ETCETERA Fl LE ANNOUNCEMENTS •April 1: International Resource Centre For Performing Artists. An Encounter with Soprano Shirley Verrett. Offering career assessment & direction for singers, coaches, piaoists & conductors. Twelve participants. Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Ave. West. 416-362-1422. 0(1RC members), 5(non-members; includes IRC membership). Observers welcome: $ 20/session. · •April 11 7:30: Rotary Club Of Willowdale. Evening with Craig Macfarlane, blind athlete,,musician & writer. Includes performa.nces by pianists Craig Macfarlane, INDEX OF PRESENTERS AND VENUES Axel Cremmelspacher & Meow-Meow Yu, book signing, reception & other highlights. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-298-1680. •April 17 -May 22: Royal Canadian College of Organists, Hamilton Centre. Tools & Techniques in Cliurch Music. Sixevening course, Tuesdays 7-1 Opm. This popular, practical, ecumenical course for organists & choir directors focuses on fundamental skills at both basic & ·intermediate levels in organ techniques, hymn playing, choral conducting & vocal techniques. Church of the Ascension, Hamilton. Contact Christopher Hunt: 905- 572-6584 or visit www.rcco.ca &folio~ links. 0(participants),(auditors). NB: NUMBERS REFER T(l DATES, NOT WHOLENOTE PAGE NUMBERS; M =MAY; (FA) MEANS "FURTHER AFIELO" ON PAGES 40-41 Academy Concert Series 7 Acoustic Harvest Folk Club 21 Adelaide Bell 29 Air Canada Centre 6 Aldeburgh Connection 26, 29 AlrSaints Church, Peterborough(fa) m6 All Saints Kingsway Festival Choir 13 All The. King's Voices m5 • Amadeus Choir 8 Annex Singers 7 Arkell Schoolhouse (fa) 14, 21, 28 Ars Antiqua Chamber Choir 8 Arsmusica 20 • Art of Time Ensemble 2, 7 Arts and Letters Club 29 Associates of the TSO 12 Autobiomusics 2000/2001 29 Ballet,Creole m3 Bell' Arte Singers m5 Belmont House 1 0 Betty Oliphant Theatre 19 Birch Cliff United.Church 21 Birchmount Park C.I. 8, m5 Blessed Sacrament Church 13 Bloor St. United Church 7, m5 Brian Hanke 17 · Brigantine Room 1 Burnhamthorpe Auditorium 27 Burton Auditorium, York University m5 Calvin Presbyterian Church Choir 13 Calyx Co~certs 8 Canadian Chamber Academy 20 Canadian Children's Opera Chorus 18 Canadian Music Competitions 10, 25 Canadian Opera Company 6.:7 · · CDC Orchestra 27 . ·Cantores Celestas Womens Choir 21 . Capitol Theatre, Port Hope(fa) 20, 28 Cathedral Bluffs Symphony 28 CBC Radio One 99.1 FM 1 CBC Radio Two 17, 28 Central Presbyterian, Hamiltonlfa) 8 Central United Church 7 Centuries Opera 6-11, 13 Choirs of Bloor Street & Trinity-St. Paul's United Churches 13 Christ Church 30 Christ Church Deer Park 1, 8, 19, 26, 28, m3, m5, m6 Christ's Church Cathedral, Hamiltonlfa) 27 Church of St. Leonard 8 Church of St. Mark 7 Church of St. Nicholas of Bari 6 Church of the Holy Trinity 21 Church of the Redeemer 28 Cliff~anger Productions 8 Collaborations 18 College St. United Church 22 Community Folk Art Council 28 Concert Hall at Victoria Hall; Cobourg(fa) 19 Concerts at St. George's 29 Concertsingers m6 Critical Mass 24 Crow's Theatre 17 David & Mary Thomson Collegiate 20 Deer Park Concerts 28 Don Mills Organ So~iety 18 Donway Covenant Church 22 Du Maurjer Theatre Centre 29 Duke Ellington Society 28 Durham Region Concert Assn(fa) ni5 Eastminster United Church 7, 27 Elgin Theatre 19 Elmer lseler Singers 22 Emmanuel College, Victoria U. 29 Etobicoke Musical Productions 27 Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra 