Volume 23 Issue 5 - February 2018

Granz. Cécile McLorin Salvant, vocals; Benny
Green, piano; Christian McBride, bass; Jon
Faddis, trumpet; Jimmy Greene, saxophone;
Michael Dease, trombone; Kenny Washington,
drums. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 289-868-
9177. $55-$100; $30(st).
Saturday February 17
●●2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Sing-Along Musicals. Selections from The
King and I, Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music,
Mary Poppins, and other works. Grand Philharmonic
Youth Choir; John Morris Russell,
conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen
St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-
4717. $19-$86. Also Feb 16, 17(both at 8pm).
●●7:30: Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and
Performing Arts, Brock University. Viva
Voce! Choral Series: Avanti Singers. Rachel
Rensink-Hoff, conductor. St. Thomas Anglican
Church (St. Catharines), 99 Ontario St.,
St. Catharines. 905-684-2339. $25; $20(sr/
st); $5(eyeGo).
●●7:30: Oscar Peterson International
Jazz Festival. Gala Evening: Double Portrait.
Renee Rosnes and Bill Charlap, pianos.
Stratus Vineyards, 2059 Niagara Stone
Rd., Niagara-on-the-Lake. 289-868-9177.
$65-$125.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Sing-Along Musicals. Selections from The
King and I, Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music,
Mary Poppins, and other works. Grand Philharmonic
Youth Choir; John Morris Russell,
conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen
St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-
4717. $19-$86. Also Feb 16(8pm), 17(2:30pm).
Sunday February 18
●●3:00: Oscar Peterson International
Jazz Festival. Canadian Jazz Lions & Canadian
Jazz Master Awards. Carol Welsman,
vocals; Kevin Turcotte, trumpet; Mike Murley,
saxophone; Robi Botos, piano; Dave Young,
bass; Jim Doxas, drums. Stratus Vineyards,
2059 Niagara Stone Rd., Niagara-on-the-
Lake. 289-868-9177. $60.
●●4:00: All-Canadian Jazz Port Hope. Nick
Maclean Quartet: Cobourg CD Release featuring
Brownman Ali. Nick Maclean, piano;
Brownman Ali, trumpet; Jesse Dietschi,
string bass; Tyler Goertzen, drums. The Loft
Cinema, 201 Division St., Cobourg. 905-372-
2210 or 1-855-372-2210. $25.
●●4:30: Music At St. Thomas’. A New-York
Based Organist in Concert in Belleville. Bach:
Prelude and Fugue in G BWV541; Chorale Prelude
“Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele” BWV654;
Pièce d’orgue BWV572; Passacaglia BWV582;
Briggs: Improvisation. David Briggs, organ.
St. Thomas’ Anglican Church (Belleville),
201 Church St., Belleville. 613-962-3636.
Admission by donation.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Joseph Petric, Accordion & Douglas
Perry, Viola. Bach: English Suite; Gamba
Sonata No.1; Rameau: Pieces de Clavecin
(selections); Soler: Sonata. KWCMS Music
Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-
1673. $30; $20(st).
Wednesday February 21
●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. Konrad
Harley, Organ. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church (Barrie), 47 Owen St., Barrie.
B. Concerts Beyond the GTA
705-726-1181. $10; free(st).
Friday February 23
●●7:30: Kingston Community Strings. In
Concert. Holst: Brook Green Suite; Grieg:
Two Elegiac Melodies; Telemann: Concerto
for Two Violas. Jennifer Tindale, cello; Doug
Handforth, violin and viola. Christ Church
Cataraqui Parish Centre, 990 Sydenham Rd.,
Kingston. 613-547-3633. $15.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Music Between the Wars. Bax: Oboe
Quintet; Bliss: Oboe Quintet; Schulhoff: String
Quartet No.1. James Mason, oboe; Factory
Arts Quartet: Andrew Chung, Julie Baumgartel,
violins; Jody Davenport, viola; Ben Bolt-
Martin, cello. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young
St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $20(st).
●●8:00: Manhattans. Nick Maclean Quartet
featuring Brownman Ali. Nick Maclean,
piano; Brownman Ali, trumpet; Jesse
Dietschi, string bass; Tyler Goertzen, drums.
