Volume 19 Issue 5 - February 2014

and ballads. Mark Bell,

and ballads. Mark Bell, song leader; MarjorieWiens, piano. Toronto Chinese AllianceChurch, 77 First Ave. 416-778-0796. Free;donations accepted.●●Feb 18, 7:00: Canada Sings!/ChantonsCanada! Toronto-Riverdale. Community Singalong.Canadian folk songs, rock, Broadwayand ballads. Mark Bell, song leader; MarjorieWiens, piano; Troy Whynot, flute. RyersonCommunity School Auditorium, 96 DenisonAve. 416-778-0796. Free; donations accepted.INSTALLATIONS/EXHIBITIONS●●Jan 29–Feb 2, 7:30: Theatre Centre/CapeFarewell Foundation. Carbon 14: Climate isCulture Performance Series – This ClementWorld. A fiercely creative and charismatictribute to our rapidly changing environmentperformed live with a 15-piece chorus andband – as seen through the prism of CynthiaHopkins’ deeply personal lens and wildcross-disciplinary style. Cynthia Hopkins andothers. 1087 Queen St. W. 416-538-0988. ; (sr/st/arts worker). theatrecentre.org.ANNOUNCEMENTS●●Deadline to Apply: Feb 10. MississaugaArts Council. 2014 MARTY Awards. Open callfor nominations. Categories include: Literary,Media, Performing, Performing Groupand Visual Arts. Nominations open for anyonewho has been a Mississauga resident forat least ten years. 905-615-4278. For details:mississaugaartscouncil.com.●●Nominations open until February 14. BrockUniversity Department of Music. Arts inEducation Award. Accepting nominations ofartists to be celebrated at the May 3 City of St.Catharines Art Awards. For details:stcatharines.ca/artsawards.●●Feb 18: Prism Prize will announce theTop 10 Shortlist of films in the running to beawarded the Best Canadian Music VideoReleased in 2013. Prize for video showing originality,style, innovation and effective communicationincludes 00 cheque. For moreinformation or to suggest music videos forconsideration: prismprize.com.●●Deadline to Apply: Mar 1, 2014: Arraymusic.Young Composers Workshop. Fourapplicants to be selected to work with ArrayEnsemble over a four-week period in May toD. 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Showcase highlightingthe work of seven Canadian black malechoreographers, set to traditional and contemporaryAfrican music, hip hop, dance hallmusic and more. Enwave Theatre, HarbourfrontCentre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. -; -(sr/st). Also Feb 7at 1:00pm.●●Feb 24, 10:00am: Kawartha Youth Orchestra.Orchestra Alive! RBC Youth Outreach.Aspiring music students can join the orchestraand try their hands at performing withor conducting the orchestra. Market HallPerforming Arts Theatre, 140 Charlotte St.,Peterborough. 705-931-7539. Free. Registeronline: thekyo.org.●●Mar 1, 9:00: Swamperella. 18th AnnualMardi Gras Costume Ball. Swamperella(Cajun and zydeco dance band), The BoxcarBoys (gypsy, jazz and klezmer) and KristineSchmitt and her Special Powers (jazz, honkytonk) El Mocambo Tavern, 494 Spadina Ave.416-588-9227. . Doors open at 8:00.●●Mar 3, 7:00: Toronto New Music Alliance.New Music 101: New Music Concerts andjunctQín Keyboard Collective. 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Even when I went toelementary school many decades ago music was pretty well a dailyoccurrence, and one we all looked forward to. Tone-matching drills intonic sol-fa, learning songs in unison and from grade four or five on,in parts, was fun and engaging. Eventually, in grade seven, as I recall,I realized that yes, I could read (sing) music at sight but only up to apoint, and that being able to do it so much better could and shouldbe possible. It was a profound realization, recognition of the fact thatsomething that had up to that point just been fun and a pleasantdiversion from the other stuff we did at school, had actually causedsome kind of psychic “muscle” to develop in me, but only up to apoint. I had had enough music to benefit, but not enough to go as faras I intuitively knew was possible.ARE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL? TheWholeNote gets inquiries from peoplelooking for musicians to provide music forreceptions, weddings and other festiveoccasions. 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She hasbrought me from zero to a Grade Six level, in a matter of months.Fast forward a couple of decades and I had a family of my own, twoboys in rapid succession and then five and a half years later, a third.Wise reflections on my childhood musical education were not evenon the back burner; my own struggles overcoming many years of badhabits on the flute and running a high school instrumental musicprogram trumped interest in my children’s musical education. Wetried Suzuki violin with the two older boys, but it seemed at the timenot to be the right thing for them. I say “at the time,” because as ateenager my older son seemed magically to have the gift of being ableto pick up any plucked stringed instrument and play it.Fast forward another three decades and now I have grandchildren.Remembering my children dropping out of Suzuki violin hasled me to think that starting the violin at the age of four with noprior musical experience was probably not a good idea. I also realizedthat I could not expect much musical instruction from the schools. Ihad learned (through The WholeNote actually) about an early childhoodmusic program offered in my children’s part of town by SophiaGrigoriadis. So I paid for my oldest granddaughter’s classes in thisprogram. Reports came back that she loved the classes and, what’smore, loved Sophia. Encouraging to say the least!After two years in Sophia’s program, at the age of four, she was tooold to continue and it was time to move on. I had learned that thePHOTO: INVINCIBLEVIOLINIST.COMthewholenote.com February 1, 2014 - March 7, 2014 | 49