Volume 5 Issue 2 - October 1999

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October 1 to November 7 1999 

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Aldeburgh Connection • • 45 · 

All the King's Voices • • 25 

Amati ............. 43 

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Belladonna • • • • • • • • • • 41 

Blanche Fernandes • • • • 55 

Cadmus Communications . 13 

Canadian Music Centre 

9,26 

Canadian Music 

Competitions • • • • • . • 43 

CBC OnStage • • • • • • • 46 

Christ Church Deer Park 35 

Church of St. Mary 

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CJRT • • • • • • • • • . • • • 28 

Classical 96 • • • • • • . • • 8 

Claviers Baroques • 13, 40 

Creative Artists 

Productions ••••• 23, 55 

David Tamblyn • • • • • . 13 

This 

month's 

cover 

Allan Pulker 

profiles 

Sinfonia 

Toronto's 

Nurhan 

Arman 

"Starting this orchestra keeps my 

mind occupied, because it is a lot 

of work. There are six subscription 

concerts on top of what I am 

already doing. I have to conduct 

14 subscription programs this 

season in Canada alone. It keeps 

me going. " See page 12 

Debut Designs • • • . • • . 55 

Dr. David Roe • • • • • • • 53 

Duo L'lntemporel • • • • • 46 

Elora Festival Singers • • 23 

Esprit Orchestra • • • • • • • 7 

Etobicoke Community 

Concert Band . • • • • • 39 

Exultate Chamber Singers 24 

Faculty of Music • • 33, 35 

Frank Farkas • • • • • • . • 53 

Gary Ray Rush • • . • • • 14 

Gemstone Records ••.• 14 

lain Scott • • • • . • • • • • 30 

Kristina A. Beaubien . • • 55 

Lakeshore Arts •.••••. 42 

Landsman, Orloff, Turini 37 

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Leaside Concert Series • 35 

Music at Metropolitan 34,45 

Mikrokosmos • . • • . • • • 53 

Montgomery Sound • • • • 14 

INDEX OF ADVERTISEJkS 

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Music Gallery • • • • • • • • 27 

Music Toronto • • 11,38,44 

Music Umbrella ••••••• 44 

Naxos Records • • . • • • • 6 

New Music Concerts • • 2, 3 

N. Toronto 

Institute of Music • • • • 55 

Off Centre • • • • • • • 34,45 

Opera Anonymous and 

Tryptych Productions 31 

Orchestras Canada • • • • 11 

Orion House/ 

Golden Moments • • • • 31 

Orpheus Choir • • • • • • • 25 

Patris •••••••••••••• 13 

Peter Chandler Luthier • . 6 

Remenyi I The Opera Store 9 

Robert Lowrey's 

Piano Experts • • • • • • • 5 

Sarah Beaton . • • • • • • • 16 

Serenade Music • • • • • • 33 

Editor's 

Choice 

"Diverse Pleasures" 

Esprit Orchestra 

Tuesday October 19th 

Jane Mallett Theatre 

Just before press time, 

WholeNote learned that 

Toronto-based composer 

Alexina Louie (left) 

~ has just been announced 

!Z as this years recipient of the 

eJ ·Jules Leger Prize 

· S:l for New Chamber Music. 

j "' Louie was chosen for 

z her composition "Nightfall", 

~ and, rising to the occasion, 

§ the Esprit Orchestra has added 

B a performance of this prize-winning 

> work to their October concert, after 

~ which Alexina Louie will 

!:!l receive the award. 

8 See Hear & Now, page 26 

Contents 

Concert notes 6, 8 

Our Members Write 10 

Etcetera File 10 

The season ahead: Part 2 

More member profiles 16-22, 48-52 

Choral Scene Larcy Beckwith 23 

Hear and Now David Parsons 26 

Jazz Notes Jim Galloway 28 

Bandstand Merlin Williams 28 

Music Theatre Sarah B. Hood 30 

Music Theatre Listings 30-32 

Comprehensive 

Concert Listings 33-47 

Musician in our Midst 

John Beclrn'ith by David 0/ds 53 

Index of presenters and venues 54 

U nclassifieds 54, 55 

Sinfonia Toronto ..• 42, 43 

Sound Barrier .•••.••• 42 

Sound Post • . • • • • . . • 13 

The Audio Group •••••• 13 

The Music Chamber . • • 16 

Toronto Children's Chorus 25 

Toronto Mendelssohn 

Choir • • • • • . back cover 

Toronto Sinfonietta • • . 44 

Toronto Welsh 

Male Voice Choir • • 25 

Tryptych Productions •• 43 

University Settlement House 

Music & Art School . • . . 24 

Via Salzburg • . • . . • . • . 38 

Violin lessons ••.••... 39 

VocaiPoint Chamber Choir 24 

Wiltowdale 

Presbyterian Church • • 15 

WindowNet • • . . . • . . • 12 

Women's Musical 

Club of Toronto ..•.• 36

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Symphony Orchestra. There are many more 

very good and very interesting concerts at the 

Faculty of Music in October - too many to 

mention them all, but definitely worth 

finding in our concert listings section. 

GREAT ROMANTICS fESTIVAL 

Hamilton's Great R'illmantics Festival, 

October 7 to 10, an annual event organized 

by Professor Alan Walker of McMaster 

University, is a fascinating musical and 

intellectual feast of concerts, lectures and 

discussions, with well-placed moments of 

relaxation in the form of receptions and 

banquets. Performers from all over the .world 

consider it a privilege to play at this gathering, 

and the rest of us should consider 

ourselves privileged that it occurs in our own 

backyard so to speak. For further information, 

the festival can be contscted at 905-529-7070 

ext.23674. If you are not fortunate enough to 

be able to spend four stimulating days in . 

Hamilton, a taste of the Festival will be 

available in Toronto on October 2 when 

English pianist, Melanie Spanswick, will 

give a recital in Toronto at Temple Baptist 

Church. 

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CHOPIN CoMPETITION 

This year is the 150th anniversary of the 

death of one of those great romantics, 

Frederic Chopin, and so has been declared 

"Chopin Year" by UNESCO. It is also the 

year of Canada's first Chopin Competition, 

which will take place at the John Paul II 

Polish Cultural Centre in Mississauga with 

a gala final concert on October 23 at the 

Glenn Gould Studio. What a great opportunity 

to hear the best young pianists from all 

over Canada. 

lANDSMAN, ORLOFF & TURINI 

While every month is a good month for 

. chamber music in Toronto, this October 

lppears to be especially good, in part 

because of a concert that brings together 

three of the best musicians that three cities 

have to offer: Montreal violinist, Vladimir 

Landsman, London (Ontario) pianist, 

Ronald Turini, and Toronto cellist, Vladimir 

Orloff. They will perform three pillars of 

the repertoire, the Tchaikovsky Trio Op. 50, 

the Beethoven violin sonata, Op. 30 #33 and 

the Brahms cello sonata, Qp. 38, at the 

Glenn Gould Studio on October 16. 

MUSIC IN THE SUBURBS. 

Last month we mentioned Artword Theatre's 

Rush Hour concerts, the second of 

. which will be on October 27 at 6:00, 

· designed for suburbanites who work 

downtown. There is a growing number of 

reaily excellent concerts in the suburbs, 

which shows that there is considerable 

interest in good music wherever you live. In 

addition to Festival Etobicoke, there are 

this month a recital by flautist Nora Shulman 

and pianist Leslie Kinton, part of the 

Performing Arts York Region series in 

Thornhill on October 29, a recital by violinist 

Marie Berard, part of the Lakeshore Arts 

series, on October 30 and, the same evening, 

a recital presented by the Mississauga Guitar 

Society, by guitarist Stepan Rak. 

And speaking of guitar, The New 

Guitar, a new multi-disciplinary concert 

series, featuring some of Canada's best 

guitarists, presents its first concert on 

October 22 at the Heliconian Hall, a concert 

of music by Canadian composers performed 

by William Beauvais and the Canadian 

Guitar Quartet. 

WoRLD Mus1c 

Harbourfront, in collaboration with Small 

World Music, has a very interesting series 

called "Small World 99", which on October 

17 will present drum and dance from Guinea. 

On October 2 Tibetan monks will present 

traditional Tibetan chanting and on October 3 

the Volyn Ukrainian Song & Dance Company 

will bring Ukrainian folk songs, dances, 

music & theatrical tableaus to Hammerson 

Hall in Mississauga. On October 15 Mehr 

Ali & Sher Ali with a chorus and other 

performers will be at Roy Thomson Hall and 

on October 16 soprano Lilac Cai\a, 

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October 1, 1999: International 

Music Day. Pinchas Zukennan, 

Music Director of the National 

Arts Centre Orchestra & 

spokesperson for the 1999 

Canadian celebrations urges 

everyone to participate: 

"I encourage people throughout 

Canada and the world to sing, to 

dance and to enjoy the sounds of 

music in their homes, places of 

work and in their community 

halls and to do so throughout the 

year. If we allow the natural 

rhythms of our hearts and minds 

to blend together in a universal 

celebration of music and musicmaking 

we can make a difference 

in the world in which we 

live. To love music is to love life 

itself." (Source: the Score, a 

publication of the Edward 

Johnson Music Foundation, 

Guelph) 

October 3 3:00: Arbor Oak 

Trio. La Dolce Vita. Afternoon 

of strings, song & fine food & 

drink. Annual fundraiser 

featuring silent auction. n 

Fornello, 1560 Yonge St. 256- 

9421. 

The Amadeus Choir invites 

entries for their 13th Annual 

Carol and Chanukah Song 

Writing Competition, open to 

composers of all ages & experience, 

individually or in groups. 

Entries must be received no later 

than October 4, 1999. Infonnation 

or entry fonns: 446-0 188. 

ARRAYMUSIC is now 

accepting applications for the 

1999/2000 Young Composers' 

Workshop competition, to take 

place May 3 through May 28, 

2000. Deadline for submissions: 

December 1, 1999. 532-3019. 

LECTURES 

October 6 6:45: Toronto 

Symphony Orchestra. Classic 

Intra: Pre-Concert Chat. 

Beethoven: Triple Concerto. 

Discussion with Menahem 

Pressler, piano & Peter 

Tiefenbach, host. Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe. 593-4828. Free 

with ticket to the 8:00pm 

performance or $4.85. 

MASTER CLASSES 

October 1 6:00: Serenade 

presents a master class with 

British pianist Melanie 

Spanswick. 14 Dewhurst Ave., 

north of Danforth between Pape 

and Donlands. Participants 

please reserve early. 778- 

5736. $30/participant; $15/ 

auditor. 

October 12 12:10: University 

of Toronto Faculty of Music. 

Using Singer-Friendly Technology. 

Voice masterclass with 

Darryl Edwards. Walter Hall, 80 

Queens Park. 978-3744. Free. 

October 23 9:30am: Lawrence 

Park Community Church/ 

Royal Canadian College of 

Organists, Toronto Centre. 

Organ master class with David 

Higgs. 2180 Bayview Ave. 489- 

1551 ext.21. $10. 

October 31 ll:OOam: North 

Toronto Institute of Music. 

Master class with Stepan Rak, 

classical guitar. 550 Eglinton 

East. 488-2588. $40 (perfonners); 

$5 (auditors). 

Flute Masterclass with Peter 

Lloyd. 12 perfonners will be 

selected; auditors welcome. St. 

Andrew's United Church, 117 

Bloor St. East. Takes place 

November 13, !O:OOam to 

6:30pm; application deadline for 

perfonners: October 21. 905- 

648-1560. 

WORKSHOPS 

October 1 7:30: Recorder 

Players' Society. For players of 

both C and F recorders. Church 

of the Transfiguration, Ill 

Manor Rd. East. 431-7560. 

October 3 1:30: CAMMAC. 

Coached rehearsal for Oct. 17 

reading of Mozart's Requiem 

with conductor Joan Andrews. 

Instrumentalists: 1 :30; singers: 

3:45. Church of the Messiah, 240 

Avenue Road. 924-1938. Free 

(donations accepted). 

October 9 9:00am: Toronto 

Early Music Players Organization. 

Ten Centuries of Music. 

Workshop with Sue Card·1elis, 

recorder & flute player. Players 

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AU the King's Voices has been DUO partners Margot Rydall 

invited to present An Evening of and Ivan Zilman embark 

G & S in the Niagara Concert September 15 on their first 

Series, Niagara Falls, Ontario Asian Tour, with perfonnances 

with a concert on Saturday, and masterclasses in several 

January 15, 2000. They also have cities, culminating in a Gala 

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Recital in the National Concert 

www.allthekingsvoices.homepage.oornl Hall, in Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. 

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The Riverdale Ensemble 

Cantores Celestes Women's (fonnerly the Riverdale Concert 

Choir, Kelly Galbraith, director, Society) will record a CD of 

releases their 2nd recording, music for violin, clarinet and 

Bright Shining as the Sun on the piano on the Furiant label this 

Furiant label. Light, Nature and winter. Their concert series at 

the Light of Paradise are themes the Chapel, Victoria University 

reflected on this disc celebrating starts in November, with works 

the choir's tenth anniversary. A from the 20th Century English 

delightful feast for the ears and Renaissance and by Canadian 

soul of choral music lovers. and other composers. 

of all types of early music 

instruments welcome. Lansing 

United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 

480-0225. 

October 17 2:00: CAMMAC. 

Reading of Mozart's Requiem for 

instrumentalists & singers. 

Guest conductor: Brad Ratzlaff. 

Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 

Yonge St. Bring music stand. 

924-1938. $5 (CAMMAC 

members free). 

October 17 2:00: Ontario 

Registered Music Teachers' 

Association, Central Toronto 

Branch. Chopin As Composer, 

Pianist & Teacher. Workshop for 

students, teachers & perfonners 

by Suleman Currim. Yamaha 

Music School, 5075 Yonge St. 

lOth floor. 944-9260. $10 

members, $15 non-members, $7 

students. 

October 22 7:30: Recorder 

Players' Society. For players of 

both C and F recorders. Church 

of the Transfiguration, Ill 

Manor Rd. East. 431-7560. 

October 24 2:00: ORMTA 

Hamilton-Halton Branch. 

Relationship Between Piano and 

Voice; Vocal Health for Speakers 

and Singers. Workshop by 

Candace deLattre, mezzocontralto. 

St. Simons Anglican 

Church, 1450 Litchfield Dr. 905- 

637-6034. $20 (non-members), 

$15 (students & ORMTA 

members). 

October 28 8:00: Toronto Folk 

Singers' Club meeting. An 

infonnal group whose purpose is 

to perfonn & exchange songs. 

Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick 

Ave. 537-7422. 

November 7 1:30: Toronto Early 

Music Players Organization. 

Workshop with Avery MacLean: 

music that demonstrates the 

regional & social practices of 16th 

century music making. Players of 

all types of early music instruments 

welcome. Lansing United 

Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 480-0225. 

Hart House/Worlds of Music 

Toronto: 10-week workshops. 7 

Hart House Circle. 978-5362. 

$150 (U. ofT. students $75). 

* October 1 - December 3: 

Chinese Erhu. George Gao, leader 


Caribbean Choral Singing. Roger 

Gibbs, leader 


Brazilian Samba. Guiomar 

Goncalves, leader 


Classical Indian Singing. Gauri 

Guha, leader 


Drums of Cameroon. Njacko 

Backo, leader 


Balkan Music. Irene Markoff, 

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* October 17 and November 

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Kathy Brown & Michael Kumor, 

leaders. $40 fo 2 sessions; (U. of 

T. students $30).

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11!1 month's cover: Nmhan Annan Interviewed by Allan Pulker 

On October 30 Toronto's new 

professional chamber orchestra, 

Sinfonia Toronto, will make its 

long-anticipated debut at the 

Glenn Gould Studio. The man 

behind this exciting project is the 

orchestra's music director Nurhan 

Arman. Although he has conducted 

such orchestras here as 

the Royal Conse..Vatory Symphony 

Orchestra and the Toronto 

Symphony Youth Orchestra, he 

·has done most of his conducting 

in other centres and so is for 

many people a new name on the 

Toronto music scene. 

DISNEY? 

Armenian by birth, he grew up in 

Istanbul, where he studied at the 

Istanbul Conservatory, giving his 

first violin recital at the age of 

13. In 1971 he went to the United 

States, on a Disney Foundation 

Scholarship, to the California 

Institute of the Arts and then the 

University of Louisville. After 

completing his studies he was the 

(:()ncertmaster of several orches 

.tras, including the Florida 

Symphony, the Florida Chamber 

Orchestra and the Savannah 

Symphony as well as performing 

as a soloist in many major U.S. 

centres and the prestigious music 

festivals of Tanglewood, Spoleto, 

New York and Florida. After 

several seasons he began a 

conducting career which has 

taken him all over North 

America, Europe and Asia and 

given him a portfolio of reviews 

that have praised his conducting 

for its musicality and vitality. 

NoRTH BAY TO YEREVAN 

His connection with Canada 

began in 1982 when he became 

the conductor of the North Bay 

Symphony. In this post, starting 

with very little, he created a 

highly successful organization. In 

1987 he became the music 

director of Symphony New 

Brunswick, in which position he 

has built the orchestra into a 

major regional resource with 

subscription series in three cities 

and a well-attended summer 

series as well. In addition, since 

1993 he has been the principal 

guest conductor of the Yerevan 

Symphony Orchestra in Armenia, 

which means he spends from 

three to six weeks a year there, 

and he teaches conducting at the 

Orford Arts Centre in Quebec. 

CHAMBER SHADES 

Conducting his own chamber 

orchestra is something that 

Maestro Arman has wanted to do 

for a very long time. His love of 

the sound of small string 

orchestras started when he was a 

child: ''I grew up in Istanbul. This 

is a very cOsmopolitan city. All 

the best of Europe came during 

the season." Among them were 

the Versailles Chamber Orchestra 

and the Andree Colson Chamber 

Orchestra, whose performances 

he will never forget. Later, as a 

violinist early in his career he 

played in several small string 

orchestras, and as a conductor 

has conducted Paris' Jean-Louis 

Petit Chamber Orchestra and also 

started chamber orchestras as 

adjuncts of the North Bay 

Symphony Orchestra and 

Symphony New Brunswick. 

" I like the repertoire very 

much. It is pure music," he says. 

"like a string quartet except 

bigger and with a double bass." 

Sinfonia Toronto will have 14 

players: 4 first violins, 4 second 

violins, 3 violas, two cellos and 

one bass. With a group this size, 

he says, ''we will have an 

amazing amount of shading. The 

dynamic range will be incredible!" 

fROM THE FRONT 

Will he lead the orchestra from 

the first desk or will he conduct 

it? His answer is definite: "I will 

conduct. When I was a violinist I 

wanted to play and conduct, but 

after so much experience as a 

conductor, I know it will save a 

tremendous amount of time to 

have a musical authority on the 

podium." 

When musicians play 

together, he explains, there are 

always disagreements about 

everything from tempo and 

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expression. "It's never the 

musician with best idea that wins 

in these disagreements but rather 

the one with the strongest 

convictions." 

As a conductor he spends 

a great deal of time studying the 

scores for the music he is going 

to conduct so that he can develop 

the strong convictions needed to 

convince his musicians and the 

audience of his interpretation. 

Nevertheless, what will distinguish 

Sinfonia Toronto will be its 

soloistic approach to orchestral 

playing. The violin and viola 

sections will play standing up, 

which, he explains, is a completely 

different physical 

approach to the instrument from 

sitting down to play. 

SETTING THE TONE 

The first piece on the first 

program will set the tone. It is 

the Grosse Fugue, (erstwhile 

final movement of Beethoven's 

String Quartet Op. 130) 

arranged for string orchestra by 

Felix Weingartner - soloistic 

not only because it is string 

quartet music but also because 

it is a fugue. 

So WHY HERE? 

His own chamber orchestra is 

evidently the fulfilment of a 

dream, and it is obvious that at 

this stage of his career Arman 

has the knowledge and the 

experience, both artistic and 

practical, to pull it together. 

But why, I asked, did he decide 

that Toronto was the place to 

do it and why now? 

His reply made a lot of 

sense. "First, there isn't a 

chamber orchestra of this 

calibre in Toronto. Montreal, 

on the other. hand, has so many 

chamber orchestras - more than 

practically anywhere else. 

There is a great symphony 

orchestra here, there is Tafelmusik, 

whose work I respect immensely, 

also the Esprit Orchestra, but this 

type of orchestra is lacking. Then 

there is the fact that there are so 

many good string players here now. 

When we announced auditions we 

had 120 applicants for only 14 

positions. Also, I have friends here, 

musicians, who have been urging 

me to do this, so finally, last year I 

had the opportunity to move to 

Toronto, and right away we began 

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entering a new century. We're 

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millions - this is very depressing. 

Starting this orchestra keeps my 

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of work. There are six subscription 

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already doing. I have to conduct 

14 subscription programs this 

season in Canada alone. It keeps 

me going.", 

PLANS 

Among his plans for the orchestra's 

future is to include a 

generous amount of Canadian 

programming. Already the 

orchestrahas commissioned a 

work by a Canadian composer 

and will premiere it in April. 

While the chamber orchestra 

repertoire is enormous, the 

repertoire by Canadian composers 

is still quite limited. To help 

increase the repertoire Sinfonia 

Toronto will be sponsoring a 

composition competition for 

Canadian composers. 

Nurhan Arman's favourite nonmusical 

pastime is playing chess, 

which he describes as creative 

problem-solving that is fun. In 

most socialist countries, he says, 

it is a compulsory school subject 

because it is such wonderful 

mental training and is all about 

solving problems. "Life is about 

making the right decisions on a 

daily basis" he says, so chess can 

help you do this! Maestro 

Arman's chess acumen may prove 

very useful in the months and 

years to come, as good decisionmaking 

will, no doubt, make all 

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M EM·BERS PROFILES, 

Welcome to part two of our 

·1999/2000 Member Profiles. 

' Every year WholeNote looks at the entire season ahead with these 

Members' Profiles, which, incidentally. are not written by 

WholeNote but by the members themselves. So what you read here is 

straight "from the horses mouth". 

Last month, alas, the gremlins that bedevil any enterprise 

such as this sank their teeth devilishly deep. Three member profiles, 

all submitted in timely fashion, were accidentally omitted: Aradia 

Ensemble, Baroque Music Beside the Grange, and Calyx. Consequently 

we begin this month s profile section with an apology and 

the three missing profiles, updated, where possible for publication 

in October. 

Profiled last month in WholeNote, and now available for 

reading on our website at www.thewholenote.com were: 

Amici Chamber Ensemble 

Canadian Music Centre 

Cl'lntores Celestes 

Cathedral Bluffs Symphony 

Centuries Opera Association 

Geordie McDonald, percussion 

Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony 

Orchestra Association 

High Park Choirs of Toronto 

Kiwanis Music Festival 

of Greater Toronto 

Music at Metropolitan 

Mooredale Concerts 

Mozart Society 

New Hamilton Orchestra 

North Toronto 

Institute of Music 

North York Singers 

North York Suzuki School 

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Penthelia Singers 

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Roy Thomson Hall 

and Massey Hall 

Scarborough Philharmonic 

Shevchenko Musical Ensemble 

St. James' Cathedral/ 

Organ Alternatives 

Tafelmusik 

Toronto Choral Society 

Toronto Children's Chorus 

Toronto Early Music Centre 

Toronto School of Music 

Toronto Sinfonietta 

Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir 

University Settlement Music & 

Art School 

Women's Musical Club of 

Toronto 

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Aradia Ensemble 

-19 Simpson Ave., Toronto ON M4K 1 A 1 

Contact: Tracy Mortimore, Executive Director 

Phone: 416 461-3471 I Fax: 416 622-6207 

Artistic Director: Kevin Mallon 

Aradia is directed by violinist Kevin Mallon and under the administrative 

direction of Tracy Mortimore the Executive Director. Aradia 

has forged collaborations with many diverse arts groups: such as the 

Isadora Duncan and Baroque dancers, and the Evergreen Club 

Gamelan Ensemble, and has made two music videos, a film sound 

track, and recorded four CDs for Naxos records. Their second CD, 

Music for the Sun King, was awarded Recording of the month from 

the British Classic FM magazine in September 1998 and has sold 

20,000 copies worldwide. 

For the second year Aradia presents their concert season at Glenn 

Gould Studio. The first concert is on October 2 at 8.00pm. Titled 

Capriccio Stravagante it features music by Farina, Castello, Corelli, 

Scarlatti, Vivaldi & Sammartini, and guest artist Alison Melville on 

recorder. The December 11 and 12 seasonal concert is titled In 

Nativitatem Domini Canticum. January 20's concert commemorates 

the 250th anniversary of the death of J.S. Bach in a program titled 

Joys and Sorrows of Bach with actor Tom McCamus recreating the 

role of Bach from the film series "Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach". 

March 24, 25 The Green Fields of Canada takes as its theme 

the I 50th anniversary of the Irish potato famine, with the stage 

shared by Aradia regulars Kevin Mallon, Wendy Solomon and Tracy 

Mortimore, along with "Wild Geese" (traditional Irish) and several 

other guests. And May 18 and 19 in Terpsicore (Muse of the Dance) 

Baroque dancers Marie-Natalie Lecoursier and Edgar Tumak help in 

the recreation of 17th century Versailles and of Handel's England. 

The group will embark on two international tours: In July 

2000, Aradia will be the featured ensemble-in-residence at the New 

Zealand Festival. Then in September 2000, Aradia will be off to the 

Haydn Festival in Doini Lukavicie, Prague. Aradia will be the first 

Canadian group to perform in the festival! 

