Volume 8 Issue 8 - May 2003

I MAY 24 (CONTI NUED)

I MAY 24 (CONTI NUED) -7:30: Brampton Festival Singers.Annual Cabaret: A Blast From the Past. From the swingin' big bands to the groovy 70's. Stephane Potvin, director. Junior Farmers Bldg, Brampton Fairgrounds, 12864 Heartlake Rd. 416-574- 5558. 5,. Supporting the Canadian Cancer Society. -7:30: High Park Choirs. Spring Concert. Runnymede United Church, 432 Runnymede. 416-762-0657. - 7:30: Music at Metropolitan. Bless the The Toronto Si nfqnietta directed by Matthew Jaskiewicz .····: · a unique musical experience guaranteed to electrify! ;::'.Toronto Sinfonietta Strings ' David Young, double-bass University ofToronto String Ensemble Joel Quarrington, double-bass Etobicoke Suzuki School of Music Eric Hahn, cello Saturday, May 24 at 7:30 pm Tickets: Platinum (including reception) Isabel Bader Theatre Adults , Seniors and Students TS Box Office: 416-410-4379 www.torontosinfonietta.com The Bach Children's Chorus and· ·The Bach Chamber Youth Choir Children. A recital of sacred music. Lucy Carrick­ Wedel & Gisele Kulak, sopranos; William Shookholl, piano. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-363-0331 . By donation. In aid of Romanian Orphans Mission. -7:30: Pickering Community Concert Band. Essense of Spdng. Program!lle to include Hounds of Spring, Ontario Pictures, Georgia (for horns and trombones). Dunbarton-Fairport United Church, 1066 Fairport ~d ., Pickering. 905-571 · 1785. ,, (child under 12). -7:30: Toronto Sinfonietta. Splendid Strings. Mendelssohn: String Symphony #10; Koprowski: Epitaph for String Orchestra; Vivaldi: Cello TORONTO ALL-STAR BIG BAND Guest TOMMY AMBROSE MAY 24, 2 & 7 PM ST. LA WREN CE CENTRE Concerto in a Op.26 #3; Bach: Concerto for 2. Violins ind BWV 1043; Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso for Three String Orchestras. David Young, Joel Quarrington, double basses; ' Eric Hahn, cello; Etobicoke Suzuki School of Music; U ofT School Strings; Toronto Sinfonietta Strings. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. West. 416-410-4379. ,. -8:00 & 10:30pm: New Adventures in Sound Art. {Jeep Wireless: Radio·a~Mock 1 & 2. Experimental sound and radio art performance that creates the world of radio on stage. Gregory Whitehead, Jim Metzner, Reena Katz, Matt Rogalsky, Jeremy Mimnagh & other performers; Chandra Bulucon, host. Rivoli, 334 Queen St. West. 416-910-7231. . -8:00: Mississ~uga Festival Choir. last Night of the Proms. Music by Parry, Elgar, Gilbert & Sullivan & Handel. Lori-Anne Dolloff, music director. Royal Bank Theatre, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive. 905-306-6000. , (sr, children 12&under). · -8:00: Music Gallery.Composer Now: Brigitte Poulin Plays Morton Feldman. Feldman: For Bunita Marcus for solo piano. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416-204-2080. ,. -8:00: RCM Community School.Music Theatre Workshop. Music from Kiss Me Kate. In concert: ' Linda Eyman, director. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-2824 x321. -8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Vivaldi· l 'Estro Armonico. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. See May 21. -8:00: The Village Voices.A Musical Melange. Sacred & secular music · 16th to 20th century, including madrigals. Guests: Elm Quintet (woodwind ensemble). Joan Andrews, director. Markham Baptist Church, 110 Church St., Markham, 905 The High Park Choirs or Toronto • "GREAT BIG SEA - A Celebration of the Canadian Mosaic" Saturday May 24, 2003 7:30 PM Runnymede United Church

