Volume 21 Issue 8 - May 2016
INSIDE: The Canaries Are Here! 116 choirs to choose from, so take the plunge! The Nylons hit the road after one last SING! Fling. Jazz writer Steve Wallace wonders "Watts Goode" rather than "what's new?" Paul Ennis has the musical picks of the HotDocs crop. David Jaeger's CBC Radio continues golden for a little while yet. Douglas McNabney is Music's Child. Leipzig meets Damascus in Alison Mackay's fertile imagination. And "C" is for KRONOS in Wende Bartley's koverage of the third annual 21C Festival. All this and as usual much much more. Enjoy.
INSIDE: The Canaries Are Here! 116 choirs to choose from, so take the plunge! The Nylons hit the road after one last SING! Fling. Jazz writer Steve Wallace wonders "Watts Goode" rather than "what's new?" Paul Ennis has the musical picks of the HotDocs crop. David Jaeger's CBC Radio continues golden for a little while yet. Douglas McNabney is Music's Child. Leipzig meets Damascus in Alison Mackay's fertile imagination. And "C" is for KRONOS in Wende Bartley's koverage of the third annual 21C Festival. All this and as usual much much more. Enjoy.
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CANARY PAGES<br />
theWholeNote <strong>2016</strong>/17 CANARY PAGES DIRECTORY<br />
us for a Masterworks concert! You will enjoy a concert<br />
experience of the highest quality with compositions<br />
seldom performed outside major metropolitan centres.<br />
CHARLES DEMUYNCK<br />
905-399-9732<br />
charlesdemuynckvideo@gmail.com<br />
www.masterworksofoakville.ca<br />
● Menno Singers<br />
Founded in 1955, Menno Singers is a 40-voice,<br />
auditioned community choir based in Kitchener-<br />
Waterloo. While rooted in the thriving Mennonite<br />
community of KW, membership is open to all interested<br />
singers. Four regular concerts are offered each<br />
season with repertoire ranging from the Renaissance<br />
through the present day. Menno Singers also sponsors<br />
Mennonite Mass Choir every two years. Mass choir<br />
alternates performances of the Messiah at Centre<br />
in the Square with other monuments of the oratorio<br />
repertoire. The choir is under the direction of awardwinning<br />
conductor Dr. Peter Nikiforuk.<br />
PETER NIKIFORUK<br />
519-571-8113<br />
pniki@stpeterskw.ca<br />
www.mennosingers.com<br />
● Metropolitan United Church Choir<br />
The auditioned 35-member Metropolitan United<br />
Church Choir has eight lead singers, rehearses Thursday<br />
evenings and sings on Sunday mornings and special<br />
occasions, September through June. Repertoire is medieval<br />
through <strong>21</strong>st-century. Singers must have sightsinging<br />
ability. A waiting list exists; contact our director<br />
in late spring or early fall to join. The Festival Choir adds<br />
10 to 15 singers to the core choir and rehearses Sunday<br />
afternoons for six weeks prior to Good Friday. Past<br />
concerts have featured Bach, Mozart, Fauré, Duruflé,<br />
Gilles and others. The Metropolitan Sparklers (ages 4<br />
to 6), Choristers (7 to 11), Great Heart Ensemble (vocal<br />
and instrumental, ages 12 and up) and Metropolitan<br />
Handbells are groups open to all.<br />
DR. PATRICIA WRIGHT<br />
416-363-0331 x26<br />
patriciaw@metunited.org<br />
www.metunited.org<br />
● Milton Choristers<br />
This dynamic, auditioned, four-part community<br />
choir has entertained audiences in Halton Region and<br />
beyond for 48 years. The 40 member choir performs<br />
two concerts annually, often including premier guest<br />
soloists and musicians. We also enjoy performing at<br />
numerous local events. Our director, Sheena Nykolaiszyn,<br />
is expanding our already varied repertoire.<br />
From classical to contemporary, sacred to secular, we<br />
do it all. Rehearsals are Tuesdays, 7:30pm to 10pm,<br />
from September to June. A love of singing, some sight<br />
reading and a sense of humour are all you need to<br />
become a Milton Chorister.<br />
BILL MCLEAN<br />
905-875-1730<br />
info@miltonchoristers.com<br />
www.miltonchoristers.com<br />
● Mississauga Festival Choir<br />
Founded in 1984, Mississauga Festival Choir (MFC)<br />
is a 150-member non-auditioned community choir<br />
whose mission is to be a “community choir enriching<br />
lives through music by performance, education and<br />
outreach” to the people of Mississauga. Led by artistic<br />
director David Ambrose, MFC hosts three subsidiary<br />
choirs: Mississauga Festival Chamber Choir, an<br />
auditioned group launched in 2008, which explores<br />
intimate and challenging works; Raising Voices: an<br />
intergenerational choir of music lovers, launched<br />
in 2015 to provide the therapeutic value of music to<br />
people with Alzheimers and dementia and their caregivers;<br />
and Resonance (www.resonance.mfchoir.com),<br />
a non-auditioned choir launched in January <strong>2016</strong> to<br />
