PHOTO ori daganWelcome ReturnsHerbie Hancock Imagine Project: the highly influential and criticallyacclaimed pianist will be featuring songs from his most recenttriumph, River: The Joni Mitchell Letters with the Imagine Project,completed by Vinnie Colaiuta, drums, Lionel Loueke, guitar, GregPhillinganes, keyboards, Tal Wilkenfeld, bass, and vocalists to beannounced. Opening set by Juno-winning bassist/composer BrandiDisterheft. Mainstage Concert Series, June 26, 8pm, tickets .www.herbiehancock.com.Dave Brubeck: with a legendary career that spans over six decades,his compositional experiments in odd time signatures, improvisedcounterpoint, polyrhythm and polytonality still turn heads. At89-and-a-half years young, the consummate entertainer is a marvelto behold. Don’t miss Brubeck’s Quartet as part of the Koerner HallJazz Series on June 29, 8pm, tickets -75. www.davebrubeck.com.Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette: this consistentlyimaginative piano-bass-drums trio continues to set standardsand is aptly known as the Standards Trio. Now in their third decadeof collectively breathtaking, mind-boggling, heartfelt musical creativity,these are three grand masters you don’t want to miss. June 30at the Four Seasons Centre, tickets .50-127.50.It Ain’t Necessarily Jazz!With hopes of drawing from outside of the jazz pool, the festival hasinvited pop acts set to make a splash, including Esthero (June 27 atthe Lee’s Palace, .50), Serena Ryder (June 29 at Harbourfront’sSirius Stage, .50) and Chaka Khan and Macy Gray (July 3 atDundas Square, free). In contrast, the “Next Wave Series” at theMusic Gallery (www.musicgallery.org) will be a magnet for loversof experimental, envelope-pushing music. One such show will beChristine Duncan’s haunting Element Choir (June 29 at the MusicGallery, ). Fearlessly conducted, this diverse group of musiciansweaves unforgettable webs of improvised vocal textures.Tribute To A LegendThe jazz world recently lost a genuine legend with the passing ofRob McConnell (February 14, 1935 – May 1, 2010). McConnellwas a true renaissance man who wore many hats, earned many accoladesand will not be forgotten. The Old Mill’s Dining Room willhouse a tribute to Rob McConnell’s legacy on June 24.One, Two, A-One, Two, Free!As always, the festival offers free-admission shows. The 12-noonlunchtime show on June 30 will be a particularly special performance,for it will be a CD launch by Ricochet, the brainchild ofAdrean Farrugia, one of our city’s most creative pianists. When Farrugiatakes a solo on any old standard,it’s hard not to be engagedby his playful approach to the familiar;his own compositions tendto be rich with flowing emotion,drawing from varied sources.“The music is inspired by a need totry and cohesively combine all thethings I love in music,” says Farrugia.