Volume 13 - Issue 10 - July/August 2008

Wednesday August 06- 12:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival.Emerging Artists Concert. Church of theRedeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 416-585-4464.Free.- 7:00: Applewood Homestead. TwilightConcerts in the Park. Toronto All-Star BigBand. 450 The West Mall, Etobicoke. 416-622-4124. Free.- 7:30: Artists' Garden Cooperative.Plein Air Concert Series '08. Steve Raiken,folk/blues vocalist. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10.- 7:30: Japanese Canadian CulturalCentre. Maboroshi no Koto. A koto concertby Grandmasters from Japan & North America,including Linda Kako Caplan, celebrating her25th year of koto playing. Special guests:Junko Chikushi & Kazuko Muramoto. 6 GaramondCourt. 416-441-2345. $30; $25(st/JCCC members).- 8:00: Southern Ontario Chamber MusicInstitute. 2008 Summer Concert Series-A tiara String Ouartet. Works by Mozart,Beethoven, Bartok. St. Andrew RC Church, 47Reynolds Street, Oakville. 905-815-2021.$50-$80 (four concert series); $10-$30.Thursday August 07- 4:30: Flaming Mamie Productions/Summerworks Theatre Festival. Stravinsky:L 'Histoire du Soldat. Factory Theatre,125 Bathurst St. 1-888-222-6608. $12.- 7:00: Harbourfront Centre/SummerMusic in the Garden. Persian Music for aSummer Night. Traditional and original music.Pirouz Yousefian, santur (ancient hammerdulcimer); Farzad Yousefian, percussion. TorontoMusic Garden, 475 Queens Quay West.416-973-4000. Free.- 7:00 & 10:00: Downtown OakvilleJazz Festival. Strings Attached. DianneReeves, vocalist; Russell Malone & RomeroLubambo, guitars. Oakville Centre for the PerformingArts, 130 Navy St. Oakville. 905-844-4520. $85.- 8:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival.Chamber Music Treasures. Beethoven: Trio inD Op. 70/1; Schubert: Quintet in A ("Die Forelle").Anton Kuerti, piano; Ian Swenson, violin;Douglas MacNabney, viola; Paul Katz, violoncello;Jeffrey Beecher, double bass. WalterHall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 QueensPark Cresc. 416-585-4464. $37; $27(sr/st).Pre-concert chat 6:45.Friday August 08- 1 :00 to 6:00: Sound Travels Festival.Creating Sound Portraits. J0rgen Teller createsunique sound portraits for audience members.Location TBA, Toronto Island. 416-516-7413. Free.- 7:00: Sound Travels Festival. ImprovisingSpace. Ellen Waterman, Mark Zurawinski,Germaine Liu & Megan-Fay Rothschild. TorontoIsland Soundwalk Route (outdoors). 416-516-7413. Free.- 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival.Emerging Artists Concert. Walter Hall, EdwardJohnson Building, 80 Queens Park. 416-585-4464. Free.- 8:00: Cityty/Dmni Television. MondoMuziko A-Go-Go: Eccodek. A blend of downtowngrooves, electronica & world dub. Yonge­Dundas Square, 1 Dundas St. E. 416-979-9960. Free.- 8:00: Sound Travels Festival. PortraitConcert. Electroacoustic works by RobertNormandeau. St. Andrew-by-the-Lake Church,Centre Island. 416-516-7413. $10.- 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. South AsiaCalling. Autorickshaw and Brass Bollywood.lndo-jazz and Bollywood styles. Sirius SatelliteRadio Stage, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free.- 12:30: Flaming Mamie Productions/Summerworks Theatre Festival. Stravinsky:L 'Histoire du Soldat. See Aug 9.Saturday August 09- 7:00: Sound Travels Festival. ImprovisingSpace. See Aug. 8.- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. South AsiaCalling. Tirtha, featuring Vijay Iyer.Traditionaland contemporary South Indian music. SiriusSatellite Radio Stage, 235 Queens Quay W.416-973-4000. Free.- 8:00: Sound Travels Festival. SoundPortrait. Works by David Ogborn & J0rgenTeller. St. Andrew-by-the-Lake Church, CentreIsland. 416-516-7413. $10.- 8:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival.Pressler and Friends. Schumann: Piano Quartetin E flat Op. 47. Brahms: Piano Quartet ing Op. 25. Menahem Pressler, piano; AlexanderKerr, violin; Roberto Diaz, viola; Paul Watkins,violoncello. Walter Hall, Edward JohnsonBuilding, 80 Queens Park Cresc. 416-585-4464. $37; $27(sr/st). Pre-concert chat 6:45.- 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. South AsiaCalling. Aashish Khan, sarod; Chaudhuri, tabla.South Indian music. Sirius Satellite RadioStage, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.Free.Sunday August 10- 1 :00: Sound Travels Festival. ImprovisingSpace. See Aug. 8.- 2:00: Sunday Serenade Concert Series.Toronto Starlight Orchestra. ScarboroughCivic Centre Rotunda, 150 Borough Dr.416-338-3295. Free.- 2:00: Sound Travels Festival. AriadneCalling. Extended vocal work by Wende Bartley.St. Andrew-by-the-Lake Church, Centrelsland.416-516-7413. $5.- 3:00: Harbourfront Centre. South AsiaCalling. lrshad Khan. Sirius Satellite RadioStage, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.Free.- 4:00: Harbourfront Centre/SummerMusic in the Garden. Ortea. By LawrenceCotton and Greg Robie. Music by Monteverdi,Mozart & Offenbach. Lawrence Cotton, baritone;Brooke Dutton, soprano; Rachad Feizoullaev,piano; Colin Maier, woodwinds. TorontoMusic Garden, 475 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free.- 4:00: St. James' Cathedral. Sunday TwilightRecital Series. Works by Elgar. ElaineRobertson, mezzo; Andrew Ager, organ. 65Church St. 416-364- 7865. Free; offering.- 8:00: National Youth Orchestra ofCanada. Murphy: new work; Prokofiev:Scythian Suite; Mahler: Symphony No. 1.Guest conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.$39.50; $19.50(sr/st).Concert Series SponsorNEWALTA11Flaming MamieProductions~presents ..+h~~S,~ldie;,;";~August 7• to 16'h ~tQIVwww.summerworks.ca t1cketweb 1 .888.222.6608 jJULY 1-SEPT 72008WWW. TH EWHOLENOTE.COMTICKETS $10-$304-concert series$50-$80Oakville CentreBox Officel -888-489-7784boxoffice@oakville.caL'atelier Grigorian905-338-236029