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princely sum of ,000 year. He remained there until 1923 when hiswife's poor health forced them to move to a warmer climate. In hisearlier days, before joining the band of John Philip Sousa, Clarke hadconducted the Heintzman Company Band and subsequently, the TaylorSafe Works Band both in Toronto.While "Works Bands" still flourish in Britain, over the past 60 orso years company bands have all but disappeared from the musicalscene in Canada. The last significant such group that I can recall seeingwas the White Rose Oil Company Band from Petralia, Ontario.Where such bands have continued, they have produced some amazingmusicians. In the latter part of the twentieth century, one of theworld's top trumpet masters, Maurice Andre, rose from the ranks ofa French coal mine band to performing worldwide and teaching at theParis Conservatory.So where am I going with this? Well, it has often been said that inhard times people make their own entertainment. What better waythan with like-minded friends (or co-workers) making music? Forthose who already own their instruments, the costs are significantlyless that many other forms of recreation. The organizations normallyhave an adequate library of music. Other than the costs of transportationto rehearsals and performances, usually the only other expense isa small annual membership fee. Up to and through the great depressionof the 1930s one would be hard pressed to locate a town of anysize in this country which did not have a community band and/or orchestra.Even through the dark days of WW II, band tattoos were apopular form of entertainment. My personal recollection of this era isof travelling with my boys band to a different town tattoo almost everySaturday throughout the summer, culminating in a season endingtrip to the Canadian National Exhibition to compete with other bands(including a number of company bands). We know of a few bands inSouthern Ontario which have in recent years established "beginners'bands" for adults. Is it time for the company band to re-emerge as arelatively inexpensive employee benefit?ALDEBURGH CONNECTION 28ALDEBURGH CONNECTION 30ALGOMA MUSIC CAMP 45ALL SAINTS' KINGSWAY ANGLICANCHURCH 28ALL THE KING 'S VOICES 16AMADEUS CHOIR 34AMICI 34AMOROSO 44ART OF TIME ENSEMBLE 26ARTS [ NTEGRA INTERNATIONAL SUMMERPROGRAMME 47ASSOCIATES OF THE TSO 28ATMA 5BACH CONSORT 33BACKSPLIT 53BLOOR CINEMA 53BRIAN CURRENT 48CANADIAN CHILDREN'S OPERACOMPANY 41CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY 12CANCLONE SERVICES 44CANTARE STUDIOS 42CANTEMUS 29CHALKERS 40CHAUTAUQUA 46CHRIST CHURCH DEER PARK JAZZVESPERS 19CLASSICAL 96.3FM 55CONTINUUM CONTEMPOARY Music 34COSMO Music 21COUNTERPOINT CHORALE 32COUNTERPOINT COMMUNITYORCHESTRA 24DON HEIGHTS UNITARIANCONGREGATION 31DR. KATARINA BULAT 42ELORA FESTIVAL SINGERS 38Coming Events - Please see the listings section for full detailsSunday, March 1, 3:00 pm Hannaford Street Silver Band with ArtisticDirector Curtis Metcalf continues the celebration of its 25th AnniversaryESPRIT ORCHESTRA 4EYBLER QUARTET 36season with Brass & Steel: A Caribbean Celebration featuring steel pan virtuoso Liam Teague. Jane Mallett Theatre, St.Lawrence Centre, 27 Front Street East, Toronto.Friday, March 6, 8:00 pm The Etobicoke Community ConcertGEORGE HEINL 22GEORGE STIMPSON- PIANO FOR SALE 43GROUP OF 27 27Band, John Edward Liddle, Music Director present Last Night of theProms with Pomp and circumstance and much flag-waving - A nostalgicHELICONIAN HALL 45tribute to all things British from Parry's Jerusalem toElgar' s Pomp and Circumstance and Thomas Arne's RuleBritannia.Etobicoke Collegiate Auditorium, 86 Montgomery Road,EtobicokeJOEL KATZ 42JUBILATE SINGERS 43Sunday, March 8, 2:00 pm The Northdale Concert Band, withStephen Chenette, Music Director, present a concert at Hope UnitedORCHESTRA 39Church, 2550 Danforth Avenue (corner of Main Street and DanforthLE COMMENSAL 41Avenue).Down the RoadLOCKWOOD ARS 53LONG & MCQUADE 22Please write to us: bandstand@thewlwlenote.com • MASON AND HAMLIN 822Geo.11 ; D~ & Co. LimitedCONSERVATORS & PURVEYORSOF Fine & Rare Violins20! Church St.. T0ronto. ON. 