Member Profiles, . . 1999-2000 Part Three, continued This month, we extend a warm WholeNote welcome to the following: BOURDEAU PROMOTES ... President: Andrea Bourdeau Phone: (519) 682-4143 Fax: (519) 682-2354 Email: fairy@mnsi.net The Focus of this innovative twenty-flrst century company is to create,-produce, promote and record the fmest quality . concert and conference endeavours. This company is a high energy, good vibe concert production house that loves the art of movement, sound and light. Andrea Bourdeau began this company with the most creative vision ... offering established clientele insights to what the focus of their creative endeavours could and perhaps ought to be. ''I have always had an inner knowing for what the next new 'Light' trend is .. .I can only promote who and what I truly love. I move forward knowing that the only aspect of life worth exploring is the passionate expression of one's soul. I have set good Christian standards for my company .. .I only create with the most highly skilled and ethically minded people. Therefore my heart always remains open to enjoy the essence of life." Her current Toronto project is John Michael Talbot, ll-19-1999, St. Paul's Anglican Church. CON FUOCO CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Phone: 653-8304 Fax: 653-1172 Email: confuococan@netscape.net Con Fuoco is a new chamber music series featuring exciting musicians from across Canada. The music is chosen from the great works of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Twentieth century eras as well as new works which are guiding the course of music as we enter the new millennium. The Con Fuoco Chamber Music Series is founded and co-artistic directed by clarinetist Michael Westwood, flutist Ken Hall and bassist Brian Baty. All concerts take place at Christ Church Deer Park (1570 Yonge just north of St. Clair) on Friday evenings beginning at 8:00pm. For tickets and information contact Con Fuoco at (416)653-8304, fax at (416)653- · 1172 or email at confuococan@netscape.net. DUO Artistic Directors: Margot Rydell, flute and Ivan Zilman, guitar Address: 46 Empire Ave. Toronto M4M 2L4 Phone: (41 6) 463-1 011 Margot Rydall and Ivan Zilman created DUO in 1996, merging over twenty years of performance in Classical, Jazz, Rock _and World Music. Arranging much of therr own material their repertoire extends from the Renais~ce to the 20th century, including elegant Jazz ballads. DUO released their debut CD in 1998 to critical acclaim. DUO is receiving regular radio airplay across Canada, including . Jurgen Gothe's Disc Drive on CBC-Radto 2. DUO's September 1999 Taiwan concert tour cuhninated in a gala recital in the National Concert Hall in Taipei. A recent CBC radio interview featured DUO discussing their tour and experiences d~g Taiwan's devastating earthquake, and therr subsequent Benefit recital to aid in the earthquake relief effort. Margot Rydall is a teacher, adjudicator and examiner at the Royal Conservatory and University of Toronto; Ivan Zilman, formerly a teacher at Concordia University, is also a composer, arranger and record producer, and teaches privately in Toronto's Beaches area. HERMAN ROMBOUTS, bass (416) 362-0940 Herman Rom bouts arrived in Canada in 1955 from his native Holland. He was clarinetist with the renowned Black Watch Military Band. After tenure with the band, a scholarship brought him to study voiq! at the University of Toronto. On completion of his studies he was consistently engaged by the Canadian Opera Company where he sang in Toronto and on tour all over Canada and the United States. Recently, Mr. Rombouts toured the ~aine as soloist with the Shevchenko Mustcal Ensemble where he received wide acclaim. This was followed with further success in Canada for his interpretation and characterization of Father & Narrator in Prokofiev's Peter & the Wol( He has an extensive repertoire which includes opera arias, classical Italian, French, German and Russian Songs. Herman Rombouts & Friends appear currently at Gatsby's Restaurant where one will enjoy an evening of the best of Broadway Musical Theatre & Opera. Gatsby's Restaurant, 504 Church St., Toronto, M4Y 2C8 (416) 925-4545 MISSISSAUGA CHILDREN'S CHOIR P.O. Box 41047,4141 Dixie Road Mississauga ON L4W 4X9 Phone: 905-624-9704 Music Director: Thomas Bell The Mississauga Children's Choir, now in its nineteenth season, performs a varied repertoire of classical and contemporary children's choral music. We provide a quality musical experience, including opportunities for ~~g m~i~l an~ vocal skills and professtonahsm Within a friendly and supportive atmosphere. The choir is a large lively group ages 8 to 18. Tho 80 choristers are divided into two choruses: Children's Chorus and Youth Chorus. This past year in Mississauga's Living Arts Centre the choir formed the children's chorJS,for Opera Mississauga's production of La B~heme; performed with The Canadian Children's Dance company John Rutter's Dancing Day; and premiered a new composition by Nancy Telfer, Follow Me, at our spring concert. Our December 18th 1999 concerts will be with the Mississauga Symphony at the L.A. C. Future plans include a tour to Britain in the sununer of2001. MISSISSAUGA CHORAL SOCIETY Artistic Director: Chrys Bentley Mailing address: P.O. Box 74530, 115 Lorne Park Road Mississauga ON L5H 3A5 Phone: (905) 507-9661 Fax: (905) 890-3529 E-mail: rictorres1 @aol.com Contact: Rick Torres, Chair, Marketing & Promotion The Mississauga Choral Society began life in 1967, a group of amateur musicians meeting at the University of Toronto's Erindale College campus. This year MCS celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season. Its accomplishments are many: a comprehensive repertoire ofwo~ks by great composers from four centuries, including major comrnissioned_works b_y Canadian composers, an endurmg relationship with its own professional orche~U:al ensemble, the Sinfony Players, a post bon as the resident choral ensemble in Hammerson Hall at Mississauga's Living Arts Centre, and now a budding relationship with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. To mark our 25th Anniversary, we reach back 250 years for two of the benchmarks of the choral repertoire, Messiah (Decem~ 5 & 19) and the B Minor Mass (May 16); m another concert we return to the present day, for works composed in the latter 20th century (February 6); and we look fo~ard to a joint collaboration with the Victona Scholars and the Toronto Children's Chorus (April 19).
