LISTINGS: SECTION 2...continuedCONCERTS: beyond the GTATuesday September 22— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Cecilia Quartet. Haydn:Quartet Op.74 No.3 in g “The Rider”; Wade:Quartet No. 2 “Canadian”; Beethoven: QuartetNo. 10 in E flat Op. 74 “Harp”. KWCMSMusic Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.519-886-1673. ; (sr); $15(st).Thursday September 24— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo SymphonyOrchestra. Uptown Goes Downtown. Bluessinger/songwriter Rita Chiarelli; DanielWarren, conductor. Centre in the Square,101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711/888-745-4717. -.Friday September 25— 7:30: Colours of Music. The World’sForemost Piano Quartet. Music by Schumann,Stanford, and R. Strauss. Ames PianoQuartet (Festival’s Quartet- in -Residence).Central United Church, 54 Ross St., Barrie.705-431-8745. .— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo SymphonyOrchestra. Uptown Goes Downtown. SeeSep 24.— 8:00: McMaster University. JustinKolb, piano. Beethoven: Piano Sonata in fOp. 57 “Appassionata”; also works by Mendelssohn,Liszt, Gann and Bond. ConvocationHall, 1 Scholar’s Rd., Hamilton. 905-525-9140 x24246. ; (sr); (st).Saturday September 26— 12:00: Colours of Music. Jazz MeetsOpera. Music by Gershwin, Puccini, Donnelly,Verdi, Evans and Parker. Chris Donnelly,piano; Natalie Donnelly, soprano. Hi-WayPentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie.705-431-8745. $15.— 2:30: Colours of Music. Quintets toThrill. Music by Juon, Arensky, and Shostakovich.Ames Piano Quartet; John Gilbert,violin. Central United Church, 54 Ross St.,Barrie. 705-431-8745. .— 7:30: Colours of Music. Pass PlusConcert – Concertos for Colours. Music byTchaikovsky and Schmidt. Heather Schmidt,piano; Sinfonia Toronto, Nurhan Arman, conductor.Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 AnneSt. N., Barrie. 705-431-8745. .— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Antero Winds. Ibert:Trois pieces breve; Resanovic: Drones andNanorhythms; Nielsen: Quintet; Piazzolla:Libertango. KWCMS Music Room, 57 YoungSt. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ;(sr); $15(st).Sunday September 27— 2:30: Colours of Music. Cabaret in theAfternoon – French and German Cabaret.Music by Piaf, Weill, Brecht, Hollaende, Tostiand Piazzolla. Peter Tiefenbach, piano; KimBarber, mezzo-soprano; Mary-Lou PatriciaVetere, accordion; Julie Baumgartel, violin.Central United Church, 54 Ross St., Barrie.705-431-8745. .— 5:15: Colours of Music. Choral Evensong– Celebrating Healey Willan. Choir ofSt. Mary Magdelene, Stephanie Martin,conductor. Trinity Anglican Church, 24 CollierSt., Barrie. 705-431-8745. Admissionby donation.— 7:00: Chestnut Hall Camerata. Michaelmas:A Numinous Feast for All Angels.Works by Corlis, Cabena, Simon, McLachlin,and others. Daniel Cabena, male alto;Katherine Hill, soprano; Brandon Leis, tenor;Matt Cassils, baritone; Terry McKenna, lute/guitars; and others; Daniel Cabena, artisticdirector. First United Church, 16 WilliamSt. W., Waterloo. 519-894-5308. .Intermission/post-concert “Artists Portal”featuring art by regional artists.— 7:30: Colours of Music. Frolicsome Françaix.Music by Françaix and Haydn. CeciliaString Quartet; James Campbell, clarinet.Central United Church, 54 Ross St., Barrie.705-431-8745. Admission by donation.Monday September 28— 12:00: Colours of Music. Violinist JohnGilbert. Music by Bach-Schumann, Ysaye,and Brahms. William David, piano. BurtonAvenue United Church, 37 Burton Ave., Barrie.705-431-8745. $15.