~,~d~- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~==~ggJ~~~ - ~- ~~~~1MEMsg~~batemoteg University Set_tlement Music & Arts School 23 Grange Rd (Dundas and McCaul-near the AGO) Since 1921 providing quality programs at · affordable r~tes, all ages, ievel~ and styles Indivjduallessons on 17 instruments and voice Group classes in dance, art and pre-school music Subsidies m;ailable for lou;-income families For information and registration call Annette or Julie at 598-3444 Choral and Orchestral AUDITIONS The Shevchenko Musical Ensemble -Toronto's unique ensemble of mixed choir, mandolin orchestra and dancers -announces auditions to the choir arid orchestra for the coming season • Regular performances of folk, classical and contemporary repertoire in large concert halls • Twice-weekly rehearsals for choir, weekly rehearsal for · orchestra -all held at Columbus Centre • Choir welcomes female and male voices; orchestramandolins (or instruments of that family), flute, oboe, French horn, string bass: To schedule an early September audition please call Shevchenko @ (416) 533-2725 CANADA The ROYAL CoNSERVATORY of Music · CoNSERVATOIRF. RoYAL de MusiQUE RECRUITMENT COORDINATOR The Glenn Gould Professional School, Toronto Seeking team pl,ayer with imagination, initiative and a propensity for thinking "out-of-the-box" to coordinate all recmiting and marketing efforts for · The Gleim Gould Professional School Qualifications: Minimum of3 years experience; university degree or equivalent diploma; strong organizational skills Start Tuesday, August 3, 1999. Deadline Ju,ly 9, 1999. Salary conunensurate with experience. Send letter and resun1e to Human Resources, 273 Bloor St. West Toronto M5S I W2 FAX: 416-408-3096 • usicians in· om· Midst Duo · .- . · · hstemng to." INTERVIEWED BY ALLAN PULKER Dismissing the notion that transcriptions are somehow secondrate, Ivan pointed out that one of the classics of the orchestnil repertoire, "Pictures at an Exhibition" was composed for the piano. TI1e orchestral version which we all know and love was a transcription by Maurice Ravel. Ivan, who in the course of our conversation observed that musicians must , I . constantly re-invent themselves in order to make a living, got busy and re-invented himself as an arranger. The results of his' work, ·which can be heard on their CD, "DUO", released last smmner, is . music from a wide variety of sources.- Ivan's arrangements incll1de music by Frescobaldi, Bartok, Debussy, Billy Strayhom, Jolm Williams, O'Carolan, · Ravel, Richard Rodgers and TI1elonious Monk. Only two of the pieces were originally written for their instmments, Astor · Piazzolla's ''Cafe 1930" and Jacques lbert's "Entr' acte". Everybody they talk to about the recording has a different favourite track and the ~adio progrmmners love it all - it has been played on CBC Radio Two's "Disc Drive", Classi'cal 96, and CJRT -FM to name a lew. Ivan and Margot plan to spend time this smmner arranging and rehearsing new repertoire for their next CD, which they wilf be recording next winter. They ':Viii Flutist Margot Rydall first heard guitarist Ivan Zilman play at a concert three years ago. His sound, unlike that of other guitarists she had worked with, was big enough to balance •the sound of a !lute. She proposed ihat they work together and the restilt has been succe'ssful, not only as a perfonning and 1 recording ensemble but also as a generator of new repertoire. ¥Margot, a Toronto native, who studied with the late Nick Fiore and with English tlautists William Bem1ett and Peter Lloyd, is a teacher and examiner wi'th the Royal Conservatory of Music, a position she has held since the age of 18. Ivan, a native of Montreal, is a graduate of Concordia University, where he studied guitar, voice and composition. He came to' Toronto in 1983, and now teaches guitar at the Scarborough Music Centre, . composes, and produces CDs. They soon discovered that "the repertoir.e for the combination is small, and much of what is available is not very interesting saloi1 music from the early and mid 19th century: One of their challcmges would be to create new repertoire that would be · "worth playing and ·worth be artists in residence this ' summer at CAMMAC's Cedar Glen Sununer Music Centre, just 45 minutes north of Toronto. You cmi hear them perfonning tqgether there on July 28 and 29. · Musicians in Our Midst is photographed by Michael Shaw, Ashley & Crippen, Photographers 200 Davenport Rd. 416 925-2222
