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.
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3pm The Hot Five Jazzmakers. De Sotos 1079 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-651-2109 desotos.ca (full schedule) Every Sun 11am Sunday Live Jazz Brunch No cover. Emmet Ray, The 924 College St. 416-792-4497 theemmetray.com (full schedule) All shows: No cover/PWYC June 1 9pm John-Wayne Swingtet: John Farrell (guitar), Abbey Sholzberg (bass), Wayne Nakamura (guitar), Alexander Tikhonov (clarinet). June 8 9pm Bossa Tres: Victor Monsivais (guitar), Abbey Sholzberg (bass). June 15 9pm Vokurka’s Vicarious Virtuoso Violin: Ed Vokurka (violin), John Fletcher (guitar), Abbey Sholzberg (bass). Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-588-2930 gate403.com All shows: PWYC. June 1, July 6 5pm Chris Staig; 9pm Darcy Windover Band. June 2 5pm Roberta Hunt Trio; 9pm Melissa Boyce Jazz and Blues Band. June 3 5pm Bill Heffernan’s Saturday Sessions; 9pm The Tin Pan Jazz Band. June 4 5pm Grateful Sunday. June 5, July 3 5pm Mike and Jill Daley Jazz Duo; 9pm The Tim Hamel Trio. June 6, July 4 5pm Roots and Branches Blues Band; 9pm Bruce Chapman Blues Duo. June 7 5pm Rob Davis Blues Trio; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 8 5pm Robert Lee Trio; 9pm Kevin Laliberte Jazz & Flamenco Trio. June 9 5pm The Misunderstandings; 9pm Sean Bellaviti Latin Jazz Trio. June 10 5pm Bill Heffernan’s Saturday Sessions; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Quartet. June 11 5pm Fifth Element; 9pm Boogaloo Benzai. June 12 5pm Chelsea McBride Jazz Trio; 9pm The Tim Hamel Trio. June 13 5pm Celtic & Croon; 9pm Steve Farrugia Jazz Quartet. June 14 5pm Mr. Rick Solo; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 15 5pm Michelle Rumball; 9pm Chris Staig & The Marquee Players. June 16 5pm Elizabeth Martins Jazz Trio; 9pm Esplanade Jazz Collective. June 17 D. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) 5pm Bill Heffernan’s Saturday Sessions. June 18 5pm Jeff Taylor & The SLT; 9pm Michael Keith. June 19 5pm Ed Kopec; 9pm The Tim Hamel Trio. June 20 5pm Chris Reid & Nina Richmond; 9pm Jonathan Billings Blues Trio. June 21 5pm Lola Blues Duo; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 22 5pm Moscow Apartment; 9pm Zimzum. June 23 5pm Sam Broverman; 9pm Tiffany Hanus Jazz Band. June 24 5pm Bill Heffernan’s Saturday Sessions; 9pm Donne Roberts Jazz Band. June 25 5pm Linda Carone Vintage Jazz & Blues; 9pm Kalya Ramu Jazz Band. June 26 5pm Ed Kopec Jazz Piano; 9pm The Tim Hamel Trio. June 27 5pm Celtic & Croon; 9pm Robert Chapman Jazz Band. June 28 5pm Concord Jazz Quintet; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 29 5pm G Street Jazz Trio; 9pm Root Down Trio. June 30 5pm Greg Cockerill & Bruce Carroll; 9pm Fraser Melvin Blues Band. July 1 9pm The Tin Pan Jazz Band. July 2 5pm Grateful Sunday; 9pm Berman Billings Duo. July 5 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. July 7 5pm Roberta Hunt Trio; 9pm The Pearl Motel. Grossman’s Tavern 379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-7000 grossmanstavern.com (full schedule) All shows: No cover (unless otherwise noted). Every Sat The Happy Pals Dixieland jazz jam. Every Sun 10pm The National Blues Jam with Brian Cober. Every Wed 10pm Bruce Domoney. Harlem Restaurant 67 Richmond St. E. 416-368-1920 harlemrestaurant.com (full schedule) All shows: 7:30-11pm (unless otherwise noted). Call for cover charge info. June 2, 16, 30 Gyles. June 5, 12, 19, 26 Neil Brathwaite. June 9, June 23 Madette. July 7 Sean Stanley & Sokhna Dior. Heliconian Club 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-922-3618 heliconianclub.org June 10 3pm Ella Fitzgerald Centennial Tribute with Faith Amour (voice), Adrean Farrugia (piano), Mark Godfrey (bass), Chris Wallace (drums) . Hirut Cafe and Restaurant 2050 Danforth Ave. 416-551-7560 Every Sun 3pm Open mic with Nicola Vaughan. June 2 8:30pm In the Round Master Concert Series feat. Boris Buhot & friends PWYC. June 5 7pm Community Sing-along No cover. June 6, 20 8pm Finger Style Guitar Association PWYC. June 9 8pm Don Naduriak PWYC. June 30 9pm Hirut Hoot Cabaret . Home Smith Bar – See Old Mill, The Hugh’s Room 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-533-5483 hughsroom.com All shows: 8:30pm unless otherwise noted June 1 Don Ross & Calum Graham .50(adv)/(door). June 2 Pee Wee Ellis & Jason Wilson (adv)/(door). June 3 David Rotundo Band (adv)/(door). June 7 Lemon Bucket Orkestra (adv)/(door). June 8 Kim Doolittle CD Release (adv)/$22.50 (door). June 9 A Celebration of Levon Helm (adv)/(door). June 10 Smale’s Pace / Change of Pace Reunion Concert (adv)/(door). June 11 8pm Edification: A Tribute to Ed Bickert CD Launch (adv)/(door). June 15 Richard Sabsay Band PWYC. June 16 In Cash We Trust – 5th Annual Johnny