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Volume 14 - Issue 2 - October 2008

... SECTION 2: Beyond

... SECTION 2: Beyond the GT ARuttan, piano; Eric Paetkau, guest conductor.Gryphon Theatre, 1 Georgian Drive, Barrie.705- 721-4752. ; (st).- 7:30: Opera by Request. ldomeneo inconcert. By Mozart. Avery Krisman, soprano(ldomeneo); Rachel Jewell, mezzo (Ilia); CarrieGray, soprano (Eletra); Zachary Windus, countertenor(ldamante); William Shookhoff, musicdirector. Murray St. Baptist Church, 175 MurraySt. Peterborough. 416-455-2365. ;(sr/st). Also Nov. 1, College Street UnitedChurch, 452 College St., Toronto.Tuesday October 28- 12:00 noon: Brock University Departmentof Music. music@noon. Recital by performancestudents. Sean O'Sullivan Theatre,500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3817. Free.- 12:30: McMaster University. LunchtimeConcerts: Hugh Hartwell Trio. Jazz standards.Convocation Hall, University Hall, 1 Scholar'sRd., Hamilton. 905-525-9140 x24246.Free.- 6:00: University of Western Ontario.Studio Recital Series. Students from the studioof violinist Annette-Barbar Vogel. VonKuster Hall, Music Building, UWO, London.519-661 -3767. Free.Wednesday October 29- 12: 15: St. Andrew's PresbyterianChurch. Noonhour Concerts. Ann-Marie MacDiarmid, organ and piano; Caroline Dery, soprano.54 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-578-4430. Free (optional light lunch ).- 12:30: Conrad Grebel College. NoonHour Concerts: Opera Highlights. Nicolas Raiciu,baritone; Beth Ann de Sousa, piano. UniversityCollege Chapel, 140 Westmount Rd. N,Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. Free.- 12:30: University of Western Ontario.Ensemble Series. Early and contemporarychoral music. Thames Scholars. Von KusterHall, Music Building, UWO, London. 519-661-3767. Free.- 2:00: Stratford Festival. The MusicMan. See Oct. 1.- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Keller String Ouartet. Mozart:Five Arrangements of Bach Fugues fromWTK; Adagio and Fugue in c K.546; Kurtag:Quartet Op.28; Six Moments Musicaux,Op.44; Schubert: Quartet No.15 in G, 0.887.KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.519-886-1673. ; (sr);(st).- 8:00: Orchestra London Canada. CathedralSeries - Mozart's 'Jupiter''. Mozart:German Dances K600; Sinfonia ConcertanteK297; Symphony No.41 "Jupiter". TimothyVernon, conductor. St. Paul's Cathedral, 427Richmond St., London. 519-679-8778..36; .24.- 8:00: University of Western Ontario.Student Performance Series. Works by studentcomposers. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building,UWO, London. 519-661-3767. Free.Thursday October 30- 12:30: University of Western Ontario.Ensemble Series- Early Music Studio. VonKuster Hall, Music Building, UWO, London.519-661-3767. Free.- 2:00: Stratford Festival. The MusicMan. See Oct. 1.- 7:30: Ottawa Chamber Music Society.Hugo Wolf Guartet. Haydn: Quartet Op.33No.3. "The Bird"; Webern: Movements forString Quartet Op.5; Schumann: String QuartetNo.3 in A. St. Andrew's PresbyterianChurch, 82 Kent St. Ottawa. 613-234-8008.-; -(18-30); -(st).- 8:00: Opera Hamilton. The Magic Flute.By Mozart. Colin Ainsworth, tenor (T amino);Shannon Mercer, soprano (Pamina); Alex Dobson,baritone (Papageno); Audrey Elizabeth Luna, soprano(Queen of the Night); Kevin Langan, bass(Sarastro); David Speers, conductor. HamiltonPlace, 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton. 905-527 ·7627 x221/236. - Also Nov. 1.Friday October 31- 12:30: Queen's University. 