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COVER STORY 

The 

Gryphon Trio's 

Annqfee 

Pqtipq"tqnqkoon 

by Allan Pulker 

ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO the Gryphon 

Trio (Annalee Patipatanakoon, Roman 

Borys and Jamie Parker) appeared 

on the cover of the June 1997 

issue of The WholeNote, a "rising 

ensemble" about to perform a noon 

hour concert at Glenn Gould Studio 

and an evening concert with Jean Stilwell 

at the du Maurier Theatre. 

The Trio, now ten years old, has 

skyrocketed since then. They have 

produced five CDs, including their 

recent Beethoven Piano Trios Op. 

1, Nos.1&3(AnalektaFleurdeLys 

FL 2 3170), have been nominated 

for a Juno Award, have.been Music 

TORONTO's Ensemble-in-Residence 

since 1998 and have performed 

throughout North America and Europe, 

including New York's Mostly 

Mozart Festival, Mexico's Cervantino 

Festival, Canada's Festival 

of the Sound, the Ottawa Chamber 

Music Festival and Finland's Kuhmo 

Chamber Music Festival. They 

also, courtesy of the Canada Council 

Instrument Bank, play finer instruments 

than six years ago --Patipatanakoon 

's 1717Windsor-Weinstein 

Strad; and Borys's 1824 Mc 

Connell-Gagliano cello. 

MARCH WILL BE AN UNVSUAL month 

for Patipatanakoon, Borys and Parker 

- apart from "a ~ick trip to Kitchener, 

Calgary and San Francisco" 

they will have a whole month at 

home in and around Toronto. March 

1 they will be Cloing a short performance 

and signing copies of their 

new CD ·at Indigo on Bay Street. 

March 2 they perform in Hamilton , 

and March 4 Music Toronto is presenting 

a Gryphon Trio Tenth Anniversary 

Concert Celebration and 

CD Launch at the Jane Mallett Theatre. 

That March 4 concert will also 

have the distinction of being the North 

American preiniere of George Enescu' 

s unpublished Trio in A minor, 

Op. 16. This work will be introduced 

~y Belgian musicologist, Harry 

Halbre1ch, on the CBC Radio Two 

broadcast of the concert. 

The Conversat•on 

I came away from a conversation 

with Annalee, a few days before 

publicatiqn, with the feeling that part 

of the reason for her, and the Trio's, 

s~ccess is the ability to let no expenence 

gp to waste. An example: in 

her first few years in Toronto in the 

early 90s she and Roman Borys both 

played in the pit orchestra for the 

musical theatre production, Crazy for 

You. The experience, Annalee said, 

was very positive: Gershwin's music 

was a cut above much· of the 

music in that genre; the contractor 

who hired them appreciated that they 

had another, parallel musical com 

Initment in the Gryphon Trio, and 

allowed them to Iniss performances 

when necessary provideq they 

booked their "subs"; it ga...;e them 

the opportunity to play with musicians 

whom they Inight not otherwise 

even have met. And not least, 

~ey were aple to~ enough playmg 

the show to put together the 

down payment for the house which 

has provided them with a degree of 

security as well as balance in their 

lives - they both fmd gardening a 

welcome change of pace. 

The Trio continues to make a point 

of perforining in unlikely places. Annalee 

referred to these as "outreach 

- creating interesting projects that 

would interest people who wouldn't 

come out to a chamber music concert." 

At one of these, a Music Garden 

concert in 2001, she and Roman 

had to play in the back of a van 

to keep the rain off their instruments 

while an appreciative audience stood 

around with umbrellas. Traffic on 

Queen's Quay slowed down to see 

what was going on and a limousine 

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month they did a "concert" at 

the Lula Lounge with the St. 

Lawrence String Quartet. 

"This" she told me, was Roman 

and Jennifer [Taylor, 

G.M. of Music Toronto]'s initiative. 

"Jennifer would have 

been happy to have presented 

us at the Jane Mallett, but Roman 

and Barry [Shiffman of the 

St_. Lawrence Quartet] came up 

with the Lula Lounge idea. We 

didn't know how well it would 

sell, but it was packed, ,a nice 

mix, a soiree - it was fantastic. 

We want to do something 

. like this every year." 

Another unusual initiative has 

been the "Composing for a Change" 

program, with Music Toronto audience 

members who have volunteered 

to work with a composer to write 

music. "There are three groups of 

from three to eight people. Each 

group has a composer/coach who 

helps them put their ideas on paper." 

At some point next season the Trio 

will perform their compositions. 

The Gryphon,. she told me has 

also qeen working with student ~mposers 

in the Claude Watson Art~ 

Program at Earl Haig Collegiate, aild 

will be performing some of their 

work in the concert on March4. 

Gryphon Trio 

they ,bad to learn how to play them 

together. The big difference between 

the Strad and other instruments is in 

the tone colour. "While my violin 

had, let's say, 10,000 colours the 

Strad might have a million . . . but 

you need to coax it out, it can't be 

forced. Some days I think I've fmally 

figured it out and then a month 

later I discover something I had no 

idea was there." 

It's always tempting to ask elite performers 

about "turning points." Was 

the invitation to play at the Kuhmo 

Chamber Music Festival in 2001, for 

example, one? "If it was, it was one 

of many" was her reply. Every 

"turning point" points one in the 

direction of the next turning point. 

WE TALKED, INEVITA~LY, about the And the Kuhmo Festival is a good 

~n:ad, about what, apart from pub- example, because it was there in 2001 

hc1ty and recognition, it has brought that the Trio met Harry Halbreich 

tq her life as a musician. First, she who, in Roman Borys' words "took 

said, it took some time to learn to a special interest in us and offered to 

play it - it was bigger than her other make available the unpublished score 

instrument and required a lot of ad-. of Romanian composer George 

justment. There is a lot of "muscle Enescu's second piano trio" which 

memory" in playing a stringed in- they will play here on March 4 - a 

strument, she pointed out, and in real coup for them and for Music 

e~ect she had to replace a whole set Toronto. (And the Kuhmo Festival 

of memories with a new set. For engagement came about because the 

this reason, she does not go back and artisti~ director ofKuhmo happened 

forth between two instruments. It to be m Brussels at the same time 

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back to me - "a break is when preparation 

meets opportunity" and I 

mention it to Annalee, who responds 

with a thoughtful quiet laugh of recognition. 

The whole growth of their ensemble 

could probably be explained as a 

series of opportunities to which they 

brought preparation: their meeting at 

the Banff Centre in the eighties when, 

in Annalee's words, "the programs 

al.ways seemed to fit our needs;" their 

first Music Toronto performance in 

1995, part of what is now called the 

the young artists "Discovery Series;" 

contacting composer Christos Hatzis, 

a couple of years ago about commissioning 

a work, at the very moment 

he had decided to undertake 

the composition of longer works. 

The result was Constantinople, 

which they first performed in the fall 

of 2000 and which is still a work in 

progress. 

We will have the opportunity to 

hear the Trio perform excerpts from 

Constantinople's most recent incarnation 

at Hatzis' 50th birthday celebration 

concert on March 21. They 

will perform the work in its final 

fm:m at the Banff Centre in the summer 

of2004 and then take it straight 

to Athens for its European premiere. 

I asked her - thinking of the Glenn 

Gould Prize.c:Oncert last November 

of Pierre Boulez' extremely difficult 

music, conducted by the composer - 

if there was a point at which she 

realized she had the technique to "go 

anywhere" musically. No, that realization 

never arrives, she said because, 

"you never know until you 

try. The main reason for living in 

Toronto is the opportunity to oonstantly 

expand one's vocabulary and 

to work with some of the many fantastic 

musicians who are here." 

She went on to point out that the 

Trio has never made a rule that its 

members can't play with other musicians. 

It is very healthy, she said, 

because it provides musical influences 

other than each other, which they 

can in turn bring back to their work 

in the ensemble. · 

They will be building work with 

other musicians into their Gryphon 

Trio activities with the new "Chamber 

Society" part of their Music Toronto 

residency, which, beginning 

with the 2004-05 season will involve 

the collaboration with ·guest artists. 

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT recording, 

which has inevitably become a major 

aspect to what the Gryphon Trio 

does. "Recordmg is such a weird 

thing, because a recording is forever 

- how can you play anything the 

way you want it to be forever?!" It 

is also, she said, very difficult to 

decide when you are ready to put 

something down on CD. "It has 

helped us a lot to think that we can 

record something again if wewant to .. " 

Later, I listened to their new 

Beethoven CD, inspired by its energy, 

confidence, and absolute togetherness. 

The subtle nuancing of the 

playing convinced me that they were 

ready to make that recording. I found 

myself thinking that probably even 

Annalee, Roman and Jamie would 

still be pleased with it, if not forever, 

at least two or three decades 

from now. 

So, EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK that 

chamber music is your thing, the 

Gryphon Trio could change your 

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in Hamilton and Kitchener, 

(and an early April appearance with 

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January 22, 2003: Last week I was only the finest soloists they'd never 

involved in a discussion at the Uni- heard of? 

versity of Toronto about the prdb- Two things occur to me. First, the 

!ems faced by Canada's orchestras. TSO would save money. Like the 

A retiied professor suggested that economics of professional sports, the· 

orchestras' financial problems are in economics of classical music are 

part due to the exorbitant fees · wildly skewed in favour of big 

charged by star soloists. At the time, names. If the TSO simply deleted the 

I pointed out that Canadian orchestras Argeriches, Vengerovs and Perlmans 

have virtually no say in the fees that from its programming - replacing 

the great and famous demand for them with un-famous soloists at a 

their services. ("Do you want to hear fraction of the cost- they would free 

Jessye Norman, or don't ¥OU?" up much-needed cash. Second, the 

were, I believe, my exact words.) quality of concerts would not neces- 

Today, I met the professor again sarily suffer. The musical world is 

at a press conference, and took ad- · not a just place, and many excellent 

vantage of thy opportunity ,to further musicians fail to achieve celebrity for 

discuss this issue. He explained that, reasons that have nothing to do with 

when 1we last spoke, he wasn't talent. There are relatively unknown 

suggesting that the TSO should be virtuosi out there who are every bit 

expected to somehow coax high- as good as the stars. 

profil~ artists to Toronto at a fraction February l l: In a chance meeting 

of their~ fees - but rather that with a local pianist - someone who 

such solOISUi should perhaps n?t be has performed with the TSO in the . 

engaged at all. I came away with a t 1 raised th ti. • "What 

diffi . 1 kin pas - e ques on. 

. erent view.- or, at east, as g a would happen if the TSO stopped 

diffihaperentifquesthe tlTon: Whatto S woulhd engaging big-name solois~?" "It 

pen oron ymp ony ·g11 be bl firs " h 

Qrchestra made it known that hence- ffil t ~'pro em at t, · e 

forth audiences could expect to hear suggests. But they could put the 

money they saved back into the ship sales, and give a boost to the 

orchestra. And if they could maintain stature of the orchestra. 

excellent musical standards, they'd Forrester readily acknowledges 

soon be in a financial position where that some lesser-known artists, such 

they could afford the stars again." as pianist Stewart Goodyear, ~do 

February 18: I drop in on the TSO's 

very well at the box office - but the 

website to see who's playing next 

bottom line is that there's "a huge 

year, and find a fulsome number of public demand" for celebrity musicians. 

He also points out that for the 

big international names: Emanuel 

A:x., Evgeny Kissin, Yo-Yo Ma, Gil 

last couple of years the orchestra 

Shaham, Orristian Tetzlaff, and even 

hasn't had a music director, and this 

Midori. 

has led to an increased reliance on 

soloists to sell tickets - something he 

February 21: I phone Mike Forrester, 

the TSO's Director of Marketing. Peter Oundjian officially takes over. 

hopes will change when conductor 

He confirms that famous soloists are ·At the TSO's January press conference, 

when Oundjian was an 

indeed expensive, weighing heavily 

on the finances of concerts. "If we're nounced as the new Music Director, 

not paying huge fees to a soloist, we ·Chairman Bob Rae was asked about 

might need to sell about 55 % of the the orchestra's finances "They're 

seats to break even. But with a big great," he replied, with Tony-thename, 

you need to sell maybe 80% Tiger enthusiasm. But it shouldn't be 

of the house. It's a big spread." forgotten that the TSO's recovery 

So why not withdraw from the was, in part, built on a "voluntary" 

star system? Forrester isn'~ unsympathetic 

to this suggestion, but he ex 

As well, during the crisis of2001, 

23 % wage cut taken by the players. 

presses doubts that such a policy there was much talk of fundamentally 

would work. "Artists of international re-~ the way the orchestra is 

stature bring a sharpness to the orchestra 

itself. The players want to of expensive stars - who may earn 

run. Maybe re-thinking the m:essity 

perform with the front ranking people." 

He explains that stars drive up a TSO player does in a year - might 

as much from a single engagement as 

subscription sales, and also sponsor- 

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Purcell, Mozart, Schubert and even sic in March is indicative of the vitality 

within its walls.His creating 

Schoenberg, with a repertoire spanby 

Allan Pulker ning song, oratorio and opera. performance opportunities, not only 

The Montreal based Theatre of for distinguished faculty members like 

Daniel Taylor and Nancy Argenta Early Music Ensemble which will Leon Fleisher (March 8) and Andrew 

McCandless (March 21) but 

"Sound the trumpet" says l>urcell, accompany them is composed of 

which is good advice, except when eight superb musicians. It's going 

it's your own. The dilemma facing to be a great concert. (I have heard 

also for its community school teachers 

(March 30), its students (Mar. 7, 

our early music columnist, Frank Na- that this concert is also to ·be perkashima, 

27, 28, 29 and April 4 & 5, and for 

this month is that one of formed in Guelph on March 8, but its orchestral instrumental students, 

the more interesting early music con- have not been able to find any concerts 

this month (soprano Nancy Ar- firmation of that on eitherof the art 

the distinguished conductor, Simon 

in a concert March 14 conducted by 

genta and countertenor Daniel Tay- ists' websites. If anyone has knowllor, 

Streatfeild. 

March 9) is being presented edge of this, please send details to 

by the Toronto Early Music Centre, us at info@thewholenote.com and 

A distinguished violist in his native 

England where he was a found- 

Nancy Argenta 

of which Frank is the president. So we will add it to our online listings.) ing member of the Academy of St. ance of the colossal Turangalila 

·he can't really give it the prai~ it 

Martin-in-the-Fields, he came to SynphonyofMessiaenprooucedon 

merits without risking being ace~ The Parker Family 

Canada in 1965 to be principal viol- · Friday evening by the i'OO young 

of tooting his own horn. 

This month's cover story barely ist of the Vancouver Symphony Or- musicians of the McGill Symphony 

Those of you who heard Daniel touches on the talents of Gryphon chestra, of which he became princi- Orchestra." 

Taylor in concert last February with Trio pianist Jamie Parker. Jamie can pal conductor in 1970. lie was per- I am sure many ofus will want to 

fellow countertenor James Bowman be heard with the Gryphon Trio three haps best known as the conductor be at the now heartbreakingly unof 

the Manitoba Chamber Orches- derutilized George Weston Recital 

will need no convincing. His part- times in March and once in April 

ner on March 9, Nancy Argenta, is . (SoundStreams, April 3), but he is tra, a position which he held until Hall the evening of March 14 to hear 

a Canadian soprano who has creat- also doing a recital With his brother, 1999. Montreal's La Presse wrote: Mr. Streatfeild work his magic with 

ed a brilliaµt career in Europe, where John Kimura Parker, on March 11 "... Simon Streatfeild has the gift, the RCM Symphony Orchestra. 

she regularly performs with the likes at Glenn Gould Studio, part of the 

rarer than one might think, of ob- The Universities 

of Trevor Pinnock, Christopher Hog- prestigious CBC OnStage series. 

taining astonishing-results from Stu- As the academic year is reaching its 

wood, John Elliot Gardiner and And their cousin, Ian Parker, will 

dent orchestras. Nobody will forget c1iillax for perforniance students at 

Roger Norrington, drawing super- be making his Music Toronto debut 

the extraordinary performance of the Humber College, the University of 

Shostakovitch Fifth which he obtained Toronto and York Universi~, there 

from the National Youth Orchestra are plenty of interesting concerts. 

latives like "the supreme Hlindel so.: on March 13. 

prano of our age" in the press - a Royal Conservatory of Music 

plaudit that fails to show that she is The range of music being presented 

also a renowned intetpreter of Bach, py the Royal Conservatory of Mu-· 

in the Festival de Lanaudiere. Also 

quite remarkable was the perform- 

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SERGE ARCURI & INGRAM MARSHAll 

THE GRYPHON TRIO AND FRIENDS 

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April 3, 2003 at 8 pm 

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Co-produced with Music Toronto & Two New Hours CBC RADIO TWO 

Gryphon Trio: 

Annalee Patipanakoon, violin 

Roman Borys, cello 

Jamie Parker, piano 

With guest artists: Lawrence Cherney, oboe d'amore 

Robert Cram, flute 

Arcuri and Marshall have both extended the communicative 

power of chamber 'music through imaginative electronic 

techniques. Marshall's journey has also led h(m to explore the 

music from the dawn of the world, studying the music of Bali 

and Indonesia extensively. 1 he sounds of the Balinese gamelan 

have found their way into Marshall's palette in dark .tones and 

the percussion of another world. Arcuri has often been inspired 

by the other side of consdousness - the world of dreams - and 

he brings a world premiere to this concert of works by composers 

intrigued by both technol·ogy and primal consciousness. 

ARCURI: 

MARSHALL: 

Migrations 

Fragments 

Les-Furieuses Enluminures 

Des Torrents D'Etoiles 

Fog Tropes II 

Holy Ghosts , 

In My Beginning' ls My End 

Fast Falls The Eventide· 

Pre-concert Young Artist Ov~rture, doors open at 7:00 pm 

Tomorrow's artists perform the works of today's composers 

Tickets: Adults $22 I Students $15 

Available at Glenn Gould Studio Ticket Office - 

CALL 416-205-5555 Box office hours: Mon.Fri, 11·6 & 2hrs prior to performance 

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· There is only one concert at Humber 

Coll~ge listed, but probably many 

others not. A call to Humber at 416- 

675~22 x3427 might prove fruitful 

to those of you interested in previewing/preauditioning 

the next crop 

of graduates from· its jazz program:. 

York Univers\ty lias 19 events liSted 

in this issue of·The WholeNote 

and the Faculty of Music at the University 

of Toronto ruis 18, but, again, 

many, many excellent stu

gary and whose music was present- . It will be very interesting to make Opera · . . · • · McAndrew with a libretto by GJ 

ed by S6undstream8 Canada on Feh- our own assessment of his work at Like early music, opera is not reaily Portman will receive its pr~miere in 

Hamilton on May 23 and will come 

ruary 6 with the music of Chicago this eoncert, It is reassuring to know . my beat, but I couldn't resiSt dos- 

Symphony Orchestra coinposer-in- . that the search for the "right" con-. irigas.I began. 'March 23 is. an op- · to Toronto for one performance on 

residence, AuguSta Read Thomas. ductor is a universally problematic portunity to gefreadyfor the operat- May 25.) 

On March 6 and 8 the orchestra issue .in the orchestral world, and ic rush of April by going to see ,,...,m..... T"'ll"ll..,....,.,..,.,....,nnr..,..,"""....., 

will be conducted by former Minne- not one peeuliar to our orchestra. scenes from a new opera in develsota 

Symphony conductor, Eiji Oue; No stranger to the Toronto music opment, Andrew Ager' s Frankenwhose 

ten years there 1¥1ve received scene, Sir Andrew Davis returns to stein, presented at Victoria-Royce 

extremely mixed reviews. While he conduct the TSO on April 2, 3 and Church by Tryptych Productions. 

led the orchestra through three (by 5 in a program that includes Bruc:k· (And after the April onslaught; anall 

reports highly successful) tours, · ner's Syinp!iony #7. 

two in Europe and ~me in J apaf!, 

one commentator called him "lioth 

shallow and gifted. His flair for co!Or 

and excitement was · always mixed . 

with a baffling lack of concern for 

the details of the music. He thrived 

on flashy, loud effects and seemed 

at home in only a narrow range of 

repertoire; his programming show~ 

neither a discernible point of view 

nor any appreciable interest in the 

music of his own time, unless it be 

the music of Copland or that of his 

own mentor, Bernstein." 

The same writer quoted Minnesota 

Orchestra Board chairman 

Douglas Leatherdale applauding the 

decision to hire Oue primarily be- · 

cause he "got the orchestra to where 

. a realiy first-class guy like Osmo 

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EARLY MUSIC 

by Frank Nakashima 

VERY illGH ON MY PERSONAL LIST this 

month,' The Women's Musical' 

Club of Toronto presents the wizardry 

of the world's finest recorder 

ensemble, the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust 

Quartet, in their Toronto debut 

(March 20). Whether they are playing 

medieval or contemporary mu~ 

sic, this quartet will reveal its unparalleled 

virtuosity. Have you heard 

of these composers - Errol Gamer, 

Vivaldi, Rimslcy-Korsakov, Nicolas 

Gombert, Diego Ortiz, Antonio de 

Cabezon,. Dick Koomans, Henry 

Purcell, and Peter Jan Wagemans? 

Just imagine what four of the 

world's most brilliant recorder play 

ers will do with that list! 

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED conductor 

Bruno Weil, a partner with Tafelmusik 

on numerous award-winning 

Sony recordings, directs the Tafelrµusik 

Orchestra and Chamber 

Choir in their first Toronto performances 

of one of Haydn's finest (but 

rarely heard around these parts) 

works, The Seasons (March 7, 8). 

Soloists include Ann Monoyios, 

soprano; Rufus Millier, tenor; and 

Locky Chung, baritone. 

The Musicians in Ordinary, soprano 

H.allie Fishel and John Edwards, 

theorbo and baroque guitar, 

are joined by guests, baritone Matthew 

Leigh, and bass Rudy Neufeld 

in a concert of Italian madrigals, 

entitled "Love She Sa.id" 

(March 1). 

By this point in the 17th century, 

the madrigal had evolved far beyond 

the fa-la-la ditties of not long before. 

For example, the harmonically 

wayward ensemble madrigals of 

Carlo Gesualdo, the concertato madrigals 

by Monteverdi (which alternate 

solo singers with a chorus), and 

the solo madrigals of Giulio Caccini, 

demonstrate the inventiveness and 

experimentation of these trail-blaz 

ing composers. 

(harpsichord) cooks 

up a sunny storm 

with Vivaldi's sparkling 

Concerto in A 

minor for recorder, 

two violins & continua, 

Sammartini' s 

Concerto in F, a 

Corelli sonata, and 

other genial works 

for smaller instrumental 

combinations. 

MALcoL>.i BILSON IS 

ONE OF the fmest exponents' 

of the fortepiano. 

Smaller and 

less resonant than the 

mOclern piano, the 

fortepiano nonetheless possesses an 

abundance of subtle colours. With 

Tafelmusik, Mr. Bilson performs 

Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 1 in 

. G major (March 20-23, 25). On this 

TIRED OF THE WINTER BLAHS? Why program, you can also hear Mozart's 

not cheer yourselfup with Vivaldi's . Symphony no. 40 in G minor. 

virtuoso concerti from sunny Italy IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD the remarka 

(March 14 in Hamilton, March 15 bl e some · . magru · "fi cence o fth e 40-p 

art 

in Toronto, March 16 in Niagara- (count 'em!) motet, Spem in Alium 

on-the-Lake)? The musical team of by Thomas Tallis, you will never 

Alison Melville (recorder), Julie· forget it. This extraordinary piece is 

Baumgartel (violin), Linda Melsted t:xemplary of the musical craft of the 

(violin), PatrickJordan"(viola), Mar- Golden Age of polyphony at the Tugaret 

Gay (cello), and MichaelJarvis dor and Stuart courts of England. 

Other works (with not as many 

partS) to be heard in this Tallis Choir· 

concert are Missa Sancti Wilhelmi 

Devotio by Taverner, This is the 

Record of John by Gibbons, \.Wien 

David Heard by Weelkes, and Lamentations 

by Tallis (March 2~). 

ONE OF THE NEWEST early music ensembles 

in town is Musick's Hand~ 

maid (Valerie Sylvester, baroque 

violin; Sheila Smyth, baroque violin 

and viola; Laura Jones, cello and 

viola da gamba; and Janet Scott, 

harpsichord and organ). They will 

Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet 

be joined by guest performers Jenni 

Hayman (soprano), Elaine Robertson(mezw-soprano), 

Cristina Zacharias 

(baroque violin), Curtis Scheschuk 

(bass), and John Edwards , 

(archlute) to present a Lenten concert 

featuring the Stabat Mater by 

Alessandro Scarlatti (for soprano, 

alto, two violins and continua), as 

well as music by Nicola Porpora 

(notable for having trained the great 

castrato Farinelli) and Vivaldi (March 

28 in Toronto, and March 23 in 

Hamilton). Many composers have set 

this sacred Latin poem (believed to be 

of the 13th century) to music - Giovanni 

Batista Pergolesi, Josquin Desprez, 

Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni 

Perluigi da Palestrina, Marc-Antoine 

Charpentier and Antonio Vivaldi. 

Toronto Early Music Centre's 

presentation of soprano Nancy Argenta 

and countertenor Daniel Taylor 

features the Stabat Mater by Pergolesi 

(March 9). Accompanied by 

Taylor's instrumental ensemble from 

Montreal, the Theatre of Early Music, 

the program features some lesser 

known but fascinating repertoire - 

This international orchestral and choral 

Institute offers participants a comprehen· 

sive study of baroque repertoire and · 

performance practice through: . 

• daily instruction by Tafelmusik musicians; 

• student orchestra and choir rehearsals and 

performances; 

• daily masterclasses for solo instruments 

and voice; 

' 

• instrumental and vocal chamber ensembles; 

• private lessons with Tafelmusii< faculty; 

• performances by Tafelmusik Baroque 

Orchestra and Chamber Choir; 

• lectures on aspects of P.eriod performance 

practice; 

• multi-disciplinary sessions on such topics 

as baroque a·rt, theatre, dance and film; 

• visits to some of Toronto's premier cultural 

institutions; 

• final concert featuring combined faculty· . 

student orchestra and choir. 

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the music of Attilio Ariosti ( 1666- inger, and the ricli textures of the Renaissance. Violinist David Green- 

1740), a monk, who worked with 15th-century Lied. In the Middle berg is the special guest, and toge~ 

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century. In addition to the works of ed modem-day Germany.· Austria, Italy, Germany and Spain. 

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CHORAL SCENE 

I 

by Larry Beckwith 

This month and next are busy ones ver Chamber Choir (7:30pm) exfor 

choirs in Toronto beginning with , ploring music for double choir and 

the first weekend in March, which the Victoria Scholars (8pm) in an 

is absolutely jam-packed with cho- all-Canadian program featuring their 

ral events of one kind or another. famous alumnus Michael Colvin. I 

Th B ll'A t s· · rfi th hope we can all get to at least two of 

. e e r e mgers pe orm e these' 

Requiem by Johannes Brahms on · 

March 1 in the evocative surround- The Orpheus Choir of Toronto 

ings of St. Anp.e's Church, If you has been in a period of transition 

show up at 7: 15, you'll be treated to since the departure of their dynamic 

an information session about the and long-time conductor Brainerd 

Group of Seven and their connec- Blyden-Taylor. ltwaswithgreatjoy 

tion with the beautiful church in To- that they were able to announce the 

ronto's west end. The same recent hiring of Robert Cooper as 

evening, the Exultate Chamber their new director. Cooper brings 

Singers host a March Mardi Gras with him impeccable credentials, 

at the Arts and Letters Club featur- superb musicianship and a wondering 

food, drink, performances by the ful way with volunteer singers. His 

choir and their special gues_t, jazz appointment signals a new era in the 

singer Adi Braun. Call 416-971- lifeofthisimportantTorontochoir. 

9229 for tickets and/or more infor- He takes up the helm at the beginmation. 

You can catch Exultate in ning cif next season. In the meanconcert 

later in the month (March time, they're in concert on March 7 

'21). 

THERE ARE so MANY thrilling choral 

concerts happening on March 2 it's 

hard to know where to start. Chronologically, 

they include the Hart 

House Chorus (2:30pm) singing 

Howells, Britten and Palestrina; the 

Toronto Camerata (3pm) performing 

Victoria and Howells; the Toronto 

Classical Singers (4pm) tackling 

Handel and Schubert; the Elmer 

Iseler Singers and the Vancou- 

under the direction of an interim conductor, 

in a performance of Haydn's 

Paukenmesse. You can hear 

Cooper's wotk with the University 

of Toronto Women's Chorus later 

in the month (March 29). 

THERE' s MORE HAYDN at Massey Hall 

on March 7 and 8 with Tafelmusik 

's performances of The Seasons, 

under Bruno Weil's direction. , 

At nearly 70 years of age, Haydn 

undertook to write his second orato- 

AUDITIONS 

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WholeNote' s May 

Choral Celebration: 

Your Choir is Invited! 

\ 

One more thing we can be sure of 

(along with death and taxes) is that 

the March 21 Toronto Mendelssohn 

Choir performance of 

Mozart's Requiem and Raminsh 's A 

Shining Peace will exude professionalism, 

which brings me to my 

point-that the choir, apart from a core 

of about two dozen paid professionals, 

is actually a shining example of 

how our remarkable choral scene is 

built on an extraordinary bedrock of 

amateur participation, at evr-:ry level. 

This culture of participation is a 

powerful factor in our musical cul- 

ture. After all, there would be no, 

or at least, very few choirs if all the 

singers had to be paid. And who 

would be in the audience? 

And as for that "something in the 

water" which makes Canada such 

fertile ground for producing professional 

singers in demand around the 

world, who can doubt that it is the 

immersion in choral singing that has 

given so many of our singers their 

start? 

All this is to say we thii1k it's time 

to celebrate! In our May issue we 

will be turning our lens in an organized 

fashion on the choral scene, 

including publishing profiles of all 

the choirs in our distribution area who 

Jubilate Singers Auditions 

Isabel Bemaus, Director. Chamber choir with wide - 

ranging, challenging, multilingual repertoire and 3 

concerts a year has openings in all sections (Bass 2 and 

Tenor for men). Open rehearsal Tues. Mar. 25 at 7:30 pm 

at St. Leonard's ~hurch, 25 Wanless (near Yonge & 

Lawrence). Auditions Apr. I 5:45-7: 15 pm: email 

jubilate.singers@sympatico.ca ot call 416--322-6517 

evenings until 10 to arrange a time. Please join us for 

Sounds of Eastern Europe, March 22 (see ad). 

submit one in time. (Broadly speak- Peterborough. 

ing, that's from Oshawa to Hamil- There ate petails in the publicaton 

along the lake, and then in an tion calendar at the foot of this page. 

arc north to Kitchener/Waterloo, Do join in! 