~AZZ .NOTES BY JIM GALLOWAY The Jazz festival merry-go-round is in full swing, i'f that's not too much of a mixed metaphor, what with the last few days of du Maurier Downtown Jazz spilling into the first week-end of July and at least three other events in and around Toronto during July and August. · The 7th Annual Oakville Jazz Festival kicks off on· Friday July 9th. at 7.00pm with a mainstage concert at Town Square. Lakeshore Boulevard · will be closed to traffic and the music will be very much in the . swing tnidition featuring two bands, singer Alex Pangman and ·Her Alley Cats and yo4f humble · (I an ds!~~'Q'"'" h''" BY JoHN McGUIGAN Summer Season is, Upon Us The smmner has arrived again and those of you who enjoy listetiing to bands will find many opportui1ities facing you. Concerts in the park are still an integral part of our Ontario scene, at least in the more rural areas of our province. Orillia, · Kitchener, Gravenhurst and some of the more remote areas of the countryside will again sponsor their Sunday aftemoon and evening bm1d concerts: Most of our Toronto ar~a bands have plmmed busy schedules oflocal atld travelling concerts. The North York Concert Band has concerts in Mel Lastman Square on June 24, July 8, atld July 29 at 7:30. Conductor Jolm Liddle promises a variety of light concert works, to entice audiences to these events. For those of you interested in Drum Core Marching Bands there are two dates of interest. Jtme 30 at ~itchener you will find 8 corps bands perfonning. 1l1is is delightful to watch as well as listen to. h1fonnation about this event cm1 be gained at 519-894-0222. Again on August 4 1l1e Canadian Open Competition will host some thirty bands scribe heading up a band which Centetmial Square Stage on features Byron Stripling, a Saturday will have music from phenomenal young trumpet 7 pm with The Django-style trio player/vocalist, straight out of the of Robin Nolan and the Byron' Louis Annstrong/Red Allen Stripling Quartet, with the same school of hot hom playing, and rhytlun section as the previous trombonist George Masso, a evening, Ian Bargh, piano, veteran of the Betmy Goodman Rosemary Galloway, bass and band among others, and possess- Don Vickery, drums. · ing perhaps the most beautiful On Sunday, the main stage tone of anyone on that instrument will feature two groups from · today. On a second stage at 2.00p.m. to 5.00p.m. when the Centetmial Square, guitarist Sean Russ Little Quintet and Dr. Pop Bray and his Quartet will share and the Noise share the bill. All · the honours with Mark Sepic and of the above programming is. "Cueros y Cuerdas'.'. presented free: The headliners Saturday lOth The Beaches International at Town Square will be the Hot ' Jazz Festival occupies the week- Antic Jazz Band from Frm1ce at 2 end of July 23. with free concerts to 5 pm followed at 7 pm, by in Kew Gardetfs and the main · pianist Joe Sealy at}d his Trio. At attraction for jazz fans will be the 8 pm Jamaican-hom Monty appearm1ce on the 2~th ofT.S . . Alexander, a pianist with a Monk and his band. Full details considerable following in the can be found by calling the Toronto area, will present his jazz Festival Hotline at 1-888-277- tribute to Bob Marley. The 0796, or you can visit the website at www.beachesjazz.com. Moving ahead to August, the JVC Festival hits town and the Markham Jazz Festival celebrates its second year. Both events occupy the same dates, August 20-22, in a sort of David and Goliath scenario with Markham artistic director, Hall Hill cast in the role of little David. Canadians are very well represented in this fest-feast, although Jess so, for this event is at 519-655-2093. The Drum Corps International is a large organization which sponsors concerts and competitions all over North America. Many bands traval hundreds of miles ·to participate in these events. The world championships for this organization occur Aug. 9-14 in Madison Wisconsin. We need to keep up the pressure on CNE to retum to a policy of presenting concerts in the park. I am sure such a program would attract a continuous audience of . wandering "exhibitionists", to · quote a new word, to sit down rest and enjoy a short while with music. John