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Volume 12 - Issue 1 - September 2006

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... CONCERTS:Further afieldCanada Trust Young Jazz Showcase.Club Tent, Memorial Park, 31 Queen St.,Port Hope. 905-885-1938. (day pass);(wknd pass); (8-17); free(7 & under).- 2:20: All-Canadian Jazz Festival.Michele Gregoire Ouintet. Concert Tent,Memorial Park, 31 Queen St., Port Hope.905-885-1938. (day pass); (wkndpass); (8-17); free(7 & under).- 2:30: Barrie's Colours of Music. DuoDiorama. Music of R. Strauss & Corigliano.Winston Choi, piano; Minghuan Xu,violin. Central United Church, 54 Ross St.,Barrie. 705-725-1070. .- 3: 10: All-Canadian Jazz Festival . TDCanada Trust Young Jazz Showcase. ClubTent, Memorial Park, 31 Queen St., PortHope. 905-885-1938. (day pass);(wknd pass); (8-17); free(7 & under).- 3:30: All-Canadian Jazz Festival.Brenda Earle Ouartet. Concert Tent, MemorialPark, 31 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1938. (day pass); (wknd pass); (8-17); free(7 & under).- 4:20: All-Canadian Jazz Festival.Christopher Willes Ouintet. Club Tent,Memorial Park, 31 Queen St., Port Hope.905-885-1938. (day pass); (wkndpass); (8-17); free(7 & under).- 4:40: All-Canadian Jazz Festival.Swing Rosie. Kira Callahan, Shannon Butcher& Chantelle Wilson, singers. Concert Tent,Memorial Park, 31 Queen St., Port Hope.905-885-1938. (day pass); (wkndpass); (8-17); free(7 & under).- 5:45: All-Canadian Jazz Festival. ArtieRoth Ouintet. Concert Tent, Memorial Park,31 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1938.(day pass); (wknd pass); (8-17);free(7 & under).- 6:30: All-Canadian Jazz Festival.Christopher Willes Ouintet. Club Tent,Memorial Park, 31 Queen St., Port Hope.905-885-1938. (day pass); (wkndpass); (8-17); free(7 & under).- 7:30: Prince Edward County MusicFestival. Chamber Works. Faure: SelectedSongs; Britten: Metamorphoses after Ovid forsolo oboe; Forsyth: The Tempest for oboe &string quartet; Dvorak, Piano Quintet, Op.81.Jonathan Crow, David Stewart, violins, DavidHarding, viola; Tanya Prochazka, cello; SuzanneLemieux, oboe; Donna Brown, soprano;Malcolm Forsyth, composer; Stephane Lemelin,artistic director/piano. The Church of St.Mary Magdalene, 335 Main St. East, Picton.613-393-3798. ; (st).- 8:00: All-Canadian Jazz Festival.Oliver Jones Trio. Concert Tent, MemorialPark, 31 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1938. .- 8:00: Barrie's Colours of Music. AChoral Gala. Music of Handel, Mozart &Tiefenbach. Elmer lseler Singers, BarbaraMcCann's King Edward Choir, Steve Winfield'sLyrica Choir & a Brass Choir; LydiaAdams, conductor. First Christian ReformedChurch, 33 Shirley Ave., Barrie. 705-725-1070. ; (with passport).- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Rocca String Ouartet.Mozart: Quartet ind; K.421; Brahms: Quartetin a, Op.51/2; & other works. KWCMSMusic Room, 57 Young St. West, Waterloo.519-886-1673. ; (sr); (st).46- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Signature Series. Centre In The Square,Kitchener. See Sep 22.- 8:00: Music at St. Luke's. CabaretNight. Works by White, Gershwin, Ellington& Debussy, Hollywood & Broadwaysongs. Nick Settimi, tenor; Jason White,piano. Parish hall, St. Luke's AnglicanChurch, 1382 Ontario Street, Burlington.905-639-7643. .00.- 8:00: SweetWater Music Weekend.Faculty In Concert. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto#6 in B-llat, BWV.1051 ; Schoenlield: FiveDays in the Life of a Manic Depressive;Shostakovich: Piano Trio #2 in e, Op.67. SeeSep 22 for faculty. 