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The WholeNote listings are arranged in four sections: A. GTA (GREATER TORONTO AREA) covers all of Toronto plus Halton, Peel, York and Durham regions. B. there are listings for events in Aylmer, Barrie, Bradford, BEYOND THE GTA covers many areas of Southern Ontario outside Toronto and the GTA. In the current issue, Brantford, Cambridge, Dundas, Guelph, Hamilton, Huntsville, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Peterborough, Port Hope, Southampton, St. Catharines and Waterloo. Starts on page 43. C. IN THE cLUBs (mOsTLY jAzz) is organized alphabetically by club. Starts on page 46. D. workshops, singalongs and other music-related events THE ETcETERAs is for galas, fundraisers, competitions, screenings, lectures, symposia, masterclasses, (except performances) which may be of interest to our readers. Starts on page 48. A GENERAL wORD OF cAUTION A phone number is provided with every listing in The WholeNote — in fact, we won’t publish a listing without one. Concerts are sometimes cancelled or postponed; artists or venues may change after listings are published. Please check before you go out to a concert. HOw TO LIsT Listings in The WholeNote in the four sections above are a free service available, at our discretion, to eligible presenters. If you have an event, send us your information no later than the 15th of the month prior to the issue or issues in which your listing is eligible to appear. LIsTINGs DEADLINE The next issue covers the period from March 1 to April 7, 2013. All listings must be received by 6pm Friday February 15. LIsTINGs can be sent by e-mail to listings@thewholenote.com or by fax to 416-603-4791 or by regular mail to the address on page 6. We do not receive listings by phone, but you can call 416-323-2232 x27 for further information. LIsTINGs zONE mAP Visit our website to see a detailed <strong>version</strong> of this map: thewholenote.com. Lake Huron 6 Georgian Bay 7 3 4 2 1 5 Lake Erie City of Toronto 8 Lake Ontario Friday February 01 • 1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri. Featuring classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631- 4300. PWYC, $5 suggested. Lunch and snack friendly. Also Feb 8, 15 and 22. • 7:30: Canadian Music Centre. Pianist Rogers Admiral Performs the Music of Howard Bashaw. 20 St. Joseph St. 416-961-6601 x201. $25; $15(st/arts worker). Post-concert reception with pianist and composer. Proceeds to Canadian Music Centre’s Grand Piano Fund. • 7:30: St. Anne’s Music and Drama Society. Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers. Laura Schatz, director; Brian Farrow, conductor. St. Anne’s Anglican Church, 651 Dufferin St. 416-922-4415. $25; $20(sr/st). Also Feb 2(mat), 3(mat). • 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Exposed: Beyond the Score – Tchaikovsky Symphony 4. Beyond the Score presentation includes visuals and narrations to illuminate the music. Peter Duschenes, actor; Derek Boyes, narrator; Robert Spano, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or 416-593-0688(Chinese). $29–$79. • 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Wind Symphony. Leemans: March of the Belgian Parachutists; Healey: One Midsummer’s Morning; Bennett: Suite of Old American 28 thewholenote.com February 1 – March 7, 2013 345 SORAUREN AVENUE 416.822.9781 www.gallery345.com/performances A. Concerts in the gTA IN THIs IssUE: Aurora, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon east, georgetown, Markham, Meadowvale, Milton, Mississauga, newmarket, norval, oakville, oshawa, Port Perry and richmond Hill. FEB/MAR 2013 FEBRUARY 02 SAT | 8pm THE ART OF THE PIANO: MEI YE FOO, “MUSICAL TOYS”, CONTEMP CLASSICAL $20/$15/$10 07 THU | 8pm TORQ PERCUSSION, “OFF THE PAGE” CONTEMP IMPROV $20/$15/$10 08 FRI | 8pm THE ART OF THE PIANO: RYAN MCCULLOUGH, CONTEMP CLASSICAL $20/$15/$10 09 SAT | 8pm CYBERNETIC ORCHESTRA SHAWN MATIVETSKY, tabla EXTRAMUROS, ELECTRO/IMPROV $20/$15/$10 10 SUN | 3pm THIN EDGE NEW MUSIC COLLECTIVE “KEYS, WINDS AND STRINGS” CONTEMP $20/$15/$10 14 THU | 8pm TRADITION and INNOVATION DENISOVA, violin, KORNIENKO, piano CLASSICAL $20/$15/$10 COUPLES 16 SAT | 8pm IN THE CURRENT, 11 PIECE JAZZ ENSEMBLE, MIKE DOWNES JAZZ $20/$15/$10 Dances; Grainger: Shepherd’s Hey; The Merry King; Faeroe Island Dances; Weinzweig: Round Dance. Jeffrey Reynolds, conductor. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $20; $15(sr); $10(st). • 8:00: Acting Up Stage Company/Factory Theatre. Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata. Created by V. Hille and B. Richardson. Actual Craigslist postings set to music. With Dmitry Chepovetsky, Bree Greig, Daren A. Herbert, Veda Hille, Selina Martin and Barry Mirochnick; Veda Hille, music director. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst St. 416-504- 9971. $35–$47; $30–$42(st); $22(previews, Jan 30-Feb 5). Feb 2-3, 5, 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-28, Mar 1-3. Start times vary. • 8:00: Aurora Culture Centre. Great Artist Piano Series: Chu-Fang Huang, piano. Works by Haydn, Chopin, Wanghua Chu and others. 