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Volume 6 Issue 7 - April 2001

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Music THEATRE LISTINGS,

Music THEATRE LISTINGS, CONTINUED Peterson. April 18 to 28. 244 Victoria St. 416-870-8000. .50-.50. ···Rick Imus. Jonah and the Big Fish Story. Musical by Rick Imus. Starring · Gord Clark & Father Mark Curtis. April 7 8:00: Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-870-8000. ; April 28 · 7:30: Southside Community Church, 2850 Derry Road, Milton. 905-875-4601. ,; May 6 4:00: Victoria Hall Concert Hall, 55 King St. West, Cobourg. 905·372- 2210. ,. ... RCM .. Opera Workshop. Mozart: Cosi Fan T utte. Brahm Goldhamer, Roxolana Rosiak, artistic directors. April 24: 8:00. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416·408-2824 ex.321. ,. ···Scarborough Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Gilbert and Sullivan: The Gondoliers. April 20,21,27 & 28: 8'.00; April 22 & 29: 2:00. David and Mary Thomson Collegiate, 2740 Lawrence Ave. East. 905· 839-3411. ,. ···Scarborough Music Theatre. Fiddler on the Roof. Music by Jerry Bock; lyrics .by Sheldon Harnick; book by Joseph Stein. Apr. 26·28, May 3-5, 10· 12: 8:00; Apr. 29 & May 6: 2:00. Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. 396-4049. $) 8, sr/st on Thursdays & Sundays. · ···SFX Theatrical Group. Fame: The Musical. Written by Jose Fernandez; Lars Bethke, director/choreographer ..To April 8. Pantages Theatre, 244 Victoria St. 416· 870-8000. .50 to . ···Stage Centre Productions. Camelot. Music by Frederick Loewe; book & lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. May 3-5, 10-·12, 16·19: 8:00; May 6 & 13: 2:00. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Or. 299-5557. . ' $ 20; (sr), (st). ---Tapestry New Opera Works. Iron Road. Opera by Chan Ka Nin. Mark. Brownell, . libretto; music director: Wayne Strongman. Preview: April 19; main run April 20-28: 8:00. Elgin Theatre; 189 Yonge St. 416· 872-1111. -. ···Tarr~gon Theatre.Anything That Moves. Book and lyrics by Ann-Marie MacDonald; Music by Allen Cole; story by Ann-Marie MacDonald and Alisa Palmer. Directed by Alisa Palmer. April 25 to June 3. Tues • Sat 8:00; Sat, Sun 2:30. 30 Bridgman Ave. 416· 531-1827. Previews Apr 25-29 ; Tues· Thurs. Sat mat ; Fri, Sat eve ; Sun pwyc or· to.reserve. ... Theatre Passe Muraille/Crow's Theatre. Time After Time: The Chet Baker Project. Story & music of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. Performers include Phillipa Oomville, Martin Julien, Danny. Depoe, & John Alcorn. To April 8. Tuesday-Saturday: 8:00; Sunday matinee: 2:30. Mainstage, 16 Ryerson Ave. 416-504-7529. ... Theatre Sheridan. The Boyfriend. Musical comedy. Book, music & lyrics by Sandy Wilson. April 11-14, 18-21,25-28: 8:00. 1430 Trafalgar Rd .. Oakville. 905- 815-4049. -. .•. Toronto Operetta Theatre. Leo, The Royal Cadet. By Oscar T elgmann. Eric Shaw, Alexandra Lennox, Gisele Fredette, Bruce Kelly, performers; TOT Orchestra & Choral Ensemble; John Greer, conductor. May 2,3,4,5: 8:00; May 6: 2:00. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416- 366-7723. -. ···University of Toronto Faculty of NEW MUSIC QUICK PICKS April 0110:25am: Fairlawn Heights Church. April 02 7:30: Associates of the TSO . April 02 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. April 02 8:00: Music Gallery. April 03 1 :OD: St James' Cathedrat April 06 8:00: Canadian Opera Company. April 06 8:00: The New Guitar. April 06 8:00: Toronto Symphonic Brass. April 07 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. April 07 8:00: Music at St John's. April 07 8:00: Music Gallery. April 07 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. April 07 8:00: The New Guitar. April 07 8:00: U of Toronto Faculty of Music. April 08 3:00: Mississauga Choral Society. April 08 4:30: Yorkminster Park Church. April 08 7:00: N. Toronto Institute of Music. April 08 7:30: Christ Church Deer Park. April 11 8:00: Slide Rule Trombone Ensemble April 17 1 :DO: St James' Cathedral. April 17 8:00: Music