McGuigan is currently the administrative secretary of the Canadian Band Association (Ontario Chapter). His main function is the editing of the quarterly n_wgazine "Fanfare". and to maintain records and offices f or the association. He also owns m1d operates "COMPRINT" a publishing house f or new Canadian music. He can be contacted by fax or .phone at 905-826-5542 Visit our website www3.sympatico.cal com print · perhaps, in the JVC event which is mastenninded in the New York oftices of Festival Productions where George Wein is the resident Goliath. It's a rich diet if you are a jazz fan, but it says something about the music scene in Toronto when you can find 4 jazz festivals within a period of 8 weeks! I'm hard pressed to think of mwther city where that happens. Happy listening. Jim Wuou:NoTE's JAZz NolES 1s SliPPORl"ED 8\' CJRT FM, JAZZ RAmo IN ToRoNlO TRACEY WILKINS JAZZ VOCALIST AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE FUNCTIONS ABSOLUTE SOUNDS PHONE (416) 767-9451 · FAX (416) 767-2476 Absounds@interlog.com Classical & Jazz Radio Toronto! 24-hour member-supported radio! 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Welcome to our December/January issue as we turn the annual calendar page, halfway through our season for the 25th time, juggling as always, secular stuff, the spirit of the season, new year resolve and winter journeys! Why is Mozart's Handel's Messiah's trumpet a trombone? Why when Laurie Anderson offers to fly you to the moon you should take her up on the invitation. Why messing with Winterreisse can (sometimes) be a very good thing! And a bumper crop of record reviews for your reading (and sometimes listening) pleasure. Available in flipthrough here right now, and on stands commencing Thursday Nov 28. See you on the other side!
Long promised, Vivian Fellegi takes a look at Relaxed Performance practice and how it is bringing concert-going barriers down across the spectrum; Andrew Timar looks at curatorial changes afoot at the Music Gallery; David Jaeger investigates the trumpets of October; the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution (and the 20th Anniversary of our October Blue Pages Presenter profiles) in our Editor's Opener; the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir at 125; Tapestry at 40 and Against the Grain at 10; ringing in the changing season across our features and columns; all this and more, now available in Flip Through format here, and on the stands commencing this coming Friday September 27, 2019. Enjoy.
Vol 1 of our 25th season is now here! And speaking of 25, that's how many films in the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival editor Paul Ennis, in our Eighth Annual TIFF TIPS, has chosen to highlight for their particular musical interest. Also inside: Rob Harris looks through the Rear View Mirror at past and present prognostications about the imminent death of classical music; Mysterious Barricades and Systemic Barriers are Lydia Perović's preoccupations in Art of Song; Andrew Timar reflects on the evolving priorities of the Polaris Prize; and elsewhere, it's chocks away as yet another season creaks or roars (depending on the beat) into motion. Welcome back.
What a range of stuff! A profile of Liz Upchurch, the COC ensemble studio's vocal mentor extraordinaire; a backgrounder on win-win faith/arts centre partnerships and ways of exploring the possibilities; an interview with St. Petersburg-based Eifman Ballet's Boris Eifman; Ana Sokolovic's violin concert Evta finally coming to town; a Love Letter to YouTube, and much more. Plus our 17th annual Canary Pages Choral directory if all you want to do is sing! sing! sing!
Arraymusic, the Music Gallery and Native Women in the Arts join for a mini-festival celebrating the work of composer, performer and installation artist Raven Chacon; Music and Health looks at the role of Healing Arts Ontario in supporting concerts in care facilities; Kingston-based composer Marjan Mozetich's life and work are celebrated in film; "Forest Bathing" recontextualizes Schumann, Shostakovich and Hindemith; in Judy Loman's hands, the harp can sing; Mahler's Resurrection bursts the bounds of symphonic form; Ed Bickert, guitar master remembered. All this and more in our April issue, now online in flip-through here, and on stands commencing Friday March 29.
