Volume 21 Issue 3 - November 2015

BLUE PAGES 2015/16
16th ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS – SUPPLEMENT
●Adam Sherkin
The Blue Pages is The WholeNote’s
annual directory of concert
presenters: choirs, orchestras,
bands, chamber ensembles, opera
companies and more. It’s published
every October in our print magazine,
and is up-to-date and available
year-round at thewholenote.
com. The 147 profiles published
in our October 2015 edition gave
an extraordinary overview of
the vigorous and diverse music
community in the GTA and Southern
Ontario and an appetizing taste of
who’s doing what this season.
Presenters who missed the October
issue of the magazine were invited
to be a part of this November’s
directory supplement – the eight
profiled here may be old friends or
excitingly new to you.
Ongoing support from Ontario’s
music presenters helps The WholeNote,
now in its 21st season, to continue
fulfilling its mission. You can do
your part by going to concerts and
encouraging others, especially
younger people, to support live music.
PRESENTERS! It’s still not too
late to be part of the Blue Pages
online. For more information
on the benefits of WholeNote
membership, contact Karen Ages
at members@thewholenote.com
or 416-323-2232 x26.
BLUE PAGES TEAM 2015/16
PROJECT MANAGER Karen Ages
PROJECT EDITOR Kevin King
PROOFREADING Vanessa Wells
LAYOUT & DESIGN Susan Sinclair
WEBSITE Bryson Winchester
COVER PHOTO Janet Kimber
In residence at the St. Lawrence Centre for the
Arts since 2011, Toronto native Adam Sherkin is a
dynamic pianist who commands a multi-dimensional
approach to performance and composition.
Sherkin released his debut album in 2012
on the Centrediscs label: a full-length solo disc
featuring his own works, As At First. Acclaim has
followed for Sherkin’s first record, described as
displaying “a sense of daring,” “craftsmanship,”
unmistakable music by a “young, living, breathing
and very gifted composer.” Sherkin has performed
at significant venues throughout Canada
and Britain, including the Glenn Gould Studio, the
Toronto Centre for the Arts, St. Martin-in-the-
Fields, Covent Garden and the Royal Albert Hall.
In partnership with Steinway & Sons, Adam Sherkin
presents the Write Off the Keyboard Noon
Hour Series at the St. Lawrence Centre for the
Arts in Toronto this 2015-16 concert season.
All concerts take place on the first Thursday
of every month at noon, at the Bluma Appel
Lobby of the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.
27 Front Street East. Admission is FREE. stlc.com
Nathan Williams,
communications manager
416-825-2744
media@adamsherkin.com
adamsherkin.com
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PRESENTER PROFILES 2015/16
● Bel Canto Singers
The Bel Canto Singers is a dynamic 50-voice community-based
SATB choir that performs works
from an assortment of genres, including opera
choruses, Broadway show tunes, folk songs,
spirituals and even rock. Auditions to determine
voice range are conducted at the beginning of
September and January. This season’s concerts
are on December 6, 2015 and May 1, 2016. We also
sing for seniors’ residences and in fundraisers for
other organizations. Rehearsals are 7:30-10:00
pm Tuesdays at St. Nicholas Anglican Church,
1512 Kingston Road, Toronto, Ontario, M1N 1R7.
Linda Meyer, director
416-699-4585
belcantosingers.ca
● Elora Festival Singers
The Elora Festival Singers, an all-professional
Grammy- and Juno-nominated chamber choir,
was founded in 1980 by Noel Edison as principal
choral ensemble of the Elora Festival. In 1992,
the Elora Festival Singers was incorporated as a
separate organization to manage its year-round
activities.
Since 1997, the choir has been the core of the
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Toronto Mendelssohn
Singers, and is the choral ensemblein-residence
of the Elora Festival each summer.
Through regular concert series, recordings,
broadcasts, and touring, the Elora Festival
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