1 O:OOam: Student Masterclass,open to audit; 6:30: Pre-concert chat byCB C's Keith Horner. St. George's AnglicanChurch, 1049 4th Ave. East, Owen Sound.519-371-1754. .Sunday September 24- 12:00 noon: All-Canadian Jazz Festi·val. Between Friends. Mose Scarlett,Jackie Washington & Ken Whiteley, singers/musicians.Concert Tent, Memorial Park,31 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1938.(day pass); (wknd pass); (8-17);free(7 & under).- 12:50: All-Canadian Jazz Festival. TDCanada Trust Young Jazz Showcase.Club Tent, Memorial Park, 31 Queen St.,Port Hope. 905-885-1938. (day pass);(wknd pass); (8-17); free(7 & under).- 1:10: All-Canadian Jazz Festival. BrianBarlow & Brass. Concert Tent, MemorialPark, 31 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1938. (day pass); (wknd pass); (8-17); free(7 & under).- 2:00: All-Canadian Jazz Festival. DianaPanton, with Don Thompson & Reg Schwager.Concer!Tent, Memorial Park, 31 Queen St.,Port Hope. 905-885-1938. (day pass);(wknd pass); (8-17); free(7 & under).- 2:00: SweetWater Music Weekend.Facuhy In Concert. Haydn: String Quartet in B·flat, Op.76/4 (Sunrise); Schulhoff: Concertinofor flute (piccolo), viola and bass; Mascall:Labyrinth for solo violin; Dvorak: StringQuintet in E-llat, Op.97. See Sep 22 forfaculty. Historic Leith Church, 419134 TomThomson Lane, Leith. 519-371 -1754. .- 2:30: Barrie's Colours of Music.Patricia O'Callahan, soprano in Concert. Musicof Weill, Gershwin & Porter. Robert Karlgaard,piano; Andrew Downing, double bass.Burton Avenue United Church, 37 Burton Ave.,Barrie. 705-725-1070. .- 3:00: All-Canadian Jazz Festival.Arnold Faber's Vibrlf. Arnold Faber, vibraphone;Frank Rackow, saxophones; Greg Prior,basses; Robin Tufts, drums/percussion.Concert Tent, Memorial Park, 31 Queen St.,Port Hope. 905-885-1938. (day pass);(wknd pass); (8-17); free(7 & under).- 4:00: All-Canadian Jazz Festival.JakeLangley Ouartet. Concert Tent, MemorialPark, 31 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1938. (day pass); (wknd pass);(8-17); free(7 & under).- 5:30: All-Canadian Jazz Festival. PaulReadJallOrchestra. Concert Tent, MemorialPark, 31 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1938. .- 8:00: Barrie's Colours of Music. TripleForte. Music of Haydn, Ives & Dvorak. JasperWood, violin; Vegar Dyachkov, cello; DavidJalbert, piano. Central United Church, 54 RossSt. (at Toronto St.), Barrie. 705-725-1070. .WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Baird Trio, Violin, Cello &Piano in Concert. Beethoven: Piano Trio,Op.1 /2; Part: Mozart, Adagio; T urina:Circulo: Sunrise/Midday/Sunset; Babajanyan:Trio. KWCMS Music Room, 57Young St. West, Waterloo. 519-886-1673.; (sr); (st).Monday September 25- 12:00 noon: Barrie's Colours of Music.Guy Few, trumpet in Concert. Music ofHubeau, Milhaud & Bernstein. StephanieMara, piano. Central United Church, 54 RossSt. (at Toronto St.), Barrie. 705-725-1070..- 2:30: Barrie's Colours of Music. DavidJalbert, pianist in Concert. Music of Mozart,Faure & Schumann. First Christian ReformedChurch, 33 Shirley Ave., Barrie. 705· 725-1070. .- 8:00: Barrie's Colours of Music.William D'Meara, organ & piano in Concert.Music of Albinoni, Saint-Saens, Sarasate &Dvorak (incl. Five Bagatelles). JonathanTortolano, cello; Etsuko Kimura, ThomasCosby, violins; St. Andrew's PresbyterianChurch, 47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-725-1070. .Tuesday September 26- 12:00 noon: Barrie's Colours ofMusic. Yegor Dyachkov, cello, DavidJalbert, piano in Concert. Music of Debussy,Hindemith & Brahms. CentralUnited Church, 54 Ross St. (at TorontoSt.), Barrie. 705- 725-1070. .