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Volume 4 Issue 10 - July/August 1999

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22 Frank McNamara, conductor. Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay. 870- 8000. .50 to .50. ursday July 15 12:00 noon: Northern Encoun" ters. Celebrating the Arts & Culture of the Circumpolar Nations. Alacie Tullaugaq & Lucy Amarualik, throat singers; Attima Hadiari, drum dancer; Miriam Aglukkaq & Edward Snowball, singers; Transjoik. Metro Hall Square, King ·st. west of Simcoe. 979-128'2. Free. . 7:30: St. Paul's Bloor Street. Choir of Clare College Cambridge. Music by Rutter, Howells, Britten, Palestrina & others. Tir)1othy Brown, conductor. ·227 Bloor St. East. 961-3547. . riday July 16 1 :00 & 2:00: Northern Encounters. Celebrating the Arts & Culture of the Circumpolar Nations. Attima Hadiari, drum dancer; Miriam Aglukkaq, singer. Walker Co~rt, Art Gallery of Ontario; 317 Dundas West. 979- 6608. Free with PWYC admission to the AGO. 8:00: Harbourfrcint Centre. Great Canadian Blues Festival. Michael Pickett; Son Seals. Molson Place. 973-3000. Free. 1 :00: Northern Encounters. Celebrating the Arts &. Culture of the Circumpolar Nations. Alacie Tullaugaq & Lucy·Amarualik, throat singers. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1 0365 Islington Ave. Kleinburg. 905- 893-0344 ext.402. Free with admission to the Gallery: ,,. 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. Great Canadian Blues Festival. Louisiana Red. Molson Place. 973-3000. Free. 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Great Canadian Blues Festival. Ray Bonneville, Bob Brozman & Syl Johnson. Molson Place. 973- 3000. Free. Sunday 1 2:00 noon: Northern Encounters. Celebrating the Arts & Culture of the Circumpolar Nations: Falconbridge World Music Open Air Concert. Alacie Tullaugaq & Lucy Amarualik, throat singers; Attima Hadiari, drum dancer; Miriam Aglukkaq & Edward Snowball, singers; Transjoik & other performers. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 10365 Islington Ave. Kleinburg. ,905-893-0344 ext.402. Free with admission to the Gallery: ,. 2:00: Harbourfront ·Centre. Great Canadian Blues Festival. Curley Bridges & the Kings of Rhythm; Blackburn. Molson Place. 973-3000. Free. 2 :00: Royal C911servator.y of Music. Toronto Music Garden Concert. String Quartet from the Glenn Gould Professional School: Sarah Fraser & Rick Dorfer, violins; Ignacio Turrion, viola; Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello. Queens Quay West between Spadina and Bathurst. 408- 2824 ext.322. Free. 4:00: St. James' Cathedral. Summer Sunday Concert. Franck: Piece Hero"ique; Graham: Suite Images of the Heart; Bach: Prelude & Fugue in G; Willan: Chorale Prelude on Vexilla Regis. Valerie Hall, organ. 4:30: Choral Ev.ensong with Gentlemen ot"the Cathedral Choir. 65 Church St. 364- 7865. Free. 7:30: Mel Lastman Square. The Troubadours. 1 0-piece Caribbean band. 51 00 Yonge St. 395-7350. Free. Monday July 1 1 2:00 noon: Northern Encounters. Celebrating the Arts & Culture of the Circumpolar Nations. Alacie TullaLigaq & lucy Amarualik, throat singers; Attima-Hadiari, drum dancer; MiriamAglukkaq, singer. Garden Court, ~CE Place, Front St. between Yonge & Bay. 979-1282. Free. 1 2:15: Church of the Holy. Trinity. Music Monday Lunchtime Concert. Trio Resonance. 10 Trinity Square. 598,4521 , press 3. Free. · Tuesday July 20 7:30: St. John's Presbyterian Church. Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra. 41 5 Broadview Ave. 466-7476. ,$10. 12:00 noon: Nathan Phillips Square. Sounds in the City Concert: ElizaBeth Hill & LONGBOTTOM. Aboriginal/ roots songs & stories. 1 00 Queen St. West. 395-7350. Free. 3:30: Thornhill Chamber Music institute·. Faculty Concert: Homage to Nature. Program includes music by Cassada & Beethoven. Toronto Waldorf School, 9100 Bathurst St. Thornhill. 905-764-1924. to $10. 8:00: Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. Riverdance. Moya Doherty, producer; John McColgan, director; Bill Whelan, composer. 1 Front St. East. 872- 2262. to . For complete run see Music Theatre listings. 2:30: Tho·rnhill Chamber Music Institute. Student Per .formances. Tor'onto Waldorf School, 91 00 Bathurst .St. Thornhill. 905-764-1924. Free. 7:30: Thornhill Chamber Music Institute. Cape Breton Heritage Concert. Ponald' Maclellan & David Greenberg, fiddlers; Doug MacPhee, piano. Toronto Waldorf School, 91 00 Bathurst St. Thornhill. 905-7 64- 1924. to $10. aturday July 24 ti·onal Jazz Festival. Performers include: Barlow Group, Michael · Kaeshammer, Warren Hill, Dominicanada & Lucky Peterson. Mainstage, Alex Christie Bandshell, Kew Garde]1s. 1-888- 277-0796. Free. · unday July 25 I organ. 4:30: Choral Evensong with Gentlemen of the Cathedral Choir. 65 Church St. 364- 7865. Free. 7:30: Mel Lastma~ Square. .AELITA & Johnny Hood Orchestra. Popular favourites of the big _band era. 51 00 Yonge St. 395-7350. Free . ..,, onday July 26 12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Monday Lunchtime Concert: VIDA: Creation in Song and Memory. A cappella worldsong for women's' voices. 1 0 Trinity Square. 598-4521, press 3. Free. 7:30: Church of St. Martin-inthe-Fields. St. John Fisher High School Concert Band, Recotder Ensemble & Ceilidh Band. Arrangements of Joplin, Elvis, Big Band, Blues & show tunes. 15'1 Glenlake Ave. 767-7491. Free. 12:00 noon: Nathan Phillips Square. Sounds in the City Concert: Cheza. Music of southern Africa with rock & folk influences. 100 Queen St. West. 395-7350. Free. 3:30: Thornhill Chamber Music Institute. Faculty Concert: Passions & Pleasures. Mozart: Regelstadt Trio; Kodaly: Solo Sonat.a for Cello; Elizabethan love songs & other music. Toronto Waldorf School, 91 00 Bathurst St. ThornhilL 905-764- ~~~~~~~~~~~~ , 19 7~~o~~t:~i!~~~ Community 1 2':00 noon: Beaches lnterna" tional Jazz Festival. Performers include: Pat labarbara Quartet, Bill King Sextet, Johnie Bassett & The Blues Insurgents, T.S. Monk Sextet & Sugar Ray . Norcia. Mainstage, Alex Chri~tie Bandshell, Kew Gardens. 1-888- 277-0796. Free. Concert Band. Twiljght Concertin-the-Pa~k. Lively tunes from stage, screen & the swing era. John Edward Liddle, conductor. Broadacres Park, 450 The West Mall (rain location: St. Luke'·s· Church, 516 The Kingsway). 233-7468. Free. 2:00: Royal Conservatory of · l~~~~~~~~~~~·~~ Music. Toronto Music Garden Concert. Performers from the Glenn Gould Professional School: Clarinet & String Quartet. Queens Quay West between Spa~ina and Bathurst. 408- 2824 ext.322. Free. 4:00: St. James' c ·athedral. Summer Sunday Concert. Montgomery: Three Pieces; Handel: Water Mus ic (arr. ' Peasgood). James Burehill, 3:30: Thornhill Chamber Music Institute. Student Performances. Toronto Waldorf School, 91 00 Bathurst Street. Thornhill. 905-764- 1 924. Free.