Guelph, Orangeville, Orillia and . Allan Pulker, publisher 

The Ontario Region 

of the Canadian 

'Music Centre 

presents 

~~~f~(t/~ 

· LYDIA ADAMS, CONDUCTOR 

in the 

Professional Readings .Project 

Sunday, March 30, 3:00 - 5:00 PM · 

Walter Hall, Edward Johnson 'Building, 80 Queen's Park 

The Elmer lseler Singers will be reading through new 

Canadian choral works by CMC Associate Composers 

Michael Horwood ("Psalm 121" for SSA and piano) and 

Victoria Maidanik ("Dolci Tormenti" for 16 solo voices, 

strings, harp and two woodwinds). 

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

The Ontario Region of the CMC gratefully acknowledges the support of The 

SOCAN Foundation an'd the Government of Canada through the Canada Music 

Fund for their support of this initiative. 

WholeNote's Publication Schedule and editorial special focuses: April 2003 to March 2004 

April 1 to May 7, 2003 (Volume 8 #7) 

Editorial Focus: Opera 

Publication date: Thursday March 27 

May 1 to June 7, 2003 (Volume 8 #8) 

Editorial Focus: WholeNote's Choral 

Celebration 

Publication date: Tuesday April 29 

Count Your Choir In! WholeNote Magazine 

invites all choirs in Southern and Southwestern 

Ontario to partiqipate in Choral Celebration, a 

special feature which will appear in our May 

2003 edition. With a monthly circulation of over 

30,000 copies, WholeNote provides reliable 

monthly live concert listings to an enthusiastic 

circle of readers in Southern Ontario, many of · 

whom are also active participants in choirs, 

ensembles and orchestras. 

WholeNote's Choral Celebration will include a 

free directory entry for every participating choir, 

telling. readers who you are, how often ·you 

rehearse and perform, how to get in touch, ·and 

where and when to audition or apply to join. 

Deadline for directory entries: Friday, April 4. To 

count your choir in Ca/1416-603-3786 or e-mail 

choralscene@the_wholenote.com for details. 

June 1 to July 7 (Volume 8 #9) 

Editorial focus: OveNiew of Summer Music 

Festivals 

Publication date: Thursday May 29 . 

Festivals that were in The WholeNote last June 

will be contacted. If your festival is new or was not 

in the magazine last year, please contact us to be 

added to the summer festival list. 

July 1 to September 7 (Volume 8 #10) 

Editorial focus: Summer Festivals Detailed 

Listings - · . 

Publication date: Friday June 27 

September 1 to October 7 (Volume 9 #1) 

Editorial Focus: Communfty Bands 

Publication date: Thursday, August 28 

October 1 to November 7, 2003 (Volume 9 #2) 

Editorial Focus: WholeNote members, 2003-04 

Publication date: F.riday September 26 

November 1 to December 7 (Volume 9 #3) 

Editorial Focus: New Music 

Publication date: Thursday October 30 

Dec: 1, 2003 to Feb., 2004 (Volume 9 #4) 

. Editorial Focus: TBA 

Publication date: Thursday November 27 

February 1 to March 7, 2004 (Volume 9 #5) 

Editorial Focus: Music and Health 

Publication date: Thursday, January 29 

Mar 1 April 7, 2004 (Volume 9 #6) 

Editorial Focus: Summer Music Education 

, Publication date: Thursday February 26 

The listings deadline is always the 15'h of the month before the month of publication. Please note that we publish listings for the first seven days of the 

month following the publication month. Therefore if, for example, you have a concert between May 1 and 7 please get your listings to us by March 15 for 

inclusion in the April issue's May 1-7 listings. Listings must be submitted in writing by e-mail to listings@thewholenote.com (this metho'd strongly 

preferred), by fax to416-926-7539 or by mail or han.d delivery to 60 Bellevue Ave. Torpnto ON M5T 2N4. 

The display advertising reservation deadline is always the 18'h of the month preceding the month of publication except when the 18'h is a Saturday or 

Sunday, in which case it is the following Monday. This year April 18'h is Good Friday, a siatutorY holiday, so the advertising deadline forthe May issue will 

be Monday, April 21. 

Listings: Simone Desilets: listings@thewholenote.com or416-323-2232. 

Editorial: David Perlman: editorial@thewholenote.com o'.416-603-3786 


TORONTOHEARANDNOW 

CURRENCY? 

After stating, last issue, that only 

perusing a new TSO season schedule 

will answer questions stemming 

from the appointment of a new Music 

Director, things are looking bleak 

for the many of us who covet the 

sound of the orchestra playing music 

that is current and new. 

Only two Canadian works appear 

in the TSO's 2003/2004 season, 

both arriving with guest conductors. 

Admittedly, given his recent appointment, 

Peter Oundjian would have 

had nothing to do with selecting this 

season, but it remains a strongly 

negative collective statement regarding 

the orchestra's commitment to 

anything other than a museum repertoire. 

To repeat: There is no progress 

in moving backward and entrenching 

oneself in a floundering formula 

- the only business that maintains 

itself by not changing makes Buckley's 

mixture cough medicine, and 

it, like the anachrony of the season 

just announced, leaves a bad taste in 

the mouth. 

Imaginary frontiers invisible to the 

eye of flesh. (Samuel Beckett) 

This March, the unstoppable John 

Weinzweig will tum 90, and New 

Music Concerts will celebrate that 

fact at the Glenn Gould Studio with 

old and newly conlmissioned works 

by him and his former students/colleagues 

Harry Freedman and John 

Beckwith. Titled Pioneers! 0 Pio~ 

neers!, it will feature Weinzweig's 

Woodwind Quintet (1964); Prologue 

(NEW MUSIC) 

by Paul Steenhuisen 

John Weinzweig 

to a Tango (2002, premiere) for 

mezzo and four violins, Freedman's 

Quintet (1962), Phoenix (2003, premiere) 

'for string quartet and Beckwith's 

A Domestic Song Cycle 

(1959) and A New Pibroch (2002, 

premiere). 

For more information on both 

Weinzweig and Beckwith, see our 

recently conducted interviews, both 

of which reside on the 

torontohearandnow .com website. 

This ongoing collection of interviews, 

now numbering fourteen (including 

this month's Plamondon/ 

Couroux talk) is an excellent resource 

for first-hand information on Canadian 

(and other) living composers and 

their work. The list currently includes: 

John Beckwith, Pierre Boulez, 

Barbara Croall, Omar Daniel, 

Michael Einnissy, Chris Paul Harman, 

Udo Kasemets, Alexina Louie, 

Robert Normandeau, James Rolfe, 

R. Murray Schafer, Linda Catlin 

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 some festival concerts concentrate 

Smith, and John Weinzweig. specifically on new works by Canadian 

composers, for a more comprehensive, 

non-ghettoized interna 

I'll walk where my own nature 

would be leading: It vexes me to 

tional perspective, others involve 

choose another guide: Where the 

world~renowned and topnotch ensembles 

such as Klangforum Wein 

grey flocks in ferny glens are feeding; 

Where the wild wind blows on 

and the Hilliard Ensemble, among 

the mountain-side. (Emily Bronte) 

others. The SMCQ has strategically 

commissioned 2 new Canadian 

As Toronto's scene continues 

onward, with many premieres and pieces on each of their concerts~ including 

my own new piece for 

concerts, between March 1 and 12, 

many of us will be en route to Montreal 

for the first ever Festival MNM 

Hilliard. In a brazen statement of 

(Montreal Nouvelles Musjques - 

A T a T • 

tistic director Bongani Ndodana's 

Rainmaking, Alice Ho's Ming, 

Martin ·scherzinger's Those Who 

Enter Stamping (Premiere), and Justinian 

Tamasuza's Ekivvulu 

Ky'Endere. Incidentally, March 1 

is also the night that Raffi Armenian 

and the U of T Chamber EnsembJe 

gives a rare Toronto performance 

of Steve Reich's toe-tapping, 

African drumming-inspired masterpiece 

Tehillim (Hebrew for .. 

"psalms"). 

contrariness, simultaneous with the ANOTHER BIRTHDAY WILL BE celebrat 

Christos Hatzis 

Festival MNM, Marc Couroux's · ed when, on March 21, The Uni- as the Balinese refer to their home. 

Ensemble Kore will launch its own, versity of Toronto Faculty of Mu- It was Vi vier's final tribute to the 

late-night FREE RADICAL off-fes- sic has its Hatzis@50 Binhday Cel- people and land that inspired all of 

tival on March 6, 7, and 8). If you ebration, which features his com- his work since his first visit there in 

can get there, I recommend both. ·positions Melisma, Arctic Dreams, 1977. Originally written for per- · 

Meanwhile, Toronto's March be- Quartet #1; The Awakening, and cussion ensemble, Vivier specified 1 

gins with more of the Ensemble excerpts from Constantinople. The that it could be adapted for any ap 

Noir's interesting Diversity Project list of excellent performers includes propriate instrumentation. Also on 

( www.ensemblenoir.org/Diversi- Peter Stoll, Susan Hoeppner, Bever- the concert is the Piano Quartet #1 

ty2003-Concerts.htm). Let The ley Johnston, Scott St. John, Simon by the engagingly eccentric Gerald 

Wind Cry (March 1) has Liberian- Fryer, the Gryphon Trio, Patricia Barry (Ireland). 

born soprano Dawn Padmore re~· O'Callaghan, and Maryem Tollar. QUICK PICKS 

ing to sing songs from Africa and For more information on the com- Devotees of new music who prefer 

Diaspora, with music by pioneering poser and his work, visit his per- not to search the haystack of 

women composers Dorothy Rudd sonal and comprehensive monograph 

1 · WholeNote's comprehensive 

Moore, Margaret Bonds, a se ectton website (www.hatzis.com). · 

of Spirituals, and other African com- 

listings for their pteferredfare can 

posers. 

Of particular interest this month is consult the detailed New Music 

The following night, they present also Continuum's March 27 con- listings on the WholeNote/New 

another·concertof African music for cert titled Inundation. Artistic Di- Music Coalition website 

ensemble and voice, featuring Akin rector iennifer Waring writes,"The www.torontohearandnow.com 

Eu.ba's Ar· 1·as from Orunm1'lla's concertexploresborrowedor-recon- ms . t ea d . H ere, as an appe t' 1zer are 

Voices, Six Yoruba Folksongs, ar- ceived material (Irish, Balinese, etc.) my own "quick picks" from the 

It also features pieces that have been 

reworked_ Richard Ayres (UK/ list, in shortened form. 

' Nethetlands) No. 34b Two Pieces March 06 8:00: Music Gallery. Duo 

for Cello and Ensemble is a secret Sheppard-Lanza. 

waltz and a chorale for the Cornish March 07 8:00: University of To 

8 ·a· 0 R Q a ,_ 

T ·11 a M A R T Y II 

Thursday March 6, 8pm 

DUO SHEPPARD-LANZA 

The Composer Now series $15/$5 

Montreal-based duo of actress/singer Meg Sheppard and 

Argentinian-born composer alddes lanza perform uncategorizable 

music for voice, piano and electronics. · 

Sunday March 9, 5pm 

BARTULIS FEST 

The Composer Now series $20/$12/$5 

In collaboration ·with NUMUS and Ergo Projects. 

Vidmantas Bartulis, author of chamber, symphonic, electronic 

and multi-media ·music, visits us.from Lithuania. 

Saturday March :22, 8pm 

BILL GILLIAM 

The Composer Now series $15/$5 

British·born, Toronto-based cci[Tiposer/keyboarcjlst has been 

exploring the links between jazz and new music for civer two 

decades. He presents three new scores composed after 9/11. 

Sunday March 30, 3pm · 

TALES OF SONIC WONDER 

Fresh Ears $15 + $5 each a.dditional family member 

The fourth in our series of Sunday afternoon family i:;oncerts. 

Barry Prophet and Janice Pamer· combine intricate polyrhythrns, 

·exotic · te·xtures · and gentle m.elOdles to Illustrate new and 

ancient percussion styles and sounds. 

The Music Gallery, 197 John St. 

416~204-1080 www.musicgallery.or~ 

artist Alfred Wallace. The work al- rortto Faculty of Music. John Beckmost 

never breaks a mezzo-piano · with/James Reaney: Taptoo! 

dynamic, and involves co-ordinated March 13 2:00: Northern District 

dance-like movement of parts of the Library. Compositions by Canµdibody 

that normally don't dance. an Women. 

Javier Torres Maldonado (Mexico/ March 30 8:00: Esprit Orchestra. 

Italy) Tiento is a complex, physical- Time Chant. 

ly demanding work for solo cello, April 03 8:00: Soundstreanis Can~ 

all pizzicato." 

ada. Serge Arcuri & Ingram Mar- 

. Claude Vivier's Pulau Dewata will shall. 

also be performed, in an ensemble Wishing peace for an, I'm off to 

version by Michael Oesterle. Pulau Montreal! 

Dewata means 'Island of the Gods', 

funding partners \ 

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NEW MUSIC COALITION 

News t-ounqup 

l{annaf ord Street Silver Bahd: New Adventures in Sound Art 

Requiem Mass for a aWrred Sladl news-flash: annrnmcing the lauoch of 

by ~ramwell Tovey has received a issue 5.3 of eContact!, a web-zine 

"Besi Classical Composition" 2003 published by the Canadian 

JUNO Nomination. Commissioned Electroacoustic Cominunity, that 

by the HSSB in 1999 . it premiered in includes web-versions and details of 

that November's Massey Hall New NAISA's 2002 publications and 

Music Festival with the composer events (www.cec.coilcordia.ca/ · 

directing. The work is on the econtact, choose 5.3). Also, NAISA 

HSSB's CD Voices On High (ORD has formed partnerships with CBC's 

9324). Next perfonnance of this "Out Front," Charles Street Video, 

work takes place Saturday March 1, and the Canadian Society for 

2003 at The Centre In the Square in Imependent Radio Production which 

; 19tchener. The HSSB's newest '. promises to make our second annual 

cop'nnissionSoulRejlectionsbylrish Deep Wireless festival (May 1-31, 

born Dorothy Gates receives its 2003) an extiting one.· 

premiere Sunday March 23 at the 

Jane Mallett Theatre. 

· Arraymusic announce8 its 2003 

Young Composers: Jennifer Butler, 

Alberta; Hector Bravo Benard, 

Mexico City;

NEW 

MUSIC 

I hope the audience will say this 

music forces them to think about 

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com poser com poser going further with th~ i~ea ?f 

INTERVIEW WITH 

YANNICK 

PLAMONDON 

AND 

MARC 

COUROUX 

FEBRUARY 2003 

by Paul Steenhuisen 

On March 30, Tiu Esprit Orchestra 

will prenuere Stork, Utter, Forego, 

the new 30-minute piano concerto 

by composer Yanni.ck Plomondon, 

this year's,redpient of the Jules 

Leger Prize. The piano soloist will 

be Marc Couroux, known for his 

improvisations, brilliant technique, 

distinctive piano sowui, and strong 

views on the concert 'ritual'. Plamondon 

's new piece is a 3-part work 

with substanJial live inStrumenJaJ, 

amplification, as well as an wwsual 

formal. approach - in the third sectiPn, 

the soloist plays overtop a 

previously recorded, computerfragmented, 

ordered and transformed 

rendition of the solo parts. 

The "sampled" materials junction as 

both recapitulation and cadenza. 

The spedal collaborative nature of 

the piece spawned the idea of speaking 

with these friends together. 

STEENHUISEN: Y annick, I 

think of you as a composer of 

question marks, and Marc as a 

philosopher and multi-tasker. 

Why on earth did you write a 

piano concerto, and Marc, what on 

earth are you doing playing one? · 

PLAMONDON: it's always important 

for me to start with something 

people know. Having an 

orchestra, a soloist, a concert hall, 

a premiere. Everybody's sitting in 

the hall, knowing in 'advance what 

is going to happen - known quantities. 

From this point, I'm working 

with and against expectations. 

STEENHUISEN:· What's the role 

of pianist? 

PLAMONDON: He's the focal 

point, the hero. Everything comes 

from the piano part. It's the relation 

of the individual and society, 

me and Marc, music and society, 

me and .the music - a network. 

The concerto is one of the only 

forms that.permit this type of ex 

~loqltion. · . , 

·coUROUX: The premise is very 

Yannick Plamondon 

simple. If you're going to write a 

concerto, it's going to be heard in 

a concert hall, in the usual context 

we associate with orchestral music. 

You have to do something about it 

as a composer. You can't just 

receive this tradition and write a 

piece that's already consigned to 

the dustbin of history. You have 

two choices - either say "Screw 

that, I'm not going to write music 

for concert musicians anymore", 

· and start a garage band, or you 

can use the tools you have as a 

composer, your training, and the 

background you've grown up in'. 

But it's stuck with the ritual that 

comes with it, so you have to try 

and slip something in there . . 

Y annick is perfectly suited to this 

task of destabilizing the tradition 

because he works with materials tliat 

come fr.om the tradition. He plays 

with these materials. The listener 

will be receiving theSe romantic 

paradigms - the hero versusJhe 

mass - but they'll be screwed around 

with, they'll be in different orders, 

formally altered, stretched out or 

compressed. As a listener, you're 

taking this material in, but you're 

taking it in a kind of strange way. 

PLAMONDON: I agree. My 

problem is that I like the resources, 

the instruments of concert music, 

so I have to go where they are. 

Society tells me that these resources 

are in concert halls. My point 

is to work with these resources 

where they are now, expecting that 

one day the intentions of my music 

will lead these resources and these 

institutions to change the context. 

'For me, the change of context 

comes with the creation of events. 

· concerts and people s1ttmg m the 

. audience in the classical way. My 

perspective is to work progressively. 

I want to push them, where 

the impetus for changing the space 

is coming from the work, and not 

from politicaJ pressures. 

STEENH\]ISEN: What do you 

want to change it to? 

PLAMONDON: For me it's very 

difficult to say precisely what it 

should be. But it's clear that it's · 

not stimulating enough the way it 

is right now. 

COUROUX: There's always 

been a kind of dissonance between 

what I feel_ is the energy centre of 

music today and the fact that the 

music we make today is stuck in a· 

concert hall, stuck in a museum. 

It doesn't really live any more. I 

totally agree with Glenn Gould - 

this idea of having a pianist climb 

Mount Everest at every show is 

kind of a dumb thing because 

people are just spectators, watching, 

waiting for you to fail. It's a 

very bad dialectic, where people 

aren't really listening, they're there 

because they feel this is the cultural 

thing to do. The notion of a cultural 

alibi is a potent one. Too 

often, people go to hear Brahms 

symphonies because they want to 

appear cultured. 

STEENHUISEN:Seemslike ' 

people aren't going tci hear Brahms 

symphonies anymore though. 

COUROUX: In Montreal they 

. are. My attitilde hasn't been tO 

ditch the process entirely because I 

think there is still some valuable 

work we can do. I could say I'm 

not going,to do concerts any more 

poser. Yannick does that. Someone 

else who does that is Jean 

Lesage. He knows the code. 

STEENHUISEN: Yamiick has 

said that the social-political field of 

the concert is still caught in the 

17th century solution, sustained by 

.19th century artists, for a 21st 

century public. 

PLAMONDON: People still have 

in their minds a very clear idea of 

what they're going to hear at a 

concert. There's no imagination. 

You go to it, you know where it 

is, it happens, it's finished, yov're 

out - the same thing you experienced 

many times before. I don't 

feel comfortable with.that, probably 

from my own cultural background. 

I'm not coming from a 

classical music background, but I 

like these sounds, in themselves 

and for themselves. My problem 

is that these resources are institutionally 

captured by some very old, 

defmed institutions. I don't want 

to just fight with them by saying 

they're bullshit. 

COUROUX: You'll never win. 

Thafs the point. 

PLAMONDON: As a composer, 

if you really want your message to 

come across and you want the 

formal recombinations of your 

music to strike the listener in a 

particular way, in a way which· 

will make them see another world, 

you have to take into consideration 

what their references are. Each 

time, I want the piece to force 

them to go further. 

STEENHUISEN: And yourself 

too... 

' 

PLAMONDON: Yeah, it's the 

same thing. It's.a voyage, an 

exploration. That's what I really 

like about Marc. He was a very 

huge inspiration for me from the 

beginning. I remember he inspired 

me with this idea of creating a kin

Marc Couroux 

PLAMONDON: To bum the 

concert hall and put everything in 

the trash.:. that's a very 60's way 

of doing things. When I h.eard 

Esprit Orcltestra before, I 

thought "Man, there's not enough 

strings in that band." With this 

commission,.! wanted a full investigation 

of the orchestra, to redesign 

the sound of the orchestra. I 

don't want to take these economical 

constraints - basically Esprit 

Orchestra doesn'thave all these 

strings because they don't have the 

money to pay them. So I decided 

not to ask for 16 more string players, 

but said "Give me a sound 

engineer, good microphones and 

some time to redesign by amplifying." 

From that point, I'm starting 

to change the situation. I don't want 

to write a piece for six violins with 

all these woodwinds and try to imagilll;! 

a sound design according to these 

economical constraints. It's total 

nonsense for me. 

STEENHUISEN: I think you're 

using the economic constraint as 

part of your idea, but turning it 

back on itself. 

PLAMONDON: To my advantage, 

yes. That's my job. I need to 

choose the constraints and when I 

cannot control them, try and tum . 

them. But I don't want them to be a 

limitation for my sound imagination. 

COUROUX: With technology as 

mediator as well. That's an important 

idea in our time. 

STEENHUISEN: The meeting 

point for you two is one of critical 

exchange. It's not possible in the 

conventional sense to say "Marc, 

you're the pianist and Y annick is 

the composer." It's problematic, 

but it's also refreshing. 

COUROUX: It's not the traditional 

hierarchy where the composer 

writes a piece in his little room in 

an ivory tower and gives it to the 

performer who learns it assiduously, 

plays it and throws it away. 

It's an exchange, it always is and 

March 1 - April 7 2003 

always has been.· 

STEENHUISEN: You also improyise 

a great deal and lean to- 

. wards composition more and 

more, so you're exeeptional in that 

regard. 

COUROUX: Unfortunately. I 

wish I wasn't. But, Yannick is 

one of those people who have 

always been open to the notion 

that this ritual we're involved in is 

something that needs to change. · 

When we met many many years 

ago, there was already a sensation 

of dissatisfaction from both of us, 

'that there's something wrong. 

PLAMONDON: The discussions 

that Marc and I have together have 

changed my vision of music. He's 

not just the interpreter, or just the 

performer in the piece. He's more 

than that. 

STEENHUISEN: A collaborator? 

PLAMONDON: Yeah, it's a team 

play. What I like in Marc is that 

you have to create the piano sound 

and to embody it into the score. 

He's going to read it and recreate 

these colours according to the 

syntax and the deep nature of the 

matter you're dealing with. 

COUROUX: From the outset, as 

a performer you have to question 

your relationship with sound, the 

act of producing music on the 

piano. You can't play this piece if 

you don't do that. It's kind of the 

same way you approach Xenakis. 

You can't play it with a Chopin 

attitude. You can't possibly do 

that. You have to ask "Where 

does the next sound happen? 

· How do these things go together?" 

STEENHUISEN: At the same 

time, your knowledge of Marc's 

very distinct sound must have 

influenced you. 

PLAMONDON: Yeah. 

COUROUX: So, in a way, it is 

kind of something I'm imposing 

on him. •' 

STEENHUISEN: But in an inspirational 

way. 

PLAMONDON: Exactly. There 

are some other important aesthetic 

elements too. I talk a lot about 

Robert Smithson and the idea of 

entropy. From the renaissance, 

most of the metaphors art critics 

used were related to biology. You 

have the cell that grows, you have 

development Smithson chose 

another kind of metaphor for art 

critique - geological or mineralogical 

metaphors, starting with the 

idea of entropy. If you look at 

some of my recent pieces,. you will 

see that most of the time, the material 

is revealed in its final stage of 

evolution. All of the things that 

come afterward are losses of energy, 

deconstruction, and entropy, 

flattening out. It works that way 

in this piano concerto - I'm bringing 

elements that are at the peak of 

their growth. Nobody's going to 

see the progressive growth from 

the cell to adult object. Most of 

the time you have sudden transitions 

leading you to other, mature 

elements, until we get out of 

breath somewhere. At the end we 

have these static (not circular) nonlinear 

time designs.• 

COUROUX: One thing that's 

always interested me about Yannick' 

s music is that he uses material 

that's very tonal, very consonant, 

·sometimes based on PoP 

songs or more popular cultural 

references, and how the formal 

restructuring of these elements 

makes the music interesting. I 

think we often have this kind of· 

black and white duality of modernist 

and post-modernist. You 

know, modem music is dissonant 

and all over the place and chaotic 

and incomprehensible. Alld p0st- 

1modem music tries to play these 

· very obtuse musically meaningful. . 

games, following a literary model. 

John Rea is good example of that. 

Y annick is taking material 

w4ich is basically rock-bottom 

tonal materiaJ and playing with 

form in a way that reconceptualizes 

or refor.mats it in an interesting 

way. As a listener, you're perfectly 

capable of following this 

material. But at the same time, the 

· way it progresses makes it very 

interesting. He isn't calling on 

your knowledge of the musical 

literature or otherwise to try and 

get the meaning. 

PLAMONDON: They're not 

structural flags/landmarks. I don't 

expect any recognition of it. It's a 

recombination. 

COUROUX: It's not about creating 

local "A-ha's!'', it's about creating 

one generalired question mark. The 

way you started off the interview, 

mentioning question mark, was a 

perfect metaphor for what Y annick 

does. He's leading you, taking what. 

you know, the most basic, tonal 

classical music things, symbols - 

and combining them. You're able to 

follow the discourse and that takes 

you to interesting places that aren't 

the simplt

JAZZ. ~ 

NOlES 

by Jim Galloway 

Ides.&. Seek 

When Ted O'Reilly was on air, 

he used to end each show by 

saying, "Think nice thoughts." 

I would like to take it a step farther. 

Take a few minutes, even once a 

week, to speak some nice thoughts, 

whether it is someone whose work 

you admire, someone you like, 

someone you Jove - Jet theII\ know 

it. Someday it will be too late. The 

passing years do not necessarily 

bring wisdom, . but they do 

diminish the circle. 

What brings this on? Well, the 

past few months have seen the 

passing of some acquaintances 

whom I admired and some friends 

whom I shall miss. And when they 

are gone, it is too late. Cliff "Kid" 

Bastien was not a close personal 

friend, but he was someone whom 

I respected and admired. And I 

~ever told him. His idol was 

Thomas "Kid" Valentine, a New 

Orleans trumpet player and Cliffs 

funeral service was on St. 

Valentine's Day. 

Several hundred people came 

out to pay respect to someone who 

touched their Jives with his music 

- people of all ages, many of 

whoni, I imagine, might never have 

spoken to "Kid" Bastien. But he 

spoke to them through his trumpet. 

He was not a renowned musician. 

His great Jove was the jazz of New 

Orleans as it was ,played in the 

early part of the last century. He 

was uncompromising, one might 

almost say .narrow minded - but 

his playing was honest and sincere 

and when he played, it was from 

Cliff "Kid" Bastien 

the heart, and in doirig so, he 

touched the hearts of others. Lots 

of them, judging by the numbers 

who turned out to say their 

goodbyes. 

I have a moment from that day 