- 12:30: McMaster University School ofthe Arts/The Kenneth G. Mills Founda·tion. lunchtime Concert Series. AkafistRussian Male Choir. Convocation Hall (UH-213), University Hall, McMaster University,1280 Main St. West, Hamilton. 905-525-9140 x24246. Free.- 2:30: Barrie's Colours of Music.Bravura: An Afternoon of Baroque. Music ofPurcell, Handel, Bach & Scarlatti. GuyFew, trumpet; Lorna MacDonald, soprano;Che Anne Loewen, piano. First ChristianReformed Church, 33 Shirley Ave., Barrie.705- 725-1070. .-8:00: Barrie's Colours of Music. YaleStrom, clarinet, and P'Stromi in Concert.Klezmer music & Yiddish songs. ElizabethSchwartz, vocalist; Jeffrey Wilson, percussion;Andrew Downing, double bass; NorbertStachel, reeds; Peter Stan, accordion. HI-WayPentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. North,Barrie. 705-725-1070. ; (withpass).Wednesday September 27- 12:00 noon: Barrie's Colours of Music.Sopranos in Opera. Music of Gounod, Puccini& Verdi. Andrea Naccarato, Jennifer Griffith,sopranos; Julie Loveless, piano. Burton AvenueUnited Church, 37 Burton Ave., Barrie. 705-725-1070. .- 12:15: Mid-Day Concerts at Centenary.Organ Recital. Shawn Grenke, organ.Centenary United Church, 24 Main StreetWest, Hamilton. 905-522-6843 x26. Free.- 2:30: Barrie's Colours of Music.Borealis String Ouartet in Concert. Musicof Mendelssohn, Joplin, Liszt, & Tchaikovsky:Souvenir de Florence. Patricia Shih,Yuel Yawney, violin; Nikita Pogrebnoy, viola;Ariel Barnes, cello. Guests: Steven Dann,viola; Vegar Dyachkov, cello; Marc Toth,piano. First Christian Reformed Church, 33Shirley Ave., Barrie. 705- 725-1070. .STEVEN DANNBB8H.MSSTEVEN CANNAL10Y~Lb.MSEAT ORIHSSUSAN PLATTS•n:ra -~ cr11AJ>o~----mm=STEVEN DANN plays viola works byBRAHMS on CD, and in Barrie(September 27)l•I ;:::;::- = Canad'1- 6:30: Royal Botanical Gardens. RedHot Jall & Cool Blues. Suzanne Ramsey.Hendrie Park Gardens, Royal Botanical Gardens,60 Plains Rd. West, Burlington. 905-527-1158, 905-825-5040 (GTA toll free).Free with Gardens' admission.- 8:00: Barrie's Colours of Music.Baroque and Beautiful. Music of Vivaldi,Bach, Handel & Pachelbel. Marc Toth,piano; Festival Orchestra; Kerry Stratton,conductor. First Christian Reformed Church,33 Shirley Ave., Barrie. 705-725-1070. ;(with pass).- 8:00: Orchestra London/University ofWestern Ontario. Shostakovich Centennial.Shostakovich: Five Fragments, Op.42; ChamberSymphony. Op.11 O; Cello Concerto #2;part of the faculty's Shostakovich Festival.Thomas Wiebe, cello; Timothy Vernon, conductor.Talbot Theatre, Talbot College, UWO,London. 519-679-8778. ; (sr/st).Thursday September 28- 12:00 noon: Barrie's Colours of Music.Steven Dann, viola in Concert. Music ofBrahms, Rota & Currier. Peter Longworth,piano. Burton Avenue United Church, 37Burton Ave., Barrie. 705-725-1070. .- 2:30: Barrie's Colours of Music. MarcToth, piano in Concert. Music of Beethoven &Liszt. Central United Church, 54 Ross St. (atToronto St.), Barrie. 705- 725-1070. .- 8:00: Barrie's Colours of Music. TheToronto All-Star Big Band in Concert. Music ofGoodman, Ellington, Krupa & Miller. FirstChristian Reformed Church, 33 Shirley Ave.,Barrie. 705-725-1070. ; (withpass).- 8:00: University of Western Ontario.Remembering Shostakovich. Showcasesthe composer's playful, satirical side; partof the faculty's Shostakovich Festival.John Hess, Stephan Sylvestre & AllisonWiebe, piano; Jeffrey Stokes, speaker;bass choir, Jennifer Moir, leader. DonWright Faculty of Music, UWO, London.519-679-8778. ; (sr/st).Friday September 29- 12:00 noon: Barrie's Colours of Music. JazzPianist Chris Donnelly in Concert. Jazz andRagtime, the music of Joplin, Peterson, VanSEPTEMBER 1 - O CTOBE R 7 2006