Baroque Music Beside the Grange 

Tel: 416-588-4301 

Fax: 416-588-3882 

Artistic Director: Alison Melville 

~~~~~~~2;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~t Baroque Music Beside the 

-~ Grange celebrates its sixteenth 

season of concerts in 1999-2000. 

Our Seven Superb Concerts on 

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period instruments feature some 

of Canada's leading performers 

in the fields of Baroque and 

Classical music. The lively 

acoustic and intimate setting of 

the historic Church of St. George 

the Martyr help to create an 

enjoyable and entertaining 

experience for audience and 

performers alike. 

The season begins on 

October 3 with a tribute to the 

music of 17th century Mantuan, 

Salomone Rossi, in a program of 

instrumental and vocal music in 

Hebrew and Italian. Beyond the 

Baroque, November 14, with 

Courtney Wfstco~ , bar~que 

flute and John Edwards, lute, 

traces 'this instrument combination 

into the music of 18th

century Gennany. January 23 brings 

Damsels in Distress, tragic cantatas 

from the French and Italian Baroque 

about mythic and biblical women. 

D 'amore d 'merrier, February 13 , 

ushers in Valentine's Day with a 

concert featuring the viola d'amore 

in a concert of rare repertoire from 

Swedish libraries. 

Other season highlights: 

Classical Quintets (March 18) 

features the brilliant quintets for 

fortepiano and winds by Mozart and 

Beethoven; Bach's Lunch (April I) 

is devoted to the master's chamber 

music; and This Fiery Madnesse 

(June 3), performed by a special 

COURTESY: TORONTO CONSORT gathering of musicians from 

London, Toronto, and Ottawa, brings the season to a triumphant 

close, in a program of music from Baroque England and Italy. 

Some of the performers over the course of the season 

include Wash McClain, Laura Pudwell, Marie Bouchard, Thomas 

Georgi, Heather Toews, Alison Melville, Colin Savage and 

Courtney Westcott. 

Full subscriptions (7 concerts), mini-subscriptions (choice of 

three) and individual ticket sales are available. Call 588-4301 for a 

brochure. 

Calyx 

Artistic Directors: Ilona Beres, 

Susan Kutertan, Narelle Martinez 

c/o 16 Glen Robert Drive, Toronto ON M4B 1J5 

Phone: (416) 757-5406 I Fax: (416) 751-1162 

Calyx takes its name from the circle of leaves beneath the petals of 

a flower which embrace and support it - the part of the blossom 

which becomes the fruit: an appropriate name for an ensemble 

dedicated to ensuring that classical and new music concerts thrive 

and blossom. Soprano Narelle Martinez, flutist Susan Kutertan, 

and pianist Dona Beres, have joined forces in Calyx and the fruits 

of their efforts can be seen in the release of their first CD this fall, 

in performances throughout the 1999/2000 season and in their role 

as artistic directors of the successful Music at Humbercrest 

concert series. 

Now in its second season, Music at, Humbercrest brings classical 

music in an intimate setting to Toronto's West End community. The 

1999/2000 three-concert subscription series opened last month 

with Butterfly - a night at the opera, featuring soprano Narelle 

Martinez and tenor Lenard Whiting in an evening of some of the 

most beautiful and best loved operatic arias and ducts. The series 

continues with Sounds of Love & Legend presenting harpist 

Sharlene Wallace and flutist Susan Kutertan in a concert of 

Classical beauty, Celtic dances, and South American rhythms 

(Sunday, November 21, 1999 at 2:30pm). Violinist Atis Bankas 

and pianist Ilona Beres weave a Rofrnlntic Serenade for the series 

finale (Sunday, March 5, 2000 at 2:30 pm). In addition, Calyx 

presents a benefit concert at Humbercrest for the Runnymede 

Chronic Care Hospital on Friday, May 12, 2000 at 7:30 pm. For 

further infonnation: (416) 536-6033. 

A warm leNote welcome to: 

The Academy Concert Series 18 

Aldeburgh Connection 18 

All The King's Voices 18 

The Amadeus Choir of Greater Torontc5 1'8 

Amadeus Ensemble 18 

Artword Theatre 18 

Bach Childr.en's Chorus 19 

Bell' Arte Singers 19 

CAMMAC (Canadian Amateur Musicians/Musicians 

amateurs du Canada) 19 

Canadian Children's Opera Chorus 19 

Canadian Music Competitions 19 

The Canadian Singers 19 


Church of the Holy Trinity 20 

, Collaborations 20 

Creative Artist Productions 20 

DANCEOREMUSDANSE20 

The DCAT Chorus 20 

D.G. Concert Productions 21 

Duo t: lntemporel 21 

East York Choir 21 

Elmer lseler Singers 21 

Esprit Orchestra 21 

Etobicoke Community Concert Band 21 

Exultate Chamber Singers 22 

Faculty of Music, University of Toronto 22 

Fridays at Eight Lawrence Park 22' 

GILPIN ENTERPRISES 22 

Glenn Gould Studio 22 

The Gryphon Trio 22 

Hampton Avenue 22 

Lakeshore Arts 48 

Maureen Smith Music Studio 48 

The Mississauga Symphonic 48 

Music at St. John's: Concerts with a Cause 48 

Music TORONTO 48 

Music Umbrella 49 

Music at Willowdale 49 

The New Guitar 49 

The North Toronto Women's Chamber Choir 49 

Off Centre Music Series 49 

The Ontario Folk Harp Society 49 

Orchestra Toronto 50 

Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association 

(ORMTA) 50 

Orpheus Choir of Toronto 50 

Riverdale Ensemble 50 

Royal Conservatory of Music 50 

Sine Nomine Ensemble for Medieval Music 50 

Sinfonia Toronto 51 

The Singerstudio 51 

Toronto Camerata 51 

The Toronto Consort 51 

Toronto Philharmonia 51 

Toronto Symphony Orchestra 52 

Toronto Wind Orchestra 52 

The Trillium Brass Quintet 52 

Tryptych Productions 52 

Vesnivka Choir 52 

VocaiPoint Chamber Choir 52

The Academy Concert Series 

Music Director: Nicolai Tarasov 

Address: 73 Boston Avenue, Toronto, 

Ontario M4M 2T8 

Phone: (416) 778-1941 

Fax: (416) 778-9214 

E-mail: tarasov@idirect.com 

The Academy Concert Series continues to 

present baroque and classical chamber music 

of the highest calibre. 

Our programmes this season have been 

carefully selected to present a wide variety 

of the rich, beautiful, and exciting music of 

these periods. 

Each featured artist is highly regarded as an 

expert in historical musical interpretation 

and performs on period instruments. 

Our programmes this season feature Jeanne 

Lamon, Christina Mahler, Luc Beausejour, 

Sandra Churchill, The Toronto Classical 

Players, Trio "Con Brio" and many others. 

Join us on October 9th as our season opens 

with a marvelous evening of music by J.S. 

Bach and his sons. All of our concerts take 

place in the superb acoustics of the 

Eastminster United Church at 310 Danforth. 

Aldeburgh Connection 

Artistic Directors: Stephen Ralls · 

& Bruce Ubukata 

Administrator: Carol Anderson 

Address: 3 Blantyre Ave. Scarborough 

ON M1N 2R3 

Phone: 416-691-2007 

E-mail: andersca@interlog.com 

The Aldeburgh Connection specializes in 

concerts of vocal and piano music. Our 

Sunday Series in Walter Hall combines 

music and readings, with each concert built 

around a theme. This season we step into the 

world of Robert and Clara Schumann, 

explore the music of Edvard Grieg and Percy 

Grainger, and pay a visit to Genevieve 

Halevy Bizet Straus, wife of Georges Bizet 

and close friend of Marcel Proust. Our final 

concert in the Series presents a mosaic of 

musical life in Toronto spanning the 20th 

century. Our Recital series, in the Glenn 

Gould Studio, will present bass-baritone 

Nathan Berg in recital, soprano Monica 

Whicher and mezzo Susan Platts in a duo 

recital and ends with our "2nd annual Greta 

Kraus Schubertiad". The season also offers 

two more Young Artists Recitals, featuring 

talented young singers on the verge of 

important careers. For information call (416) 

691-2007. 

All The King's Voices 

349 Kenneth Ave., Toronto ON .M2N 3V9 

Founder and Music Director: David J. King 

Phone: 416 225-2255 

Fax (phone first): 416 225-2255 

allthekingsvoices@homepage.com 

allthekingsvoices.homepage.com/index.html 

All The King's Voices is an auditioned 

mixed-voiced choir of 50 amateur and semiprofessional 

sil;tgers that performs a variety 

of music from medieval to contemporary. 

Under the direction of its conductor, David 

J. King, the choir presents its own eclectic 

concert series and is often invited to perform 

throughout Greater Toronto and Southern 

Ontario. The group also appears regularly 

with Mooredale Orchestra and has been 

featured on 91.1 CJRT -FM. In 1997, All The 

King's Voices joined a mass choir in a 

Celebration of Praise at Roy Thomson Hall 

with Canad.ian tenor, Ben Heppner, and in 

1998, performed with Canadian Dance 

Tapestry. 

This season, the choir will perform Handel's 

Messiah with the Mooredale Orchestra and 

international soloists, continue its annual 

ChristmaSing with carols from around the 

world, and celebrate multiculturalism in 

Global Voices. All The King's Voices has 

also been invited to present An Evening of G 

& S in the Niagara Concert Series. 

The Amadeus Choir of Greater 

Toronto 

Contact: Laura Adlers, Manager 

75 The Wost Conway, North York M3C 2E9 

Phone: 416 446-0188 I Fax: 416 446-0187 

amachoir@idirect.com 

During Lydia Adams' 15 years of leadership, 

the Amadeus Choir has become one of 

Canada's pre-eminent choral groups. 

Founded 25 years ago, this 120-member 

Choir is in its seventh season as Choir in 

Residence at the George Weston Recital 

Hall, presenting a regular series of works by 

Canadian and international composers. 

In addition to this series, the Choir collabOrates 

with other ensembles, such as the 

TSO, the Hannaford Street Silver Band, the 

Brantford Symphony, and the Scarborough 

Philharmonic. The Choir also performs 

benefit concerts and has competed in the 

prestigious biennial CBC Choral Competition, 

where it won awards in 1992, 1994 and 

1996. 

The Choir's annual Christmas Carol and 

Chanukah Song Writing Competition, begun 

in 1987, now draws entries world-wide, and 

serves as a springboard for composers of all 

ages and experience. The Choir's first CD, 

Ring-a the News!, features a number of 

competition entries. 

Amadeus Ensemble 

Address: 1106-20 Eglinton Avenue West, 

P.O. Box 2013, Toronto, ON M4R 1 KS 

Tel: (416) 480-2346 

Fax: (416) 480-9357 

email: ch894@torfree.net 

Music Director: Moshe Hammer 

~ The full, rich sound of a twelve-member 

~ string orchestra; the intimate surroundings of 

!!l Glenn Gould Studio; superb musicians, great 

8 variety, and post-concert receptions to meet 

and greet the artists: no wonder the Amadeus 

Ensemble has such a loyal following. 

The six-concert 1999/2000 season which 

opens October 31 includes a special focus on 

J.S. Bach commemorating the 250th anniversary 

of his death, including his Suite for solo 

cello performed by acclaimed cellist Tsuyoshi 

Tsutsumi on January 30, 2000, and a unique 

arrangement for string trio of his Goldberg 

Variations featuring violinist Moshe Hammer, 

violist Douglas McNabney and cellist 

Amanda Forsyth. 

Amanda Forsyth also appears April 30, 2000 

as guest soloist with the full Ensemble. 

Other guests include pianists Robert 

Kortgaard, Rian de Waal from Holland and 

Tomer Lev from Israel, and clarinetist James 

Campbell. 

Six Sunday evening concerts-a great way to 

wind down your weekend! 

Artword Theatre 

75 Portland Street, Toronto, ON M5V 2M9 

Tel: 416-408-1146/ Fax: 416-408-0532 

artword@interlog.com, www.artword.net 

Artword Theatre presents a lively season of 

mainstage theatre productions, dance events 

and concerts. Coming this fall: Rush Hour 

Concerts by the Amati Quartet 5:30-7 pm, 

Wed. Sept. 29, Wed. Oct. 27 and Wed. Dec. 

1. Running September 28 to October 17 is 

Actors Repertory Company's production of 

Strindberg's Creditors, directed by John 

Neville .• 

Artword Theatre is a 150-seat theatre, dance

and concert venue, recently renovated in a 

former garment factory. The theatre has 

comfortable seats, good acoustics and 

excellent sightlines. The stage is a woodlattice 

double sprung dance floor, 32 feet 

wide and 24 feet deep. There is also a 

rehearsal space with a sprung dance floor. 

Artword Gallery, a 1500 square foot exhibition 

space serves as lobby to the theatre. The 

facility, created by Artistic Director Ronald 

Weihs and Curator Judith Sandiford, is fully 

wheelchair accessible. 

To receive Artword mailings, call 408-1146. 

Bach Children's Chorus 

23 Mossbank Dr., Toronto ON M1 G 2C1 

Founder and Director: Linda Beauprt§ 

Accompanist: Eleanor Daley 

Phone: 416 431-0790 

Founded in 1987 by conductor, Linda 

Beaupre, the Bach Children's Chorus now 

totals 200 singers, aged 6 and up in four 

choirs (three treble choirs and one youth 

choir.) They have developed a reputation 

throughout Toronto for their beautiful, 

musical sound and professional approach. 

The Bach Chamber Youth Choir, now in its 

fourth season, is a choir for boys with 

changed voices and girls aged 16 and older. 

This choir performs high quality SATB music 

and rehearses Sunday evenings at Bellefair 

United Church, in the Beach area of Toronto. 

The Bach Choirs will perform two full 

concerts this season in the Recital hall at the 

Ford Centre. The first concert will be ·held on 

Saturday December 11 at 7:30 p.m. and the 

second on Saturday May 13 at 7:30 p.m. 

featuring the premiere of a commissioned 

piece by Mark Sirett. 

The choir has released two CDs, Land of 

Tomorrow in November 1998 and Here's To 

Song in 1995. 

Bell' Arte Singers 

P.O. Box 73040, 2121 Lawrence Ave. E., 

Scarborough ON M1 R SGS 

Contact: Jody Paul. Phone: 905 420-1251 

Fax: 905 420-1651 

Artistic Director: Lee Willingham. 

Phone: 466-2357 

"Pussy said, you elegant fowl, how 

charmingly sweet you sing" Toronto's 

Bell' Arte Singers have been singing sweet 

songs of Classical, Folk and Gospel choral 

music for 11 seasons. While no one has 

offered them "a ring at the end of their nose" 

they have been privileged with appreciative 

audiences and wonderful reviews. This 

exciting millennium season's four concert 

series features Magnificat, Settings of the 

Song of Mary, Christmas with the 

Beii'Arte Singers, Mendelssohn's Elijah 

and most fittingly, A Millennial Celebration 

world premiere of Eleanor Daley's 

Gate of the Year. 

Led by founder and Music Director, Lee 

Willingham, with accompanist, Ian Sadler, 

this fine 45 member ensemble will collaborate 

with noted guest performers: The 

Hannaford Street Silver Band, Daniel Lichti, 

Stephen Harland, Elizabeth Turnbull, and 

The Talisker Players. 

The Bell' Arte Singers have an established 

concert subscribers base. Audiences can also 

enjoy Bell' Arte's three widely acclaimed CD 

recordings at home. 

For tickets and information, please contact 

416-699-5879. 

CAMMAC 

(Canadian Amateur Musicians/Musicians 

amateurs du Canada) 

Information Hotline: (416)421-0779 

Membership: 1-800-622-8755 

Flute Club: 1416)962-4847 

Recorder Players' Society: (41 6)431-7560, 

(416)536-5750 

www.cammac.ca 

CAMMAC E-mail: toronto@cammac.ca 

Cedar Glen camp E-mail: 

cedar_glen@cammac.ca 

Founded in 1953, CAMMAC has 5 regional 

chapters providing learning and performing 

opportunities for music lovers of all ages in 

a friendly, supportive atmosphere. 

Toronto CAMMAC presents an exciting 

season for singers and instrumentalists. Our 

monthly music readings with guest conductors 

will include· Mozart's "Requiem" (Brad 

Ratzlaff, Oct. 17); film scores (Riccardo 

Georgi, Feb. 13); and Bach's "St. John 

Passion" (Patricia Wright, Apr. 30). We are 

also planning a number of workshops and 

coached rehearsals. Check our Hotline and 

web site for details of all activities. 

Our Flute Club and Recorder Players' 

Society have a full calendar of readings: call 

for information. 

Readings, workshops and rehearsals are 

open to both members and non-members. 

CAMMAC's summer music camp in the 

Caledon Hills provides an opportunity for 

amateurs of all levels to learn and perform 

with an outstanding faculty. Cedar Glen 

offers a richly varied music programme, 

affordable prices and beautiful country 

surroundings. 

Canadian Children's 

Opera Chorus 

227 Front St. E., Toronto ON MSA 1 E8 

Phone: 416 366-0467 I Fax: 416 363-5584 

ccoc@idirect.com 

Music Director: John Tuttle 

General Manager: Nina Draganic 

Accompanist: Bruce Ubukata 

Production Manager: Virginia Reh 

The Canadian Children's Opera Chorus 

opens its 32nd season with two concerts 

featuring international choirs: Germany's 

Leverkusen Children's Choir (Toronto, 

October 9; Grimsby, October 13) and the 

Bulgarian Varna Children's Opera (Jane 

Mallett Theatre, December II). 

A new recording Creatures Great and 

SltUlU is due for release in October. The title 

track by Derek Holman includes lyrics from 

Dennis Lee's Rattlesnake Skipping Song, 

In April, Twenty choristers will join the 

Canadian Opera Company to perform in 

La Boheme (Hummingbird Centre, April 6- 

22). 

The Star Child, commissioned in partnership 

with MusicCanadaMusique 2000 

premieres at Harbourfront's du Maurier 

Theatre, May 13 and will tour the UK to 

participate in the Canterbury International 

Choral Festival (July 10-20). Composer: 

John Greer, librettist: Ned Dickens, 

dramaturge/director: Tom Diamond. 

The CCOC specializes in choral and operatic 

repertoire and performance for children aged 

5-16 years, and is a proud supporter of 

Canadian composers and artists. 

.. 

Canadian Music Competitions 

50 Lacewood Crescent, North York 

ON M3A 2Z4 

Contact: Vivienne Bailey, President 

Phone: 416 441 -4072/ Fax: 416 44 1-321 4 

Canadian Music Competitions hosts a series 

of competitions throughout Canada. 

The various stages are regional, provincial, 

and finally national, which demand programs 

consisting of a set work/works 

followed by an own choice with increasingly 

higher marking to move on. The competition 

was started some forty-odd years ago to 

prepare young talented musicians - in 

'various disciplines - for international 

competitions. 

Many of our well-known Canadian artists 

have gone through the system: Martin 

Beaver, Angela Hewitt, Isabel Bayrakdarian, 

Ofra Harnoy, and Naida Cole. 

The Canadian Singers 

24 Wheeler Ave., Toronto ON M4L 3V2 

Music Director: Harvey Patterson 

Phone: 416 239-5821 

Business Manager: Gale Gingrich 

Phone: 416 690-9629; Fax: 416 693-0049 

www.interlog.comr hsndrake/Canadian 

Singers.htm 

The Canadian Singers in 1999 have appeared 

on Daytime TV for Rogers Cable 1 0; 

presented Words & Music at the Music 

Gallery; performed their revue Will the Real 

Canada Please Stand Up? at the Ford Centre; 

entertained in Nathan Phillips Square on 

Canada Day, and sung 0 Canada at Woodbine 

Race Track. 

They will present concerts on Saturday, 

October 16, 1999, at St. Andrew's-Chalmers 

Presbyterian Church in Uxbridge; on Friday, 

October 29 in historic Montgomery's Inn, 

Etobicoke; on Sunday, February 20, 2000 in 

Forest Hill United Church, Toronto, and on

Wednesday, June 28, 2000 the millennium 

version of Will the Real Canada Please Stand 

Up? in Fairview Library Theatre, Toronto. 

As well, in 2000 the Singers will be guest 

artists with the Etobicoke Community 

' Concert Band and are planning a joint 

concert with the Cantabile Chorale in 

Thornhill. 

Christ Church Deer Park 

1570 Yonge St., Toronto ON M4T 1 Z8 

Contact: Ross Morrow, Manager 

Phone :416 920-5211 I Fax: 920-8400 

Organist and Choirmaster: Bruce 

Kirkpatrick-Hill 

Christ Church Deer Park is a large, dynamic 

Anglican parish in m id-town Toronto, whose 

Senior Choir, led by eight professional 

singers, is in its third yea'r !-!nder the 

direction of Organist and Director of Music, 

Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill. This mixed choir of 

25 - 30 voices sings the best of Anglican 

liturgical music, with concerts and other 

special events throughout the season, 

September to June. Their music list can 

usually be accessed at: 

http://home.istar.ca/-ccdp/ 

musiclistindex.htm 

Christ Church also has a Junior Choir, 

conducted by Luanne Schlueter. 

The Noonday Chamber Music Series 

(Thursdays at 12:30, Oct-Nov and May 

June) is entering its fourth season. During 

Lent (Mar-early Apr), Sunday evenings 

feature short recitals (on the Wilhelm 

tracker organ) and Compline, sung to 

Gregorian chant. 

Christ Church is an excellent concert space, 

seating 550, and is called home by such 

groups as the Toronto Classical Singers and 

the Te Deum Orchestra and Singers. 

Church of the Holy Trinity 

10 Trinity Square (west of the Eaton Centre). 

Toronto ON M5G 1 B1 

Contact: Becca Whitla, Music Coordinator 

and Organist 

Phone: 416 598-4521 I Fax: 416 598-1432 

ht@tap.net 

three contemporary music concerts, featuring 

local composers and performers (Artistic 

Director: Colin Eatock). In addition to these 

regular musical events, Holy Trinity also 

welcomes other musical events and also 

meetings and events that focus on social 

justice issues. 

Collaborations 

185 Hudson Dr., Toronto ON M4T 2K7 

Contact: Valerie Kuinka 

www.collabarts.com 

COLLABORATIONS: A CHAMBER ARTS 

EXPERIENCE, founded December 1996 by 

violist/stage director Valerie Kuinka, brings 

together all the arts in a small ensemble to 

create a seamless theatrical collage. Repertoire 

from all times and styles combines to 

create new ways of understanding standard 

works and exploring the new and different. 

Exciting artists in all disciplines get to try out 

performance ideas they have only dreamed 

of. 

A gala benefit concert Dec. 6, 1999, at the 

Living Arts Centre in Mississauga, featuring 

superstar Canadian tenor, Richard Margison, 

along with special guest artists, will kick off 

the upcoming season of COLLABORA 

TIONS. 

The main season of COLLABORATIONS 

consists of two programmes scheduled for 

February and June 2000, the first featuring 

the music of Canadian composers Michael 

Colgrass, Peter Hatch, Jeffrey Ryan, and 

Hildegard Westerkamp, along with the music 

of Mozart and Hildegard Von Bingen; the 

second programme .featuring violinist/violist 

Parmela Attariwala and dancer/choreographer 

Gita Kolanad. 

Creative Artist Productions 

226 Victor Ave., Toronto ON M4K 1 B2 

Phone: 416 466-2945 

Fax: 416 466-8835 

stephanie.bogle@usa.net 

Artistic Director: Stephanie Bogle 

1994 by Stephanie Bogle to provide vocal 

instruction and programmes of the highest 

quality to meet the growing demands of the 

music business. CAP brings well-known 

professionals and expert instructors together 

in workshops to give the student the benefit 

of their knowledge and experience. 

This summer we had a very successful 

"French Opera & Song Workshop" with 

Stuart Hamilton as Music Director and 

performances at the Helen Phelan Gardiner 

Theatre. As we head to the Millennium, we 

will be moving toward more Professional 

programs and performances for singers with a 

series of Soiree concerts in French, German, 

and Slavic Music combined with Workshops 

of study in this repertoire. Our Opera 

Program will now perform a full length 

Opera and provide performance opportunities 

for both apprentice and professional singers, 

pianists, and stage directors. To celebrate the 

Millennium, there will be a gala concert to 

promote aspiring Canadian singers. 

DANCE OREMUS DANSE 

510 Jarvis St., Suite 6, Toronto M4Y 2H 6 

Phone/Fax: 416 928-0208 

Artistic Direct or: Paul James Dwyer 

DANCE OREMUS DANSE was founded in 

1983 for the dual purposes of mounting the 

seminal choreography of Isadora Duncan and 

creating new dances in her tradition, vocabulary 

and style. Utilizing only live music since 

their fi rst production with Colin Tilney in 

1985, DANCE OREMUS DANSE mounts 

choral, solo piano and orchestral works with 

local artists including The Aradia Ensemble, 

etc. With appearances at Massey Hall, Glenn 

Gould Studio, The Ryerson Theatre, Ford 

Centre Recital Hall and tours to Ottawa, New 

York and San Francisco, this company has 

also presented internationally acclaimed 

Isadora Duncan Dancers since 1987. As the 

Canadian representative of the Isadora 

Duncan International Institute of New York & 

Denver, they are committed to the integration 

of all the arts. This fall they tour o Winnipeg 

in November. See them in Toronto at The 

Church of the Redeemer, Friday, November 

26, at 8 pm. A co-production with Toronto's 

own Inner Stage Theatre entitle "Eternity in 

an hour: A Homage to William Blake," 

starring David Sandall on organ with Li 

Wang and D. J. Clary on piano. 

The Church or the Holy Trinity is one of 

the oldest churches in Toronto (1847) and 

boasts a magnificent acoustical space and 

delicate, hauntingly coloured organ. The 

active and activist congregation has a parish 

choir that meets three times a year for 5-6 

weeks (pre-Advent, Lent and Pride) led by 

the Music Coordinator and Organist, Becca 

Whitla. Each December the church produces 

The Christmas Story. Admission is free to 

this magical event although tickets must he 

reserved in November at 598-8979. Holy 

Trinity also hosts two musical series: Music 

Mondays, a summer noon-hour concert series 

(Artistic Coordinator: Paul Jenkins), featuring 

a diverse range of young professional 

musicians; and Salon des Refuses, a series of 

Creative Artist Productions was founded in 

The DCAT Chorus 

Contact: Don Gill or Paul Kelly. Phone 

(4 16)447-5 121 

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The 58 member (male & female) DCAT 

a Chorus, is under the professional direction of 

~ Ted Key. The chorus has developed a 

~ powerful, precise, passionate ensemble sound 

~ that has become an instant crowd pleaser 

< with a record of high output performances at 

o the Great Alliance of Seniors (G.A.S.) 

0!-o 

weekends in Hawthorne, New Jersey (1995), 

if Boston, Massachusetts (1996), Baltimore, 

Maryland (1997), New. York, N.Y. (1998) and 

the DCAT hosted G.A.S. weekend in

Mississauga, Ont. in 1999. 

If you like to sing, come out and join the 

DCAT Chorus or just visit us at a rehearsal 

and enjoy the fun. We rehearse every 

Wednesday from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and 

some Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Our rehearsal hall is located in the 

Communicorp Building, 55 Bl\rber Greene 

Rd., North York, Ont. (Two blocks north of 

Eglinton Avenue, west off Don Mills Rd.) 

Contact Don Gill or Paul Kelly at (416)447- 

5121. Or visit our web site at 

www.interlog.com/-dcat 

D.G. Concert Productions 

45 Bowden St., Toronto ON M4K 2X3 

Contact: Donna Green, Director 

Phone: 461-5083 I Fax: 406-4060 

qclub@total.net 

Donna Green 

D.O. Concert Productions will once again 

present The Third Annual Spring Sing for 

Sight Concert. This event showcases five 

wonderfully talented and diverse choral and 

vocal enserables. It takes place on Sunday, 

March 5, 2000 in the afternoon at the 

Eastrninster United Church (Broadview/ 

Danforth). 

This gem of a show promotes the choral arts 

and also supports the Canadian Foundation 

Fighting Blindness, Canada's leading eye 

research foundation. 

In the past we've heard the Nathaniel Dett 

Chorale, Victoria Scholars, Darbazi and La 

.Jeunesse to name a few. No doubt. the lineup 

for Spring Sing for Sight 2000 will live up to 

these great performers and more! 

Duo L'lntemporel 

57 Hatherley Rd., Toronto ON M6E 1 V8 

Phone: 416 657-0076 

Contact: David Sandall, Mylene Guay 

If the organ is music's king, then surely the 

baroque flute is the queen! For over ten years 

baroque flautist Mylene Guay and harpsichordist 

David Sandall have ventured into the 

music of the late 17th to late 18th centuries 

exploring the limits of the repertoire that can 

be performed on their instruments. Armed 

with a background in musicology and 

thorough instrumental training; Duo 

L'Intemporel presents programs that both 

challenge and move its listeners. 

Their 1999-2000 series begins on December 

3 with a program of music in the Italian style. 

"Tesori Musicali" will feature music by 

Veracini and Locatelli, as well as Carelli, 

whose influence was felt by all important 

18th century composers. This year Duo 

L'Intemporel will again be inviting some 

local musicians to join them in expanding 

their ensemble to bring you an interesting 

variety of baroque chamber music. Watch for 

our advertisements here in WholeNote. 

East York Choir 

251 Donlea Dr., Toronto On M4G 2N3 

Artistic Director: William Graham 

Contact: Linda Prue, President 

Phone: 416 421-5891; Fax: 416 696-8735 

Consisting of approximately 40 members, the 

EYC was founded in 1985 by Stephanie 

Piercey-Beames. The members are dedicated 

to performing quality repertoire, from early 

renaissance to contemporary choral music. 

Past performances have included Mozart's 

Requiem, Handel's Messiah, and a staged 

concert of Broadway's musical treasures. 

~ The EYC is pleased to have back for its 

~ fourth year, choral director William Graham, 

U who has taught and worked with choral 

~ groups for the past 25 years. The EYC is 

~ planning two major concerts for this year. 

~ Rehearsals for the EYC are the East York 

12 Collegiate on Tuesday evenings. There are 

6 currently openings for tenors and basses. For 

6: more information, call the EYC office at 416 

421-5891. 

Elmer lseler Singers 

2180 Bayview Ave., Toronto ON M4N 3K7 

Administration Manager: Janet Johnson 

Phone: 416 217-0537 I Fax: 519 941-4355 

Artistic Director: Lydia Adams 

Canada's "pre-eminent choir" (Littler, 

Toronto Star, Feb. 1999) is planning spectacular 

Toronto concert series. for 1999-2000. 

The Singers will be partnering such auspicious 

Toronto musical organizations as the 

Toronto Symphony, Soundstreams Canada, 

Toronto Senior Strings and Rosedale Concerts 

in a variety of uniq4e programmes. 

Highlights of the season include. the premiere· 

of Harry Somers' final composition Thousand 

Ages, in the Massey fJall new Music Festival 

in November, the choir's very first performance 

of Handel's Messiah with special guest 

soloists Leslie Fagan, Sandra Graham, Mark 

Dubois and Mark Pedrotti; a February 2000 

collaboration with the world-renowned 

Estonian Chamber Choir under their conductor 

Tonu Kaljuste; and world premieres by 

Canadian composers Christos Hatzis and Srul 

Irving Glick. Our season finale will be a 

musical journey throughout North and South 

America. In addition, The Singers will be 

representing Canada in a special CBC liveto-the-world 

twelve-hour broadcast on 

Sunday December 19, 1999. 

