OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE LISTINGS Canadian Opera Company. Puccini· Turan· dot. Eva Urbanova, Richard Margison, Serena Farnocchia, Gregory Dahl, Luc Robert, Michael Colvin, John Kriter, Peter Barrett, Peter Collins, performers; Richard Bradshaw, conductor; Derek Bate, conductor (Feb 3 & BJ. Feb 1: 2:00; Feb 3,6: 7:30. Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. East. 416-872-2262. · 0. Canadian Opera Company. Verdi: Falstaff. Pavlo Hunka, Wendy Nielsen, Elena Voznessen· skaia, Judit Nemeth, Riccardo Botta, Franco Pomponi, John Kriter, Alvin Crawford, perform· ers; Richard Bradshaw, conductor. Feb 4,7: 7:30. Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. East. 416-872-2262. -5. Civic Light Opera Company. Allegro! By Rodgers & Hammerstein. Bryan Chamberlain, Bob Deutsch, Carol Kugler, David Haines, Julie Lennick & other performers. Feb 19-21, 24-28: 8:00; Feb 22,28: 2:00. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Dr. 416-469-8450. 1. .50,. ' ·Douglas Rice. Harvest Sky. Concert version of excerpts from new opera by Douglas J. Rice. Musical & dramatic direction by Douglas J. Rice. February 21: 8:00. Sunderland Hall, First Unitari· an Church, 175 St. Clair West. 416-893-0984. . Drury Lane. Theatrical Productions. Olde Tyme Music Hall Vaudeville & melodrama. Eleanor Belton, director/choreographer; Don Simpson, music director. Feb 5-7, 12-15, 19·22,26-29, Mar 4-7, 1l·13. Drury Lane Theatre, 2269 New Street, Burlington. 905-637-3937. ,, (12 & under), group rates. Earl Haig Secondary School. The Music Man. Starring Jake Epstein; Elizabeth Beeler, director. Feb 11-13: 7:30. Cringan Hall, 100 Princess Ave. 416-395-3210, , (to Feb 11), , (after Feb 11). Goethe lnstitutNolcano/Esprit Orchestra. Varilftlf. Kagel: experimental invitation in eleven movements, accompanied by vaudeville "acts". Ross Manson, artistic director; Andrew Burashko, musical director; Peter Chin, perform· ance artist; Julia Sasso, dance artist. Feb 1: 2:30. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. West.416· 593-5257. Heritage Theatre. Fingers and Toes. A Jazz/ Tap/Comedy/Musical by Logan Medland. Feb 26: 8:00. 86 Main St. North, Brampton. 905·874- 2800. ,. Markham Theatre for Performing Arts. Fingers & Toes. Musical show set in the world of 1940's tap and jazz. Feb 19-21: 8:00. 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305· 7469. . Meadowvale Music Theatre. Carousel. By Rodgers & Hammerstein. Feb 20,21,26-28: 8:00; Feb 22, 28: 2:00. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo Rd., Mississauga. 905-615· 4720. ,. Mirvish Productions. Mamma Mia! Musical based on the songs of_ABBA. Music & lyrics by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus; book by Cathe· rine Johnson; directed by Phyllida Uoyd. To Feb 29. T ues·Sat 8:00; Wed, Sat & Sun 2:00. Royal Alex· andra Theatre, 260 King St. West. 416-872-1212. 10 . . ' Mirvish Productions. The Producers. Musical adaptation of the Mel Brooks film comedy. Sean Cullen, Michael Therriault, Juan Chioran, Paul O'Sullivan, Sarah Cornell & other performers. T ues-Sat~8 :00, Wed, Sat, Sun: 2:00. Canon The· atre, 244 Victoria. 416-364-4100. -1. Music Gallery.Shuttle Dreams. Theatrical . event combining music and shadow puppetry. Music by Kwiatkowska, Wilson & Powell. Feb 20, 21: 8:00. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $TBA. Music Theatre Etobicoke. Guys and Dolls. Music & lyrics by Laesser. Feb 20-22, 27-29. Evenings 8:00, Sunday matinees 2:00.Burn· hamthorpe Auditorium, 500 The East Mall. 416· 246-1889. , (child 12 & under), group rates. Newmarket Storytree/Ardeleana Trio. He loves me, She loves me not! Love stories and music from around l~e world. Feb 14: 7:30. Spot· light Theatre, 17075 Leslie Street. Unit 1 &2, Newmarket. 