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Volume 27 Issue 4 - February 2022

Gould's Wall -- Philip Akin's "breadcrumb trail; orchestras buying into hope; silver linings to the music theatre lockdown blues; Charlotte Siegel's watershed moments; Deep Wireless at 20; and guess who is Back in Focus. All this and more, now online for your reading pleasure.

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Live or Live Streamed | February 2 to March 15, 2022 Available Online | February 2 to March 15, 2022 Eatock, and Robert Schumann. Andrew Haji, tenor; Stéphane Mayer, piano. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. www.wmct. on.ca or 416-923-7052. LIVE & ONLINE ● 7:00: Magisterra at the Museum/Museum London. Masterworks. Museum London, 421 Ridout St. N., London. www.eventbrite. ca/e/magisterra-at-the-museum-masterworks-tickets-168951529573. ; (sr); (st with id); (young adult pass-30 and under); from (streamed tickets). All tickets must be purchased in advance. ● 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Final Fantasy VII Remake. See Mar 2. Friday March 4 ● 7:30: Get It Promotions. Matt Dusk Sings Sinatra. Theatre Centre - University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo. www. uwaterloo.ca/theatre-centre/events/mattdusk-sings-sinatra or 519‐888‐4908. .50. Without intermission. ● 7:30: Rose Theatre. Four Strong Winds. 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. www.tickets. brampton.ca or 905-874-2800. . Also Mar 5. ● 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The Princess Bride. Mark Knopfler: The Princess Bride (Film with Live Orchestra). Lucas Waldin, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or 1-855-593- 7769. Starting at . Also Mar 5. Saturday March 5 ● 7:30: Rose Theatre. Four Strong Winds. See Mar 4. ● 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The Princess Bride. See Mar 4. ● 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Chopin & Dvořák: New Lands. Kevin Ahfat, piano; Nurhan Arman, conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre, 5040 Yonge St. In person 416-366-7723; virtual 416-499-0403 or www.sinfoniatoronto.com. In-person: .97; .06(sr); .96(st); Livestream: . LIVE & ONLINE Sunday March 6 ● 3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Chamber Music Concerts Series: Jeremy Denk with Les Violons du Roy. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance. -0. ● 7:00: INNERchamber Ensemble. Flow. Julie Baumgartel, violin; Andrew Chung, violin; Jody Davenport, viola; Ben Bolt-Martin, cello. Revival House, 70 Brunswick St., Stratford. www. innerchamber.ca or tickets@innerchamber. ca. ; - (arts workers/st). Pre-show 6:30pm. A light meal is available for patrons in Stratford. LIVE & LIVESTREAM Tuesday March 8 ● 12:10: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music: Jialiang Zhu, Piano. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free admission. Donations welcome. Wednesday March 9 ● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Screen to Stage: Appalachian Spring & More. Jonathan Crow, violin; Ryan Bancroft, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416- 598-3375 or 1-855-593-7769. Starting at . Also Mar 10, 12, 13(3pm at George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre). Thursday March 10 ● 7:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Deep Purple Rising. Joe Retta, vocalist; Bradley Thachuk, conductor. Partridge Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. www.niagarasymphony.com or 905-688-0722 or 905-688-5601 x3700 or 1-855-515-0722. ; (sr); (arts worker); (st & youth). ● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Screen to Stage: Appalachian Spring & More. See Mar 9. Also Mar 12, 13(3pm at George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre). Friday March 11 ● 7:30: Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Steven Taetz. Burlington Performing Arts Centre, Community Studio Theatre, 440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-6000. .50; .50(member). ● 8:00: Tapestry Opera. Songbook XI. An intimate evening of music and song. Jorell Williams, baritone; and others. Ernest Balmer Studio, Distillery District, 9 Trinity St. 416-537- 6066. Also Mar 12. Saturday March 12 ● 4:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Taylor Academy Concerts Series: Taylor Academy Showcase Concert. