Classico Pizza & Pasta2457 Bloor St. W. 416-763-1313 NO COVEREvery Thu Jazz Guitarist Nate Renner 7PM533 Parliament St. 416-913-7538Every Sat Gypsy Jazz w Michael Johnson &- 4-7PM.DeSotosEvery Thu Open Mic Jazz Jam Every Sun Brunch wDouble A Jazz and Guest 11AM-2PM. Guests:Jun 5 Jun 12 Jun 19Jun 26 *Dominion on Queen*500 Queen St. E. 416-368-6893Every Sun Rockabilly Brunch 11AM-3PM.Every 1st & 3rd Sun Jazz Jam w host RobertScott 4-7PM;Every Tue Corktown DjangoEvery Wed Every Thu5:30-8PM, NO COVER;Every Saturday Ronnie Hayward 4-7PMJun 3 9PM Downtown Funk Connection Jun 5 4PM: Jazz Jam hosted by Robert Scott;7:30PM Jun 10 9PM Elmer Ferrer Jun 12 6PMMetro Big Band Jun 16 9PM Sisters ofShenville Jun 17 9PM George Grosman’sBohemian Swing Pwyc. Jun 18 9PM East EndRockabilly Riot . Jun 19 4PM Jazz JamJun 20 9PM: TorontoComposer’s Workshop PwycJun 23 9PMAlexander Brown’s Latin Power Jam . Jun24 9PM Havana to Toronto Safari . Jun 251PM Sean Pinchin Pwyc.; 5PM York Jazz Ensemble; 9PM Que Isso . Jun 26 4PMBeverly Taft’s Bossa Nova Project ; 8PMPeggy Mahon Quartet . Jun 27 8PM BigSmoke . Jun 28 8:30PM Corktown’s DjangoJazz Jam Pwyc. Jun 29 8PM Don Francks. Jun 30 5:30PM NO COVER;8:30PM Rob Christian and Quincy Bullen .Jul 1 8PM Tony Quarrington, Beverly Taft andSan Murata Ronnie Hayward’sJul 2 1PM George Grosman’sBohemian Swing Pwyc; 4:30PM Brian RoseLittle Big Band ; 9PM: Bruce Cassidy’s HotfootOrchestra . Jul 3 4PM Jazz Jam hostedby Robert Scott; 8PM Japanese Jazz: Ken G Triowith San Murata and Friends .Every Sat -Dovercourt HouseEvery Sat Saturday Night Swing: Dance featur-EDOEvery Thu Guitarist TonyD. In The Clubs (Mostly Jazz)Quarrington Jun 2 Beverly TaftSan Murata lin).Jun 9 Joel Diamond Dave Field(bass); Jun 16 Melissa Boyce Drew Birston(bass); Jun 23 Ori Dagan JordanO’Connor (bass). Jun 30 Julie Michels Neil Swainson (bass).The Emmet RayGallery 345Jun 9 8PM Duologue-(st). Jun 17 8PM Robi Botos Trio ;(sr); (st).*Gate 403*Jun 1 5PM Kathryn Elizabeth Merriam JazzTrio; 9PM Kurt Nielsen/Richard Whiteman JazzJun 2 5PM Will Fisher Jazz Band; 9PMJun 3 5PM MikeField Jazz Band; 9PM Jun 4 12PM Dave Rubel Jazz Band; 5PM BillHeffernan & Friends; 9PM Melissa Boyce JazzJun 5 Melissa Lauren Jazz Band,5PM Dennis Gaumon Blues Duo, 9PM Johnny-Jun 6 5PM Joe Adamick Jazz Trio; 9PMJun 7 5PM KelseyMcNulty Jazz Band; 9PM Richard Whiteman/Jun 8 5PM AlanSmall Solo; 9PM Jun 9 5PMNicole Christian Jazz Duo; 9PM Kevin LalibertéJun 10 5PM9PM Jun 11 12PM tba 5PMBill Heffernan & Friends; 9PM Jun 12 5PM John Wayne Swing Quartet; 9PMJun 13 5PM DenisSchingh Solo; 9PM Jun 14 9PM Ri-Jun 15 5PM Ryan Oliver Jazz Band feat OriDagan: Tribute to John Coltrane and JohnnyHartman; 8PM: Jun16 5PM Aline Homzy Jazz Band 9PM StringJun 17 5PM Miss CarolineM~R Jazz Band; 9PM Jun 18 12PM Sandy Blakeley Duo; 5PM BillHeffernan & Friends; 9PM - Jun 19 12PM Faber & Freedman JazzDuo; 5PM 9PM Francine