“The music attempts to fusejazz, classical, Indian, South African,pop and film-music texturesand rhythms into a unifiedsound, while being equally appealingto both lay listeners and highlyAdrean Farrugia.trained ears. Creating music that has a wide appeal without makingsacrifices is very important to me.”For everything from fabulous freebies to genuine grandmasters,visit the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival website:www.torontojazz.com.Ori Dagan is a Toronto-based jazz vocalist, voice actor andentertainment journalist. He can best be contacted at jazz@thewholenote.com.Coleman Jazz Band, Chris Butcher JazzBand. Jun 14 Julia Cleveland Jazz Band,Sean Bellaviti Jazz Band. Jun 15 JorgeGavidia Jazz & Blues Band, Julian FauthBlues Night. Jun 16 Michele Kaye JazzDuo, Michael Keith Blues Duo. Jun 17Noah Sherman Jazz Band, String TheoryCollective. Jun 18 Ventana 5 Jazz Band,Patrick Tevlin’s New Orleans Rhythm. Jun19 Tony Desmarteau Jazz & Blues Solo,Bill Heffernan & Friends,TBA. Jun 20 TonyDesmarteau Jazz & Blues Solo, France St.Trio, Joshua Goodman Jazz Band. Jun 21Amanda Covetta Jazz Band, Bossa Tres,TBA. Jun 22 Donne Roberts Band, JulianFauth Blues Night. Jun 23 Bobby Hsu JazzBand, Queen Street Three. Jun 24 WhitneyRoss Barris Jazz Band, Cyndi Carleton JazzBand. Jun 25 Jay Sinclair Jazz Duo, KingaJazz. Jun 26 Vincent Bertucci Jazz Band,Bill Heffernan & Friends, Sabor Latin JazzBand.Jun 27 Ori Dagan Jazz Band, BrownmanAkoustic Jazz Trio, Cliff Ojala JazzBand. Jun 28 Adriana Galic Jazz Band,Margot Roi Jazz Band. Jun 29 Sean BellavitiJazz Band, Julian Fauth Jazz Band.Jun 30 James Brown Jazz Duo, DeniseLeslie Jazz Band. Jul 1 Jerry QuintyneBand, Fraser Melvin Band. Jul 2 Mike FieldJazz Band, The Peddlers. Jul 3 ColemanTinsley Jazz Brunch, Kathleen GormanJazz Band, Melissa Boyce Jazz Band. Jul4 Melissa Lauren Jazz Band, Whitney RossBarris Jazz Band, Thyron Lee Whyte JazzBand.Grossman’s Tavern“Toronto’s Home of the Blues”379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-1210www.grossmanstavern.com (completeschedule)“Toronto’s Home of the Blues” NO COVEREvery SatThe Happy Pals matinee 4-8pm;Every Sun Nicola Vaughan Acoustic Jam4-9pm, The Nationals with Brian Cober:Double Slide Guitar Open Stage Jam9:30pm-2am; Every Wed Ernest Lee &Cotton Traffic Jam; Every Thu U of T:The Responsible Jam Showcase Night.Jun 4 Sandi Marie & Under the Bus. Jun 5Graceful Daddies. Jun 11 Seb Agnello. Jun18 Big Tabacco & the Pickers. Jun 19Frankie Foo SKA. Jun 25 Silverleafs JazzBand. Jun 26 Inflatable. Jun 28 Al LucasBand. Jun 29 Al Mason & the Bands. Jul2 The Barking Sharks .Jul 4 The BrassBand matinee.Harlem Restaurant67 Richmond Street East 416-368-1920www.harlemrestaurant.com (full musicschedule)NO COVEREvery Mon Open Jam Night hosted byCarolynT 8pm-1am; Every Wed Music isthe Answer: Fundraising for Haiti, 8pm.Minimum Donations /w Aspirin, First AidKits, Vitamins, Masks, Protein Bars; EveryFri Jazz/Blues 7:30-11:30pmEvery Sat Jazz/Blues 7:30-11:30pm. Jun25 Jon NehRita. Jun 26 Quique Escamilla.Jun 27 Zimzum. Jun 28 Open Jam Nightw/ Carolyn T. Jun 30 Jef Kearns Trio. Jul1 Ross MacIntyre. Jul 2 Carolyn T Duo.Jul 3 Roseanne Howell. Jul 4 BrilliantCorners feat Samantha Clayton.D. In The Clubs (Mostly Jazz)Home Smith Barsee Old Mill, TheHot House Café35 Church Street 416-366-7800Jun 27-30 Brenda Carol & Clairvoyance.Hugh’s Room“Toronto’s home of live Folk and Roots”2261 Dundas Street West 416-531-6604www.hughsroom.com (for complete scheduleof nightly acts)All shows start at 8:30pm; for ticket pricesrefer to website.Jun 2 Little Hearts: Shannon Butcher CDRelease. Jun 3, 4 Skydiggers. Jun 5 MoseScarlett. Jun 9 DeltaPhonic Love Letter:Chris Whiteley & Diana Braithwaite CD