Cash Tribute (adv)/(door). June 17 Paul Reddick. June 22 Beyond the Pale CD Release (adv)/(door). June 28 Jeffrey Straker $22(adv)/(door). June 30 Les Filles de Illighadad (adv)/(door). July 5 Black Umfolosi (adv)/(door). July 6 Amanda Martinze (adv)/(door). July 7 John Doyle (adv)/(door). Jazz Bistro, The 251 Victoria St. 416-363-5299 jazzbistro.ca June 1 8:30pm Colin Hunter and the Anthony Terpstra Big Band Show – Mostly Frank . June 2, 3 8:30pm Colin Hunter and the Joe Sealy Quartet . June 4 7pm Monica Chapman CD Release . June 6 7pm Hisaka . June 7 8pm Stevie Ross: Blue Mambo Swing . June 9 9pm Louis Simao CD Release . June 11 7pm Whitney Ross-Barris . June 14 8pm John Sherwood and Friends – A Sneak Peak at the Niagara Jazz Festival. June 15 9pm Jesse Ryan & Bridges . June 16, 17 9pm Stephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi (Fri)/(Sat). June 18 7pm Kevin Morris . June 20, 21 8pm(Tue)/7pm(Wed) Ron Davis . June 22 7pm The Renee Rosnes Trio . June 23 7pm Renee Rosnes and Bill Charlap . June 24 7pm Carol Sloane & Bill Charlap . June 26, 27 7pm Sheila Jordan & The Adrean Farrugia Trio . June 28 7pm The Guido Basso Quintet . June 29 7pm Infinitude – Ingrid & Christine Jensen with Ben Moncer . June 30 7pm The Carol Welsman Trio . July 1 9pm Filo Machado Ensemble feat. Bel Brasil. Jazz Room, The Located in the Huether Hotel, 59 King St. N., Waterloo. 226-476-1565 kwjazzroom.com (full schedule) All shows: 8:30pm-11:30pm unless otherwise indicated. Attendees must be 19+. June 2 Ray Podhornik Sextet . June 3 Jeff King’s Catalyst . June 9 Ryan Cassidy . June 10 Joe Bowden Sextet . June 16 Bernie Carroll Project . June 17 Turboprop . June 22 Pilar . June 23 Montuno Police $22. June 24 Genevieve Marentette . June 25 4pm In Orbit . La Revolucion 2848 Dundas St. W. 416-766-0746 larev.webs.com Every Tue 9pm Duets with Peter Hill and featured guests. Every Fri Les Petits Noveaux. Every Sat 7:30pm Saturday Night Jazz (lineup TBA). Local Gest, The 424 Parliament St. 416-961-9425 June 4 4:30pm Joanne Morra. Local Pub, The 396 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-535-6225 localpub.ca (full schedule) June 4 9pm Mr. Rick’s Tin Pan Jazz Band. June 17 9pm Candy Apple Jazz Band. June 28 9pm Alan Zemaitis. Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307 lula.ca (full schedule) June 1 7:30pm Dennis Rollins & Alexis Baro, Battle of Santiago, Sonido Pesao (adv)/(door). June 2 7:30pm Rachel Thurrien & Café Cubano . June 3 1pm Dundas Brass No cover. June 4 7pm Louis Simao (adv)/(door); 8:30pm Aline Morales with Rob Curto (adv)/(door). June 5 7pm ESA Music Theatre Grad Showcase . June 6 7pm Dorjee Tsering & So Long Seven (adv)/(door). June 7 8pm Candido (adv)/(door). June 8 7pm Ed Cherry Trio (adv)/(door); 9:30pm Mery Now, Paul Reddick, Quique Escamilla (adv)/(door). June 9 10:30pm Axel Tosca Laugart & Gerardo Contino y Los Habaneros . June 10 10:30pm Sean Bellaviti & Conjuno Lacalu . June 11 1pm Tribute to Violeta Parra ; 8pm The Heart of a Man (adv)/(door). June 15 7:30pm Regeneration Community Services Annual Big Band Benefit . June 16 8pm Chris Wallace ; 10:30pm Marta Elena & Salsa Star & DJ Suave . June 17 10:30pm Yani Borrell & DJ Santiago Valasquez . June 18 7:30pm CFA Summer in the City Flute Festival (adv)/(door). June 20 7:30pm Dinner & Dancing Italian Style . June 23 10:30pm Lady Son y Articulo Viente & DJ Suave . June 24 10:30pm Charles y Su Estrellas & DJ Santiago Valasquez . June 27 9pm Rebel Vibez presents: STAGES . June 30 7:30pm Rafael Zaldivar ; 10:30pm Papiosco y Grupo Ritmicos de Toronto & DJ Suave . June 31 10:30pm Manny Cardenas & DJ Santiago Valasquez . Manhattans Pizza Bistro & Music Club 951 Gordon St., Guelph 519-767-2440 manhattans.ca (full schedule) All shows: PWYC. June 9 Lara Solnicki Trio. June 10 Steve Koven Trio. June 16 Cara Matthew Trio. Mây Cafe 876 Dundas St. W. 647-607-2032 maytoronto.com (full schedule) Mezzetta Restaurant 681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687 mezzettarestaurant.com (full schedule) All shows: 9pm, (unless otherwise noted). 66 | June 1, 2017 - September 7, 2017 thewholenote.com