which stays with me. I was 

·Standing at the back of the church 

which was more than filled to 

capacity and towards the end of 

. the service a mailman walked in, 

snow on his shoes and his empty 

mail sack over his shoulder. But 

he had come to say silently that 

Cliff Bastien meant something to 

him - had given him something that 

enriched his life. There were people 

of all ages and many nationalities. 

There were tears; but there was 

also joy in the celebration of his 

life and the music he loved. The 

occasion was a reminder of the 

power of music to· transcend 

borders and reach into the secret 

worlds within all of us. At the end 

of the service the Magnolia Brass 

J Christ Church Deer Park presents 

JAZZ. PROFILE 

as they say, goes on. 

DENNY CHRISTIANSON is Humber's 

Director of Music. In his 20-plus , 

Laila Biali 

years in Montreai, Christianson 

by Wally Wood toured extensively with his big band 

"SHE HAS THAT Glenn Gould thing!" in Canada and throughout Europe. 

said Don Thompson, trying to de- . He has performed and recorded with 

scribe what makes his former Hum- people like Michel Legrand, Oliver 

ber College star student Laila Biali Jones, Guido Basso, and others. 

so special a musician. "Total (mu- AtHumberworkandplayareususic) 

recall, a photographic memory, ally the same thing, Christianson says. 

perfect pitch: all the things that nor- ' Students are taught rigorously, but 

inal musicians don't have. She hears ~ith the express purpose of preparmusic 

(in passing) and she remem- ing them to perform professionally: 

hers it in detail. It is weird. She is to earn a living; "But, music is more 

music smart. And everything else!" than just a consumer product," says 

Known internationally, Don Christianson. "It is the most elemen 

Thompson himself is an exceptionally 

accomplished player (piano, 

vibes, bass and drums) and composer/ 

arranger, based in Toronto 

for more than 30 years. For ten 'of 

those 30, he has been teaching music 

at Toronto's Humber College_:_ 

Advanced Jazz Studies. Thompson 

was named the Instrumentalist of the 

Year in Canada's Nationai Jazi 

Awards, recently; in Toronto. At 

the same gathering, Laila Biali was 

given the Rising Star A ward, sponsored 

by Galaxie, the C.B.C. 's continuous 

music network. 

MANY SOUNDS OF JAZZ spill out of 

nine classrooms in Humber College's 

South Campus, on Toronto's Lakeshore 

Boulevard .. Minims and quavers 

and semi-quavers and demisemi-quavers 

slide under door after 

door, permeating a wing of the building 

with music. Open one door and 

a blast of brass strikes one between 

the ears, fortissimo. Open another 

and the embrace of vocal close har~ 

mony draws one in. 

The jazz program at Humber College 

is among the very best. Of the 

700-plus students that apply for the 

three-year jazz course, a few more 

than 100 are accepted in a given 

year - 70-plus young men and 30- 

plus young women, at a cost of 

about $2,000 each. That makes 300- 

plus students from all over the world, 

Japan and Korea fo South America. 

It makes a potent stew: 41 student 

ensembles, from a big band to small 

groups to vocal aggregations; youhg 

men and women cradling guitars, 

trumpets, trombones, keyboards, 

saxophones, flutes, clarinets, dragging 

double basses. along on runners. 

And then there are 44 staff 

members to add to the mix: 11 fulltime, 

33 part-time! Many are stars 

in the Canadian jazz firmament: Pat 

LaBarbera, Dave Restivo, Trish 

Coulter, Hilario Duran, Ted Quinlan, 

Alex Dean, Mike Murley, Brian · 

Dickinson, Terry Promane, Pat Collins, 

and Don Thompson. The list, 


ta! part of human experience." 

HUMBER AND LAILA BIALI were good 

for each other. "She is an exceptionally 

versatile performer, and 

mature beyond her years," says 

Christianson. "She's going to do 

some amazing things. She has the 

potential to be a world-class writer." 

Biali in turn is unreserved in 

her praise of Humber, and particularly 

Don Thompson·, whom she 

calls·"incredible as a musician, mentor 

and friend" and a superlative 

composer. 

With the confidence and forcefulness 

of youth, she threw herself into 

the Humber mix unreservedly. For 

her final recital at Humber College 

last year, she wrote a suite entitled 

"The Road Less Travelled By ... ", 

which she says was "searching music, 

with a classical feel, a little dissonant, 

like the course of my life, 

but it piece that ended on a peaceful 

note." Then, diploma in back pocket, 

she went to teach music at a jazz 

workshop last summer at California's 

Stanford University (and has been 

invited to return there this summer). 

Returning to Toronto "the centre of 

jazz in Canada" she formed and leads 

the Laila Biali Octet jazz group, including 

saxophonist, Alex Dean and 

bassist Jim Vivian. If you're quick 

off the mark this month you can 

catch them at Toronto's Mantreal 

Bistro on Monday, March 3. She is 

also composing: pieces for the Hum- 

Laila B'iali 

ber College and U of T big bands. 

She was a featured player at the 

30th annual conference of the International 

Association for Jazz Education; 

in Toronto, this past January, 

after appearing in ft Sisters in 

Jazz sextet at the group's annual conference 

in New York City in 2001. . 

With I.A.J.E. backing, she has appeared 

all over the United States and 

Europe. Last year, she was one of 

four Canadians (with Tara David-' 

son, Karine Chapdelaine and Joann 

Blondin) in a Sisters in Jazz production 

in Lima, Peru. Tara Davidson, 

who graduated from U of T 

last year is "amazing", according to 

Biali, probably the best young alto 

sax player around. Biali and Davidson, 

along with bass player Brandi 

Disterheft and drummer Sly Juhas 

were honoured last November when 

they were invited (along with five 

other North American groups) to play 

in professional workshops at New , 

York's storied Carnegie Hall, and 

will record together in early May at 

the Stone Church in Sonya. It should 

be quite a gig. 

"A beautiful voice," says Thompson, 

of his protege. "A natural: nothing 

missing, .... And, really, really 

nice." 

It probably says a lot about what 

Humber (and Biali) are all about that 

she still considers herself first a composer 

(and arranger), then a pianist, 

then a singer. In all of these capacities 

she is definitely one to watch. 

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Tom Fulton 

about the direction the station might 

beheading. 

The show continued for some 

months without its familiar host, as 

the old ORT struggled into a new 

incarnation. It is oow a mild all-jazz 

staiion. Tom eventually landed on 

his feet at a very different Toronto 

station, spinning pop tunes for the 

over-50 crowd. He developed a new 

following of devoted listeners. 

W)lile between jobs, however, he 

had started to put together a fascinating 

plan for·a round-the-globe Internet 

arts radio station, based in Toronto, 

London, Sydney, am Los 

Angeles. He wanted his team of 

colleagues from "On the Arts" back 

together again, if at all possible, am 

he thought the international publishing 

CQmmunity might support his 

new vision, since he took authors 

seriously aiXl they respected him. 

Many were closer to Tom Fultbn 

than me. Many are reeling to hear 

that he should suddenly have died of 

a heart attack at age 58, walking out 

the door of an Oakville radio station 

after his weekday rooming show. 

Many qmnotimagine how difficult 

this is for his wife, Cheryi, am son, 

Jesse. He adored them. 

I canoot eveii explain why he was 

great to work with, am to work for. 

Ask his producers, Kate George am 

William van ·ru:e. They were part of 

his ORT family, am maybe they 

can explain. It was subtle yet palpable 

what Tom Fulton possessed - 

but he loved his craft, he loved the 

arts, am in a shy person's way he 

cared deeply about people. And oh, 

he was fun! Tom glowed with fun, 

~ we glowed in his presence. 

Peter Kristian Mose is a Toronto 

music educator and critic. 

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There's grant money available from 

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sponsorships from b~sinesses. This 

is an important one, as many (though 

not all) of the other suggestions I'm 

. going to make involve the expenditure 

of some funds. 

2. Recruit New Members 

Tired of hearing oboe cues played 

on trumpet or clarinet? Tired of incomplete 

sounding arrangements? 

Well, get some new_l;xxlies into your 

band to fill out the instrumentation. 

Most of the groups we list in 

WholeNote each September will tell 

you thelve gained members ... simply 

by letting it be known they have a 

. need. Contact area high schools too. 

They're your farm team. 

at least. 

5. Commission Music 

I know this sounds daunting, but 

every band that 1 know of that has 

commissioned compositions or arrangements 

has enjoyed the experience. 

The band gets to play something 

they can call their own, and 

they'll often better their performing 

skills in the process. 

'Again, this kind of project can inspire 

people to play their best and 

then improve on that. E~mail me, 

and I'll even tell you how to do it 

well and inexpensively. 

· 10. Take a Trip 

It doesn't have to be a world tour. 

Maybe just a day trip to play a park 

concert in another town. Getting 

everyone together on a bus IS a lot 

of work, but the sense of camaraderie 

is worth it. 

6. Band Merchandise 

T-shirts, sweatshirts, baseball 

caps.: .. you name it. Matching shirts ' I hope one or more of these ideas 

can give Y9~ a com~ortable summer finds resonance with your band. 

concert umform with ease. M~e Maybe you already have a website. 

sure yo~ have a smart logo. As with Great, get a guest clinician in. May 

~uggest10n #4, make sure you get be you already have spiffy uniforms. 

mput from someone who knows Wonderful now recruit some new 

gr?phic design. And n 't make the bodies to fiil all of them. Try someshirts 

a dark colour 1f yo~ want to thing new. I dare you. 

use them as a summer umform. 

7. Have a Guest Soloist/Clinician 

Guest soloists can do much to m 

spire a band. A well chosen soloist 

can also help attract audience members. 

Clinicians are an excellent idea. 

A skillful clinician can say the exact 

same thing the band director has said 

a hundred times before and make it 

fresh and appealing. Even coaches 

3. Computerize helping out individual sections of the 

What should you computerize? Well, band can make big improvements to 

everything. Start with your band the sound of the group. 

membership list, including e-mail S. Enter Competitions 

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Make _sure you have a fax list with get people to work on challenging 

all of your media·contacts too. music if they can't see the point in 

4. Put together a Website playing it. There are many opportu- 

This is almost part of #3, but it's nities for this every year. Kiwanis, 

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ON OPERA 

by Christopher Hoile 

March is generally the lull in 

the opera world of Toronto 

preceding the deluge 'of 

productions in April when 

virtually every company in the 

city has something on offer. 

The most notable production 

this March is the Toronto 

premiere of the opera "Taptoo!" 

written by veteran Canadian 

composer John Beckwith to a 

libretto by James Reaney. 

"Taptoo!" will be performed 

by the University of Toronto 

Opera Division March 7, 8, 

14 and 15 at 8pm at the 

MacMillan Theatre, conducted 

by Sandra Horst and directed 

by Michael Patrick Albano. 

Phone 416-978-3744 for General John Graves Simcoe, 1791, · 

tickets. · 

by Jean Laurent Mosnier 

This is Beckwith's fourth opera Simcoe, of course, was the heroic 

and his fourth collaboration with commanderofthe Queen's Rangers, 

Reaney. Their previous works are a regiment of Provincial troops who 

"Night Blooming Cereus" (1953.- remained loyal to Britain during the 

58), "The Shivaree" (1978) and American Revolution. In 1791 he 

"Crazy to Kill" (1988). "Taptoo!'; became the first Lieutenant-Govemor 

came about as the result of a of Upper Canada. When the 

commission from the Simcoe Club position of the capital of Upper 

of Toronto about their namesake Canada in Newark (now Niagara. 

John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806). on-the-Lake) became problematic

. · Taptoo librettist James Reaney 

because of its proximity to the new 

United States, Simcoe went to 

Toronto; the only protected bay on 

the British shore of Lake Ontario. 

In 1793 he established the new 

capital there and changed the 

"outlandish" native name' of the 

settlement to York in honour of the 

prother of George III. 

COVERING A PERIOD of about 1780- 

1810, Simcoe's story serves only as 

the history background to a fictional 

tale about the rivalry of two boys 

(both sung by sopranos). Seth 

Harple, from a Loyalist Quaker 

family, becomes Simcoe'sdrummer 

boy. His rival is Ebenezer 

Hatchway, from a family of colonialism. He praises the work's 

Revolutionaries, who becomes "charmillg intimacy" and its chamber 

the drununer boy of the American orchestration featuring Celtic harp; 

Major "Mad" Anthony Wayne. fifes and an accordion. Its focus, 

The action follows Seth through he says, is "the anxiety of ordinary 

the continuing battles in the people during war". · 

Midwest between the British and As he points out, this is not the 

Americans, through his marriage typical opera concerned with the lives 

to a Native woman Atahentsic, of only three or four principal 

their settling in York and the characters. Rather it is more an 

birth of their son. · historical pageant with numerous 

A prequel to Harry Somers: small roles distributed among the 

Serinette, Taptoo' s libretto is company. The nature of the libretto 

very much in the style of dictates- a non-naturalistic 

Reaney's famous Donnellys presentation. The "cinematic" scene 

trilogy. Besides the wide time changes will be accomplished by 

period covered, locations from means of a few symbolic props and 

New Jersey, Philadelphia, Ohio, the extensive use of.projections. 

Niagara Falls, to York can shift 

COMPLEMENTING REANEv's historical 

sometimes within the space of only 

six bars. The minimum number of research, Beckwith investigated 

popular music of the period and 

singers needed to perform the opera weaves excerpts of more than 20 

is _fifteen, but given the Opera 

Division's Wealth.of students 30 will pieces of the time into the score to 

sing the more than 50 roles. createitshistoricalflavour. Hisstlidy 

of drumming manuals of the time 

Frequently members of the chorus. informs his use in the opera of drum 

emerge as individuals to act in a scene 

or in Brechtian fashion to announce signals that punctuate the action. 

The title, the original form of "tattoo", 

changes of time and place. 

refers to · the drum call used to 

ALLoFnffisEcoNSIDERATIONspresent announce the return .to camp after 

challenges for stage director Michael last call in the taverns when, in 

Patrick Albano. He calls "Taptoo!" · Dutch, the tap ("tap") was shut 

a "looking glass into history" with ("toe"). The assembly for return 

satirical barbs aimed at British grew more elaborate, eventually 

becoming today's military "tattoos". 

FoR THOSE WHO WISH TO LEARN more 

about the background of "Taptoo! ", 

Professors Linda Hutcheon and 

Caryl CI_ark of the U ofT are offering 

a day-long symposium on the opera 

on March 8 at the Munk Centre for 

Jnternational Studies at Trinity 

College on campus. You can register 

by e-mail at · events.munk 

@utoronto.ca or phone 416-946- 

8194. The event is free. Speakers 

are drawn from the departments of 

English, Music, History and 

Sociology, besides Ken Purvis, 

Senior Progr~ Officer, Fort York, 

whom Beckwith consulted about 

drumming practices as well as James 

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Carnival Rhythm to Cannibalism 

What a mixed bag of 

music theatre offerings! 

Perhaps appropriately 

for a month whose 

personality runs the 

gamut from lion to lamb, 

March offers ,us 

Victorian melodrama, 

Daliesque surrealism, 

madness, badness and 

bacchanal. 

m;:ike for ;:in 

THIS BARBER'S 

NOT FROM 

SEVILLE 

Perhaps the ·biggest 

story of the month is the 

CanStage production of 

Stephen Sondheim's 

macabre and 

' gruesomely funny 

musical Sweeney Todd, The Demon 

Barber of Fleet Street. It's taken just 

about 20 years for this Broadway 

· classic to make its way from New 

York to a professional Toronto 

stage, and some might say that it's 

been a few years too long. 

Based on a popular Victorian urban· 

legend, Sweeney Todd tells of the 

wicked barber who chops his 

customers up and sells them.as pies 

(the irony being, of course, that 

London's citizens find no other 

comestibles quite so tasty and good.) 

With a sophisticated, dissonant score 

arid wicke'

dance ($100 a couple) begins at 7 

p.m. Fornioredetails, call 416-531- 

7778. 

JOB'S STILL HOPPING 

It's still not too late to catch the beat 

of Job: The Hip-Hop Musical, 

running to March 9 at Tarragon 

Extra Space. The production is being 

works to Harbourfront from 

England, Japan, Denmark, Cuba, 

Australia and Germany, including 

Shuji Terayama's operetta Educating 

Mad Persons, presented by Japan's 

Ryuzanji & Company. For more 

information, call 416-583-4339 or 

visit www .madnessandarts.com. 

touted as an outrageous departure . SOUTH ASIAN SATURATION 

from the norm, but really it's just The 6th Kalanidhi International 

smart, funny theatre. In fact Jerome Dance Festival runs from March 5 

Saibil, one-half of Job's writing/ to 9 at the du Maurier Theatre 

performing duo, ~s it as belonging Centre at Harbourfront Centre. The 

within the same framework as the annual event is a unique opportunity 

musical comedy or Eli7.abethan verse for immersion into the world of 

drama. "It used to be cool to rhyme classical Indian dance, and this year's 

on stage, and then it went out of version encompasses 16 hours of 

fashion, and we're doing it again," public performances and 14 hours 

he says. He also compares it to Baz of workshops, demonstrations and 

Luhrmann's Moulin R,ouge, where, discussions. More than 80 artists - 

says Saibil, "the focus is not on the including Novi,t Bhattacharya, 

narrativebutonthenewwayoftelling Natasha Bakht, Lata Pada and 

it." 

PERFECT 

FOR MARCH HARES 

If the theme of madness strikes you 

as an odd one for an arts festival, 

remember how many different types 

of maladies fall under the category, 

and how many artists have been 

afflicted with them. From March 21 

to 30 the Madness and Arts Z003 

World Festival brings international 

· Menaka Thakkar - showcase four 

different traditional dance styles 

(sorry, no Bollywood dancing, 

though!) For further information call 

Sudha Khandwani at 416-229-0369 

or visit www .kalanidhifinearts.org. 

Watch for Sarah B. Hood's upcoming 

book Toronto: The Unknown City, cowritten 

with Howard Akler, to be 

published by Arsenal Pulp Press in Fall 

2003. 

OPERA DVD WATCH: 

"As different as different~ be" sums 

up the two worthy DVD versions of 

Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Taken 

together, Petr Weigl's classic film of 

this seminal Russian work, and the 

inaugural Onegin for the European 

Union Opera in 1998, provide a crash 

course in contrasting philosophies of 

representing opera on screen. 

Each unfolds under the baton of a 

great opera conductor: Georg Solti in 

the Universal-Decca's typically 

impxcable rema&ering ofWeigl's 1988 

film; Gennadi Rozhdestvensky in the 

case ofKultur's EUO DVD. 

by Philip Ehrensaft 

Two Winning Onegins 

mother and nurse respectively sing 

contrasting visions oflove, excises the 

opera's base.' Instead, we get a cinematically 

supexb silent shot of the Russian 

countryside, with a procession of 

singing peasants-more Mussorgsky 

than Tchaiko~sky. 

RozHDESrVENSKY GIVES us Onegin au 

complet, 149 minutes compared to 

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WEIGL's ONEGIN was masterfully filmed Ireke Vlogtman' s Madame Larina, for 

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silver screen representations of opera. singing like this, so what. 

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In the hands of such a fine director and Nikolaus Lehnhoff's tasteful and 

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Short-term Gqin; Long-term Pqitl 

by Cynthia Dann-Beardsley 

LAST MONTH I WROTE about the Toronto District Music Coalition, a 

committed group of parents from across the Toronto District School 

Board, advocating for a quality, sequential core music program in our 

public schools, from the start of elementary school to completion of. 

secondary school. .. 

You can reach us by e-mail at TDrrlusic@sympatico.ca. 

I AM NOT SURPRISED, or disappointed, that following last month's article 

the mailbox at TDmusic@sympatico.ca is not suddenly overtlowing - 

inundated by a tidal wave of e-mails from hundreds of supporters, 

rushing to offer to help, or to complain about or praise their child's 

music program at school. 

As an executive member of the Toronto District Music 

Coalition, .I am used to the sometimes lengthy germination time of 

advocacy seeds. Planting continuously, I now know that there is always 

growth. It is often slow. That's frustrating to the over-zealous advocate 

who just can't understand why ALL the parents at the schooi'haven't 

called to complain that the children don't get Orff anymore. 

There are several reasons for parent passivity: 1) Parents 

don't know what to expect from a school music program 2) Parents are 

afraid to complain, or even enquire, lest the teacher or principal take this 

"irritation" out on their child or the parent 3) The "pot~stirring" label 

doesn't win friends in many schoolyards or education offices 4) There 

is a common ffiisperception that school music programs have never 

been any good and so half-measures are better than none. 

TEACHERS CAN UNKNOWINGLY contribute to the "charity" persona.of 

music. A Tor9nto elementary school recently shifted the funds that were 

allocated for a choir accompanist. The teacher, desperate, readily 

accepted the offer.from a very qualified parent to do it for free. The 

.school saved money, the choir had a pianist and everyone beamed with 

gratitude. 

"Gratitude!!" I clutched my head, "Don't be grateful for 

cuts. Be mad!!" Reality check: the funds are gone and when the 

goodwill of the parent runs out,. or that.child graduates, so will the 

music. The short-term gain that comes with such rescue strategies 

predicts long-term pain. And what about the schools without the parent 

will or skill to make do with less? They are ~t high risk of ending up 

with nothing. · 

INSTRUMENTS, SHEET MUSIC AND INSTRUCTION carinot be funded by bake 

sales, at-the-door-donations or the goodwill of School Councils. Noi · 

should they have to. Music is not a frill. Look in ~e mirror every 

day and say that out loud. Mu.sic is a core subject. Its treatment and 

funding must reflect this status. Don't settle for anything less. 

At a recent meeting with David Reid, executive director of the 

Toronto District School Board, the Coalition held him accountable for 

sending strong messages of value to superintendents and principals . . 

"These are the power levels that must understand that the 

delivery of the provincially-mandated music curriculuffi is not optional." 

Too many principals think it is. 

THE AMAZING THING about speaking up.for music- whether you are 

teacher or parent-is that by doing so you speak for all children in all 

schools. Advocacy is cause-specific, not site-specific and the 

arguments for a fully-funded, quality, sequential, core music program 

benefit ALL children. Ripples can become tidal waves. 

Tidal waves of parent power have re-instated concerts when 

the ax had fallen, removed programs· from the guillotine moments before 

the chopper fell and moved music from lu1,1chtime to fulltime. 

So, as you peruse this issue of WholeNote- rich with 

opportunities for summer music-making-think of the hundreds of 

children who won't make music this year, because the Toronto District 

School Board has cancelled all but one of its camps. 

Do I detect the first ripple in the tidal wave? TDmusic@sympatico.ca. 

32 www.thewholenote.com March 1 - April 7 2003

. WHOLENorn's 6TH ANNUAL h ff 

. . T e Ban Centre 

Summer Music Education Roundup Music & Sound Programs 

We are pleased to present our sixth annual survey of summer Mail: Box 1020, Station 17; 

musical education opponunities, with something for everyone, from Banff, Alberta; TlL 1H5 

elementary school students to young or mid career professional Phone: 403-762-6180 

musicians to adult amateurs who want to keep growing. The or ~-800-565-9989 

. 1. d '"' d b"l" if h . '"' dh Fax.403-762-6345 

varzety, range, qua zty an aJJor a 1 zty o w at zs oJJere ere E-mail: arts info@banffcentre.ca 

are most impressive, and for those of you who have decided to make Website: www.banffcentre.ca 

this the summer for musical improvement (yours or a family 

Contact person: Karen Harper, 

member's), this feature should provide you with a fine stepping Office of the Registrar 

stone on the path of finding the school/workshop/camp that is right 

for you. 

Do something for your musical self this summer! 

Regardless of your level of skill or aspirations, there is something 

here for you. 

-Banff Ceritre 

-BSS Erin Gilmour Arts Workshops 

-CAMMAC .Cedar Glen 

-CAMMAC Lake MacDonald 

-Centauri Summer Arts Camp 

-Choirs Ontario 

Summer Choral Program 

-ClassiCal Pursuits 

-COC Altamira 

Summer Opera Camp 

-Continuing Education, University 

of St. Michael's College 

-Guitar Workshop Plus 

-Healey Willan Festival 

-Interprovincial Music Camp 

-Kincardine 

Summer Music Festival 

-Le Domaine Forget 

-More Than Music 


PARTICIPANTS 

-Mount Royal College 

Organ Academy · 

-Mount Royal College 

Pipe Organ Encounter · · 

· -Music at Port Milford 

-Orford Arts Centre 

-Royal Conservatory of Music 

-SOOwtime 

Music Theatre Daycamp 

-Southern Ontario 

Chamber Music Institute 

-Southwestern Ontario 

Suzuki Institute 

-Summer Opera Lyric Theatre 

-Tafelmusik 

Baroque Summer Institute 

-Thornhill 

Chamber Music Institute 

-Tryptych 

-Violin Craftsmanship Institute 

Location: Banff, Alberta 

Application deadline: 

February 7, 2003 

Program dates: 

- Chamber Music (June 9 - 27) 

- Master Classes for violin, viola, 

cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, and 

bassOOn (June 30 - July 18) 

- Double Bass & Brass Residencies 

(July 3 - 12) 

- Song in Collaboration (July 21 - 

August 1) 

- Keyboard Festival (July 21- 

August 8) 

- Concert and Opera Orchestra 

Residency (July 21 - August 10) 

Fees: Varies according to program, 

but financial assistance and scholarships 

are available. 

Residential: Yes 

Age groups: all 

Levels: intennediate -advanced 

Other activities: Recreational facilities, 

perfonnance opportunities 

during the Banff Arts Festival, 

collaboration with other artists 

and disciplines. 

These programs are dedi.cated to 

supporting emerging and mid-career 

artists and to provide artistic di.rectiori 

suited to each indi.vidual. The 

goal is to nurture the creativity of 

musicians and audi.o engineers in a 

setting that allows for maximum 

personal artistic development and 

interqction with other musicians and 

artists in The Bar!lf Centre community. 

This year's deadline~ passed, 

but we invite you to inquire early 

about fature programmes. 

BSS Erin Gilmour 

Arts Workshops 

298 Lonsdale Rd., Toronto ON M4V 1X2 

Phone: 416-483·4325 ext 2740 

Fax: 416-481 ·5632 • 

Website: www.bss.on.ca 

Contact: Mari Drexler, 

Administrative Assistant 

Location: The Bishop Straclµn 

School, Toronto 

Application Deadline: First-Come 

First-Served 

Audition Dates: For dance scholarships 

