UFO (Canadian premiere). Robert Miller, euphonium; Daniel Warren, conductor. Grandview Baptist Church, 250 Old Chicopee Dr., Kitchener. 519-669-1327. $20; (sr); free(st). Also Feb 22 (Knox Presbyterian, Waterloo). ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Shoshana Telner, Piano. Alkan: Aesop’s Feast; Selected Esquisses; Bach: French Suite (tba); Bartók: Piano Sonata. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); $20(st). ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Shoshana Telner, Piano. Alkan: Aesop’s Feast; selected Esquisses; Bach: French Suite TBA; Bartók: Piano Sonata. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); $20(st). Tuesday February 10 ●●11:45am: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Student Recital. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884- 0710 x4439. Free. ●●12:00 noon: Brock University Department of Music. Music@Noon: Recital: Instrumental students. Concordia Seminary Chapel, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3817. Free. ●●12:30: McMaster University School of the Arts. Charlene Santoni & Maika’i Nash. Charlene Santoni, soprano; Maika’i Nash, piano. Convocation Hall (UH213), McMaster University, 1280 Main St W., Hamilton. 905- 525-9140 x24246. Free. ●●7:30: St. George’s Cathedral. Canadian Chamber Choir. Canadian choral works. 270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. ; $20(adv); (st). Wednesday February 11 ●●12:30: University of Waterloo Department of Music. Noon Hour Concerts: Kevin Ramessar, guitar. Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo. 519-885- 0220 x24226. Free. ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Guy Few and Stephanie Mara. R. Strauss: Cäcilie; Befreit; Intermezzo; Scriabin: Three Preludes Op.16/3, 11/3 and 8/11; Schoenfield: Rag; Bitsch: Variations on a Theme of Scarlatti; Berners: Valses Bourgeoises (Valse Brillante, Valse Caprice, Strauss, Strauss et Straus); and other works. Guy Few, trumpet/piano/voice; Stephanie Mara, piano. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); $20(st). ●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Student Composers Concert. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x4439. Free. Thursday February 12 ●●12:00 noon: University of Guelph College of Arts. Thursday at Noon Concert Series: Vogel and Velsos. Music from Brazil. Works for violin and piano. MacKinnon Room 107, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free. ●●12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Music at Noon: Ensemble Paramirabo and the Thin Edge New Music Collective. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, B. Concerts Beyond the GTA Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x4439. Free. Friday February 13 ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto and Symphonic Dances. Di Castri: Alba; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in c; Symphonic Dances. Natasha Paremski, piano; Edwin Outwater, conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745- 4711 or 888-745-4717. -. Also Feb 14, 15(mat). Saturday February 14 ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto and Symphonic Dances. Di Castri: Alba; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in c; Symphonic Dances. Natasha Paremski, piano; Edwin Outwater, conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745- 4711 or 888-745-4717. -. Also Feb 13, 15(mat). Sunday February 15 ●●2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto and Symphonic Dances. Di Castri: Alba; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in c; Symphonic Dances. Natasha Paremski, piano; Edwin Outwater, conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519- 745-4711 or 888-745-4717. -. Also Feb 13(eve), 14(eve). ●●5:00: St. George’s Cathedral. Choral Evensong. Works by Vaughan Williams, Brewer and William Smith. Cathedral Evensong Choir. St. George’s Cathedral Hall, 129 Wellington St., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Free. ●●7:30: The Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club. Allison Lupton Band. Allison Lupton, Ian Bell, Andrew Collins, Shane Cook and Denis Rondeau. Chaucer’s Pub, 122 Carling St., London. 519- 473-2099. ; (adv). ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Leopoldo Erice, piano. Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV998. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886- 1673. ; (sr); $20(st). Monday February 16 ●●2:30: Kawartha Concerts/Encore Children’s Productions. Fiddlefire. Chris McKhool. Glenn Crombie Theatre, Fleming College, 200 Albert St. S., Lindsay. 705-878- 5625. ; (child/youth). 1:30: Pre-concert fun event. Wednesday February 18 ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Robert Gruca, Classical Guitar. R. Johnson (17th C): Pavan; Galliard; Dowland: Frog Galliard; Loeillet: Suite No.1; Barrios Mangore: La Catederal; Asencio: Collectici intim; and other works. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); $20(st). Saturday February 21 ●●10:30am: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Kinderconcert Series: The Three Musical Pigs and the Wolf. Works by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. Licorice Allsorts Clarinet Quartet. Waterloo Region Museum, 10 Huron Rd., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 888-745-4717. ; (child). Also Feb7(Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts), 28(Woolwich Memorial Centre). ●●7:30: Grand Philharmonic Choir. Grant Us Peace. Haydn: Lord Neslon Mass; Estaclo: The Houses Stand Not Far Apart; Vasks: Dona Nobis Pacem. Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony; Bethany Horst, soprano; Jennifer Enns- Modolo, mezzo; Marcel d’Etremont, tenor; Benjamin Covey, baritone; Mark Vuorinen, conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-578-1570. $20–. ●●7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Romeo and Juliet. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite 1; Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene. Alain Trudel, conductor. Hamilton Place, 10 Macnab St. S., Hamilton. 905- 526-7756. –; -(sr); (under 35); (child). ●●7:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. POPS III: Dancing Queen. Music of ABBA, with the Jeans ’n Classics Band. Bradley Thachuk, conductor. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-687-4993. .50- . Also Feb 22(mat). Sunday February 22 ●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. POPS III: Dancing Queen. See Feb 21(eve). ●●3:00: Wellington Winds. Music from Other Worlds. De Meij: Concerto for Euphonium UFO (Canadian premiere). Robert Miller, euphonium; Daniel Warren, conductor. Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 Erb St. W., Waterloo. 519-669-1327. $20; (sr); free(st). Also Feb 8 (Grandview Baptist, Kitchener). Monday February 23 ●●7:30: Queen’s School of Music. MOSAIC. Electroacoustic and acoustic compositions written by students at Queen’s University. Harrison-LeCaine Hall, Queen’s University, Rm 120, 39 Bader Ln. Kingston. 613-533- 2066. Free. Tuesday February 24 ●●12:00 noon: Brock University Department of Music. Music@Noon: Faculty Recital. Zoltan Kalman, clarinet; Erika Reiman, piano. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3817. Free. ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Great String Quintets. Brahms: Quintet No.1 Op.80; Dvořák: Quintet No.3 Op.97. Scott St. John/Solomiya Ivakhiv, violins; Sharon Wei, Doug McNabney, violas; Tom Wiebe, cello. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); $20(st). Wednesday February 25 ●●12:30: University of Waterloo Department of Music. Noon Hour Concerts: Jazz Duo. Interpretations of the Great American Songbook. Mary-Catherine McNinch-Pazzano, voice; Mike Grace, bass. Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. Free. ●●7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Gallery Series. HPO Brass Quintet. Hamilton Artists Inc, 161 James Street N., Hamilton. 905-526-1677 x230. Free, donations welcome. Reception following. Thursday February 26 ●●12:00 noon: University of Guelph College of Arts. Thursday at Noon Concert Series: Lyon Duo. Works for violin and piano. MacKinnon Room 107, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free. ●●12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Music at Noon. Amy Hamilton, flute; James Mason, oboe; Peter Shackleton, clarinet; Derek Conrod, horn; Eric Hall, bassoon. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x4439. Free. ●●7:30: Brock University Department of Music. Alejandra Ribera. Singer/songwriter; jazz/pop. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3817. ; $20(st, univ/college); (st, high school). Friday February 27 ●●7:30: Kawartha Concerts. Bravo Series: The Judgement of Paris. Cabaret on the lives of Debussy and Ravel, featuring their music; original songs written and performed by the cast. Tom Allen, writer, narrator, trombone, voice; Kevin Fox: voice, cello, guitar; Lori Gemmell: harp, trumpet, piano, voice; Bryce Kulak: piano, voice, accordion; Patricia O’Callaghan: voice, piano, percussion. All Saints’ Anglican Church, 235 Ribidge St., Peterborough. 705- 878-5625. ; (adv); (st). Also Mar 1 (mat, Lindsay). ●●7:30: Brock University Department of Music. ENCORE! Concert Series: Sarah Jerrom and Friends: The Yeats Project. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688- 5550 x3257. .50; .50(sr/st); (eyeGo high school program). ●●7:30: Queen’s School of Music. A Night at the Proms …Then Off to the Music Hall. Queen’s Symphony Orchestra; solo singers and ensembles; Gordon Craig, director; Bruce Kelly, producer. Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424. . School of Music fundraiser. ●●8:00: Jeffery Concerts. Philip Chui, piano. Timothy Chooi, violin; Cameron Crozman, cello. Wolf Performance Hall, 251 Dundas St., 42 | February 1 - March 7, 2015 thewholenote.com