27 . Ettore Mauoleni Concert Hall 1, 5; 7, 8, 11, 16, 1·7, 19, 24, 27, 28 Fairlawn Heights United Church 1 Fairview Library Theatre m3 Flying Cloud Folk Club 1, 8, 22, 29, m6 Friends of Music Children's Series(fa)22 Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art 29 Gentlemen and Boys Choir, Church of St. Simon the Apostle 28 George Westori Recital Hall 8, 18, 26-29,m4 Georgetown Bach Chorale(fa) 8, 13,22, 25, 28 - Gladstone Symphonia 13 Glenn.Gould Studio 1, 2, 7, 17, 21, 25, 26, 28, m4-m6 Goethe Institute 20 Golomb Concert Management 1 Grace Church on-the-Hill 6, 28, 29 Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra(fa) 20 Hainmerson Hall 6, 8, 20, 29, m4, m5 Harbourfront Centre 1, 29, m6 Hart House 22 Hart House Chorus 8 Hart House Music Committee 3 Heliconian Hall 5· 7, 20, m5 Heritage Theatre Brampton (fa)26•29, m5 High Park Morningside Church 28 Holy Family Church 1 Holy Name Church 8' Humber Jau Series 11 Humbercrest United Church 8 Humbercrest United Church Senior Choir 11, 13 Hummingbird Centre 6, 7, 25 I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble 7 42 wholenote APRIL 1, 2001 "MAY 7, 2001 Jane Mallett Theatre 1, 19, 24, m2 Jeunesses Musicales of Ontario 1 Joanne Smale Productions 6 John Elliott Theatre Art Gallery 8 Kew Beach United Church 28 Kingsway Baptist Chancel Choir 13 Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma 2 Knox College Chapel 7, 23 Knox Presbyterian Church 1, 13 LaNef6,7 . Lawrence Park Community Church 27 Leah Posluns Theatre 1, 6, 21 Leaside Presbyterian Church 8, m6 Leaside United Church 22 Lewis & Wade Entertainment m5 Lindsay Concert Foundation(fa) 8 Living Arts Centre 1, 6, 20, 27, 29 MacMillan Theatre 7 Mariposa 22 Markham Concert Band m6 Markham Theatre for Performing Arts 1, m6 Masques 14 Massey Hall 28 Mclaughlin Performance Hall 4, 11, 22, 23, 25, 30 Meadowvale Theatre 29 Medical Sciences Auditorium 7 Metropolitan Silver Band m6 Metropolitan United Church 29, m5, m6 Millennium Youth Orchestra m5 Millpond Centrella) 7 Milton Choristerslfal 1 Mississauga Big Band Jau l;!Jsemble 1 Mississauga Choral Society If Mississauga Pops Concert BancJ.29 Mississauga Symphony Orchestra m5 Mohawk College Applied Music Program (fa) 1, 2, 4-7 Mohawk College Singers(fa) 7 Mooredale Junior & Youth Orchestras 1 Music at Metropolitan 13, m5 Music at Rosedale 1 Music at St. John's 7 Music Gallery 2, 7, 17, 19,20,27, m4, m5 .Music Toronto 19, 24 Music Umbrella Chamber Concerts 27 Ntnl Piano Concerto Competition m5,m6 New Music Concerts 28, 29 • Newmarket Theatre 1 Newtonbrook·Secondary School ml Niagara Brass Ensemble 23 North Toronto Institute of Music 8, m6 Northdale .Concert Band 29 Oakville Centre 7, 8, m4-m6 ·Oakville Choral Society 27, 28 Oakville Symphony Orchestra 7, 8 Off Centre Music Salon m6 OMO Dance Company 19 OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio 10 ORMTA ?21, m6 Opera in Concert 1 \ •April 18 8:00:. Humanist Association of Toronto. Bohemian Embassy Nite. Michal ·Hasek, blues musician; Barbara Sadegur, mezzo; David Warrack, composer/pianist; Mary Jane & Winston Young, folk; Don Cullen, emcee; Dave Broadfoot, comic. Artword Theatre, 75 Portland. 416-750- 0648. . •April 21 9:00am· 12:00 noon: Northum· berland Orchestra Society. The Bach Yard Sale. St. Andrew's Church, Cobourg. 