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Volume 11 Issue 10 - July 2006

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LISTINGS Opera) Music Theatre) Dance CONTINUED Heartstrings. Gryphon Theatre. July 31 · Aug. 5, various times. Administration Centre Bldg. C, Georgian College, 1 Georgian Dr., Barrie. 705· 728-4613. $ 26-$ 29. Jasper Station. Lighthouse Theatre. By Norm Foster and Steve Thomas. Aug.15-Sep.2, eve and mat perfonnances. Lighthouse Festival Theatre, 247 Main St., Port Dover. 519-583- 2221. , (st), (under 13). knotty together. Music Picnic.A naughty and gay opera in 3 short acts. Keith Klassen, Paul White, La La La Human Steps, performers; Njo Kong Kie, composer; Anna Chatterton, libretto. Aug. 3: 9:00pm; Aug. 8: 10:30pm; Aug. 9: 6:00; Aug. 10: 4:30; Aug. 12: 7:30; Aug. 13: 1 :30. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave. 416· 961 6806. $10. la Boheme. Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. By Puccini. Jose Hernandez, music director/pian· ist. Aug. 4, 12: 8:00; Aug. 6, 9: 2:00. Robert Gill Theatre, U oil, 214 College St, 3rd floor. 416· 978-7986. , (sr/st). la Clemenza di Tito. Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. By Mozart. Nathalie Doucet-Lalkens, music director/pianist. Aug. 5, 9, 11: 8:00; Aug. 13: 2:00. Robert Gill Theatre, U of T, 214 College St, 3rd fl. 416-978-7986. , (sr/st). Of Heaven and Earth. Chinese Performing Arts Festival. Tim Yip, art director. Aug. 23-26: 7:30; Aug. 26: 2:00. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-8721111 . -. Oliver! Stirling Festival Theatre. Aug. 9· 26, various times. 41 West Front St., Stirling. 613-395-2100. . Oliver! Stratford Festival. Music & lyrics by Lionel Bart.To Oct. 29, various dates and times. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen St., Stratford. 800· 567-1600. Call forticket prices. Our Castle's Rockin'. Living Arts Summer Cabaret Series. Jackie Richardson, vocals; David Warrack, piano. Aug. 16: 2:00; Aug. 17, 19: 2:00 & 8:00; Aug. 18: 8:00. RBC Theatre, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Missis· sauga. 905-306-6000. -. Scarlet's Room. REAson d'etre productions/tiger princess projects. Canadian premiere of 3 new dances: Rouge Stain; Moss; Dusk Grey. Angela Liong, Yvonne Ng, choreography/artistic directors; Bob Wiseman, composition; Broken Social Scene, music. July 6-8: 8:30. Win· chester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester St. 416- 366-7723. (advance), (cash at door), (sr/st/CADA). Side by Side by Sondheim. Fergus Theatre Festival. July 19-22, various times.Fergus Grand Theatre, 244 St. Andrew St. W., Fergus. 519-843-3414. . Snow White's Summer Adventure. Theatre by the Bay. By Clark Harris. Aug. 13-Sep.2, various times. Maclaren Art Centre, 37 Mulcast· er St., Barrie. 866-735-9243. . Sophie Tucker: last of the Red Hot Mamas. Globus Theatre. By Valerie Boyle. July 19-22, various times. 2300 Pigeon Lake Rd , Bobcaygeon. 705738-2037. , (st). Sophie Tucker: last of the Red Hot Mamas. Port Stanley Festival Theatre. By Valerie Boyle. July 27-Aug. 12, various times. 6- 302 Bridge St., Port Stanley. 519-782-4353. -. Sophie Tucker: last of the Red Hot Mamas. Victoria Playhouse Petrolia. Aug. 15- Sep. 2, various times. By Valerie Boyle. Victoria Hall, 411 Greenfield St., Petrolia. 519-882· 1221.. South Pacific. Stratford Festival. Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. July 1-0ct. 28, various dates and times. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie St., Stratford. 800-567· 1600. Call for ticket prices. The last five Years. A.C.T. Productions. By Jason Robert Brown. Directed by Danny Harvey. July 6-Aug. 27. Heritage Theatre, 86 Main St. N., Brampton. 