905-967-1139. . North Toronto Players. HMS Starship Pina· fore: The Next Generation. Chris Sharp, Tom Oliver, Michael Harms, Erin Bardua, Karen Bojti & other performers; John Ricciardelli, music director. Feb 27, 28, March 5,6: 8:00; Feb 29, March 7: 2:00. Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst. 905-727·2209. , (sr & opening night special), O(child under 12). Opera in Concert. The Tsar's Bride. By Rim· sky-Korsakov (in Russian). Marina Shemesh, Mar· garet Maye, Nikolay Chekasov, Keith Klassen, Michael Meraw, performers; Raisa Nakhmanovi· ch, music director and pianist; Opera in Concert Chorus; Robert Cooper, chorus director. lnforma· tive talk.45 minutes prior to performance. Feb 1: 2:30. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723. ,. Opera Ontario. Poulenc: la Voix Humaine; Massenet: II Portrait de Manon. Lyne Fortin, Theodore Baerg, Louise Guyot, Steeve Michaud, Laura Whalen, performers; Diane Leblanc, director; Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Feb 5,7: 8:00. Hamilton Place, Summers Lane. 905-526-6556. Opera York.Rossini· The Barber of Seville. Eric Shaw, Corinne Lynch, Andrew Tees, Ross Dar· lington, performers; Mark DuBois, artistic direc· tor; Valerie Sylvester, conductor. Feb 6: 8:00. Markham Theatre for Performing Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. Players' Guild of Hamilton. love In A Minor Key. Musical devised by Willard Boudreau & based on the music & lyrics of Lees-Blakey; Gary Smith, director. Feb 6,7, 12-14: 8:00, Feb 14: 2:00. Studio Theatre, Hamilton Place, Summers Lane. 905-529-0284. ,. RCM Community School. Music Theatre · Workshop- The Music Man in Concert. Linda Eyman, director. Feb 8: 8:00. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 x474. Free. RCM Community School. The Sleeping Beau· ty. Story) of the ballet with storytelling, dance, music and costumes. Clayton Scott, performer. Feb 8: 3:00. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416408-2824 x474. Free. Royal Opera Canada. Mozart: The Magic Flute. Feb 21,24,26,28: 7:30; Feb 22: 3:00 (at Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Missis· sauga 905-306-6000). Mar 4,6, 11, 13: 7:30 (at Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872-1111). -0. Ryerson Theatre Scho11l.A Funny Thing Hap· pened on the Way to the FORUM. By Sondheim, Shevelove & Gelbart; Ted Dykstra, director. Feb 9 (preview)-19. Tues-Sat: 8:00, Sat & Sun: 2:00. 43 Gerrard St. East. 416-979-5118. , (sr), (st advance), group rates. Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts. Titanic-The Musical By Stone& Yeston. Feb 18: 2:00 &8:00. 88 Dalhousie Street, Brant· ford. 519-758-8090, 1-80.0-265-0710. . ' Scarborough Music Theatre. Assassins. By · Weidman & Sondheim; Michael Jones, musical directpr. Feb 5-7, 12-14, 19·21: 8:00; Feb 8 & 15: 2:00. Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 King· ston Rd. 416-3964049. , (st/sr, Thurs· days & Sundays), group rates. Solar Stage Children's Theatre. Earth, Seas & Air. Musical performance and environmental· ism by Chris McKhool. Ages2·5. Feb 14: 11 :OOam & 2:00. Madison Centre, 4950 Yonge St:416,368-8031. . Solar Stage Children's Theatre. The Alpha· bet Show. Vignettes about each letter of the al· phabet with music, songs & puppets. Written & performed by Tom Vandenberg. For ages 5 & up. Feb 1,7,8: 11 :OOam & 2:00. Madison Centre, 4950 Yonge St. 416-368-3196. . Spotlight Musical Productions. Blame It On The Movies IT ribute to the people who create • music for movies. March 4,5 & 6: 8:00. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Dr. 905-294· 1107. . Theatre Aquarius. Fingers and Toes. Jazz, Tap, Comedy musical by Logan Medland. Feb 28, Mar 1-6: 8:00; Feb 28, Mar 6: 2:00; Mar 3: 1 :00. Irving Zucker Theatre, 190 King William St., Hamilton. 905-522-7529. -. Feb 1 1 :30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. Cooler by the lake Jazz Ensemble. Feb 4 8:00: Humber Music Jazz Series. Latin Jazz 8:30: U of T Faculty. Small Jazz Ensembles. Feb 6 .8:30: U of T Faculty. Small Jazz Ensembles. 9:30: Caliban Arts Theatre. Kuumba: Doug Richardson Sextet. Feb 7 8:00: Music on the Donway. For the love of Jazz Featuring the Daniel Rubinoff Jazz Trio. 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. Kuumba: Black Underground Jazz Tribute Concert to Robert Nesta (Bob) Marley. Feb 8 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers: Phil Dwyer, piano; Scott Alexander, bass; Brian Barlow, drums. · Feb 9 - · 8:00: Sound of Toronto Jau Seri.es. Don Thompson Trio. Feb 10 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. Barry Elmes Ouintet. 8:30: U of T Faculty. Small Jazz Ensembles. Feb 11 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. Sundar Viswanathan Ouartet. Feb 12 12:30: York University Dept. of Musi~. Songs from the American Songbook. Feb 13 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. Kuumba: Black Underground Jazz Tribute Concert to Nina Simone. Feb 14 8:00: CBC Radio OnStage. Studio Jazz Vocal Series. · 8:00: Islington United Church Jau Series. love Songs by Request. Toronto Opera Repertoire. Donizetti: Lucia di lammermoor. Giuseppe Macina, artistic direc· tor. Feb 13, 18,21,27: 8:00, Feb 15,29: 2:00. Bickford Centre Theatre, 777 Bloor St. West. 416-698-9572. ,. Toronto Opera Repertoire. Mozart: Don Giovanni Giuseppe Macina, artistic directdr. Feb 11, 14,20,25,28: 8:00, Feb 22: 2:00. Bickford Centre Theatre, 777 Bloor St. West. 416-698· 9572. ,. Toronto Operetta Theatre. The Widow. By Calixa Lavallee. Gisele Fredette, Colin Ainsworth, Meredith Hall, performers; Jose Hernandez, music director and pianist. Feb 14: 8:00; Feb 15: 2:00. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723. ,. U of T Faculty of Music. A Britten Showcase. Excerpts from Britten's operas performed by members of the Opera Division under the direc· ti on of Martin lsepp. Feb 6: 12: 10. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. ' U of T Faculty of Music.A Valentine'sSere· nade. Operatic excerpts performed by members of the Opera Division. Feb 14 2:30. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. JAZZ CONCERT QUICK PICKS . U of T Faculty of Music. Opera Series: Britten - TheBeggar's Opera. Stephen Ralls, conductor; David Ambrose, director. Mar 5,6, 12, 13: 8:00. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978- 3744. ,. 9:30: Caliban Arts Theatre. Kuumba: Mutabaruka with The Freedom l-ive Band. Feb 17 8:00: Sound of Toronto Jazz Series. Vocal Jazz Cabaret Series: Emilie-Claire Barlow. Feb 21 2:.00 & 7:00: Toronto All-Star Big Band/The Serenaders/The TABB Four. Vintage Vocals. Feb22 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers: Joe Sealy/Paul Novotny Duo. 8:00: Barry Harris Trio. Feb23 8:30: U of T Faculty. Small Jazz Ensembles. Feb 27 8:00: Fridays at Eight. From Sacred to Jazz. 8:00: Symphony Hamilton. Jazz & Classics. Mar 3 8:30: U of T Faculty. Small Jazz Ensembles Mar 5 8:00: Massey Hall Preservation Haff Jazz Band. Mar 6 8:00: Classic Jazz Society of 'r oronto. Steve and Marilyn Mellor With an All Star Band. Mar 7 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. Normanliot~jazzguna~ FURTHER AFIELD (in this issue Hamilton, Sonya) Feb 1 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Richard Whiteman Trio Feb'7 8:00: Steeltovvn Friends of Mohawk Jazz. Feb 8 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Bryden Baird Band. Feb22 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Bill McBirnie Trio. Feb28 Symphony Hamilton. Jazz & Classics. Feb29 Amis du Jau.JeffTaylorBand. WWW.