905- 342-3743. Donations accepted. •April 21 .8:00: Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Toronto Branch. Victorian Ball Dress: Victorian or regular formal or s,emiformal attire. Dance teaching/rehearsing session from 2 to 4pm. St. Anne's Church Opera Mississauga m4 Orchestra Toronto 6 Oriana Singers (fa) m5, m6 Orion House Concerts 28 Oshawa Little Theatre(fa) 19 Oshawa-Durham Symphony Orchestra(fa) 7 Pantages Theatre 18 Parkdale Hunt 1 Pax Christi Chorale 28, 29 Peel Choral Society(fa) m5 Performing Arts York Region m4 Port Hope Lions Rec Centre(fa) 22 Port Nelson United Church 1, m6 Premiere Dance Theatre m3 Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto 7 Richview Collegiate Institute 27 Rick Imus 7 Rosedale Concert Series 1 Rosedale Heights School 1 Rosedale United Church 1 Roy Thomson Hall 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22, 27, 30-m2, m5-m7 Roy lhoms81i Hall Volunteers 20, 27, m4 . Royal Bank Theatre 27, 29 Parish Hall, 651Dufferin.416-922-4415. $ 30/person. •April 22 1 :00: Amici Ensemble. Open House and Silent Auction. Music provided by Amici (Joaquin Valdepeiias, clarinet, Patricia Parr, piano & David Hetherington, cello), Jean Stilwell, mezzo & Scott St. John, violin/viola. Grano Ristorante, 2035 Yonge. 416-654- 0899. (includes performance, win~ & refreshments). · •April 26 7:30: Mississauga Arts Council. Mississauga Arts Awards. Eleven Mississaugans will be honoured for their talent, hard work & dedication to the arts in the community. Complemented by a gala evening of live entertainment. Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga. St. Michael and All Angels Church 29 St. Michael's Cathedral 11 St. Michael's Choir School 11, 19 St. Paul's Basilica 8 St. Paul's Bloor St 5, 12, 19, 26, m3 St. Peter's Church, Cobourg(fa) m5 St. Philip Neri Church 10 St. Simon's Church 28 Stage Centre Productions m3 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 1, 19-22 . Tapestry New Opera Works 19 Tarragon Theatre 25 · Te Deum Orchestra & Singers 28 Te Deum Orchestra & Singers(fa) 27 Temple Sinai 29 Terry Miller Recreation Centre m5 The Meeting Place 1 The New Guitar 6, 7 The Stone Church 28 · . Theatre Passe Muraille 2 Theatre Sheridan 11 Thoinhill Presbyterian Church m4 T oneART Ensemble m5 Toronto Centre for the Arts 7, 19, m3 Toronto Children's Chorus 27, 28 Toronto Classical Singers m6 Royal Conservatory of Music 1, 5, 7, 8, · Toronto Consort 6, 7 ·Toronto Heliconiari Club 1 11, 12, 16, 19,,21,24,27,28 Royal Ontario Museum 1 Runnymede United Church 21, m5 Ryerson Theatre 28 · Ryerson United Church 7 Saint Thomas's Church 7, 27, m6 Salvation Army, Oshawa(fa) 7, m5 Scarborough Bel Canto Choir 1 Scarborough G & S Society 20 Scarborough Music Theatre 26 Scarborough Philharmonic 8, m5 Scarborough Village Theatre 26 School of Philosophy(fa) m4-m6 Sine Nomine 27 Sinfonia Mississauga 29 Sinfonia Toronto 7, m5 Sir Sandford Fleming College(fa) 8 Slide Rule Trombone Ensemble 11 Song Circle 29 Soundstreams Canada l7 St. Andrew's Presbyteria.n Church 19 St. Anne's Church 1, m6 St. Anne's Church Choir 13 St. Bonaventure Church 9 St. Boniface Church 11 St. Dominic's Church 27, 28 St. Dunstan of Canterbury Church 1 St. George the Martyr Church .1, 7, 17, · 19, 20, 27, m4, m5 · St. George's Church m5 St. George's on-the-Hill Church 29 St. James' Cathedral 3, 17,20,22,24,ml St. John's Church 7 St. John's United Church (fa) 22, 28 St. Luke's Church 8 · · St. Matthew's Church Choir 13 Toronto Jewish Folk Choir 29 Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 20 Toronto Operetta Theatre m2 Toronto Oigan Club 30 Toronto Philharmonia 26, m4 Toronto Senior Strings 19 Toronto Sinfonietta 7, m5 Toronto Symphonic Brass 6 TSO 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 30-m2, m5-m'7 TS Youth Orchestra 29 Toronto Theatre Organ Society 2 Toronto Wind Orchestra 28 • TRANZAC1,8,22,29,m6 Trinity College Chapel 11 Trinity-St. Paul's 1,2,B.7, 14, 19-22, 24 U of T at Scarborough 1 · U of TFaculty of Music 5-7, 12, 21 Uxbridge Chamber Choir Ila) 21 Vaughan Ci!Y Playhouse m5 Via Salzburg m4 Victoria-Royce Church 21 Victorian Operetta Society(fa) 19 Vienna Mozart Orchestra 25 · Visual & Performing Arts Newmarket 1 VocalPoint Chamtier Choir 21 Voyces Past 22 Walter Hall 5,6, 12,21,28,29, m5, m6 Weston Silver Band 7 . Willowdale United Church m5 Windsong 29 · York Symphony Orchestra 1, m5, m6 York U Dept. of Music 4, 11, 22, 23, 25, 30-m3 Yorkminster Pk Ch 4,8,11, 18,25, m2 Yorkminstrels 21 ·
905-306-6000. . •April 29 2:00: Toronto Consort. Reception and Silent Auction. Come & enjoy music by Toronto Consort members, refreshments & auction in support of the Consort. Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St. West. 416-530-4735. suggested. •April 29 5:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. A Musical Journey Through The Americas! Enjoy exotic operettas of the New World and dance to the rhythms from South of the Border. Performers include Giselle Fredette & Linda Maguire, mezzos; Elena Mamais, dancer; Guillermo Silva-Marin, director & others. Donauschwaberi Club, 1. 686 Ellesmere Rd. 416-922-2912. . *May 3 6:00: Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir. Inaugural Blossom Ball Dinner & dancing with music by the Choir, the Royz Band, Linda Bradford, piano, Gaynor Jones, soprano, David Low, conductor, Susan Ball, accompanist. Grand York Ballroom, Sheraton Parkway Hotel, Highway #7 East, west of Hwy #404. 905-472-7917. 0/person. *May 5 6:30: Toronto Sinfonietta. Special programme for children · Instrument Tasting. Young concert-goers are invited to an upclose, hands-on session with Toronto Sinfonietta musicians. For this East Meets West concert, children will explore the string family · violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, erhu & other m~re exotic stringed instruments. Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor St. West. 416-410-4379. Concert: ,1sr),1st), children 12 & under free. *Robert and Donna Wood Scholarship, Early Childhood Music Association of Ontario is available for music teacher courses to those interested in the early childhood music field of child development le'arning. Contact Nedra Buell, 416-240-8573 for more information. LECTURES •April 1 1 :OD: Can.adian Opera Company. face to face Lecture: Britten's Billy Budd. Stephen Ralls, speaker. Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front St. East. 416-363-8231. . •April 18 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. The Music of Andre Jolivet. Lecture/ demo by Phillip Adamson. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4 700 Keele St. 416· 736-5186. Free. •April 20 6:30: Toronto Reference Library. Lecture by David Fallis, singer, choral-orchestral director and leading presenter and interpreter of music from the Baroque & Classical periods to the conterJllorary. 