Something Old, Something New! The Ide(a)s of March are Upon Us! Rob Harris's Rear View Mirror looks forward to a tonal revival; Tafelmusik expands their chronological envelope in two directions, Esprit makes wave after wave; Pax Christi's new oratorio by Barbara Croall catches the attention of our choral and new music columnists; and summer music education is our special focus, right when warm days are once again possible to imagine. All this and more in our March 2019 edition, available in flipthrough here, and on the stands starting Thursday Feb 28.
In this issue: A prize that brings lustre to its laureates (and a laureate who brings lustre to the prize); Edwin Huizinga on the journey of Opera Atelier's "The Angel Speaks" from Versailles to the ROM; Danny Driver on playing piano in the moment; Remembering Neil Crory (a different kind of genius)' Year of the Boar, Indigeneity and Opera; all this and more in Volume 24 #5. Online in flip through, HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday Jan 31.
When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.
Reluctant arranger! National Ballet Orchestra percussionist Kris Maddigan on creating the JUNO and BAFTA award-winning smash hit Cuphead video game soundtrack; Evergreen by name and by nature, quintessentially Canadian gamelan (Andrew Timar explains); violinist Angèle Dubeau on 20 years and 60 million streams; two children’s choirs where this month remembrance and living history must intersect. And much more, online in our kiosk now, and on the street commencing Thursday November 1.
Presenters, start your engines! With TIFF and "back-to-work" out of the way, the regular concert season rumbles to life, and, if our Editor's Opener can be trusted, "Seeking Synergies" seems to be the name of the game. Denise Williams' constantly evolving "Walk Together Children" touching down at the Toronto Centre for the Arts; the second annual Festival of Arabic Music and Arts expanding its range; a lesson in Jazz Survival with Steve Wallace; the 150 presenter and performer profiles in our 19th annual Blue Pages directory... this is an issue that is definitely more than the sum of its parts.
In this issue: The WholeNote's 7th Annual TIFF TIPS guide to festival films with musical clout; soprano Erin Wall in conversation with Art of Song columnist Lydia Perovic, about more than the art of song; a summer's worth of recordings reviewed; Toronto Chamber Choir at 50 (is a few close friends all it takes?); and much more, as the 2018/19 season gets under way.
PLANTING NOT PAVING! In this JUNE / JULY /AUGUST combined issue: Farewell interviews with TSO's Peter Oundjian and Stratford Summer Music's John Miller, along with "going places" chats with Luminato's Josephine Ridge, TD Jazz's Josh Grossman and Charm of Finches' Terry Lim. ) Plus a summer's worth of fruitful festival inquiry, in the city and on the road, in a feast of stories and our annual GREEN PAGES summer Directory.
In this issue: our sixteenth annual Choral Canary Pages; coverage of 21C, Estonian Music Week and the 3rd Toronto Bach Festival (three festivals that aren’t waiting for summer!); and features galore: “Final Finales” for Larry Beckwith’s Toronto Masque Theatre and for David Fallis as artistic director of Toronto Consort; four conductors on the challenges of choral conducting; operatic Hockey Noir; violinist Stephen Sitarski’s perspective on addressing depression; remembering bandleader, composer and saxophonist Paul Cram. These and other stories, in our May 2018 edition of the magazine.
In this issue: we talk with jazz pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo about growing up in Toronto, building a musical career, and being adaptive to change; pianist Eve Egoyan prepares for her upcoming Luminato project and for the next stage in her long-term collaborative relationship with Spanish-German composer Maria de Alvear; jazz violinist Aline Homzy, halfway through preparing for a concert featuring standout women bandleaders, talks about social equity in the world of improvised music; and the local choral community celebrates the life and work of choral conductor Elmer Iseler, 20 years after his passing.
In this issue: Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera collaborate to take Gogol’s short story The Overcoat to the operatic stage; Montreal-based Sam Shalabi brings his ensemble Land of Kush, and his newest composition, to Toronto; Five Canadian composers, each with a different CBC connection, are nominated for JUNOs; and The WholeNote team presents its annual Summer Music Education Directory, a directory of summer music camps, programs and courses across the province and beyond.
