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Publication dates and deadlines

Publisher's Podium ..

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Musicians in our Midst . . . . . 4

Concert Notes . . . . . . . . . . 4, 30

Liturgical Music in Context by John Tuttle . 5, 7

Bandstand: Metropolitan Silver Band, Fanfare for the CBA 8

Etcetera File . . 9, 27

Music Theatre . 10, 11, 12

Too Late to list . . 13

May listings . . . 13-24

First Five days of June 24-25

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exceeded the $25 ticket price.

Our thanks to the Academy Concert Series, the

Amadeus Choir, the Amadeus Ensemble, the Arbor

Oak Trio, Ashley & Crippen Photographers, EMI

Classics, the Music Gallery, the Music Umbrella

Series, Naxos Records, and the Sine Nomine

Ensemble for their generous contributions of CDs

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Musicians in our Midst: Portrait #1

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ARTURS JANSONS, violist

"W?Jy me when there are so many musicians in Toronto better qualified

than I am?" was his question when we suggested this portrait.

Judge for yourselves.

Born in Toronto of Latvian parents, Arturs Jansons started

playing violin and viola at the age of 9, studying privately in

Toronto with Pavel Zarins. He was a senior student at

Bathurst Heights Secondary when Albert Greer became the

music teacher there and started a chamber orchestra. Jansons

went on to the Faculty of Music at U. ofT., where he studied

with David Zafer and then continued his studies with Gerald

Stanick in Vancouver.

A stint in the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra

followed, including a long North American tour, after which

he returned to Banff, where he had spent his summers as a

student, to study with the legendary William Primrose.

While in Banff he played for Lillian Fuchs, who invited

him to come to the Juilliard School of Music, where he

studied for two years, returning to Toronto in 1981. Since

then he has been an active freelance musician and has worked

with every major ensemble in the region.

In 1989 he began an ongoing association with Livent of

Canada, participating in a number of projects and recordings,

including the recent recording of Ragtime, and tours to

Alaska, Hawaii, Hong Kong and Singapore. Currently he is

playing in the orchestra for The Phantom of the Opera.

In addition to performing, Art is active in the Toronto

Latvian Concert Association, which presents an annual

concert series featuring Latvia's best musicians. Founded in

the 1950s by the well-known Latvian-Canadian Toronto

composer, Talivaldis Kenins, the Association's excellent

programming is increasingly coming to the attention of the

community at large.

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is photographed by Michael Shaw,

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DALEY REQUIEM

· Lydia Adams, conductor

of the Amadeus Choir, has

spoken enthusiastically

about the compositions of

composer, conductor,

accompanist and church

organist, Eleanor Daley.

Sunday afternoon, May 4,

will be an excellent

opportunity to hear Ms.

Daley's work, when the

Armour Heights Church

Choir performs her

Requiem, commissioned in

1993 for the Elmer Iseler

Singers and first

performed at the Festival

of the Sound in the

summer of '93.

SPRINGTIME FOR

SCHUBERT

We have heard much this ·

200th birthday year about

the short but productive

life of Franz Schubert and

the small circle of friends

who recognized his genius

and supported him as they

were able.

In his lifetime it was' the

"Schubertiads", intimate

gatherings at which his

music was performed for

listening and for dancing,

for which he was best

known. It is this music,

written for piano duet, that

Gloria Saarinen and

Arnold Draper will

perform in their concert,

"Springtime in Vienna" on

Monday, May 5 at the

Glenn Gould Studio.

The duo have recently

recorded all of Franz

Schubert's piano duets,

which will fill nine· CDs.

The first two have just

been released as a set.

Another splendid ·

opportunity to hear

Schubert at the Glenn,

Gould Studio (this time

~long with music by

Benjamin Britten) is the

Aldeburgh Connection's

concert on May 8 with

soprano, Ann 1\fonoyios,

and tenor, Benjamin

Butterfield.

YOUNG TALENT

Two of the city's most promising young artists will

be performing this month. Pianist, Naida Cole

(who is also, we hear, an excellent flautist) will be

warming up for her Van Cliburn Competition

appearance with a solo recital at the Royal

Conservatory on May 9. And on May 10, Ani

lmastounian, winner of the Wagner Society

Scholarship, will be performing with the Toronto

Sinfonietta at Bloor Street United Church~ (She is

also doing a recital for the Wagner Society at the

Arts & Letters Club on April 30)

Other opportunities to hear young'musical

talent are the Canadian Music Competitions,

May 3-11 (See EtCetera File, page 9) and the

Organ Futures noon hour concerts, Thursdays at

12:30 at Metropolitan United Church.

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LITURGICAL MUSIC

IN CONTEXT-

A MULTI-MEDIA EVENT

BY JOHN TUTTLE

With the passing of Vatican II in the 1960's

came liturgical reforms in the Roman Catholic

Church which were interpreted to mean that the

music of the ordinary for the mass (Kyrie,

Gloria, Sanctus/ Benedictus and Agnus Dei)

should be sung by the congregation in the

vernacular.

This came as no shock to the majority of

Catholic musicians, as the majority of parishes

had allowed their music to "coast" into a low

estate, and indeed such reform was both

necessary and welcome.

But the unfortunate by-product of this reform

was that the large body

of mass settings by fine

composers for liturgical

use was put aside in

favour of the

congregational music

which was, by its nature,

easier to perform.

Although Vatican

II pertained only to the

Roman communion, other

liturgical denominations

(Anglican and Lutheran)

were heavily influenced

by the reforms; for

example, the Hymnbook

of the Anglican and

United Churches in,

Canada of the early

1970s has much useful

congregational music at the back of the book,

and in the Episcopal Church of the U.S., The

Hymnal 1982 devotes nearly a quarter of the

book to liturgical music. Useful as this music

may be, it rarely provides an aesthetic

experience for anyone who appreciates great

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BEAUTY OF HOLINESS

Some settings of the mass have "gone

underground" and become part of the concert

repertoire: many choral institutions sing the

liturgical works of Mozart and Haydn; a few

manage to programme the splendid works of the

Renaissance by Palestrina, Victoria, Josquin, to

name a few. But, no matter how fine such

performances m ay be, one often misses the point

of their performance when they are removed

from the liturgical act for which they are

intended. Indeed, they become even more

splendid when accompanied by vestments,

candles, bells and incense.

"Some settings of the mass

have ''gone underground"

and become part of the

concert repertoire ... but, no

matter how fine such

performances may be, one

often misses the point oftheir

performance when they are

removed from the liturgical

act for which, they are

intended. "

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Happily, there are still a few places in

Toronto where the effort is made to sing these

glorious works in their proper liturgical context.

I am fortunate to serve as Organist and

Choirmaster of Saint Thomas's Anglican Church

on Huron Street, a small anglo-catholic parish

which holds "the beauty of holiness and the

holiness of beauty" in esteem, and which

embraces the great choral repertoire written for

liturgical use, and strives to produce a liturgy of

both splendour and reverence.

As an example, I shall never forget my

first months at Saint Thomas's, preparing the

choir to sing the Faure Requiem for a Solemn

Requiem Mass on the Commemoration of All

Souls (November 2nd). Having probably

conducted, sung or. played it dozens of times, I

discovered its diffe"?ent, inner meaning in the

context of that service, when our congregation

remembers those who have died in previous

years. The Sanctus, sung by candlelight after the

names of the dead were read, was a sublime

moment of both ecstasy

and reassurance, which

would have been

unattainable, had one

relied solely on the music

of Faure.

During Advent and

Lent, the choir sings the

Gregorian settings from

the Liber Usualis, which

were originally intended

for "congregational use,"

although the congregation

would likely have been

monks, trained in the art

of singing them. The

spirituality of this simple

music goes far beyond the

scope of the congregational

music of our time.

As well as plainsong and renaissance

music, we enjoy music of our century, including

the Massing by Vaughan Williams, the Messe

en sol by Frances Poulenc, the very beartiful

Missa Brevis by Zoltan Kodaly, and the stark

and impressive Messe Solenelle by Jean Langlais.

RECAPTURING PART OF YOUR SPIRIT

While it would be imprudent to suggest that one

attend a church service simply to enjoy the

music, it is just possible that you could recapture

a part of your· spiritual life which may

have fallen away. This could well be the fault of

the church (universal) which in recent times has

ignored what is beautiful in favour of what is

accessible. Of course, I am sure that you would

be welcome to attend any church for any reason,

and to hear this glorious music in its proper

"multi-media" venue, will certainly do your soul

no harm!

The churches which justify the time,

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energy (and expense) of singing this great music

have become unique. There are several places

· you might like to visit in Toronto: I have

mentioned our little Saint Thomas's Church on

Huron Street, and there is our sister parish, the

Church of Saint Mary Magdalene at Ulster and

· Manning Streets (where Healey Willan

developed a choral traditi9n embracing this

gre~t music which is carried on today). The

Cathedral Church of Saint Michael devotes some

parts of the ordinary to the great choral settings,

and the~e is the Oratory of the Holy Family, a

curious little church on King Street West, which

' does a superb job of it.

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at Saint Thomas's Church, Toronto

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Along with the choir, the concert and/ or marching band is orie of the most enduring forms

of music, accessible to tyros and to accomplished amateur musicians throughout the

community. Among the older ensembles of this sort in Toronto is Me-tropolitan Silver Band.

Established in 1934 at over the province. performed in virtually

Metropolitan United Their popularity has all the bands in the

Church, its original increased to the point city. In 19?? he came

functions were to play where they are booked to a crossroads when

at evening services and 6 months to a year the director of the U.S.

to give free concerts for ahead. Navy Band heard him

"the less fortunate in The band's perform at the C.N.E.

the area". conductor, Captain and invited him to join

During the Second Alan Moody, now in his the Navy Band as

World War they served 21st year with the · cornet and posthorn

as a military band, the group, has been technician.

"Toronto Scottish Band" involved in music all The stability of a

and up until 1975 they his live. He was taught teacher's life proved

participated .in the CNE accordion and basic more attractive to him

band competition, theory by his father than the constant travel

winning 26 firsts over before he was 6, and demanded of a military

those 41 years. took up the cornet at musician, as he opted

The band has the age of ten, when he for a career in music

changed over the years, joined the Air Cadet education, with active

now including women, Band. He studied with participation in bands

people from all faiths, Edward Smeale, an after five second

and from all parts of principal trumpet of the vocation. In 1962 he

the GTA. Fewer of their Toronto Symphony, and became assistant

performances these at age 12 became the director of the 411

days are at Metropo- youngest member of the Squadron Air Reserve

litan, but they do many Metropolitan Silver Band, and was its

performances each year Band.

conductor from 1964 to

in churches of all As a teenager and 1977, the year he

denominations all young man he returned to the

Fanfare for the Canadian Band Association

Concert bands are being

given a tremendous lift by

the efforts of Paul Miner

and John McGuigan,

(more about them in later

issues) to revive the

Canadian Band

Association in Ontario.

Their work includes the

publication of a quarterly

magazine, Fanfare. The

current issue has articles

on a wide variety of

subjects, such as the

impact of dental work on

wind players

embouchures by a

trumpet playing dentist,

publishing for concert

band by Canadian

composer, Donald

Coakley, and professional

resources for the band

director.

The CBA is also \

sponsoring a major one

day workshop, called

"Band-Aid 97" on

September 27. If you

direct or play in a band it

makes sense to join the

CBA. Phone John

McGuigan at 905-826-

5542 or e-mail him at

comprint@sympatico.ca.

BANDLIST MAY 97

Please see listings

(p.13-24) for details

May 4 Harbourfront Centre,

Worlds of Music To. Concert of

JJ.sian Music. Ron Korb & the

,Kappa Band; Silk Orchestra &

others. 538-1831 . Free.

May 9 8 :00: Etobicoke Jazz

Youth Orchestra. 231-4424.

$7,$5.

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Oshawa 905-686-0663

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Band's Alan Moody

Metropolitan Silver

Band as its conductor.

Enquiries concerning

the Metropolitan Silver

Band can be directed to

, its general manager, ·

Ken Allen at 757-8697.

May 10 7 :30: Metropolitan

Silver Band, Alan Moody,

conductor. Spring Fest. 905-

475-9785. $10,$7.

May 10 7:30 Greater Toronto

Area Teachers Wind Ensemble.

Trinity Presbyterian Church,

2737 Bayview Avenue. 252-

9220 (too late to list)

May 11 2 :30: Toronto Jewish

Folk Choir, 71st Annual Spring

Concert. Traditional & modern

music incl. Chutzpah! Klezmer

Band . 492-7110.$15,$12.

May 31 8:00: Classic Jazz

Society of Toronto. Paris

Washboard Band. 495-5489.

$20,$15.

June 4 12:00 noon: Band of the

Royal Danish Life Guards with

Safri Duo. Nathan Phillips

Square. 593-9918. Free.

June 5 8:00: Band of the Royal

Danish Life Guards. Classical &

popular repertoire. Metropolitan

United Church, 56 Queen St.

East. 593-9918.$18.

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CANADIAN MUSIC

COMPETITIONS

SCHEDULE

May4

•1 0 a.m. Victoria College

Alumni Hall, 73 Queen's

Pk. - guitar;

•1 :30: Newman Centre, 89

St. George St. - voice &

winds;

•7:00: George lgnatieff

Theatre, 15 Devonshire

Place - piano;

May 5 -11

•all day: George lgnatieff

Theatre - Piano & strings;

May 9

•all day: Newman Centre -

Voice, winds, guitar;

May 11

7:00: lgnatieff Theatre,

results & reception.

INFO: 905-764-9339.

STATELY ELORA?

May 10, 10 a.m to 4 p.m .:

Elora Festival is hosting a tour

of five beautiful and historic

homes in Elora, as a festival

fundraiser. (519) 846-0331.

"Cu'Fu?"

May 2: 8:00: If you thought

of taking in "Cu'Fu" written

& performed by Calogero

Chiarelli at Artword"last year,

but left it too late, this is

your last chance. Columbus

Centre, 901 Lawrence W.

789-7011, #250.

DRUMS

May 2 (Friday) at 8. Peace

Messenger Koumba Kastel.

Community Drumming Circle ·

all ages, bring noisemakers.

St. Alban's Boys & .Girls Club,

843 Palmerston Ave. 760-

2190. $10,$5.

They have the space

booked each Friday with

different themes. Prone

ahead.

ORGAN

May 3 9 to 4: Royal

Canadian College of Organists

Organ Day. 905-881-4921 .

