B. Concerts Beyond the GTAIN THIS ISSUE: Barrie, Brantford, Cobourg, Dundas, Fergus,Goderich, Gravenhurst, Grimsby, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener,Lindsay, London, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Orangeville, Peterborough,Port Dover, Prescott, St. Catharines, Stratford, Waterloo.Saturday November 1● ● 7:30: Guelph Chamber Choir. War andPeace: Remembering The Great War 1914-1918. The paradox of remembrance. Haydn:Mass in Time of War; Beethoven: Choral Fantasy;Daley: For the Fallen; Tilley: In FlandersFields; Sirett (arr.): Where have all the flowersgone; R. Lang: Earth Teach Me. Musica VivaOrchestra; Stéphan Sylvestre, piano; SheilaDietrich, soprano; Carolynne Davy Godin,mezzo; Chris Fischer, tenor; Neil McLaren,bass; Gerald Neufeld, conductor. River RunCentre, 35 Woolwich St., Guelph. 519-763-3000. ; (st); (youth with eyeGO).6:30: Podiumtalk! World War I Centenary,David Murray, historian.Sunday November 2● ● 2:30: Kawartha Concerts / Encore Children’sProductions. Petrouchka. Stravinsky.Motus O. Glenn Crombie Theatre, FlemingCollege, 200 Albert Street S., Lindsay. 705-878-5625. ; (child/youth). 1:30: Preconcertface painting and balloon art.● ● 2:30: Kingston Symphony. Major MitchellSalutes Melody. Evan Mitchell, conductor.Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St., Kingston.613-530-2050. ; (st); (child).● ● 3:00: Grand River Chorus. Songs of Warand Peace. “In Flanders Fields”(various settings);World War I inspired selections.St. Andrew’s United Church (Brantford),95 Darling St., Brantford. 519-841-9708. ;(sr/st).● ● 7:30: Arcady. Ruth – An opera by RonaldBeckett. Ronald Beckett, conductor. LighthouseFestival Theatre, 247 Main Street, PortDover. 519-583-2221. ; (st).● ● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Olena Klyucharova, piano;Marcus Scholtes, violin. Medtner: “Sonatareminiscenza”in a, Op.38; Prokofiev: pianosonata #3; Prokofiev and Medtner: “Fairytails”;Prokofiev: Violin sonata #2 p.94a; Medtner:2 Canzonas with Dances op.43. KWCMSMusic Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; $20(sr); (st).Tuesday November 4● ● 11:45am: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Student Recital. Maureen ForresterRecital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University,75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x4439. Free.● ● 7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the PerformingArts. New Orford String Quartet.Ravel: Quartet in F; Brady: Quartet No.2“Journal”; Brahms: Quartet in c Op.51 No.1.390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424 or1-855-533-2424. .50 and up.Wednesday November 5● ● 12:00 noon: Barrie Concerts. MiddayMusic with Shigeru. Bear Creek High SchoolStudents; Daniel Johnston, conductor. Hi-WayPentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie.705-726-1181. ; free(st).● ● 12:30: University of Waterloo Departmentof Music. Noon Hour Concerts: Glenn Buhr.Solo jazz piano music. Conrad Grebel UniversityCollege, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo.519-885-0220 x24226. Free.● ● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Marc Toth, piano: Beethoven’sSonata Revolution. Beethoven: Sonatina op49/1 in g; No.8 in c, op.13 (“Pathetique”); no.24in f# op 78; no.29 in Bb, op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”).KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr);$20(st).Thursday November 6● ● 12:00 noon: University of Guelph Collegeof Arts. Thursday at Noon Concert Series: ASanctuary in Song. Daniel Cabena, countertenor;Stephen Runge, piano. MacKinnonRoom 107, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd.,Guelph. 519-824-4120 x5299. Free.● ● 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier UniversityFaculty of Music. Music at Noon. KatherineRobertson, horn; Larry Larson, trumpet; LoriGemmell, harp. Maureen Forrester RecitalHall, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 UniversityAve. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x4439. Free.Friday November 7● ● 7:30: Jeunesses Musicales Ontario. EmergingArtists Concerts on Tour: White Night inRussia. Marina Thibeault, viola; Michel-AlexandreBroekaert, piano. St. Andrew’s PresbyterianChurch (Prescott), 425 CentreSt., Prescott. 613-925-5805. ; (st);free(under 12). Also Nov 4 (mat, Toronto).Saturday November 8● ● 7:30: Cantabile Choirs of Kingston. Lettersfrom Home. Commemoration of the100th anniversary of WWI with music thatexpresses universal hope for peace and reconciliation.S. Quartel: new work. SydenhamStreet United Church, 82 SydenhamSt., Kingston. 613-549-0099. ; $20(sr);(under 12).● ● 7:30: Chorus Niagara. The World Remembers.Commemoration of the 100th anniversaryof the First World War through music,words and images. Benedict Campbell andFiona Byrne, narrators; Robert Cooper, conductor.Calvary Church, 89 Scott St., St. Catharines.1-866-617-3257 or 905-688-5550x3257. ; (sr); (under 30); (st).● ● 8:00: DaCapo Chamber Choir. There Willbe Rest. Daley: Requiem; Barber: Agnus Dei;Elgar: Lux Aeterna. St. John the EvangelistChurch, 23 Water St. N., Kitchener. 519-725-7549. $20; (sr/st); (child/eyeGO). AlsoNov 9(mat, Waterloo).● ● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. William Kannengeiser, classicalguitar. Works by Sor, de Falla, Tárrega,Turina, Garcia de Lleón, Brouwer and others.KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.519-886-1673. ; (sr); $20(st).● ● 8:00: NUMUS. Emerging Artists 2. Worksby Storring, Franciosi and Molnar. Nick Storring;members of the Thin Edge New MusicCollective. Button Factory, Waterloo CommunityArts Centre, 25 Regina St. S., Waterloo.519-896-3662. ; (sr/arts worker);(st).Sunday November 9● ● 2:30: Georgian Music. Noel Coward: HisMusic, Wit and Charm. Talisker Players Quartet;Melanie Conly, soprano; Bud Roach, tenor.Grace United Church, 350 Grove St. E., Barrie.705-726-1181. . Season subscriptionsavailable.● ● 3:00: DaCapo Chamber Choir. ThereWill be Rest. Daley: Requiem; Barber: AgnusDei; Elgar: Lux Aeterna. St John’s Lutheranand Elevation Church, 22 Willow St., Waterloo.519-725-7549. $20; (sr/st); (child/eyeGO). Also Nov 8(eve, Kitchener).● ● 4:00: St. Barnabas Anglican Church.Remembering. Tribute to those who servedin the World Wars. Brendan Culver, bagpipes;Simon Walker, organ. 31 Queenston St., St.Catharines. 416-463-1344. ; free(under16).● ● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Music of Canadian WomenComposers. A. Ho: Seiren; Weaver: Ritesof Africa; Kuzmenko: Suite of Dance. LieselDeppe, flute; Miriam Stewart-Kroeker, cello;Diana Dumlavwalla, piano. KWCMS MusicRoom, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; $20(sr); (st).Monday November 10● ● 7:30: David John Pike/Matthew Larkin.The Lads in their Hundreds: Songs and Readingsof Remembrance. Butterworth: Songsfrom A Shropshire Lad; Bredon Hill; and othersongs; Finzi: Let us garlands bring; VaughanWilliams: Songs of Travel; Ager: excerptsfrom The Unknown Soldier; and readingsof war poetry and from war journals. DavidJohn Pike, baritone; Matthew Larkin, piano;Eric Friesen, host. Isabel Bader Centre for thePerforming Arts, 390 King St. W., Kingston.613-533-2424. and up ; and up(st).Tuesday November 11● ● 11:45am: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Student Recital. Maureen ForresterRecital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University,75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710x4439. Free.● ● 12:00 noon: Brock University Departmentof Music. RBC Foundation Music@Noon: FacultyRecital. Timothy Phelan, guitar. ConcordiaSeminary Chapel, Brock University,500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3817. Free.● ● 7:00: Open Voices Community ChoirKingston. Remembrance Day Sing-Along.Interactive performance in commemorationof Remembrance Day in grief and hope forpeace. Cooke’s-Portsmouth United Church,200 Norman Rogers Dr., Kingston. 