April 26 2003 

Programs: 

- Musical Theatre credit course 

(ages12-18), Strings (ages 9-15), 

Choral (ages 10-16) 

Residential: No 

Agel. 7-18 

Level: All levels 

Other: Scholarships/ Financial Assistance 

available. Supplies are provided. 

Lunch is provided .. Optional 

SUMMER MUSIC EDUCATION ROUNDUP 

continues next page 

Arts· for Kids - Year Round Fun at BSS! 


The Bishop Strachan School 

INSl'IRE THE MIND. NllllTlllll'. THE Sl'll\IT. 

298 Lonsdale Road, Toro~co, Ontario M4V I X2 

Erin Gilmour 

ARTS WORKSHOPS 

Your child's key to the magic of art. 

Summer Workshops: 

July 2 - August 15, 2003. 

SP . SP 

Musical Theatre Voices in Song Full String Ahead. 

(credit course) (choir) with Ian Guenther 

with Wayne Strongman 

Also Offering: 

Film Editing• Senior Film and Video• Junior Film and Video• 

Acting for Stage and Screen• Art and Dance• Hip Hop• Senior 

Photography• Alternative Media •Shakespeare For KidZ •Comedy! Comedy!! 

Comedy!!! •Kid prov• Design Practice• Location Sketchi)lg 

Ages 7 -18. Co-educational. Scholarships available. 

Enrolment is limited. Book Now. 

For further information contact: 

Mari Drexler, Administrative Assistant, 416-483-4325 Extension 1164 

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swim (for some workshops) life 

gu&d. RN on duty. 

BSS Erin Gilmour Am Workshops 

is a co-ed program for talented 

young people who have a passion 

for the am. Exceptional hands-on 

instruction is offered by distinguished 

and talented professionals, for students 

ages 7 to 18 in Film, l'hotography, 

Acting, Dance, Alt, C

Comprehensive Concert Listings 

For CONCERTS "FURTHER AFIELD" (outside the GTA) see page 51 

For "full run" MUSIC THEATRE AND OPERA LISTINGS, see page 51-52. 

For jazz club and concert listings, see pages 52-53. 

Readers please note: presenters' plans change; & we occasionally make 

mistakes! Please always use the phone numbers provided to call ahead. 

Saturday March 01 

- 3:00: Oakville Children's Choir. Sweet 

Sounds for a Saturday Afternoon. Guests: 

Appleby College Jazz Combo. Calvary Baptist 

Church, 1215 lakeshore Rd. West. 905.337 · 

7104.$i0. 

- 7:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 

Estacio: Frenergy; Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4; 

Brahms: Symphony #2. Naida Cole, piano; Keri, 

Lynn Wilson, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 

Simcoe St, 416-5934828. $28-$95.50. 

- 7:30: Concertsingers. Sing Joyfully. Handel: 

Oixit Doninus; works by Byrd, Elgar, Henderson, 

Ives and Dverduin. Janet MacFarlane Peaker, · 

.organ. St. Thomas's Church. 383 Huron St. 41 & 

769-7991.$16,$12. 

- 7:30: Famous People Players. Broadway 

and Beyond. tJllJSic from Grease, West Side 

Story & Cats; pop classics from Ray Chanes, 

Barry Manilow & Elvis Presley. Silverthorn 

Auditorium, 291 Mill Rd.416-622-8731.$ 20- 

$35. 

- 7:30: Pickering Concert Band. 20th 

Century History on Film Music. Selections from 

Sound of Music, The Dantusters, Bridge on the 

River Kwai, The Great Escape, South Pacific & 

- more. Dunbarton-Fairport United Church. 1066 

Dunbarton Rd., Pickering. 905-571-1785. $7,$2. 

- 8:00: Bell' Arte Singers. Brahms: Ein 

Oeutsches Requiem. Other works. The T alisker 

Players; Laura Schatz. soprano; Michael Donovan, 

baritone. 7: 15: listorical background tour on 

Group of Seven with Roy Schatz. St. Anne's 

Church, 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-699-5879. 

$20,$12. 

- 8:00: Deer Park Concerts. Patricm Wright, 

· organ in Coxen. Bedard: cormissioned work on 

0 Canada; works by Bach. Mendelssohr\ Laurin, 

Bales, Robertson & Spry. Deer Park Church. 129 

St.ClairWest.41&481-2979. $2D. 

- 8:00: Ensemble Noir. Diversity Project: let 

the Wirxl Cry. Music by Rudd Moore, Bonds, 

Ellingion & African composers; spirituals. Dawn 

Padmore, soprano. 7: 15: Pre-concert discussion 

with artists. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 

· Jom.416-204-1080. 

- 8:DD: Heritage Theatre. Michael 

Kaeshanuner. 86 Main St. N., Brcin11ton. 905· 

874-2800. $30. ' 

- 8:0D: Music Umbrella Chamber 

Concerts. Thanks to Or. Suzuki: Classical music 

, within our families arxl community. An orchestra 

of current and former Suzuki students including 

menmers of T afelrlllsik, the Toronto Symphony 

and the CDC orchestra. Proceeds to support the 

North York, Bloor JCC and Etobicoke Suzuki 

Schools. EiiStrrinster United Church, 310 

Danforth Ave. 416-461-6681. $15,$10, 

$5(c!*lren under 12). 

- 8:00: Musicians In Ordinary. Love She 

Said. Madrigals by Gesualdo, Monteverdi and 

Caccini. Hallie Fishel, soprano; John Edwards, 

theorbo; Matthew Leigh. baritone; Rudy Neufeld, 

bass & other perfonners. Church of the 

Redeemer, 162 Bloor S~. West. 416-6034950. 

$15,$10. . 

- 8:00: Oriana Singers. Songs, Sayings, 

SOf/f11Jts. Songs of Bach, Telfer & Glick; Gardner: 

A Shakespeare Sequence; Maclean: Songs and 

SayiigS. Grace Church on-fhe.H~I. 300 Lonsdale 

Rd. 416·533·3145. $17, $14/$8.50(sr/st). 

- 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto.Happy Birthday 

. Fredetick Chopin. Barber: Adagio for Strings; • 

Chopin: Piano Concerto #1; Shostakovich: Four 

Preludes Dp.34; Mendelssohn: Sinfonia #12 in G. 

Francine Kay, piano; Nurhan Annan, conductor. 

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416: 

205·5555. $32, $26,$18{sr/st). 

- 8:00: Singing OUT! Somewhere in the 

Night! 5th annual cabaret. Performers from 

within the 1 OO:merrber chorus; William Brown, 

artistic director. Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor. 

416-924-6859. $15. 

- 8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. U of T Chamber Ensemble. Hindemith: 

Five Pieces for Strings; Janacek: Mladi; Reich: 

T ehilim. Ratti Annenian & Adine Mintz, 

·conductors. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416· 

978-3744. $16.$8. 

Sunday March 02 

-1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. 

Sunday Conceit: Peter Stoll, clarinet. 10365 

Islington, Kleinburg. 905-893: 1121. $12.$9, 

family rates. 

- 1 :30: Royal Ontario Museum. ROM 

Sunday: Tafelmusik: Go for Baroque. 100 

Queen's Park. 41 &586-800D. Free with gallery 

admission: $16.50, $12{sr/st), $1D(5·14yrs). 

- 2:0D: Concerts at St. George's on the , 

Hill.Marianna Humetska, piano &Javier 

Portero, viola in Recital Romantic works for 

piano & viola. 4600 Dundas St. West. 416463- 

9284. Donation ($10 suggested). 

- 2:00: ORMTA Central Toronto Branch. 

Teachers in Concert. Performers include: ' 

Kathleen Gorman, Rick Sumners, Jeanette 

Roberts, DaVid McCartney, Chris Vanhaverbeke 

& others. Women's Art Association, 23 Prince 

Arthur Ave.416-214-9534. $10,$5, family 

rates. 

- 2:30: Hart House Chorus. Choral Concert. 

t, l(el(/ 

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corner Klbg & 

FREE TUEsokvs, 

1 sl Tuesday each lnonth: 

Lasl Tuesday ¥ chm 

4 March '.-. 

WIDOR: Sympho 

Christopher D 

11 March 

FRANCK, D 

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Michelle Rae 

18 March 

BACH: 'We 

and works of 

Patricia Wright, 

25 March .. 

VIERNE: Sym~h 

Jennifer Loveless:\or 

1 April , 

Program to be ap 

Matthew Larkin, org ~n 

(416) 364-7865 stjamescathedraLon.ca 

FACULTY 

of MUSIC 

~ 

UNIVERSITY 

OF TORONTO 

new ideas I new sounds I new talents I new experiences 

' 

U of T Chamber Ensemble 

Sponsored by MBNA Canada 

Raffi Armenian, conductor. Hindemith Five Pieces for Strings: 

Janacek Mladi, Steve Reich Tehiffim (Adine Mintz, conductor) 

Sat, Marl, 8:00 pm. Walter Hall. $16 ($8) 

[~~ 

Taptoo! oPERA PR0DucT10N 

Sponsored by Bank of Montreal 

Music by John Beckwith. Libretto by James Reaney 

Sandra Horst, conductor, Michael Patrick Albano, stage director 

Fred Perruzza, lighting designer, Allison Grant, choreographer 

Fri, Sat, Mar 7, 8, 8:00 pm. MacMillan Theatre. $25 ($.15) 

Fri, Sat, Mar 14, 15, 8:00 pm. MacMillan Theatre. $25 ($15) 

~ Bank of Montreal 

Hatzis@50 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION CONCERT 

Music of Christos Hatzis- Melisma, Equivoque, Arctic Dreams 1, 

Quartet No. I "The Awakening", Excerpts from "Constantinople" 

Peter Stoll, clarinet; Susan Hoeppner, flute; Beverley Johnston, 

percussion; Scott St John, violin; Simon Fryer, cello; Gryphon 

Trio; Patricia O'Callaghan, soprano; Maryem Tolla" alto 

Fri, Mar 21, 8:00 pm, Walter Hall. $20($10) · 

Mass Appeal cHoRAL coNcrnT 

MacMillan Singers, Darryl Edwards, conductor 

Powerful musical settings 'Of sacred texts. 

Sat, Mar 22, 8:00 pm. Knox College Chapel, 59 St. George 

St. $12 ($6) 

Celestial Sounds cHoRAL coNcERT 

University Women's Chorus, Robert Cooper, conductor, 

present music for voices and strings, featuring Pergolesi's 

Stabat Mater, and Poulenc's Litanies a la Vierge Noire. 

Sat, Mar 29, 8:00 pm, Knox College Chapel, 59 St. George 

St. $12 ($6) 

Scott St. John's FABuLous F1vE 

F acuity Artist Series 

Five of Canada's most exciting string players perform Dvorak's 

Viola Quintet No. 1 and the rarely heard Viola Quintet by 

Bruckner. Featuring Mark Fewer & Erica Raum,_violins; Scott St 

John & Douglas McNabney, viola s ~ Simon Fryer, cello. 

Fri, Mar 28, 8:00 pm. Walter Hall. $20 ($10) 

Wind Ensem_ble 

Denise Grant, conductor 

Schuman New England Tryptych, Varese Octandre, Ionisation, 

Density 21.5 , 

Sat, Mar 29, 8:00 pm, MacMillan Theatre. $12 ($6) 

Pre-concert lecture: "Demystifying Varese" 7: 15 pm, MacMillan 

Theatre. 

M arth 1 - April 7 2003

FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 8:00 PM 

THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA 

SIMON STREATFEILD conductor, LI WANG piano 

Shostakovich: Festive Overture 

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. I 

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring 

LOCATION: George Weston Recital Hall, The Toronto Centre for the Arts 

5040 Yonge Street, Toronto 

TICKETS: Ticketmaster (416) 870-8000 

ADMISSION: $35 adults, $15 students & seniors 

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. IN CONCERT: 

ANDREW MCCANDLESS trumpet, · 

With JAMES GARDINER . trumpet, 

GORDON WOLFE trombone, 

PATRICIA KRUEGER piano 

Music by Stevens, Honegger, and Reynolds 

World Premiere by Tomehak 

LOCATION: Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 

The Royal ·Conservatory of Music 

273 Bloor Street West, Toronto 

TICKETS: The RCM 'Box Office 

·(416) 408-2824, ext. 321 

ADMISSION : $15 adults, $12 students 

& seniors 


MONSTER PIANO CONCERT 

Featuring international award-winning 

pianists fom the Artists Diploma Program 

of The Glenn Gould School 

LOCATION: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church 

1585 Yonge Street, Toronto 

TICKETS: The RCM Box Office 

(416) 408-2824, ext. 321 

ADMISSION: $10 ad~lts, $5 students 

& seniors 

SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 7:30 PM 

MONDAY, MARCH 3l, 7:30 PM 

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 7:30 PM 

SUNDAY APRIL 6, 7:30 PM 

MOZART: DIE ZAUBERFLOTE 

(THE MAGIC FLUTE) 

Performed by the Opera Workshop of 

The Glenn Gould School 

BRAHM GOLDHAMER artistic director 

JENNIFER TARVER stage director 

LOCATION: Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 

The Royal · Conservatory of M ~sic 

273 Bloor Street West, Toronto 

TICKETS: The RCM Box Office 

(416) 408-2824, ext. 321 

ADMISSION:. $10 adults, $5 students 

& seniors 

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ROYAL 

CONSERVATORY OF 

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Howells: Requiem; Britten: Choral Dances from 

Glorianna; Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli 

(seklctions). Jom Tuttle, director. Calvin Clllrch. 

26 Delisle Ave. 416-946-9931. $15,$12. 

- 3:00: Chrylark Arts and Music Series. 

Valerie Siren, soprano i11 Recital. Music by 

Sibeliu5, Bratvns & Glick. Guests: Stefan Glick, 

cello; Cecilia lgnatieff, piano. Heliconian Hall, 35 

Hazelton A~e. 416-654-0B77. $15. 

- 3:00: Singing OUT! Somewhere in the' 

Night! Central YMCA. See March 1. 

- 3:00: The Liturgically Hip. Soaring w#h the 

Spirit. GQSpel, jazz, roots, traditional music. 

Living Arts Centre,4141 Living Arts Dr., · 

Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $23-$2B. 

- 3:00: Toronto Camarata Chamber Choir. 

/Jfe's Mysteries· Songs of Death and /Jfe. Music 

by Lechner, Victoria & Howells. Grace Church onthe-Hil, 

300LonsdaleRd.416-48B·7B84. 

$15,$12. 

-4:00: Halton Youth SylJ!phony/Halton 

Youth Chamber Orchestra. Songs for Spring. 

Britten: Sit1J1e Syn1Jhony {selections); selections 

from the Classical repertoire; new classics from 

tlie movies. Guests: perfonners from the Oakville 

Chamber Music Festivat Andrew Chung & Janez 

Govednik, conductors. 905-616-2760. Nelson · 

High School, New St., Burlington. F~; donations 

gratefully accepted. 

- 4:00: Toronto Classical Singers. Handel: 

Dettingen Te DBllll; Schubert: Mass in B flat. 

Mary Bella,. soprano; Elaine Robertson, alto; 

Lenard Wliting, tenor; Bruc8 Kelly, bantone; 

Talisker Players;.furilen Petrenko, conductor. 

Christ Church Deer Park, 1570YongeSt.416- 

443-1490. $20,$15. 

- 7:00: Gabriel Productions. Peace in the 

Valky. Gospel favouites and cont8111JDrary 

classics. Allisoo Lynn, soloist; Boni Strang, piano; 

. Gerald Flenming. guitar & other performers. St. 

Jam's Church, 19 Don Ridge Dr. 416-222-B556. 

$15, $Blunder 16). Proceeds to support 

iqlroving the accessibiity oi the church through 

Buikilg for the Future C11J118ign. 

- 7:00: Massey Hall. TangoBlll!flOSAires · 77Je 

Golden Age ofT ango. Cynthia Avila, vocals; 

Osvaldo Daniel Ruggiero, barxfoneon; 6-piece 

orchestra; dancers; Fernando Marzan, conductor/ 

piano/rrusic.lflrl!Ctor. 15 Shuter St. 416-B72- 

4255. $35-$65. . 

- 7:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Sarah Chang, 

violin, and Lars V~piano. 60 ~St. 416- 

B72-4255. *CANCELLED* 

- 7:30: Elmer lseler Singers. Cathedral 

Grandeur. Music for double choir by Sanders, 

Braim;, Ravel, Gershwin, Buhr, Healey & 

Schafer. Guests: Vancouver Chanter Choir; Jon 

Washbun & Lydia Adam, conductors. St. 

Jil118S' Cathedral, 65 Ci.irchSt.416-217-0537. 

$30,$25, group rates. 

- B:OO: Ensemble Noir. Diversity Project: 

Dmnmilla 's Voices. Music by Euba, Ndodaila, Ho, 

Scherzilger & T arrusuza. Bev Spotton, viola; 

Sanya Eng, harp; Shelley Brown, flute; Ryan S!:ott 

& Alan Hetherilgton, perrussion; Dawn 

Pldnore, SOjOlO; 8ongari Ndodana, conductor. 

7:15: Pre-conceri discussion with artists. St. 

George the Martyr Church. 197 John. 416· 204, 

lOBO. 

- B:OO: Victoria Scholars. T me North Strong 

and Free. Works by Cable, Chatman. Glick, 

MacMilan. R..Jinsh. Ryan and Wdlan. Michael 

Colvin, tenor; Daniel Neff, baritone; David 

Hetherilgton, ceDo; Jerzy Cichock~ conductor; 

WiRiam O'Meara, accompanist. Our Lady of 

Sorrows Cluch, 3055 Bloor St. West. 416-761- 

7776. $25,$20. 

Monday March 03 

- B:OO: Jau.FM91 .1Sounds of T orontoJazz: 

BOth Birthday Tribute To Phil Nimmons- 50th 

Anniversary of Nimmons N Nine. Mike Cado, 

director. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills 

Rd. 416-696-1000. $10. 

- B:OO: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/ 

Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Wurl#zer Pops 

_ at Casa Loma. Bill O'Meara, organ; film: Buster 

Keatoo Our Hospitality. Casa Loma, 1 Austin 

Terrace: 416-B70-BOOO. $15. 

- B:OO: T ryptych Productions. Verdffalstaff. 

Workshop performance. Alexander Wiebe, Henry 

Irwin, Erin Bardua, Nadia Kha~I. Ashley Bedard & 

other perfonners; Edward Franko, director; 

Wil6am Shookhoff, rrusic director. Studio 

Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Perfoming Arts, 

5040 YongeSt.416-B72-1111. $25,$20. for 

complete run see music theatre listings. 

Tuesday March 04 

- 12:30: York University Department of 

Music. Early Music Ensemble. Medieval and 

Renaissance music. Judith Cohen, director. 

Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin 

College,4700 Keele St.416-736-51B6, Free. 

- 1 :00: St James' Cathedral. lunch Hours at 

St. James': Clllistopher Dawes, organ. Widor: 

Symphonie #6 in g. 65 Coorch St. 416-364- 

7B65. Free. 

-6:00: University of Toronto 

Scarborough Campus. Traditional Arabic 

music. George Sawa, director. Meeting Place, 

1265 Military Trail. 416-2B7 -7076. Free. · 

*CANCELLED* 

- B:OO: EROS Chamber Music Toronto. 

Great Chamber Music for the Clarinet. Music by 

Khachaturian, Bartok & Bratvns. Michael 

Westwood, clarinet; Jasper Wood, Csaba Kocko, 

violins; Meguni Okamoto, piano; Adam Romer,· 

viola; Meran Currie-Roberts, celo & other 

performers. The Stone Church, 45 Davenport. 

416-653-1172.$10,$5. 

- B:OO: Music Toronto. 77Je Gryphon Trio· 

10th Anniversary Concert. BeethQven: Trio in E 

flat Op.1 #1; Enescu: Trio in a; student 

comiiosers: mini trios; Dvorak: Trio inf Op.65. 

Introductory remarks by Hany Halbreich. Jane 

Mallett Theatre, 27 front St. East. 416-366- 

7723. $43,$39. 

Wednesday March 05 


Music. Chinese Orchestra. Classical Chinese 

music perfonned on traditional instruments. Kim 

Morris, director. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 

050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416· 

736-5lB6. free. 

-12:30: Yorkminster Park Church. 

Noonday Recital.· Angus Sinclair, organ. 15B5 

Yonge St. 416-925-7312. Free. 

- B:OO: Mozart Society. Small Chamber 

Hamwny Trio. Works for flute, cello & soprano 

by Handel, Mozart, Pergoiesi & Boccherini. First 

Unitarian Congregation, 175 St. Clair Ave. West. 

416-201-333B. $JO(non-merrilers). · 

- B:30: University of Toronto faculty of 

Music. Small Jazz Ensembles. Walter Hall, BO 

Oueeri's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 

Thursday March 06 

- 10:30am & 7:00: Hummingbird Centre 

for the Performing Arts. Sesame Street live. 

Musical adventure for children. 1 Front St. East. 

416-B72-2262. $19-$29. For complete run see 

Music Theatre listings. 

- 11 :30am: Madawaska Strinp Quartet 

Chasing Beethoven. Oswald: pre-Lieu; Janacek: 

String Quartet #1 Kreutzer Sonata; works by 

Cardy, Rathbum, Ford, Leclerc & Jarvlepp. Vanier 

College, York Univlµ'sity, 4 700 Keele St. 416· 

910-7231. free. 

- 12:00 noon: CBC Music Around Us Young 

Artist Series. Ensemble Noir. T amusuza: 

Ekivvulu Ky' Endere (An African Festival of the 

Flute); Euba: Six Yoruba Folk Songs; Ndodana: 

Rainmaking in Memoriam Queen Nodjadji; 

Scherzinger: Those Who Enter Stamping. Shelley 

Brown, flute; Sanya Eng, harp; Alan Hetherington, 

Ryan Scott. percussion; Beverley Spotton, viola; 

Bongani Ndodana, director. Glenn Gould Studio, 

250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. Free. 

- 12:10: St Paul's Church. Noon Hour 

Recital. Enc Robertson, organ. 227 Bloor St. 

East. 416-961·B116. Free. 

- 12: 10: University ofT oronto Faculty of 

Music/Canadian Music Competitions. 

Darrett Zusko, piano in Recital Walter Hall, BO 

Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 

-12:30 & 5:00: York University 

Department of Music. Student R{!cital. Student 

soloists in the classical performance program. 


College, 4700 Keele, St. 416-736-51B6. Free. 

-B:OO: Brampton Music Theatre.A Taste of 

Broadway. Cabaret. Heritage Theatre, B6 Main 

St. North, Brampton. 905-B74-2BOO. For 

complete run see Music Theatre listings. 

- B:OO: Living Arts Centre Mississauga. 

· Michael Burgess in Concert. Hanmerson Hall, 

4141 Living Arts Dr. 905-306-6000. $37-$47. 

- B:OO: Music Gallery. DiloSheppard-/.JJnza. 

Works by Schwartz, Gandini, Santaro & Lanza. 

Meg Sheppard, actress/singer; Alcides Lanza, 

piano/electronics. St. George the Martyr Church, 

197 John.416-204-lOBO. 

. - B:OO: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 

Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture; Britten: Viofm 

Concerto; T chalkovsky: Syrl]lhony #6. Maxin . 

Vengerov, violin; Eiji Oue, conductor. Roy 

Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-482B. 

$2B-$95.50. 

Friday March 07 

- 12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall./ Will lift 

l/p Mine Eyes. Nathaniel Dett Chorale; Brainerd 

· 8'yden-Taylor, conductor; Cms Dawes, organ. 60 

Sincoe St. 416-B72-4255. Free. 

- 12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory of 

·Music. Fridaymusik. Artists from the Glenn 

Gould School. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 

273 Bloor St. West. 416-40B-2B24 x321. Free. 

- 7:30: Amnesty International. light the 

Silence: Arioso Duo. Debussy: Pr~lude A I' apresrridi 

d'un faune; Elgar: Chanson de Matin; Salut 

d' Amour; Buhr: Danses Abstrajtes; Rota: Sonata 

for flute and harp; Schaposc"1ikov: Sonata for 

flute and harp. Nora Shulman. flute; Judy Loman, 

harp. Sunderland Hall, First Unitarian 

Congregation, 175 St. Clair West. 416-870- 

BOOO. $22. 

- B:OO: Oakville Centre for the 

Performing Arts. Molly Johnson. Blues, jazz, 

rock vocalist. 130 Navy St. 905-B 15;2021 . 

$33. 

- B:OO: Orpheus Choir of Toronto. Haydn: 

Missa in T empora Bem (Paukervnesse); Handel: 

Utrecht Jubilate; Howells: Take Hirn, Earth, for 

Cherisling. Norman Reintanm, conductor. St. 

·James' Cathedral, 65 Clllrch St. 41 &530-4428. 

$20,$15. 

- B:OO: Sine Nomine Ensemble for 

Medieval Music. Minstrels and Minnesinger.· 

Gernian Music of the Middle Ages. Saint 

Thomas's Church, 383 Huron. 416-63B-9445. 

$14,$9. 

- B:OO: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. 

Haydn: The Seasons. Ann Monoyios, soprano; 

Handel: Utrecht Jubilate 

Haydn: Missa in Tempora Belli 

(Paukenmesse) . 

Howells: Take Him, Earth, For Cherishing 

Nonnan Reintamm, Conductor 

Friday March 7, 2003, 8:00 p.m., St James' Cathedral 

Tickets: $20 ($15 for students, seniors) 

Call 416 530-4428 for tickets or further infonnation 


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Rufus Miiller; tenor; locky Clllng. baritone; Bruno 

Weil, conductor. Mas5ey Hall, 15 Shuter St. 416- 

8724255. 

- 8:00: Toronfo Guitar Symposium. Uros 

Oojcinovic, gtitar in Concert. Heliconian Hall, 35 

HazeftonAve.416-922-8002. $25. 


Music.JtilnBeckwiWJamesReaney: Taptoo! 

Sandi-a Horst, conductor; MiChael Patrick Albano, 

director. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 

416-978-3744. $25,$15. For complete run see 



- 2:00: Victoria-Royce Church. T ril/ium 

Brass Ouintet in Recital. 190 Medland St. 416· 

769-6176. Free-will offering. 

- 7:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Roy 

Thomson Hall. See Mar 6. 

Ge 

- 8:00: Aubergine Wind Quintet. Sextet by 

Francis Pilulenc and Quintets by Holst, l.igeti and 

Lefebvre. Zachary Moss, flute; Donald Boere, 

ob.oe; Maria Gacesa, clarinet; Lisa Griffiths, 

bassoon; Daman Rivers-Moore, french horn; 

guest: Alexia Preston, piano. Toronto Heliconian. 

Club, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-923-8068. $10. 

- 8:00: Hugh's Room. Roots on the Rail~ 

Farewell Concert. Bobby Watt & Serena Ryder,· 

singers; David Olney, songwriter. 2261 Dundas 

St. West. 416-531-6604. $16.50(advance), 

$17 .50(door). · 

- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 

Gle_nn Gould Artist Series: Leon Fleisher in . 

Concert. Schubert: Fantasie for piano four hands; · 

· Grand Duo for violin and piano; Brahms: Piano 

Quartet inc. leon Fleisher, Marc Durand, pianos; 

Erika Raum. violin; Rennie RegelY, viola; Bryan 

Epperson, cello. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 

• 

inger 

Rges 

eniors 

ns 416-638-9445 

273 Bloor St. West. 416408-2824 x321. 

$15,$12. 

- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra .. 

Haydn: The Seasons. Massey Hali. See-Mar 7. 

- 8:00: Toronto Guitar Symposiuni:Matteo 

Mela, guitar in.Concert. Church of the Redeemer, · 

162 Bloor St. W~t. 416-922-8002. $25. 


- 2:00: Juan Tomas. Variety Show. Music by 

ABBA; Lang, Orbison & Cole; jazz staridarps. 

· Juan T.omas Show Silnd; Rea Paulite; guest 

perfonners. Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 

Borough Drive. 416485-2056. Free. · 

- 2:00: Missi5sauga Music Education 

Foundation/MidSum~er Music Concert 

Series. A Tribute to the Immortal Beloved. 

Beethoven: Sonatas and Variations for Violin & 

Piano, #s 8,1 O .. Corey Gemmell~ violin; Gloria 

.Saarinen, piano. Adamson Estate, 850 EnolaAve. 

Mississauga. 905-891·7944. $20,$.10. 

- 2:00: Toronto Latvian Concert 

Association. Viesturs Janson$, tenor and 

Sandra Mogensen, piano in Recital. Art songs and 

arias. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Frorit St. West. 

416-205-5555. $28,$15(st). 

- 2:30: Toronto Early Music. Centre. 

Musically Speaking: Attilio Ariosti· Recuil de 

Pieces potU la viol d'arnour;wotks by della Casa 

and Stoeffken. Thomas Georg~ viola d' ariiore; 

Mime Yamahiro, cello. Church of the Holy Trinity, ' 

10 Trinity Square. 416-966-1409. Free. 


Music. Early Music Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 

- 5:00: NUMUS/Wilfred Laurier U. Bartulis 

Fest. Music by Bartulis & Grella-Mozejko. Anya 

Alexeyev & Beth Am de Sousa, piano; Jeremy 

Bell & Jerzv Kaplanek, violil1$; AmV Hamilton, 

flute, George Greer, double bass & other 

perlonners. St. !)eorge-the·Martyr Church, 19Z 

John St. 519-896-3662. $20, $12. 

·_ 7:30: Chr-ist Church Deer Park. Organ · 

Recital, Evening Hymn & Compline. Edward 

Connell; organ. 1570 YongeSt.416-920-5211. 

.Free-will offering. · 

. - 7:30: J oronto Early Music Centre. Nancy 

Argenta, soprano & Daniel.Tay/or, countertenor in 

Concert. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Dolorosa; other 

works. Guests: Theatre of Early Music 

Ensemble. T rinity·St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor 

St. West. 416-8724255. $20-$40. 


No listings 


-. 12:00 noon: University of Toronto Art 

Centre. Early Music Ensemble. 15 King's 

College Circle. 416-978-1838. Free. 

.:_ 12:30, 5:00 & 7:30: York University 

Department of Music. Student Recital Student 

soloists in the classical perfo011ance program. 

Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughliii 

College, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free. 

- 1 :00: St James' Cathedral. lunch Hours at 

St. James'.· Michelle Rae Martin, organ. 

Buxtehude: Prelude, BuxWVl 39 in g; Alain: 

Deuxieme Fantaisie; Bach: Fantasia & Fugue in g. 

BWV 542; Franck: Choral #2 in b; works by 

Travers. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

- 2:00: Royal Canadian College of 

Organists, Toronto Centre/Trillium 

Foundation.A Young Person's Guide to the 

Kinu, oflnstruments.-Patricia Wright~ William 

O'Meara, Korvad Harley & Debbie Fingas, 

organists. 1 :40: Carillon recital by Gerald 

Martindale. Metrooolitan IJnitP.11 r.tuirr.h. !ifl

Queen St. East. 416-533-1301. Free. 

- 8:00: OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio. 

Parker Duo. Jon Kimura Parker, James Parker, 

pianos. 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. 

$30. 


- 12:00 noon: Hart House Music 

Committee. Midday Mosaics II. Student recital. 

Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-2452. 

Free. 

' 

- 12:30: York University Department of - 

Music. World Vocal Ensembles. Global traditions 

with some instrumental. Mclaughlin 

Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 

4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free. 

-:--12:30: Yorkminster Park Church. 

Noonday Recital· Baine PfK}welt organ. 1585 

.Yonge St. 416-925-7312. Free. 


Music. Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Lisa Martinelli, 

director. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978- 

3744. $12,$6. ' 

- 9:00: Long & McOuade Musical 

Instruments/Gibson. Guitars/Yorkville 

Sound. Toronto Guitar Summit. Jeff Healey, 

Gordie Johnson, Kim Mitchell, Pat Rush;Wild T 

& other perfonners. Healey's, 178 Bathurst St. 

$10. Net proceeds to the Coalition for Music 

EciJcation. 



Artist Series. Kiran Ahluwahlia, voice. 

Traditional and new ghazals; Punjabi folksongs. 

Ravi Nain1J8Hy, tabla; Raya Bidaye, harmonitm; 

Shellar Nath, guitar. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 

Front St. West. 416-205-5555. Free. 

- 12:10: St Paul's Church. Noon Hour 