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor St. W. 416- 408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance. Free. ● 8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Enigma Variations. Naomi Wong, piano; Kristian Alexander, conductor. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-604-8339 or www.KSOrchestra.ca or www.RHCentre.ca. -. LIVE, ONLINE OR RECORDED ● 8:00: Rose Theatre. Bernadette Peters Trio. 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. www.tickets. brampton.ca or 905-874-2800. From . ● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Songbird North Series. Temerty Theatre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/ performance. . ● 8:00: Tapestry Opera. Songbook XI. See Mar 11. ● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Screen to Stage: Appalachian Spring & More. See Mar 9. Also Mar 13(3pm at George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre). Sunday March 13 ● 2:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. Faculty Artist Series DAN School: Quasar Saxophone Quaret with Peter Freeman & Jeffrey Leung. 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424 or ibcpaboxoffice@ queensu.ca. -. ● 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Screen to Stage: Appalachian Spring & More. George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts), 5040 Yonge St. 416-598-3375 or 1-855- 593-7769. Starting at . See Mar 9. Monday March 15 ● 12:10: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music: Rising Stars Recital. Featuring performance students from the UofT Faculty of Music. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free admission. Donations welcome. Thursday February 3 ● 7:30: COSA Canada. The Pirates of Penzance. Jacob Abrahamse, tenor (Frederic); Amy Moodie, soprano (Mabel); Nolan Kehler, tenor (Major General Stanley); Cristina Lanz, mezzo (Ruth); Ryan Hofman, baritone (Pirate King); Renée Salewksi, stage director; Darryl Edwards, music director. 647-272-6232. .11 or PWYC. Also Feb 5(2pm), 6. ONLINE Friday February 4 ● 7:00: Confluence Concerts. Theme and Variations: The Music of Nina Simone. Shakura S’Aida, vocalist; Andrew Downing, double bass; Alexa Belgrave, piano. www.confluenceconcerts.ca. ONLINE ● 7:30: COSA Canada. The Pirates of Penzance. See Feb 3. Also Feb 5, 6(2pm). ONLINE Saturday February 5 ● 7:00: Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts. Kimiko’s Pearl (Digital Short). Music by Kevin Lau. Choreography by Yosuke Mino. Alanna McAdie, Chenxin Liu, and Yue Shi, dancers; Ron Korb, flute; Mariko Anraku, harp; Conrad Chow, violin; Rachel Mercer, cello; Jeff Herd, director; Mary Ito, moderator. www.bravoniagara.com. Free. ONLINE ● 7:30: COSA Canada. The Pirates of Penzance. See Feb 3. Also Feb 6(2pm). ONLINE Sunday February 6 ● 2:00: COSA Canada. The Pirates of Penzance. 647-272-6232. .11 or PWYC. See Feb 3. ONLINE ● 4:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Accession Evensong. Religious service. Followed directly by a special feature on The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at 4:45pm. St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. 416- 769-568. Contributions appreciated. www. stolaves.ca. The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee follows Evensong. ONLINE ● 4:45: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. A short illustrated talk presented by the historian Dr. Jim Leatch. St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-568. Contributions appreciated. www.stolaves.ca. Also: Accession Evensong service at 4pm. ONLINE ● 7:30: COSA Canada. The Pirates of Penzance. See Feb 3. ONLINE Friday February 11 ● 7:00: Confluence Concerts/Amplified Opera. The Butterfly Project: The Ballade of Chō-Chō San. Examining Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, the role, the opera and the appropriated Japanese melodies. Teiya Kasahara 笠 原 貞 野 , soprano. www.confluenceconcerts.ca. Pre-performance chat and postperformance artist talk back. ONLINE Saturday February 