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Volume 17 Issue 6 - March 2012

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selected preludes and fugues. KWCMS MusicRoom, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); (st).Wednesday March 07• 12:00 noon: Midday Music With Shigeru.Excerpts from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.Featuring students from the York UniversityDepartment of Music. Hi-Way PentecostalChurch, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. ; free(st).• 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. StudentComposer Concert. Maureen Forrester RecitalHall, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Free.Thursday March 08• 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University.Music at Noon. Amber Ghent, cello; others.Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 UniversityAve. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150.Free.• 12:10: University of Guelph. Thursday atNoon Concert Series: Creative Music Symposiumwith Bob Gluck & Neil Rolnick. Duet concertfor piano and electronics. Rolnick: Faithfor piano and computer; Hancock: SleepingGiant suite. Mackinnon Bldg., Rm.107 (GoldschmidtRm.), 50 Stone Rd E., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.• 2:00 and 8:00: Sanderson Centre for thePerforming Arts. The Barra MacNeils. 88Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519-758-8090 or1-800-265-0710. .• 7:30: Centre for the Arts, Brock University.Michael Kaeshammer, jazz piano. SeanO’Sullivan Theatre, 500 Glenridge Ave., St.Catharines. ; (college/U st); (highschool).• 8:00: NUMUS. Let It Be: Abbey Road. TheBeatles work, recreated. Numus Chamber Orchestra;guests: Peter Oldridge, vocals; UrbanMonks; Lukas Bouda, guitar and sitar. ConradCentre for the Performing Arts, 36 King St.W., Kitchener. 519-745-4711. ; (sr);(st).Friday March 09• 8:00: Clearly Classic Concerts. ValerieTryon, piano. St. James Anglican Church, 137Melville St., Dundas. 905-627-4265 or 905-528-4508. ; (sr/st).• 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. WLU FluteEnsemble. Amy Hamilton, director. MaureenForrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave. W.,Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Free.Saturday March 10• 2:00: Peterborough Pop Ensemble. Razzamatazz.Broadway, gospel and jazz classicsincluding Sway, The Look of Love, That OldBlack Magic, songs from Cats, MacArthur Parkand more. Guest: Peterborough Concert Band.Calvary Pentecostal Church, 1421 LansdowneSt. W., Peterborough. 705-740-6052. ;(st).• 7:30: Barrie Concerts. Russian Masters.Works by Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich andTchaikovsky. Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony;Peter Longworth, piano; Larry Larson, trumpet.Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N.,Barrie. 705-726-1181. By subscription only.• 8:00: Kingston Symphony. Classical Hits.Music by Gershwin, Offenbach, Tchaikovskyand others. Cynthia Szabo-Tormann, piano;Glen Fast, music director. Grand Theatre,218 Princess St., Kingston. 613-530-2050.B. Concerts Beyond the GTA–.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Ewald Chung, violin and Philip Chiu,piano. Brahms: Sonata No.1; Sonata No.3;F.A.E. Scherzo; Strauss: Violin Sonata. KW-CMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.519-886-1673. ; (sr); (st).• 8:00: University of Guelph Choirs. Homecoming:The Afro-Celtic Connection. Marta Mc-Carthy, conductor; guest: Daniel Payne, vocals/fiddle/accordion. Harcourt United Church, 87Dean Ave., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991..Sunday March 11• 3:00: Nota Bene Baroque. An English Messiah.Works by Purcell. Guests: Stephen Marvin,TACTUS Vocal Ensemble. Registry Theatre,122 Frederick St., Kitchener. 519-578-1570. ; (sr); (st); (under 18)• 4:00: Royal Canadian College of OrganistsNorthumberland Centre. CelebratingInternational Women’s Week: A Recital of OrganMusic by Female Composers. J. Ellen: Dansedes Esprits; and other works. Debbie Fingas,Carolyn Hyma, Rod McAvoy and Ian Morton,organ. St. Peter’s Anglican Church, 240 CollegeSt., Cobourg. 905-355-3116. Freewilloffering.• 7:30: Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club. Cairdeas:Traditional Irish Music with a Twist. Chaucer’sPub, 122 Carling St., London. 519-672-1967./(adv).Tuesday March 13• 12:00 noon: Brock University Departmentof Music. Music@Noon: Recital: InstrumentalStudents. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, 500 GlenridgeAve., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550x3817. Free.• 12:15: St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral. NoonRecital: Solo Organ and “Organ Four Hands.”Stephanie Burgoyne and William Vandertuin,organ. 472 Richmond St., London. 519-752-0965. Free.Wednesday March 14• 2:30: Seniors Serenade. Classics fromthe Heart. Valentina Sadovski, piano. CentralUnited Church, 54 Ross St., Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free.• 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. ImprovisationConcerts Ensemble. Kathryn Ladano, GlennBuhr, directors. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall,75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Free.Thursday March 15• 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University.Music at Noon. Joseph Petric, accordion; PendereckiString Quartet. Maureen Forrester RecitalHall, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo.519-884-0710 x2150. Free.• 12:10: University of Guelph. Thursday atNoon Concert Series: Veronique Mathieu, violinand Stephanie Chua, piano. Canadian contemporarymusic. Mackinnon Bldg., Rm.107 (GoldschmidtRm.), 50 Stone Rd E., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.• 7:15: Skyliners Big Band. Concert andDance. Swing music, latin standards and ballads.With Maria Branje, vocals. Barrie CityHall, 70 Collier St., Barrie. 705-487-2574.Free.• 8:00: Cuntrera Productions. Strunz &Farah. Latin, middle Eastern, jazz and flamencoguitar duo. Capitol Theatre, 20 Queen St., PortHope. 905-885-1071. .Friday March 16• 8:00: Cuntrera Productions. Strunz &Farah. Latin, middle Eastern, jazz and flamencoguitar duo. Molson Canadian Studio, HamiltonPlace, 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton. 905-546-3100. –.• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Cabaret.Kander and Ebb; book by Masteroff. JeromeBlack (Emcee); Todd Melville (Clifford Bradshaw);Kathie Gosen (Fraulein Schneider);Peter Holley (Herr Shultz); Katie Profijt-Fazio(Fraulein Kost); Angela Scappatura (SallyBowles); and others; Wendy Leard, director andchoreographer; Tom Inglis, music director. MandevilleTheatre, Ridley College, 2 Ridley Rd.,St. Catharines. 905-682-1353. /(Mar16 only); (st). Also Mar 17, 18(mat), 23, 24,25(mat), 30, 31; Apr 1(mat).• 8:00: The Aeolian/Acoustic Music Concerts.J.P. Cormier & The Elliott Brothers: FarewellTour. J.P. Cormier, singer-songwriter andmulti-instrumentalist; Elliott Brothers, EastCoast multi-instrumental swing duo. AeolianHall, 795 Dundas St., London. 519-672-7950or 519-672-1967. /(adv).Saturday March 17• 3:00: Port Hope Friends of Music. Starsof Tomorrow. Three young vocal students fromthe University of Toronto Faculty of Music.St. Peter’s Church, 240 College St., Cobourg.905-885-1071 or 1-800-434-5092. ;(st).• 8:00: Cuntrera Productions. Strunz &Farah. Latin, middle Eastern, jazz and flamencoguitar duo. Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St., London.519-672-7950. .• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Cabaret.See Mar 16.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Matthew Zadow, baritone and DinaNamer, piano. Schubert: Die Schöene Müllerin.KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.519-886-1673. ; (sr); (st).Sunday March 18• 2:00: Chamber Music Hamilton. The VoglerString Quartet. Schulhoff: Five Pieces forString Quartet; Beethoven: String Quartet in DOp.18 No.3; Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.2Op.13. Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts,126 James St. S., Hamilton. 905-528-5628.; (sr); (st).• 2:00: Garden City Productions. Cabaret.See Mar 16.• 4:00: Royal Canadian College of OrganistsNorthumberland Centre. Organ Recitalfeaturing Scholarship Winners. Ian Marnoch,Isaac Maynes and Ian Morton, organ. St. Paul’sPresbyterian Church, 131 Walton St., PortHope. 905-355-3116. Freewill offering.• 7:00: Guitar Hamilton. Hombres de Tango:Giampaolo Bandini and Cesare Chiacchiaretti.Tango music for guitar and bandoneon. HamiltonConservatory for the Arts, 126 James St.S., Hamilton. 905-528-4020. ; (sr/st).• 7:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. WLU JazzEnsemble. Ron Schirm, conductor. MaureenForrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave. W.,Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Free.• 8:00: Cuntrera Productions. Strunz &Farah. Latin, middle Eastern, jazz and flamencoguitar duo. Market Hall, 336 George St. N.,Peterborough. 705-749-1146. –.Tuesday March 20• 12:00 noon: Brock University Departmentof Music. Music@Noon: Recital: Voice Students.Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, 500 GlenridgeAve., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550x3817. Free.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Michael Guttman, violin and RichardRaymond, piano. Franck: Andantino quietoso;Sonata in A; Lekeu: Sonata in G for violin andpiano; Ysaÿe: Rêve d’enfant. KWCMS MusicRoom, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); (st).Wednesday March 21• 12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrew’s. JeffreyMoellman, organ and Marie-Caroline BourqueMoellman, violin. St. Andrew’s PresbyterianChurch, 47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-726-1181.; free(st).• 2:00: Sanderson Centre for the PerformingArts. Men of the Deeps. Choir of coal minerssings ballads, spirituals and folk songs.88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519-758-8090..50.• 5:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. Student Recitals: Erin Dempsey, piano.Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, 500 Glenridge Ave.,St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3817. Free.• 7:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. Student Recitals: Dalida Aycho, violinand Gary Forbes, piano. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre,500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3817. Free.• 7:30: University of Waterloo Departmentof Music. Classical: East and West. MadawaskaString Quartet; KW Chinese Music Ensemble.Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 Erb St. W.,Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. Free.• 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. StudentComposer Concert. Maureen Forrester RecitalHall, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Free.Thursday March 22• 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University.Music at Noon. Kathryn Ladano, bass clarinet;Glenn Buhr, piano. Maureen Forrester RecitalHall, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Free.• 12:10: University of Guelph. Thursday atNoon Concert Series; Lorne Lofsky/Keiran OversDuo. Modern renditions of the great AmericanSongbook, jazz standards. Mackinnon Bldg.,Rm.107 (Goldschmidt Rm.), 50 Stone Rd E.,Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.• 7:30: Centre for the Arts, Brock University.Dee Dee Bridgewater: To Billie with Love – ACelebration of Lady Day. Tribute to Billie Holiday.Dee Dee Bridgewater, jazz vocals. SeanO’Sullivan Theatre, 500 Glenridge Ave., St.Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3257. .Friday March 23• 7:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. ENCORE! Concert Series: Tempted byOpera … Give in to Carmen! Sean O’SullivanTheatre, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3257. 905-688-5550 x3257..50; .50(sr/st); (eyeGo).• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Cabaret.See Mar 16.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Kuerti Conducts the Emperor. Kulesha: Torque;Schumann: Symphony No.2 in C; Beethoven:Piano Concerto No.5 “Emperor.” Nareh Arghamanyan,piano; Julian Kuerti, conductor. Centrein The Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener.519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. –. Also Mar 24.50 thewholenote.com March 1 – April 7, 2012