2008 E-GreVoice Competition Winner. Works by Crawley,Poulenc, Stravinsky, and Vivier. Kristin Mueller-Heaslip,soprano. Harrison-LeCaine Hall, 39Bader Lane, Kingston. 613-533-2066. Free.- 12:30: University of Western Ontario.12:30 Fridays· Homecoming. Works by Liszt,Franck, lbert and Kuzmenko. Yaroslav Senyshyn,piano; Susan O'Neill, flute. Von KusterHall, Music Building., UWO, London. 519-661-3767. Free.- 2:00: Stratford Festival. The MusicMan. See Oct. 1.Saturday November O 1- 2:00: Stratford Festival. The MusicMan. See Oct. 1.- 2:30 & 7:00: Theatre Orangeville.Magic Moments. Barbershop favourites. TheUpper Canada Chordsmen. Tweedsmuir PresbyterianChurch, 6 John St., Orangeville.519-942 -3423. (matinee); $ 25(evening).- 8:00: Opera Hamilton. The Magic Flute.See Oct. 30.Sunday November 02- 2:00: Citizen's Forum in Victoria Hall.Classical Guitar from Bach to the Beatles.Steve Thachuk, guitar. Victoria Hall, 55 KingSt. West, Cobourg. 905-372-2210. ;(sr/st).- 2:00: Visual and Performing ArtsNewmarket. Stephane Lemelin, piano. 505Pickering Cres., Newmarket. 905-953-5122. ; (sr); (st).- 2:30: Kingston Symphony Orchestra.Sweet Strings. Sharman: new work (premiere);Barber: Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn:Symphony No.3. Sharlene Wallace, harp;Gisele Dalbec, violin; Glen Fast, conductor.Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St., Kingston.613-530-2050. -; -; -.- 3:00: Port Hope of Friends of Music.Orchestra lnternazionale d'ltalia. Kerry St rat·ton, conductor. Port Hope United Church, 34South Street, Port Hope. 800-434-5092.; $ l 5(stl.- 3:00: Chorus Niagara. In Concert. Estacio:The Houses Stand Not Far Apart; J. Willcocks:Lux Perpetua. Allison Angelo, soprano;Sean Watson, baritone; Orpheus Choir SidgwickScholars; Robert Cooper, conductor. LakeStreet Armory, 81 Lake St., St. Catharines.905-688-5550. ; (sr); $ l 5(st).- 3:00: Grand River Chorus. Requiems byOurufle and Faure. Richard Cunningham, artisticdirector. St. Pius X Church, 9 Waverly St.Brantford. 519- 759- 7885. ; (sr/st);(children).Tuesday November 04- 12:00 noon: Brock University Depart·ment of Music. music@noon. Patricia Dydnansky,flute; Erika Reiman, piano. SeanO'Sullivan Theatre, 500 Glenridge Ave., St.Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3817. Free.Wednesday November 05- 12: 15: St. Andrew's PresbyterianChurch. Noonhour Concerts. Daniel Lichti,baritone; Douglas Haas, piano. 54 Queen St.N., Kitchener. 519-578-4430. Free (optionallight lunch ).- 8:00: Orchestra London Canada. DiscoverySeries-Adams and Stravinsky. Adams:The Wound Dresser; Stravinsky:L'Histore du Soldat. Timothy Vernon, conductor.Wolf Performance Hall, 251 Dundas St.,London. 519-679-8778. .36; .42.LISTINGS: SECTION 3JAZZ IN THE CLUBSFriday November 07- 12:30: University of Western Ontario.12:30 Fridays. Martin Hackleman, horn. VonKuster Hall, Music Building, UWO, London.519-661-3767. Free.- 8:00: McMaster University. CelebrityConcert Series: London Guartet Cantabile. Acappella vocal ensemble performs jazz, madrigals,folk, Broadway, and other genres. ConvocationHall, University Hall, 1 Scholar's Rd.,Hamilton. 905-525-9140 x24246. ;$ l 2(sr); (st).- 8:00: University of Western Ontario.Guest Recital Series - French Music for thePiano. Michel Fournier, piano. Von Kuster Hall,Music Building, UWO, London. 