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Volume 23 Issue 6 - March 2018

In this issue: Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera collaborate to take Gogol’s short story The Overcoat to the operatic stage; Montreal-based Sam Shalabi brings his ensemble Land of Kush, and his newest composition, to Toronto; Five Canadian composers, each with a different CBC connection, are nominated for JUNOs; and The WholeNote team presents its annual Summer Music Education Directory, a directory of summer music camps, programs and courses across the province and beyond.

In this issue: Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera collaborate to take Gogol’s short story The Overcoat to the operatic stage; Montreal-based Sam Shalabi brings his ensemble Land of Kush, and his newest composition, to Toronto; Five Canadian composers, each with a different CBC connection, are nominated for JUNOs; and The WholeNote team presents its annual Summer Music Education Directory, a directory of summer music camps, programs and courses across the province and beyond.

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Mar 4(3pm, St. John’s Lutheran Church,<br />

Waterloo).<br />

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

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto. Lutosławski:<br />

Overture for Strings; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto<br />

No.1 in b-flat; Janáček: Taras Bulba;<br />

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph<br />

Haydn. Alexandra Dariescu, piano; Marzena<br />

Diakun, conductor. Centre in the Square,<br />

101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or<br />

1-888-745-4717. $19-$82. Also Mar 2.<br />

●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty<br />

of Music. The Tender Land. Music by Aaron<br />

Copland; libretto by Horace Everett. Anna<br />

Theodosakis, stage director; Leslie De’Ath,<br />

conductor. Wilfrid Laurier University, Theatre<br />

Auditorium, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo.<br />

519-884-1970 x2432. $20; $10(sr/st). Also<br />

Mar 2, 4(3pm).<br />

Sunday <strong>March</strong> 4<br />

●●2:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Studies<br />

in Motion <strong>2018</strong>: Dance Showcase. Paul<br />

Davenport Theatre, Talbot College, Western<br />

University, 1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-<br />

661-3767. $10.<br />

●●3:00: DaCapo Chamber Choir. Reincarnations.<br />

Guest: Catherine Robertson, piano.<br />

St. John’s Lutheran (Waterloo), 22 Willow<br />

St., Waterloo. 519-725-7548. $25; $20(sr);<br />

$15(st); $5(eyeGO/child). Also Mar 3(8pm, St.<br />

John the Evangelist Church, Kitchener).<br />

●●3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of<br />

Music. Tender Land Opera. Music by Aaron<br />

Copland; libretto by Horace Everett. Anna<br />

Theodosakis, stage director; Leslie De’Ath,<br />

conductor. Wilfrid Laurier University, Theatre<br />

Auditorium, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo.<br />

519-884-1970 x2432. $20; $10(sr/st). Also<br />

Mar 2(8pm), 3(8pm).<br />

●●7:00: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church<br />

(Kingston). Tuskegee Golden Voices Concert<br />

Choir. Dr. Wayne A. Barr, director. 130 Clergy<br />

St. E., Kingston. 519-679-8182. $25. 2pm:<br />

workshop.<br />

Monday <strong>March</strong> 5<br />

●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Early<br />

Music Studio Concert with Tafelmusik. Von<br />

Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University,<br />

1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-<br />

3767. Free.<br />

●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty<br />

of Music. Piano Concert featuring Heather<br />

Taves and Walter Delahunt. Maureen Forrester<br />

Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo.<br />

519-884-1970 x2432. $20; $10(sr/st).<br />

Tuesday <strong>March</strong> 6<br />

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

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

RBC Foundation Music@Noon. Walker String<br />

Quartet: Vera Alexseeva and Anna Hughes,<br />

violins; Andrée Simard, viola; Gordon Cleland,<br />

cello. Cairns Hall, FirstOntario Performing<br />

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

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

Wednesday <strong>March</strong> 7<br />

●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.<br />

Pianist Thomas Torok. Works by Bach,<br />

Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin. Hi-Way Pentecostal<br />

Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-<br />

726-1181. $10; free(st).<br />

●●12:30: University of Waterloo Department<br />

of Music. Noon Hour Concert: Ice Is Cracking<br />

B. Concerts Beyond the GTA<br />

Under My Feet. Featuring traditional Finnish<br />

folk music and original compositions by members<br />

of EVA-Trio. Essi Wuorela, soprano; Vesa<br />

Norilo, cello; Anna-Karin Korhonen, kantele.<br />

Chapel, Conrad Grebel University College,<br />

140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo. 519-885-<br />

8220 x24226. Free.<br />

●●7:30: First-St. Andrew’s United Church.<br />

Tuskegee Golden Voices Concert Choir. Dr.<br />

Wayne A. Barr, director. First-St. Andrew’s<br />

United Church, 350 Queens Ave, London. 519-<br />

679-8182. $25.<br />

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

Society. Rolston String Quartet. Haydn:<br />

String Quartet Op.33 No.3 “Bird”; Tchaikovsky:<br />

String Quartet No.1; Schumann: Piano<br />

Quintet in E-flat. Rolston String Quartet;<br />

Arthur Rowe, piano. KWCMS Music Room,<br />

57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.<br />

$40; $25(st).<br />

●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty<br />

of Music. Student Composer Series. Maureen<br />

Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave.,<br />

Waterloo. 519-884-1970 x2432. Free.<br />

Thursday <strong>March</strong> 8<br />

●●12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty<br />

of Music. Music at Noon: junctQin keyboard<br />

collective. Maureen Forrester Recital<br />

Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 519-884-<br />

1970 x2432. Free.<br />

●●7:00: Magisterra Soloists. Magisterra<br />

at the Museum: Vienna. Bruckner: String<br />

Quinet; and works by Gál and Mozart.<br />

Museum London Theatre, 421 Ridout St. N.,<br />

London. 519-661-0333. $30; $25(sr); $15(st);<br />

$10(child).<br />

●●7:00: TD Niagara Jazz Festival. Twilight<br />

Piano Jazz Series: Tribute to George Gershwin.<br />

John Roney, piano. White Oaks Resort<br />

and Spa, 253 Taylor Rd., Niagara-on-the-<br />

Lake. 1-844-548-5299. $29.<br />

●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />

Arts. Soundstreams Canada. Tan<br />

Dun: Water Passion After St. Matthew.<br />

David Fallis, conductor; Choir 21. 390 King<br />

St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424. $29-$55;<br />

$15-$27(st).<br />

Friday <strong>March</strong> 9<br />

●●12:00 noon: Music at First-St. Andrew’s<br />

United Church. Friday Lenten Noon Recital.<br />

Roger Quilter: Duets. Sonja Gustafson, soprano;<br />

Francesca Ranalli, mezzo; Terry Head,<br />

piano. First-St. Andrew’s United Church (London),<br />

350 Queens Ave., London. 519-679-<br />

8182. Freewill offering. Lunch following $8.<br />

●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays<br />

at 12:30 Concert Series: EVA-trio from<br />

Finland. Essi Wuorela, soprano; Vesa Norilo,<br />

cello; Anna-Karin Korhonen, kantele. Von<br />

Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University,<br />

1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-<br />

3767. Free.<br />

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

Tribute to John Williams. Selections from<br />

Superman, ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones,<br />

the Harry Potter films, and Star Wars. 501st<br />

Legion worldwide Star Wars costuming<br />

organization; Scott Terrell, conductor. Centre<br />

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

519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $19-$86. Also<br />

Mar 10(2:30pm and 8pm).<br />

●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty<br />

of Music. Flute Chamber Music. Maureen<br />

Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave.,<br />

Waterloo. 519-884-1970 x2432. Free.<br />

Saturday <strong>March</strong> 10<br />

●●2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. A<br />

Tribute to John Williams. Selections from<br />

Superman, ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones,<br />

the Harry Potter films, and Star Wars. 501st<br />

Legion worldwide Star Wars costuming<br />

organization; Scott Terrell, conductor. Centre<br />

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

519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $19-$86. Also<br />

Mar 9, 10(both at 8pm).<br />

JAN<br />

LISIECKI<br />

<strong>March</strong> 10, 7:30pm<br />

Niagara-on-the-Lake<br />

bravoniagara.org<br />

●●7:30: Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts.<br />

Jan Lisiecki Piano Recital. St. Mark’s Anglican<br />

Church (Niagara-on-the-Lake), 41 Byron<br />

St., Niagara-on-the-Lake. 289-868-9177.<br />

$50-$70.<br />

●●7:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Les<br />

Choristes Concert: Meidan Laulumme: Our<br />

Song. EVA-trio; Cantiamo Girls Choir. New St.<br />

James Presbyterian Church, 280 Oxford St.<br />

E., London. 519-661-3767. $10.<br />

