Volume 17 Issue 8 - May 2012

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