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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B. Concerts Beyond the GTA<br />
IN THIS ISSUE: Barrie, Brantford, Cambridge, Elmira, Elora, Guelph,<br />
Haliburton, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Niagara-on-the-<br />
Lake, Owen Sound, Paris, St. Catharines, Stratford and Waterloo.<br />
Thursday <strong>October</strong> 1<br />
●●12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty<br />
of Music. Music at Noon Concert Series.<br />
Glenn Buhr, piano/vocals; Bob Egan, pedal<br />
steel guitar; Victor Bateman, bass. Maureen<br />
Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave.,<br />
Waterloo. 519-884-1970 x4439. Free.<br />
●●2:00: Sanderson Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. The Cat’s Pajamas–Vocal Band.<br />
Selections from The Beatles, Wilson Pickett,<br />
Roy Orbison, Grand Funk Railroad, Michael<br />
Bublé and Jason Mraz. 88 Dalhousie St.,<br />
Brantford. 519-758-8090. $39; $20(uGO);<br />
$5(eyeGO).<br />
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. Global Salon Series: Ali Fontaine.<br />
Anishinaabe singer-songwriter from<br />
Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba. 390 King<br />
St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424. $24.25-$44;<br />
$12-$22(st).<br />
Friday <strong>October</strong> 2<br />
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays<br />
@12:30. Violin music from the 20th century.<br />
Scott St. John, violin; John Hess, piano.<br />
Von Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University,<br />
1151 Richmond St., London. 519-661-<br />
3797. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Bravo Niagara: North Star Festival<br />
- Voices of Freedom. Joe Sealy. Sealy: Africville<br />
Suite. Joe Sealy, piano; Jumaane Smith;<br />
trumpet. St. Mark’s Anglican Church (Niagara-on-the-Lake),<br />
41 Byron St, Niagara-onthe-Lake.<br />
289-868-9177. $39. Featuring the<br />
artwork of Dr. Ron Clavier.<br />
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Parsons<br />
& Poole Legacy Concert. Anagnoson<br />
and Kinton, piano duo. Paul Davenport Theatre,<br />
Talbot College, Western University,<br />
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3797.<br />
$40; $15(sr/st).<br />
●●8:00: Numus. 30th Anniversary Concert<br />
No.4: Ghost Tango. Score by T. Brady<br />
and libretto by D. Smith. Tim Brady, guitar;<br />
Janice Jackson, soprano; RL Thompson, baritone.<br />
Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St.,<br />
Kitchener. 519-883-4480. $30; $20(sr/arts<br />
worker); $15(st).<br />
Saturday <strong>October</strong> 3<br />
●●7:30: Bravo Niagara: North Star Festival<br />
- Voices of Freedom. Nathaniel Dett Chorale:<br />
Freedom Has a Voice. St. Mark’s Anglican<br />
Church (Niagara-on-the-Lake), 41 Byron<br />
St, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 289-868-9177. $39.<br />
Featuring the artwork of Edward Spera.<br />
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. Royal Conservatory Orchestra.<br />
Mahler: Symphony No.4; Elgar: Violin<br />
Concerto. Alexis Hatch, violin; Julian Kuerti,<br />
conductor. 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-<br />
533-2424. $26; $13(st).<br />
Sunday <strong>October</strong> 4<br />
●●2:00: Bravo Niagara: North Star Festival<br />
- Voices of Freedom. Sugar & Gold: A<br />
Musical Story of the Underground Railroad.<br />
Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley, blues<br />
duo. Harriet Tubman School, 84 Henry St, St.<br />
Catharines. 289-868-9177. Free.<br />
●●4:30: Bravo Niagara: North Star Festival<br />
- Voices of Freedom. Sunset Freedom<br />
River Cruise. Harrison Kennedy; Actors from<br />
the Lewiston Council on the Arts. Navy Hall,<br />
305 Ricardo St, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 289-<br />
868-9177. Free.<br />
●●7:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty<br />
of Music. Sing Fires of Justice 10th Anniversary<br />
Concert. WLU Choirs and community<br />
choral singers. St. Matthews Lutheran<br />
Church, 54 Benton St., Kitchener. 519-884-<br />
1970 x4439. Entry by donation.<br />
●●7:30: Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club. NUA. Irish<br />
and Scottish traditional music and original<br />
compositions. James Law, fiddle; Graeme<br />
McGillivray, guitar; Jacob McCauley, bodhrán.<br />
Chaucer’s Pub, 122 Carling St., London. 519-<br />
473-2099. $18/$15(adv).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber<br />
Music Society. Moveable Feast. Two Bach<br />
cello suites plus two newly commissioned<br />
works related to them. Matt Haimovitz, cello.<br />
KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.<br />
519-886-1673. $35; $20(st).<br />
Monday <strong>October</strong> 5<br />
●●7:30: Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and<br />
Performing Arts, Brock University. Donor<br />
Dedication and Season Launch. Works by<br />
Rachmaninoff, Ernesto Lecuona, Jack Behrens<br />
and Stephanie Martin (world premiere);<br />
Beethoven: Archduke Trio. Dr. Karin Di Bella,<br />
piano; Vera Alekseeva, violin; Gordon Cleland,<br />
cello. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,<br />
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-<br />
0722 or 1-855-515-0722. $15. Cairns Hall.<br />
Wednesday <strong>October</strong> 7<br />
●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.<br />
Jennifer Potter, soprano and Keiko Kuepfer,<br />
piano. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne<br />
St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5; free(st).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music<br />
Society. Duvall-Sords-Thomson Trio. Mendelssohn:<br />
Trios, Op.49 in d; Op.66 in c; Sonata<br />
in F for violin and piano. Cheryl Duvall, piano;<br />