Saturday March 24• 7:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. Student Recitals: Erika Sitko, sopranoand Gary Forbes, piano. Concordia SeminaryChapel, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave.,St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3817. Free.• 7:30: Grand Philharmonic Choir. MembraJesu Nostri. Buxtehude. Featuring the GrandPhilharmonic Choir Chamber Singers, MarkVuorinen, conductor. Church of St. John theEvangelist, 23 Water St. N., Kitchener. 519-578-1570 or 1-800-265-8977. ; (under30); (st – high school).• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Cabaret.See Mar 16.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. KuertiConducts the Emperor. See Mar 23.• 8:00: Lindsay Concert Foundation. KawarthaConcerts Series: The Classics/Dance withTango. Works by Bach, Brahms, Bartók, Piazzollaand Ziegler. Karen Gomyo, violin; AlessioBax and Pablo Ziegler, piano. Academy Theatrefor Performing Arts, 2 Lindsay St. S., Lindsay.705-878-5625. /(adv); (youth).• 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. WLU SymphonyOrchestra. Paul Pulford, conductor. TheatreAuditorium, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo.519-884-0710 x2150. ; (sr/st).Sunday March 25• 2:00: Gallery Players of Niagara. NiagaraWinds: Tall Tales and Short Sketches. Music byIbert, Gershwin, D’Rivera, Freedman, Larsson.Douglas Miller, flute; Christie Goodwin, oboe;Zoltan Kalman, clarinet; Christian Sharpe,bassoon; Tim Lockwood, horn. St. BarnabasChurch, 33 Queenston St., St. Catherines.905-468-1525. ; (sr); (st/children).• 2:30: Georgian Music. Vienna Piano Trio. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie.By subscription only.• 2:30: Kingston Symphony. The Creation.Haydn. Laura Albino, soprano; James McLean,tenor; Matthew Zadow, baritone; KingstonChoral Society; Glen Fast, music director.Kingston Gospel Temple, 2295 Princess St.,Kingston. 613-530-2050. -.• 3:00: Elora Festival and Singers. Musicfrom the Sistine Chapel. Elora Festival Singers,Noel Edison, conductor. Church of Our Lady, 28Norfolk St., Guelph. 519-846-0331 or 888-747-7550. .• 3:00: Lindsay Concert Foundation. EncoreChildren’s Production Series: TorQ PercussionQuartet. Glenn Crombie Theatre, Fleming College,200 Albert St. S., Lindsay. 705-878-5625. ; (youth).• 3:00: Port Hope Friends of Music. SinfoniaToronto. Capitol Theatre, 20 Queen St., PortHope. 905-885-1071 or 1-800-434-5092.; (st); (st).• 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. WLUChoirs. Lee Willingham, director. First UnitedChurch, 16 William St. W., Waterloo, 519-884-0710 x2150. ; (sr/st).• 2:00: Garden City Productions. Cabaret.See Mar 16.Monday March 26• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Michael Lewin, piano. Bach:Prelude in b; and other works; Tausig: TheGhost Ship; Bolcom: Graceful Ghost Rag;Liszt/d’Obermann: Le Rossignol; Gounod: Faust(selected waltzes). KWCMS Music Room, 57Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ;(sr); (st).Tuesday March 27• 12:00 noon: Brock University Departmentof Music. Music@Noon: Recital: InstrumentalStudents. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, 500 GlenridgeAve., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550x3817. Free.Wednesday March 28• 7:30: Plumbing Factory Brass Band.Marches of the Masters. Hume: ExhibitionQuick March; Byrd: Earl of Oxford’s March;Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles;Verdi: Triumphal March from Aida; and worksby Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Saint-Saëns andothers. Henry Meredith, conductor. Byron UnitedChurch, 2420 Boler Rd., London. 519-471-1250/519-659-3600. ; (st).• 7:30: Sarnia Concert Association. EnsembleVivant. With Dave Young, bass. Imperial OilCentre for the Performing Arts, 168 N. ChristinaSt., Sarnia. 519-344-7469. ; $17(st).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Silver Birch String Quartet. Mozart:String Quartet No.14 K387; Beethoven: StringQuartet No.14 Op.131; work by Boccherini.KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.519-886-1673. ; (sr); (st).Thursday March 29• 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University.Music at Noon. Jacob Braun, cello; Grace Fong,piano. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 UniversityAve. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710x2150. Free. Also Mar 31.• 12:10: University of Guelph. Thursdayat Noon Concert Series: Student Soloist Day.Applied Music students. Mackinnon Bldg.,Rm.107 (Goldschmidt Rm.), 50 Stone Rd E.,Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.