519-661-3767.compiled and edited by Ori DaganN.B. For SECTION 3 criteria, see page 26Alleycatz2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865www.alleycatz.caEvery Mon Salsa Night with Frank Bischun;Every Tue Whitney Smith's "Swing House"with Jen Sagar; Every Wed Jasmine Bailey& Co. Jazz & Soul,· Oct 2 Graffitti Park. Oct3LadyKane. Oct4GraffittiPark. Oct9LadyKane. Oct 10 Soular. Oct 11 Liquid. Oct 16Soular. Oct 17 Lady Kane. Oct 18 GraffittiPark. Oct 23 Lady Kane. Oct 24 Lady Kane.Oct 25 Liquid. Oct 30 Graffitti Park. Oct31 Lady Kane.Anabella Lounge, The(basement of Piccolo restaurant)226 Carlton Street 416-944-3738ND COVEREvery Friday: Whitney Smith's "JAZZ CAB"with Jordan O'Connor and featured vocalist.October is Harry Warren Month. Oct 3 MelissaPisarzowski. Oct 10 Joel Hartt. Oct 17Kelly Holiff. Oct 24JenSagar. Oct 31 KristenRundle.Black Swan, The154 Danforth Ave. 416-469-0537Every Wed The Danforth Jam w/ Jon Longand Friends.Chalkers Pub Billiards & Bistro247 Marlee Avenue, 416- 789-2531www.chalkerspub.comNO COVEREvery Wed Salsa lesson followed by livemusic w/ La Nueva Revalacion.Every Thu Girls Night Out Vocalist-FriendlyJazz Jam w/ Lisa Particelli.Oct 3 Barry Elmes Guintet. Oct 4 Barry ElmesGuintet. Oct 5 Andrew Gowning Guartet.Oct 10 Kirk MacDonald-Lorne Lofsky Guartet.Oct 11 Kirk MacDonald Lorne Lofsky Guartet.Oct 12 Robi Botos Trio. Oct 17 TBA. Oct 18Fern Lindzon. Oct 19 Dave Restivo Guartet.Oct 24 Beverly Taft. Oct 25 TBA. Oct 26TBA.Chick N' Deli744 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-489-3363www.chickndeli.comEvery Mon Big Band Night; Every Tue JamNight; Every Sat Climax Jazz Band 4- 7.Cobourg, The533 Parliament St. 416-913-7538Jazz Sundays 9PMNO COVERCommensal, Le655 Bay St. 416-596-9364www.commensal.caJazz Fridays & Saturdays 6:30 pm· 9:30 pmNO COVEROct 3 Kira Callahan. Oct 4 Oon Campbell &Dan Eisen. Oct 10 Sarah Jerrom & AliBerkok. Oct 11 Jonathan Marks & FabriceSicco. Oct 17 Richard Whiteman. Oct 18Warren Greig & Oan Eisen. Oct 24 ElizabethShepherd & Oan Eisen. Oct 25 Beverly Taft &Oan Eisen. Oct 31 Julie McGregor.Corktown, The175 Young St. Hamilton 905-572-9242www.thecorktownpub.caEvery Mon Mohawk College Student JazzJam Night; Every Wed Jazz@ The Corktownhosted by Darcy Hepner.Dave's Gourmet Pizza730 St. Clair Ave. West 416-652-2020Every Thursday: Uncle Herb Oale & FriendsOpen Mic. Oct 10 Pete Janen. Oct 11 OriDagan Duo. Oct 24 Orew Austin Group withOriOagan.Dominion on Queen500 Queen St. East 416-368-6893Updated listings: www.dominiononqueen.comOct 4 Kyle Mcgyle Experience. Oct 17 MargotRoi. Oct 21 George Grosman's BohemianSwing. Oct 24 George Grosman 's BohemianSwing. Oct 27 Big Smoke Big Band.Drake Hotel, The1150 Queen Street West 416-531-5042www.thedrakehotel.caEvery Friday Jenni Burke 8pm; Every Sun-44 WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM OCTOBER 1 - NOVEMBER 7 2008

