Volume 23 Issue 7 - April 2018

The WholeNote listings are arranged in five sections:
A.
GTA (GREATER TORONTO AREA) covers all of Toronto
plus Halton, Peel, York and Durham regions.
B.
BEYOND THE GTA covers many areas of Southern
Ontario outside Toronto and the GTA. Starts on page 57.
C.
MUSIC THEATRE covers a wide range of music types:
from opera, operetta and musicals, to non-traditional
performance types where words and music are in some
fashion equal partners in the drama. Starts on page 60.
D.
IN THE CLUBS (MOSTLY JAZZ)
is organized alphabetically by club.
Starts on page 61.
E.
THE ETCETERAS is for galas, fundraisers, competitions,
screenings, lectures, symposia, masterclasses, workshops,
singalongs and other music-related events (except
performances) which may be of interest to our readers.
Starts on page 62.
A GENERAL WORD OF CAUTION. A phone number is provided
with every listing in The WholeNote — in fact, we won’t publish
a listing without one. Concerts are sometimes cancelled or postponed;
artists or venues may change after listings are published.
Please check before you go out to a concert.
HOW TO LIST. Listings in The WholeNote in the four sections above
are a free service available, at our discretion, to eligible presenters.
If you have an event, send us your information no later than the
8th of the month prior to the issue or issues in which your listing is
eligible to appear.
LISTINGS DEADLINE. The next issue covers the period from
May 1 to June 7, 2018. All listings must be received by 11:59pm,
Sunday April 8.
LISTINGS can be sent by email to listings@thewholenote.com
or by using the online form on our website. We do not receive
listings by phone, but you can call 416-323-2232 x27 for further
information.
LISTINGS ZONE MAP. Visit our website to search for concerts
by the zones on this map: thewholenote.com.
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Lake Erie
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City of Toronto
LISTINGS
Lake Ontario
Sunday April 1
●●10:30am: St. Andrew’s Church (Toronto).
Easter Sunday Service. Works by Charles
Wood, Eleanor Daley and Randall Thompson;
Widor: Toccata. Cathedral Brass Quartet; St.
Andrew’s Gallery Choir; Dan Bickle, organ.
73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x220. Freewill
offering. Religious service.
the
overcoat
a musical tailoring
MAR 27-APR 14
canadianstage.com
●●1:00: Canadian Stage/Tapestry Opera.
The Overcoat: A Musical Tailoring. Music by
James Rolfe, libretto by Morris Panych. Bluma
Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the
Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-368-3110. $35 and
up. Opens Mar 27, 8pm. Runs to Apr 14. Tues/
Wed/Thurs/Sat(8pm), Fri(7pm), Sun(1pm).
●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.
Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church
St. 416-364-7865 x234. Free. Donations
welcomed.
●●7:00: St. Thomas’s Anglican Church. Easter
Solemn Evensong & Devotions. Works by Kellyu,
Hadley and Willan. Choir of St. Thomas’s
Church; Matthew Larkin, organist and director
of music; Elizabeth Anderson, assistant
organist. St. Thomas’s Anglican Church
(Toronto), 383 Huron St. 416-979-2323. Freewill
offering. Religious service.
Monday April 2
●●12:30: York University Department of
Music. Music @ Midday: Instrumental
Masterclass in Concert. Tribute Communities
Recital Hall, Accolade East Building, YU,
4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x20054. Free.
●●7:30: Chorisma. Easter Reflections. A concert
of choral music for Easter. Andrew
Ascenzo, organ; Gretchen Anner, violin; Karen
Ages, oboe; Robert Richardson, conductor;
Lona Richardson, accompanist. Thornhill
United Church, 25 Elgin St., Thornhill. 905-
731-8318. Freewill offering. In support of Hill
Hospice, Richmond Hill.
Tuesday April 3
●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime
Chamber Music: Rising Stars Recital.
Performance students from the UofT Faculty
of Music. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,
1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free; donations
A. Concerts in the GTA
welcomed.
●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.
Music at Midday: Piano Recital. Peter Regan,
piano. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865 x234.
Free. Donations welcomed.
●●5:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. From the 19th Century. Works by
Donizetti, Delibes, Verdi, Wagner and others.
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-
0208. $20; $10(st).
●●7:30: Toronto Children’s Chorus. Toronto
Youth Choir Concert. Selections from wellknown
oratorios. Guest soloists from University
of Toronto’s Oratorio Class. Christ Church
Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-932-8666 x231.
Donations accepted.
●●8:00: Canadian Stage/Tapestry Opera.
The Overcoat: A Musical Tailoring. See Apr 1.
Also Apr 3, 4, 5, 6(7pm), 7, 13(7pm), 14.
Wednesday April 4
●●11:30am: Canadian Children’s Opera Company.
Open House: Senior Divisons. The
Monkiest King by Marjorie Chan and Alice Ho
(rehearsal). Senior Divisions (grades 6-12).
First Unitarian Congregation of Ontario,
Sutherland Hall, 175 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-
366-0467. Free. Be prepared for some interactive
activities as well as watching the CCOC
at work.
●●12:00 noon: University of Toronto Faculty
of Music. UofT Concert Orchestra. Paul Widner,
conductor. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson
Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s
Park. 416-408-0208. Free.
●●8:00: Canadian Stage/Tapestry Opera.
The Overcoat: A Musical Tailoring. See Apr 1.
Also Apr 4, 5, 6(7pm), 7, 13(7pm), 14.
●●8:00: Gallery 345. Fables: An Evening of
Classical and Video Game Music. Piano music
for four hands. Works by Ravel, Debussy and
Poulenc; improvisations on themes from
Final Fantasy, Saga Frontier and Bungo to
Alchemist. Cathy Yang and Benyamin Nuss,
piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 519-774-6988. $20.
Cash only.
Thursday April 5
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Chamber Music Series: Beethoven's Cellists.
VC2 Cello Duo. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231.
Free. First-come, first-served. Late seating
not available.
●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Thursdays at Noon: Asher Ian Armstrong,
Piano and Emily Kruspe, Violin.
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Robert
Schumann Op.9; Sonata for Violin and Piano
No.1 in G Op.78. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson
Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s
Park. 416-408-0208. Free.
●●12:30: York University Department of
Music. Music @ Midday: Chamber Strings.
Matt Brubeck, director. Tribute Communities
Recital Hall, Accolade East Building, YU,
4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x20054. Free.
●●2:00: Northern District Public Library.
Orchardviewers. Sae Yoon Chon, piano;
Music Toronto. Room 224, 40 Orchard View
Blvd. 416-393-7610. Free.
●●7:30: Adam Sherkin. Liszt: Pilgrimage.
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage Book I S160; Im
Rhein, im schönen Strome S272; Die Loreley
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