Volume 17 Issue 8 - May 2012

Vol 17 No 8CONCERT LISTINGS | MAY 1–JUNE 7, 2012INSIDE! CANARY PAGESOur Tenth Annual Directory of Choirs

Baroque Orchestra and Chamber ChoirJeanne Lamon, Music Director | Ivars Taurins, Director, Chamber ChoirSEASON GRAND FINALE!BeethovenEroicaAT KOERNER HALLMay 24-26 at 8pmMay 27 at 3:30pmKoerner Hallat the TELUS Centre forPerformance and Learning,The Royal ConservatoryBruno Weil, Guest DirectorBeethovenSymphony No. 3 inE-flat Major, “Eroica”MendelssohnSymphony No. 4in A Major, “Italian”Tickets: 416.408.0208tafelmusik.org12.13CONCERT SEASONSubscribeNow!SERIES AT TRINITY-ST. PAUL’S CENTRE,KOERNER HALL AND GEORGE WESTON RECITAL HALLHighlights include:Bach Brandenburg ConcertosChopin with Janina FialkowskaMozart RequiemSandrine Piau Singing Handel & VivaldiBeethoven Symphony No. 4Bella Napoli with Vesuvius EnsembleSAVEUP TO25%416.964.6337tafelmusik.orgSeason Presenting Sponsor

“A Feast for the Earsand the Eyes!”- Classical 96.3FMEmanuel AxSun., May 13, 2012 3pmKoerner HallCalled “a poet of the piano,”Ax performs Variations byCopland, Haydn, andBeethoven, along withSchumann’s SymphonicEtudes. “One of Ax's greatstrengths as a performer,in fact, is his ability to blendtenderness and muscle ina single amalgam.”(San Francisco Chronicle)ChristianGerhaher withAndrás SchiffWed., May 16, 2012 8pmKoerner Hall“A baritone with a rich toneand a seemingly infallible earfor dramatic phrasing”(New York Times) and aniconic pianist performsBeethoven, Haydn, andSchumann’s Dichterliebe.SimonShaheenFriday, June 1, 2012 8pmKoerner HallVirtuoso oud and violinplayer Shaheen deftlyleaps from traditionalArabic sounds to jazzand Western classicalstyles with soaringtechnique, melodicingenuity, andunparalleled grace.StewartGoodyear:TheBeethovenMarathonSaturday, June 9, 2012Stewart Goodyearundertakes the Herculeanchallenge of playingall 32 of Ludwig vanBeethoven’s pianosonatas in a single day –in the order they werecomposed!TICKETS ON SALE NOW! rcmusic.ca 416.408.0208W O R L DT MM A S T E R C A R D273 Bloor St. W. (Bloor & Avenue Road) Toronto

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Volume 17 No 8 | May 1 – June 7, 2012FOR OPENERS6. VOX HUMANA | dAVid perlMANFEATURES8. A Place For Each | DeANNA YericHUkBEAT BY BEAT10. Art of Song | dAVid perlMAN12. Choral Scene | BenjAMin Stein14. On Opera | CHriSTOPHer HOILE15. Music Theatre | ROBERT WAllAce18. Classical & Beyond | sharNA Searle20. World View | ANdreW TIMAR22. Early Music | Simone Desilets24. In With the New | dAVid perlMAN25. Jazz Notes | jim gallOWAY27. Bandstand | Jack MacQUARRIE50. Jazz in the Clubs | ORI DAGANLISTINGS30. A | Concerts in the GTA46. B | Concerts Beyond the GTA49. C | In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)54. D | The ETCeterasMUSICAL LIFE59. We Are All Music’s Children | mJ buell60. Book Shelf | garry pageDISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED60. Editor’s Corner | David Olds61. Vocal62. Early & Period Performance63. Classical & Beyond65. Strings Attached | terry rOBBiNS66. Modern & Contemporary66. Jazz & Improvised68. Old Wine, New Bottles | bruce surteesmore6. Contact Information & Deadlines29. Index of Advertisers57. Classified AdsACD2 2517 ACD2 2666CHOPIN RECITAL 2Pianist Janina Fialkowska offersher second all-Chopin recital CD“Fialkowska is formidable ...performs with a clarity that sets herapart from the ordinary superstars.“— The Toronto StarAFTER YOU, MR. GERSHWIN!Kovács•D’Rivera•Mercure•Horowitz•Muczynski•MowerAndré Moisan CLARINETJean Saulnier PIANOA tribute to the jazz clarinet mastersof all timesIn This IssueAVAILABLE IN HD ATATMACLASSIQUE.COMSelect ATMA titles now on sale10th annual canary pagespage 10laurence lemieuxpage 15MUSIC’S CHILD?page 59

FOR OPENERS | DAVID PERLMANVox Humana“‘I shall take you to hear better music than that,’ the captainsaid; ‘we are just in time to hear the organ of St. Bavon.The church is open today.’ ‘What, the great Haarlemorgan?’ asked Ben; ‘that will be a treat indeed. I have oftenread of it, with its tremendous pipes, and its Vox Humanathat sounds like a giant singing.’”— Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates, Mary Mapes Dodge“The Vox Humana (Latin for ‘human voice’; also ‘voixhumaine’ in French and ‘voce umana’ in Italian)” is a shortresonatorreed stop on the pipe organ, so named because ofits supposed resemblance to the human voice.”— WikipediaThis issue contains the tenth edition of The WholeNote’s annualchoral Canary Pages, and also heralds Toronto’s seventh annualOrganix festival. In a way the two things seem miles apart. Singingis the most natural form of music making, accessible to all, with notechnological intervention. The pipe organ, at the other extreme, isso much of a man-made thing that individual pipe organs each havetheir own Opus number. And yet, perhaps, in the notion of the VoxHumana they are not so different after all.The Vox Humana of the St. Bavon’s organ in Haarlem scared theliving daylights out of the boys in The Silver Skates. “The storm [ofthe organ] broke forth again with redoubled fury. The boys looked ateach other, but did not speak. It was growing serious. What was that?Who screamed that terrible, musical scream? Was it some monstershut up behind that carved brass frame? — some despairing monsterbegging for freedom? … At last an answer came — soft, tender, loving,like a mother’s song.”Organist Dame Gillian Weir also has profound memories ofSt. Bavon’s. Weir, some of you will remember, gave the openingconcert of the fourth Organix festival, May 1, 2009, on CasavantOrgan Opus 3095, just arrived in its new home at Holy Trinity Church(from its original home at Deer Park United Church). She greetedthe organ like an old friend (which it was) and the music they madetogether that night instilled a respect for the “King of Instruments”in even my profoundly anti-monarchist brain.St. Bavon’s, Weir explained the following day, was the moment sheknew what she wanted to do with her musical life: “I wanted to bea pianist, I loved the piano. But … when I was taken to Haarlem, inHolland … I spent three hours or so playing, till they said ‘You’ve got togo, the tourists are complaining,’ and I staggered off the organ saying‘What happened? This is fantastic, this is music, this is wonderful.’ Ibecame an organist on the spot.”Weir is not part of the 11-concert Organix line-up this year. But forthose of you who primarily have memories of organs badly playedin situations where attendance was compulsory rather than elective,Organix might change your mind.And speaking of distinctive human voices, May 14 will be theoccasion of a pointedly non-classical gala concert at Massey Hall tocelebrate the award of the ninth Glenn Gould Foundation Prize toLeonard Cohen. DISCoveries editor, David Olds, on page 60, catchesup with some previous eminent winners. And, in the continuation ofthis little ramble, I find myself wondering what if Glenn himself …?continued on page 70The WholeNote The Toronto Concert-Goer’s GuideVolume 17 No 8 | MAY 1 – jun 7, 2012720 Bathurst St., Suite 503,Toronto ON M5S 2R4Main TelepHONe 416-323-2232FAX 416-603-4791SwitcHBOArd & General Inquiries Ext 21Chairman of the Board | Allan Pulkerdirectors@thewholenote.comPublisher/Editor In Chief | David Perlmanpublisher@thewholenote.comCD Editor | David Oldsdiscoveries@thewholenote.comEvent Advertising/MembershipKaren Ages | members@thewholenote.comDirector of MarketingGarry Page | marketing@thewholenote.comAdvertising/Production Support/OperationsJack Buell | adart@thewholenote.comListings DepartmentSharna Searle | Listings Editorlistings@thewholenote.comOri Dagan | Jazz Listings/The ETCeteras Editorjazz@thewholenote.com, etc@thewholenote.comWebsiteBryson Winchester | systems@thewholenote.comCirculation, Display Stands & SubscriptionsChris Malcolm | circulation@hewholenote.comPatrick Slimmon | patrick@thewholenote.comtHANks to this month’s cONtriBUtorsBeat ColumnsArt OF SONG | David PerlmanBANdstANd | Jack MacQuarriebook shelf | Pamela Margles, Garry PageclASSical & beYONd | Sharna SearleChoral scene | Benjamin SteindiscOVeries | David OldsEarly MUSic | Simone Desiletsin the clUBS | Ori Daganin with the new | David PerlmanJazz notes | Jim GallowayMUSical life | mJ buellmusic theatre | Robert WallaceOpera | Christopher HoileWorld MUSic | Andrew TimarFeaturesDeanna YerichukCD ReviewersAlex Baran, Larry Beckwith, Lesley Mitchell-Clarke,Ori Dagan, Daniel Foley, Jim Galloway,Janos Gardonyi, Richard Haskell, Roger Knox,Alison Melville, Christina Petrowska Quilico,Cathy Riches, Terry Robbins, Michael Schwartz,Sharna Searle, Bruce Surtees, Robert Tomas,Ken Waxman, Dianne WellsProofreadingSharna Searle, Ori DaganListingsOri Dagan, Richard Haskell,Sharna Searle, Adam WeinmannLayout & DesignUno RamatUpcoming Dates & DeadlinesFree Event Listings Deadline6pm Tuesday May 15Display Ad Reservations Deadline6pm Tuesday May 15Advertising Materials Due6pm Thursday May 17Publication DateThursday May 31Next issue, Volume 17 No 9covers June 1 to July 7, 2012WholeNote Media Inc. accepts no responsibility orliability for claims made for any product or servicereported on or advertised in this issue.Printed in CanadaCouto Printing & Publishing ServicesCirculation StatementMay 2012: 30,000 printed & distributed.Canadian Publication Product Sales Agreement1263846ISSN 14888-8785 WHOleNOTEPublications Mail Agreement #40026682Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to:WholeNote Media Inc.503-720 Bathurst StreetToronto ON M5S 2R4Copyright © 2012 WHOleNote Media IncOMdc and The Ontario Arts Councilare agencies of the GoverNMent of OntarioSUBScriptiONS $30 per year + HST (10 issues)www.thewholenote.com6 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

Music at Sharon“Where souls come to listen in harmony”– Sir Mckenzie King, Prime MinisterLarry Beckwith and Rick Phillips, Artistic DirectorsSponsorship OpportunityFour Sunday Help afternoons celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Sharon of Temple. glorious musicwww.musicatsharon.cain a magical and acoustically stunning settingJune3schubert’s WinterreiseDaniel Lichti, bass-baritonePentaèdre Wind EnsembleJoseph Petric, accordionFranz Schubert’s captivating song cycleas you’ve never heard it before, sung bydistinguished bass-baritone Daniel Lichti.June10June17dido & aeneasMeredith Hall as DidoTodd Delaney as AeneasToronto Masque TheatreLarry Beckwith, DirectorDido and Aeneas, the powerful operaticmasterpiece by Henry Purcell, sung by a groupof brilliant singers including the luminoussoprano Meredith Hall and charismatic youngbaritone Todd Delaney in the title roles.June24ZelenKa Plays bachWinona Zelenka, celloThree of the profoundly movingsolo cello suites by JohannSebastian Bach, played by Winona Zelenka,one of the leading cellists of our time.Kradjian Plays debussySerouj Kradjian, pianoA wide-ranging piano recitalfeaturing the music of ClaudeDebussy, in commemoration of the 150thanniversary of his birth, played by the“keyboard acrobat” Armenian-Canadianpianist, Serouj Kradjian.For all dates: Pre-concert chat at 1:15 p.m.,followed by 2 p.m. concertGet your tickets today!www.musicatsharon.ca905-830-4529Sharon Temple National Historic Site and Museum18974 Leslie Street, Sharon, Ontario(just north of Newmarket, Ontario)115 T HA N N I V E R S A R Y S E A S O N1213MUSIC IN THEAFT E R NOONW O M E N ’ S M U S I C A L C L U B O F T O R O N T OOCTOBER 18, 2012 | 1.30 PM | TORONTO DEBUTPAU LLEWISpianoWalter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, Museum SubwayNOVEMBER 29, 2012 | 1.30 PMD U OCONCERTANTENancy Dahn, violin; Timothy Steeves, pianoFEBRUARY 14, 2013 | 1.30 PMT H E D U K EPIANO TRIOMark Fewer, violin; Thomas Wiebe, cello;Peter Longworth, pianoMARCH 28, 2013 | 1.30 PM | CANADIAN DEBUTT I P P E T TQUARTETJohn Mills, violin; Jeremy Isaac, violin;Julia O’Riordan, viola; Bozidar Vukotic, celloMAY 2, 2013 | 1.30 PM 115TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT AT KOERNER HALLJAMES RUSSELL CAROLYNEHNES BRAUN MAULEviolin baritone pianoKoerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and LearningThe Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor Street West, TorontoCommission sponsor of new workby John Estacio: Roger D. MooreConcert Sponsor:WMCT FoundationFive Concerts for $185. Early-bird price available May 1 – 31, 2012 – $160Limited subscriptions available – don’t be disappointed – subscribe nowExtra tickets for May 2, 2013, concert available for special price of $40 each withsubscription (Single tickets for this concert will be on sale through RCM box officeafter September 1, 2012, 416-408-0208. Prices will vary.)For information and to subscribe call 416-923-7052All artists, dates, and programmes are subject to change without notice.Support of the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Toronto through the Toronto ArtsCouncil is gratefully acknowledged.PRESENTED BYwmct@wmct.on.ca www.wmct.on.ca 416-923-7052May 1 – June 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 7

A Placefor EachCOMMUNITY AND MUSICALEXCELLENCE IN CHORAL SINGINGby Deanna YerichukIf you have a desire to sing, you’d be hard-pressed not to find aplace for your voice these days. I’ve been studying communitymusic in Toronto, and my sneak peek at The WholeNote’s 2012Canary Pages confirmed my own sense of the many opportunitiesopen to singers of all ages, abilities and interests. And that’s justwhat’s listed in these pages. If the Canary Pages are the tip of asinging iceberg, then there are likely hundreds of places to singin Southern Ontario. And by all accounts, Ontarians are singing.Even beyond choirs, there has been a recent renaissance of singing,perhaps connected to reality-based televised singing competitions,from Canadian Idol to The Voice, from The Choir to Canada Sings.People today are singing in numbers that would have been exceptionala mere decade ago. Choirs Ontario released a research report in 2011that estimates one in seven Ontarians sing in a choir, whether school,church, community, or professional. Of those types of choirs, thereseems to be a groundswell of community-oriented singing. Yet whatexactly is a community choir, and what distinguishes it from otherkinds of choirs?The term “community” is always troublesome, but particularly soin a choral context: everyone knows what community is and everyoneuses the term in different ways. I tend to define community choirs asopen and inclusive singing environments: choirs that focus on buildingtheir social relationships as much as or more than producing musicalexcellence. Some could legitimately object to my distinction, whichsuggests that professional or semi-professional choirs have no community.Isabel Bernaus, a Toronto-based conductor of Common ThreadCommunity Chorus of Toronto as well as the Jubilate Singers, feels thatboth choirs exemplify community, though in different ways. CommonThread is non-auditioned, implementing deliberate musical and socialinclusion policies to welcome all singers regardless of musical experienceor skill level. Jubilate Singers, on the other hand, is an auditionedchamber choir, yet there is a strong sense of community within thechoir. “Singing together isn’t the same,” Bernaus says, “if the peoplesinging have no connection with each other.”In other cases, use of the term community is linked to the presenceof amateurs, particularly referring to choristers who have fewskills or less experience. This might be true to a certain extent forsome choirs, but this distinction doesn’t hold well across the board.More often, a divide between amateurs and professionals in a choralcontext is less an indication of skill level and more an indicationof whether the choristers receive an income for their work, similarto the distinction between amateur and professional athletes.Whenever the word “amateur” was used in these Canary Pages,it was almost always next to words like “professional”or “musicalexcellence” suggesting that while those choristers are not compensated,they are assumed to meet a high standard of experience and skill.In other cases, the word community in a choral context is used toindicate non-affiliation — in other words, that the choir in question isnot associated with either a church or a school. Yet, the usefulness ofsuch a distinction quickly breaks down with a little scratching belowthe surface. Choirs Ontario estimates that a whopping 58% of choirsin Ontario have some form of church affiliation. Compare that to communityand professional choirs, which comprise a combined total of11% of all choirs in Ontario. Yet church choirs have often automaticallybeen excluded from community choir surveys and research.“A church choir is a community choir but it’s a specific kind ofcommunity,” suggests Becca Whitla, director of both Echo Women’sCommunity Choir and Holy Trinity Church Choir in downtown Toronto.“Church choirs provide an opportunity for singers to experience themystery of the divine.” Whitla, who is currently completing a Mastersof Sacred Music at the University of Toronto, points out that somethingmysterious happens in secular singing contexts too, something transcendentalor transformative. However, in sacred contexts, people areintentionally seeking this engagement with the divine through song.“Singing is embodied and allows us to have that opportunity to connectthrough something transcendent. It doesn’t happen only in church. Ithappens when it happens.”Clearly, the term community is complex to the point that it mightnot meaningfully indicate any particular set of singing practices. Soin my own research, I’ve looked for other trends or terms that mightindicate what kinds of choirs aim primarily to be inclusive, and whatkinds aim primarily for a precise musical product, or what some mightcall “musical excellence.” Where I have started to notice a fundamentalsplit in process and goals was when I considered whether choirs heldauditions or not.Not every listing in the Canary Pages indicates whether potentialsingers need to audition, but from those that do, there definitely seemsto be a different ethos towards musical and social objectives dependingon whether auditions determine entry into the choir.Non-auditioned choirs, or at least those choirs that explicitly statea no-audition policy in their write-ups, tend to talk about providingwelcoming and supportive atmospheres, encouraging anyone interestedto join. Choirs that clearly have auditions describe their choral settingsand goals much differently. These choirs tend to consist of professionalor semi-professional choristers, aiming for musical excellence.Further, auditioned choirs tend to be smaller ensembles. They tendto tour and record. They are also far more likely to perform with moreelaborate instrumentation. It also appears that many (though certainlynot all) tend to focus on Western European classical music, althoughfrom different time periods, and from varying geographic regions.Non-auditioned choirs, on the other hand, are often large ensembles.These choirs often perform a cappella or accompanied by one instrument(most frequently piano or guitar), thoughin a few cases, more instru-Katherine FleitAS, Peace Photo8 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

ments are used. Non-auditioned choirs are also far more likely thanauditioned choirs to sing folk songs, songs from non-Western culturaltraditions and rock or pop songs.Now of course, there is a whole layer of choirs within the CanaryPages, as beyond, which blurs this distinction between auditioned andnon-auditioned choirs. Some don’t indicate in their write-ups whetherauditions are held. Some hold auditions merely to determine placementwithin the choir. Yet others hold auditions, but once accepted, singersare nurtured towards their own musical development. While thereseems to be a tension between seeking musical inclusion and seekingmusical excellence, it is potentially a healthy tension pending on how youview what counts as“In thinking about choral singingpractices, it might be more helpful tothink in terms of a continuum, ratherthan a distinct, immovable boundarybetween irreconcilable opposites.”musical excellence.Bernaus, who hasstudied as a conductorand as a musiceducator, is one whosuggests that neithermusical excellencenor musical inclusionneed to be sacrificed for the other, although she notes that manycurrent choirs seem to favour one over the other. “For some, musicalexcellence is defined as a standard — ‘this Requiem is excellently performedif it demonstrates these particular qualities.’ I think musicalexcellence is defined by whether the group is giving the best they cangive in each precise moment.” When a group is giving everything itcan, she believes, it can be magical.I should be clear here that I am not advocating one particular kind ofchoir over another. While I have my own preferences, multiple kindsof choirs can offer places for everyone’s voices, regardless of abilityor interest. I hope it’s also clear here that even in considering whetherchoirs hold auditions, the line is not definitive. Perhaps in thinking aboutchoral singing practices, it might be more helpful to think in termsof a continuum rather than a distinct, unmovable boundary betweenirreconcilable opposites.In fact, choral singing, overall, is only one of many kinds of singingpractices, and represents one of many kinds of music-making. TheCanary Pages are a great resource, but they are not definitive. Manygroup singing activities happen beyond these pages, although informalsinging opportunities can be more difficult to find.Regardless of the kinds of experiences singers are looking for, choristersand community singers are perhaps united by a desire to singwith others, whether towards social singing, developing musical skills,or performing challenging musical styles and repertoires. Finding agood fit for each of our particular skills, experiences and interests isfinding a home for our voices.Good luck with your search.Deanna Yerichuk is a singer, voice teacher, and conductorin Toronto, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in MusicEducation at the University of Toronto specializing in CommunityMusic. She can be contacted at singing@yerichuk.com.Left, Echo Women’s Choir. Below, Jubilate Singers (2010).May 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 9

Beat by Beat | Art of SongHere To Stay(the Column)DAVID PERLMANIt was back in the late fall that we decided, here at The WholeNote,that a case could be made for a regular beat column covering theart of song, focussing not on choirs but on voice as a solo instrument.This column has been the result, and judging by the amountof material that leaps to hand each month, the decision was the rightone. So count on it being a regular feature of the magazine, althoughlikely under some other columnist’s tender loving care. (And if thatsounds to you like an invitation to apply for the job, you may contactme at the email address listed at the end of the column and argueyour case.)That being said, this month’s listings offer a bewildering rangeof performances, which could all lay claim for consideration asexamplars of the art of solo singing. There are the “hard-core” artsong salons and recitals, jazz vocalists a-plenty, singer/songwriters.There is opera-out-of-context in the form of solo recitals of operaticrepertoire. There is opera-in-concert. There are masterworks of thechoral and/or symphonic repertoire that have embedded within themglorious moments of solo singing. There is cabaret. And perhapsmost difficult to juggle, there is the fact that the performers themselvesmove from one genre to another, dragging their other talesbehind them. So, aspiring columnists, be warned. Finding guns onecan stick to as the writer of this column is no easy task.Starting with art song, in its purest form, there is a fine array ofconcerts and salons “on tap.” As mentioned last month, sopranoLayla Claire is at Glenn Gould Studio May 3, as part of the MasseyHall/Roy Thomson Hall “Art of Song” series. And also at the GlennGould Studio, Off Centre Music Salon weighs in Sunday May 6 witha program of songs by Russian and Spanish composers as renderedby Joni Henson, soprano, Peter McGillivray, baritone, and Leigh-Anne Martin, mezzo.Wednesday May 16, one of the genre’s heavyweights, Germanbaritone Christian Gerhaher, hits town for a recital at KoernerHall, with the incomparable András Schiff at the piano. Composerson the program are all familiar, including Haydn, Beethoven andSchumann, but I’d be surprised if all the specific repertoire is. Andeven more surprised if even the ones that are familiar sound thatway. A self-confessed autodidact, Gerhaher follows a resolutely selfdirectedpath. “Beauty of the sound,” he has been quoted as saying,“means getting the opportunity to attract the mental attention ofpeople listening, to make them interested. That is the ideal, to attractattention for the work you are performing. You don’t just do itfor the applause — you do it for the content of the work. Everythingabout singing is difficult. Memorizing is difficult, even the melody,is difficult — there is no easy piece. Above all, there is no virtuosityin singing. A simple Schubert line can be harder than the most difficultvirtuosic excerpt.”With Gerhaher as a sonic benchmark, make a point of taking inone or both of the other brave souls tilting at the giant windmills of19th century baritone art song repertoire this month. The followingday, Thursday May 17 at noon, Adrian Kramer renders Schubert’sDie schöne Müllerin, with Christopher Mokrzewski, piano, at theRichard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 145 Queen St. W. And on SundayJune 3 at 2pm, Music at Sharon kicks off its 2012 series with whatcould be something quite extraordinary: Schubert’s Winterreise,performed by Daniel Lichti, bass-baritone; but with the PentaèdreWind Ensemble and Joseph Petric, accordion, accompanying. Iheard something similar (on a rough studio tape six or seven yearsChristian Gerhaherat Koerner Hall.ago, with Russell Braun) and can say that whatever appreciation onehas of Schubert’s piano mastery going in is enhanced, rather thandiminished, by hearing its threads disentangled this way.Also of note: a presenter new to me, the Russian Chamber ArtsSociety, is presenting a very salon-like event “Voices of Spring:Russian Romances and Duets,” at Remenyi House of Music,210 Bloor St. W, Thursday May 24 at 7:30pm. Repertoire is songsby Rachmaninoff, Arensky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Glinka, andthe performers are Vera Danchenko-Stern, piano, Patricia Green,mezzo, and Irina Mozyleva, soprano.And finally, in terms of core art song repertoire, Bruce Ubukataand Stephen Ralls take their salon magic out of its more usualAldeburgh Connection context, into the more bucolic surrounds ofBayfield, Ontario, for their two-day, three-concert Bayfield Festivalof Song, June 2 and 3. Andrea Cerswell and Virginia Hatfield, sopranos,Alexandra Beley and Megan Latham, mezzos, Andrew Haji,tenor, David Roth and Geoffrey Sirett, baritones, will do the vocalhonours, and if you have not so far heard of some of them, then partof the Ralls/Ubukata magic is that one day you very likely will.Moving from art song to the more general category of vocal recital,the month has its usual embarrassment of riches, in venues large andsmall, and in a wide range of repertoire.Saturday May 5 at 7:30pm, Westben Festival organizers DonnaBennett, soprano, and Brian Finley, piano, bring their considerablepersonal musical talents to Wexford Heights United Church witha show called “Lovin’ Dat Westben!” and featuring works fromMozart and Puccini to songs from Show Boat and My Fair Lady.Saturday May 12 at 8pm, Anna Belikova, contralto, is atGallery 345 with “An Evening of Russian Opera,” along withLuiza Zhuleva, soprano, Stas Vitort, tenor, Serkiy Danko, baritone,Solomon Tencer, bass, and Zenhya Yesmanovich, piano.Thursday May 31 and Thursday June 7, Metropolitan UnitedChurch’s Noon at Met series presents soprano soloists: JanetObermeyer at the first, Marina Tchepel at the second.The jazz vocal scene also brings us some notables this month, invenues large and small. “An Evening with Measha Brueggergosman”continues its roadshow May 4, in Kingston, and May 17 inPeterborough. Musideum, arguably the city’s most intimate andunusual recital venue, showcases Yvette Tollar, vocals, and DominicMancuso, guitar on Wednesday May 2 at 8pm, followed by jazzvocal original, Rita di Ghent, at 3pm on Sunday May 13.ALEXANder BASTA10 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

And the Canadian Opera Company’s noonhour Jazz and WorldMusic series at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre brings aprogram of jazz standards and originals by Sophia Perlman, vocals,and Adrean Farrugia, piano, Thursday May 24, followed by originalLatin jazz with Eliana Cuevas, vocals, Jeremy Ledbetter, piano, andLuis Orbegoso, percussion on Wednesday May 29.All this, and we have barely touched on some of the more significantperformances that seem to belong in this column. Or do they?There are two performances ofBeethoven’s Symphony No.9, this month,for example: one by Orchestra Torontoon Sunday May 27 at 3pm, the other bythe Hamilton Philharmonic on SaturdayMay 26 at 7:30pm. Both feature stellarsoloists, several of whom could then leadus a merry dance through a whole rangeof other appearances this month. MireilleAsselin, soprano, for example, who appearswith the Hamilton Phil, is also a member ofthe Canadian Opera Ensemble Studio, andin that capacity will be sharing the title roleBayfieldTown Hall.(with Ambur Braid) in the COC’s May 23 ensemble performanceof Semele.Here, then, in brief, are some of the larger choral and orchestralworks on offer this month in which the role played by solo voiceseems to warrant more than a passing nod.●●Friday May 4, 8:00: Masterworks of Oakville Chorus & Orchestra.Rachmaninoff Vespers & Renaissance Motets. Alla Ossipova, alto;Stanislav Vitort, tenor.●●Saturday May 5, 2:00 and 8:00: Mississauga Festival Choir. Coastto Coast to Coast. Glynis Ratcliffe, soprano; Sabrina Santelli, alto;Charles Sy, tenor; David Anderson, bass-baritone.●●Sunday May 6, 3:00: Pax Christi Chorale. 25th Anniversary GalaConcert – Elgar: The Kingdom. Shannon Mercer, soprano; KrisztinaSzabó, mezzo; Keith Klaasen, tenor; Roderick Williams, baritone.●●Sunday May 6, 4:00: Toronto Classical Singers. Singing TimelessTreasures for 20 years. Verdi: Requiem. Allison Arends, soprano;Mia Lennox-Williams, mezzo; Lenard Whiting, tenor; BruceKelly, bass.●●Friday May 11, 7:30: Bach Elgar Choir. Mega Vespers. AllaOssipova, alto; Stanislav Vitort, tenor. (Hamilton)●●Friday May 11, 8:00: Lawrence Park Community Church/GreaterToronto Philharmonic Orchestra. Fridays@8:A Mixed Revue. Kimberley Briggs, soprano;Michèle Bogdanowicz, mezzo; GlynEvans, tenor; Alastair Smyth, baritone.●●Saturday May 12, 7:30: PeterboroughSingers. Fauré Requiem. Claire deSévigné, soprano; Andrew Tees, bass; IanSadler. (Peterborough)●●Sunday May 13, 3:00: Toronto ChamberChoir. Charity Kaffeemusik: Bach Cantata.Bethany Horst, soprano; Colleen Renihan,mezzo; Stephen Hegedus, bass-baritone.●●Saturday May 19, 8:00: Oratoryof St. Philip Neri. The St. Vincent’s Baroque Soloists. Natalie andTeresa Mahon, soprano; Richard Whitall, alto; Jamie Tuttle, tenor;David Roth, baritone.●●Sunday May 20, 8:00: Toronto Continuo Collective. L’Authentiqueamour français. Emily Klassen, soprano; Bud Roach, tenor.●●Wednesday May 23, 7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Belshazzar’sFeast. Daniel Bedrossian, treble; Shannon Mercer, soprano; JohnRelyea, bass-baritone.●●Saturday June 2, 7:30: Chorus Niagara. Deep in my Heart. Operettaarias and highlights. Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano; ChristopherEnns, tenor; Benjamin Covey, baritone. (St. Catharines)David Perlman can be reached at publisher@thewholenote.com.BreAktHRUNOWMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 11

Linda LitWAckBeat by Beat | Choral SceneFor the Loveof It Allben stEINWhat is the definition of a successful musician? I thoughtabout this last month after learning that local organist andsinger Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill had passed away suddenlyand unexpectedly. Word of Bruce’s passing spread very quicklythroughout the Toronto choral community, and the shock that peoplefelt had to do with his young age — he was only 49 — as well as withits suddenness. But at the funeral service,it was clear that the mixture of grief andrespect that defined the event extendedwell beyond shock. As I walkedhome, I pondered why Bruce’sdeath — or rather, his life — hadtouched so many people.Public recognition is the mostobvious indication of success — areputation draws people to attend aconcert, purchase a recording, signup for lessons. It’s usually (but notalways) an indication of a standardof artistic achievement for audiencesand musicians alike. Anothercategory, less obvious but oftenmore long-lasting, is the behind-thescenesor just-out-of-the-spotlightprofessional who works steadily, buthas little or no public profile. TheBen Shek (1927 – June2011) sang in the TorontoJewish Folk Choir fromhis early youth. Ben’sparents, Bella andSol, were among itsfounding members.majority of musicians fall into this group. A lot of the musicthat you love the most has been created by artists whose namesyou have never known.A third category might be “community musician,” a termthat can encompass both professionals and amateurs. A communitymusician can be defined as someone who loves theirchosen art form, and devotes their talents and abilities to it with thebest of their ability. Sometimes they are known outside their homeregion, but often they are not. Choral music is in great part drivenby the work of talented and dedicated amateurs. This is, in part,because professional choral singing pays very badly — a subject for afuture column — but just as significantly, because most choral singersare amateurs in the traditional sense of the word, lovers of the artfrom who have the drive to foster and maintain it.Of course, these three categories of success intersect and divideinto subsets and levels, and Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill certainlyacquitted himself well in the first two areas described above. Butat his funeral, and during the week leading up to it, it becameclear that Bruce was a community musician of unusual successand achievement.Some musicians seem to have a particular talent for simply beingpresent. Without any fanfare, they make an impression, and you neverforget them. Their assurance and professionalism thread througha musical community and help define that community in people’sminds. When they are gone, we feel their absence as a loss beyondtheir physical presence. Even for those of us who didn’t know himwell, Bruce made this kind of impression. He was part of the boneand sinew of the Toronto choral scene. In a sense, his very presenceseemed to evoke the solidity of the choral traditions that he loved.Bruce’s funeral was held at the Anglican Church of St. MaryMagdalene. Every seat was full, and the rest of the overflow crowdstood at the back for the entire two hour service. When hymnswere sung, the church reverberated with the sound of hundredsof trained singers falling naturally into four-part harmony. It wasa choral sound unprecedented in the city, one that Bruce wouldhave appreciated.Ottawa conductor Matthew Larkin (leader of the Toronto-basedLarkin Singers) led the St. Mary Magdalene church choir in aselection of anthems. After the final benediction, a mixture of thesingers from the Exultate Choir, the church choir, and various choralcolleagues and friends of Bruce’s, joined together to sing a beautifulsetting of the Kontakion, a Byzantine liturgical text from the EasternOrthordox Christian tradition, composed by Bruce’s wife, fellowchoral director and composer Stephanie Martin.If the above reads somewhat like a concert review, it is notbecause Bruce’s funeral was primarily an aesthetic event. Rather, itis that choral concerts are experiences rooted in community, andchoral concert repertoire has its roots in these communal experiences— worship of a deity, celebration of the bounty of the earth,tribute to a beloved friend. To be a community musician withinthe choral tradition is to take part in an ancient activity that is asrelevant and necessary to our lives now as it was hundreds, possiblythousands, of years ago.Freiheit Gezangs Farein (Freedom Singing Society) in 1926,known today as The Toronto Jewish Folk Choir.Moving to this month’s choral lineup: at this time of year, almostevery choir in the region is presenting its final concert of the season,and there are many musical choices in the coming weeks. Myrecommendation: make sure you go to two or more concerts — oneby your favourite group, and one or more given by a group thatyou have not yet heard. Travel to a part of the city or region thatyou haven’t visited, and get to know a group that comes fromthat community.Another community musician of note was Ben Shek, an expertin Yiddish culture, and one of the driving forces of the venerableToronto Jewish Folk Choir. The TJFC will be giving a concert inhonour of Ben, and other members of Toronto’s Jewish choral community,on June 3.On the same night, the Penthelia Singers celebrate their 15thanniversary with a gala concert program of all-Canadian music, anda guest conducting appearance from Mary Legge, another greatToronto choral community musician.The Tallis Choir performs “The Glory of the English Anthem” onMay 5. This concert includes two genuine masterworks, Harris’seight-part setting of Faire is the Hevene, and renaissance composerThomas Tallis’s setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah.The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s final concert of the season(May 23) is a feast of choral riches: the Poulenc Gloria,Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and William Walton’sBelshazzar’s Feast.TJFC12 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

PENTHeliA SINgerSMary Legge, and the Penthelia Singers.On June 9, just beyond the scope of this issue’s concert listings,Jenny Crober’s East York chorus re-christens itself the Voca Chorusof Toronto, with a performance of Paul Winter’s crowd-pleasingMissa Gaia. This work combines the sound of recorded animalvoices with energetic gospel-derived music, and has been a hit sinceits premiere in 1982.On May 4, the Upper Canada Choristers combine the famousFauré Requiem with works by Venezuelan composer CésarAlejandro Carrillo. Interestingly, the choir has recently instituted asupport program for boys with changing voices, to foster continuedchoral involvement for nascent baritones and tenors, and to promoteto teenage boys a positive message for choral singing as an ongoingactivity through adolescence and adulthood.Ben Stein is a Toronto tenor and theorbist.He can be contacted at choralscene@thewholenote.com.Visit his website at benjaminstein.ca.TheAUCChancel ChoirPoco PeopleFaith-A-PealBellissimoEmBellishedTheof of the theAurora United Church15186 Yonge StreetAnne Marie Page, Music DirectorLisa Kyriakides, Handbell DirectorSunday May 6, 20127:30 p.m.Tickets: $15.00905.727.1935THE ALDEBURGH CONNECTIONpresents the sixth annualBayfield Festival of SongTown Hall, Bayfield, Ontario June 2 – 10, 2012Join us!Artistic Directors: STEPHEN RALLS & BRUCE UBUKATASeven Concerts of Classical Song, withAdrianne Pieczonka, Virginia Hatfield,Laura Tucker, Megan Latham, AlexanderDobson, Geoffrey Sirett and many othersTickets $15 to $35Call 416.735.7982 or 519.565.5600 or visitthe Village Bookshop, 20A Catherine St., Bayfield11/12Belshazzar’sFeastMayNoel Edison, conductorMatthew Otto, associate conductorShannon Mercer, soprano– and –John Relyea, bass baritoneToronto Mendelssohn ChoirFestival OrchestraPoulenc GloriaChichester PsalmsBelshazzar’s Feast23, 2012 | 7:30 pmKoerner Hall, TELUS Centre forPerformance and Learning273 Bloor Street WestPHOTOGRAPHY: FRANK NAGYwww.bayfieldfestival.orgCO-SPONSORED BY:TICKETS$53–$87VOX TIX FOR 25 & UNDER $25416-408-0208www.rcmusic.caMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 13

Katie CrOSS PhotograpHYMay offers opera lovers productions on both a large andsmall scale. The Tales of Hoffmann and the double-bill ofThe Florentine Tragedy and Gianni Schicchi continue atthe Canadian Opera Company and are joined in May by Handel’sSemele. Meanwhile, a new opera company also presents a Handelopera, but in a deliberately minimalist fashion, and Against theGrain Theatre moves its next production from the pub to a theatre.The Canadian Opera Company’s first-ever production of Handel’sSemele runs May 9 to 26. Like Handel’s Hercules (1745), seen earlierthis year ina staged concertperformanceby Tafelmusikdirected by OperaAtelier’s MarshallPynkoski, Semele(1744) was writtenas an oratorio.The audiencesof the day foundthat Semele wasso operatic in itsconception andexecution thatthey suspectedHandel waspresentingthem an opera(inappropriate forthe Lenten season)in the guiseof an oratorio.Consequently, it,like the Herculesthat followed,Beat by Beat | On OperaSemele, Alcina,Turn of the Screwchristopher hoileEssential Opera’s Erin Bardua and MaureenBatt. Right, Christopher Enns with RihabChaieb, Ileana Montalbetti (kneeling) and WallisGiunta in last season’s COC Ensemble Studioperformance of The Magic Flute. Fresh off hisrole as Nathanaël in The Tales of Hoffmann,Enns is Jupiter in the upcoming May 23 COCEnsemble Studio performance of Semele.was a failure and fell into neglect until the 20th century — neitherrevived until 1925. Since then, it has become one of Handel’s morefrequently-performed operas.Handel chose for his libretto one written by famed Englishplaywright William Congreve in 1707 for an opera by John Eccles.The story found in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book III, is set at theTemple of Juno in Thebes, where King Cadmus is preparing forthe marriage of his daughter Semele to Prince Athamas. Semelehas been trying to postpone the marriage because she has a secretlover — none other than the god Jupiter himself who disguises himselfas a mortal. Spurred on by Juno, enraged that her husband is yetagain seeking pleasure elsewhere, Semele demands that Jupitershow himself to her in all his godlike splendour. Jupiter warns herof the consequences but she cannot be dissuaded and as a result isburned to ashes by the flames of his glory. The one positive outcome(which the COC production omits) is that Jupiter is able to rescue hisson from Semele’s womb, who will become Bacchus (Dionysus inGreek), god of wine, epiphany and tragedy.The COC production, designed and directed by Chinese artistZhang Huan, was first presented at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaiein Brussels in 2009 and then in Beijing in 2010, where it became thefirst major production of a baroque opera in China. Zhang providesan Eastern take on Western subject matter, but it is worth bearing inmind that the story of Semele and Dionysus is not originally a Greekstory. It is a myth that the Thracians assimilated when they wereresident in Asia Minor before finally settling in Greece. The name“Semele” itself comes from a proto-Indo-European root meaning“earth” and Dionysus is one of numerous gods in world mythologywho die and are resurrected and are related to primordial vegetationcults. James Frazer’s The Golden Bough (1890) is devoted to thissubject and finds parallels for Dionysus in Osiris in Ancient Egypt,Tammuz in Ancient Babylon and Krishna in Hinduism, amongmany others.What makes this production so unusual is that it features anactual 450-year-old Ming Dynasty ancestral temple on stage. Zhangsalvaged the temple from destruction after its owner was executedfor murdering his wife’s lover. As Zhang says in his Director’s Note,“This old temple is the chapel where Semele is to get married, theheaven where she creates love, the crematory where she is destroyed,and the holy land that she is reborn in.”At the podium is Rinaldo Alessandrini, who has recorded baroquerepertoire extensively with Concerto Italiano and is considered oneof the world’s leading specialists in baroque opera. The cast includesJane Archibald as Semele, Allyson McHardy as both Semele’s sisterIno and as Juno, William Burden as Jupiter, AnthonyRoth Costanzo as Athamas and Steven Hunes as bothCadmus and Somnus, god of sleep. On May 23, membersof the COC Ensemble Studio take over the roles ata special performance. For tickets or more information,visit www.coc.ca.Lovers of Handel’s operas should consider performancesof Alcina (1735) presented in concert by a newarrival on the opera scene, EssentialOpera, founded by sopranos ErinBardua and Maureen Batt. ThoughAlcina is one of Handel’s mostpopular operas, it has never beenstaged by the COC. Essential Operapresents the work accompanied byperiod instruments at the Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre on May 25 and aspart of the New Hamburg Live! festivalin New Hamburg, near Stratford,on May 31. The cast includesBardua and Batt as the sorceressesAlcina and Morgana; Vilma Vitolsas the knight Ruggiero entrappedby Alcina’s love-spells; and VickiSt. Pierre as both conductor and theheroine Bradamante, who disguisesherself as a knight, to rescue herbetrothed Ruggiero. Alcina is sung in Italian with English surtitles.For tickets and more information, see www.essentialopera.com.Switching to the 20th century, Against the Grain Theatre, knownfor its popular pub presentations of Puccini’s La Bohème, moves tothe 112-seat Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse on the U of T campus,for an intimate production of Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of theScrew (1954).This is only the second fully-staged production by AtG, whosegoal is to make opera a cozier, more relaxed experience. The showwill have sets by Camellia Koo and costumes by Erika Connor. AtGfounder Joel Ivany directs with Christopher Mokrzewski at thepiano. Miriam Khalil will sing the role of the troubled Governess,COC favourite Michael Barrett will be the mysterious Peter Quint,Megan Latham will be Mrs. Grose and Johane Ansell and SebastianGayowsky will be Flora and Miles, the two children who fall underQuint’s malign influence. For tickets and more information, visitagainstthegraintheatre.com.Editor’s Note: Information about this AtG production arrived toolate for our concert listings deadline: performances are May 24, 25,26 and 27, at 7:30pm.Christopher Hoile is a Toronto-based writer on opera andtheatre. He can be contacted at opera@thewholenote.com.MicHAel COOper14 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

Beat by Beat | Music TheatreRent Re-View anda House of MirthroBERt wALLAceRent, the iconic rockmusical that stormed thebastions of musical theatreduring the 1990s, returns toToronto in a new incarnationmid-month at the Panasonic theatre.This time ’round, it arrivesas a transfer from SheridanCollege where, last December, itexcited acclaim at the school’sOakville campus when it waspresented by Theatre Sheridanas a showcase for the graduatingclass of the advanced diplomaprogram in music theatre performance.Remounting thehigh-octane show for a limitedrun is a no-brainer for theatreimpresario, David Mirvish, whoconsiders Rent “this generation’s best musical about the struggleyoung people face in finding their way in the world. Having a newgeneration of talent from Sheridan College … is perfect casting.”The endorsement by Mirvish is more than just hype. For years,Theatre Sheridan’s Rent gets Panasonic run.Sheridan graduates have helped build Toronto’s music theatre community.Read the cast notes for any musical produced recently inthe GTA and you’ll find the bio of a Sheridan theatre grad. Andif you’re lucky enough to get a ticket to Jesus Christ, Superstar,currently running on Broadway, check out the résumé of ChilinaKennedy who plays Mary Magdalene; she, along with two others inthe cast, honed her skills at Sheridan. This is just one of the reasonsthat Jacob MacInnis, who plays the role of Tom Collins in Rent, waskeen to enter the program which, he says, is “tops in Canada.”Theatre Sheridan heralds the cast of Rent as “the stars of tomorrow”— a sobriquet justified by the school’s track record. The phrasealso could apply to Rent’scharacters, an eclectic mix oftwenty-something artists whoscramble to eke out careers inthe mean streets of New YorkCity. Written by JonathanLarson, who died unexpectedlybefore the show’s off-Broadwaypremiere in 1996 (and itsPulitzer Prize-winning success),the libretto is based onGiacomo Puccini’s La Bohème.AIDS replaces tuberculosis,the scourge of Puccini’s opera;Paris in the late 1800s is reconfiguredas New York’s AlphabetCity in the early 1990s; povertystill prevails; and love, lust andlassitude suffuse the characters’hopes with a paradoxical blend of energy and langour that lends “lavie bohème” an air of melancholic urgency.Despite the angst and terrible odds, love survives in Rent — threevarieties of it, no less. Roger, a jittery musician traumatized byCanadian Children’s Opera CompanyAnn Cooper Gay, Executive Artistic DirectorA new children's opera commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812by Errol Gay and Michael Patrick AlbanoThursday & FridayJune 7 & 87:30pmSaturday & SundayJune 9 & 102:00pm & 7:30pmEnwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre231 Queens Quay W. - 416-973-4000$35 Adult; $20 Senior$15 Student & ChildProduced in association with:Photo: Michael CooperLaura’s Cow has been generouslysupported by Gretchen and Donald Ross.May 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 15

SPECIALENSEMBLESTUDIOPERFORMANCESEMELEHANDELALL TICKETS $22 AND $55Wednesday, May 23, 20127:30 P.M.coc.ca 416-363-8231PresentingSponsorof SURTITLESBroadcastSponsorOfficial AutomotiveSponsorSpring SeasonSupported bySemeleProductionSponsorEnsemble StudioPerformance SponsorOfficial MediaSponsorsA scene from Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie’s Semele, 2009. Photo: Karl ForsterCreative: EndeavourAIDS, falls for Mimi, a night-club dancer with a habit for cocaine.Maureen, the ex-lover of Roger’s roommate, Mark (a film-maker),stakes out a love-hate relationship with her new amour, Joanne, anerstwhile lawyer. Tom Collins, a gay anarchist and sometime collegeprofessor, picks up with Angel, a flamboyant drag-queen,also living with AIDS, who teaches him totrust. More important than the characters’individual lives is the community they helpcreate — one where the incessant demand to“pay the rent” signifies the crises that threatenlove and creativity. “Seasons of Love,” thesong that opens Act Two (and the show’s onebone fide hit), is a paean to survival in a worldthat frequently condemns love as wrong, sex asdangerous, and art as frivolous, if not decadent.Rejecting the costs of social and artistic approbation,the characters forge their bonds withouta belief in tomorrow. Together, they celebrate thepresent which, for some of them, is all they willever know.Jacob MacInnis tells me that Lezlie Wade, thedirector of Sheridan’s Rent, conceived the productionto foreground community. “For her, the cast isa family,” he says — a large one, in that it numbers32. “Everyone has a story-line with which to buildtheir character. This isn’t a ‘leads plus ensemble’production; everyone takes the final bow together.”The approach suits a show that offers “a snap-shotof an important moment in American history,” asMacInnis puts it, a time when artists “cried out forpeople to open their eyes to what was happening all around them.”He pauses, as if considering how to continue. “A group of youngartists struggles to leave something behind. What will it be? At theend of the show, they know. It will be love.” He pauses again, thengets personal. “I found a lot of myself in Tom Collins …”Also opening mid-month is From the House of Mirth, anotheradaptation of a famous work — in this case, a novel by celebratedAmerican author, Edith Wharton, first published in 1905. UnlikeTheatre Sheridan’s production of Rent, this show is created andperformed by some of Canada’s best-known, senior artists, workingunder the auspices of Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC), oneof the country’s most respected dance initiatives. Founded in 2000by Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux, pre-eminent choreographersand dancers, CLC creates intimate, small-scale performances,as well as spectacular stage shows, that feature some of Canada’sgreatest dancers. This new presentation qualifies as both.From the House of Mirth is a music/dance/theatre collaborationwith an original score by Rodney Sharman, libretto by Alex Poch-Goldin, and choreography by James Kudelka, the CLC’s residentchoreographer and director of the show. Kudelka stresses that thisversion of Wharton’s story evolves “not as a ballet, not as an opera,and not as a sung play,” but as all three, with each form picking upthe narrative according to the emotional and intellectual demands ofthe moment. Four male singers take the stage, along with four dancers,all female. Only the male characters use songs to tell the story.The female characters remain silent, danced by Victoria Bertram,Claudia Moore, Christianne Ullmark and Laurence Lemieux whoplays the lead character, Lily Bart. The four singers — Scott Belluz(countertenor), Graham Thomson (tenor), Alex Dobson (bassbaritone)and Geoffrey Sirret (baritone) — like the dancers, are accompaniedby a five-piece chamber orchestra of piano, harmonium,harp, violin and cello, under the direction of John Hess.Despite its substantial cast, From the House of Mirth recalls thesalon evenings of Wharton’s time — genteel soirées staged in intimatevenues, often private parlours. The approach fits the Citadel, thevenue CLC now calls home. The performance space is housed ina three-storey building erected in 1912 at the base of Regent Park,formerly owned by The Salvation Army and renovated by CLCduring the past few years. A state-of-the-art dance studio that seatsan audience of 60, the Citadel’s intimacy fits Kudelka’s reimagining16 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

Laurence Lemieux is Lily Bartin House of Mirth.of New York salon culture inthe early 20th century. Ironically, heuses the piece to expose the repressive manners andmanipulations of the society that treasured the form — a “hot-houseof traditions and conventions,” as Edith Wharton called it.In the novel, Wharton charts the descent of Lily Bart froma glittering social circle in 1890s New York to poverty and asolitary death, her dreams of marriage — whether for wealth or forlove — shattered by convention and her own conflicted desires. Thechallenge for Kudelka and his collaborators has been to create avocabulary of music, movement, and theatre that evokes the novel’smoral issues while, simultaneously, it illustrates Lily’s inner life thatevolves through her relationships with a number of men.For composer Rodney Sharman, this challenge is tantamount tocreating a structure that unites the disparate elements of the score.The music, he explains, “must set an atmosphere for the dance”;equally as crucial, it “must convey the most important moments inLily’s story.” The songs sung by the men in From the House of Mirthuse Poch-Godin’s libretto to convey much, but not all, of the exposition.“In the pivotal scene where Lily is disinherited,” Sharmannotes, “there is no song whatsoever.” Moments like this lead him toremark, “it is a testament to the power of dance that the women inthe piece can communicate so much, so fully, without using words.”At the end of Wharton’s novel, when Lily dies from an overdoseof a sleeping powder, her complicity in the event is left ambiguous.Not so Wharton’s attitude to the milieu she depicts with her cautionarytale. Summarizing its theme as “lost illusions and destructivemelancholy” she pares her point-of-view to a succinct descriptionthat highlights the novel’s social critique. Coincidentally, one couldapply her summary to the characters in Rent. At least for them,however, love survives, even as idealism fades.Ah, New York, New York: “if you can make it there, you canmake it anywhere …” Plus ça change …And THERE’s MORE!May is the month for musical adaptations (or so it appears this year),at least two of which deserve mention in addition to those above.Opening early in the month is West Side Story, one of the mostfamous adaptations in recent history, in a touring version presentedby Dancap Productions. Inspired by William Shakespeare’s Romeoand Juliet, the book by Arthur Laurents updates the rivalry betweenthe Capulets and Montagues to New York’s Upper West Side in themid-1950s where the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage gangs, fightto control the streets. The Sharks and their Puerto Rican heritageare taunted by the Jets, a white working-class gang, even as Tony,a Jet, falls for Maria, the sister of Bernardo, leader of the Sharks.With a soaring score by Leonard Bernstein, poetic lyrics by StephenSondheim, and the electric choreography of Jerome Robbins, theshow is one of the great achievements of American musical theatre.West Side Story premiered on Broadway in 1957. Fifty years later,Arthur Laurents undertook a major revival of the show by weavingSpanish lyrics and dialogue into the English libretto, arguing that“the musical theatre and cultural conventions of 1957 made it nextto impossible for the characters to have authenticity. Every memberof both gangs was always a potential killer even then. Now theyactually will be. Only Tony and Maria try to live in a differentworld.” This new “edgy” production, even more successful thanthe original, is the one on tour to Toronto.Opening late in the month, Dear World is possibly as obscureas West Side Story is well-known. Using music and lyricsby Jerry Herman to refashion Jean Giraudoux’s play, TheMadwoman of Chaillot, the show was a flop when it opened inNew York in 1969 for a brief, calamitous run. Despite negativereviews, it won Angela Lansbury a Tony Award for herperformance as the Countess Aurelia, a woman driven mad bya lost love who spends her days reminiscing in the basement ofa Parisian bistro — at least, until it is targeted for demolitionby an multinational oil corporation. Conceived as a chamberpiece, the show reputedly was overwhelmed by the grandiosedesign of its initial staging. A subsequent revision of the bookby Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee returned the script to itsintimacy, and Herman added three new songs to expand his melodicand clever score. Presumably, this version is the one that the CivicLight Opera presents at the Fairview Library Theatre until June 9th.Check it out.Based in Toronto, Robert Wallace writes abouttheatre and performance. He can be contacted atmusictheatre@thewholenote.com.STEVE’S MUSICStaff recommendations forstudents & teachers on a budgetFor a limited time, get 30% of specially marked PrintMusic and DVDs. Look for the “RED DOTS”!Check out our new and expanded Orchestral StringRepertoire selection featuring Baerenreiter editions!Wittner Mechanical Metronomes, various sizesand finishes starting at $43Full selection of “newer used” woodwinds &brass starting at only $169.00Student level Stentor Solid Top 4/4 Violins with deluxecase/bow starting at $209!educational@stevesmusic.comwww.stevesmusic.com(416) 593-8888TMPaul Antoine TailleferMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 17

