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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in that capacity at Toronto’s Knox Presbyterian<br />
Church.<br />
Our <strong>2015</strong>/16 concert series features the<br />
beloved Christmas tradition of Josef Rheinberger’s<br />
The Star of Bethlehem in a new English<br />
version by Roger Bergs; a “Resplendent and<br />
Romantic Concert” in March featuring works<br />
by Beethoven, Buhr, Brahms, Bergs, Whiteacre,<br />
Schubert and Rossini and a concert of “Energy<br />
and Introspection” in May featuring Bernstein’s<br />
Chichester Psalms and the world premiere of<br />
Crux by Canadian Composer Alice Deardon.<br />
Most JLS concerts take place at St. Paul’s<br />
United Church in Dundas, Ontario.<br />
Debra Seeley, president, JLS Choir<br />
905-628-5238<br />
president@johnlaingsingers.com<br />
johnlaingsingers.com<br />
●Jubilate Singers<br />
Jubilate Singers is a mixed voice chamber choir<br />
who celebrate the multicultural origins of Torontonians<br />
by performing folk and contemporary<br />
works in many languages, in addition to French<br />
and English. A few of the recent performances<br />
have included works in Greek, Hebrew, Japanese,<br />
Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Yiddish<br />
and Zulu. The choir performs music from a<br />
wide variety of choral styles and periods, with a<br />
special focus on works by Canadian composers.<br />
Since 2001, the choir has benefited from the<br />
gifted direction of Isabel Bernaus. The talented<br />
Sherry Squires has been the choir’s accompanist<br />
for over twenty years.<br />
Every season, Jubilate Singers present a series<br />
of three concerts. Please check the listings in<br />
the WholeNote. In addition, the choir performs at<br />
community events around Toronto.<br />
Norm Martin<br />
416-488-1571<br />
normmartin@sympatico.ca<br />
jubilatesingers.ca<br />
● Kawartha Concerts<br />
“Where Great Music Comes to Life”<br />
Located in the heart of the Kawartha Lakes<br />
Region for over thirty-seven years, Kawartha<br />
Concerts is the primary live performing arts presenter<br />
of Classical, International, Classical Jazz,<br />
and more. Kawartha Concerts is a registered<br />
charitable not-for-profit organization.<br />
Kawartha Concerts presents and engages professional,<br />
established and emerging, Canadian and<br />
international artists for live performance concerts<br />
in venues throughout the Kawartha Region in the<br />
professional music series; Ovation (City of Kawartha<br />
Lakes - Lindsay), Bravo (City of Peterborough)<br />
and in the Encore Children’s Production Series in<br />
both Peterborough and Lindsay, Ontario, a family<br />
and young audience friendly performing arts series<br />
for the enjoyment and benefit of the citizens<br />
of the Kawartha Lakes Region. In addition to our<br />
main series, Kawartha Concerts offers an Artists’<br />
Connection Series providing professional Artistin-Residence<br />
opportunities that support outreach<br />
educational activities and lectures for youth and<br />
music enthusiasts of all ages.<br />
Visit kawarthaconcerts.ca or call<br />
705-878-5625 for more information.<br />
Julie Pettapiece<br />
705-878-5625<br />
info@kawarthaconcerts.ca<br />
kawarthaconcerts.ca<br />
● Ken Page Memorial Trust<br />
The Ken Page Memorial Trust is a non-profit<br />
charitable fund created to support jazz and the<br />
musicians who create the music. The aims of the<br />
Trust are to encourage emerging talent, foster an<br />
understanding of the evolution of the music, promote<br />
jazz education through workshops, masterclasses<br />
and outreach programs conducted by<br />
established professionals and provide financial<br />
aid to jazz musicians on an emergency basis.<br />
The KPMT holds Annual Jazz Fundraisers featuring<br />
some of the world’s leading jazz artists<br />
and honours jazz professionals with its Lifetime<br />
Achievement Award. In 2014 the Trust provided<br />
grants to University of Toronto Faculty of Music,<br />
Humber College Community Music School, Ken<br />
Page Memorial Trust Scholarship in memory of<br />
Ron Collier, TD Toronto Jazz Festival and the All-<br />
Canadian Jazz Festival Port Hope.<br />