For additional information contact 416 217- 

0537. 

Esprit Orchestra 

174 Spadina Ave., Suite 603, Toronto ON 

M5T 2C2 

www.espritorchestra.com 

Phone (Box Office): 416 366-7723; (Admin) 

416 815-7887 I Fax: 416 815-7337 

esprit@on.aibn.com 

Music Director: Alex Pauk 

Fresh from this year's only international tour 

by a Canadian orchestra, Esprit is set to 

begin the 17th season of Canada's only 

orchestra devoted entirely to contemporary 

orchestral music. The Oct. 19 opening gala 

features works by Harman, Bouliane, Louie 

and Italy's Tiziano Manca. Schafer's The 

Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix, part 8 of his 

epic Patria (Canada's answer to the Ring 

Cycle), receives its much anticipated world 

premiere March 24. , More world premieres - 

Hetu's Piano Concerto (with Andre Laplante) 

and award-winning Ana Sokolovic's Nine 

Proverbs - finish the season May 31. 

Season centrepiece is the Massey Hall New 

Music Festival's opening gala, Nov. 14, 

where the largest orchestra ever assembled 

by Esprit will celebrate Harry Somers' 

memory. This monumental concert includes 

Somers' Third Piano Concerto (with James 

Parker), Five Songs for Dark Voice (with 

Jean Stilwell) and his rarely heard Elegy, 

Transformation, Jubilation. Call (416) 366- 

7723 for subscriptions - Limited seating 

available. 


Concert Band 

65 Willingdon Blvd., Etobicoke M8X 2H5 

www.interlog.comr eccb 

Contact: Sue Kay, President 

Phone: 41 6 233-6639 

Artistic Director: John Liddle. 

Phone: 41 6 7 43-1 31 6 

Founded in 1995, the Etobicoke Community 

Concert Band brings together an impressive 

range of community musicians fronted by 

seasoned pro, Artistic Director John Edward 

Liddle. Since inception, this ensemble has 

stirre4 up the regional arts scene, earning a 

reputation for performances of high calibre 

and popular appeal. 

Now w'ith five years of history and a new 

millennium to celebrate, the ECCB's 1999/ 

2000 concert season is electric: a glitzy 

Vegas-style show with international entertainer 

Virgil Scott; a gallery of Christmas 

song specially tuned to a family audience; a 

comic "Made in Canada" tribute concert; 

and, back by popular demand, a raucous 

"Last Night of the Proms." 

The Band's popular spin-off dance band, the 

Etobicoke Swing Orchestra (recently 

showcased at Mayor Lastman's "Ball for the 

Arts''), promises power-packed performances 

of Big Band revival repertoire including a 

nostalgic radio-style Valentine's Day "Big 

Band Brunch" at The Old Mill.

Exultate Chamber Singers 

383 Huron St., Toronto ON M5S 2G5 

Business Manager: David Freeman 

Phone: 416 621-9080 I Fax: 416 621-8469 

hikey@planeteer.com 

Artistic Director: John Tuttle. Phone 416 

979-2323 I Fax: 416 979-5856 

The Exultate Chamber Singers come from 

varied academic and professional backgrounds 

but their shared love of choral music 

brings them together every Tuesday evening 

in the pursuit of musical excellence with 

their founder, John Tuttle. Since 1981, the 

choir has been explorin·g the best of choral 

repertoire and packaging imaginative 

programs for subscription series that has 

attracted dedicated following. · 

The Exultate Chamber Singers have made 

several guest appearances, including the 

1989 and 1993 International Choral Festivals, 

three Guelph Spring Festivals and Festival of 

the Sound. This season the choir presents its 

fourth noon-hour concert at Roy Thomson 

Hall. 

1999/2000 SeasOn- St. Thomas's Church, 

383 Huron St., Toronto at 8 pm. 

October 29, 1999- "Blessed Cecilia"- with 

music by Britten, Poulenc and Hindemith 

December 3, 1999 - "l.()ve Came Down at 

Christmas~' 

March 3, 2000 - "Kapellmeister Bach" 

May 12, 2000 - WORLD PREMIERE of 

Andrew Ager's "Invisible Harps" 

Faculty of Music, U of T 

80 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto M5S 2C5 

Contact: Aaron Wong, Marketing and 

Publicity Officer 

Phone: (416) 978-0491 

Fax: (416) 978-5771 

aaron. wong@utoronto.ca 

The Faculty of Music begins its 1999-2000 

season as an established leader in the 

education of Canada's mos.t talented young 

artists. Under Dean David W. Beach, the 

Faculty produces and presents over 100 

concerts, lectures and masterclasses on the 

stages of Walter Hall and MacMillan 

Theatre, encompassing a wide variety of 

musical genres and styles. The Faculty has 

an especially noteworthy 1999 as it welcomes 

the addition of several renowned 

artists to its faculty roster?Raffi Armenian as 

Director of Orchestral Activities and Music 

Director and Conductor of the U of T 

Orchestras, Scott St. John as Assistant 

Professor of Violin and Darryl Edwards as 

Assistant Professor of Voice. Highlighting 

the 1999-2000 season is the Symphony 

Orchestra's debut at Massey Hall on 

November 6 featuring distinguished 

alumnus, conductor Victor FeldbriH, and 

four student soloists. Details on all events 

are listed in our season brochure. 

EktoBER 

Fridays at Eight 

Lawrence Park Community Church (LPCC) 

Artistic Director: Mark Toews 

Phone: 416 489-1551 ext. 21 (Toni Lord) I 

Fax: 416 489-1554 

2180 Bayview Ave., Toronto ON M4N 3K7 

Showcasing its new Aorence Grand Organ, 

Toronto's newest Casavant, as Soloist, 

Accompanist and with Orchestra, Lawrence 

Park's Fridays At Eight fourth concert 

season series features artists from Britain, 

the United States and Canada. 

American organist David Higgs from the 

Eastman School of Music leads otT the series 

on Friday October 22 in a performance copresented 

with the Toronto Centre of the 

,Royal Canadian College of Organists. Mr. 

Higgs will also teach a Master Class on 

Saturday October 23 at 9:30am. LPCC's 

quartet, Kimberley Briggs, Jo-Anne 

Bentley, Glyn Evans and Peter Fisher, 

offer a program of organ and vocal works on 

Friday March 3. Finally, British composer 

Bob Chilcott conducts the Canadian 

premiere of his new work Organ Dances, 

with organist Mark Toews, Friday May 12. 

Bonus afternoon concert: Saturday November 

20 the Symphony Bass Quartet, a fun 

musical event for children of all ages. 

Gilpin Enterprises 

Box 597 

Alliston ON L9R 1 V7 

Phone/Fax: (705) 424-6507 

email: gilpin@on.aibn.com 

The Gilpin family (Carol, Wayne and 

Andrew) runs a number of musical 

activities: 

Gilpin Publishing publishes PIANO Plus! (4 

volumes,) the best-selling Canadian beginning 

piano method and Colour it Music (2 

volumes) for early beginners, as well as two 

original musicals, The Secret Garden and A 

Little Princess by Kosotf/Staab, co-founders 

of The Wheelock Family Theatre in Boston. 

Cantilena is a 12-voice professional 

theatrical vocal ensemble which performs 

selections from all genres of music (classical, 

sacred, folk, spirituals, musical theatre, 

and more) with elements of theatre added. 

The Celebration Chorale is an Inter-Faith 

Mass Choir which performs Handel's 

Messiah annually with professional soloists 

and orchestra in Kitchener-Waterloo, and a 

major concert each spring. 

The Wayne Gilpin Singers is an auditioned 

chamber choir of approximately 35 singers 

which presents an annual series of concerts 

in Kitchener-Waterloo. 

Glenn Gould Studio 

250 Front Street West Toronto ON M5V 1 B3 

Phone: 41 6 205-5 555 I Fax: 416 205-5551 

ggould @toronto.cbc.ca 

This season, Glenn Gould Studio welcomes 

back returning groups Amici, Amadeus 

Ensemble, The Aldeburgh Connection, 

Aradia, Intrada Brass and The Latvian 

Concert Assn. Joining us this year are the 

Off Centre Music Series, Via Salzburg and 

Sinfonia Toronto, offering a wide range of 

music to Toronto concert audiences. 

CBC Radio's flagship live performance 

concert series OnStage, with host Eric 

Friesen, presents 20 exciting concerts 

presented in 7 "mini series" packages that 

range from our popular Classics, Chamber, 

Voices, and Studio Jazz series, to our new 

All-Bach, Celebrate, and special two 

performance series featuring pianist Angela 

Hewitt, performing Bach's Well Tempered 

Clavier- Books 1 & 2. 

Tickets for all concerts are available from 

the Glenn Gould Studio box office. Call 416 

205-5555, Mon. to Fri. from 11am to 6 pm. 

The Gryphon Trio 

32 Wheatfield Rd., Etobicoke ON M8V 2P6 

www.gryphontrio.com 

Contact: Roman Borys 

Phone: 41 6 255-8925 I Fax: 416 255-817 4 

Formed in 1993, The Gryphon Trio has 

quickly established itself as one of Canada's 

finest chamber ensembles. Violinist Annalee 

Patipatanakoon, cellist Roman Borys and 

pianist Jamie Parker named this group after 

the mythical half-lion/half-eagle creature 

'Gryphon'. Like the mythical creature, the 

Gryphon Trio is known both for its integrity 

in interpreting the classics from the piano 

trio literature as well as for presenting new 

compositions in a audience-friendly way. 

The Gryphon Trio has toured extensively in 

Canada and the United States, and has also 

performed in Belgium, France, Poland, 

Germany and Australia. In addition to 

chamber concerts, the Trio gives 

masterclasses, radio, television, school 

apJ>earances and is presently ensemble-inresidence 

at Music Toronto. In 1997, the 

Gryphon Trio performed live on the internet 

from the CBC studio in Toronto. 

The Gryphon Trio recordings of Haydn 

Piano Trios and Mendelssohn!Dvorak Trios 

released on Analekta, have received critical 

acclaim as well as Juno nominations. 

Hampton Avenue 

P.O. Box 65182, 358 D~:~nforth Ave., 

Toronto ON M4K 3Z2. 

www.hamptonavenue.com 

Director: Debbie Fleming 

Phone: 416 461-7811 1 Fax: 416 461-3489 

dfleming@hamptonavenue.com 

Please call 978-0491 for more information. 

MEMBER PROFILES CONTINUE ON PAGE 48

y Larry Beckwith 

October brings some major 

choral events to Toronto, 

including the following highlights: 

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR 

The first part of the month has an 

interesting international flavour. 

The Canadian Children's Opera 

Chorus is hosting the Leverkusen 

Children's Choir, near Cologne, 

from October 2 to 13, and they 

will perform together October 9 

in a concert titled "An International 

Thanksgiving in Song" at 

Yorkminster Park Church. (The 

same two choirs link up again 

October 13, along with the 

Niagara Children's Chorus as 

part of the Grimsby Concert 

Series.) 

Singers and the U ofT Women's 

Chorus alongside guests like the 

Ithaca Women's Chorus and the 

Amabile Youth Singers. 

(That same evening in 

Kitchener, Howard Dyck 

conducts Britten's War Requiem 

at the Centre-in-the-Square with 

an impressive array of soloists.) 

DECISIONS, DECISIONS 

October 24 starts early with a 

broadcast, on CBC Radio 2's 

Choral Concert, of the Toronto 

Mendelssohn Choir's new CD 

recording of Berlioz' Requiem. 

Later in the day, you have 

your choice: the Amadeus Choir 

with a concert of "Jewish" music 

by Leonard Bernstein, Srul Irving 

Glick and Ben Steinberg; or the 

Toronto Children's Chorus 

A bit later in the month 

training choirs in concert at their 

University of Toronto hosts an "home" - Lawrence Park 

International Festival of Treble . Community Church. 

Choirs culminating in a concert 

The TCC programme 

entitled "Women in Song" on gives a chance for Jean Ashworth 

October 16. The concert features Bartle's assistant conductor 

local choirs such as the High Mitch Bondy to shine. Mitch is a 

Park Girls' Choir, The Oriana Choral Scene continues ... 

£reative 

Artist 

Productions 

announces 

The 

1999-2000 

Vocal 

Programs 

"bringing EXCELLENCE, PROFESSIONALISM and 

EXCITEMENT to PERFORMING" 

Workshops in French, German and Slavic 

repertoire culntinating with Soiree 

Performances 

Full length staged opera (auditions in 

November) 

Private vocal instruction and coaching 

Building the voice for a career 

Monthly technique classes for the stage 

and audition 

Gala Concert to promote Canadian singers 

for more information & brochures please 

contact CAP Stephanie Bogle 

226 Victor Ave Toronto Ont M4K 1B2 

tel416 466-2945 fax 416 466-8835 

Michael Bloss, 

Organ 

Mass in G Minor 

Lord, Thou Hast 

Been Our Refuge 

Prayer to the 

Father of Heaven 

Two Hymns to 

the Mother of 

God 

Funeral Ikos 

The spirituality 

of English music 

both ancient and 

modem in the 

perfect setting. 

Tickets & Info (519) 846-0331 

Tickets also available at the door . 

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Choral Scene, 

... continued 

very special part of the Toronto 

. Children's Chorus organization, 

making sure that the smaller 

~hildren have a good grounding 

m the basics of music-making 

and have fun at the same time. 

bTHER HIGHLIGHTS 

On October 26, the Toronto 

Mendelssohn Choir and the 

Toronto Mendelssohn Youth 

Choir combine for a performance 

'of St. Paul by their patron 

composer, Felix Mendelssohn, all 

under the direction of Noel 

Edison in the grand old Massey 

Hall. 

For the choral music lover with 

catholic tastes, a trip to York 

University is in order on October 

27 for AcappeUafest, featuring 

Wibijazz'n, Cadence, Retro City 

and the marvelous Hampton 

Avenue. 

On the 28th, the CBC presents 

Alexander Dobson in recital at 

the Glenn Gould Studio. Alex is 

an alumnus of the Toronto. 

Children's Chorus and the 

Ontario Youth Choir who is 

forging an impressive solo career. 

Admission is free. I urge you to 

go, if only to say you heard him 

when., .. 

The Exultate Chamber Singers 

present some substantial choral 

works of the early to mid 20th 

century on October 30, including 

a performance of the Hymn to St. 

Cecilia by Benjamin Britten. 

Looking into the first week of 

November, I am really looking 

forward to Tafelmusik's performances 

of King Arthur, Henry 

Purcell's celebrated yet infrequently 

performed masterpiece. 

This is a difficult piece to 

perform because it's a "semiopera". 

comprised of almost 

University Settlement 

Music & Arts School 

23 Grange Rd (Dundas and McCaul-near the AGO) 

Since 1921 providing quality programs at 

affordable rates, all ages, levels and styles 

Individual lessons on 17 instruments and voice 

Group classes in dance, art and pre-school music 

Subsidies available for low-income families 

For information and registration 

call Annette or Julie at 598-3444 

VocalPoint 

Chamber Choir 

Ian Grundy, Conductor 

F AIRE Is THE HEAVEN 

Mas~ in g minor - Vaughan Williams 

Three Latin Motets - Stanford 

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Bairstow 

Behold the Tabernacle - Willan 

Faire Is The Heaven - Harris 

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6, J999- 8:0 

Church of the Holy Trinity 

Toronto Eaton Cef!t.re c''iFW: A¥(' 

equal part spoken and sung 

words. The Tafelmusik performances 

will include all the music 

and narration, so the audience 

can keep up with the story. Some 

of Purcell's best-loved songs - 

Fairest Isle, How Blest are 

Shepherds - appear in King 

Arthur, and it's also full of 

gorgeous ensembles and instrumental 

dance music. It's a mustsee. 

CoMPETITION 

Choirs Ontario is now accepting 

applications for the Leslie Bell 

Competition for choral conductors 

(35 years of age and under) 

and the Ruth Watson Henderson 

Choral Composition Competition 

(all ages). And, as always, we 

would welcome your membership 

in our rapidly-growing organization. 

For a low annual fee you 

will receive our newsletter, 

Dynamic, and have access to our 

considerable support material. 

For information please call our 

office at 923-1144. 

(Larry Beckwith is the 

General Manager of 

Choirs Ontario) 

The Gallery Choir 

of the 

Church of St. Mary Magdalene 

Allelyua Psallat 

jubilee Concert 

with guest organist 

Dr. Giles Bryant 

performing work by 

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Frostiana - Randall Thompson 

Peaceable KingdoB1 .~. Randall ~ompson 

Alleluia - Ra:,_dallJ1}oli!pson • .. 

U.St Words ofDavi~/ R;indall Thompson 

The Spell ofTimeslongPast7 Nancy Telfer 

A .Ceremony of~ls - Benj~kiri Britten 

Fantasia on Christmas Carols - R. Vaughan Williams 

Christmas Day- Gustav Holst 

Chrillbn~ Cantata -Felix Mendelssohn · 

Weihnachtslamtate - Felix Mendelssohn 

Requiem - john !'.utter 

Solemn Vespers - WolfgangAlnadeus Mozart 

Psalm 4~ - Felix Mendelssohn · 

Celtic Mass for tlulSea - Scott Macmillan 

Rivcl'dance gbor.-lSelections - Bill Whelan 

Brainerd Blyden-Taylor- conductor 

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The Toronto, 

Welsh Male 

Voice Choir 

Saturday, October 23 at 7:30p.m. 

Islington United Church 

25 Burnhamthorpe Road 

The choir and soloist Bruce Schaef 

perform hymns born of the collieries 

(Welsh coal mines) and valleys of Wales. 

Canadian and American folk songs and 

spiriruals rotu1d out their 

repertoire. 

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Autumn is almost upon us, and 

the 1999-2000 Toronto new music 

season is rapidly coming to the 

boil. Several concerts in October 

into the "not to be missed" 

category. 

SABAT AND CLARKE 

The violin/piano duo of Marc 

Sabat and Stephen Clarke 

continues their fascinating series 

of recitals at the Ettore Mazzoleni 

Concert Hall on October 8. 

These two have become 

recognized for their committed 

interpretations of contemporary 

music, as well as for explorations 

of lesser known and challenging 

works. This concert features 

Matteo Fargion's "Janet Topp" 

(revised version, 1998); 

Christopher Butterfield's "Four 

Short Pieces for Violin and 

Piano" (1999); Christian Wolff's 

"Pebbles" (1999); and Galina 

Ustvolskaya's "Duet" for violin 

and piano (1964). 

The first three pieces on the 

programme are world premieres, 

and the Butterfield and Wolff 

were commissioned by the Sabat/ 

Clarke Duo. Ustvolskaya's 

highly personal voice is gaining 

in international popularity, and 

the 25-minute duet will be an 

intense, exciting conclusion. 

ERGO ••• 

On October 15, the ERGO 

Ensemble - in association with 

the A.DEvantgarde: Projekte 

Neur Musik and The Music 

Gallery - presents "Stock 

Exchanges: Munich/Toronto". 

This concert follows the 

successful presentation of 

Canadian and German new works 

in Germany in June, and permits 

Toronto audiences to experience 

the fruits of this exchange. 

Six composers altogether - 3 

Canadian and 3 German - will 

receive North American premieres 

of their works. Participating 

Canadians are: Barbara Croall 

("Noodin" for two flutes), Marc 

Sabat ("Backyard Summer Patio" 

for bass clarinet, piano and 

percussion), and Allison Cameron 

("Quartet" for flute, clarinet, 

piano and percussion). 

Their German counterparts 

are all part of the A.DEvantgarde 

association: Moritz Eggert 

("Tableau" for clarinet and piano) 

is also a free-lance pianist, 

Fredrik Schwenk ("Trio" for 

flute, piano and percussion) 

teaches at the Hochschule in 

Augsburg, and Carl Christian 

Bettendorf ("Journey" for bass 

clarinet, piano and percussion) is 

studying composition. with 

Wolfgang Rihm in Karlsruse. 

Performers for this unique 

event include Stephen Clarke, 

piano; Peter Stoll, clarinet; 

Richard Moore, percussion; plus 

two European guest artists who 

participated in the parallel 

concert in Munich - Philipp 

Jundt (Swiz.), flute and Dorothee 

Binding (Ger.), flute. 

As an added bonus, a 

composers round-table discussion 

with the Canadian and internaby 

David G.H.Parsons 

tional guests will be held on 

October 16 (following day) at 

4:00 PM at the-6oethe·Institut; 

The topic: exchanges between 

countries (culturaVmusical); their 

importance in general, and this 

recent exchange in particular. 

Barbara Croall (currently an 

Affilate Composer with the ISO) 

will moderate. "I've always 

believed that discussions about 

art in general should ~ke place 

outside our everyday frame of 

reference," remarks Croall. 

EsPRIT'S PLEASURES 

The Esprit Orchestra presents 

"Diverse Pleasures" October 19, 

the first event of its 1999/2000 

season, featuring several works 

from their recent European tour. 

"In Amsterdam we did 4 separate 

concerts in 3 days," music 

director Alex Pauk states, "each 

with completely different 

repertoire, and everyone was 

amazed that this was feasible. 

Perhaps the biggest surprise was 

the size and warmth of the Paris 

audience. It can be very hard to 

· break into the scene in that City, 

and we were truly gratified by 

the positive feedback." 

Following Denis Gougeon's 

striking concert opener - the 

effervescent and lively "Primus 

Tempus" (1993)- the audience 

will be treated to Chris Paul 

Harman's "Procession burlesque" 

(1998) and Alexina 

Louie's Shattered Night, 

Shivering Stars (1997). The 

latter work is featured on a 

recent CBC Records release of 

the same name, entirely devoted 

to Louie's orchestral music 

[SMCD 5190]. 

The international content is 

Tiziano Manca's "Ondine" 

(1998), which will receive its 

Canadian premiere. "We 

performed the selected works in 

the young composers category at 

Gaudeamus," says Pauk, " and 

this one was especially successful. 

It is imaginative and 

charming, sensuous yet intellectual, 

and achieves a new sonic 

identity." 

Esprit returns to this country . 

for Denys Bouliane's "Du fouet 

et du plaisir", a striking piece 

' given by Soundstreams last 

season, and which gets a 

welcome re-hearing as part of 

Esprit's long-standing goal to 

establish a true Canadian 

repertoire. Listeners who wish to 

explore Bouliane's world in 

advance should check out his two 

CDs - "La' Musique du Realisme 

Magique, vol. I and II [SNE 543 

I 567]. 

DEGENERATE MUSIC? 

New Music Concerts exposes an 

intriguing piece of musical 

history with its first concert this 

season on October 31 at Premiere 

Dance Theatre. 

The composers and works 

featured were all suppressed by 

the German National Socialist 

Party in the 1930s, and the music 

comprises some important 20thcentury 

classics as well as lesser 

known repertoire: Karl Amadeus 

Hartmann (1905-1963), Ernest 

Krenek (1900-1991), Hanns 

Eisler (1898-1962). Kurt Weill. 

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M Just before press time, Leger Hear & Now to Louie learned that Toronto-based ~~ * 

composer Alexina Louie has been announced as this year's ~ ~ 

recipient of the Jules Leger Prize for New Chamber Music. Louie 

was chosen for her composition "Nightfall", and as an added bonus 

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the Esprit Orchestra will conclude their October programme with a A A a a A A 0 

performance of this prize-winning work. W W W W V W 

Founded in 1978, the $7,500 Jules Leger Prize is the most 

OCTOBER1999CALENDAR 

prestigious award for concert music in Canada, and is jointly 

coordinated by The Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian 

Music Centre and CBC Radio Music. Past recipients have 

included: R. Murray Schafer, Peter Paul Koprowski, Serge Garant, 

John Rea, Brian Cherney and Christos Hatzis, among others. 

Alexina Louie becomes the first female composer to receive this 

distinction in the award's 21-year history. 

The jury comprised of composers Harry Freedman and Rodney 

Sharman, plus conductor Veronique Lacroix, selected Louie's piece 

from a total of 56 entries in the 1999 competition. Dr. Sharman, as 

jury chair, described "Nightfall", composed in 1997as a commission 

by the I Musici de Montreal for the 25th anniversary of the 

Algoma Festival, as a "sensitive, evocative piece for 14 solo 

strings", adding that... "the composer creates an atmosphere of 

subtly shifting colours -a musical portrait of darkening night." 

Alexina Louie is among Canada's most recognized composers, 

and her work has been commissioned and performed widely by our 

leading orchestras, new music ensembles, chamber groups and 

soloists. She was named Composer of the Year in 1986 by the 

Canadian Music Council, has been recipient of a JUNO Award for 

best classical composition, and was presented with an Honourary 

Doctonite from the University of Calgary in 1997. 

Paul Hindeniith, and the "Suite 

Op. 29" (1923) for seven 

instruments by Arnold 

Schoenberg. 

. The latter, an exceptionally 

difficult piece and Schoenberg's 

first totally serialist chamber 

work, wit! be receiving its firstever 

Toronto performance. 

This programme in part recreates 

a 1938 Dusseldorf concert 

at which the National Socialist 

Party derided certain composers 

as makers of "degenerate music". 

(Hartmann was not on that 

"infamous" concert, but forbade 

his .music to be played under the 

Nazi regime. 

. Every piece on this programme 

has its own dramatic 

story. In the case of the 

Hindemith Sonata, it was 

scheduled for a concert in 

December 1936 by Gustav 

Scheck (flute) and Walter 

Gieseking (piano). The musicians 

arrived on the night of the 

performance to find the hall had 

bec::n closed by Goebbels himself. 

"One reason for this concert," 

says artistic director Robert 

Aitken, "is the interest that will 

be generated by the symposium 

on Music and Nazism planned at 

York University a few weeks ' 

prior. This event coincides with 

the end of Holocaust remem- · 

brance week. New Music 

Concerts is presenting works by 

composers who weren't actually 

killed but did suffer in other 

ways during the War." 

WholeNote readers who want 

to explore this area should read 

"The Twisted Muse: Musicians 

and Their Music in the Third 

Reich" (Oxford University Press) 

by Michael Kater. 

CURRENTS CANADIAN 

Lastly, don't forget that "Canadian 

Currents" continues on 

CJRT Radio FM 91.1 throughout 

the month:"A Portrait of John 

Weinzweig" (October 3); 

"Celebrating Elmer Iseler" 

(October 10) , with selections 

from the soon-to-be-released CD; 

"True North Festival 1998" 

(October 17) , an interview with 

artistic director Ted Dawson 

about recent performances in 

Taiwan of orchestral pieces by 

Steven Gellman, Ted Dawson, 

and Healey Willan; and then the 

"CJRT Fall Fundraising Campaign" 

(October 24 & 31) an 

opportunity to tune in and 

express support for the Canadian 

Currents series. 

David G.H. Parsons is Ontario 

Regional Director & Acting 

Head, National Library Canadian 

Music Centre Tel: (416) • 

961-4057 Fax: (416) 961-7198 

E-mail: ontario@musiccen'tre. ca 

Website: 

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The fall season is well and truly 

under way. Collages are closed, 

school's in and the summer 

festival season is replaced by the 

fall club and concert schedule. 

But, as the old song says- "the 

music goes round and round" 

and if you want to make the 

rounds, there is plenty in store 

over the upcoming month. 

' The George Weston Recital 

·Hall at the Ford Centre certainly 

does its share. It sees October off 

. to a good start with a concert 

October I, 8:00pm by Chick 

Corea, one of the leading 

keyboard players and composer/ 

bandleaders in contemporary 

jazz. The following evening, 

October 2. at 8.00pm. the beat 

will be latin as one of the most 

popular flautists in jazz, Herbie 

Mann takes the stage. In a career 

that has spanned over forty years, 

Mann helped establish the flute 

in jazz, incorporating Latin and 

Brazilian influences and winning 

13 straight Downbeat Readers' 

Polls along the way. 

On October 23, BlueNote 

artist, pianist/vocalist Eliane 

Elias will appear, bringing a 

more contemporary sound to the 

Recital Hall. and finally, October 

29, the same venue will present 

singer guitarist John Pizzarelli 

and his Trio, with their interpretations 

of jazz standards and 

great popular songs . It's a case 

of 'like father, like son,' with 

John following in the footsteps 

of his father, the great jazz 

guitarist, Bucky Pizzarelli. 

8.00p.m. Check our concert 

listings for details on all 

these.The George Weston Recital 

:Hall is at 5040 Yonge Street, 

Toronto. · 

Krall at the Hall 

Diana Krall is a true Canadian 

success story. She is hot, hot, hot 

all over the world right now - 

her sultry voice, with little hints 

of prime Peggy Lee, a very 

clever choice of repertoire, which 

frequently acknowledges the 

influence of Nat Cole, good jazz 

feel and pretty good piano 

playing. What more do you 

want? She will be at Massey Hall 

for two nights - October 13 and 

~ .... r.~iiiuii'l.-... ~1 14 at 8.00pm. Tickets are $35.00, 

$45.00 and $55.00 and have gone 

so well that a third night is being 

by Jim Galloway 

added on October 15th. 

Ghosts of Glenn 

Looking back over the past 50 

years, there is no bandleader 

better known to the general 

public than Glenn Miller. He 

disappeared almost 55 years ago 

when the single engine plane in 

which he was flying from 

England to France vanished into 

thin air. But the ghost band still 

goes on - I am almost tempted to 

make some comparison to the 

Flying Dutchman - and The 

Official Glenn Miller Orchestra 

Millennium Tour stops off at 

Massey Hall on October 23. at 

8pm. Tickets ($36.50, $46.50, 

$56.50) at Roy Thomson Hall 

box office (416) 872-4255 or 

Ticketmaster, ( 416) 870-8000. 

IOOiandStand: If it's 

Merlin Williams surveys 

the community concert 

band scene 

I can't imagine how I ever could 

have developed as a musician 

without the community concert 

band. 

The bands I played in as a 

teenager gave me a place to 

refine my playing skills, work on 

woodwind doubles, and improve 

my sightreading. It was in the · 

town bands where I received my 

first exposure to the Holst and 

Vaughan-Williams suites, Sousa 

and Alford marches, and the 

joyous melodies of Broadway .and 

Tin-Pan Alley songwriters. In · 

addition to the musical ·knowledge 

I gained, I also forged 

friendships which last to this· day. 

Several friends in the band scene 

have commented that they have 

difficulty reaching prospective 

players in their area. Conversely, 

I'm often approached at concerts 

by people who express interest in 

joining a community band, but 

don't know who to approach for 

more information. I decided to 

compile a list of th~ comrJlunity 

bands in the 416/905 area to 

provide a resource for these 

people. 

The bands listed below are 

organized by the day of the week 

they rehearse, starting with 

Monday. Please note that there 

are no professional or military 

bands listed. Most bands are 

open to any new members, but I 

have listed instruments that the 

bands are particularly in need of. 

Many thanks to Vivian Hingsberg 

at St. John's Music and John 

Kowalchuk, webmaster/assistant 

conductor of the Pickering 