June 7 Mike Murley (sax) & Reg Schwager (guitar). June 14 Nathan Hiltz (guitar) & Pat Collins (bass). June 21 Angela Turone (voice) & Chris Platt (guitar). Monarch Tavern 12 Clinton St. 416-531-5833 themonarchtavern.com (full schedule) June 5, July 3 7:30pm Martin Loomer & His Orange Devils Orchestra . June 11 8pm John Kameel Farah: Time Sketches . Morgans on the Danforth 1282 Danforth Ave. 416-461-3020 morgansonthedanforth.com (full schedule) All shows: 2pm-5pm. No cover. June 25 Lisa Particelli’s Girls’ Night Out East Jazz Jam. N’awlins Jazz Bar & Dining 299 King St. W. 416-595-1958 nawlins.ca All shows: No cover/PWYC. Every Tue 6:30pm Stacie McGregor. Every Wed 7pm Jim Heineman Trio. Every Thu 8pm Nothin’ But the Blues w/ Joe Bowden (drums) and featured vocalists. Every Fri, Sat 8:30pm N’awlins All Star Band. Every Sun 7pm Brooke Blackburn. Nice Bistro, The 117 Brock St. N., Whitby. 905-668-8839 nicebistro.com (full schedule) June 14 Paul Grecco and Laura Gauthier .99 (dinner included). June 28 Barry Sears Trio .99 (dinner included). Old Mill, The 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641 oldmilltoronto.com The Home Smith Bar: No reservations. No cover. food/drink minimum. All shows: 7:30pm-10:30pm June 1 Julie McGregor (voice) Quartet with Kelly Jefferson (sax), Matt Newton (piano), Jon Meyer (bass). June 2 Canadian Jazz Quartet: Frank Wright (vibes), Ted Quinlan (guitar), Pat Collins (bass), Don Vickery (drums) feat. Chris Gale (sax). June 3 Roy Patterson (guitar) Trio with Don Thompson (piano, bass), Terry Clarke (drums). June 6 In Concert & Conversation with Gene DiNovi (piano, voice). June 8 Drew Jurecka (violin) Trio with Adrean Farrugia (piano), Clark Johnston (bass). June 9 Lisa Martinelli (voice) Quartet with Kevin Turcotte (trumpet), Ted Quinlan (guitar), Mike Downes (bass). June 10 Brian Blain’s Blues Campfire. June 15 Nancy Walker (piano) Trio with Kieran Overs (bass), Ethan Ardelli (drums). June 16 Jocelyn Barth (voice) Trio with Dave Restivo (piano), George Koller (bass). June 17 Dave Young (bass) Quartet with Kevin Turcotte (trumpet), John Sherwood (piano), Terry Clarke (drums). June 22 Neil Swainson (bass) Trio with Don Thompson (piano), Reg Schwager (guitar). June 23 Russ Little (trombone) Quartet with Tom Szczesniak (piano), Scott Alexander (bass), Brian Barlow (drums) feat. June Garber (voice). Tickets available online. June 24 Russ Little (trombone) Quartet with Tom Szczesniak (piano), Scott Alexander (bass), Brian Barlow (drums) feat. Shakura S’Aida (voice). Tickets available online. June 30 Russ Little (trombone) Quartet with Tom Szczesniak (piano), Scott Alexander (bass), Brian Barlow (drums) feat. Amanda Martinez (voice). Tickets available online. July 1 Russ Little (trombone) Quartet with Tom Szczesniak (piano), Scott Alexander (bass), Brian Barlow (drums) feat. Micah Barnes (voice). Tickets available online. Only Café, The 972 Danforth Ave. 416-463-7843 theonlycafe.com (full schedule) All shows: 8pm unless otherwise indicated. Paintbox Bistro 555 Dundas St. E. 647-748-0555 paintboxbistro.ca (full schedule) Pilot Tavern, The 22 Cumberland Ave. 416-923-5716 thepilot.ca All shows: 3:30pm. No cover. June 3 Turboprop: Tara Davidson (alto sax), Kelly Jefferson (tenor sax), William Carn (trombone), Adrean Farrugia (piano), Michael Herring (bass), Ernesto Cervini (drums). June 10 3pm Norman Marshall Villeneuve (drums), Eric Boucher (piano), Eric Lagace (bass), Ken Fornetran (alto sax), Bob Brough (tenor sax). June 17 Sugar Daddies: Gord Sheard (piano), Dave Dunlop (trumpet), John Johnson (sax), Tom Bellman (guitar), Peter Howard (drums), Steve Conover (bass). June 24 Pat Labarbera Quartet. July 1 Bob Brough Quartet. Poetry Jazz Café 224 Augusta Ave. 416-599-5299 poetryjazzcafe.com (full schedule) Prague Restaurant 450 Scarborough Golf Club Road 416-289-0283 praguerestaurant.ca June 8 Sam Broverman (voice) Trio with Peter Hill (piano), Jordan O’Connor (bass). Reposado Bar & Lounge 136 Ossington Ave. 416-532-6474 reposadobar.com (full schedule) Every Wed Spy vs. Sly vs. Spy. Every Thu, Fri 10pm Reposadists Quartet: Tim Hamel (trumpet), Jon Meyer (bass), Jeff Halischuck (drums), Roberto Rosenman (guitar). Reservoir Lounge, The 52 Wellington St. E. 416-955-0887 reservoirlounge.com (full schedule). All shows: 9:45pm Every Tue, Sat Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm. Every Wed The Digs. Every Thu Stacey Kaniuk, Mary McKay. Every Fri Dee Dee and the Dirty Martinis. Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, The 194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475 therex.ca (full schedule) Call for cover charge info. June 1 6:30pm Alex Coleman’s A/C Unit; 9:30pm Kiki Misumi Quintet. June 2 4pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm The Jivebombers; 9:45pm Argentina’s Gabriel Palatchi Trio. June 3 12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm One by One; 7pm Keith Hallett; 9:45pm Attila Fias Trio +. June 4 12pm Humber Community Music Student Recitals; 5:30pm Dr. Nick & The Rollercoasters; 7pm Lorne Nehring Trio; 9:30pm Ilios Steryannis Group. June 5 6:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pm Mike Herriott’s Off the Road Big Band. June 6 6:30pm Patrick O’Reilly’s Wire Circus. June 7 6:30pm Kelly Jefferson’s Tune Down; 9:30pm Andrew Scott. June 8 6:30pm Alex Coleman’s A/C Unit; 9:30pm Montreal’s Norman Marshall Villeneuve Sextet. June 9 4pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm The Jivebombers; 9:45pm Harrison Argatoff. June 10 12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Jenie