$5.

GAM ELAN

May 4 1 :00 .. 3:00: M-Do

presents a Gamelan

Workshop with Annette

Sanger. Edward Johnson

Bldg. 504-7082 (before April

28). $20.

LESSER BAROQUE

May 4 1:30: T.E .M.P.O.

Lesser known baroque music

workshop with Olga van

Kranendonk. Lansing United

the the the the the

etcetera

file file file fil~ file

Church, 49 Bogert St. 932-

8167. $1.2.

FUNDRAISER

05 - 12 Canadian Stage

Company. Festival '97

Fundraising Event. 367-8243

#241. $35 to $150.

FRUHLINGSSINFONIE

May 5 7:30: Ontario Goethe

Society. Fruhlingssinfonie

(Spring Symphony) film.

Claude T. Bissell Bldg, Rm.

105, 140 St. George St. 256-

0219. $5.

AUDITIONS

•May 7 & 14, 6 to 10:

Opera in Concert Chorus

auditions. 461-3041. .

•May 17-18 Creative Artist

Productions. Auditions for

Summer Opera Training

Program (July 18 to August

17). 466-2945.

CAP WORKSHOP

May 24-25 Creative Artist

Productions. Handel Opera

Workshop with David Fallis &

Marshall Pynkoski. 466-2945.

TAC SNAPSHOT

The Toronto Arts Council

recently released "To 2001

Action Plan 1997-2001 " . It

outlines goals and objectives

to ensure Toronto's vibrant

arts industry continues to

contribute to the economic

and cultural vitality of the

city. The report also

provides a snapshot of the

present health of thtl arts

sector in Toronto. Its findings

are both a source of

celebration of past

achievements and concern for

the future of one of the main

contributors to the quality of

life of our city.

For more information,

contact Rita Davies of Anne

Bermonte at 392-6800.

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training for fund-raising and

marketing in the performing

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deadline, July 21. 366-8834.

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presents "Canada's Vintage

Guitar Show". Thornhill

Community Centre, 7755

Bayview Ave. 416-222-8222.

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CONGA~ TULATIONS

Congratulations to COC

En.semble member, James

Westman on winning the

George London C9mpetition in

New York.

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may '97 wholenote

BY RICHARD PAUL

Would you rather muse over Menotti .than muddle through Massenet? How do you feel about basking

in Britten rather than being bored by Bizet? If your tastes lean to this direction, then Opera

Anonymous has plans for your ears.

Op-Anon (as it's known in the biz) was formed in 1994

to focus on alternative stagings of twentieth century

opera. The co-founders Nina Scott-Stoddart and Diane

Dacamara were looking for more opportunities to

perform. According to Scott-Stoddart, "we wanted to do

full productions of twentieth century opera in English

and there were just not a lot of opportunities for

performance. We wanted to focus on the neglected

works."

It would seem that starting a company dedicated

to producing these "neglected works" in these

times of shrinking grants and audiences is a

guaranteed recipe for red ink. But the success of

Op-Anon owes as much to realism as it does to

{dealism. From its humble beginnings, the

company has made it a policy not to rely on

government funding for its survival, as this has

been the downfall of many of our not-for-profits.

For their inaugural production, they ,chose

Toronto's mecca of the post-mo

MUSICTHEATRE: WHAT'S ON

Details: see listings under first date mentioned

•Alexander Singers. Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore. Preview May 1;

May 3, 4, 7, 8 & 10, Leah Posluns Theatre, 784-4185.

•Artword Theatre. The Age of Dorian. Greg Morrison's musical

the.atre adaptation of Wilde's "Dorian Gray" May 5-17 408-1146.

•Canadian Children's Opera Chorus. Gilbert & Sullivan: H. M.S.

Pinafore. May 3, 4, Hart House Theatre, 978-8668.

eeoc. Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel. COC Ensemble Studio.

May 23, Sanderson Centre, Brentford. 363-6671 ext.387.

•Characters Theatre Troupe. Anything Goes. May 1, 3, 6 , 8, 1 0;

June 7, 9, 12 & 13. Fairview Library Theatre, 905-886-9594.

•Characters Theatre Troupe. Wizard of Oz. May 21, 22, 24, 27,

28, 31: June 1. Fairview Library Theatre, 905-886-9594.

CONTINUES PAGE 12

11

Greg Morrison, at Artword piano, rehearses

Todd Stewart, Steven Morel, and Robert Miller

ARTWORD IN 'DORIAN MODE

Artword Theatre's cofounders

Ronald Weihs

and Judith Sandiford

have dedicated their

little space to

"nurturing and

supporting creativity in

our midst."

Wisely they have

avoided the pitfalls of

relying on government

funding (precarious for

all but the seven-digit

budget behemoths!),

opting instead for

"cheap and cheerful, do-

PINAFORE

WITH A BIT OF

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Is there anyone out

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Well here's memory's

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exercise! the Canadian

Children's Opera Chorus

Pinafore at Hart

House, May 3 & 4).

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worry that the captain's

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you get topflight singing

from one of the best

children's vocal

ensembles around.

it-yourself'' second floor

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south of King.

The spring chicken

about to hatch in their

fine little incubator is

an opera (why not!).

It's called "The Age of

Dorian"--a musical

adaptation of Oscar

Wilde's "The Picture of

Dorian Gray" with

music by Greg Morrison

and lyrics and book by

Ron and Judith.

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•Harbourfront Centre Milk Festival of the Arts Gala. Tamakko-za.

May 29, Premiere Dance Theatre, 973-4000.

•Opera Anonymous. Menotti: The Medium. Edward Franko, dir;

May 21-25. Alumnae Theatre, 1-800-438-3422. $25,$20.

•Scarborough Music Theatre. South Pacific. 'May 1-4, 7-11, 14-

17. Scarborough Village Theatre, 396-4049.

•Stage Centre. Man of La Mancha. May 1-4, 8-11, 14-17.

Fairview Library Theatre. 299-5557.

•Toronto Operetta Theatre, Mil!ocker: The Beggar Student. May

1, 2 & 3, Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 366-7723.

•University of Toronto Faculty of Music Opera Division. Spring

Operatic Concert. May 2 & 3, MacMillan Theatre, 978-3744.

ONGOING .

•Eclectic Theatre, Tapestry Music Theatre & Canadian Stage

Company. Sondheim: Passion. Jordan Merkur, director; Wayne

Strongman, musical director. To May 10.

•Livent. Ragtime, the Musical. Ford Centre for the Performing Arts,

5040 Yonge St.

•Mirvish Productions. Jo/son. June 16 through September 6 . Royal

Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. W.

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Dwight Bennett

Conductor, Canadian Opera Co.

Artistic Director, Mississauga Opera

Alisa Palmer

Artistic Director, Nightwood Theater

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CAUTION! PL.EASE PHONE AHEAD. PLANS CHANGE.

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May 1997

04 & 25 2:30: Adelaide

Bell, piano, playing

Schubert. 251-8397.

05 7:56: Theatre News.

Starquest Performers

Shovycase. 961-0900.

10 7:30: Greater Toronto

Area Teachers Wind

Ensemble. 252-9220.

12 8:00: Hospital for Sick

Children Foundation.

"Voices of Hope" Benefit

cabaret in support of the

HIV /Aids Comprehensive

Care unit. 872-5555.

28 7:30: Two apprentice

choruses of the Canadian

Children's Opera Chorus.

366-0467.

30 8:00: Asian Heritage

Month Concert. 593-0491 .

30 8:00: Wagner Society

scholarship winners

concert. 425-1019.

Deadline for June, May 15

·.. : ·, .· Thursaa~ ·

· . May ·1

• 12:10: St. Paul's Anglican .

Church. Noon Hour Organ

with Matthew Larkin, organist

present .

Ql

14

Children's Opera Chorus, John

Tuttle, dir. Gilbert and Sullivan:

HMS Pinafore. Hart House,

University of Toronto. 978-

8668.$19.50,$12.

• 2:30 and 7:00: Characters.

Anything Goes. See May 1 .

• 3:30: Royal Canadian

The Elmer Iseler Singers

College of Organists. William

and

Maddox, organ, in recital as

part of Toronto Organ Day.

Toronto Children's Chorus

Yorkminster Park Church,

1585 Yonge St. 905-881-

present

4921. Free.

• 7:30: North York Singers &

Green Briar Men's Chorus. The

Celebrating

Two Choirs. Gary Heard & Bud

Renshaw, conductors.

1Li.mes and Seasons

Willowdale United Church, 349

Kenneth Avenue. 222-0181 .

Guest conductors:

$1 5,1 2, group rates available.

• 7:30: Royal Conservatory of

David Fallis and Jean Ashworth-Bartle

Music. Suzuki Festival Concert.

Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall,

Friday, May 2, 1997 at 8pm

273 Bloor St. W. 408-2824

St. Patrick's Church

ext.321. $6,$4.

• 7:30: York Symphony,

141 McCaul Street at Dundas

Roberto de Clara, cond.

Theatre Magic. R. Strauss:

Bring our season to a rousing finale with works

Suite from Der Rosenkavalier;

by Faure, Frank and Mendelssohn.

Rimsky-Korsakov: March of the

Nobles from Mlada; Nino Rota:

VISAIMC

Ballet Suite from La Strada;

Bernstein: Symphonic Suite

For Tickets call: 416.483.5549

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CANAD~NCHAMBERACADEMY

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15 Devonshire Place

SUNDAY, MAY 4,1997-3:00 PM

CANADIAN CHAMBER ACADEMY SOLOISTS

Programme

String Octets by Mendelssohn and Bargiel

I'

Q

SUNDAY, MAY 18,1997-3:00 PM

MARIA GUEST ASTERIADOU, ARTISTS piano

NATALIA KHOMA, cello ' .. ,

A TIS BANKAS, violin .~

TAK-NG LAI, conductor

Music by: VIVALDI, BURBI, MARTINU, HAYDN

SUNDAY, JUNE 1,1997-3:00 PM

GUEST ARTIST

RONALD TURINI, piano

CANADIAN CHAMBER ACADEMY SOLOISTS

Programme

Solo and Chamber Music by Franz Schubert

including "The Trout" Piano Quintet in A Major

TICKETS & INFORMATION

tel/fax (416) 538-4342 adult $15, student $12

Township. 410-0860.

$18,$14.

• 8:00: Academy Concert

Series. "Love songs for

Spring." Medieval songs and

dances inspired by the arrival

of May. Sine Nomine Medieval

Ensemble. Eastminster United.

Church, 310 Danforth Ave.

778-1941.$15, $9,$5.

• 8:00: Alexander Singers.

Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore or

The Witch 's Curse. Leah

Posluns Theatre, 4588

Bathurst Street. 784-4185.

$20,$16,$12.Discounts for

groups of 8 or more.

• 8:00: Ford Centre for the ·

Performing Arts. Garrick

Ohlsson, piano. Music of

Chopin. 5040 Yonge St. 872-

2222. $35,$30, $23.

• 8:00: Mississauga

Symphony Orchestra, John

Barnum, cond. Last Night of

the Proms. ,L\rne: Rule

Britannia; Parry: Jerusalem;

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance

March #1; Wood: Fantasia on

British Sea Songs; Gershwin: "I

Love You Porgy"; Vaughan

Williams: The Lark A scending;

Beethoven: Marzelline's Aria

"0 warich schon"; Baker:

Fanfare to Expo '86; Gounod:

"Ah Je Veux Vivre" from

Romeo and Juliet. Ruth Fazal,

violin; Lilac Cana, soprano.

Cawthra Park Auditorium,

1305 Cawthra Road South.

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• 8:00: Oriana Singers,

William Brown, conductor.

That's All- Folk! Vaughan

Williams: Folk Songs of the

Four Seasons; Telfer: When

the Outports Sing; Hatfield:

African Celebration; folk songs

from near and far. Ruth

W~tson Henderson,

accompanist. Grace Church on·

the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road.

742-7006. $1 6,$14.

• 8:00: Tafelmusik. A

Viennese Soiree. Trinity-St.

Paul's. See May 1.

• 8:00: Toronto Symphony

Orchestra. Morawetz:

Sinfonietta; Elgar: Cello

Concerto; Tchaikovsky:

Symphony #5. Daniel Domb,

cello; ·Jiri Belohlavek, cond.

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe

St. 593-4828.$18 to $55.

• 8 :00: Toronto Operetta

Theatre. Jane Mallett Theatre.

See May 1.

• 8:00: Toronto Welsh Male

Voice Choir, Thomas Bell,

artistic director. Songs of the

Isles.. lan Sadler, organ; Eugene

Burke, tenor. Christ Church

Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St.

222-2201/475-9231.

$15,$12.

• 8:00: University of Toronto

Opera Division. Highlights from

the operatic repertoire in

concert. MacMillan Theatre, 80

Queen's Park. 978-

3744/3750. $10,$5.

• 8:00: University of Toronto

Faculty of Music Opera

Division. Spring Operatic

Concert. See May 2.

MacMillan Theatre.

• 11 :00 & 2:00: Music at the

McMichael. John Arpin, piano.

McMichael Canadian

Collection, 1 0365 Islington

Ave, Kleinburg. 905-893-0344

ext.265. Free with gallery

admission.

• 2:00: Canadian Children's

Opera Chorus, John Tuttle, dir.

Hart House, University of

Toronto. See May 3.

• 2:00: Harbourfront Centre &

Worlds of Music Toronto.

Concert of Asian Music. Gauri

Guha, Indian classical vocalist;

Ron Korb & the Kappa Band;

Silk Orchestra and others.

Water's Edge Cafe, 235

Queen's Quay West. 538-

1831. Free.

• 2:00: Scarborough Civic

Centre. Vic Lawrence Seven

(Swing & Big Band). 396-

7212. Free.

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• 2:00: Worlds of Music

Toronto & Harbourfront Centre

Coca-Cola Concert. Gauri

Guha, Indian classical vocals;

Biswas Bhikney, tablas; Luna

Guha, harmonium; Abhinanda

Guha, tampura. Water's Edge

Cafe, 235 Queens Quay West.

973-3000. Free.

• 3:00: 100th Monkey Oasis.

Walking On Water: a Musical

Journeying. Songs & music by

Michael Moon, playing on

vibes, bells & hammered

dulcimer. 1 OOth Monkey

Books, 66 Wellesley East, 2nd

floor. 925-7633. Donation.



The Witch's Curse. Leah

Posluns Theatre. See May 3.