905-874-2800. . The lord of the Rings. Mirvish Produc· tions.Lyrics by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus; music by A. R. Rahman and Varttina with Christopher Nightingale. To Sep. 24. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. W. 416 8721212. -5. The Mantini Sisters in the ladies of Broadway. Gryphon Theatre. July 17 -22, various times. Administration Centre Bldg. C, Georgian College, 1 Georgian Dr., Barrie. 705· 728-4613. -. The Mikado. Huron Country Playhouse. By Gilbert and Sullivan.Aug. 16-Sep. 2, various times. RR//1, Grand Bend. 519-238-6000. · . The Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix. Patria Music/Theatre Projects. By R. Murray Schafer. Eleanor James, mezzo; Eric Shaw, James Mclennan, tenors; Bruce Kelly, baritone & other perfonners. Aug.31-Sep. 6. Haliburton Forest. 416-596-8585. Call for ticket prices. The Sound of Music. Port Hope Festival Theatre. By Rodgers and Hammerstein. Aug.10- 27, various times. Capitol Theatre, 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1071. , (mat), .50 (sr on Sun .). The Tales of Hoffmann. Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. By Offenbach. Raisa Nakhmanovich, music director/pianist. Aug. 5, 12: 2:00; Aug. 8, 10: 8:00. Robert Gill Thea· tre, U of T, 214 College St, 3rd floor. 416- 9787986. , (sr/st). They're Playing Our Song. Theatre Collingwood. Book by Neil Simon. Aug. 9· 12, 15-19, various times. Gayety Theatre, 161 Hurontario St., Collingwood. 705-445· 2200. . Twas a Rough Night: Macbeth, the Musical 2006 Showplace Fridge Festival/Gor· geous George Players. By Charlie Glass pool and Mathias Korn. Also Kait Dueck, Mike Duguay, Johnny Chartrand, Dave Toby and Kate Storey. July 27-28: 8:00. Showplace Peterborough Performance Centre, 290 George St. N., Peter· borough. 705· 742-7469. , (st). Vegas Knights. Lighthouse Theatre. Musi· cal tribute to the crooners. Sep.5-6: 8:00; Sep. 6· 7: 2:00. Lighthouse Festival Theatre, 247 Main St., Port Dover.519-583-222 1. , (st), (under 13). VIVIO. tiger princess dance projects/REA· son d'etre productions.3 dances: IRE, sift and Blue. Johanna Bergfeld!, Bess Gallard, Anna Fin· kel & other performers. July 12-15: 8:30. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester St. 416· 366-7723. (adv), (door), (sr/st/ CADA). Wake Me When It's Over. Flower City Festival Theatre. By Vince Grittani. Music by Rosalind Mills. July 13-Aug. 19, various dates and times. Heritage Theatre, 86 Main St. N., Brampton. 905-874-2800. . Wedding Whine and Cottage Cheese. Muskoka Theatre Project.By Vince Grittani. July 19-Aug. 19, various times. Red Leaves Playhouse Tent Theatre, beside Clevelands House, Lake Rosseau.888-222-6608. . Back to Ad Index

SUMMER FESTIVAL LISTINGS Plans change! Always call ahead to confirm details. Key to venues: Look for INITIALS followed by 1.ocATIONs. Ashkenaz Festival of New Yiddish Culture 416-979-9901 www.ashkenazfestival.com Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Ave. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queen's Quay August 28-September 4 Free & ticketed events Beaches International Jazz Festival 416-4108809 www.beachesjazz.com MS M AINSTAGE EVENTS, ALEX CHRISTIE BANDSHELL, KEW GARDENS Q QUEEN ST. E., BETWEEN WOODBINE AND B EECH A VE. BBC BALMY B EACH CLUB, FOOT OF BEECH AvE. ON THE WATERFRONT DD HISTORIC D.STILLERY DISTRICT , 55 MILL Sr. July 21 5:00: PartiGras! Free DD 22 12:00: PartiGras!Free DD 23 12:00: PartiGras!Free DD 26 6:00: Ovation of Jazz BBC 27 7:00: Streetfest Free O 28 7:00: Streetfest Free O 2912:00: David Virelles, Kush, Cafe Cubano & others Free MS; 7:00: StreetfestFree O 30 12:00: Rabi Botos, David Buchbinder, Hi /aria Duran & others Free MS Bluewater Summer Playhouse 877-396-5722 www.bluewatersp.on.ca Bluewater Summer Playhouse, 707 A Queen St., Kincardine. July 27-August 19: My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra; various