Andrew Sords, violin; Sawyer Thomson, cello.<br />
KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.<br />
519-886-1673. $30; $20(st).<br />
●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty<br />
of Music. Student Composers Concert. Maureen<br />
Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave.,<br />
Waterloo. 519-884-1970 x4439. Free.<br />
Friday <strong>October</strong> 9<br />
●●12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty<br />
of Music. Music at Noon Concert Series.<br />
Amy Hamilton, flute; James Mason, oboe;<br />
Peter Shackleton, clarinet; Derek Conrod,<br />
horn; Eric Hall, bassoon. Maureen Forrester<br />
Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 519-<br />
884-1970 x4439. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
James Bond: The Music. Capathia Jenkins<br />
and Ron Bohmer, vocals; John Morris Russell,<br />
conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen<br />
St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711. $19 and up.<br />
Also Oct 10.<br />
Saturday <strong>October</strong> 10<br />
●●3:00: 5 at the First: Chamber Music Series.<br />
Violin Mix and Mania. Works by Bach,<br />
Ysaye, Bartok, Weinzweig, and others; jazz,<br />
folk and improv. Stephen Sitarski and Lance<br />
Ouellete, violins. First Unitarian Church of<br />
Hamilton, 170 Dundurn St. S., Hamilton.<br />
905-399-5125. $20; 15(sr); $5(st/unwaged);<br />
free(under 12).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
James Bond: The Music. Capathia Jenkins<br />
and Ron Bohmer, vocals; John Morris Russell,<br />
conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen<br />
St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711. $19 and up.<br />
Also Oct 9.<br />
Sunday <strong>October</strong> 11<br />
●●2:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. Piano Series: Angela Hewitt.<br />
Works by Scarlatti, Bach, Beethoven, Albéniz<br />
and De Falla. 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-<br />
533-2424. $24.25-$44; $12-$22(st).<br />
Wednesday <strong>October</strong> 14<br />
●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. Four-in-a-Hand<br />
Ensemble. Works by Schubert and Southam.<br />
Marketa Ornova and Jialiang Zhu, piano.<br />
Grace United Church (Barrie), 350 Grove St.<br />
E., Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free. 3:30: refreshments<br />
$5.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music<br />
Society. Sarah Nematallah & Min-Jeong Koh,<br />
violins. Bach: Inventions (selections); Handel<br />
(arr. Halvorsen): Passacaglia; Daniel: Giuoco<br />
delle coppie; Wieniawski: Etude Caprice<br />
No.1 in g; Bartók: 44 Duos (selections); Prokofiev:<br />
Double Sonata Op.52. KWCMS Music<br />
Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-<br />
1673. $30; $20(st).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
Ode to the Horn. Rossini: Le rendez-vous de<br />
chasse; Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata No.42;<br />
Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Horns in F; Handel:<br />
Concerto a due cori (Concerto for Two<br />
Horns) in B-flat; Telemann: Tafelmusik, Part<br />
III, No.3 (Concerto for Two Horns and Two<br />
Violins); Orchestral Suite with Horn Quartet<br />
in F “Alster Echo”. Jessie Brooks, curator.<br />
First United Church (Waterloo), 16 William<br />
St. W., Waterloo. 519-745-4711 and 888-<br />
745-4717. $36 and up. Also Oct 16(Guelph),<br />
17(Cambridge).<br />
Thursday <strong>October</strong> 15<br />
●●6:30: Sanderson Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. The Wiggles: Rock and Roll<br />
Preschool. 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519-<br />
758-8090. $29, $39. Supporting new CD &<br />
DVD.<br />
●●7:30: Perimeter Institute. Classical<br />
World Artists Series. Haydn: String Quartet<br />
No.1, Op.74; Shostakovich: String Quartet<br />
No.3; Schubert: Death and the Maiden,<br />
D810. Takács String Quartet: Edward Dusinberre,<br />
violin; Károly Schranz, violin; Geraldine<br />
Walther, viola; András Fejér, cello. Mike Lazaridis<br />
Theatre of Ideas, Perimeter Institute,<br />
31 Caroline St. N., Waterloo. 519-883-4480.<br />
$83; $55(st). Valid ID needed for student rate.<br />
Friday <strong>October</strong> 16<br />
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays<br />
@12:30. Sonatas by Szymanowski and<br />
Miguez. Annette-Barbara Vogel, violin; Durval<br />
Cesetti, piano. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building,<br />
Western University, 1151 Richmond St.,<br />
London. 519-661-3797. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
Ode to the Horn. Rossini: Le rendez-vous de<br />
chasse; Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata No.42;<br />
Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Horns in F; Handel:<br />
Concerto a due cori (Concerto for Two<br />
Horns) in B-flat; Telemann: Tafelmusik, Part<br />
III, No.3 (Concerto for Two Horns and Two<br />
Violins); Orchestral Suite with Horn Quartet<br />
in F “Alster Echo”. Jessie Brooks, curator.<br />
Harcourt Memorial United Church,<br />
87 Dean St., Guelph. 519-745-4711 and 888-<br />
745-4717. $36 and up. Also Oct 14(Waterloo),<br />
17(Cambridge).<br />
Saturday <strong>October</strong> 17<br />
●●10:00am: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
Kinderconcert Series: Cabbages<br />
and Counterpoint. The musical Mendelssohn<br />
Mouse family is rehearsing and getting<br />
ready for a concert. Conrad Centre for the<br />
Performing Arts, 36 King St. W., Kitchener.<br />
519-745-4711. $13 and up; $11(child). Also<br />
11:00am; Oct 31(Waterloo Region Museum),<br />
Nov 7(Elmira).<br />
●●11:00am: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
Kinderconcert Series: Cabbages<br />
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