613-583-2569. PWYC.Wednesday November 12● ● 12:30: University of Waterloo Departmentof Music. Noon Hour Concerts: Sanctuary inSong. Featuring English art songs, exploringa few of the various forms and meanings ofsanctuary. Daniel Cabena, countertenor; StephenRunge, piano. Conrad Grebel UniversityCollege, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo.519-885-0220 x24226. Free.● ● 2:30: Seniors Serenade. Barrie SalvationArmy Band. Grace United Church, 350 GroveSt. E., Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free.Thursday November 13● ● 12:00 noon: University of Guelph Collegeof Arts. Thursday at Noon Concert Series:The Heroic Struggle. Jeremy Bell, violin;Susan Telner, piano. MacKinnon Room 107,University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd., Guelph.519-824-4120 x52991. Free.● ● 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier UniversityFaculty of Music. Music at Noon. Alison Melville,traverso; Luisa Morales, harpsichord;and Cristobal Salvador, dance. Maureen ForresterRecital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University,75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710x4439. Free.● ● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Charissa Vandikas, piano.Scarlatti: 2 Sonatas; Beethoven: SonataNo.28 Op.101; Liszt: Tarantella; McIntyre: Bobcatsand Butterflies; Brahms: Variations andFugue on a Theme of Handel. KWCMS MusicRoom, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); (st).Friday November 14● ● 8:00: Jeffery Concerts. Dover Quartet.Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A. Arthur Rowe,piano. Wolf Performance Hall, 251 Dundas St.,London. 519-672-8800. ; (sr); (st).● ● 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty ofMusic. Percussion Ensemble. Maureen ForresterRecital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University,75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710x4439. Free.Saturday November 15● ● 7:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. Viva Voce Choral Series: Viva LaMusica. Avanti Chamber Singers; HarrisLoewen, conductor. St. Barnabas AnglicanChurch, 31 Queenston St., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3817. ; $20(sr/st);(eyeGO).● ● 7:30: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Handel’sMessiah. Presented on historic instruments.Lakeshore United Church, 50 NorthSt., Goderich, On. 519-524-2103. ; (st).Also Nov 23 (mat, St. James Anglican, CaledonEast), 29 (eve, Knox Presbyterian,Georgetown), 30 (mat, St. John’s United,Georgetown).● ● 7:30: Kawartha Concerts. Bravo Series:Denis Chang’s Gypsy Jazz Quartet. All Saints’Anglican Church, 235 Ribidge St., Peterborough.705-878-5625. /(adv). AlsoNov 16 (mat, Lindsay).● ● 7:30: TM Jazz. A fundraising concert forthe MS Society. Release of Tim Moher’s “ForestHill, Autumn” CD. Tim Moher Group; JoniNehrita; KW Big Band Theory; JoJo Worthington;Juneyt and friends. Conrad Centre forthe Performing Arts, 36 King St. W., Kitchener.519-745-4711. .● ● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Branko Džinović, accordion.Sciarrino: Vagabonde Blu; Berio: SequenzaXIII “Chanson”; Tiensuu: Zolo; Neuwirth: InNight and Ice; Cage: In a Landscape; Zorn:Road Runner. Kevin Harris, bassoon. KWCMSMusic Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; $20(sr); (st).Sunday November 16● ● 2:00: Gallery Players of Niagara. A Lightnessof Spirit. Poulenc: Sextet; Mozart: Adagioand Rondo; Beethoven: Quintet for pianoand winds. Douglas Miller, flute; Christie56 | November 1 - December 7, 2014 thewholenote.com