• 3:00: Canadian Chamber

Academy, Atis Bankas, dir.

Mendelssohn: Octet Op. 20 in

E flat major; Enescu: Octet

Op.7 inC major. George

lgnatieff Theatre, 1 5

Devonshire Place. 538-4342.

$15,$12.

• Echo Women's Chorus,

Alan Gasser, Becca Whitla, dir.

Spring songs in the city.

Church of the Holy Trinity, 10

'Trinity Square. 537-2526.

$1 0,5. .

• 3:00: Mississauga Choral

Society, Chrys A. Bentley,

conductor. Haydn:

Heiligmesse; Mozart: Mass in c

minor. Sharla Nafziger;

soprano; Nina Scott-.Stoddart,

mezzo soprano; Eugene Burke,

tenor; Michael Downie,

baritone; The,Sinfony Players;

Leslie Knowles, concertmaster.

St. Dominic's Church, Cawthra

Road at Atwater. 905-278-

7059. $17,$14.

• 3:00: Mooredale Concerts.

Winners of the Canadian Music

Competition. Walter Hall, 80

Queen's Pk. Cresc. 922-3714.

$13,$9.

• 3:00: Morton Feldman

THE

(]JORAL MUSIC OF

RAlPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Retrospective. For Christian

Wolff (1986). Gergely lttzes,

flute; Stephen Clarke,

piano/celesta. First Unitarian

Congregation, 175 St. Clair

West. 363-9428/924-9654.

$10,$7.

• 3:00: Toronto Chamber

Society, David Fallis, dir.

Kaffeemusick: "If spring is

here, can Nymphs and

Shepherds be far behind?"

Excerpts from Handel: Acis

and Galatea; Blow: Venus and

Adonis. An informative and

entertaining chat with David

Fallis. Coffee, tea and desserts

included. Church of the

Redeemer, Bloor and Avenue

Road. 694-2354/406-1484.

$10.

• 3:00: Toronto Youth Flute

Orchestra. La'uf: Welcome!!

(Canadian premiere);

Frackenpohl: Suite for Flute

Choir (Toronto premiere);

Louke: Chanson du Printemps

(Toronto premiere); works by

Vivaldi, Schubert, Brahms,

Bach, Holland·, MacMillan &

Rimsky Korsakov. St.

Leonard's Church, 25 Wanless.

485-8262. Free will offering.

• 3:30: Tafelmusik. A

Viennese Soiree. Trinity-St.

Paul's. See May 1.

• 4:00: Armour Heights

Presbyterian Church Choir,

Bruce Nasmith, director. Spring

Concert. Daley: tlequiem; other

selections. 1 05 Wilson Ave.

485-4000. $10,$7.

• 4:00: Saint Andrew

Chorale. The Choral Music of

Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Victoria College Chapel, 73

Queen's Park. 960-87371929-

0811.$15,$10.

• 4:30: Great Music at St.

Anne's. Abendmusic. Organ

Spectacular. Nina Wu-Cotton,

Peter Orme, Christopher·

Cotton, musicians . St. Anne's

Church, 270 Gladstone Ave.

536-31 60. Free.

• 5:00: Sundays at Five in

Swansea. Classical favourites

for Brass. East York Brass

Quintet. Morningside-High Park

Presbyterian Church, 4

Morningside Avenue, (41 6)

766-4765.$10,7.

• 7 :00: Sundays at Seven

Concert Series. Chamber

works of Buxtehude, Bach,

Franck & others. Karen Rymal,

organ; Barbara Ackerman,

fl ute; Wendy Humber

Bornstein, oboe. Blessed

Sacrament Church, 24

Cheritan. 481-2256. $7.

15

• 7:30: Celebrity Symphony

Orchestra, Andrzej Rozbicki,

music director. Warsaw

Concerto. Addinsell: Warsaw

Concerto; Chopin: Les

Sylphides; Kilar: Exodus; arias

and songs. Danny Wnukowski,

piano; Maria Knapik-Sztramko,

soprano; Andrzej Hiolski,

baritone; Gizella Witkowsky,

prima ballerina; Polonia Singers

Choir. George Weston Recital

· Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 872-

2222. $35,$30,$25.

• 7:30: Trinity Chamber

Ensemble. Geminiani: Concerto

Grosso Op.3 #2; Lekeu:

Mooredale Concerts

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Adagio; Mozart: Piano

Concerto No. 23 in A major

K.488; Pratt: Serenade;

Larsson: Kleine Serenade

Op.12. George Brough, piano.

Church of the Transfiguration,

111 Manor Road East. 588-

1 292. $10,$8.

• 7:30: York Symphony.

Theatre Magic. See May 3.

Markham Theatre, 171 Town

Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469.

$18,$14.

• 8:00: Amadeus Ensemble.

Bach: Double Violin Concerto;

Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso;

Concerto for Four Violins.

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front

St. West. 205-5555.$15 to

$25.

• 8:00: Arraymusic. New

works by 25 composers.

Premiere Dance Theatre, 207

Queen's Quay West. 973-

4000.$18,$15.

• 8:00: Oshawa-Durham

Symphony Orchestra, Marco

Parisotto, dir. A Brahms

Celebration. Brahms: Ein

Deutsches Requiem. Sally

Dibblee, soprano; Daniel Lichti,

bass baritone; Durham

Philharmonic Choir. College

Park Church, 11 64 King St.

East, Oshawa. 905-579-6711.

$2to$18.

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Bernstein: Chichester Psalms.

Erica Goodman, harp; George

Brough, piano/organ; Andrew

Morris, percussion; Choir of St.

George's United Church.

George Weston Recital Hall,

5040 Yonge St. 481-

1141 /690-3880.$15,$12.

• 8:00: Artword Theatre. The

Age of Dorian. See May 5.

• 8:00:, Toronto Symphony

Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hall.

See May 5.

e 9:00: CCMC. Michael

Snow, piano & synthesizer;

John Oswald, saxophone; Paul

Dutton, soundsinging &

harmonica. Music Gallery, 179

Richmond St. West. 204-

1080. Free.

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• 12:30: Yorkminster Park

Baptist Church. Noonday

Recital. Christopher Dawes,

organ. 1585 Yonge St. 922-

1167. Free.

• 1 :00: Alexander Singers.




• 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto

Symphony Orchestra. Roy

Thomson Hall. See May 5.

Matinee $18 to $40; evening

$30 to $55.

• 7:00: Art Gallery of Ontario.

All That's Jazz. Joe Sealy,

piano; Molly Johnson, vocals;

Paul Novotny, bass. 317

Dundas St. W. 979-6648.

$15,$12.



Johnson Building, 80 Queen's

Pk. Cresc. 966-4580. $50,26

(concert. $1 95 (concert and

dinner).

• 7:45: Toronto Home Organ

Society. Theatre Organ

Concert. Queen Elizabeth

Hospital Auditorium, 550

University Ave. 233-0206. $5.

• 8:00: Aldeburgh

Connection. Schubert and

Britten. Britten: Winter Words;

lieder and duets by Schubert

and Britten. Ann Monoyios,

soprano; Benjamin Butterfield,

tenor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250

Front St. West. 205-5555.

$22,$16.







• 8:00: Queen Mab. Lori

Freedman, clarinet; Marilyn

Lerner, piano. Music Gallery,

179 Richmond St. West. 204-

1080.$10,$7.


Music. Naida Cole, piano. (A

concert in preparation for her

participation in the Van Cliburn

Competition.) Corigliano:

Ancient Fantasy; Ravel:

Ondine; Liszt: Hungarian

Rhapsody #6; Chopin: 24.

preludes, op.28. Ettore

Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273

Bloor St. West. 408-2824

ext.321. $9,$7.


Orchestra. Evgeny Kissin,

piano, in Recital. Roy Thomson

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 593-4828.

$26.50to $51.50.

Company of Heaven. Carolyn

Sinclair, soprano; Jo-Anne

Bentley, mezzo soprano; Glyn ·

Evans, tenor; Peter Togni, ·

Elizabeth Elliott, speakers;

Ronald Jordan, organ; James

Wallenberg, concertmaster;

string orchestra and timpani;

Choir of Lawrence Park ·

Community Church; Mark

Toews, cond. 2180 Bayview

Ave. 489-1551.$20,$15.

• 8:00: Phil Minton: Twice.

Phil Minton,

trumpeter/composer/vocalist;

Roger Turner,

·drummer/percussionist; Very an

Weston, piano. Music Gallery,

179 Richmond St. West. 204-

1080.$15,$10.

• 8:00: Sinfonia Mississauga,

John Barnum, cond. Masters

of Melody. Mozetich: 3 pieces

for Oboe, English Horn and

Bass Oboe (World Premiere);

Schubert: Five German .

Dances; Barlowe: The Winter's

Past; Dvorak: Nocturne; Suk:

Serenade Op.6. Lawrence

Cherney, oboe & bass oboe . .

Meadowvale Theatre, 631 5

Montevideo Road. 905-274-

1571 . $13to $18.

• 8:00: Toronto Youth Wind

Orchestra, David Lum,

conductor. Concert

Masterworks. Respighi: Pines

of Rome; Gershwin: Rhapsody

in Blue; Adams: Short Ride in a

Fast Machine; Barnes-Chance:

Variations on a Korean Folk

Song. George Weston Recital

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 872-

2222. $16,$13.50.

/

17

and duets. Music by Berlin,

Bizet, Gershwin, Kern, Rossini

& others. Beatrice Carpino,

soprano; Michael Melton,

baritone. Redeemer Lutheran

Church; 1691 Bloor St. West.

964-8293.$10,$7.

• 7:30: Festival Players,

Stephen Riches, music

director. Salon Night. Bach:

Coffee Cantata; Grieg: Piano

Concerto in a minor; Mascagni:

Intermezzo; Joplin: Maple Leaf

Rag; selections from Rodgers &

Hammerstein: Carousel &

others. Donna Sherman

Singers; Monica Walsh,

soprano. Pickering Village

United Church, 300 Church St.

N. Ajax. 905-471-6926.

$15;$12; group rates 10 & up.

• 7:30: High Park Girls' Choir

of Toronto & South Shore

Children's Choir of Montreal.

Runnymede United Church,

432 Runnymede. 245-7207.

Free.

• 12:10: St. Paul's Anglican


Recital. Janet Pea~er, organ.

227 Bloor St. East. 961-811 6.

Free.

• 1 2:30: Metropolitan United

Church. Organ Futures. Recital

featurin\;1 organ student Kunle

Owolabi. 56 Queen St. East.

363-0331. Free.

• 1 2:30: Noonday Chamber

Music at Christ Church.

Sarabanda Piano Trio. Ben

Haim: Variations on a Hebrew

Melody. 1570 Yonge St. 920-

5211. Free.

• 7:00: Alliance Francaise de

Toronto. Gerard Lesne: II

Semenario Musicale. Benefit

concert on the occasion of the

Gala Prix Alliance 1997.

MacMillan Theatre, Edward

• 12:00 noon: Toronto

Heliconian Club. Friday Noon

Hour Concert. Music of Muller,

Saint-Saens & Schubert. Trish

O'Reilly, actor; Erica Goodman,

Elizabeth Macmillan & Brenda '

Muller, musicians. 35 Hazelton

Ave. 922-3618. Free.

• 7:30: 9th Annual Columbus

Centre Toronto Music Festival

Concert. Winners in the piano,

accordion, guitar, string &

woodwind divisions. 'Columbus

Centre, 901 Lawrence Ave. W.

789-7011 ext.250.



• 8:00: Etobicoke Jazz Youth

Orchestra. A tribute to the Big

Band Era. Silverthorn

Collegiate, 291 Mill Road. 231-

4424. $7,$5.

• 8:00: Music at Lawrence

Park. Music of the Angels.

Vivaldi: Gloria; Britten: The

• 7:00: The Toronto

Sinfonietta, Matthew

Jaskiewicz, dir. Haydn: The

Seasons. Ani lmastounian,

soprano; Sylvain Landry, tenor;

Kevin Bradshaw, baritone;

Ryerson's Oakham· House

Choir. Bloor St. United

Church, 300 Bloor St. West.

488-0191.$18,$14.

• 7:30: Bach Children's

Chorus, Linda Beaupre, dir.

Spring Concert- 10th

Anniversary Celebration.

Guelph Children's Singers.


5040 Yonge St. 872-2222.

$18,$16.

• 7:30: Cantabile Chorale of

York Region. The Caldicot Male

Voice Choir of Caldicot, South

Wales, Sian Hatton, dir.

Thornhill United Church. Elgin

St. Thornhill. 905-508-4 726.

$16,$10.

• 7:30: Concentus Arts

Ensembles in Recital. Songs

METROPOLITAN SILVER BAND

PRESENTS

SPRING FEST'

GUESTS: The Briar and The Rose

(Benjamin Stein and Friends)

SAT. MAY 10 1997 7.30 P.M.

Metropolitan United Church

Queen and Church

ADULTS $10 SRS.& STUDENTS $7

TORONTO 'S ONLY CO MPREHENSIVE MONTHLY CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY CONCERT LISTING SOURCE

Music of the Angels

The Company of Heaven

Gloria

presented by

Benjamin Britten

Antonio Vivaldi

The Choir of Lawrence Park Community Ch~rch

Mark Toews, conductor

with

Carolyn Sinclair, soprano • Glyp Evans, tenor

Jo-Anne Bentley, mezzo soprano

Elizabeth Elliott, speaker • Peter Togni, speaker

and orchestra

FRIDAY MAY 9, 1997, 8:00p.m.

Lawrence Park Community Church

2180 Bayview Avenue • 489-1551

Tickets $20, (regular)

$15 (students/seniors)

Available ai the door or at the church office during the week

Toronto Sinfonietta &

Oakham House Choir

present

Ani Imastounian; soprano

Sylvain Landry, tenor

Kevin Bradshaw, baritone

Mattew Jaskiewicz,

Music Director

May 10, 7:00 p.m.

Bloor Street United Church

(300 Bloor West at Huron)

Ticket info (416) 488-0191"

The Polish Canadian

Society of Music and Ryerson

Polytechnic University

.II

BA(HORUS ILDRE~ _ _ ~

of Scarborough

with special guests

Guelph Children Singers

Linda Beaupre Conductor

THE TORONTO

JEWISH FOLK CHOIR

iPW"1"

Cj??~EJ

iN:J .

Music on

Mother's Day

Sunday May 11th

at 2:30p.m.