Release.Jun 15 Poema: Romina Di GasbarroCD Release. Jun 17 Carlos del Junco. Jun20 The Satin Dolls, Milky Whites & theBluesmen CD Release. Jun 22 Simple EarnestPlea: Kevin Breit CD Release. Jun 30TD Jazz Fest presents: Roberta GambariniQuartet.Joe Mama’s317 King Street West 416-340-6469Live music every nightEvery Sun Nathan Hiltz, Bernie Senensky& Sly Juhas.Latinada1671 Bloor Street West 416-913-9716www.latinada.comLive Music Wednesday to SundayJun 25 Elmer Ferrer Band. Jun 26 JoaquinNunez Trio. Jun 27 El Proyecto. Jun 29Luis Mario Ochoa Trio. Jun 30 AleksanderGajic Duo. Jul 1 Xoteka Duo – LauraFernandez & Don Naduriak. Jul 2 ElianaCuevas Trio. Jul 3 Alexander Brown Trio.Jul 4 Roberto Riberon Trio.Lolita’s Lust513 Danforth Avenue 416-913-9716www.lolitaslust.caJun 25, 26, Jul 2-4 DJ LolitaLula Lounge1585 Dundas West 416-588-0307www.lula.ca (complete schedule)Jun 5 Ricardo Lemvo Canadian CDRelease. Jun 17 FunkaBelly: Live GypsyDance and Bodacious Bellydance. Jun 25Eliana Cuevas. Jun 26 Salsa Saturdays.Jul 1 African Guitar Summit. Jul 2 DominicMancuso Trio. Jul 3 Salsa Saturday.Manhattan’s Music Club951 Gordon St., Guelph. 519-767-2440www.manhattans.caMezzettaMiddle Eastern Restaurant681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687www.mezzettarestaurant.comEvery Wed Jazz Series: sets at 9:00 and10:15. Cover -10Jun 2 Steve Koven & Rob Clutton. Jun9 ZARI Trio. Jun 16 Dave Young & RegSchwager. Jun 25 Lorne Lofsky & KieranOvers. Jun 26 Kye Marshall & Andy Scott.Jun 27 Sundar Viswanathan & Roy Patterson.Jun 29 Bill McBirnie & Louis Simao.42 thewholenote.comJune 1 - July 7, 2010
Jun 30 Mike Murley Trio. Jul 1 DonThompson & Reg Schwager. Jul 2 BrianKatz & Rob Piltch. Jul 3 Roland Hunter.Jul 4 David Mott & Rob Clutton.Momo’s Bistro664 The Queensway, Etobicoke416-252-5560www.momosbistro.comEvery Wed Open Mic 8pm.My Place: A Canadian Pub2448 Bloor Street West 647-348-4702www.myplacepub.caJazz Wednesdays 7-10pmN’Awlins Jazz Bar and Dining299 King St. W. 416-595-1958www.nawlins.caEvery Tue Stacie McGregor; Every WedJim Heineman Trio; Every Thu Blues Nightwith Guest Vocalists; Every Fri/Sat AllStar Bourbon St. Band;Every Sun TerryLogan.Old Mill, The21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641www.oldmilltoronto.comOld Mill’s Dining Room Thursday nightsat 7:30pm: Jun 3 Jerry Bergonzi w BrianDickinson Trio, ; Jun 10 Pat LaBarbera& Kirk McDonald Quintet play JohnColtrane, ; Jun 17 Robi Botos “SideB Band”, . Jun 24 Rob McConnellTentet: Tribute to a Legend. Jun 28-Jul 3Russ Little Quintet with Heather Bambrickand special guests, . Home SmithBar Thursday – Saturday 7:30-10:30pm,No Cover, minimum per person.Every Thursday John Sherwood SoloPiano;Every Friday “Something to SingAbout” Series 7:30-10:30pm;Every SaturdayPiano Masters Series 7:30-10:30pm.Jun 4 Shannon Gunn Trio. Jun 5 AdreanFarrugia Trio. Jun 11 Fern Lindzon Quartet.Jun 12 Anthony Panacci Trio. Jun18 Georgia Ambros Trio. Jun 19 RichardWhiteman Duo. Jun 25 Carol McCartneyQuartet. Jun 26 Dave Restivo Trio. JAZZFESTIVAL WITHIN THE JAZZ FESTIVAL:John Sherwood’s Jazz Party: John Sherwood(p) Pat Collins (b) Joel Haynes (d)with featured guests: Jun 28 Mike Murley;Jun 29 John MacLeod; Jun 30 Jim Galloway;Jul 1 Terry Promane. Jul 2 RegSchwager; Jul 3 Alex Dean.Painted Lady, The218 Ossington Ave 647-213-5239www.thepaintedlady.caNo Cover / Pay-What-You-CanEvery Sun Safety in Numbers 6-9pm withRobert Stevenson (clarinet) Chris Bezant(guitar) Chris Kettlewell (bass) playing DjangoReinhardt and Jazz Standards;EveryMon Open Mic 10pm-late, all genres;Every Tue Rambunctious! 