Goodwin, oboe; Zoltan Kalman, clarinet;Christan Sharpe, bassoon; Tim Lockwood,french horn; Heather Dawn Taves, piano. SilverSpire United Church, 366 St. Paul Street,St. Catharines. 905-468-1525. -.● ● 2:30: Kawartha Concerts. Ovation Series:Denis Chang’s Gypsy Jazz Quartet.Glenn Crombie Theatre, Fleming College,200 Albert Street S., Lindsay. 705-878-5625. /(adv). Also Nov 15 (eve,Peterborough).● ● 2:30: Orchestra Kingston. Folk Cultureand Traditions. Dvorak: Cello Concerto;other works by Moussorgsky, Mascagni andPalmer. Liz Tremblay, cello. Salvation ArmyCitadel, 816 Centennial Dr., Kingston. 613-634-9312. -$20; free(child).● ● 3:00: Melos Choir and Chamber Orchestra.Petits Fours and Pearls of the FrenchBaroque. Vocal and instrumental works ofFrench baroque. St. George’s Cathedral Hall,129 Wellington St., Kingston. 613-767-7245.. Fundraising tea and concert.● ● 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Jazz Ensemble. Maureen ForresterRecital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University,75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710x4439. ; (sr); free(st).Tuesday November 18● ● 12:00 noon: Brock University Departmentof Music. RBC Foundation Music@Noon:Recital: Voice Students. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre,Centre for the Arts, Brock University,500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3817. Free.Wednesday November 19● ● 12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. Buxtehude,Bach. Norman Reintamm, organ; OlegVolkov, cello; Alex Volkov, violin. St. Andrew’sPresbyterian Church (Barrie), 47 Owen St.,Barrie. 705-726-1181. ; free(st).● ● 7:30: Centre for the Arts, Brock University.Kira Isabella and Autumn Hill. SeanO’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts,500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3257 or 1-866-617-3257. .● ● 7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the PerformingArts. Salzburg Marionette Theatre.Schumann: Papillons Op.2; Sonata No.2 in GOp.22; Debussy: The Toybox (La Boîte à joujoux).Orion Weiss, piano. 390 King St. W.,Kingston. 613-533-2424 or 1-855-533-2424. and up.● ● 7:30: Plumbing Factory Brass Band. HistoricRussian Concert Favourites. ByronUnited Church, London, 420 Boler Rd, London.519-471-1250. , (st).● ● 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Student Composers Concert. MaureenForrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid LaurierUniversity, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo.519-884-0710x4439. Free.Thursday November20● ● 12:00 noon: University of Guelph Collegeof Arts. Thursday at Noon Concert Series:Student Soloist Day. Performances by AppliedMusic students. MacKinnon Room 107, Universityof Guelph, 50 Stone Rd., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.● ● 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier UniversityFaculty of Music. Music at Noon. CantusAnsambl(Croatia). Maureen Forrester RecitalHall, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 UniversityAve. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710x4439. Free.● ● 7:30: Centre for the Arts, Brock University.Danny Michel and Jeremy Fisher.Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts,500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3257 or 1-866-617-3257. .Friday November 21● ● 7:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. ENCORE! Concert Series: MadawaskaEnsemble. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Centre forthe Arts, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3257. .50; .50(sr/st);(eyeGo).● ● 7:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Intersections Series: Writers on Music. ConradCentre for the Performing Arts, 36 KingSt. W., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 888-745-4717. ; (st). Also Nov 22. See ETCeteras,Section D under “Spoken Word, PerformanceArt”.● ● 7:30: Muskoka Concert Association. CanadianGuitar Quartet. Gravenhurst OperaHouse, 295 Muskoka Rd. S., Gravenhurst,On. 705-687-5550. ; (st). After-concertchat and refreshments.● ● 7:30: Moston Concerts. Liona Boyd: A WinterFantasy. Holiday classics and other songs.Liona Boyd, guitar; Michael Savona, guitarand vocals. St. Mark’s Anglican Church (Niagara-on-the-Lake),41 Byron St, Niagara-onthe-Lake.1-888-222-6608. ; (st/12and under).● ● 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Stravinsky Celebrated! SymphonyOrchestra, Wind Orchestra, Choirs, ChamberEnsembles. Theatre Auditorium, WilfridLaurier University, 75 University Ave. W.,Waterloo. 