Volume 21 Issue 1 - September 2015

The WholeNote listings are arranged in four sections:
A.
GTA (GREATER TORONTO AREA) covers all of Toronto
plus Halton, Peel, York and Durham regions.
B.
BEYOND THE GTA covers many areas of Southern
Ontario outside Toronto and the GTA. Starts on page 43.
C.
MUSIC THEATRE covers a wide range of music types:
from opera, operetta and musicals, to non-traditional
performance types where words and music are in some
fashion equal partners in the drama. Starts on page 51.
D.
IN THE CLUBS (MOSTLY JAZZ)
is organized alphabetically by club.
Starts on page 44.
E.
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 51.
A GENERAL WORD OF CAUTION. A phone number is provided
with every listing in The WholeNote — in fact, we won’t publish
a listing without one. Concerts are sometimes cancelled or postponed;
artists or venues may change after listings are published.
Please check before you go out to a concert.
HOW TO LIST. Listings in The WholeNote in the four sections above
are a free service available, at our discretion, to eligible presenters.
If you have an event, send us your information no later than the
8th of the month prior to the issue or issues in which your listing is
eligible to appear.
LISTINGS DEADLINE. The next issue covers the period from
October 1 to November 7, 2015. All listings must be received by
Midnight Tuesday September 8.
LISTINGS can be sent by e-mail to listings@thewholenote.com or
by fax to 416-603-4791 or by regular mail to the address on page 6.
We do not receive listings by phone, but you can call 416-323-2232
x27 for further information.
LISTINGS ZONE MAP. Visit our website to see a detailed version
of this map: thewholenote.com.
Lake
Huron
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Georgian
Bay
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2 1
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Lake Erie
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City of Toronto
LISTINGS
Lake Ontario
A. Concerts in the GTA
IN THIS ISSUE: Aurora, Brampton, Etobicoke, King City, Markham,
Mississauga, Newmarket, Oakville, Oshawa, St. Catherines, Waterloo
Tuesday September 1
●●Sep 01 8:00: Musideum. Rus Nerwich:
Beyond the Walls. Rus Nerwich, sax; Steve
Koven, piano; Rob Clutton, bass. Suite 133
(main floor), 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-
7323. $20.
Wednesday September 2
●●Sep 02 5:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Live on the
Patio: Mar Aberto SoundSystem. 60 Simcoe
St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food & drinks
available.
●●Sep 02 5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Lula
Music and Arts Centre. Live on the Patio:
Mar Aberto SoundSystem. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food &
drinks available.
●●Sep 02 6:00: The Cathedral Church of St.
James. Cantatas in the Cathedral. Bach: Cantata
BWV78 and organ works. Sheila Dietrich,
soprano; Christina Stelmacovich, alto; tenor
TBA; David Roth, bass; Michael Bloss, organ.
Cathedral Church of St. James, 65 Church
St. 416-364-7865. PWYC. All donations go directly
to the artists.
●●Sep 02 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre.
Pat Metheny Trio. Contemporary jazz. Pat
Metheny, guitar; Scott Colley, bass; Antonio
Sanchez, drums. 171 Town Centre Blvd.,
Markham. 905-305-7469. $67.
●●Sep 02 8:00: Musideum. Evan Malach. Evan
Malach, vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica;
Rich Grossman, guitar; Tyler Emond, bass;
Jeremy Kleynhans, percussion. Suite 133
(main floor), 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-
7323. $15(adv); $20(door - includes beverage);
PWYC for students & artists.
Thursday September 3
●●Sep 03 12:00 noon: Encore Symphonic
Concert Band. In Concert: Classics and
Jazz. John Edward Liddle, conductor. Wilmar
Heights Centre, 963 Pharmacy Ave., Scarborough.
416-346-3910. $10. Incl. coffee and
snack. Also Oct 1.
●●Sep 03 5:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Live on the
Patio: Lula All Stars. 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-
4822. Free. Food & drinks available.
●●Sep 03 5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Lula Music
and Arts Centre. Live on the Patio: Lula All
Stars. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-
593-4822. Free. Food & drinks available.