Heusen, Gismonti & Donnelly. CentralUnited Church, 54 Ross St. (at TorontoSt.). Barrie. 705· 725· 1070. .- 12:30: University of Western Ontario.12:30 Fridays: Shostakovich Songs. Shostako·vich: songs based on the works of the greatRussian poets Pushkin, Lermontov & Ts·vetayeva; part of the faculty's ShostakovichFestival. Patricia Green & Sophie Roland,mezzo sopranos; Todd Wieczorek, baritone;Vera Danchenko, piano. von Kuster Hall, MusicBuilding, UWO, London. 519-661-3767.Free.- 2:30: Barrie's Colours of Music. JonesMaruri Duo in Concert. Michael Jones, cello;Agustin Maruri, guitar. Burton Avenue UnitedChurch, 37 Burton Ave., Barrie. 705-725·1070. .- 8:00: Barrie's Colours of Music. AnEvening in Paris. Music of lbert, Bizet, Ravel:Introduction and Allegro; Debussy: Dances.Judy Loman, harp; Ross Edwards, clarinet;Nora Shulman, flute; Borealis Quartet; KawarthaTrio. First Christian Reformed Church,33 Shirley Ave., Barrie. 705-725-1070.; (with pass).- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Robert Gruca, guitar inConcert. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.West, Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ;(sr); (st).- 8:00: Mc Master University School ofthe Arts. Celebrity Concert Series. Concertos:Vivaldi: Two Violins and Two Cellos, F.IV #1;Viola D'Amore in D, F.11 #2; Two Cellos, F.111#2; Four Violins, Op.3/4; Two Violins; Bottesini:#2 for Double Bass in b; Mendelssohn:Violin ind; Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op.6/7.With: 8 violins; 2 violas; Kristine Bogyo &Rafael Kuerti, cellos; Raphael McNabney,double bass; Mooredale Concerto Players; EricPaetkau, conductor. Convocation Hall (UH-213), University Hall, McMaster University,1280 Main St. West, Hamilton. 905-525-9140 x24246. ; $12(sr); (st).- 8:00: Orchestra London. Shower thePeople. Tribute to the career of superstarsinger/songwriter James Taylor. Neil Danell,vocalist; Mitch Tyler, conductor. CentennialHall, 550 Wellington St., London. 519-679-8778. -.- 8:00: Showplace Performance Centre.The Wai/in' Jennys in Concert. Mix oforiginal & traditional tunes of variousroots styles. Ruth Moody, soprano; NickyMehta, mezzo; Annabelle Chvostek, alto.Showplace Performance Centre, 290George St. North, Peterborough. 705-444-7089, 866-444-7089. .Saturday September 30- 12:00 noon: Barrie's Colours ofMusic. Nathaniel Anderson-Frank, violinin Concert. Music of Brahms, Tiefenbach& Sarasate. Cecilia lgnatieff, piano.1 O:OOam: Meet the Composer sessionwith Peter Peter Tiefenbach, composer-in residence. Burton Avenue United Church,37 Burton Ave., Barrie. 705-725· 1070..- 2:00: University of Western Ontario.Shostakovich Piano. Shostakovich: Preludes(five of 24); Sonata for piano #2; part of thefaculty's Shostakovich Festival. Sergei Kvitko,piano. von Kuster Hall, Music Building,UWO, London. 519-661 -3767. Free.- 2:30: Barrie's Colours of Music. AnAfternoon of Mozart. Robert Kortgaard, PeterTiefenbach, piano; & other performers. CentralUnited Church, 54 Ross St. (at Toronto St.),Barrie. 705-725· 1070. .- 7:00: University of Western Ontario.Shostakovich Opera. Shostakovich: scenesfrom The Nose, Lady Macbeth of MtsenskDistrict & Cheryomushki; part of the faculty'sShostakovich Festival. Room 104, MusicBuilding, UWO, London. 519-661-3767.Free.- 7:30: Oshawa Durham SymphonyOrchestra. Your Favourite Tchaikovsky.Symphony of Destiny (#4); Piano Concerto.Guest: Alexander Markovich; MarcoParisotto, music director. Calvary BaptistChurch, 300 Rossland Rd. East., Oshawa.905-579-6711. , (st/ch).- 8:00: Barrie's Colours of Music.Manhattan Echoes. Music of Carmichael,Waller, Sondheim & Arlen. Gene Dinovi, piano;James Campbell, clarinet; Graham Campbell,guitar; Dave Young, double bass. First ChristianReformed Church, 33 Shirley Ave.,Barrie. 705· 725-1070. ; (withpass).- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberOrchestra. 