Volume 19 Issue 9 - June/July/August 2014

June 22 12:00 noon: Odessa/Havana;12:30: Toronto Mass Choir; 2:30: Organic;3:00: Lorraine Klaasen Group; 8:00: DarcyJames Argue’s Secret Society; 8:00: KennyWayne Shepherd/Robert Randolf andFamily Band; 8:00: Billy Mays; June 23 12:00noon: Elizabeth Shepherd Quartet; 1:00:Drumhand; 5:00: Viva Mexico Mariachi;5:00: Joy Lapps Trio; 5:00: Canadian JazzQuartet; 8:00: Galactic/Big Sam’s FunkyNation; 8:00: Gerald Clayton, piano; 10:00:Snarky Puppy; June 24 12:00 noon: PatriciaCano; 1:00: Happy Pals; 5:00: Mike MurleyTrio; 5:00: Canadian Jazz Quartet; 5:30:Rhythm and Truth; 8:00: Earth, Wind andFire; 8:00: Dianne Reeves; 8:00: Hiromi: TheTrio Project; 8:00: Jon Ballantyne, piano;10:00: Nels Cline/Julian Lage Duo; June25 12:00 noon: Laila Biali Trio; 12:00 noonWoodshed Orchestra; 5:00: Denis KeldieTrio; Canadian Jazz Quartet; 7:00 SlocanRamblers; 8:00: Keith Jarrett, piano; 8:00:Lettuce/Dirty Dozen Brass Band; 8:00:Buika; 8:00: Ian Shaw, voice; 10:00: JoeyDeFrancesco Trio; June 26 12:00 noon: SuzieVinnick Quartet; 5:00: Rosemary GallowayTrio; 5:00: Canadian Jazz Quartet; 5:30:Slocan Ramblers; 7:00: Maylee Todd; 8:00:John Scofield Uberjam Band/Dave Holland,Kevin Eubanks, Craig Taborn, Eric Harland:PRISM; 8:00: Measha Brueggergosman;8:00: Norma Winstone Trio; 10:00: JoeyDeFrancesco Trio; June 27 12:00 noon:Bennie Meets Artie; 5:00: Harkness-HerriottDuo; 7:00: Cyndi Cain; 7:30: June Garber andFriends; 8:00: Bobby McFerrin–spirityouall;8:00: Roy Hargrove Quintet; 8:00: OliverJones Trio; 10:00: Broadsway; 10:30: OliverJones Trio; June 28 11:00am: Youth JazzShowcase: JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band/Yoshihiro Murakawa Quartet; 2:00: JimGalloway Quartet; 5:00: Autorickshaw; 5:00:Tara Davidson Trio; 7:30: June Garber andFriends; 8:00: Stanley Clarke Trio/Mehliana;8:00: Bill Frisell–Guitar in the Space Age;8:00: Oliver Jones Trio; 10:00: Kelly andKellygirls; 10:30: Oliver Jones Trio.Thursday Night Concert SeriesJune 5 to August 28Brampton, ON905-874-2936bramptondowntown.comAll performances at 7:00 in Gage Park orVivian Lane. Free.Toronto Summer Music FestivalJuly 22 to August 12Toronto, ON416-408-0208torontosummermusic.comFor concert details for the performancesbelow, see Listings Section A Concerts inthe GTAVenues: Koerner Hall; Walter HallPerformances:•July 22 7:30: Opening Night featuring theEmerson String Quartet;•July 23 7:30: Beatrice Rana;•July 24 7:30: Orion String Quartet withPeter Serkin;•July 25 7:30: Romanticism to Modernity;•July 26 4:00; 7:30: TSM Mentors andFellows;•July 29 7:30: Soledad;•July 30 7:30: Modigliani String Quartet;•July 31 7:30: Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano;•August 1 7:30: Russia After Revolution;•August 2 4:00; 7:30: TSM Mentors andFellows;•August 6 7:30: Soldier: From Severn toSomme;•August 7 7:30: Spotlight on the TSO;•August 8 12:00; 4:00: TSM Academy Art ofSong Recitals;•August 8 7:30: Milos Karadaglic, classicalguitar;•August 9 4:00; 7:30: TSM Mentors andFellows;•August 12 7:00: Toronto SymphonyOrchestra.Tottenham Bluegrass FestivalJune 20-22, 2014New Tecumseth, ON1-888-886-4566tottenhambluegrass.caAll performances held at TottenhamConservation Area. Performers includeSpinney Brothers, Bluegrass Mountaineers,Crowe Brothers, Feller & Hill and BluegrassBuckaroos. $25–$85.Unionville Presents Thursday Nights at theBandstandJune 12 to August 