Volume 20 Issue 1 - September 2014

MUSICAL LIFE: JUST THE SPOTOpening Night at Seicho-No-IeTIM DAWSONIam sitting in a beautiful, sunlit spacewith a sloping wooden ceiling, ready toexperience the first of six AMAZING celloconcerts. I know, I know ... I’m a bass playerfor God’s sake and not only am I lookingforward to this concert but, together withTSO cellist Winona Zelenka I organized thewhole series. How did this happen?Start with a stunning acoustic, and agorgeous building in a part of town whereyou might not expect to hear classical music.I first discovered Seicho-No-Ie through afriend. I’m a bassist in the Toronto SymphonyOrchestra and have been organizing concertsfor as long as I can remember.In my experience, when musicians seea place like this they immediately thinkThe WholeNote Marketplace!A MarketPlace ad is like handingout your business card to over30,000 music lovers.adart@thewholenote.comChildrenʼsPiano LessonsFriendly, approachable– and strict!Liz Parker416.544.1803liz.parker@rogers.comQueen/Bathurstconcerts! After our first visit to Seicho-No-Ie(a Japanese non-denominational centre forworship) my wife Kim and I invited EtsukoKimura (assistant concertmaster at the TSO)to try her violin in this venue.Up until this point there had never been aconcert in the building, a fact that we foundrather exciting. Etsuko fell in love with thesound and, on the spot, we came up with theidea for a six-concert series with six violinists,six one-hour concerts and each one featuringone of J.S. Bach’s solo sonatas or partitas.Presto! It happened. That was last year. Theseries was a success; we were able to raisemoney for the church, pay the artists andbring fine music to the neighbourhood.So how do you follow that? Well, Bach didThe FluteDe-mystifiedWith over thirty years of teaching the flute,including nineteen at the KingswayConservatory of Music, I can guide youto the next level.Allan Pulker: 416-778-7535allanpulker@gmail.comAllan withstudent,Mimi Tran“Yesterday’s lesson was awesome - thank you so much.” (Student)compose six suites for solo cello, too. TSOassistant principal cellist Winona Zelenkahad attended one of the violin concerts(TSO concertmaster Jonathan Crow) andwas blown away by the sound. When Imentioned a cello series she jumped atthe chance and together we have assembleda lineup of six of the finest cellistsyou will find anywhere. Our country iswell represented with players comingfrom Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.Everyone loves the cello - this is a chanceto get up close and personal with sixterrific players, hear varied repertoireincluding all the Bach suites and explorea new concert space ... What more couldyou ask for? So join me October 26, as I sitback and enjoy the fruits of our labours.The players:Joe Johnson, October 26, Suite No.1Elinor Frey, November 16, Suite No.6Ariel Barnes, January 11, Suite No.4Winona Zelenka, February 1, Suite No.2Rachel Mercer, March 8, Suite No.3Brian Manker, May 3, Suite No.5The spot:Seicho-No-Ie Toronto662 Victoria Park AvenueToronto, OntarioM4C 5H4MoellerPipe Organs Inc.New Instruments and AdditionsTunings and MaintenanceRestorations and RepairsMetal Pipes2393 Gareth Rd., Mississauga, L5B 1Z4www.moellerorgans.comTel/Fax(905) 277-2631Sight-Singing with SheilaSheila McCoy416 574 5250smccoy@rogers.comwww.sightsingingwithsheila.com(near Woodbine subway)NEED HELP WITH YOUR TAXES?Specializing in personal andbusiness tax returns including prioryears and adjustmentsHORIZON TAX SERVICES INC.1 -866-268-1319 • npulker@rogers.comwww.horizontax.ca• free consultation • accurate work • pickup & deliverythewholenote.com September 1, 2014 – October 7, 2014 | 59