Concert band for their help in 

compiling the list. 

East York Concert Band 

Conductor: Ernie Walker 

Contact person: Ernie Walker 

(41 6) 266-1 958 

Website/e-mail address: N/A 

Rehearsal day and time: Mondays, 

8:00p.m. 

Rehearsal location: McGregor 

P.S., Coxwell & Mortimer, East 

York 

Instruments needed: trumpets, 

auxiliary percussion, low reeds 

Next concert: Nov. 29/99 

Markham Concert Band 

Conductor: Diana Brault 

Contact person: Diana Brault 

(416) 244-3745 



7:30 p.m. 

~ehearsal location: Markham 

Community Centre, Hwys. 48 & 

7, Markham 

Instruments needed: percussion, 

bassoon, horns 

Next concert: Oct. 24/99 

North Toronto Symphonic Band 

Conductor: John Mclauglin 

·Contact person: Norm Borofsky 

1416) 486-1 224 



7:30p.m. 

Rehearsal location: Lawrence 

Park C.l. Auditorium, 1 25 

Chatsworth Dr. Toronto 

Instruments needed: tenor sax, 

tuba, bass clarinet, flutes, 

clarinets 

Next concert: Dec. 1 7/99 at 

North Toronto Community 

Centre 

Brampton Concert Band 

Conductor: Darryl Eaton 

Contact person: David

Led by Larry O'Brien, it really is 

a great swing band with a huge 

following which now encompasses 

the new generation of 

swing fans. 

The local look 

Let's not overlook the local 

scene. As usual, there is an 

extensive array of talent in clubs 

and concert venues On October 

20 at 7 .30pm there will be a 

concert to honour the memory of 

Eddie Sossin at Humber CoUege 

Auditorium, 3199 Lakeshore 

Boulevard West. 675-6622, 

extension 3427. Admission is 

$10.00 and $5.00 for students. 

Eddie was a woodwind player 

and co-ordinator of the music 

programme at Humber. His 

sudden death in May of this year 

came as a shock to his many 

friends. Proceeds from this 

concert will go towards establishing 

a Jazz Scholarship. 

CJRT's "Sound of Toronto" 

Series at the Ontario Science 

Centre is back for another solid 

season of Canadian jazz programmed, 

hosted and subsequently 

broadcast by Ted 

O'Reilly. On Oct 18 the Archie 

Alleyne Orchestra will be 

featured. The performance begins 

at 8:00 pm and admission is 

$8.00. Parking is free. 

There you have a sampling of 

what is coming up in October on 

the concert s~ges, but please 

don't forget the busy club scene 

which is in full swing - and 

remember, it is better heard live! 

Pause for thought - in this year 

of centennial celebration for 

Duke Ellington, it is a sobering 

realization that Clifford Brown, if 

he were still with us, would 

celebrate his 69th. birthday this 

month and would probably be 

still playing. I wonder how 

different the course of jazz might 

have been. 

Tuesday, this must be Brampton ••• 

• 

, 

Harmsworth (905) 451-6389 

(h) or (905) 451-0174 (b) 


Rehearsal day and time: Tuesdays, 

7:30 p.m. 

Rehearsal location: 55a Queen 

St. E., Brampton (beside the 

library) 

Instruments needed: horns, low 

brass 


Festival Wind Orchestra 

Conductor: Gennady Gaster 

Contact person: Shelley 

Goodman (416) 491-1683 



7:30p.m. 

Rehearsal location: Earl Haig 

S.S., room 163, 100 Princess 

Ave. North York 

Instruments need6d: percussion, 

oboe, low brass, low reeds 

Next concert: Dec. 14/99 

Newmarkat Citizens Band 

Conductor: Leslie Saville 

Contact person: Maurice 

Gillham (905) 775-8946 

e-mail address: 

gillham@yesic.com 


8:00p.m. 

Rehearsal location: Lions Hall, 

Newmarket 

Instruments needed: all 

Next concert: Oct. 9/99 (in Port 

Hope) 

Oakville Wind Orchestra 

Conductor: Anthony Kershaw 

Contact person: Band President 

(905) 338-8144 


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8:00p.m. 

Rehearsal location: Iroquois 

RidgeS. S., Glenashton Rd., 

Oakville 

Instruments needed: trumpets, 

horns, tuba, percussion, 

bassoon 

Next concert: T.B.A. 

Pickering Concert Band 

Conductor: Keith Bohlander 

Contact person: Steve Pettafor 

(905) 686-0523 

Website: 

www.concertband.on.ca 


7:30p.m. 

Rehearsal location: East Shore 

Community Centre, Liverpool 

Rd., Pickering 

Instruments needed: clarinets, 

low reeds 


Thornhill Community Band 

Conductor: Bobby Herriot 

Contact person: Joan or Lawry 

Sax (416) 223-7152 


1st trumpet@msn.com 

Reh-earsal day and time: Tuesdays, 

7:30p.m. 

Rehearsal location: Westmount 

C.l., Bathurst & New Westminster, 

Vaughan 


bassoon, trumpets, percussion, 

tuba 

Next concert: T.B.A. 

Caledon Concert Band 

Conductor: Rob Kinnear 

Contact person: Andrew Dunn 

(905) 857-7629 

Website: www.adscorp.on.ca/ 

CaledonBand 

Rehearsal day and time: 

Wednesdays, 7:30p.m. 

Rehearsal location: Christ 

Anglican Church, 22 Nancy St., 

Bolton 

Instruments needed: low brass, 

sexes, clarinets 

Next concert: Dec. 5/99 

Etobicoke Community Concert 

Band 

Conductor: John Edward Liddle 

Contact person: Sue Kay (41 6) 

233-1364 

Website: www.interlog.com/ 

- eccb/home.html 


Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. 

Rehearsal location: Etobicoke 

C.l. Auditorium, 86 Montgomery 

·Rd. Etobicoke 

Instruments needed: bass 

clarinet, bassoon 

Next concert: October 22 & 

23/99- Vegas Nights w/ 

special guest Virgil Scott 

Hamilton Concert Band 

Conductor: Mary Sobota 

Contact person: Richard 

Andrews (905) 634-5731 

Website: w w w. worldchat.com/ 

public/hcb 


Wednesdays, 7:30 

Rehearsal location: Pioneer 

Memorial United Church, 1974 

King St. E., Hamilton 

Instruments needed: horns 

Next concert: Nov. 7/99 

Mississauga Pops Concert Band 

Conductor: Denny Ringler 

Contact person: Mike Salisbury 

(905) 820-6378 

Website: www.geocities.com/ 

broadway/lobby/6448 


Wednesdays, 7:30p.m. 

Rehearsal location: Eden United 

Church, NW corner of Winston 

Churchill & Battleford, 

Mississauga 

Instruments needed: principal 

horn and mallet percussion 

ONLY 

Next concert: Nov. 7/9 9 

Chinguacousy Concert Band 

Conductor: Diana Brault 

Contact person:Robert Harvey 

(416) 249-8121 


Rehearsal day and time: Thursdays, 

7:30·p.m. 

Rehearsal location: Brampton 

Civic Centre, 1 50 Central Park 

Dr. Brampton 

Instruments needed: drums, 

clarinets, flutes, trumpets 

Next concert: Halloween 

Clarington Concert Band 

Conductor: Barrie Hodgins 

Contact person: Janet Cringle 

(905) 98 7-1569 



7:30p.m. 

Rehearsal location: Bowmanville 

Sr. P. S., 105 Queen St., 

Bow manville 


percussion, flutes, low reeds 

Next concert: Oct. 23/99 at All 

Saints Church in Whitby 

North York Concert Band 

Conductor: John Edward Liddle 

Contact person: Barb Martin 

(416) 247-8287 


nycb@home.com 


8:00 p.m. 

Rehearsal location: York Mills 

C.l., Music Room, 490 York Mills 

Rd, North York 


bassoon 

Next concert: Oct. 17/99 - w/ 

guest soloist Bobby Herriot 

Northdale Concert Band 

Conductor: Stephen Chenette 

Contact person: Marilyn Hajas 

(416) 532-6386 


Rehearsal day and time: Sundays, 

7 :30 p.m. 

Rehearsal location: Willowdale 

United Church, 349 Kenneth 

Ave., North York 

Instruments needed: bassoon, 

percussion 


Merlin Williams can be 

reached at (416) 489-0275 

(h), or on the web at 

www.netcom.ca/-merlinw 

or by e-mail: 

merlinw@netcom. ca.

n Bran do Sings?! 

1.1A music theatre quiz for the fall season 

by Sarah B. Hood 

With schools reopening and a 

new season of music theatre 

opening up, I thought it might 

be appropriate to offer a quiz 

for fans of opera and Broadway, 

based on some of the 

shows that will be playing 

around Toronto in October. 

You can jog your memory with 

our music theatre listings 

(although you may not find all 

the answers there!) No prizes; 

just for fun. Answers on page 

32. 

* Children are popular performers 

in musical comedy, and in 

fact two of the shows about to 

open in Toronto have titles that 

are children's names (both 

orphans, actually). Which two? 

** What opera has the same 

story as a movie starring the 

wonderful Greta Garbo? 

*** What Broadway musical 

was filmed with Marlon Brando 

in the romantic lead (and 

singing)? 

* * lc lc What Toronto opera 

company specializes in operas of 

the Baroque era, recreating each 

performance with period costumes, 

movement and vocal style, 

and working with musicians who 

play on period instruments? 

lc lc lc lc lc A few years ago 

Camilla Scott came into the 

public eye in a George Gershwin 

musical that was not by 

Gershwin: Crazy for You. The 

show was a pastiche, created by 

cobbling together some 

of Gershwin's hits into a "new" 

production. Can you name 

another "new" musical by the 

great Gershwin? 

BONUS QUESTION 

This one's really about a non 

Toronto production, so I've made 

it a bonus question. Producers of 

musicals often call in well-known 

stars (not necessari.ly from the 

world of theatre) to revitalize the 

box office. Here in Toronto, 

we've watched a series of celebs 

don the Phantom's mask to keep 

the dollars flowing until the final 

performance on Hallowe'en 

night. These have included 

Quebec pop rocker Rene Simard 

and, of course, KISS shock rocker 

Paul Stanley. Do. you know what 

part Lucy Loveless (better known 

as Xena, Warrior Princess), 

played on Broadway? 

ANSWERS on page 32 

Discover why more than two thousand Torontonians have been enthralled by 

I a i n .s c o t t ' s 

OPERA COURSES 

1. Opera : an introductory survey 

Ten Tuesday evenings, beginning 5 October 1999 

2. V~rdi : the heart of Italian opera 

Ten Tuesday evenings, beginning 18 January 2000 

Each course is from 7:00 to 9:30pm in the electronic classroom 

of Emmanuel College, Victoria University, U of T 

(100m southeast of the Museum subway station) 

each course costs $285 ($255 for seniors) 

. .. and in May 2000 join lain Scott on a two-week special 

tour of "Verdi's Italy"! 

o register call (4161 4 8 6 8 4 0 8 

Music 

Theatre 

Listings 

Artword Theatre. Sonofadruml 

Written & performed by Bill 

Usher, drummer-storyteller; 

directed by Luciano logna. Story 

with original songs & conga 

drumming. October 1 9 to 24: 

Tues-Fri: 8:00; Saturday: 2:00 

& 8:00; Sunday: 2:00 & 7:30. 

75 Portland St. 408-1146. 

AT&T Centre for the Performing 

Arts. Phantom of the Opera. 

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; 

Harold Prince, director. Closes 

October 31 . Pantages Theatre, 

244 Victoria. 872-2222. 

$50.50 to $92. 

Cameron MacKintosh/Mirvish 

Productions. Oliver/ Musical by 

Lionel Bart; directed by Sam 

Mendes; starring Russ Abbot & 

Sonia Swaby. November 4 to 

December 18. Evenings 8:00; 

matinees 2:00. Princess of 

Wales Theatre, 300 King St. 

West. 872-1212. $20 to $92. 

Canadian Opera Company. 

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore. Paolo 

Montarsolo, director; Maurizio 

Barbacini, conductor; Michael 

Schade, Henriette Bonde 

Hensen, John Del Carlo & other 

performers. Oct. 6 & 9: 8 :00; 

Oct. 3 matinee: 2:00. Hummingbird 

Centre, 1 Front St. 

East. 872-2262. $35 to $130. 

Canadian Opera Company. 

Verdi: La Traviata. Dmitry 

Bartman, director; Richard 

Bradshaw, conductor; Svetelina 

Vassileva, Gaetan Laperriere, 

Krisztina Szab6 & other performers. 

Oct. 2 & 8: 8:00; Oct. 

5: 7:00. Hummingbird Centre, 1 

Front St. East. 872-2262. $35 

to $130. 

Celebrating Pushkin 1799- 

1999. Rimsky-Korsakov: 

Pushkin's Mozart and Salieri. 

Chamber opera, restored original 

version. Christopher Barnes, 

Sterling Beckwith, Mary Bella & 

other performers; Myra Malley, 

director; introduced by Prof. 

Ralph Lindheim. October 13,14: 

7:30. George lgnatieff Theatre, 

15 Devonshire Pl. 978-81 92. 

$5 .. 

Curtain Call Players. Annie. 

Music by Charles Strouse; lyrics 

by Martin Chernin; book by 

Thomas Meehan. Oct. 14 to 23 . 

Thursdays to Saturday$: 8:00; 

Sunday matinee: 2:00. Fairview 

Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall 

Drive. 703-6181. $18,$14 

(group rates). 

Ford Centre for the Performing

Arts. Swingstep. Musical 

involving swing, Scottish 

stepping & fiddling. Previews 

October 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9; 

regular run October 1 2 to 

November 28. Evenings: 8:00; 

Wednesday matinees: 1 :00; 

Saturday & Sunday matinees: 

2:00. Apotex Theatre, 5040 

Yonge St. 870-8000. $25 to 

$62 (previews); $25 to $70 

(regular). 

Ford Centre for the Performing 

Arts. Canadian Opera Company 

with Marina Mescheriakova, 

soprano. Program to include 

arias by Verdi & Puccini. 

Canadian Opera Company 

Orchestra; Richard Bradshaw, 

conductor. November 4: 8:00. 

George Weston Recital Hall, 

5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. $43 

to $65. 

Ford Centre for the Performing 

Arts. Canadian Opera Company 

with Dmitri Hvorostovski, 

baritone. Program to include 

arias by Mozart. Canadian Opera 

Company Orchestra; Richard 

Bradshaw, conductor. October 

16: 8:00. George Weston · 

Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 

870-8000. ~49 to $80. 

Herykam Entertainment. Liza 

2000. Starring Frankie Kein & 

Manuel Art e. October 6, 7, 9 & 

10: 8:00; October 8: 7:30 & 

11 :30; October 9: 2:00. Jane 

Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. 

East. 366-7723. $25 to $45. 

Living Arts Centre Mississauge. 

Winnie the Pooh. Musical for 

children. October 1 7 1 :00 & 

4:30. 4141 Living Arts Drive. 

905-306-6000. $18,$15 

(children). 

Living Arts Centre Mississauga. 

Anything Goes. Music & lyrics 

by Cole Porter. Starring Gloria 

Loring. October 12 & 13: 8:00. 

4141 Living Arts Drive. 905- 

306-6000. $39 to $58. 

Markham Theatre. British 

Vaudeville Show. Music, dance 

& comedy. October 23: 8:00. 

171 Town Centre Blvd. 905- 

305-7469. $29.50. 

Markham Theatre. Leave the 

Porch Light On. Musical based 

on the evolution of Famous 

People Players. October 1 2 to 

16: 8:00; October 1 6 2:30 

matinee. 1 71 Town Centre Blvd. 

905-305-7469. $Q2.50 to 

$28.50. 

Mirvish Productions. Cabaret. 

Musical by Kander & Ebb; codirected 

by Sam Mendes & Rob 

Marshall. To October 16. 

Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 

King St. West. 872-1212. $20 

to $93. 

Music Theatre Mississauga. 

Jesus Christ Superstar. Music 

by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics 

by Tim Rice. October 22, 23, 

28, 29 & 30: 8:00; October 24: 

2:00. Meadowvale Theatre, 

631 5 Montevideo Rd. 

Mississauga. 905-821-0090. 

$18.50, $16.50. 

Oakville Centre for the Performing 

Arts. Franklin the. Turtle. 

Musical for children. Octob'er 

31 : 1 :30 & 4:00: 130 Nav~ St., 

Oakville. 905-815-2021. 

$14.99. 

Opera Anonymous/Tryptych 

Productions. La Voix Fram;aise. 

Poulenc: La Voix Humaine. 

Celebration of the birth of 

Poulenc. Penelope Cookson, 

mezzo soprano; Lenard ·whiting, 

tenor; William Shookhoff, music 

director; Edward Franko, stage 

director. October 16: 8:00. 

Trinity Presbyterian Church, 

2737 Bayview Ave. 489-5349. 

$19.99. 

Opera Atelier. Pygmalion et 

Gala tee: Three Acts of Creation. 

Works by Rameau, Rousseau & 

Petit. Marshall Pynkoski, 

director; Jeannette Zingg, 

choreographer; Tafelmusik 

Orchestra & artists of Atelier 

Ballet; Herve Niquet, cond. Oct 

27, 29 & 30: 8:00; October 31: 

2:00. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge 

St. 872-5555. $55 to $90; 

$46.75 to $76.50(stlsr). 

Opera Encore. From New York 

to North York ... Broadway goes 

uptown/ Selections from 

Carousel, Fiddler on the Roof, 

· Guys & Dolls, King & I, Kismet 

& others. Herb Brown & Brian 

Pearcey, baritones; Suzanne 

DeGrandpre, coloratura soprano; 

Barb~ra Fris, soprano & other 

performers; Richard Valdez, 

music director. October 23: 

8:00; October 24: 3:00. North 

York Central Library, 51 20 

Yonge St. 784-0799. $15,$10. 

Opera in Concert. La Perichole. 

Music by Offenbach. Nathalie 

Doucet, music director; Opera in 

Concert Chorus, Robert Cooper, 

chorus director. October 16: 

8:00; October 17: 2:00. 

Backgrounder with host lain · 

Scott, 45 minutes prior to each 

perflormance. Jane Mallett 

Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 366- 

7723. $28,$22. • 

Opera Mississauga. The Barber 

of Seville. Music by Rossini. 

October 7, 8 & 9: 8:00. 

Hammerson Hall, 41 41 Living 

Arts Drive. 905-306-0060. 

Opera Ontario. Le Traviata. 

Music by Verdi. Lyne Fortin, 

Carlo Scibelli, Allan Monk & 

other performers; New Hamilton 

Orchestra; Daniel Lipton, 

conductor. October 16, 21 & 

23: 8:00 at Great Hall, Hamilton 

Place, 1 Summers Lane. 905- 

526-6556; 1-800-575- 

1381. October 29: 8:00 at The 

Centre in. the Square,. 1·0 1· 

Queen St. North; Kitchener. 

519-578-1570; 1-800-265- 

8977. $20 to $80. 

Orion House. Golden Moments 

in Opera. Opera arias performed 

by 8 different artists. November 

6: 8:00. Church of theRedeemer, 

1 62 Bloor St. West. 

410-1808. $23,$18. 

Reino Productions. Wild 

Thunder. Dance & music from 

the traditions of Spanish & 

Celtic culture. Elena La Comadre 

with Arte Flamenco!; Colleen 

Rintemaki, Irish & Scottish 

dance. October 2: 8:30. 

Danforth Music Hall, 147 

Danforth Ave. 870-8000. $25 

(advance); $30 (door). ' 

Reprise Concerts. Guys & Dolls. 

By Frank Loesser. October 1: 

8:00; October 2: 2:00 & 8:00. 

Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front 

listings continue ... 

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!eniuiVI Price of $19.99! 

Selected and performed by some of Canada's 

most gifted and sought after interpreters of 

the repertoire and designed to recapture those 

truly unforgettable scenes and moments in the 

world of opera which have become forever 

entrenched in our memories. 

For the last time in this century you have the 

opportunity to hear this collection of some of 

the most beloved and hauntingly beautiful 

music ever written. ' 

Toronto, Nov.6, 8 prn Church of the Redeemer 

,Cobourg, Nov. 28, 2 prn Victoria Hall 

Gravenhurst, Dec.4, 2 prn Gravenhurst Opera House 

For further information call: ( 416) 410-1808

Curtain up on Music Theatre, 

* Annie, being produced by the 

Curtain Call Players from 

October 14 to 23, and Oliver!, 

running at the Princess of Wales 

beginning November 4. Of 

course, Annie is Little Orphan 

Annie, the comic strip orphan 

adopted by millionaire Daddy 

Warbucks. Oliver is Charles 

Dicken's boy waif Oliver Twist. 

Some other children that figure 

large on the musical stage are 

Canada's own Anne (Anne of 

Green Gables), the musical Von 

Trapp family in The Sound of 

Music and the many royal little 

boys and girls of The King and I. 

**Verdi's La Traviata has the 

same plot as Garbo's film 

Camille. Both are based on the 

French tale La Dame aux 

Camilias, a real weeper about a 

courtesan who falls in love with a 

young man from a respectable 

family. When the young man's 

father begs her to leave (lest she 

ruin the marriage hopes of her 

lover's daughter), she disappears 

with a broken heart to die of 

consumption • which would 

probably be called tuberculosis 

these days. The Canadian Opera 

Company presents La Traviata 

from October 2 to 8. 

***· That would be the 

wonderful Guys and Dolls. · 

Brando played Sky Masterson, a 

part that was created by Alan's . 

father Robert Aida on Broadway. 

The comic lead Nathan Detroit 

was played (more 

convincingly) by Frank Sinatra, 

while Jean Simmons played 

Sister Sarah in this enduringly 

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charming tale of the Manhattan 

crook who lures a Salvation 

Army crusader to Havana on a 

bet, then finds he's 

hooked. It's got one of the 

funniest scripts of any Broadway 

show, and it stands the test of 

time pretty well. Reprise 

Concerts is presenting Guys and 

Dolls October I and 2 at the St. 

Lawrence Centre. 

***It Although 

SECOND.com/p@n.y is presenting 

Mozart's The Magic Flute, 

which is also of the era, Opera 

Atelier is Toronto's most 

dedicatedly authentic presenter of 

Baroque opera. From October 27 

to 31 they' ll be performing work 

by Rameau, Rousseau and Petit 

*****Until Hallowe'en the 

Shaw Festival is presenting A 

Foggy Day, which was created 

for the 1998 season. It's loosely 

based on Gershwin's last show, 

Damsel in Distress and it 

includes immortal songs like "A 

Foggy Day in London Town", 

''Nice Work if You Can Get It", 

"Our Love is Here to Stay" and 

"Love Walked In". 

Bonus question: 

The lass with the blood-curdling 

war whoop briefly appeared as 

the possibly-preggers bad girl 

Rizzo in Grease during a popular 

Broadway revival in 1997. (Well, 

she still got to dress in J, ather.) 

Street East. 366-7723. $25- 

$47. 

Sanderson Centre. Leave the 

Porch Light On. Musical story of 

the Famous People Players. 

October 7: 2:00 & 8:00. 88 

Dalhousie St. Brentford. 1-800- 

265-0710. Evening $22.50 to 

$27; matinee $20.50 to $25. 

Scarborough Music Theatre. 

Brigadoon. Music by Frederick 

Loewe; book and lyrics by Alan 

Jay Lerner. Nov. 4 to 20. 

Thursdays to Saturdays: 8:00; 

Sunday matinees: 2:00. 

Scarborough Village Theatre, 

3600 Kingston Rd. 396-4049. 

$18,$15. 

SECOND.com/p@n.y. Mozart: 

The Magic Flute. Cast of 20; 

28-piece orchesta. October 1 5 

& 16: 8:00. Humanities 

Theatre, University of Waterloo. 

519-888-4908. $28,$22. 

Shaw Festival. A Foggy Day. 

Musical by George & Ira 

Gershwin. Music arranged & 

orch~strated by Christopher 

Donison; Kelly Robinson, 

director; Nora Mclellan, Richard 

Farrell & Todd Waite,performers. 

To October 31 . Royal George 

Theatre, Niagara-on-the- 

Lake. 1-800-511-7429. $25 to 

$70. 

Solar Stage Chi:dren's Theatre. 

Bob Schneider and the Rainbow 

Kids in the Country Kiddie 

Boogie Show. Family entertainment. 

Sundays to October 1 0: 

11 :OOam & 2:00. Madison 

Centre, Concourse Level, 4950 

Yonge St. 368-8031. $8.50. 

at the Elgin Theatre along with 

members of Tafelmusik Baroque Solar Stage Lunchtime Theatre. 

Orchestra. Opera Atelier is a real . Oh Coward/ By Noel Coward; 

directed by Ned Vukovic. A 

Toronto success story, with a theatrical tribute to Coward. 

growing international reputation. October 4 to 15: 12:12pm. 

Scotia Plaza, Concourse Level, 

40 King St. West. 368-8031 . 

$8.50. 

Tafelmusik. Purcell: King Arthur. 

Concert version. Tafelmusik 

Chamber Choir. November 3: 

7:00; November 4, 5, & 6: 

8:00; November 7: 3:30. 

Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 

Bloor St. West. 964-6337. $25 

to $42 ($20-$38, st. and sr.) 

Theatre Aquarius. 2 Pianos 4 

Hands. By Ted Dykstra & 

Richard Greenblatt; Richard 

Greenblatt, director. October 20 

to November 6: 8:00; Saturday 

matinees: 2:00. 190 King 

William St. Hamilton. 905-522- 

7529; 1-800-465-7529. $35 

to $45. 

Theatre Passe Muraille. Act of 

God. Written & performed by 

James O'Reilly; music by James 

Thomson. Jazz play for solo 

voice & double bass. Previews 

October 5 & 6; main run 

October 7 to 24. Backspace, 16 

Ryerson Ave. 504-7529. 

Previews & Sunday: PWYC; 

Tuesday-Thursday: $16.50; 

Friday-Saturday: $24. 

Toronto Operetta Theatre. 

Vienna Gold. Music of the 

Strauss family. Stephanie Bogle, 

Keith Boldt, Anita Krause, Kurt 

Lehmann, performers; Brahm 

Goldhammer, music director. 

October 30: 8:00; October 31: 

2:00. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 

Front St. East. 366-7723. $26. 

Tryptych Productions/Opera @ 

Yorkville. Let's Du-et. Evening of 

love duets. Adele Kozak, Monica 

Walsh, Ellen Verterdal, Lenard 

Whiting & Robert de Vrij, 

performers; William Shookhoff, 

music director. November 1 : 

8:00. The Stone Church, 45 

Davenport Rd. 489-5349. 

$20,$15. 

University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. Opera Tea. An afternoon 

of opera & tea on the theatre 

stage. Changing World: a Noel 

Coward review. October 19: 

2:30. MacMillan Theatre, 80 

Queens Park Crase. 978-3744. 

$20. 

Winter Garden Theatre. Forever 

Swing. By Dean Regan. Big 

band musical review. October 1 

to November 14. 189 Yonge St. 

872-5555. $20 to $40. 

York University Faculty of Fine 

Arts. Celebrating Pushkin: 

Mozart and Salieri. Chamber 

opera by Rimsky-Korsakov, 

restored original version. 

Translated & produced by 

Sterling Beckwith; Myra Malley, 

director; Mila Filatova, music 

director; starring Michael Herren 

& Sterling Beckwith. October 5: 

6:00; October 6: 12:30. 

Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 

050 Mcleughlin College, 4 700 

Keele St. 736-5186. Free 


Next issue of WholeNote covers 

November 1 - December 7. 

deadline for listings is October 15. 

Fax to 416 463-2165 or e-mail to 

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CANADA'S PERFORMING ARTS 

POWERHOUSE 

October 1 1999 to November 7 1999 

As always, we make every effort to ensure accuracy. But ... 

. things happen (strikes, plagues ... ), plans change. So, please 

use the numbers provided to phone ahead. Also please note: 

only the first performance of Music Theatre Listings is included 

in these Daily Listings. For a complete run, runs already in 

progress and detailed schedules, please see our Music Theatre 

listings, on page 30. 

Friday Oct. 01 

-- 1 2:00 noon: Roy Thomson 

Hall Volunteers. Bring Your Own 

Lunch Concert. Paul Mason, 

classical & jazz piano. 60 

Simcoe St. 593-4822 ext.363. 

Free. 

-- 7:30: lstituto Italiano de 

Culture. Choir of the 

Associazione Nazionale Alpini. 

Famee Furlane, 7065 Islington 

Ave. Woodbridge. 41 6-249- 

0374. $10. 

-- 8 :00: Ford Centre for the 

Performing Arts. Chick Corea & 

Origin. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870- 

8000. $46 to $60. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. The 

Piano Series: Heather Schmidt. 

179 Richmond West. 204- 

1080. $10,$7. 

-- 8:00: Reprise Concerts. Guys 

~ Dolls. By Frank L.oesser. Jane 

Mallett Theatre, 27 Front Street 

East. 366-7723. $25-$47. For 

complete run see Music Theatre 

listings. 

-- 8:00: Toronto Symphony 

Orchestra. James Taylor, vocals; 

David Alan Miller, conductor. 

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 

593-4828. $45 to $85. 

-- 8:00: University of Toronto 

Faculty of Music. Symphony 

Orchestra. Johann Strauss Jr.: 

Die Fledermaus Overture; Josef 

Strauss: Dynamiden Walzer; 

Johann Strauss Sr.: Furioso 

Galop; Richard Strauss: Orchestral 

Songs, Der Rosenkavalier 

~erenade presents ... 

Suite. Raffi Armenian, music 

director & conductor. MacMillan 

Theatre, 80 Queens Park Crase. 

978-3744. $10,$5. 

-- 8:00: Winter Garden Theatre. 

Forever Swing. By Dean Regan. 

Big band musical review. 189 

Yonge St. 872-5555. $20 to 

$40. For complete run see 

Music Theatre listings. 

Saturday Oct. 02 

-- 1 :00: Music at Metropolitan. 

Metropolitan Celebrates Toronto 

Arts Week. Carillon recital and 

demonstration. Gerald 

Martindale, carillonneur. Metropolitan 

United Church, 56 

Queen St. East. 363-0331 . 

PWYC. 

-- 2:00: Music at Metropolitan. 

Metropolitan Celebrates Toronto 

Arts Week. Organ recital and 

demonstration. Patricia Wright, 

organ. Metropolitan United 

Church, 56 Queen St. East. 

363-0331. PWYC. 


Songs of the Soul: A hymn sing. 

Metropolitan Silver Band; 

Patricia Wright, organ. Metropolitan 

United Church, 56 

Queen St. East. 363-0331. 

PWYC. 

-- 7:30: Serenade. Melanie 

Spanswick, piano, in Concert. 

Works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, 

Granados, Schumann, Carreno 

& Liszt (North American 

premiere). Temple Baptist 

Church, 14 Dewhurst. 778- 

British pianist Melanie Spanswick 

In master class: Friday October 1, 6:00 p.m. 

$30/participant, $15/auditor 

In concert: Saturday, October 2, 7:30 p.m. 

works include Franz Liszt North American premiere 

$15, $10 students & seniors 

Temple Baptist Church, 14 Dewhurst Ave 

(north ofDanforth between Pape and Donlands) 

RSVP & information: (416) 778-5736 

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 

Faculty of Music 

·Saturday, October 16, 1999 • ·8 pm 

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OPERATEA 

Friday, October 2,t)~99 • 8.J.>m 

u OFT GHAMBER

5736. $15,$10. 

-- 8:00: Aradia. Capriccio 

Stravagante. Music by Farina, 

Castello, Corelli, Scarlatti, Vivaldi 

& Sammartini. Alison Melville, 

recorder; Kevin Mallon, music 

director. Glenn GouldStudio, 

250 Front St. West. 205-5555. 

$25,$22. 

-- 8:00: Canadian Concert & 

Recital Artists. Benefit concert 

for Doctors Without Borders. 

Solos/duets/trios from opera, 

movies & Broadway. Mary Bella, 

Amanda Bragg, Thomas 

boherty, Janice Fernihough, Jan 

Lamoreux & other performers. 

Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 

691-9832. $15,$12. 

-- 8:00: Downsview Symphony 

Orchestra. Mario Di Carlo, Alex 

Kleeman, Vittoria LaNeve & Ali 

Haze, performers; Pietro Drago, 

conductor. Yorkwoods Theatre, 

1785 Finch Ave. West. 41 0- 

4164. $13,$10,$15 (door). 

-- 8:00: Ford Centre for the 

Performing Arts. The Great 

Guitars: Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis 

& Mundell Lowe. George Weston 


870-8000. $31 to $40. 

-- 8:00: Massey Hall. Choving 

Drolma &. Steve Tibbetts. 

Traditional Tibetan Buddhist 

songs & chants with guitar & 

percussion. 15 Shuter St. 872- 

4255. $19.50 to $32.50. 

-- 8:00: Mississauga Symphony 

Pope. Quartette in Concert/ 

Sylvia Tyson, Cindy Church, 

Gwen Swick & Caitlin Handford, 

singers; John Barnum, conductor. 

Hammerson Hall, 4141 

Living Arts Drive, Mississauga. 

905-306-6000. $45,$35. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. Stavros. 

,179 Richmond West. 204- 

·1080. 

~ - 8:00: Toronto Symphony 

Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hall. 

See October 1 . 

-- 8:30: Reino Productions. Wild 

,Thunder. Dance & music from 

the traditions of Spanish & 

Celtic culture. Elena La Comadre 

with Arte Flamenco!; Colleen 

Rintamaki, Irish & Scottish 

Clance. Danforth Music Hall, 14 7 

Danforth Ave. 870-8000. $25 

(advance); $30 (door). 

tne RHD ofoUn-fst: 

I/ya Kaler, violin in his Toronto debut! 

Sunday Oct. 03 . 

-- 11 :OOam & 2:00: Solar Stage 

Children's Theatre. Bob 

Schneider and the Rainbow Kids 

in the Country Kiddie Boogie 

Show. Family entertainment. 

Madison Centre, Concourse 

Level, 4950 Yonge St. 368- 

8031. $8.50. For complete run 

see Music Theatre listings. 

-- 2:00 & 7:00: Living Arts 

Centre Missiesauga. Volyn 

Ukrainian Song & Dance 

Company. Ukrainian folk songs, 

dances, music & theatrical 

tableaus. Ensemble of 50 

performers. Hammerson Hall, 

41 41 Living Arts Drive. 905- 

306-6000. $19.50 to $50. 


Performing Arts. Swingstep. 

Musical involving swing, 

Scottish stepping & fiddling. 

Apotex Theatre, 5040 Yonge St. 

870-8000. $25 to $62 (preview). 

For complete run see 