294-8687. ,children 12/linder free. Sunday May 25 -2:00: North Toronto lnsti.tute of Music. leasideConcert Series. Schubert: Trout Quintet; Ravel: Violin Sonata. First Unitarian Church, 175 St. Clair West. 416-488·2588. ,. -3:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. Principals. T urrin: Chronicles; Fandago; Bourgeois: Trombone Concerto; Tovey: new work. Philip . Smith, trumpet; Joe Alessi, trombone. Bramwell Tovey, conductor. 2: 15: Pre-concert chat. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416·366· 7723. , ,(sr/st), group rates. -3:00: Music Alive! Rlrapsody Ouintet. Music by Herbert, Romberg, Rogers, Berlin, Kern, Gershwin, Curzon, Fletcher & Tomlinson for viJ>lin, clarinet, cello, bass & piano. St. Mary's Anglican Church, Rictvnond Hill. 905· 770-3532. ,. -3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Vivaldi: l 'Estro Armonico. T rinity·St. Paul's Centre. See May 21. -4:30: Christ Church Deer Park.Jazz Vespers: Celebrating the Music of Miles Davis! Steve McDade Quartet: Steve McDade, trumpet; David Restivo, piano; Scott Alexander, bass; Brian Barlow, drums. 1570 Yonge St. 416· 920-5211. Donation. -5:00: RCM. Young Artists Performance Academy: Ensembles Concert 2. RCM Baroque Orchestra; RCM Chamber Orchestra; RCM Junior Orchestra; RCM Preparatory Orchestra; Academy Choir. Jonathan Craig, Jonathan Derr, Kelly Parkins-Lindstrom, Marcus Howard, conductors. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408·2824 x321. ',. -7:00: Choirs of St. Timothy's Church. Spring Sing. Choral music by J. Anthony Dawson; works by Mendelssohn & Faure; music for oboe CHORAL Music BY CANADIAN COMPOSERS WITH PIANIST, WILLIAM SHOOKHOFF ~£ATURIN6 ENSEMBLE TRYPTYCH Including: -3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Greek. Beethoven: Du E Wm - StE Pff EH (HATHAH Prometheus Overture, Op.43; Stravinsky: Apollon musag~te; Karabekos: Second Rhapsody (arr/orch E. Gay); Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (excerpts); Offenbach: Orphee a l'enfers, Overture. Errol Gay, conductor. George Weston Recita.1Hall,5040 Yonge St. 416-467-2142. , (child under 12 free). -3:00: Toronto Jewish Folk Choir. 17th Annual Spring Concert. Barnes: Dos Na ye Lid (Klezmer Dance Suite); Weinzweig: Am Yisroel Chai; music by Glick, Varshavsky, Goldladden, Schaeffer & others. Miriam Eskin, soprano; Mark Fox, tenor; Lina Zerneknan, piano; Choir of the Bialik School & other perfonners; Alexander Veprinsky, conciJctor. Lawrence Park Collejjiate, 125 Chatsworth Or. 416445-7222. , (sr/st), O(unwaged), children under 12 free; group rates. _,&piano and piano four·hands. Brainerd Blyden· Taylor, music director; Michael Tansley, organ. Church of St. Timothy, 100 Old Orchard Grove. 416·488,0079. Free-will offering. *RESCHED· ULED FROM APRIL* -7:30: Hamilton Concert Band. Spring into Summer. Concert of band favourites. Guest: Norma Marsh, vocals; Bobby Herriot, director. St. Simon's Church, 1415 Litchfield Rd., Oakville. 905·845·8351. ,, family . - 7:30: Ontario Presbyterian Chorus. Concert in Aid ofEvangel Haff Downtown Mission Building Fund. Guest: Stephen Harland, tenor. Good Shepherd Convnunity Church, 3.90 Bamburgh Circle. 905·731·0136. . -7:30: RCM. YoungArtistsPerfonnanceAcademy: Academy Symphony Orchestra. Rinsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol; Bralms: Syrl1lhony #4; UH (ANADIEH ERRANT - MARK G. S1RETT ALL EL UiA - VICT OR To