• THEWHOLENOTE.COM FEB RUARY 1 - M AR CH 7 2004
JAZZ CLUB LISTINGS Alleycatz 2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865 Ouigleys 2232 Queen E. 416-699-9998 The Tranzac 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137 Every Tue (8:301 Christopher Plock Jazz Reservoir Lounge 52 Wellington 416-955-0887 Mon 9pm-12 Open mike wl adam blair, Thu Trio, Every Wed The Outlaws Jazz, Blues Every Mon Bradley and the Bouncers, Every 1 D-1 Mighty Gill (Show jazz originals) Fri 5-7 and Motown. Feb 6, 7, 20, 21,LadyKane Tue Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm, Every classic jazz matinee w. The Foolish Things, Arbour Cafe 266 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville. Wed Guest Performer Night Every Thu 905-844-1840 Janice Hagan Every Fri Chet Valiant Combo Victory Cafe 581 Markham St. 416-516-5787 Ben Wicks 424 Parliament 416-96l-9425 Rex Jazz and Blues Bar CameronHouse4080ueenSt.416-703-0811 194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475 Mon-Fri, 2 shows/night, Sat 3 shows/day, Sun C'est What 67 Front St. E. 416-867-9499 4 shows/day. Feb 1 Student Jazz Workshop, Thursday February 05 Saturday afternoon traditional jazz from the Club Ojango, "Swing Rosie~ Adrean Farrugia, NN 12: 1 O: U ofT Faculty of Music. Toronto Wind Hot Five Jazzmakers Feb 2 Runcible Spoon, Don Scott, Feb 3 Tony • Ouintet. Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles 416-588 2930 Ouarrington, Classic Rex Jazz Jam Feb 4 NN 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Roy Every Sun. Ron Davis Jam Session Webster & McCarthy, Tyler Summers, Feb 5 Thomson Hall. SeeFeb4. Carey West, Trish Colter Sextet Feb 6 Grossman's Tavern, 379 Spadina Ave, 416- .·Melissa Stylianou, Trish Coulter Sextet, Feb Friday February 06 977-7000. The Happy Pals have been 7 Chris Hunt Tentet, Oafydd Hughes, Bill NI 7:30: York University Dept of Music. stomping New Orleans Jazz at Grossman's McBirnie & the McBirnie Bros., Feb a lmprov Soiree:: No Signs of Repeat: Tavern for decades. How many decades? N? 8:00: Perfonning Arts York Region. Nobody seems to know for sure .. Founded and Student Jazz Workshop, Bob Clegg Nonet, Fabulous Fridays: Joaquin Valdeptiias, clarinet & "Swing Rosie'; David Hutchinson, Feb 9 led by Kid Bastien until his death in early Runcible Spoon, Humber College Student Jazz Pet£Yl.ou,Jworth, piano. 2003, the Happy Pals are still rocking the Ensembles, Feb 1 D Swing Street, Classic Rex NNN 8:00: Soundstreams Canada/CBC house Saturdays 4:00 to 8:00 pm, or later. Jazz Jam Feb 11 Webster & McCarthy, Rob Radio's Two New Hours. Beauty on the Edge This month! Feb 6, 7, "Kid Bastien Forever" McConnell Tentet, Feb 12 Carey West, Rob Music of Maja Rafkje(NorwayJ& Melissa Hui (CilliDa). Hot House Cafe Market Square 416-366-7800 McConnell Tentet, Feb 13 Melissa Stylianou, Jazz brunch every Sunday, alternating weeks: David Virelles, Feb 14 Laura Hubert Band, Saturday February 07 Ken Churchill Quartet, Sspot Oalydd Hughes, Richard Whiteman Ouartet, NN 8:00: U ofT Faculty of Music. Wind EnseniieandConcertBand. 