Hail-Jun 20 5PM Tony DesmarteauJazz & Blues Solo; 9PM Ken Kawashima & Jun 21Jun22 5PM Jeff Peacock Jazz Band; 9PM TheJun 23 5PM Gypsy Rebels; 9PMJun 24 5PMSam Broverman Jazz Duo; 9PM Max SenittJun 25 12PM Ori Dagan Trio;5PM The New Mynah Birds; 9PM Six PointsJun 26 12PM Heather Luckhart:Blues/Roots/Jazz Band; 5PM BrownmanAkoustic Trio; 9PM Bartek Kozminski Jun27 5PM Alex Samaras; 9PM Gillian MargotJun 28 5PM Linda Carone; 9PM Richard Jun 295PM Julia Cleveland Jazz Band; 9PM James Jun 30 5PMJoel Diamond Quartet; 9PM Cyndi CarletonJazz & Swing Band. Jul 1 5PM Margot RoiJazz Band; 9PM Jul2 12PM Victor Monsivais Trio; 5PM The RayCharles Project: Denise Leslie Trio; 9PM Me- Jul 3 12PMMelissa Lauren Jazz Band; 5PM Jorge GavidiaJazz & Blues Band; 9PM Thyron Lee Whyte*Grossman’s Tavern*All shows: NO COVEREvery Sat 4-8PM The Happy Pals matinee;Every Sun 9:30PM-2AM The Nationals wBrian Cober: Double Slide Guitar Open StageJam; Every Wed 9:30PM Ernest Lee & Cot-Every Thu 9:30PM The Respon-Jun 3 9:30PM Anthony Salvatore andJun 4 9:30PM Jun10 9:30PM Jun 119:30PM Jun 17 9:30 FrankieJun 18 9:30PM Chloe Watkinson and theJun 24 9:30PM Jun 25 9:30PM Jun 27 9:30PMJun 289:30PM Jul1 9:30PMJul 2 6:30PMLaura Hubert; 9:30PM*Harlem Restaurant*otherwise)Every Mon Open Jam Night 8PM-1AM; EveryFri/Sat Jazz/Blues 7:30-11:30PMJun 3 Sta-Jun 4 JamesJun 10 Jun 11Jun 17 Jun 18Jun 24 Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 28 Lord Bubba’s Nu Jazz Project or with CD. Jun 29 Music is the Answer before10PM. Jun 30 before 10PM; thereafter. Jul 1 Jill Pea-Jul 2 Jul 3 Sperandei,745 Queen St. W. 416-366-4743Every Mon Every Tue JohnEvery Thu Every Fri ChrisEvery Sat *Hot House Café*35 Church St. 416-366-7800www.hothousecafe.comJun 26,27,28,29 8PM Brenda Carol & Clair-NO COVER.All shows start at 8:30PM.Jun 1 Steve Poltz Jun 2 DougWatson R&B Revue CD Release Jun 3,4 Skydiggers Jun5 Marc Jordan CD Release Jun 7 Chloe Charles Jun 8 KathleenGorman, Laura Fernandez and JosephJun 9 MichelleJun 10 The SistersEuclid CD Release Jun 11Carlos del Junco CD Release Jun 13 Antoine Dufour and Tommy GauthierJun 14 Shane KoyczanJun 15,16 StewartJun 17 Oli’s Musical Birthay:Jun 18 Glendale One: Uncov-Jun 19 JohnSouthworth and the South Seas with SpecialGuest Joey Wright Jun 20Sara Thackray Debut CD Launch Jun 21 leaseConcert Jun 22 ShawnPhillips Jun 23 Wendy LandsCD Release Jun 24 Lynn MilesJun 25 Tribute to JohnnyCash Jun 26 Fred EaglesmithJun 28 Julian Fauth Jun 29 Sing for$TBA. Jun 30 Shooglenifty*Joe Mama’s*Jun 24 9:30PM Jun 25 7:30PMJun 26 6:30PM Jun27 7:30PM Jun 28 8PM JordanJun 29 8PM BrooklynJun 30 8PM Jul 19:30PM Jul 2 9:30 Jul 36:30 *Latinada Restaurant & Jazz Bar*1671 Bloor St. W. 416-913-9716Jun 24 9PM Eliana Cuevas Trio . Jun 259PM Hotland Trio . Jun 26 9PM RubenVazquez Trio . Jun 28 9PM Mondo Loco NOCOVER. Jun 29 9PM Mondo Loco . Jun 299PM Latinada Trio . Jun 30 9PM Luis MarioOchoa