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WHOLENOTE LISTINGSSECTIONS 1-4: INTRODUCTIONWholeNote listings are arranged in four distinct sections:1) Concerts in Toronto & GTA (Greater Toronto Area)2) Concerts Beyond the GTA3) Jazz in Clubs4) Announcements ... EtceteraSECTION 1: Toronto & GTA covers all of the City of Torontoplus Halton, Peel, York and Durham regions.SECTION 2: Beyond the GTA covers many areas of SouthernOntario, outside Toronto and the GTA. The towns and citiesvary from month to month. This month, The WholeNotecontains listings for events in the communities of Barrie,Brantford, Cambridge, Cobourg, Dundas, Georgetown,Gravenhurst, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, Lindsay,London, Owen Sound, Peterborough, Port Hope, StCatharines, Waterloo and WhitbySECTION 3: Jazz in Clubs is organized alphabetically by club.SECTION 4: Announcements ... Etcetera is for lectures,symposia, master classes and other music-related events(except performances) that may be of interest to our readers.A general word of caution: a phone number is provided withevery WholeNote listing - in fact, we won't publish a listingwithout one. Concerts are sometimes cancelled or postponed;and artists or venues may change after listings are published.Please check before you go out to a concert.How to ListListings in the WholeNote in the four sections above are a freeservice available, in our discretion, to eligible presenters. Ifyou have an event, send us your information no later than the15th of the month prior to the issue or issues in which yourlisting is eligible to appear. Please note, the next issue coversthe period from April 1-May 7, 2009, so listings must bereceived by March 15.Listings can be sent by e-mail to listings@thewholenote.comor by fax to 416-603-4791 or by regular mail to the address onpage 6. We do not receive listings by phone, but you can call416-323-2232 x27 for further information on listings.Visitwww.THEWHOLENOTE.COMSearching Listings OnlineYou can now search WholeNote listings onlineby geographic area and musical genre. Forinstructions, go to our website(at www.thewholenote.com), click on"Concert Listings," and follow through to"Search Listings."LISTINGS: SECTION 1CONCERTS: Toronto and GTANote: Opera and music theatre productionswith extended runs appear in the dailylistings only on their first performance ofthe month. Subsequent performance datesappear at the end of that primary listing.For show times, call the phone numbergiven in the listings.Listings for the following extended-runproductions may be found on the datesbelow:Dirty Dancing: Mar. 1Jersey Boys: Mar. 1The Sound of Music: Mar. 1We Will Rock You: Mar. 1Sunday March O 1- 1 :00 & 6:30: Mirvish Productions. TheSound of Music. Rodgers & Hammerstein.Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. W.416-872- 1212. -0. Also Mar.4-8,11-15, 17-22, 25-29, Apr.1-5.-1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery.Christopher lee and Adam Sherkin, fluteand piano. 10365 Islington Ave, Kleinburg.905-893-1121. ; (sr/st).- 2:00: City of Toronto. Sunday Sere·nades: DCAT Chorus. Scarborough CivicCentre, 150 Borough Dr. 416-396-7766.Free.- 2:00: Civic Light Opera Company. SilkStockings. Music and lyrics by Porter. JoeCascone, director & designer. Fairview Li·brary Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive. 416·755-1717. ; . Also Mar 4-7.- 2:00: Dancap Productions. JerseyBoys. Gaudio & Crewe. Eric Bates (TommydeVito), Joseph Leo Bwarie (Frankie Valli),Andrew Rannells (Bob Gaudio), Steve Gouveia(Nick Massi), and others; DesMcAnuff, director; Sergio Trujillo, choreog·rapher. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040Yonge St. 416-872- 1111. -5. AlsoMar. 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-29, 31-Apr. 5.