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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