A blend of traditiona l

and modern music with

CHUTZPAH!

Klesmer Band,

and renowned composer

MILTON BARNES

Walter Hall

80 Queen's Pat:k (near R9 M)

(416) 492-7110

and

The Bach Chamber

Youth Choir

Linda Beaupre, Conductor

Lydia Adams, Accompanist

Saturday, May 10, 1997 at 7:30 p.m.

George Weston Recital Hall

Ford Centre for the Performing Arts

Tickets: $I 6 and $I 8

at the Ford Centre box office or TicketMaster at (416) 872-2222.

The Bach Children's Chorus is g nttt:ful for funding received from

the -Ontario Arts Coun_cil, the Municipality of Metropolitan

Toronto, and"! he City of Scarborough.

• 7:30: Metropolitan Silver

Band, Alan Moody, conductor.

Spring Fest. A brass band

variety. Guests: The Briar and

the Rose (Benjamin Stein &

Friends). Metropolitan United

Church, 56 Queen St. East.

905-4 75-9785.$10,$7.

• 7:30: "Musicfest". Music

for handbell choirs, organ,

piano, bagpipes & hand

chimes. St. John's Church, 1 9

Don Ridge Dr. 225-6611.

$8,$5.

• 7:30: Ontario Registered

Music Teachers Association.

Piano Student Recital. Church

of the Transfiguration, 111

Manor Road East. Free.

• 7:30: Opera Division, U. of

T. & Symphonic Workshops

Ltd. A Night at the Opera.

Fundraising concert of Opera

favourites. Agincourt Baptist

Church, 37 Glenwatford Dr.

291 -4542.$15,$12.

• 7:30: TSO. Mozart: Clarinet

Concerto in A Major, K. 622;

Mendelssohn: excerpts from

Symphony #4, "Italian";

Scherzo from Octet; excerpts

from A Midsummer Night's

Dream. Shelagh Rogers, host;

Joaquin Valdepenas,

conductor/clarinet. Roy

Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.

593-4828. $15 to $55.



The Witch 's Curse. Leah

Posluns Theatre. See May 3 .

• 8 :00: Arbor Oak Trio.

Bonne Fe te, Jean-Marie!

Celebrating the 300th

anniversary of the birth of

Jean-Marie Leclair. Susan Prior

to. r.

(baroque violin; Stephanie

Martin (harpsichord), Mary

Katherine Finch (baroque

celw)

Arbor Oak Trio

welcomes new member

Mary-Katherine Finch,

baroque cello, May lOth

in a 300th birthday

concert for Jean-Marie

Leclair. Guests Susan

Prior Carduelis,

baroque flute; David

Arnot, tenor.

I ORONTO'S ONLY COMPREHENSIVE. MONTHLY CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY ~TiJ STI NG SOURCE

may '97 wholenote

Carduelis, flute; David Arnot,

tenor. 7 p.m.: pre-concert

birthday party with cake!

Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26

Delisle Avenue. 256-9421.

$12;$10.



• 8:00: Bell'Arte Singers, Lee

Willingham, dir. Schubert:

Mass in Eb; Faure: Requiem

Mass. ian Sadler, organ.

Yorkminster Park Baptist

Church, 1585 Yonge St. 699-

5879. $20,$10.Group rates.

• 8:00: Deer Park Concerts.

Organ Recital. Works by Bohm,

Buxtehude, Bach, Dupre, Liszt.

Christiaan Teeuwsen, organ.

129 St. Clair Ave. West. 962-

3381. $10.

• -8:00: Hemispheres Music

Projects. Standards.

Arrangements of popular

standards such as My Funny

Valentine, Every Time We Say

Good-bye, I Only Have Eyes

For You & others. Michael

Occhipinti, Linda C. Smith,

Robert W. Stevenson, Richard

Whiteman, Nic Gotham, Bill

Brennan & Victor Bateman,

composers & performers.

Music Gallery, 179 Richmond

St. West. 204-1080.$12,$8 .

• 8:00: New Tecumseh

Singers, John Dodington,

artistic director. An Evening of

Mozart & Friends. Apollo

Chamber Ensemble; Margaret

Kukurugya, conductor. St.

Paul's Church, King St. Sout h,

Alliston. 905-435-1269.

• 8 :00: Oakville Symphony

Orchestra. Mussorgsky:

Khovanshchina (prelude);

Borodin: Steppes of Central

Asia; Bizet: L' Arlesienne Suite

#1 ; Saint-Saens: Carnival of

the Animals; Mozart: Sonata

for 2 pianos in D Major.

Anagr:10son and Kinton, piano

duo. Oakville Centre for the

Performing Arts, 130 Navy St.

(905) 81 5-2021. $22,$17.50.

• 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall &

Massey Hall. Victor Borge,

pianist & comedian. Massey

Hall, Shuter St. 872-4255.

$47.50,$42.50,$37 .50.

• 8 :00: The Scarborough

Philharmonic, J e rome

Summe rs , guest cond. Firebird.

Adaskin: Suite for Orchestra;

Rodrigo: Concierto de

Aranjuez; Stravinsky: L'Oiseau

de Feu. Norbert Kraft, guitar.

Pre-concert lecture, 7:15

Birchmount Park Collegiate,

3663 Danforth Ave. 2 61 -

0380. $16,$13, $6.

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wholenote may '97

Terminal. Men of the Deeps,

choir of Cape Breton coal

miners. 207 Queen's Quay W.

203-0510. Free.



Mother's Day Concert. Young

Canadian musical talents.

Walker Court, 31 7 Dundas St.

West. 538-4342/979-6648.

Free with gallery admission.

• 2:00: Harbourfront Centre

Coca-Cola Concert. Eric

Andersen, vocals, guitar &

harmonica. Water's Edge Cafe,

235 Queens Quay W. 973-

3000. Free.

• 2:00: Oakville Symphony.

Oakville Centre for the

Performing Arts. See May 10.

• 2:00: Scarborough Civic

Centre. Harvey Siegel Band.

396-7212. Free.

• 2:30: Toronto Jewish Folk

Choir, Esther Ghan Firestone,

conductor. 71st Annual Spring

Concert. Traditional & modern

music incl. Barnes: Fantasy on

Jewish Themes; Schaefer:

Tzvei Brider (Two Brothers);

Yiddish folk songs. Aleksandra

Navijalic, Marat Maksutov,

Michael Mandel, singers;

Chutzpah! Klezmer Band; Lina

Zemelman, accompanist;

Milton Barnes, guest

conductor. Walter Hall, 80

Queen's Park. 492-7110.

$15,$12.

• 2:30: Toronto Early Music

Centre. "Music of the Royal

Courts." Viviana Sofronitsky,

harpsichord. Eaton Court,

Royal Ontario Museum, 1 00

Queen's Park. 966-1409. Free

with ROM admission.

• 3:00: Fifth International

Choral Conductors Symposium

Gala Concert. Lawrence Park

Community Church, 2180

Bayview Ave. 932-8666. $5.


Music. RCM String Ensembles.

Church of the Redeemer, 162


ext.321. $4, $2.

• 3:00: TSO. Roy Thomson

Hall. See May 10.

• 3:00: Trinity-St. Paul's

United Church Vocal Concert

Series. An American Invasion.

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms;

music by Bernstein, Copland,

Thompson. Choir of Trinity-St.

Paul's. 427 Bloor St. West.

922-4954.$12,$8.

• 8:00: George Gao: Chinese

Jazz & Pop. George Gao, erhu;

Jane Zhang, Chinese jazz

vocalist. Music Gallery, 179

Richmond W. 204-1080.$28.

· · : ·.· · Mond~JV ·.

. ,:.,:·:: ... :· . iUio

K.542; Violin Sonata in e

minor, K.300c (304);

Beethoven: Cello Sonata in F

major, Op.5 #1; Haydn: Piano

Trio in E flat, Hob.XV /29. Les

Coucous Benevoles: Linda

Melsted, violin; Sergei lstomin,

cello; Colin Tilney, fortepiano.

First Unitarian Congregation,

175 St. Clair W. 482-2173.

Recommended donation $1 0.

• ·8:00: Royal Conservatory of

Music. RCM Repertory Chorus,

Donna Sherman, cond.

Programme to include Faure:

Requiem. St. James Cathedral,

65 Church St. 408-2824

ext.321 . $4,$2.

• 9:00: CCMC. Music Gallery.

See_ May 6.

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Recital. Giles Bryant, organ.

1 585 Yonge. 922-11 67. Free.

• 2:00: Russian Dance &

Music Company. Gala Variety

Show. Musicians, singers,

Ciancers & circus artists from

Moscow. Leah Posluns

Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. N.

224-1296. $20,$18,$16.


All That's Jazz. Cynthia

Namaro Quintet. Cynthia

Namaro, vocals; Vinnie Pace,

guitar; Evan Tarleton, bass;

Rob Guinn, drums; Sergio

Faluotico, percussion. 317

Dundas St. W. 979-6648. Free

with gallery admission.


Age ofDorian. See May 5.

e 8:00: La Belle Danse, Daniel

Gariepy, artistic director. Fete

de Printemps - A Spring

Celebration of Baroque Dance.

Music by Lully, Campra,

Destouches, Marais,

Clerambault & Collasse.

Thomas Baird, guest dancer;

Hallie Fishel, soprano; Mary

Bella, soprano; Marcos Pujol,

bass. Hart House Theatre.

978-86681324-9118.

$22,$18.

• 8:00: North York Concert

Orchestra. Mozart: Horn

Concerto #1; Oboe Concerto;

Beethoven: Romanze in F

Major. Gifford Toole, horn;

Christina Sewerin, oboe;

Joseph Roth, violin; Douglas

Sanford, cond. Yorkwoods

Public Library, 1785 Finch

Ave. W. 905-472-5235. $8.

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Recital. Bruce Cross, organ.

227 Bloor E. 961-811 6. Free.



featuring organ student Kaori

Miyak~. 56 Queen St. East.

363-0331. Free.



Nicholas Morkel, baritone and

Catherine M. Palmer,

keyboard. Brahms: Vier Ernste

Gesange; works by Handel.

1570 Yonge St. 920-5211.

Free.

• 2:00: Russian Dance &

Music Company. Leah Posluns

Theatre. See May 14.

• 6:45: TSO Evening

Overture. Hindemith:

Woodwind Quintet; Barber:

Summer Music for Woodwind

Quintet. Virginia Markson,

Camille Watts, flute; Richard

Dorsey, oboe; Joseph

Orlowski, clarinet; Kathleen

McLean, bassoon; Marcus

Her.nigar, horn. Roy Thomson


Free with ticket to 8 pm

performance or $4.50.


Music. RCM Percussion

Ensemble, Paul Houle,- dir.

Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall,

273 Bloor St. West. 408-2824

ext.321. $4,$2.


Age of Dorian. See May 5 .

• 8:00: Daniel Janke: In a

Room CD Launch. Daniel

Janke, kora; George Koller,

bass; Rick Lazar, percussion;

Hugh Marsh, violin. Music

Gallery, 179 Richmond St.

West. 204-1080.$.15,$ 10 .

• 8:00: North York

Symphony, Kerry Stratton,

cond. Brahms: Violin Concerto;

Serenade #1; Hungarian

Dances nos. 1, 3 & 10. Arkady

Yanivker, violin. George

Weston Recital Hall, 5040

Yonge. 872-2222. $20 to $28.

• 8 :00: Song Recital. Works

by Handel, Schubert, Debussy,

Strauss & Villa Lobos. Marjorie

Sparks, soprano; Brahm

Goldhamer, piano; Barbara

Bolte, oboe; Olga von

Kranendonck, cello. First

Unitarian Congregation, 175

St. Clair West. 975-0239.

$15.

• 8:00: Susanna Hood. The

Ides of May. Dance, clown and

live music. Susanna Hood:

Four Ways of Approaching a

Door; Jes~ica • Runge: A Dance

for Six Love Songs; Anne

Marie Hood: Arc/k; Kate Alton

& Ross Manson: 3 by e.e.

Myth Productions, 1 31 5 Queen

St. East. 466-6545.$15,$10.

• 8:00: TSO. Kernis: Too Hot

Toccata; Debussy (arr. Kernis):

Piano Etudes; Barber: Piano

Concerto; Schumann:

Symphony #3, "Rhenish." Jon

Kimura Parker, piano; Hugh

Wolff, cond. Roy Thomson


$18 to $55. Post-concert chat.

· Friday' ... ..

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• 12:00 noon: Toronto

Heliconian Club. Friday Noon

Hour Concert. Music of Ben

Haim, Mozart & Scriabin.

Louise Morley, piano;

Sarabanda Piano Trio. 35

Hazelton Ave. 922-3618. Free.



• 8:00: Cathedral Church of

St. James. Bicentennial

International Organ Recital

Series. Bedard: Rhapsodie sur

le nom "Lavoie"; Bach: Sonata

I in E flat; Willan: Introduction,

Passacaglia & Fugue, e flat m;

Burge: Chorale Prelude "Nun

danket aile Gott"; Robertson:

Psalm Prelude "Caithness";

Holnian: Postlude "Vulpius";

· Jongen: Sonata Eroica pour

grande orgue; Improvisation on

given theme. Christopher

Dawes, organ. 65 Church St.

364-7865.$15,$12.

. Sdudfay

· · Mav 1;~

• 6 ;45: TSO Evening

Overture. Roy Thomson Hall.

See May 15.

• 8:00: Academy Concert

Series. "From Europe with

Love. " A programme of solo

harpsichord music. Viviana

Sofronitsky, harpsichord.

Eastminster United Church,

31 0 Danforth Ave. 778-1 941 .

$15,$9,$5.


Age of Dorian. See May 5 .

• 8:00: Music Gallery.

Campbell Foster: Toronto &

the World. Multi-medi·a,

featuring Campbell Foster,

Clifton Joseph (poet). Liu Jian

(Chinese painter). Urban

Refuse Group, Neil Brathwaite

(saxophone). Amir Shingray &

M''DR (visual artists). Dareer

(filmmaker), Avery Kalemba

(writer) & John Puchiele

(composer).Music Gallery, 179

Richmond St. W. 204-1080.

$12,$9.

• 8:00: Guitar Society of

Toronto. Antigoni Goni, guitar.

Church of the Redeemer, 162


may '97 wholenote

Bloor W. 922-8002. $15,$5.



See May 15.

· .. ·.Sunday .

