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Volume 31 Issue 2 - November & December 2025

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November and December combined for the first time in our history, with January and February likewise joined at the hip up next. Window-shop the 2025/26 Blue Pages (ten new members since last issue). "Critical mass" is the flavour of the issue, with "A Mass for the Endangered" leading the way, and a feast of Music Theatre, serious and not, close behind. Choral Scene looks at choirs augmenting their year-ending offerings with instrumental forces, and orchestras likewise augmenting their offerings with massed human voice. And masses of new recordings to discover and listen to. ALL THIS AND MORE.

The WholeNoteVOLUME 31

The WholeNoteVOLUME 31 NO 2NOVEMBER & DECEMBER, 2025EDITORIALPublisher/Editor in Chief | David Perlmanpublisher@thewholenote.comeditorial@thewholenote.comRecordings Editor | David Oldsdiscoveries@thewholenote.comListings Editor | John Sharpelistings@thewholenote.comSOCIAL MEDIADanial Jazaeri, Colin Storysocial@thewholenote.comSALES, MARKETING & MEMBERSHIPAdvertising & Memberships | Karen Agesadvertising@thewholenote.commembers@thewholenote.comProduction & Operations | Jack Buelljack@thewholenote.comAdvertising Artadart@thewholenote.comWEBSITE / SYSTEMSDanial Jazaeri, Kevin Kingsystems@thewholenote.comCIRCULATIONcirculation@thewholenote.comSUBSCRIPTIONSsubscriptions@thewholenote.com + HST (6 issues)single copies and back issues + HST*international - additional postage appliesSTORIES &INTERVIEWS, continued14 MUSIC THEATRE | FromFeasts to Follies |JENNIFER PARR16 CHORAL SCENE | Augmentedforces: choirs plus |ANGUS MACCAULL18 CLASSICAL & BEYOND |Orchestrated change at theRCM? | ANDREW SCOTT20 MUSIC & HEALTH | WhenMusic Meets Mindfulness |VANIA CHANTHE BLUE PAGESAT A GLANCE21 Our 26th annual directoryof music makersLISTINGS24 EVENTS BY DATE: Live andstreamed38 MAINLY CLUBS39 OPERA, MUSIC THEATRE, DANCE39 ETCETERAsDISCOVERIESRECORDINGS REVIEWED40 Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS41 Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS44 Vocal45 Classical and Beyond47 Modern and Contemporary49 Jazz and Improvised Music51 Pot Pourri54 Something in the Air |KEN WAXMAN55 What We’re Listening To |Listening Room IndexWholeNote Media Inc.Centre for Social Innovation503–720 Bathurst StreetToronto ON M5S 2R4Phone 416-323-2232 | Fax 416-603-4791Instagram: @the_wholenoteFacebook & X: @theWholenotethewholenote.com18Circulation Statement - September 19, 20255000 printed & distributedCanadian Publication ProductSales Agreement 1263846ISSN 14888-8785 WHOLENOTEPublications Mail Agreement #40026682WholeNote Media Inc. accepts no responsibility orliability for claims made for any product or servicereported on or advertised in this issue.COPYRIGHT © 2025 WHOLENOTE MEDIA INCWNWHOLENOTEMEDIA INC.6 | November & December 2025 thewholenote.com

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