• 7:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Prog Rock. Featuring new work by N. Lizée.Power Trio: Steve Raegele, guitar; Ben Reimer,drums; Ian Whitman, electric bass. EdwinOutwater, conductor. Conrad Centre for thePerforming Arts, 36 King St. W., Kitchener.519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. . AlsoMar 30.• 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. WLUChamber Music. Beth Ann de Sousa, director.Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 UniversityAve. W., Waterloo, 519-884-0710x2150. Free.Friday March 30• 7:30: Centre for the Arts, Brock University.Juilliard String Quartet. Sean O’SullivanTheatre, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3257. .• 7:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. ProgRock. See Mar 29.• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Cabaret.See Mar 16.• 8:00: River Run Centre. RBC Classical Arts& Dance Series: Don Giovanni. Mozart. OperaKitchener artists: Mark Gardner, baritone(Don Giovanni); Douglas Tranquada, baritone(Leporello); Natalie Donnelly, soprano (DonnaAnna); Catherine Gardner, soprano (Donna Elvira);Caroline Déry, soprano (Zerlina); WilliamLewans, bass-baritone (Masetto); and others;William Shookoff, conductor. 35 Woolwich St.,Guelph. 519-763-3000 or 1-877-520-2408.-; -(sr/st); (uGO with ID);(eyeGO with ID). Also Mar 23 (Living ArtsCentre, Mississauga).• 8:00: Sunfest World Music & Jazz Concerts.Ensemble Vivant. With Dave Young,bass. Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St., London.519-672-7950. /(adv).• 8:00: University of Guelph Concert WindsEnsemble. John Goddard, conductor. HarcourtUnited Church, 87 Dean Ave., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. ; (sr/st).• 8:00: University of Waterloo Departmentof Music. UW Chamber Choir: Love of my Soul.Leonard Enns, director. Knox PresbyterianChurch, 50 Erb St. W., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. ; (sr/st).Saturday March 31• 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. WLUChamber Music. See March 29.• 7:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. Viva Voce Choral Series: I Come Singing.Brock University Men’s and Women’s Choruses,Harris Loewen, conductor. St. ThomasAnglican Church, 99 Ontario St., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3257. ; (sr/st);(13 and under).• 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony. Pergolesi:Stabat Mater; Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations;Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 “Italian.”Cameron Crozman, cello; Hamilton’s Children’sChoir; James Sommerville, conductor. HamiltonPlace, 1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. 905-526-7756. –; (under 30); (child).• 7:30: Huronia Symphony Orchestra. RomanticVocal Music. Copeland: Fanfare for theCommon Man; Dvořák: A Hero’s Song. AleksandraBalaburska, soprano; Erin Lawson, mezzo;Oliver Balaburski, conductor. Collier StreetUnited Church, 112 Collier St., Barrie. 705-721-4752. ; (st); (child).• 7:30: Lyrica Chamber Choir of Barrie. LesChoristes. Music from the film Les Choristes;also works by Duruflé and Fauré. Steve Winfield,conductor. Burton Avenue United Church,37 Burton Ave., Barrie. 905-722-0271 ;(sr/st).• 7:30: Northumberland Orchestra & Choir.French Notes. Bizet: suites and arias from Carmen;Delibes: Waltz and Csardas from Coppelia;Gounod: Ballet from Faust; Chabrier:Suite Pastorale. Michael Newnham, conductor;guest: Julie Nesrallah, mezzo. Trinity UnitedChurch, 284 Division St., Cobourg. 905-372-2210. ; (sr); (st); free(under 12,with accompanying adult).• 8:00: Clearly Classic Concerts. Jazz VocalistDiana Panton. With Don Thompson, bass andpiano; Reg Schwager, guitar. St. James AnglicanChurch, 137 Melville St., Dundas. 905-627-4265 or 905-528-4508. ; (sr/st).• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Cabaret.See Mar 16.• 8:00: Perimeter Institute. Colin Stetson,solo saxophone. Opening act: Sarah Neufeld,violin; Debashis Sinha, percussion. Black HoleLIFE EVERLASTINGMississauga Festival Chamber Choir presents Eleanor Daley’s beautifulRequiem and Christos Hatzis’s astonishing Everlasting Lightfeaturing a five-octave marimba and crystal glassesTickets: available at the door or by emailinginfo@mississaugafestivalchoir.com03.31.12First United Church,Port Credit · 8 pmMarch 1 – April 7, 2012thewholenote.com 51