ORIANA SINGERS Address: 250 Verobeach Blvd., North York, Ontario M9M 1 R6 Phone: (41 6) 7 42-7006 Fax: (416) 742-0186 E-mail: bjgray.hurlbut@sympatico.ca Contact: Beverley Hurlbut, Manager Artistic Director: William Brown Accompanist: Ruth Watson Henderson Conductor Emeritus: John Ford The ORIANA SINGERS, one of the first all-female choirs iri Canada, was fonned in 1972 and has S\Ulg under the direction of William Brown since 1996. Great care is taken to choose music suited to the female voice, to present music that has already earned its lasting position in the repertoire, and to introduce audiences to new music by contemporary (including Canadian) composers, some commissioned by The Oriana Singen. Wmner of many competitions and awards, The Oriana Singers has also perfonned benefit concerts and been guest artist of many other arts organizations. The Oriana Singen presents a threeconcert subscription series annually. The 1999-2000 season includes SWEET SONGS OF CHRISTMAS with the Intrada Brass on November 27, SONG OF SURVIVAL with Her Excellency Adrienne Clarkson reading excerpts from Helen Colijn's book by the same name on February 26, and EVERY THING'S COMING UP ROSES, a cabaret presentation of the works of Stephen Sondheim on May 6. SCARBOROUGH BEL CANTO CHOIR Mailing address: 66 Melchior Dr., West Hill ON M1E 3W5 Contact: Sid Milnes, Publicity Phone: (41 6) 284-1 509 Fax: (41 6) 284-1 509 Artistic Director: John Watkins The vision of the founding members in 1993 was to develop a community choir that would provide fun and fellowship as well as excellence in singing to experienced and committed choristers. The choir's schedule provides for two major concerts annually but the choir has also made guj!st appearances with other musical organizations, provided choral entertainment for fundraising events and presented Christmas concerts for Seniors' homes. In 1998, the choir made and marketed a CD and this year participated in the production of a commercial CD providing a choral background to some "Rock and Roll" music. The choir is self supporting via ticket sales and has been able to make charitable donations each year. The Scarborough Bel Canto Choir is "one of Scarborough's best kept secrets", according to the fonner Mayor of Scarborough who made this observation after attending one of the concerts. Through the CDs, it should no longer be a secret. TALLIS CHOIR OF TORONTO Mailing address: 1 86 Cion more Dr. Scarborough ON M 1 N 1 Y1 Phone: 691-8621 or 483-0559 Contact: Margaret Allen Now in its 23rd Season, the Tallis Choir of Toronto is one of Canada's principal a cappella choral ensembles. Under the direction of Peter Walker, the Choir is best known for its interpretation of Renaissance music and has presented the first Canadian perfonnances of many rarely-heard masterpieces of the period; however, its repertoire reaches from Gregorian chant to 20th century. The choir has recorded several collections of Renaissance music and is heard on CBC Radio. For more infonnation, call (416)483-0559 or (416)691-8621. October 23: Songs of Russia: The splendour of the Russian Choral tradition. Guest artists: George Vona & Lark Popov, piano December 4: Christmas in the Chapel Royal: Five centuries of festive musicmaking. Guest artist: Christopher Dawes, organ April 1: A Celebration of Bach and Handel: Celebrating the Bach Sesqui Bicentennial. Guest ensemble: The Talisker Players May 13: Victoria: Coronation Mass: A recreation of a complete Renaissance high mass. TORONTO SCHQOL OF MUSIC CANADA Artistic Directors: Mary Liu and Colin Yip Address: 349 Queen Street West, Suite 201, Toronto ON M5V 2A4 Phone: 260-1882 Fax: 222-8928 The TORONTO SCHOOL OF MUSIC CANADA is a joint effort by a large group of world-renowned musicians bringing first rate musical instruction to Canadian as well as international students. Senior faculty includes Maureen Forrester, Mary Liu, Colin Yip, and William Shookhoff. We are organizing a 1999 Christmas perfonnance of Handel's MESSIAH, with accompaniment by the Toronto School of Music Canada Orchestra and William Shookhoff as Artistic Director. Chorus members as well as soloists are needed. Audition is open to all starting November 1, 1999. We also offer a Professional Perfonnance Diploma for high school graduates, a Professional Advanced Certificate Program for professional students, General Music Education for children (ages 4 and up) and adults, and a One Year Professional Opera Training Program with William Shookhoff. Please contact the Toronto School of Music Canada, 349 Queen Street West, Suite 201, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2A4 Tel (416) 260- 18~2Fax(416)222-8928. ..,., .. , • Only .00 per concert • 1 0 months of events • Over 1 00 eligible concerts last season • Earn "earmiles" toward free tickets • Great savings on CDs Passes available at the Canadian Music Centre (416) 961-6601 and the Music Gallery (416) 204-1080
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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!).