28Unionville, ON647-300-4891unionvillepresents.comVancouver Folk Music FestivalJuly 18 to July 20Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BCthefestival.bc.caPerformers include Joan Baez, Andrew Bird,Ozomatli, Frank Yamma and Hands of Glory.Wasaga Beach BluesSeptember 13 and September 14Wasaga Beach, ON905-866-4052wasagabeachblues.comAll performances held at StonebridgeTown Centre Performers include Mad Dogsand Englishmen, Carlos Del Junco, SteveStrongman and the Legendary DownchildBlues Band, Steve Hill, Texassippi, Soul ManDanny Brooks, and Weber Brothers. Worksinclude “The Music of Joe Cocker”.Waterfront BluesJuly 11 to July 13Toronto, ON416-698-2152waterfrontblues.caJuly 11 begins at 7:00; July 12 begins at1:00; July 13 begins at 2:00. Performersinclude Irene Torres and SugarDevils; Jackde Keyzer; Erin McCallum, Brant ParkerBlues Band; Terry Gillespie, Lynn Drury,Blackburn, Otis Clay and Johnny Rawls, GregNagy, Harrison Kennedy, Sugar Ray and TheBlueTones. Free.Westben Arts Festival TheatreJune 6 to August 3, September 20, 21Campbellford, ON877-883-5777westben.ca•June 6 7:00: Jesus Christ Superstar–InConcert. $32; $30(sr); $15(st); $5(youth).•June 7 7:00: Jesus Christ Superstar–InConcert. $32; $30(sr); $15(st); $5(youth).•June 8 3:00: Jesus Christ Superstar–InConcert. $32; $30(sr); $15(st); $5(youth).Sing Along.•June 14 3:00: Campbellford District HighSchool Music Night. Dave Noble, conductor.$10; $5(st/youth)•June 15 7:00: Sounds of a Better World.Westben Youth and Teen Choruses;Donna Bennett, conductor; Westben WindEnsemble; Nancy Elmhirst, conductor. $10;$5(st/youth).•June 21 2:00: Gala Fundraiser–Here Comesthe Sun!–A Garden of Music. $65. In supportof Westben Arts Festival Theatre.•June 22 3:00: Young Pianists’ Summit. $10;$5(st/youth).•July 4 7:00: Opera in the Countryside–Dido and Aeneas. Purcell. Lauren Segal,mezzo soprano (Dido); Alexander Dobson,baritone (Aeneas); Marion Newman, mezzosoprano; Teri Dunn, soprano; VirginiaHatfield, soprano; and others; TorontoMasque Theatre Chamber Orchestra; LarryBeckwith, conductor.$28; $26(sr); $15(st); $5(youth). Preview.6:00: Pre-show chat.•July 5 7:00: Opera in the Countryside–Dido and Aeneas. Purcell. Lauren Segal,mezzo soprano (Dido); Alexander Dobson,baritone (Aeneas); Marion Newman, mezzosoprano; Teri Dunn, soprano; VirginiaHatfield, soprano; and others; TorontoMasque Theatre Chamber Orchestra; LarryBeckwith, conductor. $55; $53(sr); $15(st);$5(youth). 6:00: Pre-show chat.•July 6 2:00: Opera in the Countryside–Dido and Aeneas. Purcell. Lauren Segal,mezzo soprano (Dido); Alexander Dobson,baritone (Aeneas); Marion Newman, mezzosoprano; Teri Dunn, soprano; VirginiaHatfield, soprano; and others; TorontoMasque Theatre Chamber Orchestra; LarryBeckwith, conductor. $55; $53(sr); $15(st);$5(youth). 1:00: Pre-show chat.•July 10 7:00: Donna and Brian–MusicalMuses. Donna Bennett, soprano; and BrianFinley, piano. Original works; works byMozart, Strauss, R. Schumann, C. Schumann,and others. $38; $36(sr); $15(st); $5(youth).Complimentary champagne and horsd’oeuvres at intermission.•July 11 7:00: A Comedy. By Melody A.Johnson. Rick Roberts and Aaron Willis,stage directors;Alison Porter, music director/fiddle. $38;$36(sr); $15(st); $5(youth).•July 12 2:00: Cecilia String Quartet.Beethoven: String Quartet Op.18 No.4;Janáček: String Quartet No.1, “KreutzerSonata”; Mendelssohn: String QuartetOp.44 No.2. Min-Jeong Koh, violin; SarahNematallah, violin; Caitlin Boyle, viola;Rachel Desoer, cello. $38; $36(sr); $15(st);$5(youth). 