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Welcome to WholeNote's LIVE LISTINGS READERS PLEASE NOTE: Presenters' plans change; and we occasionall)' make mistakes! Please always use the phone numhcrs prm·idcd to call ahead. For Concerts Further Afield (outside the GTA) sec pages -17-:m. For Music Theatre and Opera Listings sec page 51 . GTA Wednesday <strong>September</strong> 01 -7:30: Artists' Garden Cooperative. Plein Air Salon Concerts: Abeena Samm. Reggae to gospel vocals. 345 Balliol St. 416- 487-0705. $<strong>10</strong>. -8:00: Canadian Opera Company/ Altamira. A/tamira Summer Opera Con· certs. Guest soloists; performan.ce by children from the CDC Summer Opera Camp; members of the CDC Ensemble Studio;·COC Orchestra; Richard Bradshaw, conductor. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·363·6671. Free. Thursday <strong>September</strong> 02 -7:00: Toronto Music Garden. Summer Music in the Garden: Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company. Flamenco dance & music. Guests: Jose Luis Perez, vocals; Dominique Soulard, guitar. 6:00: Pre-concert tour. 475 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free. -7:30: The Variety Players. Hey There Good Times/ -A Tn'bute to Broadway & Hollywood. 11" annual Jerry-at-Trick Revue. Larry Westlake, director. Kevin Ralph Nelson, musical director. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive. 905-882-4523. $18, group rate. For complete run see music theatre listings. -8:00: Ashkenaz: A Festival of New Yiddis.h Culture. K/ezmer en Buenos Aires. Cesar Lerner & Marcelo Moguilevsky, clarinet & accordion. Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416·973-4000. $36 .. -8:00: Canadian Opera Company/ Altamira. Altamira Summer Opera Concerts. CIBC Stage. See Sep 1. Friday <strong>September</strong> 03 -1 ;DO: Smile Theatre. Has Anybody Here Seen Willy? Musical tribute to the life of Will James. By Kneebone & Christie; directed by Dinah Christie; featuring Dwayne Evens & Steve Lendt. Holy Rosary Church, 400 Walm· er Rd. #3<strong>10</strong>. 416-961-1735, 416·599-8440. For complete run see music theatre listings. -6:30: Toronto City Raots Festival Association.Song Celebration. Michelle Rumball, Greg Hobbs, Suzie Vinnick, perform· ers. Gibsone·Jessop Song Gallery Side Stage, 55 Mill St. 416·870·8000. $15, $60(week· end pass). -7:00: Inspirational Music in the Park. Grand Finale. Gage Park, Wellington St. West. & Main St. South, Brampton. 905·793·6976. Free. -7:00: Toronto City Roots festival Association.Song Celebration. Dan Kershaw, For Ja1.z Listings sec pages 52. Justin Rutledge & Junction Forty, Kiran Ahluwalia, Sylvia Tyson, performers. Stone Distillery Main Stage, 55 Mill St. 416-870· 8000. $25, $60(weekend pass). -7:30: Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. Harry Connick Jr.: Only You Tour. 1 Front Street East. 416·870· 8000. $39.50-$85.50. -8:00 & 1 O:OOpm: Rough Idea/Root· MeanSquare. Sonore. Improvised solos, duos & trios built from various reed combina· lions. Goethe·lnstitut, 163 King St. West. 416·516·0606. $20. Saturday <strong>September</strong> 04 -6:30: Toronto City Roots Festival Association.Song Celebration. Lynn Harri· son, Rob Lamothe, Michelle Rasky, Blair Packham, performers. Gibsone·Jessop Song Gallery.Side Stage, 55 Mill St. 416-870· 8000. $15, $60(weekend pass). -7:00: Toronto City Roots Fstival Association. Song Celebration. Scott B. Sympathy, Oh Susanna, Lynn Miles, Fred Eaglesmith, performers. Stone Distillery Main Stage, 55 Mill St. 416·870-8000. $25, $ 60(weekend pass). -8:00: Ashkenaz: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture. Ot Azoj. Blend of old-time Klezmer, contemporary Eastern European folk & Klezmer revival. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. -9:00: Thoth. The Music of Ancient Gods. By Stephen Kaufman. Opera in the language of a Tolkien style world. The Opera House, 735 Queen St. East. 416·870·8000. $25. -9:30: Ashkenaz: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture. The Klezmatics. Jewish roots music. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·973-4000. Sunday <strong>September</strong> 05 -3:00: University of Toronto/The Soldiers' Tower Committee. Cafl11on Recital Series: John Widmann, cafl11onneur. The lawn, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978·2452. Free. -3:30; Ashkenaz: A festival of New Yiddish Culture. Beyond the Pale. Guest: Josh Dolgin. Main Stage, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·973-4000. -4:00: St. James' Cathedral. David Phillips, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364·7865. Free. -4:00: Thornhill Community Band. Denny.Ringler, music director. Unionville Bandstand, Main St. & Fred Varley Dr., Unionville. 