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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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Saturday December 2<br />

●●2:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />

Youth Orchestra: Concert 1. Centre in the<br />

Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-<br />

4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $13; $11(child).<br />

●●3:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.<br />

Upper Canada Christmas. Narrated concert.<br />

Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill,<br />

vocalists; Westben Choruses; Donna Bennett<br />

and Brian Finley, directors. Norwood<br />

United Church, 4264 Hwy 7, Norwood. 705-<br />

653-5508 or 1-877-883-5777. $25; $15(st);<br />

$5(youth). Also Nov 25(Campbellford, 1pm),<br />

Nov 26(Campbellford, 3pm), Dec 3(Peterborough,<br />

3pm).<br />

musicata.ca<br />

●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />

Jonathan Crow Plays Beethoven. Jörg Widmann:<br />

Con brio Concert Overture; Mendelssohn:<br />

Symphony No.3 in a “Scottish”;<br />

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D. Jonathan<br />

Crow, violin, Pablo Rus Broseta, conductor.<br />

Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener.<br />

519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $19-<br />

$82. Also Dec 1.<br />

Sunday December 3<br />

<strong>2017</strong>-10-19 12:00 PM<br />

C. Music Theatre<br />

You, Fascinatin’ Rhythm, The Man I Love); and<br />

other works. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young<br />

St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $20(st).<br />

Monday December 4<br />

●●2:00: University of Waterloo Department<br />

of Music. UW Jazz Ensemble. Featuring<br />

jazz classics. Michael Wood, conductor.<br />

Great Hall, Conrad Grebel University College,<br />

140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo. 519-<br />

885-8220 x24226. $10; $5(sr/st). Reception<br />

following.<br />

Musicata Festiva<br />

●●3:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.<br />

Upper Canada Christmas. Narrated concert.<br />

Musicata’s Christmas concert features music that is timeless: music that crosses the<br />

Musicata Festiva<br />

boundaries of centuries with Susanna ease. The Moodie major and works Catharine for this Parr concert Traill, are two German Baroque<br />

Musicata’s Christmas concert masterpieces, features Bach’s music motet that is vocalists; Lobet timeless: den Westben Herrn music and that Choruses; Pachelbel’s crosses Donna the Magnificat. Bennett<br />

by for Lassus, and this Brian concert Lauridsen, Finley, are directors. two Mendelssohn, German Northminster Baroque Gjeilo, Hammerschmidt,<br />

Shorter works<br />

Music for Christmas, crossing<br />

boundaries of centuries spanning with ease. several The major centuries, works<br />

masterpieces, the centuries Bach’s motet Lovelace with Lobet ease and den others, Herrn round and Pachelbel’s out United a program Church, Magnificat. 300 of exhilarating Sunset Shorter Blvd, works and Peterborough.<br />

705-653-5508 Gjeilo, or Hammerschmidt,<br />

1-877-883-5777. $25;<br />

touching music.<br />

spanning several centuries, by Lassus, Lauridsen, Mendelssohn,<br />

Lovelace Saturday and others, round Dec Saturday, out 2, a 7:30pm<br />

program December of exhilarating 2, <strong>2017</strong> $15(st);<br />

and at $5(youth). 7:30 touching p.m. Also<br />

music.<br />

Nov 25(Campbellford,<br />

Hamilton Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1pm), Nov 26(Campbellford, 320 Charlton 3pm), Ave. Dec W., 2(Norwood,<br />

3pm).<br />

Hamilton<br />

Saturday, December 2, <strong>2017</strong> at 7:30 p.m.<br />

Church of St. John the Tickets Evangelist, available 320 at the Charlton door or Ave. at www.musicata.ca<br />