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Volume 25 Issue 3 - November 2019

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On the slim chance you might not have already heard the news, Estonian Canadian composing giant Udo Kasemets was born the same year that Leo Thermin invented the theremin --1919. Which means this is the centenary year for both of them, and both are being celebrated in style, as Andrew Timar and MJ Buell respectively explain. And that's just a taste of a bustling November, with enough coverage of music of both the delectably substantial and delightfully silly on hand to satisfy one and all.

Volume 25 Issue 2 - October 2019

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Long promised, Vivian Fellegi takes a look at Relaxed Performance practice and how it is bringing concert-going barriers down across the spectrum; Andrew Timar looks at curatorial changes afoot at the Music Gallery; David Jaeger investigates the trumpets of October; the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution (and the 20th Anniversary of our October Blue Pages Presenter profiles) in our Editor's Opener; the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir at 125; Tapestry at 40 and Against the Grain at 10; ringing in the changing season across our features and columns; all this and more, now available in Flip Through format here, and on the stands commencing this coming Friday September 27, 2019. Enjoy.

Volume 25 Issue 1 - September 2019

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Vol 1 of our 25th season is now here! And speaking of 25, that's how many films in the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival editor Paul Ennis, in our Eighth Annual TIFF TIPS, has chosen to highlight for their particular musical interest. Also inside: Rob Harris looks through the Rear View Mirror at past and present prognostications about the imminent death of classical music; Mysterious Barricades and Systemic Barriers are Lydia Perović's preoccupations in Art of Song; Andrew Timar reflects on the evolving priorities of the Polaris Prize; and elsewhere, it's chocks away as yet another season creaks or roars (depending on the beat) into motion. Welcome back.

Volume 24 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2019

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Volume 24 Issue 8 - May 2019

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What a range of stuff! A profile of Liz Upchurch, the COC ensemble studio's vocal mentor extraordinaire; a backgrounder on win-win faith/arts centre partnerships and ways of exploring the possibilities; an interview with St. Petersburg-based Eifman Ballet's Boris Eifman; Ana Sokolovic's violin concert Evta finally coming to town; a Love Letter to YouTube, and much more. Plus our 17th annual Canary Pages Choral directory if all you want to do is sing! sing! sing!

Volume 24 Issue 7 - April 2019

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Arraymusic, the Music Gallery and Native Women in the Arts join for a mini-festival celebrating the work of composer, performer and installation artist Raven Chacon; Music and Health looks at the role of Healing Arts Ontario in supporting concerts in care facilities; Kingston-based composer Marjan Mozetich's life and work are celebrated in film; "Forest Bathing" recontextualizes Schumann, Shostakovich and Hindemith; in Judy Loman's hands, the harp can sing; Mahler's Resurrection bursts the bounds of symphonic form; Ed Bickert, guitar master remembered. All this and more in our April issue, now online in flip-through here, and on stands commencing Friday March 29.

