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Volume 25 Issue 7 - April 2020

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AMS GS NY ctor ne ❍❍7:00: Richmond Hill United Church. Celtic Heart. Music from Ireland, Scotland and Nova Scotia. Richmond Hill United Church Chancel Choir; Saskia Tomkins, fiddle, nyckelharpa; Steáfán Hannigan, bodhrán, tin whistle; Stillman Matheson, organ, piano. 10201 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-884-1301 x5. (family of 4); $25; (sr/st). ✖✖7:00: Toronto Tabla Ensemble. CD Release: Unexpected Guests. Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000 or tickets@harbourfrontcentre.ca. ; (sr); $25(st). POSTPONED TO JUNE 20. ❍❍7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists Series - Academy Chamber Orchestra. Features string students. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. Free(ticket required). ❍❍8:00: Arraymusic. Rat-Drifting Concert Series: Starre Crost. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 647-385-2068. . Monday May 4 ❍❍12:15: Music Mondays. In Celebration of Women. Works by Clara Schumann, Alice Ho, and others. Stephanie Chua, piano; Véronique Mathieu, violin. Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521 x223. PWYC. Suggested donation . ✖✖7:30: Elmer Iseler Singers. Get Music! Educational Outreach Concert. Lydia Adams, conductor. Guests: Conductors from participating secondary schools and choirs. Venue TBA. 416-217-0537. $25; free(full subscribers). CANCELLED. A. Concerts in the GTA ✖✖7:30: International Resource Centre for Performing Artists. Ten Singing Stars - New Generation - A Concert and Live Broadcast. Operatic arias and songs. Rachel Andrist, piano. Zoomer Hall, 70 Jefferson Ave. 416-362-1422 or info@ircpa.net. . CANCELLED. Tuesday May 5 ❍❍12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Chamber Music Series: 2020 Festival Preview. Jonathan Crow, Artistic Director, Toronto Summer Music Festival. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First come, first served. No late seating. ❍❍12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation. Lunchtime Chamber Music. Navid Niknejad, guitar. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome. ❍❍7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Aida. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Tamara Wilson, soprano (Aida); Russell Thomas, tenor (Radames); Clémentine Margaine, mezzo (Amneris); Roland Wood, baritone (Amonasro); Jader Bignamini, conductor and others. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231 or coc.ca. -25. Runs Apr 18 to May 8. Start times vary. Wednesday May 6 ❍❍10:30am: Outside Looking In. 13th Annual Show. Buffy Sainte-Marie, musician/artist; Tamara Podemski, host; DJ Shubb, performer. MYSTERIOUS AND DEEP AS VAST AS THE OCEAN AND AS FULL OF WONDER VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FIVE MYSTICAL SONGS & A SEA SYMPHONY Jurgen Petrenko, Conductor The Talisker Players Lesley Bouza, soprano Matthew Zadow, baritone Sunday May 3, 2020 4PM Christ Church Deer Park 1570 Yonge Street at Heath Tickets: 437-344-1719 torontoclassicalsingers.ca TORONTO CLASSICAL SINGERS transcending tradition Meridian Hall (formerly Sony Centre), 1 Front St. E. 1-855-872-7669 via Ticketmaster. . Also 7:30pm. ❍❍12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Chamber Music Series: Haydn and Beethoven. String Quartets by Beethoven and Haydn. Rosebud String Quartet. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First come, first served. No late seating. ❍❍12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Noonday Organ Recital. Sharon L. Beckstead, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. ❍❍7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Flying Dutchman. Music and libretto by Richard Wagner. Vitalij Kowaljow, bass (The Dutchman); Marjorie Wilson, soprano (Senta); Dmitry Ulyanov, bass (Daland); Miles Mykkanen, tenor (The Steersman); Mary Ewa Płonka, mezzo (Mary); Michael Schade, tenor (Erik); Johannes Debus, conductor; Christopher Alden, stage director. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231 or coc.ca. -25. Runs May 1 to 16. Start times vary. ❍❍7:30: Outside Looking In. 13th Annual Show. Buffy Sainte-Marie, musician/artist; Tamara Podemski, host; DJ Shubb, performer. Meridian Hall (formerly Sony Centre), 1 Front St. E. 1-855-872-7669 via Ticketmaster. From . Also 10:30am. ❍❍8:00: Soundstreams. Musik für das Ende. By Zack Russell. Vania Chan, Carla Huhtanen, Lindsay McIntyre, sopranos; Robin Dann, Aviva Chernick, mezzos; and other singers; David Fallis, music director; Chris Abraham, stage director. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St. 416-975-8555. MAY 6 SOLD OUT. Also May 7, 8, 9(2pm & 8pm). Thursday May 7 ❍❍12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Vocal Series: Boundless Bass. Goderdzi Janelidze, bass; Sandra Horst, piano. Richard May 4 - Stephanie Chua & Véronique Mathieu May 11 - Western University Singers May 18 - Toskov, Toskov & Gojevic May 25 - Medieval: Andrea Gerhardt & Michael Franklin www.musicmondays.ca Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First come, first served. No late seating. ❍❍1:30: Serenata Singers. Come Fly With Us. Music for all ages and tastes. Songs new and old and from near and far. Toronto Korean Presbyterian Church, 67 Scarsdale Rd., North York. 416-449-4053 or serenatasingers.ca. $25/(adv); free(under 13). Also May 8(7:30pm). WOMEN’S MUSICAL CLUB OF TORONTO MAY 7, 2020 | 1.30 PM BLAKE POULIOT violin, with Hsin-I Huang, piano 416-923-7052 wmct.on.ca ✖✖1:30: Women’s Musical Club of Toronto. Music in the Afternoon: Blake Pouliot. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.3 in E-flat Op.12 No.3; Bartók: Rhapsody Nos. 1 and 2 for Violin and Piano; Gershwin (arr. Heifetz): Preludes; Chausson: Poème for Violin and Piano Op.25; Derek Tywoniuk: The words too will desert you; and other works. Blake Pouliot, violin; TBA, piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-923-7052 or wmct.on.ca. . CANCELLED. ❍❍7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Star Wars: The Force Awakens—In Concert. Steven Reineke, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. Starting at .90(partial view). Also May 8, 9(12:30pm & 7:30pm). ✖✖8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. Dance to the Abyss. Weill/Brecht: The Threepenny Opera Suite; Works by Weill, Schulhoff, Spoliansky and others. Andrew Burashko, piano; Torquil Campbell, Sarah Slean, singers; Wallace Halladay, saxophone; Al Kay, trombone; and others. Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. $25-. CANCELLED. ❍❍8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. World Music Concerts Series: Mariza. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408- 0208. -0. ❍❍8:00: Soundstreams. Musik für das Ende. By Zack Russell. Vania Chan, Carla Huhtanen, Lindsay McIntyre, sopranos; Robin Dann, Aviva Chernick, mezzos; and other singers; David Fallis, music director; Chris Abraham, stage director. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St. 416-975-8555. To . Also May 8, 9(2pm & 8pm). CANCELLED CANCELLED 38 | April 2020 thewholenote.com

B. Concerts Beyond the GTA IN THIS ISSUE: Ancaster, Atwood, Barrie, Belleville, Brantford, Cambridge, Cobourg, Collingwood, Corbyville, Elmira, Gravenhurst, Guelph, Haliburton, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Niagaraon-the-Lake, Orangeville, Peterborough, Picton, St. Catharines, St. Jacob's, Stratford, Sudbury, Trenton, Tweed, Waterloo. Wednesday April 1 ✖✖6:00: District School Board of Niagara/ Brock University/Chorus Niagara. Niagara Children’s Honour Choir. Guests: Chorus Niagara Children’s Choir and Brock University Choir; Mark Sirett, director. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or 1-855-515-0722 or FirstOntarioPAC.ca. . CANCELLED. ✖✖7:30: Brock University Department of Music. University String Orchestra: String Concert No.2. George Cleland, conductor. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or 1-855-515-0722 or FirstOntarioPAC.ca. ; (14 and under/eyeGO). CANCELLED. ❍❍7:30: University of Waterloo Dept. of Music. University of Waterloo Balinese Gamelan Ensemble. I Dewa Made Suparta, gamelan; UW Balinese Gamelan; Grebel Community Gamelan; Maisie Sum, director. Humanities Theatre, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-885- 0220 x24226. Free. Reception to follow. Thursday April 2 ❍❍7:00: Magisterra Soloists. “The Trout”. Hummel: Bass Quintet; Shostakovich: Piano Quintet; Schubert: Piano Quintet “The Trout”. Guest: Pieter Grobler, piano. Museum London Theatre, 421 Ridout St. N., London. 519- 661-0333. ; $25(sr); (st); (child under 10). ❍❍7:00: Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts. Mission Songs Project. By Jessie Lloyd. 