Thai; 7pm Alec Trent’s Triple Bari; 9:45pm New York’s Russ Nolan. June 11 12pm Excelsior Dixieland Jazz; 3:30pm Red Hot Ramble; 7pm Lorne Nehring Trio; 9:30pm Barry Romberg. June 12 6:30pm Klezkonnection benefit concert in support of The Ashkenaz Foundation; 9:30pm Chris Hunt Tentet. June 13 6:30pm Patrick O’Reilly’s Wire Circus; 9:30pm Classic Rex Jazz Jam hosted by Chris Gale. June 14 6:30pm Kelly Jefferson’s Tune Down; 9:30pm Soul Stew. June 15 6:30pm Alex Coleman’s A/C Unit; 9:45pm Mark Kelso’s Jazz Exiles. June 16 4pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm The Jivebombers; 9:45pm Mark Kelso’s Jazz Exiles. June 17 12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Jerome Godboo; 7pm Alec Trent’s Triple Bari; 9:45pm Montreal’s Tevet Sela. June 18 12pm Excelsior Dixieland Jazz; 3:30pm Mr. Rick’s Tin Pan Alley; 7pm Lorne Nehring Trio; 9:30pm New York’s Kris Davis & Tony Malaby w/ Nick Fraser. June 19 6:30pm The Cookers Quintet; 9:30pm New York’s Kris Davis & Tony Malaby w/ Nick Fraser. June 20 6:30pm Patrick O’Reilly’s Wire Circus; 9:30pm Brooklyn’s Sandcatchers. June 21 6:30pm Kelly Jefferson’s Tune Down; 9:30pm The Rex’s Annual Players Party. June 22 5pm Ken McDonald; 8pm Marito Marques; 10pm Dallas’ Shaun Martin Go-Go Party. June 23 3pm Hogtown Syncopators; 5pm The Jivebombers; 8pm New York’s Alex Goodman; 10pm New York’s Mark Turner w/ Jochen Rueckert. June 24 12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Swing Shift Big Band; 8pm Alex Pangman; 10pm New York’s Mark Turner w/ Jochen Rueckert. June 25 12pm Excelsior Dixieland Jazz; 3:30pm Freeway Dixieland; 8pm Andrew Downing’s Otterville; 10pm San Diego’s Geoffery Keezer Trio. June 26 5pm Patrick Smith; 8pm John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra; 11pm Tom Upjohn’s We Are All Jazz Orchestra. June 27 5pm Lucien Gray; 8pm Dave Young; 10pm Tara Kannanagara. Galas and Fundraisers ●●June 04 1:00-5:00: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Face to Face and Fabulous. Reception, followed by luncheon and entertainment by violinist Aisslinn Nosky, the NSO Story Quartet and music director Bradley Thachuk. Fundraising event to benefit the Niagara Symphony Orchestra. The Pavilion, Trius Winery at Hillebrand, 1249 Niagara Stone Rd., Niagara-On- The-Lake. 905-687-4993 x221. 5. ●●June 04 3:00-6:00: Toronto Early Music Players Organization. Annual Fundraising Tea and Silent Auction. Live music, free food and beverages. CDs, books, and sheet music for sale. Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-779-5750. Admission PWYC (suggested donation ). ●●June 12 6:00: Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee. Canadian Music’s Global Reach. Talk by musicologist, broadcaster, author and Globe and Mail critic Robert Harris. Wine and cheese reception to follow with entertainment by TSO musicians. Women’s Art Association of Toronto, 23 Prince Arthur Ave. Register at 416- 593-7769 x358. ; (st). In support of the E. The ETCeteras June 28 5pm Mark Godfrey; 8pm L.A.’s Joe LaBarbera with Pat Labarbera; 10pm Nashville’s Jeff Coffin, Felix Pastorius, with Michael Occhipinti. June 29 3pm Big Band Slam; 5pm Bugaloo Squad; 8pm Mike Murley; 10pm L.A.’s Knower. June 30 3pm Hogtown Syncopators; 5pm Justin Bacchus; 8pm Rich Brown; 10pm L.A.’s Knower. July 1 12pm Youth Jazz Showcase; 3:30pm Laura Hubert Band; 8pm Eric St. Laurent; 10pm Rich Brown’s The Abeng. July 2 12pm Excelsior Dixieland Jazz; 3:30pm Red Hot Ramble; 9pm Radiohead Jazz Project. Salty Dog Bar & Grill, The 1980 Queen St. E. 416-849-5064 thesaltydog.ca (full schedule) Every Tue, Wed Jazz Night. Sauce on the Danforth 1376 Danforth Ave. 647-748-1376 sauceondanforth.com All shows: No cover. June 3 The Lesters. June 10 Louisiana Snow Blowers. June 17 Ike Cedar and the Day Drinkers. Seven44 (Formerly Chick ’n’ Deli/The People’s Chicken) 744 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-489-7931 seven44.com (full schedule) All shows: 7:30pm Every Mon Big Band night. Tranzac 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137 tranzac.org 3-4 shows daily, various styles. Mostly PWYC. Every Mon 10pm Open Mic Mondays. Every Fri 5pm The Friends of Hugh Oliver (folk). This month’s shows include: June 4, 18, July 2 5pm Monk’s Music. June 6, July 4 10pm Peripheral Vision. June 11 10pm The Lina Allemano Four. June 13 10pm Michael Davidson. June 14 7:30pm Brodie West Quintet. June 18 7:30pm Diane Roblin. June 20 10pm Ken McDonald. June 21 10pm Josh Cole Quartet. June 30 10pm Ryan Driver. Toronto Symphony Orchestra and its Youth Orchestra. ●●June 25 3:00-5:00: Upper Canada Choristers. Strawberry Social Fundraiser. Finger food, cash bar, music performed by the choir, featuring Cantemos Latin Ensemble; Laurie Evan Fraser and Ayako Ochi, piano accompanists. Parish Hall, Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-256-0510. More information: uppercanadachoristers.org . Lectures, Salons, Symposia ●●June 01 7:00-9:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Songs from the 1960s: Lecture and Sing-along. Jordan Klapman takes you through the history and musical context behind some of your favourite hits, with a singalong of the greatest sensations by Carole King, Neil Sedaka, Barry Mann, and many more icons from the 1960s. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-2824; learning.rcmusic.ca/music-appreciation . ●●Jun 02 12:00 noon: Westben Concerts at The Barn. First-Friday Lunchtime Tick Talks: Brian Barlow on Buddy Rich. The life and times thewholenote.com June 1, 2017 - September 7, 2017 | 67
Choral Scene: Uncharted territory: three choirs finding paths forward; Music Theatre: Loose Tea on the boil with Alaina Viau’s Dead Reckoning; In with the New: what happens to soundart when climate change meets COVID-19; Call to action: diversity, accountability, and reform in post-secondary jazz studies; 9th Annual TIFF Tips: a filmfest like no other; Remembering: Leon Fleisher; DISCoveries: a NY state of mind; 25th anniversary stroll-through; and more.
Online in flip through here, and on stands commencing Tues SEP 1.
Following the Goldberg trail from Gould to Lang Lang; Measha Brueggergosman and Edwin Huizinga on face to face collaboration in strange times; diggings into dance as FFDN keeps live alive; "Classical unicorn?" - Luke Welch reflects on life as a Black classical pianist; Debashis Sinha's adventures in sound art; choral lessons from Skagit Valley; and the 21st annual WholeNote Blue Pages (part 1 of 3) in print and online. Here now. And, yes, still in print, with distribution starting Thursday October 1.
Alanis Obomsawin's art of life; fifteen Exquisite Departures; UnCovered re(dis)covered; jazz in the kitchen; three takes on managing record releases in times of plague; baroque for babies; presenter directory (blue pages) part two; and, here at the WholeNote, work in progress on four brick walls (or is it five?). All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Tuesday Nov 3.
In this issue: Beautiful Exceptions, Sing-Alone Messiahs, Livingston’s Vocal Pleasures, Chamber Beethoven, Online Opera (Plexiglass & All), Playlist for the Winter of our Discontent, The Oud & the Fuzz, Who is Alex Trebek? All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Friday December 4.
July/August issue is now available in flipthrough HERE, bringing to a close 25 seasons of doing what we do (and plan to continue doing), and on stands early in the week of July 5. Not the usual bucolic parade of music in the summer sun, but lots, we hope, to pass the time: links to online and virtual music; a full slate of record reviews; plenty new in the Listening Room; and a full slate of stories – the future of opera, the plight of small venues, the challenge facing orchestras, the barriers to resumption of choral life, the challenges of isolation for real-time music; the steps some festivals are taking to keep the spirit and substance of what they do alive. And intersecting with all of it, responses to the urgent call for anti-racist action and systemic change.
"COVID's Metamorphoses"? "There's Always Time (Until Suddenly There Isn't)"? "The Writing on the Wall"? It's hard to know WHAT to call this latest chapter in the extraordinary story we are all of a sudden characters in. By whatever name we call it, the MAY/JUNE combined issue of The WholeNote is now available, HERE in flip through format, in print commencing Wednesday May 6, and, in fully interactive form, online at thewholenote.com. Our 18th Annual Choral Canary Pages, scheduled for publication in print and flip through in September is already well underway with the first 50 choirs home to roost and more being added every week online. Community Voices, our cover story, brings to you the thoughts of 30 musical community members, all going through what we are going through (and with many more to come as the feature gets amplified online over the course of the coming months). And our regular writers bring their personal thoughts to the mix. Finally, a full-fledged DISCoveries review section offers cues and clues to recorded music for your solitary solace!
After some doubt that we would be allowed to go to press, in respect to wide-ranging Ontario business closures relating to COVID-19, The WholeNote magazine for April 2020 is now on press, and print distribution – modified to respect community-wide closures and the need for appropriate distancing – starts Monday March 30. Meanwhile the full magazine is right here, digitally, so if you value us PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK AS WIDELY AS YOU CAN. It's the safest way for us to reach the widest possible audience at this time!