.. .... May;:.~S

• 1 :30: Music at the

McMichael. John Arpin

presents a concert by a guest

musician. McMichael Canadian

Collection, 1 0365 Islington

Ave, Kleinburg. 905-893-0344

ext.265. Free with gallery

admission. ·


Coca-Cola Concert. Rebecca

Campbell, Dave Wall, Justin

Haynes. Jazz, gospel. Water's

Edge Cafe, 235 Queens Quay

W. 973-3000. Free.

• 2 :00: Scarborough Civic

Centre. Bob DeAngelis

Dixieland Band. 396-7212.


Birds: Letting the Imagination

Fly. Songs, poetry & stories by

Nathalie Vachon "Enchanting

Moments: Children's Circle"

series. 66 Wellesley E., 2nd

floor. 925-7633. Donation.



Vivaldi: Concerto for violin and

cello in B flat, Op.388;

Martinu: Concerto for piano,

violin and cello; Burbi:

Concerto for violin and piano

(World Premiere); Haydn:

Concerto for violin and

harpsichord. Maria Asteriadou,

piano; Atis Bankas, violin;

Natalia Khoma, cello; Tak-Ng

Lai, cond. George lgnatieff

Theatre, 1 5 Devonshire Place.

538-4342.$15,$12.


Anne's. Choral Evensong.

Gibbons: Magnificat and Nunc

Dimittis; Attwood; Come Holy

Ghost. 270 Gladstone Ave.

536-31 60. Free.


Music. RCM Children's Choir,

Teri Dunn, cond. Ettore

Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273


ext.321. $4,$2.


Coca-Cola Concert. Water's

Edge Cafe. See May 18.

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• 1 :30: Harbourfront Centre

Milk International Children's

Festival of the Arts. Tamakkoza:

/chi, Ni no Don! Premiere

Dance Theatre. See May 28.

• 8:00: Quatuor Helios Virtual

Percussion. Le Quan Ning:

INITIALE(S) (premiere); Andrew

Schloss: Virtual lysea

(premiere); George E. Lewis:

. virtual discourse. Esabelle

Berteletti, Jean-Christophe

Feldhandler, Florent Haladjian,

Le Ouan Ninh, percussion.

Music Gallery, 179 Richmond

St. W. 204-1080.$15,$10.

• 8:00: Toronto Heliconian

Club .. Young Artist Concert

featuring Jessica Bruser, piano.

35 Hazelton Ave. 922-3618.

$10 (students free).

~ednes.day ..

.~ ·.:. May 11 ·. ·



Recital. John Tuttle, organ.

1585 Yonge. 922-1167. Free.

• 7:00: Characters Theatre

Troupe. Wizard of Oz. Fairview

Library Theatre, 35 Fairview

Mall Dr. 905-886-9594.$10.


All That's Jazz. Rob Clutton

Quintet. Rob Clutton, bass;

Adele Armin, violin; Anthony

Michelli, drums; Tim Posgate,

guitar; Lina Allemano, trumpet.

317 Dundas W. 979-6648.

• 7:30: Toro.nto Choristers. A

community choir of 70 singing

a wide repertoire of music.

Rosedale Heights Secondary

School, 711 Bloor St. E. $7.

• 8:00: Ford Centre for the

Performing Arts. Millennium

Chamber Music Society, Scott

St. John, artistic director.

Works by Mendelssohn and

new music. Educational

program at 1:30pm. 5040

Yonge St. 872-2222.

$20,$ f7 .50,$13.50.

• 8:00: Opera Anonymous.

Menotti: The Medium. Edward

Franko, dir; stars Nina Scott

Stoddart, Heidi Breier, Gisela

Kulak & Ramona Carmelly;

Brahm Goldhamer & Robin

Wheeler, piano. Alumnae

Theatre, 70 Berkeley St. 1-

800-438-3422.$25,$20.

• 8:00: TSO. Brahms:

Symphony #3; Brahms:

Symphony #1. Gunther Herbig,

cond. Roy Thomson Hall, 60

Simcoe St. 593-4828.$18 to

$55.



· Recital. Elizabeth Anderson,

organ. 227 Bloor St. East.

961-8116. Free.



featuring organ student

Rebecca Loo. 56 Queen St.

East. 363-0331. Free.



Barbara Ackerman, Wendy

Humber Bornstein and Karen

Rymal. Works for flute, oboe

and keyboard by Bach, Berlioz

& Jones. 1570 Yonge St. 920-

5211. Free.

• 7:00: Characters. Wizard of

Oz. See May 21.

• 8:00: COBA (Collective of

Black Artists). In the Spirit- an

evening of dance and music.

With Nazka, Latin percussion

ensemble and the Orpheus

Choir of Toronto. Ford Centre

for the Performing Arts, 5040

Yonge St. 872-2222.

$15,$12.

• 8:00: NOJO: The Big. The

Small. 'And the Smooth. Music


West. 204-1080.$20,$15.


Menotti: The Medium.

Alumnae Theatre. See May 21 .

• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Le Ballet

des Plaisirs. Lully: excerpts

from Le Ballet des Plaisirs; Les

Fetes de I' Amour et de

Bacchus. Ann Monoyios,

soprano; Jeffrey Strauss,

baritone; Ken Pierce Baroque

Dance Company. Trinity-St.

Paul's United Church, 427

Bloor St. West. 964-6337.

$17 to $38.



See May 21.

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Italian Language and Culture,

Columbus Centre. S.A. T. Choir

from Trento, Italy. 901

Lawrence Ave. 789-7011.

• 7:30: Mark Mason,

piano/organ & Brenda Enns,

soprano. Music by Bach,

Handel, Clara Schumann,

Debussy, Head, Howells &

Messiaen. St. Peter's Church,

188 Carlton St. 269-8952.

$·1 0.

• · 8:00: Artword Theatre. See

May 23.

• 8:00: COBA (Collective of

Black Artists). In the Spirit- an

evening of dance and music.

With Nazka, Latin percussion

ensemble and the Orpheus

Choir of Toronto. Ford Centre,

5040 Yonge St. 872-2222.

$15,$12.

• 8:00: East York

Barbershoppers with the

Louisville Times Chorus.

Sounds Great. George Weston

Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.

905-475-5877.$20.

• 8:00: East York Symphony

Orchestra, Douglas Sanford,

dir. Sibelius: Valse Trista

Op.44; Bruch: Kol Nidrei

Op.47; Tchaikovsky:

Symphony #4 in f minor

Op.27. Karen Henderson, cello.

Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588

Bathurst St. 467-7142.

$18,$15.

• 8:00: Glenn Gould Studio.

Mississauga Children's Choir,

Elizabeth Powers, director, An

evening of classical &

contemporary choral music.

250 Front St. W. 205-5555.

10.

• 8:00: North York Guitar

Orchestra. Pachelbel: Canon;

Ary Barrosa: Brasil; Mancini:

Pink Panther; Carlos Gradel:

Par Una Cabeza; Rodrigo:

Concierto de Aranjuez -

Adagio; Tribute to the 1 940s;

Juan Tomas: Farruca from the

Flamenco Guitar Concerto;

Flamenco Guitar mini-recital.

Juan Tomas, flamenco gui~ar.

Armour Heights Chrurch, 105

Wilson Avenue. 485-4000.

$12,$8.


Menotti: The Medium.

Alumnae Theatre. See May 21.

A Spring Selection of Chamber Music

MARTA& IRYNA KRECHKOVSKY, violins

JANUSZ BOROWIEC, cello

Saturday, May 24, 1997, 8 p.m.

St. Thomas Anglican Church, 383 Huron St.

Tickets: at the door $16,$13, (in advance$12)

children under 12 free

Info: (416) 963-9113 or 538-0935

• 8:00: Orchestra da Camera

Toronto. Works by \(ivaldi,

Boccherini, Mozart, Elgar,

Tchaikovsky, Bartok & Holst.

Marta & lryna Krechkovsky,

violin; Janusz Borowiec, cello.

Saint Thomas's Church, 383

Huron. 963-9113/538-0935.

$16,$13,$12.

• '8:00: Tafelmusik. Le Ballet

des Plaisirs. Trinity-St. Paul's.

See May 22.



See May 21.

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.. : ...·May 28. ·.... _.·.·. ·


Spirit of Shakuhachi. Debbie

· Danbrook plays on the

Japanese bamboo flute. 66

Weflesley E., 2nd floor. 925-

7633.$10,$5.

• 2:00: Arts and Letters Club.

Sunday Afternoon with Mark

Gurovsky, piano. Schumann:

Bunte Blatter Op.99; Theme

and Variations on the name

"Abegg" Op.1; Prokofiev: ·

Sonata #4 Op.29; (From Old

Notebooks); Sonata #7 Op.83.

14 Elm St. 423-8591.

$22,$15.

• 2:00: Glenn Gould Studio.

Vilnius String Quartet &

Friends. Chausson: Concerto

for Violin, Piano & String

Quartet; Ciurlionis: String

Quartet in c minor;

Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in

D major Op.11 #1. Atis

Bankas, violin; Golda

may '97 wholenote

Wainberg-Tatz, piano. 205-

5555. $25,20, 15.


Coca-Cola Co'ncert. Slowpoke.

Blues, ragtime, country, cajun,

zydeco & pop. Eddie Baltimore

& Mitch Wallace, electric,

acoustic, slide & lap steel

guitars, dobra, mandolin,

mandala, bass, dulcimer,

vocals; Bruce Longman, b

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Concert with 500 bell ringers,

Hart Morris, cond. Tait

McKenzie Centre, York

University. 905-686-5676.$5.

• 8:00: Patrons of Wisdom.

1997 Competition for

Advanced Music Study Gala

Winners Concert. Host: Alex

Baran. Glenn Gould Studio,

250 Front St. W. 205-5555.

$25,$15.

. Monday

· · May; 26

• 6:00: Three Storey Cabaret.

Maza Meze (Arabic & Greek

ensemble); Subtonic Monks;

Andrea Koziol & Bill Brennan; R

& R. Auction & concert to

benefit Music Gallery,

Musicworks, Danceworks &

Inner City Angels. Music


West. 204-1080. Admission

by donation to the auction or

$1 51one ticket; 2 or

more/$12.50 each.

• 8:00: Rhos Male Voice

·Choir. An Evening of Song.

Hosted by Toronto Welsh Male

Voice Choir. Fairlawn United

Church, 28 Fairlawn Ave. 752-

5219/782-7169.$12.


Orchestra. La$t Night of the

Proms. Program includes:

Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S.

Pinafore (excerpts); Parry:

Jerusalem; Elgar: Pomp and

Circumstance March #1. Linda

Maguire, mez.zo soprano;

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir;

Bramwell Tovey, cond., Roy

Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.

593-4828. $30 to $55 ..


Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hall .

See May 26.

• 9:00: CCMC. Music Gallery.

See May 6.

Wedne~day · . .

· · May; 28. ... ·.



Recital. Eric Robertson, organ.

1585 Yonge St. 922-1167.

Free.

• 1 :30: Harbourfront Centre


Festival of the Arts. Tamakkoza:

lc/;li, Nino Don! Rhythm,

spectacle & humour combined

with taiko drumming. Premiere

Dance Theatre, 207 Queen's

Quay·W. 973-4000. $7

weekday ticket.

• 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto

Symphony Orchestra. Roy

Thomson Hall. See May 26.

Matinee $18 to $40; evening

$30to $55.

• 7:00: Characters. Wizard of

Oz. See May 21.


All That's Jazz. Michael

Occhipinti, guitar; Jim Vivian,

bass; Rob Piltch, baritone

guitar. 317 Dundas St. W.

979-6648. Free with gallery

admission·.

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· : · May 29. · · ·:·

• 11 :45am: Harbourfront

Centre Milk International

Children's Festival of the Arts.

Cello Man - Faustwork Mask

Theatre. Stories, anecdotes,

songs, poems & masks.

Eugene Friesen, cello & actor.

Studio Theatre, York Quay

Centre, 235 Queen's Quay W.

973-4000. $7 weekday ticket.



Recital. Jonathan Oldengarm,

organ. 227 Bloor St. East.

961-8116. Free.

• 12:30: Noonday Chamber

Music at Christ Church. Duo·

Argenta: Louise Hanly, flute

and Michel Allard, piano.

Works by Bach, Berkley &

Burton. 1570 Yonge St. 920-

5211. Free.



Festival of the Arts Gala.

Tamakko-za. An evening of

musical theatre _presented by

this Japanese dance & music

comRany. Premiere Dance

Theatre, 207 Queen's Quay

w. 973-4000. $10.

• 8:00: Inspiration Performing

Arts Company. Soloist of the

SHEVCHENKO MUSICAL ENSEMBLE

IN CONCERT

Canada's only male chorus,

mandolin orchestra and

dance troupe, the

Shevchenlw Musical Ensemble

remembers the traditions of Uluaine

and other peoples of Canada

in a rich repertoire of song, music and dance

from folk to contemporary to classical

•

Sunday, May 25 • 2 p.m.

MacMillan Theatre

Orchestra$16 (seniors $14/students $8)

Balcony $12 (seniors $10/students $6)

Call (416)533-2725 • VISA orders accepted

Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.

Music by Verdi, Handel,

Borodin, Rimsky-Koraskov,

Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky.

Vladimir Boukin, dramatic

baritone; Marina Belova, piano.

Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front

St. East. 366-7723/239-0973.

$28 to $39; group rates

available.

• 8:00: Inspiration Performing

Arts. Company. Soloists of the

Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.

Vladimir Boukin, dramatic

baritone; Marina Belova, piano.

Jane Mallet Theatre, 27 Front

St. East. 366-7723/234-9861.

$39,$35.



See May 26.

$15,$12, group rates

available.

• 8:00: Etobicoke Cent ennial

Choir. Love and Laughter

Cabaret. A selection of

partsongs, madrigals &

contemporary choral

arrangements on the theme of

love and laughter. Followed by

a 30th Anniversary Party.

Stewart East Hall, Islington

United Church, 25

Burnhamthorpe Rd. 621-2813.

$12,$9.

• 8:00: Toronto Camerata,

Arthur Wenk, cond. with the

Toronto Jewish Folk Choir.

Third Folksong Festival. Songs

from Canada, the U.S. & Great

Britain, and Brahms: Sieben

Lieder. St. Leonard's Church,

25 Wanless Ave. 905-841-

6482.$10, $7.

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$18to $38.