Quartet . Jul 1 9PM Laura Fernandez& Dan Naduriak . Jul 2 9PM Iya Ire .Jul 3 9PM Roberto Riberon Trio .wLiberty Bistro, The25 Liberty St. 416-533-8828www.libertobistro.caEvery Tue EveryWed *Lolita’s Lust*www.lolitaslust.caJun 24,25,30,Jul 1,2 10PM DJ Lolita NOCOVER.Jun 2 Jun 3 Son Ache & DJJun 4 Moda Eterna & DJ JimmyJun 5 Jun 6 Jun 8Jun 9 Jun 10 CaféJun 11 Confuncto Lacalu &Jun 12 Luis Mario Ochoa Salsa Brunch, Jun 16Jun 17 Sonido Cubano & DJ JimmyJun 19 Jun 24 Jun 25 Wilbur Sargun-Jun 26 LuisJun 29 Sicilian JazzJun 30 Batuki MusicJul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Luis Mario Ochoa SalsaManhattan’s Music ClubGuelph. 519-767-2440www.manhattans.ca40 thewholenote.comJune 1 – July 7, 2011
*Mezzetta Middle Eastern Restaurant*681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687www.mezzettarestaurant.comEvery Wed Jazz Series: sets at 9PM and10:15PM - COVERJazz Festival: all shows start at 9PM, Cover Jun 24 Lorne Lofsky & Kieran Overs. Jun25 Kye Marshall & Andy Scott. Jun 26 MichaelOcchipinti & Elizabeth Shepherd. Jun 28 BrianKatz & Rob Piltch. Jun 29 David Mott & RobClutton. Jun 30 Bill McBirnie & Louis Simao.Jul 1 Mike Downes Duo. Jul 2 Ron Davis Trio.Jul 3 Brian Katz & Rob Piltch.Momo’s Bistro664 The Queensway, Etobicoke 416-252-5560www.momosbistro.comEvery Wed Open Mic 8PM.*N’Awlins Jazz Bar & Dining*299 King St. W. 416-595-1958www.nawlins.caEvery Tue Stacie McGregor; Every Wed JimHeineman Trio; Every Thu Blues Night w GuestVocalists; Every Fri/Sat All Star Bourbon St.Band; Every Sun Brooke Blackburn.*Old Mill, The*21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641www.oldmilltoronto.comHome Smith Bar: No Reservations, NOCOVER, minimum per person. All shows7:30-10:30PM. Every Thu John SherwoodSolo Piano. Every Fri Something to SingAbout Series Every Sat Piano Masters Series.Jun 3 Arlene Smith Trio. Jun 4 StacieMcGregor Trio. Jun 10 Pat Murray Trio.Jun 11 Norman Amadio Trio. Jun 16 JoeSealy. Jun 17 Rita di Ghent Trio. Jun 18Paul Hoffert Trio. Jun 23 Richard Whiteman.Jun 24 Heather Bambrick and the Russ LittleTrio. Jun 25 Bill McBirnie with the JohnSherwood Trio. Jul 1 Jackie Richardson withthe Russ Little Trio. Jul 2 Jim Galloway andthe John Sherwood Trio.Painted Lady, The218 Ossington Ave. 647-213-5239www.thepaintedlady.ca (full schedule)NO COVER/PWYCEvery Mon Open Mic, all genres, 10PM-late.*Pan*516 Danforth Ave. 416-466-8158.www.panonthedanforth.com NO COVER.Every Sun 7PM Lara Solnicki with specialguests. Jun 26 Lara Solnicki, Reg Schwager &Jon Maharaj. Jun 30 (added show) Lara Solnicki,Brian Katz & George Koller. Jul 3 Lara Solnicki,Adrean Farrugia & George Koller.Pantages Martini Bar & Lounge200 Victoria St. 416-362-1777Every Fri Robert Scott; Every Sat Solo Piano:Various artists.Pero Lounge812 Bloor St. W. 416-915-7225www.perorestaurant.comEvery Fri African Vibe 7-11PMEvery Sat Archie Alleyne’s Kollage 8-11PMPilot Tavern, The22 Cumberland Ave. 416-923-5716www.thepilot.ca (full schedule)Jazz Saturdays 3:30PM–6:30PM NO COVERJun 4 Ron Westray Quartet. Jun 11 Neil SwainsonQuartet. Jun 18 TBA. Jun 25 TBA.