Volume 24 Issue 6 - March 2019

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Something Old, Something New! The Ide(a)s of March are Upon Us! Rob Harris's Rear View Mirror looks forward to a tonal revival; Tafelmusik expands their chronological envelope in two directions, Esprit makes wave after wave; Pax Christi's new oratorio by Barbara Croall catches the attention of our choral and new music columnists; and summer music education is our special focus, right when warm days are once again possible to imagine. All this and more in our March 2019 edition, available in flipthrough here, and on the stands starting Thursday Feb 28.

Volume 24 Issue 5 - February 2019

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In this issue: A prize that brings lustre to its laureates (and a laureate who brings lustre to the prize); Edwin Huizinga on the journey of Opera Atelier's "The Angel Speaks" from Versailles to the ROM; Danny Driver on playing piano in the moment; Remembering Neil Crory (a different kind of genius)' Year of the Boar, Indigeneity and Opera; all this and more in Volume 24 #5. Online in flip through, HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday Jan 31.

Volume 24 Issue 4 - December 2018 / January 2019

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When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.

Volume 24 Issue 3 - November 2018

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Reluctant arranger! National Ballet Orchestra percussionist Kris Maddigan on creating the JUNO and BAFTA award-winning smash hit Cuphead video game soundtrack; Evergreen by name and by nature, quintessentially Canadian gamelan (Andrew Timar explains); violinist Angèle Dubeau on 20 years and 60 million streams; two children’s choirs where this month remembrance and living history must intersect. And much more, online in our kiosk now, and on the street commencing Thursday November 1.

Volume 24 Issue 2 - October 2018

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Presenters, start your engines! With TIFF and "back-to-work" out of the way, the regular concert season rumbles to life, and, if our Editor's Opener can be trusted, "Seeking Synergies" seems to be the name of the game. Denise Williams' constantly evolving "Walk Together Children" touching down at the Toronto Centre for the Arts; the second annual Festival of Arabic Music and Arts expanding its range; a lesson in Jazz Survival with Steve Wallace; the 150 presenter and performer profiles in our 19th annual Blue Pages directory... this is an issue that is definitely more than the sum of its parts.

Volume 24 Issue 1 - September 2018

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In this issue: The WholeNote's 7th Annual TIFF TIPS guide to festival films with musical clout; soprano Erin Wall in conversation with Art of Song columnist Lydia Perovic, about more than the art of song; a summer's worth of recordings reviewed; Toronto Chamber Choir at 50 (is a few close friends all it takes?); and much more, as the 2018/19 season gets under way.

Volume 23 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2018

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PLANTING NOT PAVING! In this JUNE / JULY /AUGUST combined issue: Farewell interviews with TSO's Peter Oundjian and Stratford Summer Music's John Miller, along with "going places" chats with Luminato's Josephine Ridge, TD Jazz's Josh Grossman and Charm of Finches' Terry Lim. ) Plus a summer's worth of fruitful festival inquiry, in the city and on the road, in a feast of stories and our annual GREEN PAGES summer Directory.

Volume 23 Issue 8 - May 2018

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In this issue: our sixteenth annual Choral Canary Pages; coverage of 21C, Estonian Music Week and the 3rd Toronto Bach Festival (three festivals that aren’t waiting for summer!); and features galore: “Final Finales” for Larry Beckwith’s Toronto Masque Theatre and for David Fallis as artistic director of Toronto Consort; four conductors on the challenges of choral conducting; operatic Hockey Noir; violinist Stephen Sitarski’s perspective on addressing depression; remembering bandleader, composer and saxophonist Paul Cram. These and other stories, in our May 2018 edition of the magazine.

Volume 23 Issue 7 - April 2018

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In this issue: we talk with jazz pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo about growing up in Toronto, building a musical career, and being adaptive to change; pianist Eve Egoyan prepares for her upcoming Luminato project and for the next stage in her long-term collaborative relationship with Spanish-German composer Maria de Alvear; jazz violinist Aline Homzy, halfway through preparing for a concert featuring standout women bandleaders, talks about social equity in the world of improvised music; and the local choral community celebrates the life and work of choral conductor Elmer Iseler, 20 years after his passing.

Volume 23 Issue 6 - March 2018

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In this issue: Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera collaborate to take Gogol’s short story The Overcoat to the operatic stage; Montreal-based Sam Shalabi brings his ensemble Land of Kush, and his newest composition, to Toronto; Five Canadian composers, each with a different CBC connection, are nominated for JUNOs; and The WholeNote team presents its annual Summer Music Education Directory, a directory of summer music camps, programs and courses across the province and beyond.