-- 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. 

Sunday Concert. Yaritza 

Martinez. Spanish music from 

son & bolero to classical 

Spanish melodies. York Quay 

Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. 

973-3000. Free. 


Performing Arts. Borromeo 

String Quartet. Beethoven: 

Quartet in F Op.18 #1; String 

Quintet in C Op.29; Quartet in a 

Op. 132. Misha Amory, viola. 

1 :30: Pre-Concert Talk by Dr. 

John Burge. George Weston 


870-8000. $20 to $30. 

-- 2:30: Off Centre Music 

Series. The Red Violin-ist. 

Corigliano: Chaconne from The 

Red Violin (arr. Bergs); music of 

R.Strauss, Schumann, Ysaye & 

Kreisler. llya Kaler, violin; Linda 

Maguire,mezzo soprano; lnna 

Perkis & Boris Zarankin, piano; 

special guest: Don McKellar. 

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front 

St. West. 205-5555. $30,$18. 

-- 3:00: Baroque Music Beside 

the Grange. Music of Salomone 

Rossi. Laura Pudwell, Paul 

Jenkins, David Fallis & John 

Pepper, vocal quartet; instrumental 

musicians. St. George 

Off Centre Music Series presents 

Two h.:1nJs. One vi(llin. Five Senses. The Off Centre Music Series, in 

ils rifLil SCUSPil, blcnJs musi...:, pndry, arl, Euwpcan Jcli...:a...:ics anJ romance in tllcir 

uniyuc IHnnagc ln d1e 19th ('(.mlury Sal(m. Join us fnr our opening ..:on..:crl (p~rl of 

Pur stqwrb musi,:al hnuyud of six) wilh T ...:haiknvsky, Sihclius anJ Paganini 

...:ttmpdililm gulJ mcJalisl Ilya Kaler, violin and Linda Maguire, mezzo~soprano 

lP ('CJL"!m:tlc lwo grl:'it l Romitnli..:s: Sdntmann anJ :Strauss. Spc..:ial guest Don 

l\lckelbr, of The ReJ Violin fame, will join Mr. Kaler in a discussion of lhc 'lives'.,[ 

viP\in:;. An arrangL"mcnl of Jnbn Corigliano's Chaconn..J, as featured in the film, will 

bl.' prcmicrcJ. 

Sunday, October 3, 1999 2:30p.m. at Glenn Gould Studio 

For Tickets, call Glenn Gould. Studio Box Office at (416) 205-5 =:..__..,J 

the Martyr Church, 197 John 

St. 588-4301. $18,$14. 

-- 3:00: Toronto Sinfonietta. 

Books, Beans & Brass. Salon 

concert. Music from renaissance 

dance to dixieland. Part of 

Toronto ArtsWeek '99. Chapters 

Bookstore, Festival Theatre, 142 

John St. 233-7468. Free. 

-- 4:00: Roland Starr, piano, in 

Recital. Ravel: Sonatine; 

Schubert: Impromptus Op.90; 

works by Brahms. David Parker, 

french horn. Heliconian Hall, 35 

Hazelton Ave. 565-6263. $7. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. What 

Next: Evergreen Club's Moving 

Images in Concert. 179 Richmond 

West. 204-1080. 

$12,$8. 

Monday Oct. 04 

-- 12:12: Solar Stage Lunchtime 

Theatre. Oh Coward! By Noel 

Coward; directed by Ned 

Vukovic. A theatrical tribute to 

Coward. Scotia Plaza, Concourse 

Level, 40 King St. West. 

368-8031. $8.50. For complete 

run see Music Theatre listings. 

-- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. 

The Angels' Share. Robin Laing 

& Charles MacLean. TRANZAC, 

292 Brunswick Ave. 410-3655. 

$15,$13. 

Tuesday Oct. 05 

-- 1 :00: Music at St. James' 

Cathedral. Giles Bryant, organ. 

65 Church St. 364-7865 

ext.231. Free. 

-- 6:00: York University Faculty 

of Fine Arts. Celebrating 

Push kin: Mozart and Salieri. 

Chamber opera by Rimsky 

Korsakov, restored original 

version. Translated & produced 

by Sterling Beckwith; Myra 

Malley, director; Mila Filatova, 

music director; starring Michael 

Herren & Sterling Beckwith. 

McLaughlin Performance Hall, 

050 McLaughlin College, 4 700 

Keele St. 736-5186. Free 

(donations accepted). For 


listings. 

-- 8:00: Theatre Passe Muraille. 

Act of God. Written & performed 

by James O'Reilly; 

music by James Thomson. Jazz 

play for solo voice & double 

bass. Backspace, 1 6 Ryerson 

Ave. 504-7529. Preview: PWYC. 

For complete run see Music 

Theatre listings. 

Wednesday Oct. 06 


Organ Futures. Marty Smyth, 

organ. 1 2:00 noon: Metropolitan 

Carillon played by Gerald 

Martindale. Metropolitan United 


363-0331. Free (donations 

accepted). 

-- 1 2:30: Yorkminster Park 

Church. Noonday Recital. Ronald 

Jordan, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 

922-1167. Free. 


Performing Arts. Dmitri 

Hvorostovsky, baritone, in 

Recital. Program to include 

Russian songs. Mikhail Arkadiev, 

piano. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040Yonge St. 870-8000. 

$43 to $65. 

-- 8:00: Herykam Entertainment. 

Liza 2000. Starring Frankie Kein 

& Manuel Arte. Jane Mallett 


7723. $25 to $45. For complete 

run see Music Theatre 

listings. 

--8:00: Massey Hall. Zucchero. 

Pop/blues singer/songwriter. 15 

Shuter St. 872-4255. $29.50 

to $59.50. 

--8:00: Music Gallery. Kate 

Hammett-Vaughan Quintet. 179 

Richmond West. 204-1 080. 


Orchestra. Tchaikovsky: Battle 

of Poltava from Mazeppa; 

Music at Metropolitan presents 

Organ Futures 

Free organ recitals+ Wednesdays at 12 noon 

October 6 Marty Smyth University ofToronto 

October 13 Stephen Candow Assistant Organist, · 

Metropolitan 

October 20 Rachel y oon University ofToronto 

October 27 Stephen Fraser University ofToronto 

Carillon recital by Gerald Martindale 12:00-12:15 

0 Metropolitan United Church · 

Queen and Church Streets 363-0331

Beethoven: Triple Concerto; 

Symphony #3 Eroica. Beaux 

Arts Trio; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, 

conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 

60 Simcoe. 593-4828. $24 to 

$77. 


Faculty of Music. Small Jazz 

Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 


Free. 

Thursday Oct. 07 

-- 1 2:00 noon: University of 

Toronto Faculty of Music. 

Thursday Noon Series: Student 

Composers Concert. Walter Hall, 

80 Queens Park Crase. 978- 

3744. Free. 

-- 1 2:00 noon: CBC Radio Two 

Music Around Us. Stephen 

Ham, piano, in Recital. Bach/ 

Busoni: Chaconne; Ravel: 

Gaspard de Ia nuit; Hamelin: 

Prelude and Fugue. Glenn Gould 

Studio, 250 Front St. West. 

205-5555. Free. 

-- 12:00 noon: St. Paul's Bloor 

Street. Noon Hour Organ 

Recital. Eric Robertson, organ. 

227 Bloor St. East. 961-8116. 

Free. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. Master 

Musicians from the East: 

Lakshmi Ranganathan/AsuniJ 

Kalli. 179 Richmond West. 204- 

1080. $15,$10. 

-- 8:00: Opera Mississauga. The 

Barber of Seville. Music by 

Rossini. Hammerson Hall, 4141 

living Arts Drive. 905-306- 

0060. For complete run see 




See October 6. 




Lunch Concert. Alexa Wing, 

soprano; Adolfo Desantes, 

piano. 60 Simcoe St. 593-4822 


-- 8:00: Music Gallery. Bill 

Gilliam. 179 Richmond St. 

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

-- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. 

Cesaria Evora. Robert Michaels, 

special guest. New world music 

from Cape Verde. 60 Simcoe. 

872-4255. $32.50 to $42.50. 

-- 8:00: Sabat/Clarka Duo. 

Fargion: Janet Topp; Butterfield: 

Four Short Pieces for violin & 

piano; Wolff: Pebbles; 

Ustvolskaya: Duet. Stephen 

Clarke, piano; Marc Sabat, violin. 

Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 

273 Bloor St. West. 363-9428. 

$15,$10. 


Faculty of Music. St. Lawrence 

String Quartet. Haydn: String 

Quartet in d Op.76 #2; Janacek: 

String _Quartet #1; Dvorak· 

Noonday Chamber 

Music at Christ Church 

4th Annual Series of 

LUNCHTIME CHAMBER MUSIC AT CHRIST CHURCH DEER PARK", . 

continues, Thursdays in October and November, 12:30- 1:10 pm 

October 7th: 

Clarinet to go. Mike Westwood, clarinet; Vanessa Lee, piano. 

Music by Weber, Honegger, and Brahms 


French Song Sampler. Music by Poulenc, Milhaud, and others. 

Melodia de Almeida, mezzo-soprano; Simon Docking, piano. 

October 21st: 

Sound the Trumpet. Paul Sanvidotti, trumpet; Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill, organ 


Piano miniatures. Simon Docking, piano. 

Miniatures by Mozart, Chopin, Grainger, Joplin, Takemitsu and others 

Admission by donation · · · · 

For further information please contact the church office at 

920-5211 or fax 920-8400 

Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Vonge Street, Toronto 

Piano Quintet Op.81. Guest 

artist Patricia Parr, piano. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queens Park Crase. 

978-3744. $20,$10. 


-- 2:00: Canadian Children's 

Opera Chorus. An International 

Thanksgiving in Song. 

Leverkusen Children's Choir. 

Yorkminster Park Church, 1585 

Yonge St. 922-1167. Free 

($5.00 suggested donation). 

-- 2:00: Victoria-Royce Church. 

Baroque Favourites. Paul 

Sanvidotti, trumpet; Judy 

Anzelc, soprano; Peter Treen, 

organ; Rena Szczerbowicz, 

bassoon. 190 Melland Ave. 769- 

6176. Free. 

-- 8:00: The Academy Concert 

Series. Musical Gems from the 

Bach Family. Music by J.S Bach 

and his sons. Jeanne Lamon, 

violin; Christina Mahler, cello; 

Luc Beausejour, harpsichord. 

Eastminster United Church, 31 0 

Danfoth Avenue,(416)778- 

1941. $15,$10. 


Orchestra. Beethoven: Symphony 

#4 & #7; ligeti: Violin 

Concerto. Scott St. John, violin; 

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor. 

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe 

St. 593-4828. $24 to $77. 

Sunday Oct. 10 

-- 1 :00: Harbourfront Centre. 

Cushion Concert: Jacob Two 

Two Meets the Klezmer All 

Stars. Barbara Budd, host. du 

Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 

Queens Quay West. 973-4000. 

$8. 


Sunday Concert. James Gordon, 

folksinger/songwriter/multiinstrumentalist. 

York Quay 


973-3000. Free. 

-- 2:30: Toronto Early Music 

Centre. Musically Speaking: 

Music of the Medieval Nunneries. 

European vocal music from 

9th to 1 5th centuries. Sine 

Nomine & Friends. Royal Ontario 

Museum, 100 Queen's Park. 

966-1409. Free with admission 

to the ROM: $10,$5. 

-- 7:00: Leaside Concert Series. 

Works by Poulenc, Dring & 

Demersseman. Meridian Trio: 

Amy Hamilton, flute & piccolo; 

Keith Atkinson, oboe; Kent 

McWilliams, piano. Leaside 

Presbyterian Church, 670 

Eglinton Ave. East. 488-2588. 

$1 5,$1 0 (family rates). 



James Gordon. York Quay 

Centre. See October 1 0. 


-- 1 :00: Music at St. James' 

Cathedral. Music of Bach. 

Christopher Dawes, organ. 65 

Church St. 364-7865 ext.231. 

Free. 


Performing Arts. Sharon /sbin, 

guitar. Thiago de Mello, percussion. 

7:00: Pre-Concert Talk. 


5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. $20 

l'he Ner•d•a• l'r•o 

Leaside Presbyterian Church. • 

Sunday, October 10, 7:00pm 

416.488.2588 

'Q[{ic Aca6cmy (onccrt $cric5 

Saturday, October 9th, 1999 8pm 

"Musical Gems from the Bach Fantily" 

Jeanne Lamon-violin 

Christina Mahler-violoncello 

Luc Beausejour-harpsichord 

Music by .I.S.Bach and his sons 

Eastminster United Church 310 Danforth 

For information: ( 416) 778-! 941 

·.

to $30. 

-- 8:00: Living Arts Centre 

Mississauga. Anything Goes. 

Music & lyrics by Cole Porter. 

Starring Gloria Loring. 4141 

Living Arts Drive. 905-306- 

6000. $39 to $58. Complete 

run, see Music Theatre listings. 

-- 8:00: Markham Theatre. Lseve 

the Porch Light On. Musical 

based on the evolution of 

Famous People Players. 1 71 

Town Centre Blvd. 905-305- 

7469. $22.50 to $28.50. For 


listings. 

-- 8:00: Martin Onrot. Natalie 

Choquette: La Diva. Jane Mallett 


7723. $43,$39. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. CCMC. 

179 Richmond St. W. 204-1 080. 



Organ Futures. Stephen 

Candow, organ. 1 2:00 noon: 

Metropolitan Carillon played by 

Gerald Martindale. Metropolitan 

United Church, 56 Queen St. 

East. 363-0331. Free (donations 

accepted). 

-- 1 2:30: York University Dept. 

of Music. Very Sari. Music for 

baritone saxophone. David Mott, 

saxophone. Mclaughlin Perform· 

ance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin 

College, 4700 Keele St. 736- 

5186. Free. 

-- 12:30: Yorkminster Park 

Church. Noonday Recital. 

William Maddox, organ. 1585 

Yonge St. 922-11 67. Free. 


Orchestra. Evening Overture. 

Beethoven: Quintet Op.137; 

Brahms: Quintet #1 in F. Mark 

Skazinetsky & Carol Fujino, 

violins; Mary Carol Nugent & 

Christopher Redfield, violas; 

Simon Fryer, cello. Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 593- 

4828. $4.85 or free with ticket 

to the 8:00 performance. 

-- 7:00: Tafelmusik. Mozart 

Masterworks. Mozart: Copcerto 

#20 il'! d; Eirie.kl~t"ine' · · · 

Nachtmusik; Jupiter Symphony. 

Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano; 

Jean-Franqois Rivest, conductor. 

Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 427 

Bloor St. West. 964-6337. $25 

to $42; $20 to $38(st/sr). 

-- 7:30: Celebrating Pushkin 

1799-1999. Rimsky-Korsakov: 


Chamber opera, restored original 

version. Christopher Barnes, 

Sterling Beckwith, Mary Bella & 

other performers; Myra Malley, 

director; introduced by Prof. 

Ralph Lindheim. George lgnatieff 

Theatre, 15 Devonshire Pl. 978- 

8192. $5. 

--8:00: Martin Onrot. Natalie 

Choquette: La Diva. Jane Mallett 

Theatre. See October 1 2. 

-- 8:00: Massey Hall. Diana 

Krall. Canadian jazz singerpianist, 

with orchestra. 15 

Shuter. 872-4255. $35 to $55. 


Orchestra. Beethoven: Symphony 

#6 Pastoral; Piano 

Concerto #1; Ravel: Daphnis et 

Chloe Suite #2. Andre Laplante, 

piano, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, 


60 Simcoe St. 593-4828. $24 

to $77. 



Ensembles. Walter Hall. See 

October 6. 


-- 12:00 noon: CBC Radio Two 

Music Around Us. Julia Seager, 

harp, in Recital. Debussy: 

Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp; 

works by Faure, Donizetti & 

Scarlatti. Beth Rutledge, flute; 

Kathleen Kajioka, viola. Glenn 

Gould Studio, 250 Front St. 

West. 205-5555. Free. 



Recital. Christopher Dawes, 

organ. 227 Bloor St. East. 961- 

8116. Free. 

-- 12:00 noon: Hart House 

Music Committee. Midday 

Mosaics: MiaoMiao Yu, piano. 

Music Room, 7 Hart House 

Circle. 978-5362. Free. 

-- 1:30: Women's Musical Club 

of Toronto. Miro String Quartet. 

Music of Schubert.. 

Mendelssohn & Chan Ka Nin. 

12:15: Pre-concert lecture, Rm. 

330 Edward Johnson Bldg. 


923-7052. $22. 


Orchestra. Evening Overture. 

Roy Thomson Hall. See Oct 13. 

-- 7:30: Celebrating Pushkin 

17 99-1999. Rimsky-Korsakov: 



-- 8:00: Curtain Call Players. 

Annie. Music by Charles 

Strouse; lyrics by Martin 

Chernin; book by Thomas 

Meehan. Fairview Library 

Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive. 

703-6181. $18,$14 (group 

rates). For complete run see 


-- 8:00: Massey Hall. Diana 

Krall. See October 13. 


Masterworks. Trinity-St. Paul's 

Church. See October 13. 




-- 9:00: Salon du livre de 

Toronto. Claude Leveillee ... sans 

filet. Evening of music, stories, 

poetry & comedy. Glenn Gould 


205-5555. $30. 



Mississauga. Roger Whittaker. 


306-6000. $19.50 to $45. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. Stock 

Exchanges: Munich- Toronto. 

Cameron: Quartet (1999); 

Croall: Noondin (1999); Sabat: 

Backyard Summer Patio (1999); 

Bettendorf: Journey (1999); 

Eggert: Tableau (1997); 

Schwenk: commissioned work. 

ERGO: Dorothea Binding & 

Philipp Jundt, flutes; Peter Stoll, 

clarinet; Stephen Clarke, piano; 

Richard Moore, percussion. 1 79 

Richmond St. West. 204- 

1080. $15,$10. 

-- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. 

Mehr Ali & SherAli. Qawwali 

music of Pakistan. Sardar Jafari, 

harmonium; Amjad Ali, tabla; 

Sharafat Ali & Fateh Ali, chorus; 

other performers. 60 Simcoe. 

872-4255. $20 to $50. 

-- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of 

Music Glenn Gould Professional 

School. Mozart: Symphony #35; 

Dymiotis: Concertina for Piano 

& Chamber Orchestra; Brahms: 

Symphony #2. Katherine 

Jacobson, piano; Leon Fleisher, 

conductor. Ettore llliazzoleni ' 

Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. 

West. 408-2824 ext.321. 

$15,$12. 

--8:00: Tafelmusik. Mozart 





Mississauga. Roger Whittaker. 

See October 15. $25 to $45. 

-- 7:00: Labing Dalawa. 12 

classic Filipino songs - concert 

& CD release. Lilac Cane, 

soprano; Raul Sunico, piano. 

Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 

273 Bloor St. West. 905-828- 

4456. 

-- 7:30: Voice Concepts. Voices 

in the Night. Directed by Tom 

Oliver; Linda Fletcher & 

Catherine Dickey, accompanists. 

Fundraiser for the Walton 

Church Renovation. Walton 

Church, 2489 Lakeshore Rd. 

West. 905-827-1643. $12. 


Performing Arts. Canadian 

Opera Company with Dmitri 

Hvorostovski, baritone. Program 

to include arias by Mozart. 

Canadian Opera Company 

Orchestra; Richard Bradshaw, 

conductor. George Weston 


870-8000. $49 to $80. 

-- 8:00: Landsman, Orloff & 

Turini In Concert. Tchaikovsky: 

Trio for Piano, Violin & Cello in a 

Op.50; Beethoven: Sonata for 

Piano & Violin in G Op.30 #3; 

Brahms: Sonata for Piano & 

Cello in e Op.38. Vladimir 

Landsman, violin; Vladimir 

Orloff, cello; Ronald Turini, 

piano. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 

Front W. 205-5555. $25,$15. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. Andy 

Milne's Cosmic Dapp Theory. 

179 Richmond St. West. 204- 

1080. $12,$18. 

-- 8:00: Opera in Concert. La 

Perichole. Music by Offenbach. 

Nathalie Doucet, music director; 

Opera in Concert Chorus, Robert 

Cooper, chorus director. 7:15: 

Backgrounder with host lain 

Scott. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 

Front St. East. 366-7723. 

$28,$22. For complete run see 


-- 8:00: Opera Anonymous/ 

Tryptych Productions. La Voix 

Fram;:aise. Poulenc: La Voix 

Humaine. Celebration of the 

birth of Poulenc. Penelope 

Cookson, mezzo soprano; 

Lenard Whiting, tenor; William 

Shookhoff, music director; 

Edward Franko, stage director. 

Trinity Presbyterian Church, 

2737 Bayview Ave. 489-5349. 

$19.99. 





. Orchestra. ~Part: Credo; 

Beethoven: Symphony #8; 

Symphony #9 Choral. Monica 

Whicher, soprano; Eli!abeth 

Turnbull, mezzo soprano & other 

soloists; Toronto Mendelssohn 

Choir; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, 


60 Simcoe St. 593-4828. $24 

to $77. 


Faculty of Music. Women in 

Song at U of T. Works by Daley, 

Hatfield, Henderson & Nunez. U 

ofT Women's Chorus, Ithaca 

Women's Chorus, High Park 

Girls Choirs, Oriana Singers & 

Amabile Youth Chorus. 

MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queens 

Park Crase. 978-3744. $10,$5. 

-- 8:00: York Symphony 

Orchestra. Great Musical Cities -

Vienna, Salzburg, London. 

Beethoven: Prometheus 

Overture; Mozart: Piano 

Concerto #9 Jeunehomme; 

Vaughan Williams: Symphony 

#2 London. Allison Layton 

Brown, piano; Roberto De Clara, 

conductor. Newmarket Theatre, 

505 Pickering Cres. 905-953- 

5122. $20,$15(st/sr),$5 

(under 12). 



Music Around Ua. Chopin 

Anniversary Concert. Chopin: 

Cello Sonata in g Op.65; 

Scherzo #2 in b-flat minor 

Op.31; barcarolle, songs & 

nocturnes. Maneli Pirzadeh, 

Stephen Ham, Elina Kelebeev & 

Lydia Wong, pianos; Julie 

Jung,cello; Katerina Tchoubar, 

soprano. Glenn Gould Studio, 

250 Front St. West. 205-5555. 

Free. 

-- 1 :00 & 4:30: Living Arts 

Centre Misaissauga. Winnie the 

Pooh. Musical for children. 


306-6000. $18,$15 (children). 

-- 2:00 & 8:00: Oakville Centre 

for the Performing Arts. John 

McDermott. 130 Navy St., 

Oakville. 905-815-2021. 

$31 .99 matinee; $43.99 

evening. 

-- 2:00: DUO. Benefit recital for 

the Beach Interfaith Drop-in 

Centres. Margot Rydall, flute; 

Ivan Zilman, guitar. Beach 

Hebrew Institute, 1 09 

Kenilworth Ave. 463-1011. Free 



Sunday Concert. Mowashahat 

tradition of Arabic music. Doula: 

Maryem Hassan & Roula Said, 

vocals; Debashis Sinha, percussion. 

York Quay Centre, 235 


Free. 

-- 2:00: Sinfonia Mississauga. 

176 Keys and 20 Fingers. Bach: 

Concerto for Two Keyboards & ' 

Orchestra; Debussy: Prelude il 

I' Apres-Midi d'un Faune; 

Dohnanyi: Serenade Op.1 0; 

Somers: North Country. James 

Anagnoson & Leslie Kinton, 

piano duo; John Barnum, 

conductor. Royal Bank Theatre, 

4141 Living Arts Drive, 


$27.50. 


Faculty of Music. World of 

Music. Student Composers. 

Walter Hall, 80 Queens Park 

Cresc. 978-3744. Free. 

-- 3:00: Gallery Choir of the 

Church of St. Mary Magdalene. 

Al/eluya Psallat. Works by Batten, 

Bissell, Durufle, Viadana, 

Victoria, Buxtehude, Rheinberger 

& Willan. Special guest: Dr. Giles 

Bryant, organ. 477 Manning 

Ave. 769-7991. $12,$8. 

-- 3:00 noon: Hart House Music 

Committee. Sunday Afternoon 

Concert. Works by Glick. Valerie 

Siren, soprano; Gregory 

Goldberg, cello; CeCilia lgnatieff, 

piano. Great Hall, 7 Hart House 

Circle. 978-5362. Free. 

-- 3:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Bryn 

Terfel, bass-baritone. With 

orchestra. Opera arias and 

Broadway show tunes. 60 

Simcoe. 872-4255. $45 to 

$85. 

-- 3:00: York Symphony 

Orchestra. Great Musical Cities - 

Vienna, Salzburg, London. See 

October 1 6. Markham Theatre 

for Performing Arts, 1 71 Town 

Centre Blvd. 905~305-7469 .. 




-- 7:00: North York Concert 

Band. 25th Anniversary Gala 

Fundraising Concert. Bobby 

Herriot, trumpet; John Edward 

Liddle, conductor. Leah Posluns 

Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 24 7- 

8287. $20,$15,$10 (child). 

-- 7:30: Voice Concepts. Voices 

in the Night. Walton Church. 

See October 1 6. 

-- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. 

Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz. 

Appalachian music. TRANZAC, 

292 Brunswick Ave. 410-3655. 

$14,$12. 

--8:00: Small World 99. WOFA. 

Drum & dance from Guinea. du 

Maurier Theatre Centre. 231 


$25. 





-- 8:00: CJRT Sound of Toronto 

Jazz Series. The Archie Alleyne 

Orchestra. Ontario Science 

Centre, 770 Don Mills Rd. 595- 

0404. $8. 


Orchestra. Broadway '99. Tunes 

from Titanic, Rent, The Lion 

King, Miss Saigon & others. 

Elizabeth DeGrazia, soprano; 

Kevin Anderson, tenor; Daniel 

Narducci, baritone; Mississauga 

Choral Society; Erich Kunzel, 


60 Simcoe St. 593-4828. $36 

to $72. 

. Tuesday Oct. 19 


Faculty of Music. Opera Tea. An 

afternoon of opera & tea on the 

theatre stage. Changing World: a 

Noel Coward review. MacMillan 

Theatre, 80 Queens Park Cresc. 

978-3744. $20. 

-- 8:00: Aldeburgh Connection/ 

University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. Young Artists Recital 

Series. Virginia Hatfield, soprano; 

Matthew Leigh, baritone; 

Bruce Ubukata, piano. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queens Park Cresc. 

978-3744. $10,$5. 

-- 8:00: Artword Theatre. 

Sonofadruml Written & performed 

by Bill Usher, drummerstoryteller; 

directed by Luciano 

logna. Story with original song 

& conga drumming. 75 Portland 

St. 408-1146. For complete run 

see Music Theatre listings. 

-- 8:00: CBC OnStage. 

Quebecois, Celtic & New 

Orleans brass-band music. La 

Bottine Souriante; Eric Friesen, 

host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 

Front St. West. 205-5555. $25. 

-- 8:00: Esprit Orchestra. 

Diverse Pleasures. Gougeon: . 

Primus Tempus; Harman: 

Procession burlesque; Louie: 

Shattered Night, Shivering Stars; 

Manoa: Ondine; Bouliane: Du 

fouet et du plaisir; Louie: 

Nightfall. Alex Pauk, conductor. 

7:00: Pre-concert talk. Jane 


East. 366-7723. $26,$12.50. 

-- 8:00: Markham Theatre. John 

McDermott. 171 Town Centre 

Blvd. 905-305-7469. $36.50. 

--8:00: Music Gallery. CCMC. 

1 79 Richmond St. West. 204- 

1080. 


Orchestra. Broadway '99. Roy 

Thomson Hall. See October 18. 



Organ Futures. Rachel Yoon, 

organ. 1 2:00 n·oon: Metropolitan 




363-0331 . Free (donations 

accepted). 


of Music. Chamber Music from 

China. Solo & ensemble 

compositions of traditional 

Chinese instruments. Kim 

Morris, dizi; George Gao, erhu; 

Zhao Wen Xing, pipa. 

Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 

050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 

Keele St. 736-5186. Free. 


Church. Noonday Recital. Paul 

Sanvidotti, trumpet; Peter Treen, 

organ; Judy Anzelk, soprano. 

1 585 Yonge St. 922-1167. 

Free. 

-- 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto 

Symphony Orchestra. Broadway 

'99. RoyThomson Hall. See 

October 18. $22 to $48 

(matinee), $36 to $72 

(evening). 

-- 7:15: Don Mills Organ 

Society. John Solberg, Lowrey 

electric organ. Taylor Place, 1 

Overland Dr. 447-1137. $7.

-- 7:30: Memorial Concert for 

Eddie Sossin. Humber Lake 

Auditorium, 31 99 Lakeshore 

Blvd. West. 675-6622 

ext.3427. 

-- 8:00: Markham Theatre. John 

McDermott. See October 19. 



Ensembles. Walter Hall. See 

October 6. · 


-- 1 0:30am & 1 :30: 

Mississauga Symphony Children's 

Concert. The Magic of 

Mozart. Classical Kids production 

with actors & singers. Royal 

Bank Theatre, 41 41 Living Arts 

Drive, Mississauga. 905-306- 

6000. $15. 



Thursday Noon Series. Faculty 

Woodwind Quintet. Carter: 

Quintet; Francaix: Trio; Liadov: 

Quintet. Douglas Stewart, flute; 

Stephen Pierre, clarinet; Clare 

Scholz, oboe; Kathleen Mclean, 

bassoon; Harcus Hennigar, 

french horn. Walter Hall, 80 


Free. 



Recital. Peter Orme, organ. 227 

Bloor St. East. 961-811 6. Free. 

-- 1 2:00 noon: CBC Radio Two 

Music Around Us. Alvin Tung, 

guitar, in Recital 20th century 

showpieces with a Latin twist. 


St. West. 205-5555. Free. 


Performing Arts. Irish Descendants. 

George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. 

$24 to $35. 

-- 8:00: Music Toronto. Berlin 

Philharmonic Quartet. 

Shostakovich: Quartet #7 in f 

sharp, Op. 1 08; Mozart: Quartet 

in F, KV590; Debussy: Quartet 

in g, Op. 1 0. Jane Mallett 


7723. $43,$39; $5 (students, 

accompanying adult 1/2 price), 

18-35 pay your age. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. J. David 

Lindsay. 1 79 Richmond St. 

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




Lunch Concert. Music for flute, 

clarinet & bassoon. Taffanel Trio. 

60 Simcoe St. 593-4822 


-- 7:30: Markham Symphony 

Orchestra. Inaugural Concert. 

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in 

D; concert overtures & dances. 

Aramie Kim, violin; Ephraim 

Cheung, conductor. Markham 

Theatre for Performing Arts, 

171 Town Centre Blvd. 905- 

305-7469. $40,$30. 

-- 8:00: Arbor Oak Trio. To the 

Ladies/ Works of 18th-century 

women composers & poets. 

Katherine Hill, soprano; Judy 

Maddren, reciter. 7:15: Pre 

~oncert lecture. Calvin Presbytenan 

Church, 26 Delisle. 256- 

9421. $15,$12. 

-- 8:00: Etobicoke Community 

Concert Band. Vegas Nights. 

Music by Porter; Big Band 

favourites; rhythm & blues; 

nightclub hits. Virgil Scott, 

vocals; John Edward Liddle, 

conductor. Etobicoke Collegiate 

Auditorium, 86 Montgomery 

Ro~d. 410-1570. $10,$8 

(children under 12 free). 

-- 8:00: Fridays at Eight/Royal 

Canadian College of Organists 

(Toronto Centre). The Florence 

Grand Casavant Organ as 

Soloist. David Higgs, organ. 

Lawrence Park Community 

Church, 21 eo Bayview Avenue. 

489-155L $25,$20. 

-- 8:00: Music Theatre 

Mississauga. Jesus Christ 

Superstar. Music by Andrew 

Lloyd Webber; lyrics by Tim 

Rice. Meadowvale Theatre 

631 5 Montevideo Rd. ' 


$18.50,$16.50. For complete 

run see Music Theatre listings. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. Jared 

Hunter's Happy House. 179 

Richmond St. West. 204-1080. 

$12,$8. 

-- 8:00: Orpheus Choir of 

Toronto, A tribute to American 

co~poser Randall Thompson, 

Bra1nerd Blyden-Taylor, conductor. 

St. James' Cathedral, 65 

Church. 205-5799. 

-- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Kiri 

Te Kanawa, soprano. 60 Simcoe. 

OPENING The 'Axe(roi StrinB Qyartet 

Friday, October 22, 1999, 8:00pm 

GALA Speda/ viewing of the famous decorated Stradivari Collection 

at post·concert reception. 

'Music for 'French 'J-{orn, Viofin and Piano 

(with James Somerville) 

Saturday, December 18, 1999, 8:00pm 

'Music for Cham6er Orchestra 

Friday, March 31, 2000, 8:00pm 

Concertos with Cham6er Orchestra 

(with A/eksandar Madzar) / 

Friday. May 12, 2000, 8:00pm 

The Seifer StrinB Qyartet 

Saturday, June 10, 2000, 8:00 pm 

'Mayumi Sei(er 

Artistic Director 

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES>- 

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SINGLE TICKETS $25, $18. PACKAGES $99, $79 

GALA RECEPTION $75 WITH PACKAGE. 

CALL (416)205·5555 GLENN GOULD STUDIO 

WWW.MAYUMISEILER.COM 

CLASSICAL96;~ 

IOFOIIO

872-4255. $45 to $85. 


Music Glenn Gould Professional 

School. Duke Trio in Concert. 

Haydn: Piano Trio in G Gypsy; 

Martinu: Piano Trio #2; Brahms: 

Piano Quartet in A Op.26. Mark 

Fewer, violin; Thomas Wiebe, 

cello; Peter Longworth, piano; 

Rennie Regehr, viola. Ettore 

Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 

Bloor St. West. 408-2824 

ext.321. $15,$12. 

-- 8:00: The New Guitar. New & 

existing Canadian repertoire for 

guitar. William Beauvais; Canadian 

Guitar Quartet. Heliconian 

Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 252- 

4792. $20,$15. 


Faculty of Music. Chamber 

Orchestra. Bartok: Divertimento; 

Rossini: Introduction, Theme & 

Variations; Haydn: Symphony 

#92 Oxford. Robert Woolfrey, 

clarinet; Raffi Armenian, music 

director & conductor. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queens Park Cresc. 

978-3744. $10,$5. 

-- 8:00: Via Salzburg. Axelrod 

String Quartet. Mendelssohn: 

Quartet in D; Janacek: Intimate 

Letters; Mozart: Dissonance 

Quartet. Mayumi Seiler & 

Marilyn McDonald, violins; 

Steven Dann, viola; Kenneth 

Slowik, cello. Glenn Gould 


205-5555. $25,$18. 


-- 6:00: Canadian Chopin Piano 

Competition. Gala Concert: 

Salute to Chopin. Concert 

finalists. Glenn Gould Studio, 

250 Front St. West. 205-5555. 

$36. 

-- 7:30: Toronto Welsh Male 

Voice Choir. Arts Etobicoke 

Concert. David Low, conductor. 

Islington United Church, 25 

Burnhamthorpe Rd. 237-0251. 

$15,$12. 


Orchestra. Music by 

Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, 

Wieniawski & Dvorak. Lara St. 

John, violin; Marco Parisotto, 


60 Simcoe St. 593-4828. $22 

to $46. 

-- 8:00: Arbor Oak Trio. To the 

Ladies/ Calvin Presbyterian 


-- 8:00: Etobicoke Community 

Concert Band. Vegas Nights. 

Etobicoke Collegiate Auditorium. 



Performing Arts. Eliane 

Elias. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870- 

8000. $31 to $40. 

-- 8:00: Kory Livingstone Jazz 

Quintet. CD Release Concert. 

Jazz classics made famous by 

Porter, Cole, Loesser, Parker & 

Rogers; original compositions 

by Livingstone. Kory 

Livingstone, piano & vocals; 

Abbey Scholzberg, acoustic 

bass; Turner King, alto sax; 

Terry Stevens, drum.;; John 

Farrow, guitar. Toronto Baha'i 

Centre, 288 Bloor St. West. 

905-669-0728. $16,$10. 

-- 8:00: Markham Theatre. 

British Vaudeville Show. Music, 

dance & comedy. 1 71 Town 

Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. 

$29.50. 

-- 8:00: Massey Hall. The 

Offiqial Glenn Miller Orchestra 

Millennium Tour. Larry O'Brien, 

music director. 1 5 Shuter St. 

872-4255. $36.50 to $56.50. 

-- 8:00: Mississauga Symphony 

Orchestra. Beethoven, Schubert 

& the Bass. Beethoven: Egmont 

Overture; Schubert: Symphony 

#9 The Great; music by Rota. 

Joel Quarrington, bass; John 

Barnum, conductor. 

Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living · 

Arts Drive, Mississauaa. 905- 

ETOBICOKE CQ\iMUNITY 

CONCERT BAND 

Conductor John Edward-·~-··~- 

306-6000. $30,$25. 

-- 8:00: Mooredale Concerts. 

Haydn to Britten: Solos, Trios & 

Quartets. Haydn: String Trio; 

Kuzmenko: Quintet; Dvorak: 

Terzetto; Britten: Oboe Quartet. 

Erika Raum & Julie Baumgartel, 

violins; Kristine Bogyo, cello & 

other performers; young artist: 

Stepan Arman, violin. Willowdale 

United Church, 349 Kenneth 

Avenue. 922-3714. $15,$10. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. Observations/Reno 

Schembri. 179 

Richmond St. West. 204-1 080. 

Free. 

-- 8:00: Opera Encore. From 

New York to North 

York ... Broadway goes uptown! 

Selections from Carousel, Fiddler 

on the Roof, Guys & Dolls, King 

& I, Kismet & others. Herb 

Brown & Brian Pearcey, baritones; 

Suzanne DeGrandpre, 

coloratura soprano; Barbara Fris, 

soprano & other performers; 

Richard Valdez, music director. 

North York Central Library, 51 20 

Yonge St. 784-0799. $15,$10. 

For complete run see Music 

FRIDAYS AT EIGHT 

Lawrence Park Community Church & 

The Royal Canadian College of 

Organists, Toronto Centre 

present 

DAVID HIGGS 

American Organ Virtuoso 

on Friday, October 22, 1999 at 8:00 pm 

music of Bach, Schumann, Franck, 

Bolcom and Reubke 

Lawrence Park Community Church 

2180 Bayview Avenue (South of Lawrence) 

Tickets: $25 ($20 seniors) 

For tickets call: 489-1551 Ext. 21 

Mr. Higgs conducts a Master Class with 

Toronto Organ Students on 

Saturday, October 23rd, 9:30am to 12 noon 

§lnatra tune§ 

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VIRGIL SCOTT CtJie ~rter 

October 22 & October 23, 1999 8:00p.m. 

Etobicoke Collegiate Auditorium, 86 Montgomery Road 

Tickets $10 Seniors & students $8 Children free 

BAND BOX OFFICE 416-410-1570 

VIOLIN LESSONS 

Master violin teacher will accept limited 

number of new students for fall '99. 

Teacher of many CMC, National Music 

Festival and international competition 

wmners. 

Location: Steeles just off 404. 

416-499-9001

Theatre listings. 

-- 8:00: Orchestra Toronto. 

Somers: North Country; 

lppolitov-lvanov: Caucasian 

Sketches Op. 1 0; Elgar: Enigma 

Variations. Douglas Sanford, 

music director. Leah Posluns 

Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 467- 

7142.$18,$15. 

-- 8 :00: Royal Bank Financial 

Group Autumn ArtaFest. Myths 

and Legends in Music and Song. 

Original; classical, celtic & 

traditional musi?. Moira Nelson, 

harp, voice, classical guitar; 

Elena Jubinville, cello, voice; 

Angelica Ottewill, harp, voice; 

Leah Salomaa, bodhran, voice. 

Montgomery's Inn, 4709 

Dundas St. West. 621-3378. 

$10. 

-- 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic. 

Frozen in Time. Estacio; 

FPEnergy; Berlioz: Roman 

Carnival Overture; Baker: 

Cinderella Frozen in Time; 

Poulenc: Concerto for Two 

Pianos & Orchestra; Elgar: 

Mooredale Concerts 

Haydn to Britten 

Solos, Trios & Quartets 

Erika Raum violin 

"Brilliant masterr, of the 

instrument ' 

Nepa:abad&Bf!, Budapeat 

with: Clare Scholtz oboe 

Julie Baumgartel violin 

Kathleen Kajioka viola 

Kristine Bogyo cello 

Saturday October 23, 8 pm at. Willowdale United Church 

Sunday October 24, 3 pm at Walter Hall, U ofT 

Mooredale Concerts is the hot tip for great music, spoken 

commentary, a cameo appearance hy a rising young star, and 

affordable tickets! $15 ($10 Students/Seniors} 922-3 714 

Daniel Taylor, couNTERTENoR 

and 

Stephen Stubbs, LUTE 

In a special concert appearance 

Performing the music of 

Byrd, Dowland, Hume, ar)d others 

Call (416) 538-3062 

or hpschd@interlog.com 

for reservations 

Enigma Variations. Duo Turgeon, 

pianists; Jerome Summers, 

conductor. Birchmount Park 

Collegiate Institute, 3663 

Danforth Ave. 261-0380. 

$16,$13(sr),$1 O(st). 

-- 8:00: Take Notal Promotion. 

Eclectic Acoustic. Naffin & 

Wright, guitar & cello; Geoffrey 

Wickham, singer/songwriter & 

other performers, St. Matthias 

. Church, 45 Bellwoods Ave. 781- 

4393. 

-- 8:00: Tallis Choir. Songs of 

Russia. Rachmaninoff: Vespers; 

Stravinsky: Symphony of 

Psalms, Pater Noster. George 

Vona & LarkPopov,piano; Peter 

Walker, director. St. Patrick's 

Church, 1 41 McCaul St. 483- 

0559. $18,$14 (st/sr). 


Faculty of Music. Wind Symphony 

& Concert Band. 

Hovhaness: Three Journeys to a 

Holy Mountain, Symphony #20; 

Jacob: William Byrd Suite; 

Kozhevnikov: Symphony #3 

Slavyanskaya ; Ticheli: Blue 

Shades. Jeffrey Reynolds & 

Cameron Walter, conductors. 

MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queens 

Park Crase. 978-3744. $10,$5. 

--8:15: Te.Deuin Orchestra & 

Singers. Ancient Meets Modern. 

Bossi: Intermezzi Goldoniani; 

Cimarosa (arr. Benjamin): Oboe 

Concerto; Grieg: Holberg Suite; 

QUES 

3:00 PM Sunday, 

24 October, 1999 

Eastminster United Church 

310 Danforth Ave, Toronto 

$20/$14 students & seniors 

Warlock: Caprio! Suite. Nancy 

Elbeck, oboe. Richard Birney 

Smith, artistic director. 8:00: 

Chat from the stage. Christ 

Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge 

St. 905-628-4533/1-800-263- 

0320. $20,$15(sr/st).$6(child). 

-- 8:30: Oakville Centre for the 

Performing Arts. Patricia 

O'Cal/aghan. Studio Theatre. 

1 30 Navy St., Oakville. 905- 

815-2021. $23.99. 


-- 1 :00: Harbourfront Centre. 

Cushion Concert: Button Up. 

Music of Bach & Scarlatti; 

popular songs. Joe Macerollo, 

accordion; Barbara Budd, host. 

du Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 


$8. 

-- 1 :00: Living Arts Centre 

Miasiasauga. Jack Grunsky. 

Concert designed for ages 3-6. 

41 41 Living Arts Drive. 905- 

306-6000. $16.50 $13.50 

(children). 

-- 1 :00: Toronto Sinfonietta. 

Haydn at the Homestead. 

Viennese works by Haydn, 

Strauss & Mozart. Part of Arts 

,Etobicoke's Autumn ArtsFest. 

Applewood Homestead, 450 

The West Mall. 621-3378. $8. 


Sunday Concert. October 

Browne, Celtic singer/guitar. 

York Quay Centre, 235 Queens 

Quay West. 973-3000. Free. 


Music Glenn Gould Professipnal 

School. Saint-Saens: Carnival of 

the Animals. Young Artists 

Academy Orchestra; guests 

from Learning Through the Arts 

dancers & storytellers. Ettore 

Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 

Bloor St. West. 408-2824 

ext.321. $8,$5. 

-- 2:00: Toronto Latvian Concert 

Association. Pauls Sketris, bass 

baritone, in Recital Sandra 

Mogensen, piano. Glenn Gould 


205-5555. $27. 

-- 3:00: Amadeus Choir. Songs 

of an Ancient Heritage. Jewish 

music featuring works by 

Robinovitch, Glick, Bernstein & 

Steinberg. Lydia Adams, 

conductor. George Weston 


870-8000. $32,$28; 

$25,$20(st/sr). 

-- 3:00: Claviers Baroque&. 

Dania/ Taylor, Countertenor, & 

Stephan Stubbs, Lute in Recital 

Music by Byrd, Dowland, Hume 

& others. Eastminster Church, 

31 0 Danforth Ave. 538-3062. 

$20,$14. 

-- 3:00: Elgin String Quartet. 

Hummel: Clarinet Quartet; 

Mozart: Divertimento #4; 

Dohnanyi: Serenade Op.1 0. , 

Mark Thompson, clarinet; Corey 

Gemmell, violin; Jonathan Craig,

viola; Tom Mueller, cello. Church 

of the Redeemer, 1 62 Bloor St. 

West. 745-3621.$12,$8. 

-- 3:00: Markham Concert 

Band. A Salute to Swing & 

Blues. Music of Goodman, 

Miller, Shaw & Ellington. Men of 

Note choir; Dr. Diana Brault, 

conductor. Markham Theatre for 

the Performing Arts, 171 Town 

Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. 

$15,$10 (family rates). 

-- 3:00: Mooredale Concerts. 

Haydn to Britten: Solos, Trios & 

Quartets. See October 23. 


922-3714. $15,$10. 




-- 4:00: St. Luke's United 

Church. Carlo Curly, organ. 

Works by Bach, Handel, 

Beethoven, Saint-Saens, Wagner 

& Widor. 51 6 The Kingsway. 

239-3401. $1 0. 

-- 4:00: Toronto Children's 

Chorus. Rhymes from the 

nursery. Songs, stories and 

nursery rhymes. TCC Training 

Choirs; Jean Ashworth Bartle, 

conductor. Lawrence Park 

Community Church, 2180 

Bayview Ave. 932-8666 

ext.111. $12,$8. 

-- 7:30: Social Justice Committee 

of St. Patrick's Church, 

Markham. A Musical Gift of 

Hope. Bach: Little Fugue in g; 

Grenier: In Paradisum; music for 

organ by Canadian composers; 

Haitian Creole folksongs (arr. 

Jagerhuber); traditional vocal 

sacred music. Margaret 

Thibideau, soprano; Trude 

mford, organ. Concert to benefit 

bursary program of the Sisters 

of St. Joseph. St. Patrick 

Church, 5633 Highway 1 E., 

Markham. 905-294-6900. $20. 

-- 8:00: Flying Cloud folk Club. 

Brian McNeill, singersongwriter. 

TRANZAC, 292 

Brunswick Ave. 410-3655. 

$15,$13. 


Mississauga. Glenn Miller 

Orchestra. 41 41 Living Arts 

Drive. 905-306-6000. 

$45,$35. 


-- 8:00: Toronto Organ Club. 

Concert Featuring the 

Hammond X66 Organ. George 

Heldt, organ. 62 Lunness Road. 

905-824-4667. $8. 



Toronto Faculty of Music. Voice 

Student Performances. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queens Park tresc. 

978-3744. Free. . 


Orchestra. National Arts Centre 

Orchestra in Concert. 

Koprowski: Epitaph; Vivaldi: The 

Four Seasons; Mendelssohn: 

Symphony #4 Italian. Pinches 

Zukerman, conductor/violin. Roy 

Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 

593-4828. $22 to $48. 



1080. 

-- 8:00: OnStage. Cabaret & art 

songs. Patricia O'Callaghan, 

voice. Cabaret & art song. Eric 

Friesen, host. Glenn Gould 


205-5555. $25. 

-- 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn 

Choir 8t Toronto Mendelssohn 

Youth Choir. Mendelssohn: St. 

Paul Oratorio. Noel Edison, 

conductor. 7:00: Pre-Concert 

Chat with Rick Phillips. Massey 

Hall, 15 Shuter St. 872-4255. 

$22 to $62. 

-- 8:00: York University Dept. of 

Music. Narrow Escapes through 

Small Musical Openings. Music 

by students from Casey Sokol's 

improvisational studio. Senior 

Common Room, 021 Winters 

College,4700 Keele St. 736- 

5186. Free. 


-- 12:15: Music at M·etropolitan. 

Organ Futures. Stephen Fraser, 

organ. l 2:00 noon: Metropolitan 




363-0331. Free (donations 

accepted), 


of Music. Acappellafest. A 

cappella music from classical to 

jazz, pop to funk. Wibijazz'n; 

Hampton Avenue; Cadence; 

Retrocity. Mclaughlin Performance 

Hall, 050 Mclaughlin 

College, 4700 Keele St. 736- 

5186. Free. 

-- 1 2:30: Yorkminster Park 

Church. Noonday Recital. 

Douglas Bodle, organ. 1585 

t "Conte Fantastique" 

In; Andre Caplet, based on 

''The Masque of the Red Death" by Poe 

t Duo pour violon et 

violoncello by M. Ravel 

and naturally a selection of 

nY>'nn aPrHP~ ts! 

(west of Bathurst) 

info:-926-0665 

students/advance $8, door $10. 

~ y.-ilr £ave st_eth ~ 

...n

--8:00: Amici. Stravinsky: Three 

Pieces for Clarinet Alone; Chan: 

Our Finest Hour; Khachaturian: 

Trio; Ravel: Trio in a. Scott St. 

John, violin; Joaquin 

Valdepenas, clarinet; David 

Hetherington, cello; Patricia Parr, 

piano. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 

Front St. West. 205-5555. 

$27 ,$24(sr),$12(st). 

-- 8:00: Canadian Singers. 

Songs of the Land. Music by 

Wayne, MacCiellan, Marshall & 

Nolan. Harvey Patterson, 

director. Montgomery's Inn, 

4 709 Dundas St. West. 690- 

9629. $10. 

-- 8:00: Exultate Chamber 

Singers. Blessed Cecilia. Britten: 

Hymn to St. Cecilia; works by 

Poulenc & Hindemith. John 

Tuttle, conductor. St. Thomas's 

Anglican Church, 383 Huron St. 

410-3939. 

$18,$15(sr),$1 O(st). 


Performing Arts. John Pizzarelli. 


5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. $34 

to $45. 

-- 8:00: Markham Theatre. 

Johnny Favourite Swing 

Orchestra. 171 Town Centre 

Blvd. 905-305-7469. $28. 

-- 8:00: Massey Hall/Buena 

Vista Social Club. Ibrahim Ferrer, 

vocalist; Rublm Gonzalez, piano. 

Cuban music from 1950's big 

band style to intimate ballads. 

15 Shuter St. 872-4255. 

$36.50 to $46.50. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. John 

Farah, piano. 1 79 Richmond St. 

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

-- 8:00: Performing Arts York 

Region. Fabulous Fridays 

Concert. Nora Shulman, flute & 

Leslie Kinton, piano in recital. 

Thornhill Presbyterian Church, 

271 Centre St. 905-889-4359. 

$18,$15. 

-- 8:00: Sound Barrier: Just 

Des.serts. Virtuosic·works. John 

Edward Liddle, trumpet; B. Triz 

Remedios, piano. Humber 

College Auditorium, 3199 

Lakeshore Blvd. 233-6639. 

$10. 



Performing Arts. lrakere. Jazz, 

classical, rock, traditional 

Cuban. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. 

$31 to $40. 

-- 8:00: Lakeshore Arts. Music 

on the Lake. Music for solo 

violin. Marie Berard, violin. St. 

Margaret's Church, 156 Sixth 

Street. 251-7236.$15,$10 

(group rates). 

-- 8:00: Mississauga Guitar 

Society. tepan Rak, guitar, in 

Recital. Royal Bank Theatre, 

41 41 Living Arts Drive 


$17.50, $12.50. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. Free 

Beer: Sergio Faluodito/Msg. 179 

Richmond St. West. 204-1 080. 

Free. 

-- 8:00: O!lkville Centre for the 

Performing Arts. Johnny 

Favourite Swing Orchestra. 1 30 

Navy St., Oakville. 905-81 5- 

2021. $38.99. 

-- 8:00: Royal Bank Financial 

Group Autumn ArtsFest. Myths 

andLegends in Music and Song. 

Montgomery's Inn. See October 

23. 

-- 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. 

Inaugural Concert. Beethoven: 

Grosse Fugue; Bach: Piano 

Concerto in f; Finzi: Ecologue 

for piano & strings; Mozart: 

Divertimento K.136; 

Tchaikovsky: Serenade. Jane 

Coop, piano; Nurhan Arman, 

music director. Glenn Gould 


205-5555. 

$28,$23(sr),$18(st). 

-- 8:00: Toronto Operetta 

Theatre. Vienna Gold. Music of 

the Strauss family. Stephanie 

Bogle, Keith Boldt, Anita Krause, 

Kurt Lehmann, performers; 

Brahm Goldhammer, music 

director. Jane Mallett Theatre, 

27 Front St. East. 366-7723. 

$26. For complete run see 



Faculty of Music. John 

Beckwith: Music for Voice, 

1949-99. Part songs, folksong 

arrangements, opera excerpts & 

song cycles. Kathryn Domoney 

& Teri Dunn, sopranos; Laura 

Pudwell, mezzo soprano; 

Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; 

Doug MacNaughton, baritone; 

Colin Savage, clarinet & other 

performers. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen's Park. 978-3744. 

$20,$10. 


-- 1 :30 & 4:00: Oakville Centre 

for the P"rforming Arts. Franklin 

the Turtle. Musical for children. 

1 30 Navy St., Oakville. 905- 

815-2021. $14.99. 

-- 2:00: Amati-Lyra Chamber 

Music Association. Amati 

Quartet. Dvorak: Quartet Op.96 

American; Beckwith: String Trio; 

Mozart: Quintet inC K.515. 

Joseph Peleg & Peggy McGuire, 

violins; Mark Childs & Beverley 

Spotton, violas; David Miller, 

cello. Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 

Living Arts Drive Mississauga. 

905-306-6000. $24,$18. 


Sunday Concert. Tasa. Ravi 

Naimpally, tabla/composer; John 

Gzowski, guitar, oud; Ernie . 

Toller, flute, sax; Alan 

Heatherington, percussion; Chris 

Gartner, fretless bass. York Quay 


973-3000. Free. 

-- 2:00: Roy Thomson Hall/ 

Royal Canadian Military Institute. 

10th Annual Massed 

Military Band Spectacular. 60 

Simcoe. 872-4255. $29 to 

$50. 

-- 2:00: Udo Kasemets. 

Autobiomusics. Creeley/lndiana/ 

Kasemets: Numbers for piano, 

voice & images; Kasemets: 

Echoes of a Life for piano solo. 

Udo Kasemets, piano; Susan 

Layard, singer/speaker. Seeley 

Hall, 6 Hoskin Ave. 929-5849. 

Free. 

-- 3:00: Les AMIS Concerts. 

Victoria Kortchinskaya-Kogan, 

piano, in Recital. Works by 

Beethoven, Brahms & Liszt. Zion 

Church Cultural Centre, 1 650 

Finch Ave. East. 905-773-7712. 

$12. 

-- 3:00: Music at Rosedale. 

Autumn Reflections. Works by 

Copland, Hahn, Schumann & 

Stravinsky. Soloists of Rosedale 

Church. 129 Mt. Pleasant Rd. 

921 -1931. Admission by 

donation. 

-- 7:30: Amadeus Ensemble. 

Amadeus Does Amadeus. 

Mozart: Symphony #29 in A 

K.201; Symphony Concertante 

in E flat K 364. Moshe Hemmer. 

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St. Margaret's Church 

156 Sixth Street 

(east of Islington, north of Lakeshore 

Blvd. West, public parking nearby) 

Friday, Oct. 29, 1999 

8:00p.m. 

General Admission $10 

Humber College 

Auditorium 

Lakeshore Campus 

Sl99 Lakeshore Blvd. W 

Toronto, MsV IKS 

For Ticket Information Call: 416 233-6639 

Saturday 

October 30 

8:00pm 

$ 15 Adults 

$ 10 Seniors/Students 

$ 45 PartyPack of 4 

Reservations 

(416) 251-7236

leader. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 

Front St. West. 205-5555. 

$25,$20(sr).$15(st). 


Performing Arts. Colorado 

String Quartet. Haydn: Quartet 

in g Op.20 #3; Bart6k: Quartet 

#2; Shostakovich: Quartet #5. 

Post-Concert Conversation with 

members of the Colorado 

Quartet & Stephen Cera. George 

Weston Recital Hall, 5040 

Yonge St. 870-8000. $20 to 

$30. 

-- 8:00: New Music Concerts: 

Degenerate Music: honouring 

composers whose music was 

condemned by Nazi Germany, 

and Arnold Schoenberg in the 

1 25th year of his birth. 

Hartmann: Kleines Konzert; 

Krenek: Suite Op 84; Eisler: 

Kantate auf den Tod eines 

Genossen Op 64; Weill: 

Frauentanz Op 1 0 ; Hindemith: 

Sonata (1935) for flute and 

piano; Schoenberg: Suite Op 

29. Accordes String Quartet; 

Robert Aitken, flute; David 

Hetherington, cello; David 

Swan, piano. Premiere Dance 

Theatre, 207 Queen's Quay 

West, 973-4000. $20,$10 

(sr,st) 

Monday Nov. 0 1 

-- 8:00: CJRT Sound of Toronto 

Jazz Series. Peter Smith 

Quartet. Ontario Science Centre, 

770 Don Mills Rd . 595-0404. 

$8. 


Performing Arts. Maxim 

Vengerov, violin. Brahms: 

Sonata #2 in A Op.1 00; 

(]ffi.?I(J' .·.·•, 

•' 

. 

Canadian Musi c Competitions 

presents 

Millennium 

Gala Concert 

David Louie, piano 

Peter Stoll, clarinet 

Terence Tam, violin 

Mary Stein, violoncello 

Prokofiev: Sonata #1 in f Op.80; 

Ravel: Tzigane; works by 

Sarasate, Rachmaninoff & 

Waxman. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. 

$43 to $65. 

-- 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ 

Society & Kiwanis Club of Case 

Loma. Wur/itzer Pops!. Lew 

Williams. Casa Loma, 1 Austin 

Terrace. 870-8000. $12.50. 

-- 8:00: Tryptych Productions/ 

Opera @ Yorkville. lat's Du-et. 

Evening of love duets. Adele 

Kozak, Monica Walsh, Ellen 

Verterdal, Lenard Whiting & 

Robert de Vrij, performers; 

William Shookhoff, music 

director. The Stone Church, 45 

Davenport Rd. 489-5349. 

$20,$15. 

Tuesday Nov. 02 

-- 12:1 0: University of Toronto 

Faculty of Music. Voice Student 

Performances. Walter Hall, 80 

Queens Park. 978-3744. Free. 

Sundays In The 

Royal Bank Theatre 

Mississauga Living 

Arts Center 

October 31, 1999 2 P.M. 

Guest Artist: Beverley Spotton, viola 

Dvorak ....... Quartet Op. 96, "American" 

John Beckwith ... Three Studies for String Trio 

Mozart ....... Quintet inC Major, K. 515 

February 20, 2000 2 P.M. 

Haydn .. , .•• Quartet in G Major, Op. 76 #I 

Srullrving Glick,,,.Suite Hebraique 

Bnhms ....... Quartet #3 in B flat Major, Op 67 

May 7, 2000, 7 P . .M. 

Guest Artist: Erica Goodman, harp 

Haydn ....... Trio for violin, cello and harp 

C~1plet. ... "Masque of the Red Death" with harp 

Beethoven ... Quartet inC minor Op. 18, #4 

AN 

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Single tkts: Adults $24.00 

Sr JStudent $18.00 

Subscription: Adults $65.00 

Sr JStudent $48.00 

Special Family rate: 

(1 adult, 1 child) 

$55.00/single 

$160.00/subscrip. 

LAC box office: 905·306·6000 

Pre-Concert Sunday Brunch. 

phone 905-306-6116 

Free Indoor Parking 

Handicap Accessible 

y 

i o n 

EVENING OF LOVE DUETS 

s t,a r r I n g 

Adele Kozak, Ellen Vesterdal, Mon i ca W als h , 

Robert de Vrij & Lenard Whi ti ng 

E d w a r d F r a n k o , Stage Consultant 

The Stone Church 

45 Davenport Road 

(]ust west of Yonge St . ) 

Tickets $20.00 (Student & Senio r s $ 15 .00) 

Tickets & Info Call (416) 489 -53 49 

h 

NURHAN ARMAN Music Director 

Saturday, Oct 30, 8 pm 

DEBUT! 

INAUGURAL CONCERT 

JANE COOP 

PIANIST 

Beethoven 

Grosse Fugue 

Bach 

Piano Concerto in f 

Finzi 

Eclogue for Piano 

and Strings 

Mozart 

Divertimento K 136 

Tchaikowsky 

Serenade 

Friday, Nov 26, 8 pm 

STRING 

FAVOURITES 

DMITRI 

BERLINSKY 

VIOLINIST 

Grieg 

Holberg Suite 

Mendelssohn 

Violin Concerto in d 

Dvorak 

Serenade 

All performances at 

CBC Glenn Gould Studio 

Adults $28, Sr $23, St $18 

Box office open 

Monday - Friday 11 to 6 

and 2 hours before concerts 

Phone 416-205-5555 

Fax 416-205-5551 

ggstlx@toronto.cbc.ca


Performing Arts. Angel Romero, 

guitar. Works by Bach, 

Mendelssohn, Sanz, Giuliani, 

Rodrigo, Granados, Albeniz & C. 

Romero. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. 

$27 to $40. 

-- 8:00: Music Toronto. Nikolai 

Lugansky, piano. Mozart: Sonata 

in D, KV576; Chopin: Scherzo 

#4 in E Op.54; Nocturne in d 

flat, Op.27, #2; Polonaise in A 

flat, Op. 53; Rachmaninov: 

Sonata #2 in b, Op. 36. Jane 


East. 366-7723. $43,$39; $5 

(students, accompanying adult 

1/2 price), 18-35 pay your age. 


1 79 Richmond St. West. 204- 

1080. 

-- 8:00: OnStage. Johnny 

Favourite Swing Orchestra; Eric 

Friesen, host. Glenn Gould 


205-5555. $25. 

Wednesday Nov. 03 

-- 12:30: York University Dept. ' 

of Music. New Music by Young 

Composers. Original compositions 

by students from the 

studios of James Tenney & 

David Mott. McLaughlin 

Performance Hall, 050 

McLaughlin College, 4 700 Keele 

St. 736-5186. Free. 


Church. Noonday Recital. Mark 

Toews,organ. 1585 Yonge St. 

922-11 67. Free. 

-- 7:00: Tafelmusik. Purcell: King 

Arthur. Concert version. Libretto 

by John Dryden. Tafelmusik 

Chamber Choir; Jeanne Lamon, 

Music Director. Trinity-St. Paul's 

Church, 427 Bloor St. West. 

964-6337. $25 to $42; $20 to 

$38(st/sr). 


Performing Arts. Maxim 

Vengerov, violin. George Weston 

Recital Hall. See November 1. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. Sins 

Nomine. 179 Richmond St. 

West. 204-1 080. 


Orchestra. Desjardins: Piece de 

resistance; Sibelius: Violin 

Concerto in d; Mahler: Symphony 

#1 Titan. Sarah Chang, 

violin; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, 


60 Simcoe St. 593-4828. $24 

to $77. 



Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 


Free. 

Thursday Nov. 04 



Thursday Noon Series: 20th 

Century Music for Oboe. Britten: 

Six Metamorphoses after Ovid; 

Beckwith: Arctic Dances; Dring: 

Trio in A for Flute, Oboe & Piano. 

Keith Atkinson, oboe; Amy 

Hamilton, flute; Kent 

McWilliams, piano. Walter Hall, 


3744. Free. 



Recital. Eric Robertson, organ. 

227 Bloor St. East. 961-8116. 

Mattliew Jaskiewicz 

MIUU Director 

Free. 


Music Around Us. Duo Turgeon, 

duo pianists. Works by 

Schubert, Brahms, Reger, 

Milhaud & Grainger. Glenn 


West. 205-5555. Free. 

-- 2 :00 & 8:00: Cameron 

MacKintosh/Mirvish Productions. 

Oliver/ Musical by Lionel 

Bart; directed by Sam Mendes; 

starring Russ Abbot & Sonia 

Swaby. Princess of Wales 

Theatre, 300 King St. West. 

872-1212. $20 to $92. For 


listings. 


Performing Arts. Canadian 

Opera Company with Marina 

Mascheriakova, soprano. 

Program to include arias by 

Verdi & Puccini. Canadian Opera 

Company Orchestra; Richard 

Bradshaw, conductor. George 

Weston Recital Hall, 5040 

Yonge St. 870-8000. $43 to 

$65. 

-- 8:00: Scarborough Music 

Theatre. Brigadoon. Music by 

Frederick Loewe; book & lyrics 

by Alan Jay Lerner. Scarborough 

Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston 

Rd. 396-4049. $18,$15. For 


listings. 


optn 

• 

Toronto 

Sinjonietta 

Frytferyk Cliopm - An.c!Jmte Splan.ato an.d Gran.d Pofon.aise, op.22 

Worfd prcmims of Cliopin.-inspired works 6y 

composers Au;tand:tr R11poport llltd RdMCd Royer 

VALERIE TRYON, piano NORA SHULMAN, fCu.te 

KAYE ROYER, efarmet COENRAAD BLOEMENDAL, eef[o 

Actors of tlie Sa[on. ·of Poetry an.d Mu.sie, 

Director MARIA NOWOTARSKA 

Saturday, November 6,1999 7:30p.m 

Bloor Street United Church 

Tickets $22,$18 

Box Office 416-410-4379 

\ 

Arthur. Trinity-St. Paul's Church. 

See November 3. 




Friday Nov. 05 



Lunch Concert. Maria 

Antonakis, soprano. 60 Simcoe 

St. 593-4822 ext.363. Free. 

-- 8:00: Canadian Music 

Competitions. Millanium Gala 

Concert. Music by Stravinsky, 

Bartok, Okumura/Stoll, and 

Messaien. David Louie, piano; 

Peter Stoll, clarinet; Terence 

Tam, violin; Mary Stein, cello. 


St. West. 441-4072, 

$18,$15(sr),$12(st.) 

-- 8:00: Carmen Martin Productions. 

Flamenco Guitar Duo 

Concert. Traditional & Nouveau 

Flamenco. Juan Tomas & 

Franklin Tello, guitars. Hart 

House Theatre, 7 Hart House 

Circle. 978-8668. $20. 

-- 8:00: Deer Park Concerts. 

Works by Hertel, Holman, Bach, 

Badings & others. Christine 

Stelmacovich, mezzo soprano; 

Victoria Hathaway, oboe; William 

Wright, organ. Deer Park 

Church, 129 St. Clair Ave. West. 

962-3381. $20,$15. 


Performing Arts. Charlie Haden's 

Quartet West. George Weston 


870-8000. $37 to $45. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. The 

Piano Series: Simon Docking. 

MIJSI(j ll~IIUlELLA 

FROM the 

OTTAWA 

FESTIVAL 

Julian Armour, cello 

Robert Cram, flute 

Jean Desmarais, 

piano 

Music by Pierne 

and Haydn 

Sat. Nov. 6, 8:00 pm 

$10 & $8 at the door 

Eastminster United 

310 Danforth Ave 

Phone: 461-6681


1080. $10,$7. 

-- 8:00: St. Andrew's United 

Church. Oliver Jones Trio: The 

Last Concert. 32 Main Street 

North, Markham. 905-294- 

0351. $25(door), $20(advance). 




-- 8:00: Toronto Wind Orchestra. 

Copland: Ceremonial 

Fanfare; Strauss: Suite in B flat 

Op.4; Mennin: Canzona; 

Schonberg: Theme & Variations 

Op.43a; Nimmons: Riverscape. 

Dr. James Mark, conductor. 

Church of the Redeemer, 1 62 

Bloor St. West. 603-9339. 

$12,$8. 


Faculty of Music. Amici. An 

evening of chamber music.Guest 

artist Scott St. John, violin; 

David Hetherington, cello; 

Patricia Parr, piano; Joaquin 

Valdepenas, clarinet. Walter Hall, 


3744. $20,$10. 

Saturday Nov. 06 

-- 1 :30 & 3:30: Toronto 

Symphony Orchestra. Excerpts 

from: Beethoven: Piano Concerto 

#1, Symphony #6, 

Leonore Overture #3 & Symphony 

#9 Choral. Patricia 

Krueger, piano; Classical Kids; 

Errol Gay, conductor. 60 Simcoe 

St. 593-4828. $17. 


Over There. Songs and ballads 

from two world wars. Benjamin 

Stein, Maria Thorburn & Vilma 

lndra Vitols, singers. Metropolitan 

United Church, 56 Queen 

St. East. 363-0331. $1 0. 

-- 7:30: Music at St. John's. 

Toronto Symphony Bass 

Quartet. Jazz, bluegrass, 

classical & cowboy ballads. 

Timothy Dawson, artistic 

director. 288 Humberside Ave. 

763-2393. $20,$15(sr/ 

st),$1 O(child under 12) (family 

rates). 

-- 7:30: Toronto Sinfonietta. 

Romancing Chopin. Chopin: 

Andante Spianato & Grand 

Polonaise Op.22; Royer: 

Nocturne, Fantaisielmpromptu 

(commissioned); 

Rapoport: Variations on a 

Theme by Chopin (commissioned). 

Valerie Tryon, piano; 

Nora Shulman, flute; Kaye Royer, 

clarinet; Coenraad Bloemendal, 

cello; Matthew Jaskiewicz, 

music director. Bloor St. United 

Church, 300 Bloor St. West. 

410-4379. $22,$18. 

-- 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs 

Symphony Orchestra. Autumn 

Glories. Rossini: Semiramide 

Overture; Dvorak: Symphony 

#6; Beethoven: Piano Concerto 

#3; Andrew Aarons, piano; 

Robert Raines, conductor. 

Midland Collegiate Auditorium, 

720 Midland Ave. 879-5566. 

$13, $10. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. Linda 

Shumas. 179 Richmond St. 

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

-- 8:00: Orion House. Golden 

Moments in Opera. Opera arias 

performed by 8 different artists. 

Church of the Redeemer, 1 62 

Bloor St. West. 41 0-1808. 

$23,$18. 

-- 8:00: Small World 99. Paris to 

Kyiv. A mix of traditional 

Ukrainian music & contemporary 

arrangements. Alexis Kochan & 

her ensemble, bandura, viola, 

cittern & pipes; John Wyre, 

percussion. du Maurier Theatre 

Centre. 231 Queens Quay West. 

973-4000. $25. 





Faculty of Music. University of 

Toronto Symphony Orchestra at 

Massey Hall. Elgar: Cello 

Concerto in e, Op. 85; lbert: 

Flute Concerto; Tchaikovsky: 

Violin Concerto in D, Op.35; 

Svoboda: M11rimba Concerto. 

Jenny Yoon, cello; Stephen Tam, 

flute; Daniel Bard, violin; Graham 

Hargrove, marimba. Victor 

Feldbrill, guest conductor. 

Massey Hall, 15 Shuter St. 872- 

4255. $25,$15. 

-- 8:00: VocaiPoint, lan Grundy, 

con d. Faire is the Heaven. 

Williams: Mass in G minor; 

Harris: Faire is the Heaven; and 

music by Victoria, Stanford, 

Bax, Willen. Church of the Holy 

Trinity, Eaton Centre, 484-0185. 

$15,$10. 

Sunday, Nov. 07 


Sunday Concert. Scruj 

MacDUHK. Celtic music, 

mountain music, French Canadian 

tunes & original songs. York 

Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay 

West. 973•3000. Free. 


Performing Arts. Mitsuko 

Uchida, piano. Chopin: Sonata 

#2 in B-flat minor Funeral 

March; Webern: Variations 

Op.27; works by Mozart & 

Schubert. George Weston 


Off Centre M usic Series presents 

870-8000. $33 to $50. 

-- 2:30: Off Centre Music 

Series. French Salon: La Belle 

Epoque. Burge: new work 

(commission); songs of Duparc, 

Liszt & Schumann. Monica 

Whicher, soprano; Stuart 

Hamilton, piano; lnna Perkis & 

Boris Zarankin, piano duo. Glenn 


West. 205-5555. $~6 ,$19. 

-- 2:30: The Aldeburgh Connection. 

Robert and Clara at Home. 

Schumann: Spanische 

Liebeslieder; music by Brahms. 

Laura Whalen, soprano; Elizabeth 

Turnbull, mezzo; Colin 

Ainsworth, tenor; Alex Dobson, 

baritone; Stephen Ralls & Bruce 

Ubukata, pianists. Walter Hall, 

80 Queen's Park. 686-5795. 

$24,$18(sr/st). 




-- 7:30: Roy Thomson Hall/ 

ATMO Productions. Charles 

Aznavour Farewell Tour. 60 

Simcoe. 872-4255. $48.50 to 

$98.50. 

-- 8 :00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. 

DroneZone. TRANZAC, 292 

Brunswick Ave.- 410-3655. 

-- 8:00: Music Gallery. les 

Diabo/iques. 1 79 Richmond St. 

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

~Rencb 5blon: La belle BpoQ_ae 

}nin us fllr llllr scclmd ClltH.:crl of 

tbc season (the last of this 

m illenium) l ll celchralc the fin de 

siecle wilh F rench art songs and a 

newly commissinncJ work hy 

CanclJian l.:llffiPllSCr John B urge scl 

ln il pt~cm hy Emile Nellig

FURTHER AFIELD 