FEATURED: Music & Health writer Vivien Fellegi explores music, blindness & the plasticity of perception; David Jaeger digs into Gustavo Gimeno's plans for new music in his upcoming first season as music director at TSO; pianist James Rhodes, here for an early March recital, speaks his mind in a Q&A with Paul Ennis; and Lydia Perovic talks music and more with rising Turkish-Canadian mezzo Beste Kalender. Also, among our columns, Peggy Baker Dance Projects headlines Wende Bartley's In with the New; Steve Wallace's Jazz Notes rushes in definitionally where many fear to tread; ... and more.
Visions of 2020! Sampling from back to front for a change: in Rearview Mirror, Robert Harris on the Beethoven he loves (and loves to hate!); Errol Gay, a most musical life remembered; Luna Pearl Woolf in focus in recordings editor David Olds' "Editor's Corner" and in Jenny Parr's preview of "Jacqueline"; Speranza Scappucci explains how not to reinvent Rossini; The Indigo Project, where "each piece of cloth tells a story"; and, leading it all off, Jully Black makes a giant leap in "Caroline, or Change." And as always, much more. Now online in flip-through format here and on stands starting Thurs Jan 30.
Welcome to our December/January issue as we turn the annual calendar page, halfway through our season for the 25th time, juggling as always, secular stuff, the spirit of the season, new year resolve and winter journeys! Why is Mozart's Handel's Messiah's trumpet a trombone? Why when Laurie Anderson offers to fly you to the moon you should take her up on the invitation. Why messing with Winterreisse can (sometimes) be a very good thing! And a bumper crop of record reviews for your reading (and sometimes listening) pleasure. Available in flipthrough here right now, and on stands commencing Thursday Nov 28. See you on the other side!
On the slim chance you might not have already heard the news, Estonian Canadian composing giant Udo Kasemets was born the same year that Leo Thermin invented the theremin --1919. Which means this is the centenary year for both of them, and both are being celebrated in style, as Andrew Timar and MJ Buell respectively explain. And that's just a taste of a bustling November, with enough coverage of music of both the delectably substantial and delightfully silly on hand to satisfy one and all.
Long promised, Vivian Fellegi takes a look at Relaxed Performance practice and how it is bringing concert-going barriers down across the spectrum; Andrew Timar looks at curatorial changes afoot at the Music Gallery; David Jaeger investigates the trumpets of October; the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution (and the 20th Anniversary of our October Blue Pages Presenter profiles) in our Editor's Opener; the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir at 125; Tapestry at 40 and Against the Grain at 10; ringing in the changing season across our features and columns; all this and more, now available in Flip Through format here, and on the stands commencing this coming Friday September 27, 2019. Enjoy.
Vol 1 of our 25th season is now here! And speaking of 25, that's how many films in the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival editor Paul Ennis, in our Eighth Annual TIFF TIPS, has chosen to highlight for their particular musical interest.
Also inside: Rob Harris looks through the Rear View Mirror at past and present prognostications about the imminent death of classical music; Mysterious Barricades and Systemic Barriers are Lydia Perović's preoccupations in Art of Song; Andrew Timar reflects on the evolving priorities of the Polaris Prize; and elsewhere, it's chocks away as yet another season creaks or roars (depending on the beat) into motion. Welcome back.
What a range of stuff! A profile of Liz Upchurch, the COC ensemble studio's vocal mentor extraordinaire; a backgrounder on win-win faith/arts centre partnerships and ways of exploring the possibilities; an interview with St. Petersburg-based Eifman Ballet's Boris Eifman; Ana Sokolovic's violin concert Evta finally coming to town; a Love Letter to YouTube, and much more. Plus our 17th annual Canary Pages Choral directory if all you want to do is sing! sing! sing!
Arraymusic, the Music Gallery and Native Women in the Arts join for a mini-festival celebrating the work of composer, performer and installation artist Raven Chacon; Music and Health looks at the role of Healing Arts Ontario in supporting concerts in care facilities; Kingston-based composer Marjan Mozetich's life and work are celebrated in film; "Forest Bathing" recontextualizes Schumann, Shostakovich and Hindemith; in Judy Loman's hands, the harp can sing; Mahler's Resurrection bursts the bounds of symphonic form; Ed Bickert, guitar master remembered. All this and more in our April issue, now online in flip-through here, and on stands commencing Friday March 29.
Something Old, Something New! The Ide(a)s of March are Upon Us! Rob Harris's Rear View Mirror looks forward to a tonal revival; Tafelmusik expands their chronological envelope in two directions, Esprit makes wave after wave; Pax Christi's new oratorio by Barbara Croall catches the attention of our choral and new music columnists; and summer music education is our special focus, right when warm days are once again possible to imagine. All this and more in our March 2019 edition, available in flipthrough here, and on the stands starting Thursday Feb 28.
In this issue: A prize that brings lustre to its laureates (and a laureate who brings lustre to the prize); Edwin Huizinga on the journey of Opera Atelier's "The Angel Speaks" from Versailles to the ROM; Danny Driver on playing piano in the moment; Remembering Neil Crory (a different kind of genius)' Year of the Boar, Indigeneity and Opera; all this and more in Volume 24 #5. Online in flip through, HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday Jan 31.
When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.
Reluctant arranger! National Ballet Orchestra percussionist Kris Maddigan on creating the JUNO and BAFTA award-winning smash hit Cuphead video game soundtrack; Evergreen by name and by nature, quintessentially Canadian gamelan (Andrew Timar explains); violinist Angèle Dubeau on 20 years and 60 million streams; two children’s choirs where this month remembrance and living history must intersect. And much more, online in our kiosk now, and on the street commencing Thursday November 1.
