Volume 23 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2018

A. Concerts in the GTA

A. Concerts in the GTA The WholeNote listings are arranged in five sections: A. GTA (GREATER TORONTO AREA) covers all of Toronto plus Halton, Peel, York and Durham regions. B. BEYOND THE GTA covers many areas of Southern Ontario outside Toronto and the GTA. Starts on page 59. C. 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. Starts on page 64. D. IN THE CLUBS (MOSTLY JAZZ) is organized alphabetically by club. Starts on page 66. E. THE ETCETERAS is for galas, fundraisers, competitions, screenings, lectures, symposia, masterclasses, workshops, singalongs and other music-related events (except performances) which may be of interest to our readers. Starts on page 67. A GENERAL WORD OF CAUTION. A phone number is provided with every listing in The WholeNote — in fact, we won’t publish a listing without one. Concerts are sometimes cancelled or postponed; artists or venues may change after listings are published. Please check before you go out to a concert. HOW TO LIST. Listings in The WholeNote in the four sections above are a free service available, at our discretion, to eligible presenters. If you have an event, send us your information no later than the 8th of the month prior to the issue or issues in which your listing is eligible to appear. LISTINGS DEADLINE. The next issue covers the period from September 1 to October 7, 2018. All listings must be received by 11:59pm, Wednesday August 8. LISTINGS can be sent by email to listings@thewholenote.com or by using the online form on our website. We do not receive listings by phone, but you can call 416-323-2232 x27 for further information. LISTINGS ZONE MAP. Visit our website to search for concerts by the zones on this map: thewholenote.com. Lake Huron 6 Georgian Bay 7 2 1 5 Lake Erie 3 4 8 City of Toronto LISTINGS Friday June 1 Lake Ontario ●●12:00 noon: Jewish Music Week in Toronto/Zoomer Media/Canada-Israel Culture Foundation. Classical Jazzed-Up! Live from Zoomer Hall: Berkovsky-Mirzoev-Sarid Trio. Works by Israeli composers. Lyric Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-638-4492. Free with ticket (www.jewishmusicweek.com). On-air live radio performance for The New Classical 96.3 FM. ●●2:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Sicilian Jewish Jazz Project. Works highlighting the 15th century contribution of Jews to Sicilian culture and music prior to 1492. Michael Occhipinti. Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, 194 Queen St. W. 416-638-4492. Free. Refreshments available for purchase. ●●7:30: Gallery 345. A la vie, à l’amor. An evening of French and Spanish sounds, celebrating life and love. Works by Bizet, Délibes, Granados and others. Melanie Taverna, soprano; Alvaro Vasquez Robles, tenor; Angela Maria Sanchez, soprano; Jennifer Tung, piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. By donation. ●●7:30: Inglorious B Productions. Inglorious Women: Toronto. St. Andrew’s Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 647-637-7491. /(adv). All proceeds in support of Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic. ●●7:30: Italian Canadian Heritage Foundation. Omaggio a Puccini. Puccini: selection of arias from his operas. Jonelle Sills, soprano; Christopher Dall, tenor; Coro San Marco; Rolando Nicolosi, conductor. St. Peter’s Church (Woodbridge), 100 Bainbridge Ave, Woodbridge. 905-850-2269. or PWYC. ●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame By Frame. Created by Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté, based on work of Norman McLaren. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416- 345-9595. -5. Opens Jun 1, 7:30pm. Runs to Jun 10. Thurs/Sat/Sun(2pm), Tues-Sat(7:30pm). ●●8:00: Caliban Arts/Remix Lounge. Michael Arthurs Quintet. Michael Arthurs Quintet; Kamil Andre, vocalist. Remix Lounge, 1305 Dundas St. W. 647-722-4635. ; (adv). ●●8:00: Lawrence Park Community Church. Fridays @ 8. Rutter: Gloria; hymn arrangements. North York Temple Band (Glenn Barlow, conductor); Choir of Lawrence Park Community Church (Mark Toews, conductor). 2180 Bayview Ave. 416-489-1551 x28. . ●●8:00: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival. SING! Celebrates Gospel. Resound; University of Toronto Gospel Choir; The Chitans. Little Trinity Church, 425 King St. E. 416-783- 6103. Free. ●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld 2018. Rojitas and Yani Borrell. See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51. Saturday June 2 ●●9:45am: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival. Ruach Singers at Shabbat Beth Sholom. Beth Sholom Synagogue, 1445 Eglinton Ave. W. 416-783-6103. Free. Saturday morning religious service. ●●2:00: Festival Wind Orchestra. Bernstein’s Birthday Bash! Bernstein: Slava!; Candide Suite; A Simple Song (from