Volume 4 Issue 9 - June 1999

'99 ,
Canadian ~mposer Matjan from rooftop hotelloWlges: music
Mozetich's new work, New Work from favourite Hollywood
(JWle 6f Mozetich also talks musicals and hit parade tWles
about the work in a pre-perform- recreate an era (July 20 to 31).
ance lecture.
Anne of Green Gables, Canada's
Chamber music most successful musical, holds
highlights include the Amici trio the stage from August 4 to 29.
with guest violinist Martin
The Grand Theatre also
Beaver premiering Our Finest hosts singer and boogie-woogie
Hour by Chan Ka Nin. The piano player Marcia Ball at the
concert also features Olivier . laWlch of the Limestone City
Messiaen's Quartetfor the End of· Blues Festival on August 26.
Time (May 30). Other highlights:
Valerie Tryon plays ail evening of .For prices and schedules call
Chopin and Lizst (JWle 2); and Grand Theatre Box Office
The Ymg Quartet give a concert
1-800-615c5666,
ofBeethoven, Shostakovich, and locally 613 530-2050.
Mozart {JWle 3).
Jazz gliitar legend
Sonny Greenwich and his band
play May 29; fusion fiddler Mark
O'Connor plays JW1e 4, and jazz
singer Shirley Eikhard plays JW1e
5. World music offerings at
Streetfest include the Tuvan
ensemble Yat-Kha, who combine
traditional throat-singing with
punk guitar and high tech
electronics; and progressive edge
Cape Breton band Slainte Mhath
(slawn-cha va). .
For schedules and ticket
information call 519 763-3000
or visit www.freespace.natFgsf
T~E AboRiGiNAL
VoicES festival of native ·
Canadian culture fWlS JW1e 16-21
at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto.
Musical performers include
Anishnabe musicians Keith
Secola & The Wild Band of
Indians on acoustic and electric .
guitar, vocals and native flute _
(JWle 19); female a capella trio
mali (JWle 20), and Inuit rocker'
Lucie ldlout (Jw1e 20) . .
Call tha Harbourlront Centra
Info Lina at
416 9 7 3-3000 or visit
www.aboriginalvoicas.com or
www.harbourfront. on.ca
Tli£ GRANd TkEATRE .
in Kingston brings tis lt' s It
Grand Summer!, a ieStivalof
theatre and music that pickS up
where the defunct Kingston
Summer Festiva11eft off. A new
production of the 50s nostalgiatrip
musical Grease hits the
boards July 2 to 10. Blue
Champagne is a staged flashback
.to the 1930s and 40s, when swing
was broadcast live over radio
TkE CiT)' concert series in
Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
kicks off with The Dukes of
Harmony and the Bobby Herriot
Orchestra. Each Wednesday Wltil
August 10 the Square will be
filled with music, "everything
from Aboriginal arid African to
jazz, Cumbian and Zouk music
from the French Caribbean".
Uptown you can catch the
Summer in the Square series in
North Yark's Mel Lastman
Square. The kickoff concert on
Canada Day includes the R&B
action of the McAuley Boys,
flamenco-jazz guitarist Robert
Michaels, and the Celtic music of
The Barra MacNeils from Cape
Breton. July 4 to August 29 the
~'SWlday Serenades" series
showcases Big Band, Swing,
Latin, and Klezmer, all designed
to pull you onto the dance floor.
July 4 features are a a tribute to
Glenn Miller and a 1 OOth
anniversary party for Duke
Ellington with. Anna Romain and
the Norman Amadio Orchestra.
For full informa.tion call the City
of Toronto Event Hotline at 416
395-7350 or visit
www. cit)' toronto. on. ca
T~E du MAuRiER
DowNTOWN JAzz
FEsTivAL brings swing, blttes,
funk, maple jazz, avant-garde,
jazz voices and more to Toronto
Harbourfront Centre and other
local venues from JWle 25 to July
4. See Jim Galloway's Jazz Notes
on page .15 for more details.