day Big Rude Brunch with Big Rude Jake 2pm.Oct 11 Roberto Rosenman Gypsy Jazz Solo.Oct 18 Ed Vokllrka Ensemble. Oct 25 RobertoRosenman.Eton House71 O Danforth Ave. 416-466-6161First Sunday of Every Month Joel Hartt.Gate 403403 Roncesvalles 416-588-2930www.gate403.comNO COVER, Pay What You CanOct 1 Chantelle Wilson Jazz Band, PatrickTevlin's New Orleans Rhythm. Oct 2 SarahJerrom Jazz Trio, Bartek Kuzminski. Oct 3Mordan Sadler, The Peddlers. Oct 4 Bill Hef·fernan & Friends, Melissa Boyce & Kevin Lal·iberte. Oct 5 Starry Nights, Dave& Levi Jazz0110. Oct 6 Oo11ble A Jazz Band, Jon FeldmanJazz Band. Oct 7 Araujo, Harnett & RahbekJazz Trio, Julian Fauth & James ThomsonBlues 0110. Oct 8 Joshua Goodman Jazz Band,Patrick Tevlin's New Orleans Rhythm. Oct 9Miss Emily and the Blue Callers, ChristopherButcher Jazz Band. Oct 10 Jana Cassidy Jazz0110, Eric St. Laurent Jazz Band. Oct 11 BillHeffernan & Friends, Margot Roi Jazz Band.Oct 12 Shannon Butcher & Cam MccarrollJazz 0110, Jeff Peacock Jazz Trio. Oct 13Joel Hartt Jazz 0110, Sean Bellaviti JazzBand. Oct 14 Ken Yoshioka Blues 0110, JulianFauth & James Thomson Blues 0110. Oct 15Tova Kardonne Jazz 0110, Patrick Tevlin'sNew Orleans Rhythm. Oct 16 Donna GarnerSolo Piano, String Theory. Oct 17 Ventana 5Jazz Band, Lorenzo Br11nello: The Vandelays.Oct 18 Bill Heffernan & Friends, JakeChisholm Blues Band. Oct 19 The France St.011artet, Peter Hill Jazz Trio. Oct 20 MarkMeitine Solo Piano, Kevin Laliberte FlamencoTrio. Oct 21 Ted Hawkins Jazz & Blues 0110,Julian Fauth & James Thomson Blues 0110.Oct 22 Nadia Hasko Jazz Band, Patrick Tevlin's New Orleans Rhythm. Oct 23 Kenny SimonGuitar Solo, Joanna Moon Flamencolatino011artet. Oct 24 Fraser Melvin BluesBand. Oct 25 Bill Heffernan & Friends, KingaJazz. Oct 26 Amy No11barian Jazz 0110, HeidiLange Jazz 0110. Oct 27 Michele LawrenceJazz Trio, Mike Field Jazz 0110. Oct 28 BussaTres, Julian Fauth & James Thomson Blues0110. Oct 29 Steve Paul Guitar Solo, PatrickTevlin's New Orleans Rhythm. Oct 30 CindyCarleton Jazz 0110. Oct 31 Terry 011inneyJazz Band, Mood Swing.Gladstone Hotel, The1214 Queen Street West 416-531-4635www.gladstonehotel.comOct 2 Margot Roi. Oct 9 Carmela Antonio CDRelease. Oct 16 Club Django.Grossman's Tavern379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-121 Owww.grossmanstavern.comNO COVEREvery Mon Laura Hubert Band; Every TueBrokenjoe of' timey tllesdays; Every SatMatinee: The Happy Pals; Every SunNight: Nicola Vaughan Acoustic Jam, TheNationals with Brian Cuber - Do11ble SlideGuitar Open Stage JamHot House Cate35 Church Street. 416-366- 7800Every Sun. Jazz Brunch with the KenChurchill 011artet.Hugh's Room2261 Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604OCTOBER 1 - N OV EMBER 7 2008Not 11sually a jazz venue, this classy room isthe ideal place to experience Folk and Rootsmusic in Toronto; full schedule atwww.h11ghsroom.comOct 8 Suzie Vinnick CD Release. Oct 21Chantal Chamberland.Lula Lounge1585 Dundas West 416-588-0307www.lula.caOct 1 Diana Drew and the Jazzmatazz. Oct 3Roots of Brazil Oct 4 Salsa Dance Party withCate Cubano and DJ Billy Brians. Oct 5 CelebratingNorm Amadio. Oct 10 Son Ache withDJ Billy Bryans. Oct 11 Salsa dance partywith Cache. Oct 14DanielaNardi.· The RoseTattoo. Oct 17 Hendrik Me11rkens, BrahmaFolia & Grupo Simpatia. Oct 18 Alfredo de laFe. Oct 23 Ray Montford Group. Oct 24 BioRitmo. Oct 25 Salsafrica. Oct 30 AndreaLindsay.Manhattan's Music Club951 Gordon St. Guelph. 