Volume 23 Issue 5 - February 2018

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Volume 23 Issue 4 - December 2017 / January 2018

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In this issue: composer Nicole Lizée talks about her love for analogue equipment, and the music that “glitching” evokes; Richard Rose, artistic director at the Tarragon Theatre, gives us insights into their a rock-and-roll Hamlet, now entering production; Toronto prepares for a mini-revival of Schoenberg’s music, with three upcoming shows at New Music Concerts; and the local music theatre community remembers and celebrates the life and work of Mi’kmaq playwright and performer Cathy Elliott . These and other stories, in our double-issue December/January edition of the magazine.

Volume 23 Issue 3 - November 2017

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In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!

Volume 23 Issue 2 - October 2017

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In this issue: several local artists reflect on the memory of composer Claude Vivier, as they prepare to perform his music; Vancouver gets ready to host international festival ISCM World New Music Days, which is coming to Canada for the second time since its inception in 1923; one of the founders of Artword Artbar, one of Hamilton’s staple music venues, on the eve of the 5th annual Steel City Jazz Festival, muses on keeping urban music venues alive; and a conversation with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, as he prepares for an ambitious recital in Toronto. These and other stories, in our October 2017 issue of the magazine.

Volume 23 Issue 1 - September 2017

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In this issue: a look at why musicians experience stage fright, and how to combat it; an inside look at the second Kensington Market Jazz Festival, which zeros in on one of Toronto’s true ‘music villages’; an in-depth interview with Elisa Citterio, new music director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; and The WholeNote’s guide to TIFF, with suggestions for the 20 most musical films at this year’s festival. These and other stories, in our September 2017 issue of the magazine!

Volume 22 Issue 9 - Summer 2017

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CBC Radio's Lost Horizon; Pinocchio as Po-Mo Operatic Poster Boy; Meet the Curators (Crow, Bernstein, Ridge); a Global Music Orchestra is born; and festivals, festivals, festivals in our 13th annual summer music Green Pages. All this and more in our three-month June-through August summer special issue, now available in flipthrough HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday June 1.

Volume 22 Issue 8 - May 2017

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From science fact in "Integral Man: Music and the Movies," to science fiction in the editor's opener; from World Fiddle Day at the Aga Khan Museum to three Canadians at the Cliburn; from wanting to sashay across the 401 to Chamberfest in Montreal to exploring the Continuum of Jumblies Theatre's 20-year commitment to the Community Play (there's a pun in there somewhere!).

Volume 22 Issue 7 - April 2017

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In this issue: Our podcast ramps up with interviews in March with fight director Jenny Parr, countertenor Daniel Taylor, and baritone Russell Braun; two views of composer John Beckwith at 90; how music’s connection to memory can assist with the care of patients with Alzheimer’s; musical celebrations in film and jazz, at National Canadian Film Day and Jazz Day; and a preview of Louis Riel, which opens this month at the COC. These and other stories, in our April 2017 issue of the magazine!

Volume 22 Issue 6 - March 2017

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Volume 22 Issue 5 - February 2017

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In this issue: an interview with composer/vocalist Jeremy Dutcher, on his upcoming debut album and unique compositional voice; a conversation with Boston Symphony hornist James Sommerville, as as the BSO gets ready to come to his hometown; Stuart Hamilton, fondly remembered; and an inside look at Hugh’s Room, as it enters a complicated chapter in the story of its life in the complex fabric of our musical city. These and other stories, as we celebrate the past and look forward to the rest of 2016/17, the first glimpses of 2017/18, and beyond!

Volume 22 Issue 4 - December 2016/January 2017

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In this issue: a conversation with pianist Stewart Goodyear, in advance of his upcoming show at Koerner Hall; a preview of the annual New Year’s phenomenon that is Bravissimo!/Salute to Vienna; an inside look at music performance in Toronto’s health-care centres; and a reflection on the incredible life and lasting influence of the late Pauline Oliveros. These and more, in a special December/January combined issue!

Volume 22 Issue 3 - November 2016

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Volume 22 Issue 2 - October 2016

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In this issue: David Jaeger and Alex Pauk’s most memorable R. Murray Schafer collabs, in this month’s installment of Jaeger’s CBC Radio Two: The Living Legacy; an interview with flutist Claire Chase, who brings new music and mindset to Toronto this month; an investigation into the strange coincidence of three simultaneous Mendelssohn Elijahs this Nov 5; and of course, our annual Blue Pages, a who’s who of southern Ontario’s live music scene- a community as prolific and multifaceted as ever. These and more, as we move full-force into the 2016/17 concert season- all aboard!