951 Gordon St., Guelph. 519-767-2440. PWYC.
Saturday February 24
●●10:30am: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Tiger in the Well. Kait Taylor, storyteller; KWS
Musicians. Conrad Centre for the Performing
Arts, 36 King St. W., Kitchener. 519-745-
4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $13; $11(child). Also
Mar 3(Waterloo Region Museum, Kitchener);
24(Elmira).
●●2:00: Peterborough Singers. Greatest
Hits: Celebrating 25 Years of Song. Brainerd
Blyden-Taylor and Sydney Birrell, conductors;
Liza McLennan, cello; Jacob Abrahamse,
tenor; Carl Christensen, bass; Andrew
Tees, bass; Matthew Larkin, organ; Steve
McCracken, saxophone; David Goyette, master
of ceremonies. Emmanuel (George St.)
United Church, 534 George St. N., Peterborough.
705-745-1820. $30; $20(under 30);
$10(st).
●●7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. New
Canadian Global Music Orchestra. Isabel
Bader Centre for the Performing Arts,
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424. $39;
$16(st).
●●7:30: Serenata Choir. Cabaret and Silent
Auction. Gary Heard, conductor. Sainte-Marie
Among the Hurons, 16164 Highway #12, Midland.
705-526-6800. $30; $55(for two).
Sunday February 25
●●2:30: Duet Club of Hamilton. Celebrating
the Piano. Erika Reiman; Ken Gee; Jianhan
Wu. Melrose United Church, 86 Homewood
Ave., Hamilton. 905-304-8945. $18; $15(sr/
st); free(under 13).
●●2:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts. The Mouse, the Ant, and the
Antelopes. Emerita Emerencia, story-teller
and animator. 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-
533-2424. $16; $8(st). Recommended for
Grades JK-4. Post-concert workshop.
●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Nordic
Impressions. Sibelius: Finlandia; John
Williams: The Five Sacred Trees, Concerto
for Bassoon; Nielsen: Symphony No.4 “The
Inextinguishable”. Anna Norris, bassoon; Matthew
Kraemer, guest conductor. FirstOntario
Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St.,
St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or 1-855-515-
0722. $67; $62(sr); $32(30 and under); $12(st/
arts/child); $5(eyeGO).
●●3:00: Guelph Concert Band. Broadway
Showstoppers. Selections from Frozen, Hamilton,
Wicked, 42nd Street, Chicago, Phantom
of the Opera, Les Miserables and others. Patrick
Stiles, vocals/piano; Bridget Walsh, violin;
guests: Kelly Holiff and Jeigh Madjus, vocals.
River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St., Guelph.
519-763-3000. $25/$21.25(adv); $15(sr/st);
$5(under 15/eyeGO).
●●3:30: Musicata/Spectrum Music. Return
to Innocence. Original choral jazz music
on the theme of innocence and childhood.
Works by Graham, McCarroll-Butler, McBride
and others. Jesse Dietchi, bass; Chris Pruden,
piano; Bryan Allen, percussion; Musicata:
Hamilton’s Voices; Roger Bergs,
conductor. Church of St. John the Evangelist,
320 Charlton Ave. W., Hamilton. 416-937-
6180. $25; $20(sr); $5(st); free(child). Also
Feb 24(Toronto).
Monday February 26
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts. A Singer Must Die: The Words
and Music of Leonard Cohen. A program
including songs, readings and anecdotes. Art
of Time Ensemble: Gregory Hoskins, Steven
Page, Sarah Slean, and Tom Wilson, singers;
Shaughnessey Bishop-Stall, Steve Heighton,
Jonathan Garfinkel, Damian Rogers, and
Karen Solle, readers; Andrew Burashko, artistic
director. 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-
533-2424. $39; $32(faculty/staff); $16(st).
Tuesday February 27
●●12:00 noon: Marilyn I. Walker School of
Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University.
RBC Foundation Music@Noon. Karin Di Bella,
piano. Cairns Hall, FirstOntario Performing
Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines.
905-688-0722. Free.
Wednesday February 28
●●12:30: University of Waterloo Department
of Music. Noon Hour Concert: Sunabacka:
Louis Riel’s Dream. Interdisciplinary presentation
inspired by an unfinished collection of
five paintings by the composer’s Métis grandmother.
Karen Sunabacka: Mama’s Painting:
Louis Riel’s Dream. Chapel, Conrad Grebel
University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N.,
Waterloo. 519-885-8220 x24226. Free.