1:00: Pre-performance chat.•July 13 2:00: Avan Yu, piano. Beethoven:Sonata in f Op.57 “Appassionata”; Debussy:Suite Bergamasque and L’Isle Joyeuse;Schumann: Carnaval Op.9. 1:00: Preperformancechat. $38; $36(sr); $15(st);$5(youth).•July 17 7:00: Shannon Graham, saxophone,and The Storytellers. Jazz. $25; $23(sr);$15(st); $5(youth).•July 18 7:00: TGIFolk!: An Acoustic Eveningwith The Skydiggers. Roots-rock. AndyMaize, Josh Finlayson, Jessy Bell Smith, RonMacey and others. $38; $36(sr); $15(st);$5(youth).•July 19 7:00: Choir of Trinity CollegeCambridge. Works by Pärt, Byrd, Tallis,Parsons, Bach and others.Stephen Layton, conductor. $50; $48(sr);$15(st); $5(youth).•July 20 2:00: Sunday Afternoon with BenHeppner, tenor; and Brian Finley, piano. $65;$63(sr); $15(st); $5(youth).•July 23 2:00: Broadway at The Barn:Phantom of the Opera in Concert. MarkDuBois (The Phantom); Donna Bennett(Christine Daaé); Gabrielle Prata (LaCarlotta); Robert Longo (Raoul, Viscount ofChagny); Samantha Marineau (Meg); andothers; Brian Finley, piano. $38; $36(sr);$15(st); $5(youth).•July 24 2:00: Broadway at The Barn:Phantom of the Opera in Concert. MarkDuBois (The Phantom); Donna Bennett(Christine Daaé); Gabrielle Prata (LaCarlotta); Robert Longo (Raoul, Viscount ofChagny); Samantha Marineau (Meg); andothers; Brian Finley, piano. $38; $36(sr);$15(st); $5(youth).•July 25 2:00: Broadway at The Barn:Phantom of the Opera in Concert. MarkDuBois (The Phantom); Donna Bennett(Christine Daaé); Gabrielle Prata (LaCarlotta); Robert Longo (Raoul, Viscount ofChagny); Samantha Marineau (Meg); andothers; Brian Finley, piano. $38; $36(sr);$15(st); $5(youth).•July 26 2:00: Broadway at The Barn:Phantom of the Opera in Concert. MarkDuBois (The Phantom); Donna Bennett(Christine Daaé); Gabrielle Prata (LaCarlotta); Robert Longo (Raoul, Viscount ofChagny); Samantha Marineau (Meg); andothers; Brian Finley, piano. $38; $36(sr);$15(st); $5(youth).•July 25 7:00: TGIFilm!: Phantom of theOpera Silent Movie. William O’Meara, piano.$25; $23(sr); $15(st); $5(youth).•July 27 2:00: 3-Divas. Virginia Hatfieldand Joni Henson, sopranos; Megan Latham,mezzo; Brian Finley, piano. Arias and duetsfrom The Tales of Hoffmann, MadamaButterfly, Carmen, Gypsy and Lloyd Webber.$38; $36(sr); $15(st); $5(youth).•July 31 7:00: Anahtar–Sketches of Istanbul.Andrew Downing, bass/cello; Güç BaşarGülle, ūd; Brenna MacCrimmon, voice; PeterLutek, clarinet; Ben Grossman, percussion.$38; $36(sr); $15(st); $5(youth).•August 1 7:00: TGIFiddle!: Doug Leahy andFriends. Celtic-based. Leahy Family: Jennifer;Adele, fiddle/piano/cello/voice/dance;Gregory, fiddle/accordion/piano/dance/singing; Angus, fiddle/piano/voice/dance;Cecilia, fiddle/piano/voice/dance; Joseph,fiddle/voice/dance; Evelyn, voice/dance. $38;$36(sr); $15(st); $5(youth).•August 2 2:00: Jazz and World. OliverJones, piano. Guest: James Hill, piano; Trio:Jim Doxas, drums; Eric Lagacé, bass. $50;$48(sr); $15(st); $5(youth).•August 3 2:00: Jazz and World. H’Sao.Guest: James Hill, piano; Trio: Jim Doxas,drums; Eric Lagacé, bass. $38; $36(sr);$15(st); $5(youth).Xerox Rochester International JazzFestivalJune 20 to June 28Rochester, NY, USA585-454-2060rochesterjazz.comPerformers include Gregory Porter, LouisArmstrong Society Jazz Band, GretchenParlato, Ravi Coltrane and Dr. Lonnie SmithTrio.thewholenote.com June 4,2014 – Sept 7, 2014 | 63