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519-758-8090. . ❍❍8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Zodiac Trio. Glick: Klezmer Wedding; Ustvolskaya: Trio; Chatman: Trio; Milhaud: Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano; Piazzolla: Chau Paris. Vanessa Mollard, violin; Kliment Krylovskiy, clarinet; Riko Higuma, piano. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-569-1809. ; (st). Friday April 3 ✖✖7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. Mission Songs Project. Guest: Lacy Hill. 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905- 688-0722 or 1-855-515-0722 or FirstOntarioPAC.ca. ; (Hot Ticket members); $25(st - univ/college); (st - high school). CANCELLED. ✖✖8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays at 12:30 Concert Series. Andreas Klein, piano. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University, 1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519- 661-3767. Free. CANCELLED. ❍❍8:00: Gary Magwood. Nasr & Thorpe. Ariana Nasr, Curtis Thorpe, instrumentalists; Ariana, singer. Henry’s Place, 79 River Rd., Corbyville. 613-849-1976. . ❍❍8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Joy and Passion: Schumann & Brahms. Pal/ Chana: Upwell (new commission); Schumann: Piano Concerto in a; Brahms: Symphony No.4 in e. Lauma Skride, piano; Gurpreet Chana, tabla/electronics; Andrei Feher, conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.ca. -. Also Apr 4. Saturday April 4 ❍❍2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestra. Sun and Fire. Stravinsky: The Firebird. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745- 4717 or kwsymphony.ca. ; (child). Free pre-concert activities from 1:15pm. ❍❍7:00: Gravenhurst Opera House. Six Guitars Starring Chase Padgett. A single performer portrays six different guitar-playing characters each sharing their own style of music. Storytelling with songs of various genres. 295 Muskoka Rd. S., Gravenhurst. 705-687-5550. ; (st). ✖✖7:30: Brock University Department of Music. Brock University Choirs: Choir Concert No.2. Rachel Rensink-Hoff, conductor. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or 1-855-515-0722 or FirstOntarioPAC.ca. ; (sr/st); (eyeGO). CANCELLED. ❍❍7:30: Grand Theatre (Kingston). Mission Songs Project. By Jessie Lloyd. 218 Princess St., Kingston. 613-546-9729. From .50. ❍❍7:30: Stratford Symphony Orchestra. A Tale of Two Russians. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4; Glinka: The Life of the Tsar. Hillary Simms, trombone. Avondale United Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford. 519-271-0990. ; (st); free(child under 12). ❍❍8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Joy and Passion: Schumann & Brahms. Pal/ Chana: Upwell (new commission); Schumann: Piano Concerto in a; Brahms: Symphony No.4 in e. Lauma Skride, piano; Gurpreet Chana, tabla/electronics; Andrei Feher, conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.ca. -. Also Apr 3. Sunday April 5 ❍❍2:30: Georgian Music. Schubert’s “The Trout”. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A D667 “The Trout” and Quintets by Hummel and Dussek. Annette-Barbara Vogel, violin; Raquel Bastos, viola; Katerina Juraskova, cello; Joseph Phillips, double bass; Peter Grobler, piano. Bethel Community Church, 128 St. Vincent Street, Barrie. 705-726-1181. or by subscription. ❍❍2:30: Muskoka Concert Association. Vocal Recital. Brett Polegato, baritone; Robert Kortgaard, piano. Trinity United Church (Gravenhurst), 290 Muskoka Rd. N., Gravenhurst. 705-687-5550. ; (st); free(child under 10); (group of 10+). ❍❍3:00: Northern Debut Nord. Drive Shaft Trio. Music for piano and violins by Milhaud, POSTPONED. CHECK WEBSITE FOR UPDATES. presents the 4 th TEN SINGING STARS - NEW GENERATION Direct from an Encounter with Theodore Baerg, celebrated Canadian baritone Rachel Andrist, pianist THE MANDALA A multicultural program inspired by a universal symbol. Featuring Suba Sankaran and guests. MAY 9, 8:00 P.M. ST. THOMAS’S CHURCH MONDAY, MAY 4, 2020, 7:30pm (doors open at 7) Zoomer Hall, home of The New Classical fm 70 Jefferson Avenue, Liberty Village, Toronto POST- CONCERT PARTY WITH ARTISTS! TICKETS : T: 416 362 1422 or E: info@ircpa.net www.ircpa.net thewholenote.com April 2020 | 39

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