times . Blyth Festival 519-523-9300, 8 77-862-5984 www.blythfestival.com Blyth Centre for the Arts, Blyth July 1 8:00: The Ballad of Stompi11' Tom, to Aug 12 -. Brott Music Festival 905-525-7664 ex.11, 888-475-9377 www.brottmusic.com SC Sr. C HRISTOPHER 's ANGLICAN CHURCH , 662 GUELPH L !NE, B URLINGTON C M CANADA MARINE DISCOVERY C ENTRE' 57 Gu1sE Sr., EAST H AMILTON D C D OFASCO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, i 90 KING WILLIAMS T., H AMILTON LS LIUNASTATK)N, 360 JAMES Sr. N., HAMILTON cc CHRIST 'S CHURCH CATHEDRAL' 252 JAMES Sr. N., HAMILTON OC Sr. PAUL'S PRESBYTERIAN C HURCH/ CHURCH OF TH E ASCENSION/CENTENARY UNITED C HURCH WH WINDERMERE H OUSE, WINDERMERE ON , L AKE R OSSEAU A G H ART GALLERY OF H AMILTON' 123 K1NG Sr. W., H AMILTON HP HAMIL TON PLACE, Sruoro THEATRE , I SUMMER 's LANE, H AMILTON JULY 1 SEPTEMBE'< ! 20()1, Back to Ad Index July 4 7:30: Opera Goes to the Movies, National Academy Orchestra & soloists - DC 7 7:30: A Rebel's Voice, Anton Kuerti, piano - DC 8 7:30: A Genius Revealed, Anton Kuerti, piano - DC 12 7:30: Biegel Plays Billy Joel, Jeffrey Biegel, piano; National Academy Orchestra - DC 14 7:30:HotJazzwithAdiBraun, -LS 15 7:30:A Summer Night at the Proms, Elliott Cairns, piano - DC 18 7:30:FelixHellinRecita/, organ - DC 19 6:00: Organ Crawl with Felix Hell - DC 22 3:00: Best of Broadway with Michael Burgess, Windermere Pops FreeWH 23 3:00: High Tea with Valerie Tryon, piano with Upper Canada Clarinet Choir - AGH 26 7:30: Mozart & the L.A. Connection, works for violin -SC 29 7:30: Totally Tchaikovsky! Adrian Anantawan, violin - DC August 2 7:30: Brahms in Open Rehearsal, National Academy Orchestra, Denis Brott conductor Free SC 5 7:30: Divas, Desserts & Diamonds - HP 6 3:00: Happy Birthday to the Cello! Denis Brott, Katerina Juraskawa, cello - AGH 8 7:30: The Trumpet Sounds! Jens Lindeman, trumpet - SC 12 7:30:Canadian Contemporary Festival.· Sounds of TodayFree HP 13 3:00: High Tea and the Harp, Ruth Sutherland, harp - AGH 16 7:30: Beethoven's Ninth, Desert Chorale of Nevada, soloists - DC Canadian Guitar Festival & Fingerstyle Guitar Championship www. can a di an g ui ta rf es tiv a I.com 613-386-8878, 888-506-1418 Weekend pass .50; Fri. , Sat. .45, Sun Ck website or call re: workshops Odessa Fairgrounds, Odessa ON 11 km w. of Kingston @401 July 21 6:30: Erick Turnbull; 7:30: Kers tin Blodig; 8:30: Robert Michaels; 9:30: An ­ drew Whi te; 10:30: Don Ross. 22 1 :00: Andy McKee; 2:00: Duane Andrews; 3:00: J.P. Cormier; 4:00 Michael Chapdelaine; 7:00: Del Vezeau; 8:00: Pino Forastiere; 9:00: Ian Melrose; 10:00: Montreal Guitar Trio. 23 10:00-4:00: Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competition Celebrate Toronto Street Festival 416338-0338 www.toronto.ca/special events/streetfest/ index.htm. Check website for performances July 1,3,6 &8: Festival of Fireworks at Ontario Place 5-16: Toronto Fringe Festival (see below for WWW, TH EWHO LENOTE. COM contact details) 8-912 noon: Afrofest, Queen's Park 7-9: Beats, Breaks & Culture Harbourfront, 230 Queens Quay W.; Corso Italia Toronto Fiest& between Westmount and Lasdowne Ave., Taste of Lawrence Festival, between Crockford Blvd to west of Warden Ave. 91:30: Churches on-the-Hill, Brian Barlow Orchestra, Christ Church Deer Park; 4:30:Sheraton Cadwell Orchestra, dance/big band, Lisa Levy, Todd Cooper, Kalya. Yonge & St. Clair Big Band Stage. Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival 204-571 -6547, 866-ELKHORN www .clea rla ke c hamberf es tiva I. com Conference Hall, Elkhorn Resort, Riding Mountain National Park, Onanole MB August 4 8:00: Mozart, Carrabre, Shostakovich, Piazzolla , pass 5 8:00: Ginader, Sarasate, Faure, Handel/ Halvorsen , pass 6 8:00: MacDonald, Hatzis, Piazzolla, Rozenblatt, Schumann , pass Collingwood Music Festival 888-283-1712 www.collingwoodmusicfestival.com New Life Brethren in Christ Church, 28 Tracey Lane and Hurontario, Collingwood July 8 7:00: Elmer lseler Singers 13 7:00: Maryem Tollar Arabic Ensemble 14 7:00: Klezmer Gypsy Band 20 7:00: Jim Galloway and Paul Pacanowski Jazz Octet 27 7:00: Bach with a Twist Classical/Jazz Concert 28 7:00: Guy Few, Trumpet and Piano 29 7:00: Ensemble Vivant August 3 7:00: Jorge Lopez and Cascabel 4 7:00: Robert Silverman 12 7:00: John McDermott Dumaine Forget International Festival 418-452-3535, 888-3367438 www.domaineforget.com Fran~oys-Bemier Concert Hall, Saint lrenee, Charlevoix, Quebec All concerts start at 8:30 unless noted otherwise July 1 Jan Vogler & Louis Lortie 5 Denis Azabagic 71 Musici & Kleztory 8 Michaela Schuster & Louis Lortie 12 Jazz Concert, Piort Wojtasik & others 14 Fabio Zanon, guitar 15 Symphony Orchestra of Quebec, Katherine Chi, piano 19 Alexandre Tharaud, piano 20 Oliver Jones, jazz piano 21 Chamber Music with Alexandre Tharaud 22 Zukerman Chamber Players 23Fete Champetre Free 26 Fran~ois Rabbath & friends 28 Abdel Rahman el Bacha, piano 29 Regis Pasquier & Abdel Rahman el Bacha August 2 0 Vertigo, ANGE Ls 3 Sophie Milman & her quintet 4 Duke Trio chamber music 5 National Youth Orchestra of Canada 6 4:00: Helene Guilmette & Peter McGillivray, fundraiser 10 John Pizzarelli, guitar 11 Chamber Music 12 Louis Lortie 15 Ensemble Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky 19 Ouartango 23 Ouatuor Bozzini, Ingrid Schmithusen 24 Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne et Les Stagiaires 25 Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Michel Ducharme 26 Les Violons du Roy, Jean-Marie Zeitouni Eastman School of Music 585-274-1100 www .esm.rochester.edu 26 Gibbs St., Rochester, N. Y. KH KILBOURN HALL CI CIMINELLI LOUNGE HH HOWARD HANSON H ALL ET EASTMAN T HEATRE Most concerts are free; check website or call for ticket prices July 1 4:00: Eastman Bass Day & Drum Set Day Rm 120 Main Bldg; 7:30: Paul Hoffman KH 5 7:30: Harold Danko Quartet KH 6 3:00: Summer Jazz Studies Combo KH; 7:30: Bob Sneider KH. 711:00:Middle School Band Adventure KH; 3:00: Summer Jazz Studies Big Band KH 8 10:00: Summer Piano Camp Concert KH 10 7:30: Balinese Gamelan Concert Cl July 11, 21, 25: Eastman Summer Sings Choral Participation 12 7:30: Sophia Gibbs, flute KH 13 7:30: Arabic Music Concert KH 14 7:30: Practical Harpist Participants' Recital HH 19 7:30: Mitzie Collins & Friends KH 20 11 :00: Middle School Summer Strings Concert KH 22 7:30: Canadian Brass Concert ET 2311:00: Canadian Brass Weekend Participants' Concert KH 24 7:30: Jan Angus, fluteKH 26 7:30: Tribute to Anastasia Jempelis KH 27 2:00 & 7:00: Music Horizons Chamber Music Concerts KH 28 10:00: Music Horizons Vocal Ensemble Concert KH; 2:00 & 7:00: Music Horizons Solo Concerts KH July 29-Aug 4: Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition 3012:00: Eastman Sings! Participan ts' Recital Cl; 7:30: Mark Kellogg, trombone RM 120 Main Bldg August 1-3 7:30: IMPROVFest organ concerts KH 3 11 :00: Middle School Instrumental Jazz Concert KH 3-4 7:30: Japan Band Festival KH 4 11:00: Eastman Children's Cho11 Camp Concert KH Elora Festival 519-846-0331 , 800 265-8977 www.elorafestival.com GB GAMBREL BARN, W ELLINGTON R o #21 GS ELORA GENERAL STORE ON THE RIVER, MIL L Sr SJ Sr. J OHN 'S CHURCH, SMITH AND H ENDER9:JN SJs SM Sr. M ARY ' s C HURCH, 267 GEDDES Sr. EPS ELORA PUBLIC S CHOOL, 288 MILL Sr. Check website re church services throughout festival July 14 8:00: Mozart Requiem, Elora Festival Singers, Mendelssohn Choir, Karina Gauvin & others $ 55 GB 15 4:00: Piano Recital, Lucille Chung SJ; 8:00: Jackie Richardson and Doug Riley 37

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