Brampton. 905-874-2800. . - 8:30: Hugh's Room. The Nylons. See June 27. Sunday June 29 - 12:30: Spadina Historic House and Gardens. Music in the Orchard· Vansickle Ensemble. Music for strings, woodwinds and keyboard. 285 Spadina Rd. 416-392-~910 x300. Free. 1 - 3:00: Vanessa Hsu. Solo Piano Recital Music by Bach, Chopin, Liszt & Prokofiev. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-618· 7866. , $Blunder 12). Proceeds·to the Chinese Outreach Committee - Dr. Anthony C. Hsu Memorial Fund. - 4:00: Harbourfr.ont Centre/City of Toronto. Summer Music in the Garden. Music by Ravel, Handel & Ligeti.Jasper Wood, violin; Kaori Yamegami, cello. Toronto Music Garden, 4 75 Queens Quay West. 416· 9734000. Free. - 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park/Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival. Jazz Vespers: Phil Owyer, piano; Pat Collins, bass; Brian Barlow, drums. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920· 5211. Donations appreciated. - 8:30: Hugh's Room. Paul Hyde & Oave Rave. 2261 Dundas West. 416-531-6604. Monday June 30 -12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity.Music Mondays Concert: Alexander Jacob, piano. 10 Trinity Square. 416-598-4521 x222. suggested donation. Tuesday July 01 - 7:30: City ofToronto/Scotiabank. Canada Oay Concert & Fireworks. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St. 416·338· 0338. Free. ' Wednesday July 02 - 8:30: Hugh's Room. Alison Brown Ouartet. 2261 Dundas West. 416-531-6604. 1advance), Bldoor). Thursday July 03 - 7:00: Harbourfront Centre/City of Toronto. Summer Music in the Garden: GROVE Evening of dance and music inspired by Celtic mythology. Kirk Eliot, violin/composer; Terrill Maguire, dancer/ choreographer; Helen Jones, dancer. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay West. 416·9734000. Free. -8:30: Hugh's Room. TheCottars. 2261 Dundas West. 416·531 ·6604. (advance), (door). Friday July 04: No listings Saturda Jul 05 - 8:00: Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts/Asian Television Network. Amjad Ali Khan, sarod Indian classical music. 1 Front St. East. 416·872- 2262. ·5. Sunday July 06 - 4:00: Harbourfront Centre/City of Toronto. Slimmer Music ifl the Garden: The ,,~ < .{~ · T--.-:L,.--,.:.._ ___..._..:,.:..__;_,, ,... ., -,.---,'- :,"..., ' ·~;' ±--;:;~;:;~:;;;~;;;;;tj C.IA'flON RONTO Beckoning Sea. Tales of love, longing & the sea. Kathleen Kajioka, viola; .Gabrielle Mclaughlin, soprano; Ben Grossman, percussion; Peggy Jane Hope, actor. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay West. 416·9734000. Free. Monda Jul 07 - 12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays Concert: Oriana Singers. Music for women's choir. 10 Trinity Square. 416-598· 4521 x222. sugge~ted donation. CONCERTS FURTHER AFIELD (in this issue: Blyth, Brockville, Caledon East, Cambridge, Canton, Gananoque, Grand Bend, Grav~nhurst, Guelph, Hamilton, Kincardine, Millbrook, Milton, Morrisburg, Orillia, Penetanguishene, Port Hope) Sunda June 01 - 3:00: Renaissance Singers. In Honour of Her Majesty. Music written to celebrate great moment.s in English royal history. Andrew Shewchenko, countertenor; Nata Bene Orchestra; Richard Cunningham, director. Wesley United Church, 6 Cambridge St., Cambridge. 519·745-0675. - 7:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Handel: Zadok the Priest; Concerto for organ and strings in g Op. 7 #5; Bach: Cantata #29. String quartet; Ronald O, Greidanus, organ/ conductor. St. James Church, Old Church Rd. Caledon East. 905·8B0·2445. ,. Tuesday June 03 - 8:00: King's Wharf Theatre. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Oreamcoat. By Rice & Lloyd Webber: Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene. 1-8884494463. (preview). For complete run see music theatre listings. Thursday June 05 - 2:00 & 8:00: Sunshine Festival. The Fantasticks. By Tom Jones. Orillia Opera House, West & Mississaga Streets. 1 ·800· 683-8747. , (sr/st), (children). For complete run see music .theatre listings. - 8:00: Port Hope Festival Theatre. I love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. By ' A r;m: perfimn;u1n~ by lia11's most disti111Ushed percussion ensembles Dariush Zarbafian & Bruno Talavera Friday, June 20 - 8 :00 pm Tickets River Run Centre 35 Woolwich Street, Guelph To order tickets, call Toll Free (877) 520-2408 Order online www.riverrun.guelph.on.ca DiPietro & Roberts. 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 1 ·800-434-5092. ·, group rates. For complete run see music theatre listings. Friday June 06 - 7:00: Oriana Singers (Northumberland). Come To My Garden. Garden-themed music. Marie Anderson, conductor; Robert Grandy, accompanist. Batter:wood Estate, Canton. 905·372-2210. . Annual fundraiser. Saturday June 07 - 2:30: Hamilton International Tattoo. Military bands; pipes and drums; dancers; military display teams. Copps Coliseum, Hamilton. 905· 54°64040. , (sr), (childunder 13), group rates. - 7:00: Hamilton Children's Choir.Spring Concert. Christ's Church Cathedral, 252 James St. North, Hamilton. 905-527-1618. ,. Sunday June 08 - 2:30: Hamilton International Tattoo. Copps Coliseum, Hamilton. See June 7. - 7:00: Concertsingers. love Songs: from Dowland to Gershwin. Music of Dowland, Morley, Rodgers, Gershwin, Kern, Legrand, Lerner & Loewe, Willan, MacMillan, Chatman & others. Paul Coates, baritone & accompanist; Dean Perry, conductor. Trinity United Church, 290 Muskoka Rd. North. Gravenhurst. 416· 769-7991, 705-687-2542. . Thursda June 12 - 8:00: St. Lawrence Stage Company. Pirates of Penzance. By Gilbert & Sullivan. Brockville Arts Centre, 235 King St. West, Brockville. 1·877-342·7122. -. For · complete run see music theatre listings. · - 8:00: Upper Canada Playhouse. lend Me a Tenor. By Ken Ludwig. 12320 County Rd. 2, Morrisburg. 613·543-3713. , st/sr & group rates. For complete run see music theatre listings. Saturday June 14 - 7:30: Milton Choristers. Around the World Music from South America, Africa, Eastern Europe & North America. Local area musicians; Sonja van de Hoel, conductor . . Gambrel Barn at Heritage Park, Milton. 905· 876-2715. Monday June 16 . - 12:30: Blyth Festival. The Pertlous Pirate's Daughter. By Chislett & Archibald. Musical based on the exploits of the Canadian pirate Bill Johnston. 423 Queen St., Blyth. 1 ·877-862-5984. For complete run see music theatre listings. " , June 1 - July 7 2003
ONCERTS FURTHER AFIELD CONTINUED ND MUSIC THEATRE LISTINGS CONTINUED Tuesday June 17 - 2:00: Huron Country Playhouse. VaudevH!e! Nostalgic journey of music and laughter. By Alan Lund; directed by Alex Mustakas. Playhouse II, Grand Bend. 1 · 8884494463. (preview). For complete run see music theatre listings. Wednesday June 18 - 8:00: Thousand Islands Playhouse. My Fair lady. By Lerner & Loewe. 690 Charles St. South, Gananoque. 613·382-7020. .50·.50. For complete run see music theatre listings. Friday June 20 - 8:00: River Run Centre. Avahang Ouo of Iran. Dariush Zarbafian & Bruno Talavera, percussion. 