Volume 21 Issue 9 - Summer 2016

The WholeNote listings are arranged in four sections:
A.
GTA (GREATER TORONTO AREA) covers all of Toronto
plus Halton, Peel, York and Durham regions.
B.
BEYOND THE GTA covers many areas of Southern
Ontario outside Toronto and the GTA. Starts on page 57.
C.
MUSIC THEATRE covers a wide range of music types:
from opera, operetta and musicals, to non-traditional
performance types where words and music are in some
fashion equal partners in the drama. Starts on page 60.
D.
IN THE CLUBS (MOSTLY JAZZ)
is organized alphabetically by club.
Starts on page 62.
E.
THE ETCETERAS is for galas, fundraisers, competitions,
screenings, lectures, symposia, masterclasses, workshops,
singalongs and other music-related events (except
performances) which may be of interest to our readers.
Starts on page 65.
A GENERAL WORD OF CAUTION. A phone number is provided
with every listing in The WholeNote — in fact, we won’t publish
a listing without one. Concerts are sometimes cancelled or postponed;
artists or venues may change after listings are published.
Please check before you go out to a concert.
HOW TO LIST. Listings in The WholeNote in the four sections above
are a free service available, at our discretion, to eligible presenters.
If you have an event, send us your information no later than the
8th of the month prior to the issue or issues in which your listing is
eligible to appear.
LISTINGS DEADLINE. The next issue covers the period from
September 1 to October 7, 2016. All listings must be received by
Midnight Monday August 8.
LISTINGS can be sent by e-mail to listings@thewholenote.com or
by fax to 416-603-4791 or by regular mail to the address on page 6.
We do not receive listings by phone, but you can call 416-323-2232
x27 for further information.
LISTINGS ZONE MAP. Visit our website to see a detailed version
of this map: thewholenote.com.
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Georgian
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Lake Erie
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City of Toronto
LISTINGS
Lake Ontario
A. Concerts in the GTA
IN THIS ISSUE: Brampton, Centre Island, Etobicoke, Leaskdale,
Markham, North York, Oakville, Scarborough, Unionville, Ward’s
Island, Whitby.
Wednesday June 1
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
John Palmer, Organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-
1167. Free.
●●6:00: St. James Cathedral. Cantatas in the
Cathedral. Bach: Die Himmel erzählen die
Ehre Gottes BWV76. Soloists from the Cathedral
Choir of St. James; Ian Sadler, organ.
65 Church St. 416-364-7865. By donation.
●●7:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Toronto
Blues Society. Lulaworld Opening Night
Party: Yoser Rodriguez, bass. CD launch. Lula
Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307.
Free(before 8pm); $20/$15(adv)(after 8pm).
Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11.
●●8:00: Mezzetta Restaurant. Wednesday
Concert Series. Flamenco Show. Dino Toledo,
guitar; Makeda Benitez, flamenco dancer.
681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687. No cover.
●●8:00: Miles Nadal JCC. Community Choir
20th Annual Spring Concert. Jazz, pop, classical,
world, folk and Canadian music. Al
Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-924-
6211 x0. $10. Also Jun 2.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Ravel:
Daphnis et Chloé. Granados: Intermezzo
(from Goyescas); Nielsen: Violin Concerto;
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé. Pekka Kuusisto, violin;
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Juanjo Mena,
conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. Also June 2.
●●9:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre/
Toronto Blues Society. Lulaworld Opening
Night Party: Laura Cole, vocals. Lula
Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307.
$20/$15(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs June
1 to 11.
●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/
Toronto Blues Society. Lulaworld Opening
Night Party: Cécile Doo-Kingué, guitar/vocals.
Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-
0307. $20/$15(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs
June 1 to 11.
Thursday June 2
●●12:00 noon: Encore Symphonic Concert
Band. In Concert: Classics and Jazz. John
Edward Liddle, conductor. Wilmar Heights
Centre, 963 Pharmacy Ave., Scarborough.
416-346-3910. $10. Includes coffee and
snack.
●●12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon at Met.
Christina Stelmacovich, mezzo; Andrew Ager,
piano. Metropolitan United Church (Toronto),
56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free.
●●7:00: Espresso Manifesto/Istituto Italiano
di Cultura. Gabriele Mirabassi and Espresso
Manifesto. Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence
Ave. W. 416-789-7011. $70. Includes food and
wine.
●●7:00: Swedish Women’s Educational Association
Toronto. Jenny Lind Concert. Nordic
songs and a variety of opera pieces. Karin
Osbeck; mezzo; Matilda Lindholm, piano. Heliconian
Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 905-727-9837.
Donations accepted.
●●7:30: Home Smith Bar at the Old Mill
Toronto. Angela Turone. Original music and
arrangements of jazz standards. Angela Turone,
vocals and piano; Connor Walsh, bass;
Robin Claxton, drums; Chris Platt, guitar.
Home Smith Bar at The Old Mill Toronto,
21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. No cover ($20
minimum purchase).
●●8:00: Array Music. Array Session #39. An
evening of improvisation by some of Toronto’s
finest musicians along with their friends
and guests. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-
532-3019. Free/PWYC.
●●8:00: Miles Nadal JCC. Community Choir
20th Annual Spring Concert. See Jun 1.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Ravel:
Daphnis et Chloé. Granados: Intermezzo
(from Goyescas); Nielsen: Violin Concerto;
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé. Pekka Kuusisto, violin;
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Juanjo Mena,
conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. Also June 1.
●●10:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Baila
Boogaloo. Lulaworld: Los Poetas and Fito
Blanko. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-
588-0307. $15. Lulaworld Festival runs June
1 to 11.
Friday June 3
●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri.
Classics, opera, operetta, musicals,
ragtime, pop, international and other genres.
Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,
427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC.
Concert in chapel; lunch and snack friendly.
●●1:30: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto. The
Sword in the Schoolyard. Burry (world premiere).
Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. E.
416-238-2453. $20; $15(sr/st). School group
matinee. Public performances: 7:00; Jun 4,
5(mat).
●●3:00: St. Paul’s Bloor Street. Organ Recital.
Sarah Svendson, organ. 227 Bloor St. E. 416-
961-8116. Free, retiring collection.
●●7:00: 3-in-the-6ix. 5tet. Shostakovich:
Piano Quintet Op.57; Schumann: Piano Quintet
Op.44. Rebecca MacLeod, violin; Tanya
Charles, violin; Ivan Ivanovich, viola; Sarah
Steeves, cello; Talisa Blackman, piano. Runnymede
United Church, 432 Runnymede Rd.
416-578-6993. $25/$20(adv); $15(st/arts
workers); $5(under 18).
●●7:00: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto.
The Sword in the Schoolyard. Burry (world
The World Premiere of
dean Burry’s oPera
The sword in the
schoolyard
June 3 at 1:30 and 7 pm
June 4 at 7 pm & June 5 at 2:30 pm
daniels spectrum 585 Dundas St. E.
Tickets - www.vivayouthsingers.com
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