Views
8 years ago

Volume 18 Issue 7 - April 2013

  • Text
  • April
  • Toronto
  • Jazz
  • Theatre
  • Arts
  • Choir
  • Symphony
  • Quartet
  • Concerts
  • Singers

Classified Advertising |

Classified Advertising | classad@thewholenote.comAUDITIONS/OPPORTUNITIESCOMPOSERS WANTED! Be part of Aradia’syoung (16–80) composer competitionBaroque Idol 2! Submit a 5 minute work forbaroque ensemble to be performed May3rd at the music Gallery. Contact KevinMallon 647 960 6650 or aradiapersonnel@gmail.comCOUNTERPOINT COMMUNITYORCHESTRA (www.ccorchestra.org)welcomes volunteer musicians: Mondayevening rehearsals, downtown Toronto.All sections especially violins.Email info@ccorchestra.orgENTHUSIASTIC MUSICAL DIRECTORAND SINGERS WANTED: Pizazz MusicalPresentations is a newly forming amateurCabaret group in north Toronto, seekinga Musical Director and singers withexperience. Tel: Ian 905-852-5417THE OAKVILLE ENSEMBLE is holdingauditions to form a new paid core of eightsingers. Auditions are by appointment.905.825.9740 www.oakville-ensemble.caWANTED BASS/BARITONE LEAD forChurch of the Ascension (Don Mills). 5/wk. Experienced only. For appointmentcontact Mus. Dir. @ 416-593-8647 orascension@ca.inter.netINSTRUCTIONDICTION COACHING / TUTORING for singersand actors: Dutch, English, French, German,Italian, Spanish, and Latin – across from HighPark subway station. 416-769-0812FLUTE, PIANO, THEORY LESSONS , RCMEXAM PREPARATION: Samantha Chang,Royal Academy of Music PGDip, LRAM, ARCT.416-293-1302, samantha.studio@gmail.comwww.samanthaflute.comMAKING MUSIC WITH THE RECORDERAfter 30 years at The Royal Conservatory,Scott Paterson has opened his own studio: allages; private lessons and ensembles. Centrallocation. Mus. Bac. Perf. (U of T), ARCT,member ORMTA. 416-759-6342 (cell 416-268-1474) wspaterson@gmail.comPIANO LESSONS: personalized instructionby experienced teacher, concert pianistEVE EGOYAN (M. Mus., L.R.A.M., F.R.S.C.).All ages and levels. Downtown location.eve.egoyan@bell.net or 416- 603-4640STUDY SAXOPHONE with Bruce Redstone.M.M. in Performance, B.A. in Education,25+ years’ experience, 6 years universityinstructor, reasonable rates, convenientlocation, all levels and styles.bredstone@rogers.com or 416-706-8161WholeNoteCLASSIFIEDSreally deliver!Sing out and reachthe right audience.Starting at just .Discounts for multipleinsertions. Deadline for ourMay issue: Monday April 22.classad@thewholenote.comMUSICIANS AVAILABLEBARD – EARLY MUSIC DUO playing recorderand virginal available to provide backgroundatmosphere for teas, receptions or otherfunctions – greater Toronto area. For ratesand info call 905-722-5618 or email us atmhpape@interhop.netSERVICESACCOUNTING AND INCOME TAXSERVICE for small business andindividuals, to save you time and money,customized to meet your needs. NormPulker, B. Math. CMA. 905-251-0309 or905-830-2985YOUR AD COULD BE HERE! For as little as .Inquire at: classad@thewholenote.comDO YOU HAVE PRECIOUS MEMORIES LOSTON OLD RECORDS, TAPES, PHOTOS etc.?Recitals-gigs-auditions-air checks-familystuff. 78’s-cassettes-reels-35mm slidesetc.ArtsMediaProjects will restore them onCD’s or DVD’s. Call George @ 416-910-1091VENUESARE YOU PLANNING A CONCERT ORRECITAL? Looking for a venue? ConsiderBloor Street United Church. Phone: 416-924-7439 x22. Email: tina@bloorstreetunited.orgREHEARSAL/PERFORMANCE SPACEAVAILABLE. Yonge / Wellesley. Weekdayrates: /hr, Evening (events) 0/night.Seats 40-60 people. Contact bookings@gladdaybookshop.comCalling All Canaries!MarketPlace | marketplace@thewholenote.comChildrenʼsPiano LessonsFriendly, approachable– and strict!Liz Parker416.544.1803liz.parker@rogers.comQueen/BathurstA MarketPlace ad is like handing out yourbusiness card to over 30,000 music lovers.marketing@thewholenote.comSight-Singing with SheilaSheila McCoy416 574 5250smccoy@rogers.comwww.sightsingingwithsheila.com(near Woodbine subway)CLAIM YOUR VOICEOrganic and functional vocal training to gainaccess to your full range, resonance and vocalfreedom. For singers, public speakers, teachers,clergy, or if you just want to enjoy using yourvoice.claimSue Crowe ConnollyHamilton Studio 905-544-1302Toronto Studio 416-523-1154info@cyvstudios.ca www.cyvstudios.cavoiceSTUDIOSlook outside to dreamlook inside to awakendepth therapyMatthew Kelly, M.A., psychoanalystshift creative blocks and more416.694.0015 (ex. 225)www.depththerapy.caHD Video Production ServicesVideoTape = Fame & Fortune• Record your Live Event• Create your Promo VideoLive Stream your event to WWWBrian G. SmithBrian@YouAndMedia.com | YouAndMedia.comNEED HELP WITH YOUR TAXES?Specializing in personal andbusiness tax returns including prioryears and adjustmentsHORIZON TAX SERVICES INC.1 -866-268-1319 • npulker@rogers.comwww.horizontax.ca• free consultation • accurate work • pickup & delivery58 | April 1 – May 7, 2013 thewholenote.com