22 Church St., Aurora. 905-713-1818. $30; $25(sr/st). • 8:00: Henry Heillig and Heillig Manoeuvre. CD Launch: “Toons.” Stacie McGregor, piano; Henry Heillig, bass; Charlie Cooley, drums; Alison Young, saxophone. Paintbox Bistro, 555 Dundas St. E. 647-748-0555. $15; $40(dinner and show). • 8:00: Tafelmusik. Vivaldi, Handel & Sandrine Piau. Vivaldi: In furore; Handel: arias from Giulio Cesare. Sandrine Piau, soprano; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon, director. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 22 FRI | 8pm TON BEAU STRING QUARTET, EMILY RHO, piano CLASSICAL $20/$15/$10 24 SUN | 3pm JACKSON-de MARGERIE DUO FRASER JACKSON, bassoon MONIQUE DE MARGERIE, piano, CONTEMP CLASSICAL $20/$15/$10 26 TUE | 8pm CAN CONTEMP MUSIC WORKSHOP (CCMW) WALLACE HALLADAY, saxes CONTEMP/ELECTRONICS $20/$15/$10 MARCH 01 FRI | 8pm PAS DE DEUX, CECILIA LEE, piano KATHLEEN LONG, cello CONTEMP CLASSICAL 20/$15/$10 03 SUN | 3pm ART OF THE PIANO: GREG DE DENUS, JAZZ/IMPROV $20/$15/$10
416-964-6337. $39–$89; $35–$79; $20– $79(35 and under). Also Feb 2, 3(mat). • 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Garnet Rogers, singer-songwriter. 2261 Dundas St. W. 416- 531-6604. $27.50/$25(adv). Saturday February 02 • 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. Tristan und Isolde. Wagner. Ben Heppner, tenor (Tristan, Feb 2, 14, 17, 20); Burkhard Fritz, tenor (Tristan, Feb 8, 23); Melanie Diener, soprano (Isolde, Feb 2, 14, 17, 20); Margaret Jane Wray, soprano (Isolde, Feb 8, 23); Daveda Karanas, mezzo (Brangäne); Alan Held, baritone (Kurwenal); Bill Viola, video artist; Jiři Bělohlávek, conductor; Peter Sellars, stage director. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. $12– $390; $22(under 30). Also Feb 8, 14, 17, 20, 23. Start times vary. • 2:00: St. Anne’s Music and Drama Society. Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers. See Feb 1. • 7:30: Living Arts Centre/Mississauga Chinese Art Organization. Gala Concert. Celebration of the Chinese New Year with music, acrobatics and comedy. Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $12–$20. • 7:30: Royal Conservatory. Glenn Gould School Vocal Showcase. GGS voice students perform art songs and arias. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $15. • 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky Symphony 4. Lieberson: Neruda Songs (Canadian premiere); Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4. Kelley O’Connor, mezzo; Robert Spano, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or 416-593-0688(Chinese). $29–$145. • 8:00: Acting Up Stage Company/Factory Theatre. Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata. See Feb 1. • 8:00: Aurora Culture Centre. SchoolHOUSE Concert Series: Duffy & Ebata. Vocals and piano. 22 Church St., Aurora. 905-713-1818. $15. • 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra. Subscription Series Concert No.3: Beethoven. Beethoven: Coriolanus Overture; Symphony No.6; Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23. Ronald Greidanus, piano. P.C. Ho Theatre, 5183 Sheppard Ave. E., Scarborough. 416-879-5566. $30; $25(st/sr) free(under 12). • 8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano: Mei Yi Foo. Works by Harmon, Schumann, Lachenmann, Gubaidulina, G. Benjamin, Ligeti and U. Chin. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $15(sr/arts worker); $10(st). • 8:00: Grace Church on-the-Hill. Erion Tulina, piano. Bach: Goldberg Variations; Brahms: Cello Sonata in e; Beethoven: Sonata in A-flat Op.110. Guest: Eriona Jaupi, cello. 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884. Free. • 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Kuumba Festival: 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Trane Studio. With Alexander Brown, Waleed Abdulhamid, Ernest Dawkins and Ursula Rucker; Garvia Bailey, host. 235 Queens Quay W. 416- 973-4000. $15. • 8:00: Mississauga Festival Choir. Festival of Friends. Annual massed choir concert in support of local charities. Eden United Church, 3051 Battleford Rd., Meadowvale. 905-826- 2831. $20. Proceeds to Eden Community Food Bank and The Compass. • 8:00: Music Gallery. Emergents III: Maylee Todd & Jesse Futerman. Singer-songwriter and electric jazz artist. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $10. • 8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. Mozart and Dvořák. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21; Dvořák: American Suite Op.98. Robert De Clara, conductor; guest: Angela Park, piano. Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-815-2021 or 1-888- 489-7784. $51; $46(sr); $26(st). Also Feb 3(mat). • 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Meow Meow. Performance art and cabaret. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $28-$67.50. • 8:00: Tafelmusik. Vivaldi, Handel & Sandrine Piau. See Feb 1. • 8:00: Toy Piano Composers. Artistic Differences. New works (world premieres inspired by Canadian art) by C. Floisand, G. James, M. Pearce, F. Ryan, C. Thornborrow and P. Murray. Sharon Lee, violin; Katherine Watson, flute; Anthony Thompson, clarinet; Adam Scime, double bass; Daniel Morphy, percussion; Wesley Shen, piano/toy piano. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 647-829- 4213. $15/$10(adv). • 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Fathead. 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604. $20/$18(adv). Sunday February 03 • 1:15: Mooredale Concerts. Music & Truffles: Dali String Quartet. Featuring El Sistema graduates in a one-hour interactive program for young people ages 6 to 15. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714 x103. $13. Includes chocolate truffle. • 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. La clemenza di Tito. Mozart. Michael Schade, tenor (Tito); Isabel Leonard, mezzo (Sesto); Keri Alkema, soprano (Vitellia); Mireille Asselin, soprano (Servilia); Wallis Giunta, mezzo (Annio); Robert Gleadow, bass (Publio); Johannes Debus, music director; Christopher Alden, stage director. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. $12– $325; $22(under 30). Also Feb 7, 9, 11, 13, 16(mat), 19, 22. Start times vary. • 2:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. Mozart and Dvořák. See Feb 2. • 2:00: Shevchenko Musical Ensemble. Annual Choral Concert. Contemporary and classical arias, Ukrainian and Serbian folk songs. Shevchenko Choir, Alexander Veprinsky, conductor; guests: Kir Stefan and the Serb Choir, Jasmina Vucurovic, conductor; Angelica Tubis, piano; Veronika Anissimova, soprano. Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. 416-533-2725. $25; $15(st/child). • 2:00: St. Anne’s Music and Drama Society. Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers. See Feb 1. • 2:00: Visual and Performing Arts Newmarket. Young Artists Showcase. Jacob Mannion, percussion; Stephanie Wilson, vocals; Anthony Vandikas, piano; Cyprys Trio. Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres., Newmarket. 905-953-5122. $15; $10(st); $40(family). • 2:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra & Choirs. Schubert: Symphony No.8 in b “Unfinished”; Brahms: Nänie; Beethoven: Mass in C Op.86. MacMillan Singers; Women’s Chamber Choir and Men’s Chorus; Cawthra Park Secondary School Vocal Ensemble; Hilary Apfelstadt, David Bowser and Ana Alvarez, conductors. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $20; $15(sr); $10(st). • 2:30: Voicebox – Opera in Concert. Orlando. Opera by Handel. David Trudgen, countertenor (Orlando); Virginia Hatfield, soprano (Angelica); Scott Belluz, countertenor (Medoro); Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366- 7723. $52–$73. • 3:00: Amici Chamber Ensemble. Silent Film and Music. Live music to accompany Keaton’s The Playhouse, Man Ray’s Emak-Bakia and Maddin’s The Heart of the World; with works by Milhaud, Poulenc, Stravinsky, Saint- Saëns, Kradjian (also arr.) and others. David Hetherington, cello; Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet; Serouj Kradjian, piano; and others. TIFF Bell LightBox, 350 King St. W. 416-901-6279. $45; $40(sr); $10(st). • 3:00: Music on Canvas. Zachary Ebin, violin; Maria Dolnycky, piano. Works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, C. Schumann and Kreisler. KUMF Art Gallery, 2118-A Bloor St. W. 416-621- 9287. $20; $15(sr/st). • 3:00: Royal York Road United Church. Valerie Tryon, piano. Recital and dedication of new concert grand piano. 851 Royal York Rd. 416-231-9401. Free. • 3:00: Syrinx Concerts Toronto. Kai Gleusteen, violin, and Catherine Ordronneau, piano. Palej: Sonatina for violin and piano; Beethoven: Sonata No.10 for violin and piano; Shostakovich: Four Preludes Op.34; Prokofiev: Sonata No.1 in f Op.80. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-654-0877. $25; $20(st). • 3:15: Mooredale Concerts. Dali String Quartet. Amaya: Angelica (mix of Latin rhythms); Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E Op.44 No.1; Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No.1; Turina: La Oración del Torero Op.34; Gardel: El dia que me quieras (The Day You Love Me – tango); Almarán: La historia de un amor (The Story of a Love – bolero); Valdes: Danzon Almendra (Dance). Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714 x103. $30; $20(under 30). • 3:30: Tafelmusik. Vivaldi, Handel & Sandrine Piau. See Feb 1. • 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Twilight Recital. David Briggs, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering. • 4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Kuumba Festival: Kuumba Gospel Lounge. Gospel choir, choral groups and soloists. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. • 4:30: Saint Simon-the-Apostle. Pipe Organ February 1 – March 7, 2013 thewholenote.com 29 Photo: Jamie Thompson 2012 Jamie Thompson’s URBAN FLUTE PROJECT Inspiring Instruction. Innovative Collaboration. 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