35 Woolwich St., Guelph. 519· 763-3000. . . Monday June 23 - 7:00: Guelph Jau Festival. Evening of Words and Music. Anne Bourne, cello; Justin Haynes, guitar; Ravi Naimpally; tabla; Michael Ondaatje, Austin Clarke & other authors. Chalmers United Church, · Guelph. 519·763-4952. ,. Fundraiser rector. June 5,6,7: 7:30. Metropolitan United for Eden Mills Writers' Festival & Guelph Jazz Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-363-0331 Festival. x51. , (child 12 & under). Thursday June 26 - 8:00: Bluewater Summer Playhouse. Suds: The Rocking Sixties Musical Soap Opera. By Gilb, Gunderson & Scott; music & vocal arrangements by Gunderson. Kincardine.Centre for the Arts, 707 Queen Street. 1·877-396-5722. -, group rates: For complete run see music theatre listings. Wednesday July 02 -6:00: 4th Line Theatre. Cavan Casanova. Book by Winslow, music & lyrics by Newman & Fortin. 799 Zion Rd. (4th Line), Millbrook. 1 ·800-814-0055. $ 20·$ 23. For complete run see music theatre listings. Thursday July 03 - 8:00: St. La~rence Stage Company. Dames at Sea. By Haimshon & Miller; music by Wise. Tribute to 1930' s Hollywood musicals. Brockville Arts Centre, 235 King St:: West, Brockville. 1-877-342-7122. -. For complete run see music theatre listings. OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE Bluewater Summe~ Playhouse. Suds: The Rocking Sixties Musical Soap Opera. By Gilb, Gunderson & Scott; music & vo· cal arrangements by Gunderson. June 26· July 12. Kincardine Centre for the Arts, 707 Queen Street. 1·877-396-5722. · , group rates. Blyth Festival. The Perilous Pirate's Daughter. By Chislett & Archibald. Musi· cal based on the exploits of the Canadian pirate Bill Johnston. June 16-Aug 9. 423 Queen St .. Blyth. 1·877-862-5984. · .50. Civic Light Opera Company.A OayinHol· · 1ywood/A Night in the Ukraine. Music & lyrics by Jerry Herman; Jo.a Cascone, David Haines, Peter Loucas, Carol Kugler & other performers. June 1: 2:00. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Dr. 416· 469-8450. .50,. Drayton Festival Theatre. Annie Get Your Gun. By Irving Berlin, Herbert & Dorothy Fields. Wild west musical. To June 7. Wei· lington St. South & Spring St., Drayton. 1-888-449-4463. , (18 & under). Elgin Theatre. Elaine Stritch at liberty. Songs and stories from her legendary ca· rear. Rob Bowman, music director. June 23·28: 8:00. Mon-Sat: 8:00. 416-872-5555. ·5(VIP Circle). Factory Theatre Mainstage. Top Glint The Musical. Drew Carnwath, Dmitry Chepovetsky, David Collins, Steven Gallagher, Alison Lawrence & other per· formers. June 4·22. Tues-Sat: 8:00; Sat: 10:30pm; Sun: 2:00. 125 Bathurst St. 416· 504-9971. (Tues·Thurs), (Fri), (Sat), Sun (advance), PWYC(door). Forte· The Toronto Men's Chorus. Steam Heat. Musical journey based on sig'nifi· cant events for the gay community, with narrative, pop songs & show tunes from the 60s, 70s & 80s. June 7 & 9: 8:00, June June 1 - July 7 2003. 8: 2:00 & 8:00. Lorraine Kimsa Theatre, 165 Front St East. 416·410-4334. (advance), (door), June 8 2:00: PWYC. 4th Line Theatre. Cavan Casanova. Book by Winslow, music & lyrics by Newman & Fortin. July 2-Aug 3. Wed-Sun: 6:00. 799 Zion Rd. (4th Line), Millbrook. 