Beat by Beat | Classical & BeyondSome AssemblyRequiredSHARNA SEARLEIn past columns you’ve read about many of the “big guns” cometo town — major, professional orchestras, world-renowned soloistsand quartets — and you’ve read about an array of gifted artistspresented to us by local groups and organizations who don’t have thebig bucks but have great taste and know a talented “up and comer”when they see one.This month, I want to focuson two other categories: first,ensembles which don’t easily fallunder neat labels such as “quartet,”“quintet” or “chamber orchestra,”because they are constantly morphingin size, depending on what’s onthe program; and second, the communityorchestras which provide thebackbone of the musical life of theircommunities. Both attract dedicatedbunches of musicians who play forthe love of it in a variety of settingsincluding seniors’ residences,hospitals, churches, intimate venuesWychwood Clarinet Choir.and large concert halls. Here’s whatsome of them are up to this month.“Extra cello” with magic on the side, please: The ensemblecalled Alchemy offers the following irresistible blurb on its website:“Alchemy was a medieval chemical science and speculativephilosophy which aimed to transform base metals into gold, andto discover a universal cure for disease and a means of indefinitelyprolonging life. Notwithstanding its failure to succeed, some of itslofty aims have been inherited by a group of Toronto musicians whofeels that if music cannot prolong life and cure disease — though whocan tell — it is certainly known to transform an ordinary hour intosomething magical.”Alchemy began “making magic” in 2003 and has since performedchamber music from the 17th to 21st centuries with about 50 musicians,selected from a pool of accomplished friends and colleagues.Meri Gec, pianist, founding “alchemist” and the group’s programcoordinator, explains: “The mix continually changes, dependingon which instruments are needed for a program idea and whichmusicians are available. Program and repertoire ideas come fromanywhere — the musicians, the internet, radio, summer music camp,live concerts.”Gec’s role is to organize the one-hour programs using those ideas.And while, more often than not, she’s the one “initiating the ideasand recruiting the right musicians” (most with busy lives and dayjobs), she adds that “the musicians participate actively with researchingideas, finding extra musicians when needed, introducing piecesat concerts, suggesting venues, and so on.” As she says, “Alchemyhas become an engaged and collaborative ensemble.” For Gec,Alchemy represents “all that is great about music, friendship, andcommunity service.”It’s a winning combination that has seen the ensemble performfor almost ten years and at over 20 venues — all of which have beenpredominantly retirement residences and hospitals, in keeping withthe ensemble’s original — and unwavering — philosophy. Fittingly,Alchemy will perform at Baycrest Centre on May 23 at 7pm. On theprogram is Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes, String QuartetOp.44 No.1 by Mendelssohn and Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. Gec (onpiano), will be joined by Kaye Royer on clarinet, violinists CatherineSulem and John Bailey, violist Dorothy Pellerin and Susan Naccacheon cello. Heal on, musical alchemists!Did someone order an extra clarinet? Make that 18. That’s thenumber of members currently playing in the Wychwood ClarinetChoir. This lively group is now in its third season and they’re goingstrong, under the leadership of Michele Jacot, WCC’s artistic directorand conductor. Founding member Roy Greaves, who plays bassclarinet with the group (as well as the “usual soprano in b-flat” thateveryone in the ensemble plays), shared a few words with me, bye-mail, about the WCC, starting with its inception in 2009:“Some adult clarinet students of Michele Jacot were looking foran alternative to playing in a community band at the same time asMichele was considering adding conducting to her teaching andperforming schedule. I was about to retire from teaching music atOakwood Collegiate (Michele is a former student of mine) and wasalso looking for a different musical challenge. (The teacher becomesthe student; the student the teacher.) Thus began the start of theWychwood Clarinet Choir.”By fall of that year, a rehearsalspace was found, as were severallike-minded clarinetists, and inits first season the WCC gavetwo major concerts along withsmaller performances, includingone at the (then) new WychwoodBarns. They’ve since added schoolperformances to the mix, alongwith opportunities for high schooland university students to performwith them, in varying capacities,including that of conductor. WhileGreaves assists with artistic choicesand occasionally conducts, andseveral members of the group arrange and compose for the choir,he credits Jacot with having the “vision that really makes the groupwork.” Jacot gets the last word (which I lifted from the WCC’swebsite): “The goal of the WCC is to both learn together as wellas to play the best music possible to reflect the unique sound of ourensemble and it’s my job to ensure that we have fun doing it.”Well, actually, I get the last word: the WCC’s “SpringConcert 2012” is on May 27, 3:30pm, at St. Michael and All AngelsChurch. On the wonderfully eclectic program will be works byJulius Fucik, Clare Grundman, Glenn Miller, Mozart and Mancini.Putting the “commune” in community orchestra: There are wellover a dozen concerts being performed by community orchestras(COs) this month. So, rather than scant words about each, I thoughtI’d ask one dedicated CO player to give you an idea of the manyrewards of participating in this often unsung sector of the musicalscene. (You will also find a number of CO concerts in the QuickPicks list at the end of this column.)Adam Weinmann, a busy oboe player, accompanist, cabaretperformer and teacher (and our Canary Pages editor) suggested Icontact Laura Rosenfield, principal oboe with the NYCO SymphonyOrchestra, someone he met when he sat in with NYCO a few times,about two years ago. Good call, Adam.“Belonging to a community orchestra means playing the world’smost beautiful music with like-minded people who share a love ofclassical music,” Rosenfield wrote. “Community orchestras allowamateurs of all ages and from all walks of life to experience the joyof making music, as well as the opportunity to grow and improve asmusicians. They also offer high school students and university musicmajors invaluable real-world experience with conductors, ensembleplaying, and classical repertoire. While I frequently attend concertsby professional orchestras, I love the unique and thrilling challengeof playing the same repertoire in ‘my’ community orchestra.“Perhaps the greatest reward of performing is bringing music toaudiences that might not otherwise be able to hear live music, viaoutreach concerts in seniors’ homes and hospitals. School concerts,which help children to appreciate classical music and learn about theJamie Roblin18 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

AdAM Rosenfieldinstruments of the orchestra, are heartwarming experiences, as well.I think that my own children learned early to appreciate classicalmusic by hearing my daily practice, as well as recordings of pieces Iwas working on. Also, they were curious to attend mom’s concerts!“Amateur orchestras foster a feeling of community that is trulyenriching and transformative. I have learned about the volunteer andnon-profit sector, have benefited from taking on various volunteeradministrative tasks in community music over the years, and havemade lasting friends. I suspect that most of my fellow musicianswould agree that the stresses of everyday life melt away when thebaton drops and the orchestra begins to play … ”The NYCO Symphony Orchestra, by the way, began as a readingorchestra under the auspices of the North York Symphony in 1975and evolved into an independent, community-based orchestra around1988. Rather than hold formal auditions, it invites new players tosit in for a couple of rehearsals to test the “compatibility factor.”Then, if you are offered a permanent position you are expected topay a membership fee. (A wonderful twist to the typical professionalmusician’s fate ofNYCO SymphonyOrchestra oboistLaura Rosenfield.often not gettingpaid enough fortheir efforts.) Inaddition, NYCOmembers areobliged to purchasea subscription.Clearly,both these feesare critical inallowing thisCO to provideits exceptional, community-enhancing, music-making opportunities,and you will find variations on the same theme among many othercommunity orchestras.You will find Rosenfield in her first oboist’s chair when NYCOperforms Smetana’s The Moldau, Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations(with principal cellist, Sybil Herceg-Shanahan) and Dvořák’sSymphony No.8, under the baton of its music director and conductor,David Bowser, June 2, 8pm, at Centre for the Arts, St. Michael’sCollege School. There’s a pre-concert chat at 7:30pm.COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA Quick PICks●●May 6, 2:30: Orchestra Kingston. Works by Suppé, J. Strauss,Tchaikovsky, Copland and others.●●May 6, 3:00: Symphony on the Bay. Works by Bach, Lisztand Rachmaninoff.●●May 10, 8:00: Corktown Chamber Orchestra. Works by Beethoven,Bach and Dvořák.●●May 12 and 13, 7:30: Huronia Symphony Orchestra. Works byDvořák, Raum, Beethoven and Verdi. (Beyond the GTA).●●May 12, 8:00: Counterpoint Community Orchestra. Works by Widor,Saint-Saëns, Bach-Stokowski, Bizet and others.●●May 12 and 13, 8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. Guest: PolovoisIssariotis, guitar.●●May 12, 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra. Works byVivaldi, Mozart and Magowan and Denomme-Welch. 7:15: Preconcertchat.●●May 26, 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra. Works by R.and J. Strauss and Bizet.●●May 26 and 27, 8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. Works by R.Strauss, Amram and Prokofiev.●●May 27, 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Beethoven’s Symphony No.9.2:15: Pre-concert talk.●●June 1, 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra. Works by Debussy,Rodrigo and Berlioz. 7:30: Pre-concert chat.Now go out and get yourself some of that community spirit!Sharna Searle trained as a musician and lawyer, practised alot more piano than law and is listings editor at The WholeNote.She can be contacted at classicalbeyond@thewholenote.com.May 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 19

SinfoniaTorontoMasterpiece SeriesGLENN GOULD STUDIO250 Front St. WestNURHAN ARMAN $39 ad $32 sr $12 stMUSIC DIRECTOR416-872-4255Toronto’s Chamber Orchestra sinfoniatoronto.comMay 11, 2012 8 pmGlenn Gould StudioBEETHOVENANYA ALEXEYEV PianistTEEHAN Lament for Lost HopeBEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4DVORAK Quintet op. 772012 - 2013Cellist Narek HakhnazaryanFirst Prize winner at theTchaikovsky Competition opensA Season of StarsPianists ANGELA CHENGDMITRI LEVKOVICHBORODIN QUARTETViolinist ALEXANDRE DA COSTAViolist RIVKA GOLANIClarinetist JULIAN MILKISand moreSpectacular concerts inGlenn Gould Studio andGeorge Weston Recital Hallsinfoniatoronto.com or call 416-499-0403The sad news that Billy Bryans, musician and champion ofworld music in Toronto, has died too early at 63 reached meas I was writing this month’s column. Suddenly, his passingat the Kensington Hospice in Toronto seems to mark the end ofa chapter in the evolution of the Canadian “world music scene.”This ever-expanding, ever-evolving basket of often vague and variouslylabeled commercial categories comprises mostly previouslyunconnected music genres. By those who like genres with capitalletters, they have been diversely dubbed Folk, Ethnic, Traditional,Worldbeat, World Music, Global, Roots, Alternative World, Local,and Diaspora.Billy Bryans’ four-decade career successfullyconnected with many facets ofthe Canadian popular and world musicbusiness. But it also reflects the evolutionof musical diversity in Toronto andthe hybrid processes at work in our nation’smulticultural musical landscape.The health of thecurrent worldmusic scene inturn owes muchto the dedicationof gifted artistssuch as Bryans,widely known tolocal musiciansas Billy.Beat by Beat | World ViewWorld Championandrew tIMARBilly Bryans.Above, ParachuteClub in 2008.Billy first came to my attention in the 1970s as a drummer activeon Toronto’s Queen Street scene with groups such as the new wavepunk, the Government. A few years later he co-founded, withLorraine Segato, the four-time JUNO winning pop group theParachute Club. He also made his mark as producer, working fora time at Daniel Lanois’ Grant Avenue Studios in Hamilton. Hisproduction credits include the Downchild Blues Band, the rockabillyBop Cats, jazz revivalists the Original Sloth Band, and Raffi.But it’s Billy’s career as a world music drummer, producer andpromoter, to which he segued over the last two decades, that mosttouch us here at World View. The Globe and Mail was not alone incalling him a “world music pioneer.” What is clear is that he broughtto bear his considerable musical passion, driving drumming grooves,and production and promotional savvy to Toronto’s emerging globalmusic scene. Many acts including the South African jive groupSiyakha used him as their drummer.Billy produced several significant albums in the genre includingthe prescient 1992 CD The Gathering, a song compilation ofToronto-based musicians from a variety of cultures that won thefirst JUNO Award in the “Worldbeat” category. (The category wasrenamed “Global” and changed yet again in 2002 to “World Music”).His CDs for the Shego Band, Diego Marulanda, AfroNubians, andPunjabi by Nature helped set the bar for the genre. Both of hisproductions for reggae dub poet Lillian Allen won JUNOs. In 1994,Billy saw a chance to connect directly with international artists andthe emerging industry. He traveled to Berlin to be among the fewNorth Americans to attend the first world music expo, WOMEX,which has since become “the principal market for world music” (LeMonde). He also established Mundial Music, Canada’s first worldmusic record “pool” for journalists and radio DJs.Long a fan of African-American and African musics, Billy grewto love Latin music in its many incarnations. In the last decade hetook to the dance floor to polish his salsa moves (especially Cubanrueda de casino) as well as spinning Cuban dance tracks for clubmisterbrYANS.cOM, PARACHUte CLUB: SOPHie GIRAUD20 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

goers as a popular Toronto DJ. When the Lula Lounge opened itsdoors at Dufferin and Dundas as a live music dancehall showcasingToronto’s growing Latin music scene, Billy was there, directlyengaged. And the feeling was mutual. When his health faltered,his musician friends and fans rallied. Lula held a recent benefit“Rumbon Para Billy Bryans” to raise funds for his palliativecare on April 19, 2012, featuring an all-star cast including JaneBunnett, Alex Cuba, Son Ache and Samba Squad.The use of the term “world” when referring to a kind of musicor a musician has a contested history. It often seems a strained,an incorrectly placed, or even a derogatory tag. When usedto describe the whole of Billy’s career however, embracing asmany musical genres as he did, “World Musician,” in capitals,feels right.LULAWORLD 2012 concertsAnother Canadian pioneer, Alexander Graham Bell, is reputed tohave written, “When one door closes another opens; but we sooften look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, thatwe do not see the ones which open for us.” Itseems hardly possiblethat the Lula Loungeis a decade old, yet here it is celebrating thisremarkable anniversary during May with a series of concerts,looking forward all the way.Originally a Latin dance club, in the ten years it has been openthis venue has broadened its mandate, distinguishing itself as a homefor world music of many persuasions. Now called the Lula Musicand Arts Centre, it is programming a series of collaborative concertscalled LULAWORLD 2012, bringing together artists from aroundthe globe. Here are just a few highlights.The series kicks off May 9, in collaboration with Small WorldMusic, with the celebrated local Autorickshaw shaking up contemporaryjazz, funk and the classical and popular music of India into abubbly brew. In keeping with LULAWORLD’s theme Autorickshaw(Suba Sankaran, voice; Justin Abedin, guitars; Collin Barrett, bass;Dylan Bell, keys; Ed Hanley, table; Ben Riley, drum kit) has invited illustriouslocal guests including jazz specialists pianist Gordon Sheard,bassist George Koller and mallet percussion maestro Mark Duggan.On May 11, Café Con Pan, Toronto’s exponents of son jarocho,the traditional music of Veracruz, Mexico, mix it up with guestsLa Marisoul (LA) plus musicians from Canada, Mexico, Chileand Iran. The concert will also launch Nuevos Caminos a Santiago(New Roads to Santiago) their “genre defying” second CD. In thesecond set this evening Lady Son y Articulo Viente hosts Montreal’stropical urban scenester Boogat in what is billed as a “hip hop soncubano mashup!” Canadian born and raised Yeti Ajasin, aka LadySon, is the lead vocalist/director of the Latin fusion band ArtículoVeinte. It sounds like dancing is required.Two outstanding, award-winning local ensembles join forcesMay 16: the classical Gryphon Trio and the Afro-Cuban and Latinjazz specialists, Hilario Durán Trio. They will perform “Cuban,Brazilian, Sicilian and Argentine charts” celebrating music that hasresounded at Lula.You can find moreLULAWORLD 2012 concertslisted in The WholeNote’s “Inthe Clubs” section.WORLD MUSIC PICksThis is one of those monthswhere no amount of spaceseems enough to cover themyriad concerts of interestin the GTA. I have selected afew to highlight and apologizefor having to leave out somany others.Yoga and music have longbeen intimately linked. OnFriday, May 4, 8pm at theCasa Loma campus of theGeorge Brown University, theLeft, Café Con Pan. Institute of Classical Yoga andAbove, Lady Son. Therapy presents “Music inharmony with Yoga,” a freeHindustani classical vocal concert featuring RamneekSingh. Ms Singh will be accompanied by an esraj playerand by Yashodhan Navathe on tabla.May 5 the Aradia Ensemble hosts Toronto’s leadingGeorgian choir Darbazi in a fascinating concert contrastingthe two groups’ choral approaches at the GlennGould Studio. Titled “The Grain of the Voice,” theconcert features two new works by Andrew Agar andKevin Mallon which will unite these two very differentvocal “grains.” Aradia’s Kevin Mallon, conducts.Another concert that marries Western and Eastern(here specifically Southeast Asian) classical musicforms will be presented at the Glenn Gould Studioon May 22. The Evergreen Club ContemporaryGamelan an eight-member pioneering world music ensemble, ofwhich I’ve been a member for some 29 years, is playing host to theBozzini String Quartet, Montreal’s contemporary and experimentalmusic specialists. The two groups will present five commissionedworks by leading Canadian composers for their joint forces, repertoirethey performed recently at a well-received Montreal concert.Back firmly on our musical native land, on May 10 the MétisFiddler Quartet launches its debut CD, North West Voyage NordOuest at the Lakeside Terrace, Harbourfront Centre. Currentlybased in Toronto, the four youthful sibling members of the quartet,Alyssa (viola), Conlin (guitar), Nicholas (violin) and Danton (cello)Delbaere-Sawchuk were born into a Métis family in Winnipeg. Theirprogram highlights arrangements of originally rural Canadian Métisand Native fiddle music that they learned directly from the greatestliving masters, and that the Métis Fiddler Quartet is eager to sharewith urban Canadians.Finally, on June 1 at Koerner Hall, the Royal Conservatory presentsSimon Shaheen on oud and violin in a concert fusing Arabic,jazz and Western classical music. Shaheen has been hailed as one ofthe most significant Arab musicians and composers of his generation.Based in New York, his two bands Qantara and the Near EasternMusic Ensemble tour internationally. Moreover, he has receivednumerous awards for his performing and educational contributions,including the National Heritage Award he received at the WhiteHouse. His album Blue Flame has been nominated for an impressive11 Grammy Awards.Andrew Timar is a Toronto musician and music writer.He can be contacted at worldmusic@thewholenote.com.ROger HUMBertMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 21

Jim LynchBeat by Beat | Early MusicMan Behindthe MasquesimoNE desiletsIf you have a passion to do something, there seem to be no limitsto what you can accomplish. When musician Larry Beckwithconceived Toronto Masque Theatre in 2003, he had avision of reviving an art form that arose probably duringthe Renaissance with masked processions visiting noblehouses. It was developed substantially in Europe during the16th to 18th centuries, evolving into anelaborate performance with scripted plotand combining elements of music, theatreand dance. To undertake the revival ofthis form and also to expand the repertoireby commissioning new works in thespirit of the masque, Beckwith invitedsome talented people to work with him:choreographer Marie-Nathalie Lacoursièreis a specialist in historical dance who hasa magical touch for staging; actor andco-director Derek Boyes has an extensivebackground in stage, radio and TV dramaas well as film.This pursuit has taken them very far,leading them to mount performancesof wide-ranging scope: everything fromShakespeare/Blow’s Venus and Adonisto the five major music theatre worksAbove, LarryBeckwith. Right,Renaissancedance troupeLes JardinsChoréographiques.of Purcell to Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale to newly commissionedworks by James Rolfe, Omar Daniel, Abigail Richardson and DeanBurry, to plays by Molière, Reaney and others, to “variety” or“cabaret” evenings — some 25 productions in all.This month, the company presents a masque on a theme that mightbe expressed (at least in my words) as “Woman: Proud, Beautifuland Decidedly Unattainable.”Three 17th-century depictions are interwoven:There’s the play: The Convent of Pleasure by English playwrightMargaret Cavendish, in which the main character, a beautifulwoman, turns her back on the company of men and establishes aconvent open only to like-minded maids and widows, in which theycreate their own world of pleasure and where men are excluded fromall access to their beauty and their worldly possessions. There’s theballo, or semi-dramatic ballet: Monteverdi’s Ballo delle ingrate inwhich Venus and Cupid visit Pluto, King of the Underworld, to complainthat the arrows from Cupid’s bow are no longer effective onthe ladies of Mantua who are scorning their lovers. And there’s thecomical cantata for a trio of women singers: Luigi Rossi’s Noi siamtre donzelette semplicette, in which the three little innocent maidsmock men’s “empty babbling” about their love for women.Ah, but will “Unattainable Woman” prevail, or be thwarted inthe end? This is for you to find out, when you go to see thisproduction, taking place at Hart House Theatre on May 11 and12. If you attend the pre-show chat, you have the added treat of aconversation between Beckwith and professor Katie Larson, whoseresearch area includes 16th- and 17th-century English literaturewith a focus on women’s writing and issues of gender and language,and who has made a special study of the writings of playwrightMargaret Cavendish.I’ll tempt you with Beckwith’s comments about the cast: “I’mvery excited to be working with the brilliant young singers VirginiaHatfield, Dawn Bailey, Michele DeBoer and Benjamin Covey. I’mdelighted that four dancers from Marie-Nathalie’s Montreal troupe(the renaissance dance troupe Les Jardins Choréographiques) willjoin us, and that the play will be realized by an abundantly talentedgroup of young actors, directed by Derek Boyes. There are sometop-notch players in the band (including harpsichordist NoamKrieger from Holland, and gamba player Justin Haynes). All in all itshould be a glorious show!”Other concerts this month have to do, in part, with transitions,and with the spirit of giving:●●May 11: In Kingston, the Melos Choir and Chamber Orchestraexplore the progression of musical style from the birth of Monteverdito the death of Schütz — the transition from the Renaissance to theBaroque — in their concert “The Age of Change: Monteverdi, Schützand Gibbons.”●●May 13: “Bach Meets Frederick the Great” is the title of the nextconcert of Waterloo Region’s Nota Bene Baroque, and it’s inspiredby an event in May, 1747, when the two actually did meet: Bachvisited Frederick’s residence in Potsdam, where the king gave him acunning theme upon which to construct a fugue on the spot (whichof course he did). Further developments led to the creation of oneof Bach’s most famous compositions, the collection of pieces knownas The Musical Offering, entirely based on this theme. As for NotaBene’s concert which takes place at Kitchener’s Registry Theatre,it presents music by Bach, by Frederick himself and by his courtcomposers, as well as readings that explore the titanic aesthetic and22 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

NOTA BENEcultural shifts taking place at that time. And, it features two veryinteresting guest artists: baroque flutist Emma Elkinson, and narratorColin Fox.●●May 13: The Toronto Chamber Choir’s afternoon “Kaffeemusiks”are a mix of expert and entertaining commentary from music directorMark Vuorinen with music sung by the choir. In this, the last ofthem this season, choir and soloists perform Bach’s cantata Brichdem Hungrigen dein Brot (Break Your Bread For the Hungry). Theirpress release offers this invitation: “In the spirit of the cantata’sreflections on the transformative power of charity, we encourage youto contribute to our food drive for the needy who live in our richlyblessed city.”●●May 20 & 21: Among the diverse groups who choose to focuson a particular aspect of the vast musical universe is the TorontoContinuo Collective, whose aim is to explore the art of baroqueaccompaniment and all that it entails: figured bass harmony, supportingtext inflection, ornamentation, word painting, improvisation,and everything else that makes the music speak and come alive.Nota Bene Baroque.In this pair ofconcerts, entitled“L’Authentiqueamour français,”they’ll show offtheir skills in aprogram of rarely-heardgems ofthe 17th-centuryFrench Baroque,by composerssuch as PierreGuedron andMarc-AntoineCharpentier.With their lutes,violins, viols andkeyboards, they’llbe joined byguest soloists, soprano Emily Klassen and tenor Bud Roach.●●May 24 to 27: Tafelmusik’s music director, Jeanne Lamon, hasobserved that for them, playing Beethoven feels like playing “newmusic that’s exploding” because they come to it from the perspectiveof the music that has gone before, rather than approaching itfrom a 21st-century perspective. Conductor Bruno Weil has calledTafelmusik “a great Beethoven orchestra, because Beethoven needsthe passion of every individual player.” You can experience thispassion for yourself in this month’s group of concerts, when theyplay the mighty “Eroica” Symphony, paired with an even later work:Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.4, the “Italian.”●●And immediately afterwards, Tafelmusik embarks on an OntarioTour: You can catch them May 29 in Owen Sound (presented by theSweetwater Music Festival); May 30 on Manitoulin Island; May 31in Parry Sound (presented by Festival of the Sound); June 1 in PortHope (presented by Port Hope Friends of Music).●●May 27: How wonderful to be able to contribute to the welfareof our fellow creatures on the earth, and to that of their habitat,through music. Soprano Ariel Harwood-Jones is well known from herperformances with Tafelmusik (as soloist and within the ChamberChoir), with Opera Atelier, Sine Nomine ensemble and many othergroups. She has gathered together a formidable group of fellowmusicians — among them, harpsichordist Sara-Anne Churchill,gambist Justin Haynes, violinist Larry Beckwith —who all contributetheir artistry in a “Friends & Family Concert,” with music byPurcell, Handel and Bach. Admission is pay-what-you-can andproceeds will go to the Canadian Wildlife Federation.For details on all these and more, please see The WholeNote’sdaily listings.Simone Desilets is a long-time contributor to The WholeNotein several capacities who plays the viola da gamba.She can be contacted at earlymusic@thewholenote.com.Métis Fiddler QuartetPresentsA live performance of theirdebut albumThursday May 10, 20126:00 pm reception, 7:00 pm performanceLakeside Terrace, Harbourfront Centre235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON M5J 2G8Part of PLANET INDIGENUS co-produced by HARBOURFRONT CENTRE and WOODLAND CULTURAL CENTREPantone versionCMYK versionBlack & White versionFree admissionrsvp@metisfiddlerquartet.comCD available onlinemetisfiddlerquartet.com@metisfiddlerfacebook.com/metisfiddlerquartetMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 23

Beat by Beat | In With the NewOut Like a LionDAVID PERLMANSometimes by may the new music season is starting to sputter abit. But not this year. Thanks in part to an astonishing numberof events at the two “Galleries” there’s no shortage of sonicsolace for adventurous ears. But even without Gallery 345 and theMusic Gallery, there is much on offer. The season it seems is goingout like a lion.Once again, music theatre columnist Robert Wallace, has scoopedme on a story with serious new music credentials, Coleman Lemieux& Compagnie’s From the House of Mirth which runs, with variousstart times, May 9 to 13. (Wallace’s treatment of the show startson page 15.) Of particular interest for this column are the RodneySharman/Alex Poch-Goldin score and libretto. My awarenessof composer Rodney Sharman’s work in the genre goes back tothe opera Elsewhereless, with Atom Egoyan in 1999. LibrettistPoch-Goldin comes to mind, most immediately, for his work withcomposer Omar Daniel in The Shadow, probably the most strikingfull-length work of Tapestry New Opera’s 2009 season. BothElsewhereless and The Shadow, in fact, are the product of partnershipsthat were struck in Tapestry’s unique composer/librettist laboratory— the “LibLab” as it is called — and came into being throughnumerous iterations over an extended period of time.It’s not surprising, therefore, to see another Tapestry alumna,composer Abigail Richardson, drafted for a recent “wordy” TorontoSymphony Orchestra commission. “The Hockey Sweater,” based onthe iconic Roch Carrier short story, will premiere Saturday April 12at the child-friendly hour of 1:30pm, with Carrier himself deliveringthe text. Richardson’s compositional ability to stick-handle music andtext is well earned. With librettist Marjorie Chan, she won a 2009Dora Award for outstanding new musical/opera for Sanctuary Song,inspired by the true story of an elderly elephant’s journey to freedom.While the show officially “premiered” at the 2008 Luminato festivalit too went through successive Tapestry-fostered stages of developmentafter Chan and Richardson first met at “LibLab” in 2003.COntinuum: Returning, for a moment, though, to ColemanLemieux: Laurence Lemieux’s name caught my eye a second timewhile working on this month’s column, in the context of yet anotherinteresting, musically significant show coming to the 918 BathurstCentre, which is rapidly coming into its own as an alternative venuefor ambitiously scaled productions. In the fall, 918 Bathurst hostedbcurrent’s production of Nicole Brooks’ Obeah Opera, profiled inthe November WholeNote. Now, from May 27 to May 29, it will behome to Continuum Contemporary Music’s “Contes pour enfantspas sages: 8 cautionary entertainments.” (Caution: The middle twoof the four performances are daytime school shows.) “Contes” isbilled as “wisdom and bewilderness from the animal kingdom: amulti-layered, multi-media setting of all eight fables of French poetJacques Prévert by Canadian composer Christopher Butterfield.” Notsurprisingly the British Columbia-born Butterfield has other operaticand multi-media fare under his composing belt. During 15 years asa performance artist in Toronto, he played in a rock band (Klo) andworked as a freelance composer and conductor.It is not surprising to see Lemieux involved in the project, either.For one thing she and Butterfield have collaborated extensively before.For another, the show’s combination of zany edginess and potentiallycumbersome large forces (Choir 21, Continuum Ensemble,tenor, soprano, light show) make it a perfect challenge for Lemieux’sdeftness at mise-en-scene. David Fallis, no mean musical traffic copeither, will conduct.While on the subject of Continuum, I should also point out thatat time of writing there are still two of the four “New Music 101”Monday evening events to go (May 7 and May 14) and Continuum is“at bat” during the May 7 event, along with Contact ContemporaryMusic. Jointlypresented by theToronto NewMusic Allianceand the TorontoReference Library,and hosted bywriter/critic RobertEverett-Green, thetwo music presentersbringing worksto each lecture/demonstration asoften as not bringslices of worksin progress. Sono guarantees,but attendees atthe May 7 eventmight just get asneak preview ofContinuum’s ambitious new work.Forty years of Foley at Gallery 345: composerDaniel Foley, at last year’s Labour DayIntersections event, Yonge-Dundas Square.Contact Contemporary Music also has a show this month, May 12at the Music Gallery, titled “Short Stories,” and billed as “anexploration of the symbiotic relationship between sound and vision,from narrative to abstract storytelling.” Expect some insight into thatone, too.And speaking of the Music Gallery, check our listings (or theirwebsite), for Saturday May 5, Monday May 7 and Tuesday May 15,all at 8pm, for three events, two of them with out-of-town partners,reflective of the Gallery’s mission and mandate.CHOral TO THE FOre: One of these years someone betterqualified than I will do a thesis on the subject of the role choirs andchoral music play in keeping a culture of contemporary classical andpost-classical composing alive. So in honour of The WholeNote’stenth annual choral Canary Pages, here’s a head-spinningly denselist (the “Begats” we call them round here) illustrative of thischoral/new symbiosis: May 5 at 7:30pm, Toronto Children’sChorus’ “Mystery and Mastery” includes works by Daley, Halleyand Patriquin; May 5 at 8pm, Da Capo Chamber Choir presents“Celebrating Home,” including works by Schafer, Chatman andother Canadian composers; May 5 at 2pm, King Edward Choirpresents “Feathers on the Page” the world premiere of a commissionby playwright/composer Leslie Arden; May 7 at 7:30pm, the ElmerIseler Singers’ “Get Music! Educational Outreach Concert” is largelybuilt on Canadian works; May 12 at 8pm, Bell’Arte Singers present“Communal: Ways of Being” including a newly commisioned workby Sirett; also May 12 at 8pm, Oriana Women’s Choir’s “Earth, Air& Water” includes works by Telfer, Smallman, Daley and WatsonHenderson and premiered works by Barron and Sawarna; May 13at 4pm, the Canadian Men’s Chorus’ “Out of the Depths: AnExploration of Sacred Music” offers Murray’s Book of Lamentations(a world premiere); May 16 at 7:30pm: Toronto Choral Societypresents “Civic Spirits,” song and story inspired by Toronto’s ghosttales including a Finley premiere and other new works; June 2 at7:30pm, Mississauga Children’s Choir’s “City Scapes” comprisesmusic exploring sounds and sights of modern cities including a newwork by M. Coghlan; June 2 at 8pm, Jubilate Singers “A World inCanada” is built on music by Canadian composers with various culturalinfluences, including Glick, Raminsh, Robinovitch and others.All that being said, I’ve not mentioned perhaps the nerviest newmusic choral offering of the lot, namely a performance in Waterloo,Saturday May 5 at 8pm, of Christine Duncan’s Element Choir. Theensemble sometimes consists of 75 singers or more, augmentedby percussion, bass, trumpet and organ. For those who think that“choral” and “improvisational” go together about as well as a fishand a bicycle, this is a performance not to be missed. “With theseextraordinary sonic resources in these capable hands, the ElementChoir promises to be a spectacular experience, a joyful celebrationof the human voice in creative music” says NUMUS’ own blurbSN BIANCA24 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

about the event. And they’re probably right.GALLERY 345: last, I want to return to a topicI started the “regular” season with: kudos toGallery 345 at 345 Sorauren. Between FridayMay 4 and Sunday June 3, I count no fewer thanten events (May 4, 9, 11, 13, 22, 24, 25 and 26,and June 1 and 3), that are likely to be of interestto readers of this column.Again, check our listings for details, or scrollthe Gallery 345 website. It’s very functional.You will find yourself viewing in microcosm theastonishing range of performances and eventsthat keep the new music scene ticking along. Iwill single out only one, because it exemplifiesthe aspect of community that places likeGallery 345 serve to foster: Sunday June 3, at8pm, in celebration of composer Daniel Foley’s60th birthday, Gallery 345 presents “40 Years ofFoley” featuring chamber works by Daniel Foley composed over thepast four decades, in celebration of his 60th birthday, and performedby the likes of Robert Aitken and Dianne Aitken, flutes; ScottGood, trombone; Joseph Petric, accordion; Trio Poulet (violin, cello,piano); Tiina Kiik, accordion; Richard Herriott, piano; and others.The event is free.David Perlman can be reached at publisher@thewholenote.com.Open Ears, in collaboration withthe Wilfrid Laurier University andthe rare Charitable Research Reserve,PRESENTSBeat by Beat | Jazz NotesA Tale ofThree Citiesjim gALLowayor WHERE the DICkENS Am I?Since last month I have been in three cities, New Orleans,London and Vienna. Of the three, New Orleans is the leastrepresentative of the country where it is located. London isunmistakably British, Vienna with the Danube and echoes of theHapsburg Empire is as Austrian as Wiener Schnitzel. But N.O. or“The Big Easy” is unique among American cities with its backgroundof European, African and Caribbean influences and is far from one’simage of a typical American city.In case you are not familiar with its history, the territory ofLouisiana was claimed for the French in the 1690s. In 1718 the cityof New Orleans was founded and in 1803 Napoleon sold Louisianato the United States, (828,000 square miles for less than three centsper acre!).The most famous street is Bourbon Street, the focal point of nightlifein the French Quarter. Once a hub of New Orleans jazz withbands playing in clubs and bars along the length of the street, thetide of progress has washed that away, with the exception of a fewplaces, making way for souvenir shops, clubs, bars and strip joints.There is still some jazz but you have to seek it out.I have to mention Fritzel’s which lays claim to being New Orleans’ENVIRONMENTALRHYTHMSA WEEKEND OF PERCUSSIVE SOUNDSOF & IN THE ENVIRONMENTFriday May 11The Turret, Wilfrid Laurier University75 University Ave. W, Waterloo8 pm$20/$10Jesse Stewart & FriendsSaturday May 12rare Charitable Research Reserve1679 Blair Road, Cambridge1 pm$25/$15Talk by Morris Palter followed byInuksuit by John Luther Adamsfor a very large group of percussionistsMaureen Forrester HallWilfrid Laurier University75 University Ave. W, Waterloo8 pm$20/$10Natural ResourcesBuy all three and save!$50/$25OUR SPONSORSTHE KITCHENER AND WATERLOOCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION· Community Fund· Musagetes FundMay 11 & 12, Waterloo RegionEmergents IIIfeaturing Daniel Morphy & Diego EspinosaA percussion double headerMay 5 | 8pm | $10/$5Miles Perkin Triofeaturing Benoit Delbecq & Tom ArthursPart of the Jazz Avant SeriesExpat Canadian bassist returns to TorontoMay 15 | 8pm | $30/$15$25 adv Ticketweb.caListen to and watch Radio Music Galleryon Studiofeed.comSt George the Martyr Church • 197 John St. • Toronto416-204-1080 • www.musicgallery.orgMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 25

World PremiereContes pour enfantspas sages8 cautionary entertainmentsby Christopher ButterfieldMay 27 & 29, 8 pm918 BathurstAnne Grimm, sopranoBenjamin Butterfield, tenorContinuum’s ensembleChoir 21 and David Fallis, conductorMise-en-scène by Laurence LemieuxImages by Sandra Meigs$30 adults$15 students/seniors/arts workerscontinuummusic.org 416 924 4945oldest operating jazz club. ItThe Natchez River Boat.is one of the last venues onBourbon as you head towardthe Marigny and featurestraditional jazz. They welcomesit-ins which can be amixed blessing — it certainlywas the night I was therewhen a tenor player whocouldn’t play his way outof a paper bag joined theresident musicians. But afun place, nevertheless. At one time the wall opposite the bar wasadorned with a large portrait of Field Marshal Rommel. The pictureis still in the club, but has been moved round a corner away fromopen view, probably to avoid giving offence, although my understandingis that he was respected both by his troops and the allies.Preservation Hall at 726 St. Peter St. in New Orleans’ FrenchQuarter, is probably the most well known of all the jazz clubs in thecity. Here you can hear the traditional acoustic New Orleans jazz.Some other hot spots include Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse(in the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street), Snug Harbor andVaughan’s.I caught upwith a couple offriends during thevisit. Jon Clearyfirst playedToronto when Ibooked him intoCafé des Copainsand more recentlyat the jazz festivalwhen JohnScofield broughtJon to play organwith his group. I found him at a club called dba on Frenchman St. atthe down-river end of the French Quarter. I also enjoyed an eveningon the Natchez, the last authentic steamboat on the MississippiRiver, where the band, Dukes Of Dixieland, is led by trumpeterKevin Clark, who spent some years in Canada and will certainly beremembered by Toronto audiences.But before leaving The Crescent City I have to comment onthis year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival taking placeat the end of April. Herbie Hancock, Mavis Staples, Al Greenand the Dirty Dozen are among the headliners — but so are BruceSpringsteen, the Beach Boys and Eagles! Oh, well.Next port of call was London which seems to be doing relativelywell in terms of “name “ players. Michel LeGrand, Pat Martino,Scott Hamilton, David Sanchez, Alan Broadbent, Al Di Meola,Howard Alden and Manhattan Transfer were among the musicianscoming into town over the following few weeks. Most of them werescheduled to appear at Ronnie Scott’s, which means a pretty expensivenight out. Nearby is the Pizza Express Jazz Club, plus two orthree dozen pubs and clubs scattered throughout the city, some onlypresenting jazz once a week.But talking to musicians, the general reaction when asked howthe work scene is was pretty negative, with fewer gigs available andpoorly paid at that. (It had been very much the same story in NewOrleans — fewer gigs and very often paid by passing a jar roundthe room.)Next, I waltzed over to Vienna. It is known as the City Of Musicbecause of its strong connections with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Ludwig Van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms andGustav Mahler.Where does it stand today as a jazz city? There are some nameswhich most of the insiders will mention when asked, “Where is thejazz?” Jazzland and Porgy and Bess are the leading clubs in the city.I have a special place in my heart for Jazzland since I have beengoing there for 35 years and photos of musicians who have playedpANtagruel26 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

ALEX DEMYANDAVE PATTENInside at Fritzel’s.there line the walls — everyone from John Lee Hooker to Art Farmer.The night I arrived Branford Marsalis was playing at Porgy and Bessand Lew Tabackin had been at Jazzland a couple of weeks before.There are also a number of smaller venues, Blue Tomato andMiles Smiles Jazz Cafe among them catering to the more avantgarde,Reigen featuring blues and Lustiger Radfahrer with blues tobebop. But again, talking to local players, the common thread inour conversations was lack of work. Like every place else, one ofthe major problems is with the mass media and their lack of interest— make that almost completedisregard — for jazz. Radiopretty well ignores it and thereis not a single newspaper witha weekly jazz column (does thatsound familiar?).Where they do much better thanwe do in Toronto is in the measureof support from government bodies.The following figures for Porgyand Bess are at least ten years oldbut make the point. They receivedalmost $90,000 from the cultureoffice and more than $130,000from the state! That said, Porgygets a much larger piece of the pie than any other club and thatcertainly causes some resentment among other club owners who getlittle or nothing. But at least the music is acknowledged as havingcultural significance.So it would seem that “name” touring acts, which make up a tinyproportion of what is out there trying to make a living, have somesort of a circuit going for them, but the thousands “in the trenches”have a hard go of it. Sound familiar?Back to New Orleans where we began. While there, I tasted afreshwater fish called drum and very nice it was. But I use this onlyas an excuse to end with that most familiar topic, a jazz joke abouta drummer:A quartet out on the town in Amsterdam winds up in the heartof the Red Light District, where the working girls sit in windowsseductively displaying their wares.The drummer of the band approachesone of the windows and knocks on the glass.“How much?” he asks.“Fifty euros,” replies the girl.“Really?” says the drummer looking surprised, “that’s prettycheap for double glazing.”Happy listening right here at home.Jim Galloway is a saxophonist, band leader andformer artistic director of Toronto Downtown Jazz. Hecan be contacted at jazznotes@thewholenote.com.Beat by Beat | BandstandGearing Upjack macquARRIEFor many bands, this part of spring is the time for almost beingable to shift gears. The fall and winter concert schedule is almostover, but not quite. As I write this, many have at least one moreconcert to perform. And although summer events are on the horizon,the music for them is not quite yet in the rehearsal folders.Of the spring events I’ve already attended, two stand out, both fortheir musical excellence and their emphasis on young performers.The first was a mid-week musical evening presented by the NavalReserve Band of HMCS York at the Naval Club of Toronto. TheNaval Club is small, with no stage or other performance platform.In other words, no place for a full size concert band. The solution:small ensembles and soloists took turns. For those audience membersless familiar with the tonal quality and capabilities of the variousinstruments it was educational as well as entertaining. The trombonequartet, in particular, evoked comments such as “so that’s howtrombones can sound.” Those who had prepared themselves for anevening of reasonably qualified amateur music were in for a surprise.As an example, the aforementioned trombone quartet consisted ofone undergrad, one bachelor’s degree in music, one master’s degreein music and one Ph.D. in music. The entire program was organizedby one of the young reserve band members, with their music director,Lieutenant Jack t’Mannetje, standing proudly in the background.On another matter, if my memory serves me correctly, this band ofHMCS York broke ground when they first enrolled a female membercirca 1967. The present balance? It’s 60% female.The second recent concert with young performers as a highlightwas the final concert of the Hannaford Street Silver Band’s annualFestival of Brass where the winner of the Hannaford Youth RisingStars Solo Competition wins the honour of performing with theprofessional band in the final Sunday concert.Jacob Plachta, a second year performance major in the Universityof Toronto’s Faculty of Music won the award for the second yearin a row, this time performing his own composition, Sonata forTrombone and Brass. In the preliminary rounds of this competition,the young musicians play with piano accompaniment. On the Fridayevening the three finalists then perform with full band accompaniment.Plachta composed both a challenging piano accompanimentfor the first round and a complete brass band score for the finals.Guest conductor for the final Hannaford Sunday afternoon• St. Philip’s Anglican ChurchA casual, relaxing hour of prayer + great musicwith the city’s finest musicians● Sunday, May 13, 4pmHilario Duran Trio● Sunday, May 27, 4pmWalter Ostanekthe Polka King● Sunday, June 10, 4pmJoe Sealy + Paul Novotny• St. Philip’s Anglican Church | Etobicoke25 St. Phillips Road (near Royal York + Dixon)416-247-5181 • www.stphilips.netMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 27

Hannaford’s Festival of Brass: left to right, Anita McAlister,Jacob Plachta, Jens Lindemann, and Ray Tizzard.concert, featuring trumpetshowman Jens Lindemann,was tuba virtuoso and educatorPatrick Sheridan who, as anadded feature of this year’sfestival, also gave a workshopon the Breathing Gym. Thisis a daily workout routine “forBand, Chorus and OrchestralWinds” developed by Sheridanand fellow tubist Sam Pilafian.I had the pleasure of attendingthis event, and obtainedcopies of the book and DVD.Once I have mustered up thewill power to commit to a daily regimen with this program, I hopeto report on my improvements in tone, phrasing, articulation anddynamics. I don’t expect to be transformed into a virtuoso, but hopefullyI’ll rise above the “virtual oh so” level.The term “mixed media” seems to be a trend as bands exploreways to attract and retain audiences, with the traditional fare ofconcert overtures, marches and show tunes giving way to a broadspectrum of sight and sound phenomena accompanying the music.One such group is the Milton Concert Band.Musical director, Joseph Resendes, first came up with the idea ofa “space themed” concert late last season: their December concertincluded a contemporary piece by Eric Whitacre called Cloudburst,a fun treatment on Frosty the Snowman and a Christmas medleyfeaturing the use of “boomwhackers.” In Cloudburst, Whitacreuses finger snapping as a musical device to simulate rain, with theaudience encouraged to participate, while the piece is performedagainst the image of a video clip that simulated rain. Taken together,the music, the video and the audience participation created magic. InBoomwhackers, a very traditional and simple arrangement of classicChristmas carols was “animated” by the use of non-traditionalinstruments and the reactions of volunteers. A group of localcouncillors, sponsors and several volunteers agreed to wear hardhats and sit on chairs facing the audience. Several band membersstood behind them with their long plastic tubes (the boomwhackers).Essentially, the hard hats became a giant xylophone, with the boomwhackersas mallets. The audience was able to watch the expressionson the faces of the hard hat volunteers as they anticipated from themelody when it was their turn to be whacked!Encouraged by audience response, Resendes planned an evenmore ambitious space-themed spring concert. Rather than a traditionalemcee, recorded narration played as a voice-over betweenpieces to simulate being in a planetarium rather than a concertvenue. This was supplemented by special lighting and a variety ofvideo loops and other NASA images. Holst’s Jupiter, Mangione’sLand of Make Believe, and of course, the Star Wars and Star Trekthemes were the backbone of the musical program.Ironically, I missed this Milton Band concert, because I had priorplans to attend a very different space-themed concert. This wasthe “Music of the Spheres: A Fusion of Music, Art and Science,”celebrating astronaut Dr. Roberta Bondar’s 20th anniversary of flightin space. Performed at the Ontario Science Centre by the AmadeusChoir and the Elmer Iseler Singers, the breathtaking images ofBondar’s photographs combined with the ethereal voices of the twochoirs and Bondar’s commentary left the audience stunned.Yet another mixed media band event scheduled for the weekendjust prior to the publication of this issue will be the MarkhamConcert Band’s “Godzilla Eats Las Vegas” where the band plays theaccompaniment to a video presentation. Here again, the score is byavant-garde composer Eric Whitacre.Something new in the local band world this year is the YorkUniversity Community Band Festival scheduled for Saturday, May 5,12pm to 9pm. This event is being organized by York Universitymusic graduate students with sponsorship by the York UniversityFine Arts Department, Yamaha and St. John’s Music. For information:auroracommunityband@gmail.com. Audience tickets are availableonline at www.yorku.ca/perform/boxoffice.htm.As for the beginners’ bands,the ones we have heard fromare doing just fine. Thefour New Horizons bands inToronto will be together fora combined concert entitled“The Beat Goes On … and On”at the Glenn Gould Studio,7:30pm, Thursday May 17.Resa’s Pieces will presenttheir 13th Gala Concert at theGeorge Weston Recital Hall,June 12, 8pm.Finally, and unfortunately, I must report the passing of a lifelongsupporter of community bands in Southern Ontario. William “Bill”Askew passed away in Oshawa just a few days shy of what wouldhave been his 92nd birthday. During World War II Bill served as amusician with the RCAF in England. On his return to Canada hewas active for the rest of his life as a gifted euphonium soloist ina number of bands. He was co-founder of the Encore SymphonicBand and a regular member until health problems forced his retirement.He was a long time member of the Oshawa Civic Band whichperformed at a service of remembrance on April 3.DEFINITION DEPARTMENTThis month’s lesser known musical term is Spritzicato: an indicationto string players to produce a bright and bubbly sound. We invitesubmissions from readers. Let’s hear your daffynitions.Jack MacQuarrie plays several brass instruments andhas performed in many community ensembles. He canbe contacted at bandstand@thewholenote.com.Jack MacqUArrie28 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

INDEX OF advertisersAd Summum Events 37Alexander Kats 58Amici Chamber Ensemble 29Amoroso 61Anna Belikova 36Annex Singers 40Associates of the TSO 42ATMA 5Aurora Cultural Centre 43Aurora Performing Arts 34Bach Children’s Chorus 35Bayfield Festival of Song 13Bravado Show Choir 48Burlington Welsh Male Chorus 35Canada Sings 56Canadian Children’s Opera Company15Canadian Men’s Chorus 37Canadian Opera Company 16Cantabile Chamber Singers 36Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra41Christ Church Deer Park Jazz Vespers27Church of St. Mary Magdalene 57Civic Light Opera 15Classical 96 69Cliff Ojala 58College Street United Church 42Continuum Contemporary Music 26Cosmo Music 28Counterpoint Community Orchestra36DCAT Chorus 57Essential Opera 39Etobicoke Youth Choir 56Exultate Chamber Choir 40Fridays @ 8 / GTPO 34Gail Gregory 56Gallery 345 30Hamilton Philharmonic 48Harmony Singers 39Heliconian Hall 54High Park Choirs 43Jubilate Singers 44, 56Junction Trio 43Leaside United Church Choir 45Liz Parker 58LIZPR 49Long & McQuade 26Luminato 72Métis Fiddler Quartet 23Mississauga Festival Choir 31Mississauga Symphony Orchestra 19Music at Sharon 7Music Gallery 24Music Toronto 9Nathaniel Dett Chorale 11Neapolitan Connection 31New Music Concerts 43, 45No Strings Theatre 56Norm Pulker 58North South Partnership 58North York Concert Band 41NYCO 44Off Centre Music Salons 32Open Ears Festival 25Orchestra Toronto 41ORGANIX 4Oriana Women’s Choir 35Orpheus Choir 55Our Lady of Sorrows 33Pasquale Bros 54Pattie Kelly 58Pax Christi 32Peter Mahon 12Remenyi House of Music 70Royal Conservatory 3Scarborough Concert Band 39Scola Cantorum 40Serenata Music 47Sheila McCoy 58Sinfonia Toronto 20Southern Ontario Chapter HymnSociety 57St. Mark’s Presbyterian 31St. Olave’s 45St. Thomas’s Church 39St. Philip’s Jazz Vespers 26St. Stephen in-the-Fields AnglicanChurch 23Steve’s Music Store 17Sue Crowe Connolly 58Syrinx Sunday Salons 33Tafelmusik 2Tallis Choir 31Tapestry New Opera 45TD Toronto Jazz Festival 49, 51The Sound Post 22Thunder Bay Oboe and Piano Duo 34Toronto Centre for the Arts 30Toronto Chamber Choir 37Toronto Choral Society 38Toronto Jewish Film Festival 54Toronto Jewish Folk Choir 45Toronto Masque Theatre 34Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 13Toronto Opera Repertoire 55Toronto Philharmonia 43Toronto Symphony Orchestra 71Via Salzburg 40Village Voices 36Vision Travel Group 53VOCA Chorus 45Vocal Horizons Chamber Choir 44Women’s Musical Club of Toronto 7Wychwood Clarinet Choir 42Yamaha Music School 58May 1 – June 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 29

A. Concerts in the GtaThe WholeNote listings are arranged in four sections:A.GTA (GreATer Toronto Area) covers all of Torontoplus Halton, Peel, York and Durham regions.B.Beyond the GTA covers many areas of SouthernOntario outside Toronto and the GTA. In the currentissue, there are listings for events in Baden, Barrie,Bayfield, Bobcaygeon, Bolton, Brantford, Cobourg, Collingwood, Elora,Erin, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London,Midland, Mindemoya, New Hamburg, Niagara on-the-Lake, Owen Sound,Paris, Parry Sound, Peterborough, Port Hope, Simcoe, St. Catharines,Stratford, Waterloo and Whitby. Starts on page 46.C.In the CluBS (MoSTLy Jazz)is organized alphabetically by club.Starts on page 49.D.The EtCeterAS is for galas, fundraisers, competitions,screenings, lectures, symposia, masterclasses,workshops, singalongs and other music-related events(except performances) which may be of interest to our readers.Starts on page 54.A generAL word of cauTIon A phone number is provided withevery listing in The WholeNote — in fact, we won’t publish a listingwithout one. Concerts are sometimes cancelled or postponed; artistsor venues may change after listings are published. Please checkbefore you go out to a concert.How to LIST Listings in The WholeNote in the four sections aboveare a free service available, at our discretion, to eligible presenters.If you have an event, send us your information no later than the15th of the month prior to the issue or issues in which your listing iseligible to appear.LISTINGS DEADLINE The next issue covers the period from June 1,2012, to July 7, 2012. All listings must be received by 6pm TuesdayMay 15.LISTIngs can be sent by e-mail to listings@thewholenote.com or byfax to 416-603-4791 or by regular mail to the address on page 6. Wedo not receive listings by phone, but you can call 416-323-2232 x27for further information.listinGS zone map Visit our website to see a detailed version ofthis map: www.thewholenote.com.Tuesday May 01• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Vocal Series: Maidenflowers: An Afternoon ofStrauss. Erin Wall, soprano. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. Giles Bryant, organ. 65Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. Written by R.Chafe; music written and arranged by A. Craig.Ryan Allen (Phillips); Neema Bickersteth (Adeline);Petrina Bromley (Violet); Clint Butler (Bergeron);Starr Domingue (Vonzia); and others.Jillian Keiley, stage director; Kellie Walsh,music director. Mainspace, Factory Theatre,125 Bathurst St. 416-504-9971. $30–$40.Also May 2–5; 6(mat).• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Sci-Fi Spectacular. Themes and suites from StarTrek, Star Wars, E.T., Avatar, Close Encountersof the Third Kind, The Day the Earth Stood Stilland others. Kristen Plumley, soprano; EtobicokeSchool of the Arts Chorus; Jack Everlyconductor; George Takei, host. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or416-593-0688(Chinese). $29–$109. Also May2(mat and eve).Wednesday May 02• 12:15: Our Lady of Sorrows. WednesdayConcert Series. Alison Clark, organ. 3055 BloorSt. W. 416-231-6016. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Sharon L. Beckstead, organ. 1585 Yonge St.416-922-1167. Free.• 2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Sci-FiSpectacular. See May 1.• 7:00: Tafelmusik. Bach and the Violin. Bach:Violin Concerto in E BWV1042; BrandenburgConcerto No. 4 BWV1049; Vivaldi: Concertofor Violin in A from La Cetra; Telemann: Concertofor 3 Violins in F from Musique de tableII; Concerto for Flute and Recorder in e. Guest:Rachel Podger, director and violin. Trinity-St.345 Sorauren Avenue[Dundas/Roncesvalles]■ JacquesIsraelievitch,Christina PetrowksaQuilico, WinonaZelenka, MikeDownes Big Band,David Amram, LesAllt, RobertoOcchipinti, CarsonBecke, NathanielAnderson-Frank, AnEvening of RussianOpera, Array Music,Eve Egoyan, TrioConcertante, TheThin Edge, LucianeCardassi, DavidSchotzko■ for monthlyperformances go towww.gallery345.com/performances■ 416.822.9781 forreservationsModern, Classical, Jazz,Folk, World, RentalsGeorgianBayLakeHuron672 15Lake Erie83 4City of TorontoLake Ontario30 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337.$35–$84; $29–$76(sr); $15–$76(30 andunder) Also May 3, 4, 5, 6(mat).• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. DoubleBill: A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi. Zemlinksy:A Florentine Tragedy; Puccini: GianniSchicchi. Alan Held, bass (Simone, GianniSchicchi); Gun-Brit Barkmin, soprano (Bianca,Nella); Michael König, tenor (Guido Bardi); SimoneOsborne, soprano (Laurette); RenéBarbera, tenor (Rinuccio); Catherine Malfitano,stage director; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor.Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. $12–$318.Also May 5, 12(mat), 15, 18, 20(mat), 25.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre.oil and water. See May 1.• 8:00: Musideum. Yvette Tollar, vocals, andDominic Mancuso, guitar. 401 Richmond St. W.416-599-7323. $20.• 8:00: Richmond Hill Centre for the PerformingArts. Haiou Zheng, piano. 10268Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905 -787-8811. $35;$32(sr/st).• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Sci-FiSpectacular. See May 1.Thursday May 03• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Vocal Series: The Grain of the Voice. Motets byMonteverdi and Gesualdo; traditional Georgianmusic; new work by K. Mallon. Darbazi, Georgianchoir; Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon, conductor.Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, FourSeasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Kathleen Long, cello; Younggun Kim,piano. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 YongeSt. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noonat Met. David Simon, organ. 56 Queen St. E.416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffmann. Offenbach. Russell Thomas,tenor (Hoffmann – May 6, 14); David Pomeroy,tenor (Hoffmann – May 3, 8); Lauren Segal,mezzo (The Muse, Nicklausse); Andriana Chuchman,soprano (Olympia); Erin Wall, soprano(Antonia); Keri Alkema, soprano (Giulietta); LeeBlakeley, stage director; Johannes Debus, conductor.Four Seasons Centre for the PerformingArts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. $12–$318. Also May 6(mat), 8, 14.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre.oil and water. See May 1.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Layla Claire, soprano. Works byBritten, Canteloube, Strauss and Golijov. StevenPhilcox, piano. Glenn Gould Studio, 250Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $29.50.• 8:00: Rose Cousins, singer-songwriter.We Have Made A Spark: CD Release Tour. TheRivoli, 334 Queen St. W. 877-384-9669 or416-596-1908. $18.• 8:00: Show One Productions. Moscow Soloists20th Anniversary Tour. Schubert: Quartetin d “Death and the Maiden” (arr. Mahler);Brahms: Quintet in b for Viola and Strings (arr.for small orchestra); Haydn: Cello ConcertoNo.1 in C; Tchaikovsky: Nocturne in d for Celloand Orchestra. Moscow Soloists ChamberOrchestra, Yuri Bashmet, conductor and viola;guest: Mischa Maisky, cello. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $55–$115.• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Bach and the Violin. SeeMay 2.Friday May 04• 7:30: Alexander Singers and Players. Manof La Mancha. Music by M. Leigh, lyrics by J.Darion, book by D. Wasserman. York Woods LibraryTheatre, 1785 Finch Ave. W. 416-324-1259. $27; $22(sr/st). Also May 5, 6(mat), 10,11, 12, 13(mat).• 7:30: Church of St. Simon-the-Apostle.On Wings of Song. Cantata arias, lieder, cabaretshow tunes and instrumental concerti,performed by students of Scott Paterson’s RecorderStudio and St. Simon’s Choir. 525 BloorSt. E. 416-923-8714. $15; $10(sr/st).• 7:30: St. James Cathedral. Last Nightof the Proms. Band of the Royal Regiment ofCanada; Cathedral Choir of St. James; St.James Parish Choir; Cathedral Children’s Choir;Giles Bryant, emcee. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. $30–$35.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre.oil and water. See May 1.• 8:00: County Town Singers. Festival Fever.Featuring Canadian songs from coast to coast.Hope Fellowship Church, 1685 Bloor St., Courtice.905-725-1499. $20; $15(sr/st). $5(under12). Also May 5.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Jacques Israelievitch,violin, Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano,and Winona Zelenka, cello. Mozart: Trio in C;Kodály: Duo for violin and cello; also works byMorawetz, Rolfe, Kulesha. 345 Sorauren Ave.416-822-9781. $25; $20(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Masterworks of Oakville Chorus &Orchestra. Rachmaninoff Vespers & RenaissanceMotets. Alla Ossipova, alto; Stanislav Vitort,tenor; guest: Bach Elgar Choir. ClearViewChristian Reformed Church, 2300 SheridanGarden Blvd., Oakville. 905-399-9732. $25;$20(st/child). Also May 5.• 8:00: O’Hara House Concerts. Key Corbettat O’Hara House Concerts. Selections from thenew CD “Son of a Rudderless Boat.” Key Corbett,guitar, vocals. O’Hara House Concerts, 28O’Hara Ave. 416-514-4703. $10.• 8:00: Soundstreams. The Gismontis. Worksby E. Gismonti, Villa-Lobos and Buhr (worldpremiere). Egberto Gismonti, composer/piano/guitar; Alexandre Gismonti, guitar; Bianca Gismontiand Claudia Castelo Branco, piano duo;Jane Bunnett, flute. Koerner Hall, 273 BloorSt. W. 416-408-0208. $47–$73; $28(under35/artist).• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Bach and the Violin. SeeMay 2.The RBC Theatre, Living Arts Centre4141 Living Arts Centre Drive, Mississauga · 2 & 8 pm• 8:00: Toronto Centre for the Arts. Songsof Our Century: 10th Anniversary. Music celebratingculture of Russian songwriter movementof 70s, 80s and early 90s. With GalinaHomchik, Konstantin Tarasov, AlexandreMirzayan, Mischuki family and others. GeorgeFRENCH IMPRESSIONSSoirées with Debussy, Ravel & PoulencSunday May 27, 3:00 PMRick Phillips, hostWith:Ronée Boyce, pianoLaura Chambers, fluteRamona Carmelly, mezzo sopranoDerek Kwan, tenorLiza McLellan, celloEve Rachel McLeod, sopranoSharon Denise Van Es, ballerinaand introducing:Sarah Velasco, violinTORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS5040 Yonge Street(416)250-3708$29, $40, $15(stu).www.ticketmaster.caMississauga Festival Choir presents a joyfulcelebration of Canada featuring everything fromtraditional sacred to contemporary classics,music from our First Nations and traditionalfolk songs from every regionCOASTTickets: Adults: $28TO Students/Seniors: $25COASTChildren under 12: $20TO COAST Box Office: 905-306-6000or www.livingartscentre.caTO COAST05.05.12Artwork: Tatiana CifuentesMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 31

Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. $30–$70.• 8:00: Toronto Organ Club. Classic Concert.St. James United Church, 400 BurnhamthorpeRd., Etobicoke. 905-890-8648 or905-824-4667. $20; free(under 10). Refreshmentsserved.• 8:00: Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra. AnEvening of Music and Dance. De Meij: SymphonyNo.1 for Wind Orchestra, accompanied byoriginal choreography; and other works. TYWOSymphonic Winds; members of Toronto’s dancecommunity; Johan de Meij, conductor. LivingArts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga.416-321-8996 or 905-306-6000. $25; $15(st/child). All proceeds to support the TYWO.• 8:00: Upper Canada Choristers. Sanctus.Fauré: Requiem; Carrillo: Missa sine nomine.Guests: Mark Ruhnke, baritone; ChristopherDawes, organ; choirs from Swansea PublicSchool. Laurie Evan Fraser, conductor. GraceChurch on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-256-0510. $25/$20(adv); free (child).Saturday May 05• 2:00: Mississauga Festival Choir. Coast toCoast to Coast. O. Peterson: Hymn to Freedom;Aglukark: O Siem; L. Adams: Mi’kmaq HonourSong. Glynis Ratcliffe, soprano; Sabrina Santelli,alto; Charles Sy, tenor; David Anderson,bass-baritone; David Ambrose, conductor; Kimberley-AnnBartczak, accompanist. RBC Theatre,Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr.905-306-6660. $28; $25(sr/st); $20(child).Also at 8:00.• 7:00: St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church.Big Show. Featuring variety of classical andA. Concerts in the Gtapopular music performed by members andfriends of St. Mark’s. 1 Greenland Rd. 416-487-5445. $10; $8(sr/st); free(under 12). Refreshmentsprovided. (SEE AD PREVIOUSPAGE)• 7:30: Alexander Singers and Players. Manof La Mancha. See May 4.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. DoubleBill: A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi. SeeMay 2.• 7:30: Kingston Road United Church. AnEvening with Amadeus Choir. Includes highlightsfrom annual Celtic Celebration. LydiaAdams, conductor. 975 Kingston Rd. 416-446-0188 or 416-699-6091. $20; $10(st).• 7:30: Opera by Request. The Rake’sProgress. Stravinsky. Avery Krisman, tenor(Tom Rakewell); Vania Chan, soprano (AnneTruelove); Keith O’Brien, baritone (Nick Shadow);Anna Belikova, mezzo (Baba the Turk);Francis Domingue, tenor (Sellem); and others;Annex Singers; William Shookhoff, piano andconductor. College Street United Church, 452College St. 416-455-2365. $20. As part of RequestFest.• 7:30: Orpheus Choir of Toronto. Light andJazzy … Mass Exploration. Toronto premieresof masses by Orban and Miskinis. RobertCooper, conductor. Christ Church Deer Park,1570 Yonge St. 416-530-4428. $30; $25(sr);$15(st).• 7:30: Tallis Choir. The Glory of the EnglishAnthem. Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah;Byrd: Sing Joyfully; Stanford: Three Motets;Harris: Faire is the Hevene. Peter Mahon,conductor. St. Patrick’s Church, 141 McCaulSt. 416-286-9798. $30; $25(sr); $10(stwith ID). (SEE AD PREVIOUS PAGE)• 7:30: Toronto Children’s Chorus. Mysteryand Mastery. Works by Daley, Patriquin, Halley,Handel, Schumann and others. Toronto Centrefor the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872-1111.$34.50–$44.50.• 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Gershwin & Beyond. Bernstein: Overture toCandide; Adams: The Chairman Dances: Foxtrotfor Orchestra; Gershwin: Rhapsody inBlue; Tower: Fanfare for the UncommonWoman; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Copland:Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo. Todd Yaniw,piano; Joana Carneiro, conductor. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or416-593-0688(Chinese). $30–$82. Also May6(mat).• 7:30: Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir.Spring Gala Concert. Guest: Venise Kousaie,vocals. St. George Antiochian Church,9116 Bayview Ave. 416-410-2254 or 877-410-2254. $25. Also May 9 at Christ ChurchDeer Park.• 7:30: Westben. Lovin’ Dat Westben! Worksby Mozart, Puccini, piano solos and Broadwaysongs from Show Boat and My Fair Lady.Donna Bennett, soprano; Brian Finley, piano.Wexford Heights United Church, 2102 LawrenceAve. E., Scarborough. 416-757-0676x21. $25.• 7:30: York Region Community Choir.Showbiz. Music from stage, screen, opera andTV. Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria St.,Aurora. 905-853-9542. $10.• 8:00: Aradia Ensemble. The Grain of theVoice. Madrigals by Monteverdi and Gesualdo;traditional Georgian music; new work by K.Mallon. Darbazi Georgian choir; Aradia Ensemble,Kevin Mallon, conductor. Glenn GouldStudio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255.$15–$35.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre.oil and water. See May 1.• 8:00: County Town Singers. Festival Fever.See May 4.• 8:00: Georgetown Choral Society. Songsfrom the Heart. Inspirational melodies andheartwarming songs. A. Dale Wood, conductor.Georgetown Christian Reformed Church,11611 Trafalgar Rd., Georgetown. 905-877-7795. $25/$20(adv); $50(family). Partial proceedsto Georgetown Hospital Foundation.• 8:00: Masterworks of Oakville Chorus &Orchestra. Rachmaninoff Vespers & RenaissanceMotets. See May 4.• 8:00: Mississauga Festival Choir. Coast toCoast to Coast. See 2:00.• 8:00: Mississauga Symphony. The GrandFinale. Lau: Concertante for Orchestra (worldpremiere); Fazal: Song from The River (premiereof orchestral version); Holst: The Planets(Mars, Venus and Jupiter); Elgar: Enigma VariationsOp.38. John Barnum, conductor (finalperformance as MSO’s conductor and musicdirector); guest: Ruth Fazal, violin. HammersonHall, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living ArtsDr., Mississauga. 905-306-6660. $51.50;$46.25(sr); $25(ages 16–26); $15(ages 15and under).• 8:00: Music Gallery. Emergents III: DanielMorphy + Diego Espinosa. Percussion doubleheader.Nørgård: I Ching; Dillard: Five on 5;world premieres by Adamcyk and Velickovic.416-204-1080. $10; $5(sr/st).• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Year of GreatSax Series: Hilario Durán Latin Big Bandwith special guest Paquito D’Rivera. PaquitoD’Rivera, saxophone; Hilario Durán, piano.Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.$39–$84.50.• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Bach and the Violin. SeeMay 2.• 8:00: Toronto Concert Orchestra. StockExchange Serenade. Rossini: Barber of Seville(Overture); Dvořák: Symphony No.8 in G; Mozart:Piano Concerto No.20 in d. Haiou Zhang,piano; Kerry Stratton, conductor. Design Exchange,234 Bay St. 647-853-0057. $25.• 8:00: Toronto Heliconian Club. Lee-LoucksFour-Hand Piano. Mozart: Sonata in C K521;Schubert: Lebensstürme D947; Dvořák: SlavonicDances Op.72. Jodie Lee and Kevin KwanLoucks, piano. Heliconian Hall, 35 HazeltonAve. 416-922-3618. $20–$25.• 9:00: Do Right Music/Nufunk.ca. LeeFields, funk and soul vocals. Canadian albumrelease of Faithful Man. Opening act: MayleeTodd, vocals. Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. W.416-573-8055. $22.50.Sunday May 06• 1:30: Kingston Road United Church. LennySolomon Trio. Lenny Solomon, jazz violin; PatCollins, bass; Bill Bridges, guitar. 975 KingstonRd. 416-699-6091. $20; free(12 and under).Proceeds to Kingston Road United boiler fund.• 2:00: Alexander Singers and Players. Manof La Mancha. See May 4.• 2:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. 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• 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffman. See May 3.• 2:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. BroadwayKids Live! Children’s favourites including musicfrom The Sound of Music, The Little Mermaid,The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins, Beauty andthe Beast and others. Marta Herman, mezzo;Keith Reid, conductor; June Garber, narrator;Jobert Sevilleno, director. Markham Theatrefor the Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-604-8339. $25; $15(sr/st/child).• 2:00: Mississauga Pops. Afternoon at theProms. Guest: Justus choir. Meadowvale Theatre,6315 Montevideo Rd. 905-615-4720.$20; $18(sr/st); $12(child).• 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Spanish Balladewith a Russian Interlude. Songs by Spanishand Russian composers. Joni Henson, soprano;Peter McGillivray, baritone; Leigh-Anne Martin,mezzo. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W.416-466-1870. $60; $50(sr/st).• 2:00: Trio Bravo. Mozart: Clarinet and PianoQuartets. Velma Ko: violin; John Trembath,cello. All Saints’ Kingsway Anglican Church,2850 Bloor St. W. 416-242-2131. $20; $15(sr/st).• 2:30: Bel Canto Singers. It’s a Grand Nightfor Singing! Linda Meyer, director. St. Dunstanof Canterbury Church, 56 Lawson Rd., Scarborough.416-282-8260. $15. Also at 7:30.• 2:30: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Mozart’sRequiem Mass in D Minor. Holy Cross CatholicChurch, 14400 Argyll Rd., Georgetown. 905-873-9909. $30; $10(st).• 2:30: Performing Arts York Region.Ben Gitter, cello, and Philip Adamson, piano.Beethoven: Seven Variations on a theme fromMozart’s Magic Flute; Mendelssohn: SonataOp.58; Bridge: Four Pieces for Cello and Piano;Kabalevsky: Cello Sonata Op.71; Martinů: Variationson a Slovakian Theme. Thornhill PresbyterianChurch, 271 Centre St., Thornhill.905-886-7905. $25; $20(sr); $10(st).• 2:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. MusicallySpeaking: Elena Spanu, baroque violin. Onehourprogram of historical performance. St.David’s Anglican Church, 49 Donlands Ave.416-464-7610. Admission by donation.• 3:00: Musideum. Poli’s Jazz Salon. Paul Hoffert,various instruments; Lorne Lofsky, guitar.401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $20.• 3:00: Pax Christi Chorale. 25th AnniversaryGala Concert – Elgar: The Kingdom. ShannonMercer, soprano; Krisztina Szabó, mezzo; KeithKlaasen, tenor; Roderick Williams, baritone.Stephanie Martin, conductor. Koerner Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or 416-491-8542.$35–$60.• 3:00: Symphony on the Bay. The GreatBPAC Piano Celebration. Bach: Concerto forKeyboard No.3 in D; Liszt: Concerto No.1 in E-flat; Rachmaninoff: Symphony No.2 Op.27 in e.Burlington Performing Arts Centre, 440 LocustSt., Burlington. 905-681-6000. $35; $25(age65 and up); $15(st 14-20); $5(13 and under).• 3:00: Syrinx Sunday Salons. Made in CanadaPiano Quartet. Mahler: Piano Quartet ina; Burge: Piano Quartet; Brahms: Piano Quartetin c Op.60. Elissa Lee, violin; Rachel Mercer,cello; Angela Park, piano; guest: TawnyaPopoff, viola. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.416-654-0877. $25; $20(st). Reception followingto meet the artists.• 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Gershwin & Beyond. See May 5.• 3:30: Tafelmusik. Bach and the Violin. SeeMay 2.• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. TwilightRecitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65 ChurchSt. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering.• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. TwilightRecitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65 ChurchSt. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering.• 4:00: Toronto Classical Singers. SingingTimeless Treasures for 20 years. Verdi: Requiem.Allison Arends, soprano; Mia Lennox-Williams,mezzo; Lenard Whiting, tenor; BruceKelly, bass. Talisker Players Orchestra; JurgenPetrenko, conductor. Christ Church DeerPark, 1570 Yonge St. 416-443-1490. $30;$25(sr/st).• 7:00 Church of St. Andrew, Scarborough.Spring Concert. Classical, baroque, folk andpopular music. St. Andrew’s Choir; TorontoMandolin Orchestra; and other guests. Churchof St. Andrew, 2333 Victoria Park Ave. 416-447-1481. $20; free(under 16).• 7:30: Bel Canto Singers. It’s a Grand Nightfor Singing! Linda Meyer, director. St. Dunstanof Canterbury Church, 56 Lawson Rd., Scarborough.416-282-8260. $15. Also at 2:30.• 7:30: Etobicoke Youth Choir. 35th AnniversaryConcert: I Hear You Calling. Louise Jardine,music director, Pascal du Perron, accompanist.The Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel SamuelSmith Park Dr., Etobicoke. 416-231-9120. $15;free(under 12). Refreshments included.• 8:00: Musideum. Brownman & DJ Cutler.Jazz trumpeter and DJ. 401 Richmond St. W.416-599-7323. $15.Monday May 07• 12:15: ORGANIX Concerts. David AlexanderSimon, organ. Church of the Holy Trinity,10 Trinity Sq. 416-763-3893. $10(suggesteddonation).• 7:00: Toronto New Music Alliance/TorontoReference Library. New Music 101:Program 3. Part three of a four-part lecture/demonstration series on contemporary classicalmusic. Host: Robert Everett-Green; guests:Contact Contemporary Music; Continuum ContemporaryMusic. Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium,Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. 416-961-9594 or 416-393-7131. Free. See listingssection D “The ETCeteras” under Lectures &Symposia.• 7:30: Elmer Iseler Singers. Get Music!Educational Outreach Concert. Works by Canadianand international composers. Lydia Adams,conductor. Metropolitan United Church,56 Queen St. E. 416-217-0537. $40; $35(sr);$15(st).• 8:00: Music Gallery/University of AlaskaFairbanks. Ensemble 64.8. J.L. Adams: …and dust rising…; Applebaum: Aphasia; Lansky:Hop; Ferneyhough: Bone Alphabet; Koppel: Toccata;and other works. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $20; $15(st).• 8:00: ORGANIX Concerts/Toronto TheatreOrgan Society. Jelani Eddington, theatreorgan. Popular show tunes. Casa Loma, 1 AustinTerrace. 416-763-3893. $21/$20(adv).• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. Autobiographical journeyof Ukrainian-Canadian comedienne LubaGoy. Written by D. Flacks with L. Goy andA. Tarasiuk. Performed by Luba Goy; VictorMishalow, vocals and bandura. Andrey Tarasiuk,stage director. Berkeley Street TheatreDownstairs, 26 Berkeley St. 416-368-3110.$33; $22(sr/st). Also May 8, 10–12, 14–18,19(mat and eve), 21(mat), 22–25, 26(matand eve).Tuesday May 08• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Piano Virtuoso Series: Harmonies du Jour. Liszt:Transcendental Étude No.11 “Harmonie duSoir”; Paganini Étude No.1; Debussy: ImagesBook No.1; Prokofiev: Sonata No.4 in c. ScottMacIsaac, piano. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. Thomas Gonder, organ. 65Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 7:00: Living Arts Centre. Stomp! Percussionensemble. 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga.905-306-6000. $25–$30. Also May 9.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffmann. See May 3.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Bernstein and Sondheim; based onthe book by Laurents. Joey McKneely, choreographer;David Saint, stage director. TorontoCentre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.416-644-3665 or 1-866-950-7469. $51–$180. Also May 9–12, 15–19, 22–26, 29–31, Jun 1–3.• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.Wednesday May 09• 12:15: Our Lady of Sorrows. WednesdayConcert Series. Christina Hutten, organ. 3055Bloor St. W. 416-231-6016. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Noonday Organ Recitals. Paul Grimwood, organ.Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 YongeSt. 416-922-1167. Free.• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Also 7:30. See May 8.• 6:30: ORGANIX Concerts. Gala Concert1. Massimo Nosetti, organ; Michael Barth,trumpet; Organix Festival Orchestra; PhilipSarabura, conductor. St. Paul’s Bloor St., 227Bloor St. E. 416-769-3893. $39.50; free(18and under).• 7:00: Humberside Collegiate Institute.Annual Spring Concert: Music Nights 2012.Works by Stravinsky, Halley, Holst, Brahms,Queen, ABBA and others. Featuring band, orchestraland vocal ensembles of Humbersidemusic department. Lismer Hall, 280 QuebecAve. 416-393-8122 x20100. $10; $5(sr/st).Also May 10.• 7:00: Living Arts Centre. Stomp! SeeMay 8.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Semele.Handel. Jane Archibald, soprano (Semele);William Burden, tenor (Jupiter); Allison Mc-Hardy, mezzo (Juno/Ino); Rinaldo Alessandrini,music director; Zhang Huan, stage director.Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. $12–$318;$22(under 30). Also May 11, 13, 16, 19, 22,24, 26. Start times vary.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West Side Story.See May 8.Syrinx Sunday SalonsMade In CanadaPiano QuartetMahler: Piano Quartet in A minorJohn Burge: Piano QuartetBrahms: Piano Quartet in C- Op.60Sunday May 6, 2012 3pmHeliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton AveTickets $25 Students $20info: 416-654-0877 www.syrinxconcerts.orgwww.sorrows.ca416-231-6016Pastor:Rev. Fr. Nino Cavoto3055 Bloor Street West, justwest of Royal York RoadFree Lunchtime OrganConcert SeriesWednesdays 12:15 – 1:00Music and Artistic DirectorGordon D. MansellMay 9 May 16 May 23Christina Hutton Sarah Svendsen Christina HuttonMay 30 June 6Michael Bloss Daniel NormanOne of the most stunning Baroqueinstruments in the worldMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 33

• 7:30: Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir.Spring Gala Concert. Guest: Venise Kousaie,vocals. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 YongeSt. 416-410-2254 or 877-410-2254. $25. AlsoMay 5 at St. George Antiochian Chuch.• 8:00: Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie.From the House of Mirth. Music by Sharmanand libretto by Poch-Goldin. Scott Belluz,countertenor; Graham Thomson, tenor; AlexDobson, bass-baritone; Geoffrey Sirret, baritone;Victoria Bertram, Laurence Lemieux,Claudia Moore and Christianne Ullmark, dancers;five-piece chamber orchestra (piano, harmonium,harp, violin, cello); John Hess, musicdirector and piano; James Kudelka, stage directorand choreographer. The Citadel, 304 ParliamentSt. 416-364-8011. $50; PWYC(May 10,mat); $100(May 10, eve, gala). Also May 10,11, 12, 13; start times vary.• 8:00: Gallery 345/Mike Downes/TorontoDowntown Jazz Special Projects. In theCurrent: Mike Downes Big Band. Original music.Kelly Jefferson, Colleen Allen and ShiranthaBeddage, saxes and woodwinds; Jon Challoner,trumpet; James MacDonald, French horn; JayBurr, tuba; Mike Downes, bass and compositions.345 Sorauren Ave. 46-822-9781. $20;$15(sr); $10(st).A. Concerts in the Gta• 8:00: Musideum. Mike Evin & Friends: DoYou Feel the World? Original material and songsfrom Harmer’s “You Were Here.” Guest: MichaelHolt. 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $10.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Holst: The Planets. Gabrieli: Canzon per sonareNo.27; Corigliano: Clarinet Concerto;Holst: The Planets. Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet;women members of Amadeus Choir andElmer Iseler Singers; Peter Oundjian, conductor.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or 416-593-0688(Chinese). $35–$145.Also May 10.Thursday May 10• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Chamber Music Series: French Salon Music forWinds. Gounod: Petite Symphonie; Schmitt:Lied et Scherzo; Françaix: Sept Dances. COCOrchestra Wind Section. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Mara Plotkin, clarinet; Christina Faye,piano. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 YongeSt. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noonat Met. Simon Walker, organ. 56 Queen St. E.416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 2:00: Toronto Public Library NorthernDistrict. Orchardviewers: Classic Music Performance.Kerri McGonigle, cello and violin.40 Orchard View Blvd., Rm. 224. 416-393-7619. Free.• 3:00: Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie.From the House of Mirth. Also 8:00. See May 9.• 7:00: Aurora Performing Arts Group.Sweeney Todd. Sondheim. Sarah Kyle, director.Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres.,Newmarket. 905-953-5122. $25; $20(sr/st).Also May 11, 12(mat and eve).• 7:00: Humberside Collegiate Institute.Annual Spring Concert: Music Nights 2012.See May 9.• 7:00: Métis Fiddler Quartet Productions.North West Voyage Nord Ouest: CD ReleaseCelebration. Arrangements of Canadian aboriginalfiddle music from debut album. Métis FiddlerQuartet: Alyssa (viola), Conlin (guitar),Nicholas (violin) and Danton (cello) Delbaere-Sawchuk. Lakeside Terrace, Harbourfront Centre,235 Queen’s Quay W. 416-575-4535.Free. 6:00: Pre-concert reception.• 7:30: Alexander Singers and Players. Manof La Mancha. See May 4.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 8:00: Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie.From the House of Mirth. Also 3:00. See May 9.• 8:00: Corktown Chamber Orchestra.Beethoven 7. Beethoven: Egmont Overture;Symphony No.7: Bach: Concerto in d for Oboeand Violin; Dvořák: “Song to the Moon” fromRusalka. Lynn James, soprano; Daniel Harrison,oboe; Carl Nanders, violin; Paul McCulloch,conductor. Little Trinity Anglican Church, 425King St. E. 416-367-0272. $10; free(under 12).• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Holst:The Planets. See May 9.Friday May 11• 7:00: Aurora Performing Arts Group.Sweeney Todd. See May 10.• 7:30: Alexander Singers and Players. Manof La Mancha. See May 4.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Semele.See May 9.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.Fridays @ 8 & the Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra invite you toA “Mixed” RevueOpera & Musical Theatre SelectionsMay 11, 2012 @ 8:00pmfeaturingthe Greater Toronto Philharmonic OrchestraSarah John, conductorandthe Soloists of Lawrence Park Community ChurchKimberley Briggs, soprano Michèle Bogdanowicz, mezzo-sopranoGlyn Evans, tenor Alastair Smyth, baritoneincluding music of Mozart, Gershwin & BernsteinTickets: $25 (general); $20 (seniors/students)tickets@gtpo.caLawrence Park Community Church | 2180 Bayview Ave, Toronto | 416-489-1551• 7:30: ORGANIX Concerts. Gala Concert2. Nigel Potts, organ; Jeremy Filsell, piano.Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E.416-769-3893. $39.50; free(under 18).Oboe & PianoRecitalFridayMay 11, 7:30 p.m.Colleen Kennedy, oboeHeather Morrison, pianoSt. Thomas’sAnglican Church383 Huron St• 7:30: Thunder Bay Oboe and Piano Duo.From darkness … comes light. Music by Bach,Schumann, Haas, Glick and Saint-Saëns. ColleenKennedy, oboe; Heather Morrison, piano.St.Thomas’s Anglican Church, 383 Huron St.416-475-6789. $20 or PWYC. Concert in supportof Parish Garden and community foodprogram.• 8:00: Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie.From the House of Mirth. See May 9.• 8:00: Etobicoke Community ConcertBand. Motown Madness. Works by Tina Turner,Ray Charles, the Beatles, the Mamas andthe Papas and others. Guests Virgil Scott,voice; Sean Boutilier Academy of Dance. EtobicokeCommunity Concert Band, John EdwardLiddle, conductor. Etobicoke Collegiate Auditorium,86 Montgomery Rd., Etobicoke. 416-410-1570. $18; $15(sr); $5(st); free(under 12).• 8:00: Gallery 345. The Annex String Quartet:Black Angels. Black Angels (Images I): Thirteenimages from dark land. 345 Sorauren Ave.416-822-9781. $20; $15(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Cathy Elliot. 100A OssingtonAve. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved);$25; $20(industry with ID/arts worker).• 8:00: Lawrence Park Community Church/Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra.Fridays@8: A Mixed Revue. Selections fromMozart’s Don Giovanni, Rossini’s Barber of Seville,Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Bernstein’sWest Side Story and Candide, Lerner andLowe’s My Fair Lady and Rodgers and Hammerstein’sSouth Pacific. Kimberley Briggs,soprano; Michèle Bogdanowicz, mezzo; GlynEvans, tenor; Alastair Smyth, baritone; SarahJohn, conductor. Lawrence Park CommunityChurch, 2180 Bayview Ave. 647-238-0015 or416-489-1551. $25; $20(sr/st).• 8:00: Musideum. Laurance Tan, tenor. WithMichael Berkorsky, piano. Guest: Ray Hanson,baritone. 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $15.• 8:00: Oakville Children’s Choir. One World,Many Voices. Gregg Lawless, singer-songwriter;Jeff MacLean, conductor; Cheryl Duvall, accompanist.Oakville Centre for the PerformingArts, 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-815-2021.$25; $15(sr/st).34 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.• 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Beethoven! Teehan:Lament for Lost Hope (world premiere);Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 (chamber version);Dvořák: Quintet Op.77 (orchestral version).Anya Alexeyev, piano; Nurhan Arman,conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St.W. 416-872-4255. $39; $32(sr); $12(st).• 8:00: Toronto Masque Theatre. The Conventof Pleasure. Monteverdi: I balodella ingrate;Cavendish: excerpts from The Conventof Pleasure; Rossi: Noi siam tre donzellete.Dawn Bailey, Michele DeBoer and Virginia Hatfield,soprano; Benjamin Covey, baritone; LesJardins Choréographiques. Hart House Theatre,7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849. $40;$33(sr); $20(under 30). 7:15: Pre-show chat.Also May 12.Saturday May 12• 1:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. TheHockey Sweater. A. Richardson: The HockeySweater (world premiere). Roch Carrier,narrator; Ken Dryden, host. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or416-593-0688(Chinese). $20–$32. Also at3:30.• 2:00: Aurora Performing Arts Group.Sweeney Todd. See May 10.• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Also 7:30. See May 8.• 3:00: Tempus Choral Society. Blue Skies.Classical, Broadway, jazz and spirituals. BrianL. Turnbull, music director; Jane Wamsley, accompanist.Clearview Christian ReformedChurch, 2300 Sheridan Garden Dr., Oakville.905-842-1673. $25. Proceeds benefittingFood for Life.• 3:30: Sony Centre for the PerformingArts. National Chinese Acrobats. Works by Verdi,Mozart, J. Strauss, Massenet, Stravinskyand others. Hunan Acrobatic Troupe; Kitchener-WaterlooSymphony, Evan Mitchell, conductor.1 Front St. E. 1-855-872-7669. $38–$68.Also at 8:00.• 3:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. TheHockey Sweater. See 1:30.• 4:00: Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie.From the House of Mirth. Also 8:00. See May 9.• 4:30: Canadian Opera Company. DoubleBill: A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi. SeeMay 2.• 7:00: Aurora Performing Arts Group.Sweeney Todd. See May 10.• 7:00: Celebrity Symphony Orchestra. Festivalof Tenors. Popular and classical repertoireincluding arias by Verdi and Puccini. GrażynaBrodzińska, soprano; Andrzej Lampert, AndrzejStec, Michael Cifuo and Christopher Dallo,tenor; Milton Choristers; Andrew Rozbicki, conductor.Christian Performing Arts Centre, 1536The Queensway. 1-800-965-9324. $40–$55.• 7:30: Alexander Singers and Players. Manof La Mancha. See May 4.• 7:30: Ambiance Singers. In Concert.Standards, Broadway, gospel and pop. DannyMcErlain, conductor; guest: Don Thompson,vibraphone. RBC Theatre, Living Arts Centre,4141 Living Arts Dr. 905-360-6000.$28–$35. Proceeds to be donated to InterimPlace.• 7:30: Bach Children’s Chorus/Bach ChamberYouth Choir. It Takes a Village. LindaBeaupré, conductor; Eleanor Daley, piano.George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centrefor the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 855-985-2787.$24/$26.The BACH CHILDREN’S CHORUSand the BACH CHAMBER YOUTH CHOIRThe Linda BACH Beaupré, CHILDREN’S Conductor Eleanor CHORUS Daley, Pianistand the BACH CHAMBER YOUTH CHOIRTHLinda 25 Beaupré, ConductorANNIVERSARYSEASONEleanor Daley, PianistIt takesIt takesa villagea villageSaturday, May 12, 2012 at 7:30pmSaturday,Toronto Centre for the ArtsGeorge Weston Recital HallMay 5040 Yonge 12, Street (north 2012 of Sheppard at Ave.)7:30pmToronto Centre for the Arts5040 Yonge Street (north of Sheppard Ave.)Company in Residence at the Toronto Centre for the Artsbachorus.orgTickets: $24 and $26 atthe Toronto Centre box office orTicketMaster at 1-855-985-2787bachorus.orgPhoto by Flickr user Sherri Lynn Wood. Used under Creative Commons licence.A CHORALCONCERTTickets: $24 and $26at the Toronto Centre box officeor TicketMaster at 416.870.8000Graphic Design by David Kopulos www.davidkopulos.comPhoto by Flickr user Sherri Lynn Wood. Used under Creative Commons licence.Company in Residence atthe Toronto Centre for the ArtsBURLINGTON WELSH MALE CHORUS10 th ANNUAL CONCERTBurlington Performance Arts CentreFeaturingBaritoneJASON HOWARDRenowned International operaticperformer known locally for his roleas Emile De Becque in the Torontopresentation of South Pacific.SopranoMARION SAMUEL STEVENSMuch in demand as a soloist in thegreater Toronto area7:30 p.m. May 12, 2012Tickets: $30Can be purchased atBPAC Box Office440 Locust StreetBy phone – 905-681-6000or at www.burlingtonpac.caMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 35

• 7:30: Burlington Civic Chorale. Intimationsof Immortality. Music by Chatman, Brahms,Mendelssohn, Barber and Rheinberger. GaryFisher, music director. St. Christopher’s AnglicanChurch, 662 Guelph Line, Burlington. 289-337-6777. $25/$20(adv).• 7:30: Burlington Welsh Male Chorus. 10thAnnual Concert Celebration. Featuring traditionalWelsh songs, hymns, show tunes, classicaland easy listening songs. Marion Samuel-Stevens,soprano; Jason Howard, baritone. BurlingtonPerforming Arts Centre, 440 LocustSt., Burlington. 905-681-6000. $30. In supportof Halton Women’s Place. (SEE AD PRE-VIOUS PAGE)• 7:30: Cantabile Chamber Singers. RomanceroGitano. Featuring music of Castelnuovo-Tedesco.Drew Henderson, guitar;Cheryll Chung, conductor. Trinity College, U ofT, 6 Hoskin Ave. 647-822-5412. $25; $20(sr/st); free(under 12).A. Concerts in the Gta• 7:30: Church of St. Timothy Senior Choir.Mendelssohn Te Deum. With guest the NathanialDett Chorale. Church of St. Timothy, 100Old Orchard Grove. 416-488-0079. $25. Proceedsto St. Timothy’s• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Oakville Ensemble. Triumph of theSpirit. Glick: Triumph of the Spirit; A. Richardson:new work; also arrangements of Canadianfolk songs by D. Patriquin; and original settingof O Canada. Stéphane Potvin, conductor. St.John’s United Church, 262 Randall St., Oakville.905-825-9740. $35/$25(adv); $25(sr/st)/$15(adv); $70(fam)/$50(adv). Also May 13(mat, Mary Mother of God, Oakville).• 7:30: Opera by Request. Hansel and Gretel.Humperdinck. Shilpa Sharma, mezzo (Hansel);Sharon Tikiryan, soprano (Gretel); David Roth,baritone (Father); Christy Derksen, mezzo(Mother); Tracy Reynolds, mezzo; and others;Counterpoint Community OrchestraTerry Kowalczuk, Music DirectorChildren’s Chorus; William Shookhoff, pianoand conductor. College Street United Church,452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20. As partof Request Fest.• 7:30: Side Door Records. A Night withBill King: Celebrating 50 Years of Music. BillKing, piano and compositions; guests: JackieRichardson, Jay Douglas and Stacey Bulmer,vocals; Liza Paul, narrator; Gillian Leask, dancer.The Royal, 608 College St. 416-534-5252. $45.• 7:30: Village Voices. Beginnings. Songscelebrating birth, rebirth and motherhood,featuring solos and duets. Joan Andrews,conductor; Gerald Loo, accompanist. St. Andrew’sPresbyterian Church, 143 Main St. N.,Markham. 905-294-8687. $20; $15(sr/st).free(under 12).• 7:30: York Chamber Ensemble. Missa Solemnis.Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; J.C. Bach:Viola Concerto. Trinity Festival Chorus; TonyBrowning, conductor; guest: Ian Clarke, viola.Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria St., Aurora.905-727-6101. $20; $15(sr/st).• 8:00: Acoustic Harvest. Tannis Slimmon.St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 KingstonRd. 416-264-2235. $22; $20(sr/st).• 8:00: Anna Belikova/Gallery 345. An Eveningof Russian Opera. Excerpts from Tchaikovsky:Eugene Onegin; The Queen of Spades;Iolanta; Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden. Luiza Zhuleva,soprano; Anna Belikova, contralto; Stas Vitort,tenor; Serkiy Danko, baritone; Solomon Tencer,bass; Zenhya Yesmanovich, piano. 345 SoraurenAve. 416-636-2316. $20.• 8:00: Bell’Arte Singers. Communal: Waysof Being. Sirett: newly commissioned work.Featuring musical ensembles directed by pastand present Bell’Arte members. St. Simon-the-Apostle Anglican Church, 525 Bloor St. E. 416-269-5044. $20; $15(sr/st).• 8:00: Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie.From the House of Mirth. Also 4:00. SeeMay 9.• 8:00: Counterpoint Community Orchestra.May Concert. Widor: Organ SymphonyNo.6; Saint-Saëns: Morceau de concert;Bach-Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue; Bizet:L’Arlésienne No.1; and other works. WilhelminaTiemersma, organ; Damir Pavelic, horn;Terry Kowalczuk, conductor. St. Luke’s UnitedChurch, 353 Sherbourne St. 416-762-9257.$20/$16(adv); $7(13 and under).• 8:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Retro A Cappella. 100AOssington Ave. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved);$25; $20(industry with ID/arts worker).continues after Canary PagesRomancero GitanoCharles-Marie Widor: Organ Symphony No. 6with Wilhelmina Tiemersma, organSaint-Saëns: Morceau de concert, Horn Soloist Damir PavelicBach-Stokowski: Toccata & Fugue • Bizet: L’Arlésienne #1 • and More!Sat. May 12 • 2012 • 8 pm • Saint Luke’s United Church • 353 Sherbourne St.• Ticket Prices: $20 at the Door • $16 Advance • $7 Youth Thirteen and Under •Reservations/Groups/Info: 416-762-9257 • tickets@ccorchestra.org • www.ccorchestra.orgVillage Voices, directed by Joan Andrews, accompanied by Gerald Loo presentsFeaturing music celebrating the joyous season of birth and re-birth.Saturday May 12th 2012, 7:30 pm.at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,143 Main Street Markham North,Markham.Tickets at the door $20.Senior/Student $15.Children 12 and under free.To reserve call 905.294.8687or email: info@villagevoices.ca36 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

Saturday May 12 (continued)• 8:00: Music Gallery/Contact ContemporaryMusic. Short Stories. An exploration of thesymbiotic relationship between sound and vision,from narrative to abstract storytelling.Kyriakides: Dreams of the Blind (Canadian premiere);M. Gordon: Light Is Calling (Canadianpremiere); Ledroit: new work. 197 John St.416-204-1080. $30; $15(sr/st).• 8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. Fiesta.Guest: Polovois Issariotis, guitar. OakvilleCentre for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy St.,Oakville. 905-815-2021. $51; $46(sr); $26(st/child). Also May 13(mat).• 8:00: Oriana Women’s Choir. Earth, Air &Water. Works by Telfer, Smallman, Daley andWatson Henderson; premiered works by Barronand Sawarna. With Lavalée Brass. GraceChurch on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 647-466-7673. $25; $20(sr); $10(st/under 30).• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. BluebirdNorth: Where Songwriters Write and Tell. TomiSwick, Matthew de Zoete and Carole Pope,singer-songwriters; Blair Packham, host.Conservatory Theatre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $26.• 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra.Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Vivaldi: Four SeasonsOp.8 (complete); Flute Concerto No.3 in D“Il Gardellino”; Mozart: Symphony No.29 in a;Magowan and Denomme-Welch: Deux Poèmessur la Formation des Glaces. Samantha Chang,flute; and others; Ronald Royer, conductor;guest: Daniel Swift, conductor. St. Paul’sL’Amoreaux Centre, 3333 Finch Ave. E. 416-429-0007. $30; $25(sr); $15(youth). 7:15: Preconcertchat.• 8:00: Sony Centre for the PerformingArts. National Chinese Acrobats. See 3:30.• 8:00: Toronto Masque Theatre. The Conventof Pleasure. See May 11.Sunday May 13• 2:00: Alexander Singers and Players. Manof La Mancha. See May 4.• 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. Semele.See May 9.• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 2:00: Halton Museum Foundation. Jazzat the Museum. American Songbook classicsMay 1 – June 7, 2012Mark VuorinenMusic DirectorKaffeemusikBach: Brich demHungrigen dein BrotFeaturing Bethany Horst, ColleenRenihan, Stephen Hegedus, and theTalisker PlayersSunday May 13 • 3 p.m.Christ Church Deer Park1570 Yonge St.(416) 763-1695torontochamberchoir.caincluding Gershwin, Porter, Waller and bohemianswing. George Grosman, vocals and guitar;Tony Quarrington and David Dunlap, guitar.Halton Region Museum, 5171 Kelso Rd., Milton.905-875-2200 x27. $20. Includes lightappetizers.• 2:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. Fiesta.See May 12.• 3:00: Echo Women’s Choir. Beautiful City.M. Dunn: Troublemaker; Speed Up; Westcott:Sun (text by E. Rose); also traditional Arabic,Indian and Georgian repertoire and otherselections. Alan Gasser, conductor; BeccaWhitla, piano; guests: Deanna Yerichuk, conductor;Suba Sankaran, vocals. Church of theHoly Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq. 416-588-9050 x3.$15/$12(adv); $8(un(der)waged).• 3:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. The Sondheim JazzProject featuring Bobby Hsu and Alex Samaras.100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747.$30(reserved); $25; $20(industry with ID/arts worker).• 3:00: Music at Islington. Save the DRAMAfor your MAMA: A Mother’s Day Cabaret. Favouritesof Broadway, jazz, classical music andspirituals. Brenna Conrad, Calla Heilbron, AndrewAitchison and Mark McCrae, vocalists. IslingtonUnited Church, 25 Burhamthorpe Rd.416-621-3656. $20; $10(st); free(under 12).• 3:00: Musideum. Rita di Ghent, jazz vocals.401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. PWYC.• 3:00: Oakville Ensemble. Triumph of theSpirit. Glick: Triumph of the Spirit; A. Richardson:new work; also arrangements of Canadianfolk songs by D. Patriquin; and original settingof O Canada. With Oakville Children’s Choir;Stéphane Potvin, conductor. Mary Mother ofGod Church, 2745 North Ridge Tr., Oakville.905-825-9740. $35/$25(adv); $25(sr/st)/$15(adv); $70(fam)/$50(adv). Also May 12(St. John’s United Church, Oakville).• 3:00: Royal Conservatory. Emanuel Ax, piano.Copland: Piano Variations; Haydn: Andantewith Variations in f “Un piccolo divertimento”;Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flatOp.35 “Eroica”; Schumann: Études en forme devariations Op.13 (Symphonic Études). KoernerHall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $39.• 3:00: Toronto Chamber Choir. Charity Kaffeemusik:Bach Cantata. Bach: Cantata BWV39Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot (Break yourbread for the hungry). Bethany Horst, soprano;Colleen Renihan, mezzo; Stephen Hegedus,bass-baritone; Talisker Players; MarkVuorinen, conductor. Christ Church Deer Park,1570 Yonge St. 416-763-1695. $16–$20;$12.50(under 30); $5(pre-concert lecture).Reception to follow. Food drive for SecondHarvest.• 3:00: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Felix Galimir Chamber Music AwardConcert. Award presentation to, and performanceby, the winning ensemble of the 2012award. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg.,80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. PWYC. Proceedsto benefit the Felix Galimir Chamber MusicScholarship Award.• 4:00: Canadian Men’s Chorus. Out of theDepths: An Exploration of Sacred Music. Murray:Book of Lamentations (world premiere);also music by Tallis, Victoria, Palestrina, Willan,Takach and others. Greg Rainville, artisticdirector. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W.416-341-8775. $30.• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. TwilightRecitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65 ChurchSt. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering.• 4:00: Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie.From the House of Mirth. See May 9.• 4:00: Gallery 345/Array Music Fundraiser.Array Music Fundraiser: Music by Erik Satie(1866-1925). Satie: Chanson; Elegie; Les Anges;Trois Mocreaux en Forme de Poire (pianofour hands); Socrate. Stephen Clarke and EveEgoyan, piano; Christopher Butterfield, vocals.345 Sorauren Ave. 416-532-3019. $25.• 4:00: Mississauga Youth Orchestra. Mother’sDay Concert. Handel: Arrival of the Queenof Sheba; Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring;Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3; Rossini:Overture to Semiramide. Daniel Yacoub, piano;CanadianMen’s ChorusGreg Rainville, ADO u t o f t h e D e p t h sA n E x p l o r a t i o n o f S a c r e d M u s i cWorld Premiere Performance:Book of Lamentations by Patrick MurraySunday, May 13 4:00PM Glenn Gould StudioTickets $30 NO SERVICE FEESwww.canadianmenschorus.ca or at the door.John Barnum, Ben Bolt-Martin, conductors.Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Centre Dr.Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $20; $15(4-17).• 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. JazzVespers. Hilario Durán Trio. 25 St. Phillips Rd.,Etobicoke. 416-247-5181. Freewill offering.• 4:00: Toronto Singing Studio. Regardsto Broadway! Songs from favourite Broadwaymusicals. Celebration Choir; Vivace Vox;Vocal Mosaic; Linda Eyman, director. Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-455-9238. $15; $10(sr/st); $35(family).• 6:00: Ad Summum Events. Jani Papadhimitri,violin, and Rudin Lengo, piano. Worksby Grieg, Schubert, Liszt and Bizet. VictoriaCollege Chapel, 91 Charles St. W. 416-419-4718. $20; $10(sr/st).Monday May 14• 12:15: ORGANIX Concerts. Renée AnneLouprette. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10Trinity Sq. 416-769-3893. $10.• 7:00: Toronto New Music Alliance/TorontoReference Library. New Music 101: Programme4. Part four of a four-part lecture/demonstration series on contemporary classicalmusic. Host: Robert Everett-Green; guests:New Adventures in Sound Art; junctQín keyboardcollective. Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium,Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. 416-961-9594 or 416-393-7131. Free. For furtherdetails, see listings section D “The ETCeteras”under Lectures & Symposia.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffmann. See May 3.• 8:00: Etobicoke Youth Strings. Spring Serenade.Music by Vivaldi, Handel and Elgar. ShariLundy, conductor. Islington United Church,25 Burnhamthorpe Rd., Etobicoke. 416-239-0523. Free.• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.• 8:30: Glenn Gould Foundation. Glenn GouldPrize Gala Concert: In Honour of Leonard Cohen.Featuring Basia Bulat, Adam Cohen, CowboyJunkies, John Prine, Serena Ryder and others;guest speaker: Adrienne Clarkson; and otherspeakers and readers. Massey Hall, 178 VictoriaSt. 416-872-4255. $34.95–$149.95. Includesannouncement of City of Toronto GlennGould Protégé Prize winner.Tuesday May 15• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Chamber Music Series: German Romanticism:Fairy Tales and Fantasy. Schumann: Märchenerzählungen(for clarinet, viola and piano);Brahms: Clarinet Quintet. Artists of the COCOrchestra, Johannes Debus, director. RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre, 145 Queen St. W.416-363-8231. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. Michael Bloss, organ. 65Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 7:30: Bolshoi Ballet. Swan Lake. Tchaikovsky.With live orchestra. Sony Centre forthe Performing Arts, 1 Front St. E. 1-855-872-7669. $71–$255. Also May 16, May 18,19(mat and eve).• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. DoubleBill: A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi. SeeMay 2.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. J. Larson.Performed by the graduating class of SheidanCollege’s music theatre performance program.Bob Foster, music director; Lezlie Wade, stagethewholenote.com 37

director. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge St.416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333. $40–$60;$25(sr rush day of). Also May 16–20; 22–27;29–31; Jun 1–3; start times vary.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Amelia Curran, singer/songwriter.Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $29.50.• 8:00: Music Gallery/Festival InternationaleDe Musique Actuelle a Victoriaville.Jazz Avant Series: Miles Perkin Trio. Blendingcomposition and improvisation. Miles Perkin,double bass; Tom Arthurs, trumpet; Benoit Delbecq,piano. Music Gallery, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $30/$25(adv); $15(st).• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.Wednesday May 16• 12:15: Our Lady of Sorrows. WednesdayConcert Series. Sarah Svendsen, organ. 3055Bloor St. W. 416-231-6016. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Noonday Organ Recitals. Simon Walker, organ.Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 YongeSt. 416-922-1167. Free.• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Also 7:30. See May 8.• 2:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. Also 7:30.See May 15.• 7:30: Bolshoi Ballet. Swan Lake. See May15.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Semele.See May 9.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 7:30: Toronto Choral Society. Civic Spirits.Song and story inspired by Toronto’s ghosttales. Finley: “In the City”(premiere); and otherworks. Geoffrey Butler, conductor; WilliamO’Meara, accompanist. Guest: Anthony Cleverton,baritone. Eastminster United Church, 310Danforth Ave. 416-410-3509. $25; $20(adv).• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Christian Gerhaher,baritone, with András Schiff, piano.Beethoven: A die ferne Geliebte Op.98; AdelaideOp.46; Schumann: Dichterliebe Op.48;selections from Gesänge aus Wilhelm MeisterOp.98a; Haydn: The Wanderer; The Spirit’sTickets $20 in advance$25 at the doorFor tickets, please visitwww.torontochoralsociety.orgor call 416-410-3509A. Concerts in the GtaSong; and other works. Koerner Hall, 273 BloorSt. W. 416-408-0208. $45 and up.Thursday May 17• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Vocal Series: Les Adieux II. Schubert: Dieschöne Müllerin. Adrian Kramer, baritone;Christopher Mokrzewski, piano. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Jesse Solway, double bass. ChristChurch Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 12:15: ORGANIX Concerts. John Grew, organ.Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St.E. 416-769-3893. $10(suggested donation).• 7:00: North York Central Library. The ClassicalGuitar. David Sossa Fernandez, guitar.North York Central Library Auditorium, 5120Yonge St. 416-395-5639. Free.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. KissinPlays Grieg. Nielsen: Overture to Maskarade;Grieg: Piano Concerto; Strauss: DonJuan; Suite from Der Rosenkavalier. EvgenyKissin, piano; Andrew Davis, conductor. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828or 416-593-0688(Chinese). $49–$179. AlsoMay 19.Friday May 18• 7:00: Consulate General of the Republicof Poland in Toronto. Maciej Grzybowski,piano. Music by Chopin, Ravel, Webern, Schonbergand Gould. Consulate General of the Republicof Poland, 2603 Lakeshore Blvd. W.416-252-5471 x450. Free.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. DoubleBill: A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi. SeeMay 2.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: ORGANIX Concerts. Gala Concert3. Christian Lane, organ. Metropolitan UnitedChurch, 56 Queen St. E. 416-769-3893.$39.50; free(under 18). Reception to follow.The ToronTo Choral SoCieTypresentsCivic Spirits: An entertaining evening of songand story inspired by Toronto’s ghost tales!With guest artist Anthony ClevertonConducted by Geoffrey ButlerAccompanied by William O’MearaWednesday,May 16, 20127:30 pmEastminster United Church,310 Danforth Avenue(one block west of Chester Subway Station)• 8:00: Bolshoi Ballet. Swan Lake. See May15.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Jay Douglas and his All-StarBand. Soul and R&B. Glenn Gould Studio, 250Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $29.50.• 8:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Rebecca Caine and RobertKortgaard. 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved); $25; $20(industry withID/arts worker).• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.• 8:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.Saturday May 19• 2:00: Bolshoi Ballet. Swan Lake. Also 8:00.See May 15.• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Also 7:30. See May 8.• 2:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. Also 8:00. See May 7.• 2:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. Also 8:00.See May 15.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Semele.See May 9.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 8:00: Bolshoi Ballet. Swan Lake. See May15.• 8:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Josh White Jr. 100A OssingtonAve. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved);$25; $20(industry with ID/arts worker).• 8:00: Oratory of St. Philip Neri. The St.Vincent’s Baroque Soloists. Music by Rameau,Lully, Cavalli, Charpentier, Schein and others.Natalie and Teresa Mahon, soprano; RichardWhitall, alto; Jamie Tuttle, tenor; David Roth,baritone; Linda Deshman, gamba; Philip Fournier,harpsichord/organ. St. Vincent de PaulChurch, 263 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-532-2879.By donation.• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.• 8:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. KissinPlays Grieg. See May 17.• 10:00pm: Casineros Unidos/Lulaworld.Pupy y Los Que Son Son. Salsa and timba concert.Guests: Tania Pantoja, vocals; Mayito Rivera,vocals. Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410Sherbourne St. 647-691-5222. $50/$40(adv).Sunday May 20• 1:30: Volunteer Committee of the McMichaelGallery of Canadian Art. Kory LivingstoneJazz Ensemble. 10365 Islington Ave.,Vaughan. 905-893-1121. $15; $9(sr/st);$25(family).• 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. DoubleBill: A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi. SeeMay 2.• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Also 7:30. See May 8.• 2:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 3:00: Gallery 345. Trio Concertante.Beethoven: Trio Op.1 No.2; Curcin: Gypsy;Schubert: Trio D898. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $10(st).• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. TwilightRecitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65 ChurchSt. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering.• 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers:Dave Dunlop Quartet. Dave Dunlop, trumpet;Gord Sheard, piano; Scott Alexander, bass;Brian Barlow, drums. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free, donations welcome.• 8:00: Musideum. Peter Wetzler, piano. 401Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $20.• 8:00: Toronto Continuo Collective.L’Authentique amour français. Seventeenth-century,French baroque music featuring works byGuedron, Charpentier and others; including luteand theorbo solos, violin duos, airs de cour andstaged, opera scenes. Guests: Emily Klassen,soprano; Bud Roach, tenor. Royal St. George’sCollege Chapel, 120 Howland Ave. 416-921-9203. By donation. Also May 21.Monday May 21• 12:00 noon: University of Toronto. VictoriaDay Carillon Recital. Patriotic themed classicaland contemporary music for cast bell carillon.Roy Lee, carillon. Soldiers’ Tower, HartHouse, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-3485.Free. In memory of Dr. David V. Anderson. Outdoorrecital.• 2:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. Also 8:00. See May 7.• 8:00: Musideum. Sotsumo. World music ensemble,401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323.$20.• 8:00: Toronto Continuo Collective.L’Authentique amour français. See May 20.• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Vocal Series: The English Tenor Singing TraditionBefore Peter Pears. Stephen R. Clarke, lecturer.Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 145Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. See listingssection D, “The ETCeteras,” under Lectures &Symposia.Tuesday May 22• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday: Bach Series XVI. AndrewAdair, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865x231. Freewill offering.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Semele.See May 9.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 8:00: Canadian Evergreen Club ContemporaryGamelan (Toronto). The String Quartetsfor Gamelan. New works from Canadiancomposers L. Smith, Oesterle, Sokolovic, Dugganand Clanac. Bozzini String Quartet. GlennGould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255.$20; $15(sr/st).• 8:00: Gallery 345/David Amram. Amram:From Cairo to Canada to Kerouac. R. Frank: PullMy Daisy; Kerouac and Amram: On the Road(excerpts). David Amram, multiple instrumentsand compositions; Les Allt, flute; Roberto Occhipinti,bass. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $30.• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.Wednesday May 23• 12:15: Our Lady of Sorrows. WednesdayConcert Series. Christina Hutten, organ. 3055Bloor St. W. 416-231-6016. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Noonday Organ Recitals. Edward Moroney, organ.Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.• 12:35: St. Stephen in-the-Fields AnglicanChurch. Ton Beau String Quartet. 103 BellevueAve. 647-638-3550. Free.• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Also 7:30. See May 8.• 6:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Brahms Symphony 2. Langgaard: Sphinx;Brahms: Symphony No.2. Thomas Dausgaard,conductor; Tom Allen, host. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or38 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

