April and May is Canary Time in the world of WholeNote -- the time when choirs in larger than usual numbers refresh the info in our online "Who's Who" to inform prospective choristers and audiences what they have to offer. Also inside: There's a new New Wave to catch at Esprit; Toronto Bach Festival no 6 includes a Kafeehaus; another new small venue on the "Soft Seat Beat" (we assume the seats are soft!); an ever-so Musically Theatrical spring. And more.
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The WholeNote VOLUME 28 NO 5 APRIL & MAY, 2023 EDITORIAL Publisher/Editor in Chief | David Perlman publisher@thewholenote.com Managing Editor | Paul Ennis editorial@thewholenote.com Recordings Editor | David Olds discoveries@thewholenote.com DIGITAL MEDIA digital@thewholenote.com Listings Editor | John Sharpe listings@thewholenote.com SOCIAL MEDIA Danial Jazaeri, Colin Story social@thewholenote.com SALES, MARKETING & MEMBERSHIP Concert & Event Advertising / Membership | Karen Ages members@thewholenote.com Production & Operations | Jack Buell jack@thewholenote.com Advertising Art adart@thewholenote.com Online classified ads classd@thewholenote.com WEBSITE / SYSTEMS Kevin King systems@thewholenote.com CIRCULATION Sheila McCoy & Chris Malcolm circulation@thewholenote.com SUBSCRIPTIONS subscriptions@thewholenote.com + HST (8 issues) single copies and back issues *international - additional postage applies WholeNote Media Inc. Centre for Social Innovation 503–720 Bathurst Street Toronto ON M5S 2R4 Phone 416-323-2232 | Fax 416-603-4791 Instagram @the_wholenote Facebook & Twitter @theWholenote thewholenote.com STORIES & INTERVIEWS 22 CHORAL SCENE | NAGAMO: Andrew Balfour & musica intima | ANDREW SCOTT 27 EARLY MUSIC | Toronto Bach Festival: True to Its Intents | DAVID PERLMAN 30 THE SOFT SEAT BEAT | Welcome to the Aperture Room | COLIN STORY 32 MOSTLY JAZZ | Familiar Venues and a Brand New Festival | COLIN STORY LISTINGS 34 EVENTS BY DATE Live and/or Live Streamed 51 MAINLY CLUBS 55 WHO’S WHO? The Canary Pages - choirs in southern Ontario Summer Music Education DISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED 56 Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS 58 Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS 61 Vocal 63 Classical and Beyond 65 Modern and Contemporary 70 Jazz and Improvised Music 75 Pot Pourri 76 Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN 78 Old Wine, New Bottles | BRUCE SURTEES 78 New to the Listening Room, INDEX 27 an Ontario government agency un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario ANDRE LEDUC 6 | April & May, 2023 thewholenote.com