●●7:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Who<br />

Put the Pop in Popular? Anderson: The Typewriter;<br />

The Syncopated Clock; and other<br />

works. Niagara Symphony Orchestra; Niagara<br />

Youth Orchestra; Bradley Thachuk, conductor.<br />

FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,<br />

250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-<br />

0722 or 1-855-515-0722. $67; $62(sr); $32(30<br />

and under); $12(st/arts/child); $5(eyeGO).<br />

Also Mar 11(2:30pm).<br />

●●7:30: Oriana Singers of Northumberland.<br />

Choral Concert. Fauré: Requiem; and other<br />

works. Geoffrey Sirett, baritone; Larissa<br />

Koniuk, soprano. Trinity United Church<br />

(Cobourg), 284 Division St., Cobourg. 905-<br />

372-2210. $25; $22(sr); $10(st).<br />

●●8:00: Jeffery Concerts. Flying High. Haydn:<br />

String Quartet in C HobIII:39 “The Bird”;<br />

Debussy: String Quartet in g Op.10; Schumann:<br />

Piano Quintet in E-flat Op.44. Rolston<br />

String Quartet; Arthur Rowe, piano. Wolf Performance<br />

Hall, 251 Dundas St., London. 519-<br />

672-8800. $40.<br />

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

Tribute to John Williams. Selections from<br />

Superman, ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones,<br />

the Harry Potter films, and Star Wars. 501st<br />

Legion worldwide Star Wars costuming<br />

organization; Scott Terrell, conductor. Centre<br />

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

519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $19-$86. Also<br />

Mar 9(8pm), 10(2:30pm).<br />

Sunday <strong>March</strong> 11<br />

●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Who<br />

Put the Pop in Popular? Anderson: The Typewriter;<br />

The Syncopated Clock; and other<br />

works. Niagara Symphony Orchestra; Niagara<br />

Youth Orchestra; Bradley Thachuk, conductor.<br />

FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,<br />

250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-<br />

0722 or 1-855-515-0722. $67; $62(sr); $32(30<br />

and under); $12(st/arts/child); $5(eyeGO).<br />

Also Mar 10(7:30pm).<br />

●●3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of<br />

Music. Laurier Percussion Ensemble. Maureen<br />

Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave.,<br />

Waterloo. 519-884-1970 x2432. Free.<br />

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

Society. Emily Shaw and Craig Visser, Guitar<br />

Duo. Rossini: Barber of Seville (Overture, arr.<br />

Guiliani); Guiliani-Guglielmi: 3 from Sei Preludi<br />

Op.46; Chopin: Nocturne Op.9 No.2; Assad:<br />

Suite “Summer Garden”; Albeniz: Cordoba;<br />

and others. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young<br />

St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $15(st).<br />

Tuesday <strong>March</strong> 13<br />

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

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

RBC Foundation Music@Noon. Piano<br />

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

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

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

●●12:15: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of<br />

Music. Laurier Singers. First United Church<br />

(Waterloo), 16 William St. W., Waterloo. 519-<br />

884-1970 x2432. Free.<br />

●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Music<br />

of our Time: Concert of MMus Thesis Compositions.<br />

Von Kuster Hall, Music Building,<br />

Western University, 1151 Richmond St. N., London.<br />

519-661-3767. Free.<br />

Wednesday <strong>March</strong> 14<br />

●●12:30: University of Waterloo Department<br />

of Music. Noon Hour Concert: Love Lies<br />

Sleeping. Haydn: Op.20 No.5. Adam Diderrich<br />

and Marcus Scholtes, violin; Ethan Filner,<br />

viola; Rebecca Morton; cello; Barbara<br />

Hankins, clarinet. Chapel, Conrad Grebel University<br />

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

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

●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. Kim Parry, Flute<br />

and Grant Slater, Piano. Works by Bach, Handel,<br />

P.A. Génin, Rogers & Hammerstein,<br />

Mancini and others. Grace United Church<br />

(Barrie), 350 Grove St. E., Barrie. 705-726-<br />

1181. Free. 3:30: tea & goodies $5.<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 />

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 />

MOVED FROM DEC 3, 2017.<br />

●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty<br />

of Music. Student Composer Series. Maureen<br />

Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave.,<br />

Waterloo. 519-884-1970 x2432. Free.<br />

Thursday <strong>March</strong> 15<br />

●●12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University<br />

Faculty of Music. Music at Noon: Glenn<br />

Buhr, piano. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall,<br />

75 University Ave., Waterloo. 519-884-1970<br />

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