416-593-0688(Chinese). $28–$81.• 7:00: Alchemy. An Hour of Chamber Music.Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes; Mendelssohn:String Quartet Op.44 No.1; Mozart:Clarinet Quintet. Kaye Royer, clarinet; CatherineSulem and John Bailey, violin; Dorothy Pellerin,viola; Susan Naccache, cello; Meri Gec,piano. Baycrest Centre, 3560 Bathurst St.416-316-2570. Free.• 7:00: Civic Light Opera. Dear World. Musicand lyrics by J. Herman; book by J. Lawrenceand R.E. Lee. Barbara Boddy (Countess Aurelia);David Haines (The Sewer Man); ElizabethRose Morriss (Nina); Daniel Cornthwaite (Julian);and others; Joe Cascone, stage director.Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Dr.416-755-1717. $28. Also May 24–27, 30, 31,Jun 1–3, 6–9; start times vary.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. EnsembleStudio Performance of Handel’s Semele. MireilleAsselin and Ambur Braid, soprano (Semele);Christopher Enns, tenor (Jupiter); RihabChaieb, mezzo (Juno/Ino); Rinaldo Alessandrini,music director; Zhang Huan, stage director.Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. $22–$55.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: John Soloninka Presents. Solo2Trio.Glière: Duo Op.39; Brahms: Violin Sonata ind; Bach/Ysaÿe: Prelude/Obsession (from Sonatafor Solo Violin Op.27 No.2); Ravel: Trio ina. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 647-217-5972. $20. Proceeds to The Hammer Band andTzu Chi Compassionate Relief.• 7:30: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 7:30: Toronto Choristers. Let There BeMusic – Our 20th Season. Sir John A. MacDonaldCollegiate Institute, 2300 Pharmacy Ave.416-546-1942. $12.• 7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Belshazzar’sFeast. Poulenc: Gloria; Bernstein: ChichesterPsalms; Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast.Daniel Bedrossian, treble; Shannon Mercer,soprano; John Relyea, bass-baritone; TMC FestivalOrchestra; Matthew Otto, associate conductor;Noel Edison, conductor. Koerner Hall,273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $53-$87;$25(VoxTix 25 and under).• 8:00: Gallery 345. Subito: Duos for Violinand Piano. Beethoven: Sonata for Pianoand Violin in F Op.24 “Spring”; Lutoslawski:“Subito” for Violin and Piano; Pärt: Fratres;Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A. 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $10(st).• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.Thursday May 24• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Jazz Series: Songs We Know. Jazz standardsand originals. Sophia Perlman, vocals; AdreanFarrugia, piano. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Olivia Shortt, sax; Teresa Vaughanand Florence Mak, piano. Christ Church DeerPark, 1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donationswelcome.• 12:15: ORGANIX Concerts. Aaron James,organ. Metropolitan United Church, 56Queen St. E. 416-769-3893. $10(suggesteddonation).• 2:00: Toronto Public Library NorthernDistrict. Orchardviewers: Bluegrass Songs.John Showman Duo. 40 Orchard View Blvd.,Rm. 224. 416-393-7619. Free.• 2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Brahms Symphony 2. Langgaard: Sphinx;Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1; Brahms:Symphony No.2. Alisa Weilerstein, cello;Thomas Dausgaard, conductor. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or416-593-0688(Chinese). $30–$88.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Semele.See May 9.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Russian Chamber Arts Society.Voices of Spring: Russian Romances and Duets.Songs by Rachmaninoff, Arensky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Glinka. Vera Danchenko-Stern,piano; Patricia Green, mezzo; Irina Mozyleva,soprano. Remenyi House of Music Salon, 210Bloor St. W. 416-312-1666. $25; $15(st). Receptionto follow.• 7:30: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 8:00: Civic Light Opera. Dear World. SeeMay 23.• 8:00: Gallery 345/The Thin Edge. The ThinEdge: 5 New Works. Premieres by M. Ashburner,A. Giles, T. Kardonne, A. Murphy-King andN. Storring. Cheryl Duvall, piano; Ilana Walniuk,violin; Elizabeth Eccleston, oboe; Olaf Szester,percussion. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20.• 8:00: Michel Bérubé. CD Release: Hymnesà L’amour. Classic French songs including selectionsby Brel, Plamondon, Legrand, Dubois,Ferré and Trenet. Michel Bérubé, vocals; MarkLalama, piano/organ/accordion; Richard Moore,bass and bass guitar; Ori Isaacs, bass guitar;Davide Direnzo, percussion; Jamie Oakes,lead guitar and background vocals. GlennGould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255.$22.50–$30.• 8:00: Musideum. The Roofhoppers. Acousticchamber trio. 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $15.• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Beethoven: Eroica. Mendelssohn:Symphony No.4 in A “Italian”;Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E-flat “Eroica.”Guest: Bruno Weil, conductor. Koerner Hall,273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $45–$105;$35–$99(sr); $25–$99(30 and under). AlsoMay 25, 26, 27(mat).Friday May 25• 7:00: Canadian Children’s Opera Company.Junior Spring Concert. First UnitarianCongregation, 175 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-366-0467. $25; $15(sr/st); $5(under 6).• 7:30: St.Thomas’s Anglican Church. AConcert to Celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.Parry: I Was Glad; Handel: Zadok thePriest; Willan: O Lord, Our Governour; andworks by Gibbons, Elgar and Vaughan Williams.Choirs of St. Thomas’s Anglican Church, JohnTuttle, organ and conductor; Elizabeth Anderson,organ. 383 Huron St. 416-979-2323. $20;$15(sr/st). Fundraiser for the Diamond JubileeTrust and 2013 choir tour to England.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. DoubleBill: A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi. SeeMay 2.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Essential Opera. Handel’s Alcinawith Chamber Orchestra. Erin Bardua, soprano(Alcina); Maureen Batt, soprano (Morgana);Vilma Vitols, mezzo (Ruggiero); Vicki St. Pierre,mezzo (Bradamante) and conductor. Trinity-St.Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 647-290-7970or 416-827-3009. $20/$18(adv).• 7:30: Opera by Request. Don Pasquale.Donizetti. George Ossipov, bass-baritone(Pasquale); John Kirby, baritone (Malatesta);Sara Papini, soprano (Norina); William Parker,tenor (Ernesto); Scott Bell, baritone (Notary);William Shookhoff, piano and conductor.College Street United Church, 452 College St.416-455-2365. $20. As part of Request Fest.• 7:30: St. Michael’s Choir School. AnnualSpring Concert. Choral works from acrossthe ages. St. Michael’s Cathedral, 65 Bond St.416-393-5518. Freewill offering.• 8:00: Civic Light Opera. Dear World. SeeMay 23.• 8:00: Gallery 345/Emilie Lebel. LucianeCardassi: View from the Train. Hron: AhojAhoj(2011) for piano and soundtrack; De AlmeidaRibeiro: Desassossego Latente (2010) for pianoand recitation; Catlin Smith: Thoughts and Desire(2007) for piano and singing; D. McIntosh:A Concert to CelebrateThe Queen’s Diamond JubileeThe Choirs ofSt. Thomas’s Anglican ChurchJohn Tuttle, Organist and ChoirmasterElizabeth Anderson, Organ ScholarFeaturing coronation music byGibbons, Handel, Elgar, Parry, Vaughan Williams, Willan,plus hymns “Jerusalem” and “I vow to thee, my country”Friday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m.St. Thomas’s Church, 383 Huron Street(between Spadina and St. George, one block south of Bloor)$20 | $15 students & seniorsA fundraiser for the 2013 choir tour to Englandand the Diamond Jubilee Trustwww.stthomas.on.caMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 39

From Wapta Ice (2003) for spoken text, pianoand electronics; De Oliveira: Construção II(2011) for piano and electronics; Lebel: Viewfrom the Train (2012) for piano, electronics andvideo (premiere); Longing (2012) for piano. 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20.• 8:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Andrea Ludwig and JohnHess. 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747.$30(reserved); $25; $20(industry with ID/arts worker).• 8:00: Harmony Singers. The Sound ofSwing! Works by Gershwin, Berlin, Barnet andEllington. Guests: Priscilla Taylor, vocals; theCanadian Singers. Martin Grove United Church,75 Pergola Rd., Etobicoke. 416-239-5821.$20; $15(sr/st). Also May 26.• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.• 8:00: Raagini Dance/Harbourfront Centre.Damaru / Mudra. Indian contemporarydance. Bageshree Vaze and Andrea Nann, dancers;music by Phil Strong, mudra; Vineet Vyasand Bageshree Vaze, damaru. Enwave Theatre,231 Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000. $28;$25(sr); $15(st). Also May 26.• 8:00: Scarborough Concert Band. MusicThrough the Ages. Denis Mastromonaco, conductor.St. Dunstan of Canterbury Church, 56Lawson Rd., Scarborough. 416-287-8899.$10.• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Beethoven: Eroica. SeeMay 24.• 8:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 8:00: Via Salzburg. A Dialogue AcrossTime. Debussy: Piano Trio; Estampes; Brahms:Piano Trio in B; also new work by winner ofVS composition competition. Guest: André Laplante,piano. Rosedale United Church, 159Roxborough Dr. 416-972-9193. $35; $30(sr);$20(under 30); $10(st).Saturday May 26• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Also 7:30. See May 8.A. Concerts in the Gta• 2:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. Also 8:00. See May 7.• 2:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. Also 8:00.See May 15.• 3:00: Gallery 345/Array Music. ArrayMusic Young Composers Workshop. 345 SoraurenAve. 416-532-3019. $10. See listings sectionD “The ETCeteras” under Workshops.• 4:30: Canadian Opera Company. Semele.See May 9.BAROQUE CONCERTSCOLA CANTORUM• MAY 26, 7PMSt. Elizabeth of HungaryRC Church• 7:00: Scola Cantorum. Baroque Concert.Works by Vivaldi, Telemann and Bach. Ian Sadler,organ; Imre Oláh, conductor. St. Elizabethof Hungary Roman Catholic Church, 432 SheppardAve. E. 416-971-9754. $18; $15(sr);$10(st). Reception and silent auction to follow.• 7:30: Annex Singers. Opera Choruses.Works by Mozart, Verdi, Leoncavallo and Gilbertand Sullivan. Maria Case, music director;guests: Lindsay Heyland, soprano; JustinRalph, tenor. Bloor Street United Church, 300Bloor St. W. 416-968-7747. $20; $15(sr/st);free(12 and under).• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Exultate Chamber Singers. On aPacific Current. Music from New Zealand, Australiaand Canada. Karen Grylls, conductor;guest: Toronto Children’s Chorus. St. Anne’sAnglican Church, 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-971-9229. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).• 7:30: North York Concert Band. Stand byMe. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man;Chabrier: España Rhapsody; also jazz worksby Ellington and Koffman. John Edward Liddle,conductor. Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JewishCommunity Centre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-652-2077. $15; free(12 and under).• 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Brahms Symphony 2. Shostakovich: Cello ConcertoNo.1; Brahms: Symphony No.2. AlisaWeilerstein, cello; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.416-593-4828 or 416-593-0688(Chinese).$33–$98.• 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra.Subscription Concert #5. R. Strauss: DerRosenkavalier (selections); Caecile; Zueignung;Bizet: Pearl Fishers Duet (from The Pearl Fishers);J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus (selections:Prince Orlovsky Couplets; Du und Du Waltz;Mein Herr Marquis). Marion Samuel-Stevens,Iris Rodrigues and Jamie Naka, soprano; ChelseaSäuer, mezzo; Chris Coyne, tenor; JohnDavid Jasper, baritone; Norman Reintamm,conductor. P.C. Ho Theatre, Chinese CulturalCentre of Greater Toronto, 5183 Sheppard Ave.E., Scarborough. 416-879-5566. $30–$50;$25–$40(sr/st); free(under 12). 7:15: Pre-concertlecture.• 8:00: Civic Light Opera. Dear World. SeeMay 23.• 8:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Robert Priest CDLaunch. 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747.$30(reserved); $25; $20(industry with ID/arts worker).• 8:00: Guitar Society of Toronto.President’s Bursary Fund Concert. Brent Crawford,John Testar and Tariq Harb, guitar. HeliconianHall, 34 Hazelton Ave. 416-964-8298.$25; $20(sr); $15(st).• 8:00: Harmony Singers. The Sound ofA Dialogue Across TimeSpecial guest pianist André LaplanteDebussy Piano TrioDebussy – EstampesBrahms Piano trio in B majorRosedale United Church,159 Roxborough Drive$35; $30(sr); $20(under 30); $10(st)416-972-9193viasalzburg.comVIA SALZBURG IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BYSaturday, May 26, 2012, 7:30 pmOn a Pacific CurrentSt. Anne’s Anglican Church270 Gladstone Avenue, TorontoFor the final concert of the season, Exultate welcomesworld-renowned Toronto Children’s Chorus for a specialperformance that unites two cultures, bringing music fromNew Zealand and Australia together with the sounds of theCanadian landscapes.For ticket, concert andsubscription information:phone: 416-971-9229e-mail: exultate@exultate.netwww.exultate.net40 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

Swing! See May 25.• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. See May 7.• 8:00: Raagini Dance/Harbourfront Centre.Damaru / Mudra. See May 25.• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Beethoven: Eroica. SeeMay 24.• 8:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. TheMighty Horn Concert. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’sMerry Pranks; Amram: Horn Concerto;Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Tchaikovsky:Symphony No.2 “Little Russia.” Gregory Burton,conductor; guest: Olivia Brayley, Frenchhorn. Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria St.,Aurora. 416-410-0860. $28; $23(sr); $12(st).Also May 27 (Richmond Hill).Sunday May 27• 2:00: Civic Light Opera. Dear World. SeeMay 23.• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Also 7:30. See May 8.• 2:00: Musideum. Pat Clemence, jazz electronica.Guests: France Gauthier, Peter Mosleyand Steve Conover. 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $15.• 2:00: Peter Margolian and Friends. ChamberMusic Concert. Coulthard: Lyric Sonatinafor flute and piano; K. Khachaturian: Sonatafor violin and piano; Rieti: Variations onTwo Cantigas de Santa Maria. Mor Shangal,flute/piccolo; Peter Margolian, piano; StevePrime, violin; Hazel Boyle, oboe and Englishhorn; Ondrej Golias, bassoon; Alan Shantz,cello. Community Hall, Lawrence Park CommunityChurch, 2180 Bayview Ave. 416-250-5475. Free.• 2:00: Shevchenko Musical Ensemble.Annual Concert. Folk, world and classical musicby choir and mandolin orchestra. Guest: DesnaUkrainian Dancers. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93Charles St. W. 416-533-2725. $35; $15(st).• 2:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 2:30: Ariel Harwood-Jones. Friends &Family Concert. Music by Purcell, Handel andBach. Ariel Harwood-Jones, soprano; Sara-Anne Churchill, organ; Paul Sanvidotti, trumpet;Larry Beckwith, violin. Trinity CollegeChapel, 8 Hoskin Ave. 416-529-9737. By donation.In support of the Canadian WildlifeFederation.• 2:30: University Settlement Music andArts School. Chamber Music Concert. St.George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-598-3444 x243. Free, donations welcome.• 3:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Susan Cuthbert. 100A OssingtonAve. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved);$25; $20(industry with ID/arts worker).• 3:00: Neapolitan Connection. French Impressions:Soirées with Debussy, Ravel & Poulenc.Ronée Boyce, piano; Laura Chambers,flute; Ramona Carmelly, mezzo; Sharon DeniseVan Es, ballerina; and others. Toronto Centrefor the Arts, Studio Theatre, 5040 YongeStreet. 416-733-9388. $29–$40; $15(st, withID). See ad page 31.• 3:00: North Toronto Institute of Music.Mary Kenedi, piano. Works by Kodály, Liszt,Rota and Conway Baker. North Toronto Instituteof Music, 550 Eglinton Ave. E. 416-488-2588. Free.• 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. The Choral Symphony.Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in d. DanielleLisboa, conductor; guests: Toronto ChoralSociety; Rachel Cleland-Ainsworth, soprano;Erin Lawson, alto; Colin Ainsworth, tenor;Orival Bento-Gonçalves, bass. Toronto Centrefor the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787or 416-467-7142. $39; $34(sr); $14(under 18).2:15: Pre-concert talk.• 3:00: Riverdale Ensemble. Táncház. Prokofiev:Overture on Hebrew Themes; Kókai:Quartettino; Palej: Táncház Fantasy (worldpremiere); Gál: Serenade; Martinů: Duo No.2;Kodály: Dál from Háry János. Ellen Meyer,piano; Stephen Fox, clarinet and tárogató;Joyce Lai and Andrew Ogilvie, violin; IanClarke, viola; Helena Likwornik, cello. HeliconianHall, 35 Hazleton Ave. 416-833-0251. $25;$18(sr/st); free(12 and under).North YorkConcert BandJohn Edward Liddle,ConductorStand by MeCBSO_Ad_April2012 4/10/12 10:25 AM Page 1CATHEDRAL BLUFFS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA2011–2012NORMAN REINTAMM artistic directorSaturday, May 26, 2012 — 7:30 p.m.Al Green TheatreMiles Nadal Jewish Community Centre750 Spadina AvenueCopland’s Fanfare for the Common Man,jazz tunes by Duke Ellington and Moe Koffman,Chabrier’s Espana Rhapsody, and more.Tickets: $15Children under 12 admitted freeFor tickets or information call 416-652-2077www.northyorkconcertband.caFINALE! SATURDAY May 26, 2012 at 8 pm *P.C. Ho Theatre 5183 Sheppard Avenue East, Scarboroughscenes fromR.Strauss: Der RosenkavalierMarion Samuel-Stevens soprano Iris Rodrigues sopranoChelsea Säuer mezzo-soprano Chris Coyne tenorJohn David Jasper baritoneRichard Strauss: CaecileMarion Samuel-Stevens sopranoJohann Strauss: Prince Orlovsky Coupletsfrom Die FledermausChelsea Säuer mezzo-sopranoJohann Strauss: Du und Du Waltzand Mein Herr Marquis from Die FledermausIris Rodrigues, sopranoThe Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agencyof the Government of OntarioBizet: Pearl Fishers Duetfrom The Pearl FishersChris Coyne tenorJohn David Jasper baritoneRichard Strauss: ZueignungJamie Naka, sopranoRegular $30 adult, $25 st/sr(under 12 free)Premium $50 adult, $40 st/sr(under 12 free)* Subscription Concert 5cathedralbluffs.com | 416.879.5566May 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 41

• 3:00: Weston Silver Band. 90th AnniversaryCelebration. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 FrontSt. W. 416-872-4255. $20; $15(sr) $10(st).Includes display of photos, memorabilia, uniformsand other items.• 3:30: Wychwood Clarinet Choir. SpringConcert 2012. Michele Jacot, conductor. St.Michael and All Angels Church, 611 St. ClairAve. W. 416-763-4059. $15; $10(sr); $5(st/child).• 3:30: Tafelmusik. Beethoven: Eroica. SeeMay 24.• 4:00: Canadian Children’s Opera Company.Orpheus in the Underworld (Excerpts).Senior Divisions. First Unitarian Congregation,175 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-366-0467. $25;$15(sr/st); $5(under 6).• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. TwilightRecitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65 ChurchSt. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering.• 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. PolkaVespers. Walter Ostanek, accordion. 25 St.Phillips Rd., Etobicoke. 416-247-5181. Freewilloffering.• 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers:Brian Dickinson Trio. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free, donations welcome.• 7:00: College Street United Church. JazzVespers. Marilyn Lerner, piano. 454 College St.416-929-3019. Freewill offering.• 7:00: North Toronto Community Band.Spring Rhythms. Marches, classical, stage,film, big band and other music. Danny Wilks,conductor; guest: Rita Arendz, French horn.Crescent School, 2365 Bayview Ave. 416-481-1978. $20/$15(adv). Includes silent auction.• 7:30: York Symphony Orchestra. TheA. Concerts in the GtaMighty Horn Concert. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’sMerry Pranks; Amram: Horn Concerto;Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Tchaikovsky:Symphony No.2 “Little Russia.” Gregory Burton,conductor; guest: Olivia Brayley, Frenchhorn. Richmond Centre for the PerformingArts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-787-8811. $30; $25(s); $15(st).• 8:00: Continuum Contemporary Music.Contes pour enfants pas sages: 8 cautionary entertainments.Compositions by C. Butterfield,inspired by animal fables by J. Prévert. AnneGrimm, soprano; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor;Continuum ensemble and Choir 21, David Fallis,conductor. 918 Bathurst Centre, 918 BathurstSt. 416-924-4945. $30; $15(sr/st/arts worker).Also May 29.Monday May 28• 12:15: ORGANIX Concerts. Andre Rakus,organ, and Michael Barth, trumpet. MetropolitanUnited Church, 56 Queen St. E. 416-769-3893. $10(suggested donation).• 7:30: Associates of the Toronto SymphonyOrchestra. The Mighty Octet. Schubert:Octet in F D803. Amanda Goodburn, SydneyChun, violin; Teng Li, viola; Emmanuelle BeaulieuBergeron, cello; Jeffrey Beecher, bass;Samuel Banks, bassoon; Gabriel Radford, horn;YaoGuang Zhai, clarinet. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,427 Bloor St. W. 416-282-6636. $18;$15(sr/st); $10(children).• 8:00: Gallery 345. Jacques Israelievitch, violin,and Edmond Israelievitch, viola. Works byMozart, Honeggar, Prokofiev and Bach. 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $10(st).• 8:00: Markham Symphony Orchestra. AnEvening of Popular Timeless Classics. Featuringa variety of overtures, love songs, Hungariandances and other works. Ephraim Cheung, conductor.Markham Theatre for Performing Arts,171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469 or 905-887-9909. $28; $18(sr/st).Tuesday May 29• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.World Music Series: Pura Vida. Original Latinjazz. Eliana Cuevas, vocals; Jeremy Ledbetter,piano; Luis Orbegoso, percussion. RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre, 145 Queen St. W.416-363-8231. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. Iris Lan, organ. 65 Church St.416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 8:00: Consulate of Iceland/Icelandic CanadianClub of Toronto. Ensemble Úngút Jazzfrom Iceland. Jazz versions of Icelandic folksongs. Rosa Baldursdóttir, vocals; Peter Arnesen,piano; Einar Sigurdsson, bass. Musideum,401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323 or 416-762-8627. $15.• 8:00: Continuum Contemporary Music.Contes pour enfants pas sages: 8 cautionary entertainments.See May 27.• 8:00: Nathaniel Dett Chorale. And StillWe Sing … Treemonisha. Joplin: Treemonisha.Featuring Chorale alumni in principal roles;Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, conductor. KoernerHall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.$20–$53.Wednesday May 30• 12:15: Our Lady of Sorrows. WednesdayConcert Series. Michael Bloss, organ. 3055Bloor St. W. 416-231-6016. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Noonday Organ Recitals. William Maddox, organ.Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.• 12:35: St. Stephen in-the-Fields AnglicanChurch. Mark Himmelman, organ. 103 BellevueAve. 647-638-3550. Free.• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Also 7:30. See May 8.• 6:30: ORGANIX Concerts. Gala Concert 4.Marek Kudlicki, organ. St. Paul’s Bloor St., 227Bloor St. E. 416-769-3893. $39.50; free(18and under).• 7:00: Civic Light Opera. Dear World. SeeMay 23.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Junction Trio. Post-Industrial Debussy.St. Anne’s Church, 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-993-5883. By donation.• 7:30: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Yo-Yo Ma. Yanov-Yanovsky: Night Music: Voicein the Leaves for Cello and Orchestra (Canadianpremiere); Rachmaninoff: SymphonicDances; Elgar: Cello Concerto. Yo-Yo Ma,cello; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or416-593-0688(Chinese). $49–$185. AlsoMay 31.• 8:00: Musideum. Mike Evin & Friends: Let’sSlow it Down. Original material and songs fromSexsmith and Kerr’s Destination Unknown.401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $10.Thursday May 31• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.JAZZAT COLLEGEVESPERSSTREET UNITED CHURCHHaving performed to acclaim from Havanato Jerusalem, Amsterdam to the Ukraine —pianist Marilyn Lerner brings herexhilarating sound back home —JAZZ VESPERS at College and Bathurst.SUNDAY, MAY 27 » 7PMCOLLEGE STREET UNITED CHURCH454 College Street (At Bathurst)416-929-3019www.collegestunited.org42 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

Chamber Music Series: 2012 Festival Preview.Toronto Summer Music Festival artistic directorDouglas McNabney presents previewof TSMF 2012 featuring emerging artists andmusic. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 145Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. William D. Clark, bass-baritone;Lark Popov, piano. Christ Church Deer Park,1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donationswelcome.• 12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noonat Met. Janet Obermeyer, soprano. 56 QueenSt. E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 2:00: Toronto Public Library NorthernDistrict. Orchardviewers: Jazz Performance. OriDagan Trio. 40 Orchard View Blvd., Rm. 224.416-393-7619. Free.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.Post-IndustrialDebussy!• 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Yo-YoMa. See May 30.• 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. Sergeant Pepper’sLonely Hearts Club Band. The Beatles albumis reinvented through new arrangementsfrom pop, jazz and classical composers. StephenSitarski, violin; Rachel Mercer and AmyLiang, cello; Robert Carli, sax; Larry Larson,trumpet; and others; featuring John Southworth,Steven Page and Andy Maize, vocals.Enwave Theatre, 231 Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000. $39–$59. Also Jun 1, 2.• 8:00: Civic Light Opera. Dear World. SeeMay 23.• 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia Orchestra.Schafer – Grieg – Beethoven. Schafer: Cortege;Grieg: Piano Concerto in a Op.16; Beethoven:Symphony No.3 in E-flat Op.55 “Eroica.” BorisKrajny, piano; Uri Meyer, conductor. GeorgeWeston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for theArts, 5040 Yonge St. 647-439-8787. $55;$45(sr).Friday June 01• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: ORGANIX Concerts. Gala Concert 5.Maxine Thévenot, organ. Holy Trinity AnglicanChurch, 10 Trinity Sq. 416-769-3893. $39.50;free(under 18).• 7:30: University Settlement Music andArts School. Faculty Favourites. Fundraisingconcert. St. George the Martyr Church, 197John St. 416-598-3444 x243. PWYC, $10suggested donation.• 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. Sergeant Pepper’sLonely Hearts Club Band. See May 31.GreatArtistPianoSeriespresents$20(sr); $10(st). 7:30: Pre-concert chat.• 8:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Classical Revolution.100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747.$30(reserved); $25; $20(industry with ID/arts worker).• 8:00: High Park Choirs/Allegria. Faces ofLight. Shauna Rolston, cello; Jamie Drake, percussion;Zimfira Poloz, conductor. Glenn GouldStudio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $35;$30(sr); $25(st).• 8:00: New Music Concerts.Composers Play. Music composed andperformed by Robert Aitken, flute; John Beckwith,Brian Current, Bruce Mather and AdamCOMPOSERSPLAYNEW MUSIC CONCERTSFRIDAY JUNE 1st @ 8 pmGALLERY 345Sherkin, piano; Scott Good, trombone; AdamScime, contrabass; Andrew Staniland, guitar.Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-961-9594. $50.• 8:00: Performing Arts York Region. YoungProfessionals Scholarship Program. Seventh annualyoung professional concert featuring thefinalist for the annual Founder’s Scholarshipaward. Thornhill Presbyterian Church, 271Centre St., Thornhill. 905-886-7905. $25;$20(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Simon Shaheen,oud and violin. Arabic, jazz and western classicalstyles. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $33.50 and up.• 8:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.Saturday June 02• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Also 7:30. See May 8.• 2:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 7:00: Civic Light Opera. Dear World. SeeMay 23.• 7:30: Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir.Ride the Chariot. Featuring renaissance, contemporary,Celtic and gospel music. Kelly Galbraith,conductor; Ellen Meyer, accompanist.St. John’s United Church, 2 Nobert Rd., Agincourt.416-491-1224. $20. All proceeds to St.John’s United Church (world) music program.• 7:30: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. See May 8.• 7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. ComedyTonight! Henry Renglich, music director;Monique Nadeau, accompanist. Humber ValleyUnited Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke.416-769-9271. $20.• 7:30: Mississauga Children’s Choir. CityScapes. Music exploring sounds and sights ofwith The Junction TrioSt. Anne's Anglican ChurchWednesday May 30th, 7:30 pm270 Gladstone Avenueby donation | free parkingthejunctiontrio.webs.com416-993-5883May 31, 8pmSchafer – CortegeGrieg – Piano Concerto Op. 16in A MinorBeethoven – Symphony No. 3Op. 55 in E Flat Major (Eroica)Boris KrajnypianoUri Mayerconductortorontophilharmonia.comFriday, June 18pmwww.auroraculturalcentre.ca905 713-1818• 8:00: Aurora Cultural Centre. Great ArtistPiano Series: The Gryphon Trio. Works byBeethoven and Arensky. 22 Church St., Aurora.905-713-1818. $30; $25(sr/st).• 8:00: Civic Light Opera. Dear World. SeeMay 23.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Sophie Milman, jazz vocals.Guest: Robi Botos Trio. Massey Hall, 178 VictoriaSt. 416-872-4255. $29.50–$59.50.• 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra.Latin Kaleidoscope. Debussy: Prélude a l’aprèsmidid’un faune; Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez;Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. JeffreyMcFadden, guitar; Sabatino Vacca, conductor.Scarlett Heights Entrepreneurial Academy, 15Trehorne Dr., Etobicoke. 416-239-5665. $25;High Park Choirs / AllegriapresentsFaces of LightA Choral Theatre PieceArtistic Director/Conductor Zimfira PolozCello Shauna Rolston Percussion Jamie DrakeFriday, June 1, 2012 8pmGlenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street WestTickets $35/$30/$25 416-872-4255roythomson.com highparkchoirs.orgHigh Park Choirs is a grateful recipient of Choirs Ontario’s Professional Development Grants for Choirs programme,funded by the Ontario Arts CouncilMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 43

Jubilatesingersjubilate singers.caSaturday June 2, 8 pmTickets: 416-485-1988, at the door, or$20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 studentsIsabel BernausconductorSherry SquiresaccompanistWorldACanadainCalvin Presbyterian Church26 Delisle Avenue ( 1 block north of St. Clair, west off Yonge)Jubilate Singers gratefully acknowledgesthe support of its sponsorsFeaturing music byGlick, Robinovitch,Raminshmodern cities including new work by M. Coghlan.Royal Bank Theatre, Living Arts Centre,4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $25.• 7:30: Vocal Horizons Chamber Choir.Swan Song: A Farewell Concert for Maestro VincentCheng. Hazel Hatimier, soprano; St. RoseSenior Choir; VHCC and Symphony Orchestra;Vincent Cheng, organ and conductor. St. Roseof Lima Church, 3216 Lawrence Ave. E. $15;416-725-7973. $10(sr/st). Reception followingconcert.• 8:00: Acoustic Harvest. The Marigolds. St.Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd.416-264-2235. $22; $20(sr/st).• 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. Sergeant Pepper’sLonely Hearts Club Band. See May 31.• 8:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Michael Danso andCharles Cozens. 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved); $25; $20(industry withID/arts worker).• 8:00: Jubilate Singers. A World in Canada.Music by Canadian composers with various culturalinfluences. Works by Glick, Raminsch,Robinovitch and others. Isabel Bernaus, conductor;Sherry Squires, accompanist. CalvinPresbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 416-485-1988. $20; $15(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: NYCO Symphony Orchestra. CelloNights. Smetana: The Moldau; Tchaikovsky:Rococo Variations; Dvořák: Symphony No.8 inG Op.88. Sybil Herceg-Shanahan, cello; DavidBowser, conductor. Centre for the Arts, St.Michael’s College School, 1515 Bathurst St.416-628-9195. $25; $20(sr); $10(st). 7:30:Pre-concert chat.A. Concerts in the Gta• 8:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. Also 8:00.See May 15.• 8:00: Voices Chamber Choir. To Love andTo Cherish. Music by Mozart, Rachmaninoff,Rutter, Tallis, Willan and others. Ron Ka MingCheung, conductor; John Stephenson, organ.Saint Thomas’s Church, 383 Huron St. 416-519-0528. $20; $15(sr/st).Sunday June 03• 1:30: Choralairs of North York. End of SeasonConcert. Broadway, pop and folk songs.Earl Bales Park Community Centre, 4169 BathurstSt. 416-636-8247 or 905-884-8370.Free.• 2:00: City of Toronto Sunday ConcertSeries. The Juan Tomas Show Band. Light jazz,flamenco, classical guitar and soft rock. ArabelCastillo vocals; Juan Tomas, guitar; guests:Jeanette Ricasio, Tisa Sparks, guitar. ScarboroughCivic Centre, 150 Borough Dr. 416-485-2056. Free.• 2:00: Civic Light Opera. Dear World. SeeMay 23.• 2:00: Dancap Productions. West SideStory. Also 7:30. See May 8.• 2:00: Music at Sharon. Schubert’sWinterreise. Daniel Lichti, bass-baritone;Pentaèdre Wind Ensemble; Joseph Petric, accordion.Sharon Temple National Historic Siteand Museum, 18974 Leslie St. N., Sharon.905-830-4529. $40; $20(st). 1:15: Pre-concertchat.• 2:00: Theatre Sheridan. Rent. See May 15.• 3:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Gabrielle Prata and RobertLongo. 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747.Swan Songa farewell concertforMaestroVincent chengfeaturing:Vincent cheng – conductor, organhazel hetimier – SopranoSt. roSe Senior choirVocal horizonS chamber choir &Symphony orcheStradate & time: June 2nd, 2012 @ 7:30 pmVenue: St. rose of lima church,3216 lawrence avenue east m1h 1a4ticketS: $15 general, $10 Seniors/Studentscall: 416-725-7973or email: info@vocalhorizons.comwww.vocalhorizons.com44 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.416-593-4828 or 416-593-0688(Chinese).$35–$145. Also Jun 7.Thursday June 07• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Christopher James, flute; AaronJames, piano. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donationswelcome.• 12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noonat Met. Marina Tchepel, soprano. 56 Queen St.E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 2:00: Toronto Public Library NorthernDistrict. Orchardviewers: Ensemble Polaris.Arctic fusion band. 40 Orchard View Blvd., Rm.224. 416-393-7619. Free.• 7:30: Canadian Children’s Opera Company/Luminato.Laura’s Cow: The Legend ofLaura Secord. Music by E. Gay; libretto by M.P.Albano. Ann Cooper Gay, conductor. EnwaveTheatre, Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queen’sWednesday May 02• 12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.Outstanding Participants of the Barrie KiwanisMusic Festival. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church,50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5;free(st).• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. Music by S.Flaherty; lyrics by L. Ahrens; book by TerrenceMcNally; based on the novel by E. L. Doctorow.With by Benedict Campbell (Father); PattyJamieson (Mother); Evan Alexander Smith(Younger Brother); Guy Bannerman (Grandfather);Thom Allison (Coalhouse) and others;Paul Sportelli, music director; Jackie Maxwell,stage director. Shaw Festival Theatre, 10Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429. $27.12–$124.35. In previews May3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16–19, 24, 25; opensMay 26; continues May 30, 31, June 1, 3, 6;runs to October 2012; start times vary.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. Music by H. Warren; lyrics by A.Dubin; book by M. Stewart and M. Bramble;based on the novel by B. Ropes. With Sean Arbuckle(Julian Marsh); Kyle Blair (Billy Lawlor);Cynthia Dale (Dorothy Brock); Jennifer RiderShaw (Peggy Sawyer); Naomi Costain (Anne“Anytime Reilly”); and others; Michael Barber,music director; Gary Griffin, stage director.Festival Theatre, 55 Queen St., Stratford.1-800-567-1600. $49–$96; $40–$66(sr);$19–$29(st, with ID). In previews May 2, 4, 5,10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 24, 26; opens May 29; continuesJune 2, 7; runs to October 2012; starttimes vary.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Baroque& Beyond: Musical Jokes. Biber: Battalia;Mozart: Ein musikalischer Spass (a MusicalJoke); Telemann: Grillen-symphonie (CricketSymphony); Haydn: Symphony No.45“Farewell.” Stephen Sitarski, conductor. FirstUnited Church, 16 William St. W.,Waterloo.A. Concerts in the GTAB. Concerts Beyond the GTAQuay W. 416-973-4000. $35; $20(sr); $15(st).Runs to Jun 10.• 7:30: Leaside United Church. Dream theImpossible. Music from Broadway, Hollywoodand more. Guest Brian Roman, voice. LeasideUnited Church Chancel Choir and JuniorChoir; Sharon L. Beckstead, conductor. LeasideUnited Church, 822 Millwood Rd. 416-425-1253. $30; $10(under 12). Proceeds to LeasideUnited Church.• 8:00: Civic Light Opera. Dear World. SeeMay 23.• 8:00: Musica Beth Tikvah. Gala Concert:Remembering Srul. Selections from Srul IrvingGlick’s instrumental compositions. Moshe Hammer,violin; Judy Loman, harp; Valerie Tryon,piano; Anthony Thompson, clarinet; Beth TikvahGala String Orchestra. Beth Tikvah Synagogue,3080 Bayview Ave. 416-221-3433. $36. Proceedsto benefit the Beth Tikvah Musical HeritageFund.1709 07 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Schumann & Shostakovich. See Jun 6.IN THIS ISSUE: Baden, Barrie, Bayfield, Bobcaygeon, Bolton,Brantford, Cobourg, Collingwood, Elora, Erin, Goderich, Guelph,Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Mindemoya,New Hamburg, Niagara on-the-Lake, Owen Sound, Paris,Parry Sound, Peterborough, Port Hope, Simcoe, St. Catharines,Stratford, Waterloo and Whitby.519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $31. AlsoMay 4 (Guelph) and May 5 (Cambridge).• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.Thursday May 03• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. Sean Arbuckle (Pirate King);Kyle Blair (Frederic); Amy Wallis (Mabel Stanley);and others; Franklin Brasz, music director;Ethan McSweeny, stage director. Avon Theatre,99 Downie St., Stratford. 1-800-567-1600. $49–$95. In previews May 3, 5, 8, 9,12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28, 31; opensJune 1; continues June 2, 6; runs to October23; start times vary.Friday May 04• 12:15: St. Jude’s Anglican Church. NoonSeries. Music for organ solo and organ fourhands. Stephanie Burgoyne and William Vandertuin,organ. 81 Peel St., Brantford. 519-752-0965. Free.• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.• 7:30: Peterborough Pop Ensemble. GoodOl’ A Cappella. Guest: Cadence, a cappellaquartet. 1421 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough.705-740-6052. $20; $10(st).• 8:00: Eggplant Entertainment. An Eveningwith Measha Brueggergosman. “I’ve Got ACrush On You” CD release concert, featuringworks by Gershwin, Porter, Lerner & Lowe, R.Sexmith, J. Mitchell, L. Feist and others. WithAaron Davis, piano; Robert Piltch, guitar; MartyMelanson, bass; John Johnson and ChrisMitchell, woodwinds; Dave Burton, drums.Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St., Kingston.613-530-2050. $42.50–$49.50.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Baroque& Beyond: Musical Jokes. Biber: Battalia;Mozart: Ein musikalischer Spass (aMusical Joke); Telemann: Grillen-symphonie(Cricket Symphony); Haydn: Symphony No.45“Farewell.” Stephen Sitarski, conductor. HarcourtUnited Memorial Church, 87 DeanAve., Guelph. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $31. Also May 2 (Waterloo) and May 5(Cambridge).Saturday May 05• 2:00: King Edward Choir. Feathers onthe Page. World premiere of commission byplaywright/composer Leslie Arden. Hi-WayPentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie.705-252-5212. $22/$20(adv); $10(17and under); $55(concert and gala). See listingssection D, “The ETCeteras,” under Galas& Fundraisers.• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.• 3:00: St. Paul’s United Church. Sundays atThree: Variety Concert. Sean Colwell, trumpet;choir and soloists of St. Paul’s. 48 BroadwayW., Paris. 519-752-0965. Free.• 7:30: Bobcaygeon Music Council. LocalComposers and Artists. Featuring music byS. terHart, P. Crouch and B. Vant Erve. TrinityChurch, 42 William St., Bobcaygeon. 705-738-1975. $20; $5(child).• 7:30: Northumberland Orchestra &Choir. A Feast of Baroque. Handel/Hardy:Water Music Suite; Vivaldi: Summer and Winterfrom The Four Seasons; Bach: Magnificat.Michael Newnham, conductor; guest: DavidShewchuk, violin. Trinity United Church, 284Division St., Cobourg. 905-372-2210. $28;$25(sr); $12(st); free(under 12, with accompanyingadult).• 7:30: Serenata Community Choir. SpringSongs. Selection of sacred and secular music.Gary Heard, conductor. St. Paul’s UnitedChurch, 308 King St., Midland. 705-526-4724. $20; $15(st).• 8:00: Da Capo Chamber Choir. CelebratingHome. Works by Schafer, Chatman and otherCanadian composers. Guest: Catherine Robertson,piano. St. John the Evangelist AnglicanChurch, 23 Water St. N., Kitchener. 519-725-7549. $20; $15(sr/st); $5(eyeGO). Also May6(mat).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Baroque& Beyond: Musical Jokes. Biber: Battalia;Mozart: Ein musikalischer Spass (aMusical Joke); Telemann: Grillen-symphonie(Cricket Symphony); Haydn: SymphonyNo.45 “Farewell.” Stephen Sitarski, conductor.Central Presbyterian Church, 7 Queens Sq.,Cambridge. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $31. Also May 2 (Waterloo) and May 4(Guelph).• 8:00: NUMUS. The Element Choir. Newworks for improvisational choir. Element Choir,Christine Duncan, director; Jean Martin, percussion;William Parker, bass; Jim Lewis,trumpet; Eric Robertson, organ. Knox UnitedChurch, 50 Erb St. W., Waterloo. 519-896-3362. $30; $24(sr); $18(under 29); $10(strush).• 8:00: Serenata Music. Trombone: A VoiceThrough Time. Alain Trudel, trombone/conductor;Stephan Sylvestre, piano; Orchestra London.Wolf Performance Hall, London PublicLibrary, 251 Dundas St., London. 519-433-8332. $30; $15(st).• 8:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.Sunday May 06• 2:30: Georgian Music. Nathaniel Dett Chorale.Spiritual, gospel, jazz, blues and classicalworks. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 AnneSt. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. By subscriptiononly.• 2:30: Orchestra Kingston. Light-heartedClassics. David: Concertino for Trombone No.4;and works by von Suppé, Strauss, Tchaikovsky,Palmer and Copland. John Palmer, conductor;guest: Taylor Donaldson, trombone. SalvationArmy Citadel, 802 Centennial Dr., Kingston.613-382-2276. $15; $10.• 3:00: Da Capo Chamber Choir. CelebratingHome. See May 5.• 3:00: La Jeunesse Youth Orchestra. SonicBloom. Works by Mussorgsky, Strauss, Prokofiev,Shostakovich and Dvořák. Port HopeUnited Church, 34 South St., Port Hope.1-866-460-5956. $20; $15(st); $50(family).• 3:00: Wellington Winds. Gandalf MeetsGodzilla. Music by Chance, Whitacre, de Meij,Pryor and Hartman. John Monkhouse, trombone;Jim Edwards, euphonium; Daniel Warren,conductor. Knox Presbyterian Church, 50Erb St. W., Waterloo. 519-579-3097. $20;$15; free(st).• 7:30: Achill Choral Society. Pomp and Circumstance.Music for grand occasions, includingMozart’s Coronation Mass K317. A. DaleWood, conductor. Christ Church Anglican,22 Nancy St., Bolton. 705-435-1091. $20;$12(13 and under).Monday May 07• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Made in Canada Piano Quartet.Brahms: Piano Quartet No.3 in c; Dvořák:Piano Quartet No.2 in Eb Op.87. Angela Park,piano; Elissa Lee, violin; Tawnya Popoff, viola;Rachel Mercer, cello. KWCMS Music Room, 57Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $30;$25(sr); $20(st).Tuesday May 08• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.Wednesday May 09• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 2:30: Seniors Serenade. Moon Glow. GeoffMulholland, piano; John Potts, guitar. CentralUnited Church, 54 Ross St., Barrie. Free.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Made in Canada Piano Quartet.Dvořák: Piano Quartet No.1 in D Op.23. AngelaPark, piano; Elissa Lee, violin; Tawnya Popoff,viola; Rachel Mercer, cello. KWCMS MusicRoom, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $30; $25(sr); $20(st).• 8:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.Thursday May 10• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. NationalChinese Acrobats. Works by Verdi, Mozart,J. Strauss, Massenet, Stravinsky andothers. Hunan Acrobatic Troupe; Evan Mitchell,conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St.N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $19 and up. Also May 11.Friday May 11• 12:15: St. Jude’s Anglican Church. NoonSeries. Andrew Keegan Mackriell, organ. 81Peel St., Brantford. 519-752-0965. Free.• 7:30: Bach Elgar Choir. Mega Vespers.Works by Rachmaninoff, G. Gabrieli, A. Gabrieli,Lassus and Palestrina. Alla Ossipova, alto;46 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

Stanislav Vitort, tenor; guest: Masterworksof Oakville Choir. Melrose United Church, 86Homewood Ave., Hamilton. 905-527-5995.$30; $25(sr); $10(st). Also May 12(WestdaleUnited, Hamilton).• 7:30: Melos Chamber Choir and Orchestra.The Age of Change. Works by Monteverdi,Schutz and Gibbons. St. George’s Cathedral,270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-549-7125.$25; $22(sr); $12(st).• 8:00: Acoustic Muse Concerts. SmalesPace/Change of Pace Folk Reunion #2. WithMose Scarlett, Ken Whiteley, Chris Whiteley,Marianne Girard, Paul Mills and others; DougMcArthur and Ken Palmer, emcees. AeolianHall, 795 Dundas St., London. 519-672-7950or 519-672-1967. $30/$25(adv).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. NationalChinese Acrobats. See May 10.• 8:00: Open Ears/Wilfrid Laurier University/RareCharitable Research Reserve. EnvironmentalRhythms: Jesse Stewart & Friends.The Turret, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 UniversityAve. W., Waterloo. 519-579-8564.$20; $10(st).• 8:00: Perimeter Institute. Classical WorldArtists Series: Evelyn Glennie, percussion.Works by Piazzolla, Reich, Zivkovic, Glennieand others. Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas,31 Caroline St. N., Waterloo. 519-883-4480.$80; $55(st, with ID).• 8:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.Saturday May 12• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.• 7:30: Bach Elgar Choir. Mega Vespers.Works by Rachmaninoff, G. Gabrieli, A. Gabrieli,Lassus and Palestrina. Alla Ossipova, alto;Stanislav Vitort, tenor; guest: Masterworksof Oakville Choir. Westdale United Church, 99North Oval, Hamilton. 905-527-5995. $30;$25(sr); $10(st). Also May 11(Melrose United,Hamilton).• 7:30: Espressivo Singers. Ave Maria: MusicInspired by the Virgin Mary. John-Charles Coolen,director. Westminster United Church, 1850Rossland Rd. E., Whitby. 905-435-3439. $20;$14(12 and under).• 7:30: Huronia Symphony Orchestra. Fromthe New World and Beyond. Dvořák: SymphonyNo.9 in e Op.95; Raum: Sir Gawain and theGreen Knight; Beethoven: Coriolanus Overture;Verdi: Fantasia Rigoletto. Heidi Van Der Wal,clarinet; Oliver Balaburski, conductor. NewLife Brethren in Christ Church, 28 Tracey Ln.,Collingwood. 705-721-4752. $20; $10(st);$5(child). Also May 13 (Barrie).• 7:30: Peterborough Singers. Fauré Requiem.Claire de Sévigné, soprano; Andrew Tees,bass; Ian Sadler, organ; Talisker Players; SydneyBirrell, conductor. George Street UnitedChurch, 534 George St. N., Peterborough.705-745-1820. $30; $10(st).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Wellington Winds Ensembles.Works by Bozza, Grieg, Forte, Koetsier, Prevertand Purves-Smith. KWCMS Music Room, 57Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20;$15(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Open Ears. Natural Resources. Worksfor percussion by J.L. Adams, J.M. Burke, Ledroit,Globokar & Burtner and Southam. TorQPercussion Quartet; insertTITLE; Morris Palter,Nicholas Papador, percussion. Maureen ForresterHall, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 UniversityAve. W., Waterloo. 519-579-8564.$20; $10(st).• 8:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 8:00: TACTUS Vocal Ensemble. OH HEN-RY! Music Fit for a King. Works by and forHenry VIII and music from his court and chapels.Christina Hutten, harpsichord and organ.Church of Our Lady Immaculate, 28 NorfolkSt., Guelph. 519-766-0371 or 519-885-9167.$20; $10(st). POSTPONEDSunday May 13• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 2:30: Niagara Symphony. MasterWorks IV.Estacio: Spring’s Promise; Bruch: Violin ConcertNo.1 in g; Brahms: Symphony No.1 inc. Erika Raum, violin; Bradley Thachuk, conductor.905-688-5550 x3257 or 1-866-617-3257. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, 500 GlenridgeAve., St. Catharines. $49.50; $46.50(sr);$26.50(under 30); $14(child).• 3:00: Kawartha Youth Orchesta. Musicfor Mother’s Day. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture;Schubert: Symphony No.3; Elgar: Pompand Circumstance No.1; Grieg: Wedding Dayat Troldhaugen; Mancini: Pink Panther; Schifrin/Custer:Themefrom Mission Impossible.Michael Newnham, conductor. Market HallTheatre, 140 Charlotte St., Peterborough.705-749-1146. $20/$15(adv); $5(st/WelcomePass).• 3:00: Nota Bene Baroque. Bach MeetsFrederick the Great. Works by Bach, Frederickthe Great and his court composers. Guests:Emma Elkinson, baroque flute; Colin Fox, narrator.Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener.519-745-6565. $28; $25(sr); $15(st);$5(under 18).• 3:30: Huronia Symphony Orchestra. Fromthe New World and Beyond. Dvořák: SymphonyNo.9 in e Op.95; Raum: Sir Gawain and theGreen Knight; Beethoven: Coriolanus Overture;Verdi: Fantasia Rigoletto. Heidi Van Der Wal,clarinet; Oliver Balaburski, conductor. W.A.Fisher Auditorium, 125 Dunlop St. W., Barrie.705-721-4752. $20; $10(st); $5(child). AlsoMay 12 (Collingwood).• 7:30: Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club. AlistairBrown. Chaucer’s Pub, 122 Carling St., London.519-672-1967. $18/$15(adv).Monday May 14• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.Tuesday May 15• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays. You’re a GoodMan, Charlie Brown. Book, music and lyricsby C. Gesner. Stephen Patterson (Snoopy);Erica Peck (Lucy); Ken James Stewart (CharlieBrown); Andrew Broderick (Schroeder);Amy Wallis (Sally); Kevin Yee (Linus); andothers; Donna Feore, director and choreographer.Avon Theatre, 99 Downie St., Stratford.1-800-567-1600. $49–$96; $40–$66(sr);$19–$29(st, with ID). In previews May 15, 16,18, 19, 22, 24, 26; 29; opens May 30; continuesJune 2, 5; runs to October 2012; starttimes vary.Wednesday May 16• 11:00am: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. SeeMay 2.• 12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrew’s. TomLoney, organ; Floyd Hall, saxophone and clarinet.St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 47 OwenSt., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5; free(st).• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays. You’re a GoodMan, Charlie Brown. See May 15.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Lucy Zhang, violin, and Ben Darwin,piano. Works by Beethoven, Debussy, Lau andBrahms. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $15; $10(sr);$8(st).Thursday May 17• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.• 7:15: Skyliners Big Band. Concert andDance. Swing music, Latin standards and ballads.With Maria Branje, vocals. Barrie CityHall, 70 Collier St., Barrie. 705-487-2574.Free.• 8:00: Eggplant Entertainment. An Eveningwith Measha Brueggergosman. Songs by Feist,J. Mitchell, the Gershwins, Porter and more.With Aaron Davis, piano; Robert Piltch, guitar;Marty Melanson, bass; John Johnson and ChrisMitchell, woodwinds; Dave Burton, drums.Showplace, 290 George St. N., Peterborough.705-742-7469. $49.50.• 8:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. SeeMay 2.Friday May 18• 12:15: St. Jude’s Anglican Church. NoonSeries. Joel Vanderzee, organ. 81 Peel St.,Brantford. 519-752-0965. Free.• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays. You’re a GoodMan, Charlie Brown. See May 15.• 8:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.Saturday May 19• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays. You’re a GoodMan, Charlie Brown. See May 15.Sunday May 20• 3:00: Serenata Music. Music Alive! TrioDésirée (Désirée Till, soprano; Coenraad Bloemendal,cello; Erica Goodman, harp); with DonThompson, piano. Wolf Performance Hall, LondonPublic Library, 251 Dundas St., London.519-433-8332. $30; $15(st).• 7:30: Music at St. Mark’s. Lord NelsonMass. Haydn. St. Mark’s choir and orchestra.Atis Bankas, leader; Michael Tansley, conductor.St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 41 Byron St.,Niagara-on-the-Lake. 905-468-3123. $20.Monday May 21• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.Tuesday May 22• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays. You’re a GoodMan, Charlie Brown. See May 15.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Trio Concertante. Beethoven: TrioNo.2; Curcin: Gypsy; Schubert: Trio No.1 in B-flat. Nancy Dahn, violin; Simon Fryer, cello;Timothy Steeves, piano. KWCMS Music Room,57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.$30; $25(sr); $20(st).Wednesday May 23• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.Thursday May 24• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays. You’re a GoodMan, Charlie Brown. See May 15.Friday May 25• 12:15: St. Jude’s Anglican Church. NoonSeries. Randy Mills, organ. 81 Peel St., Brantford.519-752-0965. Free.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.• 7:30: Centre for the Arts, Brock University.Straight No Chaser. Jazz a cappellaensemble. 905-688-5550 x3257 or 1-866-617-3257. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, 500 GlenridgeAve., St. Catharines. $35.• 8:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.Saturday May 26• 1:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.• 3:00: Classics in the Country ConcertSeries. Yunova Taranova, piano. Original classicalcompositions, improvisations and arrangements.Elora Centre for the Performing Arts,75 Melville St., Elora. 416-978-8849. $25;$19(sr/st). Also 5:00.• 5:00: Classics in the Country ConcertSeries. Yunova Taranova, piano. See 3:00.• 7:00: Guelph Youth Singers. Celebrate theSky. Classical repertoire, folk, jazz and spirituals.Ken Gee, piano; Linda Beaupré, conductor.River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St., Guelph.519-763-3000. $25; $19(sr/st).• 7:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.• 7:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays. You’re a GoodMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 47

Man, Charlie Brown. See May 15.• 7:30: Guelph Concert Band. The Reel Musicof Spielberg. Music from classic Spielberg filmssuch as Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Schindler’sList and others. Colin Clarke, conductor;guest: John F. Ross Choir. Salvation Army Citadel,1320 Gordon St., Guelph. 519-763-8969.$15; $10(sr/st); $5(eyeGO/children).James Ehnes &Beethoven’s Ninth"One of the leading artistsof his generation"MAY 267:30pm • Hamilton Placehpo.org or 905.526.7756• 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.James Ehnes and Beethoven’s Ninth. Beethoven:Violin Concerto; Symphony No.9. JamesEhnes, violin; Mireille Asselin, soprano; OlenkaSlywynska, alto; Thomas Macleay, tenor; JohnFanning, bass; Chorus Niagara; Bach ElgarChoir; James Sommerville, conductor. HamiltonPlace, 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton. 905-526-7756. $18–$64; $18–$61(sr); $10(14–29);$5(under 14); $69.99(incl. dinner at Incognito).• 7:30: Lyrica Chamber Choir of Barrie.Shakespeare in Song. Works by Vaughan-Williams,Diemer, Bissell, Rutter, Matthias and Harris.Burton Avenue United Church, 37 BurtonAve., Barrie. 705-722-0271. $15; $12(sr/st).• 8:00: Drumhand. A Rhythmic Feast. Amalgamationof Latin, African and jazz music forvariety of percussive instruments. Marcus Ali,saxophones/flutes/voice; David Chan, percussion/voice;Larry Graves, percussion/voice;Rebecca Hennessy, trumpet/voice; StefanoMancuso, percussion/voice. East St. Station,1 Maitland Rd. N., Goderich. 519-524-5612.$18/$15(adv). Also May 31 (Kingston).• 8:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.Sunday May 27• 4:00: Hamilton Children’s Choir. This isThe Day: HCC Annual Spring Concert. ZimfiraPoloz, conductor; guest: TorQ Percussion Quartet.Great Hall, Hamilton Place, 10 MacnabSt. S., Hamilton. 905-527-1618 or 905-526-7686. $25; $20(sr); $15(st/child).• 7:30: Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club. NorthSea Gas. Scottish folk band. Chaucer’s Pub,122 Carling St., London. 519-672-1967.$18/$15(adv).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Penderecki String Quartet. Beethoven:String Quartet No.12 Op.127; String QuartetNo.13 Op.130. Maureen Forrester Hall, WilfridLaurier University, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo.519-886-1673. $30; $25(sr); $20(st).B. Concerts Beyond the GTAMonday May 28• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.• 7:30: New Hamburg Live! Festival of theArts. Tales of the Theatre: Volume II. Writtenand performed by Barry MacGregor. With LauraPudwell, mezzo; Charlene Nafziger, piano. St.George’s Anglican Church, 3 Byron St., NewHamburg. 519-662-6757. $20.Tuesday May 29• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays. You’re a Good Man,Charlie Brown. See May 15.• 7:00: Tafelmusik/Sweetwater Music Festival.Community Concert. Georgian ShoresUnited Church, 997 4th Ave. E., Owen Sound.416-670-2560. PWYC.• 7:30: New Hamburg Live! Festival of theArts. The Canadian Brass. Steinmann MennoniteChurch, 1316 Snyder’s Rd. W., Baden. 519-662-6757. $20.• 8:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.Wednesday May 30• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 7:00: New Hamburg Live! Festival of theArts. Red Peppers Dixieland Jazz Band. NewHamburg Community Centre, 251 Jacob St.,New Hamburg. 519-662-6757. $20.• 7:00: Tafelmusik. Education Concert. MindemoyaMissionary Church, 51 Yonge St., Mindemoya.705-377-4818. $TBA.• 8:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays. You’re a Good Man,Charlie Brown. See May 15.Thursday May 31• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.• 7:30: New Hamburg Live! Festival of theArts/Essential Opera. Handel’s Alcina. SteinmannMennonite Church, 1316 Snyder’s Rd. W.,Baden. 519-662-6757. $20.• 7:30: Tafelmusik/Festival of the Sound.Evening Concert. Charles W. Stockey Centre, 2Bay St., Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061. $37;$30(sr/st).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Penderecki String Quartet with MartinBeaver, violin, and Clive Greensmith, cello. Kodály:Duo for Violin and Cello Op.7; Glière: SextetNo.3 Op.11; Brahms: Sextet No.2 Op.36 in G.KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.519-886-1673. $30; $25(sr); $20(st).• 9:00: Drumhand. A Rhythmic Feast. Amalgamationof Latin, African and jazz music forvariety of percussive instruments. Marcus Ali,saxophones/flutes/voice; David Chan, percussion/voice;Larry Graves, percussion/voice;Rebecca Hennessy, trumpet/voice; StefanoMancuso, percussion/voice. The Mansion Barand Restaurant, 506 Princess St., Kingston.613-531-0003. TBA. Also May 26 (Goderich).Friday June 01• 11:30: Shaw Festival. Trouble in Tahiti. Musicand libretto by Bernstein. Elodie Gillett (Dinah);Mark Uhre (Sam); and others; Paul Sportelli,music director; Jay Turvey, stage director. CourtHouse Theatre, 26 Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429. $36.16. In previewsJune 2, 6, and other dates in June; opens on July7 and runs to October 7.• 1:00: New Hamburg Live! Festival ofthe Arts. The Factory Arts String Quartet. St.George’s Anglican Church, 3 Byron St., NewHamburg. 519-662-6757. $15.• 7:30: Grand River Chorus. Summertime andthe Livin’ is Easy. Guests: BCI Barbershop Chorus;Here Comes Treble featuring Shawn Oakes.St. James United Church, 150 Colborne St. S.,Simcoe. 519-756-7747. $25; $20(st); $5(highschool/under 21). Also Jun 2 (Brantford).• 7:30: New Hamburg Live! Festival of theArts. John McDermott with the John McDermottTrio. Steinmann Mennonite Church, 1316 Snyder’sRd. W., Baden. 519-662-6757. $25.• 7:30: Sound Investment Community Choir.Bernstein & Broadway. Bernstein: ChichesterPsalms; and Broadway classics. Brian Rae,conductor; Keiko Yoden-Kuepfer, accompanist;guests: Erica Goodman, harp; Andrew Morris,percussion. Trinity United Church, 140 MapleSt., Collingwood. 705-293-0573. $20; free(12and under). Also June 2.• 7:30: Sound Investment Community Choir.Bernstein & Broadway. See June 1.• 8:00: Boardwalk Gaming Centre, Barrie:Bravado ROCKS! Bravado Show Choir with Melodyin Me Dancers. Georgian Theatre, 1 GeorgianDr., Barrie. 705-737-2646. $20; $70(fourtickets).• 8:00: Port Hope Friends of Music. Tafelmusik.Port Hope United Church, 34 SouthSt., Port Hope. 905-797-2295. $40; $37(sr);$13(st).• 8:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 8:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.Saturday June 02• 10:30am: New Hamburg Live! Festival ofthe Arts. The River Rolls. Music by C. Nafzigerand M. Erb; lyrics by P. Knowles. Premiere ofnew folk fusion song cycle. Erin Bardua, soprano;Charlene Nafziger, piano; Mike Erb, guitar.St. George’s Anglican Church, 3 Byron St., NewHamburg. 519-662-6757. $15.• 11:00am: Bayfield Festival of Song. CoffeeConcert: Schubert in the Morning. AndreaCerswell, soprano; Alexandra Beley, mezzo; AndrewHaji, tenor; David Roth, baritone; StephenRalls and Bruce Ubukata, piano. Town Hall, ClangregorSquare, Bayfield. 416-735-7982 or 519-565-5600. $25; $10(st). Festival continues toJune 10.• 11:30: Shaw Festival. Trouble in Tahiti. SeeJun 1.• 2:00: Classics in the Country Concert Series.Antonitas D’Havila. Gypsy flamenco guitar.Erin United Church, 115 Main St., Erin. 416-978-8849. $25; $19(sr/st).• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays. You’re a Good Man,Charlie Brown. See May 15.• 7:30: Chorus Niagara. Deep in my Heart.Operetta arias and highlights. Works by Lehar,Herbert, Romberg, Friml and Porter. Leslie AnnBradley, soprano; Christopher Enns, tenor; BenjaminCovey, baritone; Chorus Niagara; NiagaraSymphony; Virginia Reh, conductor. SeanO’Sullivan Theatre, Brock University, 500 GlenridgeAve., St. Catherines. 905-688-5550x3257. $35; $33(sr); $15(st). Also Jun 3(mat).• 7:30: Classics in the Country Concert Series.Antonitas D’Havila. Gypsy flamenco guitar.Elora Centre for the Performing Arts, 75 MelvilleSt., Elora. 416-978-8849. $25; $19(sr/st). Also 9:30.48 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