• 8:00: Annex Singers, Brad

Ratzlaff, music director. Come

to the Cabaret. Broadway

tunes and sing-along. Trinity

St. Paul's United, 427 Bloor

St. West. 922-4954.$1 0 ;$6.

• 8:00: Brampton Symphony

Orchestra. Bradley Thachuk,

dir. Mozart in May. Mozart:

Horn Concerto #3; Symphony

#29; R.A.Baker: newly

composed piece based on a

Mozart theme. Heritage •

Theatre, 86 Main Street N.,

905-874-2800.$15,13.

• 8:00: Classic Jazz Society

of Toronto. Paris Washboard

may '97 wholenote

Band. Polish Combatant's

Association Hall, 206 Beverley

St. 485-5489.$20,$15.

• 8:00: Etobicoke Centennial

Choir. Love and Laughter

Cabaret. Stewart East Hall,

Islington United Church. See

May 30.


Arthur Wenk, cond. with

Volunge Toronto Lithuanian

Chorus. Third Folksong

Festival. Songs from Canada,

the U.S. & Great Britain +

Brahms: Sieben .Lieder. Church

of St. Martin in-the-Fields, 1 51

Glenlake Ave. 905-841-6482.

$10,$7.

First Five

wholenote' s listings-in-brief for the first five days of

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• 1 O:OOam & 1 :30: - changes, details, and additions.

Harbourfront Centre Milk S y J N 1 • 2:30: The Canadian

International Children's Festival • 11 :30: Harbourfront Centre UNDA U E Singers, Harvey Patterson, dir.

of the Arts. Tamakko-za: /chi, Milk International Children's • 11 :30: Harbourfront Centre Song for Canada. Talley: Song

Nino Don! Premiere Dance Festival of the Arts. Fred Milk International Children's for Canada; arr. Bray: Song of

Theatre. See May 28. Penner with the Earl Haig Festival of the Arts. Fred • the Deer; Rogers: Bluenose;.

• 11 :45

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.---------------, Josefowicz, violin; Marin

Alsop, cond. Roy Thomson


$18 to $40.


Anne's. Abendmusic. An

English Garden.' A concert of

English Songs presented by St.

Anne's staff, soloists and

friends. St. Anne's Church,

270 Gladstone Ave. 536-

3160. Free.

TUESDAY JUNE 3

• 12:00 noon: Northern

Encounters. Safri Duo. Music

by Norgaard, Fuzzy & Pape.

Uffe Savery and Morten Friis,

percussion. Glenn Gould

Studio, 250 Front St. W. 205-

5555. Free.

• 8:00: Golomb Concert

Management. Folke Grasbeck,

Internationally acclaimed

Jamaican-Canadian pianist

ALAN HOBBINS performs

at the Glenn Gould Studio.

Sunday June 1, at 3:00pm,

presented by Jamaica

Jamboree

"A superb pianist with poetic

elegance ... refined technique

and clarity of tone "

L-----------...J piano with Alexander

Beethoven: 32 Variations in c

minor; Chopin: Sonata #2 in b

flat minor (Funeral); Andante

Spianato arid Grande

Polonaise; Liszt: Paganini

Variations; Mephisto Waltz.

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front

St. W. 205-5555. $H3.


Arthur Wenk, cond. with the

Shevchenko Male Chorus.

Third Folksong Festival. Songs

from Canada, the U.S. & Great

Britain, and Brahms: Sieben

Lieder. St. Aidan's Church, 70

Silver Birch Ave. 905-841-

6482.$10,$7. '

• 7:30: Chamberworks.

Tovey: Variations on a theme

by Gluck, Op.28; Weber: Trio

in g, Op.63; Brahms: Piano

Quintet in f, op.34. Suzanne

Shulman, flute; Valerie Tryon,

piano. Theatre Aquarius, 1 90

King William St. Hamilton.

905-522-7529.

• 7:30: Opera Division,

University of Toronto &

Symphonic Workshops Ltd. A

Night at the Opera. Fundraising

concert of Opera favourites.

York Woods Library Theatre,

1785 Finch Ave. W. 291-

4542. $15,$12.

• 7:30: York Classics

Ensemble, Andrew Slonetsky,

director. With Hearts and

Voices. A festival of traditional

hymns across the

denominations. Proceeds to

local food banks. St. Elizabeth

Seton Church, 17955 Leslie

St, Newmarket. 905-727-

8704. $10,$8.

MONDAY JUNE 2


Orchestra. Tower: Fanfare for

the Uncommon Woman;

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto;

Copland: Symphony #3. Leila

Tse/yakov. Fairview Library

Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall

Dr.636-8498. ·

• 8:00: Jewish Music

Toronto. Zimriya.

Commissioned work: Barnes:

Sefarad. Massed choir. Adath

Israel Synagogue, 37

Southbourne. 636-1880

ext.231 . Admission by

voluntary contribution.

• 8:00: North York Concert

Series. Music of Chopin,

Sibelius, Poulenc, Tchaikovsky,

Shostakovich. Folke Grasbeck,

solo piano; Alexander

Tselyakov & Folke Grasbeck,

piano duo. Fairview Library

Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall

Drive. 636-8498. $16,$12.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 4

• 12:00: Northern

Encounters. Band of the Royal

Danish Life Guards, with Safri

Duo. Nathan Phillips Square,

1 00 Queen Street West. 214-

1451. Free.



Recitaf.'Karen Rymal, organ;

Wendy Humber Bornstein,

oboe. 1585 Yonge St. 922-

1167. Free.


All That's Jazz. Sean Bray with

Jim Vivian & Kevin Dempsey.

317 Dundas St. W. 979-6608.

Free with gallery admission.

• 8:00: Northern Encounters.

Micha/a Petri, recorder;

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.

Program to include Kulesha.

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Talk.


5040 Yonge St. 872-2222.

$35,$30,$23.

THURSDAY JUNE S


Encounters. GrypfJOn Trio.

Works by Grieg, Smetana &

Kulesha. Glenn Gould Studio,

250 Front St. W. 205-5555.

Free.


Encounters. New Jungle

Orchestra with The Nordic

Five. Co-resenter, Royal Danish

Embassy. Nathan Phillips

Square, 1 00 Queen Street

West. 214-1451. Free.



Recital. Eric Robertson, organ.

227 Bloor St. East. 961-811 6.

Free.

• 12:30: Noonday Chamber

Music at Christ Church. Valerie

Sylvester and fan Grundy.

Music for baroque violin,

harpsichord & organ. 1570

Yonge St. 920-5211. Free.

• 2:00: Toronto Senior

Strings, Victor Feldbrill, cond.

Sammartini: Sinfonia in F;

Mozart: Divertimento K.137;

Weinzweig: Interlude in an

Artist's Life; Debussy: Prelude

to the Afternoon of a Faun;

Grieg: Two Elegaic Melodies;

Dag Wiren: Serenade for

Strings. Lori· Gemmell, harp;

Steven Wassmansdprf,

percussion. St. Andrew's

Church, 75 Simcoe St. 488-

9452/769-5071. $1 o .

• 6:45: TSO Classic lntros

pre-concert talk. The Music of

Jean Sibe/ius. Rick Phillips,

host, talks to conductor Jukka

Pekka Saraste. Roy Thomson


Free with ticket to the 8 p.m.

performance or $4.50 per

ticket.

• 8:00: Northern Encounters.

Band of the Royal Danish Life

Guards. Classical and popular

repertoire including music by

Carl Neilsen and Leonard

Bernstein. Metropolitan United

Church, 56 Queen Street East.

Information 214-1451, tickets

872-4255. $18.

• 8:00: Quatternion. Works

by Brahms, Faure & Schubert.

Sorim 0, piano; Corey

Gemmell, violin; Samuel

Yeung, viola; Thomas Mueller,

cello. George Weston Recital

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 872-

2222. $12 to $25.


Orchestra. Schafer: The Darkly

Splendid Earth: The Lonely

Traveller; Sibelius: Kullervo.

Jacques lsraelievitch, violin;

Mari Anne Haggander,

soprano; Esa Ruutunen,

baritone; The Polytech Choir of

Finland; Jukka-Pekka Saraste,

cond. Roy Thomson Hall, 60

Simcoe St. 593-4828. $20 to

$60. Free post-concert lobby

chat."

QUATTERNION

Thursday June 5 1997

· 8:00PM

George Weston Recital Hall

Ford Centre

for the Performing Arts

Sorim 0, piano

Corey Gemmell, v1olin

Samuel Yeung, viola

Thomas Mueller, cello

performing works by

Brahms, Faure & Schubert

tickets at Box Office/Ticketmaster

call 872-2222

BIG NIGHT

FOR THE IRC

A gala benefit of Italian food and song

for the International Resource Centre

for Performing Artists,

re-creating the 1950s cocktail atmosphere

of Stanley Tucci's film, Big Night

Monday, June 16 at The Docks

11 Polson Street (off Cherry Street)

•Win an opera-lover's dream trip for two to Italy and other

great door prizes. • Antipasto, Cash Bar, Screening of Bi!J

Night. • Stuart Hamilton emcees live entertainment, featunng

. Soprano Millicent Scarlett, Mezzo-Soprano Linda Maguire

and more • Seven Course Italian Feast with Deborah

Disabatino, food stylist for Big Night

$100 per person, $150 per couple, $75 per couple if entering

the Timballo d'Abruzzo Competition, $150 for Patrons

(416) 362-1422.

The IRC is a non-profit, charitable organization that helps

performing artists establish thriving careers.


may '97 wholenote·

Previously published profil,:ts

of the 62 members listed here

are available by calling the

wholenote office

Academy Concert Series,

Aldeburgh Connection,

Amadeus Choir,

Amadeus Ensemble,

Aradia Baroque Ensemble,

Arbor Oak Trio,

Artword Theatre,

Associates of the TSO,

Bach Children's Chorus,

Canadian Children's

Opera Chorus,

Canadian Music Centre,

Canadian Music Competitions

Chamber Music by Candlelight,

Concentus Arts,

East York Symphony,

Elmer lseler Singers,

Elora Festival,

Ensemble Unterwegs,

Esprit Or.chestra,

Etobicoke Community Concert Band

Forq Centre for the

Performing Arts,

40 fingers saxophone quartet

Hannaford Street Silver Band, ·

High Park Girls Choir,

International Resource Centre for

Performing Artists,

Mississauga Choral Society,

Mooredale Concerts,

Muse Productions,

Music at the Big Church

Music at Metropolitan,

Musica Viva and friends

Music Gallery,

MUSIC TORONTO,

Music Umbrella,

National Music Camp of Canada,

new music concerts,

New School of Vocal Studies,

Off Centre Music Series,

Opera Atelier,

Opera Anonymous,

Opera Division (U. of T.),

Organ Alternatives,

Orpheus Choir of Toronto,

St Andrew Chorale,

Saint Paul's Anglican Church

Scarborough Philharmonic,

Shevchenko Mu·sical Ensemble,

Sine Nomine Ensemble,

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Tallis

Choir .,of Toronto,

Toronto Canadian Chinese

Artists Centre,

Toronto Consort,

Toronto Early Music Centre,

Toronto Latvian Concert Association

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir,

Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir,

Toronto Mozart Society,

Toronto Operetta Theatre,

Toronto Senior Strings,

Toronto Sinfonietta,

Women's Musical Club of Toronto,

Yip's Children's Choir ·

Beii'Arte . .

and T JFC

NEWEST MEMBERS

IN THE WHOLENOTE FOLD

A warm welcome to our two new members this month, the

Bell'Arte Singers and the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir.

While our comprehensive concert listings are free to all

presenters, members or not, our members occupy a special place in

our scheme of things. Members enjoy substantial discounts on

display advertising, and 'we publish (l 150 word. profile of each

member, at the time of joining and again in our bumper

July I August issue.- That summer issue thereby becomes a

comprehensive who's who of music in and around Toronto, a

useful reference guide all through the 1997-98 season.

BELL'ARTE SINGERS

R.P.O. Box 73040

2131 Lawrence Ave. E.

Scarborough, Ontario

M1.R 5G5

Tel.: 416-485-8656

Fax: 416-485-8684

E-mail: jcutler @interlog.com

Artistic director: Lee Willingham

Contact person: Jane Cutler

Founded nine years ago by Lee

Willingham and a group of

dedicated colleagues, this little

chamber choir has grown into a

fine ensemble of 45-50 singers with

an establlished following of

"subscribers. Along with guest

appearances and broadcasts, the

Bell'Arte Singers present three

concerts annually and feature a

wide ra nge of repertoire, from

early music to contemporary.

Organist Ian Sadler is the

Bell'Arte Singers' accompanist. Ian

has joined with the choir on two

recordings, A Childe is Born

featuring music of the Christmas

season, both ancient and modern,

and A Sacred Concert, a collection

of motets, anthems and spirituals

recorded in Toronto's historic Holy

Trinity Church.

This season featured a

concert performance of Eric

Robertson's dramatic oratorio

Hasten to Come before Winter; with

Richard Ouzounian, narrator on

March 29, 1997, 7:30P.M. at St.

Paul's Anglican Church , Bloor

Street. And on Saturday, May 10,

1997, 8:00P.M. at Yorkminster

Park Baptist Church the Bell'Arte

Singers concludes its season with

Schubert's Mass in E flat and

Faure's Req!J,iem.

For tickets ;md information phone

416-699-5979.

TORONTO JEWISH FOLK CHOIR

95 Redwood Ave.

Toronto, Ontario

M4L 255

Phone: 778-8878

Fax: 778-4603 or 789-5981

e-mail: shkaplan@sympati~o.ca

Artistic Direct or: Esther Ghan-Firestone

Contact Person: S. Howard Kaplan

The Toronto Jewish Folk Choir

was founded in 1925 by Jewish

immigrant factory workers who

wanted to remember the songs of

the "old country".

Today our aim is to help

keep alive our secular Yiddish

heritage and experience while

enhancing contemporary J ewish

culture.

The Choir's repertoire

includes folk and working-class

songs, compositions inspired by

classic Yiddish literature,

interna tional folk songs, classical

music on Jewish themes, and

commissioned works by Canadian

composers.

Our Annual concert in

May is the highlight qf our busy

performing season. This year's

featured work, Fantasy on J ewish

themes, was commissioned from

renowned c9mposer, Milton

Barnes, and was enthusiastically

rec~ ived ·when the Choir

premiered it in 1993.

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Next deadline for (un)classifieds is May 20 1997.