Presenters, start your engines! With TIFF and "back-to-work" out of the way, the regular concert season rumbles to life, and, if our Editor's Opener can be trusted, "Seeking Synergies" seems to be the name of the game. Denise Williams' constantly evolving "Walk Together Children" touching down at the Toronto Centre for the Arts; the second annual Festival of Arabic Music and Arts expanding its range; a lesson in Jazz Survival with Steve Wallace; the 150 presenter and performer profiles in our 19th annual Blue Pages directory... this is an issue that is definitely more than the sum of its parts.
In this issue: The WholeNote's 7th Annual TIFF TIPS guide to festival films with musical clout; soprano Erin Wall in conversation with Art of Song columnist Lydia Perovic, about more than the art of song; a summer's worth of recordings reviewed; Toronto Chamber Choir at 50 (is a few close friends all it takes?); and much more, as the 2018/19 season gets under way.
PLANTING NOT PAVING! In this JUNE / JULY /AUGUST combined issue: Farewell interviews with TSO's Peter Oundjian and Stratford Summer Music's John Miller, along with "going places" chats with Luminato's Josephine Ridge, TD Jazz's Josh Grossman and Charm of Finches' Terry Lim. ) Plus a summer's worth of fruitful festival inquiry, in the city and on the road, in a feast of stories and our annual GREEN PAGES summer Directory.
In this issue: our sixteenth annual Choral Canary Pages; coverage of 21C, Estonian Music Week and the 3rd Toronto Bach Festival (three festivals that aren’t waiting for summer!); and features galore: “Final Finales” for Larry Beckwith’s Toronto Masque Theatre and for David Fallis as artistic director of Toronto Consort; four conductors on the challenges of choral conducting; operatic Hockey Noir; violinist Stephen Sitarski’s perspective on addressing depression; remembering bandleader, composer and saxophonist Paul Cram. These and other stories, in our May 2018 edition of the magazine.
In this issue: we talk with jazz pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo about growing up in Toronto, building a musical career, and being adaptive to change; pianist Eve Egoyan prepares for her upcoming Luminato project and for the next stage in her long-term collaborative relationship with Spanish-German composer Maria de Alvear; jazz violinist Aline Homzy, halfway through preparing for a concert featuring standout women bandleaders, talks about social equity in the world of improvised music; and the local choral community celebrates the life and work of choral conductor Elmer Iseler, 20 years after his passing.
In this issue: Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera collaborate to take Gogol’s short story The Overcoat to the operatic stage; Montreal-based Sam Shalabi brings his ensemble Land of Kush, and his newest composition, to Toronto; Five Canadian composers, each with a different CBC connection, are nominated for JUNOs; and The WholeNote team presents its annual Summer Music Education Directory, a directory of summer music camps, programs and courses across the province and beyond.
In this issue: composer Nicole Lizée talks about her love for analogue equipment, and the music that “glitching” evokes; Richard Rose, artistic director at the Tarragon Theatre, gives us insights into their a rock-and-roll Hamlet, now entering production; Toronto prepares for a mini-revival of Schoenberg’s music, with three upcoming shows at New Music Concerts; and the local music theatre community remembers and celebrates the life and work of Mi’kmaq playwright and performer Cathy Elliott . These and other stories, in our double-issue December/January edition of the magazine.
In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!
In this issue: several local artists reflect on the memory of composer Claude Vivier, as they prepare to perform his music; Vancouver gets ready to host international festival ISCM World New Music Days, which is coming to Canada for the second time since its inception in 1923; one of the founders of Artword Artbar, one of Hamilton’s staple music venues, on the eve of the 5th annual Steel City Jazz Festival, muses on keeping urban music venues alive; and a conversation with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, as he prepares for an ambitious recital in Toronto. These and other stories, in our October 2017 issue of the magazine.
In this issue: a look at why musicians experience stage fright, and how to combat it; an inside look at the second Kensington Market Jazz Festival, which zeros in on one of Toronto’s true ‘music villages’; an in-depth interview with Elisa Citterio, new music director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; and The WholeNote’s guide to TIFF, with suggestions for the 20 most musical films at this year’s festival. These and other stories, in our September 2017 issue of the magazine!
CBC Radio's Lost Horizon; Pinocchio as Po-Mo Operatic Poster Boy; Meet the Curators (Crow, Bernstein, Ridge); a Global Music Orchestra is born; and festivals, festivals, festivals in our 13th annual summer music Green Pages. All this and more in our three-month June-through August summer special issue, now available in flipthrough HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday June 1.
From science fact in "Integral Man: Music and the Movies," to science fiction in the editor's opener; from World Fiddle Day at the Aga Khan Museum to three Canadians at the Cliburn; from wanting to sashay across the 401 to Chamberfest in Montreal to exploring the Continuum of Jumblies Theatre's 20-year commitment to the Community Play (there's a pun in there somewhere!).
In this issue: Our podcast ramps up with interviews in March with fight director Jenny Parr, countertenor Daniel Taylor, and baritone Russell Braun; two views of composer John Beckwith at 90; how music’s connection to memory can assist with the care of patients with Alzheimer’s; musical celebrations in film and jazz, at National Canadian Film Day and Jazz Day; and a preview of Louis Riel, which opens this month at the COC. These and other stories, in our April 2017 issue of the magazine!
On our cover: Owen Pallett's musical palette on display at New Creations. Spring brings thoughts of summer music education! (It's never too late.). For Marc-Andre Hamelin the score is king. Ella at 100 has the tributes happening. All; this and more.
