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Volume 25 Issue 4 - December 2019 / January 2020

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  • December
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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!

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E. The ETCeteras Classified Advertising Bradshaw Amphitheatre and R. Fraser Elliott Hall, as well as backstage areas such as the wig rooms and dressing rooms, the orchestra pit, and other spaces that only a stage door pass could unlock. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. coc.ca. (adults); (sr/ st). Also Dec 8, Jan 12, 26 (also available in French). Workshops & Classes ●●Dec 01 1:30: Toronto Early Music Players Organization. Workshop coached by recorder player Colin Savage. Armour Heights Community Centre, 2140 Avenue Rd. Bring your early instruments and a music stand. 416-779-5750 or tempotoronto.net. . ●●Dec 06 7:30: Toronto Recorder Players Society. Renaissance and Baroque Workshop for Recorders and Other Early Instruments. Coach: Avery MacLean. Mount Pleasant Road Baptist Church, 527 Mount Pleasant Rd. (entrance off Belsize). 416-480- 1853. rpstoronto.ca. . Refreshments included. ●●Jan 05 1:30: Toronto Early Music Players Organization. Workshop coached by viola da gamba player Valerie Sylvester, Armour Heights Community Centre, 2140 Avenue Rd. Bring your early instruments and a music stand. 416-779-5750 or tempotoronto.net. . ●●Jan 11 1:00. Durham Girls’ Choir. Winter Workshop. Girls aged 7 through 18 from across the Durham Region are invited to join us for an afternoon of singing and musical fun. Bring a friend, make new friends, and be amazed by the beautiful sounds you create in just one afternoon. A great way to experience what a performing choir is all about, without the commitment of a full year. Choir membership is NOT required. Parents are welcome to observe the workshop and are invited to our special performance at the end of the day. Durham Girls’ Choir is not church-affiliated. Location: TBD. 905-434-7269. Free workshop Pret A COMPREHENSIVE MIND AND BODY WORKSHOP (reservation required). ●●Jan 17 7:30: Toronto Recorder Players Society. Renaissance and Baroque Workshop for Recorders and Other Early Instruments. Mount Pleasant Road Baptist Church, 527 Mount Pleasant Rd. (entrance off Belsize). 416-480-1853. rpstoronto.ca. . Refreshments included. ●●Jan 19 2:00: CAMMAC Toronto Region. Reading for Singers and String Players of Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri. Mark Vuorinen, conductor. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 647-458-0213. ; (members). ●●Jan 25 10:30am: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Singsation Saturday Choral Workshop. Conductor Jordan Travis will explore two types of close-harmony singing. Now’s the time to give some Barbershop a try. Cameron Hall, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. fee includes refreshments. More info: tmchoir.org/ singsation-saturdays. ●●Jan 26 2:30: Fit for the Stage. Elevated Performance for Singers: A Comprehensive Mind and Body Workshop. Overcome physical and mental blocks to performing at your highest level in this day of hands-on learning. Led by Leigh Graham, fitness and mindset coach and vocalist. 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media and Education, 918 Bathurst St. For information and registration: fitforthestage.com ●●Feb 02 1:30: Toronto Early Music Players Organization. Workshop coached by recorder player Francis Colpron. St. Leonard’s Church, Canon Dykes Memorial Room, 25 Wanless Ave. Bring your early instruments and a music stand. 416-779-5750 or tempotoronto.net. . ●●Feb 07 7:30: Toronto Recorder Players Society. Renaissance and Baroque Workshop for Recorders and Other Early Instruments. Mount Pleasant Road Baptist Church, 527 Mount Pleasant Rd. (entrance off Belsize). 416-480-1853. rpstoronto.ca. . Refreshments included. ELEVATED PERFORMANCE FOR SINGERS At last, overcome physical and mental blocks to performing at your highest level in this day of hands-on learning with 15- year Fitness and Mindset Coach (B.KIN) and Vocalist (Art Dip Perf), Leigh Graham. SUN JAN 26 | 2:30-7:30PM 918 BATHURST, TORONTO FITFORTHESTAGE.COM FOR INFO AND SIGN UPS WholeNote CLASSIFIEDS can help you recruit new members for your choir, band or orchestra; find a new music director or accompanist; sell your banjo! Starting at only /issue. INQUIRE BY JANUARY 25 for the FEBRUARY 2020 issue. classad@thewholenote.com AUDITIONS & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Available pro bono positions with the KINDRED SPIRITS ORCHESTRA: Horn, Trumpet, Violins, Violas, Violoncellos and Contrabasses. For information, visit KSOchestra.ca or email GM@KSOrchestra.ca MUSIC DIRECTOR NEEDED for Men of Note Male Voice Choir, a well-established community male choir (30+ voices) in Stouffville, ON. Applicants should have Bachelor of Music or greater, 3+ years Auditions open for Jan/Feb www.canadianmens chorus.ca/sing DO YOU DRIVE? Do you love The WholeNote? Share the love and earn a little money! Join The WholeNote’s circulation team: 9 times a year, GTA and well beyond. Interested? 