Volume 23 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2018

Friends - A Tribute to Yorkville in the Sixties.
C; 9pm: Toronto Poetry Slam. PT.
●●Jun 24 8:30pm: The Bad Plus. T.
●●Jun 25 7pm: Lake Street Dive. DMH.; 8pm:
Alison Kraus. S.; 8pm: Gregory Porter. E.;
8pm: Blues Revue featuring Bettye LaVette.
K.; 9pm: ART the Band. PT.
●●Jun 26 7pm: Snarky Puppy. DMH.; 8pm:
Savion Glover featuring Marcus Gilmore. K.;
8:30pm: Elise LeGrow. T.; 10pm: KNOWER
(Anomalie opening). HT.
●●Jun 27 7pm: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones.
DMH; 8:30pm: Cécile McLorin Salvant. T.;
9pm: Weaves. PX.
●●Jun 28 8:30pm: Holly Cole. T.
●●Jun 29 7:30pm: Heather Bambrick &
Friends with Russ Little Quartet feat. Melissa
Stylianou. HS. Also Jun 30; 8pm: Herbie
Hancock. S.
Toronto Summer Music
July 12 to August 4
Toronto, ON
647-430-5699
www.torontosummermusic.com
BW - The Bentway, 250 Fort York Blvd.
CR - Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W.
KH - Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor
St. W.
LL - Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W.
WH - Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building,
University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park.
●●Jul 12 7:30: Opening Night Concert: Borodin
Quartet. KH.
●●Jul 13 7:30: Mother Russia. Lukas Geniušas,
piano; Borodin Quartet. WH.
●●Jul 14 1:00: reGENERATION. Singers, pianists
and chamber musicians from the Toronto
Summer Music Academy’s Art of Song program
and Chamber Music Institute. Also
4pm. WH.; 7:30: Chamber Music reGENER-
ATION. Toronto Summer Music Fellows and
Academy mentors. WH.
●●Jul 16 7:30: Tears of Exile. Studio de
musique ancienne de Montréal; Andrew
McAnerney, conductor. WH.
●●Jul 17 7:30: Prégardien and Drake in Recital.
Christoph Prégardien, tenor; Julius Drake,
piano. WH.
●●Jul 18 11:00am: Classical Kids Concerts
Series: Kinan Azmeh City Band. Presented
in English and Arabic for ages 4-10. Kinan
Azmeh, clarinet. WH.; 7:30: Kinan Azmeh City
Band. Kinan Azmeh, clarinet. WH.
●●Jul 19 7:30: L’Histoire du Soldat. TSO Chamber
Soloists; Derek Boyer, narrator; Jennifer
Nichols, dancer/choreographer; Alaina Viau,
director and designer; Jonathan Crow, violin
and leader. KH.; 10:30: TSM Late Night
Encore. Jonathan Crow, violin; Julie Albers,
cello; Miles Jaques, clarinet; Natasha Paremski,
piano. WH.
●●Jul 20 7:30: The Trout. Christoph Prégardien,
tenor; Steven Philcox, piano; Scott
St. John, violin; Yehonatan Berick, viola; Julie
Albers, cello; and others. WH.
●●Jul 21 1:00: reGENERATION. Singers, pianists
and chamber musicians from the Toronto
Summer Music Academy’s Art of Song program
and Chamber Music Institute. Also
4pm. WH.; 7:30: Chamber Music reGENER-
ATION. Toronto Summer Music Fellows and
Academy mentors. WH.
●●Jul 23 7:30: Sounding Thunder. Text by
Armand Garnet Ruffo. James Campbell, clarinet;
Musicians from Festival of the Sound.
WH.
●●Jul 24 7:30: Different Trains. New Orford
String Quartet. LL.
●●Jul 25 11:00am: Classical Kids Concerts
Series: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. For ages 4-10.
TSM Festival Orchestra; Jonathan Crow, violin;
Joanna Kellam, host. WH.; 7:30: Vivaldi’s
Four Seasons. TSM Academy Fellows; Jonathan
Crow, violin. Post-concert reception. CR.
●●Jul 26 7:30: O Happy Day. Gospel favourites.
Ben Heppner, tenor; Toronto Mass Choir. KH.
●●Jul 27 7:30: New Orford String Quartet.
New Orford String Quartet; Pedja Muzijevic,
piano. WH.
●●Jul 28 4:00: Chamber Music reGENERA-
TION. Toronto Summer Music Fellows and
Academy mentors. Also 7:30pm. WH.