— 2:30: Colours of Music.The Pathways ofLove. Music by Mozart, Poulenc, Satie, Piaf,and R. Strauss. Robert Kortgaard, piano;Adrian Anantawan, violin; Suzie Leblanc,soprano. Central United Church, 54 Ross St.,Barrie. 705-431-8745. .— 7:30: Colours of Music. Musical Titans.Music by Eberl, Dohnanyi, and Williams.Ames Piano Quartet; James Campbell, clarinet;Louis-Philippe Marsolais, horn. Hi-WayPentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie.705-431-8745. Free.Tuesday September 29— 12:00: Colours of Music. Violinist AdrianAnantawan. Music by Franck and Mozart.Robert Kortgaard, piano. Burton AvenueUnited Church, 37 Burton Ave., Barrie. 705-431-8745. $!5.— 2:30: Colours of Music. Dvorak ThatDelights. Music by Mendelssohn and Dvorak.Cecilia String Quartet; Hinrich Alpers, piano.Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N.,Barrie. 705-431-8745. .— 7:30: Colours of Music. Pass PlusConcert - Musica Intima. Music by Hatfield,Cabena, Pärt, and Healey. Central UnitedChurch, 54 Ross St., Barrie. 705-431-8745. .Wednesday September 30— 12:00: Colours of Music. Barrie’s Own.Music by Beethoven and Paganini. AlexandraLee, cello; Charlene Biggs, piano. BurtonAvenue United Church, 37 Burton Ave., Barrie.705-431-8745. $15.— 2:30: Colours of Music. Pianist HinrichAlpers. Music by Haydn, Beethoven,Mendelssohn, and Schumann. Hi-WayPentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie.705-431-8745. .— 7:30: Colours of Music. Pass Plus Concert- Classics that Rock. Music by Plant,Schumann, Dukas, MacLean, and Schubert.Robert Kortgaard, piano; James Campbell,clarinet; Louis-Philippe Marsolais, horn; SuzieLeblanc, soprano. Central United Church, 54Ross St., Barrie. 705-431-8745. .Thursday October 01— 12:00: Colours of Music. OrganistMélanie Barney. Music by Bach, Vierne,Saint-Saens, and Widor. St. Andrew’sPresbyterian Church, 47 Owen St., Barrie.705-431-8745. $15.— 2:30: Colours of Music. Montreal’sBUZZ Brass Quintet. Music by Calvert,Renwick, Gabrieli, and Ewald. Hi-WayPentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N, Barrie.705-431-8745. .— 7:30: Colours of Music. Pass PlusConcert – Primadonnas of the Renaissance.Music by Monteverdi, Strozzi, Rossi, andCaccini. Suzie Leblanc, Michele DeBoer,Katherine Hill, sopranos; Laura Pudwell,mezzo-soprano; The Toronto Consort; DavidFallis, conductor. Central United Church, 54Ross St., Barrie. 705-431-8745. .— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Alturas Duo (charango/guitar).Telemann: Largo; Bach: Two Minuets;Cavour: Kurukuta; Andean folklore pieces;and other works. KWCMS Music Room, 57Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.; $15(sr); (st).Friday October 02— 12:00: Colours of Music. Barrie’s Own– Amity Trio. Music by Mendelssohn andSmetana. Michael Adamson, violin; AlyssaWright, cello; Sandra Ruttan, piano. CentralUnited Church, 54 Ross St., Barrie. 705-431-8745. $15.— 2:30: Colours of Music. Music toInspire. Music by Schumann, Gougeon,Mozart, and Brahms. Hinrich Alpers, piano;Brian Lewis, violin; Louis-Philippe Marsolais,horn. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 AnneSt. N, Barrie. 705-431-8745. .— 7:30: Colours of Music. The Planets.Music by Bach, Thompson, Gabriele, Regoulot,and Holst. BUZZ Brass Quintet; MélanieBarney, organ. St. Andrew’s PresbyterianChurch, 47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-431-8745. .— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo SymphonyOrchestra. Spectacular Debut. Estacio:Frenergy; Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1; Pärt:Fratres; Dvorak: Symphony No.8. VildeFrang, violin; Edwin Outwater, conductor.Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N.,Kitchener. 