519-884-0710x4439. ; (sr);free(st).Saturday November 22● ● 7:30: Barrie Concerts. Christmas with theMacMillan Singers. Hilary Apfelstadt, conductor.Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 AnneSt. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. . Series subscriptionsavailable.● ● 7:30: Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers.The Mysterious A-LA-MI-RE. Illuminatedcopies of music from Almaires’ collection willbe projected. Works by des Prez, Ockeghem,de la Rue and Willaert. Mark Vuorinen, conductor.St. John the Evangelist AnglicanChurch, 23 Water St. N., Kitchener. 1-800-265-8977 or 519-578-1570. ; $20(under30); (st); (high school).● ● 7:30: Kingston Symphony. John Williamsat the Movies. Evan Mitchell, conductor.Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St., Kingston.613-530-2050. $20-(adult), $20-(senior),-(student), (child).● ● 7:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Intersections Series: Writers on Music. ConradCentre for the Performing Arts, 36 KingSt. W., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 888-745-4717. ; (st). Also Nov 21. See ETCeteras,Section D under “Spoken Word, PerformanceArt”.● ● 7:30: University of Waterloo Departmentof Music. Balinese Gamelan Ensemble.Humanities Theatre, University of Waterloo,200 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24256. Free.● ● 8:00: Karen Schuessler Singers. Rutter:Magnificat. Works by Pachelbel,Lauridsen, Biebl and Willcocks. Sonja Gustafson,soprano, and orchestral ensemble.Wesley-Knox United Church, 91 AskinSt., London. 519-455-8895. /20(adv);$20(sr)/(adv); (st); free(6–12).● ● 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. The Stravinsky Effect. SymphonyOrchestra with Faculty and Student Ensembles.Theatre Auditorium, Wilfrid LaurierUniversity, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo.519-884-0710x4439. ; (sr); free(st).Sunday November 23● ● 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. The Stravinsky Effect–Getting inthe Way of the Soviet Union: Stravinsky asa Displaced Person. Benefit Concert. HeatherDawn Taves, piano. Maureen ForresterRecital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University,75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710x4439. By donation. Proceeds to theMennonite Central Committee emergencyresponse for the Internally Displaced Peoplesof Eastern Ukraine.● ● 4:00: Achill Choral Society. The Glory ofChristmas. Puccini: Messa di Gloria; traditionalcarols and seasonal favourites. St. TimothyRoman Catholic Church, 42 Dawson Rd.,Orangeville. 519-939-0020. ; (youth);(12 and under). Also Nov 29(Christ Church,Bolton, eve), Nov 30(St. James Roman CatholicChurch, Colgan, eve).● ● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Daedalus String Quartet: Concert2. Weinberg: Quartet No.8; Schulhoff:Five Pieces for String Quartet; Ravel: Quartetin F. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr);$20(st).● ● 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. The Stravinsky Effect: Rhythm andJazz. Jazz Ensemble, Wind Orchestra, GuitarEnsemble and Improvisation ConcertsEnsemble. Theatre Auditorium, Wilfrid LaurierUniversity, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo.519-884-0710x4439. ; (sr); free(st).Tuesday November 25● ● 12:00 noon: Brock University Departmentof Music. RBC Foundation Music@Noon: Recital: Instrumental Students. SeanO’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts, BrockUniversity, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3817. Free.● ● 7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the PerformingArts. Soloists Series: Jakob Koranyi,Cello and Juho Pohjonen, Piano. Lysenko:Elegy; Grieg: Sonata in A Op.36; Sibelius:Malinconia Op.20; Shostakovich: Sonata ind Op.40; and other works. 390 King St. W.,Kingston. 613-533-2424 or 1-855-533-2424..50 and up.