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Volume 23 Issue 7 - April 2018

In this issue: we talk with jazz pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo about growing up in Toronto, building a musical career, and being adaptive to change; pianist Eve Egoyan prepares for her upcoming Luminato project and for the next stage in her long-term collaborative relationship with Spanish-German composer Maria de Alvear; jazz violinist Aline Homzy, halfway through preparing for a concert featuring standout women bandleaders, talks about social equity in the world of improvised music; and the local choral community celebrates the life and work of choral conductor Elmer Iseler, 20 years after his passing.

In this issue: we talk with jazz pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo about growing up in Toronto, building a musical career, and being adaptive to change; pianist Eve Egoyan prepares for her upcoming Luminato project and for the next stage in her long-term collaborative relationship with Spanish-German composer Maria de Alvear; jazz violinist Aline Homzy, halfway through preparing for a concert featuring standout women bandleaders, talks about social equity in the world of improvised music; and the local choral community celebrates the life and work of choral conductor Elmer Iseler, 20 years after his passing.

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S273; Sherkin: Three New Songs “Offers<br />

More Than Earthly Meat and Drink”; Sonata<br />

No.2 “Cŵn Anwnn”; Sonata No.3 “Elfin Land”;<br />

Sunbent (2015). Adanya Dunn, soprano; Adam<br />

Sherkin, piano. Glenn Gould Studio, lobby,<br />

250 Front St. W. 416-535-4612. $46; $42(sr);<br />

$35(35 and under).<br />

●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />

Music. Wind Ensemble: Loss and Reflection.<br />

George: Firefly; Bryant: Nothing Gold Can<br />

Stay; Morawetz: Memorial to Martin Luther<br />

King; Blackshaw: Soulström; Maslanka: Traveler.<br />

Shauna Rolston, cello; Gillian Mackay,<br />

conductor. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson<br />

Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208.<br />

$30; $20(sr); $10(st).<br />

●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />

Music. Guitar Orchestra. Jeffrey McFadden,<br />

director. Victoria College Chapel, 91 Charles<br />

St. W. 416-978-0491. Free.<br />

●●8:00: Canadian Stage/Tapestry Opera.<br />

The Overcoat: A Musical Tailoring. See Apr 1.<br />

Also Apr 6(7pm), 7, 13(7pm), 14.<br />

BACH B-MINOR MASS<br />

APR 5–8, <strong>2018</strong><br />

JEANNE LAMON HALL,<br />

TRINITY-ST. PAUL’S CENTRE<br />

tafelmusik.org<br />

●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Bach B Minor Mass.<br />

Dorothee Mields, soprano; Laura Pudwell,<br />

mezzo-soprano; Charles Daniels, tenor;<br />

Tyler Duncan, baritone; Tafelmusik Baroque<br />

Orchestra and Chamber Choir; Ivars Taurins,<br />

director. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne<br />

Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337.<br />

$24-$109. 7pm: pre-concert chat.<br />

TS<br />

Toronto<br />

Symphony<br />

Orchestra<br />

Sibelius<br />

Symphony 5<br />

<strong>April</strong> 5, 7 & 8<br />

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor<br />

Ray Chen, violin<br />

TSO.CA<br />

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR<br />

●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Sibelius<br />

Symphony 5. Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusina<br />

Overture; Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1;<br />

Stenhammar: Intermezzo from Sången;<br />

Sibelius: Symphony No.5. Ray Chen, violin;<br />

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. Roy Thomson<br />

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $34.75–<br />

$148.00. 6:45pm Free pre-concert performance<br />

by The TSO Chamber Soloists.<br />

Also Apr 7(7:30pm); 8(3pm George Weston<br />

Recital Hall).<br />

Friday <strong>April</strong> 6<br />

●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime<br />

Recital. Works by Mozart and Rachmaninoff.<br />

Emily Chiang and Young-Ah Bang, piano<br />

4-hands. St. Andrew’s Church (Toronto),<br />

73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x<strong>23</strong>1. Free.<br />