●●7:00: Barrie<br />

W.,<br />

Concert<br />

Hamilton<br />

Band. Christmas at<br />

Regular $25 | Senior $20 | Student $5 | Children Free<br />

Tickets available at the door or at www.musicata.ca<br />

the Beach. Lighthouse Community Church,<br />

Regular $25 | Senior $20 | Student $5 | Children<br />

800<br />

Free<br />

Sunnidale Rd., Wasaga Beach. 705-481-<br />

1607. Donations to the food bank welcomed.<br />

●●7:30: Attila Glatz Concert Productions.<br />

●●7:30: Musicata - Hamilton’s Voices. Christmas<br />

Concert. Church of St. John the Evangelist,<br />

320 Charlton Ave. W., Hamilton.<br />

905-628-5<strong>23</strong>8. $25; $20(sr); $5(st).<br />

Festival of Stars. Doo-wop, Motown, country,<br />

pop, and rock-and-roll hits. Featuring Neil<br />

Sedaka; Under the Streetlamp; Mickey Gilley.<br />

Club Italia, 2525 Montrose Rd., Niagara Falls.<br />

416-3<strong>23</strong>-1403. $42 and up. Also Dec 4(2pm<br />

and 8pm).<br />

●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber<br />

Music Society. Raffi Besalyan, Piano. Mozart:<br />

Sonata in C K330; Babajanian: Prelude<br />

and Melody; Baghdassarian: Preludes (in d,<br />

E, b; Chopin: Ballade No.4 Op.52; Gershwin/<br />

Wild: Three Virtuoso Etudes (Embraceable<br />

●●2:00: Attila Glatz Concert Productions.<br />

Festival of Stars. Doo-wop, Motown, country,<br />

pop, and rock-and-roll hits. Featuring Neil<br />

Sedaka; Under the Streetlamp; and Mickey<br />

Gilley. Club Italia, 2525 Montrose Rd., Niagara<br />

Falls. 416-3<strong>23</strong>-1403. $42 and up. Also 8pm;<br />

Dec 3(7:30pm).<br />

●●7:30: University of Waterloo Department<br />

of Music. Instrumental Chamber Ensembles.<br />

Six different chamber ensembles will<br />

play classical music ranging from Brahms<br />

to Koechlin. Chapel, Conrad Grebel University<br />

College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo.<br />

519-885-8220 x24226. Free. Reception<br />

following.<br />

●●8:00: Attila Glatz Concert Productions.<br />

Festival of Stars. Doo-wop, Motown, country,<br />

pop, and rock-and-roll hits. Featuring Neil<br />

Sedaka; Under the Streetlamp; and Mickey<br />

Gilley. Club Italia, 2525 Montrose Rd., Niagara<br />

Falls. 416-3<strong>23</strong>-1403. $42 and up. Also 2pm;<br />

Dec 3(7:30pm).<br />

Tuesday December 5<br />

●●12:00 noon: Marilyn I. Walker School of<br />

Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University.<br />

RBC Foundation <strong>2017</strong>-10-19 12:00 Music@Noon. PM<br />

Piano<br />

and guitar students. Cairns Hall, FirstOntario<br />

Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St.<br />

Catharines. 905-688-0722. Free.<br />

●●7:30: Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine<br />

and Performing Arts, Brock University.<br />

The University Wind Ensemble. Zoltan Kalman,<br />

conductor. Partridge Hall, FirstOntario<br />

Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St.<br />

Catharines. 905-688-0722. $12; $5(child);<br />

$5(eyeGo); free(Brock students).<br />

Wednesday December 6<br />

●●12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church<br />

(Kitchener). Wednesday Noon-Hour Concerts.<br />

Renaissance School of the Arts Flute<br />

Choir; Wendy Wagler, conductor. 54 Queen<br />

St. N., Kitchener. Free. 11:30am: Optional lowcost<br />

lunch available in the foyer.<br />

●●7:30: St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston).<br />

Advent Concert. Gershwin: Rhapsody in<br />

Blue; and other works. Valery Lloyd-Watts<br />

and Clare Gordon, piano duo. 270 King St. E.,<br />

Kingston. 613-548-4617. $15.<br />

●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music<br />

Society. Alex DaCosta, Violin and Beth Ann De<br />

Souza, Piano. Program TBA. KWCMS Music<br />

Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-<br />

1673. $30; $20(st).<br />

Thursday December 7<br />

●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston).<br />

Advent Concert. Mulberry School Choir; Margaret<br />

Moncrieff, director. 270 King St. E., Kingston.<br />

613-548-4617. Free. Voluntary offering.<br />

These music theatre listings contain a wide range of music theatre types including<br />

opera, operetta, musicals and other performance genres where music and drama<br />

combine. Listings in this section are sorted alphabetically by presenter.<br />

●●Brampton Music Theatre. Hairspray.<br />

Music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman<br />

and Marc Shaiman, book by Mark<br />

O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the<br />

film. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton.<br />

905-874-2800. $25-$38. Opens Nov 9,<br />

7:30pm. Runs to Nov 18. Thurs-Sat(7:30pm).<br />

●●Canadian Opera Company. The Elixir of<br />

Love. Music by Gaetano Donizetti. Andrew<br />

Haji, tenor (Nemorino); Simone Osborne, soprano<br />

(Adina); Gordon Bintner, baritone (Belcore);<br />

James Robinson, director; Yves Abel,<br />

conductor. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing<br />

Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-<br />

8<strong>23</strong>1. $35-$<strong>23</strong>5. Opens Oct 11, 7:30pm. Also<br />