10pm: 11-piecehorn band featuring Michael Louis Jordanplaying New Orleans, Harlem, The Balkans,improvisations and more!Pan on the Danforth516 Danforth Ave 416-466-8158Every Fri Sean Bray and Rita di Ghent Trio8-11pmPantages Martini Bar and Lounge200 Victoria St. 416-362-1777Every Mon Curtains Down with JenniBurke & Mark Camilleri;Every Fri RobertScott;Every Sat Solo Piano: Variousartists.Pero Lounge812 Bloor St. West 416-915-7225www.perorestaurant.comEvery Fri African Vibe 7-11pmEvery Sat Archie Alleyne’s Kollage 8-11pmJun 25 & 26, Jul 2 & 3 Archie Alleyne& Friends.Pilot Tavern, The22 Cumberland 416-923-5716www.thepilot.ca (detailed schedule)Jazz Saturdays 3:30 – 6:30 NO COVERJun 5 Ron Westray. Jun 12 Perry WhiteQuartet. Jun 19 George Koller Quartet.Jun 26 Richard Underhill CD ReleaseParty.Piston Bar, The937 Bloor Street W 416-532-3989Press Club, The850 Dundas St. West. 416-364-7183www.thepressclub.caLive music every night, mostly hard rock,folk and indieEvery Tue Open JamEvery Second Wed Jazz Jam with hostedby trombonist RJ Satchithananthan.Quotes220 King Street West 416-979-7697“Fridays at Five” with Canadian Jazz Quartet:Gary Benson on guitar, Frank Wrighton vibes, Duncan Hopkins on bass, musicaldirector Don Vickery on drums and featuredguest:Jun 4 Mike Murley. Jun 11 Dave McMurdo& Mike Malone. Jun 18 John MacLeod.Jun 25 Alastair Kay. Jul 2 Bill McBirnie.Reposado Bar & Lounge136 Ossington Ave. 416-532-6474www.reposadobar.com Cover on Fridays, all other nights PWYCEvery Mon Alt.Country-Roots Deliciousnessw Lucas Stagg & Chris Bennett;EveryWed Spy vs. Spy vs. Sly: James Robertson(guitar) Nigel Hebblewhite (bass) Sly Juhas(drums) ;Every Thu The Reposadists: RobertoRosenman (guitar) Tim Hamel (trumpet)Jon Meyer (bass) Jesse Barksdale(guitar) Sammy Alexander (vocals);EveryFri Roberto Rosenman (guitar) Tim Hamel(trumpet) Patrick Gregory (guitar) GrahamDuncan (bass) Sammy Alexander (vocals).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 DeeDee & the Dirty Martinis;Every Sat Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm.Every Sun Duke and the Dell-ites; NEW:“Après Work” Series Tuesdays andWednesday 7-9pm Jun 1 Alex Pangman.Jun 8 Ori Dagan. Jun 15 Whitney Ross-Barris. Jun 29 Richard Underhill. Jun 30Elena Kapeleris.Rex HotelJazz and Blues Bar, The194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475www.therex.ca (full month’s schedule)“Where Jazz Lives”Jun 25 Hogtown Syncopators, LesterMcLean Trio, Sinal Aberto, Sparks, League& Thomas. Jun 26 Danny Marks Trio,Swing Shift Big Band, Mike Murley Spetet,Sparks, League & Thomas. Jun 27 ClubDjango, Freeway Dixieland, Shannon Butcher,Andrew Downing’s Arts & Letters. Jun28 Big Band Slam, Peter Hill Quintet, JohnMacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra. Jun 29Anthony Molinaro, Kelly Jefferson Quartet,Rinsethealgorithm. Jun 30 Griffith/HiltzTrio, Mark McLean’s Playground, RudreshMahathappa Duo. Jul 1 Laura HubertBand, TBC, Rudresh Mahanthappa Trio.Jul 