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Please contact John Walker for more information jwwalker75@yahoo.com BUY & SELL CLASSICAL RECORD AND CD COLLECTIONS WANTED. Minimum 350 units. Call, text or e-mail Aaron 416-471-8169 or A@A31.CA FRENCH HORN: Selmer prototype by Reynolds. Double horn in excellent condition. mjbuell@gmail.com JAZZ COLLECTION FOR SALE: Thousands of new/like-new jazz LPs, CDs, DVDs, VHSs and books for sale to appreciative collectors. Call Levon (905-727-7094) or email: levonyaz@ sympatico.ca PIANO and BENCH: Franz Schubert by Canrus International Ltd, Studio 47”x55”x24”. Near Neilson and Sheppard. Call Shirley. 416-282-8402 TRUMPET Bach Stradivarius model 37 (never used); TENOR saxophone, Yamaha; TRUMPET, Olds Ambassador; EUPHONIUM Besson silver, compensating. Phone 416-964-3642. NEED HELP WITH YOUR TAXES? 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classad@thewholenote.com WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDREN WHAT’S IN YOUR CLOSET? Does your old guitar gently weep? Would that nice old accordion / clarinet / drum kit make someone else really happy? Find it a new owner with a WholeNote classified ad, starting at just .00 INQUIRE BY JANUARY 25 for the FEBRUARY 2020 issue. classad@ thewholenote.com INSTRUCTION CELLO LESSONS DOWN TOWN TORONTO Individual approach to every student. Young professionals, adults and beginners. Dr. Dobrochna Zubek zubekdobrochna@hotmail. com http://dobrochnazubek.com http:// celloteaching.ca DO YOU SING IN A CHOIR? Would you like to practice your sight-singing skills? Or need a little help learning your notes or rhythms? Or experience the joy of singing duets? Treat yourself! Private and group lessons available near Woodbine subway. Call or text Sheila at 416-574-5250, or woodbine.joyofsinging@ gmail.com FRIENDLY, WISE PIANO TEACHER with loyal following and buckets of patience. 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STUDIO RENTAL IN EAST YORK - Home/ studio with piano available September-June. Long or short term rentals. Great acoustics. Free street parking. Wednesday or Thursday evenings. Suitable for unplugged vocal or instrumental rehearsals. Max 12 people. Barker.studiorental@gmail.com MJ BUELL If you’re a new reader, a word of explanation is in order. In our regular photo contest, We Are ALL Music’s Children, readers identify members of the music community from a childhood photo, for an opportunity to win tickets and recordings. WHO IS FEBRUARY’S CHILD? Leader of the pack even then – her recording Woman Runs With Wolves features the many instruments she gets a bang out of today, and teaches. Before returning to a more grown-up women’s musical club in April, a confluence of opportunities will hear her premiere a new commission featuring five percussion set-ups, on February 21, with Alice’s witch on thin ice channelling Yoko. A Canadian Music Centre Ambassador. 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December’s Child is? Brian Current Brian’s full interview appears on page 78. New Music Concerts’ third concert of the season is “Serious Smile” directed by Brian Current, on Thursday February 13, 8pm (with an introductory chat at 7:15pm) at Harbourfront Centre Theatre. “We showcase the future of NMC by celebrating talented young composers and the latest in mind-blowing technology. We top it off with the stellar Chamber Concerto (1970) by Gyorgy Ligeti. If you have not heard this piece live, this is your chance!” MARY LOUIS and CHRISTIAN MUELLER each win a pair of tickets. But meanwhile, you can hear the RCM Glenn Gould School’s New Music Ensemble concert “For Michael Colgrass” on Sunday, January 19, at 1pm in Mazzoleni Concert Hall, curated and conducted by Brian Current. In honour of Colgrass they will play a world premiere of Bestiary I & II by Bekah Simms for soprano, ensemble and electronics; Gabriel Dharmoo’s the fog in our poise; and the North American premiere of Aguas Marinhas by Miguel Azguime. The tickets to this concert are FREE, but will go quickly. Get yours starting Monday January 13! thewholenote.com December 2019 / January 2020 | 77 thewholenote.com December 2019January 2020 | 77

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