• 7:30: Grand River Chorus. Summertime andthe Livin’ is Easy. Guest: BCI Barbershop Chorus;Here Comes Treble featuring Shawn Oakes.Hope Christian Reformed Church, 64 BuchananCres., Brantford. 519-756-7747. $25; $20(st);$5(high school/under 21). Also Jun 1 (Simcoe).• 7:30: New Hamburg Live! Festival of theArts. The Peterborough Pop Ensemble. SteinmannMennonite Church, 1316 Snyder’s Rd. W.,Baden. 519-662-6757. $20.• 8:00: Bayfield Festival of Song. Upstairs/Downstairs. Virginia Hatfield, soprano; MeganLatham, mezzo; Geoffrey Sirett, baritone; StephenRalls and Bruce Ubukata, piano. Town Hall,Clangregor Square, Bayfield. 416-735-7982 or519-565-5600. $35.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. QuartetFest Participants. KWCMSMusic Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $15; $10(sr); $8(st).• 8:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.• 9:30: Classics in the Country Concert Series.Antonitas D’Havila. See 7:30.Sunday June 03• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.• 2:30: Bayfield Festival of Song. Diamonds fora Queen. Andrea Cerswell, soprano; Alexandra Beley,mezzo; Andrew Haji, tenor; David Roth, baritone;Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata, piano.Town Hall, Clangregor Square, Bayfield. 416-735-7982 or 519-565-5600. $35; $10(st).• 3:00: Chorus Niagara. Deep in my Heart.See Jun 2.• 3:00: New Hamburg Live! Festival of theArts. Gospel Concert. Denise Pelley, Nick Settimiand Vicki St. Pierre, vocals; Charlene Nafziger,piano; Mike Erb, guitar; Tom Cummings, vibes.Steinmann Mennonite Church, 1316 Snyder’s Rd.W., Baden. 519-662-6757. $15.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. QuartetFest Participants. KWCMSMusic Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $15; $10(sr); $8(st).Tuesday June 05• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays. You’re a Good Man,Charlie Brown. See May 15.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. KarFout Trio Fundraising Concert.Pierre-André Pashley, violin; Hee-Yeon Kim,cello; Janelle Timmerman, piano. KWCMS MusicRoom, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. Admission by donation, minimum $15;$10(st).Wednesday June 06• 11:30: Shaw Festival. Trouble in Tahiti. SeeJun 1.• 12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.Hungarian Showcase. Works by Liszt, Kodály andRota. Mary Kenedi, piano. Hi-Way PentecostalChurch, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. $5; free(st).• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Piratesof Penzance. See May 3.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Boris Krajny, piano. Haydn: SonataNo.50 in D; Beethoven: Sonata in e Op.90;Chopin: Polonaise Op.61; Grieg: Seven LyricalPieces; Janáček: On the Overgrown Path. KW-CMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.519-886-1673. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).• 8:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See May 2.Thursday June 07• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See May 2.May 1 – June 7, 2012Alleycatz2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865www.alleycatz.caEvery Mon 8pm Salsa Night w DJ Frank Bischun,w lessons. Every Tue 8:30pm Carlo Berardinucciand the Double A Jazz Swing Band,with lessons $5 Cover. Every Wed 8:30pmSwingin’ Jazz and Blues, Funky R&B w GraycefulDaddies. Every Thu Soul, R&B and Reggae;$4 Refreshments, No Cover. Fri and SatFunk, Soul, Reggae, R&B, Top 40 $10 Cover w/out dinner reservations. May 3 Local Music isSexy. May 4, 5 Lady Kane. May 10, 11, 12 Ascension.May 17 Uptown. May 18 EmersonStreet Rhythm Band. May 19 Soular. May 24911 Night w/Firesound. May 25, 26 Ascension.May 31 Lady Kane.Aquila Restaurant347 Keele St. 416-761-7474Live Blues Wednesday to Saturday Nights 9pm.Open Jam Sundays 4-8pm.Artword Artbar15 Colbourne St., Hamilton. 905-543-8512www.artword.netMay 2 8pm Humble Trio: Thomas Mason (guitar);Kevin Fraser (bass); Luke Paron (drums).May 3 8pm Catherine North Studio: Lost &Found. PWYC. May 4 8pm Carolyn Credico JazzQuartet: Carolyn Credico (vocals); Chris Bruder(piano); Jordan Snider (drums); Victor Vrankulj(bass). May 5 Guitar Hamilton Guitar FestivalFundraiser w/ Emma Rush (classical guitar);Chris Cowsill (singer-songwriter); Alfie Smith(blues guitar). Admission by donation. May 98pm Singer-songwriter Showcase, Richard Garvey(host) $5. May 10 8pm Tiger Suit $5. May11 8pm A Touch of Klez $PWYC. May 12 8pmFlamenguitos del Norte $20/$15(adv). May 168pm Andy and Ariana $TBA. May 17 8pm SeanDowhaniuk (jazz guitar) $TBA. May 18 8pmBlues/Folk/Jazz with Josh White Jr. $15 (reservationsrequired). May 19 8pm Woodshed Orchestra,Joe Lapinski. May 24 8pm Classical &Jazz Piano w/ Aaron Zukewich, $TBA. May 268pm Lemon Bucket Orkestra $15/$12(adv).Azure Restaurant & Barat the Intercontinental Hotel225 Front St. W. 416-597-3701www.azurerestaurant.caEvery Thu, Fri, Sat 5:30-10:30pm Dan BodanisTrio w Bernie Senensky and SteveWallace.Black Swan, The154 Danforth Ave. 416-469-0537Every Wed 9:30pm The Danforth Jam w JonLong and Friends.Publicity, press kits& image consultingfor performers416.544.1803www.lizpr.comC. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)Bon Vivant Restaurant1924 Avenue Rd. 416-630-5153www.bonvivantdining.comEvery Thu Bill Naphan Solo Guitar 6-9pm.Every Fri 6-9pm Margaret Stowe Solo Guitar.Castro’s Lounge2116 Queen St. E. 416-699-8272www.castroslounge.comNo Cover/PWYC.Every Sun 4pm Live jazz. Every Mon 9:30pmRockabilly Night. Every Tue Quiet Revolution:acoustic songwriter jam night w/ host Andrea deBoer. Every Wed 9:30pm Smokey Folk (Bluegrass/Rockabilly).Every Thu 9:30pm JerryLegere and the Situation.C’est What67 Front St. E. 416-860-9000www.cestwhat.com (full schedule)Sat May 5, 19 3-6pm Hot Five Jazzmakers $5.Sun May 13, 27 3-6pm Jazz with Del Dako andGuests No Cover/PWYCChalkers Pub, Billiards & Bistro247 Marlee Ave. 416-789-2531www.chalkerspub.com (full schedule)Every Tue 7:30-10:30pm Grand Tuesdays:Robi Botos on solo piano. Every Wed 8pm-midnightGirls Night Out Vocalist-Friendly Jazz Jamw host Lisa Particelli (vocals/flute); Peter Hill(piano); Ross MacIntyre (bass); Norman MarshallVilleneuve (drums) PWYC. May 5 6-9pmFern Lindzon Quartet $10. Fern Lindzon (piano/vocals); Michael Davidson (vibes);Mike Mc-Clennan (bass); Mark Segger (drums). May12 6-9pm Nancy Walker Quintet $10. NancyWalker (piano); Shirantha Beddage (baritonesax/bass clarinet); Ted Quinlan (guitar); KieranOvers (bass); Ethan Ardelli (drums). May13 7-10pm Carter Brokorb Trio $10. May 196-9pm Don Thompson Trio $10. Don Thompson(piano); John MacLeod (trumpet); Mike Downes(bass). May 25 7:30pm Don Braden/Julie MichelsProject $25. Don Braden (saxophone andflute); Michels (vocals); Dave Restivo (piano); KieranOvers (bass); Daniel Barnes (drums). May26 6-9pm Mark Eisenman Trio $10; 9:30pm-2am Soul Stew No Cover.Cherry Street Restaurant, The275 Cherry St. 416-461-5111All shows: 7:30-10:30pm. $10 Coverwww.cherryst.caMay 3 Shannon Butcher. May 10 Allison AuQuartet. May 17 Joel Hartt. May 24 MelissaLauren Quartet. May 31 Max Sennitt Trio.thewholenote.com 49

CHRISTINE LIMBeat by Beat | In the ClubsJumpin’ Year Roundori dAGAnThe first tendays of summerwill markthe 26th editionof the TD TorontoJazz Festival,which, according toa press release I justreceived, promisesthat “500,000music lovers will beentertained as 1,500musicians take overthe city, performing350+ concerts in10 days.”Allison Auat the Cherry StreetRestaurant.It’s safe to say that these numbers would be significantly lowerwere it not for the festival’s Club Series, featuring many venuesfamiliar to readers of this column and artists who are at those venuesmonth in and month out. So another way of looking at it would be tosay that the local club scene is a jazz festival year round! Here aresome of the fish who are already jumpin’.Hogtown’s Very Own … Syncopators!The only quintet with a weekly house gig at The Rex Hotel, theHogtown Syncopators play every Friday from 4pm to 6pm. Full ofgood cheer, the band bursts at the seams with talent: Terra Hazeltonon vocals and snare drum; Drew Jurecka on violin, sax and vocals;Jay Danley on guitar and vocals; Richard Whiteman on piano; andJames Thomson on bass. Sweet, saucy and sentimental songs fromthe 1920s, 30s and 40s, as well as band originals, make HS a fineway to beat the blues. This month: May 4, 11, 18 and 25.Surely MurleyMike Murley’s fluid phrasing and scrumptious tone single him out asone of the finest horn players in the country, so it isn’t surprising tofind him exploring the challenges of solo saxophone. However, thisactive adventurer plays in a number of contexts: duos with guitaristDavid Occhipinti; in the trio Broadview with bassist Rich Brown anddrummer Ted Warren; in various quartet settings featuring the likesof Dave Liebman and David Braid; and, most recently, leading hisown septet: Murley on tenor, compositions and arrangements; TaraDavidson on soprano and alto saxes; Kevin Turcotte on trumpet;Terry Promane on trombone; David Braid on piano; Jim Vivian onbass; and Ted Warren on drums. A flock of local jazz fans and touristswill likely mean folks being turned away at the group’s festivalgig on June 30 — so catch the septet this month, May 17 at The Rex,for a sneak peek.Swingin’ at the GateThe Rex isn’t the only place to present live jazz and blues everysingle day of the week in Toronto — there is another, and it alsofeatures a real piano, reasonable menu and affordable pints. Locatedat 403 Roncesvalles Ave., Gate 403 is less central than The Rex butsimilarly casual; less roomy but arguably more charming. Musicianslike this place not because the gigs are lucrative, (please tip generouslyas paper makes less noise!) but because when filled withhumans, it has a certain kind of magic.Always entertaining, the Richard Whiteman & Laura Hubert JazzBand recently began performing at Gate 403 on Monday nights.With Whiteman making that piano sound brand new and Hubertenchanting listeners with her inimitable style, this band swings allcontinued on page 52Classico Pizza & Pasta2457 Bloor St. W. 416-763-1313Every Thu 7pm Jazz Guitarist Nate RennerNo Cover.Cobourg, The533 Parliament St. 416-913-7538Jazz Sundays 9pmNo CoverCoco Rogue Chocolate Lounge, The2097 Yonge St. 416-901-2626www.coco-rogue.comEvery Thu John Campbell No Cover. Every Friand Sat Alex James No Cover.Communist’s Daughter, The1149 Dundas St. W. 647-435-0103Every Sat 4-7pm Gypsy Jazz w Michael Johnson& Red Rhythm: Michael Louis Johnson(trumpet/vocals) Roberto Rosenman (guitar)Terry Wilkins (bass).DeSotos1079 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-651-2109Every Thu 8pm-midnight Open Mic Jazz Jam,hosted by Double A Jazz. Every Sun 11am-2pm Brunch w Double A Jazz and Guest.Dominion on Queen500 Queen St. E. 416-368-6893www.dominiononqueen.comEvery Sun 11am-3pm Rockabilly Brunch.Every Tue 8:30pm Corktown Django Jam whost Wayne Nakamura PWYC. Every Wed CorktownUke Jam 8pm. Every Sat Ronnie Hayward4:00-7:30pm. May 5 9pmYoung KimQuartet $10. May 25 9pm Havana to Toronto whost Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo $10. May 26 9pmBlues Series: Bradleyboy MacArthur. May 277pm Musical Theatre Cabaret PWYC.Dovercourt House805 Dovercourt Rd. 416-537-3337www.odd-socks.org (full schedule)Fri May 19 9:10pm-1am 3rd Friday BluesDance Party with Fraser Daley Blues Band.Dance $10; $13 with class. Every Sat 9pm-1am Saturday Night Swing: Dance featuring LiveSwing Bands and dance lessons. Dance $13;$15 with one class, $18 with both. SaturdayBands: May 5 Roberta Hunt & the Gents. May12 Hot Five Jazzmakers. May 19 Mike DaleySwing Band.EDO Sushi484 Eglinton Ave. W. 416-322-3033All shows 7:30–10:30pm. No Cover.Every Thu Jazz with Tony Quarrington (guitar)with guests: May 3 Bonnie Brett (vocals); RichardWhiteman (bass). May 10 Serafin LaRiviere(vocals); Lee Saba Hutchinson (bass). May17 Zoey Adams (vocals); Chris Robinson (reed/vocals). May 24 Beverly Taft (vocals); JordanO’Connor (bass). May 31 Ori Dagan (vocals);Ross MacIntyre (bass).Emmet Ray, The924 College St. 416-792-4497All shows: 9pm. PWYC.www.theemmetray.com (full schedule)May 2 Alistair Christl. May 3 John Wayne Swingtet.May 6 Tin Can Man. May 7 The Musicof Bill Frisell: Ryan Butler, Michael Herrin andEthan Ardelli. May 8 Peter Boyd and the MutantDuo. May 9 Box Full of Cash. May 14 TheC. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)Music of Ben Monder: Ryan Butler, Felicity Williams,Dan Fortin and Mark Segger. May 16Alistair Christl. May 17 Vokurka’s Vicarious VirtuosoViolin. May 20 Shafton Thomas Funk Fusion.May 21 Errunriv. May 23 Alistair Christl.May 24 Mikko Hilden: Trio Manouche. May 27Tropical Punch. May 28 Vaughan Misener Trio.May 30 Alistair Christl.Flying Beaver Pubaret, The488 Parliament St. 647-347-6567www.pubaret.com (full schedule)May 3 7:30pm Momo and Friends Sing$15/$10(adv). May 10 7:30pm Tabby Johnson$20/$15(adv). May 18 9pm Vincent Wolfe$15/$10(adv). May 19 7:30pm Ori DaganQuartet $20/$15(adv); 9:30pm Serafin LaRiviere$TBA. May 31 7:30pm Julie Michels$20/$15(adv).Gallery Studio, The2877 Lake Shore Blvd., Etobicoke.416-253-0285www.thegallerystudiocafe.caEvery Tue Jazz Jam with Humber College walumni house band: Riley O’Connor (drums);Scott Kemp (bass); Scott Metcalf (piano); ShiranthaBeddage (saxophone); Lee Wallace (guitar).Every Thu 7pm Kirk MacDonald/AlHenderson Duo $7. Every Sat 4:30-7pm TheCooking Channel No Cover. Every Sun 1:30pmBirds of a Feather; 4pm Fair Trade; 7pm ElizabethMartins Quartet No Cover. May 3 8pmLorenzo Castelli $5. May 9 7:30pm UptownSwing Band $8. May 11 8pm James BrownTrio $10. May 12 6:30pm Young Jik Kim Quartet;9:30pm NIIC. May 17 8pm Chelsea Mc-Bride $5. May 18 8pm Brad Chesseman Group$5. May 24 8pm Chelsea McBride $5. May 258:30pm Ernesto Cervini Quartet $10.Gate 403403 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-588-2930www.gate403.comAll shows: PWYC.May 1 5pm Kelsey McNuly Jazz Band; 9pm JulianFauth Blues Night. May 2 5pm Brian Coberand Aslan Gotov Blues Duo; 9pm Kurt Nielsenand Richard Whiteman Jazz band. May 35pm Melissa Lauren Jazz Band; 9pm JustineCampbell Jazz Band. May 4 5pm Mike FieldJazz Band; 9pm Max Senitt Y Sus Amigos.May 5 5pm Bill Heffernan & Friends; 9pm AllisonAu Jazz Band. May 6 5pm Joel Hartt &Mark Kieswetter Jazz Duo; 9pm Peter EastmureJazz Band. May 7 5pm Tom McGill; 9pm RichardWhiteman/Laura Hubert Jazz Band. May8 5pm Gosia Faryna; 9pm Julian Fauth BluesNight. May 9 5pm Brian Cober and Aslan GotovBlues Duo; 9pm Victor Monsivais Trio. May10 5pm Allison Au Jazz Band; 9pm Sabor LatinJazz Band. May 11 5pm Christopher SimmonsJazz Trio; 9pm Fraser Melvin Blues Band. May12 5pm Bill Heffernan & Friends; 9pm DennisGaumon Blues Duo. May 13 5pm Dan Mock &Alan Zemaitis; 9pm Wendy Irvine Jazz Quartet.May 14 5pm Denis Schigh; 9pm Richard Whiteman/LauraHubert Jazz Band. May 15 5pm ChrisGale Jazz Band; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night.May 16 5pm Brian Cober and Aslan Gotov BluesDuo; 9pm Lara Solnicki Jazz Band. May 17 5pmGia & the Unpredictable Update; 9pm StringTheory Collective. May 18 5pm Ventana 5 JazzBand; 9pm Sweet Derrick Blues Band. May 195pm Bill Heffernan & Friends; 9pm Patrick Tevlin’sNew Orleans Rhythm. May 20 5pm CindyUrech Jazz Duo; 9pm Robin Banks Jazz Band.50 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

May 21 5pm Erica Romero Trio; 9pm RichardWhiteman/Laura Hubert Jazz Band. May 225pm Jeffrey Hewer Jazz Band; 9pm Julian FauthJazz Band. May 23 5pm Brian Cober and AslanGotov Blues Duo; 9pm Jesse Boxer-MeyrowitzJazz Band. May 24 5pm Vincent Bertucci JazzBand; 9pm Kevin Laliberté Jazz & Flamenco Trio.May 25 5pm Sam Broverman Jazz Duo; 9pmDonné Roberts Band. May 26 5pm Bill Heffernan& Friends; 9pm Denielle Bassels Jazz Band.May 27 5pm Anything Goes; 9pm BrownmanAkoustic Trio. May 28 5pm Noah Sherman JazzBand; 9pm Richard Whiteman/Laura Hubert JazzBand. May 29 5pm Lorenzo Castelli Jazz Quinet;9pm Julian Fauth Blues Band. May 30 5pmBrian Cober and Aslan Gotov Blues Duo; 9pmJorge Gavidia Jazz & Blues Band. May 31 5pmMary McKay Trio; 9pm Das Kaff Jazz Band.Gladstone Hotel1214 Queen St. W. 416-531-4635All shows are free unless otherwise indicated.www.gladstonehotel.comMay 1 9pm Jon Brooks $10. May 2 9pm Moo’dSwing. May 3 9pm Toronto Blues Society Presents:Morgan Davis. May 6 9am-4pm SundayAcoustic Family (Melody Bar); 2pm-5pmGreat Canadian Fiddle Session (Art Bar). May9 9pm Swing Night with Combo Royale. May11 9pm Soozimusic. May 13, 27 2:00-5:30pmOld Time Jam.Grossman’s Tavern“Toronto’s Home of the Blues”379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-1210www.grossmanstavern.com (full schedule)All shows: No Cover.Every Sat 4-8pm The Happy Pals matinee.Every Sun 4-8pm New Orleans ConnectionAllstars; 9:30pm-2am The Nationals w BrianCober: Double Slide Guitar Open Stage Jam.Every Mon 9:30 No Band Required. EveryWed 9:30pm Bruce Domoney. May 1 Miz Debbieand the Don Valley Stompers. May 2 BruceDomoney. May 4 Sandi Marie; Eddie and theProfessor. May 5 The Happy Pals; City Soul.May 11 Laura Hubert. May 12 The Happy Pals;Chloe Watkinson and the Crossroads. May 13New Orleans Connection Allstars; The Nationals.May 18 Blue Nash. May 19 The Happy Pals;TBA. May 26 The Happy Pals; Caution Jam.May 29 Allstars from Grossman Amy Fund.Harlem Restaurant67 Richmond St. E. 416-368-1920www.harlemrestaurant.com (full schedule)All shows: No Cover.Every Mon 8pm-12am Open Jam Night withCarolyn T Band with opening guest. Every Fri/Sat 7:30-11:30pm Jazz/Blues.Harlem Underground Restaurant/Bar745 Queen St. W. 416-366-4743www.harlemrestaurant.com/undergroundEvery Tue John Campbell. Every Thu CarlBray Trio. Every Fri, Sat Carl Bray.Hirut Restaurant2050 Danforth Ave. 416-551-7560Every Wed 8pm Open Mic with Gary 17. EverySat 2pm Open Jam.Home Smith Bar – See Old Mill, TheHot House Café35 Church St. 416-366-7800www.hothousecafe.comEvery Sun 11am-3pm. Brunch with Jazz ZoneNo Cover.Hotel Ocho195 Spadina Ave. 416-593-0885www.hotelocho.comEvery Wed Twosomes & Threeways Series: allshows 8pm, $5.May 2 Two Perfect Gentlemen. May 9 ChrisHercules (spoken word), Aubrey McGhee (saxophone)and Conrad Gayle (keys). May 16 OriDagan (vocals); Tom Cummings (vibraphone).May 23 Lesley Young Trio. May 30 SharronMcLeod (vocals); Kevin Barrett (guitar).Hugh’s Room“Toronto’s home of live Folk and Roots”2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604www.hughsroom.com (full schedule)All shows start at 8:30pm unless otherwisenoted.May 2, 3 Loudon Wainwright III: CD Release$45/$42.50(adv). May 4, 5 Borrowed Tunes:A Tribute to Neil Young feat Tom Wilson, LeeHarvey Osmond, Oh Susanna, Liam Titcomb,The Undesirables and more $32.50/$30(adv).May 6 International Bellydance Confererenceof Canada Closing Night Performancefeat Arabesque Orchestra with Bassam Bishara$25/$20(adv). May 8 Wade Benson: CDRelease with Arun Pal Band $18/$15(adv).May 9 Susie Arioli: “All the Way” CD Release$25/$22.50(adv). May 10 Dave Gunningwith guest Ron Nigrini $22.50/$20(adv).May 11 Colin Hay $27.50/$25(adv). May12 Tom Chapin $27.50/$25(adv). May15 Cadence $25/$20(adv). May 16 OldMan Luedecke; opening set by Del Barber$25/$22(adv). May 17 Benefit for TorontoDrug Treatment Court with Lexy Smith-Doughtyand Martha Meredith $30 or $50 for 2.May 18 Shakura S’Aida $32.50/$30(adv).May 19 The Sparrow Songs: A Country SongString $22.50/$20(adv). May 23 Jorge Martinez$32.50/$30(adv). May 24 Jack deKeyzer $20/$18(adv). May 25 Soul Influence$20/$18(adv). May 26 Russell deCarle$27.50/$25(adv). May 27 Cris Williamson$25/$22.50(adv). May 28 Marc Cohn$50/$45(adv). May 29 Jane Harbury PresentsDiscoveries: Tia Brazda, Chris Casserly,Rudy Silvamer & Mary Stewart $17/$15(adv).May 30 John McDermott: CD Release$37.50/$35(adv). May 31 Regeneration CommunityServices Benefit Concert w/ Toronto All-Star Big Band $30/$25(adv).Jazz Room, TheLocated in the Huether Hotel, 59 King St. N.,Waterloo. 226-476-1565www.kwjazzroom.comAll attendees must be 19+; opening acts at6pm, headliners (listed below) at 8:30pm.May 4 New Vibes Quartet $12. May 5 MichaelWood Quartet $18. May 11 Tesseract Quintet.May 12 Terry Clarke Trio. May 18 Mark SeggerSextet $15. May 19 Lorne Lofsky/Roddy EliasQuartet $20. May 25 Pram Trio $12. May 26Duncan Hopkins Trio $16.Joe Mama’s317 King St. W. 416-340-6469Live music every nightAll shows: No Cover.Every Sun 7-11pm Nathan Hiltz Trio & SpecialGuests. Every Mon 7:30-11:30pm SoulMondays. Every Tue 7-11pm Blue Angels.Every Wed 8pm-12am Blackburn. Every Thu8:30pm-12:30am Blackburn. Every Fri 10pm-2am The Grind. Every Sat 10pm-2am Shugga.Latinada Restaurant & Jazz Bar1671 Bloor St. W. 416-913-9716www.latinada.comEvery Wed Milonga Night: The Latinada Triofeat Alex Gajic (violin). Every Thu Latin Jazz.Every Fri Cuban Jazz with Ruben Vazquez &Friends. Every Sat Traditional Cuban Musicwith Onelvis Fernandez.Liberto Bistro, The25 Liberty St. 416-533-8828www.libertobistro.caEvery Tue Open Mic. Every Wed NoahZacharin.Lula Lounge1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307www.lula.caMay 2, 3 7:30 Les Voix du Coeur$18/$15(adv). May 4 8pm Alithea Cameron;Salsa Dance Party w Jorge Maza & La TipicaToronto ($15 for both shows). May 5 10:30pmSalsa Dance Party w Yani Borrell and the ClaveKings $15. May 6 11am Sunday Family SalsaBrunch $15. May 8 8pm Khaira Arby,Queen of Desert Blues $20/$15(adv). May 98:30pm Autorickshaw and Special Guests: GordonSheard, Mark Duggan and George Koller$20/$15(adv). May 10 7:30pm We Can Dance:Fundraiser for Dancing with Parkinson’s withAndy Barrie, Jim Creeggan and Caché $70.May 11 Lulaworld 2012: 8pm La Marisoul +Café Con Pan CD Release; 10:30pm Boogat+ Lady Son Articulo Veinte. May 13 Lulaworld2012: 10:30pm Ralph Irizarry + LuisitoOrbegoso`s Moda Eterna $15/$12. May 15Lulaworld 2012: 8:30pm Daniela Nardi`s EspressoManifesto CD Launch $20/$15(adv).May 17 Lulaworld 2012: 8pm Alain Pérez wMario Allende and Robi Botos; 9pm IgnacioBerroa w Hilario Duran $20/$15(adv) (bothshows). May 18 Lulaworld 2012: 8pm DonnéRoberts; 10:00pm The New Brazilian Forro,Tropicalia and MPB: Claudio Rabeca & AlineMorales $15/$12(adv) (both shows). May19 10:30pm Colombia Mi Amor w OrquestaFantasia $15. May 20 11am Sunday FamilySalsa Brunch $15. May 20 8:30pm SalonNoir’s Medieval Masquerade featuring Jarboe$35/$30(adv). May 24 7pm Rock for LifeFundraiser. Free, donations welcome. May 2510:30pm Salsa Dance Party w Son Ache andDJ Suave $15. May 26 10:30pm Salsa Saturdayw Ricky Franco and the P-Crew $15.Manhattan’s Music Club951 Gordon St., Guelph. 519-767-2440www.manhattans.caMelange Restaurant172 Main St. 416-686-4795May 3, 10, 17 7-10pm Norman Marshall Villeneuve’sJazz Message Trio No Cover.Mezzetta Restaurant681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687www.mezzettarestaurant.comEvery Wed Jazz Series: sets at 9pm and10:15pm. $10 Cover.May 2 Roland Hunter Trio. May 9 Gems of PersianMusic with the Baarbad Trio: Mehdi Rezania(santur); Sardar Mohammadjani (barbat);Ebrahim Rahnama (vocals). May 16 MaureenKennedy (vocals); Reg Schwager (guitar). May23 Ron Davis Trio. May 30 Gypsy Music witha Twist of Jazz: Robi Botos (melodica/cajun);Joszef Botos (guitar); Luis Botos (drums).May 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 51

IN THE CLUBS continued …the more mightily thanks to James Thomson on bass, Paul Brennanon drums, Shawn Nykwist on tenor and Tim Hamel on trumpet.Their official festival gig takes place on June 25; drop by this monthMay 7, 14, 21 or 28.Cherishing Cherry StreetThe Cherry Street Restaurant buzz is building. During the festival,fantastic daily fare will be complemented by an array of seasonedvocal and instrumental jazzers, from trumpet and flugelhorn playerNadje Noordhuis, to a group worth investigating if only because theyare called the Strange Attractors. Drop by this month to check out thevenue and sample the menu! My pick for this month goes to a quartetled by a splendid young alto player, Allison Au, on Thursday May 10.An exceptional improviser and composer, this Humber College graduateis currently working on her debut album. Au will be joined byTodd Pentney, piano; Jon Maharaj, bass; and Fabio Ragnelli, drums.Party Time!It’s hard to resist an exclamation point for this one: The Old Mill’sHome Smith Bar presents a brand new series in May and Junecalled the Thursday Night Jazz Party! The concept: a leading jazzentertainer plays host, with stellar special guests gathered aroundthe baby grand. Each evening is bound to be fun-filled, but in thismusical situation, perhaps even more than usual, the audience is thelife of the party. Bring your requests!In next month’s column I will go into more detail about theToronto Jazz Festival. But why wait for the official Club Series to getexcited about the live music that’s happening in the city’s series ofclubs? A very dedicated promoter of live jazz in this city, Fay Olsonis right on the money when she titles her emails thusly: “The yearroundjazz festival continues!”Ori Dagan is a Toronto-based jazz vocalist,voice actor and entertainment journalist. He canbe reached at jazz@thewholenote.com.Monarchs PubAt the Delta Chelsea Hotel33 Gerrard St. W.www.monarchspub.ca416-585-4352Every Tue Acoustic Open Mic Night. Every WedJazz Wednesdays. Every Thu Blues Thursdays.Much Me816 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-651-0009Every Thu 8-11pm Ben D’Cunha, piano andC. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)vocals No Cover.Nawlins Jazz Bar & Dining299 King St. W. 416-595-1958www.nawlins.caEvery Tue Stacie McGregor; Every Wed JimHeineman Trio; Every Thu Blues Night w GuestVocalists; Every Fri/Sat All Star Bourbon St.Band; Every Sun Brooke Blackburn.Nice Bistro, The117 Brock St. N., Whitby905-668-8839May 23 Zoe Chilco (voc); Norm Amadio (piano);John Deehan (sax) $39.99 includes dinner.NOW Lounge, The189 Church St. 416-364-1301Every Sat 9pm Ken Skinner (piano); Lee Hutchinson(bass); Grant Lyle (guitar); Owen Tennyson(drums) and guests $10. Every Sun 2-6pmJazz Brunch with Ken Skinner & Friends.Old Mill, The21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641www.oldmilltoronto.comThe Home Smith Bar: No Reservations. NoCover. $20 minimum per person. All shows:7:30-10:30pm. Every Thu Jazz Party (NewSeries). Every Fri Something to Sing AboutSeries Every Sat Jazz Masters Series. May 3Thursday Night Jazz Party w Heather Bambrick(vocals/host); Mark Kieswetter (piano); guest:John Alcorn (vocals). May 4 Joel Hartt (vocals);Mark Kieswetter (piano); Ross MacIntyre (bass).May 5 Denny Christianson (trumpet and flugelhorn);Brian Dickinson (piano); Kieran Overs(bass); Larnell Lewis (drums). May 10 JazzParty w Sophia Perlman (vocals/host); DaveRestivo (piano); guest: Alex Samaras (vocals).May 11 Carol McCartney (vocals); Brian Dickinson(piano); Kieran Overs (bass); Chris Robinson(saxophone). May 12 The Heillig Manoeuvre:Henry Heillieg (bass); Stacie McGregor (piano);Alison Young (saxophone); Charlie Cooley(drums). May 17 Jazz Party w Joe Sealy (piano/host); Russ Little (trombone); guest: Julie Michels(vocals). May 18 Juliann Kuchocki(vocals); Kevin Barrett (guitar); Scott Metcalfe(piano). May 19 John MacMurchy (saxophone);Mark Kieswetter (piano); Duncan Hopkins(bass). May 24 Jazz Party w Terra Hazelton(vocals/host); Richard Whiteman (piano); guest:Drew Jurecka (violin/saxophone/vocals). May25 Zoe Chilco (vocals); Norman Amadio (piano);John Deehan (saxophone); Ron Johnston (bass).May 26 Gord Sheard (piano); Will Jarvis (bass);Mark Kelso (drums). May 31 Jazz Party w RonDavis (piano and host); Mike Downes (bass);Shelley Hamilton (vocals).Pantages Martini Bar & Lounge200 Victoria St. 416-362-1777Every Fri Robert Scott; Every Sat Solo Piano:Various artists.HD Video Production ServicesVideoTape = Fame and Fortune*• Record your Live Event• Create your Promo Video• LiveStream your event to the WWWFrom 1 Camera Archival Recordingto 3 Camera Mobile Studio* Fame and fortune are ‘relative’ terms.Remember that you’re in Canada.CONTACT Brian G. Smith | Brian@YouAndMedia.com | www.YouAndMedia.comC. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)Pilot Tavern, The22 Cumberland Ave. 416-923-5716www.thepilot.ca (full schedule)Jazz Saturdays 3:30pm–6:30pm. No Cover.May 5 King and Baro Quartet. May 12 SugarDaddies. May 19 Kollage. May 26 NMV’s JazzMessage Sextet: Norman Marshall Villeneuve’s74th Birthday Bash.Quotes220 King St. W. 416-979-7697Every Fri Fridays at Five w Canadian JazzQuartet: Gary Benson (guitar), Frank Wright(vibes), Duncan Hopkins (bass) Don Vickery(drums) and featured guest: May 4 ColleenAllen (saxophone). May 11 Bruce Cassidy(trumpet and EVI). May 18 Perry White (saxophone).May 25 Bill McBirnie (flute).Reposado Bar & Lounge136 Ossington Ave. 416-532-6474www.reposadobar.comAll shows: PWYC.Every Wed 9:30pm Spy vs Sly vs Spy EveryThu, Fri 10pm The Reposadists Quartet.Reservoir Lounge, The52 Wellington St. E. 416-955-0887www.reservoirlounge.comEvery Mon Sophia Perlman and the Vipers;Every Tue Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm;Every Wed Bradley and the Bouncers; EveryThu Alysha & the Brilltones. Every Fri DeeDee& the Dirty Martinis; Every Sat Tyler Yaremaand his Rhythm. Early shows: Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday 7-9pm including May 3 AlexPangman & Her Alleycats.Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, The194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475www.therex.ca (many shows PWYC; covercharge applies to selected evening shows,call ahead)May 1 6:30pm Myriad Trio; 9:30pm ClassicRex Jazz Jam. May 2 6:30pm Victor BatemanTrio; 9:30pm Norbert Botos. May 3 6:30pmKevin Quain; 9:45pm Gia & the UnpredictableUpdate. May 4 4pm Hogtown Syncopators;6:30pm James Brown; 9:45pm Gia & the UnpredictableUpdate. May 5 12pm Danny Marks& Friends; 3:30pm Mississauga Big Band; 7pmJustin Bacchus; 9:45pm David Buchbinder.May 6 12pm Humber Community Music AnnualRecitals; 4pm Club Django; 7pm Tom ReynoldsTrio; 9:30pm Random Access. May 76:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pm CirclesQuartet. May 8 6:30pm Myriad Trio; 9:30pmClassic Rex Jazz Jam. May 9 6:30pm VictorBateman Trio; 9:30pm Earthtones. May 106:30pm Kevin Quain; 9:45 Sean Hutchinson’sStill Life feat. Henry Hey & Chris Tarry. May 114pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm Triodes;9:45pm Sean Hutchinson’s Still Life feat. HenryHey & Chris Tarry. May 12 12pm Danny Marks& Friends; 3:30pm Pat Carey’s Jazz Navigators;7pm Justin Bacchus; 9:45pm Jamie ReynoldsCD Release. May 13 12pm Excelsior DixielandJazz; 3:30pm Dr. Nick Blues; 7pm Tom ReynoldsTrio; 9:30pm Fern Lindzon Trio. May 146:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pm John CheesmanJazz Orchestra. May 15 6:30pm MyriadTrio; 9:30pm Ikebe Shakedown. May 16Victor Bateman Trio; 9:30pm Pram Trio. May17 6:30pm Kevin Quain; 9:30pm Mike MurleySeptet. May 18 4pm Hogtown Syncopators;6:30pm Triodes; 9:45pm Raoul & the52 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

Bigger Time. May 19 12pm Danny Marks &Friends; 3:30pm Chris Hunt Tentet + 2; 7pmJustin Bacchus; 9:45pm Joel Haynes Quartet.May 20 12pm Excelsior Dixieland Jazz;3:30pm Laura Hubert Band; 7pm Tom ReynoldsTrio; 9:30pm Jake Wilkinson’s Live Vinyl. May21 6:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pm DaveYoung Octet. May 22 6:30pm Myriad Trio;9:30pm Roddy Elias with Lorne Lofsky Trio.May 23 6:30pm Victor Bateman Trio; 9:30pmMetalwood Reunion. May 24 6:30pm KevinQuain; 9:30pm Metalwood Reunion. May 254pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm Triodes;9:45pm Brad Turner Quintet. May 26 12pmDanny Marks & Friends; 3:30pm Swing ShiftBig Band; 7pm Justin Bacchus; 9:45pm BradTurner Quintet. May 27 12pm Excelsior DixielandJazz; 3:30pm Freeway Dixieland; 7pmTom Reynolds Trio; 9:30pm Brad Turner Trio.May 28 6:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pmJohn MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra. May 296:30pm Allison Au Quartet; 9:30pm ClassicRex Jazz Jam. May 30 6:30pm Victor BatemanTrio; 9:30pm Patrick Lehman. May 31 6:30pmKevin Quain; 9:30pm Mike Janzen Trio.Ristorante Roma1090 Bloor St. W. 416-531-4000All shows: 8pm. No Cover.Every Thu Open Jam. Every Fri Live Jazz: May4 Victor Monsivais (guitar/vocals); Sarah Begin(vocals); Brendan Cassidy (tenor sax/flute); PaulDonat (bass). May 11 Victor Monsivais (guitar/vocals);John Farrel (guitar); Frank Sants(bass); Lui Botos (drums). May 18 Bossa Tres.May 25 Victor Monsivais (guitar/vocals); FernandoTavares (piano); Frank Sants (bass); LuiBotos (drums).Le Saint Tropez315 King St. W. 416-591-3600Live piano jazz 7 days a weekwww.lesainttropez.comSomewhere There227 Sterling Rd. Unit #112 416-262-2883All shows: $10 Cover or PWYC.www.somewherethere.org (complete listingsand personnel)May 1 8pm Arnd Jurgensen (guitar) andguests. May 2 8pm Octopus: Mark Zurawinski,Germaine Liu (drums). May 3 8pm Mark Segger(drums). May 4 Leftover Daylight Series. May5 Chris Cawthray (drums); Percy Adler (guitar).May 6 5pm Jason Steidman & Michael Kaler.Improvised music and light art collaboration;8pm Now Series: Ken Aldcroft (guitar). May 88pm Rob Clutton (bass); Doug Tielli (trombone);and guests. May 9 8pm Octopus (see May 2).May 10 8pm Mark Segger (drums). May 118pm Leftover Daylight Series. May 12 8pm TheSwyves: Jeremy Strachan and Jay Hay (reeds);Dan Gaucher (drums); Jim Sexton (bass). May13 5pm Jason Steidman and Michale Kaler(see May 6); 8pm NOW Series. May 14 8pmGone Fishing Series: Hybrid Frequency (electroacousticsound art); Roman Pilates (musiqueconcrète). May 15 8pm John RussonQuintet; Red, Blue, Green. May 16 8pm Octopus(see May 2). May 17 8pm Mark Segger(drums). May 18 8pm Leftover Daylight Series.May 19 8pm The State of Solo Guitar Improvisation:L.A. Jenkins, Ken Aldcroft. Nilan Perera,Tom Gill (guitars). May 20 5pm Jason Steidmanand Michale Kaler (see May 2); 8pm SomewhereThere Monthly Rent Party. May 21 8pmPanic! May 22 8pm Ken Aldcroft (guitar). May23 8pm Octopus (see May 2). May 24 MarkSegger (drums). May 25 8pm Leftover DaylightMay 1 – June 7, 2012Series. May 26 8pm Ali Berkok Ensemble. May27 5pm Jason Steidman and Michael Kaler (seeMay 6). May 27 8pm NOW Series. May 308pm Octopus (see May 2). May 31 Mark Segger(drums).Trane Studio964 Bathurst St. 416-913-8197www.tranestudio.com (full schedule)May 2 8pm Liberty Wednesdays w/ Noah Zacharin.No Cover. May 3 Delta Alterative Fundraiser.May 4 8:30pm Ricardo Grilli & LorenzoCa5telli Quintet $15/$10(adv). May 5 8:30pmMiss Robin Bank$ honours Etta James $10.May 6 8pm Steve Hall Group $10. May 8Steve Peterson Group. May 9 8pm Liberty Wednesdaysw/ Noah Zacharin. No Cover. May 10Live Art & Music: Bruce Cassidy Ensemble w/Artist Judy Singer $10. May 11 8pm WaleedAbdulhamid & the Kush Ensemble $15. May12 8pm Azar Lawrence & Shane Harvey $15.May 13 8pm Jim Heineman’s Dream Band: RHPositive w/ Stacie McGregor (keys); Brandi Disterheft(bass). May 14 8pm NuBlue Mondaysw/ Son Roberts Band $5. May 15 8pm ChrisLesso’s Modus Factor $10. May 16 8pm LibertyWednesdays w/ Noah Zacharin. No Cover.May 17 8pm Singer’s Den w/ host Al St. Louis$10. May 18 8pm Trouble feat. AlexanderBrown $15. May 21 8pm Michiel Borstlap Trio$15. May 22 8pm Bossa Tres Presents: TheLangston Hughes Project $10. May 23 8pmLiberty Wednesdays w/ Noah Zacharin. No Cover.May 24 8pm John Cheesman Sextet $10.May 25 8pm Das Kaff $20/$15(adv). May 278pm Bentroots Blues Band: CD Release $TBA.May 28 8pm NuBlue Mondays with Son RobertsBand $5. May 29 8pm Jazz Jam w/ TaylorCook Quintet $10. May 31 8pm Liberty Wednesdaysw/ Noah Zacharin. No Cover.Tranzac292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137www.tranzac.org (full schedule)3-4 shows daily, various styles; most showsPWYC.Every Mon 7pm This is Awesome; 10pm OpenMic. Every Fri 5pm The Foolish Things. EverySat 3pm Jamzac. Multiple performances nightly,including: May 1 10pm Peripheral Vision.May 5 9pm Ryan Driver. May 6 5pm Monk’sMusic; 10:30pm The Woodchoppers. May8 10pm Stop Time. May 13 10pm Lina AllemanoFour. May 20 5pm Monk’s Music; 10pmRyan Driver Quartet. May 24 9:30pm MichaelDavidson. May 26 5pm Ilana Waldston. May27 10:30pm Steve Ward Presents. May 297:30pm Das Kaff; 10:30pm Drumheller.Whitlock’s Restaurant & Wine Café1961 Queen St. E. 416-691-8784www.whitlocks.caEvery Fri 8-10pm Gerry Mackay, solo jazz guitarNo Cover.Winchester Kitchen & Bar51 Winchester St. 416-323-0051www.winchesterkitchen.comAll shows: 7-10pm. No Cover.May 3 Wayne Cass Trio. May 17 BrownmanAkoustic Trio. May 31 Eric St. Laurent Trio.Zemra Bar & Lounge778 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-651-3123www.zemrabarlounge.comEvery Wed Open Mic and Jam.Every Fri Live Music Fridays.thewholenote.com 53

D. The ETCeterasSEE Hear!The marriage between sound and vision is explored thismonth by several presenters. In a month popular for weddings,audiences can engage their senses in a variety of ways.The Toronto Jewish Film Festival has zoomed in on the relationshipbetween film and music previously. In 2006, the Rhythm& Jews series focused on the connections between Jewish andBlack music, and how this phenomenon resulted in the AmericanSongbook; in 2009 Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance paid tribute to TinPan Alley and the American musical; and last year, The ThreeLennys showcased the musical genius of Leonard Bernstein andLeonard Cohen.Curated by Ellie Skrow, The Sound of Movies: Masters of theFilm Score is the TJFF’s Sidebar Series this year. Celebratingthe lives and works of Jewish film composers, the 12-part seriesincludes American pioneers Alex North and David Shire, as wellas Toronto-born luminaries Howard Shore, Laurence Rosenthal andPhilip Glass.British composer Michael Nyman is the subject of Michael Nymanin Progress, a highly personal exploration of his Polish Jewish rootsand musical influences. Nyman is probably best-known for creatinga voice for the mute character of Ada McGrath in Jane Campion’sThe Piano.Many of the screenings highlight the film composer’s choices,including a presentation called “Composer’s Choice.” On May 6at 3:30pm at Innis College there’s a rare opportunity to view theclassic Planet of the Apes on a big screen. The film was selectedfor inclusion by Canadian film composer Mychael Danna, who willbe present at the screening to discuss Jerry Goldsmith’s groundbreakingscore.The 20th annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival takes place May 3to 13 in various cinemas in downtown Toronto. Visit www.tjff.comfor the complete schedule.Recipient of no less than six honorary doctorates, as well as theinaugural Bruce Ricker Lifetime Achievement Award, legendarycomposer and multi-instrumentalist David Amram will be atToronto’s Gallery 345 on May 22 at 8pm. His famous collaborationwith beat poet Jack Kerouac will be revisited in a concert featuringthe composer on various instruments along with bassist RobertoOcchipinti and flutist Les Allt.The following day at the Theatre Direct Studio of ArtscapeWychwood Barns (May 23 from 10am to 5pm) the octogenarianAmram will offer two lectures. The first will focus on how to findand maintain one’s own voice and the creation of a cultural centerwithin a community. The second will offer insight into compositionfor theatre, film, opera, spoken word, improvised lyrics and more.Participants are encouraged to bring instruments, a poem, a songwith a lead sheet and chord changes. The cost is $60 per individualsession or $95 for both. — Ori DaganGALAS & FUNDRAISERS• May 05 1:00: Cantabile Chorale of YorkRegion. TEA for TWO (pianos). Bob and LonaRichardson, pianos. Three seatings, approximatelyone hour each, in Thornhill (call for exactlocation). 905-731-8318. $10 suggesteddonation, includes refreshments.• May 05 6:00: King Edward Choir. 60th AnniversaryGala. Following world premiere ofcommission by playwright/composer Leslie Ardenat Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, the choircelebrates 60 years with a gala dinner featuringentertainment. Liberty Banquet Hall, 100Caplan Ave. Barrie. 705-252-5212. $55(includes2:00 concert and gala).• May 06 2:00: Children’s Aid Foundation.SPARK Gala: “Rhythm & Soul.” Randy Bachman,Jackie Richardson and others will inspireover 400 young guests on the theme ofthe transformative power of art and music inthe life of a child; featuring performances byMASTERS OF THE FILM SCOREA 12-part series celebrating the Jewish composers who createthe music for the movies, through the artistry of the film score.“If you could perform a magical act of alchemy and combinesome of the great Russian-Soviet composers, say Shostakovichor Prokoviev, with Duke Ellington or Billy Strayhorn, you mightproduce a wonder such as Alex North.” – John WilliamsAlex North (Spartacus, A Streetcar Named Desire) is just oneof the outstanding screen composers spotlighted in thisspecial film series. Showcasing music by Elmer Bernstein,Jerry Goldsmith, Aaron Copland, Erich Korngold,Bernard Herrmann, Michael Nyman, Lalo Schifrin and more!DAVID SHIRE – (The Conversation, Saturday Night Fever,The Taking of Pelham One, Two Three),STEVEN NORTH – (Emmy-Award Producer of The LastButterfly, featuring his father Alex North’s last score),MYCHAEL DANNA – (Canadian composer).Check www.tjff.com for full filmdescriptions, ticket info and schedule.Sistema Toronto, Sanskriti Arts and others.Carlu, 444 Yonge St. 416-923-0924 x275.$250.• May 06 6:00: Music Toronto. Dinner withWine-Tasting at Scaramouche Restaurant. 24thannual fundraising event. 1 Benvenuto Pl. 416-214-1660. $200.• May 07 6:30: Regent Park School ofMusic. Annual Fundraiser. Gala to raise fundsfor school which provides at-risk youth withhigh quality, subsidized music lessons. Silentauction and performances by Molly Johnson,Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats, Cadence,the RPSM Choir and others. Toronto Board ofTrade, First Canadian Place, 77 Adelaide St. W.416-364-8900. $125.• Jun 03 2:30–5:00: Toronto Early MusicPlayers Association. T.E.M.P.O. FundraisingTea and Silent Auction. Members of T.E.M.P.O.will perform throughout the afternoon. Friends’Meeting House, 60 Lowther Ave. 416-245-3413. Admission by donation.THE SOUND OF MOVIES INCLUDESTICKETED EVENTSVenue Rental• in the heart of Yorkville• historical heritage building• Steinway Grand Piano• recital and special events• lighting and sound systems• accomodates caterers• reasonable ratesPremiere Source for HigH quality food(416) 364-7397 www.pasqualebros.com35 Hazelton Avenue, Heliconian Hall416-922-3618 rentals@heliconianclub.org54 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

COMPETITIONS• May 11 5:00-8:30: Orchestra Toronto. OrchestraToronto Concerto Competition AuditionFinals! 2012 Marta Hidy Prize finalists will performa cello concerto of their choice with pianoaccompaniment in front of a live audience anda five-member panel of judges. Audience welcome;winners will be announced at the event.North York Central Library Auditorium, 5120Yonge St. 416-395-5639 (registration encouraged).Free.• May 26 12:30–3:30: Organix Concerts/Royal Canadian College of Organists – TorontoCentre. Young Organists PerformanceCompetition. All Saints’ Kingsway, 2850 BloorSt. W. All welcome to attend. 416-769-3893.Free. www.organixconcerts.ca.• Nominations now accepted: Choirs Ontario.Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting. Cashaward of $10,000, awarded every two yearsto a professional choral conductor who residesin Ontario or Quebec; can work in a professional,semi-professional and/or community adult/youth choir(s) in all genres of music includinggospel, jazz and folkloric; collectives, ensemblesor groups of artists, or students are noteligible. Must be nominated by any Canadiancitizen or Permanent Resident of Canada wholives in Ontario or Quebec. Deadline for nominationsJune 29; Laureate will be announced inthe fall. Nomination forms available at www.choirsontario.org. 416-923-1144 or 1-866-935-1144. info@choirsontario.org.SCREENINGS• May 05 3:00: Toronto Jewish Film Festival.The Sound of Movies: Masters of theFilm Score. Music for the Movies: BernardHerrmann (dir: Joshua Waletzky, USA/France1992). With an excerpt from an interview withcomposer Danny Elfman and Tim Burton. InnisCollege, 2 Sussex Ave. 416-324-9121. Free.www.tjff.com.• May 06 3:30: Toronto Jewish Film Festival.The Sound of Movies: Masters of the FilmScore. Composer’s Choice. Planet of the Apes(dir: Franklin J. Schaffner, USA 1968). Guest:composer Mychael Danna. Innis College, 2 SussexAve. 416-324-9121. $8. www.tjff.com.• May 06 12:00pm: Toronto Jewish FilmFestival. The Sound of Movies: Masters of theFilm Score. Music for the Movies: The HollywoodSound (dir: Joshua Waletzky, USA/France, 1995). With an excerpt from the TVOSaturday Night at the Movies interview withDavid Newman and an exclusive interview withcomposer Thomas Newman. Al Green Theatre,750 Spadina Ave. 416-324-9121. Free.www.tjff.com.• May 06 7:00: Toronto Jewish Film Festival.The Sound of Movies: Masters of the FilmScore. The Conversation (dir: Francis Ford Coppola,USA 1974). Guests: composer DavidShire, in conversation with film critic/authorKevin Courrier. Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave.416-324-9121. $13; $9(sr/st with ID). www.tjff.com.• May 07 3:15: Toronto Jewish Film Festival.The Sound of Movies: Masters of the FilmScore. Evening Primrose (dir: Paul Bogart, USA1966). Guest: composer David Shire. Al GreenTheatre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-324-9121. $8.www.tjff.com.• May 07 8:30: Toronto Jewish Film Festival.The Sound of Movies: Masters of theFilm Score. The Last Butterfly (dir: Karel Kachnya,Czechosolovakia/UK 1990) and TheToronto Opera Repertoire2013 Season AuditionsTwo operas will be chosen from the followingshort list for staged and costumed productions inFebruary and March 2013, our 46 th season:La Bohème (in Italian)The Barber of Seville (in Italian)The Tales of Hoffmann (in French)L’Elisir d’Amore (in Italian)Auditions will be held Wednesday, June 6 andSaturday, June 9, 2012.By appointment only, through e-mail to:auditions@toronto-opera.comMore information can be found at:www.toronto-opera.comArtistic Director: Giuseppe MacinaMusic Director: Adolfo De SantisStage Director: Beatrice CarpinoGingerbread Revolution (dir: David Boulton).Guest: producer Steven North (son of composerAlex North), in conversation with filmmusic journalist Mark Hasan). Bloor Cinema,506 Bloor St. W. 416-324-9121. Free. www.tjff.com.• May 09 3:00: Toronto Jewish Film Festival.The Sound of Movies: Masters of the FilmScore. Michael Nyman in Progress (dir: SilviaBeck, Germany 2010). Guest: Mark Hasan,film music journalist. Al Green Theatre, 750Spadina Ave. 416-324-9121. $8. www.tjff.com.• May 09 8:00: Toronto Jewish Film Festival.The Sound of Movies: Masters of the FilmScore. Something Wild (dir: Jack Garfein, 1961USA). Guest: Kevin Courrier, film critic and author.Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-324-9121. $13; $9(sr/st with ID). www.tjff.com.• May 11 4:30: Toronto Jewish Film Festival.The Sound of Movies: Masters of the FilmScore. American Musical Theatre: Elmer Bernstein(dir: Neal Finn, USA 1961). Guest: MarkHasan, film music journalist. Al Green Theatre,750 Spadina Ave. 416-324-9121. $8. www.tjff.com.• May 12 7:00: Toronto Jewish Film Festival.The Sound of Movies: Masters of the FilmScore. Movie Music Man: A Portrait of LaloSchifrin (dir: Rodney Greenberg, France 1993).Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W. 416-324-9121.Free. www.tjff.com.LECTURES & SYMPOSIA• May 05 1:00: Toronto Jewish Film Festival.The Sound of Movies: Masters of the FilmScore. Lecture: Notes and Frames: The NeglectedArt of Film Music. Lecture by KevinCourrier, writer, broadcaster, film critic, teacherand author. Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave.416-324-9121. Free. www.tjff.com.• May 07 7:00: Toronto New Music Alliance/TorontoReference Library/ContactContemporary Music/Continuum ContemporaryMusic. New Music 101: Program 3.M. Gordon: Light is Calling for violin, with filmby B. Morrison; C. Butterfield: L’Eléphant demer; E. Doolittle: Why the parrot repeats humanwords; Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat,compressed for clarinet, violin, viola and percussion.Contact Contemporary Music exploresShort Stories: the symbiotic relationshipbetween sound and vision; Continuum ContemporaryMusic explores contemporary expressionof narration underpinned by music.Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, 789 Yonge St.416-393-7131. Free.• May 12 10:00am: Organix Concerts. Lecture.Nigel Potts lectures on the performanceof English organ music. 416-769-3893. Free.Robert Cooper, Artistic DirectorSIDGWICK SCHOLARAUDITIONSRemuneration • Prestige • OpportunityThe Orpheus Choir of Torontoinvites applications from advanced vocal studentsand young vocal professionals for itsSIDGWICK SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME2012‐2013 SeasonSidgwick Scholars act as section leads, andperform as soloists throughout the OrpheusChoir’s concert season. Be a part of thisinnovative singing experience and follow in thefootsteps of Michael Colvin, Wallis Giunta,Patricia O’Callaghan, James Westman, VasilGarvanliev, Leslie Anne Bradley, Michael Ciufoand many more young emerging vocalists whohave gone on to successful singing careers.For details please contactHelen Coxon at 416 420‐9660orpheuschoir@sympatico.ca‘Expect Something Different’May 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 55