provide a much-needed choral opportunity for youth<br />
and young adults in Mississauga ages 15 to 25.<br />
AGNES CARLONE<br />
905-403-8415<br />
acarlone@mississaugafestivalchoir.com<br />
www.mfchoir.com<br />
● MNjcc Adult Daytime Choir<br />
Love to sing? Prefer rehearsing during the day?<br />
Join the MNjcc’s Adult Daytime Choir. No experience<br />
or sight reading necessary. Join us, and fill your<br />
life with the joy of singing in harmony! A fun-filled,<br />
relaxed environment. Meets Tuesday afternoons,<br />
1pm to 2:30pm. Includes some performances! Runs<br />
all year long. Join for the whole year or ‘drop in’ and<br />
pay as you go. Conductor: Gillian Stecyk. Conveniently<br />
located near Spadina TTC station.<br />
HARRIET WICHIN<br />
416-924-6<strong>21</strong>1<br />
music@mnjcc.org<br />
www.mnjcc.org<br />
● MNjcc Community Choir<br />
Tackle world, jazz, classical, Jewish, folk, Canadian,<br />
gospel and pop music. Our 75-member auditioned<br />
SATB choir meets Wednesday evenings, September to<br />
June. Rehearsals are well-structured and singers learn<br />
skills in different musical genres, expression, blend,<br />
vocal production and reading. A wonderful community<br />
of dedicated singers. By audition only. Annual Spring<br />
Concerts in the Al Green Theatre, with other informal<br />
performances. Conductor: Harriet Wichin. Conveniently<br />
located near Spadina TTC station.<br />
HARRIET WICHIN<br />
416-924-6<strong>21</strong>1<br />
music@mnjcc.org<br />
www.mnjcc.org<br />
● MNjcc Specialty Choirs<br />
Fall Broadway Choir! Winter Jazz Choir! Spring<br />
Motown Choir! Eight weeks devoted to each genre.<br />
Enjoy diverse repertoire and vocal technique, and train<br />
your ear to harmony. Men and women welcome. No<br />
experience or audition required. Conductor: Gillian<br />
Stecyk. Meets Thursday evenings, 7pm to 8:30pm.<br />
Conveniently located near Spadina TTC station.<br />
HARRIET WICHIN<br />
416-924-6<strong>21</strong>1<br />
music@mnjcc.org<br />
www.mnjcc.org<br />
● Nathaniel Dett Chorale<br />
The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is a <strong>21</strong>-voice SATB<br />
professional choir based in Toronto, dedicated<br />
to performing Afrocentric music of all genres,<br />
including classical, spiritual, gospel, jazz, folk and<br />
blues. Founded by artistic director D. Brainerd<br />
Blyden-Taylor in 1998, the Nathaniel Dett Chorale<br />
is Canada’s premier performer of Afrocentric<br />
composers and a touchstone for the education of<br />
audiences and communities regarding the full spectrum<br />
of Afrocentric choral music. The mission of the<br />
chorale is to build bridges of understanding, appreciation<br />
and acceptance between communities of people<br />
through the medium of music. The chorale has a<br />
three-concert subscription series in Toronto, tours<br />
extensively each season and has released several CDs<br />
and DVDs. Membership is by audition.<br />
KAREN SCOVELL, ensemble coordinator<br />
416-736-<strong>21</strong>00 x33068<br />
info@nathanieldettchorale.org<br />
www.nathanieldettchorale.org<br />
● Oakham House Choir<br />
Oakham House Choir of Ryerson University was<br />
founded in 1986. It is led by music director Matthew<br />
Jaskiewicz and specializes in large oratorio and<br />
choral masterworks. Oakham House Choir is one<br />
of the few Toronto choirs in which amateur singers<br />
perform with a professional orchestra – the Toronto<br />
Sinfonietta. The choir has more than 70 members,<br />
including students, alumni, Ryerson faculty and<br />
staff and community members. Rehearsals begin<br />
in early September and take place on Monday evenings<br />
from 7pm to 9pm at Oakham House, 63 Gould<br />
St. Concerts are planned for November <strong>2016</strong> and<br />
April 2017. Please check our website for details on<br />
past programs. Experienced community choristers<br />
are invited to contact us (email preferred) for<br />
more information.<br />
MATTHEW JASKIEWICZ, music director<br />
416-763-8746<br />
choir@ryerson.ca<br />
www.oakhamchoir.ca<br />
● Oakville Children’s Choir<br />
The Oakville Children’s Choir is a welcoming,<br />
professional and inclusive community that provides<br />
exceptional music education, leadership development<br />
and performing opportunities to a diverse group of<br />
children and youth between the ages of 4 and 25.<br />
The OCC provides world-class choral, musical and<br />
performance training to young people in Halton<br />
through its various choir programs. It is a comprehensive<br />
music education program where choristers<br />
develop creativity, self-esteem, self-confidence and<br />
leadership skills. A love and appreciation of choral<br />
music is instilled through participation and outreach in<br />
the community. Developing leaders one voice at a time!<br />
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