· Call the Harbourfront Centre
Info Line at416 973-3000 or
visit www. harbourfron t. on. ca
T~E GEORGiAN
TkEATRE FEsTivAL in
Meaford on the south end of
Georgian Bay always presents
musical fare as part of a larger
stage season, and this year is no
exception. Pianist John Arpin
opens the season JW1e 26 with
the traditional Gala Musical
Openitlg of selections from
Rodgers and Hart, Jerome Kern,
and Scott Joplin. During the
. summer the festival stages
Godspell, one of the most popular
musical theatre pieces ever, from
July 2 to August 6. The season
closes August 15 with another
gala featuring Peter Appleyard
and his Great Canadian Swing
Band.
For further information call the
Maaford Town Hall and Opera
House 1-888-541-4444; or
locally 519 538-3569, or visit
www.maaford.com
RoyAL CANAdiAN BiG
BANd Music FEsTivAL
in London, Ontario features
dances and concerts in the spirit
of Guy Lombardo and His Royal
Canadians. Events occur all year,
but the main· festival concerts and
dances fW1 JW1e 26 to July 4,
with such acts as Tony Barton
and His Orchestra in tribute to
Guy Lombardo (Canada Day),
David Reddoch's tribute to Frank
Sinatra with Jim Davey directing
the Canadian Modernaires
Orchestra (July 2), the Sophisticated
Swing Orchestra (July 3),
and the Bill Sherry Big Band
(July 4).
Free dances include the
Gord Cooper Orchestra (JWle
26), the Margaret Stowe Band
(J~e 30), and the Johnny
. Noubarian Trio (Canada Day).
Call 1-800-461-BAND (2263} or
. locally 519 663-9467, a-mail
bigband@exaculink.com or visit
www.pobox. com;-bigband
RiTMO y ColoR: A
. Festival of Latin American
Arts fWls July 9 to 11 at
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Acts include Brazilian
"fom)" music of Pernambuco of
Cilscabulho; Colombia's Bloque;
Cuba's La Farnillia Valera .
Miranda, and Zalrean Ricardo
Lemvo and his band Makina
Loca 'with their blend of African
and Cuban rhythms. Also: the
Brazilian Machado Brothers, the
Tex-Mex R&B groove of New
Orleans' The Iguanas; the "Klave
Kanadiense" showcase of
Toronto's fmest Latin music.
Call the Harbourfront Central
Info Line at 416. 9 7 3-3000 or
visit www.harbourfront.on.ca
T~E GREAT CANAdiAN
BluEs FEsTivAL hits
Toronto from July 16-18. Venues
include Harbourfront Centre, The
Silver Dollar, and The Horseshoe
Tavern.
Son Seals and Syl Johnson
from Chicago share mainstage
concerts with Lousiana Red,
Colorado's Otis Taylor, Toronto
veterans Curley Bridges and
Bobby Dean, and New York
dobro maestro Bob Brozman.
Canadian acts include JW1o blues
nominees Fathead, Michael
Pickett, Carlos del JW1co, and
yoWlg guitarists Trevor Finlay
from Ottawa and Montreal's
Steve Hill.
Call tha Harbourfront Centre
Info Line at416 973-3000 o;
visit www.harbourfront. on.'ca
ThE CANAdiAN
ORGAN FEsTivAL is held
in Hamilton from July 19 to 23.
For further information write
Prof. W. Renwick, School of Arts,
Drama and Music, McMaster ,
Hamilton ON L8S 4M4.
E-mail renwick@mcmaster.ca
or visit
www.humanities.mcmastar.ca/
-renwick/home.htm
DivAs & DREAds
comes to Toronto's.Harbourfront
Centre July 30 to August 2, just
in time for Caribana.
Performances include
Equatorial Guinds Afro-pop
reggae band Hljas del Sol (July ·
30); Jazz Jamaica's combination
of reggae, ska and jazz (July 31);
Burkina Faso-born balafon griot
Seydu Zon and Allilkolni (Aug
I). Trinidadian soca kings David
Rudder and Charlie's Roots
perform August 2 before the