789 Yonge St. 416-393- 7131. Free. •April 27 1 O:OOam: New Music Concerts/ Glenn Gould Professional School. Composition forum: The Recent Music of Isabelle Panneton. The composer discusses her work. Room M308, Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor St. W.416-961-9594. Free. MASTERCLASS ES *Royal Conservatory of Music Glenn Gould Professional School. 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824. Upcoming master classes !all free to the public): •Apr 2 10:00am: John Perry, piano •Apr 6 1 O:OOam: Jeanne Baxtresser, flute •Apr 6 1 O:OOam: Evelyn Lear, voice •Apr 6 1 O:OOam: Trent Horne, copyright WORKSHOPS *April 7-81:30: Toronto Early Music Players' Organizat.ion. Two-day Spring Workshop with Sophie Lariviere. Lansing United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 416-480- 0225. . •April 19-22: Comhaltas North American Convention. Toronto 2001 ·A Musical Odyssey. Workshops all weekend in aspects of Irish culture including percussion, fiddle,_ flute, singing, uilleann pipes, set dancing & more. Instruct.ors include Ben Grossman, Debbie Quigley, Kate Crossan, Pat O'Gorman, ACCOUNTING AND INCOME TAX UNCLASSIFIED ADVERTISING: APRIL 2001 SERVICE for small business and individuals, to M5A I R9.48thDirectorSearch@yahoogroupi.com save you time and money, customized to meet your needs. Norm Pulker, B. Math. CHA. 905-717- EAR TRAINING, MUSICIANSHIP, 5421or905-830-2985. SIGHT-SINGING, dictation, rhythmic ADULT FLUTE CHOIR seeks new members. training, keyboard skills, theory (all Conservatory· Minimum RCM Grade 6-8 required. Rehearsals type subjects, solfa, jazz). All levels, professional/ serious beginners. Detailed study ·available · every other Wednesday. Call Shelley: (4'16)491- 1683 for more info. J.S.Bach, Renaissance, Jazz. Art Levine, MA, ------------~ ARCT; Host of "This is Art" on CBC; RCM . ATTENTION ROYAL CONSERVA- Prolessional School faculty; Instructor, University TORY ALUMNI: The RCM Alumni Association ol Toronto, etc. 416-924-8613. Visit website: is now on-line. Visit us at www.rcmalumni.ca or www.artlevine.com leave message at 416-408-2824, ext.851. AGM: Sunday April 22 at RCM, 273 Bloor W. following the 2pm Andre Laplante lecture. . CARS, VANS, PICKUP TRUCKS, MOTOR VEHICLES WANTED, running or not. Will pay top dollar or tow for free. Body and paint work available. John, 416-462-9371 . CHOIR MANAGER. The Elora Festival Singers, a professional chamber ensemble now in its 21st year, seeks a dynamic, flexible, organized individual to fill this contractual position starting Summer 200 I. Working closely with the Conductor and Board in providing'concert management support, co-ordinating performers, negotiating contracts, grant writing etc., the successful candidate will participate in the Singers' future development and expansion. Knowledge of music, experience in arts administration desirable. This is an established part-time position. Applications before mid-April to: Ellen Pearson, President, Elora Festival Singers, PO Box 629, Elora ON NOB ISO DIRECTOR OF MUSIC WANTED. 