12 ● 10:00am: Confluence Concerts/Amplified Opera/Canadian Opera Company/Faculty of Music, U of T/Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. Grappling with Madama Butterfly Today: Representation, Reclamation, and Re-imagination. This two-day symposium celebrates the premiere of Teiya Kasahara’s 笠 原 貞 野 (they/them) new film The Butterfly Project: The Ballad of Chō-Chō San on February 11 and the Canadian Opera THE BUTTERFLY PROJECT THE BALLAD OF CHŌ-CHŌ SAN Company’s 2022 online concert presentation of Madama Butterfly, and calls attention to the problematic nature of Puccini’s opera in today’s environment of growing cultural awareness. Teiya Kasahara, soprano. www. confluenceconcerts.ca. Free. Advance registration is required. ONLINE ● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Power Corporation of Canada Vocal Concerts Series: The King’s Singers: Finding Harmony. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance. Free. LIVE STREAM Sunday February 13 ● 2:00: New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA). The Garden of Earthly Delights - A Comic Opera. Radiophonic electroacoustic work. Trevor Wishart. 705-386-0880 or Jubilate singers Together In Song Online concert of Canadian & World Music 2022 Available from Feb 26 jubilatesingers.ca 30 | February 2022 thewholenote.com

www.naisa.ca or outreach@naisa.ca. . ONLINE ● 7:00: INNERchamber Ensemble. Kindness. Songs and stories of kindness curated and performed by Glynis Ranney and Michael Nadajewski and arranged by Ben Bolt-Martin. Revival House, 70 Brunswick St., Stratford. www.innerchamber.ca or tickets@innerchamber.ca. ; - (arts workers/st). Pre-show 6:30pm. A light meal is available for patrons in Stratford. LIVE & LIVE STREAM Thursday February 17 ● 8:00: New Music Concerts. 50th Anniversary Distanced Commissions. John Oswald: re-Refuse. New Music Concerts Distanced Ensemble. www.newmusicconcerts.com or 416-961-9594. Introduction at 7:15pm. ONLINE The Gull, the Raccoon, and the Last Maple Digital Family Concert STREAMS FEBRUARY 17–21, 2022 tafelmusik.org ● 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. The Gull, The Raccoon, and the Last Maple. Music by Abigail Richardson-Schulte. Text and story by Alexis Diamond. A powerful new digital concert for the whole family, inspired by the need for collaboration in the face of climate change. www.tafelmusik.org or 1-833-964- 6337. . Available until Feb 21(7:59pm). ONLINE Friday February 20 ● 2:00: New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA). Electromagnetic Composition Workshop with Dan Tapper. 3 Part Workshop Series: Improvisational electromagnetic music. 705-386-0880 or www.naisa.ca or www.naisa.ca/festivals/deep-wireless/workshops-talks. (for all 3 events). Also Feb 27 with a shared listening event on Mar 6 at 2pm. ONLINE Friday February 25 ● 8:00: ArsMusica Community Concerts. African Canadian Livestream Series: Album Release - The Art of Chopin. Works by Bach, Chopin, Gershwin, and Jamaican Folk Songs. Alan Hobbins, piano. www.alanhobbins.com/ concerts. ONLINE ALBUM RELEASE THE ART OF CHOPIN ALAN HOBBINS piano Free event listings: listings@thewholenote.com FEBRUARY 25, 8pm LIVESTREAM www.alanhobbins.com/concerts Saturday February 26 ● 7:30: Jubilate Singers. Together in Song. An online concert of Canadian and world music, featuring works of Hietala, Sirett, and Mendelssohn, as well as songs from Catalunya, Brazil, Israel. www.eventbrite.ca. Free. Donations welcome. ONLINE Thursday March 3 ● 1:30: Music in the Afternoon. Vocal Recital. Songs by Francesco Santoliquido, Colin Eatock, and Robert Schumann. Andrew Haji, tenor; Stéphane Mayer, piano. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. www.wmct. on.ca or 416-923-7052. LIVE & ONLINE Saturday March 5 ● 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Chopin & Dvořák: New Lands. Kevin Ahfat, piano; Nurhan Arman, conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre, 5040 Yonge St. In person 416-366-7723; virtual 416-499-0403 or www.sinfoniatoronto.com. In-person: .97; .06(sr); .96(st); Livestream: . LIVE & ONLINE Sunday March 6 ● 7:00: INNERchamber Ensemble. Flow. Julie Baumgartel, violin; Andrew Chung, violin; Jody Davenport, viola; Ben Bolt-Martin, cello. Revival House, 70 Brunswick St., Stratford. www.innerchamber.ca or tickets@innerchamber.ca. ; - (arts workers/st). Pre-show 6:30pm. A light meal is available for patrons in Stratford. LIVE & LIVESTREAM Friday March 11 ● 7:00: COSA Canada. Endymion’s Dream. Music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Gwendolyn Yearwood, soprano (Selene); Ryan Downey, tenor (Endymion); Renée Salewski, stage director; Jamie Hillman & Darryl Edwards, music directors. 