Thursday March 1
●●12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty
of Music. Music at Noon: Penderecki
String Quartet. Maureen Forrester Recital
Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 519-884-
1970 x2432. Free.
●●7:30: Southern Ontario Lyric Opera/
Cambridge Symphony Orchestra. La Traviata.
Music by Verdi. Cambridge Symphony
Orchestra. Knox’s Galt Presbyterian Church,
2 Grand Ave. S., Cambridge. 905-681-6000.
$20-$65.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Trio Tangere. Piazzolla: Fuga y misterioso;
Debussy: Suite Bergamesque; Donkin:
Three Short Stories; Ysayë: Sonata No.6;
Maute: Cabana à sucre; and other works. Trio
Tangere: Marc Djokic, violin, Jérôme Ducharme
and Louis Trépanier, guitars. KWCMS
Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-
886-1673. $30; $20(st).
Friday March 2
●●12:00 noon: Music at First-St. Andrew’s
United Church. Friday Lenten Noon Recital.
Paul Merritt, organ. First-St. Andrew’s United
Church (London), 350 Queens Ave., London.
519-679-8182. Free will offering. Lunch following
$8.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto. Lutosławski:
Overture for Strings; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto
No.1 in b-flat; Janáček: Taras Bulba;
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph
Haydn. Alexandra Dariescu, piano; Marzena
Diakun, conductor. Centre in the Square,
101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or
1-888-745-4717. $19-$82. Also Mar 3.
●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty
of Music. Tender Land Opera. Wilfrid Laurier
University, Theatre Auditorium, 75 University
Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-1970 x2432. $20;
$10(sr/st). Also Mar 3, 4(3pm).
Saturday March 3
●●10:30am: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Tiger in the Well. Kait Taylor, storyteller;
KWS Musicians. Waterloo Region
Museum, 10 Huron Rd., Kitchener. 519-
745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $13; $11(child).
Also Feb 24(Conrad Centre, Kitchener);
Mar 24(Elmira).
●●7:30: Chorus Niagara. St. Matthew Passion.
J.S. Bach. Talisker Players; Maeve Palmer,
soprano; Lillian Brooks, mezzo; Zach Finkelstein
and James McLean, tenors; and others.
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 250 St.
Paul St., St. Catharines. 1-855-515-0722 or
905-688-0722. $43; $41(sr); $28(under 30);
$18(st); $15(child); $5(eyeGo).
●●8:00: DaCapo Chamber Choir. Reincarnations.
Guest: Catherine Robertson, piano.
St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church,
23 Water St. N., Kitchener. 519-725-7548.
$25; $20(sr); $15(st); $5(eyeGO/child). Also
Mar 4(3pm, St. John’s Lutheran Church,
Waterloo).
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto. Lutosławski:
Overture for Strings; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto
No.1 in b-flat; Janáček: Taras Bulba;
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph
Haydn. Alexandra Dariescu, piano; Marzena
Diakun, conductor. Centre in the Square,
101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or
1-888-745-4717. $19-$82. Also Mar 2.
●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty
of Music. Tender Land Opera. Wilfrid Laurier
University, Theatre Auditorium, 75 University
Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-1970 x2432. $20;
$10(sr/st). Also Mar 2, 4(3pm).
Sunday March 4
●●3:00: DaCapo Chamber Choir. Reincarnations.
Guest: Catherine Robertson, piano.
St. John’s Lutheran (Waterloo), 22 Willow
St., Waterloo. 519-725-7548. $25; $20(sr);
$15(st); $5(eyeGO/child). Also Mar 3(8pm, St.
John the Evangelist Church, Kitchener).
●●3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty
of Music. Tender Land Opera. Wilfrid Laurier
University, Theatre Auditorium, 75 University
Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-1970 x2432. $20;
$10(sr/st). Also Mar 2(8pm), 3(8pm).
●●7:00: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
(Kingston). Tuskegee Golden Voices Concert
Choir. Dr. Wayne A. Barr, director. 130 Clergy
St. E., Kingston. 519-679-8182. $25. Workshop
2pm.
Tuesday March 6
●●12:00 noon: Marilyn I. Walker School of
Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University.
RBC Foundation Music@Noon. Walter String
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