EDUCATION: Brave New Whirl | continued from page 7Useful lists, after all, are what The Wholenote has always been about.Will this new one emulate the paid self-advertising familiar from theYellow Pages, or favor capsule reviews in the manner of Toronto Life’srestaurant guide? For whose benefit is the information being organizedand presented? And how will the editors decide who is or isnot included?A look at the headings under which list entries are grouped revealsmore problems. Accomplished musicians, like any artist, tend to thinkof themselves as unique; in any case, what they have to teach is seldomlimited to a single genre, style, instrument, or musical skill. Withoutcross-listing, or a prettyextensive set of partiallyFor whose benefitis the informationbeing organizedand presented? Andhow will the editorsdecide who is or isnot included?overlapping categories— probably even morethan your Discoveries sectionnow manages with — itbecomes difficult to recognizewhich individuals orschools offer comparabletraining, or find those mostlikely to match the interestsof a particular student.This first Orange Pagesdirectory starts with 18 listings under “Community Schools”, and moveson to “Private Instruction” — only 16 of these — before ending with a fewof the special “Summer Music Programs” that offer opportunities forstudy (as distinct from summer festivals, which belong instead on June’sGreen Pages). If, for example, all we’re looking for is a piano teacher forour kids, located somewhere near our neighborhood, that should beeasy enough to find from the information given. Differences in pedagogicalapproach, repertoire, cost or quality of instruction, however,are harder to tease out from the accompanying blurbs.What does it take, one wonders, to qualify as a “community” musicschool in the Orange Pages? At least three of the 16 schools listed underthis category are really private teaching studios, to judge from the blurbs.Others emphasize accessibility, and two of these along with anothernot yet on your list, but featured in an article elsewhere in the sameissue — are evidently dedicated to reaching “youth in need” in “highpriorityareas”, “regardless of ability to pay”, proposing participationin group music-making as a surefire remedy for poverty and gang violence.How such ambitious enterprises may actually resemble or differfrom one another in practice, and how each manages to fund its charitableintentions, is not disclosed, though this would certainly be ofinterest to your readers, and to prospective donors as well.These days, of course, the public purse still supports almost all typesof music instruction in one way or another, if not as generously as wewould like. The offering institution may be directly funded by governmentor arts council grants, or its support may come indirectlythrough children’s arts tax credits or charitable gift tax writeoffs. Lately,it appears private donors and foundations are increasingly catching onto the advantages of giving to programs that address the musical needsof disadvantaged youth.Unfortunately, such programs are severely restricted in how theycan spend or invest the money they receive, precisely because theyare charities. The donor may gain a prestigious reputation for philanthropy,and sometimes considerable influence over what is or is notbeing taught. But the dedicated musicians who operate or teach in such“special” after-school programs have to settle for chronically lower salariesand fewer perks than their unionized or tenured counterparts inregular school and college jobs. (This could be one reason why regularteaching jobs for music specialists, along with the well-establishedpublic-school music courses most Toronto parents used to rely on, havelately become so scarce.)Do we really believe that musical training is the birthright of theambitious and the well-heeled, while kids from low-income familiesmay enjoy its benefits only thanks to the generous impulses of our mostprosperous citizens? Can such an uneasy arrangement really deliver theeducational and personal value claimed for these charitable programs,continued on next pageSCHOOL VOCAL WORKSHOP PROGRAMFriday May 10, Harbourfront CentreSING WITH THE STARSExciting, intensive educational experience featuring Swedish vocalsensations The Real Group, traditional South African singer & gumbootdancer Lizzy Mahashe, & vocal chameleons Aaron Jensen & Dylan BellLimited space available. Sign up now at www.SingToronto.com/schoolsCO-PRODUCED BYThe Real GroupCanada's Premier A Cappella Festival – Concerts and Workshops all weekend May 9 to 12Tickets and info at www.SingToronto.comthewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2013 | 59

Volumes 26-29 (2020- )

Volumes 21-25 (2015-2020)

Volumes 16-20 (2010-2015)

Volumes 11-15 (2004-2010)

Volumes 6 - 10 (2000 - 2006)

Volumes 1-5 (1994-2000)