7:30: Thornhill Chamber Music Institute. Final Gala Concert. Student ensembles, choral presentations, new compositions & Junque Orchestra. Toronto Waldorf School, 9100 Bathurst St. Thornhill. 905-764-1924. 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Divas & Dreads. Donna Makeda and the H.I.M. Band; Hijas del Sol. Molson Place. 973-3000. Free. 8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Verdi: Falstaff. Raisa Nakhmanovich, music director. . Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79A St. George. St. 465- 2912. ,. For complete run see Music Theatre listings. 8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Gounod: Romeo et Juliette. Robin Wheeler, music director. Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79A St. George St. 465-2912. ,. For cqmplete run see Music Theatre listings. Monday August 12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Monday Lunchtime Concert. Dance Oremus Danse. 10 Trinity Square. 598- 4521, press 3. Free . 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. Divas & Dreads. David Rudder & Charlie's Roots, Trinidadian · soca. Molson Place: 973-3000. I Free. aturday July 31 ~~~- 3:00: Choirs Ontario 1999 L __ 1 Children's Choir Camp. Final Concert. Jeanette Steeves, No listings conductor. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 923-1144. . · 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Divas & Dreads. Skanksters; Jazz Jamaica. Molson Place. 973,3000. Free. ~~·~2~:~00~:~H~a~r~bo~u~r~fr~on~t~C~e~n~tr~e~. ~~~ Divas & Dreads. Allakomi. Molson Place. 973-3000. Free. 2:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Toronto Music Garden Concert. Baroque Ensemble from the Glenn Gould Professional School. Queens Quay West between Spadina and Bathurst. 408-2824 ext:322. Free. 3 :00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. A Midsummer Night's Music. Music inspired by the works of Shakespeare. Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 7SA St. George St. 465-2912. ,. 4:00: St. James' Cathedral. Summer Sunday Concert. , Messiaen: Alleluias sereins d'une ame qui desire le ciel; Reubke: Sonata on the 94th Psalm. Jeremy Bruns, organ. 4:30: Choral Evensong with Gentlemen of the Cathedral Choir. 65 Church St. 364-7865. Free. 7:30: Mel Lastman Square. Mireya Escalante & Latin Street. Latin rhythms, jazz & blues roots. 5100 Yonge St. 395- 7350. Free. · 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Divas & Dreads. Lazah Current; Krosfyah. Molson Place. 973- 3000. free. .--.-----'1• I ''1'·1M·i54''· 11 Hi1 I 12:00 noon: Nathan Phillips . Square. Sounds in the City' Concert: Levitation. French Caribbean Zouk. ·1 00 Queen St. West. 395-7350. Free. No listings Friday August 8:00: Feast of Fools T~eatre. Nunsense. By Dan Goggin. Mainspace Theatre, Village Playhouse, 21 90 Bloor St. West. 231-3131 . . For complete run see Music Theatre listings. 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Rhythms of the World. Fantcha, Portuguese morna; Waldemar Bastos, Afro-Latino. Molson Place. 973-3000. Free. I Saturday August 7 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. Rhythms of the World. Vanaver Caravan; Laurel MacDonald. Molson Place. 973-3000. Free. 3:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. A Midsummer Night's Music. Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse. See August 1 . · 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Rhythms of the World. Susana Baca, Afro-Latino; Sam Mangwana. Molson Place. 973- 3000. Free. unday August 8 I 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. Rhythms of the World. Les Gitanes de Sarajevo; Kamkars, traditio'rial Kurdish. Molson Place. 973-3000. Free. 2:00: Royal Conser-vatory of Music. Toronto Music Garden Concert. Performers from the Glenn Gould Professional School: Onyx Quintet. Katherine Anderson, flute; Gillian Howard, oboe; Graham Martin, bassoon; Lake Porter, french horn; Susan Strune, ·clarinet. Queens Quay West between Spadina and Bathurst. 408-2824 ext.322. Free. "' 4:oo·: St. James' Cathedral. Summer Sunday Concert. James Noakes, organ. 4:30: Choral Evensong with Gentlemen of the Cathedral Choir. 65 Church St. 364-7865. Free. 7:30: Mel Lastman Square. Debi Sander Walker Orchestra. Swing, Latin, light rock, waltz. 11-piece band. 51 00 Yonge St. 395-7350. Free. · 12:15: Church of the Holy Trihity. Music Monday Lunchtime Concert. Music of Milhaud, McDqnald & Hatch. Guy Few, trumpet; Boyd McDonald, piano. 10 Trinity Square. 598~452J, press 3 . Free. Tuesday August 10 ===I 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Fame, the Mudcal. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. West. 872-1212. to .50. For complete run see Music Theatre listings. 1 2:00 noon: Nathan Phillips Square. Sounds in the City Concert: Cha-Locos. African influenced Peruvian & Venezuelan coastal styles. 1 00 Queen St. West. 395-7350. Free. • 8:00: Qufntessenz in Concert. Works by Lasso, Monteverdi, Buxtehude, Brahms, Bartok, Faure & Diestler. Heike Schehl, soprano; Barbara Nestler, alto; ln·go Jander, tenor; Markus . Bruhl, bass; Matthias Schmidt, baritone & accompanist. Royal York Road Church, 851 Royal York Road. 463-6592. ,. 8:00: Southern Ontario Chamber Music lnsti~ute. Penderecki String Quartet. Works by Mozart, Beethoven & L.C. Smith. Calvary Church, 1 21 5 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville. 905-527'-4168. ,$10. riday August 13 THE SOUTHERN ONTA.roO CHAMBER MUSIC INSTITUTE presents: Thursday Aug 12, 8 pm mE PENDERECKI QUARTET in works by Mozart, B~thoven, and Linda C. Smith. Monday Aug 16, 8pm mE ST. LAWRENCE QUARTET in works by Schumann and Schubert. Guest Artist: Marcel Saint-Cyr Sunday Aug 22, 3 pm THE STUDENT SHOWCASE CONCERT. All' concerts at Calvary Baptist Church 1215 Lakeshore Road West Oakville, Ontario Tickets: ; (Seniors, Students) Showcase Concert $10; (Sen./Stu.) at L' Atelier Grigorian, Oakville or call (905)8442076 or (905)' 5274068 or or. at door.