30 Years in Vienna. Beethoven:Piano Concerto #3 inc, Op.37; Dittersdorf:Symphony in D; Ordonez: Symphony inf;Salieri: La Fiera di Venezia Overture. Sarah Ho,piano; Graham Coles, conductor. MaureenForrester Recital Hall, Aird Centre of WilfridLauri er University, 75 University Ave. West,Waterloo. 519-744-3828. , (sr/st).- 8:00: Nota Bene Period Orchestra.OktoberBaroqueFest. Music of 17th &18th century Germany. Linda Melsted,violin; Borys Medicky, harpsichord; NolaBene String Band. Parkminster UnitedChurch, 275 Erb St. East, Waterloo. 519·884-8753. ; (sr); O(st).- 8:00: Orchestra London . Shower thePeople. Centennial Hall, London. 519-679·8778. See Sep 29.- 8:00: The Kenneth G. Mills Foundation.Akafist Chamber Choir. 15-voice Russianmale a cappella choir, singing Russian folksongs & church music spanning five centuries.Andrei V. Malyutin, artistic director/conductor. St. George's Cathedral, 270King St., Kingston: 613-548-4617. ;(sr/choirs); O(st).- 8:00: Vital Spark Folk Society. MikeFord in Concert. Brooklin Community Centre,45 Cassels Rd ., Brooklin. 905-432-3237.; (members).Sunday October 01- 1 :00: Shaw Festival. The Golden Apple.20th century retelling of Homer's Odyssey &Iliad. Music by Jerome Morass, book & lyricsby John Latouche; Paul Sportelli, director.Rehearsal Studio, Festival Theatre, 10Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 800·511-7429. . For complete run see musictheatre listings.- 2:00: Schoolhouse Theatre St.Jacobs. Nunsense. Book, music & lyricsby Dan Goggin. Starring Karen K. Edissi;Marc Richard, director/choreographer.Schoolhouse Theatre, 11 Albert St., St.Jacobs. 519-638-5555, 888-449-4463.; (preview); (18 & under);(group 20 or more). For complete runsee music theatre listings.- 2:00: Stratford Festival. Oliver! Music& lyrics by Lionel Bart. Festival Theatre, 55Queen St., Stratford. 800-567-1600. Callfor ticket prices. For complete run seemusic theatre listings.- 2:30: Barrie's Colours of Music.Borealis String lluartet with James Campbellclarinet in Concert. Music of Mozart,Tiefenbach and Gilliland: Jazz Suite.Central United Church, 54 Ross St. (atToronto St.), Barrie. 705-725-1070. .- 2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Musically Speaking Series: Passing theFlame. Handel: Overture to Royal Fire·works; Beethoven: Symphony #2 (finale);Stravinsky: Firebird (excerpts); Weber:Bassoon Concerto; Copland: El Sal6nMexico; & more. Christian Sharpe, bas·soon; Tom Allen, host; Daniel Warren,conductor. Centre In The Square, 101Queen St. North, Kitchener. 519-578·1570, 800-265-8977. -; (12 &under, rush all students); (eyeG0).- 3:00: Nata Bene Period Orchestra.OktoberBaroqueFest. Music of 17th & 18thcentury Germany. Linda Melsted, violin; BorysMedicky, harpsichord; Nota Bene string band.Youth Music Centre, 75 Cardigan St.,Guelph. 519-884-8753. ; (sr);(st).- 3:00: University of Western Ontario.Shostakovich Chamber Music. Shostakovich:Viola Sonata; Seven Romances on poems byAlexander Blok; Piano Quintet; part of thefaculty's Shostakovich Festival. Luba Edlina,piano; Annette-Barbara Vogel & LemMartin, violins; Virginia Barron, viola;Thomas Wiebe, cello; Anita Kraus, mezzosoprano. von Kuster Hall, Music Building,UWO, London. 519-661 -3 767. ; (sr/st).- 7:30: Brantford Music Club. TripleForte. Jasper Wood, violin; Yegor Dyachkov,cello; David Jalbert, piano. SandersonCentre for the Performing Arts, 88 DalhousieSt., Brantford. 519-758-8090. , (st).- 8:00: Barrie's Colours of Music/TheKenneth G. Mills Foundation. BorealisAkafist. 16-voice a cappella male choir fromMoscow. Burton Avenue United Church, 37Burton Ave., Barrie. 705-725-1070. .OPENING NIGHTDon't miss the brilliant and rare talent ofAlexander Markovich!Piotr llyich TCHAIKOVSKYPiano Concerto 1, Op.23 in B-flat minor(A lexander Markovich, solo)Symphony No.4. Op.36, F Minor, Op.36What the critics are saying about Alexander Markovich. ..''An absolutely outstanding musician" - The Strad"Formula 1 pilot" - Berlin Morgen post...Kitchener-WaterlooChamber Orchestra22nd Season presented byGraham Coles, Music DirectorCa11ad