1 Hugh's Room 2261 Dundas West · Feb 15 Student Jazz Workshop, Beverly Taft, 416-531-6604 call for more info. "Swing Rosie'; Andrew Boniwell, Feb 16 Sunday February DB Feb 8 Ken Whitely Feb 15 Mose Scarlett Runcible Spoon, Humber College Student Jazz · NNN 2:00: New Music Concerts/University L' Arte Bar a'nd Gallery 416_535_3181 Ensembles Feb 17 Swing Street, Classic Settlement Music and Arts School Music Rexx Jazz Jam, Feb 18 Webster & Speaks:JosephMacerolo,accordion. Lisa's Cafe 245 Carl aw Ave. 416-406-6470 McCa'rthy, Kevin Brow, Feb 19 Carey West, Thursday February 12 Feb 1 (10:30 am) Beverly Taft Dave Young's Blues & Gospel Sextet, Feb 20 NNN K( "D'issaSty';anou, nave vO"n'[J'sB'ue· s& B:OO:MusicGallery. avelength200. Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas West. Call 416- "''"' /1 u 11 " " 588-0307 for further times and info. Gospel Sextet, Feb 21 "BlueRoom" Dafydd Friday February 13 Feb 1,8, 15, 22,29 Bateria, Feb 4 Hughes, "Exitman~ Feb 22 Student Jazz NN 8:00: Eros Chamber Music Toronto.Music 111 ·'· h B D Destination Mozambique Feb 7 Nick Ali & c b "'S · R · • forflute,Cetlo&piano. *POSTPONED* rror~s op, e oop ow oys, wmg os1e , Marron Matizado, Feb 12 Samba Squad hb Andrew Boniwell Feb 23 Runcible Spoon, 19 Hometown Country Jubilee, Feb 25, 26 Jo4n MacLeod's Rex Hotel Orchestra; Feb 24 Alain Caron Swing Street, Classic Rex Jazz Jam, Feb 25 Mezzetta 681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416_658_5687 Webster & McCarthy, Yvette Tollar, Feb 26 "Wednesday Concerts in a Cafe" Sets at 9:00 Carey West, Chris Tarry CO Release, Feb 27 · Melissa Stylianou, Chris Tarry CO Release, and 10: 15 pm. Reservations recommended for Feb 28 Swiny Shift Biy· Band, Oafiydd Hunhes, first set. ' Bernie Senensky, Feb 2!1 Student Jazz "' . Feb 4 Richard Whiteman (piano) Mike Workshop, Free'f'ay Dixieland, !i_wing Rosie, Downes (bass) Feb 11 Amanda Martinez Don Thompson . (vocals/, Kevin Barrett (guitar), Feb 18 Julie Michels (vocals) Kevin Barrett (guitar) Feb 25 Rhodes Restaurant • Don Thompson (bass) Reg Schwager (guitar) 1496 Yonge St. 416-968-9315 Feb 5 Norman Amadio, Rosemary Galloway, Mezzrows 1546 Queen St. W. 416-5354906 Feb 6 Frank Wright, Ian Bargh, Feb 7 Gary Parkdale neighborhood pub featuring jazz and Benson, Judy Tate, Duncan Hopkins, Feb 12 blues on Saturday afternoons, Sunday evenings Neville Barnes, Lenny Boyd, Feb 13 Bill and a live jam every other Wednesday. McBirnie, David Occhipinti, Feb 14 Ian Bargh, Montreal Bistro 65 Sherboume 416-363-0179 FredVuligal, Duncan Hopkins Feb 19 Gary Feb 2 June Garber Ouintet Feb 3-7 John Benson, Pat Collins, Feb 20 Danny McErlain, Abercrombie Trio Feb 1 D -14 Jim.Galloway/ Bill McBirnie, Feb 21 Simone Johnson, Jim Doug Riley Ouartet Feb 16 Adi Braun Ouartet McBirnie, Clark Johnston, Feb 26 David Feb 17 -21 Joanne Brackeen Trio Feb 23 Occhipinti, Mike Murley Feb 27 Tony Dave McMurdo Ouintet Feb 24-28 Steve Ouarrington, San Murata, Feb 28 Neville Koven Trio Mar 1 Stevie Vallance Ouartet, Barnes, Hart Wheeler, Lenny Boyd Mar 2, 3 Jim Galloway and his Echoes of Rockit 120 Church St. 416-947-9555 Swing-tel, Mar 4-6 Jay McShann Ouartet Downtown club featuring contemporary jazz N'Awlins Jazz Bar and Dining , and blues every night except Sun and Mon. , 299 King St. W. 416-595-1958 Sassafraz' 100 Cumberland 416- 364 7517 Cajun style cooking and New Orleans style jazz Located in the heart of fashionable Yorkville is Oasis 294 College St. this.European style bistro with live jazz on Occasional Jazz. Call for details. weekends. Orbit Room SOSA College St. 416-763-3470 Top O' the Senator 416-364-7517 Pilot