519-745-4711 /888-745-4717.-; (st).Saturday October 03— 12:00: Colours of Music. Pianist AlexanderSeredenko. Music by Liszt, Chopin, Bach,and Balakirev. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church,50 Anne St.N, Barrie. 705-431-8745. $15.— 2:30: Colours of Music. Violinist BrianLewis. Music by Beethoven, Debussy, Saint-Saens, Engel, Copland, and Piazzolla. HinrichAlpers, piano. Central United Church, 54Ross St., Barrie. 705-431-8745. .— 7:30: Colours of Music. Pass PlusConcert: Bach Children’s Chorus – Voices ofAngels. Eleanor Daley, piano; Linda Beaupré,conductor. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50Anne St. N, Barrie. 705-431-8745. .— 7:30: Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir.An Evening of Song – Noson o Gân. Leigh-Anne Martin, soloist. George Street UnitedChurch, 534 George St. N., Peterborough.705-748-3923. .— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo SymphonyOrchestra. Spectacular Debut. See Oct. 2.— 8:00: Peterborough Symphony Orchestra.“Dance” Tribute to Evelyn Hart.Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite; Stravinsky:Firebird Suite; Coté: Black Light. Coleman/Lemieux Dance Company; Michael Newnham,conductor. Showplace PerformanceCentre, 290 George St. N., Peterborough.705-742-7469. ; ; (st).Sunday October 04— 2:00: Kitchener-Waterloo SymphonyOrchestra. Spectacular Debut. See Oct. 2.— 2:30: Colours of Music. Alturas Duo-Marvelous Virtuosity. Music by Villa-Lobos,Romero, Bartok, and Cavour played on theguitar, violin, and charango. Burton AvenueUnited Church, 37 Burton Ave., Barrie. 705-431-8745. $15.— 2:30: Kingston Symphony Orchestra. AFine Romance. Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1;Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6. JonathanCrow, violin; Glen Fast, conductor. GrandTheatre, 218 Princess St., Kingston.613-530-2050. -; -(sr); $15-(st); (children under 10).— 2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra.Sensational Celebrations. Carrabré: Chasethe Sun; Forsyth: Siyajabula! We Rejoice!;Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4 K.218; Tchaikovsky:Symphony No.4. Xiaoling Li, violin;Timothy Hankewich, conductor. Centre forthe Arts, Brock University, 500 GlenridgeAve., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550x3257. ; .50(sr); (st); (under13). 1:45: Pre-concert talk.— 3:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra.Czeching the Score. Dvořák: CzechSuite Op. 39; Piano Concerto in g Op. 33;Vorisek: Symphony in D. Koichi Inoue, piano,Graham Coles, music director. MaureenForrester Recital Hall, WLU, 75 UniversityAve. W. Waterloo. 519-744-3828. ;(sr/st).— 7:30: Colours of Music. Music to Remember– Memorable Music by MemorableMusicians. Music by Rheinberger, Handel,Gounod, Grandjany, and Ravel. Brian Lewis,violin; William O’Meara, organ; Judy Loman,harp. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 47Owen St., Barrie. 705-431-8745. .— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Amity Trio. Mozart: Piano38 WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM September 1 - October 7, 2009