Volume 22 Issue 1 - September 2016

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Music lover's TIFF (our fifth annual guide to the Toronto International Film Festival); Aix Marks the Spot (how Brexit could impact on operatic co-production); The Unstoppable Howard Cable (an affectionate memoir of a late chapter in the life of of a great Canadian arranger; Kensington Jazz Story (the newest kid on the festival block flexes its muscles). These stories and much more as we say a lingering goodbye to summer and turn to the task, for the 22nd season, of covering the live and recorded music that make Southern Ontario tick.

Volume 21 Issue 9 - Summer 2016

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It's combined June/July/August summer issue time with, we hope, enough between the covers to keep you dipping into it all through the coming lazy, hazy days. From Jazz Vans racing round "The Island" delivering pop-up brass breakouts at the roadside, to Bach flute ambushes strolling "The Grove, " to dozens of reasons to stay in the city. May yours be a summer where you find undiscovered musical treasures, and, better still, when, unexpectedly, the music finds you.

Volume 21 Issue 8 - May 2016

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INSIDE: The Canaries Are Here! 116 choirs to choose from, so take the plunge! The Nylons hit the road after one last SING! Fling. Jazz writer Steve Wallace wonders "Watts Goode" rather than "what's new?" Paul Ennis has the musical picks of the HotDocs crop. David Jaeger's CBC Radio continues golden for a little while yet. Douglas McNabney is Music's Child. Leipzig meets Damascus in Alison Mackay's fertile imagination. And "C" is for KRONOS in Wende Bartley's koverage of the third annual 21C Festival. All this and as usual much much more. Enjoy.

Volume 21 Issue 7 - April 2016

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Volume 21 Issue 6 - March 2016

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From 30 camp profiles to spark thoughts of being your summer musical best, to testing LUDWIG as you while away the rest of so-called winter; from Scottish Opera and the Danish Midtvest, to a first Toronto recital appearance by violin superstar Maxim Vengerov; from musings on New Creations and new creation, to the boy who made a habit of crying Beowulf; it's a month of merry meetings and rousing recordings reviewed, all here to discover in The WholeNote.

Volume 21 Issue 5 - February 2016

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2016 is off to a flying start! We chronicle the Artful Times of Andrew Burashko, the violistic versatility of Teng Li, the ageless ebullience of jazz pianist Gene DiNovi and the ninetieth birthday of trumpeter Johnny Cowell. Jaeger remembers Boulez; Waxman recalls Bley's influence, and Olds finds Bowie haunting Editor's Corner. Oh, and did we mention there's all that music? Hello (and goodbye) to the February blues, and here's to swinging through the musical vines of the Year of the Monkey.

Volume 21 Issue 4 - December 2015/January 2016

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What's a vinyl renaissance? What happens when Handel's Messiah runs afoul of the rumba rhythm setting on a (gasp!) Hammond organ? What work does Marc-Andre Hamelin say he would be content to have on every recital program he plays? What are Steve Wallace's favourite fifty Christmas recordings? Why is violinist Daniel Hope celebrating Yehudi Menuhin's 100th birthday at Koerner Hall January 28? Answers to all these questions (and a whole lot more) in the Dec/Jan issue of The WholeNote.

Volume 21 Issue 3 - November 2015

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"Come" seems to be the verb that knits this month's issue together. Sondra Radvanovsky comes to Koerner, William Norris comes to Tafel as their new GM, opera comes to Canadian Stage; and (a long time coming!) Jane Bunnett's musicianship and mentorship are honoured with the Premier's award for excellence; plus David Jaeger's ongoing series on the golden years of CBC Radio Two, Andrew Timar on hybridity, a bumper crop of record reviews and much much more. Come on in!

Volume 21 Issue 2 - October 2015

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Vol 21 No 2 is now available for your viewing pleasure, and it's a bumper crop, right at the harvest moon. First ever Canadian opera on the Four Seasons Centre main stage gets double coverage with Wende Bartley interviewing Pyramus and Thisbe composer Barbara Monk Feldman and Chris Hoile connecting with director Christopher Alden; Paul Ennis digs into the musical mind of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and pianist Eve Egoyan is "On the Record" in conversation with publisher David Perlman ahead of the Oct release concert for her tenth recording. And at the heart of it all the 16th edition of our annual BLUE PAGES directory of presenters profile the season now well and truly under way.

Volume 21 Issue 1 - September 2015

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Paul Ennis's annual TIFF TIPS (27 festival films of potential particular musical interest); Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Jeffrey Beecher on the Silk Road; David Jaeger on CBC Radio Music in the days it was committed to commissioning; the LISTENING ROOM continues to grow on line; DISCoveries is back, bigger than ever; and Mary Lou Fallis says Trinity-St. Paul's is Just the Spot (especially this coming Sept 25!).