Volume 29 Issue 6 | June, July & August 2024

Gloria Blizzard and Jesse Ryan talk on saving calypso; fiftieth anniversary reprise of the Frog Bog sound walk (bet no-one's said that before!); Gregory Oh on the necessity of failure and curatorial choices that break down barriers; fanfares for an uncommon man at the RCM; and festivals galore in our 20th annual summer green pages; plus a summer's worth of music in our listening room. All this and more!

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The WholeNote VOLUME 29 NO 6 SUMMER 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 20 MAINLY CLUBS, MOSTLY JAZZ | Summer time & the definitions go out the window | COLIN STORY 22 MUSIC THEATRE | The lighter, brighter side … and beyond | JENNIFER PARR 26 CLASSICAL AND BEYOND | Fellows and mentors: the warp and the weft | DAVID PERLMAN 28 CLASSICAL AND BEYOND | Fellowship and mentoring -- further reflections | MICHAEL ZARATHUS-COOK 28 EARLY MUSIC | Purcell’s Fairy Queen | STEPHANIE CONN 31 ROUNDUP | Early, World, Opera and Choral | WHOLENOTE STAFF 34 FROM UP HERE | Hi you! (yes, you) | SOPHIA PERLMAN 35 THE GREEN PAGES | 20th Annual Summer Music Guide 23 LISTINGS 42 EVENTS BY DATE Live and/or online 53 MAINLY CLUBS 54 UNDATED EVENTS & ETCETERAS DISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED 56 Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS 58 Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS 61 Vocal 63 Classical and Beyond 66 Modern and Contemporary 71 Jazz and Improvised Music 75 Pot Pourri 76 Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN 77 Jazz from the Archives | STUART BROOMER 78 What we’re listening to this month Circulation Statement - March 26, 2024 7000 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 | June, July & August, 2024 thewholenote.com

Roman Borys, Artistic & Executive Director 2024-25 SEASON CELEBRATING CHAMBER MUSIC STRINGS Quartetto di Cremona Thursday, October 24, 2024 Miró Quartet Thursday, November 14, 2024 Gryphon Trio with Lara St. John, violin; Aviva Chernick, vocalist Thursday, December 5, 2024 JACK Quartet Thursday, January 30, 2025 Isidore Quartet Thursday, March 27, 2025 PIANO Marc-André Hamelin Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Rachel Fenlon soprano & piano Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Illia Ovcharenko Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Janina Fialkowska Tuesday, March 18, 2025 WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? ® Rob Kapilow explores Beethoven A Major Sonata with Cheng 2 Duo Rob Kapilow explores the Beethoven Archduke Trio with Gryphon Trio Sunday, November 10, 2024 Sunday, April 13, 2025 Strings and Piano series concerts take place at Jane Mallett Theatre, 7:30 pm (NEW Start time!) What Makes It Great? ® series concerts take place at George Weston Recital Hall, 3:00 pm SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE AT : www.music-toronto.com SAVE UP TO 30% NAE FUND Riki Turofsky and Charles Petersen