Oct 15(2pm), 17, 21, 27, 29, Nov 2, 4(4:30pm).<br />

●●Canadian Opera Company. The Magic Victrola.<br />

Libretto by David Kersnar and Jacqueline<br />

Russell. Works by Bizet, Mozart, Puccini<br />

and others. Members of the COC’s Ensemble<br />

Studio; Ashlie Corcoran, director. Richard<br />

Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre<br />

for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St.<br />

W. 416-363-8<strong>23</strong>1. $30; free(children under<br />

12), Maximum of 2 free children’s tickets for<br />

each adult ticket sold. Additional children’s<br />

tickets $10. Dec 2, 11am. Also Dec 2(1:30pm);<br />

Dec 3(10:30am and 1:30pm).<br />

●●Civic Light Opera Company. The Wizard<br />

of Oz. Music, lyrics and book by Joe Cascone<br />

and James P. Doyle, based on the film. Zion<br />

Cultural Centre, 1650 Finch Ave. E. 416-755-<br />

1717. $28. Opens Nov 29, 7pm. Runs to Dec 10.<br />

Wed (7pm), Thurs-Sat(8pm), Sun(2pm). Note:<br />

extra show Dec 9, 2pm.<br />

●●Clarkson Music Theatre. Irving Berlin’s<br />

White Christmas. Music and lyrics by Irving<br />

Berlin, book by David Ives and Paul Blake.<br />

Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo<br />

Road. 905-615-4720. $30; $28(sr/st). Opens<br />

Nov 17, 8pm. Runs to Nov 26. Thurs-Sat(8pm),<br />

Sun(2pm). Note: extra show Nov 25, 2pm.<br />

●●Crow's Theatre. A&R Angels. Created<br />

by Kevin Drew. Streetcar Crowsnest,<br />

345 Carlaw Ave. 647-341-7390. $20-$50.<br />

Opens Nov 20, 8pm. Runs to Dec 9. Mon-<br />

Sat(8pm), Wed/Sat(2pm). Note: no matinee<br />

Nov 22.<br />

●●Curtain Call Players. The War Show. Written<br />

by Peter Colley. Fairview Library Theatre,<br />

35 Fairview Mall Dr. 416-703-6181. $28. Opens<br />

Nov 3, 8pm. Runs to Nov 11. Thurs-Sat(8pm).<br />

Sat/Sun(2pm).<br />

●●Drayton Entertainment. Kings and<br />

Queens of Country. Featuring hits of early<br />

country music. St. Jacob’s Schoolhouse<br />

Theatre, 11 Albert St. W., St. Jacob’s. 1-855-<br />

372-9866. $27-$46. Opens Sep 19, 2pm.<br />

Runs to Dec 24. Tues-Thurs/Sat/Sun(2pm),<br />

Thurs-Sat(7:30pm).<br />

●●Drayton Entertainment. Rock of Ages.<br />

Book by Chris D’Arienzo to music by 1980s<br />

rock bands. Dunfield Theatre Cambridge,<br />

46 Grand Ave. S., Cambridge. 1-855-372-<br />

9866. $27-$46. Opens Oct 11, 7:30pm. Runs<br />

to Nov 5. Tues-Sat(7:30pm), Thurs/Sat/<br />

Sun(2pm).<br />

●●Drayton Entertainment. Beauty and the<br />

Beast. Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard<br />

Ashman and Tim Rice, book by Linda<br />

Woolverton. Dunfield Theatre Cambridge,<br />

46 Grand Ave. S., Cambridge. 1-855-372-<br />

9866. $27-$46. Opens Nov 22, 2pm. Runs<br />

to Dec 31. Wed/Thurs/Sat(2pm), Thurs-<br />

Sat(7:30pm), Sun(1pm/7pm). Note: extra<br />

shows Dec 19 & 27, 7:30pm. Note: no mat<br />

Dec 20, no eve Dec 24 & 31.<br />

●●Drayton Entertainment. Honk. Music by<br />

George Stiles, lyrics and book by Anthony<br />

Drewe. St. Jacobs Country Playhouse,<br />

40 Benjamin Rd. E., Waterloo. 1-855-372-<br />

9866. $27-$46. Opens Nov 29, 10:30am. Runs<br />

to Dec 24. Wed(10:30am), Thurs/Sat(2pm),<br />

Thurs-Sat(7:30pm), Sun(11:30am/4pm). Note:<br />

extra shows Dec 12, 19(10:30am). Note: no<br />

eve show Dec 14. Note: Dec 24 show is at 1pm.<br />

●●Factory Theatre/b current performing<br />

arts. Trace. Written, composed and performed<br />

by Jeff Ho. Nina Lee Aquino, director.<br />

Factory Studio Theatre, 125 Bathurst St. 416-<br />

504-9971. $20-$50. Opens Nov 11, 8pm. Runs<br />

to Dec 3. Tues-Sat(8pm), Sun(2pm).<br />

●●Grand Theatre. Once. Music and lyrics by<br />

Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, book by<br />

Enda Walsh. Grand Theatre, 471 Richmond<br />

St, London. 519-672-8800. $29.95-$84.<br />

Opens Oct 17, 7:30pm. Runs to Nov 4. Tues-<br />

Thurs(7:30pm), Fri/Sat(8pm), Sat/Sun(2pm).<br />

●●Hart House Theatre. The 25th Annual Putnam<br />

County Spelling Bee. Music and lyrics by<br />

William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin, additional<br />

material by Jay Reiss. Hart House Theatre,<br />

7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849. $28;<br />

$17(sr); $15(st). Opens Nov 10, 8pm. Runs to<br />

Nov 25. Wed-Sat(8pm). Also Nov 25(2pm).<br />

●●International Resource Centre for Performing<br />

Artists. Singing Stars: The Next<br />

Generation. A program of arias. Rachel<br />

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