Jubilatesingersmusic director: isabel bernausThinking ofjoining a choir?Audition this June for our2012/13 Concert Season!We’re a chamber choir withan eclectic, multilingualrepertoire: interesting musicand great people!All voices are welcome.Good blend, pitch and somesight reading required.Rehearsals are on Tuesdays,7:30 pm at St. Leonard’s Church,25 Wanless Ave.(near Yonge & Lawrence).Call to arrange for afriendly audition orto sit in on a rehearsal!416-286-8927www.jubilatesingers.cawww.organixconcerts.ca.• May 12 1:00: Open Ears. Lecture /Performance.Talk by percussionist Morris Palter,followed by a large percussion ensemble performanceof Inuksuit by J.L. Adams. Rare CharitableReserve, 1679 Blair Rd., Cambridge.519-579-8564. $25/$15(st).• May 14 7:00: Toronto New Music Alliance/TorontoReference Library. New Music101: Program 4. C. Migone: Radio Naked (excerpt);works for the toy piano and the kalimbaby M. Clorey, A. Sherkin and K. Essl. Host: RobertEverett-Green; guest presenters: New Adventuresin Sound Art; junctQín keyboardcollective. Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, TorontoReference Library, 789 Yonge St. 416-961-9594 or 416-393-7131. Free.• May 22 12:00pm: Canadian Opera Company.Vocal Series: The English Tenor SingingTradition Before Peter Pears. Stephen R. Clarkelectures on the evolution of the English tenor’ssinging style, drawing on a collection of rarerecordings including Edward Lloyd, GervaseElwes and Walter Widdop. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for theArts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• May 27 2:00: Toronto Opera Club. Exploringthe Mezzo Voice. Guest speaker: Jean Mac-Phail. Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park,Rm.330. 416-924-3940. $10.• Jun 02 9:30am–3:30pm: Southern OntarioChapter of the Hymn Society. Soundthe Bells! Gerald Martindale introduces the artof the carillon and offers a tour of the MetropolitanUnited Church’s bells; J.C. Coolen demonstratesways in which handbells can buildcommunity. Metropolitan United Church, 56Queen St. E. 416-342-6034. $40/$35(adv).• Jun 02 7:30: Toronto Gilbert and SullivanSociety. Monarchical Mysteries and Misadventures.An upbeat lecture with slide show, plusa special quiz. St. Andrew’s Church, 117 BloorSt. E. 416-763-0832. $5.• Jun 03 12:00pm: Northumberland LearningConnection. Opera Brown-bag Lunch Talk:Verdi’s La Traviata. Ian MacDonald gives a halfhourtalk ahead of Metropolitan Opera HDbroadcast. 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-349-3402. $5 (includes coffee/tea).MASTERCLASSES• May 02 6:00: Remenyi House of Music.D. The ETCeterasVioloncello Masterclass with Mischa Maisky.Advanced cello students will be consideredfor participation on an individual basis. Limitedseating open for auditors. 210 Bloor St. W.416-961-3111 x222. $20.• May 27 2:00-5:00: Singing Studio of DeborahStaiman. Masterclass. Musical theatre/audition preparation, using textual analysisand other interpretive tools for the sung monologue.Yonge & Eglinton area – call for exact location.416-483-9532. www.singingstudio.ca• Jun 03 2:00-5:00: Singing Studio of DeborahStaiman. Masterclass. Musical theatre/audition preparation, using textual analysisand other interpretive tools for the sung monologue.Yonge & Eglinton area – call for exact location.416-483-9532. www.singingstudio.ca• Jun 07 4:00: Bayfield Festival of Song.Singers’ Masterclass with Adrianne Pieczonka.Town Hall, Clangregor Square, Bayfield. 416-735-7982 or 519-565-5600. $15.WORKSHOPS• May 05 1:00–3:30: Tafelmusik. Guest ArtistMasterclass: Rachel Podger, violin. Trinity-St.Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. $10.416-964-9562 x241. For information on howto participate: mentors@tafelmusik.org• May 06 1:30–4:00: Toronto Early MusicPlayers Organization. Coached Workshop.Coach: Marie-Laurence Primeau. Bring your recorders,viols, early instruments and musicstand; music available at the door. ArmourHeights Community Centre, 2140 Avenue Rd.416-245-3413. $20.• May 11 7:30: CAMMAC Recorder Players’Society. Renaissance and Baroque Workshop.Uncoached session for recorders and otherearly instruments. Church of the Transfiguration,111 Manor Rd. E. 416-480-1853. $30;$25(members).• May 15 early bird registration deadline ClaimYour Voice Studios. Workshop with BrendanTaaffe teaching World Songs. Workshop totake place June 9, 9:30am-3:30pm. Church ofthe Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq. 416-523-1154.Limited space. $40 before May 15 or $50 atthe door. www.cyvstudios.ca.• May 23 10:00-5:00: musicinthebarns/Viva!Arts. Workshops with composer and multiinstrumentalistDavid Amram. Two workshopsfor classical, jazz, film and theatre composers;musicians, songwriters and lyricists. Session 1:“Be your own cultural centre” 10am-2:30pm;Session 2: “The composer as a collaborator”2-5pm. Artscape Wychwood Barns, TheatreDirect Studio, 601 Christie St. 416-807-7771.musicinthebarns@gmail.com. $60 per session;$95 full day (light lunch included).• May 26 2:00–4:00: Drumhand. DrummingWorkshop. For ages 10 and up. David Chan, instructor.East Street Station, 1 Maitland Rd.N., Goderich. 519-524-5612. $25 or $35 includesticket to Drumhand performance (seelistings section B).• May 26 3:00: Gallery 345/Array Music.Array Music Young Composers Workshop.Celebrating the world premieres of works by C.DeYoung, K. Power, J. Haynes and L. Penhale;mentored by Christopher Butterfield. DavidSchotzko, percussion; Lydia Munchinsky, cello;Colleen Cook, clarinet; Patricia O’Callaghan,soprano. Rick Sacks, director. 345 SoraurenAve. 416-532-3019. $10.• Jun 01 7:30: CAMMAC Recorder Players’Society. Spring Workshop. Alison Melville,coach. For recorders and other earlyinstruments. Church of the Transfiguration,111 Manor Rd. E. 416-480-1853. $30;$25(members).• Jun 02 1:30: New Hamburg Live! Festivalof the Arts. Choral Workshop. Conducted bymezzo Vicki St. Pierre. St. George’s AnglicanChurch, 3 Byron St., New Hamburg. 519-662-6757. $20.OPEN REHEARSALS• May 01 7:15: Etobicoke Centennial Choir.Open Rehearsal Invitation. All singers invited tojoin with the Etobiocke Centennial Choir. HumberValley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd.,Etobiocke. 416-622-6923. www.etobiockecentennialchoir.caMUSIC-MAKING & SINGALONGSCanadaSings!ChantonsCanada!Toronto-RiverdaleNeighbourhood SingalongTuesday May 8, 2012Neighbourhood Unitarian Church79 Hiawatha Road7 – 8 p.m. FREEFrederick Kwasi DunyoMaster DrummerThe joyful “call & response”singing of GhanaCOME SING WITH US!www.canadasings.ca• May 08 7:00: Canada Sings! / ChantonsCanada! Toronto-Riverdale. NeighbourhoodSingalong: The Joyful “Call and Response” Singingof Ghana. Led by Frederick Kwasi Dunyo,drums. Neighbourhood Unitarian Church, 79Hiawatha Rd. 416-778-0796. Free.ETCETERA: MISCELLANEOUS• May 06 2:00: Neapolitan ConnectionSeries. Musical Matinées at Montgomery’sInn. Tea and cookies and an historical tour ofthe museum, followed by a vocal recital featuringworks by Wolf, Schubert, Barber andMahler, performed by La Belle Melodie withsoprano Alessandra Paonessa. Montgomery’sInn, 4709 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke. 647-955-2108. $12.50–$22.• May 07 8:00: b current. rock. paper. sistahz!Official launch. Art installation featuringworks from a mix of emerging visual artists,plus a performance by vocalist Lisa Michelle.Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St.416-533-1500. PWYC.• May 12 2:00: Neapolitan Connection Series.Musical Matinées at Montgomery’s Inn. Teaand cookies and an historical tour of the museum,followed by a recital featuring musicfrom classical to classic rock, performed byLiza McLellan, cello; Moira Burke, viola; SharonLee and Emily Hau, violins. Montgomery’sInn, 4709 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke. 647-955-2108. $12.50–$22.• May 13 2:00: Neapolitan Connection Series.Musical Matinées at Montgomery’s Inn.Tea and cookies and an historical tour of the56 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

museum, followed by a recital featuring worksby Brahms, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff,performed by Joëlle Mauris, cello, and SamuelDharma, piano. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709Dundas St. W., Etobicoke. 647-955-2108.$12.50–$22.• May 26 10:00am–4:00pm: Organix Concerts/DoorsOpen Toronto. Showcasing theRathgeb Memorial Organ at Holy Trinity Church.With Alan Jackson, organist. Hear it beingplayed and bring your own music to play. 10Trinity Sq. 416-769-3893. Free.A MUSICALJOURNEYWATERCOLOURSBY GAIL GREGORYSEE THE ART EXHIBIT AT HUGH’S ROOMMAY & JUNE 2012Sales Contact – Susan Cunninghamsssmartpig@hotmail.com• May and June: Hugh’s Room. A MusicalJourney: Watercolours by Gail Gregory. Paintingson musical themes, on display at Hugh’sRoom throughout May and June. 2261 DundasW. 416-531-6604.Send your ETCetera listing toetc@thewholenote.com by May 15Classified Advertising | classad@thewholenote.comAUDITIONS/OPPORTUNITIESCOUNTERPOINT COMMUNITYORCHESTRA (www.ccorchestra.org)welcomes volunteer musicians. Mondayevening rehearsals, downtown Toronto.All sections especially violins.Email info@ccorchestra.orgMARKHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAhas openings for Concertmaster, Strings,Woodwinds, Brass. All Pay-Per Servicepositions. Please send resume tomarkhamsymphony@yahoo.ca.www.msocanada.comMUSICIANS WANTED solo or ensemblefor noon hour concerts. Free series,Wednesdays:12:35pm start June 6, 2012.Perform downtown in an historic, acousticallyfriendly setting just for the experience.Dates available now. Contact John 647-638-3550 (organist@saintstephens.ca) orcheck our website http://saintstephens.ca/articles/?c=concertsNYCO SYMPHONY is looking for thefollowing to play in 4 subscription concertseach season. Rehearsals Wed nights at YorkMills CI, Don Mills. Trumpets, Trombones,Violas, Basses. For contact info visit NYCO.on.caRAINBOW CHORUS IS LOOKING FORA NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR startingSeptember 2012: Wednesday eveningrehearsals from September to Mayperforming diverse choral repertoire; paidposition, location Guelph; GLBT friendly.Please contact Les Smith 519-827-7639 ordls@execulink.ca www.rainbowchorus.caTEACHERS REQUIRED, sleep-over artscamp, Niagara: Vocal Instructor (teachingPop Music) & Instrumental (Rock, Jazz).Two weeks, July, fabulous arts community!For information:julie@centauriartscamp.comA WholeNoteCLASSIFIEDdelivers!Sing the right tune,reach the right audience.Only $24 for the first 20words ($1.20 for eachadditional)Discounts for multipleinsertionsDeadline for the Juneclassifieds is May 18classad@thewholenote.comCONCERT COMPANIONSDO YOU LOVE MOZART OPERAS, BrahmsIntermezzi and Beethoven’s Eroica symphony?Sixtyish widow seeking compatible malecompanion. Vegetarian who loves yoga. Ifinterested contact: tuneful.teach@hotmail.comINSTRUCTIONCONCERT PIANIST EVE EGOYAN(M. Mus., L.R.A.M., F.R.S.C.) offerslessons to committed musicians as well asreturning adults (emu@interlog.com,416-894-6344, www.eveegoyan.com).FLUTE LESSONS / Piccolo: Susan Kutertan,Bac.Music/Performer’s Certificate (Eastman),Artist Diploma (Düsseldorf/Paris), OntarioCollege of Teachers, Music Honour SpecialistAQ (UofT). Beginners to advanced, all ageswelcome. Toronto/East. 416-727-6526,smartinkut@gmail.comFLUTE, PIANO, THEORY LESSONS: RCMexam preparation. Samantha Chang, RoyalAcademy of Music PGDip, LRAM, ARCT. 416-293-1302, samantha.studio@gmail.comwww.samanthaflute.com“INTRODUCTION TO JAZZ SINGING” &“INTRODUCTION TO BLUES SINGING”spring and summer workshops in Toronto.Also Summer Weekend Workshops inbeautiful Picton Ontario. All levels.ritadighent@gmail.comMAKING MUSIC WITH THE RECORDER.After 30 years at The Royal Conservatory,Scott Paterson has opened his own studio. 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Level I for totalbeginners. ritadighent@gmail.comCHANT WEEKENDChurch ofSt. Mary Magdalene477 Manning AvenueJune 8–10Discover the beauty ofGregorian chant in historicsurroundings with ScholaMagdalena (Stephanie Martin,director) and the Ritual Choir(Robert Castle, cantor).Friday, June 8Concert by Schola Magdalena,featuring chant and organumof the 13th-century School ofNotre Dame de Paris.Saturday, June 9Morning mass, presentations,workshops. Lunch provided.Evening concert featuringworkshop participants, theRitual Choir, the GalleryChoir and Schola Magdalena.Sunday, June 10Celebrate the Feast of CorpusChristi by participating in theSolemn High Mass, outdoorProcession and Benediction.$50 adult, $35 studentTo register, e-mailcolucci_vivaldi@hotmail.comMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 57

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WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDRENMay’s Child Colin Ainsworthmj buellWho isJune’s Child?You’ll find May’schild in the driver’sseat for a diversecontinuum of music,and occasionallyon the frontline.He may need ajazzy crash helmetin festive June,racing betweenToronto’s lakefrontand Koerner Hall,where he’s invitedsome sophisticatedladies to gather.Know our mysterychild’s name?Send your best guessto musicschildren@thewholenote.com.Provide yourmailing address incase your name isdrawn from correctreplies receivedby midnight onMay 20, 2012.“Hey … where’s myhorn?”Vancouver, 1980.Tenor Colin Ainsworth is wellknownto Southern Ontarioaudiences for his big warmvoice and remarkable dictionwhich bring beauty and clarityto operas, choral and symphonicworks and song recitals. Disarmedby his frank grin and unpretentiousmanner, some will not know thatbeyond Opera Atelier and TheAldeburgh Connection he is indemand with opera companies andsymphonies internationally, andmade his Carnegie Hall debut onFebruary 10, singing the role ofHaroun in Bizet’s Djamileh withLeon Botstein and the AmericanSymphony Orchestra. The NewYork Times said that his “… bright,beautiful singing made Harouninstantly appealing …” Those whohave followed his career will notbe surprised.Ainsworth’s website biographyand schedule are quietly vertigo inducing,and include a tour of OperaAtelier’s production of Armide to theOpéra Royal de Versailles, France,and the Glimmerglass Festival inupstate New York.Ainsworth grew up in HollandLanding, Ontario, and attendedDr. Denison High School inNewmarket. Late in high school hetook a drama/music theatre classfor fun: the teacher said he shouldconsider private singing lessons. He went to Irene Ilicon a recommendation from one of his mother’s friends,and subsequently met Darryl Edwards at the TorontoKiwanis Music Competition. Ainsworth went to theUniversity of Western Ontario to study with Edwardsand later transferred to the University of Toronto tocontinue with him.Ainsworth’s parents, who are both deaf, were a bitapprehensive about his becoming a singer since theycouldn’t hear if he was good or not. But people whohad heard him sing helped to ease their fears …Colin Ainsworth lives in Brooklin, Ontarioin a house he can’t wait to start workingon. Some of his other interests includeplaying Superhero make believe, dressingup as Superman and Thor, playingbaseball and bike riding, freeze tag (andanything else his son can come up with),hanging out with friends and running.About your childhood photo … ?I apparently had just cut my ownhair — thus the lack of hair at thefront — and I remember being veryproud of myself for doing so.Anything you would like to telllittle Colin? I would tell him neverto cut my/his own hair, something Ididn’t grasp until I was at least 17.Your earliest memories of music?My earliest memory is going tohear my mother’s father, JimSpark, conduct the Masonic ChoralGroup when I was about four. Hetoo was a tenor but I don’t haveany recollection of him singing thatday. I also remember trying to doHighland dancing to his Scottishrecords in my grandparent’s livingroom and listening to theirrecords of bagpipes. The sound ofa bagpipe still brings back thosememories for me.Other family musicians? Myfather’s father, Ivan Ainsworth,was a folk singer and played guitar.As a young child, I can vividlyremember him singing to me “Oneday at a time, Lord Jesus.” Bothmy father’s parents played and sangin a folk band up in Sudbury. Mymother’s siblings either sang orplayed piano. Bur since my parentswere deaf, there wasn’t that kind ofmusic in the house at the time thatphoto was taken.First experiences of engaging with music? Despitehaving deaf parents, music slowly became part of mylife. I heard music at church, loved listening to theradio, would sneak a pocket cassette/radio player intomy coat at school and listen to it on recess time, andloved to sing at school. I remember as a child tryingto make up harmonies to hymns at church and beingasked to sing for the class with another friend inGrade 1 … .A full-length version of Colin Ainsworths’ interviewcontinues at www.thewholenote.com.KEVIN CLARKCONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS! HERE’S WHAT THEY WONOrchestra Toronto’s The Choral Symphony (May 27, Toronto Centre for the Arts) is a performance of Beethoven’sSymphony No.9 in D minor for which they’re joined by the Toronto Choral Society, and Rachel Cleland, soprano,Erin Lawson, alto, Colin Ainsworth, tenor, and Orival Bento-Goncalves, bass. Sue Woo andJoy Gordon each won a pair of tickets! The seventh annual Toronto Summer Music Festival hasthis treat in store: the Nash Ensemble with Colin Ainsworth performs Music of England (August 2,Koerner Hall) — works by Bridge, Vaughan Williams and Elgar. The Nash Ensemble is the first ensemble-in-residence atLondon’s legendary Wigmore Hall. Mark your calendars, Warren Keyes, and Rahila Faziluddin, you each have a pair oftickets! Our Own Songs is a recording of The Aldeburgh Connection’s own commissioned works by John Greer, DerekHolman and John Beckwith, inspired by a wide range of influences in art, history, and literature. Artistic directors andpianists Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata perform with Adrianne Pieczonka, Monica Whicher, Elizabeth Turnbull, MarkPedrotti, and Colin Ainsworth. (MARQUIS 381) Ruth Comfort and Shelby Cook: a copy each!Music’s Children gratefully acknowledges Beth and Adrian, Peter and Verity, Wendy, Claire, Sophia, Marie, Stephen and Bruce, Carol, Sharon and Larry.May 1 – June 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 59

DISCOVERIES | RECordINGS REVIEWEDEditor’s CornerDAVID OLDSThirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gouldwas, I think, the first film I ever saw atthe Toronto International Film Festivalwhere it received a special citation backin 1993. Subtitled “The Sound ofGenius” this outstanding portraitby François Girard, producedby Niv Fichman for Toronto’sRhombus Media, went on towin four Genie Awards includingBest Film and Best Directorthat year. It was a great pleasureto find a DVD re-issue (sony88691912129) in my in-boxlast month and to revisit ColmFeore’s canny portrayal of Gouldin this docu-dramatic recreation of someof the more iconic moments of the artist’scontroversial career. While much is indeeddramatic reinvention, we are also presentedwith commentary by some of Gould’s colleaguesincluding film maker and violinistBruno Monsaingeon (who is also seen ina performance of Gould’s String QuartetThe TrumpetBy John Wallace and Alexander McGrattanYale University PressISBN 978-0-300-11230-6$40.00 hardcover, 360 pagesPublication Date: May 15, 2012“What mouthpiece do you use?” is theusual conversation opener, one trumpetplayer to another. So now we have anotheropener: “Have you read The Trumpet byJohn Wallace and Alexander McGrattan?”This book is a most welcomed addition to thelibraries of seasoned professional trumpeters(like me), a “must-have” for any aspiringtrumpet student or for anyone wishing tofollow the evolution and vibrant history ofone of the world’s oldest instruments.The Trumpet follows a broadly chronologicalpattern, starting by highlightingthe prehistory through civilizations of theancient world. Summaries of developmentsin the instrument and its playing techniquesfollow, setting the stage for more in-depthinvestigations of these topics in subsequentchapters. The Trumpet then chronicles aGArrY PAGEOp.1), Yehudi Menuhin and CBC broadcasterMargaret Pascu among others. Looselystructured on Bach’s Goldberg Variations,we are presented with a series of vignettesfeaturing Gould in monologue,in dialogue with himself andon occasion in interaction withothers. Feore carries the bulk ofthe performance but there area few supporting actors includinga cameo by screenplay cowriterDon McKellar. Some ofthe variations involve no commentary,combining music withfilm montage and in one case ananimation sequence by NormanMcLaren. If you missed this in the theatrefirst time around I highly recommend youcatch it on DVD now. I only wonder whyit has taken two decades to bring it to thehome market.In 1990 the great violinist and pedagogueYehudi Menuhin, mentioned above,continued on next pageperiod of more than a thousandyears, from the fall of the RomanEmpire in the West in the fifthcentury through to the end of the16th century. Wonderful inclusionof articles by Don Smithers andPeter Downey provoke fresh interestand controversy regardingthis relatively neglected period inthe history of the trumpet.Further chapters explore thetrumpet in the 17th and 18thcenturies, often referred to as “the goldenage” of the natural trumpet. I find particularinterest in the attention to detail regardingsophisticated performance conventions andthe virtuosic repertoire of the Baroque,including detailed studies of the trumpetparts in the works of Bach and Handel.Exploration of the new-found chromatic possibilitiestoward the end of this period leadsbeautifully to a detailed analysis of theconcerti for the keyed trumpet by Haydnand Hummel. As these are staple audition,examination and performance repertoire, sothe insights shared here by master teachersWallace and McGrattan are invaluable.Commentary outlines 19th and early 20thcentury development of valved instrumentswhich redefined the possibilities of the trumpetand the ways in which it was understoodby players, composers and audiences. Thecharting of detailed and useful technicaldevelopments and focus on the implicationsof these innovations for performance is followedby discussions of the often complexrelationships between natural and valvedinstruments, trumpet and cornet, as well asthe development and use of the piccolo trumpetin solo and orchestral contexts.In discussion of the development of thetrumpet as an orchestral and a solo instrumentsince the early 20th century, homageis given to Maurice André who significantlyextended the solo trumpet repertoire by commissioningnew works and by performingtranscriptions of baroque music. From the1960s, collaborations between trumpetersand avant-garde composers led to an expansionof classical solo repertoire; a veryuseful appendix of 20th-century solo worksis included as well as numerous orchestralexcerpts to provide further clarity.The role of the trumpet in jazz is a principaltheme in the final chapter, with analysisof the early recordings of Louis Armstrong,a fascinating discussion of the more mainstreamfields of popular music, brass chambermusic and the use of the trumpet inscores for television and the motion pictureindustry. A welcomed inclusion is the considerationof the image of the trumpet player,exploring, among other things, the significantrole of female trumpeters in jazz andclassical music. Finally, the future directionof jazz is considered through the prominenceof Wynton Marsalis and other influentialjazz trumpeters, inspiring the re-emergenceof the trumpet as a solo instrument inmusic today.Author John Wallace was fornearly two decades principaltrumpet of the PhilharmoniaOrchestra, London, and isprincipal of the Royal ScottishAcademy of Music and Drama.Alexander McGrattan is onfaculty at the Royal ScottishAcademy of Music and Drama,is a freelance trumpeter, anda leading exponent of the naturaltrumpet.Perhaps worth consideration is the British(er, Scottish) perspective inherent within thiswork. While for some, this gives it a specialappeal, for others, it may result in referenceswhich are less immediately accessible. It hasbeen suggested that this is the first majorbook devoted to the trumpet in more than 20years. In this reviewer’s perspective, and as atrumpeter, I would have to agree.Trumpeter Garry Page, The WholeNote’srecently appointed director of marketing, is“subbing” for regular BookShelf columnistPamela Margles who will return next month.60 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

EDITOR’S CORNER continued …became the second laureate of the GlennGould Prize, awarded every three years bythe Glenn Gould Foundation in recognitionof outstanding achievements in music andcommunication. This year the ninth iterationof the prize will be bestowed on LeonardCohen at a concert at Massey Hall on May 14featuring a veritable “Who’s Who” of thepop world which has been so influenced byCohen’s output over the past half century.The announcement of the award promptedme to revisit a DVD that was issued in 2010of a film by Tony Palmer entitledLeonard Cohen – Bird on a Wire(TPDVD166). This documentarywas shot during Cohen’s 1972European tour which also tookhim to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Ifound it very interesting to hearthe then 37 year old singer talkingabout how some of the songswere written 10 and 15 yearspreviously and how hard it wasto continue to relate to them somany years later. I wonder what hisperspective is now, 40 moreyears on. The film is verycandid and we see some lessthan winning sides of the artist,baiting stage (state) securityforces at a concert in Tel Aviv,petulantly refusing to return tothe stage on a night when he feelsthere is no magic in the performanceand demeaning (while seemingto reason with) disappointedfans after a concert in Berlin. Itis a surprising portrait in manyways, of a successful artist inmid-career, warts and all.The most surprising aspect ofthis film to me was the realizationthat so many of the iconicsongs that we know Leonard Cohen for,Hallelujah and First We Take Manhattannotwithstanding, were written as a youngman and, perhaps more surprising, that thevoice we never considered “good” was actuallyquite musical in those early years.Of course Cohen has had a long and successfulcareer and in recent years has continuedto release albums and tour extensively.The 2008 documentary Live in London and atribute concert at the Montreal Jazz Festivalthat year are testament to his ongoing influencein the music world. Most recently OldIdeas (Columbia 88697986712) has beenvery well received although this critic willreserve judgement on the recent output untilcover versions of the songs begin to appear.Evidently there have been 150 renditions ofHallelujah, in many different languages andgenres, but I have my doubts that the newAmen will achieve such glory.Another Glenn Gould Prize laureatewho has caught my attention this month isPierre Boulez who won the $50,000 awardin 2002. A new recording of Mémoriale andDérive 1 & 2 featuring Ensemble OrchestralContemporain under founder Daniel Kawra(naïve MO 782183) presents interrelatedworks from the mid-1980s. The last of thesehas continued to occupy Boulez since itsconception with the most recent revisiondating from 2006; the first is based on amovement from the 1972 work … explosantefixe… written in response to the death ofStravinsky. So in effect the pieces herereflect three and a half decades of Boulez’compositional output.The disc seems organic in the way it progresses.It begins with Mémoriale for soloflute, two horns, three violins,two violas and cello, dedicatedto the memory of Canadian flutistLawrence Beauregard whoworked closely with Boulez inthe development of interactivecomputer/instrument interfacesat IRCAM, Mémoriale exists intwo versions: with and withouttechnology. I had to listen verycarefully to this recording torealize that this is the purelyacoustic rendition. The stringsusing metal practise mutes producean ethereal shimmering thatsounds almost electronic.Although composed in 1984,a year earlier than Mémoriale,Dérive 1 seems to grow outof the opening piece. Onlythis time the strings are notmuted and it is as if familiar materialhas been amplified, orrather magnified.This is taken a step furtherin the 50 minute Dérive 2. Iwas surprised to realize that althoughusing a much larger ensemblethan the opening pieces,the orchestration here involvesjust 16 players. My initial impressionwas of a concerto for orchestra butthe basic one per part instrumentation producesa deceptively full spectrum of sound.The addition of harp, piano, vibraphone andmarimba to the bare bones ensemble contributesto the effect. I found the bassoon,English horn and clarinet cadenzas especiallyintriguing.This recording will provide a good introductionto the music of one of the most importantcomposers of our time for those notyet familiar with Boulez. It is also an importantaddition to the discography for those whoalready realize the scope of this master.We welcome your feedback and invitesubmissions. CDs and comments should besent to: The WholeNote, 503–720 BathurstSt., Toronto ON M5S 2R4. We also encourageyou to visit our website www.thewholenote.comwhere you can find added featuresincluding direct links to performers, composersand record labels, “buy buttons” foronline shopping and additional, expandedand archival reviews.—David Olds, DISCoveries Editordiscoveries@thewholenote.comVOCALBach – St. John PassionChoir of King’s College,Cambridge;Stephen CleoburyBrilliant Classics 94316Bach – St. John PassionBach Choir of Bethlehem; Bach FestivalOrchestra; Greg FunfgeldAnalekta AN 2 9890-1J.S. Bach’ssacred works forsoloists, choir andorchestra are allmind-bogglinglywonderful, so to beappointed the taskof considering thesetwo excellent performancesof his St.John Passion wasa true Easter treat.The first is a new releasefrom the BachChoir of Bethlehem(Pennsylvania), thesecond a re-issueof a 1995 releasefeaturing the Choir of King’s College,Cambridge. Both choirs have a venerable history:the Bethlehem group was the first BachChoir founded in the USA (in 1891) andgave that country’s premiere performance ofBach’s B Minor Mass in 1900; and the Choirof King’s College, Cambridge, has beenone of England’s premiere choral groups foreons. The BCB is partnered in this recordingproject by their own Bach Festival Orchestra,playing on modern instruments, while theCKCC is accompanied by the BrandenburgConsort on period instruments.The soloists on both recordings are alloutstanding. Though all the wonderful singersin the CKCC reissue are now no longeron the regular soloist “circuit,” the combinedcast listings read like a partial “Who’s Who”of the baroque scene. Of special note in theMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 61

BCB performance is Charles Daniels who,as always, bestows his consummate clarity,intelligence and expressiveness upon the roleof the Evangelist. The other soloists are alsoexcellent, particularly soprano Julia Doylewho imbues “Ich forge Dir gleichfalls” withthe perfect blend of delight and innocence.With the CKCC, John Mark Ainsley alsosings a very fine Evangelist, and hearingthe voices of Paul Agnew, Stephen Varcoand Catherine Bott makes for a cheerful tripdown memory lane.Both choirs sing with impeccable ensembleand depth of expression; the Bethlehemgroup in particular sounds truly congregationalin the chorales, a very welcomequality. The orchestral playing in both isfirst-class, with refined expressiveness, clarityand attention to detail, and the continuogroup players in both are equally topnotch.While the thoughtful playing of theBrandenburg Consort on period instrumentsis a little more to my own taste, the BachFestival Orchestra players play elegantly,adopting “historically informed” influencewith skill and flexibility. Kudos to all involvedin these two excellent recordings.—Alison MelvilleCantate DominoOttawa Bach Choir; Lisette CantonIndependent 2011www.ottawabachchoir.caThe Ottawa BachChoir celebrates itstenth anniversarywith the release ofthis recording whichincludes the choir’sfavourite repertoire.Bach, of course, isgiven pride of placewith first and last selections; first being thewedding cantata, Der Herr denket an unsBWV196, and lastly the motet Der Geisthilft unsrer Schwachheit BWV226. A smallbaroque ensemble led by violinist HélènePlouffe serving as orchestra shines brilliantlyin the opening Sinfonia and director LisetteCanton coaxes excellent work from the choirthroughout. The choir’s namesake appearsagain in a later setting; Knut Nystedt’sImmortal Bach, in which the theme takenfrom Komm süsser Tod BWV478, withlayered notes from the original, is sung indifferent time intervals. Rather than theexpected fugal effect, a unique and etherealmass voice emerges alternating betweenconsonance and dissonance.Soloists shine in Monteverdi’s Beatusvir, and Messiaen’s O sacrum convivium!shows off the choir’s warm and unifiedresponsiveness. One can only wish theOttawa Bach Choir continues to delight theiraudience for (at least) another ten years.—Dianne WellsI’ve Got A Crush On YouMeasha BrueggergosmanKelp Records 333www.kelprecords.comMeashaBrueggergosman isone of those vexingcreatures — theunpredictable artist.Just when you thinkyou know whereto place her, outcomes Measha — thehost of Canada’s Got Talent; Measha — theCBC’s celebrity panellist; Measha — live inconcert in the Maritimes. Her recent DVDappearance in The Rise and Fall of the Cityof Mahagonny welcomed with considerablecritical acclaim for both singing and acting,opened the possibility of Measha, the credibleWeill and cabaret performer … Well, notso fast. I’ve Got a Crush on You throws yetanother spanner in the works. If you expecta solid, even and predictable collection ofstandards old and new, forget about it. Therange of this album is enormous — from acringe-inducing Secret Heart to a brilliantand jazzy Both Sides Now, to a hilarioussend-up of Misty (with whom else but MartinShort) to the greatly nuanced title song andEmbraceable You. Brueggergosman is ather best when she trusts her innate sense ofrhythm, her sultry voice and the considerabletalent of the accompanying musicians.The low points come when she tries to forcethe non-operatic works into an operaticidiom. So yet again, she confounds expectations,surprises, and at times delights — cometo think about it, something that every artistshould strive for. A must for her fans, and aworthy detour for the curious. I wonder whatshe will come up with next …—Robert TomasConcert Notes: “An Evening with MeashaBrueggergosman” includes selections fromI’ve Got a Crush on You at the GrandTheatre in Kingston on May 4 and at theShowplace in Peterborough on May 17.EARLY & PERIOD PERFORMANCEUne fête BaroqueLe Concert d’Astrée; Emannuelle HaïmVirgin Classics 50999 730799 2 7Le Concertd’Astrée celebratedten years togetherwith a commemorativeevent atthe Théâtre desChamps Elysées lastDecember, uniting24 soloists in agala fund-raising display of talents for theGustave Roussy Foundation which seeksnon-standard treatments for cancer.Rameau is the first composer selectedfor the gala. Natalie Dessay and StéphaneDegout are the soloists leading the choir ofsavages in Rameau’s Les Indes galantes;there is nothing savage about the interpretations!Anne Sofie von Otter’s plaintive “Airde Phèdre” is greatly enhanced by the stringplayersin the song from Hippolyte et Aricie,an opera which also affords us Jaël Azzarettias a shepherdess in “Rossignols amoureux.”This double CD should not be misinterpretedas purely a collection of intensebaroque arias; Patricia Petibon’s “La Folie”from the ballet-bouffon Platée and the audience’slive laughter prove this.Sometimes there are pleasant surprisesin this worthy anthology. “What Power ArtThou,” the “cold song” from Purcell’s KingArthur, is performed by Christopher Purvesto, dare one say it, chilling effect.Handel’s music dominates the secondCD. Sacred and secular, his most popularoperas are treated with passion by singersand instrumentalists. How better to end thanwith the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’sMessiah — with audience participation?And there is even a rendition of Purcell’sSound the Trumpet which, I hope, wouldhave appealed to Purcell’s sense of humour!—Michael SchwartzBach – Goldberg VariationsDavid JalbertATMA ACD2 2557Bach – Goldberg VariationsDaniel BarenboimEuroArts 2066778We have somany “Goldbergs”to choose from. Infact Goldbergitisfever insures usthat one or morenew versions will bereleased each year.What differentiateseach of these performances?Thereis also the questionof whether any ofthe new CDs willever replace thetwo iconic GlennGould recordings.Often the choice issubjective and sentimental. I grew up listeningto the Gould version but I also loveAndras Schiff, Murray Perahia and the verypersonal and unique performance by SimoneDinnerstein. What puts new CDs in the topechelon of Goldberg recordings? I believeit is the quality of tone, effortless technique,virtuosic control and command of the contrapuntallines, orchestrating the piano and theindecipherable quotient of magic.David Jalbert on the ATMA label certainlyhas the virtuoso technique and articulation62 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

to be in the elite few. The opening Aria wasbeautifully shaded and his control of quickpassagework in succeeding variations wascrisp and articulate. I enjoyed his smoothlines which created an extremely musicalflow in spite of the many embellishmentsand busy counterpoint. His playing wasalways controlled, yet incisive without beingmetronomic. His sensitivity to the tempifor each variation made for engaged listening.Jalbert’s tonal quality is not as warmand sweet as Dinnerstein’s or Perahia’s buthis command and power at the keyboardis unquestionable. I found his trills to beremarkably even and precise. What makesthis recording work for me is that Jalbertdiscovered the thread that links each variationand he made the performance a cohesivemasterpiece.I also like the liner notes by Robert Rival.I found his writing very informative andrevealing from a composer’s perspective. Itbrought to life Bach’s complex and virtuosiccomposition technique in creating this remarkableand timeless work of art.Released this year, the DVD of DanielBarenboim’s performance of Bach’sGoldberg Variations was actually recordedin 1992 and I was surprised to hear such asensitive and musical interpretation. Pastperformances have not always lived up to expectationsin tonal quality. This performanceexudes energy and deep emotional commitmentto the work. Barenboim uses a widerange of dynamics and articulations to createthe instrumental sounds from Bach’s time.He makes pianistic references to thefamous high trumpet, the oboe, the stringfamily and the organ. Barenboim has createdan orchestra from the piano. This is no surpriseas he is a highly respected conductorand it shows in his “orchestration” of eachvariation. His faster variations are dance-likeand real toe-tappers. However, despite thespeed or tempo he never loses his refinedtouch and exquisite control of the rhythmand ornaments. Each variation breathesmusically, dances, sings or speaks in a contemplativemanner. Although linked, eachvariation tells a unique story.Anthony Short in his excellent programnotes wrote that if Bach’s early biographerJohann Forkel is to be believed, when Bach’sextended family got together they oftenstruck up a chorale that would mix spiritualand serious songs with comic and scabrouspopular tunes of the era. These improvisingharmonies produced a quodlibet which is acontrapuntal combination of several differentpopular songs featuring a selection oflowly brassica vegetables such as the tune for“Cabbages and turnips have driven me away,had my Mother cooked meat, I’d have optedto stay.” I feel that Barenboim captured thespirit of this quodlibet in several of the variationsas well as the reflective and spiritualquality of some of the other variations.Both Barenboim and Jalbert have virtuosictechniques and the ability to casta spell when performing this work. Bothhave the communicative and musical skillsto take their place in the elite group ofGoldberg performers. If I had to choosebetween Jalbert and Barenboim I wouldpick Barenboim. His playing had a greaterrange of tonal colour and dynamics. I don’tmean dynamics as simply loud and soft butdynamics that created different moods andinstrumental soundscapes. I also thoughthis warm touch gave him a slight edge overJalbert. I would love to hear Jalbert recordthe Goldberg many years from now. I wasmesmerized by his recording now but whatan amazing performance he will give in theyears to come. We are so lucky to have anartist like David Jalbert in Canada.Picking your favorite Goldberg CD issuch a subjective experience. Do any ofthem knock Gould off his iconic pedestal?Depends on the day but I believe that thesetwo recent performances join him in thatspecial group with others which are certainto come. This is indeed a testament tothe great J.S. Bach whose music continuesto be such a joy and revelation that weforever keep searching and learning fromhis masterpieces.—Christina Petrowska Quilicoclassical & beyondBach; Ysaÿe; OesterleAisslinn NoskyIndependent IF004www.aisslinn.comSuite InspirationJonathan SwartzSoundset SR1039www.Jonathan-Swartz.comThese are twofascinating discsboth of which featurestrong performancesof the musicfor unaccompaniedviolin by J.S. Bachand other more modernpieces whichreflect and refractthe glorious light ofBach’s works.The irrepressibleand omnipresentAisslinn Nosky isone of the Torontomusic scene’s precioustreasures.As this, her debut solo CD, proves, she ispossessed of a rock-solid technique andan open and probing musical mind. Threeextended pieces for solo violin make up theprogram: the Partita in E Major by Bach,Eugene Ysaÿe’s Sonata Op.27 No.2 andStand Still, written especially for Nosky in2011 by the German-Canadian composerMichael Oesterle.Oesterle’s captivating piece is both minimalistand lyrical and exploits the “voice”of the violin to great effect. Nosky’s performance,with its varied dynamics andarticulation, brings out the fanciful characterof the music as well as its fragility. TheBach partita and Ysaÿe’s sonata are inextricablylinked thematically and are both givenluminous performances here. Nosky’s playingand musical intentions are crystal clearthroughout and her free and bright sound iswell supported by the fine production valuesof the disc.The Toronto-born violinist JonathanSwartz was educated at Rice University andMannes College, and teaches at ArizonaState University, where he is active as asoloist and chamber musician. His cleverlytitledCD Suite Inspiration is filled withdance movements for solo violin by JohannGeorg Pisendel, J.S. Bach and the Canadiancomposer Kieren MacMillan. Followinga chronological order, Swartz begins thedisc with the weakest piece, unfortunately.Though it is given a convincing performance,Pisendel’s A Minor Sonata doesn’t haveenough interest to either move or entertain.The highlight of the program is MacMillan’sSuite No.1 and intriguing Chaconne,which — with its hypnotic, circular patterns— provides a trance-inducing, deeplysatisfying conclusion to Swartz’s program.Both Nosky’s and Swartz’s performancesof Bach’s works are brave and thoughtful.My fondest wish for both players – if it’s nottoo corny to say — is that they keep searchingtheir hearts for ever deeper ways tobring this music across, and that they keeprevisiting this repertoire, as I know they will,throughout their careers. There is a delicioussense of abandon in Nosky’s live playing thatis captured thankfully in spades, in her recordingof the E Major Partita, especially inthe outer movements. Swartz’s performanceof the D Minor Partita, with the biblicallyproportionedfinal Chaconne, is a little morereserved and careful and is at times marredby questionable ornamentation choices.These are two welcome additions to anyviolin-lover’s collection. Bravo to both playersfor commissioning new works fromexcellent, imaginative composers and forsharing their musical “voices” so generously.—Larry BeckwithChopin Recital 2Janina FialkowskaATMA ACD2 2666Chopin – Volume 2Louis LortieChandos CHAN 10714Two artists, each presenting a second instalmentin their Chopin discography, inviteus to ponder their muse through the musicof Chopin.While both Louis Lortie and JaninaFialkowska record on Steinway pianos, theirsound is remarkably different. The Lortie/May 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 63

Chandos recording is dark, more heavilypedaled and given more room. Whetherthis darker tone is the result of instrumentvoicing or recording equalization is unclear.But the contrast to Fialkowska’s brighter,more present sound lays the groundwork forappreciating the difference between thesetwo pianists.Fialkowska is quick, articulate and generouswith interpretive variations in her tempi.The impression her playing gives is of anartist revelling in the energy of Chopin’spianistic dance forms. Her command of thiscomposer’s language leaves no doubt abouther convictions to follow Chopin throughthe turmoil of cascading note clusters andthe depths of melancholic harmonies. Herplaying gives the impression that she feelsquite “in-charge” of this material but neversurrenders herself entirely to the seductionof Chopin’s voice. Still, she performs verymuch from “inside” the music.Lortie is no less an interpreter or technician.He is adept at fluidity of phrasing andcoaxing Chopin’smenacing growlsto emerge from thepiano’s bass register.He favours a moreweighty approachthat blends keyboardarticulationinto longer ideas.Somehow, Lortieintroduces a strongerelement of mysteryinto this same music.We recognize thecomposer and hislanguage but seehim in less definiteterms, with moreunanswered questions.The two recordings present differentrepertoire with Fialkowska playing waltzes,polonaises and mazurkas, along with thelarger F Minor Fantaisie and the B-FlatMinor Scherzo. Lortie, by contrast, givesus nocturnes, ballades, the Berceuse andBarcarolle. Both, however, perform theBallade No.2 in F Major Op.38 and here wefind ground for a revealing comparison.What appears to distinguish these twoextraordinary artists is the extent to whichthey pull back the curtain to reveal Chopin.The opening ideas of the ballade are shortand tender, supported by simple but artfulharmonies that return as a coda to closethe work. Between them lies a bombasticand turbulent middle section that demandsbreathtaking technique.Fialkowska is ready to expose both theexplosive and the deeply intimate by pushingthe piano to its technical limits frommassive volume to notes that are barelyplayed. It’s an all-or-nothing approach withimmediate impact. Lortie, by contrast, keepsback from the brink and doesn’t take us allthe way to where we know the emotionaljourney must surely go. This distance ofuntraveled emotion may be the key to themystique in Lortie’s art — the power of unfulfilledexpectation.Both these artists command completeattention. Their interpretations are matureand eminently credible. Which of thesea listener favours may depend merelyupon the mood of the moment. Any seriousChopin collector should own both ofthese recordings.—Alex BaranLegendsCaroline Léonardelli; Matthew LarkinCentaur Records CEN1110Now here’s somethingyou don’t comeacross every day:an album of musicfor harp and organ.Harpist CarolineLéonardelli joinsorganist MatthewLarkin in a singularrecital of celestial sounds from the post-Romanticera. The music of Marcel Grandjany,doyen of the French harp school in NorthAmerica, opens the disc in an understatedfashion with his solemn and dignified Ariain Classic Style. Russia is represented bythe second movement from Glière’s HarpConcerto, a livelier work with some lovelyregistrations provided in the arrangement byMatthew Larkin. A heavyweight from Viennaincongruously appears in the form of theAdagietto from Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. I’msorry to say the balance of the instrumentshere is frankly a travesty. The overstatedharp part, copied verbatim from the orchestralversion in an unimaginative transcriptionby Joachim Dorfmüller, is not, and was nevermeant to be, a concerto! (Mahlerians mightcare to seek out David Biggs’ mind-blowingperformance of the complete symphony onthe Gloucester Cathedral organ.) Two extendedworks follow by the equally obscurecomposers Rudolf Zingel and Alfred Holy,both entitled Légende. Athematic and teemingwith arpeggios, they are well-nigh stylisticallyindistinguishable from each other. TheConcerto for Harp by the American LeoSowerby struck me as the most effective andimaginative work of the lot, providing numerousopportunities to demonstrate the registralvarieties of the organ of Christ ChurchCathedral in Ottawa.Mahler aside, the recording values aregenerally excellent and the artists are bothat the top of their game. The packaginghowever is infuriating, replete with confusinglayouts, virtually illegible Englishtranslations and no track timings. To addinsult to injury, the identity of the very wellmaintainedorgan is nowhere apparent untilone removes the disc from its spindle. Here’shoping Centaur gives the estimable Mr.Larkin his due in the future with a disc ofsolo organ music.—Daniel FoleyWagner en SuisseOrchestre Symphonique Bienne;Thomas RosnerATMA ACD2 2580Tribschen, theWagner villa inLucerne, is onthe cover of thissurprisingly beautifulcollection byATMA. I visitedthis house and itsbreathtaking surroundingsexactly 100 years after SiegfriedIdyll was first performed in its central staircaseas “Symphonic Birthday Gift” to hissoon-to-be second wife, Cosima von Bülow(December 25, 1870). Wagner’s Swiss exiledue to political reasons is so rich in significantevents, inspiration and compositionalscope that volumes could be written. Tristanund Isolde, Die Meistersinger, the completionof Siegfried will barely scratch thesurface …The original chamber version of SiegriedIdyll dreamily performed recreating theintimate acoustic properties of the house,suitably starts off the program. This is followedlater by Traume, an early study forthe phenomenal second act love duet, dedicatedto Mathilde Wesendonk, his Zurichbenefactor’s wife and object of Wagner’stempestuous love affair that inspired Tristanund Isolde. All this and much more is containedhere, lovingly played by the OrchestreSymphonique Bienne conducted by a youngand up and coming Thomas Rösner. Hisfresh inspiration breathes new soul intothese works.In stark contrast, Richard Strauss’ “sojournen Suisse” in 1946 was not really anexile, more like an escape from the defeat ofthe Third Reich (whose composer emeritushe was), looking for greener pastures and amore comfortable life. His Oboe Concertowritten, ironically, for an American GI oboistcertainly reflects his newfound peace.Much inspired by Mozart, Strauss, by thistime, abandoned his earlier, overheated post-Romantic, albeit masterful, style. Performedto perfection and virtuoso grace by LouisePellerin, it makes an appropriate close to thishighly recommendable new release.—Janos GardonyiDvořák – String Quartet No.13; CypressesCecilia String QuartetAnalekta AN 2 9892Dvořák’s StringQuartet No.13 in GMajor was writtentowards the end of1895, a particularlyhappy time in thecomposer’s life.Only a few monthsearlier, Dvořákhad returned from his second successful64 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

tour of the USA and was now back in thefamiliar landscape of his beloved Bohemia.Working from his country home in Vysoká,he completed the quartet in just four weeks,putting the final touches on it on ChristmasDay. The piece exudes contentment, and itsbuoyant spirit is clearly evident in this newAnalekta recording featuring the CeciliaString Quartet.Named for the patron saint of music,the Toronto-based ensemble formed whenall four members were studying at theUniversity of Toronto. The quartet wonthe Felix Galimir Chamber Music Awardin 2005, went on to win first prize at theBanff International Quartet Competitionin 2010 and has since made appearancesboth in Europe and North America. Thisis the Cecilia’s first recording in a series offour to be recorded for Analekta, and it’s agem! From the quartet’s sprightly openingmeasures, the ensemble achieves a wonderfulsense of balance throughout the finelyinterwoven counterpoint. The intonation isclear and precise, and there is none of themuddiness which can sometimes occur instring performance. The languorous linesof the Adagio result in a wonderful sound,while the Finale is treated with an arrestingenergy, the changes in mood and tempoadeptly handled.An added bonus on this disc is the setof Cypresses Op.152. These expressions ofyoung love initially began as songs, but werelater adapted for string quartet. Together,they contain a bevy of contrasting moods,from yearning and tender to anguished anddefiant. The Cecilia Quartet does them alljustice, playing with an assured elegance, asit does the set of Two Waltzes Op.54 whichrounds out this most satisfying recording.—Richard HaskellConcert Note: This year’s Felix GalimirPrize will be presented to Trio Danzka in aconcert at Walter Hall on Sunday May 13 at3pm. Trio Danzka will perform Beethoven’s“Ghost” trio and Schumann’s Piano Trio No.1in D Minor.FEELING LUCKY?THREE WAYS TO WINCDs, tickets and othermusical prizes courtesy ofThe WholeNote1. Join our mailing list byregistering atwww.thewholenote.com2. Like us on Facebook3. Follow us on TwitterStrings AttachedToronto’s Windermere String Quartetwas founded in 2005, but has onlyjust released its first CD, The GoldenAge of String Quartets, on Alison Melville’sPipistrelle label (pip0112). The ensemblebills itself as the Windermere String Quartet“on period instruments” and the players,violinists Rona Goldensher and ElizabethLoewen Andrews, violistAnthony Rapoport and cellistLaura Jones, all have extensiveexperience with leading periodinstrument ensembles.Their debut CD highlights theperiod at the heart of their repertoire,with Mozart’s Quartet inC Major K465, the “Dissonance,”Haydn’s Quartet in E-Flat MajorOp.33 No.2, “The Joke,” andBeethoven’s Quartet in CMinor Op.18 No.4.As you would expect, there isno overtly “romantic” approachto the playing here, but these areterrific interpretations, with fineensemble playing, great dynamicsand expression, excellent choicesof tempo, sensitivity in theMozart, a fine sense of humourin the Haydn and real passion inthe Beethoven.The recordings were made almosttwo years ago in St. Anne’sAnglican Church in Toronto,with the expert team of NorbertKraft and Bonnie Silver, and the ambience isspacious and reverberant.Period performances often display a sparsityof vibrato and a softness of attack thatcan make them sound somewhat flat and lifeless,and lacking in fullness and warmth — orat least, warmth the way we have come toexpect it. There is never any danger of thathere, though. These are period performancesthat blend life, spirit and soul with aperfectly-judged sensitivity for contemporarystyle and practice. It’s the perfect marriage,and hopefully we won’t have to wait toolong for further offspring to accompany thisexemplary debut disc.Two interesting CDs of early Italian stringquartets arrived recently, neither of whichturned out to be quite what I expected.TErrY ROBBINSLuigi Boccherini (1743–1805) is mostlyremembered for his famous Minuet, butalong with Haydn he was in at the birthof the string quartet form, writing closeto 100 quartets, almost always in groups ofsix, starting with his Op.2 in 1761. The sixString Quartets Op.8 from 1768 are featuredon a budget re-issue CD from the ItalianDYNAMic label in excellent 1994performances by the Quartettod’archi di Venezia (DM8027).Despite their brevity — thelongest quartet is only 14 minuteslong — and their limitedemotional range, this is in noway merely functional musicbut true part-writing that is bothwell-balanced and idiomatic.Niccolo Paganini wrote onlythree works in the quartetgenre, but despite their beingwritten some 50 years afterBoccherini’s there is virtuallyno part-writing; it’s almostall first violin solo withstring accompaniment. Perhapssurprisingly, this is not becausePaganini wanted to displayhis virtuosic technique: theyare, in fact, very much of theirtime. Paganini was a closefriend of Rossini, and themusic here — like Rossini’s — isessentially melodic, withno attempt at dialogue. TheString Quartets Nos.1–3 are charming andcompetent, but with no great depth, andreceive effortless performances by the AmatiEnsemble String Quartet on Brilliant Classics(94287). These quartets live or die on theskills of the first violin, and happily, Dutchviolinist Gil Sharon is more than up tothe task.Strings Attached continues at www.thewholenote.com with Robert Gibbsand Gusztav Fenyo’s Complete music forViolin and Piano by Eugene Goossens, TaiMurray’s recording of Ysaÿe’s solo sonatas,Volume II of the Pacifica Quartet’s SovietExperience and Volume III of Sarasate’sComplete Music for Violin and Piano withTianwa Yang and Markus Hadulla.thewholenote.comMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 65