●●Sep 03 7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Arrelumbre -- Light
after Dark. Flamenco, Balkan, Sephardic,
Turkish and original music. Ventanas; Tamar
Ilana, vocals. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-
4000. Free.
Friday September 4
●●Sep 04 11:30am: Bloor-Yorkville BIA.
Summer Music in the Park with the Chris
Robinson Trio. Village of Yorkville Park,
115 Cumberland St. 416-928-3553. Free.
Weather permitting.
●●Sep 04 1:10: Gordon Murray Presents.
Piano Potpourri. Featuring classics, opera,
operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international
and other genres. Gordon Murray,
piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church -
Chapel, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC.
Lunch and snack friendly.
Saturday September 5
●●Sep 05 1:30: Bloor-Yorkville BIA. Summer
Music in the Park with the Akim Trio. Village
of Yorkville Park, 115 Cumberland St. 416-928-
3553. Free. Weather permitting.
●●Sep 05 2:00: Contact Contemporary
Music. Intersection: New Music Marathon. A
day of performance and interactive installations.
Oswald: Spectre for 1000 violins; other
works. Music in the Barns, string ensemble;
John Oswald, conductor; The Element Choir;
Christine Duncan, director; Tatsuya Nakatani,
percussion; Flowers of Hell, shoegaze
orchestra; and others. Yonge-Dundas Square,
1 Dundas St. E. 416-902-7010. Free.
●●Sep 05 8:00: Music Gallery/Bicycle Opera
Project. Shadow Box. Works by Thornborrow,
Burge, Höstman, Rolfe, Burry, and
others. Larissa Koniuk, soprano; Stephanie
Tritchew, mezzo; Christopher Enns, tenor;
Geoffrey Sirett, baritone. The Music Gallery,
197 John St. 416-204-1080. $20/$17(adv).
●●Sep 05 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. Hot &
Spicy Food Festival: Steve ‘n’ Seagulls. Covers
of metal songs from AC/DC to Iron Maiden.
Steve’n’ Seagulls. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-
973-4000. Free. WestJet Stage.
Sunday September 6
●●Sep 06 4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Silk and Bamboo.
Chinese music from the Qing Dynasty to the
recent era. Silk String Trio (Wen Zhao, pipa/
lute; Ziwen Qin, guzheng/zither; Di Zhang,
yangqin/dulcimer). 235 Queens Quay W. 416-
973-4000. Free.
●●Sep 06 7:00: Kabir Centre for Arts and
Culture. Best of India, Best of Jazz. Fusion
of jazz and Indian classical/pop. Ernie Watts,
saxophone/flute; Jon Weber, piano; Ritt
Henn, bass; Jomy George, percussion; L.
Subramaniam and Ambi Subramaniam, violin;
and others. George Weston Recital Hall,
5040 Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. $30-$90.
●●Sep 06 8:00: Contact Contemporary
Music/The Music Gallery. Intersection: The
Shalabi Effect. Free-form psych meets Middle
Eastern music. The Shalabi Effect: Sam Shalabi,
Anthony Seck, Alexandre St-Onge, Will
Eizlini. The Jam Factory, 2 Matilda St. 416-902-
7010. $12; $10(adv).
●●Sep 06 8:00: Musideum. Claude Bourbon.
Medieval and Spanish blues. Claude Bourbon,
guitar & vocals. Suite 133 (main floor),
401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $20.
●●Sep 06 9:00: Music Gallery/Intersection.
Departures Series: Shalabi Effect and
Jason Doel. Improvised and electronic music.
Shalabi Effect: Sam Shalabi, oud; Anthony
Von Seck, guitar and setar; Alexandre St-
Onge, electronics; Will Eizlini, tabla; Dominions:
Jason Doell, guitar; Evan Lamberton,
cello; Anastasia Tchernikova, piano. The Jam
Factory, 2 Matilda St. 416-204-1080. $12;
$10(adv); $8(st/members).
Monday September 7
●●Sep 07 1:30: Bloor-Yorkville BIA. Summer
Music in the Park with the Donald Guinn Trio.
Village of Yorkville Park, 115 Cumberland St.
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