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Volume 23 Issue 3 - November 2017

In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!

In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!

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A. Concerts in the GTA<br />

Liona Boyd in concert<br />

with Andrew Dolson<br />

Saturday <strong>November</strong> 25th, 7:30 PM<br />

Trinity-St. Paul's United Church<br />

427 Bloor St. West (near Spadina)<br />

With Grammy nominated flautist Ron Korb and the<br />

Mississauga Children's Choir<br />

TICKETS $49 at:<br />

annex.snapd.com/events<br />

Remenyi House of Music 210 Bloor St. W<br />

more shows at lionaboyd.com/tour<br />

NO REMEDY FOR LOVE - LIONA'S NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND NEW ALBUM OUT NOW<br />

FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC AND DUNDURN PRESS !<br />

Christmas food drive. Also Nov 26(3pm, St.<br />

Aidan’s Catholic Church).<br />

●●7:30: Castle Frank House of Melody. Teeming<br />

with Song: Vocal Selections from Bach<br />

to Bernstein. Lorna Young, Patricia Haldane,<br />

Cara Adams, sopranos; Martha Spence,<br />

mezzo; Michael Fitzgerald, baritone; Steven<br />

Kettlewell, piano. St. Andrew’s United Church<br />

(Bloor St.), 117 Bloor St E. 416-966-2685. By<br />

donation.<br />

●●7:30: Elysian Duo. In Concert. Works by<br />

Gershwin, Bartók and Schumann, original<br />

works for trumpet and guitar and a world<br />

premiere. Dylan Rook Maddix, trumpet;<br />

James Renwick, guitar. Willowdale Christian<br />

Reformed Church, 70 Hilda Ave., North York.<br />

416-221-7829. $20. Fundraising concert for<br />

Syrian refugees; refreshments to follow.<br />

●●7:30: Home Smith Bar at The Old Mill<br />

Toronto. Monica Chapman: In Concert.<br />

Bartosz Hadala, piano; Jordan O’Connor,<br />

bass; Chris Wallace, drums. 21 Old Mill Rd.<br />

416-<strong>23</strong>6-2641 x3718. No cover. No reservations<br />

required.<br />

●●7:30: Jubilate Singers. Building World Harmony.<br />

Guest: Bassam Bishra, oud. St. Simonthe-Apostle<br />

Anglican Church, 525 Bloor<br />

St. E. 416-488-1571. $25; $20(sr); $15(st);<br />

free(under 13).<br />

●●7:30: Koichi Inoue. Brampton Chamber<br />

Music Concert Series. Penny Johnson, Eileen<br />

Keown and Isabel Misquitta-Yip, pianos;<br />

Corey Gemmell, violin. St. Paul’s United<br />

Church (Brampton), 30 Main St. S., Brampton.<br />

904-450-9220. PWYC.<br />

●●7:30: Liona Boyd. In Concert: A Winter Fantasy.<br />

Ron Korb, flute; Mississauga Children’s<br />

Choir. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St.<br />

W. annex.snapd.com/events. $48.<br />

●●7:30: Metropolitan Community Church.<br />

‘Tis the Season: Christmas with the Choir. A<br />

fundraiser concert. Mark Cassius, Pride and<br />

Joy. Guest: Mary McCandless. 115 Simpson<br />

Ave. 416-406-6228. $25. Cash bar. Also<br />

Nov 24.<br />

●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Nijinsky.<br />

See Nov 22. Also Nov 26.<br />

●●7:30: Silverthorn Symphonic Winds.<br />

Fall Festival. Wilmar Heights Centre,<br />

963 Pharmacy Ave., Scarborough. 416-742-<br />

4<strong>23</strong>7. $20; $15(st). Free parking; wheelchair<br />

accessible.<br />

●●7:30: Tallis Choir. Forty! Forty! Forty!:<br />

Music of Thomas Tallis and Striggio. Celebrating<br />

the 40th anniversary of the Tallis Choir.<br />

Tallis: Spem in alium; Striggio: Ecce beatam<br />

lucem. Peter Mahon, conductor. St. Patrick’s<br />

Church, 141 McCaul St. 416-286-9798. $30,<br />

$25(sr), $10(st).<br />

●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Saint-<br />

Saëns: Organ Symphony. Ravel: Piano Concerto<br />

in G; Bédard: Toccata Suite pour Orgue.<br />

Myriam Blardone, piano; Christopher Dawes,<br />

organ; Kerry Stratton, conductor. Yorkminster<br />

Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-<br />

556-0812. $25-$55.<br />

●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mahler<br />

Symphony 6. Abigail Richardson-Schulte:<br />

Step Up (Sesquie for Canada’s 150th); Mahler:<br />

Symphony No.6 in a. Donald Runnicles, conductor.<br />

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-<br />

593-1285. $34.75-$148. Also Nov <strong>23</strong>(8pm).<br />

●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />

Music. Fall Major Opera Production: Don<br />

<strong>2017</strong> / 2018<br />

Season<br />

Presents<br />

The Promise ofLight<br />

Saturday, <strong>November</strong> 25, <strong>2017</strong> ~ 8 pm<br />

Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road, Toronto<br />

Tickets available through the Oriana Choir website at<br />

www.orianachoir.com<br />

or at at www.tickets.harthouse.ca or 416-978-8849<br />

Adults: $25 Seniors/under 35: $20 Students: $10<br />

ORIANA Women’s Choir gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of<br />

www.orianachoir.com<br />

info@orianachoir.com<br />

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