Recitli. Kola OWalabi, organ. 227 Bloor St. East. 

416-961-8116. Free. 

-12:10: University ofToronto Faculty of 

Music. Beethoven VIOiin sonatas fl Sonata in E 

flat, Op.12 #3; Sonata in a, Op.23. Scott St. 

John, viorin; Lydia Wong, piano. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen's Park.416-978-3744 .. Free. 

- 12:30 & 5:00: York Univ,rsity 

Department of Music. Student Recital Student 



College, 4 700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free. 

- 2:00: Northern Pistrict Library. 

Compositions by Canadian W/JllNNI. Pentland: 

Variations for Piano; Coulthard: Sonatina for Flute 

& Piano; Archer: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano; 

Southam: Four-ii-Hand (piano duet). Jane 

Blackstone, piano; Judy Chang. flute; Rita Greer, 

clarinet; Louise Morley, piano. 40 Orchard View 

Blvd. 416-393-7610. Free. · 

- 8:00: Crow's Theatre. Time After Time: 

The Chet Baker Project. By James O'R01lly; 

lllJSical direction by Logan Medland; starring 

Damy DePoe, Phirippa Donw~le. Randy Hughson, 

Shaun Smyth. Buddies in Bad T mes Theatre, 12 

Alexander St. 416-975-8555. $30. For complete 

run see Music Theatre listings. 

- 8:00: Music T oronto./an Parker, piano. 

Mozart: Fantasy inc, K.475; Chopin: Ballade #4 

in f Op.52; Bartok: Out of Doors Suite; Louie: 

Memories in an Ancient Garden from Scenes for 

a Jade Terrace; Brahms: Sonata #3 inf Op.5. 

Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416- 

366-7723. $12. 

- 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia. Naughty 

ladies of the Night. Mozart: Queen of the Night; 

Pu~cini: Musetta's Aria; Rodgers: I'm Just a Girl 

Who Can·~ Say No; Uoyd Webber: I Don't Know 

How to Love Him, and more. Nancy Hermiston, 

lyric coloratura; Kerry Stratton, conductor. 

George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 

416-733-9388. $20-$4 7. 

Streatfeild, conductor. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416-870-8000. $35,$15. 

- 8:00: St. James' Cathedral Choral 

Society.JS. Bach: Johannes-PassionBWV 

245. Geoffrey Butler, Nelson Lohnes, Bruno 

Cormier, James Tuttle, Zorana Sadiq. Peter 

Mahon & otlier performers; Christopher Dawes, 

conductor. St. James' Cathedral, 65 Church St. 

416-364-7865. $20,$15. 


- 7:00: Voices from the Studio of Daniel 

Zhang. Agricola Church, 25 Old York Mills Rd. • 

416-229-6937. Free. 


- 8:00: Baroque Music Beside the Grange. 

- 1 :00 & 3:30: Oakville Centre for the Vivaldi and Co. Vivaldi: Concerto in a for recorder, 

Performing Arts. Gregg leRock. French two violins & continua; Sammartini: Concerto in 

musical children's entertainer. 130 Navy St. 905- F; Corelli: sonata; other works. Alison Melville, 

815-2021. $10. · recorder; Linda Melsted & Julie Baumgartel, 

- 8:00: Aradia Ensemble. Chamber Concert violins; Pat Jordan, viola; Michael Jarvis, 

w1~h Gillian Kenh. Handel: Gloria; music by Lully, harpsichord; Margaret Gay, cello. St. George the 

Monteclair & Purcell. Heliconian Hall, 35 Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-588-4301. 

HazeltonAve.416-461-3471. $25, $22(sr), $18,$14. 

$13(st).- 

- 8:00: Counterpoint Community 

- 8:00: Gabrielle Mclaughlin, soprano Orchestra. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; de 

and Andrew Pickett, counter-tenor. Stabat Falla: El amor Brujo; Lecuona: Andulusia/ 

Mater. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; other sacred Malaguena; T_chaikowski: Spanish Dance; Bizet: 

music. With string quartet. Calvin Church, 26 Carmen Suite excerpts. Jeffrey McFadden, 

Delisle Ave. 416-652-5483. $15,$10. guitar; Lilac Cana, soprano; Terry Kowalczuk, 

- 8:00: Montgomery's Inn. Sairit Patrick's conductor. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. 

Concert with Sandy Macintyre & Steeped in West. 416-925-9872 x2066. $14(advance), 

Tradition. Evening of Celtic music. 4709 Dundas $17(door). · 

St. West. 416-394-8113. $15, $12(Friends of - 8:00: Ottawa Bach Choir. Romantic and 

Etobicoke's Heritage). 

· Contemporary Motets. Matthew Larkin, organ; 

- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Royal Dr. Lisette Canton; conductor:GraceChurch on- 

ConservatfllY Orchestra. Shostakovich: Festive the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884. 

Overture; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1; $20,$15. 

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring. ti Wang, piano; Simon 

JOHANN SEBA STIAN BACH 

ST JOHN PASSION 

sung in ·cerman. with -:~-'·· :·-· '•,_• : • ' 

.. Fieo .. adn11ss1on. 

\ ··All Wel~~me! 

nckets 

$20. $15 (reserved seating) 

Available from the Cathedral Gift 

Shop, llam- 3pm da ily. and 

around Sun.day morning Services 

Information 

(416) 364-7865 

stjames cathed ra I.on. ca 

St James' Cathedral Choral Society 

St James' Cathedral Pilgrim Singers 

Ta lisker Players of Toronto 

Christopher Dawes. conductor 

Geoffrey Butler. Evangelist 

Nelson Lohnes. Jesus 

Bruna Cormier. Pilate 

·~' 

l; James Tuttle. Peter 

' Peter Mahon. alto 

Zorana Sadiq. soprano 

~\ 

.., I J,\Mr .->


- 1 :00: Jeunesses Musicales of Ontario/ 

Harbourfront Centre. Cushion Concert: Anna 

Be/Canto. Lysianne Tremblay, mezzo; Hugh 

Cawker, pianist. Brigantine Room, 235 Queens 

Quay West. 416·9734000. $8. · 

- 1 :30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. 

Sunday Concert: Ken Whiteley & friends. Jazz & 

blues. 10365 Islington, Kleinburg. 905·893· 

1121. $12,$9, family rates. 

- 2:00: University Settlement Music and 

Arts School. Concert oflnstrumental and Vocal 

Chamber-Music. St. George-the·Martyr Church, 

197 John St. 416·598·3444 x243/244. Free 

(donations welcome). 

- 2:30: Aldeburgh Connection. Sunday 

Series: Upstairs, Downstairs. Music from 1900 

tlvough tile '20s. Laura Whalen, soprano; Norine 

Burgess, mezzo; Jesse Clark, baritone; Stephen 

Ralls & Bruce Ubukata, artistic directors. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416444·3976. $40. 

- 3:00: Fred Gaviller Memorial Fund. U 

W~pianoinConcert. Works by Bach, Liszt, 

Chopin & Mussorgsky. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 

Front St. West. 4 I 6·205·5555. $ 25, $10. 

- 3:00: Hart House Music Committee. 

Patricia O'Callaghan, soprano. Cabaret classics. 

Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. 416·978·2452. 

Free. 

- 3:00: Music at Rosedale. Douglas Bodle, 

organ in Recital Works by Bach, Franck, Du 

Mage, Lefebvre-Wlily & Walond. Rosedale 

Presbyterian Coorch, 129 Mount Pleasant Rd. 

416·921·1931. Free; donations welcome. 

- 7:30; Christ Church Deer Park. Organ 

Recital, Evening HyrniJ & Compline. Bruce 

Kirkpatrick Hil, organ. 1570 Yonge St. 416·920· 

5211. Free-wil offering. 


-12:30: York University Department of 

Music. Celtic Canadian Folk Ensemble. Anne 

Lederman, director. Mclaughin Performance 

Hall, 050 Mclaugtiln College, 4 700 Keele St. 

41&13&5186.Free. 

- 8:00: Markham Theatre for Performing 

Arts.An Old Fashioned Sing·A/ong. 171 Town 

~ 

Tuesday, 

March18/03 

Bpm 

Octagon 

Andrew Dawes, violin 

Patricia Shih, violin 

. Rivka Golani, viola 

- Amanda Forsyth, eello 

Joel Quarrington, bass 

James Campbell, clarinet 

Ken MacDonald, horn 

George Zukerman, bassoon 

with guests: 

Susan '"'oeppner, flute 

James Mason, oboe ' 

.Centre Blvd. 905·305-7469. $18. 

- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hail. Kronos Duarte! - 

Visual Magic. 60 Simcoe St. 416·8724255. 

*CANCELLED* 


- 12:30, 5:00 & 7:30: York University 

Department of Music, Student Recital Student 



College, 4700 Klll!le St. 416-7365186. Free. 

- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hours at 

St. James'.· Patni:ia Wrighl organ. Music by 

Laurin, Bach, Robertson & Burge. 65 Church St. 

416·364·7865. Free. ) 

- 8:00: Music Toronto.Andreas Haef/iger, 

piano. Mozart: Sonata in B flat, K.570; Schubert: 

Sonata in a, 0.537, Dp.164; Ades: Darkness 

Visible; Beethoven: Sonata in c, Dp.111 . Jane 

· Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416·366· 

7723. $43,$39. . 


ge cs!r!~lE 

Glenn o {).ff f 

Gould 

JLf• 

Studio .• eo- 

CBC'!;!• 1,1ll1Q_%10 

Eight of Canada's finest soloists take time 

from their solo and orchestral commitments 

for the unique chance to play chamber music 

together. On the program, Concerto for 

Eight, a new work by the Canadian 

composer Malcolm Forsyth; Max Bruch's 

Septet; and Serenade, op.10, by Johannes 

Brahms in a new chamber version for dectet. 

Tickets: $30 Box Office: 416 205-5555 

Mon-Fri 11-6 & 2 hrs prior to performance 

email: ggstix@toronto.cbc.ca 


Octagon. Forsyth: Concerto for Eight; Bruch: 

Septet; Brahms: ~enade, Op.10. Andrew 

Dawes, Patricia Shih, violins; Rivka Golani, viola; 

Amanda Forsyth, cello; Joel Ouarrington, bass & 

other performers. 250 Front St. West. 416· 205· 

5555.$30. 

- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra/ 

Mississauga Choral Society. Lerner & Lowe 

Musicals. Progra1T111e includes exerpts from 

Camelot, My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, Gigi and Paint 

Your Wagon. Elizabeth DeGrazia, soprano; Fred 

Love, tenor; Daniel Narducci, baritone; Erich 

Kunzel, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall. 60 Simcoe 

St.416·5934828. $27-$80. 



Music. Balkan Music Ensemble. Irene Markoff, 

director. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 

Mclaughlin College, 4 700 Keele St. 416· 736· 

5186.Free. · 

:_ 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church. 

Noonday Recital: Sharon L Beckstead, organ. 

1585 Yonge St. 416·925· 7312. Free. 

- 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto Symphony 

Orchestra/Mississauga Choral Society. 

Lerner & Lowe Musicals. Roy Thomson Hall. See 

Mar 18. Matinee $27-$55. 

- 8:00: Humber Music Jau Series. 

Contemporary and latinJaa Night. Ensembles 

of Ted Quinlan and Rick Lazar. Humber College 

Auditorium, 3199 lakeshore Blvd West. 416· 

675·6622x3427. $8,$5. 


Arts. Molly Johnson. Jau and blues. 171 Town 

Centre Blvd. 905·305· 7469. $26.50. 

- 8:00: Toronto Opera Repertoire. Opera 

Excerpts. Scenes from Madama Butterfly, 

Lakme, Tosca, L'Elisir d' Amore, II T rovatore & 

other operas. Giuseppe Macina, music director. 

Bickford Centre Theatre, 777 Bloor St. West. 

416-698·9572. Free. For complete run see 



Music. Contemporary Music Ensemble. Gary 

Kulesha, conductor. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416·978·3744. Free. 



Artist Series. Chloe l 'AbbtJ, Dute; Lydia Wong, 

piano. C.P£ Bach: Flute Sonata in a, Wq.132; 

Poulenc: Sonata pour flute et piano; Dutilleux: 

Soriatine (1943); Verhey: Flute Concerto ind. 

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416· 

205·5555. Free. 

- 12:10: St. Paul's Church.Noon Hour 

Recital Tom Filches, organ. 227 Bloor St. East. 

416·961·81 lli. Free. 


Music. World Music Chorus. Alan Gasser, 

director. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 

Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416· 736· 

5186.Flee. 

- 1 :30: La Journee Internationale de la 

francophonie. Susan Spier, violin & Oany 

Nachman, piano in Recital. Music by Faure, 

Poulenc, Ravel, Debussy, Satie. Glendon Gallery, 

Glendon University Campus, 2275 Bayview Ave. 

416487·6721.Free. 

- 1 :30: Women's Musical Club of Toronto. 

Amsterdam loeki Stardust Ouartet: A Oay in 

Four. Medieval to contemporary music for 

recorder quartet. Walter HaU, 80 Queen's Park. 

416-923· 7052. $28. 

- 5:00 & 7:30: York University 

Department of Music. Student Recital. Student 



College, 4700 Keele St. 416· 736·5186. Free. ' 

- 7:30: Living Arts Centre Mississauga. 

Frogz. Mime, movement and music. 4141 Living 

Arts Dr. 905·306·6000. $25·$35. · 

- 8:00: Massey Hall. Koda Orommers of 

Japan. Taiko drurrrning. 15 Shuter St. 416-872- 

4255. $45·$65. 

- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. 

Mozart/Piano Concerto #17 in G K.453; 

. Symphony #40 in g; Serenata Nottuma.Malcolm 

Bilson, fortepiano; Jeanne Lamon, music director. 

T ririity·St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 

416·964-6337. 

Wome;n's Musical Club of Toronto 

AFTERNOON CONCERT 

-8:30: ArrayMusic. Scratch/World 

premieres by Friedman, Dison, Labrosse & 

Cameron. Guests: The Draperies; ArrayMusic 

Ensemble. Artword Alternative Theatre, 75 

Portland St. 416·532-3019. $15,$10, 

$30,$20(3-day pass). 



Music. Fridaymusik. Artists from the Glenn 

Gould School. Ettore Mauoleni Concert Hall, 

273 Bloor St. West. 416408-2824 x321. Free. 

- 7:30: Gregory Millar, piano. The Hero 

,with Three Faces. Music by Beethoven, Liszt & 

Grieg. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416- 

9294 772. $15, $12. 

- 7:30: University Settlement Music and 

Arts School. Bev lewis, piano, Oonald Boere, 

oboe & Anne Yardley, s0prano in Recital Music 

by Mozart, Grovlez, Rodrigo, Arnold, L11wis & 

others. St. George-the-Martyr Church, 197 John 

St.416-598·3444x24J/244. $15,$10. · 

Proceeds to the School. 

- 8:00: Etobicoke Community Concert 

Band. Strike Up the Bands. Salute to stage and 

screen. Guests: youth band students from 

Etobicoke Collegiate. Etobicoke Collegiate 

Auditorium. 86 Montgomery Road. 416-233- 

7468. ' . 

- 8:00: Exultate Chamber Singers. The · 

Present Time. Music by Holman, Ager and 

EXULTATE CHAM BER.SINGERS 

E~.~~ tq.te 

Shearing: based on Shakespeare's verse. Robert 

Kortgaard, piano; Neil Swainson, bass. Christ 

Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-971- 

9229. $20, $17,$12(sr/st) · 

-8:00: Heritage Theatre. Molly Johnson. 86 

Main St. N., Brampton. 905·874-2800. $32. 

- 8:00: Living Alfs Centre Mississauga. 

Kate & Anna McGarrigle. Victorian ballads, blues, 

Appalachian French Canadian Folk Song. 4141 

Living Arts Dr. 905-306-6000. $30·$40. . 

- 8:00: Massey Hall. Koda Orummers of 

Japan. See Marth 20. 

- 8:00: Music Theatre Mississauga/City 

Centre Musical Productions. Rodgers & 

Hammerstein: CindefflHa. Meadowvale Theatre, 

6315 Montevideo Rd., Mississauga. 905-821 - 

0090. For complete run see music theatre 

listings. 


Guido Basso with Strings. Jau. Guido Basso, 

trumpet & flugelhorn; String Orchestra, Phil 

Dwyer conductor; Lorraine Desmarais, piano; 

Michel Donaio, bass; Paul Brochu, drums. 250 

Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $30. 

- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 

Glenn Gould Artist Series: Andrew McCandless 

in Concert. Honegger: Intra ta; T omchak: TBA 

(worid premiere); Stevens: Sonata for trumpet 

and piano; Reynolds: Calls and Echoes for 2 

trumpets. Andrew McCandless, James Gardiner, 

trumpets; Gordon Wolfe, trombone; Mathieu 

Gaudet, piano. Ettore Mauoleni Concert Hall, 

273 Bloor St. West.416408-2824x321. 

$15,$12. 

- 8:00: Ryuzanji & Company. Educating 

Mad Persons, Operetta by Shuji T erayama. du 

Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 Queens Quay 

West. 416-9734000. $26.25-$30, $23.50- 

$27(st/sr). For complete run see music theatre 

rastings. 

- 8:00: Tatelmusik Baroque Orchestra. 

Mozart! Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. See Mar 20. 

- 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. 

Mozart: Requiem; Raminsh: A Shining Peace. 

Choreography by Robert Desrosiers; Noel Edison, 

· . conductor. 7:00: Pre-concert chat.· Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-8724255. $36-$80. 

- .8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. Hatzis@50 Birthday Celebration. Hatiis: 

Melisriia; Arctic Dreams; Quartet #1; The 

Awakening; Excerpts from Constantinople. Peter 

Stoa, clarinet; Susan Hoeppner, flute; Beverley 

Johnston, percussion; Scott St. John, violin; 

· Simon Fryer, cello; Gryphon Trio; Patricia 

. O'Callaghan, soprano; Maryem T ollar, alto. 

THe PresenT 

Trme 

songs from Shakespeare 

AMSTERDAM LOEKI STARDUST QUARTET 

Record.er Ensemble 

Toronto Debut 

A Day in Four: medieval to contemporary music 


March 20, 1:30 p.'m. 

Walter Hall 

Tickets $28, call 416-923-7052 

Supporters: Shell Canada Limited 

Consulate General of 

The .Netherlands - Toronto 

· www.thewholenote.com 

. ' 

with 

Robert Kortgaard, pianist 

Neil Swainson, bassist 

including 'vorks by 

Shearing, Vaughan \Villiams, 

Mathias, Holman and Ager 

Friday, March 21, 2003 

8:00 p.m. 

Christ Church Deer Park 

(corner of Yonge & Heath) 

Tickets: 416-971-9229

Under ·the Auspices of His Eminence A rchbishop Ho vnan Derderian 

Primate of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church, Canadian Diocese 

PRESENTS 

Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park.416·978·3744. 

$20,$10. 


Music. World Music Ensembles Gala Concert. 

Balinese, Japanese and African drum and dance 

ensembles': MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416·978·3744. $12,$6. 

- 8:30: ArrayMusic.Scratch! Bryars: 1,2, 1 ·2· 

3-4 & other works. Martin Arnold & The 

. Drapefies (Eric Chenaux, Ryan Driver, Doug 

T ielli). Artword Alternative Theatre, 75 Portia rid 

St. 41 &532·3019. $15,$10, $30,$20(3·day 

~ . 


-1:30&3:30:TSD. TchaikovskyOisaJvets 

Ame!ica. Progranue itlxles excerpts fTirn Swan 

lake. Nutcracker and 1812 OvertlJe. C~ Kiis; 

Higi Park Cillis o!T orooto; Patricia l

Europe. Dvorak: Mass in D; Ractvnaninov: Office 

of the Virgin; folk song arrangements by Bartok, 

Kodaly & Shostakovich. CIYistopher Dawes, 

organ; Isabel Bemaus, rrusical director. 

Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 

416-322-6517. $15,$12. 

- 8:00: Massey Hall. Koda Drummers of 

Japan. See March 20. $45-$ 75. 

- 8:00: North Toronto Singers. A Spring 

Concert for Wi(lter. Gary Heard, artistic director. 

Church of the T r.insfiguration, 111 Manor Rd. 

East. 905-893-9626. $15, $12. 

- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. 

Mozart! T rinity·St. Paul's Centre. See Mar 20. 

- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. MassA{peii. 

Musical settiYJs of sacred texts. MacMian 8qje's; 

DlflYI Edwards. cmll:tor. Knox Colege ~ 59 

St. GeageSt.416-978-3744. $12,$6. 

Elissa Miller-Kay 

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor. 

Elissa Miller-Kay, piario; Roberto De Clara, 

conductor.Trinity Church, 79 Victoria St., Aurora. 

416410-0860. $20,$15, $5(under 12). 

-8:30: ArrayMusic. Scratch/Music by 

Cardew, Andreissen & others. Lori Freedman; 

ArrayMusic Ensemble. Artword Alternative 

Theatre, 75 Portland St. 416-532·3019. 

$15,$10, $30,$20(3-daypass). 

performs 


Beethoven's Piano Concerto #3 -3:00:ChamberMusicattheHeliconian.FM! 

with the 

CaaUIC~Mwi:byArde",CWtlml. 

Gillm, Pentlinl &Southan Jare Blackstore, 

York Symphony Orchestra Jiim;.blyChqb;RitaGreer,ctmt;Ranma 

MARCH 22 AT 8 PM Camdy,SIVcfll;Olgal.aktiXllva.celJ;Lolise 

AND MARCH 23 AT 3 PM · Moi1ey,jiim.HeicoriCl1Hal.35Haz8tonAve.416- 

.____________... OOJ.2834.$15,$10. 

- 3:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. 

Women of Brass. Strauss: Hom Conc8rto #1; 

Hummel: T rurnpet Concerto in E flat; Napoli 

Variations; Delibes: Flower Duet from lakrnf, 

- 8:00: Yurk Symphony Orchestra. 

Orchestral Fireworks. Berlioz: March to the 

Scaffold; Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3; 

Shostakovich: Highligh.ts fr0!11 The Gadfly; 

Gates: SOli Reflections; music by Anderson & Cable. 

Karenlbll!ly, lnnlJll;Joan Watson. honi; Lycia 

Adirns, cmll:toc. 2: 15: Prean:ert chat with 

p!lfomes.Jane Mallen Theatre, 27 Front St East. 

416-366-7723.$28,$24,$18(sr/st). . · 

- 3:00: Mooredale Concerts. Larysa Kwnenko. 

llvmlk: T erzetto; KUZl1llnko: Stile for F\rtes, Strings 

&l'atu.ml;SongCyde;MozartAriaflJ'Soprano, 

Vdll&Piano; Vivaldi: ConcertoflJ'Wr~ & 

Strings. Erika R8lll1. Arita Walsh. vioins; Vicki 

~ b;Katliml

Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205·5555. 

$20, $10(sr), $5(stcheapseats). 

- 8:00: Rosedale Concerts. Dance Before the 

Lord. Music of Bach. Dancetheatre David Earle; 

Rosedale Soloists, Choir and Orchestra. Rosedale 

United Church, 159 Roxborough Dr. 416-924- 

0725 x36. $30,$25. 

Monday March 24 . 

- 7:30: Associates of thl! Toronto 

Symphony Orchestra.So~s Without Words. 

Pergolesi: II Nocchier Nella Tempesta from 

Salustia; Bai:h: Two Arias; ·Mozart: Alleluia from 

Exultate Jubilate; Offenbach: Overture from 

Orpheus in the Underworld; Verdi: Quartet from 

Rigoletto; Wagner: To the Evening Star from 

T annhiiuser; Mussorgsky: Arias from Boris 

Godunov; Pinkard: Sweet Georgia Brown; 

Bernstein: Selections from West Side Story. 

Edward Hayes, Esther Gartner, Marie Gelinas .. 

Roberta Janzen, cenos. T rinity·St. Paul's Church, 

427 Bloor St. West. 416·693-9953. $15, $12. 

- 7:30: York University Department of · 

Music. Concert Choir. Vivaldi: Gloria. Albert 

Greer, director. Mclaughlin Perfonnance Hall, 


736·5186. $5. 

- 8:00: Canadian Stage. Sweeney Todd. 

www.MooredaleConcerts.com 

£.argsa 1

School, London UK. Ctvistopher Tully, director. 65 

Church St. 41&3647865. Free. 


Music.Crom & Dance Festival. Cuban and West 

African perfonnani:e traditions. Mclaughlin 

Perfonnance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 

4700 Keele St. 416· 736·5186. Free. 

- ll:OO: Aldeburgh Connection. Hugo Wolf 

Celeaati:~1:haferischeslie

The Planets 

Saturday, March 29 8 p.m. 

Featuring: J S. Bach's Toccata and Fuguein D Minor 

· Holst's The Planets 

Strauss' Horn Concerto No. 1 

GUESTARTISTS SPONSOR ,~:i!:~?.t!!, 

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Saturday, May 10 8 p.m. / 

Guest Host: Ronald Royer I Guest Artist: Mark Fewer 

A concert of classic film music from around the world! 

Featuring music from the movies of Erik Korngold. Ronald 

Royer, Prokofier. Sir William Walton, and ending with the 

music from E.T. by the American master. John Williams. 

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From Italian and Spanish Renaissance to English 20th century 

Saturday, Mar. 29th, 

St. Andr ew's Presbyterian 

Church, ;4 Queen St. N. 

Kitthener. 18, pni 

Sunday, Mar. 30th, 

Trinity A_nglican Church, 

U Blair Rd. 

Cambridge. (Galt) I 3pm 

U'O'ING 

ARTS .,. 

. Tickets are available from 'Iwelfth Night Music Stores in Waterloo and Guelph, 

or at the door or call (519) .745-0675. Presented by SPAENAU R 

- 8:00: Opera Mississauga. On the Wings of 

SO(l{J ·Audience Choices. Harrrnerson Hall. See 

Mar27. 


Music.Scott St. John's Fabulous FM!. Bruckner: 

Viola Quintet; Dvorak: Viola Quintet #1. Mark 

Fewer & Erika Raum. violins; Scott Si. John & 

Douglas McNabney, violas; Simon Fryer, cello. 

Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park.416-978-3744. 

$20,$10. 


- 7:00: Heritage Theatre. Heal the Nation 

Crusade and Concert 2003. See March 27. 

- 7:30: Brampton-Festival Singers. 150 

Years of Music: From Vivaldi's Gloria and Four 

Seasons to Rheinberger's Stabat Mater. Chanter 

orchestra; Stephane Potvin, music director. St. 

Paul's Church, 30 Main St. South, Brampto_n. 

416-574-5558. $15,$8. 

- 7:30: RCM. Glenn Gould School Young Artists 

Series: Mozart -Die Zauberfliite {complete}. 

Opera Workshop of the Glenn Gould School; 

Brahm Goldhamer, artistic director; Jennifer 

Tarver, stage director. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert 

Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 x321. 

$10, $5. For complete run see Music Theatre 

listings. 

- 7:30: Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra. 

TYWO Chamber Players. Trios, quartets, 

quintets, etc. Church of St. Timothy, 100 Old 

Orchard Grove. 416-712-6582. $15, $12. 

- 8:00: Amadeus Choir. (Jenefit Concert for 

A.LS. {Lou Gehrig's Disease}. Music by 

Honneger, Holst, Parry & Raminsh. lydia Adams, 

conductor. Loretto Abbey, 101 Mason Blvd. 41'6- 

487-5543. $30. 

- 8:00: Anno Domini Chamber Singers; A 

Strauss~ Swing Soiree 

Saturday,

T 1111e For Remembrance. Rutter: Requiem; Daley: 

lnRemembrance; Peters:·Celtic Prayer. Irene Ilic, 

sopranoi David Snith,' organ; David Jafe6ce, 

conductor. Dur Lady of Perpetual Help, 78 Clifton 

Rd. 416·696·0093. $15,$10. 

- 8:00: Don Heights Unitarian 

Congreliation. Third Aqnuallnga Jarrett 

Memorial Concert. Mendelssohn: String Quartet 

Op.13 in A; Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op.27 #2 

Moonlight, Schubert: Piano lf11Jromptus Op.90 

#s 2 & 3; Rapoport: Suite for 8 violoncellos 

(premiere); ViHa·Lobos: Bachianas Bras~eiras #5 

for soprano & 8 cellos. Dudley String Quartet; An 

Hong Guan, piano; Michele Bogdanowicz, 

soprano; Les Violoncelles de la Repubtique Cello 

Octet; Alexander Rapoport & Simon Fryer, music 

directors. Floral Hall, Civic Garden Centre, Leslie 

. St.&LawrenceAve.416444·8839. $20,$10. 

- 8:00: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. 

Mozart: Requiem; Lan'dey: Magnificat. Janet 

Obenneyer, Beatrice Carpino, Dennis Giesbrecht, 

singers; Lesley Afreo, organ; Lori Genmell, harp; 

members of Brock University Choir; Harris 

Loewen, music director. Church of St. Wilfrid, 

1315 KiplingAve.416·239·1131 x49. $15. 

- 8:00: Hart House Symphonic Band. Spdng 

Concert. Grainger: Lincoliishire Posy; Kopetz: The 

Raven; Challinade: Concertina Op.107; Festive 

Overtures by Reed & ShostakoVich. Julia 

Spencer, flute; Keith Reid, conductor. Great Han. 

7 Hart House Circle. 416·978·2452. Free. 

- 8:00: Korean Canadian Symphony 

Orchestra. Ridout: Fall Fair; Saint ·Saens: Violin 

Concerto #3; Brahms: Piano Concerto #1; Seo: 

Creation; Brahms: Ha_ydn Variations. Lucille 

Chung, piano; Julia Koo, viotiri; Richard Lee, cond. 

George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 

416-534-3760. $20·$30. 

Saturday, 

March 29, 2003 

8:00 p.m: 

Pre-concert talk: 7:30 J>f:'m. 

St. Thomas 

Anglican Church 

383 Huron Street 

(south of Bloor, east of Spadina) 

Tickets $15, $10 SIS 

Available at the door. 

VOICES 

50 Glebemount Avenue 

Toronto, Ontario M4C 3R6 

Tel: (416) 429-7740 

http:/Noiceschoir. tripod. com 


-8:00: Mississauga Symphony. The . 

Planets. Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue ind; 

Holst: The Planets; R. Strauss: Hom Concerto #1. 

James MacDonald, horn; Karen Rotenberg. Qboe; 

.Chris Sharpe, bassoon; John Barnum: conductor. 

Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Drive. 

Mississauga. 905-306·6000. $45,$35. 

- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Engelbert 

Humperdinck. 60 Simcoe St. 416·8724255. 

$46.50-$88.50. 

-8:00: Tallis Choir.MU17i: fortheC/JapliRoyii. 

T averTier: Missa Willem Devotio; T altis: 40 Part . 

Motet SpemilAim; wOl1

Hoskin Ave, 1 ·800-265-8977, $20, 

-2:30: Fine Young Clilssicals.Al/.Canao)an 

Concert of Chamber Operas. Pallett: Foursome; 

Ross: Haiku Moments; Richardson: Seven 

Stories. Tyrsa Gawrachynsky, Keith Klassen, 

Jason Lamont, Mireille Lebel, Matthew Leigh, 

Jason Nedecky, Steven Sherwood, singers; 

Sandy ThOlbll11, roosic director.Trinity-St. Paul's 

Church, 427 Bloor St. West. 416· 707 -1446. 

$12,$10. 

- 2:30: RCM. Commumty School Faculty Series. 

Leclair: Sonata in D; lbert: Deux Interludes; 

Bondon: Le Soleil Multicolore; Debussy: Trio 

Sonata; Berlioz: Trio from the Oratorio L'Enfance 

du Ctrist; Jolivet: Petite Suite, Sibylle Marquardt, 

flute; Angela Rudden, viola; Jacqueline Goring, 

harp. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor 

St. West.416-408-2824 x321. $12,$8. 

- 3:00: Choirs of the Church of St. Mary 

Magdalene. Music for lent. Palestrina: Stabat 

Mater; Sanders: The Reproaches; Canadian 

hymns & anthems of the 19th century. Guests: 

Trinity College Chapel Choir. Church of St. Mary 

Magdalene, 4 77 Manning Ave. 416-531·7955, 

$18,$12, 

- 3:00: Fresh Ears Family Concert Series. 

Tales of Sonic Wonder. New and World music, 

St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416· 

204· 1080, $15 adult, $ 5 each additional family 

member. 

- 3:00: York University Department 11f 

Music. Wind Symphony. Works by Holsinger, 

Whitacre, Bernstein. William Thomas, director. 


College, 4 700 Keele St. 416· 736-5186. $5. 

- 4:00: Toronto Chinese Piano and String 

Teachers' Association. 4th Young WiflllNS 

Gala Concert. Students in a recital setting. Glenn . 

Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 905-946· 

1489. $15. 

- 7:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Organ 