In this issue: composer Nicole Lizée talks about her love for analogue equipment, and the music that “glitching” evokes; Richard Rose, artistic director at the Tarragon Theatre, gives us insights into their a rock-and-roll Hamlet, now entering production; Toronto prepares for a mini-revival of Schoenberg’s music, with three upcoming shows at New Music Concerts; and the local music theatre community remembers and celebrates the life and work of Mi’kmaq playwright and performer Cathy Elliott . These and other stories, in our double-issue December/January edition of the magazine.
In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!
In this issue: several local artists reflect on the memory of composer Claude Vivier, as they prepare to perform his music; Vancouver gets ready to host international festival ISCM World New Music Days, which is coming to Canada for the second time since its inception in 1923; one of the founders of Artword Artbar, one of Hamilton’s staple music venues, on the eve of the 5th annual Steel City Jazz Festival, muses on keeping urban music venues alive; and a conversation with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, as he prepares for an ambitious recital in Toronto. These and other stories, in our October 2017 issue of the magazine.
In this issue: a look at why musicians experience stage fright, and how to combat it; an inside look at the second Kensington Market Jazz Festival, which zeros in on one of Toronto’s true ‘music villages’; an in-depth interview with Elisa Citterio, new music director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; and The WholeNote’s guide to TIFF, with suggestions for the 20 most musical films at this year’s festival. These and other stories, in our September 2017 issue of the magazine!
CBC Radio's Lost Horizon; Pinocchio as Po-Mo Operatic Poster Boy; Meet the Curators (Crow, Bernstein, Ridge); a Global Music Orchestra is born; and festivals, festivals, festivals in our 13th annual summer music Green Pages. All this and more in our three-month June-through August summer special issue, now available in flipthrough HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday June 1.
From science fact in "Integral Man: Music and the Movies," to science fiction in the editor's opener; from World Fiddle Day at the Aga Khan Museum to three Canadians at the Cliburn; from wanting to sashay across the 401 to Chamberfest in Montreal to exploring the Continuum of Jumblies Theatre's 20-year commitment to the Community Play (there's a pun in there somewhere!).
In this issue: Our podcast ramps up with interviews in March with fight director Jenny Parr, countertenor Daniel Taylor, and baritone Russell Braun; two views of composer John Beckwith at 90; how music’s connection to memory can assist with the care of patients with Alzheimer’s; musical celebrations in film and jazz, at National Canadian Film Day and Jazz Day; and a preview of Louis Riel, which opens this month at the COC. These and other stories, in our April 2017 issue of the magazine!
On our cover: Owen Pallett's musical palette on display at New Creations. Spring brings thoughts of summer music education! (It's never too late.). For Marc-Andre Hamelin the score is king. Ella at 100 has the tributes happening. All; this and more.
In this issue: an interview with composer/vocalist Jeremy Dutcher, on his upcoming debut album and unique compositional voice; a conversation with Boston Symphony hornist James Sommerville, as as the BSO gets ready to come to his hometown; Stuart Hamilton, fondly remembered; and an inside look at Hugh’s Room, as it enters a complicated chapter in the story of its life in the complex fabric of our musical city. These and other stories, as we celebrate the past and look forward to the rest of 2016/17, the first glimpses of 2017/18, and beyond!
In this issue: a conversation with pianist Stewart Goodyear, in advance of his upcoming show at Koerner Hall; a preview of the annual New Year’s phenomenon that is Bravissimo!/Salute to Vienna; an inside look at music performance in Toronto’s health-care centres; and a reflection on the incredible life and lasting influence of the late Pauline Oliveros. These and more, in a special December/January combined issue!
In this issue: David Jaeger and Alex Pauk’s most memorable R. Murray Schafer collabs, in this month’s installment of Jaeger’s CBC Radio Two: The Living Legacy; an interview with flutist Claire Chase, who brings new music and mindset to Toronto this month; an investigation into the strange coincidence of three simultaneous Mendelssohn Elijahs this Nov 5; and of course, our annual Blue Pages, a who’s who of southern Ontario’s live music scene- a community as prolific and multifaceted as ever. These and more, as we move full-force into the 2016/17 concert season- all aboard!