modern & contemporaryWachner, Julian – Triptych;Concerto for ClarinetScott Andrews; McGill Chamber Orchestra;Julian WachnerATMA ACD2 2319Sparked bymultiple talents ofcomposer-conductorJulian Wachner, thisdisc succeeds on allfronts! In Triptych,commissioned forthe 100th anniversaryof St. Joseph’sOratory, organist Philippe Bélanger andMontreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain offer anexciting, insightful performance. Out of orchestralchaos the organ enters with chordalgrandeur in the introductory “Logos.” Anintrospective two-part organ passage plus itsaggressive string response become the basesfor the following allegro. I was especiallystruck by the quiet return of the organ passageover a pedal note, now continued effectivelywith chimes. Bélanger and selectedinstrumentalists are beautifully reflectiveagain in the middle movement “Agape,” theviolins serene and inspired in the closingmelody. The organist shines in the final“Angelus,” building steadily with the orchestrathrough tricky metre changes to a great,moving conclusion. Himself a virtuoso organist,Wachner has created long sonorities,repeated chords, and busy passages that arestatic harmonically to suit the highly reverberantspace. Producer Johanne Goyette andengineer Anne-Marie Sylvestre deserve specialmention for the sonic results.On a lighter plane, Wachner’s eclecticConcerto for Clarinet and Orchestra receivesloving treatment from St. Louis Symphonyprincipal clarinettist Scott Andrews andthe McGill Chamber Orchestra. Andrews’clarinet manages to be Coplandesque,jazzy, klezmerish and more in the expressiveintroduction and motoric allegro.Highly recommended.—Roger KnoxJAZZ & IMPROVISEDMe, Myself & IKenny WernerJustin Time Records JUST 248Kenny Wernerhas been aroundfor a long time, is abrilliant pianist, accompanist,composerand educator, andyet somehow hasnever received thepublic recognitionhe deserves. This album was recorded at theUpstairs Jazz Bar & Grill in June 2011 aspart of the Montreal Jazz Festival and thechoice of music ranges from such standardsas Round Midnight, Blue in Green and GiantSteps, to Joni Mitchell’s classic I Had a Kingand the pianist’s own gem, Balloons. Thereis an ethereal quality to the music right fromthe opening bars of the first cut which is sustainedthroughout the album.Balloons is literally inspired by the lifeand death of helium balloons. Balloonsbought for his daughter’s birthday wouldfloat up and touch the ceiling, but eventuallythey’d come down. So the tune is sort of amusical joke — a balloon from the party toits end. If you recognize something familiarin the performance of Balloons, it has therecurring strain of Barbara Allen, a 17thcentury Scottish ballad inserted a couple oftimes, perhaps because the Werner originalis about the life and death of a helium balloonand the ballad is about the death of ayoung love.Giant Steps turns into a flight of fancywhile A Child Is Born is a delicate, introspectivevoyage of sensitivity taken withhaunting simplicity. There is nothingnegative to say about this CD. I have been aKenny Werner fan for many years and I havenever heard him play better than he does onthis recording.—Jim GallowaySilent MovieMelissa StylianouAnzic Records ANZ-0036www.melissastylianou.comOn this, herfourth album,Toronto-born, NewYork-based vocalistMelissa Stylianousings with endearingsensitivityand ample heart.Pleasing to the ear,her voice is higher in range than most jazzsingers, occasionally soaring majesticallybut for the most part remaining understated,focused on the words she sings rather thanthe sounds she produces. Stylianou’s eclectictaste for repertoire here blends standardsand originals with a range of contemporarymaterial: James Taylor, Paul Simon,Johnny Cash, avant-garde folk singer JoannaNewsom and Brazilian pop star Vanessa daMatta. Brilliantly arranged to suit Stylianou,these covers provide some exquisite musicalmoments.Perhaps the only downside to recordingsuch excellent covers is that the artist’s ownoriginals do not shine quite as brightly. Butthe album has numerous highlights includingSimon’s Hearts and Bones, da Mata’sOnde Ir, Newsom’s Swansea and a stunningtake on one of jazz’s most sentimentalstandards, The Folks Who Live on the Hill,delivered here with supreme sincerity. Allfour tracks benefit greatly from the vibrantwork of multi-reed player Anat Cohen, appearinghere on clarinet, bass clarinet andsoprano saxophone. Guitarist Peter McCannis a sympathetic asset throughout, and cellistYoed Nir is a nice added touch on a fewtracks. That said, the entire band cushionsStylianou admirably throughout this beautifullyproduced, refreshing recording.—Ori DaganHeart FirstHalie LorenJustin Time JTR 8573-2Singer HalieLoren’s Heart Firstis what I think of asget-out-the-hammockmusic. The evocationof lazy hours onthe porch in a sultrylocale hasn’t somuch to do with theorigins of the recording — Loren and creware based in Eugene, Oregon — as with theeasy, back-pocket singing style and lightlyswinging support of the band. Gifted witha sometimes breathy, sometimes throatyand always gorgeous voice, comparisons toNorah Jones are unavoidable. I even hear abit of Aaron Neville in the way Loren playswith the break in her voice, in particular onher pretty take of Bob Marley’s Waiting inVain. It’s in these covers of newer standardsand remakes of pop hits that the disc shinesbrightest, but Loren’s own songs fit in cozilywith the classics and overall breeziness. Theonly time Heart First even comes close towhat could be described as edgy is on thereharmonized All of Me, which cleverlyblends tremolo guitar (William Seiji Marsh),malleted drums (Brian West) and a minorkey for a Willie Nelson-goes-voodoo kindof vibe. Loren also occasionally unleashes abit of French and Spanish to kick up the sexappeal a notch, but not so much to make youfall out of your hammock.—Cathy RichesOpusjazzJulie LamontagneJustin Time JTR 8570-2I’ve never beena big fan of the“crossover” — operadivas singing jazz;rock stars performingopera; classicalartists playingHendrix — ouch. Tomy ear, it usuallyhasn’t worked all that well (unless you’reKeith Jarrett playing Bach). So, it was withsome trepidation that I approached pianist/composer Julie Lamontagne’s third and latestalbum, Opus Jazz.Turns out I needn’t have been so trepidatious.Lamontagne’s efforts in “revisiting”66 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

favourite classical music pieces — “a meetingbetween the jazz world I currently inhabitand the classical repertoire of my youth” asshe explains in her liner notes — have proved,by and large, quite successful in this CD ofmusic for solo piano.With an early and firm grounding in classicalmusic, Lamontagne ultimately went onto study with Fred Hersh in New York in2000. (Truthfully, that’s what made me looktwice at the CD. I mean, the sublime FredHersh, for heaven’s sake — the jazz pianist’sjazz pianist, and exceptional composer.)According to Lamontagne, Hersh encouragedher “to learn the works of Brahms inorder to make the connection between jazzand classical.”Given Lamontagne’s well-executed “adaptations”of works by Fauré, Chopin, Bach,Debussy and Brahms, among others, itseems she paid close attention to the teacher;her Brahms/Hersh-inspired Waltz for Freddoes him (Hersh) justice. Bach’s PreludeNo.1 in C Major (WTC Book I) is given afluid and beautiful treatment on track three.And in Chopineries, Lamontagne takes us ona brief, though mellifluous and moving, tourof a Chopin nocturne (Op. posth.72 No.1),ballade (No.1 Op.23) and waltz (No.1 Op.18).Lamontagne is an accomplished andcreative musician, no — uh, make that“yes” — two ways about it.—Sharna SearleLess Than ThreeOri DaganScatCat Records ODCD02www.oridagan.comIn the follow upto his well-received2009 debut, S’CatGot My Tongue,Israeli-born Torontojazz vocalist OriDagan has imbuedhis latest recordingwith a healthy doseof intriguing material, cool musical sophisticationand superb musicianship. The title,Less Than Three, refers to the online symbolof a heart — illustrating Dagan’s theme of“love” in its many guises.Recently named “Canada’s Next TopCrooner” by CBC Radio, Dagan’s rich andsonorous baritone plumbs a depth of feelingabove and beyond what his title wouldindicate. The CD boasts a line-up of giftedmusicians, notably the Bill Evans-influencedpianist Mark Kieswetter and recent Orderof Canada recipient, the luminous JaneBunnett on soprano sax. All of the impressivearrangements are by Dagan andKieswetter, including eclectic takes ontunes from Madonna, Elton John, AndrewLloyd Webber and Lady Gaga, as well astwo original compositions — the entertainingand witty Googleable, and a moving ode topeace, Nu Az Ma?, sumptuously rendered inhis native Hebrew.Noteworthy is a rhythmic and wickedlysensual version of Madonna’s disco-erahit Lucky Star, as well as Eretz ZavatChalav — sung with energy and authenticity(as only a “Sabra” can) and elevated to athrilling level by Jane Bunnett’s stirringimprovisations. Other tasty tracks includea scat-o-riffic roller coaster ride on LadyGaga’s Bad Romance and a pure and elegantrendering of Elton John’s and BernieTaupin’s first big hit, Your Song. No doubtthere will be many more treats in storedown the line from this talented and inventivevocalist.—Lesley Mitchell-ClarkeFrère Jacques: Round about OffenbachGianluigi Trovesi; Gianni CosciaECM 2217Writing aboutopera in 1856,composer JacquesOffenbach (1819–1880) ascribedverve, imaginationand gaiety to Italiancomposers and cleverness,good tasteand wit to French ones. Who better then toprovide a new take on the music of the fatherof the French operetta than two veteranItalian improvising musicians?Accordionist Gianni Coscia and GianluigiTrovesi on piccolo and alto clarinet createstripped-down reconfigurations of 12 ofOffenbach’s familiar themes. They oftenmeld those lines with their own droll commentariesproducing tracks that are postmodernyet jaunty and swinging, with thegaiety implicit in the French composer’sbest work. Trovesi especially, known forhis membership in the Italian InstabileOrchestra, can interject blues tonality insuch a way that his echoing glissandi reflectthe 21st as well as the 19th centuries.Intensely pumping, Coscia’s squeeze box notonly provides tremolo rhythms throughout,but adds dance-like slides and jerks whichlink Offenbach’s favoured Belle Epoque cancanto the rustic Italian tarantella.These affectionate homage-spoofs are frequentlyexpressed in title juxtapositions aswell. For instance, Offenbach’s lilting merrygo-roundstyled Et moi is coupled with theduo’s No, tu, no, which includes fluttertonguedreed slithers, while their Sei italianoencompasses wide-bore reed cadenzas andcomic bellows timing that plays up the thematiclyricism in Offenbach’s No! … Je suisBrésilien. The piece also links his operettasto what will become musical theatre songs.By including staccato tongue flutters andpolyphonic glissandi in their renditions,Trovesi and Coscia confirm that their languidand lyrical extensions of Offenbach’sthemes are treated as seriously as they wouldthe work of any composer or improviser.This impression is fortified on the originalGalop … trottrellando when the clarinetist’svirtuosic trills only attain decisive bel cantoexpression alongside the squeeze box interpolatingdistinctive can-can rhythms.—Ken WaxmanKen Waxman’s Something in the Air:Provocative Ethnic Blends with discs featuringRudresh Mahanthappa, Amir ElSaffar,Mats Gustafsson and David Sait can befound at www.thewholenote.com.Oscar Peterson’s Easter SuiteOscar Peterson; Niels-Henning OrstedtPedersen; Martin BrewArtHaus Musik 107 063The music on thisDVD was recordedin 1984 for LondonWeekend Television,commissioned bythe BBC and broadcaston Good Friday,April 24, 1984. Itis one of the leastknown compositions by Oscar Peterson,even though virtually all sources mention itas one of his major works. The eight movementsfollow the events related in the gospelstory. Long-time associates, bassist Niels-Henning Orstedt Pedersen and drummerMartin Drew, accompany Peterson and, asmight be expected, the playing is of an exceptionallyhigh standard.The DVD also features an interestinginterview with Peterson in which he admitsto an initial scepticism about interpretingsuch a topic in the medium of jazz and hisrelation to spiritual music. He also describesin detail the various motifs of the work andI recommend playing the interview beforelistening to the SuiteThe passion and resurrection may seemsurprising topics for a longer jazz work,but Oscar Peterson with his Easter Suitejoins a number of significant other jazzgreats — artists such as Mary Lou Williams,John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and DaveBrubeck introduced religious themes in theirlater works as a way of expressing theirspiritual beliefs. But religion-inspired jazzhas been around for some time. In fact onecould present a case that there has been aconnection right from the early days in NewOrleans with the street parades and the interplayof musical and religious traditions.The Easter Suite will make an interestingaddition to your Peterson collection and wehave to thank BBC for making it possible. Itis hard to imagine an American network producingsuch an event.—Jim GallowayMay 1 – June 7, 2012thewholenote.com 67

Old Wine, New Bottles | Fine Old Recordings Re-ReleasedMercury is the latest major recordlabel to issue an omnibus collection oftheir recordings packed into the nowfamiliar 5½ inch box format, in this caseentitled Mercury Living Presence Collector’sEdition (4783566) (50 CDs, a 63-page booklet plus an interviewCD with Wilma Cozart Fine,Mercury’s producer). Mercurywas founded in 1945 in Chicagoas a pop label, then jazz, andin 1951 Mercury emerged as acompany of major classical interestwith their ground-breakingOlympian Series with theChicago Symphony under RaphaelKubelik. The era of high fidelity wasabout to emerge and their adoptedlogo, Living Presence, became abeacon familiar to record collectorsand in particular the nascent, yet tobe named, audiophiles. Music loversaround the world soon looked fornew Mercury recordings fromChicago … or anywhere else.Mercury’s Olympian Seriesboasted “single microphone”recordings updated to threemicrophones with the advent ofstereo in 1958. Their productionof the 1812 Overture with AntalDorati and the MinneapolisSymphony, with overdubbed cannonsand bells, exploded ontothe scene, racking up unheardof worldwide sales. To this day,it has never been out of print.Inevitably, Mercury’s engineers and theirequipment went overseas to make recordings,including an historic trip to Russia in 1962where they documented their “house pianist”American Byron Janis playing with KirilKondrashin and the Moscow Philharmonic.Mercury made the first complete Nutcrackerwith ballet conductor Dorati, a stalwartfigure in their catalogue along withPaul Paray (Detroit), Howard Hanson(Eastman-Rochester), Frederick Fennell(Eastman Wind Ensemble) and StanislawSkrowaczewski (Minneapolis). Soloists, includingJanos Starker, the Romeros, et al.,along with the complete contents of thisabsurdly inexpensive collection, are detailedat www.deccaclassics.com. This is not intendedto be a basic collection, but it is awell-chosen array of sparkling and rousingperformances of alternate repertoire.My introduction to Tchaikovsky’s ManfredSymphony was on an RCA Victor LongPlaying Record (“LP” was the property ofColumbia) recorded in 1949 by Toscaniniand the NBC Symphony. It remains for meBRUCE SurTEESthe performance against which all thosethat followed have been weighed. Nonehas equaled the intensity of that 1949performance, particularly, but not onlybecause of, the ferocity of the closingpages of the first movement.Unequalled until now.On the evening of 26 August,1992 at the BBC Promsin the Royal Albert Hall,Yuri Temirkanov conductedthe St. Petersburg Philharmonicin an extraordinary performanceof Manfred, telecast by theBBC and now on a newDVD from ICI Classics“In 1951 Mercury emerged as acompany of major classical interestwith their ground-breaking OlympianSeries … The era of high fidelitywas about to emerge.”(icaD 5065). Temirkanov wasMravinsky’s assistant when theorchestra was known as theLeningrad Philharmonic andin 1988 he became their musicdirector and chief conductor.Following the drama of thefirst movement, the two middlemovements depicting romanticideals and aspirations are playedwithout bathos but with passionand often lace-like delicacy.What makes this performance unique is there-introduction of the entire first movementcoda to bring the work to an over-thetopconclusion reflecting absolute despairrather than Manfred’s redemption andconsolation in Tchaikovsky’s original. Theprogram includes Berlioz’ Corsair Overtureand several, worth the price of admission,encores including a Mravinsky specialty,the pas de deux from the second act of TheNutcracker. Also an inspired “Nimrod” fromElgar’s Enigma Variations and finally the“Death of Tybalt” from Prokofiev’s Romeoand Juliet. Wide open sound and faultlessvideo makes this stunning DVD a must-have.1940 saw the beginning of a six yearassociation of the New York Philharmonic andIgor Stravinsky as conductor during whichthey recorded many of his popular balletsand shorter pieces. A new release fromNaxos contains brilliant transfers of thethree best known ballets, Firebird, Petrushkaand Le Sacre du Printemps (8.112070). Thismay not have been particularly significantexcept for the fact that these are the mostvital and close to artifact-free transfers ofthese historic performances to find theirway to CD. Somewhat surprising are theperspectives, so clearly heard here. Theorchestral playing is immaculate andthe musicians are alert and enthusiastic.Stravinsky’s tempi and drive are compellingand a revelation, arguably definitive.The Firebird is the 1945 suite (26 minutes),Petrushka is a suite of eight sections fromthe 1911 score (16 minutes) and Le Sacreis the complete 1913 original. Actually“original” is not exactly accurate. Some halfdozen years after the premier Stravinsky wasasked to correct the many copyist’s errorsin the existing originals. As it happened,Stravinsky hadsome secondthoughts andnew ideas thathe substitutedfor the originalpassages. In 1947he would publisha new revisionwhich would take it out of the PublicDomain. In addition to achieving amiraculous recovery of the details withinthese old 78s, shaming the other re-issuesover the years, an unsuspected mistake inthe accepted recording date of Le Sacre hasbeen corrected.Being obsessive and believing that therecording date of Le Sacre was April 29,1940, I questioned April 4th as shownon this CD. Naxos’s Director of MediaRelations, Raymond Bisha forwardedMark Obert-Thorn’s reply: “My date camefrom James H. North’s discography, TheNew York Philharmonic – The AuthorizedRecordings, 1917–2005 (The ScarecrowPress, 2006). Under the date of April 4ththat he gives for this recording, he hasa reference to the following note: “Themisreading of a single Columbia fact sheet(now in Sony’s archives) led to the incorrectdating of all Philharmonic recordings inthe spring of 1940 [ … ] Those erroneousdates have persisted over decades of recordissues — including the Dutton and AndanteCDs — and discographic listings. The dateson that sheet are for “re-recording,” afurther step in the process [i.e., transferringfrom the 33 1/3 rpm lacquer masters to78 rpm wax masters], not for orchestrarecording sessions. The correct dates, takenfrom the orchestra personnel manager’shand-written weekly reports, are listedhere. So, the April 4th date for Stravinsky’srecording of Sacre is correct, and the date ofApril 29th refers to the re-recording process.”Sometimes you just have to ask!68 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

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continued from page 6the same love and appreciation that we accord to the majorcomposers of lieder of the 19th century.GLENN: Is that a “no,” Brian?BRIAN: Our decision was to let Leonard Cohen’s songs speakto our audience in styles that seem most appropriate to him — justas our tribute to another great master, Oscar Peterson in 1993,was presented in his idiom, jazz. I hope this is somewhat helpful.GLENN: Wait, how about if I promise to also use just threechords and hum the rest?BRIAN: I’m happy to answer more questions if you wouldlike to cover some additional points.FITTING THE “LEN” IN GLENN:A SEMI-IMAGINARY ETHER-MAIL EXCHANGE bETwEENbRIAN LevINE, execuTIve dIRECTor of theGLENN Gould FoundATIon, and GLENN Gouldduring which Levine breaks the news to Gould thatthere’s to be no classical component to the May 14GGF Award Gala at Massey HallGLENN: What the blazes do you mean you don’t want meat the gala? The powers that be are giving me a special 80thbirthday pass just to be there. And I’ve been practising.BRIAN: Hi Glenn, thanks for your kind note, and don’t worry, Iappreciate your concerns. So let me answer as best I can. … First,as you can imagine, we’re thrilled that Leonard Cohen is the NinthLaureate of The Glenn Gould Prize. I think that in many significantways, he and you occupy very special and distinctive places in theCanadian cultural mythos. But our first consideration in mountinga gala is to pay tribute to our laureate in a way that is reflective ofthat artist’s special “voice” and contributions. We aren’t wedded toa single idiom, a particular mode of expression because philosophically,to take such a position would be to place anartificial constraint on art itself — the antithesis ofthe unbridled creativity that is at the core of whatit means to make and communicate art.GLENN: So?BRIAN: So, in the case of Leonard Cohen, wehave an artist whose work has its own “nativevoice” — his own performance — but which hasspread out into the world in a wide range of stylescarried by the poetic thread at the heart of all hiswork, in which artists of many backgrounds heartheir own loves and longings, and infuse the musicwith their own styles.GLENN: So?BRIAN: So our goal was not to graft an artificial“classical” framework onto Cohen’s music but tobuild a gala performance which allowed some ofthis range of expressive idioms to find voice. Theprogram is rich and varied.GLENN: So?BRIAN: So it would have seemed artificial to puta “classical” stamp on the program — and I’m surethat attempts to do so might have been a sourceof discomfort for Mr. Cohen himself.GLENN: Ah, so. I would make Lennie uncomfortable,is that it?BRIAN: In a larger sense, an artist like LeonardCohen defies categorization. When it comes to theart of the song, I don’t find a ready distinctionbetween the finest songs by major 19th centurycomposers and 20th and 21st century composers,whether they identify as “classical” or “popular,”“simple” or “complex.” I have no doubt that in the22nd century, Leonard Cohen’s music, whateverstyle it is performed in, will be regarded with…GLENN: Brian? … as regards that “three chord only” dig, I haveto confess this is a bit more of a challenge than I thought. Does that“minor fall” count as an entirely separate chord? … Brian? Brian?…BRIAN: (to Len) You can come out now, he’s gone.LEN: Hallelujah.—David Perlman, publisher@thewholenote.comEUROPEAN BEAUTIESGOING FOR A SONG!Piano Sale May 2-6210 Bloor Street West. 416.961.3111remenyi.comRAMA70 thewholenote.com May 1 – June 7, 2012

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Sing little bird!CANARY PAGESTenth Annual Directory of Choirs 2012 | 2013

Canary PagesTHIS TENTH EDITION ofThe WholeNote’s annual CanaryPages remains true to ouroriginal purpose — to providean opportunity for SouthernOntario’s choirs to introducethemselves to individuals of allages seeking opportunities tosing, in every genre and at everylevel of skill and commitment.So if you are a lapsedchorister looking to breatheagain or new to the regionor looking for new choralchallenges or thinking of takingthe plunge for the first time,then this is a good place to start.Here in this print edition of theCanary Pages you can meanderthrough dozens of profiles,enjoying the immense range ofopportunity represented here.Online, at thewholenote.com/canary you can do the same, orelse conduct a more focussedsearch — by genre, geography,audition type, gender, agerange, skill level and more.And if a choir you are involvedwith missed the deadline forthis print edition, it can stillapply to the online directoryyear round. It’s always time tojoin the singing!CANARY PAGES TEAM 2012PROJECT MANAGER Karen AgesProject Editor Adam WeinmannProofreader Sharna SearleDesign Uno RamatWebsite Bryson WinchesterSurveys & Mapping Adam Weinmann,Patrick SlimmonFor more information contactcanary@thewholenote.comor phone Karen at 416-323-2232 x26contemporary repertoire, including premieresof Canadian works. The Annex Chamber Choiris a 20-voice ensemble drawn from the largerchoir, presenting works from the chamber repertoire.Director Maria Case’s dynamic leadershipand programming continue to invigoratethe choir, attracting new members and wideraudiences. We present two formal concertseach year and close the season with a cabaret.Experienced singers should contact our membershipcoordinator through our website. We rehearseMonday evenings at St. Thomas’s Church,383 Huron St.Richard Partington416-968-7747rpart85@hotmail.comwww.annexsingers.com●●Bach Children’s Chorusand Bach Chamber Youth ChoirBach Children’s Chorus is an auditioned choir of180 singers founded in 1987 by artistic directorLinda Beaupré, an award-winning Toronto conductorand clinician. BCC has four choirs: threetreble choirs for ages 6–16 and an SATB choirfor changed voices and girls aged 16 and up. Allchoirs rehearse weekly in east Scarborough,perform as a Company-in-Residence at theToronto Centre for the Arts and appear regularlyat Toronto events. Each choir participatesin weekend festivals, workshops and concertswith other youth choirs and world-renownedclinicians. BCC has released six solo CDs andhas won provincial and national choral awards.Jane Greenwood416-431-0790bachchildrenschorus@bellnet.cawww.bachorus.orgtheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013●●Achill Choral SocietyAchill Choral Society (ACS) is a mixed choir ofaccomplished amateur singers under foundingdirector Dale Wood. It has been delightingaudiences for over 25 years. ACS performs inAlliston, Beeton, Bolton, Caledon, Orangeville,Shelburne and Tottenham. The choir attractshigh calibre soloists and accompanists using anextensive and varied repertoire of classical andcontemporary music. It has toured in Ireland,England and Holland, and has also sung at RoyThomson Hall, Toronto. Concerts are held inspring and at Christmas and rehearsals takeplace Wednesday evenings in Hockley. Auditionsare held twice annually.Mark Whitcombe519-939-0020markwhitcombe34@gmail.com●●Alexander Singers and PlayersThe Alexander Singers and Players present fullystagedproductions of Broadway musicals andoperettas. The group began 25 years ago as a summerchoir under the enthusiastic direction ofAngela Hawaleshka. It has an educational mandateand supports charitable causes. The 2012season includes the musical Man of La Mancha(May), a play TBA (November) and a Decemberconcert featuring various musical styles and asing-along. All performances are held at YorkWoods Library Theatre. Auditions are held inJune and November. Check our website for informationabout our November play and ourMay 2013 musical. Contact Angela Hawaleshkato join us for the December concert.Angela Hawaleshka416-733-7937Tickets: 416-324-1259info@alexandersingers.comwww.alexandersingers.com●●Amadeus ChoirFounded 37 years ago, the 80-voice AmadeusChoir, under the inspired direction of conductorLydia Adams, has evolved into one of Canada’spre-eminent choral groups. The choir’s 2012/13season includes, among others, great worksby Bach, Orff, Rutter and Watson Henderson.Collaborations with the Toronto SymphonyOrchestra, Bach Children’s Chorus and the ElmerIseler Singers will make this an unforgettableseason of music!Rehearsals take place Tuesday evenings in DonMills; performances happen throughout thecity. Membership is by audition, with auditionsheld in May/June–please phone or emailthe choir office.416-446-0188amachoir@idirect.comwww.amadeuschoir.com●●Annex Singers of TorontoThe Annex Singers of Toronto is a vibrant communitychoir delivering an eclectic repertoirewith spirit and sophistication. Now in its 33rdseason, the 60-voice choir performs classical and●●Bach Elgar ChoirThe Bach Elgar Choir is the only choir of its sizeand stature in the Hamilton community and hasperformed continuously for 107 years. Over theyears the choir has performed for many dignitaries,such as the Queen, mayors and membersof parliament. The choir has performed withsuch well-known celebrities as the Three Tenorsand the Canadian Brass. In 1910 the Bach ElgarChoir performed the North American premiereof Verdi’s Requiem. The choir has been a trainingground for many Canadian stars, includingMark Dubois, Catherine Robbin, John Fanning,Gary Relyea, Brett Polegato, Richard Margisonand Michael Schade.905-527-5995bachelgar@gmail.comwww.bachelgar.com●●Bel Canto SingersDirected by Linda Meyer, the Bel Canto Singers isa 40-voice community-based SATB choir that providesgood music, fun and fellowship. Auditionsto determine voice range are required. We performtwo concerts per year, fall and spring. Wealso sing in seniors’ residences and at fundraisersfor other organizations. Repertoire is variedand includes folk, movie music, swing, spirituals,Broadway and classical selections. Rehearsals are7:30pm–10pm, Tuesdays at St. Nicholas AnglicanChurch, Warden and Kingston, Birchcliff.Elaine, membership information416-699-4585

eojoly@yahoo.comwww.belcantosingers.com●●Bravado! ShowBravado!, Barrie’s show choir founded in 1996,is a 34-voice auditioned SATB choir under theleadership of long-time member and local musicianScott Boyer. The repertoire is eclectic, fromtraditional and sacred to jazz, pop and rock. Allpieces are performed by memory, allowing thechoir to be more interpretive with the music andto better connect with the audience. The end resultis a dynamic entertainment experience witha focus on musical excellence combined with thevisual appeal of staging or choreography. Eachyear, Bravado! presents Christmas and springshows and also performs at private functionsand fundraisers.705-737-2646bravado_sings@yahoo.cawww.bravadoshowchoir.com●●Burlington Civic ChoraleFounded in 1994, this 25-voice SATB communitychoir presents a wide spectrum of choralmusic throughout the year, ranging from renaissanceto baroque to contemporary, classicalto jazz, under the direction of Dr. Gary Fisher.The chorale’s performances are often accompaniedby professional soloists and chamber ensembles.There are three main concerts each year.Auditions are held in September and Januaryand are open to men and women 18 years andover who have some sight-reading abilities.Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings from 7:15pm–9:30pm at St. Christopher’s Anglican Church,Guelph Line, Burlington.Gary Fisher905-662-2085fisher63@interlog.comburlingtoncivicchorale.ca●●Burlington Welsh Male ChorusThe Burlington Welsh Male Chorus is made up ofaround 60 men who love to sing. Approximatelyone third of the group is of Welsh decent. Ourrepertoire draws from music old and new fromaround the world, ranging from Welsh folksongs and hymns to opera choruses, spiritualsand musical numbers. We sing in four-part harmonybased on Welsh male choir traditions. TheBWMC has performed to audiences in Canadaand abroad, including performances at theRoyal Albert Hall in London, England, andCarnegie Hall in New York. 2012 is the tenth anniversaryof our first public performance.John Edwards905-336-7237info@burlingtonwelsh.com orregistrar@burlingtonwelsh.comwww.burlingtonwelsh.com●●Canadian Bandurist Capella:Ukrainian-Canadian InstrumentalEnsemble and ChorusEstabished in 1991, the CBC combines the talentsof 60 singers and musicians who accompanytheir singing with the sounds of the multistringedbandura. The repertoire includes arrangementsof folk songs, religious works andworks from the legacy of the wandering itinerantUkrainian bards known as kobzars. TheAUDITION THE CHOIRThinking about joining? Visit thewholenote.com/canaryensemble has performed throughout Canadaand the United States and has produced numerousCDs and videos. Rehearsals take placeon Thursday nights at the Ukrainian NationalFederation Cultural Centre, 145 Evans Avenue,Etobicoke. Auditions are held May to June.Victor Mishaow, artistic director905-290-7606 or 647-896-0462victor.mishalow@yahoo.comwww.bandurist.com●●Canadian Children’sOpera CompanyIn its 45th season, the CCOC consists of six chorusesfor ages 3–19 and is the only permanent children’sopera company in Canada to regularlycommission and produce operas for children.Led by renowned educator, conductor and operasinger Ann Cooper Gay, the company preparesyoung people for the vibrant world of operaby offering musical and dramatic training andprofessional experience. Members regularlyperform with the Canadian Opera Companyand other major professional organizations.Rehearsals are weekdays after school in thedowntown area. Auditions are held May toJune. A non-auditioned after-school workshopprogram called OPERAtion KIDS was launchedin 2008.Ken Hall, general manager416-366-0467info@canadianchildrensopera.comwww.canadianchildrensopera.com●●Canadian Men’s ChorusNow entering its third exciting season, theCanadian Men’s Chorus, under the direction ofartistic director and conductor Greg Rainville, isproud to share the TTBB repertoire with Torontoaudiences. The CMC has a three-concert season,performing both familiar and new sacred andsecular works, both a cappella and accompanied.With emphasis placed on the works of Canadiancomposers, part of the CMC’s mandate is to premiereone new Canadian work at every concert.The CMC rehearses on Wednesday evenings atthe Church of Transfiguration; concerts are heldat the Glenn Gould Studio. Men with vocal trainingare welcome to audition at any time.Arlene Jillard, general managerajillard@canadianmenschorus.cawww.canadianmenschorus.ca●●Cantabile Chamber SingersCantabile Chamber Singers is an auditionedchoir of 18 singers under the direction of CheryllChung. Formed in 2006, we perform a diverserepertoire, from Palestrina to Whitacre. Our coreseason includes three concerts. Part of our mandateis to bring awareness and financial supportto important social causes. Those benefiting recentlyinclude the Regent Park School of Music,the Michael R. Applin Nursing Award and theTrinity College Choral Fund. We are committedto sharing our learning of music with others,recently featuring three popular lecture concertswith guest lecturer Dr. Robin Elliott of theUniversity of Toronto.Cheryll Chung, artistic directorwww.cantabilechambersingers.comcantabilechambersingers@gmail.com●●Cantabile ChoraleCantabile Chorale is a 40-voice mixed adult choirperforming under founding director RobertRichardson. The choir presents five or six majorconcerts per year, mostly in the southern YorkRegion, and also appears at other communityevents. Weekend tours within southern Ontariotake place occasionally. Repertoire ranges fromclassical through contemporary, both sacredand secular. Concerts often feature local guestmusicians and raise funds for local charities.Rehearsals are Monday evenings in Thornhillfrom September to June, plus an annual weekendretreat in early September. Membership isby audition; potential new choristers are welcometo sit in on any regular rehearsal.Robert Richardson905-731-8318sing@cantabile.cawww.cantabile.caCantabile Chamber SingerstheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013

Canary PagestheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013●●Cantemus SingersCantemus Singers, conducted by MichaelErdman, perform mainly renaissance and earlybaroque repertoire. Our 16-voice group givesequal time to religious and secular compositionsof the period in a variety of languages.We present three programs a year, in March,June and late November. Although we are primarilyan a cappella ensemble, we occasionallyjoin forces with ensembles/players of periodinstruments. Our choristers are a mix of enthusiastic,well-trained amateurs and semi-professionals,all sharing a common interest inearly music. Rehearsals are Wednesday eveningsthrough the season at Morningside-HighPark Presbyterian Church in the west end.Membership is by audition.Michael Erdman, conductor416-578-6602cantemus.ca@gmail.comwww.cantemus.ca●●Cantores CelestesCantores Celestes is an auditioned women’schoir celebrating its 24th season. Perform withthe best instrumental musicians in Toronto!Repertoire includes medieval, baroque, romantic,classical-contemporary, Celtic, gospel, bluegrassand Eastern European music. The choirhas released six CDs, has performed live on CBCRadio, has donated over $30,000 to charitiesand was featured in three films. It has touredNew Brunswick and Ontario and attended theColours of Music Festival, Festival 500 and theToronto Vocal Arts Festival. Season concerts includeJune 2, 2012; December 1, 2012; and April 20,2013, as well as a tour to Manitoba. Auditions areheld in May, June and August.Kelly Galbraith, director416-236-1522kelly.galbraith@sympatico.cawww.cantorescelestes.com●●Caribbean Chorale of TorontoThe Caribbean Chorale of Toronto, a registerednon-profit group established in 1993, has a membershipof 40, representing several Caribbeanislands. Our repertoire covers the range ofmusical styles. We have performed at a numberof venues in the GTA, including benefitsfor charitable organizations and fundraisingevents. We sponsor the Caribbean Children’sFoundation and the Sickle Cell Association ofOntario, as well as the Rosetta Batson Bursarywhich assists students of Caribbean descent inpursuing tertiary education.The chorale welcomes new members as well assponsors of its work and ministry.caribbeanchorale@yahoo.ca●●Cathedral Church of St. JamesThe Cathedral Church of St. James is hometo two choirs which enhance weekly worship.The Parish Choir, a group of volunteers assistedby four section leads, sings at the 9am SungEucharist and rehearses Thursday evenings from7pm–8pm and at 8:30am on Sundays prior to theservice. A children’s choir also sings occasionallyat the 9am Sung Eucharist. It rehearses Thursdayevenings from 6pm–6:45pm. Singers interestedin volunteering in either choir are invited tocontact Andrew Adair. The Cathedral Choir isa professional ensemble that sings at the 11amSung Eucharist and 4:30pm Choral Evensongevery Sunday to a high standard.Andrew Adair, interim director of musicadair@stjamescathedral.on.cawww.stjamescathedral.on.ca●●Celebration ChoirAre you a senior looking for a fun, energetic andeclectic choir? The Celebration Choir is one youshould consider! Founded in 2007 within theToronto Singing Studio and directed by LindaEyman, this choir of over 50 voices featuressongs to suit every musical taste. Repertoirespans popular to classical to folk, with appealingmusical arrangements. The CelebrationChoir rehearses from September through Mayon Thursday afternoons, 2pm–4pm, in the gymnasiumat Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427Bloor St. W. Two formal concerts are presentedeach season along with community outreachconcerts when possible. Rehearsals are very sociableand no audition is necessary. A seasonmembership is paid.Linda Eyman, music director416-455-9238linda@thetorontosingingstudio.cawww.thetorontosingingstudio.ca●●Cellar SingersThe Cellar Singers perform exceptional choralmusic throughout Simcoe County and theMuskoka district. The Singers share their passionwith enthusiastic audiences and exemplifythe tradition and mastery of choral music intheir yearly concert series.Albert Greer will retire from conducting thechoir in May 2012 after providing outstandingartistic leadership for the past 38 years. TheCellar Singers welcome Mitchell Pady, who picksup the baton in September 2012. Mitchell willbe conducting auditions and is developing theprogram for the coming season. Everyone eagerlyanticipates the new relationship and the ongoingenjoyment of making music together!noble8280@rogers.comwww.thecellarsingers.com●●Choirs Ontarioand the Ontario Youth ChoirChoirs Ontario is a not-for-profit arts service organizationdedicated to the support, promotionand celebration of choral music throughoutOntario. Membership benefits include free concertlistings and borrowing privileges from ourextensive choral library as well as reduced ratesfor workshops and VOCAL, our choir camp foradult choristers.Our key program, the Ontario Youth Choir,provides a unique opportunity for 40 talentedyoung singers from across Ontario to participatein OYC’s exceptional choral experience. Thechoristers are challenged with the finest choralrepertoire while enjoying an exciting programof performances, rehearsals, masterclasses andvoice lessons.416-923-1144 or 866-935-1144info@choirsontario.orgwww.choirsontario.org●●Choralairs ChoirFounded in 1962, the Choralairs Choir performsmonthly for seniors’ residences in the GTA. TheChoralairs is a non-profit, 40-member, four-partchoir of adults who sing a variety of popularsongs, Broadway show tunes and folk songs, ledby our experienced music director Judith Ross.No auditions are required, just a love of singing.Rehearsals take place every Tuesday eveningfrom 7:15pm–9:45pm at Earl Bales CommunityCentre, 4169 Bathurst St., south of Sheppard Ave.We also present an annual Sunday afternoonconcert for the community at Earl Bales Park(this year on Sunday, June 3 at 1:30pm).Martha905-884-8370Sally416-636-8247sallyl@sympatico.cawww.thechoralairs.com●●Chorus NiagaraChorus Niagara’s mission is to entertain, inspireand educate through the performance offine choral music. As Niagara Region’s premiersymphonic chorus, Chorus Niagara performsboth the beloved as well as seldom heard choralmasterpieces, provides a showcase for emergingCanadian talent and attracts singers of allages through its Children’s Choir and Side bySide High School Chorale. Chorus Niagara celebratesits 50th Anniversary in the 2012/13 season!Concerts include “Best of Broadway,” Handel’sMessiah, the premiere of a new Canadian compositioncommemorating the War of 1812, “AMighty Cry” and Verdi’s Requiem, all under thedirection of Robert Cooper.Diana McAdorey, managing director905-934-5575Pam Gilmore, auditions905-357-1616Lyn Hibbitt, Chorus Niagara Children’s Choir905-945-2049cnadmin@becon.orgwww.chorusniagara.ca●●Choir of Christ Church Deer ParkChoir of Christ Church Deer Park is an auditionedmixed-voice choir that rehearsesThursday evenings and sings on Sunday morningsand special occasions from Septemberthrough June. Repertoire is medieval through21st century.The Christ Church Summer Singers is a non-auditionedmixed-voice choir that rehearses andsings on Sunday mornings through July andAugust. If you would like to join us, please contactour music director.Eric N. Robertson, organistand director of music416-920-5211 x25erobertson@thereslifehere.orgwww.christchurchdeerpark.org● ● Concert Opera GroupThis ensemble was formed to bring operas andopera excerpts to a wider public, in concertformat, and to help emerging and establishedprofessional singers develop new repertoire inperformance. Some of the performance proceedsare used to further the training of suchsingers at the Centre for Opera in Sulmona,Italy (C.O.S.I.). This is a Canadian-based programin which advanced singers learn the Italian

language and experience Italian culture, performin a full production of an Italian operawith orchestra and immerse themselves in therigorous work required for excellence in operaticperformance.Darryl Edwards, artistic director416-946-5184info@concertoperagroup.com●●County Town SingersCTS started as a community choir celebratingCanada’s centennial year. Under directorBarbara Ouellette, we are still “singing forthe love of it” more the 40 years later. We are a70-voice auditioned choir with varied repertoire:show tunes, spirituals, jazz, etc. We hold twomajor concerts per year, December and May, aswell as community concerts at nursing homes,special functions, etc. We are thrilled to representCanada at the United Nations sponsoredInternational Choral Festival “Rhythms of OneWorld” in New York City, June 2012. Rehearsalsare Wednesdays 7:30pm–10pm at WhitbyCommunity Centre. Auditions are the first two/three Wednesdays of September and January.Ken Hurst905-239-9000www.countytownsingers.com●●DaCapo Chamber ChoirThe 24-voice DaCapo Chamber Choir was foundedin 1998 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, underthe direction of Leonard Enns. The mission of thechoir is to identify, study, rehearse and presentoutstanding choral chamber works of the past100 years and to champion music of Canadianand local composers. In 2010, DaCapo receivedthe ACCC national choral recording of the yearaward for Shadowland; in 2011 it received firstand second prizes in the National Competitionfor Canadian Amateur Choirs. The choir’s 2012/13season plays on the theme of “Hear to be Moved.”DaCapo also annually offers NewWorks, a nationalchoral composition competition.Leonard Enns, director519-725-7549info@dacapochamberchoir.cawww.dacapochamberchoir.ca●●The DCAT ChorusThe DCAT Chorus, under the direction of WyattGill, is an amateur vocal ensemble of more than40 men and women singing a cappella in six- andeight-part harmony. Our repertoire ranges fromBroadway to folk, pop to traditional, patriotic todevotional. Music is delivered with showmanshipand a passion for entertaining. We performwithout music, no programmed accompanimentsto tie us down and no set musical form.We sometimes add live brass and percussion,choreography or dance elements.Rehearsals are Wednesdays 7:30pm–10pm atEstonian House, 958 Broadview Ave.Do you love music? Come join us, no auditions.We have an immediate need of bassesand baritones.Rhonda Marks, membership information905-731-3394John Fox, business manager905-853-9214foxynewmarket@rogers.comwww.dcatchorus.caAUDITION THE CHOIRThinking about joining? Visit thewholenote.com/canary●●Eastminster ChoirThe Eastminster Choir, under the direction ofJacqueline Sadler, makes its home at EastminsterUnited Church in the heart of Danforth Village.The 40-member choir comprises four professionalsoloists and a dedicated team of pro-amateursingers. Singing everything from Bach toBroadway to the Beatles, the choir, in additionto regular performances at Eastminster, hasperformed as guest artist at the Elgin/WinterGarden, the Vaughan City Playhouse andMetropolitan United, and has participated infundraising efforts for Out of the Cold, the reliefeffort in Haiti, Sick Kids’ Hospital, TorontoGreening Initiatives and many more.Jacqueline Sadler416-463-2179 x101jacqueline.sadler@bellnet.cawww.eastminsteruc.org●●ECHO Women’s ChoirCelebrating its 20th anniversary this year, ECHOis an 80-voice community choir for women fromall walks of life. ECHO sings Tuesday nights atHoly Trinity (beside the Eaton Centre), performsat city-wide grass-roots events and holdsDecember and May concerts. ECHO, a non-auditionedchoir co-led by Becca Whitla and AlanGasser, aims to build a strong, varied and vibrantculture and community through song and keepsmembership fees and concert tickets accessibleto all. Repertoire comes from village singingtraditions around the world and newly-commissionedmusic. While membership is open,there is a one year waiting list. Spring 2012 concert:“Beautiful City,” May 13, 3pm at Holy Trinity.Becca Whitla416-588-9050 x3info.echo@gmail.comwww.echowomenschoir.ca●●Eglinton St. George’sUnited ChurchThis non-auditioned 45-member choir standson a 40-year tradition of excellence in presentingmusic at Sunday worship and annualconcerts. Rehearsals with volunteers and eightlead singers occur Thursday evenings; repertoireranges from chant to motets, anthems tooratorio. Prior singing experience is preferred.Regular concerts are part of the mission andoutreach of this congregation. The choir regularlycollaborates with leading jazz artists (in2012: Joe Amato, Brian Barlow, Guido Basso andJoe Sealy among others).Fred K. Graham416-481-1141 x340fred@esgunited.orgwww.esgunited.org/esgmusic●●Elmer Iseler SingersElmer Iseler Singers is a 20-voice professionalchamber choir based in Toronto and foundedin 1979 by Dr. Elmer Iseler. Directed by the acclaimedLydia Adams, the Singers are knownfor tonal beauty and interpretive range, and valuedfor their contributions to masterclasses andworkshops by schools and community choirs.The unique “Get Music! Educational OutreachInitiative” mentors conductors, music educatorsand students. In salute to the Canadian composerEIS has recorded 12 CDs in ten years withLydia Adams, one of 50 Canadian Music CentreAmbassadors! Annual auditions are in May/June.Weekly rehearsals, a Toronto concert series, touringand recording put the Elmer Iseler Singersamong Canada’s illustrious choral ensembles.Jessie Iseler, general manager416-217-0537info@elmeriselersingers.comwww.elmeriselersingers.com●●Elora Festival SingersThe Elora Festival Singers (EFS), a GrammyandJUNO-nominated chamber choir, wasfounded in 1980 by Noel Edison as the choralensemble-in-residence of the Elora Festival.Since 1997, the choir has been the core of theToronto Mendelssohn Choir and the TorontoMendelssohn Singers. Through regular concerts,touring and nine releases on the Naxos label, EFShas established a reputation as one of the finestchamber choirs in Canada and beyond, contributingto the musical life of the community andCHORUS NIAGARAtheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013

Canary PagestheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013performing on an international stage. EFS isrenowned for diverse styles, commitment toCanadian repertoire, collaborations with otherCanadian artists and its rich, warm sound.Kevin Bradshaw, developmentand marketing519-846-0331www.elorafestival.com●●Ensemble TrypTychChamber ChoirEnsemble TrypTych Chamber Choir (ETCC) is anauditioned amateur mixed-voice choir. Four annualconcerts feature diverse, unique and challengingrepertoire, including oratorio, opera,smaller works, cabaret and Canadian compositions.Rehearsals are held on Tuesdays from7:15pm–9:15pm at Trinity Presbyterian Church,2737 Bayview Ave (just south of Highway 401)from September to May. If you enjoy learningand performing beautiful and interestingmusic, contact ETCC to set up an appointmentfor an audition.Lenard Whiting, artistic director416-763-5066 x3etcc@tryptych.orgwww.tryptych.org●●Etobicoke Centennial ChoirFounded for Canada’s centennial celebration in1967, the Etobicoke Centennial Choir is an SATBchoir with a strong tradition of choral excellencewhich also offers a warm and welcoming communityfor singers. Under music director HenryRenglich, the choir is committed to innovativeprogramming and collaboration with other artsgroups. Our three-concert season encompassesa varied repertoire of classical and contemporaryworks, both sacred and secular.Rehearsals are Tuesdays from 7:30pm–10pm atHumber Valley United Church in Etobicoke.Membership is by audition. Interested singersare invited to attend any rehearsal, includingour Open House in early September.Lindsay Dodge, president416-622-6923info@etobicokecentennialchoir.cawww.etobicokecentennialchoir.ca●●Etobicoke Youth ChoirMusic director Louise Jardine provides excellenttutelage and artistic inspiration. Choristersaged 7–17 enjoy singing, gaining life skills, sharingtalents and developing musical abilities.Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings at HumbervaleUnited Church, 1447 Royal York Road, Septemberthrough May. Auditions are simple and fees arereasonable. Repertoire includes contemporary,theatre, classical and sacred music. Our seasonfeatures two concerts, community performances,a cabaret featuring individual choristersand fall and spring workshop weekends.Highlight events for the choir include participationin a sold-out 2009 concert at Carnegie Hall,the 2011 Festival of the Aegean in Greece and theupcoming 2013 International Children’s ChoirFestival in England.George416-231-9120eyc.secretary@sympatico.ca●●Exultate Chamber ChoirFor more than 30 years, Exultate has garneredpraise as a precise, passionate ensemble witha wide-ranging repertoire. Established by conductorJohn Tuttle and now under the leadershipof Dr. Karen Grylls, a chamber choir specialistand international clinician from New Zealand,Exultate is enriched by the musicianship andvaried backgrounds of its members. Exultatepresents a four-concert subscription series inToronto and contributes to the developmentof the choral community through outreach initiatives.Auditions are held as required to fillvacancies. Rehearsals are typically on Tuesdaynights from 5:30pm–7pm.416-971-9229exultate@exultate.netwww.exultate.net●●Georgetown Bach ChoraleSince its inception in the year 2000, theGeorgetown Bach Chorale has been enthrallingaudiences in the Halton Hills area with outstandingchoral concerts. The chorale consists of approximately20 singers devoted largely to theperformance of baroque music. Under the directionof artistic director Ron Greidanus, thegroup is committed to musical excellence andis recognized by many Toronto musicians as adiscerning group with outstanding authenticsound. Audiences have been astounded by thelevel of performance achieved by the chorale,but it is not this musical prowess alone that hasmany citizens admiring the group: the choir hasalso maintained a positive involvement withinthe community.Ron Greidanus905-873-9909ronaldgreidanus@hotmail.comwww.georgetownbachchorale.com●●Grace Church on-the-Hill ChoirsThere is no sound like the soaring tone oftrebles, boys and girls, trained in the Englishcathedral tradition and singing in the superbacoustics of Grace Church on-the-Hill. The Choirof Gentlemen and Boys and the St. Cecilia Choirof Women and Girls sing the best choral repertoire(15th to 21st century) each week in worship,in concerts and on tour. Girls and boys aged fiveand up are welcome to participate. Prior musicaltraining is not required for children. There isno membership fee and children receive a smallstipend for singing. Interested adult choir membersshould contact the director of music. Welook forward to hearing from you!Stephen Fraser, director of musicsfraser@gracechurchonthehill.cawww.gracechurchonthehill.ca●●GRAND PHILHARMONIC CHOIRThe Grand Philharmonic Choir (GPC), based inKitchener, is one of this country’s leading choralinstitutions. The GPC consists of four choirs: a100-voice main choir; a 35-voice chamber choir;a youth choir; and a children’s choir. Under theartistic direction of Mark Vuorinen, the choirs offer20+ concerts a year, often with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and top soloists. The choirssing in Kitchener’s acoustically superb CentreIn The Square and in local churches. Repertoireis a rich blend of traditional masterworks andinnovative works by contemporary composers.Auditions are held in May and September.Luisa D’Amato, president519-578-6885president@grandphilchoir.comwww.grandphilchoir.com●●Grand River ChorusThe Grand River Chorus is a Brantford-area auditioned70-voice SATB community choir. Wepresent four main concerts per year and also performat various community events and in concertshosted by other organizations. Our 2012/13season opens October 27 with “Great Momentsfrom Opera,” followed by “Handel’s Messiah”on December 23. We then present “HappyValentine’s Day” on February 17 and concludewith “A Coronation for Our Generations” onJune 1 and 2, our special concert in honour ofQueen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne. Ourchorus sings works of the great masters and contemporarycomposers. Rehearsals are Mondaysat 7:30pm from September to June.Richard Cunningham519-841-9708grandriverchorus@rogers.comwww.grandriverchorus.com●●Guelph Youth SingersGuelph Youth Singers, founded in 1991, is enteringits 22nd year this season and is led byartistic director Linda Beaupré. GYS has fourtreble choirs of youth and children aged 6–18.Choristers are placed in each of the choirsbased on age and skill level. Weekly rehearsalsat Guelph Youth Music Centre include vocal technique,theory and sight singing. GYS performsup to three major concerts per season as well asworkshop, festival, community and guest performances.Auditions are held in April and Mayfor entry in September and in November for alimited number of positions in January.Cathy Meggison, administrator519-821-8574admin@guelphyouthsingers.comwww.guelphyouthsingers.com●●Hamilton Children’s ChoirCome Sing With Us! The award-winningHamilton Children’s Choir offers performancesthat go far beyond technical excellence whiledazzling audiences with a focused sound, brilliantrepertoire and captivating stage presence.Guided by world renowned Zimfira Poloz, whobelieves “if you can speak, you can sing,” and atalented artistic team, the HCC offers four differentchoir programs to approximately 150 youngsingers ranging in age from 4–18 years who livein Hamilton and surrounding areas. The HCCpresents an unmatched opportunity for personalgrowth, challenging work and rewardingexperiences accomplished through choircamp, rehearsals, workshops, recording, performancesand touring.Tricia LeClair, executive director905-527-1618info@hamiltonchildrenschoir.comwww.hamiltonchildrenschoir.com● ● Harbourfront ChorusYou’re invited to join the Harbourfront Chorus,a non-auditioned choir performing a diverse

epertoire for a diverse city. We rehearseTuesdays, 7:45pm–9:15pm, at HarbourfrontCommunity Centre, 627 Queen’s Quay W. (atBathurst), in the dance studio. Our seasonruns September through May. All levels of experienceare welcome. Observe a rehearsal anyTuesday evening through the end of May. Westart September 11 and continue in the fall untilDecember 11, 2012.Dwight Griffin416-977-6448dgriffin680@yahoo.ca●●Harbourtown Sound ChorusCreated in 2003, Harbourtown Sound is the premiermen’s chorus in the Golden Horseshoe!Harbourtown Sound offers a wide range ofsounds and professional a cappella entertainmentstyles to bring back fond memories or createnew ones. From singing telegrams to largechoral performances, Harbourtown Sound deliversmemorable a cappella jazz, swing, soft rock,pop, traditional and inspirational music performancesfor any occasion, all in glorious fourpartharmony! Join us on Wednesday nights,7:30pm at the Millgrove Community Centre, 855Millgrove Sideroad, Millgrove, ON. Guests are alwayswelcome and we’re always looking for newmembers to sing and perform with us!905-592-1449www.HarbourtownSound.ca●●Harmony SingersUnder conductor Harvey Patterson, this dynamic35-voice women’s chorus memorizes, stagesand performs a sparkling repertoire of popular,show and light classical pieces. Our accompanistis the renowned pianist Bruce Harvey. TheSingers perform a yearly Christmas concert andwill present “The Sound of Swing” with gueststhe Canadian Singers and Priscilla Taylor onMay 25 and 26. The group recently sang the nationalanthem at a Blue Jays game and appearedin a music video with the group Down WithWebster. There are a few openings for new members.Rehearsals are Mondays, 7:30pm–9:45pm atMartin Grove United Church.Harvey Patterson416-239-5821theharmonysingers@ca.inter.netwww.harmonysingers.ca●●Hart House ChorusOne of Toronto’s premier large choirs, the HartHouse Chorus is a 50-member auditioned choircomprising musically talented students, facultyand alumni of the University of Toronto. Sinceits inception in 1972, the chorus has maintaineda reputation for the highest standard of performancelocally, nationally and also abroad,on the occasion of tours to Scandinavia (1999)and Eastern Europe (2003). Rehearsals are heldat 7pm every Tuesday evening and free concertstake place biannually in the Great Hall at HartHouse at the University of Toronto. An ensemblegroup is available for special performances.Brad Ratzlaff, music directorhhchorus@gmail.comwww.hhchorus.sa.utoronto.caAUDITION THE CHOIRThinking about joining? Visit thewholenote.com/canary●●Healey Willan SingersFrom Hildegard of Bingen to contemporaryCanadian composers, the Healey Willan Singersperform a challenging range of choral musicfor women’s voices that spans styles and centuries.The choir presents two concerts in a season,with an emphasis on performing works bywomen composers and poets. Rehearsals areheld on Saturday mornings,10:15am–12:15pm, inToronto’s High Park neighbourhood. Auditionsare held throughout the season.Ron Cheung, artistic director/conductor416-519-0528healeywillansingers@yahoo.cawww.healeywillansingers.com●●High Park Choirs of TorontoUnder artistic director Zimfira Poloz, the choristersof the High Park Choirs of Toronto createa beautiful and rich sound! We offer fiveskills-based divisions for youth aged 5–18 anda new Boys Choir starting in September 2012.Weekly rehearsals, held in Bloor West Village,include music theory and ear training; regularactivities include concerts, community engagements,workshops, retreats and tours. The HighPark Choirs are the official Children’s Choir inResidence for the University of Toronto’s Facultyof Music. We are now accepting choristers forthe 2012/13 season.Helen Nestor, manager416-762-0657info@highparkchoirs.orgwww.highparkchoirs.org●●Hillcrest Village ChoirSince 2003, this SATB non-auditioned teachingchoir has enabled amateur singers to improvetheir singing technique and performance skillsin full choir, small-group and solo settings. In anopen and engaging atmosphere, members enjoyan eclectic repertoire that evolves with the interestsof the membership.The director/conductor, Ben D’Cunha, trainsmembers in vocal technique, sight reading,theory and improvisation, and writes the arrangementsfor the choir.Choir rehearsals are held September to June,Tuesdays (7pm–9pm) at the Artscape WychwoodBarns, 601 Christie St. Optional sectionals areheld Mondays (6:30pm–8:30pm) at Ellington’sMusic and Café, 805 St. Clair Ave. W.hillcrestchoir@gmail.comwww.hillcrestvillagechoir.ca●●Irish Choral Society of CanadaThe Irish Choral Society of Canada is a communitySATB choir performing secular, sacred,folk and popular works centred on Irish andCanadian themes. We perform at concerts andspecial events within the GTA and Irish community,often accompanied by brilliant traditionalIrish musicians. We are seeking experiencedsingers of all voice types to join us as we grow. Weare launching our second annual Boat Cruise onJune 24, with Celtic bands and a brief performanceby the Irish Choral Society. We are planningan East Coast tour (July 2013) and a tour ofIreland (September 2015). Rehearsals: Tuesdayevenings from 7pm–9pm in downtown Toronto.Shannon416-759-2124info@irishchoralsociety.comwww.irishchoralsociety.com●●Islington United Church ChoirsThe extensive and active music program atIslington, under the direction of Dr. JohnDerksen and assisted by many talented andcommitted musicians, includes the junior (ages6–12), youth and senior choirs, along with fourhandbell choirs, chimes, string and brass ensemblesand evening worship band. Supportedby a magnificent Schoenstein organ and grandpiano, music rings through the neo-Gothic sanctuaryfor two morning services each Sunday,monthly Taizé and evening contemporary services,and numerous special services, events andconcerts. The accomplished senior choir, with 25to 30 talented singers enriched by section leads,is attentive to musical detail and expressivenessto enhance worship.John Derksen416-239-1131 x26Guelph Youth SingerstheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013