Cello lessons. Experienced and

enthusiastic teacher. Near

subway. Simone, 463-0319.

Clarinet/sax/flute/Recorder/

oboe/bassoon lessons:

Professional doubler will teach

all levels. Start or continue

learning, for your child or

yourself, with an expert. Robin

Howell, 534-6538.

Concert band - The newly

formed Festival Wind

Orchestra seeks new members.

lntermed. level on band

instrument and/or band

experience. Rehearsals

Tuesday 7:30pm

Newtonbrooke Secondary in

North York. Information, please

call416-491-1683.

Cuban experienced

percussionist and orchest ral

conductor seeks fIt or p/t

position. Avail. for rehearsals,

class, concerts--any ensemble

requiring conductor. Call

ALFREDO, 41 6-253-1 81 2 .

Do you want to improve your

clarinet playing? Instruction, all

levels and ages. Improvement

guaranteed. Nicolai Tarasov,

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Experienced choral/orchestral

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any ensemble requiring a

conductor. Phone 1-800-867-

3281 for a complete resume or

further information.

Flute and recorder instruction.

Allan Pulker, B.A. B.Ed. 603-

3786.

Have you ever wanted to sing,

thougl)t you wouldn't or

couldn't, or do you just want a

place to play with the

possibilities of your voice.

Small groups. 6- $75.

Johanne, 461-8425.

Lloyd Garber teaches guitar.

Creative approach. Absolute

beginners to working

professionals. Must be

enthusiastic. Pop, Jazz, Blues,

Original Chords, lead, reading,

improvisation, fingerboard,

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Strett, 393-7692

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Roncesvalles, 393-7671

•N. District, 40

Orchardview, 393-7610

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Street West, 393-7686

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DOWNTOWN WEST:

{Lake to CPR tracks,

Bathurst to A venue

Rd.!Univ. Ave.)

Ace Bakery, 548 King St.

w. 506-1517

Alliance Francaise, 24

Spadina Rd. 922-2014

Around Again, 18 Baldwin

St. 979-2822

Art Gallery of Ontario, 31 7

Dundas St. W. 979-6608

Bloor Street United Church,

300 Bloor W. 924-7439

Bob Miller Book Room, 1 80

Bloor W. 922-3557

Cafe des Arts, 80 Spadina

Ave. 504-4071

Chalmers Building, 35

McCaul St. 599-7880

Church of the Messiah,

240 Avenue Rd. 929-5272

Coffee Hut, 11 9 Spadina

Ave. 979-0079

Constant Reader, 111

Harbord St. 972-0661

Dance Umbrella, 490

Adelaide St. W. 504-6429

Faculty of Music, U. ofT.,

80 Queen's Pa rk Cres.

978-3744

Gaston's, 35 Baldwin St.

596-0278

Gary Armstrong

Woodwinds, 720 Bathurst

St., Suite 502, 535-6000

Glenn Gould Studio, 250

Front St. W.

Green Room, 497 Bloor

W.(rear)

Idler Pub, 255 Davenport

Rd. 962-0195

Imagine, 96 Spadina Ave.

504-2379

Italian Cultural Institute,

496 Huron St. 921-3802

Liivoja-Lorius Strings, 54

Widmer St. 593-5343

M-00, 110 Spadina Ave.

Music Gallery, 179

Richmond W. 204-1 080

Newman Centre, 89 St.

George St. 979-2468

0-Boy, 287 Richmond St.

w. 971-5812

Pages, 256 Queen St." W.

598-1447

Remenyi, 210 Bloor W.

961-3111

Roy Thomson Hall Music

Store, 60 Simcoe St. 593-

4822, ext.358

Royal Conservatory Book

Store, 273 Bloor W. 597-

9809

Royal Conservatory Vocal,

Choral, Opera Store, 21 0

Bloor W. 968-7236

Seekers Books, 509 Bloor

w. 925-1982

She Said Boom, 372

College St. 944-3224

Tik Talk Cafe, 96 Harbord

St. 964-641 4

Tor. Arts Council, 141

Bathurst, 392-6800

Trinity-St. Paul's Centre,

427 Bloor W. 922-4954

St. Thomas's Church, 383

Huron, 979-2323

Zupa' s Deli, 342 Y2

Adelaide St. W. 593-2775

AREA 3)

DOWNTOWN EAST:

Lake to CPR tracks; e.

from A venue Rd.!Univ.

Ave. to Don Valley

Arts and Letters Club, 14

Elm St. 597-0223

Ashley & Crippen

Photographers. 200

Davenport Rd. 925-2222

Bay Bloor Radio, 44

Charles St. 967-1122

Book Cellar, 142 Yorkville,

925-9955

Cabbagetown Community

Arts Centre, 454

Parliament, 925-7222

Caffe Volo, 587 Yonge St.

928-0008

Canadian Children's Dance

Theatre, 509 Parliament,

924-5657

Canadian Music Centre,

20 St. Joseph, 961 -6601

Church of the Redeemer,

162 Bloor St. W. 922-4948

Classical Record Shop, 55

Avenue Rd. 961-8999

Concert Hall Classical COs,

Commerce Ct. 861-8327

George Heinl & Co. Ltd.

201 Church St. 363-0093

Goethe Institute, 1067

Yonge, 924-3327

HMV, 333 Yonge St. 596-

0333

Hummingbird Centre, 1

Front St. E. 393-7474

L' Atelier Grigorian, 70

Yorkville Ave. 922c647

Librairie Champlain, 468

Queen St. E. 364-4345

McGill Club, 21 McGill St.

977-4122

Metropolitan Toronto

Reference Library, 789

Yonge St. 393-7196

Mocha Joe's Coffee House,

399 Church St. 971-6356

Mooredale House, 1 46

Crescent Rd. 922-6614

Ontario Arts Council, 1 51

Bloor W. 961-1660

Ontario Choral Federation,

100 Richmond St. E. #200,

363-7488

Orchestras· Ontario, 56 The

Esplanade, 366-8834

,Pam's Coffee & Tea, 585

Church St. 923-7267

Ro"sedale Presbyterian

Church, 129 Mount

Pleasant Rd. 921-1931

Sam the Record Man, 347

Yonge St.

Shar Music, 26 Cumberland

St. 960-8494

Shoppers' Drug Mart, 467

Parliament, 925-4121

Sound Post, 93 Grenville

St. 971 -6990

Spanish Centre, 40

Hayden, 515-2755

St. Andrew's Church, 117

Bloor St. E. 929-0811

St. James' Cathedral, 65

Church St. 369-0020

St. Paul's Church, 227

Bloor St. E. 961 -8116

Theatrebooks, 11 St.

Thomas St., 922-7175

T.O. Tix, 208 Yonge St.

596-8211

Westcott Noy Wood-winds,

1 Yorkville Ave. 972-0606

AREA4)

UPTOWN:

{CPR tracks to just south

of Eglinton, Bathurst to

Don Valley)

Christ Church Deer Park,

1570 Yonge St. 920-5211

Church of the

Transfiguration, 111 Manor

Rd. E. 489-7798

Clairhurst Pharmacy, 1466 · ·

Bathurst St. 538-7788

Deer Park United Church,

129 St. Clair Ave. W.

Evergreen Natural Foods,

513 St. Clair Ave. W.

·future Bakery, 1535 Yonge

St. 944-1253

Grace Church on-the-Hill,

300 Lonsdale Rd. 488-

7884

Harmony, 711 Mount

Pleasant Rd. 440:1386

Music Book Store, 1 22

Laird Dr. 696-2850

Musica, 23 Brentcliffe Rd.

#345, 696-0905

Sam the Record Man, 1500

Yonge St. 324-8624 .

Second Cup, 630 Mt.

Pleasant, 488-3502

Second Cup, 1595

Bayview Ave. 484-8825

Toronto Musicians'

Association, 101

Thorncliffe Pk. Dr. 421-

1020

Village Idiot, 392 Y2

Spadina Rd. 488-8987

Writers and Co.

Booksellers, 2005 Yonge

St. 481-8432

Y orkminster Park Baptist

Church, 1585 Yonge St.

922-1167

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NORTH TORONTO:

{Eglinton to 40 1,

Islington to Victoria Park)

Allegro Music, 2045

Avenue Rd. 483-7203

Choral Store, 1 70 The

Donway W. 446-7440

Concert Hall Classical COs,

Don Mills Ctre. 446-7386

Contact Editions, 2289

Yonge, 322-0777

Dave Snider Music, 3225

Yonge, 483-5825

Edward's Record World,

2359 Yonge St. 489-1144

Great Metropolitan Sound,

120 Eglinton Ave. W. 484-

0800

Java Fever, 994 Eglinton

w. 787-0293

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Main IDA, 204 7 Avenue

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North Toronto Institute of

Music, 550 Eglinton Ave.

East, 488-2588

St. John's Music, 1650

Avenue Rd. 785-5000

Vortex Records, 2309

Y onge St. 483-7 43 7

AREA 6)

WEST TORONTO:

(Lake to Eglinton,

Humber River to

Bathurst)

Alternative Grounds, 333


Ballet Creole, 1087 Queen

St. W. 588-8242

Book Barrel. 2284 Bloor St.

w. 767-7417

Butler's Pantry, 371


Church of St. Martin-in-the

Fields, 1 51 Glenlake Ave.

762-0493

Claviers Baroques, 1 09

Fuller Ave. 538-3062

Coffee Tree, 241 2 Bloor

St. W. 767-1077

Gate 403, 403


HMV; Sherway Gdns. Mall,

25 The West Mall, 620-

6870

Jimmy Mack's Bar and

Grill, 416A Roncesvalles,

538-3626

Long and McQuade, 925

Bloor St. W. 588-7886

Mad Apples Restaurant,

2197 Bloor St. W. 761-

1971

Mezzrow's, 1546 Queen

St. W. 535-4906

Novum-Multum, 97


Recorder Centre, 984

Dovercourt, 534-7931

Robin Howell Woodwinds,

11 9 Macdonell, 534-6538

Rustic Cosmo Cafe, 1278

Queen St. W. 531-4924

St. Mary's Art Centre, 40

Westmoreland Ave. 532-

6571

Strictly Bulk, 924 Bloor St.

W. 533-3242

Strictly Bulk, 2389 Bloor

St. W. 766-3319

The Tennessee Restaurant,

1554 Queen St. W. 532-

2570

Video Cafe, 73


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EAST TORONTO:

(Lake to Eglinton Don

Valley to Victoria Park)

Booksmith, 2012B Queen

E. 698-4768

Concorde Speakers &

Electronics, 1392 Danforth

Ave. 461-3962

Hello Toast, 993 Queen St.

E. 778-7299

Kew Beach Cleaners, 2020

Queen St. E. 6.99-3022

Loomis & .Toles, 2056

Danforth Ave. 422-2443 · ·

Mediterra Fine Foods, 1 21 6

Danforth Ave. 466-8885

Mocha-Mocha Cafe, 489

DanforthAve. 778-7896

Music Chamber, 217

Danforth Ave.

Philip Davis, Luthier, 67

Wolverleigh Blvd. 466-

9619

Roastery Coffee House,

2018 Queen St. E. 698-

5090

St. Luke's Anglican

Church, 904 Coxwell

Avenue, 421-6878.

Sarah's Cafe, 1426

Danforth, 406-3121

Strictly Bulk, 638 Danforth

Ave. 466-6849

Twelfth Fret, 2229

Danforth, 694-81 62

Video Variables, 864

Millwood Rd. 423-0077

Y.C. Chau & Sons Pianos,

1386 Danforth Ave. 465-

2674

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ETOBICOKE:

(Lake to 401, Metro City

Limits e. to the Humber)

Etobicoke Conservatory of

Music, 4 7 46A Dundas St.

w. 232-1245

Kingsway Conservatory of

Music, 3086 Bloor St. W.

234-0121

Lebar School of Music, 2

Willingdon, 239-4253

Monfgomery's Inn, 4709

Dundas St. W. 394-8113

Second Cup, 3012 Bloor

St. W. 232-9553

AREA 9)

SCARBOROUGH:

(Lake to 40 1, Victoria

Park e. to Metro city

limits)

Bluffs Gallery, 1871

Kingston Rd. 698-7322

Musicademy, 11 40 Bellamy

Rd. 431-1873

Music Trends, 1071

Midland Ave. 285-4990

Scarborough College, 1 265

Military Trail.

Scarborough Music Co.

1051 Kingston Rd. 699-

8333

Scarborough Village

Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd.

396-4049 '

Y.C. Chau 8t Sons Pianos,

4211 Sheppard Ave. E.,

Unit 210, 293-3389

AREA 10)

NORTH YORK:

(40 1 to Steeles, w. city

limits to e. city limits)

Cosmo Music Warehouse,

4544 Sheppard Avenue

East, 293-7739

Ford Centre for the

Performing Arts, 5040

Yonge St.

Mikrokosmos, 314

Churchill, 224-1956

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GTA WEST

Oakville Central Public

Library, 120 Navy Street,

1-905-81 5-2042

Oakville Centre for the

Performing Arts, 130 Navy

Street, 1-905-338-4200

Petrof Piano Centre, 776

Dundas St. E. Mississauga,

905-896-0776

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Chapters Books, Woodside

Centre, Unionville, 905-

477-1756


9201 Yonge (Richmond

Hill) , 905 889-6382


11 2 Newkirk (Richmond

Hill). 905 770-5222

Euromusic Centre, 2651

John St. Markham, 905-

946-8040

G.& K. Tax Services,

1 0212B Yonge St.

Richmond Hill, 905-508-

4274

New City Playhouse, 1 000

New Westminster Dr. ·

Thornhill, 905-709-4057

Stream School of Music,

8763 Bayview Ave. 905-

886-7480 .

Thornhill School of String

Teaching, 55 Doncaster

Ave. #170

Twilite Restaurant, 126

Wellington St. W. Aurora,

905-841-7715

Yip's Music Centre, 28

Crown Steel Dr. Markham,

905-764-9339

Yip's Music Centre, 9011

Leslie St. Richmond Hill,

905-764-9339

Yip's Musi~ Centre, 8100

Yonge St. Vaughan, 905-

881-9333

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YOUTH SERVED

Later in the month the

Patrons of Wisdom

competition, involving a

variety of instrumental

performers will take place

May 24 at the George

lgnatieff Theatre with a

recital by .the winners .the

next day at the Glenn

Gould Studio.

For tickets & information,

call 225-4 750.