OCT02 

-- 7:30: lstituto Italiano de 

Culture. Choir of the 

Associazione Naziona/e Alpini. 

Bishop Ryan School, Hamilton. 

905-548-6166. 

-- 8:00: Arkell Schoolhouse. 

KubicaNan Berkel. Classical 

guitar duo. 843 Watson Road, 

South Arkell. (519) 763-7528. 

$20. 

-- 8:00: Millpond Centre. Rachel 

Gauk, classical guitar, in Recital. 

1 06 Victoria St. West, Alliston. 

705-435-3092. $12 (advance), 

$15 (door). 

OCT. 03 

-- 3:30: Cantore• Celestes 

Women's Chamber Choir. CD 

launch. Kelly Galbraith, director; 

Ellen Meyer, piano; Wayne 

Howson, organ; Bob Weir, 

double bass. Proceeds to the 

church fund. St. Peter's Anglican 

Church, 11 75 Cedar St. 

Oshawa. 236-1522. $1 0. 

OCT. 07 

-- 1 O:OOam: City of Hamilton/ 

McMaster University/American 

Liszt Society. Great Romantics 

Festival: The Songs of 

Cornelius. Sophie Grech, mezzo 

soprano; Melanie Spanswick, 

piano. Convocation Hall, 

McMaster University, Hamilton. 

905-529-7070 ext.23674. 

-- 11 :15am: City of Hamilton/ 



Festival: John Clegg, piano, in 

Recital. Music by Chopin-Liszt, 

Brahms & Schumann. Convocation 

Hall, McMaster University, 

Hamilton. 905-529-7070 

ext.23674. 

-- 2:00 & 8:00: Sanderson 

Centre. /.save the Porch Light 

On. Musical story of the Famous 

People Players. 88 Dalhousie St. 

Brentford. 1-800-265-0710. 

Evening $22.50 to $27; 

matinee $20.50 to $25. 

-- 2:30: City of Hamilton/ 



Festival.· fan Sadler, organ, in 

Recital. Elgar: Organ Sonata 

(1898); Liszt: Fantasy & Fugue 

on B.A. C. H. Dr. Hayden 

Maginnis, host. Christ's Church 

Cathedral, 252 James St. North, 

Hamilton. 905-529-7070 

ext.23674. 




Festival: Chamberworks. Music 

by Schubert & Beethoven. 

Christ's Church Cathedral, 252 

James St. North, Hamilton. 

905-529-7070 ext.23674. 

-- 8:00: New Hamilton Orchestra. 

The Great Romantics. 

Cornelius: Barber of Bagdad 

Overture; Rachmaninoff: 

Rhapsody on a theme by 

Paganini; Tchaikovsky: Symphony 

#4. lan Hobson, piano; 

Horst Forster, conductor. 

Hamilton Place, 1 Summers 

Lane. 905-526-6556. $20 to 

$39; $18 to $35(sr/st). 

OCT. 08 

-- 1 0:15am: City of Hamilton/ 



Festival: Two-Piano Recital. Liszt: 

Symphonic Poems; Mephisto 

Waltz #1. Georgia & Louise 

Mangos. Convocation Hall, 


905-529-7070 ext.23674. 




Festival: Piano Gala. Liszt: Bunte 

Reihe. Justin Kolb, Claude 

Hobson, Melanie Spanswick, 

Charles Timbrel!, Daviel Glover & 

John Clegg, pianists. Central 

Presbyterian Church, Hamilton. 

905-529-7070 ext.23674. 




Festival.· A Chopin Recital. 

Polonaise Fantaisie, Op.61; 2 

mazurkas Op 59; Sonata in b 

Op.58; 24 Preludes Op. 28. Ann 

Schein, piano. Convocation Hall, 


905-529-7070 ext.23674. 

OCT. 09 

--9:15am: City of Hamilton/ 



Festival. R. Strauss: Piano 

Sonata #1 in b minor. Gila 

Goldstein, piano. Centenary 

United Church, Hamilton. 905- 

529-7070 ext.23674. 

-- 1 0:45am: City of Hamilton/ 



Festival: Lieder Recital. Strauss: 

Four Last Songs; other songs by 

Strauss & Wolf. Janet 

Obermeyer, soprano; Leslie 

De'ath, piano. Centenary United 

Church, Hamilton. 905-529- 

7070 ext.23674. 




Festival.· Chopin Piano Gala. 

Complete ballades & scherzos. 

Adam Wodnicki, William Aide, 

Valerie Tryo & Kemal Gekic, 

pianists. Centenary United 

Church, Hamilton. 905-529- 

7070 ext.23674. 

-- 8:00: Arkell Schoolhouse. 4th 

Annual Arke/1 Harvest Harp fest. 

Debbie Brewin-Wilson, voice & 

harp; Edward Klassen, Paraguayan 

folk harp. 843 Watson 

Road, South Arkell. (51 9) 763- 

7528. $15. 

OCT. 10 

-- 1 :30: City of Hamilton/ 



Festival: Artists of Tomorrow 

Concert. McMaster University, 

Hamilton. 905-529-7070 

ext.23674. 




Festival: Remembrance of 

Things Past. Music by Bach/ 

Busoni, Schumann, Chopin, 

Liszt, Kreisler/Rachmaninov & J. 

Strauss/Friedman. Valerie Tryon, 

piano. Convocation Hall, 

Hamilton. 905-529-7070 

ext.23674. 

r 

-- 8:00: Sanderson Centre. 

Dinah Christie and Friends. 

Country, folk & jazz. 88 

Dalhousie St. Brentford. 1-800- 

265-0710. $23 to $27.50. 

OCT. 15 

-- 8:00: SECOND.com/p@n.y. 

Mozart: The Magic Flute. Cast 

of 20; 28-piece orchesta. 

Humanities Theatre, University 

of Waterloo. 519-888-4908. 

$28,$22. For complete run see 


OCT. 16 


Clarinet & Piano. Works by 

Vanhal, Dvorak, Brahms & 

Debussy. Elizabeth Ganter, 

clarinet; Dietmar Griif, piano. 

843 Watson Road, South Arkell. 

(519) 763-7528. $15. 

-- 8:00: Canadian Singers. 

Music by Willan, MacGillivray, 

McDermott & Hatfield. Harvey 

Patterson, director. St. 

Andrew's-Chalmers Church, 

40B Toronto St. Uxbridge. 905- 

852-6262. $10,$8. 

-- 8:00: Millpond Centre. 

DroneZone. Celtic music with 

pipes, flutes & whistles. lan 

Goodfellow & Patrick O'Gorman, 

pipes; Ben Grossman, percussion 

& hurdy gurdy; Brandon 

Scott Beshara, guitar & saxophone. 

1 06 Victoria St. West, 

presents 

ANGELA HEWITT 

Johann Sebastian Bach: 

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I 

Tuesday, November 9 

7 p.m. 

Glenn Gould Studio 

250 Front Street West, Toronto 

Tickets $35. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres at intermission 

Glenn Gould Studio Box Office: (416)-205-5555 

lla.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays & 2 hours before concerts 

O

Alliston. 705-435-3092. $12 

(advance), $15 (door). 

-- 8:00: Opera Ontario. La 

Traviata. Music by Verdi. Lyne 

Fortin, Carlo Scibelli, Allan Monk 

& other performers; New 

Hamilton Orchestra; Daniel 

lipton, conductor. Great Hall, 

Hamilton Place, 1 Summers 

Lane. 905-526-6556; 1-800- 

575~1381. $20to $80. For 


listings. 

-- 8:00: Symphony Hamilton. 

Music of the New World . 

Gershwin: Excerpts from Porgy 

& Bess; Mozetich: Affairs of the 

Heart: a concerto for violin & 

strings; Dvorak: Symphony #9 

From the New World. Corey 

Gemmell, violin; James R. 

McKay, conductor. 7:15: Preconcert 

chat with James 

McKay. Tivoli Theatre, 1 08 


905-526-6690. $15,$12(sr/ 

st),$5(child under 12). 

OCT. 19 

-- 1 2:00 noon: Art Gallery of 

Hamilton. Music by Glick, 

Bartok, Caplet & Boehm. Patricia 

Dydnansky, flute; Susan Lee, 

piano. 1 23 King Street West, 

Hamilton. 905-527-6610 


OCT. 20 

-- 8:00: Theatre Aquarius. 2 

Pianos 4 Hands. By Ted Dykstra 

& Richard Greenblatt; Richard 

Greenblatt, director. 1 90 King 

William St. Hamilton. 905-522- 

7529; 1-800-465-7529. $35 

to $45. For complete run see 


OCT. 22 

-- 8:15: Te Deum Orchestra & 

Singers. Ancient Meets Modern. 

Bossi: Intermezzi Goldoniani; 

Cimarosa (arr. Benjamin): Oboe 

Concerto; Grieg: Holberg Suite; 

Warlock: Capriol Suite. Nancy 

Elbeck, oboe. Richard Birney 

Smith, artistic director. 8:00: 

Chat from the stage. Christ's 

Church Cathedral, 252 James 

St. North, Hamilton. 905-628- 

4533/1-800-263-0320. 

$20,$15(sr/st),$6(child). 

OCT. 23 


New Berlin Chamber Ensemble. 

Rob Carli, Jennifer Rodriques, 

Elaine Sweeney, Dave Witten, 

flutes, piccolos, clarinets & 

saxophones. 843 Watson Road, 

South Arkell. (519) 763-7528. 

$20. 

OCT. 24 

-- 4:00: Elora Festival Singers. 

The English Spiritual Tradition. 

Music by Vaughan Williams & 

Tavener. Michael Bloss, organ; 

Noel Edison, conductor. Elora 

United, Elora. 51 9-846-0331 . 

$22. 

OCT. 30 

-- 7:30: Toronto Welsh Male 

Voice Choir. David Low, conductor. 

St. James Presbyterian 

Church, Stouffville. 237-0251. 

$12. 

-- 8:00: Brampton Symphony 

Orchestra. A Farewell to the 

20th Century. Music of 

Gershwin. Iris Rodrigues, vocals; 

Charles Demuynck, conductor. 

Heritage Theatre, 86 Main St. 

North Brampton. 905-874- 

2800. $15,$10. 

-- 8:00: Millpond Centre. Scott 

Woods, fiddler/stepdancer. 1 06 

Victoria St. West, Alliston. 705- 

435-3092. $12 (advance), $15 

(door). 

NOV. 06 


Duo Concertente. Works by 

Mozart, Bartok, Parker & 

Brahms. Timothy Steeves, piano; 

Nam:y Dahn; violin. 843 Watson 

Road, South Arkell. (519) 763- 

7528. $15. 

-- 8:00: Bach Elgar Choir. Gloria 

Deo. Palestrina: Missa Papae 

Marcelli; Tu es Petrus; Gabrieli: 

Magnificat; Piirt: Magnificat. 

Victoria Scholars; Philip 

Sarabura, artistic director. 

Christ's Church Cathedral, 252 


905-527-5995. $18,$16. 

. HONOURABLE 

MEN,TIONS 

Arbor Room, Hart House, 7 Hart 

House Circle. 978-5362. Free. 

Concerts presented by Hart 

House/Worlds of Music Toronto: 

*October 7 8:00: African 

Stars. ·Adam Solomon & Tikisa 

*October 21 8:00: Spirit of 

Calypso. Roger Gibbs, COBA 

Drummers & Mo'Banja 

*November 4: Balkan Connection. 

Irene Markov 

Cafe at the Centre, 454 

Parliament Street. 925-7222. 

Cosy candlelit atmosphere, 

coffee, herb teas, baked goods. 

Air-conditioned! 

*Sunday nights, 8 p.m. to 11 

p.m. That's when the Dave 

Broadfoot Studio in the 

Cabbagetown Community Arts 

Centre is transformed into Cafe 

At The Centre Open Stage - for 

musicians/performers of all 

persuasions. Special feature 

performer each Sunday. Free; 

donations welcome. 

Gatsby's Restaurant Dinner 

Theatre, 504 Church St. 925- 

4545. 

*October 3 8:00: William 

Shookhoff. Opera for Dining: 

Glitter and Beguile. Michelyn 

Wright, soprano; David Playfairl 

Grant Allert, baritone. Continues 

every Sunday & Monday to 

November 21 . No cover. 

*October 15 8:00: Opera 

Encore. Napoli- The Romantic 

Music of Sunny Naples. Richard 

Valdez, tenor; Craig Winters, 

piano. 

Le Saint Tropez, 31 5 King St. 

West. 591-7689. 

*October 5 8:00: William 

Shookhoff. Opera for Dining: 

Glitter and Beguile. Michelyn 

Wright, soprano; David Playfair/ 

Grant Allert, baritone. Continues 

every Tuesday to November 22. 

No cover. 

, TOO LATE TO LIST 

October 7 12:30: Noonday 

Chamber Music at Christ 

Church. Clarinet to go. Christ 

Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge. 

920-5211. Free (donation). 

October 9 8:00: Meadowvale 

Theatre. Gerry Tymstra & Band. 

905-821-0090. $17.50. 



Church. French Song Sampler. 


Yonge. 920-5211. Free (donation). 



Church. Sound the Trumpet. 


Yonge. 920-5211. Free (donation). 

Living Arts Centre, 41 41 Living 

Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905- 

306-6000. The Royal Bank 

Theatre is transformed into a 

relaxed & comfortable pub 

setting. Doors open 8:00; 

performance at 9:00. 

*October 29: J.P. Cormier. 

Celtic, Appalachian & Acadian. 

$29.50,$24.50. 

Mezzetta Cafe Restaurant, 681 

St. Clair Ave. West. 658-5687. 

$6 cover. Mediterranean cuisine 

and live music each night at 

9:15 & 10:30: 

*October 6: David Occhipinti, 

guitar; Jim Vivian, bass 

*October 20: Don Thompson 

& Neil Swainson, bass duet 

• 

October 22 12: 15pm: 

I FURIOSI baroque ensemble. 

Italian Favourites. Ettore 

Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Royal 

Conservatory of Music, 273 

Bloor Street W. 252-8740. Free 

October 24 2:00: Northdale 

Concert Band. Central Park 

Lodge, 1 0 William Morgan Drive. 

947-4868. Free. 



Church. Piano Miniatures. Christ 

Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge. 

920-5211. Free (donation). 

November 7 7:00: Leaside 

Concert Series. Tamas Erdi, 

piano. Leaside Presbyterian 

Church, 670 Eglinton Ave. East. 

488-2588.$15,$10 (family 

rate). 

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with local roots! 

At the heart of Lakeshore lies the century old 

Assembly Hall. Once part of the former 

psychiatric hospital, the Hall is undergoing a 

$3.6 million renovation as a community 

cultural centre. With an intimate 325 seat 

penormance space with marvellous acoustics, 

the Assembly Hall will anchor Lakeshore arts 

and enhance the whole city's musical stock. 

Romeo and Juliet, The Godfather and La 

Dolce Vita. The chamber orchestra, Sinfonia 

Mississauga, kicks off their season at 2pm on 

October 17 with 176 keys and 20 fingers 

featuring James Anagnoson and Leslie 

Kinton, the best loved duo-pianists. And the 

Pops Series blasts off with QUARTETTE 

which is Sylvia Tyson, Cindy Church, Gwen 

Swick and Caitlin Handford on October 2nd, 

at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga. 

ists, under the of Debbie Fleming, 

specializing in upbeat jazz-pop flavoured a 

cappella singing, officially formed in 1996, 

as a nine-voice rehearsal group assembling 

regularly to sight-read new arrangements 

written or compiled by Fleming. 

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Oil 

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As the magic of the combination became 

obvious, the group recorded a CD entitle "All 

I Want For Christmas", released for the 1997 

holiday season. It won runner-up award for 

"Best New Holiday Album" in the CARA 

(Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award) 

competitions, presented by the Contemporary 

A Cappella Society of America (CASA). 

In 1998, Hampton Avenue became an octet, 

and was voted the "Best Vocal Group of 

1999" by the Jazz Report Magazine survey. 

This past summer, Hampton Avenue has been 

r,ecording their second album - non-seasonal 

lushly harmonized originals and standards. 

CD will be released late 1999 or early 2000. 

Lakeshore Arts 

Box 48555, Etobicoke ON M8W 1 P5 

Box Office: 416 251-7236 

Fax: 41 6 255-8043 

Smithgw@titan.tcn.net 

A group of residents around a kitchen table, 

frustrated by the absence of opportunity in a 

community rich with potential, founded 

Lakeshore Arts-a Community Arts Council 

to showcase the best local talent, and to 

create a loeal destination so others can see 

what we have to offer. 

Music on the Lake, a chamber music series 

now in its third year, has already included 

True North Brass, percussionist Bev 

Johnston, The Gryphon Trio, the Chagall 

Quartet, and composers Sir Ernest 

MacMillan, Scott Irvine, Christos Hatsis, 

Gary Kulesha and Eric Robertson - all artists 

j 

Maureen Smith Music Studio 

Phone: 416 620-1231 I Fax: 416 620-591 2 

w ww.globalserve.netr mebs 

mebs@globalserve.net 

Maureen Smith Music Studio is run by 

Maureen Smith, Pi~~onist/Vocalist, Piano 

Teacher, Music Educator, and Recording 

o Artist. 

i 

Ongoing Adult Evening Courses: 

The Musicians Way to Health and Freedom. 

Postural and movement techniques for RSI 

and related injuries, including The 

Feldenkrais Method, Alexander Technique 

and Mitzvah Technique. 

The Inner Game of Music. Psychology of 

penormance, with use of videotaping and 

recording. 

Discover Your Singing Voice. Learn how to 

sing. Use a microphone and sing with or 

without karaoke. Videotaping and recording. 

Hannony and Chords. Learn the basics of 

chords and tonality for songwriting. 

Theory and Rudiments. Preparation for Royal 

Conservatory of Music Exams. 

Beginning Instrumental Music. Learn to play 

saxophone, clarinet, flute, trumpet, or 

trombone in a fun and small group setting. 

Also Available 

Private Instruction 

Professional Demos, Digital Recording, 

Grand Piano and Instrumental Accompaniment, 

Entertainment for Your Special 

Occasion, Corporate Entertainment 

The Mississauga Symphonic 

Association 

Tickets: $25145 Save 15% for subscriptions 

Box Office 905-306-6000 

Performing Venue: The Living Arts Centre - 

Mississauga 

Music Director: John Barnum 

General Manager: Erika Beatty 

General Office 905-615-4401 I Fax: 905- 

615-4402 

symphony@echo-on.ca 

The MSO is a 95 piece orchestra, recognized 

as Canada's finest community orchestra with 

dynamic soloists celebrated for their musicianship 

and virtuosity. Opening concert is 

October 23/99 with Beethoven, and Schubert, 

plus music for the Bass, by Nino Rota, who 

wrote memorable movie scores such as 

Music at St. John's: 

Concerts with a Cause 

St. John's Anglican Church, 

288 Humberside Avenue, Toronto 

Mailing Address: R.R. 1, Grafton KOK 2GO 

Phone: 416 763-2393 

Artistic Director: Timothy Dawson 

Producing fine concerts in the Bloor West 

Village area for six years, and known citywide 

for its atmosphere and acoustics, St. 

John's has hosted many fine musicians, 

including members of the ISO (including 

conductor Jukka Pekka Saraste who traded 

baton for violin to play with the Bach 

Consort at St. John's. 

Lifting spirits through music is one goal of 

Concerts with a Cause; another is raising 

funds and awareness for deserving community 

organizations. Attend a concert, and 

you'll be supporting groups like University 

Settlement House Music & Arts School, 

Camphill Village Ontario, the Early Enrichment 

Daycare, HAADD (adults with 

autism), and the church itself. 

Join us for another remarkable season. 

Concerts include the Toronto Symphony 

Bass Quartet (November 6); La Jeunesse 

Northumberland Girls' Choir with Judy 

Loman, harp and Monica Whicher, soprano 

(November 22); Mary Lou Fallis with Peter 

Tiefenbach, piano (January 22); The Bach 

Consort at St. James' Cathedral (May 19). 

Music TORONTO 

Address: Suite 91 0, 8 King St. East Toronto 

ON M5C 1B5 

General Manager: Jennifer Taylor 

Phone: 416 214-1660 I Fax: 416 214-1663 

Music TORONTO presents chamber music 

and piano recitals at the St. Lawrence 

Centre, downtown. We have the city's most 

knowledgeable and best behaved audience. 

Our 28th season includes the Toronto debuts 

of the Naumburg-Award-winning Pacifica 

Quartet, Germany's renowned Petersen 

Quartet, and 1994 Tchaikovsky Competition 

winner, pianist Nikolai Lugansky. 

Returning penormers include the Tokyo and 

the Hagen Quartet (first Toronto concert 

since 1989); pianists Grigory Sokolov and 

Stephen Kovacevich (first Toronto recital

since 1973). 

Plus many wonderful Canadians: the St. 

Lawrence Quartet, pianists Janina 

Fialkowska and Eve Egoyan, and our 

Ensembles-in-Residence - the Gryphon Trio 

and the Toronto String Quartet. 

The George Weston Discovery series - 

tickets just $12 -- features soprano Measha 

Bruggergosman, cellist Amanda Forsyth and 

violinist Eugene Nakamura. 

NEWS about prices: students $5 -- accompanying 

adult half price (that's $19.50 or 

$21.50); between 18 and 35 -pay your age 

(that's 20%-42% oft). Chamber music 

downtown. Box Office 366-7723. 

Music Umbrella 

Music Umbrella 1999-2000 ... Another 

season of musical adventure: all concerts 

8:00 pm, Eastminster United, 310 Danforth 

Avenue. Tickets $10 and $8 at door, subscriptions 

$50 and less for six concerts. Call 461- 

6681 for information, brochures and subscriptions. 

Nov. 6: Festival Musicians from Ottawa. 

Julian Armour, cello; Robert Cram, flute; 

Jean Desmarais, piano. Music by Pierne 

and Haydn. 

Nov. 27: A Percussion Spectacular. Mark 

Duggan, Bill Brennan, Alan Hetherington, 

John Wyre and Mika Yoshida, percussion. 

Jan 22: Kirk Elliott & His Instruments of 

Torture. Kirk Elliott, fiddle, mandolin, celtic 

harp, flute, bagpipes, accordion; Alison 

Melville and Colin Savage, recorders; 

Catherine Keenan, hurdy-gurdy; Garth 

Vogan, bass; Don Rooke, guitar. 

Feb. 19: An Evening of Arabic Music with 

Doula. Roula Said, Maryem Tollar, Debashis 

Sinha, Ben Grossman, Kathleen Kajioka, 

Ernie Tollar. 

Mar. 24: Music for Unoriginal Instruments. 

Krista Buckland, violin; Anthony 

Rapoport, viola; Carol Ann Savage, flute; 

Peter Tiefenbach, piano; and friends. Music 

by Barber, Mozart and others. 

Apr. 15: Violins in America. Mark Fewer, 

violin; Simon Docking, piano; music by Ives, 

Corigliano and Michael Osterle. 

Music at Willowdale 

Wayne Gilpin, Director of Music 

Willowdale Presbyterian Church, 38 Ellerslie 

Ave., Toronto ON M2N 1 X8 

Phone: 416 221-8373 I Fax: 416 221-8875 

Willowdale Presbyterian Church has an 

active and exciting music programme. Music 

in Worship is the heart of music at 

Willowdale, and the Willowdale Praise 

Choir is the core group. A mix of amateur 

and paid singers, it prepare~ a variety of 

sacred repertoire from class1cal to contemporary, 

and welcomes all singers for Thursday 

evening rehearsals (7:30-9:30 p.m.) and 

Sunday service at 10:30 a.m. 

The Willowdale Concert Series presents a 

number of evening concerts during the year. 

The first concert, Saturday, November 20 

features Cantilena - the Theatrical Music 

Ensemble in a programme titled 

NightMusic 2, featuring the World Premiere 

of The Shooting of Dan McGrew by Canadian 

composer Andrew Gilpin. 

Willowdale Players, the musical theatre 

ensemble at Willowdale Presbyterian 

Church, presents full-scale musical productions 

annually. This year's productions will 

be Amah/ and the Night Visitors and A Little 

Princess. 

MUSIC at WILLOWDALE - Come and be a 

part of it! 

The New Guitar 

218 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto ON 

20 Queen Victoria St., Toronto ON M4J 1 E9 M2N 3A9 

Contact: Raymond Bisha Tel: (416) 252-4792 Fax: (416) 229-9237 

Phone: 461-9752 

www.newguitar.net 

Artistic Directors: Michael Bracken and 

James Brown 

Founded in 1992 The New Guitar is 

establishing itself as a innovative concert 

series dedicated to showcasing the talents of 

Canadian guitarists and composers. This 

year's season features three concerts each 

held at Heliconian Hall 35 Hazelton Avenue. 

October 22, 1999 welcomes the Canadian 

Guitar Quartet for their Toronto debut as 

well as a special performance by William 

Beauvais. On February 4, 2000 Jeffrey 

McFadden and Michael Bracken take the 

stage to premiere new compositions by 

Canadian composers Edward Arteaga and 

James Brown. A highlight will the performance 

of John Weinzweig's whimsical 

Conversations for three guitars. Closing the 

season on April 28, 2000 the Connor/Parnes 

voice and guitar duo present a varied 

program including a specially commissioned 

work by Peter Tiefenbach. Contemporary 

jazz guitarists James Brown and Justin 

Haynes present a engaging duo of their own 

compositions and improvisations. 

Call the New Guitar at (416) 252-4792 or 

visit our web site to order tickets. 

The North Toronto Women's 

Chamber Choir 

18 Brownlow Ave. #607, Toronto M4S 2K8 

Contact: Anne Yardley, Director 

Phone: 416 485-2259 

The North Toronto Women's Chamber Choir 

was formed in January 1999. Our goal is to 

provide a friendly, comfortable environment 

in which to prepare music of various styles 

while maintaining a high standard of 

musicality. The choir is directed by Anne 

Yardley, who is a graduate of the University 

of Toronto, Faculty of Music in Voice 

Performance. Her extensive choral background 

includes working with such conductors 

as Wayne Riddell (Tudor Singers of 

Montreal), Charles Dutoit, Helmuth Rilling, 

and Elmer Iseler. 

We are presently preparing for our December 

17th Winter Concert which promises to 

be a very eclectic and interesting programme 

- everything from plainsong to Jingle Bells - 

traditional and non-traditional. In January 

we will begin rehearsals for our Spring 

Concert. Our rehearsals take place on 

Wednesday evenings from 7:30-9:30 at the 

Church of the Transfiguration. 

For information re auditions and concerts, 

call Anne Yardley at 485-2259. 

Off Centre Music Series 

New Venue: GLENN GOULD STUDIO 

zarankin@spectranet.ca 

Artistic Directors: lnna Perkis 

and Boriz Zarankin 

Mailing address: 968 Logan Ave., 

Toronto ON M4K 3E5 

The Off Centre Music Series, in its fifth 

season, blends music, poetry, art, European 

delicacies and romance in their unique 

homage to the 19th century Salon. This 

superb musical bouquet of six concerts, each 

with a distinctive theme, offers an intimate 

venue for the finest international performers, 

as well as rising young Canadian artists. The 

season includes debuts, premieres and 

revivals by such internationally acclaimed 

artists as Michael Schade, Norine Burgess, 

llya Kaler, Monica Whicher, Alexander 

Anisimov, Annamaria Popescu, Boris 

Zarankin and Inna Perkis. 

Some of Canada's finest actors including Don 

McKellar, William Webster, Patricia 

Hamilton and Albert Schultz will present 

poetry and prose readings. Radio hosts 

Catherine Belyea, Eric Friesen, Stuart 

Hamilton, Rick Philips and Stephen Cera 

will provide distinctive and entertaining 

program introductions. 

Off Centre creates a unique theatrical -and 

sensory experience for connoisseurs and 

novices alike. For information call 416 466- 

1870. For tickets call 416 205-5555 

The Ontario Folk Harp Society 

Contact: Angelica Ottewill, President 

Phone: 416 494-4919 I Fax: 41 6 494-1 504 

fisher63@interlog.com 

The Ontario Folk Harp Society, a chapter of 

the International Society of Fol~ Harpers 

and Craftsmen (ISFHC). promotes folk 

harpers and harp makers, amateur and 

professional. We have sponsored harp 

festivals and numerous workshops, featuring 

such prominent harpers as Sylvia Woods, 

Kim Robertson, Tina Turin and Mary 

Anderson. 

Many members play Celtic music, but we 

encompass a wide variety of styles: classical, 

Latin, medieval, renaissance, sacred, jazz 

and even Jewish. Our newsletter keeps 

members informed of events and is a good

place to advertise harps for sale or rent. 

Monthly harper circles are a good place to 

meet and jam. Some circles are workshops 

in technique, repertoire, or history. Our first 

workshops take place October 9 with Debbie 

Brewin Wilson and November 14 with 

Sharlene Wallace 

To come out to a circle, or become a 

member, call membership secretary, Janet 

Gadesk.i at 416 234-2995. Her e-mail is 

fisher63@interlog.com. 

Orchestra Toronto 

www.orchestratoronto.org 

Contact: Frances Shakov, Manager 

Phone/Fax: 41 6 467-7142 

otoronto@excite.com 

"This orchestra is so much fun! " says Music 

Director Douglas Sanford. "Their talent, 

musicillnship and repertoire far exceed that 

of any other community orchestra!" 

The 1999-2000 Season features five inspiring 

Saturdays at the intimate Leah Posluns 

Theatre. In our tradition of playing accessible 

Canadian works, the season opens October 

23 with the late Harry Somers' North 

Country. The December 11 concert features 

Sahali: The Great Moon, by British Columbia-based 

Imant Raminsh. 

The Season also features three of our 

principal players: Senya Trubashnik: Bellini s 

Concerto for Oboe in E Flat Major December 

11; cellist Karen Henderson: 

Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme 

April 8; and Michele Frensch: Rodrigo's 

Concerto for Flute May 17. 

We also feature two challenging symphonies: 

Shostakovitch's Symphony No. 4 February 

26, and Mahler's Symphony No. 1 May 27. 

Tickets: call (416) 467-7142 during office 

hours, or at the door. Subscriptions on sale 

until the second concert, December 11. 

Ontario Registered Music Teachers' 

Association (ORMTA) 

Contact: Mary Maxis Lumsden, President 

41 6 693-5099 

393 Main St., Toronto ON M4C 4X9 

Phone: 416 694-0296 

www.ormtetoronto.org 

Ontario Registered Music Teachers' 

Association (ORMTA) was founded in 1885 

as an association of independent music 

teachers. All members hav~ met the requirements 

for membership. ORMTA is made up 

of various branches. 

The Central Toronto Branch covers most of 

what used to be the old city of Toronto. We 

have various events throughout the year: 

workshops, general membership meetings, 

student auditions and recitals, and student 

and teacher performances. Members can also 

participate in zone, provincial, and national 

events, and attend provincial and national 

conventions. 

Members also get listed on a directory that 

we distribute throughout the greater Toronto 

area and to anyone interested in receiving it. 

To obtain copies of our directory you can call 

416 694-0296. 

If you are interested in finding out more 

about us, obtaining a directory or becoming 

a member, please phone 416 694-0296 or 

416 693-5099. Membership is open to all 

instruments and voice. 

Orpheus Choir of Toronto 

P.O. Box 662 Station F 

Toronto Ontario M4Y 2N6 

www.orpheus.on.ca 

phone: (416) 530-4428 

Music Director: Brainerd Blyden-Taylor 

The Orpheus Choir of Toronto will perform 

a four concert season this year "Choral 

Gems to Crown the Century". 

It's a season of 20th century choral works 

celebrating some of this century's greatest 

composers. Our first concert on October 22, 

1999 will be a tribute to American composer 

Randall Thompson. Our Christmas concert 

December 10, 1999 will highlight British 

composers with Britten's Ceremony of 

Carols and Vaughan Williams Fantasia on 

Christmas Carols. Concert 3 will be a 

chance to hear John Rutter's Requiem on 

March 2, 2000. Our final concert of the 

season, June 2nd 2000, will be a performance 

of Scott Macmillan's Celtic Mass of the 

Sea and a premiere of a new work by this 

Canadian composer. 

All concerts are on Fridays at 8 pm. Now in 

its 36th season, the choir continues its 

commitment to the discovery, preservation 

and performance of fine choral music in 

Toronto. 

Riverdale Ensemble 

Contact: Daniel Kushner 

Phone: 416 465-7 443 I Fax: 465-6256 

The Riverdale Ensemble, formerly the 

Riverdale Concert Society (Stephen Fox, 

clarinet and saxophone; Daniel Kushner, 

violin; and Ellen Meyer, piano), is pleased to 

announce its fourth season at The Chapel, 

Victoria University, 91 Charles Street West. 

We will present duos and trios from the 

inexplicably neglected chamber works of the 

20th century English renaissance, featuring 

Lennox Berkeley, Herbert Howells, York 

Bowen, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and many 

more English, Canadian and European 

composers. This winter we will record a CD 

of trios on the Furiant label, for spring 2000 

release. 

Royal Conservatory of Music 

Dr. Peter S'mon, President 

Community School, Margaret Chasins, 

Dean Glenn Gould Professional School, 

Rennie Regehr, Dean 

Learning Through the Arts, 

Angela Elster, Director 

273 Bloor St. West, Toronto MSS 1 W2 

PH: 416-408-2824; FAX: 416-408-3096 

www.rcmusic.ca 

The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) is 

one of Canada's most significant national 

institutions. It is an independent, non-profit 

educational organization. Since 1886, its 

activities have involved over 3 million 

Canadians. 

* Alumni include Glenn Gould, Teresa 

Stratas and Jon Vickers, David Foster, Liona 

Boyd, Paul Shaffer, Isabel Bayrakdarian, 

Richard Raymond, Amanda Marshall, Ben 

Heppner, Em Griner, and recent CBC 

Competition winner, Stephen Ham. 

* The Glenn Gould Professional School, 

Canada's national music school, offers 

innovative curriculum for young professionals, 

attracting students from all parts of 

Canada and the world. 

* The RCM Community School comprises 

5,000 local students in a wide range of 

programs, and is a leader in developing and 

testing new methods and curriculum. 