647-272-6232. .11 or PWYC. Also Mar 11, 12, 13(2:30pm). ONLINE ● Feb 06 1:30: Toronto Early Music Players Organization (TEMPO). A Musical Tour Through Britain, France and Italy. Music of Byrd, Purcell, Gastoldi and Charpentier. Stéphane Potvin, workshop leader. Contact TEM- PO’s president at info@tempotoronto.net to join the session. For more information, visit www.tempotoronto.net. ONLINE ● Arts@Home. A vibrant hub connecting Torontonians to arts and culture. Designed to strengthen personal and societal resilience through the arts. www.artsathome.ca ● Canadian Opera Company. Gianni Schicchi. www.coc.ca/watch. Available until Apr 30, 2022. ● Canadian Opera Company. In Concert: Russell Braun and Tamara Wilson with the COC Orchestra. www.coc.ca/watch. Available until Mar 31. ● Canadian Opera Company. In Winter. www.coc.ca/watch. ● Canadian Opera Company. Voices of Mountains. www.coc.ca/stream. Free. Available until Jun 15. ● Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir. Choral Concerts. Available at Capella Regalis You- Tube Channel. As venues begin to reopen, please consult their websites and social media directly to confirm their reopening plans. Burdock 1184 Bloor St. W. 416-546-4033 burdockto.com Cameron House 408 Queen St. W. 416-703-0811 thecameron.com Castro’s Lounge 2116 Queen St. E. 416-699-8272 castroslounge.com C’est What 67 Front St. E. 416-867-9499 cestwhat.com Emmet Ray, The 924 College St. 416-792-4497 theemmetray.com Grossman’s Tavern 379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-7000 grossmanstavern.com Hirut Cafe and Restaurant 2050 Danforth Ave. 416-551-7560 hirut.ca Home Smith Bar – See Old Mill, The Hugh’s Room 2261 Dundas St. W 416-533-5483 hughsroom.com Jazz Bistro, The 251 Victoria St. 416-363-5299 jazzbistro.ca Blogs, Podcasts, Streams, ETCeteras In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) ● Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Full rehearsals every Wednesday night at 7:30pm. 309 Horner Ave. Open to all who are looking for a great band to join. Text Rob Hunter at 416-878-1730. ● Kevin Barrett. Live from Lockdown. Kevin Barrett does a live-streamed set of solo guitar tunes, coming directly from his Lockdown studio. Tune in to Kevin’s Facebook page on Friday at 4pm at Kevin’s Facebook Page. ● Recollectiv: A unique musical online meeting group made up of people affected by memory challenges caused by illness (such as dementia) or brain injury (stroke, PTSD, etc.) and their care partners. Participation is free with pre-registration. Email info@recollectiv.ca for meeting times, information and registration. ● Sweetheart Productions. Sweetheart: A One Woman Musical by Dean Burry. Recorded presentation of the December 2021 production of Sweetheart. Melissa Morris; Clare Marion (piano); Greg Wanless, director. www.events.eply.com/SweetheartAOne- WomanMusical. . Available until Feb 6. ONLINE Jazz Room, The Located in the Huether Hotel, 59 King St. N., Waterloo. 226-476-1565 kwjazzroom.com Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307 lula.ca Manhattans Pizza Bistro & Music Club 951 Gordon St., Guelph 519-767-2440 manhattans.ca Mezzetta Restaurant 681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687 mezzettarestaurant.com Monarch Tavern 12 Clinton St. 416-531-5833 themonarchtavern.com Old Mill, The 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641 oldmilltoronto.com The Home Smith Bar: Pilot Tavern, The 22 Cumberland Ave. 416-923-5716 thepilot.ca Poetry Jazz Café 224 Augusta Ave. 416-599-5299 poetryjazzcafe.com Reposado Bar & Lounge 136 Ossington Ave. 416-532-6474 reposadobar.com thewholenote.com February 2022 | 31

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