519-767-2440www.manhattans.caOct 3 Adrean Farrugia. Oct 4 loose ChangeTrio. Oct 10 John Zadra. Oct 11 Bob Parkins.Oct 15 ladies Night In with Ambre Mclean.Oct 17 Michael Keys. Oct 18 Sharp Cuts. Oct22 Jen Ryan. Oct 23 Ralph Edmund. Oct 25Andy Scott Jazz Trio. Oct 29 ladies Night Inwith Ambre Mel ean.Mezzetta681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687www.mezzettarestaurant.comEvery Wed Sets at 9 and 10: 15. Cover Oct 1 Dave Young & Rubi Botos. Oct 8 MikeMurley & David Occhipinti. Oct 15 lorne Lutsky& Rob Piltch. Oct 22 Ted Guin/an 0110.Oct 29 Jonna lightsone & Brian Katz.Momo's Bistro664 The Queensway, Etobicoke416-252-5560www.momosbistro.comN' Awlins Jazz Bar and Dining299 King St. W. 416-595-1958www.nawlins.caEvery Tues Stacie McGregor; Every WedJim Heineman Trio; Every Thu Blues Nightwith Guest Vocalists; Every Fri/Sat All StarBourbon St. Band; Every Sun Rubi Botos.Old Mill, TheHome Smith Bar & Grill, 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641www.oldmilltoronto.comCover Charge unless otherwise noted.Oct 3 Ross Wooldridge Trio. Oct 4 Sultans ofString 0110. Oct 6 Russ little's Big Band Trib·11te to Tommy Dorsey (-35). Oct 10 HarrisMark 0110. Oct 11 Pat laBarbera Trio. Oct17 Stevie Vallance Trio. Oct 18 Mark UcciTrio. Oct 24 Pat Murray 0110. Oct 25 BuddyAq11alina 0110. Oct 27 Bob Dorough (-30/.Oct 31 Reg Schwager & Kiki Misumi 0110.Olivia's at Fifty-Three53 Clinton Street 416-533-3989NO COVEREvery Sat Cuban Jazz Night with Luis MarioOchoa.Pantages Martini Bar and Lounge200 Victoria St. 416-362-1777Every Fri Robert Scott; Every Sat SoloPiano: Various artists.Pilot Tavern, The22 Cumberland 416-923-5716www.thepilot.caJazz Saturdays 3:30 - 6:30NO COVEROct 4 Dave Young 011artet. Oct 11 Kol/age.Oct 18 Bob Brough D11artet. Oct 25 MichaelGauthier 011artet.Polar Ice Loungesee "Upstairs Cabaret" under Statlers PianoLoungeQuotes220 King Street West 416-979-7697NO COVER"Fridays at Five" with Canadian Jazz Quartet:Gary Benson on guitar, Frank Wright on vibes,Duncan Hopkins on bass, musical director DonVickery on drums plus and featured guest:Oct 3 Bob DeAngelis. Oct 10 Pat laBarbera.Oct 17 Dave Dunlop. Oct 24 laurie Bower.Reservoir Lounge, The52 Wellington St. E. 416-955-0887www.reservoirlounge.comEvery Mon Sophia Perlman and the Vipers;Every Tue Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm;Every Wed Bradley and the Bouncers;Every Thu Janice Hagen; Every Fri ChetValient Combo; Every Sat Tory Cassis.Every Sun Luke Nicholson and the SundayNight Service.Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, The194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475www.therex.caOct 1 The Deborahs, T.J.O. Big Band Fundraiser.Oct 2 KevinD11ain, JoeAmato'sJ11st An·other Standards Band. Oct 3 Hogtown Syncopators,Artie Roth Trio, Dave Neill. Oct 4 Ab·bey's Meltdown, The Homeless, FenderRhodes Trio, Andy Ballantyne large Jazz fn.semble. Oct 5 Excelsior Dixieland Band, ClubDjango, Chantelle Wilson's Tribute to the An·drews Sisters, Crusader Rabbit. Oct 6 Universityof Toronto Student Jazz Ensembles. Oct7 George Grosman Trio, Classic Rex JazzJam with host Justin Gray. Oct 8 The Debo·rahs, Norman Marshall Villeneuve's Tribute toArt Blakey. Oct 9 Kevin Duain, Don Byron &Michael Occhipinti. Oct 10 Hogtown Syncopa·tars, Artie Roth Trio, Ross Macintyre Trio.Oct 11 Abbey's Meltdown, Laura HubertBand, Fender Rhodes Trio, Hotfoot Orchestra.Oct 12 Excelsior Dixieland Band, Dr. Nick &the Rollercoasters, Chantelle Wilson's Tributeto the Andrews Sisters, Sarah John Trio. Oct13 Peter Hill Ensemble, Bob Rice Latin JazzBig Band. Oct 14 George Grosman Trio, ClassicRex Jazz Jam with host Justin Gray. Oct15 The Deborahs, Madeline Forster. Oct 16Kevin D11ain, Hendrick Meurkens. Oct 17Hogtown Syncopators, Artie Roth Trio, McGillReunion with John Stetch. Oct 18 Abbey'sMeltdown, Composers