* Learning Through the Arts TM (LTTA) is 

aimed at transforming teaching and learning 

in the public school system. It launched 

nationally for the benefit of 20,000 students 

in September, after a successful 5-year pilot 

in Toronto. 

SINE NOMINE Ensemble for 

Medieval Music 

Address: 59 Queen's Park Crescent East, 

Toronto, Ontario MSS 2C4 

Phone: 416-638-9445 I Fax: 416-926-7292 

E-mail rosenfel@chess.utoronto.ca 

Contact: Andrea Budgey or Randell 

Rosenfeld 

Rosenfeld and Budgey 

SINE NOMINE brings medieval music to 

modern audiences, enriching the present 

with music of the past, and leading those 

who experience it to consider the world in 

which it was first heard, and the perspective 

of those who created it. Our concerts include

vocal and instrumental music from the 10th- 

15th centuries, with readings, and, occasionally, 

collaborative projects with performers 

from other musical traditions. We research 

our repertoire and the culture in which it 

developed, and approach it from a fresh 

often improvisational direction, creating 

performances which a medieval audience 

would recognise, and a modern audience can 

enjoy. Tickets usually $12/$8. 

SINE NOMINE's season concerts will be in 

December, March, and May - contact us for 

details. This fall: "Music of Medieval 

Nunneries" in the TEMC/ROM series, 

October I 0 at 2:30, and a programme 

exploring the intersection of the medieval 

and traditional spheres of music at the 

Music Gallery, November 3. 

Sinfonia Toronto 

Music Director: Nurhan Arman 

264 Bloor St. W., Box 52545, 

Toronto ON M5S 3C5 

Phone/Fax 416 499-0403 

sinfoniatoronto@canada.com 

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Box Office: CBC Glenn Gould Studio. 

Phone 41 6 205-5555 I Fax 416 205-5551 

Sinfonia Toronto's inaugural season features 

six performances in the CBC Glenn Gould 

Studio. Sinfonia Toronto's mission is to 

create a world-class professional chamber 

orchestra, offering our world-class city the 

wonderful wealth of string orchestra repertoire. 

In the tradition of great chamber orchestras, 

Sinfonia Toronto's fourteen virtuoso strings 

will play standing, as Music Director Nurhan 

Annan builds a dynamic ensemble with the 

power and brilliance of each musician's soloquality 

performance. Maestro Arman's 

ebullient style has inspired chamber orchestras 

in Paris, Milan, Lisbon, Denver and 

Mexico City as well as Canada. 

The orchestra debuts Saturday evening, 

October 30, in an eclectic program featuring 

works by Beethoven, Mozart and 

Tchaikowsky plus Bach and Finzi, with 

Canadian pianist Jane Coop. Tickets for 

Sinfonia Toronto concerts are $28 adult, $23 

senior and $18 student. Contact the box 

office at 416 205-5555, or call 416 499-0403 

for information. 

The Singerstudio 

Director: Jacqueline Juriansz 

Address: 119 Harcourt Ave. Toronto ON 

M4J 1J3 

Other Locations: Kingston Rd./Victoria Park, 

Bathurst/Bioor 

Phone & Fax: 416.778.0828 

Web site: www.kindermusik.ca 

E-mail: jwales@msi.net 

All singers are unique in their talents and 

interests. The aesthetic result for the amateur 

can be the equivalent of a Met performance 

for the professional. The Singerstudio offers: 

private lessons, vocal coaching, and performance 

opportunities. 

Also available, private or group lessons for 

young singers: 

Melody Makers: ages 8-11 and Your Changing 

Voice: ages 12-15. 

The Singerstudio offers Kindermusik - a 

music program for children newborn through 

7 years of age which nurtures creativity and 

whole child development--including the 

physical, emotional, cognitive, language, 

social and musical. Children and parents 

enjoy music and movement together. No 

pressure, no performance, just fun! 

Young singers will perform Cinderella in the 

Garden A 'tongue in cheek' thematic recital 

including songs from Rodgers & 

Hammerstein's "Cinderella". Sunday, Oct. 3 

at 4 p.m. at The Singerstudio, 119 Harcourt 

Ave. (Pape/Danforth) 

Toronto Camerata 

c/o Lora Crighton, Treasurer, 51 Eastwood 

Rd., Toronto ON M4L 2C6 

www.torontocamerata.org 

Contact and General Inquiries: Erika Giesl, 

President. Phone: 416 506-1293 x548; 

egiesl@metaconcepts.ca 

Artistic Director: Melva Treffinger Graham. 

Phone: 416 488-7884 x17; 

cantor@interlog.com 

Marketing I Publicity Coordinator: Ania 

Jakobs. Phone: 416 298-5141 x2642; 

ania.jacobs@carswell.com (w); 

ajakobs@istar.ca (h) 

Celebrating its TENTH season, the Toronto 

Camerata invites you to a free Open House on 

October 2 at 7:30 pm (25 Wanless Ave). You 

will meet our new Director, Melva Treflinger 

Graham and be introduced to a mixed chorus 

specializing in a cappella music. 

The chorus was founded in 1990 by Arthur 

Wenk, to resemble the 17111 century Florentine 

Camerata, that explored the relationship 

between poetry and music. 

The Toronto Camerata's vision is to foster the 

appreciation of unaccompanied choral music 

through concerts, broadcasts and recordings. 

Please browse our web site: 

www.torontocamerata.org for information on 

concert schedules, available CD recordings, 

the Annual Folksong Competition, and ... 

how to join us. 

Ms. Graham says, "the experience of singing 

together with only the sound of the voices is 

an intimate and inspiring one. It gets us 

inside the music, and teaches us about each 

other. Once you've tried it, you'll be 

hooked!" 

The Toronto Consort 

Artistic Director: David Fallis 

427 Bloor Street West, Toronto M58 1 X7 

Box Office: (416) 964-6337 

The Toronto Consort is Canada's leading 

ensemble specializing in the music of the 

Middle Ages and Renaissance. Since its 

founding in 1972, the Toronto Consort has 

delighted audiences across North America 

and Europe with its inventive performances 

of this haunting repertoire. Some of Canada's 

leading early music specialists have come 

together to form the Toronto Consort, whose 

members include both singers and instrumen, 

talists. 

For the 1999/2000 season, the Toronto 

Consort offers a series of five concerts at : 

Trinity St. Paul's United Church: 

Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea on 

November 19 and 20; Yuletide music on 

December 10 and II with special guests . 

David Greenberg, Ben Grossman and 

Katherine Hill; an evening of music and 

words on February 25 with storyteller 

Susan Kennedy; American enseml?le 

Piffaro performs a programme of lively · 

Renaissance music on March 24; the season 

closes on April28 and 29, when the King's 

Noyse joins the Toronto Consort to perform 

French Renaissance music. 

Toronto Philharmonia 

Artistic Director: Kerry Stratton 

1210 Sheppard Ave. E., Suite 109, 

Toronto ON M2K 1 E3 

Phone: 416 499-2204 I Fax: 416 490-9739 

Contact: AI Kowalenko, CAE, 

Executive Director 

The Toronto Philharmonia (formerly the 

North York Symphony) kicked off its 

inaugural season September 23rd, and 

continues with a series of themed concerts - 

Strauss Centennial (Karen Baumgartel, 

mezzo), October 28; Great Classics (Amanda 

Forsyth, cello) November 11; The Real 

Music of Christmas (Yorkminster Songsters) 

December 12; Mozart in Prague (Eric Shaw, 

tenor; Boris Krajny, piano) January 20; Viva 

Vivaldi (orchestra sqJoists) February 17; 

J?hn O'Conor's Brahms (John O'Conor, 

p1ano) March 11; New Worlds (Yamaha 

pianists Andrea Ho, Rajini Renasothie) 

March 16; Kurt Weill Centennial (Arkady 

Yanivker, violin; Georg Kugi, guest conductor) 

April 12; Puccini Romance (Laura 

Whalen, soprano; Peter Collins, tenor) April 

27;, Celtic Concert (Jasper Wood, violin) 

May 3; and A Russian Evening (Peter Stoll, 

saxophone) May 25.

All concerts are performed at the George 

Weston Recital hall where the Toronto 

Philharmonia is Orchestra-in-Residence. 

Reserved seating is available by calling 416 

870-8000. Ticket prices range from $25 to 

$35. 

Toronto Symphony Orchestra 

212 King St. W., #550, Toronto M5H 1 K5 

www. tso.on.ca 

Contact: Katie lnverarity, Associate 

Director of Marketing 

Phone: (416) 593-7769 x341 I Fax: (416) 

593-8660, (416) 977-2912 

kinverarity@tso.on.ca 

A cultural institution better than threequarters 

of a century in the making, the 

Toronto Symphony Orchestra is Canada's 

foremost symphonic ensemble. Each year, 

more than 400,000 patrons visit the Orchestra 

at home in Roy Thomson Hall, and an 

additional five million Canadians tune in to . 

frequent concert broadcasts on the CBC 

Radio networks. Highlights of the 1999/2000 

concert calendar include appearances by 

distinguished guest artists including Leif Ove 

Andsnes, Emanuel Ax, Kathleen Battle, the 

Beaux Arts Trio, Yefim Bronfman, Sarah 

Chang, Kyung Wha Chung, Ben Heppner, 

Leila Josefowicz, Kennedy, Yo-Yo Ma and 

Itzhak Perlman; a complete Beethoven 

Symphony Cycle; and world-premiere 

performances of six commissioned works. 

Commencing February 25, 2000, the Toronto 

Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jukka 

Pekka Saraste, reinforces its international 

presence by embarking on its first European 

tour since 1991. The Orchestra will perform 

concerts in Stuttgart, Berlin, Frankfurt, 

Cologne and Budapest as well as three 

concerts in Vienna. 

Toronto Wind Orchestra 

Artistic Director: Mark Hopkins 

Music Director: Tony D. Gomes 

General Manager: Colleen Ostoforoff 

Mailing Address: 852 King St. W., Suite #1, 

Toronto ON M5V 1 P1 

Phone: 416 603-9339 

ocolleen@interlog.com 

Performing rare wind band literature of 

unparalleled difficulty, demands exceptional 

professional and musical skills of the 

musicians. The Toronto Wind Orchestra 

offers three such concerts in the 1999-2000 

season, starting November 5 at the Church of 

the Redeemer. 

One of the few professional wind orchestras 

in the country, the TWO has been in existence 

for five years, with many of Toronto's 

best freelance woodwind, brass and percussion 

players. On the eve of the new millennium, 

we offer more exciting music and guest 

performers. And we welcome a new administration 

team headed by Colleen Ostoforoff, 

and a new music director, Tony D. Gomes. 

This season our guest conductors will include 

Dr. James Mark from Mount Allison University. 

The TWO will also share the stage with the 

Canadian Brass, and initiate our first 

recording project. Join us for a year of 

exhilarating music and entertainment - you 

will not be disappointed! 

The Trillium Brass Quintet 

212 Beatrice Street, Toronto ON M6G 3G 1 

Contact: Scott Good 

Phone/Fax: 416 533-9142 

Trillium is a versatile tightly knit ensemble 

consisting of Shawn Spicer and Scott 

Harrison, trumpets, Cathy Stone and Scott 

Good, trombones, and Jennifer Schofield, 

hom. From renaissance vocal works to 

Charles Ives and beyond, Trillium explores 

new, interesting, and diverse music. In 

addition to the traditional brass quintet 

repertoire, our interest in new music has led 

to the premieres of six new works. Trillium 

has performed throughout southern Ontario 

including return recital appearances at The 

Kitchener-Waterloo Music Society and our 

infamous Brash Brass Bash at the Music 

Gallery in Toronto. 

Highlights from our upcoming season 

include a special Christmas collaboration 

with the Peterborough Singers, a return 

performance at Walter Hall, a recital at Hart 

House in February, and a third appearance at 

the Kitchener-Waterloo Music Society. 

Stay tuned for more details on upcoming 

concerts in WholeNote or join our mailing 

list. Contact: Trillium Brass Quintet (416) 

538 0524 email shcs@idirect.com 

Tryptych Productions 

Contact: Edward Franko 

Address: Box 18-260 Adelaide Street East, 

To.ronto ON M5A 1 N 1 

Phone: (416) 489-5349 

edward@therobinsongroup.com 

Tryptych Productions has been formed by 

Edward Franko (Opera Anonymous, Opera 

Mississauga), William Shookhoff (Opera 

York, Phantom of the Opera) and Lenard 

Whiting (Canadian Opera Company, Opera in 

Concert). All are well-known performers, 

producers and directors (stage and music) 

who bring a wealth of experience to concert 

production. 

Tryptych's inaugural concert(@ Trinity 

Presbyterian Church, Bayview, Oct 16th @ 8 

PM) is a co-production with Opera Anonymous. 

The program is entitled La Voix 

Francaise and celebrates the centennial of 

Francis Poulenc's birth. A staging of his 

"mono-opera", La Voix Humaine (in English) 

is featured. On Monday, November I, 

Tryptych presents Let's Du-et in Yorkville. 

This evening of operatic love duets will be 

performed at The Stone Church, Davenport 

and Yonge. On November 20, 8 PM at 

Trinity, Tryptych presents Memories of 

Vienna starring Lenard Whiting and Adele 

Kozak. The year 2000 will bring concerts 

honouring Weill, Britten and others. 

Vesnivka Choir 

Director: Halyna Kvitka Kondracki 

Address: 78 Brule Gardens, Toronto, 

Ontario, M6S 4J2 

Phone: (416) 763-2197 

Vesnivka Choir, established in 1965 by 

founding director Halyna Kvitka Kondracki, 

has delighted audiences around the world 

with its rich repertoire of Ukrainian liturgical, 

classical, contemporary and traditional 

folk music. The choir performs at a variety 

of venues throughout the year, giving both 

its own concerts as well as participating as 

guest performers. 

Vesnivka has won several first-place awards 

in the CBC Radio Choral Competition and, 

in 1993, won first place in the folk competition 

at the prestigious International Eisteddfod 

in Llangollen, Wales. The choir plans to 

again compete at the upcoming Choir 

Olympics to be held during July of 2000 in 

Linz, Austria. 

Ve~nivka's current season includes an 

October concert in Cleveland, Ohio, as well 

as Christmas concerts with the renowned 

men's ensemble, Ukrainian Bandurist 

Chorus, in Toronto and St. Catharines in 

early January. Vesnivka can also be heard 

singing Christmas Mass on the morning of 

January 7, 1999, at St. Nicholas Ukrainian 

Catholic Church in Toronto. 

VocaiPoint Chamber Choir 

554 Davisville Ave., Toronto ON M4S 1 J5 

Phone: 416 484-0185/ Fax: 416 968-1615 

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Contact: lan Grundy, Music Director and 

Conductor. Phone: 905 471-5775; 

igrundy@idirect.com 

VocalPoint, a 30 voice s'emi-professional 

chamber choir, is a relatively new choir on 

the Toronto choral scene and is quickly 

establishing itself as one of the country's 

finest chamber choirs. Known for performing 

mainly a cappella early music together 

with works from the 20th century, the choir 

achieves a clarity and focus of sound 

together with a depth of expression demanded 

by the choral masterpieces presented 

on our programs. 

We are proud to present the premiere of a 

new work by Canadian composer John 

Hawkins, No Stronger Than a Flower, as 

part of our third concert devoted to music 

based on Shakespeare's works. The popular 

Canadian soprano Patricia O'Callaghan will 

be joining us in our final concert to perform 

Mozart's Exultate Jubilate and the Requiem. 

Our concerts will once again be performed 

in the superb acoustics of the churches of the 

Holy Trinity and St. Patrick's.

DJ usician in Our Midst 

John Beckwith byDavidOlds. 

On Saturday October 30 Walter Hall at the University of Toronto 

will be the setting for a concert celebrating half a century of vocal 

writing by one of this country s most eminent composers and a 

familiar presence on Toronto$ music scene, John Beckwith. 

Mr. Beckwith has enjoyed a long and distinguished relationship 

with U of T. He did his own degr-::es there, and went on to teach 

several generations of musicians during a tenure of nearly four 

decades. He served as dean of the Faculty of Music through most of 

the 1970s and was the founding director of the Institute for Canadian 

Music, established at the U of T in 1984. 

Since retiring professor emeritus in 1990, Beckwith has kept 

his hand in at the university, teaching occasional score study courses 

for the students in the orchestral conducting program. He has also 

continued his scholarly activities, publishing the book Music at 

Toronto A Personal Account and editing Hymn Tunes of Canada and 

Oratorio and Cantata Excerpts Volumes 5 and 18 respectively of 

The Canadian Musical Heritage for the Canadian Musical Heritage 

Society. In 1997 a compact disc of Beckwith's instrumental music 

was released on the Canadian Music Centre's Centrediscs label. 

Retirement has meant more time for composing and 

Beckwith has taken full advantage of this. Works which have flowed 

from his pen since leaving the hallowed halls include Round and 

Round, an orchestral work commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra in conjunction with the Victoria Symphony and the 

Hamilton Philharmonic and performed by all three organizations, 

orchestral arrangements of organ chorales by Johann Sebastian 

Bach, all 45 of which have been performed by Symphony Nova 

Scotia under Georg Tintner's direction, several works for harpsichord 

in unusual pairings with banjo and Celtic harp, vocal works 

on texts by Margaret Laurence and bpNichol, Canadian folksong 

arrangements from a variety of ethnic sources, and Taptoo!, an opera 

which was premiered in Montreal last March by Opera McGill. 

Taptoo! marks Beckwith's 15th collaboration with librettist 

James Reaney, a relationship which grew out of a mutual interest in 

theatre while they were both students at U ofT. This most recent 

work serves as a sequel to the chamber opera Serinette which 

Reaney wrote with the late Harry Somers. The October 30th concert 

features a duet from Taptoo!, The Great Lakes Suite, a 1949 vocal 

chamber work which was the first Reaney/Beckwith co-production, 

and selections from two other operatic co-creations The Shivaree 

and Crazy to Kill. The concert will also include Beckwith's settings 

of the words of Chaucer, Keats and e. e. cummings. 

Vocal music has been an ongoing interest for John B11ckwith 

throughout his long and varied career. When asked about this he 

explained that as a child he had been quite a good singer himself 

and had been the head of a choir. An accomplished pianist, at 

university he was able to support himself as a vocal accompanist for 

the students of the respected contralto Eileen Law. Working with 

singers at lessons and in recital gave him an inside knowledge and 

appreciation of the vocal repertoire and an understanding of how 

singers work. His first compositions were vocal, and it is a form to 

which he has often returned. This is reflected in the program of the 

Walter Hall concert with works spanning five decades. Some of 

Toronto's finest singers are taking part in the presentation, including 

Benjamin Butterfield, Teri Dunn, Laura Pudwell, Kathryn Domoney 

and Doug McNaughton, joined by a variety of instrumentalists, 

including the composer himself at the piano. 

Beckwith says he has enjoyed getting back to the piano in a 

serious way. He has been performing with his son Lawrence, an 

accomplished baroque violinist, and has found satisfaction in having 

time to "polish" rather than just play the music. Toronto audiences 

will have another opportunity to hear his keyboard skills at the Art 

Gallery of Ontario in January and February. Beckwith will be part of 

an ensemble that will perform his arrangements of Music of 

Krieghoff's Quebec presented in conjunction with the AGO's Year 

2000 Cornelius Krieghoff exhibit. Stay tuned to WholeNote for full 

details. 

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Index of presenters and venues 

Please note numbers refer to days of the monfh, not page numbers. 

"n" before a date signifies November 

Academy Concert Series 9 

Aldeburgh Connection n7 

Aldeburgh Connection/Uniwrsity -of 

Toronto Faculty of Music 19 

· Amadeus Choir 24 

Amadeus Ensemble 31 

Amati Quartet 27 

Amati-Lyra Chamber Music 31 

Amici 29 

Apotex Theatre 3 

Applewood Homestead 24 

Aradia 2 

Arbor Oak TriO 22. 23 

Artword Theatre 19. 27 

Baroque Music Beside the Grange 3 

Beach Hebrew Institute 17 

Birchmount Park Collegiate 23 

Bloor St. United Church n6 

Calvin Presbyterian Church 22, 23 

Cameron MacKintosh/ 

Mirvlsh Productions n4 

Canadian Children's Opera Chorus 9 

.Canadian Chopin Plano Competition 23 

Canadian Concert & Recital Artists 2 

Canadian Music Competitions n5 

Canadian Singers 29 

Carnien Martin Productions n5 

Casa l.oma n 1 

Cathedral Bluffs Symphony n6 

CBC OnStage 19 

CBC Radio Two Music Around Us 7, 

14, 17, 21, 28, n4 

Chapters Bookstore 3 


Church of the Redeemer 24, n5, n6 

CJRT Sound of Toronto Jazz 18, n1 

Claviers Baroque• 24 

Curtain Call Players 14 

Danforth Music Hall 2 

Deer Park Church n5 

Deer Park Concerts n5 

Don Mills Organ Society 20 

Downsvlew Symphony Orchestra 2 

Du Maurier Theatre Centre 1 0, 

17, 24, n6 

DUO 17 

Eastminster Church 9, 24 

Elgin String Quartet 24 

Elgin Theatre 27 

Esprit Orchestra 1 9 

Etobicoke Collegiate 22, 23 


Concert Band 22. 23 

Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall 8, 

15, 16, 22. 24 

Fairview Library Theatre 14 

Famee Furlane 1 

Flying Cloud Folk Club 4, 17, 24, n7 

Ford Centre for the Performing Arts 

1-3, 6, 12, 16, 21, 23, 29-n5, n7 

Fridays at Eight/Royal Canadian 

College of Organists (Toronto) 22 

Gallery Choir of the Church 

of St. Mary Magdalene 1 7 

George lgnatieff Theatre 13, 14 

George Weston Recital Hall 1-3, 

6, 12, 16, 21, 23, 24, 28-n5, n7 

Glenn Gould Studio 2, 3, 7, 14, 

16, 17, 19, 21-24, 26, 28-31, 

n2, n,4. n5, n7 

Hammerson Hall 2. 3, 7, 23 

Harbourfront Centre 3, 10, 11, 

17, 24. 31, n7 

Hart House Music 14, 17, 28 

Hart House Theatre n5 

Heliconian Hall 3, 22 

Herykam Entertainment 6 

Holy Trinity Church 27, n6 

Humber College Auditorium 29 

" Humber Lake Auditorium 20 

Islington United Church 23 

lstituto Italiano de Culture 1 

Jane Mallett Theatre 1. 6, 

12, 13, 16, 19, 21, 30, n2 

Kory Livingstone Jazz Quintet 23 

Lakeshore Arts 30 

Lawrence Park Community Church 

22. 24 

Leah Posluns Theatre 1 7, 23 

Leas ide Concert Series 1 0 

Leaside Presbyterian Church 1 0 

Lea AMIS Concerts 31 

Living Arts Centre Mississauga 

3, 12. 15-17, 24 

MacMillan Theatre 1. 16, 19, 23 

Madison Centre 3 

Markham Concert Band 24 

Markham Symphony Orchestra 22 

Markham Theatre for Performing Arts 

12, 17. 19, 20, 22-24, 29 

Martin On rot 1 2, 1 3 

Massey Hall 2. 6, 13, 14, 23, 

26,29 n6 

Massey Hall/Buena Vista Social Club 

29 

Mclaughlin Performance Hall 5, 

13, 20, 27, n3 

Meadowvale Theatre 22 

Metropolitan United Church 2, 6, 

13, 20, 27, n6 

Midland Collegiate Auditorium n6 

Mississauga Guitar Society 30 

Mississauga Symphony 2, 21, 23 

Montgomery's Inn 23, 29, 30 

Mooredale Concerts 23, 24 

Music at Metropolitan 2, 6, 

13, 20, 27, n6 

Music at Rosedale 31 

Music at St. James' Cathedral 5, 12. 

Music at St. John's n6 

Music Gallery 1-3, 6-8, 12. 15, 16, 

19, 21-23, 26, 29, 30, n2, n3, n5-n7 

Music Theatre Mississauga 22 

Music Toronto 21, n2 

New Music Concerts 31 

Newmarket Theatre 16 

North York Central Library 23 

North York Concert Band 17 

Oakville Centre for the 

Performing Arts 17, 23, 30, 31 

Off Centre Music Series 3, n 7 

OnStage 26, n2 

Ontario Science Centre 18, n 1 

Opera Anonymous/Tryptych 

Productions 16 

Opera Atelier 27 

Opera Encore 23 

Opera in Concert 16 

Opera Mississauga 7 

Orchestra Toronto 23 

Orion House n6 

Orpheus Choir of Toronto 22 

Performing Arts York Region 29 

Premiere Dance Theatre 3l 

Princess of Wales Theatre n4 

Rei no Productions 2 

Reprise Concerts 1 

Roy Thomson Hall 1, 2, 6-9, 

13-20, 22·24, 26, n3, n4 

Roy Thomson Hall Volunteers 1, 

8, 22, 29, n5 

Roy Thomson Haii/ATMO n7 

Roy Thomson Haii/RCMI 31 

Royal Bank Financial Group 

Autumn ArtsFest 23, 30 

Royal Bank Theatre 1 7, 21 , 30, 31 

Royal Conservatory of Music Glenn 

Gould Professional School 15, 22, 24 

Royal Ontario Museum 1 0 

Sabat/Clarka Duo 8 

Salon du livre de Toronto 14 

Scarborough Music Theatre n4 

Scarborough Philharmonic 23 

Scarborough Village Theatre n4 

Scotia Plaza 4 

Seeley Hall 31 

Senior Common Room, 

021 Winters College 26 

Sinfonia Mississauga 17 

Sinfonia Toronto 30 

Small World 99 17, n6 

Social Justice Committee of St. 

Patrick's Church, Markham 24 

Solar Stage Children's Theatre 3 

Solar Stage Lunchtime Theatre 4 

St. Andrew's United, Markham n5 · 

St. George the Martyr Church 3 

St. James' Cathedral 22 

St. Luke's United Church 24 

St. Margaret's Church 30 

St. Matthias Church 23 

St. Patrick Church, Markham 24 

St. Patrick's Church 23 

St. Paul's, Bloor, 7, 14, 21, 28, n4 

St. Thomas's Anglican Church 29 

Tafelmusik 1 3-17, n3·n 7 

Take Note! Promotion 23 

Tallis Choir 23 

Taylor Place 20 

Te Deum Orchestra & Singers 23 

The New Guitar 22 

The Stone Church n1 

Theatre Passe Muraille 5 

Thornhill Presbyterian Church 29 

Toronto Baha'i Centre 23 

Toronto Children's Chorus 24 

Toronto Early Music Centre 1 0 

Toronto Latvian Concert Association 24 

bronto Mendelssohn Choir & 

bronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir 26 

Toronto Operetta Theatre 30 

Toronto Organ Club 25 

Toronto Philharmonia 28 

Toronto Sinfonietta 3, 24, n6 

Toronto Symphony 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 13, 

14, 16-20, 23, 24, 26, n3, n4, n6 

Toronto Theatre Organ Society & 

Kiwanis Club of Casa l.oma n1 

Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir 23 

Toronto Wind Orchestra n5 

TRANZAC 4, 17, 24, n7 

Trinity Presbyterian Church 16 

Trinity-St. Paul's Church 13·17, 

n3-n7 

Tryptych Productions/Opera @ 

Yorkville n1 

Udo Kasemets 31 

Uniwrsity of Toronto Faculty of 

Music 1, 6-8, 13, 16, 17, 19·23, 

26-28, 30, n2-n6 

Via Salzburg 22 

Victoria-Royce Church 9 

VocaiPoint Chamber Choir n6 

Voice Concepts 16, 1 7 

Walter Hall 2, 6·8, 13, 14, 17, 

19·22, 24, 26-28, 30, n2-n5, n7 

Walton Church 1 6, 1 7 

Willowdale United Church 23 

Winter Garden Theatre 1 

Women's Musical Club of Toronto 14 

York Quay Centre 3, 10, 11, 

17, 24, 31, n7 

Yor'k Symphony Orchestra 1 6, 1 7 

York Uniwrsity Dept. of Music 1 3, 

20, 26, 27, n3 

York Uniwrsity Faculty of Fine Arts 5 

Yorkminster Park Church 

6, 9, 13, 20, 27, n3 

Yorkwoods Theatre 2 

Zion Church Cultural Centre 31 

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St. Clair. Bolh Practice/service 

Sunday morning, 481-5373, leave 

message. 

BAROQUE DANCE FOR 

BEGINNERS Donna Greenberg, 

instructor. Eastrninster United Church, 

310 Danforlh. Thursdays Sept.l6 - 

Nov.4, 1999 5:45-7:15p.m. $96.00/ 

session 416-653-0938. 

CREATIVE MOVEMENT & 

IMPROVISATION Learn to express 

yourselflhrough movement! DoJllla 

Greenberg, instructor. Eastrninster 

United Church, 310 Danforlh. 

Thursdays Sept.l6- Nov.4, 1999, 

7:45-9:15p.m. $96.00/session. 416- 

653-0938. 

EAR TRAINING, MUSICIAN 

SHIP, SIGHT-SINGING, dictation, 

rhylhrnic training, keyboard skills, 

lheory (all Conservatory-type 

subjects, solfa; jazz). All levels, 

professionaVserious beginners. 

Detailed study available - J.S.Bach, 

Renaissance, Jazz. Art Levine, MA, 

ARCT; Host of"This is Art'' on CBC; 

RCM Professional School Faculty; 

Instructor, University of Toronto, etc. 

416-924-8613. Visit website: 

www.artlevine.com 

FESTIVAL WIND ORCHESTRA 

seeks new members, especially lower 

brass and percussion. Rehearsals 

Tuesdays at 7:30. For more info, call 

Shelley: 416-491-1683. 

FOR SALE- CELLO 191h c. 

German. Excellent condition. $9,000 

o.b.o. 416-590-7577 or 416-690- 

8587. 

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO 

SING, lhought you wouldn't or 

couldn't, or do you just want a place 

to play wilh lhe possibilities of your 

voice. Small groups. 6- $75. 

Johanne, 461-8425. 

IF YOU HAVE ANY HOT TIPS for 

Toronto's outspoken independent 

classical music critic, please fax lhem 

to Peter Kristian Mose, 416-923- 

3825. Dull press releases also ok.

ITALIAN TENOR available for 

weddings, receptions, special events 

& concerts. Great voice, reasonable 

rates. Call416-650-0179. Email: 

mgentile@ulti.net 

MAUREEN SMITH MUSIC 

STUDIO, Ongoing Adult Courses. 

Feldenkrais, Alexander & Mitzvah 

Technique for RSI, Discover Your 

Singing Voice, Psychology of 

Performance, Theory, Harmony & 

Chords, Piano, Beginning Instrumental 

Music: Saxophone, trumpet, 

clarinet, flute. Phone: 416-620-1231 

or visit www.g1oba1serve.net/-mebs 

MUSIC TEACHER WANTED 

Secondary school in Nigeria, West 

Afiica requires a Music Teacher 

(voice/piano). Want to get away for a 

while and work with young boys and 

girls aged 11-13 yrs? Good opportunity 

to study African dance and 

drumming, etc. Airfare, accommodation 

provided. Spouses welcome. 

Contact: The Principal, TACO byemail: 

decrown@ibadan.skaruJet.com 

MUSIC THEORY FOR BEGIN 

NERS, group or private lessons. 

RCM exams - reasonable rates. 

Gillian Fleming, 416-265-5016. 

ORGANIST/CHOIR DIREC 

TOR For a TraditionaVContemporary 

musical WILLOWDALE 

Anglican Church. One weekly choir 

rehearsal8-10pm. One Sunday 

service ll:OOam. Contact: Rev. B. 

Rhodes, 416-494-2442 FAX 416- 

494-6476. 

POSITION AVAILABLE: 

KEYBOARD MUSICIAN needed 

for Contemporary Worship at St. 

John's Church, York Mills, Toronto. 

19 Don Ridge Drive Toronto, Ontario 

M2P 1H3. Main responsibilities: 

playing for 9: !Sam Sunday Worship 

and on other occasions. Leading the 

9:15am Choir. Related duties. For 

further information telephone 416- 

225-6611. Please fax resume to 416- 

225-6081. 

PROFESSIONAL CLEANING 

SERVICES for apartments/homes. 

Days, evenings & weekends. 

Reasonable rates. References 

available. Julia: 416-289-6857. 

PROFESSIONAL VOICE 

STUDIO Singing Technique for 

advanced students and beginners 

seeking career. Call Prof. James 

Sugg, 925-3799. 

SINGING TEACHER UoiT 

Faculty of Music grad(1981). 

Many years experience teaching 

children, teens and adults. Patient, 

knowledgeable instruction. Prepare 

for auditions, festivals, conservatory 

exams. North Toronto. Anne 

Yardley Art Dip, ARCT. 416-485- 

2259. 

VINYL RECORDS & CDS 

High quality, clean Classical, Jazz, 

Rock, etc. We buy and sell. 

AROUND AGAIN, 18 Baldwin St. 

416-979-2822. 

NORTH TORONTO 

INSTITUTE OF MUSIC 

• Private instruction 

• Instrument rentals 

• Theory classes 

• Start any time 

550 Eglinton AvenHe East 

416.4882588 

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REG1 rrH.ED l'v'\A.rr,-,GE THEU\P1 rr 

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Volume 5 Issue 2 - October 1999

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