Trio in B flat K.254; Mendelssohn: PianoTrio No. 1 in d; Smetana: Piano Trio in g.KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W.,Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; $15(sr);(st). ArtsCan Benefit Concert.Tuesday October O6— 12:30: McMaster University. AlexeiGulenco. Works by Mozart, Liszt and Shostakovich.Convocation Hall, 1 Scholar’s Rd.,FREE JAZZ TIPA Guide to the Less PoliteBy Ori DaganThere might be a growing number ofspots around town that serve politejazz with your dinner, as inspired byDiana Krall’s, but not many roomsspecifically cater to free, avant-garde,or experimental branches of the music.Thankfully for those who enjoy strayingfrom the mainstream, trombonistcomposerSteve Ward (www.myspace.com/stevewardtrombone) has beenbooking live music at the TequilaBookworm at 512 Queen Street West.Hamilton. 905-525-9140 x24246. Free.Wednesday October 07— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Moshe Hammer, violin;Robert Kortgaard, piano. Mendelssohn: ViolinConcerto; Jewish music tba. KWCMS MusicRoom, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); (st).Steve WardCurrently enrolled in the Jazz Performance Masters program atthe University of Toronto, Ward maintains a busy schedule as a performer,composer and teacher. I emailed Ward some questions aboutbooking the room.How did the music policy at the Tequila Bookworm come to be?I started booking jazz here last July, and originally I was booking oneact a week. Eventually the owner and I agreed to expand the policyto three nights a week, and now four. The rent is extremely high onQueen St W so therefore it was hard to get any money out of Tequilafor the bands, etc which is why we have pay-what-you-can shows.What are musical characteristics you look for when booking?Enthusiasm, sincerity, creativity. Artists looking to evolve creativelyin a live setting, that aren’t looking for a brainless jobber.What are the greatest strengths of the room itself?Since I have no financial quota to fill I’m able to be adventurous withmy programming. I’m interested in an environment where ideas areshared and challenged. Culture! The arts! It’s time.What are some of the challenges of the room?One of the biggest challenges is communicating with the audience.Since we’re playing for the tip jar it is important to be able to communicatewith our audience and give them context of why we’re makingthe music that we are. Most times its types of music they havelittle knowledge of, so it’s time to educate!Three acts you would recommend to readers for this month and why?Tuesday September 8th: Lee Mason (from Amsterdam). Its alwayscool when a group from another part of the world wants to put ona show at a venue you book. Very interesting sounds. Shouldn’t bemissed. www.myspace.com/leemasonSaturday September 12: Chris Cawthray Trio. Its going to be a CDrelease, & I’m proud that Chris decided to have it at Tequila. Theygroove hard. www.chriscawthray.comFriday September 25: MiMo. These guys are great!!! Nothing likeprocessing sounds underwater in a big bucket. You got to see it to believeit.www.mimomusic.com, www.myspace.com/mimoonmyspacePHOTO: ORI DAGANLISTINGS: SECTION 3IN THE CLUBS: MOSTLY JAZZ93 Harbord93 Harbord Street, 416-922-5914Every Friday Lara Solnicki (vocals) andSean Bray (guitar) 7-10pmAlleycatz2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865www.alleycatz.caEvery Mon Salsa Night with Frank BischunEvery Tue Whitney Smith’s “Swing House”with vocalist Jen SagarEvery Wed Jasmine Bailey & Co. Jazz &SoulEvery Thu Soul, R&B and Reggae, No CoverFridays and Saturdays Funk, Soul, Reggae,R&B, Top 40, Cover without dinnerreservationsSep 3 Lady Kane. Sep 4 Sonic Playground.Sep 5 Sonic Playground. Sep 10 Lady Kane.Sep 11 Graffitti Park. Sept 12 GraffittiPark. Sep 17 Lady Kane. Sep 18 LadyKane. Sep 19 Liquid. Sep 24 Lady Kane.Sep 25 Lady Kane. Sep 26 Lady Kane.Annex Live, The296 Brunswick Ave. 416-929-3999www.theannexlive.comEvery Thu Julie McGregor with NormanAmadio.Every Fri Jake Wilkinson.Black Swan, The154 Danforth Ave. 416-469-0537Every Wed The Danforth Jam w/ Jon Longand Friends 9:30pmCastro’s