ORGAN DAY AND NIGHT

Two other noteworthy

organ events are the Royal

Canadian College of

Organists organ day on

Saturday, May 3 all day

(see EtCetera File) and the .

Cathedral Church of St.

James Bicentennial

International Organ Recital

Series featuring St. James'

Cathedral organist, ·

Christopher Dawes, on

May 16.

WELCOME BACK, SUSAN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEAN

Many music-lovers

remember the recorder and

baroque flute playing of

Susa~ Prior Carduelis.

She will be back on May 10

helping the Arbor Oak

Trio celebrate the actual

300th birthday of French

composer, Jean Marie

Leclair with a concert of his

music at Calvin

Presbyterian Church. ·

fiREBIRD AND GUITAR

Th~ same night (alas! - we

have 21 events listed the

evening of May 1 0) the

Scarborough

Philharmonic Orchestra,

with guest conductor,

Jerome Summers, hosts

an all-too-rare appearance

by guest soloist, guitarist

Norbert Kraft, in a .

program featuring

Stravinsky's Firebird and

Rodrigo's Concierto de

Aranjuez.

And for a unique guitar

'experience, get out to hear

the North York Guitar

Orchestra, with their

leader and solo guitarist,

Juan Tomas, in an evening

of orchestral music

transcribed for guitars,

including the Adagio

movement of the Concierto

de Aranjuez, on May 24.

CHORAL ENCOUNTERS

Involved in choral music?

· You may be interested in

the final concert of the

Fifth International

Conductors Symposium, .

May 11: The Toronto

Children's Chorus and

Toronto Symphony Youth

Orchestra will be

conducted by some of the

participating conductors in

the Symposium. Teachers

interested in auditing

sessions can arrange to do

so by phoning the TCC at

932-8666.

Hi MOM!

Five hundred (yes, 500! -

one of them is wholenote

publisher Pulker's mother)

bell ringers will clock in

May 26 for a concert of the

Ontario Guild of English

Handbell Ringers at York

University.

NORTHERN ENCOUNTERS

June 3rd is the beginnning

of an ambitious three and a

half week long Northern

Encounters Festival,

celebrating and presenting

the art and culture of the

nations that border the

Arctic Circle. More about

this in our next issue. For

more information, call 214-

1451.

ALL THROUGH THE MONTH

Mining our listings turns up .

interesting trends and

treasures. Try this, for

example. This month

features three Welsh male

voice choirs- May 3, 10

and 26 in the listings.

VILNIUS QUARTET

String quartet enthusiasts

mourning the end of Music

Toronto's chamber season,

take heart. The Vilnius

Quartet, a top-flight

quartet from Lithuania, is

playing in Toronto, joined

by expatriate Lithuanian

performers, Toronto-based

Atis Bankas and New

York-based Golda

Wainberg-Tatz, Sunday,

25.

ONLY COMPREHENSIVE MONTHLY CLASSICAL·

DANCE & MUSIC:

FULL SPECTRUM

Music and Dance

from Russia will be at

the Leah Posluns

Theatre the afternoon

of May 14. At 8:00 the

same day Daniel

Gariepy's "La Belle

Danse" will present a

pastiche of Baroque

music and dance, in

costume.

May 23-25 COBA

(Collective of Black

Artists) will present an

evening of dance and

music with Nazka

Latin percussion

ensemble and the

Orpheus Choir of

Toronto. And for

several performances,

beginning May 15,

Susanna Hood and

friends will be dancing

to live music at Myth

Productions on Queen

St. E.

Daniel Gariepy

OUR MISTAKE

In the April WholeNote we listed a Concentus Arts

recital by Lucy Carrick-Wedel, soprano, to be held at

St. Lukes United, 7:30pm, April 8. So far so good, but,

er ... well ... that was April 8 1995, actually---six months

before Pulse/WholeNote went into publication. For

those who showed up a little late, we apologize!

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Academy Concert Series 19

Alan Hobbins . . . . . . . . 25

Arbor Oak Trio . . . . . . . 18

Arts & Senses .... . ... · 27

Artword Theatre . . . . . . 11

Audio Group . . . . . . . . . . 7

Bach Children's Chorus . 18

Canadian Children's Opera

Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Canadian Chamber Academy4

Canadian Music Centre . . . 5

Choral Store . . . . . . . . . 1 0

Claviers Baroques . . . . . . 7

Concentus Arts . . . . . . 17

Creative Artist Productions 12

Crossroads Travel ... ·. . 11

Doremi ...... . .... . . 16

East York Symphony . . . 22

Elmer lseler Singers/Toronto

Children's Chorus . . . . . 14

Exultate Chamber Singers 13

Flora Lim . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Gary Armstrong Wdwinds 32

Interprovincial

Music Camp . . . . . . . . . 32

International

Res-ource Centre 25

Juan Tomas . . . . . . . . . 27

Kripalu Yoga . . . . . . . . . 27

La Belle Danse . . . . . . . . 19

Lawrence Park Community

Church ..... . .. .. .. ~ 18

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Long & McQuade . . . . . . 8

Marjorie Sparks . . . . . . . 19

Metropolitan Silver Band 17

Mikrokosmmos . . . . . . . 27

Mooredale Concerts . . . . 15

Music Matrix . . . . . . . . 32

Music Gallery . . . . . . . . 12

Naxos Records . . . . . . . . 5

North Toronto

Institute of Music . . . . . . 27

Opera Anonymous . . . . 11

Orchestra da Camera . . . 22

Peter Hercus . . . . . . . . . . 9

Peter Noy . .. ......... 7

Quatternion . . . . . . . . . 25

Remenyi House of Music . 3

Ring Music . . . . . . . . . . 32

Roy Thomson Hall

Music Store . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Sam Pianos . . . . . . . . . . 32

Shar Music . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Shevchenko Ensemble . . 23

·soundpost ............ 9

St. Andrew Chorale . . . . 15

St. James Cathedral . . . 19

Tafelmusik .... .. . 13,21

Toronto Operetta Theatre 12

Toronto Jewish Folk Choir 18

Toronto Sinfonietta . . . . 18

Vilnius String Quartet . . . 23

Virgin Veritas Records 15

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Academy Concert Series 3, Royal Ontario Museum 11

17 Russian Dance & Music

Agincourt Baptist Church Company 14, 15, 31

10 Saint Andrew Chorale 4

Aldeburgh Connection 8 Saint Luke's United 12

Alexander Singers 1, 3, 4, Saint Thomas's 2, 24, 25

7, 8, 10 Sarabanda Piano Trio 8

Alumnae Theatre 21, 22, Scarborough Civic Centre 4,

24, 25 11' 18, 25

Amadeus Ensemble 4 Scarborough Philharmonic 10

Amici 2 Shevchenko Ensemble 25

Annex Singers 31 Silverthorn Collegiate 9

Anything Goes 1, 3, 6

Sine Nomine Medieval

• Arbor Oak Trio 10 Ensemble 3

Armour Heights Church 24 Sinfonia Mississauga 9

Armour Heights

South Shore Children's Choir of

Presbyterian Church Montreal 10

Choir 4 St. Anne's Church 4

Arraymusic 4 St. Dominic's Church 4

Art Gallery of Ontario 7, 14, St. James' Cathedral 6, 13

21, 28 St. John's Church 10

Arts and Letters Club 25 St. Leonard's Church 4, 30

Artword Theatre 5-17, 23, St. Patrick's Church 2

24 St. Paul's Anglican Church 1,

Associates of the Toronto 13 Music at Lawrence Park 9 8, 15, 22, 29

Symphony Orchestra 13 Ford Centre for the Performing Music at Rosedale 25 St. Paul's Church 10

Atilla Glatz Concert Productions Arts 1, 3, 13, 21, 22-24 Music at the McMichael 4, 18 St. Peter's Church 24

30 Ford Centre Studio Theatre 25 Music Gallery 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, Sundays at Five in Swansea 4

Bach Children's Chorus 10 George lgnatieff Theatre 4, 18 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 23, 25, Sundays at Seven Concert

Bell' Arte Singers 10 George Weston Recital Hall 4, 26, 27 Series 4

Birchmount Park Collegiate 10 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 24 Music Hall 1 Susanna Hood 15

Blessed Sacrament Church 4 Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore 1, Myth Productions 15 Symphonic Workshops Ltd 10,

Bloor St. United Church lO 3, 4, 7, 8, 10 N·ew Tecumseh Singers 10 25

Brampton Symphony 31 Glass Orchestra 25 NOJO 22 Tafelmusik 1, 2, 3, 4 , 22, 23,

Calvin Presbyterian Church 10 Glenn Gould Studio 2, 4, 5, 8, Noon Hour Organ Recital 1 24, 25

Canadian Centre for Italian 24, 25 Noonday Chamber Music at Tait McKenzie Centre 25

Language and Culture 24 Grace Church on-the-Hill 3 Christ Church 1, 8, 15, 22, Thornhill United Church 10

Canadian Chamber Academy 4, Great Music at St. Anne's 4, 18 29 Three Storey Cabaret 26

11, 18 · Green Briar Men's Chorus 3 North York Concert Orchestra Toronto Board of Education 13

Canadian Children's Opera Guitar Society of Toronto. 17 14 Toronto Camerata 30, 31

Chorus 3, 4 Harbourfront Centre 4, 11, 18, North York Guitar Orchestra 24 Toronto Chamber Society 4

Canadian Opera Company 23 19, 20, 25 North York Singers 3, 30 Toronto Children's Chorus 2

Cantabile Chorale of York Hart House 3, 4 North York Symphony 15 Toronto Choristers 21

Region 10 Hart House Theatre 14 Oakville Centre for The Toronto Early Music Centre 11

Cathedral Church of St. James Harvey Siegel Band 11 Performing Arts 2, 10, 11 Toronto Heliconian Club 2, 9,

16, 30 Hemispheres Music Projects 10 Oakville Choral Society 2 16, 20, 23, 30

Cawthra Park Auditorium 3 · Heritage Theatre 31 Oakville Symphony 10, 11 Toronto Home Organ Society 8

CCMC 6, 13, 27 High Park Girls' Choir of Ontario Guild of Engllish Toronto Jewish Folk Choir 11,

Celebrity Symphony 4 Toronto 10 Handbell Ringers 25 30

Characters 1, 3, 6, 21_, 22, 24, 1 OOth Monkey Oasis 4, 18, 25 Ontario Registered Music Toronto Mendelssohn Youth

27, 28, 31 Inspiration Performing Arts Teachers Association 10 Choir 23

Christ Church Deer Park 1, 3 Company 29. Opera Anonymous 21, 22, 23, Toronto Operetta Theatre 1, 2,

Church of St. Martin Islington United Church 30, 31 24, 25 3

in-the-Fields 31 lstituto Italiano di Cultura 24 Orchestra da Camera Toronto Toronto Sinfonietta 10

Church of the Holy Trinity 4 Jane Mallett Theatre 1, 2, 3, 29 24 Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Church of the Redeemer 4, 11, John Gray: Rock and Roll 1 Oriana Singers 3 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12

17 Jubilate Singers, North York 6 Oshawa-Durham Symphony 15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27.

Church of the Transfiguration 4, Kiwanis Club of Casa Lorna 12 Orchestra 4 28, 29, 31

10 La Belle Danse 14 Paris Washboard Band 31 Toronto Theatre Organ Society

Classic Jazz Society 31 Lawrence Park Community Patrons of Wisdom 25 12

COBA (Collective of Black Church 11 Pickering Village United Church Toronto Welsh Male Voice

Artists) 22, 23, 24 Leah Posluns Theatre 1, 3, 4, 10 Choir 3 ·

College Park Church 4 7, 8, 10, 14, 24, 31 Polish Combatant's Association Toronto Youth Flute Orchestra

Columbus Centre 9, 23, 24 Les Amis 25 Hall 31 4

Concentus Arts 10 Louisville Times Chorus 24 Premiere Dance Theatre 4, 20, Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra

Concertsingers 25 MacMillan Theatre 2, 3, 25 28, 29, 30 9

Deer Park Concerts 10 Markham Theatre 4 Quatuor Helios Virtual Trinity Chamber Ensemble 4

East York Barbershoppers 24 Marylake Shrine 3 Percussion 20 Trinity-St. Paul's 1, 2 3, 4, 11,

East York Brass Quintet 4 McMichael Canadian Collection Queen Elizabeth Hospital 22, 23, 24, 25, 31

East York Symphony 24 4, 18 Auditorium 8 University of Toronto Opera

Eastminster United 3, 17 Meadowvale Theatre 9 Queen Mab 8 Divisio.n 2, 3, 10, 25

Echo Women's Chorus 4 Melrose United Church 25 Queen's Quay Terminal 11 Victoria College Chapel 4

Elmer lseler Singers 2 Men of the Deeps 11 Redeemer Lutheran Church 10 Volunge Toronto Lithuanian

Etobicoke Centennial Choir 30 Menotti: The Medium 22, 24, Rhos Male Voice Choir 26 Chorus 31

31 · ' 25 Rosedale Heights Secondary Walker Court 11

Etobicoke Jazz Youth Orch. 9 Metropolitan Silver Band 10 School 21 Walter Hall 4, 11

Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall 3 Metr'opolitan United Church 1, Rosedale Presbyterian 25 Water's Edge Cafe 4, 11, 18,

5,8,15,18 ' 8,10,15,22 RoyThomsonHall -1,3,5,6,7, 25

Evergreen Club 9amelan 23 Milk International Children's 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, Willowdale United 3, 30

Exultate Chamber Singers 2 Festival of the Arts 28, 29, 21, 22, 2 4 , 26, 27, 28, 29, Wizard of Oz 24, 27, 28, 31

Fairlawn United Church 26 30, 31 30, 31 Worlds of Music Toronto 4

Fairview Library Theatre 1, 3, Mississauga Choral Society 4 Roy Thomson Hall & Massey York Quay Centre 29, 30

6, 21 Mississauga Symphony 3 Hall 10 York Symphony 3, 4

Festival Players 10 Mooredale Concerts 4 Royal Canadian College of Yorkminster Park Baptist _.

First Unitarian Congregation 4, Morningside-High Park Organists 3 Church 7, 10, 14, 21, 28

13, 15, 27 Presbyterian Church 4 Royal Conservatory of Music 3, YorkmiAster Park Church 3

Flora McCrea Eaton Auditorium Mozart Society 13, 27 5, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18 Yorkwoods Public Library 14


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