Mass); Gilliland: Fantasia on Themes from West Side Story; Bass: Casey At The Bat (featuring Dan Riskin, narrator). Keith Reid, conductor. North Toronto Collegiate Institute, 17 Broadway Ave. festivalwindorchestra.com/tickets/. ; (sr/st); free(under 13). ●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Frame By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 2(7:30pm); 3(2pm); 5(7:30pm); 6(7:30pm); 7(2pm); 7(7:30pm); 8(7:30pm); 9(2pm); 9(7:30pm); 10(2pm). ●●2:00: Oliver Peart. Piano Recital. Oliver Peart, piano. St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth Ave. 416-463-1344. ; (sr/ st). ●●6:00: Villa Charities. Ermanno Mauro Masterclass Series Gala. Puccini: Act 3 from La bohème; and other works. Nicole Bellamy, piano/music director. Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. 416-789-7011 x248. 0. Includes gourmet dinner. A portion of proceeds support Villa Colombo. ●●6:30: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto. Ambe...Welcome! Featuring VIVA!’s six choirs for singers from the age of 4 to adults. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-788- 8482. ​5; $​20​(sr/st). ●●7:30: Elmer Iseler Singers. In Concert. Lydia Adams, conductor. St. Paul’s United Church (Brampton), 30 Main St. S., Brampton. 905-451-1405. . ●●7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Oh Canada! Celebrating diverse repertoire by Canadian composers and arrangers. Glick: Sing unto the Lord; Hatfield: selected songs; Halley: selected songs; Chatman: Songs of a Prospector. Angela Schwarzkopf, harp; Carl Steinhauser, piano; Henry Renglich, conductor. Humber Valley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke. 416-779-2258. . ●●7:30: Jubilate Singers. Choral Bridges. McLaughlin: Across the Bridge of Hope; Bridges: My Spirit Sang All Day; Simon (arr. Shaw): Bridge over Troubled Water; Traditional (arr. Nees): Sur le pont d’Avignon; and works by Finzi and others. St. Simon-the- Apostle Anglican Church, 525 Bloor St. E. 416- 485-1988. ; (sr); (st); free(under 13). ●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 3(2pm); 5(7:30pm); 6(7:30pm); 7(2pm); 7(7:30pm); 8(7:30pm); 9(2pm); 9(7:30pm); 10(2pm). ●●7:30: Opera by Request. Don Giovanni. Mozart. Carrie Gray, soprano (Donna Anna); Reese de Rege, soprano (Zerlina); Laura Schatz, soprano (Donna Elvira); Jay Lambie, tenor (Don Ottavio); and others; Kate Carver, piano and conductor. College Street United Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. . ●●7:30: Resonance (part of Mississauga Festival Choir family). Resonance in Performance. First United Church (Port Credit), 151 Lakeshore Rd W., Mississauga. 416-986- 5537. ; (sr/st); (child). ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Water Music. Handel: Alla Hornpipe from Water Music Suite No.2; J. Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz; Schubert: Die Forelle (The Trout) for Soprano and Orchestra; Dvořák: Song to the Moon from Rusalka; Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; and other works. Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano; Christoph Altstaedt, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. .75–7.00. Also Jun 3(3pm). 52 | June 1 - September 7, 2018 thewholenote.com

●●8:00: Acoustic Harvest. Steel Rail. Opening set: Over the Moon. St. Nicholas Birch Cliff Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd. 416-729- 7564. /(adv). ●●8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Symphony Night. Chen Gang & He Zhan-Hao: The Butterfly Lover’s Violin Concerto; Pepa: Yakami Variations for Piano and Orchestra; Brahms: Symphony No.4 in e. Joyce Lai, violin; Erika Krinò, piano; Tak Ng Lai, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 647-812-0839. ; (sr); (st). ●●8:00: Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan. Three Decades of Canadian Degung. Celebrating Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan’s music in Toronto and Munich. Intson: Rainforest (arr. ECCG); Duggan: Evocation … gentle rain falling; Suratno: Anjeun (arr. ECCG); Lou Harrison: Ibu Trish (arr. ECCG); Thibault: L’angoisse des machines; and other works. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 450-807-1179. . ●●8:00: Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra. Love Stories. Elgar: Salut d’amour; Hillario Duran: Suite Latino; Acker Bilk: Stranger on the Shore; Bette Midler: The Rose; Sidney Bechet: Petite fleur; and other works. Michael Bridge, accordion; Kornel Wolak, clarinet; Jean-Michel Malouf, conductor. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W. 647-238-0015. ; (sr); (st). ●●8:00: Labyrinth Musical Workshop Ontario. Tzvetanka Varimezova and Bassam Bishara: Two Concerts in One. Tzvetanka Varimezova, voice; Bassam Bishara: Arabic ‘oud. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 647-702-8680. . ●●8:00: Nagata Shachu. Shamisen Taiko. Masahiro Nitta, shamisen. Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973- 4000. -; (sr/st). ●●8:00: North York Concert Orchestra. Jonathan Crow Plays Beethoven. Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino; Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite. Rafael Luz, conductor. Yorkminster Citadel, 1 Lord Seaton Rd., North York. 416-628-9195. ; (sr); (st). ●●8:00: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival. SoundCrowd and Friends. SoundCrowd Chorus; Countermeasure; Cadence; Retrocity. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-1656. . ●●8:00: Spectrum Music/Toronto Composers Collective. No Place Like Home. From Toronto to China: Contemporary music meets traditional Chinese instruments. Patty Chan, erhu; Di Zhang, yangqin; Cynthia Zimen Qin, gu zhang. Alliance Française de Toronto, 24 Spadina Rd. 416-937-6180 or bemusednetwork.com/events/detail/486. /(adv); (st)/(st adv). ●●10:15: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Community Melaveh Malka Celebrating Israel at 70! Works from Israel. Holy Blossom Trio Temple Choir, Temple Singers, Lachan Jewish Chamber Choir; Beny Maissner, cantor and conductor; Shir Harmony; Susan Michaels, conductor; Temple Kol Ami Choir; Mathias Memmel, conductor; and others. Temple Sinai, 210 Wilson Ave. 416-638-4492. Free. ●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/ Toronto Hispano. Lulaworld 2018. Yan Collazo with Sean Bellaviti & Conjunto Lacalu. See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51. Sunday June 3 ●●10:30am: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Cool Kids Concert. Interactive silly songs, rhymes and traditional children’s songs. Mark Weinstock. Bialik Hebrew Day School, 2760 Bathurst St. 416-638-4492. Free. ●●1:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. Musically Speaking. 16th-century Italian Madrigals. Works by Arcadelt, Banchieri, Donato, Festa, Marenzio, Rore and Wert. Canto Madrigali (Iris Krizmanic, Sheila McCoy, Valdis Jevtejevs, Frank Nakashima). St. David’s Anglican Church, 49 Donlands Ave. 416-464-7610. Admission by donation. ●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Frame By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 5(7:30pm); 6(7:30pm); 7(2pm); 7(7:30pm); 8(7:30pm); 9(2pm); 9(7:30pm); 10(2pm). ●●2:00: Pocket Concerts. Pocket Concert at Only One Gallery. Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello; Schoenberg: “Transfigured Night” for String Sextet. Mark Lee and Yolanda Bruno, violins; Rory McLeod and Keith Hamm, violas; Leana Rutt and Julie Hereish, cellos. Only One Gallery, 5 Brock Ave. 647-896-8295. ; (19-35); (under 19); 0(special supporter). Reception to follow. ●●3:00: St. Paul’s Bloor Street Anglican Church. Organ Recital. Simon Walker, organ. 227 Bloor St. E. 416-961-8116. Free. ●●3:00: Toronto Chamber Choir. The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci: When East Met West. Guests: China Court Trio; Wen Zhao, director; Elizabeth Anderson. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 416-763-1695. ; (sr); .50(under 30). ●●3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Water Music. Handel: Alla Hornpipe from Water Music Suite No.2; J. Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz; Schubert: Die Forelle (The Trout) for Soprano and Orchestra; Dvořák: Song to the Moon from Rusalka; Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; and other works. Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano; Christoph Altstaedt, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. .75–7.00. Also Jun 2(7:30pm). ●●3:00: Tudor Consort. Wonders of the English and Italian Renaissance. Works by Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Monteverdi, Dowland and others. Leaskdale Church, 11850 Durham Regional Rd. 1, Leaskdale. 705-357-2459. Donations in support of the Lucy Maud Montgomery Society of Ontario. ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Twilight Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Toronto). Organ Fireworks. Andrew Adair, organ. 477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955. Free. ●●4:00: Penthelia Singers. Bach to Broadway. Bach: Bist Du Bei Mir; Cantata No.124. Beautiful: Carole King Musical (selections); Hamlisch: A Chorus Line; A Tribute to Cole Porter. Rosedale Presbyterian Church, 129 Mt. Pleasant Rd. 416-579-7464. ; pay age(under 13). ●●4:00: Royal Botanical Gardens. VIP Soirée. Intimate performance by Matt Dusk in the Rock Garden. Hendre Park, 1131 Plains Rd. W., Burlington. 905-527-1158 x223. 0 (includes dinner and reception). 7:30pm: Matt Dusk sings Sinatra at benefit concert in Hendre Park. ●●4:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Choral Evensong for the Queen’s Coronation. 