Volume 29 Issue 5 | April & May 2024

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The WholeNote VOLUME 29 NO 5 APRIL & MAY 2024 EDITORIAL Publisher/Editor in Chief | David Perlman publisher@thewholenote.com Managing Editor | Paul Ennis editorial@thewholenote.com Recordings Editor | David Olds discoveries@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 WEBSITE / SYSTEMS Kevin King systems@thewholenote.com CIRCULATION Sheila McCoy & Chris Malcolm circulation@thewholenote.com SUBSCRIPTIONS subscriptions@thewholenote.com + HST (6 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 24 EARLY MUSIC | Toronto Bach Festival: Connecting the dots | DAVID PERLMAN 26 PROFILE | Andrew Burashko - the art of timing out | ANDREW SCOTT 28 MOSTLY CLUBS, MAINLY JAZZ | Looking forward to the JUNOs, after the fact | COLIN STORY 30 FROM UP HERE | Homes for music help communities heal and grow | SOPHIA PERLMAN 33 ON OPERA | The COC’s Perryn Leech | MICHAEL ZARATHUS-COOK 35 CHORAL SCENE | WHOLENOTE STAFF 36 EVENTS BY DATE Live and/or online 53 Ongoing, on demand & other 32 DISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED 57 Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS 59 Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS 62 Vocal 64 Classical and Beyond 68 Modern and Contemporary 72 Jazz and Improvised Music 76 Pot Pourri 77 Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN 78 What we're listening to this month 79 THE BACK STORY: Light Work DAVID PERLMAN LISTINGS 54 MAINLY CLUBS 55 INDEX /THE WHOLENOTE WHO’S WHO Choral and Summer Music Education Directories Circulation Statement - January 30, 2024 6000 printed & distributed Canadian Publication Product Sales Agreement 1263846 ISSN 14888-8785 WHOLENOTE Publications Mail Agreement #40026682 WholeNote Media Inc. accepts no responsibility or liability for claims made for any product or service reported on or advertised in this issue. COPYRIGHT © 2024 WHOLENOTE MEDIA INC WN WHOLENOTE MEDIA INC. 6 | April & May 2024 thewholenote.com

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