London. 519-672-8800. ; (sr); (st). ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia, Sound of Silence, Scarborough Fair, America, Mrs. Robinson and more. AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle, guitar and vocals; Michael Krajewski, conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 888-745-4717. -. Also Feb 28. ●●8:00: McMaster University School of the Arts. Shoshana Telner & Jacques Israelievitch. Shoshana Telner, piano; Jacques Israelievitch, violin. Convocation Hall (UH213), McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton. 905-525-9140 x24246. $20; (sr); (st). ●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Opera Production. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi; Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges. Theatre Auditorium, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884- 0710 x4439. ; (sr); free(st). Also Feb 28, Mar 1(mat). Saturday February 28 ●●10:30am: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Kinderconcert Series: The Three Musical Pigs and the Wolf. Works by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. Licorice Allsorts Clarinet Quartet. Waterloo Region Museum, 10 Huron Rd., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 888- 745-4717. ; (child). Also Feb7(Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts), 21(Waterloo Region Museum). ●●2:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Youth Orchestra Program, Concert 2. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 888-745-4717. ; (st/child). ●●2:00: Peterborough Singers. Soul. Bridget Foley, vocals; Rob Phillips, piano; Steve MCracken, saxophone; Sydney Birrell, conductor. Calvary Pentecostal Church, 1421 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough. 705- 745-1820. ; (st); $20(under 30). ●●7:30: Cambridge Community Players. Michael Gabriel: Strings Attached. Singersongwriter presents storytelling compositions accompanied by strings and youth choir. 47 Water Street S., Cambridge. 519- 623-4076. $20. ●●7:30: Chorus Niagara. Life Eternal: The Requiems of Mozart and Rutter. Two requiems composed 200 years apart. Calvary Church, 89 Scott St., St. Catharines. 1-866- 617-3257 or 905-688-5550 x3257. ; (sr); (under 30); (st). 6:45: preconcert chat. ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia, Sound of Silence, Scarborough Fair, America, Mrs. Robinson and more. AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle, guitar and vocals; Michael Krajewski, conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 888-745-4717. -. Also Feb 27. ●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Opera Production. See Feb 27; Also Mar 1(mat). Sunday March 1 ●●2:00: Chamber Music Hamilton. Collegium Musicum 9. Handel: Ti vo’ giusta e non pietosa; Voi che udite il mio lamento(both from Agrippina); Bach: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust(from Cantata 170); Widerstehe doch der Sünde(from Cantata 54); Et misericordia(from Magnificat); Violin Concerto in D Minor; Es ist Vollbracht(from St. John Passion); Brandenburg Concerto No.6. Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King St. W., Hamilton. 905-525-7429. ; (sr); (st). ●●2:30: Kingston Symphony. Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6. Avan Yu, piano; Evan Mitchell, conductor. Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St., Kingston. 613-530- 2050. $20-(adult), $20-(senior), -(student), (child). ●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. ‘Next’ Gen II: Carnival of the Animals. Bradley Thachuk, conductor. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-687- 4993. .50-.50. ●●2:30: Kawartha Concerts. Ovation Series: The Judgement of Paris. Cabaret on the lives of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, featuring their music and original songs written and performed by the cast. Tom Allen, writer, narrator, trombone, voice; Kevin Fox: voice, cello, guitar; Lori Gemmell: harp, trumpet, piano, voice; Bryce Kulak: piano, voice, accordion; Patricia O’Callaghan: voice, piano, percussion. Glenn Crombie Theatre, Fleming College, 200 Albert St. S., Lindsay. 705-878- 5625. ; (adv); (st). Also Feb 27(eve, Peterborough). ●●3:00: John Laing Singers. Poet’s Corner 2: Songs of Faith, Hope and Love. Castelnuovo- Tedesco: Romancero Gitano. Emma Rush, guitar and poet. St. Paul’s United Church, 29 Park St. W., Dundas. 905-628-5238. ; (sr); (under 30). ●●3:00: Kawartha Youth Orchestra. Music Magic. Schubert: “Unfinished”; Bizet: Carmen Suite; and other works. Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St., Peterborough. 705-931-7539. $20; (adv); (youth). ●●3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Opera Production. See Feb 27(eve). ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society/Composers and Improvisers Association of WLU Faculty of Music. Wind Quartet and Barber Shop Vocal Quartet. Student composers: new compositions. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519- 886-1673. ; (sr); (st). Tuesday March 3 ●●11:45am: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Student Recital. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884- 0710 x4439. Free. Wednesday March 4 ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Before They Were Famous. Torelli: Sinfonia Op.6 No.4; Mozart: Overture to Apollo and Hyacinthus; Hummel: Fantasie for Viola and String Orchestra; Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No.5 in B-flat; String Octet in E-flat. Natasha Sharko, viola; Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, conductor. First United Church, 16 William St. W., Waterloo. 519- 745-4711 or 888-745-4717. ; (st). Also Mar 6(Guelph), 7(Cambridge). Thursday March 5 ●●12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Music at Noon: Kathryn Ladano, bass clarinet and Casey Sokol, piano. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x4439. Free. ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Soo Bae, Cello and Olena Klyucharova, Piano. All-Bach program: one solo cello suite; one piano work; one sonata for cello and piano (all TBA). KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); $20(st). Friday March 6 ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Soo Bae, Cello and Mia Chung, Piano. Rachmaninoff: Sonata for cello and piano; Chopin: Sonata for cello and piano; other works TBA. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); $20(st). ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Before They Were Famous. Torelli: Sinfonia Op.6 No.4; Mozart: Overture to Apollo and Hyacinthus; Hummel: Fantasie for Viola and String Orchestra; Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No.5 in B-flat; String Octet in E-flat. Natasha Sharko, viola; Daniel Bartholomew- Poyser, conductor. Harcourt Memorial United Church, 87 Dean St., Guelph. 519-745-4711 or ●●Acting Up Stage Company/Obsidian Theatre Company. The Wild Party. Music and lyrics by LaChiusa; book by LaChiusa and Wolfe; based on a poem by March. Cara Ricketts (Queenie), Daren A. Herbert (Burrs), Susan Gilmour (Delores), Dan Chameroy, Lisa Horner, Sterling Jarvis, Rebecca Auerbach and others; Robert McQueen, stage director; Bob Foster, music director; Stephanie Graham, choreographer. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley St. 416-368-3110 actingupstage.com. -. Runs Feb 20-22 (previews, start times vary); Feb 25- to March 1 (start times vary); March 6-8 (start times vary). ●●Canadian Opera Company. Don Giovanni. Mozart. Jane Archibald, soprano (Donna Anna); Jennifer Holloway, mezzo (Donna Elvira); Michael Schade, tenor (Don Ottavio); Russell Braun, baritone (Don Giovanni); Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone (Leporello); COC Orchestra and Chorus; Michael Hofstetter, conductor. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416- 363-8231 coc.ca. -4; (under 30). Feb 1,3,6,11,12,14,18 (start times vary). ●●Canadian Opera Company. Die Walküre. Wagner. Christine Goerke, soprano (Brünnhilde); Heidi Melton, soprano (Sieglinde); MUSIC THEATRE 888-745-4717. ; (st). Also Mar 4(Waterloo), 7(Cambridge). ●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Flute Chamber Music. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884- 0710 x4439. Free. Saturday March 7 ●●8:00: DaCapo Chamber Choir. O Earth, Return. Music to mark the turning point in our season, moving from rest and reflection toward new beginnings; featuring 2014 New- Works winning composition. Emery: Night on a Starry Hill (premiere); J. Dove: Passing of the Year; Pärt: Magnificat. Catherine Robertson, piano. St. John the Evangelist Church, 23 Water St. N., Kitchener. 519-725- 7549. $20; (sr/st); (child/eyeGO). Also Mar 8(mat, Waterloo). ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Before They Were Famous. Torelli: Sinfonia Op.6 No.4; Mozart: Overture to Apollo and Hyacinthus; Hummel: Fantasie for Viola and String Orchestra; Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No.5 in B-flat; String Octet in E-flat. Natasha Sharko, viola; Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, conductor. Central Presbyterian Church (Cambridge), 7 Queens Sq., Cambridge. 519-745-4711 or 888-745-4717. ; (st). Also Mar 4(Waterloo), 6(Guelph). MUSIC THEATRE covers a wide range of music types: from opera, operetta and musicals to non-traditional performance types where words and music are in some fashion equal partners in the drama. These listings have been sorted alphabetically. Some information here is also included in our GTA and Beyond The GTA listings sections, but readers whose primary interest is MUSIC THEATRE should start their search with this section. This section is still in development. We welcome your comments and suggestions at publisher@thewholenote.com. Clifton Forbis, tenor (Siegmund); Johan Reuter, baritone (Wotan); COC Orchestra and Chorus; Johannes Debus, conductor. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231 coc. ca. -4; (under 30). Jan 31, Feb 7,10,13,19,22(start times vary). ●●Kawartha Concerts. Bravo Series: The Judgement of Paris. Cabaret on the lives of Debussy and Ravel, featuring their music; original songs written and performed by the cast. Tom Allen, writer, narrator, trombone, voice; Kevin Fox: voice, cello, guitar; Lori Gemmell: harp, trumpet, piano, voice; Bryce Kulak: piano, voice, accordion; Patricia O’Callaghan: voice, piano, percussion. All Saints’ Anglican Church, 235 Ribidge St., Peterborough. 705- 878-5625. ; (adv); (st). Feb 27 7:30. Also Mar 1 (mat, Lindsay). ●●Kawartha Concerts. Ovation Series: The Judgement of Paris. Cabaret on the lives of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, featuring their music and original songs written and performed by the cast. Tom Allen, writer, narrator, trombone, voice; Kevin Fox: voice, cello, guitar; Lori Gemmell: harp, trumpet, piano, voice; Bryce Kulak: piano, voice, accordion; Patricia O’Callaghan: voice, piano, percussion. Glenn Crombie Theatre, Fleming College, thewholenote.com February 1 - March 7, 2015 | 43
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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!
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!).