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Volume 26 Issue 1 - September 2020

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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.

Volume 26 Issue 2 - October 2020

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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.

Volume 26 Issue 3 - November 2020

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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.

Volume 26 Issue 4 - December 2020 / January 2021

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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.

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Volume 25 Issue 9 - July / August 2020

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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.

Volume 25 Issue 8 - May / June 2020

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"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!

Volume 25 Issue 7 - April 2020

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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!

Volume 25 Issue 6 - March 2020

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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.

Volume 25 Issue 5 - February 2020

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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.

Volume 25 Issue 4 - December 2019 / January 2020

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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!

Volume 25 Issue 3 - November 2019

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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.

Volume 25 Issue 2 - October 2019

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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.

Volume 25 Issue 1 - September 2019

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2019

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Volume 24 Issue 8 - May 2019

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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!

Volume 24 Issue 7 - April 2019

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 6 - March 2019

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 5 - February 2019

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 4 - December 2018 / January 2019

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 3 - November 2018

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 2 - October 2018

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 1 - September 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 8 - May 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 7 - April 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 6 - March 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 5 - February 2018

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Volume 23 Issue 4 - December 2017 / January 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 3 - November 2017

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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!

Volume 23 Issue 2 - October 2017

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 1 - September 2017

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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!

Volume 22 Issue 9 - Summer 2017

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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.

Volume 22 Issue 8 - May 2017

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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!).

Volume 22 Issue 7 - April 2017

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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!

Volume 22 Issue 6 - March 2017

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Volume 22 Issue 5 - February 2017

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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!

Volume 22 Issue 4 - December 2016/January 2017

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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!

Volume 22 Issue 3 - November 2016

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Volume 22 Issue 2 - October 2016

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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!

Volume 22 Issue 1 - September 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 9 - Summer 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 8 - May 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 7 - April 2016

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Volume 21 Issue 6 - March 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 5 - February 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 4 - December 2015/January 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 3 - November 2015

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"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!

Volume 21 Issue 2 - October 2015

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 1 - September 2015

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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!).