Recital Evening Hymn & Comphile. Stephanie 

Martin, organ. 1570 Yonge St:416-920-5211. 

Free-will offering. 

- 8:00: Esprit Orchestra. Time Chant. Rilrn: 

Gesungene Zeit (Time Chant) for violin & 

orchestra; Current: Kazabazua; Plamondon: Piano 

Concerto, Marie Berard, violin; Marc. Couroux, 

piano; Alex Pauk, conductor. 7:15: pre-concert 

talk. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 

416-366· 7723." $26,$12.50. 

- 8:00: Heritage Theatre. Randy Bachman, 

86 Main St. N., Brampton. 905-874-2800. 

$49.50. 

THE ELORA FESTIVAL SINGERS 

. N~~L EDl~ON, CONDUCTOR. 

. .20TH CENTURY 

KALEIDOSCOPE 

FEATURING POULENC'S MASSING 

AND PART'S MAGNIFICAT 

SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2003: 2:30 P.M. 

TRINITY CQLLEGE CHAPEL, TORONTO - $20 

TICKET ORDERS 

. Centre in the Square: 

1·800·26S· 8977 

EFS Office: 

519-846-9694 

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 8:00PM 

"~ NIGHT IN VIENNA" 

BARBARA HANNIGAN, SOP RANO 

LINDA IPPOLITO, PIANO 

World Premiere of J a mes Rolfe's 

DUST for soprano and cello 

DON'T MISS AMICl' S END-OF-SEASON CONCERTI 

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 8:00PM 

"ESSENCE C>F AMICI" 

Works by Bruch, von Weber, 

a nd a new work by Andrew Stanlland 

GLENN GOULD STUDIO, 250 FRONT STREET WEST 

Single Tickets; $35.00, $30. 00, $15.00 

CALL GLENN GOULD Box OFFICE 41~ -205-5555 

PERFORMANCE SPONSQR 

igl 

SPAENAUR 

- 8:00: Mississauga Big Band Jazz 

Ensemble. Rob McConnell Mississauga Living 

Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr. 905-306· 

6000.$25. 



Music. Womens Choir. Choral repertoire 

spanning 4 centuries & myriad cultures. Alan 

Gasser, director. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 


736-5186. $5. 


Arts.RandyBachman. Singer-songwriter. 171 

Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. $49.50. 

- 8:00: Toronto Organ Club. Festival Variety 

Concert. Ctrist Church. 329 Royal York Rd. 905· 

631-1864. $10, children under 10free. 

- 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/ 

Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Wurlitzer Pops at 

Casalana.ROOer!Wdfe,organ.Casalcma. 1 

. Austil T llTIICI!. 41 &870-80001416-345-8530. 

$14. 

Tuesday April 01 

- 12:30, 5:00 & 7:30: York University 

Departmentof Music.StllB1t Recit;i. Stu

- 8:00: Soundstreams Canada. Serge Arcuri 

& Ingram Marshall Arcuri: Recif (world 

premiere); Marshall: Fog Tropes II; Dark Waters; 

In My Beginning Is My End. Gryphon Trio; 

Lawrence Cherney, English hom & oboe d' ainore. 

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416· 

366· 7723. $22,$15. 

Friday April 04 


Music. Fridaymusik. Arti~ts from the Glenn 

Gould School. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 

273 Bloor St. West. 416408·2824 x321. Free. 

- 8:00: ~mici Chamber Ensemble.A Night 

in Vienna. Berg: Four Pieces Op.5 for clarinet & 

piano; Zemlinsky: Selected Songs for soprano & 

piano; Rolfe: Dust for soprano & cello (world 

premiere); Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock 

0.965;Fantasia inf D.940 for piano four-hands. 

Guests: Barbara Hannigan, soprano; Linda Ippolito, 

piano. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 

416-205-5555. $35, $30(sr), $15(st). 

- 8:00: North dale Concert Band. Benefit 

Concert. Stephen Chenette, conductor. Wilmar 

Heights United Church, 963 Pharmacy Ave. 416· 

757 

·0626. $6, children under 12 free. 

- 8:00: Scarborough Gilbert & Sullivan 

Society. H.M.S. Pinafore. Brian Farrow, music 

director; Ruth Lamberti, artistic director; Stan 

Farrow, piano accompanist. David & Mary 

Thomson Collegiate, 2740 Lawrence Ave. East. 

905-839-3411. $15,$12. For complete run see 


- 8:00: Toronto Consort. 30th Anniversary 

Renaissance Gala. Music of the High Renaissance 

from England, France, Italy, Germany and Spain. 

David Greenbeig. violin. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 

427 Bloor St. West. 416-964-6337. $18-$40, 

$14·$34 (st/sr). 

- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Guitar 

Orchestra. Jeffrey McFadden, director. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 

- 8:30: Living Arts Centre Mississauga. 

Rik Emmett. Blues, contemporary and classical 

The Toronto Consort presents 

guitar.4141 Living Arts Dr. 905·306-6000. 

$22-$32. 

- 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. Vusi 

Mahlase/a, singer/composer. Afro folk, Afro jazz, 

contemporary. Bambu by the Lake, 245 Queens 

Quay West. 416-9734000. $28.25. 

Saturday April 05 


Music. Community School loOby Concert Series. 

RCM students of all ages and experience. RCM 

lobby, 273 Bloor St. West. 416408·2824 x321 . 

Free. 

- 7:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 

Casual Concerts. Bruckner: Symphony 117. Sir 

Andrew Davis, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 

Simcoe St. 416-5934828. $29-$58.50. 

- 7:30: Church of St. Martin-in·the-Fields. 

Boys' Choir of Westminster Under School in 

Concert. 151 GlenlakeAve.416-767·7491. 

Free. , 

- T:3o: Royal Conservatory of Music. 

Young Artisrs Performance Academy: Academy 

Showcase Concert!. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert 

Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416408· 2824 x321. 

$10.$5. 

- 8:00: Academy Concert Series. 

Impressions of France. Works of Debussy and his 

contemporaries.Trio Con Brio. Eastminster 

United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416·889· 

5414. $18,$12. 

- 8:00: Annex Singers of Toronto. Spring 

Cof/cert. Goudge: Daughters of Galilee: The 

Mystery of the First Easter Morning. Alana 

Bridgewater, Serena Kemball & Nina Scott· 

Stoddart, soloists; Lawrence Goudge, director. 

Saint Thomas' s Church, 383 Huron. 416-924- 

9883. $15,$10. 

- 8:00: Duo L'lntemporel. Songs, Sonatas and 

Solos. Mylene Guay, baroque flute; David Sandall, 

harpsichord; guests: Anne L'Esperance, soprano; 

David Nortman, tenor; Cristina Zacharias, 

baroque violin.Trinity College Chapel, 6 Hoskin 

Ave.416-657-0076. $15,$10. 

.:... 8:00: Evening of French Music.BeauSoir. 

Music by Debussy, Faure & Ravel. Yuri · 

Zaidenberg, violin; Mary Kenedi, piano. Victoria 

College Chapel. 91 Charles St. West. 416488· 

2588. $ 20, $15, childr~n under 12 free. 

- 8:00: Heritage Theatre. Amy Sky and 

Oscar Lopez. 86 Main St. N., Brampton. 905· 

874-2800. $32. 

For the finale of their 30th Anniversary 

Season, the Toronto Consort presents a 

celebratory concert at tl1e heart of their 

repertoire - music of the High 

Renaissance. Violinist David 

Greenberg will be special gu'est, and 

together they will take you on a 

renaissance grand tour of England, 

France and Italy. 

A salute to the past, and to the great 

years ahead! 

For Tickets call 416-964-633 7 

Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St. West 

-::d 

1;"'m~it l'~oncert 

1_1 _ enes 

ACADEMY 

Impressions of France 

Christina Mahler (violoncello), 

Nicolai Tarasov (clarinet) and Glenn 

Hodgins (piano) explore the works of 

Debussy and his contemporaries.

- 8:00: Massey Hall/Paul Meres Concerts. 

George Jones. Coootry singer. 15 Shuter ~t. 416· 

8724255. $39.50·$69.50. 

- 8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. 

Heroic Grandeur. Beethoven: SVJ11lhony #3, 

Eroica; Mozart: Horn Concerto #3; Tchaikovsky: 

March Slav; Sibelius: Finlandia. Heath Allen, 

French Hom; Roberto De Clara, conductor. 

Oakville Centre for the Perfonning Arts, 130 

Navy St. 905·815·2021. $25, $20/$12(sr/st). 

- 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic. Myths 

& legends. Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain; 

Larsson: Lyric Fantasy; Dvorak: Midday Witch; 

Wuensch: Nocturne; Britten: Four Sea Interludes. 

Jerome Sunlllers, conductor. Blrchmount Park 

Collegiate Institute, 3663 Danforth Ave. 416· 

429·0007. $18, $15/$1 l(sr/st). 

-8:00: Sinfonia Toronto.Am/the Winner ls ... 

Forsyth: Serenade; Nielsen: Bohenian Danish 

Folksong ParaplYase; Rossini: Sonata #6; 

Reinecke: Serenade in g. 2003 Sinfonia Toronto 

Concerto Coflll8tition winner; Nurhan Arman, · 

"~eau Soir" 

An evening of French Husic by Debussy, Faure and Ravel 

Featuring: 

Yuri Zaidenberg, violin 

Mary Kenedi, piano 

Saturday, April 5, 2003 at 8 pm 

Victoria College Chapel, 91 Charles St. W. 

Tickets: $20, Seniors /Students $15; 

children under 12 free 

For information phone 416-488-2588 

Duo. L'l11te1nporel 

Mylene Guay - baroque flute 

David Sandall - harpsichord 

2002/2003 Sea.son - Pa.rt II 

April 5 "Songs, Sonatas and Solos" 

Anne L'Esperance - soprano 

1 

David Nortman - tenor 

Cristina Zacharias - baroque violin 

Mylene Guay - baroque flute 

David Sandall - harpsichord 

May 10 "Le Rappel des Oiseaux" 

A Celebration of Spring in Music and Poetry 

Mylene Guay, David San.dall with reader 

8:00pm 

Trinity College Chapel 

6 Hoskin Ave. TTC Museum/St.George 

Tickets $15/$10 

Info and reservations: 416-657-0076 

conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. 

West.416·205·5555. $32, $26,$18(sr/st). 

- 8:00: Toronto Consort. 30th Anniversary 

Renaissance Bala. T rinity·St. Paul's Centre. See 

Apr4. 


Music. Concert Band: Angets and Devils-the 

Wmd Music of Brant and Chance. Brant: Angels 

and Devils; Chance: Elegy & Variations on a 

Korean Folk Song; Coakley: Cantos; Mennin: 

Canzona. Jeffrey Reynolds, conductor. MacMiOan 

Theatre, BO Queen's Park. 41 &978·3744. 

$12,$6. 

Sunday April 06 

- 1 :30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. 

Sunday Concert: Michael CadoJazz Ensemble. 

10365 Islington, Kleinburg. 905·893· 1121. 

$12,$9, family rates. 

-1:30: Royal Ontario Museum.ROM Sunday; 

T UrxTtosntrxietta:Classta Ranaoce. 100 Oooen's 

Park. 41 &58&8000. Free with galery acIDssion: 

$16.50, $12(sr/st), $10(5-14yrs). 

- 2:00: Mississauga Pops Concert Band: ~· 

Command Perfqrmances. Soloists & ensernblesr 

from the Band; Denny Ringler, music director. ., 

Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo Rd., c · 

Mississauga. 905·821 ·0090. $15, $12. ~ 

- 2:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. 

Heroic Bramleur. Oakville Centre for the 

Performing Arts. See Apr 5. 

- 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Musical 

Duels: The Titans face Off. Works by Britten, 

Brahms, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov. James 

Westman, baritone; Elizabeth MacDonald, 

soprano; Inna Perkis, Boris Zarankin, piano. Glem 

Gould Studio, 250 fJont St. West. 416· 205· 

5555. $35,$25. 

-2:00: Toronto Symphony Youth 

Orchestra. Sibelius: Symphony #2; Elgar: Cello 

Concerto; Ku Iesha: The Gates of T me. Eric Han, 

cello; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. George 

Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416·593· . 

7769 x372. $20,$15. 

- .2:00: Visual and Performing Arts 

Newmarket Susan Hoeppner, flute; Beverley 

Ch~lark 

Arts & Music Series 

presents 

TRIO NORTE 

Lenny Solomon, violin, Bill Bridges, guitar, 

and Sasha Luminsky, accordian 

pluyilly Cl sclcctioll of Gypsy, SJ!Clllish , C1nd K/c;mwr music 

Sunday, April 6, 2003, 3:00 pm 

Helicon~an Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue 

Tickets $15:00 at the door, $12 for students 

For more information call 416.651.9380 

. The 8th season of multifaceted performances, weaving 

an intricatefabric of sounds, sights andflavours! 

Sunday, April 6, 2003 at 2 p.m. 

OFF CENTRE MUSIC SALON presents: 

Music.al Duels: The Titans Face Off 

Do the composers have love-hate relationships too? The attractionrepulsion 

principle.that divide,s th(( composers serves to create 

stunning musical masterpieces. Come and watch the "wrestling" 

rriatch: Britten a~ainst Brahms and Prokofiev. versus Rachmaninqv. 

Who will win this showdown? Baritone James Westman, soprano 

Elizabeth McDonald, and pianists Inna Perkis and Boris Zarankin 

will round off the season in this breathtaking musical masterpiece. 

Tickets $35; $25 seniors/students 

Glenn Gould Studio, CBC, 250 Front St. W. 416-205c5555 

Sunday April 6, 2003 - 4:00 pm 

Sine Nomine Ensemble for Medieval Music 

'A Medieval Lenten Meditation' 

Haunting souizds of the Middle Ages for the season of Lent 

St. George's on-the-Hill.Anglican Church 

4600 Dundas St. W. (just east of Islington) 

Information: 416 463 9284 $12/$10 

50 www.thewholenote.com March 1 - AprH 7 2003

Johnston, percussion. Music by Bach. Telemann, 

Boganen, Piazzolla, Rzewski, Part & Parker. 

Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres. 905· 

953.5122. $22,$17. 

- 2:30: Opera in Concert Bellini· Beatrice di 

T efda. Susan Eyton·Jones, Marcel van Neer, 

Jonathan Carle, Lauren Segal, performers; Dixie 

Ross Neill, music director and pianist; Opera in 

Concert chorus, Robert Cooper, director. Preconcert 

chat with lain Scott 45 minutes prior to 

the performance. Jane. MaUett Theatre, 27 Front 

St. East. 416-366·7723. $28.$.22. 


Music. Electroacoostic Music. Recent 

compositions using electronic media by graduate 

students, faculty and guests. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen's Park. 416·978·3744. Free. 

~ 3:00: Chrylark Arts and Music Ser.ies . . 

Trio Nortlf. Gypsy, Flamenco, Klliznier, Tango & 

Spanish tune5. Lenny Soloinon, violin; Bill Bridges, 

guitar; Sasha Luminsky, accordian. Heliconiim 

Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416·654·0877. $15. 

- 3:00: VocalPoint Chamber Choir. Songs · 

of America. Barber: Agnus Dei; Thompson: 

Frostiana; Copland: In the Beginning; works by 

Bernstein: Billings, Chilcott, Gershwin, Ives and 

others. Jurgen Petrenko, organ and piano; Ian 

Grun~y. conductor. Grace Church on· the-Hill, 300 

LonsdaleRd.4164840185. $15,$10. 

-4:00: Concerts at St. George's on the 

Hili.A Medieval Lenten Meditation. Medieval ·. 

readings & ~sic for Lent. Guests: Sine Nomine 

Ensemble for Medieval Music. 4600 Dundas St. 

West. 416-463·9284. $12,$10. 

-4:30: Church of Dur Saviopr. Stainer: The 

Crocifixion. Peter McGillivray, bass; Htiw 

Morgan, tenqri Jurgen Petrenko, organ; Jane 

Petrenko, conductor. 1 Laurentide Drive. 416- 

447-9121. $10. ' 

- 7:30: Christ Church Deer" Park. Organ 

Recif.al Evening Hymn & Compline. Barry Peters, · 

organ. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free-wiU 

off~. 

FURTHER AFIELD 

(in this issue: Brantford, 'Cambridge, 

Cobourg, Elora, Hamilton, Kitchener, 

Lindsay, Oshawa, Schomberg, Waterloo) 


- 2:00 & 8:00: Theatre Aquarius. The four 

Stars· A Musical Reminiscence. By Sandy 

Winsby. StudioTheatre, 190 King William St., 

Hamilton. 905·522·7529. $26,$20(mat). For 

complete run see music theatre ristings. 

- 7:30: Arcady Ensemble. Carolyn Sti'onks 

Zeyl. flute; Ronald Beck~tt, piano. Erskine 

Presbyterian Cllll'ch, 19 Pearl St. North, 

Hamilton, 905·529·2255. $7, $5(under 12). 

- 8:00: Symphony Hamilton. Celebrating 

Beethoven: Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, 

Op.61; Symphony #4 in B flat, Op.60. Corey 

GenvneU, violin; James McKay, conductor. 

Studio Theatre, Hamilton Place, Summers Lane. 

905-527·7666. $22,$17,$5(child under 12). 


- 2:00: York Strings Chamber Orchestra. 

Works of Britten, Corem & Bach. Wayne lrschick, 

piano; Schomblirg Choir. St. Mary Magdelene 

Church; Sphomberg .. 905·939·9890. $10,$5. 


-:- 7:30: Arcady Ensemble. Ceniral 

Presbyterian Chureh. 97 Wellington St., . 

Brantford. 519-428:3185. $10, $5(under 12). 

- 8:00: N.UMUS .Festival/Wilfred Laurier U. 

Bartliis fest. Music by Bartuis & Gre&MOZ!ljko. 

Anya i\ExeyeV &Beth Am de Swsa. jim; Jeiany 

Bel&Jerzy~ ~ AmyHllliton, fute, 

GecrgBGreer,doltiebass&othrpert~ 

Fooest1r Rei:italHcil; Wilm t.amUfiveisity, 

Waterloo.5W-896-3662 . . 


- 8:00: Baroque Players of Hamilton. 

Vtvaldi and CO!fl/J8llY. lflrluoso concerti. Alis-On 

Melv~le, recorder; Julie Baumgartel & Linda 

Meisted, viorNlS; Patrick Jordan, viola; Margaret 

Gay, baroque celo; Michael Jarvis, ha!psiclJord. 

Metropolitan United Church 

56 Queen Street East at Church Street, Toronto 

416-363-0331 www.metunited.org 

St. Charles' Church, 129 Hughson Street South, 

Hamilton.416-588-2954. $20,$15. 

- 8:00: King Street Theatre Centre. A little 

Night Music. Carol McFadden, musical director. 

36 King Street West, Kitchener. 519-571- 

0928. $22,$19. For complete run see music 

theatre listings. 


- 7:30: Dshawa·Durham Symphony 

Orchestra. Sweet Perfumes from France. 

Ravel: Bolero; other works by French composers. 

Isabelle Perrin, harp. Sim· Young Lee, conductor. 

Calvary Church, 300 Rossland Rd. East, 

Oshawa. 905-579-6711. $25,$10. 


- 2:30: Emerging Artists. Music by Chopin, 

Bach & Dvorak. Ian Bates, piano; other 

performers include Nancy Elbeck, David Gerry & 

Rebecca Morton. First Unitarian Church of 

Hamilton, 170 Dundum St. S., Hamilton. 905· 

528-6237. $15(advance), $18(door), child & 

family rates. 

' 

- 8:00: Musick's Hand·maid and Guests. 

Scarlatti: Stabat Mater and other Passion music. 

Jenni Hayman, soprano; Elaine RobertS'on, mezzo. 

St. Charles Gamier Church, 129 Hughson St. 

South, Hamilton. 905·529· 2527. $15, $10. 


- 8:00: Elora Festival Singers. 20th Century 

Kaleidoscope. Poulenc: Mass in G; works by Part. 

Noel Edison, conductor. St. Mary's Church, 267 

Geddes, Elora. 519-846-9694. $25. 

- 8:00: Lindsay Concert Foundation. 

Octagon 2003. Schubert: Octet; Beethoven: 

Septet Op. 20. Andrew Dawes, Patricia Shih, 

violins; Rivka Golani, viola; Amanda Forsyth, cello; 

Joel Guarrington, double bass & other 

performers. Glenn Crombie Theatre, Sir Sandford 

Fleming College, Lindsay. 705-328-0587. 

- 8:00: Opera Ontario. Donizetti: la Fi/le du 

Regiment. Tracy Dahl, Bruce Sledge, Odette 

Beaupre, Peter Strunmer, Sarkis Barsemian, 

performers; Hamilton Philharm

King Street Theatre Centre. A little Night 

Music. Carol McFadden, musical director. March 

14, 15: 8:00. 36 King Street West, Kitchener. 519· 

571-0928. $22,$19. 

Living Arts Centre Mississauga. Frogz. Mine, 

movementand music. Mar 20: 7:30. 4141 Living 

Arts Dr. 905-306-6000. $25-$35. 

Mirvish Productions. Mamma Mia! Musical 

• based on the songs of ABBA. Music & lyrics by 

Benny Alllersson & Bjiin lJMillJs; bOO< by Catherine 

Johnson; directed by Phyllida Uoyd. To June 29. 

Tues-Sat 8:00; Wed, Sat & Sun 2:00. Royal 

Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. West. 416-872- 

Music Theatre 'MississaugalMeadowvale 

Music Theatre. Into The Wtms. Book by James 

Lapine; music & lyrics by Stephen Sondhein. Mar 

1: 8:00. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo 

Rd., Mississauga. 905-821-0090. 

North Toronto Players. G17bert & Sullivan: The 

Pi"ates of Penzance. 19soS version of the classic. 

Denise Nonnan, Pat Ela, Daniel CipOlone, Michael 

Opera in Concert Beliri: Beotriceti Tenda. Susan 

Eyton-Jones, Marcel van Neer, Jonathan Carle, 

Lauren Segal, performers; Dixie Ross Neill, music 

lirector and piarjst; Opera i1 Concert c00rus. Robert 

Coqier, diector. Apri 6: 2:30. Pre-concert chat~ 

lai1Scott45 rmrtes rriorto the performaice. Jane 

Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723. 

$28,$22. 

1212. $26 to $94. 

Opera Mississauga. On the Wings of Song. 

· Beloved opera arias & choruses. Dwight Bennett, 

Mirvish Productions. The Uon King. Stage artisticdirect~:March27 &28 : 8:00.~~ 

rruicalof Disney's 1994rinatedfeature. ToJune Hall, 4141 Living Arts Centre Dr .. M1ss1ssauga. 

29. Wed-Sat: 8:00; Wed & Sat: 2:00; Sun: 1 :00 & • 905-306-6000. 

6:30. Prilcmsof Wales Th!atre. 300 Ki1g St West. Opera Mississauga.Rtmii.· TheBwberof Sevle. 

416-872-1212. $21io $116. Alessandra Palomba, Filippo Pina Castiglioni, 

• Music Theatre Mississauga/City Centre 

Domenico Balzani, Alessandro Busi. & other 

Musical Productions. Hodgen & HammelStein: performers; Dwight B~nnett •. conductor. Mar 1: 

Cinderella. Mar 21,22,27,28,29: 8:00; Mar 23: 

8:00. Hanvnerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Centre 

2.-00. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevil\eO Rd., 

Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $11-$99, $9· 

Mississauga. 905-821-0090. 

$90(st/sr). 

Alleycatz 

2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865 

Every Mon. Salsa Night w/ OJ F. Bischun, 

Every Tue. Christopher Plock Trio, Every 

Thu. The Flow w/ Carlos Morgan, Every Sun 

Jam Session w/ Tony Springer, Mar 1 Debbie 

Johnson Band, Mar 5 Sou/Jazz Express, 

Mar 7 Debbie Johnson Band, Mar 8 Disco 

Inferno Band, Mar 12 Errol Fisher Motown 

JaZJ, M'ar 14ladyKane, Mar 150ebbie 

Johnson Band, Mar 19 Errol Fisher Motown 

Jazz, Mar 21 Soular, Mar 22 Debbie 

,JohflS(}llBand. 

Artbar 

1214QueenW. ' - 

Small room in the renovated Gladstone flotel 

with intimate atmosphere and mood lighting 

featuring Toronto performers. Closed Sundays. 

Ben Wicks 

424Parliament 416-9619425 

Mar 1 The Jazz Extension 

Cameron House 

408 Queen St. W.416 7030811 

Mar 7 Karen Manion 

C'estWhat 

67 Front E. 416 867 9499· 

Saturday afternoon traditional jazz from The 

Hot Five Jazzrnakers. 

Gate403 

403 Roncesvalles 416 588 2930 

Every Sun Ron Davis Jam Session, Mar 1 

Bryan Toner Jazz Trio, Mar 6 Mark Sepic 

Sao, Mar7 OavidRotundoandJulianFauth, 

Mar & laura Hubert Jazz Trio, Mar 13 Steve 

Sherman, Mar 14 Paul Newfield Blues, Mar 

15 Russ Hyduk Jazz Trio, Mar 20 Bob Wowk 

Jazz Duo, Mar21 lynn TremblayJazz 

Quartet, Mar 22 June Garber Jazz Trio, Mar 

28 T.l.C.Jazz Trio, Mar29EspanaaS/im. 

52 

Hanns, Julius Fulop & other perfonners. March 1: Royal Conservatory of Music. Glenn Gould 

8:00;March2:2:00.LeahPoslunsTheatre,4588 · School Young Artists Series: Mozart··Oie 

Bathurst St. 905· 727·2209. $20(regular adult), Zauberfliite (complete). Opera Workshop of the 

$16(sr), $10(childrenunder 12). 

Glenn Gould School; Brahm Goldhamer, artistic 

lirector; Jemifer Tarver, stage director. Mar 29,31, 

Apr 4,6: 7:30. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 

Bloor St. West. 416408· 2824 x.321. ~ 10, $5. 

Opera Ontario. Ooniietti: la Fi/le du Regiment. 

Tracy Dahl, Bruce Sledge, Odette Beaupre, Peter 

Strlllmr, Sarkis~ performers; H~on 

Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniel Lipton, conductor. 

Mar 29, Apr 3,5: 8:00 at Hamilton Place, 1 

Sunvners Lane. 905-526-6556. Apr 11: 8:00 at 

Centre in the Square, Kitchener. 519-578-1570. 

Grossmans's 

279 Spadina Ave.416-977 7000 

Hot House.Cafe 

Market Square 416 36.6 7800 

Jazz brunch every Sunday, 11. Alternating 

weeks: Ken Churchill Quartet, 5spot 

Hugh's Room 

2,261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604 

L' Arte Bar and Gallery 

416-535-3181 

Lisa's Cafe 

245CarlawAve. 416-4066470 

Mar 1 Howard Willett & Steve Briggs, Mar 

2 ChrisMcKhool, Mar 7 TheSilkental'(men, 

Mar 9 Aura Borealis, Mar 15 Trevor Jones, 

Mar 16 Amusette, Mar 20 Dave Mandel's 

Jazz Jam, Mar 22 Tony Quarant, Mar 23 

Mr Rick & the biscuits, Mar 29 Ronley Teper, 

Mar 30 love Orchestra. 

Lula Lounge 

1585 Dundas West. Call 416-588-0307 for 

more information · 

Mar 1 TheCubanPercussionSchool' 

Welcomes students! Children from 4 yrs, and 

adults of all ages. No experience necessary. 

Every Saturday 3-6pm Mar 1 Cachil Mar 2 

Esco/a de Samba presents Batiera, Mar 2 The 

Swing Gang, Mar 3 Babes not Bombs; A 

Lysistrata Project, Mar 4 Hot, Hot Cuba w/ 

Cachd, Mar 6 French Choir, Mar 8 Cuban 

Percussion School (see Mar 1), Mar 8 Cachd, 

Mar 9 Esco/a de Samba presents Bateria, 

Mar 9 The Swing Gang, Mar 13 TBA, Mar 

14 Brasi/ian Carnival Party, Mar 15 Mireya 

Escalante & Latin Street, Mar 16 Esco/a de 

Samba presents Bateria, Mar 16 Tbe Swing 

Gang, Mar 19 Jorge Pica Theatre Productiqn, 

Mar 20 A Brasilian Samba Affair, Mar 22 

. Cuban Percussion School (see Mar 1), Mar 22 

Cachd, Mar 23 Esco/a de Samba presents 

JAZZ: CLUBS 

Ry~zanji & Company.Educating Mad Persons. 

Operetta by Shuji Terayama. March 21 -23: 8:00, 

March 23: 2:00. du Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 

Queens OuayWest. 416-9734000. $26.25-$30, 

$23.50·$27(st/sr). 

Scarborough Gilbert & Sullivan Society. 

ff.MS. Pinaftxe. Brian Farrow, mJSic director; Ruth 

Lamberti, artistic director; Stan Farrow, piano 

~t.Apr4,5, 11, 12:8:00; Apr6, 13: 2:00. 

DavXI & Mary ThomSon Collegiate, 27 40 Lawrence 

Ave. East. 905-839-3411. $15, $12. 

TapestryN~OperaWorks.FaciflSouth. Li1lla 

C. Smith, composer; Don Hannah •. writer. Jean 

Stilwell, Gregory Dahl & other performers; Wayne 

Strongman, artistic director. Previews April 2 & 3, 

regular run Apri 5, 7' 10. Cherry Beach Sound, The 

Factory, 33 Villiers St. 416-9734000. 

Theatre Aquarius. The Four Stars· A Musical 

Remitiscence. By Sandy WlllSby. Mar 1,3·8: 8:00; 

Mar 1,8: 2:00. Studio Theatre, 190 King William 

St., Hamilton. 905-522-7529. $26(Sat eve), 

$22(Wed-Fri eve), $20(Mon,T ue & matinees). 

Toronto Opera Repertoire. Cavalleria Rusticana 

& Tbe lmpmsario. One-act operas by Mascagni & 

Mozart. Giuseppe Macina, music director. March 

Bateria, Mar 23 The Swing Gang, Mar 27 

Noite Brasil w/ Wave and Esco/a de Samba, 

Mar 28 live Cuba,. Mar 29 Cuban Percussion 

School (see Mar 1J, Mar 29 D'T alle, Mar 30 

Esco/a de Samba presents Bateria, Mar 30 

The Swing Gang. 

Mezzetta 

681 St.ClairAvenueW.4166585687 

"Wedneday Concerts in a Cafe". Sets at 9:00 

and 10: 15 pm. Reservations iecommended for 

first set. Mar 5 Mardi Jayde (vocals) Gad 

Fohys (guitar), Mar 12 Bari Bari, Sax duet - 

OaveMott&Peterlutek, Mar 19Mike 

Murley (sax) David Occhipinti (guitar), Mar 26 

Don Tbompson (bass) Reg Schwager (guitar} 

Mezzrows 

546 Queen W.416 535 4906 

Parkdale neighiiorhood pub featuring jazz and 

blues on Saturday afternoons, Sunday evenings 

and a live jam every other Wednesday. 

Montreal Bistro· 

65 Sherbourne 416 363 0179 

Mar 1 Dave McMurdo Quintet featuring 

Mike Malone, Mar 3 laila Biali Octet, Mar 4, 

5, Jim Galloway Presents TbeJim Galloway/ 

Joe Sealy Quartet w/Rosemary Galloway & 

Don Vickery, Mar 6-Mar 8 Jay Mcshann 

Quartet, Mar 10 Kinga w. the Don Thompson 

Quartet, Mar 11·Mar 15BarryE!mes 

Quintet, Mar 17 Al McKenzie, Mar 18· 

Mar22 Junior Mance Trio w/ Archie Alleyne 

and Don Thompson, 

N' Awl ins Jazz Bar and Dining 

- 299 King St. W.4165951958 

Cajun style cooking and New Orleans style 

jazz. 

Oasis 

294 College St. 416-975 0845 

Occasional jazz. Call for details. 


1: 8:do: Bickford Centre Theatre, 777 Bloor St: 

West.416-698-9572. $20,$12. 

Toronto Opera Repertoire. Opera Excerpts. 

Scenes from Madama Butterfly, Lakme, T dsca, 

L'Elisir d' Amore, II T rovatore & other operas. 

Giuseppe Macina, music director. March 19 & 20: 

8:00. Bickford Centre Theatre, 777 Bloor St. West. 

416-698-9572. Free. 

Toronto Opera Repertoire. Puccini: la Boh8me . 

Giuseppe Macina; music director. March 2: 2:00. 

Bickford Centre Theatre, 777 Bloor St. West. 416-. 

698-9572. $20,$12. 

Tryptych Productions. Ager: Frankenstein. 

Workshop of scenes from opera in development 

based on novel by M.Shelley. Andrew Ager, 

composer; William Shookhoff, music director; 

Lenard Whiting, Alexander Wiebe, Erin Bardua, 

Stephen King, Melanie Conly & other perfonners. 

March 23 7:00. Victoria-Royce Church, 190 

Medland St. 416-763-5066. $15. 

T ryptych Productions. Verdi: Falstaff. Wori

Rockit 

120 Church St 416 947 9555. 

Downtown club featuring contemporary jazz 

and blues every night except Sunday and 

Monday. 

Sassafraz 

100 Cumberland 416 964 2222 

Located in the heart of fashionable Yorkville is 

this European style bistro with live jazz on 

weekends. 

Top O' the Senator 

253 Victoria St. 416 364 7517 

Mar 1 ·2 lina Allemando Four, Mar 4.9 David 

Braid Sextet, Mar 11-16 Brass Connection, 

Mar 18-23 Kirk Macdonald/John Taylor 

Quintet, Mar 25-26 Don Glaser Trio, Mar 

27•30 Bill Charlap Trio . 

The Tranzac 

292 Brunswick Ave.416 923 8137 

Every Wed. 9pm: Grande Bouche Swingtette 

(!Jypsy swing jazz, free); Every Fri. 9pm 

Dixieland music (free) 

Victory Cafe 

581 MarkhamSt.4165165787 

Located beside Honest Ed's this spot is the 

Thursday night home of Club Django. 

Whistlers 

995 Broadview Ave. 416 4211344 

Pat Carrey's Jazz Navigators Sunday 9· 

12:30. No cover 

JAZZ: CONCERT QUICK PICKS 