2 Sara Dell, Eric St-Laurent Trio, GeoffKeezer Trio. Jul 3 Chris Hunt Tentet &Justin Bacchus Group, Zack Brock’s MagicNumber, Geoff Keezer Trio. Jul 4 ExcelsiorTraditional Dixieland Band, Michelle WillisQuartet, Zack Brock’s Magic Number,Geoff Keezer & Josh Grossman’s TorontoJazz Orchestra.Saint Tropez, Le315 King St. W. 416-591-3600Live piano jazz 7 days a weekwww.lesainttropez.comSilver Dollar Room486 Spadina Avenue, 416-763-9139Jun 26 Ginger St. James & the GrindersJul 1 Coco Montoya The Social1100 Queen St. West 416-532-4474Jun 26 Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team.Jun 30 Sidenote, Jawbone, Subhuman& Coi. Jul 3 Golden Gloves, Meech &Rhynecologist.Ten Feet Tall1381 Danforth Avenue, 416-778-7333www.tenfeettall.caSaturday Night Cabaret 8-10pm, pwycJun 5 Allana J. Brown “Jazz Meets Pop”.Jun 12 AT EASE Vocal Jazz Trio. Jun 19Sam Broverman Sings Johnny Mercer.Sunday Jazz Matinee 3:30-6:30pm, NoCoverJun 6 Terry Logan Trio. Jun 13 HenryHeillig. Jun 20 Dave Hutchinson Trio.Jun 25 Carin Redman Quartet. Jun 26Kingsley Ettiene. Jun 27 Ori Dagan Trio,Lisa Particelli’s Girls Night Out Bonus Show(7-10pm). Jun 28 Pat Murray Trio. Jun 29Larra Skye. Jun 30 Sultans of String. Jul1 Gone Fission. Jul 2 Alex Tait Quartet.Jul 3 Justin Bacchus. Jul 3 James Walburton’sSpirit of Jazz.Tequila Bookworm512 Queen Street West 416-603-7335Modern/Experimental Jazz Sunday, Thursday,Friday, Saturday at 9pm, PWYCJun 3 Free Boat Rentals. Jun 5 Red BlueGreen. Jun 6 Daniel Easty Trio. Jun 10Bone Merrow. Jun 12 Chris Chekan Group.Jun 13 Daniel Easty Quartet. Jun 17 FreeBoat Rentals. Jun 19 Ken McDonald GuitarQuartet. Jun 20 William Carn’s Run StopRun. Jun 24 Angela Sande Group. Jun 26Tyson Kerr. Jun 27 Daniel Easty Quartet.TODO Fusion Resto-Bar217 Ossington Avenue 416-526-7200www.myspace.com/todofusionrestobarTrane Studio964 Bathurst St. 416-913-8197www.tranestudio.com (full schedule)Jun 25 Brownman Akoustic Trio. Jun 26Impressions Trio, Waleed Kush. Jun 27Glenda del E & Qban Mixology. Jun 28Andre Leroux Quartet. Jun 29 Grace Kelly(8pm, 10pm). Jun 30 Trouble (for DougRichardson). Jul 2 Terry Clarke Trio. Jul 3Andy Milne & Dapp Theory. Jul 4 SandroDominelli Trio.Tranzac292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137www.tranzac.org (complete listings, variousgenres)Live music every night, various styles: moredetails/listings at websiteEvery Sat Jamzac Open Acoustic Jam3pm;Every Mon Open Mic Music Nightswith Guest Hosts, 10pm;Every Fri TheFoolish Things, 5pmWhistler’s Grille995 Broadview Ave. 416-421-13446pm, No CoverJun 25 Nathan Hiltz Trio. Jun 26 Koel’sNotes Trio. Jun 27 Darius NargolwallaTrio w Lina Allemano. Jun 28 Darius NargolwallaTrio w Shawn Nykwist. Jun 29Havana Blues Trio. Jun 30 Tone Dogs. Jul1 Annual Canada Day Ribfest. Jul 2 HavanaBlues Trio, Café Blue Note w GeorgeOlliver & Gangbuster . Jul 3 Koel’sNotes Trio. Jul 4 Darius Nargolwalla Triow Bill McBirnie.Zemra Bar & Lounge778 St. Clair Ave. W 416-651-3123www.zemrabarlounge.comEvery Wed Open Mic and JamEvery Fri Live Music FridaysFor your club toappear on thesepages, send yourlistings to jazz@thewholenote.com.June 1 - July 7, 2010 thewholenote.com 43
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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!).