVA!’s eleventh season as a downtown, non-profitgroup of choirs whose mission is to provide childrenand youth with artistically excellent musical opportunitiesin a supportive, inclusive environment.Founded by Carol Woodward Ratzlaff in responseto widespread cuts to school arts programs, VIVA!’sdiverse programming features fun, age-appropriatechoral training through weekly instruction in vocaltechnique, regular private vocal instruction andcomprehensive theory. Our unique Mentoring Programmeprovides opportunities for young singersto learn from university and high school students.VIVA! is the official children’s chorus of the NationalBallet of Canada’s annual Nutcracker. 2010-2011 seasonincludes: CD launch and fundraising concert on November24 2010; Winter Concert at Trinity St. Paul’son January 23, 2011, featuring Eastern European folkmusic and guest choir, Darbazi; and a Spring Canadian& Classical Concert on May 29, 2011. All VIVA!choirs are inclusive to youth with disabilities.416-788-8482www.vivayouthsingers.comWindermere String QuartetThe Windermere String Quartet was formed inthe spring of 2005 to perform the music of Mozart,Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and their contemporaries,on period instruments. Violinists Rona Goldensherand Elizabeth Loewen Andrews, violist AnthonyRapoport and cellist Laura Jones share a wealth ofexperience in baroque and classical styles. Individually,they have been acclaimed for their performanceswith such groups as Sinfonia Toronto and TaliskerPlayers, and the Klezmer ensemble HuTsaTsa.The Quartet’s first CD, The Golden Age of String Quartets,is to be released in the fall of 2010. The WindermereString Quartet Concert Series was founded in2006. In addition to the Quartet’s core classical repertoire,the series occasionally features newly commissionedworks. Concerts take place in the warmacoustic and intimate atmosphere of St. Olave’s AnglicanChurch in Toronto’s west end, and have been recordedfor broadcast by CBC Radio. The Quartet hasalso performed at Toronto’s Academy Concert Series,the Toronto Music Garden, Nuit Blanche, MusicallySpeaking, Stratford Chamber Music, The Lake Mac-Donald Music Centre and Music at Port Milford.416-769-7054info@windermerestringquartet.comwww.windermerestringquartet.comWomen’s Musical Club of TorontoThrough its “Music in the Afternoon” concert series,the 112-year-old Women’s Musical Club of Torontopresents chamber music concerts featuring musicianson the threshold of international recognition,and also established artists and ensembles.BLUE PAGES TEAMProject coordinator Karen AgesEditor Nick TortiProofreader David PerlmanDesigner Uno RamatWeb master Bryson WinchesterTO JOINAll inquiries relating to BluePages membership (print andonline) should be directed toKaren Ages at 416-323-2232 x26 ormembers@thewholenote.com.Concerts are held Thursday afternoons at 1:30pmat Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’sPark.Artists for the 113th (2010-2011) season are: LiviaSohn, violin, Geoff Nuttall, violin/viola and StephenPrutsman, piano (October 14); James Campbell, clarinet,New Zealand String Quartet and Paul Stewart,piano (November 25), including a new work by TimothyCorlis, commissioned by the WMCT; WMCTCareer Development Award winner Darrett Zusko,piano (February 10); Aviv String Quartet (March 10);and Russell Braun, baritone, Pentaèdre Wind Quartetand Joseph Petric, accordion (April 14).Member/subscriber’s benefits include “TuningYour Mind,” a free pre-concert lecture series presentedin partnership with the Faculty of Music,University of Toronto, on a topic related to the day’sconcert.416-923-7052wmct@wmct.on.cawww.wmct.on.caYork University Department of MusicYork’s Music Department showcases its resident talentin more than 100 public events each season. Anannual highlight is the Faculty Concert Series, thisyear spotlighting mezzo-soprano Catherine Robbin,jazz artists Ron Westray, Al Henderson and SundarViswanathan, cellist Mark Chambers, violinistJacques Israelievitch and pianist Christina PetrowskaQuilico. The world music festival celebrates diverseglobal traditions from Caribbean and MiddleEastern music to West African drums, flamenco guitarand Chinese orchestra. Classical chamber concertsand performances by the YU Concert Choir,Chamber Choir and Men’s Chorus are offered alongsidecutting-edge electroacoustic explorations andoriginal works by student composers. Professionalmasterclasses are open to observers. Each term concludeswith performances by the York U SymphonyOrchestra, Gospel Choir and Wind Symphony, and afour-day jazz festival featuring small ensembles, jazzchoirs and big band.The Music at Midday series offers free lunchtimeperformances, often featuring guest artists. Otherconcerts are held weekday evenings and occasionalweekends. Performances take place in the TributeCommunities Recital Hall or the informal club-likesetting of the Martin Family Lounge in the AccoladeEast Building at York.Louise Wrazen, chairWilliam Thomas, associate chairMichael Coghlan, graduate programme directorJudy Karacs, events and promotions coordinator416-736-5186Box office: 416-736-5888musicprg@yorku.cawww.yorku.ca/performTHANKS TO• Carol Anderson, whose carefullycrafted 175 words on the AldeburghConnection, fifteen years ago,launched the Blue Pages idea.• The photographers, named and not,whose work graces these pages:John Beebe for the Gryphon Trio;Andre Leduc for Ryan Scott/RickSacks; and Vanessa Goymour ofJeunesses Musicales Ontario forPhilip Chiu and (Unnamed).