fOR DETAILS ONTHESECONCERTS, CONSULTTHE 

COMPREHENSIVE LISTINGS, COMMENCING PAGE 35 

March 

01:-3:00:0akvilleChildren'sChoir.~SanJs 

frraSatlldayAftenrm 

01 :-8:00: Heritage TheJJtre. Michael Kaeshanmer. 

02:-3:00: The LiturgicaUy Hip. SoiRg w. til!S{iit. 

03:-8:00:Jazz.FM91.SanlsofTavntoJazz: 

BOthBitJrlay T rW!e To PliNiwnons 

05:-8:30:UofT F.ofMusic.~Jazz~ 

05:-8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing 

Arts.AW;./dnsm 

O!f. -2.iXJ: Juan T omBs. Vnty Show. 

12:-8:00: U ofTFof Music. VoctiJazzEnsemble. 

13:-8:00: Cnr.N's Theatre. TireAftrr Tine: TheCh!t 

BakiJrf'niect. (SeeMusC TheatreistiTJS.) 

16•·1:30:CAMMACIMcMichaelGallery.S'tuWy 

CfXICt!ft: Km ~etiJt & FrinJs. 

19:-8:00: HlllOJrMusicJazzSeries.Ctrttnptsy 

ill1d Lam Jazz /.Jf;ht. 

19:-8:00: Markham TheJJ'"' for Performing 

Arts.M~Jolrlsm 

21:.IJ:OO:lleritageTheatre.M~Jtmsm. 

21 :-8:00: On Stage at Glenn Gould Studio. 

GIBJBasso 1Mtt/$1"r;s. 

21:.IJ:OO:ClassicJazzSocietyofToronto. 

J.JithSnithtnltil!RiiitoRlr;tlrnRevelets.) 

23:-4:30: Christ Church Deer Park.Jazz V~ 

lJaf/Riey T liJ. 

24:-8:00: Oakville Cantre for the Perfclrming 

Arts.Kate&AmaMcGanfJ/e. 

26:-12:30: York University Department of Music. 

Jazz VIN:aists illldJazz Ca 

26:-7:00: Kalmln Balogh & The Gypsy l:mlalorn 

Band.CentniEurpeanW

Andrew Markow. Adamson Estate, 850 Enola 

Ave.416·742·6429. $10·$20. 

*March 27 & 28 1Dam·12 noon: Music 

Toronto. Master Classes with Orion String 

Ouartet. Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor 

St. West.416·214·1660. 

WORKSHOPS 

*March 2 1:30: Toronto Early Music 

Player.s' Organization. Mostly Baroque. 

Workshop focusing on elements of Baroque style 

· phrasing, tempo, dynamics, ornamentation. 

Composers include Schmelzer, Boismortier & 

Handel. Recorders, viols, continuo instruments., 

lute & harp welcome. Colin Savage, leader., 

Lansing United Church,49 Bogert Ave.416-487· 

9261. $20(non·members). 

youths ages 8· 16. Various locations. 416·533· •March 27 8:00: T ranzac. Toronto Song Circle. 

1301. $ 5 (pre;egistration required). Bring your voice and musical instrument (optional) 

*March 112:15: Eatonville Public Library. to share songs. 292 Brunswick. 416·532 ·0900. 

Music, Music, Music. Join "Miss Lilly" as a *March 30 2:00: CAMMAC. Music reading 

performer or spectator for a hands·on ofDurufk!RequiemwithMarylegge(workJBC). 

demonstration of various musical instruments / Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416· 

(for children). 430 Burnhamthorpe Rd. 416·394· 421 ·4184. $5(non·members), $3(members). 

5270.Free. 

•April 

*March 26 7:30: Toronto Early Music 

*March 19am·5pm:9thAnnualUnionville *March 6 1:00 & 7:00: City of Toronto. 

Centre. Vocal Circle. Recreational reading of 

Wind Conductors' Symposium. Featured Marketing for Artists. Workshop to assist artists 

early choral music. Ability to read music desirable 

clinicians: Donald Hunsberger & Richard Floyd. in marketing themselves. 2 sessions, 1 pm·4pm 

but not essential. 166 Crescent Rd. 416·920· 

Open to all music educators & university & 7pm· 1 Opm. Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 

5025. $5(non·members). - 

students interested in improving their knowledge Borough Dr. 416·396·5230. $10 each session. 

of the wind band literature and their skills as 

*March 27 7:00: Brentwood Public 

effective musical leaders. 201 Town Centre "March 11 10:30am· l 2:30: Royal library. Toronto Symphony Orchestra Special 

Blvd., Unionville. 905·479·2787 x549. Canadian .c~llege of Or~anists, Toro~to TSO percussionist Don Kuehn demonstrates 

$70(teacher), $50(st). Centr.e/Tnl~1um Foundation. Pedal~, Pipes drums from all over the world. Audience 

.,:t'l!ll~E•!llrl'-a!ll11,dlP1l'lillJ!!a,. P 10_,e 1 o~ra,a 1 n 11 

en11J!!counter sessions for , participation is encouraged. For ag~s 5 & up. 36 

• Brentwood Rd. North. 416·394·5240. Free 

(tickets available from March 7). 

Transforming Bright Minds into Great Achievers 

Composer Peter Ware, M.M. Yale University 

Classical Guitarist Lynn Harting·Wa~e. M.M. Kent State University 

Music Classes in Preparation for RCM Examinations 

Rudiments, Harmony, History, Analysis, Counterpoint 

Class Sessions Begin: May, July, September 

-- 

and January 

e-mail: theor @acoma-co.com 

MIRELA TAF~J ·VOCAL INSTRUCTION 

Tel: 416-485-1042 

• First prize - Umberto Giordano 

International Competition (Italy, 1998) 

•Available for private instruction in my 

studio, all ages I all levels 

• Whether a beginning singer or an 

aspiring professional, I can help you 

realize your untapped potential. 

- 1 O years as professor of voice in a European university 

- concert & opera professional soloist experience in Europe. 

and North America 

- appeared as Musetta, 2002-2003 season, Opera Hamilton 

OFFERING - voice training 

- audition and competition preparation 

- vocal problem diagnosis and resolution 

- repertoire development 

IMYOUR 

VOICE 

Organic and functional 

vocal training to gain 

access to your full 

range, resonance and 

vocal freedom. For 

singers, public speakers, 

teachers, clergy, or if 

you just want to enjoy 

.using your voice! 

5 & 6 1 :30: Toronto Early Music 

Players' Organization. Spring Workshop with 

Lucie laneville: Music from the European Travels 

of Josquin, di lasso, Arcadelt and Schiitz. Focus 

will be on musical skills such as phrasing, tuning 

& basic Renaissance ornamentation. Lansing 

United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 416·487·9261. 

*Peter Smith Jazz Workshops. Topics 

include improvisation, repertoire & ensemble 

skills in a Small combo setting. Anyone welcome . 

March 3, 17,31: 7:30. Japanese United Church, 

Dovercourt south of Bloor. 416· 785·8609. $10. 

Train with Pro Singer 

for Power, Range & Control 

Vocal technique for 

Jazz, Pop, R&B, Pop-Rock 

VIOLIN STUDIES 

Classical Russian School 

Violinist from Moscow 

(M.Mus., M.Mus. Ed.) 

Lessons for all ages and 

proficiency levels 

Tel. 416·782-7244 

A 

11T"'l 

Maureen. Smidi. 

MJl8ic Stu4lo 

AR.C.T., B. MUS. ED., B.ED 

Private and Group Instruction 

• Piano, Voice, Guitar, Woodwinds 

& Brass, '.All Styles 

• Singing Classes, Performance Skills 

•Feldenkrais, Mitzvah & Alexander 

Posture and Movement Techniques 

•Harmony & Chords, Play by Ear 

• RCM Exams, Theory, CD Demos 

(416) 620 - 1231 

www.maureensmith.ca 

Love To Sing? 

Brea.the new life into your voice with a unique 

and sensible kinesthetic approach to vocal 

pedagogy. This is a method which focuses on 

influencing and improving the co-ordinative 

process of the vocal muscles. It brings them 

into equilibrium, thus eliminating muscular 

interference·. Great for Everyone! 

• All styles •All Levels • Beginners and Children welcome 

• Excellent for public speakers, actors, etc. 

Call Pattie Kelly for private lessons at 905-271-6896 

54 www .thewholenote.com March 1 - April 7 2003

UN CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 

ACCOUNTING AND INCOME TAX Ph.D .. C.Psych., practising clinical and performing 

SERVICE for small business and individuals, to arts psychology." 416-961-0487. 

save you time and money, cu'stomized to meet your PIANO ACCOMPANIST for all instrumenu 

needs. Norm Pulker, 8. Hath. CHA. 905-717-5421 and vocal. European education. Recitals, exams, 

or 905-830-2985. 

opera, etc. Flexible rates. Call Janet after Bpm: 

The BEACH ARTS CENTRE 416-690-4552. 416-249-9309. 

Music lessons ·au ages and levels! Exams, performances. 

Piano Violin Voice Clarinet Trumpet Flute PROFESSIONAL PIANO ACCOMPA- 

EAR TRAINING, MUSICIANSHIP, "IST for vocal and instrumental. Recitals, exams, 

choirs, coaching, opera, lieder. Reasonable 

SIGHT-SINGING, dictation, r_hythmic training, 

keyboard skills, theory (all Conservatory-type rates. Cecilia Song, 416-512-9341. 

subjecu, solla, jazz). All levels, professional/serious 

SHAPENOTE SINGING from Sacred Harp 

beginners. Detailed study available - J.S.Bach, Renaissance, 

Jazz. Art Levine, HA, ARCT; Host of 

1991. Third Wednesday of every month, 7:30p.m., 

Broadview-Danforth area. Beginners welcome. Phone 

"This is Art" on CBC; RCH Professional School 

416-922-7997. 

Faculty; Instructor, University of Toronto, etc. 416- 

924-8613. Visit website: www.artlevine.com SOPHISTICATED, ECCENTRIC, intelligent 

lady would like 50ish gentleman from west GTA to 

ELORA AREA WOODWINDS MUSICIAN 

accompany to classical performances downtown. 

(Flute, Bass Clarinet) seeking to join/establish 

905-842-3443. . 

Chamber Husic Group in Guelph/K.W. vicinity. Paul 

519-846-91 BI. 

THEORY HISTORY TEACHER 

FESTIVAL WIND ORCHESTRA. Community 

orchestra of above-average calibre seeks teacher required in Harkham area. Fax resume 

WANTED Experienced music theory & history 

tuba pla~r. Other musicians welcome, too. Rehearsals 

on Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30. Yonge & Shep 

905-513-0979. 

pard area. Professional conductor. For more TIMOTHY EATON MEMORIAL ORinfo, 

visit www.fwo.ca or call Shelley: (416)491- CHESTRA. a chamber group of enthusiastic 

1683. 

amateur musicians dedicated to community service 

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO SING, would welcome any violinists, violists and, oboe 

~hough! you wouldn't or couldn't, or do you just who are interested in joining us on Tuesday ~venings 

7:30 to 9:30. For further information call 

want a place to play with the possibilities of your 

voice. Small groups. 6 • $75. Johanne, 416-461- Rosalie Goldberg 416-787-0377. 

8425. 

TORONTO ACCOLADES OF HARMO- 

LEARN PIANO • Specialty Adult Beginners. NY, Inc, A women's 4-part barbershop chorus, 

Play ANYthing by ear/notes from CD/paper. 20+yrs. seeks tenor singers and a tenor section 1.ead. 

exper/degrm. Lynne 416-366-5667 

Contact Ellyn @ 416-28_1.-7925. 

MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS! Duets, Trios, 

Dance Band, Big Band. Background, Centre- VIOLA FOR SALE (16") made 1969 Italian 

stage. Classical, Contemporary, Dixieland, Jazz! JSL Hasler luthier Renato 'Scrollavezza. Excellent cham 

E~terprim 905-27~-3373. her/orchestral instrument, warm tone. Appraised 

.-'------'---------. USSl5,000., sell CSIS,000. German Grunka VLA 

MUSIC SCHOOL FOR SALE. Well es- BOW, rehaired, excellent condition. CS2.000. 

tablished in tenth year. prime location. Well (5l9)9i5-1748 afternoon/evening. 

qualified staff and excellent facilities. loyal clark.barker@sympatico.ca 

student base. Hore info call Doreen at 905- 

832-4348. WANTED: RECOR[)S & CDS All types 

...______________, music. Will pick up. Steve 416-831-0418. 

The PERFORMING EDGE Performance 

enhancement training in tension management, concentration, 

goal setting, imagery. Individualized to 

meet your performance situation. Kate F. Hays, 

TLC 

. for . 

musicians 

by a 

. . 

musician 

Endurance • Breath 

Posture • Muscle Release 

Dr. Katarina Bulat, 

Chiropractor 

Clinic: Back in Motion 

1370 Danforth Ave. 

Tel: 416-461-2225 

Private Practice: 

18 Vernad

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Centauri 

Summer Arts Camp 

Mail: 19 Harshaw Ave, 

Toronto, ON, MBS 1 X9 

Phone: 416-766-7124 Fax: 416-766-7655 

E-mail: directors@centauri.on.ca 

Website: www.centauri.on.ca 

Contacts: Craig or Julie Hartley 

Location: Wellandport, O~ 

Application deadline: Nore 

No Auditions 

Program dates: (various programs 

run in each session including 

Rock, Jazz, Blues and More!, 

Musical Theatre) 

- Session 1 - 29 June - 12 July 

- Session 2 - 12 July - 26 July 

- Session 3 - 27 July - 5 Aug 

- Session 4 - 6 Aug - 16 Aug 

Residential 

Age groups: 9 to 18 

Levels: All 

Centauri Am Camp is a sleepover 

camp specialising in (Uts training. 

Campers choose from a variety 

of programs such as Musical Theatre, 

Dance, Theatre, Film, Fine Art, 

Writing aruJ more. 

Choirs Ontario 

Summer Choral Programs 

Mail:l 12 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite# 

403, Toronto ON M4V 2Y3 

Phone: 416-923-1144 Fax: 416-929-0415 

E-mail: info@choirsontario.org 

website: www.choirsontario.org 

(applications on web) 

Contact Person: Marta Hajek, Executive Dir. 

Junil:Jr Camp 

Program Loc;ltion: Claremont Field 

Centre, Pickering, ON 

Application Deadline: April 30 

(early bird discount before March 

15). Application fonns on web 

No auditions · 

Program Dates: July 14-19 

Ages 9 - 13, uochanged voices only 

Fees: $450 after April 30 (103 

discount before March 15) 

Residential camp 

Levels: beginner- intermediate 

lillian & Don Wright 

Teen Choir Camp 

Program location: Lake St. George 

Field Centre, Richmooo Hill, ON 

Application Deadline: April 30 

(early bird discount Mar 15) Application 

fonns on web 

Program dates: July 27 - Aug. 1 

Fees: $450 after April 30 (103 

discount before March 15) 

Residential camp 

Ages 14-18 

Levels: beginner - intermediate 

Other amenities: sports, outdoor/ 

environmental, teambuilding, bbq's, 

talent/skit nights, water sports. 

Classical Pursuits inc. 

' 32 Kippendavie Ave. 

Toronto, ON M4L 3R4 

1-877-633-2555 {toll-free) 

416-892-3580 (local) 

ann.kirkland@classicalpursuits.com 

www.classicalpursuits.com 

Contact: Ann Kirkland 

. Location: Campus of University of 

Toronto's St. Michael's College 

Application deadline: Limited enrolment; 

first come, first served 

Program dates: Sunday July 20- 

Friday, July 25 

Fees: $100J all inclusive for the 

week (non-residential) 

Residential: $400 for· accommodation 

and breakfast 

Ages: Adults, mainly 40-75 

Level: No pre-requisites apart from 

reading and listening before corning 

Other activities: Many optional 

afternoon and evening activities, 

e.g., theatre, walking tours, restaurants, 

lectures, films, private gallery 

tours, receptions, athletic facilities. 

Join adu/J_s from across North · 

America for in-depth immersion into 

one af twe/ve themes, including: 

Gustav Mahler: The Man, Music, 

Mystique aruJ Myth - with CBC's 

Rick Phillips; Die Wa/kure: The 

Heart afWagner's Ring Cyclewith 

"Mr. Opera," lain Scott; Elecktra: 

The Cycle of Revenge :__ with 

N. Y. composer~ conductor arid 

educator, piomas w. Jo~ 

COC's Altamira 

Summer Opera Camp 

Mail: 227 Front St. E, Toronto, ON M5A 1 EB 

Phone: 416-306· 2307 Fax: 416-363-5584 

E-mail: jenniferp@coc.ca 

Contact person: Jennifer Pugsley 

Program location: Joey andffoby 

Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 

Front St. E., Toronto 

Applications: this program is filled 

every summer. Huny. 

Dates (3 one-week camps): 

July 8 - Aug 1 (grades 4-6) 

July 14 - 18 (grades 7-9) 

July 21 - 25 (grades 3-5) 

Fees: $50 per child per week. Bursaries 

are available for students who 

require finan:ial aid. 

Day camp 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m 

Olildren can experience everything 

· opera has to offer through a variety 

· of fun, hands-onactiVities in the 

areas of drama aruJ movement, 

design, make-up, costwne, music 

aruJ singing. No previous opera 

experience necessary . 

Continuing Education 

University of St. Michael's College 

81 StMaryStreet 

T cronto, ON MSS 1J4 

Phone: 416.926.7254 Fax: 416.926.7287 

~llllllto.ca 

· Website: www.utortilto.ca/stmkes 

Contact person:·Karan Beitel 

Program location: Charbonnel 

Lounge, 81 St. Macy Street, Toronto 

Program dates: Mar. 26 - Apr. 30, 

2003 - Wednesday evenings, 7 - 

· 9:30pm 

Fees: $150 or $125 for Seniors 

The Dramatic Works of Hector 

Berlioz: a six-week Continuing .Education 

program celebrating the 

bicentenary of the birth of Hector ' 

Berlioz.. We shall consider an extraordinarily 

wide-ranging selection 

of his work, aruJ each class will 

inchlde recorded excerpts, photocopies 

af relevant sections of the libretto, 

questions aruJ discussion. 

Guitar Workshop Plus 

Phone: 905-785-7087 

Fax: 905-785-2831 

Web: www.guitarworkshopplus.com 

E-mail: info@guitarworkshopplus.com 

Contact: Brian Murray 

Program location: Appleby College 

in Oakville 

Applications: first-come first-served 

basis, space permitting . . Please fax 

or mail us your completed application 

form, downloaded from website. 

All applications must be 

accompanied by payment. 

Dates: July 20 - 25 

Fees: Tuition On-Campus Students: 

$810 ($540. U.S.) 

Tuition Off-Campus Students: $580 

($380 U.S.) 

Registration Fee: $35 ($25 U.S.) 

Private Room: $250 ($170-U.S.)' 

See website for more details 

Residential or off-campus. 

Ages: 12 - Adult 

Levels: all 

l'HOTO: COURTESY Coe/ ALTAMIRA SUMMER OPERA CAMP 

I 

From beginners to professionals, 

you will find what you 're looking for 

at Guitar Workshop Plus. Classes 

include Rock, Jazz, Acoustic Classical, 

aruJ Bass Guitar, Dnmzs/Percussion, 

aruJ Keyboard. Morning 

aruJ afternoon classes with a handson 

approach, laJe afternoon clinics, 

ensemble peiformances, aruJ evening 

concerts aruJ visits from worlti-class 

guest artists. 

Healey Willan 

Festival 

Mail: Church of St. Mary Magdalene 

477 Manning Ave., Toronto ON MSG 2VB 

Phone: 416-531 -7955 Fax same as phone 

E-mail: wnoble@trinity.utoronto.ca 

Website: www.stmarymagdalene.ca 

Contact person: Or Willis Noble 

Program location: St Macy 

Magdalene Church 

Application deadline: May 31; 

' form available on website 

Program Dates: June 26, 27, 28 

Fee: $75 

Program includes workshops, 

seminlirs, redtal aruJ a closing 

service featuring the choral, service 

aruJ organ music of Healey Willan. 

The program leaders are Dr. Willis 

Noble, Dr. Giles Bryant, aruJ Jui/i.th 

Yowig. 

I nterprovincial 

Music Camp 

Mai~Box509,C~ON LOPlBO 

Phone:416-488·3316 

Website:www.ill:ontteweb.11g 

PrognuU location: Camp Manitou, 

near Parry SouOO · 


-Session 1: Aug 17-Fri Aug 22 

-Session 2: ·Sat Aug 23-Sun Aug 31 

(Kids may attend both) 

Ages: 7 t0 18 

Program choices: 

- Orchestra and Band Camp (grade 7 

toOAC) 

- Musical Theatre 

-Junior String ACaderny (age 7-12) 

- Jazz Camp (Session 1 only) 

- Camp Roe~ (Session 1 only) 

56 www.thewholenote.com March 1 - April 7 2003

Fees: Session 1 $533; Session U 

$624; both sessions $1038 (all fees 

include GST) . 

Other activities: swimming, boating, 

water-skiing 

Le Domaine Forget 

Music and Dance Academy 

5 Saint-Antoine, Saint-lrenee, Quebec 

Phone: 418-452-8111 

Fax: 418-452-3503 

E-mail: aca@domaineforget.com 

Website: www.domaineforget.com 

Pedagogic Director: Francine Dery • 

Program location: Saint-Irenee, 

Quebec 

j\.pplicatioit deadline: April 1 

(March J. application for scholarship) 

The selection process iS based on 

the applicant's entire dossier. There 

is an audition for placement the 

first day of the session. 

Program dates/duration: 

-Brass: June 1 -15 

-Woodwinds: June 15 -29 

-Guitar: June 29 - July 12 

-Strings: July 13 - August 9 

-Charilber Music: August 10 -21 

-New Music: August 17 - 30 

Fees: Application form: 35$ US 

450$ US I week - lfi00$ US I 4 

weeks 

Residential: included in the fees 

Age groups: 

Young Strings : 12 + 

Other sessions: 14 + · 

, Levels: Intermediate, advaoced 

Other activities offered: Passes to 

regular Festival concerts, sports, e 

excursion on Sundays · 

E:ach instruniental session provUJes 

students with advanced musical 

training through private lessons, 

dai.ly mosterdasses, and ensemble 

coaching. Students are lodged on 

site and those under 18 years of age 

are supervised by qualified monitors. 

Auditions will be held on the first day 

of each session. 

Kincardine 


Box 251, Kincardine ON, N2Z 2Y7 

Phone:.519 396-9716 or 

toll free 1-866-453-9716 

Fax:.519 934-2744 (please call ahead) 

E-mail: inlo@ksmf.ca; registrar@ksmf.ca 

Website: www.ksmf.ca 

Contact: John Schnarr at info@ksmf.ca 

Program location: Kincardine 

ON, on the shores of Lake Huron 

Application deadlines: 

For discount registration dates: May 

31 ; registrations accepted up 

to program starting date in August, 

depending on class siz.e. 

Audition dates: - August 9 for 

Chamber students not involved in a 

pre-formed group 

Programs, Dates and Registration 

Fees (before I after May 31): 

- Jazz Program: August 3-8, $150 I 

$160 

- Beginning and Intermediate Guitar: 

August 4-8, $150 I $160 

- Music for Young People and 

Junior Choir: August 4-8, $100 I 

$110 

-Charilber Music: August 9-16, 

$325 / $350 . 

- Music for Young People and 

Junior Choir: August 11-15 

HalfDay: $100 I $110; Full 

Day: $150 I $160 

- Band Programs (4 levels): August 

11-16, $150 I $160 

- String Programs (3 levels): A1:1gust 

11-16, $150 I $160 

- Senior Choir: August 11-16, $150 

I $160 

Non residential: KSMF can supply· 

information on hotels, motels, 

campgrounds, bed & breakfusts 

and cottages available in the area. In 

certain cases and subject to availa-. 

bility, students can.be billeted with 

families in the town. Check our 

website for further details. 

Age groups: 4 to adult, depending 

dn the program. 

Levels: All (e.g. beginner, intermediate, 

advanced) Absolute beginner to 

Summer Music By The Lake 

July 28 - August 10, 2003 

An Unforgettable Chamber Music Experience! 

Musicians & Composers ages 8 - 25 

• I or 2 weeks at the Adamson Estate 

• . Intensive chamber rehearsals 

• World-Class faculty 

• Lunches and snacks provided 

• $500/1 wk, $895/2 wks +reg. fee 

vecy advanced 

The KSMF combination of daytime 

classes and public evening concens has 

made it apreferredswnmermusicdestination 

for over 12 years. Beginners 

of all ages can rent and learn their 

choice of instrument. 

More Than Music 


- Suzuki Kingston 

275 Dntilio Street. Slite 306 

KiYJston Dntaio CA K7K 2X5 

Phone: 613-542-1486 Fax: 613-542-7550 

E-mail: mtrr@kiJJston.re 

Website:wwwm;iretharmJ,gc_com 

~tact person: Ame V11Ce11t 

Program location: Queen's University, 

Kingston · 

Application deadlines: 

Early application: April 30 , 

Deadline: June 29 


-Session l June 29 to July 4 

-Session 2 July 6 to July 11 

Fees: See brochure or website 

Residential: On-campus accommodations 

provided at Queen's 

Age groups: Children of all ages, 

adults and teachers 

All Levels 

Other activities: Various enrichment 

co~ offered, teen program, 

PHOTO: COURTESY THE GUITAR WORKSHOP 

music theatre, young adult program, 

etc. For more information, 

ask for our brochure or visit the 

website. 

More Thon Music is proud of its 

reputation as a place where every 

individual is accepted, respected and 

valued. Our nwturing non-competitive 

environment brings oUJ the best 


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Thornhill Chamber Music Institute 

· summer Program 

July 14 · 25 

strings, classical guitar, 

woodwinds, voice, piano, brass 

Ages 8 - 17, apprenticeship program Ages 18 - 24 

•individualized programs for all levels 

•intensive study for advanced players 

festival concerts, coached ensembles, composition 

classes, choral program, fiddling and sports, 

in a beautiful, natural setting 

for more info call 

~ GretchenAnner(905)764-1924 ~ 

www.tcrlli.ca 

The Church of St. Mary Magdalene presents 

A HEALEY WILLAN FESTIVAL 

workshops, seminars, recital and closing service, (eaturing 

Healey Willan's choral, service and organ music. 

Program leaders: Dr. Will~s Noble, Dr. Giles Bryant, Judith Young 

Program cost: $75 

Apply through the website by May 31 

Thursday- Saturday, June 26, 27, and 28 

The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, 477 Manning Ave., Toronto 

Phone.416-531-7955 www.stmarymagdalene.ca 


SUMMER MUSIC 

EDUCATION ROUNDUP 

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in everyone.by blending the joy of 

learning with ·a spirit of fun. Our 

atmosphere is. charged with positive 

energy and contagious enthusiasm, 

igniting a .sparl(, thqJ passes magical~ 

ly from one indiVidual to another. 

Mount Royal College 

Org~n Academy 

mternational Summe9 School 

4825 Richard Road SW · 

Calgary, Alberta T3E 6K6 · 

Phone: 403-240·7769 ' · 

Fax: 403-240-6594 

E-mail: organ@mtroyal.ca 

Website: www.mtrpyal.ab.ca/conservatory/ 

intsumschool.htm · ' · 

Contact person: Neil Cockburn, 

Head of Organ Studies ' 

Location: Mount Royal College 

Conservatory and City Churches in 

Calgary . ' 

Application deadline: June 30 

Audition by cassette 

Program d3tes: July 21-29 

Fees: Tuition only: $525 . 

Tuition, accommodation and 

evening meals: $885; r

Intensive in-depth study of chamber. 

music in the quest for complete 

musicianship. Inteniationally-acclaimed 

faculty in residence to provide 

expertise and guidance. 1his 

unique foune~-day session includes 

at least two ensemble coachings per 

day, individual lessons, public.master 

classes, guest lectures, and perfomumces 

by faculty, guest artists, 

and participants. 

Southwestern Ontario 

Suzuki Institute 

P.O. Box 25041, 370 Stone Rd. W., Guelph, 

ON, N1G4T4 

Phone: 519-824-7609 

Fax: 519-824-7874 

E·mail: sosi@artset.net 

Website: www .artset.net/sosi.html 

Contact person : Tracy Jewell 

Program location : Wilfrid LaUrier 

University, Waterloo, ON 

-Application deadline: Early bird 

registration, May 1 

Audition dates for Young Artist 

Program: May 1 

Program dates/duration: 

Student institute: Aug 17 to 22 

Teacher devel.opment courses: 

- Violin Unit 2, Nancy Jackson (IL) 

Aug 16-20; - Violin Unit 3, Nancy 

Jackson (IL), Aug 20-24; - Cello 

Unit 2, Carey Cheney (U1) Aug 17- 

22; - PianO Unit 2 Gail Lange (ON) 

Aug 17-22; Violin Overview of 

Books 4 to 6, Karen M. Kimmett 

(ON) Aug. 17-22; One Day Seminar: 

Teaching Teens: A Rollercoaster, 

F.dmwxl Sprunger (MO) Aug 

16 

Fees: see website or brochure 

Residences are available 

Age groups: Students ages 3 and 

up accompanied by an adult; teachers 

of any age 

Level: all levels 

Other amenities/activities offered: 

evening coocerts, swimming pool, 

athletic facilities, crafts, daycare. 

services. 

Individual and group lessons/or 

viOlin, viola, cello, harp and piano 

students -pre-twinkle to post-Suzuki 

- including advance-

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Clermnbault . 

Ann Monoyfos; Les Coucous 

Benevoles 

CBC MVCD 1152 

Haydn: The Battle of the Nile 

The Four Nations Ensemble 

Ann Monoyios, soprano; Nils 

Brown, tenor 

ASV Gaudeamus CD GAU 219 

Here are two excellent discs that 

present a mixed program of instrumental 

chamber works and vocal 

selections featuring soprano Ann 

Monoyios. 

Monoyios' lyric clarity is very well 

suited to the French baroque cantata 

L 'Isle de Delos, from Clerambault' s 

Toronto-based group comprised of . 

Elissa Poole (baroque flute), Stephen 

Marviri (violin), Sergei Istorriin (viola 

da gamba), and of particular note; 

Colin Tilney (harpsichord) whose 

masterful playing brings the 

excitement of fresh discovery to 

every note Clframbault's 

Harpsichord Suite in C minor. 

Turning to the Haydn disc, two keyboard 

trios illustrate Haydn's composition~! 

genius and provide a wo!1- 

derful vehicle to showcase the instrumental 

talents of The Four Nations 

Ensemble: Andrew Appel (fortepiano), 

Ryan Brown (violin) and 

Loretta O'Sullivan (cello). Appel's 

keyboard and musical skills are featured 

in the showpiece Andante with 

Variations in F minor. Two Italian 

Duets offer a delightful dialogue between 

Monoyios' youthful sweet 

lyrical voice and the expressive torte 

of tenor Nils Brown. Even with the 

detailed performance presented here 

by these singers, one can't help but 

notice the brilliance of Haydn's writ~ 

ing and Mr. Appel's deft handling of 

the fortepiano accompaniment. The 

emotional range ofBrown' s colourful 

solo, The Spirit's Song, and the 

refinement of Monoyios' narrative 

epic solo, The Battle of the Nile, offer 

great rewards to the attentive 

listener. 

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ire very few singers who possess her. 

;omplete understanding of the nature 

Awar-d Winning Jf this repertoire and who excel in 

its performance. Another fine example 

of her work can be heard in the 

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who could capture the mu 

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Concert Note: Ann Monoyios is 

