Volume 5 Issue 4 - December 1999/January 2000

For more detail on any

For more detail on any particular concert, see the equivalent ·date and time in our Concert Listings, pages 42 to 60. December 05 4pm: St. Simon's Gentlemen 01 7:30: Oakvflle Children's Choir & Boys Choir 01 8pm: Chanticlee~ 05 7pm: Hereti Choir; Darbazi 02 & 03 8pm: Nathaniel Dett 05 7:30: Alii The King's Voices/ 02 8pm: Gospel choir EMPressions 03 8pm: Boys Choir of Harlem 05 8pm: Guelph Chamber

, llEI andStand BY MERLIN WILLIAMS Well, here it is: my last colmnn for the - year! Etobicoke Community Concert Band CD. nust finished listening to the first CD produced by the Etobicoke Community Concert Band. This recording features the band and their guest soloists performing fourteen energetic pops selections under the baton of conductor/trumpet soloist John Edward Liddle. Five of the arrangements on the CD are from the pen of Toronto arranger/reedman Eddie Graf. It's refreshing to see bands utilize the skills of writers in their own community. Eddie's chart on "Tico Tico" is a terrific feature for Bill Hughes' flute playing. I'm glad to see more projects like this one taking shape around Toronto. I look forward to seeing many more band recordings coming out of this town in the next few years. The CD, entitled "The Etobicoke Community Concert Band And Friends", is available by calling the band's box office at ( 416) 410-1570. It should also be available at the band's Christmas concert (see Dec. 4 listings for details.) Speaking of Christmas concerts there are plenty of Christmas concerts in December. Here are some that stand out in my mind: The Markham Concert Band (see Dec. 12 listings) is presenting music by Handel and Tchaikovsky. I love hearing bands doing transcriptions of ' classics during the holiday season. It's a nice change from medley after medley of popular seasonal songs. Conductor Diana Brault and the band are also BANDSTAND continues next page r••••••••••••••••••··~ I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I WholeNote's Contest of the Month December/January, 1999/2000 Congratulations to last month's contest winner, Charles R. Kaiser, of Aurora. Mr. Kaiser will be receiving a pair of tickets to the Boston Pops Orchestra concert at the Air Canada Centre on December 8. The three winners of this month's contest w,ill each receive a copy of the Etobicoke Community Concert Band's CD and a pair of tickets to the mid-February concert of the Toronto Wind Orchestra( To enter this month's contest, fill in the (allowing and mail to The WholeNote, 60 Bellevue Avenue, Toronto, M5T 2N4; fax to 416-603-3787; or e-mail to drumkm@web. net. Time-slot of David Craig's band show, Concert in the Park on Classical 96 FM Sunday night is ___ _ The first name of the man for whom the saxophone is named is The name of the mainstay band instrument descended A CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE HANNAFORD STREri SILVER BAND FEATURING THE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE OF MAGNIFICAT, BY RENOWNED BRITISH COMPOSER PAUL PATIERSON I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Pre-concert talk with Paul Patterson at 6:30 p.m. Concert at 7:30 p.r]l. , Wednesday, December 15·, 1999 Metropolitan United Church (corner of Church and Queen St. E.) Call (416) 366-7723 for tickets presents an International Guest Artist Event: . The Black Dyke Band~ ! \' ! Brilliant, Brassy & Bold · · :; 1. Monday, February 7th, 2000, 8:00 p.m.;· ., ;; John Grabb Theatre, Cedarbrae Collegiate- , 550 Markham Road (at Lawrence) The HSSB is pleased to present a cc;mcert by the world famous Black Dyke Band under the baton of their chariSmatic Music Director, James Watson. ,This · will be the first appearance of the Black Dyke Band in Canada in over 30 years. Marches, overtures, virtuoso solos and selections from their recent recordings will be heard. With its wealth of contest successes, memorable broadcasts, world·wide concerts and tradition of rehearsing in the same band room since 1855, the name Black Dyke Band holds a mystique unequalled in the music world. HSSB subscribers will TICKET PRICE 'S ' receive a 20% reduction off the Front Orchestra · $GO cost of tickets to this memorable Middle O