Volume 21 Issue 2 - October 2015
Vol 21 No 2 is now available for your viewing pleasure, and it's a bumper crop, right at the harvest moon. First ever Canadian opera on the Four Seasons Centre main stage gets double coverage with Wende Bartley interviewing Pyramus and Thisbe composer Barbara Monk Feldman and Chris Hoile connecting with director Christopher Alden; Paul Ennis digs into the musical mind of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and pianist Eve Egoyan is "On the Record" in conversation with publisher David Perlman ahead of the Oct release concert for her tenth recording. And at the heart of it all the 16th edition of our annual BLUE PAGES directory of presenters profile the season now well and truly under way.
Vol 21 No 2 is now available for your viewing pleasure, and it's a bumper crop, right at the harvest moon. First ever Canadian opera on the Four Seasons Centre main stage gets double coverage with Wende Bartley interviewing Pyramus and Thisbe composer Barbara Monk Feldman and Chris Hoile connecting with director Christopher Alden; Paul Ennis digs into the musical mind of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and pianist Eve Egoyan is "On the Record" in conversation with publisher David Perlman ahead of the Oct release concert for her tenth recording. And at the heart of it all the 16th edition of our annual BLUE PAGES directory of presenters profile the season now well and truly under way.
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professional pianist Bruce Harvey. This fall the<br />
Singers will join forces with The Queensmen in a<br />
concert entitled “Date Night”. It will take place on<br />
Saturday, <strong>October</strong> 17 at 7:30 in St. Paul’s United<br />
Church, Milton. On Sunday, December 13 at 3:00<br />
p.m. the Singers will present their Christmas concert,<br />
“Sing A New Song”, in Humber Valley United<br />
Church. The Harmony Singers have limited openings<br />
for new members. To arrange a simple audition<br />
contact the conductor.<br />
Harvey Patterson<br />
416-239-58<strong>21</strong><br />
jocelynandharvey@ca.inter.net<br />
harmonysingers.ca<br />
● I FURIOSI Baroque Ensemble<br />
I FURIOSI Baroque Ensemble is one of the world’s<br />
most innovative Baroque ensembles, comprised<br />
of four of Canada’s leading early music specialists:<br />
soprano Gabrielle McLaughlin, violinists Aisslinn<br />
Nosky and Julia Wedman, and cellist/gambist<br />
Felix Deak. For over a decade and a half, I FURI-<br />
OSI’s Toronto concert series has been revitalising<br />
the face of early music in Canada, inspired by<br />
the practice of the Baroque era while invoking the<br />
“bizarre and unnatural” aesthetic both cherished<br />
and despised in its time. Thematic programming<br />
allows the performers to present Baroque music<br />
in a uniquely relevant way.<br />
This season’s concert dates:<br />
Friday, <strong>October</strong> 23, <strong>2015</strong><br />
Saturday, January 9, 2016<br />
Saturday, April 23, 2016<br />
Friday, June 24, 2016<br />
(All concerts are at 8pm at Calvin Presbyterian<br />
Church, Toronto)<br />
Gabrielle McLaughlin<br />
416-536-2943<br />
ifuriosi@ifuriosi.com<br />
ifuriosi.com<br />
● International Resource Centre<br />
for Performing Artists<br />
The International Resource Centre for Performing<br />
Artists (IRCPA) is a forum for performing<br />
artists and their support personnel to<br />
come together as a community to exchange ideas,<br />
challenges, network and be mentored. Programs<br />
aid them to identify and reach their goals through<br />
various stages of their careers. The IRCPA Maureen<br />
Forrester Centre is proposed as a permanent<br />
home for artists in an incubator Community<br />
Hub. Membership is free. Sign up and/or donate<br />
using the phone number or website listed below.<br />
416-362-1422<br />
ircpa.net<br />
I FURIOSI BAROQUE ENSEMBLE<br />
● Isabel Bader Centre for<br />
the Performing Arts<br />
Situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in Kingston<br />
ON, the new award-winning Isabel Bader<br />
Centre for the Performing Arts brings together<br />
exceptional spaces and programs with a captivating<br />
sense of place to create a dynamic venue<br />
for Queen’s students and the Kingston community.<br />
This 90,000 square foot venue includes the<br />
566-seat Concert Hall, 100-seat Studio Theatre,<br />
92-seat Film Screening Room, Rehearsal Hall and<br />
Art & Media Lab.<br />
The Isabel was designed by Oslo/New Yorkbased<br />
firm Snøhetta and Ottawa’s N45, with<br />
acoustics and theatre design by ARUP and Theatre<br />
Projects Consultants. Anchored by a transformational<br />
gift to the Initiative Campaign from<br />
Drs. Alfred and Isabel Bader, the Isabel was<br />
inspired by the Baders’ love – of the arts, of<br />
Queen’s, and of each other – and is named in Isabel’s<br />
honour.<br />
Every season, the Isabel presents dynamic performance<br />
series - the Piano Series, Ensemble<br />
Series, Jazz Series, and Global Salon series - featuring<br />
the best artists in the world. The <strong>2015</strong>/16<br />
Season features phenomenal artists such as<br />
Angela Hewitt, Emanuel Ax, Tafelmusik Baroque<br />
Orchestra, Albert Schultz, Tomson Highway and<br />
Autorickshaw. Visit our website at theisabel.ca<br />
for information on these shows and more! Come<br />
explore with us!<br />
Tricia Baldwin<br />
613-533-2424<br />
boxoffice@theisabel.ca<br />
theisabel.ca<br />
●Jeunesses Musicales Ontario<br />
Jeunesses Musicales Ontario (JMO) is a bilingual<br />
not-for-profit arts organization that fosters<br />
the careers of outstanding young professional<br />
musicians, and has enjoyed a presence in Ontario<br />
since 1979. JMO promotes the development of<br />
the arts in Ontario by touring some of Canada’s<br />
leading emerging artists across the province,<br />
including an all-inclusive opera production<br />
complete with surtitles, sets, costumes, and<br />
piano accompaniment.<br />
JMO’s concerts and workshops for young audiences<br />
feature professionally trained musicians<br />
performing in schools and community centres<br />
across Ontario. These concerts allow children<br />
and families the opportunity to discover the<br />
magic of live music. All performances are educational<br />
and theatrical in nature and offer exceptional<br />
musical encounters between performers<br />
and audience, presenting music of various cultures<br />
and eras. JMO is a provincial affiliate of<br />
Jeunesses Musicales Canada and a part of the<br />
Jeunesses Musicales International family, recognized<br />
by UNESCO as the largest youth music nongovernmental<br />
organization in the world!<br />
JMO concerts are available in English<br />
and French.<br />
Vanessa J Goymour, general<br />
manager and artistic advisor<br />
416-536-8649<br />
vgoymour@jmcanada.ca<br />
jmontario.ca<br />
●John Laing Singers<br />
Founded in 1982 by John Laing, the JLS is a<br />
chamber choir of musicians from the Halton<br />
and Hamilton regions. Under the direction of Dr.<br />
Roger Bergs since 2011, the choir has continued<br />
to delight audiences with its diverse repertoire,<br />
and performs often in the community and on<br />
local television.<br />
Composer, conductor, organist and teacher<br />
Dr. Roger Bergs is an outstanding musician with<br />
a wide range of musical interests, awards and<br />
experience. A graduate of the Juilliard School of<br />
Music and the University of Toronto, Dr. Bergs<br />
also has over 20 years of experience as a church<br />
organist and music director, currently serving<br />
theWholeNote <strong>2015</strong>/16 PRESENTER PROFILES | B11
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