360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-5686. Free. Donations welcomed. Royal Festive Strawberry Tea to follow Evensong. ●●5:00: Aga Khan Museum. Dhrupad By Uday Bhawalkar. Pandit Uday Bhawalkar, vocalist; Sri Pratap Awad, pakhawaj. 77 Wynford Dr. 416-628-5603. ; (Friends of the Museum). ●●5:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Crowns and Coronets. Music with royal connections from the time of Elizabeth I and John Dowland to the popular and classical music of our present Queen’s reign celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Coronation. Doug Hibovski, guitar. 360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-5686. Free. Donations welcomed. ●●7:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Closing Night: Amos Hoffman/Noam Lemish Quartet. Kurdish, Yemenite, Moroccan, Ladino, Russian and Israeli songs; and other works. Amos Hoffman, oud and guitar; Noam Lemish, piano; and others. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-638-4492. /(adv). ●●7:00: Strings Attached Orchestra. 2018 Annual Family and Friends Season Finale Concert. Jazz and pop to Classical and Romantic and more. Ric Georgi, conductor. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W. 416- 473-5377. . ●●7:00: Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. Last Night of the Proms. God Save the Queen, O Canada, and other patriotic favourites! Northdale Concert Band (Joseph Resendes, director), Massed Choirs Timothy Eaton Memorial Church (Elaine Choi, director), Grace Church on-the-Hill (Stephen Frketic, director) and Christ Church Deer Park (Matthew Otto, director); Stephen Boda, organ; Giles Bryant, MC. 230 St. Clair Ave. W. 416- 925-5977. ; (Family = 2 adults + children); (sr/st). Don’t forget to dress fancy, bring your flags, balloons, and your singing voices! ●●7:30: Lirit Women’s Chamber Choir. Sing a New Song: Music for Women’s Voices. Works by Jewish composers: Copland, Glick, Clearfield, Naplan, and others. Ellen Meyer, piano, Beth Silver, cello; Renée Bouthot, soprano/ conductor. Temple Emanu-El, 120 Old Colony Rd., North York. templeemanuel.ca. . ●●7:30: Royal Botanical Gardens. Matt Dusk Sings Sinatra. Benefit concert. Sinatra-era classics and other works by Dusk. Hendre Park, 1131 Plains Rd. W., Burlington. 905-527- 1158 x223. . 4pm: VIP Soirée in the Rock Garden. ●●9:00: Tone Music Festival/Mechanical Sound Forest. In Concert. Manas; Clarinet Panic Redux; Kurt Newman’s Nashville Minimalism Unit. Baby G, 1608 Dundas St. W. 416- 546-8840. /(adv). ●●9:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Jewish Music Week. Lulaworld 2018: Sharon Musgrave CD Release. See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51. Monday June 4 ●●12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall. Choir and Organ Concerts: Ring of Fire. Hamilton Children’s Choir; Toronto Children’s Chorus. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. Free. ●●12:15: Music Mondays. From Barcelona to Brazil. See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51. ●●7:00: SWEA Toronto. An Evening of Nordic Music. Kine Sandtrö, soprano; Julia Sjöstedt, piano. Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity St. 905-751-5297. . ●●7:30: Resa’s Pieces Concert Band. Concert Under the Stars. Featuring rock and roll, classical music, jazz standards and marches. Audience encouraged to clap, cheer and sing along. Resa Kochberg, conductor. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St., North York. 416-565-7321. Free. Tuesday June 5 ●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music. Sonya Harper-Nyby, soprano. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free; donations welcomed. ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Music at Midday. Manuel Piazza, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 6(7:30pm); 7(2pm); 7(7:30pm); 8(7:30pm); 9(2pm); 9(7:30pm); 10(2pm). ●●8:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld 2018: Let Yourself Go. Ori Dagan + Alex Pangman + Natasha Powell. See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51. ●●9:00: Tone Music Festival. In Concert. Waclaw Zimpel & Kuba Ziolek; Joseph Shabason; Nick Storring. Baby G, 1608 Dundas St. W. 416-546-8840. /(adv). Wednesday June 6 ●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway. Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Hanné Becker, organ. All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571- 3680. Freewill offering. ●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Noonday Organ Recital. John Palmer CSV, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. ●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 7(2pm); 7(7:30pm); Lunchtime Concerts Pay-what-you-can June 4 - Serenade Duo, flute and guitar June 11 - junctQín keyboard collective June 18 - Catalyst Ensemble, jazz June 25 - Matthew Larkin, organ solo Church of the Holy Trinity www.musicmondays.ca thewholenote.com June 1 - September 7, 2018 | 53