*Quotes*220 King St. W. 416-979-7697NO COVER (except during the TD Canada TrustToronto Jazz Festival)Jun 3 5PM Canadian Jazz Quartet with guestColleen Allen, saxophone. Jun 10 5PM CanadianJazz Quartet with guest Steve Crowe,trumpet. Jun 17 5PM Canadian Jazz Quartetwith guest Vern Dorge, saxophone. Jun 245PM Canadian Jazz Quartet with guest HarryAllen, saxophone ; 10:30PM Jam Sessionwith Richard Whiteman Trio . Jun 25 5PM-Gord Sheard’s Brazilian Jazz Experience withguest Luanda Jones, vocals ; 10:30PM JamSession with Stacie McGregor Trio . Jun 275PM Canadian Jazz Quartet with guest ScottHamilton, saxophone ; 10:30PM Jam Sessionwith Stacie McGregor Trio . Jun 285PM Canadian Jazz Quartet with guests Guidosaxophone ; 10:30PM Jam Session withStacie McGregor Trio . Jun 29 5PM GordSheard’s Brazilian Jazz Experience with RegSchwager, guitar ; 10:30PM Jam Sessionwith Stacie McGregor Trio . Jun 30 5PMCanadian Jazz Quartet with guest Randy Sandke,trumpet ; 10:30PM Jam Session withStacie McGregor Trio . Jul 2 5PM Canadian; 10:30PM Jam Session with Stacie Mc-Gregor Trio .Reposado Bar & Lounge136 Ossington Ave. 416-532-6474www.reposadobar.com COVER on Fridays, all other nights PWYCEvery Wed Spy vs. Spy vs. Sly Every Thu, FriThe Reposadists.*Reservoir Lounge, The*52 Wellington St. E. 416-955-0887www.reservoirlounge.com (full schedule)Every Mon Sophia Perlman and the Vipers;Every Tue Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm; EveryWed Bradley and the Bouncers; Every ThuDave Murphy Band. Every Fri DeeDee & theDirty Martinis; Every Sat Tyler Yarema and hisRhythm. “Après Work” Series Tuesdays, Wednesdays,Thursdays 7-9PM. Jun 2 Alex Pangmanand her Alleycats every month); Jun 28 Richard Underhill. Jun 29Elena Kapeleris. Jun 30 Vince Bertucci.*Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, The*194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475www.therex.ca (cover charge applies toselected evening shows, call ahead)Jun 1 6:30PM 9:30PMBuddy Aquilina. Jun 2 6:30PM Morgan Childs& Friends; 9:30PM Shannon Butcher. Jun 34PM Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30PM The Jivebombers;9:45PM Dave Neill Quartet. Jun 412PM Patty Duffy & Abbey Trio; 3:30: JakeChisholm; 7PM: Kathryn Merriam; 9:45PM SoulStew. Jun 5 11AM-6PM Humber CommunityMusic School Student Recitals; 7PM Tom ReynoldsTrio; 9:30 YUKA. Jun 6 6:30PM Shields,Johnston & Fielding; 9:30: Convergence. Jun7 6:30PM Richard Whiteman Trio; 9:30 ClassicRex Jazz Jam. Jun 8 6:30PM Trio; 9:30PM Madeline Forster. Jun 9 6:30Morgan Childs & Friends; 9:30 Alex ColemanOctet: Charles Mingus Tribute. Jun 10 4PMHogtown Syncopators; 6:30PM The Jivebombers;9:45PM Jovino Santos Neto. Jun 1112PM Laura