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Volume 24 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2019

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Volume 24 Issue 8 - May 2019

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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!

Volume 24 Issue 7 - April 2019

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 6 - March 2019

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 5 - February 2019

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 4 - December 2018 / January 2019

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 3 - November 2018

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 2 - October 2018

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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.

Volume 24 Issue 1 - September 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 8 - May 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 7 - April 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 6 - March 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 5 - February 2018

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Volume 23 Issue 4 - December 2017 / January 2018

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 3 - November 2017

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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!

Volume 23 Issue 2 - October 2017

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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.

Volume 23 Issue 1 - September 2017

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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!

Volume 22 Issue 9 - Summer 2017

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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.

Volume 22 Issue 8 - May 2017

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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!).

Volume 22 Issue 7 - April 2017

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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!

Volume 22 Issue 6 - March 2017

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Volume 22 Issue 5 - February 2017

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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!

Volume 22 Issue 4 - December 2016/January 2017

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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!

Volume 22 Issue 3 - November 2016

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Volume 22 Issue 2 - October 2016

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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!

Volume 22 Issue 1 - September 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 9 - Summer 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 8 - May 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 7 - April 2016

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Volume 21 Issue 6 - March 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 5 - February 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 4 - December 2015/January 2016

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 3 - November 2015

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"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!

Volume 21 Issue 2 - October 2015

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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.

Volume 21 Issue 1 - September 2015

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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!).