- 2:00: Mirvish Productions. Dirty Dancing.Bergstein. Royal Alexandra Theatre,260 King St. W. 416-872-1212. -.Also Mar.3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-29, 31-Apr.5, 7 and beyond.- 2:00: Mirvish Productions. We WillRock You. Music of Queen. Panasonic The·atre, 651 Yonge St. 416-872-1212. ·. Mar. 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-29, 31·Apr. 5, 7 and beyond.- 2:00: North Toronto Players. Iolanthe- or the Fairy and the Federalist. Gilbert &Sullivan. Amy Steggles (Iolanthe); MichaelHarms, stage director; John Ricciardelli,music director. City Playhouse, 1000 NewWestminster Dr., Vaughan. 905-882· 7469.; (sr); (st).- 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. RussianHungarian Salon. Works by Russian andHungarian composers. Allison Angelo, JoniHenson, sopranos; Krisztina Szabo, mezzo;Giles Tomkins, baritone; Marie Berard, violin;Winona Zelenka, cello; Joel Quar·rington, double-bass; lnna Perkis, BorisZarankin, pianos. Glenn Gould Studio, 250Front St. W. 416-872-4255. ; (sr/st).- 2:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.Anagnoson & Kinton. Arenski: Suite No. 1;Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn;Dvorak: selected works for 1 piano 4hands; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Mazzo.leni Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-2824x321. $ 30; O(st).- 2:00: Toronto Opera Repertoire. Car·men. Bizet. Beatrice Carpino/Maria Knight,mezzo-sopranos (Carmen); Jay Lambie/Sia·va Serebrianik, tenors (Don Jose); HannyDjuwati/Terri Mandel, sopranos (Micaela);Giuseppe Macina, director/conductor. Bick·ford Centre, 777 Bloor St. W. 416-978·8849. ; (sr/st).- 2:00: Visual and Performing ArtsNewmarket. In Concert. Rivka Golani, vio·la; Joel Quarrington, double bass; JeanDesmarais, piano. Newmarket Theatre, 505Pickering Cresc. 905-953-5122. ;(sr); (st).- 2:00 & 7:00: Massey Hall & RoyThomson Hall. International Vocal Recit·als: Cecilia Bartoli. Programme includesMendelssohn: lnfelice; Persiani: Cari giorni;Rossini: Tempest from II Barbiere di Siv·iglia. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.416-872-4255. -5.- 3:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band.Brass & Steel: a Caribbean Celebration.Programme includes Borgeois: Calypso; DeHaan: Caribbean Variations; Ross: newwork. Curtis Metcalf, conductor; guest:Liam Teague, steelpan. Jane Mallett Thea·tre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27Front St. E. 416-366· 7723. ; (sr);(st).- 3:00: Markham Concert Band. FamilyConcert. Popular music from classical toBroadway. Doug Manning, artistic director.Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd.,Markham. 905-305-7469. .50; .50(sr/stl.- 3:00: Mississauga Choral Society. TheCreation. Haydn. Mississauga Sinfonia Dr·chestra; Janet Obermeyer, Sean Clark,Michael Downie, soloists; Mervin Fick, con·ductor. St. Patrick's Church, 921 FlagshipDrive, Mississauga. 905-306-6000. ;(sr); (st).- 3:00: Syrinx Sunday Salons. OuatuorArthur-Leblanc. Ravel: String Quartet;Prevost: String Quartet No. 3; Haydn:String Quartet Op.64 No.2 in b. HeliconianHall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-654-0877. ;(st).- 4:00: Queen of Puddings Music Theatre.Ines. Rolfe & Bentley. Ines Santos,!ado singer; Giles Tomkins, baritone; Shan·non Mercer, soprano; Elizabeth Turnbull,mezzo; Thomas Goerz, bass-baritone. En·wave Theatre, 231 Queen's Quay W. 416·973-4000. -.- 4:00: Rosedale Voices. In Concert.Wayne Strongman, conductor. 150 Roxbor·ough Dr. 905-632-6047. .- 4:00: St. James Cathedral. TwilightRecital Series. Andrew Ager, organ. 65Church St. 416-364- 7865 x224. Free.- 6:30: Toronto Mass Choir. Power-UpConcert. Toronto International CelebrationChurch, 190 Railside Rd. 905-794-1139.Freewill offering.- 7:00: Acting Up Theatre Company. ANew Brain. Finn and Lapine. Steven Gal·lagher, Barbara Barsky, Thom Allison, JuanChioran; Daryl Cloran, director; MitchellMarcus, artistic producer. Berkeley StreetMARCH 1 - APRIL 7 2009 WWW. THEWHOLENOTE.COM 23