Gallery. April 17 8:00: Soundstreams Canada/CBC . April 18 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. April 19 8:00: Music Gallery. · April 19 8:00: OMO Dance Company. April 19 8:00: St Michael's Choir School. April 19 8:00: Tapestry New Opera Works. April 20 8:00: Music Gallery. April 21 8:00: VocalPoint Chamber Choir. ~ April 22 7:00: Elmer lseler Singers. April 22 7:00: Voyces Past April 22 7:30: Leaside Church April 24 8:00: Music Toronto . April ?7 10:30am: Toronto Children's Chorus. April 27 8:00: Music Gallery. . April 27 8:00: Music Umbrella. April 28 7:30: Ch. of St Simon the Apostle. April 28 7:30: High Park MorningSide Church. April 28 7:30: Royal Conservatory Iii Music. April 28 7:30: Toronto Children's Chorus. April 28 8:00: New Music Concerts/CBC April 28 8:00: Toronto Wind OrcheStra. April 29 2:00: New Music Concerts.· April 29 2:30: Aldeburgh Connection. April 29 3:00: Autobiomusics 2000/2001. April 29 3:00: Toronto Jewish Folk Choir. May 04 8:00: Music Gallery. May 05 7:30: Toronto Sinfonietta. May 05 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. May 05 8:00: Bell' Arte Singers. May 05 8:00: Mississauga Symphony. May 05 8:00: Music Gallery. May 05 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic. May 05 8:00: toneART Ensemble. May 06 3:00: Concertsingers. . 24 wholenote APRIL 1, 2001 - MAY 7, 2001 Early Music quick picks April 01 2:30: Opera in Concert Apnl 01 3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. April 01 4:00: Parkdale Hunt April 06 8:00: Toronto Consortlla Nef. April 06 8:00: U of Toronto Faculty of Music. April 07 8:00: Academy Concert Series. Music. Opera Series. Operetta & musical theatre. April 21 : 8:00. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. ,. ···Victorian Operetta Society. Kismet. Blair McFadden, Liz Clark, Hugh Stewart, · Gilliam Ormerod & other performers; Marie Anderson, conductor. April 19,20,21,26,27, 28: 8:00; April 21,22,28: 2:00. Concert Hall at Victoria Hall, 55' King St. West, Cobourg. 905-372-2210. $i8,, group rates. ···Yorkminstrels. Where's Charley? Music & lyrics by Frank Loesser; book by George Abbott. April 21,26,27,28: 8:00: April 22 & 29: 2:00. Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 . Bathurst St. 416·291·0600. ,, group rates. UICK PICKS: CHORAL, EARLY, AND NEW April 07 8:00: I Furiosi B

Comprehensi.ve Co_ncert Listings, Apr 1 to May 7 Sunday Aprir 01 ·· 1 :00: Harbourfront Centre/Jeunesses Musicales of Ontario. Cushion Concert: Tl;e Daughter of the Regiment. Atelier lyrique de L'Opera de Montreal. Barbara Bu.dd, host. Brigantine Room, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·973· 4000. . ·· 10:25am: Fairlawn Heights United Church. Daley: Requiem. Fairlawn Heights senior choir. 28 Fairlawn Ave. 416-481· 6848. Free. ·· 10:30am: Music at Rosedale. Daley: Requiem. Soloists & cfioir of Rosedale Presbyterian Church; Mary Legge, director of music. 129 Mt. Pleasant Rd. 416·921 · 1931. Free (donations welcome). ·· 2:00: CBC Radio One 99.1 FM. Roundup at the Gould. Celebrating the high school musical. Wexford Collegiate performing arts students; All The Kipg's Voices; Bill Richardson, host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 205·5555. ,. Readers please note: plans change; & we make mistakes! Please use the phone numbers provided to call ahead. For full music theatre listings, see pages 23-24. For "Too late to list" and "Further afield" see pages 40-41. Bathurst. 416·925·8570. , .. ·· 3:00: Toronto Heliconian Club. Ilona OamasiuteBeres, piano in Recital Music of Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy & Liszt. 35 H·azelton Ave. 416·766·9959; ,. ·· 3:00: University of Toronto at Scarborough. UTSC Concert Band. Larry Shields, director. The Meeting Place, 1265 Military Trail. 416·287·7076. Free. ·· 3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Exultate! Mozart: Exultate Jubilate; Haydn: . Cello Concerto in D. Karina Gauvin, soprano; Christina Mahler, cello. Jeannelamon, music direc·tor. Trinity·St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 416·964·6337: $Z6·, ·1s.t/sr). ·· 4:00: Parkdale Hunt. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater. Alexa Wing, sopr.ano; Nina Scott· Stoddart, mezzo; Peter Bishop, harpsichord; string orchestra. Holy Family Church, 1372 King St. West. 416·538·8250. Suggested don.ation ·. ·· 2:00: Living ·Arts Centre Mississauga. ·· 4:30: St. Anne's Church. Great Music at Beethoven lives Upstairs. 4141 Living Arts . St. Anne's: Choral E_vensong, Music by Drive. 905·306-6000. .50. ·Darke & Durufle. 270 Gladstone Ave. 416· ·· 2:00: Royal Ontario Museum. From 536·3160. Genesis to Gershwin. Songs culled from the .. 5:00: Golomb-Concert Management. many lands in which Jews have dwelled. Alexander Tselyakov, piano in Concert. Ron Graner & Aaron Bensoussan, cantors; Chopin: Piano Concerto #2; Rachmaninoff: Penny Blake, composer/songwriter. 1 DO Piano Concerto #2. Alexander Katz, second Queen's Park. 416·586·5797. ,. piano. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 ·- 2:00: Visual and Performing Arts John Street. 905·770·5258. ,. Newmarket. Michael lnjae Kim, piano in ·· 7:00: Mississauga Big Band Jazz Recital Music by Bach, Beethoven, Ensemble. Spring Concert & CO Release Gershwin & Mussorgsky. Newmarket Party. Living Arts·Centre, 4141 Living Arts Theatre, 505 Pickering Gres. 905·953· Drive, Mississauga. 905·306·6000. . 5122. ,. . ·· 7:30: Christ Chureh Deer Park. Organ ·· 2:30 & 7:30: Scarborough Bel Canto Recital & Compline. Michael Jarvis, organ. Choir. Down Memory lane. Selection of old 1570 Yonge St. 416·920·521 l; Free. favourites; Last Night At The Proms; other ·· 7:30:.0ntario Registered Music music. John Watkins, conductor. St. Teachers Association. First Class Honours Dunstan of Canterbury Church, 56 Lawson Senior Recital Port Nelson United Church, Rd., West Hill. 416·284·1509. ,. 3132 South Drive, Burlington. 905-469· Proceeds to The Kids Help Phone. .8695. Proceeds to DRMTA Scholarship ·· 2:30: Op.era in Concert. Handel: Program. ,(under 12). Ariodante. Kimberly Barber, Jackalyn ·· 7:30: York Symphony Orchestra. Short, Barbara Hannigan, Daniel Lichti, Viennese Classics. Beethoven: Egmont Allyson McHardy, performers; Gary Thor Overture; Symphony #8; Mozart: Requiem. U Wedow, conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre, of T Scarborough Concert Choir; Redeemer 27 Front St. East. 416·366· 7723. College Alumni Choir; Roberto De Clara, ,. conductor. Markham Theatre for Performing ..-2:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905·305· Prokofief.· Peter and the Wolf. A Canadian 7469. ,, under 12. re· telling of the classic children's story. ·· 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Popcorn Royal Conservatory Orchestra; Bob Rae, Behaviour. TRANZAC, 292 Brunswick. 416· narrator; Rennie Regehr, conducfor. Ettore 410·3655. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. ·· 8:00: Rosedale Concert Series. Haydn: West. 416·408·2824 ex.321. ,. The Seven last Words of Christ. Soloists, .. 3:00: Mooredale Junior & Youth choir & arch.; Wayne Strongman, director. Orchestras. Kristine Bogyo & Clare Rosedale United Church, 159 Roxborough Carberry, conductors. Rosedale Heights Dr. 416·924·0725 ext.36. ,. School, 711 Bloor St. East. 416·922·3714. ,. ·· 3:00: Multicultural Choral Concert: · Monday April 02 Singing Together. Armenian Choir of TorQnto; Chinese Canadian Choir; Coro San Marco; Les Voix du Coeur; Shevchenko Choir. Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 ·· 7:30: Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. from Russia With Love. Prokofiev: String Quartet #2 in F Op.90; Schnittke: Canon in Memory of Stravinsky for string quartet; Borodin: String Quartet #2 in D. Sergei Nikonov, Oksana Dmitrik, violins; ladislau Darida, viola; Roberta Janzen, celle. t rinity·St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St. West. 416· 323·0862. ,. ·· 8:00: Art of Ti!J1e Ensemble .. Music of Erwin Schulhoff. Schulhoff: Hot Sonate for alto saxophone & piano; Concertina for double bass & flute; Five Jazz Eludes for solo piano; String Sextet. Susan Hoeppner, flute; Mark Fewer, violin; David Hetherington, cello; Andrew Burashko, ' pia90; Joel Quarrington, double bass; Phil Dwyer, saxophone & other performers. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416·205·5555. ,. ·· 8:00: Music Gallery. What Next: David Mott & Ronda Rindone. Improvisational works & original compositions for bass clarinet & baritone saxophone. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave. 416·204· 1080. . ·· 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/ Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Wurlitzer Pops! at Casa Loma. David Peckham, organ. 1 Austin Terrace. 416·870·8000. .50. Tuesday April 03 · ·· 1 :DO: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hours · at St. James '.· Daniel Rubinoff, saxophone; Christopher Dawes, organ. Bedard: Sonatas I and II for saxophone & organ. 65 Church St. . 416·364· 7865. . Free. .. 8:00: Hart House Music Committee. Eve Eracleous & Ryan Baker, trumpets in Recital The Music Room, 7 Hart House Circle. 416·978·5362. Free. Wednesday April 04 .. 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. York University Concert Choir & Vocal Ensembles. Haydn: Creation (excerpts). Albert Greer, director. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4 700 Keele St. 416· 736·5186. Free. ·· 12:30: Yorkminster Park .Church . Noonday Recital· Catherine Willard, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416·925·7312. Free. Thursday April 05 .. 12:10: St. Paul's Bloor Street. Noon Hour Rec1~al: Tom Fitches, organ. 227 Bloor St. East. 416·961 ·8116. Free. ·· 12: 10: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Thursdi!Y Noon Series. Woodwind student chamber-ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416·978·3744. Free. ·· 7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. · Chamber Music Concert. Young artists from the Glenn Gould Professional School. Ettore M.azzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416·408·2824 ex.321. ,. ·· 8:00: Heliconian Hall. The Master and the Essenes. Sacred drama with music for the Easter season. Mark Finnan, actor; Geza Farkas, flute. 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-922· 3618. . . Friday April 06 · ·· 7:30: Centuries Opera. DuBois: The Seven last Words of Christ. Shoshana Dalia, soprano; Michele Strano, tenor; Yuri Aleshine, baritone; Centuries Opera Chorus; Adolfo De Santis, music director. Church of St. Nicholas of Bari, 1277 St. Clair Ave. West. 416·653·8908. Donations accepted. ·· 8:00: Canadian Opera Company. Britten: Billy Budd. Russell Braun, Nigel Robson, Jeffrey Wells and other performers; Richard Bradshaw, conductor. 7: 15: Pre· performance Opera Chat. Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. East. 416·872-2262. ·5, · 1young person). For complete run see Music Theatre listings. ·· 8:00: Joanne Smale Productions. Andrea Bocelli, tenor in Concert. Russian Symphony Orchestra; Marcello Rota, conductor. Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay St. 416·870·8000. to 0. ·· 8:00: Living Arts Centre Mississauga. Showboat. Book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; music by Jerome Kern. Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Drive. 905·306·6000. ·. For complete run see Music Theatre listings. ·· 8:00: The New Guitar. Works by Quinlan, Brown & Gzowski. John Gzowski, Ted Quinlan, Kier~n Overs & James Brown, performers. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton St'. James' C~thedral presents LUNCH.HOUR. CONC~RTs · · Free haH-hour concerts on Tuesdays at 1:00 pm Apr.3 Apr.10 Apr.17 Apr.24· May1 Daniel Rubinoff, saxophone & Christopher Dawes, .organ. Sonatas by Bedard Holy Week -no recital John Tuttle, organ Works by Tournemire, Ropek and Dupre Karen-Anne Schuesler, organ, in works by Pachelbel, Bach, Cabena and Guilmant Elissa Mangina, organ Lubeck, Brahms, Franck I 65 Church Street (at King) .(416) 364-7865 Ext. 224 - APRIL 1, 2001 - M AY 7, 2001 wholenote 25

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