Volume 9 Issue 10 - July/August 2004

Welcome to WholeNote's
LIVE LISTINGS
READERS PLEASE NOTE:
Presenters' plans change; and we occasionally make mistakes!
Please alwa)'S use the phone numbers provided to call ahead.
For Concerts Further Afield (outside the GTA) sec page ~2.
For Music Theatre and Opera Listings sec page ~~ .
For Ja1z Listings sec page ~5. And for Fcstirnls sec page ~7.
Thursday July 01
-12:00 noon: Toronto Downtown Jazz
Festival. lunchtime Series: Sing I Sing I
Sing! Heather Bambrick, John Alcorn, Melis·
sa Stylianou, Bonnie Brett, perfonmers. Toronto
Star Stage, Nathan Phillips Square,
100 Queen St. West. 416·870·8000. Free.
- 1 :00: Thornhill Community Band.
Denny Ringler, music director. McMichael
Gallery, 10365 Islington Ave. 905·893·
0344. Free with gallery admission:
$15,$9,$25(family).
- 5:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. Groove and Graffitt: Blues Underdog
featuring Maestro. Youth Stage, Nathan
Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416-
870·8000. Free.
- 7:00: Toronto Music Garden.Summer
Music in the Garden: "T:rue North Brass Guin.'
tet. Music & stories. Raymond Tizzard &
Barton Wopmert, trumpets; Joan Watson,
horn; Alastair Kay, trombone; Scott Irvine,
tuba. 6:00: Pre·concert tour. 475 Queens ·
Quay West. 416·973-4000. Free.
- 8:00: 12th Latvian Song Festival in
Canada.Juventus Choir from Riga. Music
by Raminsh & others. St. Andrew's Latvian
Church, 383 Jarvis. 416-230·2552. $25.
- 8:00: Mel Lastman Square. Lighthouse
& Bradley and the Bouncers. Rock, jazz, clas·
sics & blues. 5100 Yonge St. 416·395-
0490. Free.
- 8:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. New Deal/Wax Poetic. Toronto Star
Stage, Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen
St. West. 416·870-8000. $20.
Friday July OZ
- 14:00 noon: Toronto Downtown Jazz
Festival. lunchtime Series: The TGIF Jam.
Toronto Star Stage, Nathan Phillips Square,
100 Queen St. West. 416-870-8000. Free.
- 5:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. Humber College faculty Ensemble.
Youth Stage, Nathan Phillips Square, 100
Queen St. West. 416-870·8000. Free.
- 6:00: 12th Latvian Song Festival in
Canada. Concert of Sacred Music. Music
of Kenins, Purvs, Vitals, Aperane & others.
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St.
East. 416·230·2552. $30.
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Kiran Ahluwalia.
Ghazals & Punjabi folk songs. CJBC
Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-
4000. Free.
- 8:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. Rite of Strings. Jean-Luc Ponty, Al Di
Meola, Stanley Clarke, Alain Caron, perfonmers.
Toronto Star Stage, Nathan Phillips ·
Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416·870·
8000. ~40.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. TheStrawbs. 2261
Dundas St. West. 416-531 -6604. $50(advance),
$55(door).
- 9:00: Heartsounds/Toronto Fringe
Festival. Postcards from the Heart. Musical
tour of the hea(). Musical direction by M.J.
Johnson; starring Harry Lewis; featuring Lee·
Anne Galloway & Christopher Wilson. Artword
Theatre Mainstage, 75 Portland St.
416·966:1062. $8. For complete run see
music theatre listings.
- 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. Besh O
droM. Electro-acoustic collective. CIBC Stage,
235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000.
Free.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre.
D'Aldeia. Samba & folkloric rhythms of Northeastern
Brazil. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay
West 416-973-4000. Free.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre. Nurse
Kaya String Guartet. Classical, jazz, rock, folk
& avant garde. Lakeside Terrace, 235 Queens
Quay West. 416·973-4000. 'Free.
Saturday July 03
- 10:30am, 11 :30am, 12:30 & 1 :30: Fire·
fly Theatre/Theatre Hybrid/Shrimp
Magnet Theatre. The Emperor's New
Clothes. By Keenan & Halferty. Show for kids
of all ages with song, dance & pantomime.
Lagoon Theatre, Centre Island to the left of the
Ferry Docks, Toronto Island. 416-322-9619.
$4. For complete run see music theatre list·
in gs.
- 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. Tandava.
Contemporary world music ensemble inspired
by Indian folk & classical music. CIBC Stage,
235 Queens Quay West. 416·973-4000.
Free.
- 2:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. lunchtime Series: Orchestre National de
Jazz de France. Toronto Star Stage, Nathan
Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416·
870-8000. Free.
- 5:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. Carlo Actis Dato, saxophone & bass clari·
net. Youth Stage, Nathan Phillips Square, 100
Queen St. West. 416·870·8000. Free.
- 6:00: 12th Latvian Song Festival in
Canada. Orchestral Works by Latvian Com·
posers. Works by Raminsh, Kenins, Vasks,
Bergs, Kalnins & Wihtols. Arthur Ozolins
piano; Paul Sketris, bass baritone; Beverl~y
Johnston, percussion; Jvars Taurins, lmant
Raminsh, Roger Bergs & George Kenins, cQn·
duct ors. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040
Yonge St. 416-870-8000. $30.