416-223·7152. Free. -4:30: St. James' Cathedral. Choral Evensong. Men of the Cathedral Choir of Men & Boys. 65 Church St. 416-364· 7865. Free. -5:00: Ashkenaz: A festival of New Yiddish Culture. lachan Jewish Chamber Choir. Jewish songs by Glick & Steinberg. Sharon Smith, soloist; Cantor Beny Maissner, director. Toronto Star Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. -5:30: Ashkenaz: A festival of New Yiddish Culture. Manouche. Contemporary renditions of old Yiddish standards. Toronto Star Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416· 973-4000. -6:30: Toronto City Roots Festival Association.Song Celebration. Ian North, Nancy White, Wendell Ferguson, Adam Mitchell, perfomiers. Gibsone-Jessop Song Gallery Side Stage, 55 Mill St. 416-870· 8000. $15, $60(weekend pass). -7:00: Ashkenaz: A festival of New Yiddish Culture. K/ezmer en Buenos Aires. Cesar Lerner & Marcelo Moguilevsky, clarinet & accordion & other performers. Brigantine Room, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973· 4000. $36. - 7:00: Toronto City Roots Festival Association. Song Celebration. Bob Wise· man, Priya Thomas, Serena Ryder, Ashley Macisaac, performers. Stone Distillery Main Stage, 55 Mill St. 416-870-8000. $25, $60(weekend pass). -9:30: Ashkenaz: A festival of New Yiddish Culture. Khupe. Christian Dawid and Sanne Miiricke, performers. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. Monday <strong>September</strong> 06 -12:15: Music Mondays. Canadian Works. Zelda Turner, soprano and Morning Star River. Church of the Holy Trinity, <strong>10</strong> Trinity Square. 416-598-4521 x222. $5 suggested donation. -2:15: Ashkenaz: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture. Khupe. CIBC Stage. See Sep 5. -4:00: Ashkenaz: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture. Beyond the Pale/Toronto Jewish Folk Choir. Performance of Benyomen derDriter. Lakeside Terrace, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·973· 4000. -8:00: Music Gallery. The Microphones & Guitarkestra. Phil Elvrum, singer/songwriter; I.he Sea Snakes; Craig Dunsmuir, guitar/ composer. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416·204· <strong>10</strong>80. $1 O(advance). $12(door). Wednesday <strong>September</strong> 08 -7:00: New Opera and Concerts Can· tre. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro. Walmer Centre Theatre, Walmer Road Church, 188 Lowther Ave. 416-604-1557. $18-$20. For· complete run see music theatre listings. Friday <strong>September</strong> <strong>10</strong> -7:00: Toronto All·Star Big Band. Southside Shuffle. Street Festival perform· ance. St. Lawrence Square, corner of Hurontario St. & Lakeshore Rd. 905·278-2811. Free. -8:00: Bands on a Canadian Tour. Tenors, Sopranos and the Sounds of Big Bands on a Canadian Tour. Mel Lastman Square, 5<strong>10</strong>0 Yonge St. 416-631 ·4208. Free. -8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Open House at the New RCM & Inauguration Show. Performers from Escola de Samba. 7:00: film We Are Samba. 90 Croatia St. 416· 408-2824 x474. *TENTATIVE- PLEASE CALL AHEAD TO CONFIRM* Saturday <strong>September</strong> 11 -2:00: Victoria-Royce Church. Friends of Victoria-Royce in Concert: Celebrating 120 Years in the Junction. 190 Medland St. 416· 769·6176. Free-will offering. -2:45: Adam Osinski. Piano Recital. , Works by Chopin and Alkan. Noel Ryan Auditorium, Central Library, Mississauga, 301 Burnhamthorpe Rd. W. 905-891 ·2239. $20, $15(sl). -7:30: Raag·Mala Music Society of Toronto. A tu/ Desai, singer & Ramesh Bapodra, tabla. Medical Sciences Auditorium, 1 King's College Circle. 416-492-7665. $1 O· $28. Sunday <strong>September</strong> 12 -3:00: Baroque Music Beside the Grange. TheCoffeehouseBand. Trio and quartet sonatas by Telemann, Vivaldi, Fasch & others. Alison Melville, recorder & traverse; Linda Melsted, violin; Dominic Teresi, bas· soon; Borys Medicky, harpsichord. Church of St. George the Martyr, 197 John. 416·588· 4301. $22,$15. -3:00: University of Toronto/The Soldiers' Tower Committee. Cafl11on Recital Series: Claire Poirier, caf/1/onneur. The lawn, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. 416· 978-2452. Free. -4:00: Toronto Music Garden. Summer Music in the Garden: Season Finale. Robinson/ Bach: The Transparent Recital & other works. Peggy Baker, dancer/choreographer. Shauna Rolson, cello. 475 Queens Quay West. 416· 973-4000. Free. -4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers: Rick Wilkins, saxophone; Frank Falco, piano; Scott Alexander, bass; Brian Barlow, drums. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Donation. -7:00: Music Gallery. Fresh Ears Family Series: Ex Temp ore. Improvised music, jazz, new & world music. Ursel Schlicht, pianistcomposer; Gabriele Hasler, vocals; Jamie Baum, flute; Ravish Momim, percussion; Brandon Teriic, guitar/oud/saz/cumbus; Balla Kouyate, ballafon. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416·204· <strong>10</strong>80. $15, · $1 O(member/sr/adult with children), $5(st). -7:30: Collaborations: A Chamber Arts Experience. Equi/1'bri11m. Music by Ellington, Berio, Bolling. Starring Rex Harrington, dancer/ actor/singer; Peter Blanchet, tenor; Susan Hoeppner, flute; Beverley Johnston, percus· sion; David Matheson, keyboard & other SEPTEMBER 1 - OCTOBER 7 <strong>2004</strong> WWW. THEWHOLENOTE.COM
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