Marks; 3:30PM Rip, Rig & PanicBig Band. 6:30PM Kathryn Merriam; 9:45Chris Hunt Tentet+2. Jun 12 12PM ExcelsiorWHAT IS THIS THING CALLED JAZZ? / PART I continued from page 7a mere century, the umbrella term has sheltered Dixieland, swing,bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, free jazz, Latin jazz, post bop,soul jazz, jazz fusion, jazz funk, acid jazz and many other variants – aMany of the above varieties can be found at this year’s TD TorontoJazz Festival, from some surprising choices (Jessye Norman, KoernerHall, June 28 at 8pm) to one of the music’s most currently electric suc-who devotes their life to an art form that demands a spirit – at least a artist Don Francks (Dominion on Queen, June 29 at 8pm) is verythe way, this tremendously gifted musician, actor, poet, visual artistUnder the category of blues, much adored singer and multi-instrumentalistJulian Fauth is not going to be singing the blues forcommunity has responded by putting together several fundraisingconcert will feature performances by Harrison Kennedy, Paul Reddick,Bobby Dean Blackburn, Treasa Levasseur and Donné Roberts, withOne element that Jazz Festival sessionswill take place at QuotesBar & Grill, hosted onmost nights by fantasticThere will be a covercharge for the generalpublic, but musicianswho wish to sit in willbe welcome to attend ata variety of players andsingers show up to makethe sessions as engagingas possible, for thesePianist Stacie McGregor hostsFestival jam at Quotes.sessions are the meetingplace of musicians, audiences and the folks behind the scenes – where, from the late, great Sarah Vaughan (Down Beat magazine,1982): Ori Dagan is a Toronto-based jazz vocalist and entertainmentjournalist. He can be contacted at jazz@thewholenote.com.ORI DAGANJune 1 – July 7, 2011 thewholenote.com 41
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Choral Scene: Uncharted territory: three choirs finding paths forward; Music Theatre: Loose Tea on the boil with Alaina Viau’s Dead Reckoning; In with the New: what happens to soundart when climate change meets COVID-19; Call to action: diversity, accountability, and reform in post-secondary jazz studies; 9th Annual TIFF Tips: a filmfest like no other; Remembering: Leon Fleisher; DISCoveries: a NY state of mind; 25th anniversary stroll-through; and more. Online in flip through here, and on stands commencing Tues SEP 1.
Following the Goldberg trail from Gould to Lang Lang; Measha Brueggergosman and Edwin Huizinga on face to face collaboration in strange times; diggings into dance as FFDN keeps live alive; "Classical unicorn?" - Luke Welch reflects on life as a Black classical pianist; Debashis Sinha's adventures in sound art; choral lessons from Skagit Valley; and the 21st annual WholeNote Blue Pages (part 1 of 3) in print and online. Here now. And, yes, still in print, with distribution starting Thursday October 1.
