Volume 29 Issue 6 | June, July & August 2024

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GREEN PAGES BROOKSIDE MUSIC ‘ONE WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL’ ➤ August 23 to 24, 2024 606 Little Lake Park Rd., Midland, ON Join us at the Multicultural One World Music Festival – Local talent will start things off on Friday night at Little Lake Park in Midland followed by Saturday’s collection of musicians and musical styles from around the world including African, Steel Drums, Moroccan, French Canadian and more! Includes a beer garden and international food vendors and market! 705-427-3295 www.brooksidemusic.com www.facebook.com/BrooksideMusicAssociation www. youtu.be/CBWIQhvtq_c?si=Bhov1urT1O1QRNGk Elora Festival Elora, ON ASHKENAZ FESTIVAL ➤August 26 to September 2, 2024 Toronto, ON Ashkenaz is one of the largest and most prestigious showcases of Jewish music and culture in the world. Originally founded as a showcase for Klezmer/Yiddish music and culture, the Festival has evolved over the years into an eclectic showcase of global Jewish culture, encompassing not merely the traditions of eastern Europe, but also Sephardic, Mizrachi and other underrepresented Jewish identities, and all manner of cross-cultural fusion. The Festival is offered 90% free to the public and attracts a multicultural audience of over 60,000 people. Nowhere else in the world does so large and diverse an audience come together to experience Jewish cultural arts. Ashkenaz usually features over 75 performances and 200+ individual artists, hailing from across Canada and around the world. (416) 979-9955 ashkenaz.ca https://www.facebook.com/AshkenazFestival https://www.youtube.com/@AshkenazFestival BROOKSIDE MUSIC ‘FESTIVAL OF THE BAY’ ➤ July 18 to August 2, 2024 333 King St., Midland, ON Just an hour north of Toronto, Brookside Music’s 2024 ‘Festival of the Bay’ in Midland will keep the music in summer with these internationally acclaimed performances. Join us at the Midland Cultural Centre at 7pm for: (Thurs, July 18) - “Bach’s Long Walk in the Snow - Tom Allen”; (Wed, July 24) - “Fiesta - Music of Spain and South America”; (Sun, July 28) - New Zealand String Quartet with James Campbell; and (Fri, August 2) - The Swiss Trio. The concerts are offered for an unbelievable , or any 4 for 0 plus HST. Seniors, children and students may attend for free! Join us for the sweet sounds of summer! 705-527-4420 www.brooksidemusic.com www.facebook.com/BrooksideMusicAssociation BROTT MUS!IC FESTIVAL ➤ June 20 to August 15, 2024 Hamilton; Burlington; Parry Sound, ON Brott Music Festival is Ontario’s only and Canada’s largest orchestral music festival. Founded by the late Boris Brott in 1988, it enters its 37th season under the baton of Tania Miller. “Unique in its sheer variety” is how BMF’s mix of classical, opera, rock, pop and Broadway has been described. 2024 highlights include a Beethoven Immersive, Rossini’s Barber of Seville, Ian Parker playing Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto, Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, Dvorak 8 and Mahler 5, dedicated to Brott’s memory. There are free concerts on Hamilton’s Waterfront, one night only staged performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, film music of James Bond, and an East Coast Kitchen party with Celtic band. The BMF features the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and BrottOpera Emerging Artists. Both are nationally recognized training programs. 905-525-7664 www.brottmusic.com www.facebook.com/BrottMusicFestival www.twitter.com/brottmusicfesti www.youtube.com/@brottmusicfestival2247 CCC TORONTO INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ➤ October 21 to November 4, 2024 5183 Sheppard Ave. E, Toronto, ON Since 2010, the CCCTIMF has established a solid name as one of the most reputable and high-profile music festivals in Canada. The festival is held in recognition of the artistic achievements of young musicians, providing them with the opportunity to learn, grow, and showcase their potential in performance. It also provides performance opportunities for young musicians to help bring the scope of their talents to new heights. The annual festival is conducted at the 626-seat, state-of-the-art P.C. Ho concert hall in Toronto. Trophies, medals, and scholarships are awarded to the winners based on the class criteria. Selected winners will receive the opportunity to perform in the Gala Concert and the “Rising Star” concert series. For more information, please visit our website. 416-292-9293, x229 www.ccctimf.org www.facebook.com/people/ CCC-Toronto-International-Music-Festival/100069307357306 www.twitter.com/ccctimf 36 | Summer 2024 thewholenote.com

COLLINGWOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL ➤ July 5 to 12, 2024 Collingwood, ON The Collingwood Music Festival is an annual, family-friendly music festival that brings high-calibre, live music performances to Collingwood, Ontario. Between July 5 to 12, over 100 performing artists across classical, world, jazz and Indigenous music genres will present intimate chamber music recitals to full orchestral concerts. Highlights of the 2024 Festival will be: Toronto Concert Orchestra, Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir, the duo Stick&Bow; performances by Tomson Highway, Gino Quilico and Julie Nesrallah, Joe Sealy with Jackie Richardson, James Campbell and Daniel Vnukowski. There will also be opportunities for talented youth to shine. The Collingwood Music Festival’s initiatives continue to create a platform where diverse voices converge, promoting unity and cultural understanding. 705-416-1317 www.collingwoodfestival.com www.facebook.com/collingwoodfest www.twitter.com/collingwoodfest www.youtube.com/channel/UCaojBwNJYcbShzb4gE42orw ELORA FESTIVAL ➤ July 5 to 20, 2024 Various locations, Elora, ON Now in its 45th season, the Elora Festival has established a reputation as Canada’s international choral festival, presenting world-class choirs and vocal ensembles over three weeks in July in the artists’ village of Elora, “Ontario’s most beautiful village”. The Festival’s ensemble-in-residence is The Elora Singers, one of Canada’s finest professional chamber choirs. This year’s festival features The King’s Singers, Laila Biali, the Gryphon Trio, Elmer Iseler Singers, Constantinople, our Barn Dance, family concerts, Bach Day at the Festival, and more! 519-846-0331 www.elorafestival.ca www.facebook.com/elorafestival www.youtube.com/channel/UCIqiT4wiOx6j0l7FJ4CI61A FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND ➤ July 1, July 19 to August 3, 2024 Parry Sound, ON The Festival of the Sound is celebrating big this summer with an incredible line-up of classical, jazz and choral music, and much more. This year is extra special with two important anniversaries - James Campbell’s 40th as artistic director and the Festival’s 45th in beautiful Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. 705-746-2410 www.festivalofthesound.ca www.facebook.com/FestivaloftheSound www.twitter.com/FestoftheSound www.youtube.com/FestivaloftheSound1 HABARI AFRICA FESTIVAL ➤ August 9 to 11, 2024 Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON Batuki Music Society is proud to present the Habari Africa Festival at Harbourfront Highlands Opera Studio Haliburton, ON Centre from Friday, August 9 to Sunday, August 11, 2024. Habari Africa is a multidisciplinary music and arts festival that displays the rich and diverse cultures of Africa. Join us for a weekend of exploration and engagement with the art, sounds and tastes of the continent. The festival will offer an authentic experience through presentations that celebrate the uniqueness, wealth and diversity of African music, dance, film and arts. The annual Habari Africa Festival is a focal point of Toronto’s cultural calendar, bringing together musicians and performing artists from all over the world. The festival is an all-ages family event presented free to the public. Batuki Music is a non-profit African arts organization based in Toronto. 416-948-4132 www.batukimusic.com www.facebook.com/BatukiMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP2MNiQjNg0 HIGHLANDS OPERA STUDIO ➤ July 25 to August 26, 2024 Haliburton, ON Hear the best emerging professional voices from Canada and beyond in the beauty of the Haliburton Highlands, only 2.5 hours northeast of Toronto. Established in Haliburton, ON, in 2007 by internationally-acclaimed Canadian tenor Richard Margison and Canadian stage director/violist, and former Metropolitan Opera stage director, Valerie Kuinka, Highlands Opera Studio is an advanced intensive professional training and networking program for emerging operatic professionals. Chosen from close to 100 applicants from across Canada and internationally, the 17 successful 2024 participants attend the 5-week program free of charge and can be heard in public masterclasses, multiple concerts, community events, and two fully-staged operas: Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Andrew Balfour’s Mishabooz’s Realm, commissioned in 2017. 1-855-455-5533 www.highlandsoperastudio.com/events www.facebook.com/highlandsoperastudio www.twitter.com/highlandsopera www.youtube.com/user/HighlandsOperaStudio thewholenote.com Summer 2020 | 37