Collective, FenderRhodes Trio, Trevor Hogg D11intet. Oct 19Excelsior Dixieland Band, Bohemian Swingwith George Grosman, Chantelle Wilson'sTribute to the Andrews Sisters, Trevor Falls.Oct 20 University of Toronto Student JazzEnsembles. Oct21 George Grosman Trio,Classic Rex Jazz Jam with host Justin Gray.Oct 22 The Deborahs, GOO. Oct 23 KevinD11ain, GOD. Oct 24 Hogtown Syncopators,Artie Roth Trio, Snarky Puppy. Oct 25 Ab·bey's Meltdown, Swing Shift Big Band, FenderRhodes Trio, Snarky Puppy. Oct 26 ExcelsiorDixieland Band, Freeway Dixieland Band, ChantelleWilson's Tribute to the Andrews Sisters,Barry Romberg's Random Access large Ensemble.Oct 27 Peter Hill Ensemble, JohnMacleod's Rex Hotel Orchestra. Oct 28George Grosman Trio, Classic Rex Jazz JamWWW, THEWHOLENOTE.COMwith host Justin Gray. Oct 29 The Deborahs,Scott Kemp. Oct 30 Kevin D11ain, Blostein!Sperrazza D11artet. Oct 31 Hogtown Syncopators,Artie Roth Trio, Blostein/Sperrazza D11artet.Saint Tropez, Le315 King St. W. 416-591 -3600Live piano jazz 7 days a weekwww.lesainttropez.comSpezzo Restorante140 York Blvd. Richmond Hill 905-886-9703Live jazz Every Saturday.www.spezzo.comStatlers Piano Lounge487 Church Street 416-962-1209www.statlersonchurch.comNO COVEREvery Mon Curtains Down Cabaret OpenMic with Jenni Burke & Michael Barber;Every Tue One Night Stand with Deb Pearce;Every Wed Julie Michels and Kevin Barrett;Every Thu Ken & Michael's Cocktail Party;Open Mic with Anne-Marie Leonard.Oct 3 Tyrone Gabriel & Mark Lesher Oct 4Bob Hannan & the Bills. Oct 10 SherieMarshall Oct 11 Diane Leah & Julie Michels.Oct 17 Chantal Aston. Oct 18 Sharon Smith& Jordan Klapman. Oct 24 Alan Reid. Oct 25Sierra.Upstairs Cabaret in the Polar Ice loungeupstairs at Statlers: New York-style Cabaret:Reserved Seating, Cover Charge + minimum:Oct 3 June Garber. Oct 4Jake Wilkin·son. Oct 10 Carlo Berdardin11cci. Oct 11 JudyMarshak. Oct 17 George Evans. Oct 18 IlanaWaldston. Oct 24Ma11reenKennedy. Oct 25Theresa Tova.Stone Grill, The51 B Winchester 416-967-6565www.stonegrillonwinchester.comEvery Sun Jazz Brunch with Archie Alleyne,Rubi Botos, Artie Roth.Ten Feet Tall1381 Danforth Avenue, 416- 778- 7333www.tenfeettall.caSunday Jazz Matinee 3:30-6:30NO COVEROct 5 Dave Hutchinson Trio. Oct 19 KingsleyEttiene. Oct 20 Julie Michels and Parley at9pm. Oct 26 Shannon Butcher.Tequila Bookworm512 Queen Street West 416-603- 7335Modern/Experimental Jazz Monday, Thursday,Saturday at 9pm, PWYCEvery Saturday The Pocket D11intet featFelicity Williams and Steve Ward.Oct 2 Chaos Theory with Jon Kay, JustinGray and Adam Teixeria. Oct 6 Wrist Band.Oct 9Jesse Malone D11intet. Oct 16 Under·tow: Brian Seligman and Mike Davidson. Oct20 Sh11nga. Oct 23 Patrick Boyle & the ProperNouns. Oct 27 Nicole Rampersa11d TrumpetSolo. Oct 30 lebrina: original klezmer jazzfeat. Mike Anklewicz.Trane Studio964 Bathurst St. 416-913-8197www.tranestudio.comOct 1 Monsoon. Oct 2 lina Allemano Four CDRelease. Oct 3 John Coltrane Tribute featShawn Nykwist. Oct 5 Caitlin Smith's TinyAlligator Big Band. Oct 7 Adrean Farrugia andRicochet. Oct 8 Michael Occhipinti D11artetwith Guests. Oct 9 Bernie Senensky Trio. Oct10 John Coltrane Tribute feat Scott MarshallBand with Waleed Kush. Oct 11 Frank's B'Oay45

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Volume 26 (2020- )

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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!).