Donations are our lifeline. Board members are<br />
unpaid and every dollar goes to further the aims<br />
of the Trust. Contributions are gratefully received<br />
and if you are currently a donor we extend our<br />
sincere appreciation. If you would like to donate<br />
please visit our website.<br />
Anne Page<br />
416-515-0200<br />
anne@kenpagememorialtrust.com<br />
kenpagememorialtrust.com<br />
● Kindred Spirits Orchestra<br />
The Kindred Spirits Orchestra has performed to<br />
great acclaim, sold-out audiences and standing<br />
ovations at the renowned CBC Glenn Gould Studio,<br />
in downtown Toronto. As of 2011, the KSO<br />
has also been presenting full subscription series<br />
at the Flato Markham Theatre, in addition to<br />
several community-outreach events and educational<br />
programs.<br />
The orchestra performs a wide range of pieces<br />
in all genres and styles. An ardent supporter of<br />
contemporary music, the KSO also brings to life<br />
great pieces of the 20th and <strong>21</strong>st centuries during<br />
its annual Markham Contemporary Music<br />
Festival. Led by the charismatic maestro Kristian<br />
Alexander, the KSO continues to attract avid<br />
audiences across the Greater Toronto Area.<br />
During the upcoming <strong>2015</strong>/2016 concert season,<br />
the KSO will welcome many internationally<br />
renowned artists at Flato Markham Theatre, will<br />
feature two gifted Canadian young pianists, and<br />
will return to the CBC Glenn Gould Studio for a<br />
special concert to celebrate the end of another<br />
successful season. Tickets and subscription packages<br />
are available through Markham Theatre at<br />
905-305-7469 or MarkhamTheatre.ca.<br />
Kristian Alexander, music director<br />
Michael Berec, associate conductor<br />
Jobert Sevilleno, president and CEO<br />
Office: 905-604-8339<br />
info@KSOrchestra.ca<br />
KSOrchestra.ca<br />
Box Office: 905-305-7469<br />
MarkhamTheatre.ca<br />
● Kitchener-Waterloo<br />
Chamber Music Society<br />
The Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society<br />
(KWCMS) is perhaps the most active chamber<br />
music presenting organization in Canada, with<br />
some 75 concerts per calendar year. We offer concerts<br />
in a true “chamber” – a very large living room<br />
seating just 85, with a superb Steinway for concerts<br />
requiring piano. Located in central Waterloo,<br />
overlooking Waterloo Park, there are ample<br />
good restaurants and two fine hotels within easy<br />
walking distance. We have world-class, nationally<br />
known, and sometimes locally important artists.<br />
We have concerts with solo piano, guitar, and all<br />
chamber music combinations – especially string<br />
quartets. See our website for information on<br />
forthcoming concerts, subscriptions and more.<br />
Our current season includes two weekends (four<br />
concerts each) concluding our complete Haydn<br />
Quartets series by the famed Attacca Quartet of<br />
New York; we will also have a three-concert Weinberg<br />
Festival in late February-early March by the<br />
Amernet Quartet. And more! E-mail us at the<br />
email address listed below. Our website includes<br />
an easy tab for getting on our email list, keeping<br />
you informed on all near-future events.<br />
Jan Narveson<br />
519-886-1673<br />
kwcms@yahoo.ca<br />
k-wcms.com<br />
● Lawrence Park<br />
Community Church<br />
Lawrence Park Community Church has a long<br />
tradition of fine music, both in worship and in<br />
concert. Sunday services are held at 10:30am<br />
in the renovated and air-conditioned Sanctuary.<br />
Musical groups include the Adult Choir (volunteer<br />
and professional singers) and the Lawrence<br />
Park Handbell Ringers. There are monthly music<br />
sessions “Sundays with Kenny” for young people<br />
with saxophonist and percussionist Kenny Kirkwood.<br />
New members are warmly welcomed in all<br />
the groups. Special music services in the fall (all<br />
beginning at 10:30am) include The Rockin’ Dawgs<br />
on November 1 and the Brian Barlow Quartet on<br />
November 15. On December 20 the choir leads in<br />
a Service of Lessons and Carols.<br />
Mark Toews<br />
416-489-1551 x28<br />
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