Alanis Obomsawin's art of life; fifteen Exquisite Departures; UnCovered re(dis)covered; jazz in the kitchen; three takes on managing record releases in times of plague; baroque for babies; presenter directory (blue pages) part two; and, here at the WholeNote, work in progress on four brick walls (or is it five?). All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Tuesday Nov 3.
In this issue: Beautiful Exceptions, Sing-Alone Messiahs, Livingston’s Vocal Pleasures, Chamber Beethoven, Online Opera (Plexiglass & All), Playlist for the Winter of our Discontent, The Oud & the Fuzz, Who is Alex Trebek? All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Friday December 4.
July/August issue is now available in flipthrough HERE, bringing to a close 25 seasons of doing what we do (and plan to continue doing), and on stands early in the week of July 5. Not the usual bucolic parade of music in the summer sun, but lots, we hope, to pass the time: links to online and virtual music; a full slate of record reviews; plenty new in the Listening Room; and a full slate of stories – the future of opera, the plight of small venues, the challenge facing orchestras, the barriers to resumption of choral life, the challenges of isolation for real-time music; the steps some festivals are taking to keep the spirit and substance of what they do alive. And intersecting with all of it, responses to the urgent call for anti-racist action and systemic change.
"COVID's Metamorphoses"? "There's Always Time (Until Suddenly There Isn't)"? "The Writing on the Wall"? It's hard to know WHAT to call this latest chapter in the extraordinary story we are all of a sudden characters in. By whatever name we call it, the MAY/JUNE combined issue of The WholeNote is now available, HERE in flip through format, in print commencing Wednesday May 6, and, in fully interactive form, online at thewholenote.com. Our 18th Annual Choral Canary Pages, scheduled for publication in print and flip through in September is already well underway with the first 50 choirs home to roost and more being added every week online. Community Voices, our cover story, brings to you the thoughts of 30 musical community members, all going through what we are going through (and with many more to come as the feature gets amplified online over the course of the coming months). And our regular writers bring their personal thoughts to the mix. Finally, a full-fledged DISCoveries review section offers cues and clues to recorded music for your solitary solace!
After some doubt that we would be allowed to go to press, in respect to wide-ranging Ontario business closures relating to COVID-19, The WholeNote magazine for April 2020 is now on press, and print distribution – modified to respect community-wide closures and the need for appropriate distancing – starts Monday March 30. Meanwhile the full magazine is right here, digitally, so if you value us PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK AS WIDELY AS YOU CAN. It's the safest way for us to reach the widest possible audience at this time!
FEATURED: Music & Health writer Vivien Fellegi explores music, blindness & the plasticity of perception; David Jaeger digs into Gustavo Gimeno's plans for new music in his upcoming first season as music director at TSO; pianist James Rhodes, here for an early March recital, speaks his mind in a Q&A with Paul Ennis; and Lydia Perovic talks music and more with rising Turkish-Canadian mezzo Beste Kalender. Also, among our columns, Peggy Baker Dance Projects headlines Wende Bartley's In with the New; Steve Wallace's Jazz Notes rushes in definitionally where many fear to tread; ... and more.
Visions of 2020! Sampling from back to front for a change: in Rearview Mirror, Robert Harris on the Beethoven he loves (and loves to hate!); Errol Gay, a most musical life remembered; Luna Pearl Woolf in focus in recordings editor David Olds' "Editor's Corner" and in Jenny Parr's preview of "Jacqueline"; Speranza Scappucci explains how not to reinvent Rossini; The Indigo Project, where "each piece of cloth tells a story"; and, leading it all off, Jully Black makes a giant leap in "Caroline, or Change." And as always, much more. Now online in flip-through format here and on stands starting Thurs Jan 30.
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!
On the slim chance you might not have already heard the news, Estonian Canadian composing giant Udo Kasemets was born the same year that Leo Thermin invented the theremin --1919. Which means this is the centenary year for both of them, and both are being celebrated in style, as Andrew Timar and MJ Buell respectively explain. And that's just a taste of a bustling November, with enough coverage of music of both the delectably substantial and delightfully silly on hand to satisfy one and all.
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!).