1-800-814·0055. $,20-. Hummingbird Centre. The last Empress · An Epic Musical Story of the Korean Queen Min. 1 Front St. East. 416-872-2262. *CAN· CELLED* Huron Country Playhouse. Vaudeville! Nos· talgic journey of music and laughter. By Alan Lund; directed by Alex Mustakas. June 17- Aug 23. Playhouse II, Grand Bend. 1 ·888-449· 4463. (preview), regular run , (18 & under). King's Wharf Theatre. Joseph and the Amaz· ing Technicolor Oreamcoat. av Rice & Lloyd Webber. June 3·28. Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene. 1 ·888-449-4463. (pre· views), regular run , (18 & under). Mirvish Productions. Mamma Mia! Musi· cal based an the songs of ABBA. Music & lyrics by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus; book by Catherine Johnson; directed by Phyllida Lloyd. To September 28. Tues-Sat 8:00; Wed, Sat & Sun 2:00. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. West. 416-872-1212. to . Mirvish Productions. The lion King. Stage musical of Disney's 1994 animated feature. To Sept. 28. Wed-Sat: 8:00; Wed & Sat: 2:00; Sun: 1 :00 & 6:30. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. West. 416-872-1212. to 6. Music at Metropolitan. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Oreamcoat. Fully staged production. Benjamin Stein, Anne Thomson, Malcolm Sinclair, performers; Bill Martyn, director; Patricia Wright, music di· NOCC. A Special Night of HApoJhecoffee". Lighthearted look at coffee, pharmacy & the music business in 3 one-act comic vocal St. Lawrence Stage Company. Pirates of Penzance. By Gilbert & Sullivan. June 12· 28. Tues-Sat: 8:00; Wed, Thurs, Sat: 2:00. Brockville Arts Centre, 235 King St. West, Brockville. 1·877-342-7122. -. Stratford Festival. Gigi. By Lerner & works of the 18th century: Bach: Loewe. Director: Richard Monette; musical Kaffeekantate; Haydn: Der Apotheker (To· director: Berthold Carriere. To November 1 ronto premiere); Mozart: Der · Avon Theatre, Stratford. 1·800·567-1600: Schauspieldirektor. Mila Filatova, artistic & music director. June 12, 14: 8:00, June 15: 2:00. Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm St. 416·604-1557. ,. Port Hope Festival Theatre. I love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. By DiPietro & Roberts. June 5-21: 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 1-800-434-5092. -, group rates. Port Stanley Festival Theatre .. Forever Plaid. By Stuart Ross; musical supervision & arrangements by James Raitt. To June 7. 6-302 Bridge St .. Port Stanley. 519-782· 4353. ·. Really Little Theatre Co./Solar Stage Chil· dren's Theatre. I Heard A Story. Stories from many cultures with music, sing-along & puppetry. June 26,27,29: 11 :OOam & 2:00. Concourse level, Madison Centre, 4950 Yonge St. 416-368-8031 . . Shaw Festival. On the Twentieth Century. Book & lyrics by Comden & Green; music by Coleman; direction by Hamilton & Moore; musical direction by Paul Sportelli. To November 2. Royal George Theatre, Niagara·on·the·Lake. 1·800·511·7429. · . Solar Stage Children's Theatre. Can You Hear My Voice? Original music & theatre. Kim & Jerry Brody, performers. For ages 2 & up. June 11, 13, 14: 11 :OOam & 2:00. Con· course leve( Madison Centre, 4950 Yonge St. 416·368·8031. . Solar Stage Children's Theatre. The Sty!amanders in Concert. Original music, audi· ence participation for ages 2 & up. June 19,20,22: 11 :OOam & 2.-00. Concourse level, Mad'ison Cen· tre, 4950 Yonge St. 416-368·8031. . Saundstreams Canada/Dance Theatre David Earle/Pierrot Ensemble. The Merman of Orford. June 12· 14: 8:00; June 15: 3:00. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St. 416-975·8555. ,. St. Lawrence Stage Campany. Dames at Sea. By Haimshon & Miller; music by Wise. Tribute to 1930's Hollywood musicals. July 3-26. Tues·Sat: 8:00; Wed, Thurs, Sat: 2:00. Brockville Arts Centre, 235 King St. West, Brockville. 1·877-342-7122. ·. .48-5.40, sr/st & discount rates. Stratford festival. The King and !. By Rodgers and Hammerstein. Director: Susan H. Schulman; musical director: Berthold Carriere. To November 9. Festival Theatre, Stratford. 1·800·567·1600. .48·5.40, sr/st & discount rates. Sunshine Festival. The Fantasticks. By Tom Jones. June 5·21. Orillia Opera House, West & Mississaga Streets. 1·800·683·8747. , $'19(sr/st), O(children). Talk Is Free Theatre. lvanka Chews the Fat! By Jo· Ann Waytowich & Dianne Potts; Jo·Ann Waytowich & Marcella Smithers, performers. A "motivational musical". June 1: 2:00. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975·8555. ,. TCDSB Staff Arts. Oliver! Musical by Lionel Bart. Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, 36 Greenfield Ave.June 6,7, 12· 14: 7:30.416· 222-8282 x2787. .50,, students . The Little Theatre Movement (L TM) Pan· tamime Company. Miss Annie. Jamaican story with pageantry, original mus.ic & dancing. By Barbara Gloudon & Robert Clarke; Grub Cooper, lboo Cooper, The Fabu· lous Five Band & other performers. June 21 : 2:30 & 7:30. Main Stage Theatre, To· ronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 905-709-1301'. Mat ·, eve ·. Thousand Islands Playhouse. My Fair lady. By Lerner & Loewe. June 18·Aug 2. Tues-Sun 8:00; Wed & Sat: 2:30. 690 Charles St. South, Gananoque. 613·382· 7020. :50-.50. Upper Canada Playhouse. lend Me a Tenor. By Ken Ludwig. June 12-29. Tues·Sat: 8:00; · Wed & Sun: 2:00. 12320 County Rd. 2, Morrisburg. 613·.543-3713. , st/sr & group rates. Victoria Playhouse Petrolia. Menopositive! The Musical Book & lyrics by J.J. McColl; music by Gurr & J.J. McColl. Starring Catherine McKinnon. To June 14. Tues·Sat: 8:00; Wed, Thurs, Sat: 2:00. 411 Greenfield St., Petrolia. 1·800·717·7694. -, st,sr, group rates.
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Choral Scene: Uncharted territory: three choirs finding paths forward; Music Theatre: Loose Tea on the boil with Alaina Viau’s Dead Reckoning; In with the New: what happens to soundart when climate change meets COVID-19; Call to action: diversity, accountability, and reform in post-secondary jazz studies; 9th Annual TIFF Tips: a filmfest like no other; Remembering: Leon Fleisher; DISCoveries: a NY state of mind; 25th anniversary stroll-through; and more. Online in flip through here, and on stands commencing Tues SEP 1.
Following the Goldberg trail from Gould to Lang Lang; Measha Brueggergosman and Edwin Huizinga on face to face collaboration in strange times; diggings into dance as FFDN keeps live alive; "Classical unicorn?" - Luke Welch reflects on life as a Black classical pianist; Debashis Sinha's adventures in sound art; choral lessons from Skagit Valley; and the 21st annual WholeNote Blue Pages (part 1 of 3) in print and online. Here now. And, yes, still in print, with distribution starting Thursday October 1.
Alanis Obomsawin's art of life; fifteen Exquisite Departures; UnCovered re(dis)covered; jazz in the kitchen; three takes on managing record releases in times of plague; baroque for babies; presenter directory (blue pages) part two; and, here at the WholeNote, work in progress on four brick walls (or is it five?). All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Tuesday Nov 3.