Tavern 22 Cumberland 416-923-5716 Feb 3-8 Dee Kaye Feb 10-f3 Denzal One ofToronto's oldest watering holes, · Sinclaire Feb 14-15 The Three. Crooners Feb establis~ed in 1944 with a tradition of live · 17 - 22 David Braid Sextet Feb 24-29 jazz every Saturday afternoon. Andrew Rathburn Ouintet Mar 2-7 Kol/age Located beside Honest Ed's this spot is the Thursday night home of Club Django. Wildfire Steakhouse and Wine Bar 3438 Yonge St. 416-483-4800. Every Tues. 6:30-9:30 Dick Felix/Dan Ionescu NEW Music Qu1cKP1cKs, coNr1NuE~FROMPAGE rn Saturday February 14 NN 8:00: Scarborough Philhannonic. A New Ranance.. Sunday February 15 N? 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery.Rivka Golari, vida wffhpiqno. NNN 8:00: Janice Jacks"on, soprano & The Canadian Electronic Ensemble. Music Gallery Benefit Concert. Tuesday Februaiy 17 NNN 8:00: Continuum Contemporary Music. . Brassage. Thursday February 19 NN 2:00: Talisker Players. Sense and Nonsense. NN 8:00: Via Salzburg. Some Enchanted Evening. . Friday February 20 NNN 8:00: Music Gallery. Shuttle Dreams. NN 8:00: Via Salzburg. Some Enchanted Evening. Saturday February 21 NNN 8:00: Douglas Rice. Harvest Sky. NNN 8:00: Music Gallery.ShuttleOrearns. Sunday 22 N? 2:00: Northdale Concert Band. NNN 3:00:Udo~ts.Project SYMPHOSIUM· Satie & His Friends& His Foes. NN 7:0(J: Les AMIS Concerts. MilicaJelaca JovanoW:,piano. · · NNN 8:00: Music Gallery/New Music Concerts. The B.E.A.M NNN lO:OOim NUMUS lnc.lapparadox. Monday February 23 NNN 8:00: Talisker Players. Sense & Nonsensd Tuesday February 24 N? 8:00: Koffler School of Music. Rivka Boiani viola in Recital Thursday February 26 NNN 8:00: Music Gallery/C.BC Radio's Two New Hours. Tocaloca. Friday February 27 NN 8:00: Symphony Hamilton.Jazz&Class1i:s. Saturday February 28 N? 2:30 & 7:30: Soundstreams Canada. Canarian Vares. NN 8:00: Mooredale Concerts. NNN 8:00: Music Gallery. Glass Orchestra. Sunday February 29 NN 2:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Great Artist Series: Anagnosiin & Kinton NN 3:00: Mississauga Choral Society. Mozart: Requiem; Holman: Magnificat. · NN 3:00: Mooredale l;oncerts. NN 4:00: Toronto Children's Chorus. Look Before you I.esp! NN 7:30: Ebner lseler Singers/Soundstreams Canada.A Canadian.Cliebration. NNN B:OO:Music Gallery.LesCoucous &mdes. Thursday March 04 NNN 12: 10: U of Tfaculty of Music. John Hawkins60th Birthday Concert. Friday March 05 NN B:OO:Amici.EssenceofAmicill Saturday March 06 NN 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto.A Breath of Fresh Air. Sunday March 07 NNN 2:30: UofTFacultyofMiisic. Electroacoustic Music. NN 3:00: Chrylark Arts and Music Series. 6nrJ«y0h, piano. NNN 8:00: New Music ConcertsfThe Music Gallery. A Sacred Place. FURTHER AFIELD Wednesday February 04 NN 8:00: Orchestra London. Romantic Encowtws. Thursday February 05' NN 8:00: Orchestra London. Romantic EncoilTtetS. Friday February 06 NN 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University, Faculty of Music. WLUTromboneC.hlir. Friday· February 13 NN 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber . Music Society. Jeremy Findlay, cello & Elena EJraslavsky,piam. Friday February 20 NNN lO:OOim NUMUS lnc.lapparadox. Saturday February 21 NNN lO:OOim NUMUS lnc.lapparadox. Saturday February 28 NN 8:00: Symphony Hamilton. Jazi & Claisics. Sunday February 29 N? 2:30: Georgian Music. St. Lawrence String Ouartet. Saturday March 06 N? 3:00: Arcady.A Flute Miscellany. FEBRUARY 1 - MARCH 7 2004 WWW. THEWHOLENOTE.COM
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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!).