●●7:00: Canadian Stage/Tapestry Opera. The<br />

Overcoat: A Musical Tailoring. See Apr 1. Also<br />

Apr 7, 13(7pm), 14.<br />

We Sing<br />

and Play!<br />

Friday, <strong>April</strong> 6, 8pm<br />

With special guests<br />

The Toronto Winds<br />

Dylan Maddix, Artistic Director<br />

Music by Rutter,<br />

Chatman, and Matthew<br />

Emery<br />

383 Huron Street, Toronto<br />

416-971-9229 www.exultate.net<br />

an Ontario government agency<br />

un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario<br />

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

Music. York University Gospel Choir. Karen<br />

Burke, conductor. Sandra Faire and Ivan<br />

Fecan Theatre, Accolade East Building,<br />

4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $15; $10(sr/st).<br />

Also Apr 7.<br />

●●8:00: Exultate Chamber Singers. We Sing<br />

and Play! Guests: Toronto Winds; Hilary Apfelstadt,<br />

conductor. St. Thomas’s Anglican<br />

Church (Toronto), 383 Huron St. 416-971-<br />

9229. $25; $20(sr); $10(st).<br />

●●8:00: Gallery 345. Le Trace de Satyr. An<br />

evening of classical songs and jazz improvisation.<br />

Songs by Rameau, Fauré, Poulenc,<br />

Debussy, Satie, Messaien, Barbara, Gainsbourg<br />

and Artur H. Marilyn Lerner, piano;<br />

Patricia O’Callaghan, vocals; Andrew Downing,<br />

bass. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.<br />

$25; $10(st). Cash only.<br />

●●8:00: Music Gallery. Emergents III: The<br />

Music of Ken Aldcroft. Karen Ng, saxophone;<br />

and others. Music Gallery at 918 Bathurst,<br />

918 Bathurst St. 416-204-1080. $12;<br />

$8(members).<br />

●●8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.<br />

Bernstein @ 100. Featuring Jamie Bernstein,<br />

Wallis Giunta, Sebastian Knauer, and<br />

ARC Ensemble. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre,<br />

273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $35-$70.<br />

●●8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. The Emperor.<br />

Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade; Beethoven: Piano<br />

Concerto No.5 “The Emperor”. Stewart Goodyear,<br />

piano; Nurhan Arman, conductor. Glenn<br />

Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-205-5000.<br />

$42; $35(sr); $15(st).<br />

●●8:00: Small World Music. kLoX. Small<br />

World Music Centre, Artscape Youngplace,<br />

180 Shaw St. 416-536-5439. $15.<br />

●●8:00: Summerhill Orchestra. Dvořák<br />

in Summerhill. Dvořák: Symphony No.7;<br />

Romance for Violin; Telemann: Concerto<br />

in D for Trumpet. Victoria Yeh, violin; Eric<br />

Adelman, trumpet; Sarah John, conductor.<br />

Church of the Messiah, 240 Avenue Rd. 647-<br />

267-0750. PWYC ($5, $10 or $20).<br />

●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Bach B Minor Mass. See<br />

Apr 5. Also Apr 7, 8(3:30pm), 10(8 pm George<br />

Weston Recital Hall)<br />

Saturday <strong>April</strong> 7<br />

●●2:00: University of Toronto Scarborough,<br />

Department of Arts, Culture and<br />

Media. Afternoon Concert: Spring Awakening.<br />

Family-friendly, famous film music. UTSC<br />

Concert Band; UTSC String Orchestra. University<br />

of Toronto Scarborough Campus,<br />

Room AC2<strong>23</strong>, 1265 Military Trail. 416-208-<br />

4769. Free.<br />

●●2:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />

Music. World Music Ensembles. Latin American<br />

Music Ensemble and Steel Pan Ensemble.<br />

Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />

of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-<br />

0208. Free.<br />

●●7:00: Opera by Request. Handel’s Orlando,<br />

In Concert. Kinga Lizon, mezzo (Orlando);<br />

Vania Chan, soprano (Angelica); Daniela<br />

Agostino, mezzo (Dorinda); Shannon Halliwell-McDonald,<br />

mezzo (Medoro); and others;<br />

William Shookhoff, music director and piano.<br />

College St. United Church, 452 College St.<br />

416-455-<strong>23</strong>65. $20.<br />

●●7:00: Singing Out. Make Your Own Kind of<br />

Music: An Evening Cabaret. 519 Community<br />

Centre, 519 Church St. 416-392-6874. $20;<br />

$15(adv). Also 9:30pm. Proceeds benefit<br />

Singing Out, a registered charity.<br />

●●7:00: University of Toronto Scarborough,<br />

Department of Arts, Culture and Media.<br />

Evening Concert: Spring Awakening. Haydn:<br />

Lord Nelson Mass; Vaughan Williams: Songs<br />

of Travel. University of Toronto Scarborough<br />

Concert Choir. University of Toronto Scarborough<br />

Campus, 1265 Military Trail. 416-208-<br />

4769. Free. Meeting Place, Science Wing.<br />

●●7:30: Castle Frank House of Melody. Ga-Ga<br />

for Gounod. Songs, duets and arias by Gounod<br />

and his contemporaries. Lorna Young,<br />

Tricia Haldane, Cara Adams, sopranos; Martha<br />

Spence, mezzo; Michael Fitzgerald, baritone.<br />

St. Andrew’s United Church (Bloor St.),<br />

117 Bloor St E. 416-966-2685. $25/20(adv).<br />

6:45: showing of mixed media art by Lorette<br />

C. Luzajic.<br />

●●7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Joyous<br />

Music from Haydn to Poulenc. Haydn: Te<br />

Deum; Schubert: Mass in F “German Mass”;<br />

Brahms: Vier Quartette Op.92; Poulenc:<br />

Gloria. Caroline Corkum, soprano; Henry<br />

Renglich, conductor; Carl Steinhauser, piano<br />

and organ. Humber Valley United Church,<br />

76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke. 416-779-2258.<br />

$25. 6pm: Spring Marketplace.<br />

●●7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Discovery<br />

Series: Glenn Gould School Piano Showcase.<br />

Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Telus Centre,<br />

273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $15.<br />

●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Sibelius<br />

Symphony 5. Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusina<br />

Overture; Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1;<br />

Sibelius: Symphony No.5. Ray Chen, violin; Sir<br />

Andrew Davis, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,<br />

60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $34.75–$148.00.<br />

Also Apr 5(8pm); 8(3pm George Weston<br />

Recital Hall).<br />

●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />

Music. UofT Symphony Orchestra. Freedman:<br />

Suite from Oiseaux Exotiques; Vaughan Williams:<br />

The Lark Ascending; Stravinsky: Suite<br />

from The Firebird (1919 version). Uri Mayer,<br />

conductor. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson<br />

Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208.<br />

$30; $20(sr); $10(st). Pre-performance chat.<br />

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

Music. York University Gospel Choir. Karen<br />

Burke, conductor. Sandra Faire and Ivan<br />

Fecan Theatre, Accolade East Building,<br />

4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $15; $10(sr/st).<br />

Also Apr 6.<br />

●●8:00: Acoustic Harvest. The Oh Chays.<br />

Folk/Soul/Blues duo. Kelly Authier, vocals;<br />

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