In this issue: Beautiful Exceptions, Sing-Alone Messiahs, Livingston’s Vocal Pleasures, Chamber Beethoven, Online Opera (Plexiglass & All), Playlist for the Winter of our Discontent, The Oud & the Fuzz, Who is Alex Trebek? All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Friday December 4.
July/August issue is now available in flipthrough HERE, bringing to a close 25 seasons of doing what we do (and plan to continue doing), and on stands early in the week of July 5. Not the usual bucolic parade of music in the summer sun, but lots, we hope, to pass the time: links to online and virtual music; a full slate of record reviews; plenty new in the Listening Room; and a full slate of stories – the future of opera, the plight of small venues, the challenge facing orchestras, the barriers to resumption of choral life, the challenges of isolation for real-time music; the steps some festivals are taking to keep the spirit and substance of what they do alive. And intersecting with all of it, responses to the urgent call for anti-racist action and systemic change.
"COVID's Metamorphoses"? "There's Always Time (Until Suddenly There Isn't)"? "The Writing on the Wall"? It's hard to know WHAT to call this latest chapter in the extraordinary story we are all of a sudden characters in. By whatever name we call it, the MAY/JUNE combined issue of The WholeNote is now available, HERE in flip through format, in print commencing Wednesday May 6, and, in fully interactive form, online at thewholenote.com. Our 18th Annual Choral Canary Pages, scheduled for publication in print and flip through in September is already well underway with the first 50 choirs home to roost and more being added every week online. Community Voices, our cover story, brings to you the thoughts of 30 musical community members, all going through what we are going through (and with many more to come as the feature gets amplified online over the course of the coming months). And our regular writers bring their personal thoughts to the mix. Finally, a full-fledged DISCoveries review section offers cues and clues to recorded music for your solitary solace!
After some doubt that we would be allowed to go to press, in respect to wide-ranging Ontario business closures relating to COVID-19, The WholeNote magazine for April 2020 is now on press, and print distribution – modified to respect community-wide closures and the need for appropriate distancing – starts Monday March 30. Meanwhile the full magazine is right here, digitally, so if you value us PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK AS WIDELY AS YOU CAN. It's the safest way for us to reach the widest possible audience at this time!
FEATURED: Music & Health writer Vivien Fellegi explores music, blindness & the plasticity of perception; David Jaeger digs into Gustavo Gimeno's plans for new music in his upcoming first season as music director at TSO; pianist James Rhodes, here for an early March recital, speaks his mind in a Q&A with Paul Ennis; and Lydia Perovic talks music and more with rising Turkish-Canadian mezzo Beste Kalender. Also, among our columns, Peggy Baker Dance Projects headlines Wende Bartley's In with the New; Steve Wallace's Jazz Notes rushes in definitionally where many fear to tread; ... and more.
Visions of 2020! Sampling from back to front for a change: in Rearview Mirror, Robert Harris on the Beethoven he loves (and loves to hate!); Errol Gay, a most musical life remembered; Luna Pearl Woolf in focus in recordings editor David Olds' "Editor's Corner" and in Jenny Parr's preview of "Jacqueline"; Speranza Scappucci explains how not to reinvent Rossini; The Indigo Project, where "each piece of cloth tells a story"; and, leading it all off, Jully Black makes a giant leap in "Caroline, or Change." And as always, much more. Now online in flip-through format here and on stands starting Thurs Jan 30.
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!
On the slim chance you might not have already heard the news, Estonian Canadian composing giant Udo Kasemets was born the same year that Leo Thermin invented the theremin --1919. Which means this is the centenary year for both of them, and both are being celebrated in style, as Andrew Timar and MJ Buell respectively explain. And that's just a taste of a bustling November, with enough coverage of music of both the delectably substantial and delightfully silly on hand to satisfy one and all.
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!).