featured in Tafelmusik's presentation 

of Haydn's The Creation March 7 

and 8 at Massey Hall. 

provide constant delights. 

Baroque violinist Monica Huggett 

leads the terrific musicians of the 

Ensemble Sonnerie with her customary 

stylishness. But, what really sets 

this collection apart is' the way Argenta 

works wit.h the instrumentalists 

as part of the enseJl1ble. This 

makes for glorious textures, as in the 

entry of the voice in the opening of 

the Wedding Cantata. The plaintive 

flute reflects the s.adness of a friend's 

imminent departure in Non sa che sia 

dolore ("He knows ·not what true 

grief there is"), which Argenta.will 

be singing in her Upcoming concert 

for the Toronto Early Musi~ Centre. 

In Jauchzet Gott in alien Landen 

(Pr;:iise ye .God in ev'ty nation) with 

its famous Alleluja. the flamboyant 

J.S. Bach: Canta~ 

Nancy Argenta, soprano 

Ensemble Sonnerie 

Monica tfuggett, director 

Virgin Veritas x2 7243 s. 6.1644 2 O trumpet shares in t.he sopr.ano',s 

celebratiol1(of divine goodness. 

This set of Bacq solo soprano canta- . EMI has re-released this set of ouh 

tas has been compiled from the two standing perfo~marices of some of 

fine discs that Nancy Argenta. made Bach's most beloved music at a great. 

with the Ensemble Sonnerie under price. But, inexcusabiy, they hav,e 

Moni.ca. Huggett 1'n 1993 . It reveals · 

failed to sup. ply the texts and translawhy 

Argenta, a Can.adian who has 

tions which are, particularly in such 

been . living in London for many eloquent performances, so.important 

years, is in such demand by top conductors. 

Her voice is lovely and . for understanding the joy and pain 

which Bach deals with in these 

clear, her style elegant' and works. 

expressive. Her, lightness and agility 

Pamelq Margl~s 

Concert Notes: On Sunday, March 

9 at 7:30, the Toronto Early Music 

Centre presents Nancy Argenta with 

countertenor Daniel Taylor and the 

Theatre of Early Music at Trinity 

St.Paul's Centre. Argenta joins the 

Aldeburgh Connection on April 27 at 

2:30 for "Catherine Robbin and 

Friends" at Walter Hall, University 

of Toronto. 

Ptircell: Fantazia 

Amsterdam Loeki Stardust 

Quartet 

Channel Classics CCS 16998 

There's something irresistible about 

this quartet of virtuoso recorder players- 

not just their refreshingly ad- . 

venturous programs, but also their 

joy and enthusiasm. Since therl! isn't 

a lot of music for recorder consort, 

they have come up with much of 

th,eir repertoire by arranging music 

of the past, particularly from the ba" 

roque, as well as reworking current 

classical and pop compositions, and 

commissioning new works from 

contempon1ry composers. To pull 

this off, they have had a number of 

the instruments in their extensive 

collection made for them, including 

a six-foot long contrabass recorder. 

Their latest disc features Purcell's 

magnificent four-part Fantazias. 

Although Purcelrs manuscript gives 

no indication of scoring, there is little 

doubt he intended these works for 

a traditional consort of viols, precursor 

of the modern string quartet. But 

as played by this consort of recorders, 

these arrangements make. for 

compelling listening. . 

Their timbres are exquisitely balanced 

and blended. But they manage 

tq achieve ~uch clear lines that Purcell's 

wonderful harmonies and contrapuntal 

textures can be folly 

appreciated. They are sensitive to his 

soulful shifts of mood. Arid they 

attack the brisker sections with 

spirited precision. 

The inclusion of Purcell's famous 

Chacony in G minor, which they will 

be performing at their upcoming 

I . 

Daniel Taylor's sensitive, mu 

satisfying approach as direct 

proves largely successful. 

-Gramophone, March 2003 

LAMENTO: 

Opus Award 2002 

Early Music Disc of the Year 

CD+Catalogue 

Special Prlcel

concert for the enterprising W omen's 

Musical Club,. as well as Pavans 

by his predecessors Mico and 

Jenkins, is welcome. But was there 

not still room for the remaining ninth 

Fantazia in A minor, which would 

have completed the set? 

Pamela Margles 

Concert Note: The Women's Musical 

Club of Toronto presents the 

Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet 

on Thursday, March 20, at 1 : 30 in 

Walter Hall, University of Toronto. 

Love 

Lorraine Desmarais; Frederic 

Alarie; Camil Belisle 

Les Disques Scherzo SCH-CD 1511 

each of which pretty much contradicts 

the other. American and 

French romanticism, both classical 

and jazz, are definitely present. 

Desmarais has played 

mainstream, fusion, and free. The 

latter two sho,w up in her naughty 

interpretation of Cole Porter's I Love 

You. Though Desmarais can play any 

way she pleases, her preference is 

a nimble romanticism. Catch her 

performance in TO this month: 

/?hit Ehrensaft 

Concert note: Lorraine Desmarais 

is the invited guest pianist with bassist 

Michel Donato for the "Guido 

Basso with Strings" concert on 

March 21 at Glenn Gould Studio. 

After an M.A. in classical piano 

performance, Lorraine ' Desmarais 

went to New York in 1983 for private 

studies with Kenny Barron. She 

won the Yamaha Competition at the 

1984 Festival de Jazz de Montreal 

and then opened ears south bf the 

border by winriing the Great American 

Piano Jazz Competition in 1986, 

the first non-American and first 

woman to do so. The culmination was 

an Oscar. Peterson Prize for best Moussorgsky: Pictures at an 

Canadian jazz musician at the 2002 Exhibition (orch. Ravel); Prelude 

FJM. Equally impressive is her ex- to Kb.ovanshchina (orch. Schostaemplary 

work in taking jazz to the kovich); Night on Bare Mountain 

grassroots, via. events like her solo (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov); 

lecture-concert tour, "The Evolution Gopak (orch. Lyadov) 

of Jazz Piano: From Ragtime to No Weiner Philharmoniker; Valery 

Time." 

Gergiev 

Love, her seventh CD, features the · Philips 468 526 2 PH 

long-standing trio of Desmarais, top There is no lack of fine recordings 

MontrealbassistAlarie,andBelisle's. of Moussorgsky's Pictures at an 

punctuated, musical drumming. Exhibition, but this thrilling interpre 

Five of the nine tracks are · tation by Russian Valery Gergiev, 

Desmarais's original compositions, surely one of the world's busiest 

three are standards and the final cut conductors, manages to stand out. 

is an improvisation based on Bach and Ravel orchestrated Moussorgsky's 

Gounod! Critics' reflections on her original piano score with exemplary 

music are a Rorschach test: I've skill and imagination: Avoiding the 

read observations that her music is obvious, he would find the most 

inspired by Gil Evans or Keith Jarrett exquisite solutions, such as unusual 

or McCoy Tyner or Chick Corea, combinations of instruments to,create 

new sounds. Each movement debut with the Montreal Symphony 

goes by very quickly. Gergiev Orchestra. After admission to the 

captures every new mood and char- Curtis Institute of Music when she 

acter, but still masterfully conveys was fourteen, this Montreal wunderthe 

over-all structure, tied together kind began graduate work at Juilliard 

by the recurring Promenade. while still a teenager. Chung's inter" 

Moussorgsky based this piece on national reputation rightly soared 

an exhibition of artworks by his friend when her 2001 recording of Ligeti 's 

Viktor Hartmann, whose early death daunting piano music (Dynamic CDS 

is mourned in Cum Mortuis in Lingua 358) received accolades from BBC 

Mortua, where he restates the Music Magazine, Repertoire and 

opening Promenade as a dirge. Their Fono Forum. She is now approachshared 

inspiration was Russian folk- ing the end of her second decade as 

lore and history. Moussorgsky owned a professional concert performer. 

some of Hartmann's pictures, four This wonderful new CD pairs some 

of which have-oeen reproduced in the of Scriabin's earliest romantic piano 

CD booklet, but many have been lost. music with his last revolutionary 

The Vienna Philharmonic whips compositions in 1915, the year of his 

through the intricacies of Limoges untimely death at the age of 

with both precision and poetry. The 43. Chung's mastery of his idiosynsoloists, 

like the plaintive saxophone cratic, complex take on Romanticism 

in Vecchio Castello and the evoca- gives us the starting point for the 

tive tuba in Bydlo, outdo each other entirely original, unorthodox musical 

in colourful characterizations. Ger- language that Scriabin created from 

giev animates Ravel's wonderful 1910 onwards. - 

orchestral effects like the glissandi George Perle d¥picts Scriabin as 

in Gnomus, or the splendid decre- the first composer "... to exploit 

scendo at the end of Catacombs, serial procedures systematically as 

which ends with the tam-tam rever- a means of compensating for the loss 

berating ominously. 

of traditional tonal functions." But 

The sound is clear and well this was only part of the landscape 

balanced, benefiting from the of Scriabin's advanced but highly 

immediacy ofa live recording. The accessible music. 'His 1915 solo. 

complementary pieces are well pieces ' were bellwethers for a 

chosen. More Moussorgsky means Russian avant-garde that :rivaled 

all the more reason to enjoy this disc . . Western Europe's in creativity, but 

Pamela Margles which wer.e to be literally erased by 

Concert Note: Gergiev and tfie 

Kiroy Orchestra perform at Roy 

Thomson Hall on Monday, March 

24, when their program will include 

Moussorgsky'~ 

Exhibition. 

Pictures at an 

Alexander Scriabin: Piano Works 

Lucille Chung 

Dynamic CDS 4~6 

(Distribution Pelleas) 

At the ripe old age often years, piano 

prodigy Lucille Chung made her 

Stalin. 

Chung's intellectual grasp of Scriabin's 

formal structures, her instincts 

for his intense tonal colors, and the 

virtuosity necessary to tackle his 

complexity lead us right into the 

poetry of Scriabin's music. 

Phil Ehrensaft 

Concert Note: Lucille Chung performs 

Brahms Piano Concerto' No. 

1 with the Korean-Canadian Symphony 

Orchestra at the Toronto Centre 

for the Arts on March 29.

NEW RELEASES 

Chants sacres et profanes 

Tafehnusik Chamber Choir 

CBC Records MVCD 1155 

Poulenc. Secondly, for the accompanied 

pieces, Stephen Ralls plays a 

1901, Model "B" Bechstein piano, 

with an action and sound similar to 

one that would have been used by 

Gabriel Faure: 

Most of the selections on this recording 

are sacred works, with a 

mystical quality typical of the French 

Catholic focus on meditative prayer 

and contemplation on the suffertng 

of Christ. Tafelmusik's clarity and 

precision of tone demonstrate their 

skillful art in these often angular and 

dissonant a capella pieces, but one 

can't help !:mt feel a certain lack of 

passion and angst in the interpreta 

This recording marks a bold depar- tion that some of thinepertoire cries 

ture from the baroque and early out for, especially Poulenc's Qu

Tango Song and Dance 

Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin 

Andre Previn or Lambert Orl

years. And it would be less than 

candid of me not to mention that I 

also serve as program editor for 

Toronto's New Music Concerts, 

which is presenting this month a 90th 

birthday tribute to this man who was 

so influential in the development of 

our musical heritage. 

The Centrediscs Portrait series is 

a long overdue sequel to the "blue 

box" series of discontinued vinyl 

pressings previously available on the 

Radio Canada International label and 

the existence of this new incarnation 

in the CD format is in large part due 

to the efforts ofWeinzweig himself: 

This set includes seven extended 

fragmentary dialogues of his 1976 

brass quintet, Pieces of Five. The 

performances are of a consistently 

high qualicy, particularly those of the 

Orford Quartet in his Quartet No. 3 

and Judy Loman' s powerful account 

of the masterful Conceno for Harp. 

As with the other Portraits in this 

series, a separate disc is devoted to 

a CBC sound documentary about the 

composer. 

Though the CBC has done wonders 

in re-mastering these recordings, the 

monaural sound of the Violin 

Concerto and the very close pick-up 

of the Orford Quartet remain 

painfully shrill. These works deserve 

new recordings, and it is a pity that 

the CBC does nothave the resources 

to commission them. 

Daniel Foley 

Concert Note: New Music Concerts 

celebrates John Weinzweig's 90th 

birthday with Pioneers! 0 Pioneers! 

on March 23 at Glenn Gould Studio. 

instrumental works that demonstrate . Osvaldo Go~jov: Yiddishbbuk 

the evolution ofWeinzweig's rheto- St. Lawrence String Quartet 

. ric from the romantic lyricism of the EMI CD 72435 57356-2 

Violin Concerto of 1954 to the 

This' album, on which the St. 

Lawrence String Quartet is joined by 

the 'Ying Quartet, Todd Palmer 

(clarinets), Tara Helen O'Connor 

(flute) and. Mark Dresser (double 

bass), has received two separate 

nominations for the Grammy 

Awards in the United States and is 

up for 'a Juno in Canada. Although 

we have not heard every nominated 

.recording, there is little doubt that 

any album that scores higher in the 

respective categories would be 

wondrous indeed. 

Last Rowui, scored for double string 

quartet and double bass, is an intense 

and potent work that shows the 

influence of the bandoneon music of 

Golijov's compatriot, the late Astor 

Piazzolla. It is one of those rare 

pieces that immediately draw the 

listener in and keeps hold so as not to 

miss a note-an important composition 

that should enjoy a long life. 

lullaby and Doina are sad little 

nostalgic morsels which sound 

familiar even on first hearing. The 

spirit is early mid-20th century 

Jewish, but is it exuberant or 

prophetic? The answer may be in the 

pizzicato chord that closes the piece. 

Yiddishbbuk itself is a collection of 

three pieces, dedicated respectively 

to three children interned in the 

Terezin concentration camp, author 

Isaac Bashevis Singer and composer 

Leonard Bernstein. 

Finally, The Dreams and Prayers 

of Isaac The Blind for string quartet 

and clarinet. Isaac, the French 

cabalist who flourished in the twelfth 

and thirteenth century, adopted the 

theory of reincarnation (metempsychosis) 

and could tell ifa man's 

soul was old or new. Whether or not 

Golijov successfully called forth the 

old soul of the eccentric Isaac doesn't 

really matter, because the five-part 

suite is an easy listen no matter what 

the inspiration. 

Bruce Swtees

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Shambolica 

Michael Grey 

Dunaber CDOOOl' 

The Scottish seem to have a practiJ 

cal approach to posterity and the 

proof is in Michael Grey's tasty 

product, Shambolica. A student of the 

venerable art since the age of twelve, 

serving as Pipe Major of the Peel 

Regional Police force, known in the 

highland pipers community as an able 

adjudicator and composer, Mr. Grey 

has, as befits the tradition of the brave 

hearted, (though he's not as cute as 

Mel Gibson), won a strategically 

complex battle: In this recording he 

has successfully assembled such 

diverse idioms as Cowboy, Jazz, 

New Age, not to mention solid 

M.0 .R., and even House . Set 

against arrangements written with 

Owen Pallett and the album's 

engineer and mixer Br.yan 

Greenwood, respect for the gentle 

listener's ears triumphs and the old 

bags are rejuvenated. 

. My Heart is in the Highlands is a 

moody, sensuous track that oughta be 

in pictures, or at least in radio 

rotation. Kurt Swinghammer 

crunches out some metal guitar licks 

on it. The traditional tune Nut Brown 

Maiden features Jane Siberry and 

samples the voice of departed kin. 

Something close to Enya's soporific 

trance is induced on Annabel, which 

Grey based on Lament for Mary 

Macleod. A techno-pop track 

referred to as * !* ! closes out the 

album, leaving one wondering if there 

is any style Mr. Grey's pipes don't 

call. A great CD for the car or the 

home, but I'll not be lending mine. 

Deborah Rosen 

Concert Note: Michael Grey will 

premiere John Beckwith' s A New 

Pibroch for Highland pipes and 

strings at, New Music Concert.s 

Pioneers! 0 Pioneers! concert at 

Glenn· Gould Studio on March 23. 

It's About Time 

Heather Bambrick 

HBCD-001 

It's About Time is vocalist Heather · 

Bambrick's aptly titled debut CD. 

The eleven selections on the disc 

cover a broad range and include 

standards: a Prince tune, and 3 of 

Heather's own songs. 

The musicians on this recording 

are some of the top jazz players in 

Canada and i~lude saxophonist Mike 

Murley, pianist David Braid and 

guitarist David Occhipinti. Bambrick 

and bassist Mike McClennan share 

·arranging credits for the project. The 

charts are superb, particularly so on 

Love for Sale. This song is usually 

rendered in such a happy, upbeat 

manner that the sinister connotation 

of the lyrics is lost. Not so on this 

version. 

. This recording was a delight t(,) 

listen to, since the focus was on the 

singer and the songs themselves. The 

accompanists having their shining 

moments of course, but it's Bambrick's 

warm rich voice and clear 

delivery of the lyrics that really carries 

the disc. 

I was partitularly impressed by the 

original material on this recording. I 

was utterly convinced That's Falling 

in Love was a standard I hadn't 

chanced upon before, until I checked 

the credits. Aren't I Cute certainly 

IS, and is somewhat reminiscent of 

Blossom Dearie's work. Maybe is 

such a beautiful ballad melody that I 

fully expect to hear many instrumentalists 

covering it. · 

I highly recommend this CD, and 

I'm eagerly looking forward to 

hearing more of Heather's work - 

especially her own songs: 

Merlin Williams 

Sweet Home Suite 

The Greg Runions Big Band 

Independent, Grind 2002 

A new-release for a 19-piece big 

band is quite surprising in our era of 

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compactness, lowered budgets and 

the rest. Greg Runions' large group 

bursts forth frorn the opening track 

The New Cure, with immediate energy 

and tight discipline. Clearly 

much hard work has gone into the 

preparation of this. The New Cure is 

one of four pieces that make up the 

Sweet Home_ Suite. Runions, a 

Kingston Ontario-based composer, 

shows good-humoured quirkiness in 

his writing style throughout the CD, 

and this is sure to bring a smile. 

Several modal shifts through a 

number of apparent key signatures 

are some of the highlights of Oh 

Brother! which also has expressive 

solos from no fewer than five of.the 

players. Pianist Brian' DiCkinson's 

solo here is especially noteworthy. 

Two tunes round out the disc: Waltz 

for Lauren with masterful arrangements 

and even a solo on the vibraphone 

from composer Runions himself. 

The final track 4PM begins with 

a sonorous chorale~Iike episode, first 

for the brass instruments and then the 

reeds alone. 

The all-too brief notes hint at the 

glorious past of this eastern bntario ~ 

big band, with nods of thanks to 

former guest artists, Kenny 

Wheeler, Mike Murley and Don 

Thompson among, those mentioned. 

The cover photo, the only one 

provided in the CD, shows only the 

horn section and not the pianist, nor 

even the composer himself. 

John S. Gray 

A Beckett Miscellany 

Arcady; Ronald Beckett 

Phoenix Records PHX45372 

Ronald Beckett is a well-know_n 

composer, keyboard player and 

impresario from Southwestern 

Ontario. He_ is the founder and 

director of the Arcady ensemble, .a 

c0llection of young instrumentalists 

and singers who perform early music 

- including an extensive tour of 

Handel's Messiah each year - and 

the compositions of Ronald Beckett 

himself. This CD features a sampling 

of nearly 25 years of Beckett's instrumental 

music and demonstrates 

his solid craftsmanship and pleasant 

nature as a composer. The recorded 

compositions ,fall into three main 

categories: works for solo keyboard, 

chamber music for wind instruments 

and instrumental interludes from 

Beckett's operas. · 

Of the works for keyboard, the Octatonic 

Suite, written in 2002,, is a 

stiiking st;:t of short, imitative dances 

with interesting counterpoint and 

a great deal of ingenuity, at times 

dining out on a cheeky, jazz-inspiied 

style. The pieces for winds all date 

from the ·late 1970s and early '80s 

and have a wide range of flavours, 

from Stravinskian neo-Classicism 

(Woodwind Quintet) to a spare, 

modal, Renaissance sound (Trio for 

Flute, Clarinet and Hom). I especil l 

ly enjoyed the challenging. angular 

harmonies of the Toccara for Oboe 

and Piano with its insistent, irregular 

rhythms. . . 

The excerpts from Beckett's 

recent trilogy of operas seem a little 

more utilitarian and lack some of the 

vigour of the other pieces, but all the 

performances are of a high standard 

and Mr. Beckett should be .commended 

for his creativity and obvious 

mastery at bringing people together 

to make music: a positive force. 

Larry Beckwirh 

Concert Note: Ronald Beckett's 

Arcady (www.arcady.ca) ensemble 

performs at Erskine Presbyterian 

Church in Hamilton March I, 

Central Presbyterian in Brantford 

March 8, and Knox Presbyterian in 

Milton on May 4. [See Further Afield 

listings for"more details.] 

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DISCS OF THE MONTH 

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Bach: Orchestral Suites 

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 

Analekta FL 2 3134 

Though Bach composed but a smattering 

of orchestral works, those that 

have come down to us rank among 

the greatest works of musical history. 

Thus it is a bit of a mystery to me 

why a Tafelmusik recording of these 

works had not appeared quite some 

time ago. Be that as it may, all but 

the second of Bach's Four Orchestral 

Suites are now available in 

glorious performances by this distinguished 

ensemble. 

Surely the most familiar item of 

these Suites is the celebrated "Air", 

habitually rendered in a ponderous 

manner "on the G string", from the 

Third Suite. Tafelmusik is having 

none of that, thank you. Their 

approach is one clarity and grace, 

executed with elegance and performed 

in a manner consistent with the 

practices of Bach's own time. 

There is a compelling ardour to 

these sprightly performances, particularly 

so in the thrilling renditions 

of the joyous passages for trumpets, 

timpani and oboes that enervate the 

Third and Fourth Suites. The acoustics 

achieved at Toronto's Grace 

Church on the Hill are excellent, with 

an admirable balance of voices. This 

Canteloube - Chants d' Auvergne 

Karina Gauvin; Canadian Chamber 

Ensemble; Raffi Armenian 

CBC Records SMCD 5224 

Joseph Canteloube' s Chants 

d 'Auvergne contain some of the most 

marvelous. and elaborate orchestral 

settings of folk songs. Home to his 

father, the mountainous Auvergne 

region, with its fiercely proud people, 

was dear to Canteloube's heart. 

The songs are a collection of pastoral 

vignettes, many of which follow the 

amorous adventures of shepherdesses 

with orchestrations that affect 

much humour or the longings of an 

endless, lonely night: The most 

soothing lullabies, robust dances, 

work songs, and texts that offer sage 

advice for country folk . Truly a 

collection that inspires us to "appreciate, 

understand and love nature, the 

earth and rural life", as Canteloube 

demanded as a prerequisite to fully 

understand the folksong . 

Karina Gauvin characterizes these 

texts deftly with a great deal of wit, 

eloquence and humour. This is her 

third recording on CBC records, and 

it is truly a world-class performance. 

The Canadian Chamber Ensemble, 

16 principal musicians of the Kitchener-Waterloo 

Symphony directed 

by Raffi Armenian, provide an 

amazing array of luxuriant 

colour. Oboist James Mason is given 

lots of opportunity to shine in these 

scorings, particularly in the three 

is a recording to treasure. 

bourrees and the Bailero, haunting 

Daniel Foley in its beauty. 

Concert Notes: Bruno Weil conducts 

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 

and Chamber Choir in Haydn's The 

Seasons on March 7 and 8 at Massey 

Hall. The orchestra is joined by 

fortepianist Malcolm Bilson for an 

all-Mozart program March 20-23 at 

Trinity-St. Paul's Centre and March 

25 at the George Weston Recital 

Hall. 

For those ofus who've had enough 

of a cold and colourless winter, this 

recording is a breath of spring, 

promising the vivid scenery, scents 

and colours of a mountain 

summer. Even the gorgeous outfit 

Ms. Gauvin has chosen for her cover 

photograph is enough to chase the 

blues away. 

Dianne Wells 



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The JUN Os - we've got them covered by David Olds, Editor, D/SCoveries 

While television ads get us all psyched up for 

the "best of Canadian music" on the CTV JUNO 

Awards special on Sunday April 6, there are a 

number of categories that you won't see on TV. 

The less than glamorous world of classical music 

is all but ignored in the glitzy coverage and we'll 

be left surfing the web or reading the fine print 

in newspapers the following morning to find out 

how our classical musicians and composers 

fared. WholeNote prides itself on its classical 

and post-classical coverage and DISCoveries is 

proud to note that of the 20 classical nominations, 

14 have been reviewed in these pages in past 

issues. It is our intention to complete the cycle 

in our April edition, but in the interim we 

encourage you to visit our website 

(www.thewholenote.com) and revisit what our 

reviewers had to say about this year's crop of 

classical nominations. Here's the list, and where 

to find them: 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, Sow OR 

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: 

Graupner - Partitas for Harpsichord, 

Genevieve Soly (Analekta): 

DISCoveries May 2002 

Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music, 

Angela Hewitt (Hyperion): 

DISCoveries June 2002 

Fritz Kreisler, James Ehnes (Analekta): 

DISCoveries November 2002 

Yiddishbbuk, St. Lawrence String Quartet 

(EMI): DISCoveries March 2003 

Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert 

Transcriptions, Marc-Andre 

Hamelin (Hyperion): DISCoveries next issue 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, LARGE 

ENSEMBLE OR Sow1sT(s) WITH LARGE 

ENSEMBLE AccoMPANIMENT: 

The Overcoat: Music by Dmitri Shostakovich, 

Angela Cheng/Mario 

Bernardi/CBC Radio Orchestra (CBC): 

DISCoveries December 2001 

Schumann Piano Works, Anton Kuerti/ 

Mario Bernardi/CBC Radio 

Orchestra (CBC): DISCoveries September 

2002 

Nocturnal Dances of Don Juan Quixote, I 

Musici de Montreal 

(Chandos): DISCoveries November 2002 

A Baroque Feast, Tafelmusik (Analekta): 

DISCoveries December 

2002 (stocking stuffers) 

Bruch: Concertos Vol.II, James Ehnes/ 

Mario Bernardi/OSM ,----, 

(CBC): DISCoveries next issue 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, VOCAL 

OR CHORAL PERFORMANCE: 

Margison Sings Verdi, Richard Margison/ 

Richard Bradshaw/COC 

Orchestra (CBC): DISCoveries April 2002 

Ay Que Si!, Suzie LeBlanc/Les Voix 

Humaines (ATMA): 


Mozart Requiem, Les Violons du Roy 

(Dorian): 


Of Ladies and Love, Michael Schade 

(Hyperion): 

DISCoveries next issue 

Bach Cantatas, Daniel Taylor/Theatre of 

Early Music (ATMA) 

DISCoveries next issue 

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR: 

Requiem for a Charred Skull, Bramwell 

Tovey (Voices on High - 

Opening Day): DISCoveries July 2002 

Orbiting Garden, Christos Hatzis (Orbiting 

Garden - Centrediscs): 


Music for a Thousand Autums, Alexina Louie 

(Music for a Thousand 

Autumns - Centrediscs): DISCoveries 

November 2002 

Concerto for Cello, Heather Schmidt (This is 

the Colour of My 

Dreams - CBC): DISCoveries next issue 

Test Run, John Estacio, (7'h Banff Internat'l 

String Quartet 

Competition - BanffCentre): DISCoveries 

next issue 


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