Canary PagestheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013john@islingtonunited.orgRonald Jewell416-233-0279ronjewell@sympatico.cawww.islingtonunited.org●●John Laing SingersThe John Laing Singers is a chamber choir foundedby John Laing in 1982 and based in Ontario’sGolden Horseshoe. Throughout its 30-year history,the choir has earned a reputation for vibrantperformances and recordings. Now under theartistic direction of Dr. Roger Bergs, the singerscontinue to win over audiences in Hamiltonand surrounding areas with their compellingperformances of diverse choral repertoire. Inthe upcoming anniversary season the choir willbe focussing on Canadian repertoire as well astime-honoured choral favourites. Informationabout the JLS subscription series, choristers, artisticdirector, recordings and contact details canbe found on our website.Jennifer Wray, choir president905-628-5238president@johnlaingsingers.comjohnlaingsingers.com●●Jubilate SingersThe Jubilate Singers is an ensemble choir ofaround 30 voices, presenting an eclectic andoften multi-lingual mix of international andCanadian choral works. We have a three-concertseason and perform at least two communityconcerts per year. Under the leadership of IsabelBernaus, the choir is exposed to challengingrepertoire not often heard by Canadian audiences.Auditions are held twice yearly, in Juneand September, and as needed. Rehearsals areTuesday nights, 7:30pm–9:45pm, at St. Leonard’sAnglican Church (Yonge and St. Clair). Interestedsingers are welcome to sit in on a rehearsal beforedeciding to audition.David Reddin, membership coordinator416-286-8927join@jubilatesingers.cawww.jubilatesingers.ca●●Kingston Chamber ChoirNow in its ninth season, this 22-voice choir presentsmore “music to move you.” The choirtackles some of the more challenging choralworks and presents them in the spectacular St.George’s Cathedral setting, long known for itsaesthetic beauty and grandeur, and for its fineacoustical properties. Guest artists’ collaborationswith the choir are always highlights forboth choir and audience. Audiences are increasinglydrawn to the choir’s approach to the choralart and its mastery of memorable musicalworks. As important as mastery is, of course,it is the connection with an audience that canbe magical.Gordon Sinclair, artistic director613-531-9413sinclair@kingston.netwinfo@kingstonchamberchoir.cawww.kingstonchamberchoir.ca●●Kingsway Children’s Choirand Drum EnsembleVenturing outside the bounds of traditionalchoir training, the Kingsway Children’s Choirand Drum Ensemble is a unique, liberatingchoral experience for children aged 7 and up.Directed by a professional music educatorwith extensive choral conducting experience,the Kingsway Children’s Choir explores a vastrepertoire spanning world music, folk songsand classic choral works. Weekly rehearsals arean invigorating musical work-out encompassingvoice and body warm-ups, vocal technique,singing skills and drum circle (each choristerreceives an African djembé drum to keep).Throughout the 30-week season, choristers taketheir music to various stages including adjudicatedfestivals, recitals and community events.Sharon Burlacoff416-234-0121sharonkcm@bellnet.cawww.kingswayconservatory.ca●●La Jeunesse Youth ChoirsEstablished in 1988, the four-time internationalgold medal winner La Jeunesse Senior Choir(girls aged 11–18) includes 40 auditioned singersand is one of the four La Jeunesse YouthChoirs. The other choirs include the Children’sChoir (ages 8–12), STAB (youth aged 12 and up)and SheVoce (girls 17–18). All choirs rehearseweekly at Trinity United Church in Cobourg,Ontario, and perform two concerts per year, plusother community events and productions. InApril 2007, LJYC released its fifth CD, JeunesseElemental. The choir regularly commissionsworks from Canadian composers. The choir iscurrently working on its sixth CD.Jennie Gilles, choir administrator905-355-3634ljchoirs@eagle.cawww.lajeunessechoirs.ca●●Larkin SingersThe Larkin Singers, a 16-voice chamber choir,has quickly established itself amongst the finestexamples of Canada’s strong choral heritage.Founded in 2008 under the direction of MatthewLarkin, the choir “boasts strong singers verycommitted to choral work, and programs interestingmusic.” The members appear regularlyas professional choristers and soloists in Canada,present an annual subscription series and performregularly in Toronto, Ottawa, London andcities further afield. The group has toured inthe UK and the US, with plans for future tours.In 2008, the choir released its first recording,A New Work is Come on Hand. Auditions takeplace in the fall for open positions.Robin McLean, general managerinfo@larkinsingers.comwww.larkinsingers.com●●Lawrence Park CommunityChurch ChoirLawrence Park Community Church Choirsings weekly at Sunday worship services fromSeptember through June, with Thursday eveningrehearsals. Consisting of more than 20 members,including a professional quartet, the choirpresents special musical offerings at Christmasand during Holy Week, and is featured annuallyin Lawrence Park’s “Fridays@8” concert series.The choir has commissioned a number of anthemsfrom composers including Bob Chilcott,Ruth Watson Henderson and Paul Halley. RecentCD recordings have included Awake, my soul, andsing, Peace for a New Millennium and a ChristmasCD Beauty, Peace and Joy, available through thechurch office.Mark Toews, director of music416-489-1551mark@lawrenceparkchurch.cawww.lawrenceparkchurch.ca●●Les voix du coeurFondé en 1994 par Bernard Dionne, l’ensemblevocal Les voix du cœur est dirigé depuis 16 anspar Manon Côté et accompagné au piano parGabriel Drouin. L’ensemble à quatre voix mixtescomprend une trentaine de choristes amateurset se consacre principalement à l’interprétationde la chanson populaire francophone en provenancedu Canada et de l’Europe. Les spectaclesprésentés allient le chant, le théâtre et ladanse. L’ensemble est sans contredit des plusdynamiques et a su, au fil des ans, se tailler unebelle place au sein de la francophonie torontoise.Carmen Bourbonnais, présidente416-267-1880evlesvoixducoeur@gmail.com●●Lyrica Chamber Choir of BarrieFounded in 2000 by the late Natalyia Gurin anddirected since 2005 by Steve Winfield, LyricaChamber Choir of Barrie strives to present eclecticand evocative programs of excellent choralchamber music. The 34 singers of Lyrica demonstratea strong desire to present artisticallyvaried choral programs with a high degreeof musicianship to the community of Barrieand surrounding area. Recent highlights includeperformances of Randall Thompson’sFrostiana Cycle and works by Josef Rheinberger.Professional soloists and instrumental musiciansregularly join Lyrica for performances.Our accompanist, Brent Mayhew, enhances thechoir’s performances with extraordinary skilland sensitivity.Steve Winfield705-722-0271steve.winfield@sympatico.cawww.lyricachoir.org● ● Masterworks of Oakville Chorusand OrchestraWe are a community-based group dedicatedto performing the great works of the westernclassical tradition, particularly sacred works forchoir and orchestra. We are committed to artisticexcellence and proud to preserve and continuea great musical tradition.As one of the largest performing arts groupsin Oakville, we are known for our outstandingperformances and challenging repertoire.Masterworks performs in Oakville-area churches,each of which hosts and produces our concertsthemselves, assisted by our dedicated teamof volunteers. Masterworks also regularly appearsat special events in the GTA.Masterworks exists with the enthusiasm of itschoristers and orchestra players, which is thehallmark of its performances.info@masterworksofoakville.cawww.masterworksofoakville.ca

●●Melos Chamber Choirand OrchestraThe Melos Chamber Choir and Orchestra performsmusic from the renaissance, baroque andclassical periods in historically informed style.We have three primary goals. First, we help singersand instrumentalists develop skills in performingthis music, mastering the instruments,period styles and techniques. Second, we striveto bring this style of performance regularly toKingston audiences. We also seek to educate andinform the public about the history and contextof the music. Third, we plan outreach toKingston youth, bringing the music and its historyto a new generation of listeners, includingstudents at Queen’s School of Music, the CantaArya Strings and elementary schools.info@melos.cawww.melos.ca●●Metropolitan UnitedChurch ChoirThe auditioned 35-member Metropolitan UnitedChurch Choir has eight lead singers, rehearsesThursday evenings and sings on Sunday morningsand special occasions, September throughJune. Repertoire is medieval through 21st century.Singers must have sight-singing ability.A waiting list exists; contact our director latespring or early fall to join. The festival choiradds 10 to 15 singers to the core choir and rehearsesSunday afternoons for six weeks priorto Good Friday. Past concerts featured Bach,Mozart, Fauré, Duruflé, Gilles and others. TheMetropolitan Sparklers (ages 4–6), Choristers (7–11), Great Heart Ensemble (vocal and instrumental,ages 12 and up) and Metropolitan Handbellsare groups open to all.Patricia Wright416-363-0331 x26patriciaw@metunited.orgwww.metunited.org●●Milton ChoristersThis dynamic, auditioned, four-part communitychoir has entertained audiences in HaltonRegion and beyond for 43 years. The 45-memberchoir performs three concerts annually, often includingpremier guest soloists and musicians.We also enjoy performing in numerous localevents. Our director, Dr. Lana Lysogor, continuesto expand our already varied repertoire. Fromclassical to contemporary, sacred to secular, wedo it all! Rehearsals are Tuesdays 7:30pm–10pmfrom September to June. A love of singing, somesight-reading, rhythm and a sense of humourare all you need to become a Milton Chorister!Jim Douglas905-878-1632www.miltonchoristers.cominfo@miltonchoristers.com●●Mississauga Children’s ChoirThe Mississauga Children’s Choir has been enrichingthe musical lives of young choristersfor 31 years. We are an award-winning treblevoiced choir of approximately 150 childrenaged 6–17. Under the direction of artistic directorThomas Bell, the MCC includes four gradedchoral ensembles as well as a boys’ choir. TheMCC provides young singers with exceptionalmusical experience through performance,AUDITION THE CHOIRThinking about joining? Visit thewholenote.com/canarytheory, recording, touring and service to thecommunity. Major concert performances takeplace at Mississauga’s Living Arts Centre; wewould love to see you there! Auditions for newmembers are held April through June.Denise Heggart, executive director905-624-9704info@mississaugachildrenschoir.comwww.mississaugachildrenschoir.com●●Mississauga Choral SocietyThe award-winning Mississauga Choral Society(MCS), founded in 1975, presents concerts of classicalmasterworks as well as programs of jazzand Broadway music. MCS partners with community,arts and charitable groups for benefitconcert events, and offers an innovative programfor young listeners. The organization promotesthe highest level of musical excellence inits choristers, supports emerging solo artists andregularly commissions new Canadian works.Joanne Bidini905-278-7059mcs-on.camississaugachoralsociety@gmail.com●●Mississauga Festival ChoirMississauga Festival Choir (MFC), a 95-voiceadult non-auditioned community choir, includesa small auditioned chamber choir (MFCC)that performs separately at the end of March.MFC performs concerts each season in theMississauga area. Founded in 1984, the MFC isdedicated to excellence in choral music and performsa wide range of musical styles and traditions.Performances take place in December andMay at the Living Arts Centre and in February,MFC hosts a benefit massed choir festival.Rehearsals are Monday nights from Septemberto May at the Cawthra Seniors Centre.info@mississaugafestivalchoir.comwww.mississaugafestivalchoir.com●●MNjcc Adult Daytime“Joyful Noise” ChoirLove to sing? Want to sing in a choir, but tootired or too busy at night? Join the MNjcc’s AdultDaytime Choir, led by conductor Gillian Stecyk.No experience or sight reading necessary. Joinus and fill your life with the joy of singing in harmony!A fun-filled, relaxed environment. Thechoir meets Tuesday afternoons, 1pm–2:30pmand runs all year long. Join for a semester or forthe whole year. You can also drop in and pay asyou go. Generously supported by Karen Greenand Goldie Feldman. Conveniently located nearSpadina TTC station.416-924-6211music@mnjcc.orgwww.mnjcc.org●●MNjcc Community ChoirSing like you’ve never sung before! Tackleworld, jazz, classical, Jewish, folk, Canadian,gospel and pop music. Our 80-member SATBchoir meets Wednesday evenings, Septemberto June. Rehearsals are well structured and singerslearn skills in different musical genres, expression,blend, vocal production and reading,all under the direction of Harriet Wichin. Choirmembers enjoy a wonderful community ofdedicated singers. All are welcome to audition.Auditions are held in July and August. Annualspring concerts in the Al Green Theatre happenin June, with other occasional informal performancesthroughout the year. Conveniently locatednear Spadina TTC station.416-924-6211music@mnjcc.orgwww.mnjcc.org●●MNjcc Summer ChoirWant to sing in the summer and choir seasonseems finished? Join conductor Gillian Stecykand the MNjcc Summer Choir and sing all summerlong! Enjoy singing a variety of great music.No experience or audition required, just a love ofsinging in harmony! Runs June 20 to August 22,2012. For ages 14–99. You may sign up for the fullsession or sing on a drop-in basis. Convenientlylocated near Spadina TTC station.416-924-6211music@mnjcc.orgwww.mnjcc.orgMNjcc Adult ChoIRtheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013

Canary PagestheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013●●MNjcc Women’s ChorusLet the joy of music inspire you by singingwith women of all ages. No experience or auditionrequired. Enjoy diverse repertoire, learnvocal technique and train your ear to harmony,under the direction of Gillian Stecyk. Allwomen are welcome. The choir meets Mondayevenings, 7:30pm–9:30pm, September to June.Conveniently located near Spadina TTC station.416-924-6211music@mnjcc.orgwww.mnjcc.org●●Nathaniel Dett ChoraleThe Nathaniel Dett Chorale is a 24-voice SATBprofessional choir based in Toronto, dedicatedto performing Afrocentric music of all genres,including classical, spiritual, gospel, jazz, folkand blues. Founded by artistic director BrainerdBlyden-Taylor in 1998, the NDC is Canada’s premierperformer of Afrocentric composers, and atouchstone for the education of audiences andcommunities regarding the full spectrum ofAfrocentric choral music. The mission of thechorale is to build bridges of understanding,appreciation and acceptance between communitiesof people through the medium of music.The chorale has a three-concert subscriptionseries, tours extensively each season, and hasreleased several CDs and DVDs. Membership isby audition.Alexandra Asher, administrator416-340-7000alexandra@nathanieldettchorale.orgwww.nathanieldettchorale.org●●newchoirJoin newchoir and release your shower-singinginner rock star. newchoir is an SATB adult communitychoir of 150 singers performing rock andpop repertoire, from classic rock to today’s charttoppers. With its five-piece professional band,newchoir presents two major shows each year(May and December) and participates in othercommunity events. newchoir rehearses withdirector Scott Pietrangelo, Monday nights at St.Simon-the-Apostle Anglican Church on BloorSt. E. We accept new members in Septemberand January, subject to a vocal assessment andspace limitations. We are looking for more malevoices. You can apply through our website or bycontacting new member coordinator Jade Woo.Jade Woo416-923-9005jade.woo@gmail.comwww.newchoir.ca●●Newtonbrook UnitedChurch Chancel ChoirThe Chancel Choir consists of a group of volunteersingers supported by a number ofprofessional section leads. The choir sings a classicaland contemporary repertoire and providesstrong musical leadership for each Sunday worshipservice. In addition to full choir anthems,various ensembles and solos are presentedby members of the chancel choir. On selectedSundays the choir presents extra choral musicsuch as traditional carols at Christmas and a cantataat Easter. Choral music from all parts of theglobe is also regularly featured in the choir’s offerings.Rehearsals are held on Sunday morningbefore the service and on selected Thursdayevenings through the year.Taylor Sullivantaylorsullivan@yahoo.comwww.newtonbrookunitedchurch.ca●●Northumberland Orchestrawand ChoirWe are a community organization and the foremostpurveyor of orchestral and choral musicin Northumberland County, under the directionof Maestro Michael Newnham. We rehearseon Tuesday evenings in Cobourg fromSeptember 2012 until May 2013. This year’s performanceseason includes a pre-Christmas concert,a pops concert, a Russian-themed concertand the finale concert featuring Karl Jenkins’The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. Next year, wehave a proposed concert schedule as follows:November 24, 2012: “For Christmas”; February 9,2013: “On Saxophone”; March 23, 2013: “FromRussia”; and May 11, 2013: “In Peace.”noc@bell.netwww.norchestra.org●●Oakham House ChoirOakham House Choir, founded in 1986, is affiliatedwith Ryerson University. It is led by musicdirector Matthew Jaskiewicz and specializesin large oratorio and choral masterworks. Forour 2012 Christmas concert we are presentingMozart’s Coronation Mass and Christmas musicfrom the Renaissance to the present. In April 2013we will be performing Puccini’s Messa di Gloria.Oakham House Choir is one of the few Torontochoirs in which amateur singers perform with aprofessional orchestra–the Toronto Sinfonietta.Singers with some choral experience are welcome.Rehearsals are Mondays, at OakhamHouse, 63 Gould St.Matthew Jaskiewicz416-763-8746www.oakhamchoir.ca●●Oakville Children’s ChoirThe Oakville Children’s Choir is an award-winningnot-for-profit charitable organization thatprovides excellence in choral, musical and performancetraining to a diverse group of 150or more children and youth from Oakville,Burlington and Mississauga, while also providingaspects of leadership training thathelp young people become community-mindedadults.The OCC provides four concerts to the communityeach season, performs at workshops, providesguest appearances at community events,collaborates with other choirs and artistic assembliesand values community partnerships.The OCC supports accessibility through a financialassistance program and has community outreachand Young Leaders programs.info@oakvillechildrenschoir.orgwww.oakvillechildrenschoir.org●●Oakville Choral SocietyThe Oakville Choral Society, directed by DavidBowser, has been part of the Oakville communitysince 1960, celebrating its 50th anniversarylast season. We are a community choir of 60 to80 members who love music, possess passionfor singing and enjoy contributing culturallyto the community. No auditions are requiredbut a love of music and willingness to learn areimportant. We perform a wide repertoire andare often joined by professional soloists and orchestra.Rehearsals are Tuesdays 7:45pm–10pmat St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, 318 Queen MaryDr., Oakville, with registration in September andJanuary. We hold two performances annually, inlate April/early May and December.Lynda Sturgeoff, president905-338-3823oakvillechoral@gmail.comwww.oakvillechoral.com●●Oakville EnsembleThe Oakville Ensemble, founded by maestroStéphane Potvin, includes both a 16-voice chamberchoir and a professional orchestra. The ensemblelaunched its first concert season inSeptember 2007 and is rapidly building a reputationfor quality and exciting performances.The Oakville Chamber Ensemble is a professionallevel group in Oakville and the choir recruitsboth paid professionals and auditioned, highlyqualified amateurs. The repertoire performedis strictly classical and ranges from Gregorianchant to contemporary works. Rehearsals takeplace in Oakville in the few days precedingeach concert.Stéphane Potvin, founderand artistic director905-825-9740info@oakville-ensemble.cawww.oakville-ensemble.ca●●Oriana Singers ofNorthumberlandOur lively director, Markus Howard, challengesand delights us weekly with new learnings andvaried repertoire as we prepare for our threeor four concerts a year. Our skilled accompanist,Bob Grandy, gives experienced support. Thegrowing choir membership of over 60 auditionedvoices travels from near and far to rehearseon Wednesdays from September to Junein Cobourg. For more information or contactssee our website.www.orianasingers.com●●ORIANA Women’s Choir2012/13 will be ORIANA’s 41st season. This auditionedchoir of about 30 singers is known for itsmusical excellence, its welcoming and supportiveatmosphere, its collaborations with brilliantCanadian artists and its significant contribution(through many commissions) to Canada’schoral repertoire. ORIANA has released five CDsand is led by artistic director Mitchell Pady, withaccompanist Gergely Szokolay. ORIANA presentsthree subscription concerts every year,in December, March and May, at Grace Churchon-the-Hill. Auditions are held in late Augustas well as during the year. Rehearsals happenTuesdays, 7:30pm–10pm, at North TorontoCollegiate Institute.647-466-7673info@orianachoir.comwww.orianachoir.com● ● Orpheus Choir of TorontoExpect something different! Founded in 1964,this 60-voice choir aims to offer something

different to concert-goers and singers alike.The choir has a four-concert season, plus occasionalguest performances, including collaborationsoutside the Toronto area. Under theenergetic leadership of Robert Cooper, repertoireis both sacred and secular, from a cappellato full orchestral accompaniment, and includesmany new or less well-known works. The choiralso provides opportunities for young singers togain experience as soloists through its SidgwickScholarship positions. Rehearsals are Tuesdayevenings at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Admission is by audition in May/June and periodicallythroughout the year.Helen Coxon, 416-420-9660orpheuschoir@sympatico.cawww.orpheuschoirtoronto.com●●Oxford ChurchmusicAfter 23 programs in 18 years, OxfordChurchmusic has become the ultimate summerchoral experience in Europe. We offer a twoweeksinging vacation in Oxford for adults ofvarying vocal abilities who sing, or have sung,in an amateur choir.We sing weekday mornings, 9am–noon, inBalliol College Chapel, covering choral musicfrom Gregorian chant to gospel. Three conductorswork with participants daily and our stayconcludes with a farewell concert in the historicchurch of St. Michael-at-the-North-Gate. Contactus for details of this year’s program, September 6to 20. Cost: $2500 (single) or $2000 (per personin a twin room). Flight not included.Tim or Mary Elia416-961-6136oxfordchurchmusic@rogers.comwww.oxfordchurchmusic.ca●●Pax Christi ChoraleEntering its 26th season, Pax Christi Chorale isa 90-voice auditioned oratorio choir attractingsingers from across the GTA. Artistic directorStephanie Martin is known for programminggreat works on the fringe of popularity, revivingmasterpieces ignored or forgotten by themainstream of choral practitioners. Concertsfeature outstanding soloists and orchestra.Our 2012/13 season includes great works by Bach,Rheinberger, Willan and Handel. Paid positionsexist for choral scholars. Rehearsals take placeMonday nights at Yonge and Sheppard, with auditionsin May and September.Jennifer Collins, general managerjennifer.collins@paxchristichorale.orgDaniel Norman, assistantconductor/auditionsdaniel.norman@paxchristichorale.orgwww.paxchristichorale.org●●Pax Christi Youth ChoirPax Christi Youth Choir is the only opportunityin Toronto for young people to sing choralmasterworks with orchestra and be mentoredby an experienced adult choir in addition to performingtheir own chamber works in concert.Singers aged 12–21 receive a rich choral educationand rewarding performance opportunitiesboth with Pax Christi Chorale and in informalperformances of repertoire that draws fromthe best of classical and contemporary musicaltraditions. Rehearsals take place MondayAUDITION THE CHOIRThinking about joining? Visit thewholenote.com/canarynights at Yonge and Sheppard, with auditionsin May and September. All young people are welcomedto grow musically with us in a supportiveatmosphere.Jennifer Collins, general managerjennifer.collins@paxchristichorale.orgwww.paxchristichorale.org●●Penthelia SingersPenthelia Singers is a vibrant ensemble ofwomen performing culturally diverse andmusically sophisticated choral repertoire.Led by artistic director Alice Malach, the choiris committed to musical excellence and concertsof professional quality. Penthelia Singersstrives to connect with its audience throughinnovative and accessible programming presentedin a variety of venues. In addition to givingtwo major concerts per season, PentheliaSingers performs in collaboration with otherchoirs, at festivals and at community events.Rehearsals are at Rosedale Presbyterian Church,Wednesdays 7:30pm–9:30pm. Membership inthis welcoming group is by audition in June,August and January.Alice Malach416-579-7464alice_malach@hotmail.comwww.penthelia.com●●Peterborough SingersThe Peterborough Singers, under the energeticand creative leadership of founder and musicdirector Syd Birrell, is an auditioned 100-voicechoir of all ages. The annual five-concert seasonincludes a diverse musical repertoire, from classicsby Handel and Bach to commissioned worksby Canadian composers, and regularly featuresemerging solo artists. This award-winning grouphas a reputation for surprising, delighting andchallenging its audiences. The year (2012/13) willbe the Peterborough Singers’ 20th anniversaryseason. Rehearsals are Wednesdays 7:30pm–9:30pm at Murray St. Baptist Church, 175 MurraySt., Peterborough.Peg McCracken, office contact705-745-1820singers@peterboroughsingers.comwww.peterboroughsingers.com●●Queensmen of TorontoMale ChorusThe Queensmen of Toronto Male Chorus is adynamic community chorus and musicallyrelevant group in Etobicoke and Mississauga.The music is contemporary and fun. We are inneed of more singers, especially tenors, andmeet Tuesday evenings at 7pm from Septemberthrough May. Join us at our weekly rehearsalsand experience teaching by our outstandingmusical director and enjoy our special camaraderie.You will also appreciate our outreachprogram with schools, encouraging musical developmentfor young students.416-234-0951 or 905-876-1477www.queensmen.net●●Rainbow ChorusRainbow Chorus, the Waterloo-Wellington chorusof gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenderedindividuals and friends, is a vibrant non-auditionedchorus of 40 adult singers who performthe choral arts with a diverse repertoire.Our 2012 spring concert, “The Rainbow ChorusPictures Show,” features songs from the movies.Performances will be in Guelph at HarcourtUnited Church, May 26 at 8pm, and in Waterlooat Knox Presbyterian Church, June 3 at 2pm.Winter concerts will be held January 19 and 27,2013. Rehearsals are held Wednesdays 7:30pm–9:30pm at Guelph Youth Music Centre, 25Cardigan St., Guelph.Sue Seniorsue.rcww@gmail.comwww.rainbowchorus.ca●●Renaissance SingersThe Renaissance Singers was founded in 1972 inKitchener-Waterloo. Currently under the directionof Gordon Burnett, the choir is an auditioned30-voice choir whose early reputationwas based on its polished performance of renaissancea cappella literature. Today, the choir singsmusic from the masters of all centuries. ThePax Christi Youth ChoirtheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013

Canary PagestheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013Renaissance Singers has also commissioned andpremiered the works of leading Canadian composersand has produced four CDs. Performancesare based in Kitchener-Waterloo and environs.Katherine Lees, press and publicity519-745-0675kathybob@golden.netwww.renaissancesingers.ca●●Richmond Hill United ChurchRichmond Hill United Church is an open communitycongregation in the heart of RichmondHill. The friendly 30-member adult choir has recordedtwo CDs. A Child is Born was featured frequentlyon CBC FM radio. The choir sings a variedrepertoire of music spanning the Renaissance tothe present day. The choir presents two specialmusical events annually and sings at the weeklyworship service on Sundays starting at 10:30am.Rehearsals are Thursday evenings from 8pm–10pm. A warm welcome awaits you at RHUC.Barry Peters, music director416-921-9032 or 905-884-1301 x4www.rhuc.org●●Scola CantorumScola Cantorum is the Hungarian choir inToronto under the direction of conductor/organistImre Oláh. Scola presents annual springand Christmas concerts with soloists and instrumentalists,performs Lenten adoration with organ,partakes a few times a year at Mass and alsoperforms at local Hungarian cultural events.Our repertoire ranges from sacred a cappellarenaissance works to romantic music, oftenin Latin, German or Hungarian. Our 21-voicemixed choir rehearses at St. Elizabeth Church(Bayview and Sheppard) on Monday evenings,September to June. If you know Hungarian andhave good sight reading abilities, please phonefor an audition.Adeodata Czink416-971-9754tagsag@scolacantorum.cawww.scolacantorum.ca●●Serenata SingersThe Serenata Singers is a lively choir of 65 seniorssinging four-part harmony. Founded in1976, the choir celebrates its 36th season with“Feeling The Love,” the title of their May concertsat the Chinese Cultural Centre’s PC Ho Theatre.This flourishing community choir, directed byAudrey McLeod, rehearses Wednesday morningsfrom September to May at the Wilmar HeightsCentre, 963 Pharmacy Ave. The choir’s repertoireincludes an eclectic mix of folk, spirituals, classical,show tunes and pop songs. The choir welcomesnew members with a friendly auditionand is happy to perform in the communityupon request.416-497-5952audrey.e.mcleod@sympatico.cawww.serenatasingers.ca●●Sing360 Children’s ChoirSing360 Children’s Choir was founded in 2011to introduce children 7–17 to choral singing, developin them a passion for the world’s musicaldialogue and to nurture the love of musicand the joy of singing through an eclectic mixof Canadian and world music, choral classics,pop and Broadway repertoire. Under the artisticdirection of Anne Marie Page, choristers developvocal, theory and musicianship skills in asupportive atmosphere that encourages confidence,artistry and broadened perspectives, andpromotes mentoring and community. Simpleplacement auditions are held. Rehearsals takeplace Tuesdays, 4:15pm–5:15pm, September toMay, at Bloordale United Church, 4258 Bloor St.W., Etobicoke.Verena von Stritzky416-722-0577admin@sing360.orgwww.sing360.org●●Sound InvestmentCommunity ChoirThe Sound Investment Community Choir inCollingwood is a mixed choir under the directionof Brian Rae with a membership of over50 singers bringing quality choral music tothe Georgian Triangle. The SICC presents twoannual concerts, one in the spring and one atChristmas. A variety of choral styles from classicalto contemporary is performed, which hasincluded the Fantasia on Christmas Carols byVaughan Williams and the Chichester Psalms byBernstein. Professional musicians are also featured.The choir will be celebrating its 40th anniversarynext year. Membership is by audition.Rehearsals are on Monday evenings.Brian Rae705-444-5857sirbrianrae@gmail.comwww.soundinvestmentchoir.ca●●St. Anne’s Anglican ChurchSt. Anne’s Anglican Church has an SATB choirthat provides leadership in worship throughmusic. The choir sings at the 10:30am HolyEucharist on Sundays and participates in specialliturgies and other events. It comprises fivesection leads and a group of volunteers who rehearseThursdays at 7:30pm during the year andSundays at 10am, before the service. The choirengages in many musical styles and sings withorchestra on multiple occasions yearly. The sesquicentennialof the Parish of St. Anne, Toronto,will continue through 2012, including a week ofmusical offerings and special events in October.Singers interested in joining the choir shouldcontact Daniel Norman.Daniel Norman, music director647-405-3266music@stannes.on.cawww.stannes.on.ca●●St. John the Baptist AnglicanChurch (Dixie) ChoirThe Choir of St. John the Baptist Anglican Church(Dixie) is a mixed-voice choir that rehearsesSaturday mornings and sings on Sunday morningsand special occasions from Septemberthrough June. Repertoire is medieval through21st century, with an emphasis on excellence inchurch music, spanning cultures and traditions.Choristers are both amateur and professional,enjoying music making, community and fellowship.Special services include Choral Evensongsand occasional services or concerts featuringchoral works by Bach, Fauré and others.Eric Osborne, director of music905-277-0462organeric@gmail.comwww.stjohnsdixie.com●●St. Michael’s Choir SchoolSt. Michael’s Choir School (SMCS) is Canada’s premierboys’ choir school. For 73 years, excellencein sacred music has been the school’s enduringlegacy. The school’s mission is to provide musicfor St. Michael’s Cathedral and to train churchmusicians for the Toronto archdiocese. In additionto singing at St. Michael’s Cathedral, the studentsshare their music with a wider audiencethrough recordings, media appearances andconcert tours. SMCS has performed for dignitariessuch as His Holiness Pope John Paul II, HerMajesty Queen Elizabeth II and former primeminister Jean Chrétien.W. Edward McCall, executive director416-393-5518choirschool@smcs.on.cawww.smcs.on.ca●●Summer SingersLooking for a summer choir to join? Look no further!The Summer Singers is a fun and musiclovingadult ensemble of over 60 voices whichmeets Tuesday evenings 6:30pm–8:30pm inJune and July (eight weeks) at Trinity-St. Paul’sChurch, 427 Bloor St. W., Toronto. Repertoire isa cool mix of folk, pop, standards, classical andmore. An informal concert is presented on thelast evening. There is no audition, just a nominalpaid membership.Linda Eyman, music director416-455-9238linda@thetorontosingingstudio.cawww.thetorontosingingstudio.ca●●Tafelmusik Chamber ChoirThe Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, directed by IvarsTaurins, is one of Canada’s leading ensemblesspecializing in historically informed performancesof the music of the 17th and 18th centuries.Formed in 1981, it has been praised for itsclarity, nuance and brilliance. The choir joinsthe Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra for its subscriptionseries at Trinity-St Paul’s Centre, GeorgeWeston Recital Hall and Koerner Hall (includingHandel’s Messiah, recorded live last season),and Sing-Along Messiah at Massey Hall. Thechoir regularly collaborates with Opera Atelier.In 2011 the choir performed for the opening ofthe OSM’s new hall in Montreal. Auditions areheld as required to fill vacancies.Stephanie Miletic, operations manager416-964-9562 x226smiletic@tafelmusik.orgwww.tafelmusik.org● ● Tallis ChoirFounded in 1977, the Tallis Choir, directed byPeter Mahon, specializes in renaissance chambermusic but performs a wide variety of musicalstyles. Appearances this past season included theBrahms Requiem at the Colours of Music Festivalin Barrie and music for Final Fantasy, DistantWorlds before a sold-out Sony Centre in Toronto.Next season features the “Music of Bach and theRomantics” in October, “Christmas at the TudorCourt” in December, the “Music of Gesualdo” inFebruary and “Music for the Grand Concert for

the Battle of York,” with Haydn’s Mass in Time ofWar in April. Rehearsals are Wednesday eveningsat Trinity College, University of Toronto.416-286-9798info@tallischoir.comwww.tallischoir.com●●Tapestry Chamber ChoirSince 1988 Tapestry Chamber Choir has developedinto an exciting cultural gem in YorkRegion. Under the musical direction of TonyBrowning, Tapestry enjoys “weaving its song”while exploring the artistry of any composerof any period. Most of the repertoire is a cappellabut recent pairings with the York ChamberEnsemble have been most successful and rewardingfor our audiences. If interested injoining our choir (basses especially welcome)please contact us in August or early September.Tapestry presents three concerts in December,March and June in the Newmarket/Aurora area.Catherine Brydon, business manager905-836-8589tapestrychoir@sympatico.cawww.tapestrychoir.ca●●Timothy Eaton MemorialChurch Choir SchoolFounded in 1976 by David Ouchterlony, the TEMCChoir School introduces young singers 6–18 tothe joy of making music together. Under theenthusiastic direction of Elaine Choi, choristersperform music from classical to gospelto jazz. Choirs perform at two Sunday servicesper month, September through May. The ChoirSchool also competes in the Kiwanis MusicFestival and sings in Christmas events and ata Spring Celebration concert. Rehearsals areWednesdays at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church,5:30pm–6:30pm for Juniors and 6:30pm–7:30pmfor Youths. Our new season begins in Septemberwith an information session and first rehearsalopen to all interested–come join us!Elaine Choi, choir school conductor416-925-8494 x227elainechoi@temc.netwww.temc.net●●Toronto Beach ChoraleToronto Beach Chorale is an auditioned SATBchoir of approximately 50 voices, under thedirection of Mervin Fick. The choir focuses onrepertoire from the Renaissance to the 20thcentury (with occasional forays into Broadway,jazz or pop music), presents four concerts perseason and participates in community andfund-raising events. TBC is a registered charitableorganization and was awarded a ChoirsOntario Professional Development Grant in2012. Rehearsals are Wednesdays, 7pm–9:30pm,September to May, at Kingston Road UnitedChurch. Auditions are held in Septemberand January for all voice parts; ability to readmusic and previous choral experience are definiteassets.Nancy Sills416-694-9772TorontoBeachChorale@gmail.comwww.TorontoBeachChorale.comAUDITION THE CHOIRThinking about joining? Visit thewholenote.com/canary●●Toronto BeachesChildren’s ChorusDo you love to sing? Do you enjoy drama? Thenthe Toronto Beaches Children’s Chorus is foryou! The TBCC was founded by music directorand singer Bronwen Low in 2006. The choir providesboth vocal and dramatic training in a funand supportive environment. The children learna variety of music from all different genres andenjoy bi-weekly drama classes with actor JoanneMitchell. The choir has four levels of instructionfor kids aged 4–15. We perform at least three ofour own concerts each year, including a stagedproduction at the end of the year. We are continuouslyinvited to sing for different engagementsin the GTA.Bronwen Low416-698-9864torontobeacheschildrenschorus@sympatico.cawww.torontobeacheschildrenschorus.com●●Toronto Chamber ChoirToronto Chamber Choir, one of Canada’s leadingearly music choirs, specializes in renaissanceand baroque music, as well as worksfrom other eras related to our programming.Our 2012/13 season of four concerts with musicdirector Mark Vuorinen includes motets andchansons from the collections of Pierre Alamire,a Christmas concert featuring the belovedCeremony of Carols, Bach’s splendid Cantata 131and a performance featuring the challengingSpem in Alium and Media Vita. Rehearsals are atSt. Patrick’s church hall Wednesday evenings.We are auditioning for all voices in mid-June.markvuorinen@torontochamberchoir.cawww.torontochamberchoir.ca●●Toronto Children’s ChorusThe Toronto Children’s Chorus, under theleadership of artistic director Elise Bradley, isrecognized as one of the world’s leading choralensembles for children. With training choirsranging from Kinderchor up to the Main Choir,the chorus provides exceptional musical educationand performance opportunities to over 300children aged 4–17 in the Toronto area. Weeklyrehearsals are held in mid-town Toronto (Yongeand St. Clair) and include instruction in theory,sight-singing and ear-training, as well as workshopswith guest clinicians. The chorus is nowaccepting applications for the 2012/13 season.Carol Stairs, program manager416-932-8666 x231carol@torontochildrenschorus.comwww.torontochildrenschorus.com●●Toronto Choral ArtistsThe Toronto Choral Artists, founded in 2008 byMark Vuorinen, are on their way to establishingthemselves as one of Toronto’s finest chamberchoirs. Consisting of accomplished, auditionedsingers from a variety of backgrounds, the TCAare a project-based ensemble devoted to professional-calibreperformances with an emphasison championing new Canadian works. Theyhave given multiple world premiere performancesand their skill interpreting a variety ofstyles has led them to amass a diverse repertoireto complement these works. Behind all ofthe Toronto Choral Artists’ performances is theshared belief that music can unite performersand audiences for social change.Mark Vuorinen, conductortorontochoralartists@gmail.com●●Toronto Choral SocietyThe Toronto Choral Society is Toronto’s oldestcommunity choir. It was founded in 1845 topresent concerts and foster the development ofthe local musical community. Today the 130-voiceTCS choir continues to present great works ofthe choral repertoire as well as innovative concertscelebrating this city’s history and diversity.It produces at least two major concerts each season,collaborates in other artistic productionsand participates in special community events.Artistic director Geoffrey Butler, accompanistWilliam O’Meara and assistant conductor JennyCrober provide musical leadership. Rehearsalsare Wednesdays at 7:30pm at Eastminster UnitedChurch, 310 Danforth Ave.Geoffrey Butler, artistic directorTafelmusik Chamber Choir Cylla Von TiedemanntheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013

Canary PagestheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013416-410-3509info@torontochoralsociety.orgwww.torontochoralsociety.org●●Toronto ChoristersThe Toronto Choristers is a non-auditionedmixed choir celebrating its 20th anniversary.Our repertoire is varied, from the classical tomodern, including contemporary music, spirituals,folksongs and Broadway. Rehearsals areThursday afternoons, mid-September throughMay. Our members are mostly retired teachersfrom Toronto, although some travel into thecity for rehearsals. Our membership numbers100 and women wishing to join may be waitlisted.Applicants from the general communityare welcome, with a few vacancies for malevoices. Join us at this year’s 20th AnniversarySpring Concert, May 23, 7:30pm at Sir John A.MacDonald Collegiate, 2300 Pharmacy Ave. (betweenSheppard and Finch). Our director isRalph Peters.Bill Smyke416-596-8286bill.smyke@sympatico.ca●●Toronto Classical SingersUnder the direction of Jurgen Petrenko, theToronto Classical Singers produce three performanceseach year, enthralling audienceswith their versatility and tenacity, tackling theworks of composers who have earned a place inmusic history for both their notorious lives andtheir wonderful music. Mark your calendars forDecember 2, March 3 and May 5 as we celebrateour 2012/13 season with concerts held at 4pm atChrist Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. Auditionsare held in September. Season tickets are $80(adults) or $65 (seniors/students), with singletickets for $30 (adult) or $25 (seniors/students).416-443-1490info@torontoclassicalsingers.cawww.torontoclassicalsingers.ca●●Toronto Jewish Folk ChoirThe Toronto Jewish Folk Choir is conducted byAlexander Veprinsky and accompanied by LinaZemelman. Founded in 1925 by immigrant needle-tradeworkers, this SATB choir sings folksongs,classics and original works in Yiddishand other languages. Our 86th annual SpringConcert, June 3, 3pm at Temple Sinai, 210 WilsonAve., commemorates our late longtime leaderBen Shek and composer Milton Barnes’s 80thanniversary, with Barnes’ choral/klezmer suiteDos Naye Lid (The New Song) and other songs inYiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, Russian and English.New members are welcome to sing Dos NayeLid with us at this summer’s Ashkenaz Festival.Luba905-669-5906folkchoir@hotmail.comwww.winchevskycentre.org/institutions/choir.html●●Toronto Mendelssohn ChoirGrand symphonic sound has been the TorontoMendelssohn Choir’s trademark for over 100years. Performing sacred and secular repertoire,the TMC offers audiences authentic interpretationof some of the greatest musicever composed. The 150-voice choir includes aprofessional core, auditioned volunteers andapprentices aged 17–22. The TMC performs over20 concerts annually, including Messiah withthe TSO, “Festival of Carols” at YorkminsterPark Baptist Church, “Sacred Music for a SacredSpace” on Good Friday at St. Paul’s Basilica andtwo concerts of major choral works with orchestraat Koerner Hall. Rehearsals are held Mondaysat Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, with auditionsin spring and September.Noel Edison, artistic directorKimber Jonah 416-598-0422 x24admin@tmchoir.orgwww.tmchoir.org●●Toronto Swedish SingersThe Toronto Swedish Singers perform in Swedishand English under director Brigitte Bogar. Thechoir presents annual spring and Christmasconcerts and performs at local Swedish culturalevents and in the Swedish Lutheran Churchin Toronto at major church celebrations. Shorttours are also arranged periodically. Familiaritywith the Swedish language, interest in Swedishculture and ability to read music are desirable,but everyone is welcome. We have weekly rehearsalsand members also have the opportunityto learn/perform Swedish folk dances.Solveig Lalla416-483-3921solan_46@hotmail.comwww.tsfs.ca●●Toronto Welsh Male Voice ChoirThe Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir enters anotherrobust performance season under artisticdirector William Woloschuk and accompanistJulia Sankey. Founded in 1995 by Gwyn Roberts,TWMVC shares songs that lift the human spirit.TWMVC repertoire supports choral traditionsthat have enriched the human experiencethrough the ages. The vibrant blend of traditionalmusic from the “Land of Song” and contemporaryworks from around the globe is exhibitedin unique, Welsh, four-part harmony. Notableperformances include the CD launch titled“Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir with ShannonMercer, Live at the Glenn Gould Studio.” TWMVCwelcomes new members. “Welshness” is optional!Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 7:30pm–10pm, 33Melrose Ave., Toronto.416-410-22541-877-410-2254 (905/705 only)info@twmvc.comwww.twmvc.com●●Toronto World Unity ChoirLed by director Tim FitzGerald and formed in1997, we are a small, friendly SATB choir whosemandate is to promote unity through our loveof music. Based in Toronto, we perform spirituallybased music at community events withinthe GTA and southern Ontario. We sing musicinspired by the writings of the Baha’i faith andother spiritual traditions, with new and originalworks performed in multiple styles andlanguages. Rehearsals take place Sundays 10am–12:30pm at the Toronto Baha’i Centre, 288 BloorSt. W. at Huron St. New members (aged 15–100)welcome. Ability to read music and sight-singdesirable but not essential.Nancy Dinnigan416-289-4146torontoworldunitychoir@gmail.com●●University of Toronto,Scarborough, Concert ChoirThe University of Toronto, Scarborough, ConcertChoir is an auditioned mixed choir open to thegeneral public in addition to students, staff andfaculty of the U of T Scarborough campus. LenardWhiting, conductor, auditions singers the firstweek of classes in both fall (September) and winter(January) semesters. Performances includeuniversity special events and concerts within thearts and events programming division, includingthe end of term concert. The choir rehearsesMonday evenings 5pm–8pm in the Arts andAdministration Building (Room AA303), locatedat 1265 Military Trail. Collaborative programmingwith Opera By Request, TrypTych and theCathedral Bluffs Symphony are scheduled forthe 2012/13 season.Lenard Whiting, conductor416-287-7179lwhiting@utsc.utoronto.cawww.utsc.utoronto.ca●●Univox Choir TorontoUnivox is a mixed-voice community choir foryoung adults, with singers in their twentiesand thirties. The organization holds relationshipbuilding, social responsibility and musicalexcellence as its core principles. Most newchoristers have previous choral experience orhave some musical proficiency. Regular attendanceand ticket selling are expected. Selectedrepertoire spans five centuries, including choralclassics, contemporary works and popularmusic, ranging from Gabriel Fauré to Daft Punk.Potential choristers are invited to observe a rehearsalafter initial contact. Rehearsals takeplace Tuesdays 5:45pm–8pm at New Horizons/Dovercourt Baptist, 1140 Bloor St. W. Our seasonruns September to June.Dallas Bergen, artistic director416-697-9561membership@univoxchoir.orgwww.univoxchoir.org●●Upper Canada ChoristersThe Upper Canada Choristers is a non-auditionedmixed-voice choir with a history of musical excellenceand community service. The programfeatures collaborations with internationalchoirs, local children’s choirs and professionalguest artists. Cantemos is the auditioned Latinensemble under the umbrella of UCC. Underthe artistic direction of Laurie Evan Fraser, thechoirs perform two diverse choral programs annually.Weekly rehearsals for the larger choir areMonday evenings from 7:30pm–9:30pm at GraceChurch on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. Cantemosrehearses on Thursday evenings from 7pm–9pmat 2 Romar Cres. The choir sings up to 20 concertsannually in a variety of community venues.Laurie Evan Fraser, conductor/artistic director416-256-0510www.uppercanadachoristers.org● ● Uxbridge Chamber ChoirThe Uxbridge Chamber Choir was formed in 1983to bring quality performances of sacred and

secular music to the local community. The choiroffers accomplished singers a venue to expressand develop their musical talents. With a primaryfocus on the classical repertoire, programshave also featured modern composers such asOrff and Jenkins — and even the Beatles — as wellas special programming for the Christmas season.Performance standards are maintained by anon-threatening screening process during earlyrehearsals. For a good choral atmosphere underthe inspired direction of our founder Tom Baker,come join the UCC.John Jackson, president905-852-7993info@uxbridgechamberchoir.cawww.uxbridgechamberchoir.ca●●Vesnivka ChoirFounding artistic director Halyna KvitkaKondracki established Vesnivka Choir in 1965.This award-winning women’s ensemble hasdelighted audiences around the world with itsrich repertoire of Ukrainian liturgical, classical,contemporary and traditional folk music. Thechoir presents three major concerts each season.Vesnivka, together with its partner the TorontoUkrainian Male Chamber Choir (“TUMCC”), isoften accompanied by professional soloistsand chamber ensembles of area musicians.Vesnivka also sings at Christmas and Easter liturgies.Rehearsals are held Tuesdays, 7:30pm–9:30pm (4 Bellwoods Ave. Toronto). Male singersare welcome to join TUMCC, with rehearsals heldMondays, 7:30pm–9pm (Ukrainian CanadianSocial Services, 2445 Bloor St. W. at Jane).Lesia Komorowsky416-236-8278nykola@vesnivka.comwww.vesnivka.com●●Vespera EnsembleThe Vespera Ensemble is an auditioned groupof exceptional singers dedicated to performingnew music. Along with its classical focus, Vesperaembraces popular genres of music from the 20thcentury, including jazz, gospel and beyond. Weare very fortunate to have a unique blend of bothexcellent choral singers and soloists of manystyles. Now in its seventh season, Vespera hasshown its continued commitment to performingnew works, especially those by Canadian composers.Since 2009 the choir has dedicated itsspring concerts to works by only Canadian composers.We perform three or four concerts yearly.Rehearsals happen Wednesdays 7pm–9:30pmat Bloor Street United, Toronto.sarahjohn64@gmail.comwww.vesperaensemble.com●●Victoria College ChoirThe Victoria College Choir has been a fixture ofthe Vic community since the move to Torontofrom Cobourg in 1892. Although it has seen manydifferent forms and incarnations over the pastcentury, including the Victoria Glee Club and aGilbert and Sullivan Appreciation Society, themusical presence at Vic has been consistentlydominated by the Vic Chorus. The present choruswas established in 1991 as a non-auditioned,school community chorus. Two concerts areheld each year. The fall concert is held in the lovelygothic setting of the Victoria College ChapelAUDITION THE CHOIRThinking about joining? Visit thewholenote.com/canaryand the spring concert is held in the IsabelBader Theatre.Taylor Sullivan, directorwww.vicchorus.comvicchorus@yahoo.com●●Victoria Scholars Men’sChoral EnsembleOne of Canada’s finest male choral ensembles,the Victoria Scholars treat their audiences to awide range of music, from medieval plainchantand works from the baroque, renaissance and romanticeras through to contemporary and newlycommissioned works from some of Canada’sbest-known composers. Along with their annualthree-concert series in Toronto, they have releasedthree recordings, toured nationally andinternationally, and performed with a numberof international vocal soloists and arts organizations.If you are an experienced musician withexcellent sight reading abilities and would liketo join the Scholars for their upcoming season,please contact us today.Dr. Jerzy Cichocki416-761-7776info@victoriascholars.cawww.victoriascholars.ca●●Village VoicesVillage Voices is a Markham-based, mixed-voicecommunity choir of about 65 members, whichpresents two major public concerts a year, aswell as concerts at seniors’ residences, specialcommunity events and festivals. Under the directionof Joan Andrews, the choir performs awide variety of choral repertoire, from classicalto contemporary, in many different styles.The choir has performed with other choirs inOntario and has collaborated with the CathedralBluffs Orchestra, the Markham Concert Band andthe Kindred Spirits Orchestra, with whom it willperform the Messiah once again on December 15,2012. Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings inUnionville. New members are welcome.905-471-3173info@villagevoices.cawww.villagevoices.ca●●VIVA! Youth Singers of TorontoVIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto is a vibrant,innovative choral organization for over 130children and youth aged 4–25. 2011/12 markedVIVA!’s 12th season as a downtown group ofchoirs whose mission is to provide youth withartistically excellent musical opportunities ina supportive, inclusive environment. VIVA!’sMentoring and Leadership Program providesyoung educators valuable opportunities to workwith youth, and a unique Inclusion Programoffers individualized support for youth withdisabilities. Highlights from our past seasoninclude National Ballet’s The Nutcracker, aMUCHMusic video shoot and our Greece tour.Opera performances will be featured throughoutthe next three seasons.416-788-8482info@vivayouthsingers.comwww.vivayouthsingers.com●●Vivace VoxEstablished in September 2007 within TheToronto Singing Studio, Vivace Vox is an excitingand energetic chamber vocal ensemble. Ledby music director Linda Eyman, the group isknown for its joy of performance and wide audienceappeal. Its far ranging repertoire includesmadrigals, jazz standards, spirituals, world andfolk music, pop classics, masterworks and musictheatre, and sweeps away all musical boundaries.Vivace Vox rehearses Thursday evenings7pm–9pm at Bloor Street United Church, 300Bloor St. W., Toronto. Membership is by audition.A season membership is paid.Linda Eyman, music director416-455-9238linda@thetorontosingingstudio.cawww.thetorontosingingstudio.ca●●VOCA Chorus of TorontoVOCA Chorus of Toronto, formerly the EastYork Choir, is an auditioned ensemble that performsselections from several genres (includingpremieres of arrangements by our artisticdirector Jenny Crober) in collaboration with artistsfrom many musical traditions, includingVIVA! Youth Singers of TorontotheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013

Canary PagestheWholeNote CHOIR LISTINGS | 2012-2013accompanist Elizabeth Acker. Our season consistsof two concerts, and performances at communityevents. On Saturday, June 9, 7:30pm atEastminster United Church, we will present“EARTH, SEA and SKY,” featuring the stunningMissa Gaia/Earth Mass. Guests includeShawn Grenke, organ; Daniel Rubinoff, sopranosaxophone; Michael Occhipinti, guitar; LouisSimao, bass; Ray Dillard and Andrew Morris, percussion.Rehearsals are held Monday eveningsat Eastminster (310 Danforth Ave.).Jenny Crober416-463-8225info@vocachorus.cawww.vocachorus.ca●●Vocal Horizons Chamber ChoirJoin the award-winning Vocal Horizons ChamberChoir for our 2012/13 season!One of Canada’s most versatile choirs, VocalHorizons performs repertoire from sacred tosecular, from 16th century works to popular filmsoundtracks arranged for choir. Under leadershipof founder/director Vincent Cheng, theexperienced singers of Vocal Horizons have performedfor the Toronto Raptors’ Opening Gameand the 2010 Olympic Torch Ceremony, and havebeen gold medal winners in national choir competitions.Based in Thornhill, Vocal Horizons alsoperforms community concerts in hospitals andsenior homes.Audition now by visiting www.vocalhorizons.com and clicking the “Audition” icon. Singersare expected to perform concerts with three orfour rehearsals prior.Vincent Cheng, artistic directorHazel Hetimier, executive director416-725-7973info@vocalhorizons.comwww.vocalhorizons.com●●Vocal MosaicFounded in 2007, this 65-voice non-auditionedadult choir is characterized by a vibrant mosaicof vocal styles and repertoire. Choristersenjoy singing madrigals, spirituals, popularstandards, musical theatre, classical piecesand folk songs. Two formal concerts are presentedeach season along with communityoutreach concerts when possible. Vocal Mosaicis part of The Toronto Singing Studio and rehearsesMonday evenings from 7pm–9pm fromSeptember to May at Bloor Street United Church,300 Bloor St. W., Toronto. Rehearsals are livelyand sociable (camaraderie and laughter creategood singing!). Vocal Mosaic is directed by LindaEyman. A season membership is paid.Linda Eyman, music director416-455-9238linda@thetorontosingingstudio.cawww.thetorontosingingstudio.ca●●Vocal Music Academy atRyerson Community SchoolIntroducing the Toronto District School Board’sfull day school program delivering the Ontariocurriculum with a focus on integrated vocalmusic! The school will open in September 2012for students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 and will addgrades 7 and 8 in subsequent years. Numerousperformance opportunities will be offered inthe school and in the community through gleeclubs, large and small singing groups, choirs,musical theatre, chamber ensembles and soloperformances. Registration is ongoing. No auditionis required.Craig Tsuji, principalMark Bell, vice principal416-393-1340ryerson@tdsb.on.ca●●Voices ChoirVoices, a 20-member mixed-voice choir, is enteringits 17th season under the leadership ofits founder and current music director Ron KaMing Cheung. With a repertoire spanning 12 centuriesand a musical philosophy that spotlightslesser-known works by the great masters andcontemporary pieces by Canadian composers,Voices has established a reputation for choralexcellence and has won numerous awards invarious competitions. For those interested in becominga part of this dynamic group, we haveopenings in all sections. Please call or e-mail foran appointment to audition.Ron Ka Ming Cheung, director416-519-0528voiceschamberchoir@yahoo.cawww.voiceschoir.com●●Wayne Gilpin SingersBeautiful melodies, rocking sax solos, edgy newjazz arrangements of Handel’s Messiah–if anyof this appeals to you, read on. The WaterloobasedWayne Gilpin Singers is an auditioned (asinger-friendly audition, we promise!) chamberchoir that sings a wide variety of music, includingcontemporary Christian, gospel, showtunes, spirituals and more. Resident composer/accompanistAndrew Gilpin pens unique arrangementsfor an ever-expanding Jazz Messiah,an annual event that twins Handel’s beautifulmelodies with modern rhythms and musicalstyles. Also featured in concert are talented guestartists on bass, drums and saxophone, providingan unforgettable musical experience for bothaudience and choir.Wayne Gilpin1-800-867-3281wayne@gilpin.ca●●Windsor Classic ChoraleWindsor Classic Chorale draws members primarilyfrom Essex County. We are the onlyauditioned chamber choir south of London, providingquality Canadian chamber choral musicto a population of over 600,000.Our season feature is an annual “In Remembrance”concert for November 11. We have collaboratedwith the Windsor Art Gallery, theWalkerville Highschool Centre for the CreativeArts, the Windsor Essex Youth Choir, the ArtGallery of Windsor and the Windsor WomenWorking with Immigrant Women NewcomerArts Project.A member of the Arts Council of the WindsorRegion and the Windsor Endowment for theArts, WCC is considered a core component ofWindsor’s arts community.info@windsorclassicchorale.orgwww.windsorclassicchorale.org●●York University Departmentof Music ChoirsYork University’s Department of Music is hometo nine choral ensembles. Dr. Lisette Canton conductsthe York University Chamber Choir, Men’sChoir and 70-voice Concert Choir, all performingwestern classical repertoire. The 100-voice YorkUniversity Gospel Choir is directed by ProfessorKaren Burke. York’s four jazz choirs are ledby Bob Hamper and Mim Adams. The WorldMusic Chorus, presenting traditional songsfrom around the globe, is directed by JudithCohen. Each ensemble gives several public concertsduring the season in the superb TributeCommunities Recital Hall on York’s Keele campus.All the choirs are open to York students,faculty and staff, with auditions held in earlySeptember.416-736-5242musicprg@yorku.cawww.yorku.ca/finearts/music●●Yorkminstrels Show ChoirThe Yorkminstrels Show Choir, directed by CathyWhiteside, is a mixed-voice community choirfounded in 1974 as a spin-off of the Yorkminstrelsmusical theatre company. With our mostlyBroadway repertoire, costumes and choreography,the choir has evolved into a uniquegroup, performing 15 to 18 concerts annually(seniors residences, private/corporate/communityevents). Rehearsals are held on Wednesdaysfrom 7:30–10:30pm at Cummer Lodge, NorthYork, September through June. Openings areavailable in the tenor and bass-baritone sections.We perform off-book and a simple audition is required.If you love to sing, please join us!Sandi Horwitz416-229-9313horwitz@rogers.comwww.yorkminstrels.com●●Young SingersExperience the magic of music and releaseyour child’s musical artistry through choralmusic! Young Singers is composed of four distinctchoirs in programs between Septemberand June. A unique musical education is offeredin a supportive and challenging environment.YoungER Singers, for ages 6–8, rehearsesMondays, 5:45pm–6:45pm. Treble Notes, for ages8–14, rehearses Mondays, 7pm–8pm. Director’sChoir is an auditioned treble choir for childrenaged 10–15, which rehearses Tuesdays, 7pm–8:45pm, and alternate Saturdays, 10am–12pm.Random Notes is an auditioned SATB choir forages 14 and older, which rehearses Wednesdays,7pm–9pm.905-686-9821www.youngsingers.cathewholenote.com/canary • 416-323-2232 x26