- 7:00: Toronto Fringe Festival. Waiting
for Trudeau - The Return of the King (A Musi
cal Revue). By McCaig & McCaig; musical
direction & staging by Paul Burvvell; starring
Paul Constable, Brett McCaig, Paul Regan &
Racheal McCaig. Tarragon Theatre Main·
space, 30 Bridgman Ave. 416-966·1062. $8.
For complete run see music theatre listings.
- 7:30: Canadian Music Competition.
National Finals Gala Concert. MacMillan Thea·
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tre, 80 Queen's Park. 416-441·1335. PWYC.
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. David Murray
andthe 'Gwo Ka Masters. Jazz sounds of
Guadeloupe, Africa & the Caribbean. CJBC
Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973·
4000. Free.
- 8:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. The Bad Plus/Gary Burton Generations
Guintet. Toronto Star Stage, Nathan Phillips
Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416·870·
8000. $30.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. TheStrawbs. See
July 2.
- 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. Rizwan­
Muazzam Gawwal1: CIBC Stage, 235 Queens
Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre. autor·
ickshaw. Sankaran/Hanley: New world music
suite (premiere, commission). Lakeside Ter·
race, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·973·
4000. Free.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre. Celso
Machado, guitar & percussion. Ritmos bra·
silieros. CJBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West.
416·973-4000. Free.
Sunday July 04
- 1 :00&'2:15: Harbourfront Centre.
Zeellia. Folk songs & dances of Ukraine. To·
rpnto Star Stage, 235 Queens Quay West.
416·973-4000. Free.
- 2:00: 12th Latvian Song Festival in
Canada. Massed Choir Concert. W~rks by
Kenins, Purvs, Kalnins, Vitals & others. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 416·230-2552.
$30-$35.
- 2:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val.lunchtimeSenes:Oapp Theory. Toronto
Star Stage, Nathan Phillips Square, 100
Queen St. West. 416-870-8000. Free.
- 4:00: Toronto Music Garden. Summer
Music in the Garden: Marimba Concert. Music
by Mozart, Scarlatti, Rameau & others. Nicho·
las Coulter & Graham Hargrove, marimbas.
475 Queens Guay West. 416·973-4000.
Free.
- 4:30: Harbourfront Centre. Warsaw
Vi71age Band. Drums, bass, cymbals, fiddles &
vocals. Cl BC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West.
416·973-4000. Free.
- 5:00: CHIN International Picnic. An·
tone/la Cavallaro, voice. Operatic songs from·
Andrea Bocelli. Main stage, Canadian National
Exhibition. 416·531 -9991. Free.
- 5:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. York University Faculty Ensemble. Youth
Stage, Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St.
· West. 416-870·8000. Free.
- 6:30: Harbourfront Centre. Vasyl Popadiuk,
violin. Blend of tra~itional Slavic & gypsy
themes with classical pop & jazz. Toronto
Star Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·
973-4000. Free.
- 8:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. Organ Summit. Joey Defrancesco, Jim·
my McGriff, Doug Riley, Paul Bollenback, By·
ran Landham. Toronto Star Stage, Nathan Phil·
lips Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416·870-
8000. $30.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. TheStrawbs. See
July 2.
Monday July 05
-12:15: Music Mondays. Ron Al/en, Gur·
preet Chana & Rob Pitch. Bamboo flutes, tabla
& guitar. Church of the Holy Trinity, 1 O Trinity
Square. 416·598-4521 x222. $5 suggested
donation.
- 7:30: Oakville Children's Choir. Ger·
many Bon Voyage Concert. Celebrating the
Choir's participation in the Choir Olympics,
Bremen, Germany. Atrium, Town Hall, 1225
Trafalgar Rd., Oakville. 905·337·7104. By
donation.
Tuesday July 06
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Youssou
N'Dour and the Super Etoile de Dakar. CIBC
Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·973-
4000. $25 (advance), $30(door).
Wednesday July 07
-; 7:00: Etobicoke Community Concert
Band. Twilight Concert in-the.Park. John Edward
Liddle, conductor. Applewood Home·
stead, 450 The West Mall. 416·410· 1570
Free. / ·
- 7:30: Artists' Garden Cooperative.
Plein Air Salon Concerts: Daniela Nardi Trio.
Earthy, modern, jazz, pop. 345 Balliol St. 416·
487·0705. $10.
- 8:00: Colin Ainsworth, tenor & Rachel
Cleland·Ainsworth, soprano. love is in
the Air. Concert about the joys and pains of
love. Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St.
West. 905·999· 1637. Suggested donation
$10.
- 9:00: Small World Music. Global Cafe:
Los De Abaja. Mexican, blend of ska, reggae &
cumbia. Stone Distillery, Distillery Historic
District, 55 Mill St. 416·872-1212. $20.
Thursday July 08
- 7:00: City of Brampton Concert Band.
120 Years Young. Gage Park, Main & Welling·
·tan Sts., Brampton. 905,451 ·6389. Free.
- 7:00: TorontQ Music Garden.Summer
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