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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.

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●●2:00: Canadian Children’s Opera Company. The Hobbit. See Jun 10. Also 7:00 and Jun 12(2:00). Recommended for Grade 1 and up. ●●6:15: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. TSO Chamber Soloists. Stravinsky: Suite from L’Histoire du soldat. Yao Guang Zhai, clarinet; Michael Sweeney, bassoon; Gordon Wolfe, trombone; David Kent, percussion; Jonathan Crow, violin; Jeffrey Beecher, double bass; Andrew McCandless, cornet. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. Included with admission to TSO concert. ●●7:00: Canadian Children’s Opera Company. The Hobbit. See Jun 10. Also Jun 12(2:00). Recommended for Grade 1 and up. ●●7:00: St. Elizabeth Scola Cantorum Hungarian Choir. Spring Concert. Works by Mozart, Rossini, Bardos, Kodály and others. Imre Olah, conductor. St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church, 432 Sheppard Ave. E. 416-300-9305. ; (st). Post-concert reception. ●●7:00: Toronto Mandolin Orchestra. In Concert. Favourite songs and arias from opera, operetta and popular musicals. Lorna D’Silva, soprano; Ira Erokhina, domra; Alexander Veprinskiy, artistic director. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-533-2725. ; (st). In support of Free the Children Adopt-A-Village program. ●●7:00: Toronto Summer Opera Workshop. Don Giovanni. See Jun 10 ●●7:30: Brampton Chamber Music. Concert Series. Jennifer Tran, saxophone; Gina Lee and Harvard Tran, piano; young/community artists selected by audition. St. Paul’s United A. Concerts in the GTA Church (Brampton), 30 Main St. S., Brampton. 905-450-9220. PWYC. ●●7:30: Cantemus Singers. Fair is the Rose. Madrigals and lute songs by Gibbons, Pilkington, Wilbye and Dowland. Benjamin Stein, lute. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq. 416-578-6602. ; free(under 12). Also Jun 12(mat). ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Band. Stomp on Front! Sweeney: Quad City Stomp; Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia; Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody; Orff: Carmina Burana (excerpts); Dello Joio: Scenes from The Louvre; and other works. Les Dobbin, conductor; Ken Hazlett, conductor. Guests: Troy Sexton and Sheldon De Souza. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 647-479-2941. . ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. James Ehnes Plays Elgar. Elgar: Violin Concerto; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. James Ehnes, violin; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .75-7. 6:15pm: Free pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists. Postconcert party in the lobby. Also June 9(2:00) and 10(7:30). ●●8:00: Gallery 345. CCMC at Gallery 345. Featuring original and newer members of CCMC. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. . Cash only at the door. ●●8:00: Harbourfront Centre. World Stage: Every Song I’ve Ever Written: Band Night. Five Toronto bands perform Jacob Wren’s music, along with discussion about songs and the internet. Above Top Secret; Maylee Todd; Phèdre; Regina (from Light Fires); Snowblink. Brigantine Room, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ; (st/under 30). Jun 9: solo show. ●●8:00: Henderson Kolk Duo. In Concert. Mozart: Symphony No.40, Marcello/Bach: Oboe Concerto; other works by Schubert and de Falla. Drew Henderson and Michael Kolk, guitars. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-294-6787. ; (st). ●●8:00: Music Gallery. MG Remixed: Allatonceness. A recall and remix of the Music Gallery’s past and present. Tenderness, Trichy Sankaran, SlowPitchSound, artists; Allison Peacock, dancer; Undervolt & co. and Diana Lynn VanderMeulen, video; Rea McNamara, curator. 197 John St. 416-204- 1080. /(adv); (members). ●●8:00: Opera 5. Die Fledermaus. See Jun 8. ●●8:00: Voices Chamber Choir. 20/20: A Retrospective. Works by Palestrina, Byrd, Bach, Willan, Raminsh and others. Ron Ka Ming Cheung, conductor; John Stephenson, accompaniment. Church of St. Martin-in-the- Fields, 151 Glenlake Ave. 416-519-0528. ; (sr/st). Cash only at the door. Sunday June 12 ●●10:30am: Humbercrest United Church. Choral Concert. Schubert: Mass in G for strings, trumpet and organ. Jennifer Krabbe, soprano; Dennis Zimmer, bass; Melvin Hurst, director of music. 16 Baby Point Rd. 416-767- 6122. Free. ●●2:00: Canadian Children’s Opera Company. The Hobbit. See Jun 10. Recommended for Grade 1 and up. ●●2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. TSO Chamber Soloists. Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat (complete). Derek Boyes, narrator; Yao Guang Zhai, clarinet; Michael Sweeney, bassoon; Gordon Wolfe, trombone; David Kent, percussion; Jonathan Crow, violin; Jeffrey Beecher, double bass; Andrew McCandless, cornet. Art Gallery of Ontario, Walker Court, 317 Dundas St. W. 416-598-3375. Included with admission to AGO. Also June 18 (7:30) at Hearn Generating Station. ●●3:00: Blythwood Winds. Hogtown Roundup: Toronto Graffiti. Music inspired by graffiti street art. Freedman: Tikki Tikki Tembo; other works by J. Doell, B. Simms, E. Denburg and A. Eddington. Tim Crouch, flute; Elizabeth Eccleston, oboe; Anthony Thompson, clarinet; Michael Macaulay, bassoon; Curtis Vander Hyden, horn. Heliconian Hall, Sun. 12th June at 4 p.m. Evensong for the Queen’s Official 90th Birthday with memorable music from Royal Weddings and Jubilees plus Strawberry Tea and at 5: ROYAL BEST St. Olave’s Arts Guild and guests mark the occasion with a glorious celebration featuring drama, poetry, music and songs from the first Elizabethan Age to the present. St. Olave’s Church Bloor and Windermere 416-769-5686 stolaves.ca 35 Hazelton Ave. 647-567-7906. /(adv); (sr/st). ●●3:00: Cantemus Singers. Fair is the Rose. See Jun 11(eve). ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. David Briggs, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Royal Best. Choral Evensong followed by celebration of the 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II featuring drama, poetry, music and songs, from the first Elizabethan Age to the present. St. Olave’s Arts Guild and Consort. 360 Windermere Ave. 416- 769-5686. Free; contributions appreciated. Strawberry tea following choral evensong. ●●4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. Jazz Vespers. Hilario Durán Trio (Hilario Durán; Roberto Occhipinti, bass; Mark Kelso, drums); Guest: Jane Bunnett. All Saints Kingsway Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-233-1125. Freewill offering. NB: Temporary venue change. ●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers. Chameleon Jazz Band. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free. Donations welcome. ●●6:00: Aga Khan Museum/Kabir Cultural Centre. World Music Series: Dusk to Dawn featuring Pandit Birju Maharaj. Kathak dance. Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Dr. 416-646- 4677. From . ●●7:00: Toronto Summer Opera Workshop. Don Giovanni. See Jun 10. Also Jun 11. ●●8:30: Hugh’s Room. Johnny A. 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604. /(adv). Monday June 13 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Old-School Love. When I Fall in Love; I Could Write a Book; It Ain’t Necessarily So; Old Cape Cod; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square; and other works. Russell Drago Trio. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. SKYLIGHT SERIES CORKIN GALLERY SPECTRUM Monday, June 13 th 7:30 PM Tickets at the door, or brownpapertickets.com ●●7:30: LARK Ensemble. Spectrum. Works by Mozart, Kodály, Van Gilse, Piazzolla, and Occhipinti. LARK Ensemble. Guest: Roberto Occhipinti, bass. Corkin Gallery, 7 Tank House Ln. 647-869-2559. ; (st). 50 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com

Tuesday June 14 ●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music. Jialiang Zhu, piano. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome. ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Eric Osborne, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: Ol’ Blue Eyes. My Way, New York New York, It Was a Very Good Year, The Way You Look Tonight, Summer Wind, and other works by Sinatra. Dan Lauzon, Sinatra tribute artist. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171. ; (sr/st); (4-13); free(under 4). ●●8:00: Lula Lounge. June Garber: CD release - This I Know. 1585 Dundas St. W. 416- 588-0307. /(adv). Wednesday June 15 ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church. Concerts at Midday: Richard Herriott, piano. Works by Bach. St. Stephen-inthe-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 416-921-6350. Free. Baroque Summer Festival FREE Concert June 15 at 1pm See listing for details tafelmusik.org Jeanne Lamon, Director Ivars Taurins, Director Vocal/Chamber Programme ●●1:00: Tafelmusik. Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute Orchestra and Choirs. Jeanne Lamon, Ivars Taurins, and Peter Harvey, directors. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416- 964-6337. Free. First-come, first-served. Part of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival running June 6 to 18. ●●8:00: New Music Concerts. Coffee House Cabaret. Works by David Olds, Sy Potma, Willie P. Bennett, James Taylor, Fred Neil, Tim Buckley and others. David Olds and others. Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-961- 9594. . Includes complimentary coffee, pastries, wine and cheese with proceeds to benefit New Music Concerts. ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Beethoven Eroica Symphony. Jordan Pal: City in Colour (world premiere/TSO commission); Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3; Symphony No.3 “Eroica”. Yefim Bronfman, piano; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .75-8. Also June 16. Thursday June 16 ●●7:00: Music in Familiar Spaces. Bach and Beer. Three Bach Cello Suites. Steuart Pincombe, cello. Rainhard Brewing Company, 100 Symes Rd. 781-366-1328. Name your own ticket price (plus cost of beer). ●●7:30: Charlotte Knight and Jon Corkal. It Shoulda Been Me: A Cabaret. Works by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, Billy Joel, J. Iconis and others. Charlotte Knight, soprano; Jon Corkal, music director and piano. Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 647-637-9252. ; (sr/st). Cash only at the door. Also Jun 10(St. Catharines), 18(Guelph). C o n t a c t 2016 Summer Tour 06/12: New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge 06/16: Toronto, ON Music Gallery 06/25: Vancouver, BC Celebration Hall 06/26: Victoria, BC Open Space 06/27: Vancouver, BC Queer Arts Festival contactcontemporarymusic.org ●●8:00: Contact/Music Gallery. A Gossamer Bit: Contact plays the music of Allison Cameron and more. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. ; Free(under 18). ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Beethoven Eroica Symphony. Jordan Pal: City in Colour (world premiere/TSO commission); Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3; Symphony No.3 “Eroica”. Yefim Bronfman, piano; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .75-8. Also June 15. Coffee House 345 JUNE 15 @ 7:30 Gallery 345 www.NewMusicConcerts.com Friday June 17 ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity- St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416- 631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●7:00: University Settlement Music and Arts School. End of Term Student Concert. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-598-3444 x243 or x244. Free. Donations gladly accepted. Also Jun 18(12:00 and 2:00). ●●7:30: Opera by Request. The Rake’s Progress. Stravinsky. Will Ford, tenor (Tom Rakewell); Sharon Tikiryan, soprano (Anne Trulove); Michael York, baritone (Nick Shadow); Shilpa Sharma, mezzo (Baba the Turk); Oliver Dawson, tenor (Sellem); and others; William Shookhoff, conductor/piano. College Street United Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. . ●●8:00: Gallery 345. Liebesbotschaft: Love’s Message. Lieder by Schubert. Rachel Fenlon, vocals/piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822- 9781. . Cash only at the door. ●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Live on the Patio: The Massey Hall Band Plays R.E.M. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●8:00: Thin Edge New Music Collective. Are You Ready Brother? Works by Nikolai Sergeevich Korndorf and Gregory Lee Newsome. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 647-456-7597. /(adv); (sr/st/arts workers)/(sr/st/arts workers - adv). ●●8:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Soirée: Gutters and Skies; Eros to Death. A multicourse evening of Rachmaninoff and verse – poems original and represented. Selections by Rachmaninoff. Marc B. Young, voice; Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. ●●10:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Late Night: Beethoven Symphony 3. Beethoven: Symphony No.3 “Eroica”; Michael Mills (arr. and additional music by David Mallamud): Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and String Orchestra (world premiere/TSO co-commission). Robert McDuffie, violin; Mike Mills, electric bass/piano; Rock Band; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .50-. Saturday June 18 ●●12:00 noon: University Settlement Music and Arts School. End of Term Student Concert. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416- 598-3444 x243 or x244. Free. Donations gladly accepted. Also Jun 17(7:00) and 18(2:00). ●●2:00: University Settlement Music and Arts School. End of Term Student Concert. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416- 598-3444 x243 or x244. Free. Donations gladly accepted. Also Jun 17(7:00) and 18(12:00). ●●3:00: Neapolitan Connection. Musical Matinées at Montgomery’s Inn: Children’s Concert Classics. Acclarion Duo. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas St. W. 647-262-4316. ; .50(child). Tea, historical tour (2:00), cookies included. ●●4:00: St. Simon-the-Apostle Anglican Church. A Concert of Sacred Choral Music. Fundraiser for England tour this July. Works by Howells, Murrill, Bryant, Parsons, Holman and others. Choir of St. Simon-the-Apostle; Robin Davis, conductor; Maurice White, organ; Johan van’t Hof, organ. 525 Bloor St. E. 416-923-8714. ; (sr/st/unwaged). ●●7:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. TSO Chamber Soloists. Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat (complete). Derek Boyes, narrator; Yao Guang Zhai, clarinet; Michael Sweeney, bassoon; Gordon Wolfe, trombone; David Kent, percussion; Jonathan Crow, violin; Jeffrey Beecher, double bass; Andrew McCandless, cornet. Hearn Generating Station, 440 Unwin Ave. 416-598-3375. . Also June 12 (2:00) at AGO Walker Court. ●●7:30: Tafelmusik. The Grand Finale. Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute Orchestra and Choir; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir; Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins, directors. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-964-6337. Free. Tickets must be obtained in advance at the Tafelmusik Box Office, 427 Bloor St. W. beginning June 14. Maximum 2 tickets per person. Part of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival running June 6 to 18. ●●9:00: Music Gallery/Invocation. Departure Series: The Out Louds, Mette Rasmussen/ Tashi Dorji/Tyler Damon and Michael Keith/ Saab Narayan. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-204-1080. /(adv); (members). Sunday June 19 ●●3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Music of the Czechs. Jánaček: Suite for String Orchestra; Dvořák: Serenade for Wind Instruments; Symphony No.6 in D Op.60; Walter: Concerto for Orchestra. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. ; (sr); (child/OTopus 14-29). 2:15: preconcert chat. ●●3:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Paris on Broadway. Works by Offenbach, Lehár, Gershwin, Porter, Herbert and others. Elizabeth Beeler, Curtis Sullivan, Jennifer Taverner, Vania Chan, Michael Nyby, Dion Mazerolle, Guillermo Silva-Marin; Michael Rose, music director/piano. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. , . ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●7:20: Tafelmusik/Luminato. In Concert. Works by Telemann, Handel, Torelli, Marais and Bach. Hearn Generating Station, 440 Unwin Ave. 416-368-4849. . TAFELMUSIK @ June 19 @7:20pm Hearn Generating Station tafelmusik.org thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 51

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