Music lover's TIFF (our fifth annual guide to the Toronto International Film Festival); Aix Marks the Spot (how Brexit could impact on operatic co-production); The Unstoppable Howard Cable (an affectionate memoir of a late chapter in the life of of a great Canadian arranger; Kensington Jazz Story (the newest kid on the festival block flexes its muscles). These stories and much more as we say a lingering goodbye to summer and turn to the task, for the 22nd season, of covering the live and recorded music that make Southern Ontario tick.
It's combined June/July/August summer issue time with, we hope, enough between the covers to keep you dipping into it all through the coming lazy, hazy days. From Jazz Vans racing round "The Island" delivering pop-up brass breakouts at the roadside, to Bach flute ambushes strolling "The Grove, " to dozens of reasons to stay in the city. May yours be a summer where you find undiscovered musical treasures, and, better still, when, unexpectedly, the music finds you.
INSIDE: The Canaries Are Here! 116 choirs to choose from, so take the plunge! The Nylons hit the road after one last SING! Fling. Jazz writer Steve Wallace wonders "Watts Goode" rather than "what's new?" Paul Ennis has the musical picks of the HotDocs crop. David Jaeger's CBC Radio continues golden for a little while yet. Douglas McNabney is Music's Child. Leipzig meets Damascus in Alison Mackay's fertile imagination. And "C" is for KRONOS in Wende Bartley's koverage of the third annual 21C Festival. All this and as usual much much more. Enjoy.
From 30 camp profiles to spark thoughts of being your summer musical best, to testing LUDWIG as you while away the rest of so-called winter; from Scottish Opera and the Danish Midtvest, to a first Toronto recital appearance by violin superstar Maxim Vengerov; from musings on New Creations and new creation, to the boy who made a habit of crying Beowulf; it's a month of merry meetings and rousing recordings reviewed, all here to discover in The WholeNote.
2016 is off to a flying start! We chronicle the Artful Times of Andrew Burashko, the violistic versatility of Teng Li, the ageless ebullience of jazz pianist Gene DiNovi and the ninetieth birthday of trumpeter Johnny Cowell. Jaeger remembers Boulez; Waxman recalls Bley's influence, and Olds finds Bowie haunting Editor's Corner. Oh, and did we mention there's all that music? Hello (and goodbye) to the February blues, and here's to swinging through the musical vines of the Year of the Monkey.
What's a vinyl renaissance? What happens when Handel's Messiah runs afoul of the rumba rhythm setting on a (gasp!) Hammond organ? What work does Marc-Andre Hamelin say he would be content to have on every recital program he plays? What are Steve Wallace's favourite fifty Christmas recordings? Why is violinist Daniel Hope celebrating Yehudi Menuhin's 100th birthday at Koerner Hall January 28? Answers to all these questions (and a whole lot more) in the Dec/Jan issue of The WholeNote.
"Come" seems to be the verb that knits this month's issue together. Sondra Radvanovsky comes to Koerner, William Norris comes to Tafel as their new GM, opera comes to Canadian Stage; and (a long time coming!) Jane Bunnett's musicianship and mentorship are honoured with the Premier's award for excellence; plus David Jaeger's ongoing series on the golden years of CBC Radio Two, Andrew Timar on hybridity, a bumper crop of record reviews and much much more. Come on in!
Vol 21 No 2 is now available for your viewing pleasure, and it's a bumper crop, right at the harvest moon. First ever Canadian opera on the Four Seasons Centre main stage gets double coverage with Wende Bartley interviewing Pyramus and Thisbe composer Barbara Monk Feldman and Chris Hoile connecting with director Christopher Alden; Paul Ennis digs into the musical mind of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and pianist Eve Egoyan is "On the Record" in conversation with publisher David Perlman ahead of the Oct release concert for her tenth recording. And at the heart of it all the 16th edition of our annual BLUE PAGES directory of presenters profile the season now well and truly under way.
Paul Ennis's annual TIFF TIPS (27 festival films of potential particular musical interest); Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Jeffrey Beecher on the Silk Road; David Jaeger on CBC Radio Music in the days it was committed to commissioning; the LISTENING ROOM continues to grow on line; DISCoveries is back, bigger than ever; and Mary Lou Fallis says Trinity-St. Paul's is Just the Spot (especially this coming Sept 25!).