● ● 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty ofMusic. Stravinsky in the Making: “GoldbergVariations”. Leopoldo Erice, piano. MaureenForrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University,75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710x4439. ; (sr); free(st). Proceedsto the Mennonite Central Committee emergencyresponse for the Internally DisplacedPeoples of Eastern Ukraine.Wednesday November 26● ● 7:30: Centre for the Arts, Brock University.Colm Wilkinson: Broadway and Beyond.Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts,500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3257 or 1-866-617-3257. .● ● 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty ofMusic. The Stravinsky Effect. ImprovisationConcerts Ensemble with Student and Facultycomposers and ensembles. Theatre Auditorium,Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 UniversityAve. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710x4439. ;(sr); free(st).Thursday November 27● ● 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier UniversityFaculty of Music. Music at Noon. KimberlyBarber, mezzo; Amy Hamilton, flute; PeterShackleto, clarinet; Eric Hall, bassoon; JosephSharp, horn; Leslie De’Ath, piano; and PendereckiString Quartet. Maureen ForresterRecital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University,75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710x4439. Free.● ● 12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Advent Concerts.Michael Capon, organ. St. George’sCathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston.613-548-4617. Freewill offering. AlsoDec 2, 4, 9, 11, 16 and 18.● ● 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Stravinsky: Choral Works. Choirs,Opera and Voice. Theatre Auditorium, WilfridLaurier University, 75 University Ave. W.,Waterloo. 519-884-0710x4439. ; (sr);free(st).Friday November 28● ● 7:30: Moston Concerts. Liona Boyd: A WinterFantasy. Holiday classics and other songs.Liona Boyd, guitar; Michael Savona, guitarand vocals. Silver Spire United Church,366 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines. 1-888-222-6608. ; (st/12 and under).● ● 7:30: Perimeter Institute/NUMUS/WilfridLaurier University. Igorhythms. InCelebration of the KW Chamber Music Society’s40th Anniversary. Stravinsky: Concertoin D “Basle” for string orchestra; Concertoin E-flat “Dumbarton Oaks” for strings andwinds; Narveson: new work; Estacio: Dreamsand Dances for string octet; M. Lussier:Impressions de l’Alameda for trumpet andstrings. Lafayette String Quartet; PendereckiString Quartet; Perimeter Chamber Players;Guy Few, trumpet; Jascha Narveson,electronics. Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas,Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline St. N., Waterloo.519-896-3662 or 519-883-4480. ;$20(st).● ● 8:00: Folk Under the Clock. Lennie Gallant.Market Hall Theatre, 140 Charlotte St., Peterborough.705-749-1146 and 705-742-9425.; (st). All tickets are reserved seating.Saturday November 29● ● 7:30: Barrie Concert Band. ChristmasAround the World. Modern and traditionalChristmas music. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church,50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-481-1607. $20;(sr); (st/5 and over); free(under 5).● ● 7:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. Viva Voce Choral Series: Fall ChoralConcert. Brock University Choirs; guest:Glenda Crawford, conductor. Knox PresbyterianChurch (St. Catharines), 53 Church St.,St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3257. .04;.62(sr/st); (eyeGO).● ● 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.Brilliance: Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.Buhr: Jyotir (Brilliance); Mendelssohn: ViolinConcerto; Beethoven: Symphony No.2. BlakePouliot, violin; Stilian Kirov, conductor. HamiltonPlace, 10 Macnab St. S., Hamilton. 905-526-7756. –; -(sr); (under35); (child).thewholenote.com November 1 - December 7, 2014 | 57
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!).