48th Highlanders of Canada Military Band. Qualifications: Musical degree and/or equivalent experience. Leadership and teaching skills. Military experience or a willingness to embrace the traditions of the Regiment. Submit resumes to: Cp~. Birdsell, 48th Highlanders Djrector of Music Search, Moss Park . Armouries, 130 Queen Street East, Toronto Ontario FESTIVAL WIND ORCHESTRA seeks new members, especially clarinets, lower brass and percussion. Rehearsals Tuesdays, Yonge & Sheppard area. For more info, call Shelley: (416)491-1683. . GIVE VOICE TO YOUR SELF. Learn the ancient art of toning. Two sets ol four weekly classes, starting April 9 (Monday afternoon class, l-3p.m.) and April 18 (Wednesday evening class, 7-9p.m.). Call (416)767-1340 for details, brochure. HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO SING. thought you wouldn't or couldn't, or do you just want a place to play with the possibilities of your voice. Small groups. 6 - . Johanne, 461-8425. JAPANESE KOTO MUSIC. Private lessons for all levels. Classical and contemporary music. Also available for private and public functions. Linda Caplan, (416)783-4652, www.lindacaplan.com MERLIN WILLIAMS is available to do digital recordings of your orchestra, band, choir or chamber group on location. Reasonable rates for archival and demo recordings. For more info, call (416)489-0275 or email: merlinw@neicom.ca MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS! Duets, Trios, Dance Band, Big Band. Background, Centrestage. Classical, Contemporary, Dixieland, Jazz! JSL Enterprises 905-276-3373. PIANIST WILL PLAY jazz-flavoured . background music free of charge at charitable and non-profit events. Can bring own piano. Call Neville at (905)877-8471. RELAX your way to health and balance. Calm and peaceful, a one-hour session of energy work can revitalize and recharge you. Call ( 416)7 6 7- 1340 for more informatioq. SINGING LESSONS Experienced, qualified Bae. Music, Classical, Semi-popular. R.C.M. prep., all Kevin Finnegan & others; special guests: T~e Barefield Ceili Band. Howard Johnson Plaza:' Hotel, 2737 Keele St. 416-447-8984. Reservations required. ·, · *April 22 1 :30: CAMM AC. Rehearsal for April' 29 reading of Verdi's Requiem. Instrumentalists 1 :30-3: 15 !bring music stand); singers 3:45-5:30. Church of the Messiah, 240 Avenue Rd. 416· 9241938. Free. •April 25 7:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. Vocal Circle. Recreational reading of early choral music. Ability to read music · desirable but not essential. 166 Crescent Rd. 416-920-5025. $ 51non-members). •April 26 8:00: Toronto Folk Singers' 1 Club. Informal meeting with the purpose of · exchanging songs, traditional or contempo- · rary. Tiki Room, TRANZAC Club, 292 .. · Brunswick Ave. 416-532-0MO; Free. , *April 29 2:00: CAMMAC. Reading of Verdi's·Requiem with conductor Howard ' Dyck, for singers & orchestra. Instrumental· ists, please bring music stand. Christ Churc~ Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-924:1938. · (non-members),(members). *May 6 1:30: Toronto Early Music Players' Organization. Workshop with . · · Susan Carduelis, recorder & baroque flute. Lansing United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 416- 480-0225. . levels. Central location. Interest in disabilities. 416-924-3877. STUDIO FOR RENT. Du ndas/Ru nnymed.~J grand piano. Ideal for warm-ups, practice, rehearsals, coaching. Out-of-tow~ musicians welcome. Short/long terms. 416-763-5230. THE PERFORMING EDGE Performance enhancement training in tension management, concentration, goal setting, imagery. lndividUaliied to meet your performance situation. Kate F. Hays, Ph.D., C.Psych., practising clinical and performing arts psycholo2y. 416-961-0487. · APRIL 1, 2001 - MAY 7, 2001 wholenote 43
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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!).