In this issue: an interview with composer/vocalist Jeremy Dutcher, on his upcoming debut album and unique compositional voice; a conversation with Boston Symphony hornist James Sommerville, as as the BSO gets ready to come to his hometown; Stuart Hamilton, fondly remembered; and an inside look at Hugh’s Room, as it enters a complicated chapter in the story of its life in the complex fabric of our musical city. These and other stories, as we celebrate the past and look forward to the rest of 2016/17, the first glimpses of 2017/18, and beyond!
In this issue: a conversation with pianist Stewart Goodyear, in advance of his upcoming show at Koerner Hall; a preview of the annual New Year’s phenomenon that is Bravissimo!/Salute to Vienna; an inside look at music performance in Toronto’s health-care centres; and a reflection on the incredible life and lasting influence of the late Pauline Oliveros. These and more, in a special December/January combined issue!
In this issue: David Jaeger and Alex Pauk’s most memorable R. Murray Schafer collabs, in this month’s installment of Jaeger’s CBC Radio Two: The Living Legacy; an interview with flutist Claire Chase, who brings new music and mindset to Toronto this month; an investigation into the strange coincidence of three simultaneous Mendelssohn Elijahs this Nov 5; and of course, our annual Blue Pages, a who’s who of southern Ontario’s live music scene- a community as prolific and multifaceted as ever. These and more, as we move full-force into the 2016/17 concert season- all aboard!
Music lover's TIFF (our fifth annual guide to the Toronto International Film Festival); Aix Marks the Spot (how Brexit could impact on operatic co-production); The Unstoppable Howard Cable (an affectionate memoir of a late chapter in the life of of a great Canadian arranger; Kensington Jazz Story (the newest kid on the festival block flexes its muscles). These stories and much more as we say a lingering goodbye to summer and turn to the task, for the 22nd season, of covering the live and recorded music that make Southern Ontario tick.
It's combined June/July/August summer issue time with, we hope, enough between the covers to keep you dipping into it all through the coming lazy, hazy days. From Jazz Vans racing round "The Island" delivering pop-up brass breakouts at the roadside, to Bach flute ambushes strolling "The Grove, " to dozens of reasons to stay in the city. May yours be a summer where you find undiscovered musical treasures, and, better still, when, unexpectedly, the music finds you.
INSIDE: The Canaries Are Here! 116 choirs to choose from, so take the plunge! The Nylons hit the road after one last SING! Fling. Jazz writer Steve Wallace wonders "Watts Goode" rather than "what's new?" Paul Ennis has the musical picks of the HotDocs crop. David Jaeger's CBC Radio continues golden for a little while yet. Douglas McNabney is Music's Child. Leipzig meets Damascus in Alison Mackay's fertile imagination. And "C" is for KRONOS in Wende Bartley's koverage of the third annual 21C Festival. All this and as usual much much more. Enjoy.
From 30 camp profiles to spark thoughts of being your summer musical best, to testing LUDWIG as you while away the rest of so-called winter; from Scottish Opera and the Danish Midtvest, to a first Toronto recital appearance by violin superstar Maxim Vengerov; from musings on New Creations and new creation, to the boy who made a habit of crying Beowulf; it's a month of merry meetings and rousing recordings reviewed, all here to discover in The WholeNote.
2016 is off to a flying start! We chronicle the Artful Times of Andrew Burashko, the violistic versatility of Teng Li, the ageless ebullience of jazz pianist Gene DiNovi and the ninetieth birthday of trumpeter Johnny Cowell. Jaeger remembers Boulez; Waxman recalls Bley's influence, and Olds finds Bowie haunting Editor's Corner. Oh, and did we mention there's all that music? Hello (and goodbye) to the February blues, and here's to swinging through the musical vines of the Year of the Monkey.
What's a vinyl renaissance? What happens when Handel's Messiah runs afoul of the rumba rhythm setting on a (gasp!) Hammond organ? What work does Marc-Andre Hamelin say he would be content to have on every recital program he plays? What are Steve Wallace's favourite fifty Christmas recordings? Why is violinist Daniel Hope celebrating Yehudi Menuhin's 100th birthday at Koerner Hall January 28? Answers to all these questions (and a whole lot more) in the Dec/Jan issue of The WholeNote.
"Come" seems to be the verb that knits this month's issue together. Sondra Radvanovsky comes to Koerner, William Norris comes to Tafel as their new GM, opera comes to Canadian Stage; and (a long time coming!) Jane Bunnett's musicianship and mentorship are honoured with the Premier's award for excellence; plus David Jaeger's ongoing series on the golden years of CBC Radio Two, Andrew Timar on hybridity, a bumper crop of record reviews and much much more. Come on in!
Vol 21 No 2 is now available for your viewing pleasure, and it's a bumper crop, right at the harvest moon. First ever Canadian opera on the Four Seasons Centre main stage gets double coverage with Wende Bartley interviewing Pyramus and Thisbe composer Barbara Monk Feldman and Chris Hoile connecting with director Christopher Alden; Paul Ennis digs into the musical mind of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and pianist Eve Egoyan is "On the Record" in conversation with publisher David Perlman ahead of the Oct release concert for her tenth recording. And at the heart of it all the 16th edition of our annual BLUE PAGES directory of presenters profile the season now well and truly under way.
Paul Ennis's annual TIFF TIPS (27 festival films of potential particular musical interest); Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Jeffrey Beecher on the Silk Road; David Jaeger on CBC Radio Music in the days it was committed to commissioning; the LISTENING ROOM continues to grow on line; DISCoveries is back, bigger than ever; and Mary Lou Fallis says Trinity-St. Paul's is Just the Spot (especially this coming Sept 25!).