Lounge2116 Queen Street East 416-699-8272 NOCOVEREvery Sun Jeremy Rouse Trio (Jazz/Roots)6-9pmEvery Mon Smokey Folk (Bluegrass/Rockabilly) 9:30pmChalkers Pub Billiards & Bistro247 Marlee Avenue, 416-789-2531www.chalkerspub.comThird Mon every month The Sisters ofSheynvilleEvery Wed Girls Night Out Vocalist-FriendlyJazz Jam 8:30-12 with host Lisa Particelli(vocals/flute) Peter Hill (p) Ross MacIntyre(b) Norman Marshall Villeneuve (d)Every Thu International Latin Night: DanceLesson 7-9, Band 9pm-2amEvery Sat Dinner Jazz 6-9pm CoverEvery Sun Jazz Up Your Sundays 7-10pm CoverChick N’ Deli744 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-489-3363www.chickndeli.comEvery Mon Big Band Night.Every Tue Jam Night.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 6:30pm - 9:30pmNO COVERSep 4 Sophia Perlman & Adrean Farrugia.Sep 5 Peter Kauffman. Sep 11 ChantalQuesnelle & Richard Whitehouse. Sep 12Ryan Oliver & Brian DeLima. Sep 18 KiraCallahan & Special Guest. Sep 19 DonCampbell & Dan Eisen. Sep 25 RichardWhiteman. Sep 26 Beverly Taft & SpecialGuest.Concord Café, The937 Bloor Street W 416-532-3989Corktown, The175 Young St. Hamilton 905-572-9242Sets at 8pm and 10pm, Coverwww.thecorktownpub.caEvery Wed Jazz @ The Corktown hosted byDarcy HepnerDave’s Gourmet Pizza730 St. Clair Ave. West 416-652-2020www.davespizza.caEvery Thu 8-12 Uncle Herb Dale & FriendsOpen Mic.Dominion on Queen500 Queen St. East 416-368-6893www.dominiononqueen.comEvery Tue French Gypsy Jazz Jam withhost Wayne Nakamura. 8:30pm, pwyc.Every Wed Corktown Ukulele Jam, 8pm, Sep 4 Paul Reddick and Ragged and Dirty9:30pm/. Sep 6 The Next GenerationJazz Jam with host Robert Scott 3-6pm/No Cover. Sep 12 The Wicked Grin 9pm/.Sep 13 Sean Pinchin Blues 3-6pm/No Cover.Sep 15 East End Burlesque and VarietyRiot w host Mysterion the Mind Reader10pm/. Sep 17 Murata, Quarrington andTaft 8:30pm/. Sep 18/19 RockabillyWeekend Sep 20 Rockabilly Matinee: HonkyTonk Brunch, Ghost of Hank Williams,Kensington Hillbillies. Sep 24 GeorgeGrosman’s Bohemian Swing 9pm/pwyc. Sep25 Tracy K Blues 9pm/. Sep 26 MikeBranton Blues 9:30pm/. Sep 27 SeanPinchin Blues 3-6pm/No Cover.Drake Hotel, The1150 Queen Street West 416-531-5042www.thedrakehotel.ca (full calendar)Every Sun 1-4pm Big Rude Jake Brunch.Ward’s passion for this music is apparent not only in his playing butalso in his booking. “I don’t get paid to do this, and I have no otherForte Bistro and Loungehelp. My motivation is art, it’s what keeps me breathing. Pleasecome support live music. ... Also we might be moving in the next133 Richmond Street West 416-867-1909couple of months so watch out on our website and Facebook for morewww.fortebistro.caClassico Pizza & Pastainfo to come!!”Every Wed Live Jazz 6:30-9:30pm with Kira2457 Bloor Street West 416-763-1313 Callahan.For all the news, including a possible change of location, visit: Every Thu Jazz Guitarist Nate Renner 7pmhttp://tequilabookworm.blogspot.com/No CoverSeptember 1 - October 7, 2009 WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM 39
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!).
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!
On our cover: Owen Pallett's musical palette on display at New Creations. Spring brings thoughts of summer music education! (It's never too late.). For Marc-Andre Hamelin the score is king. Ella at 100 has the tributes happening. All; this and more.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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!
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.
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!).