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wholenote TORONTO'S CLASSICAL AND POST CLASSICAL MUSIC SCENE Volume 10 #B, March1 -April 7, 2005 Copyright © 2005 WholeNote Media Inc. 720 Bathurst St., Suite 503, Toronto, ON M5S 2R4 Publisher Editor Production Manager Listings Jazz Listings Webmaster Web Technician Layout & Design System/Special Projects Cover Design Advertising Circulation Manager Bandstand Book Shelf Choral Early Music Jazz Musical Life New Music Opera Quodlibet TMA T.O. Diary World View Feature Writers Staff Allan Pulker David Perlman Peter Hobbs Simone Desilets, Karen Ages Sophia Perlman Colin Puffer Lee Weston David Perlman, Verity Hobbs Paul Farrelly, Jim Rootham, James Lawson Rocket Design Allan Pulker, Karen Ages, Masha Buell Sheila McCoy COLUMNISTS Merlin Williams Pamela Margles Larry Beckwith Frank Nakashima Jim Galloway, Sophia Perlman Masha Buell Jason van Eyk, Keith Denning ChristopherHoile Allan Pulker Brian Blain Colin Eatock KarenAges Karen Ages, Masha Buell, David Perlman, Jim Tennyson, Paul Steenhuisen DISCOVERIES (CD Reviews) Editor David Olds Reviewers: John Beckwith, Phil Ehrensaft, Eli Eisenberg, Daniel Foley, Janos Gardonyi, John S. Gray, Pamela Margles, Gabrielle Mclaughlin, Alison Melville, Frank Nakashima, Ted O'Reilly, Cathy Riches, Annette Sanger, Tom Sekowski, Bruce Surtees, Robert Tomas Display Ad Sales, (Un)classified Ads & Listings: Phone 416-323-2232 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR'S OPENER 9 COVER STORY: En emble - Alexina Louie and Alex Pauk David Perlman 10, 11 FEATURE: Piano Man Remains Anonymous Jim Tennyson 12 DISCOVERIES: CD Forum: 15, 68-79 15, 68 Editor's Corner David Olds 68-79 CD Reviews 68 Vocal, Operatic and Choral 69 Early Music and Period Performance 70 Classical and Beyond 73 Modern and Contemporary 74 Jazz and Improvised Music 76 Pot Pourri 78 Discs of the Month 79 D/SCoveries has the Junos covered CONCERT NOTES: 16-22, 36 16 T.O. Musical Diary Colin Eatock 18 Quodlibet Allan Pulker 20 Early Music Frank Nakashima 21 Choral Scene Larry Beckwith 36 World View Karen Ages HEAR AND NOW: Focus on New Music 22-29 22 Some Thing New Jason van Eyk 24 March News Roundup Keith Denning 26 Composer to Composer: Denys Bouliane interviewed by Paul Steenhuisen 26 New Music Quick Picks David Olds JAZZ AND BAND: 30-32, 60 30 Band Stand Merlin Williams 32 Jazz Notes Jim Calloway 32 In the Jazz Listings Sophia Perlman ' Editorial: Phone 416-603-3786 E-mail: info@thewholenote.com Fax: 416-603-4791 Websites: www.thewholenote.com www.torontohearandnow.com Paid Subscriptions (/year + GST) Phone: 416-406-5055 Circulation & Display Stands: 416-406-5055 Dates and Deadlines Next issue is Volume 10 #7 covering April 1 '05to May 7 '05 Free Event Listings Deadline: 6 pm Tuesday, March 15 (covering period April 1 '05 to May 7 '05) Display Ad Reservations Deadline: 6 pm Tuesday, March 15 Colour Ads must be received by Wednesday, March 16 Black and White Ads must be received by Thursday, March 17 Publication Date: Tuesday, March 29 Circulation CCAB QUALIFIED CIRCULATION: March 2004 32,433 Additional copies printed and distributed this month: 3,067 Total copies printed and distributed this month: 36,000 Printed in Canada by Couto Printing and Publishing Services Canadian Publication Product Sales Agreement 1263846 ISSN 14888-8785 WHOLENOTE WholeNote Media Inc. accepts no responsibility or liability for claims made for any product or service reported on or advertised in this issue. Publications Mail Agreement #40026682 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: WholeNote Magazine 503-720 Bathurst St. Toronto, ON MSS 2R4 OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE: 33-35 33 On Opera Christopher Haile 34 Opera at Home Phil Ehrensaft 35 Hi Tech, Hi Fi, Low Price Phil Ehrensaft SPECIAL FEATURE: SUMMER MUSIC EDUCATION 38-41, 61, 62 compiled by Karen Ages MUSIC AND LIFE: 36, 37, 63-65 36 Toronto Musicians Association News Brian Blain 37 Book Shelf Pamela Margles 63 How I Met my Teacher: Soprano Suzie LeBlanc and Maestro Trichy Sankaran 65 We are All Music's Children Masha Buell LIVE LISTINGS, ETCETERA: 42-60 42-56 Live concerts (GT A) 57-58 Live concerts (Beyond) 58-59 Opera and Music Theatre 59-60 Jazz: Clubs 66 Announcements, etcetera UNCLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 67 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 42 MARCH 1 - APRIL 7 2005 WWW. THEWHOLENOTE.COM