●●Jul 29 2:00: TSM Community Day: Reflections
of Wartime. Canadian National Brass
Project. Includes Musical Petting Zoo. BW.;
7:30: TSM Community Day: National Youth
Orchestra of Canada - Migrations. KH.
●●Jul 30 7:30: A Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin.
Jonathan Crow, violin; Philip Chiu, piano. WH.
●●Jul 31 7:30: Angela Cheng. Angela Cheng,
piano; Alvin Chow, piano. WH.
●●Aug 01 11:00am: Classical Kids Concerts
Series: Music from Wartime. For ages 4-10.
Eric Nowlin, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello;
Philip Chiu, piano; Alexander Kerr, violin.
WH.; 7:30: War in the 20th Century. Aaron
Schwebel, violin; Alexander Kerr, violin; Barry
Shiffman, violin; Stephen Dann, viola; Ani
Aznavoorian, cello; and others. WH.
●●Aug 02 7:30: A Big Band Celebration. Ranee
Lee, vocals; Gordon Foote, music director. KH.
●●Aug 03 7:30: Brahms Sextet. Aaron
Schwebel, violin; Alexander Kerr, violin; Barry
Shiffman, violin; Eric Nowlin, viola; Stephen
Dann, viola; and others. WH.
●●Aug 04 7:30: TSM Finale. Performances by
TSM Artists, Academy Fellows, and Community
Academy participants. WH.
Westben Concerts at The Barn
June 9 to August 5
Campbellford, ON
877-883-5777
www.westben.ca
B - The Barn, 6688 County Road 30,
Campbellford.
C - Clock Tower Cultural Centre, 36 Front St.
S., Campbellford.
●●Jun 09 2:00: Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat. Music by Andrew Lloyd
Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice. Adam Fisher
(Joseph); Kimberly Dafoe, narrator; Caroline
Smith & Brian Finley, co-directors; Brian Finley,
music director; Westben Youth, Teen and
Festival Choruses. Also Jun 10(2pm); 15(7pm);
16(2pm); 17(2pm). B.
●●Jul 06 7:00: Schumann Liederabend. Sung
in German, with English translations. Wallis
Giunta, mezzo; Alexander Dobson, baritone;
Brian Finley, piano. 6pm: pre-concert
chat on Schumann’s Lieder. Concert repeats
at 9pm. B.
●●Jul 07 2:00: Don Giovanni in Concert. Joel
Allison (Leporello); Leanne Kaufman (Donna
Anna); Alexander Dobson (Don Giovanni);
Matthew Li (Masetto/Commendatore); Colin
Ainsworth (Don Ottavio); Teiya Kasahara
(Donna Elvira); Vania Chan (Zerlina); Andrea
Grant, music director & pianist. 1pm: preconcert
chat. B.
●●Jul 08 2:00: Chopin Celebration - Robert
Silverman. Robert Silverman, piano. 1pm:
pre-concert chat. B.
●●Jul 12 7:00: New Now: Performer-Composer
Showcase Concert. 1pm: pre-concert
chat. B.
●●Jul 14 2:00: Vancouver Chamber Choir.
1pm: pre-concert chat. B.
●●Jul 15 2:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band
Tentet. B.
●●Jul 18 2:00: Broadway at the Barn: Crazy
for Gershwin. Caitlin Wood, soprano; Marjori
Maltais, mezzo; Adam Fisher, tenor; Clarence
Frazer, baritone; Brian Finley, piano. Also
Jul 19, 25, 26. B.
●●Jul 20 7:00: British Invasion. Celebration of
the British Invasion & The American Revolution.
Andy Forgie and Big Black Smoke. B.
●●Jul 21 2:00: Taste of Scotland. Scotch tasting,
a good meal, the sound of the pipes, and a
concert featuring Scottish tunes. Donna Bennett,
soprano; Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Brian
Finley, piano; Port Hope & District Pipe Band;
Jamie York, pipe major. B.
●●Jul 22 2:00: John McDermott. John
McDermott, tenor; Jason Fowler, guitars;
Mark Lama, keyboards, melodia, accordion.
B.
●●Jul 25 2:00: Broadway at the Barn: see
Jul 18. B.
●●Jul 27 7:00: Sarah Harmer. B.
●●Jul 28 2:00: Marc-André Hamelin with The
Danel String Quartet. Marc-André Hamelin,
piano; Marc Danel, violin; Gilles Millet, violin;
Vlad Bogdanas, viola; Yovan Markovitch, cello.
1:15pm: Pre-concert chat. B.
●●Jul 29 2:00: The StepCrew. Cara Butler,
step-dancer; Jon Pilatzke, step-dancer;
Nathan Pilatzke, step-dancer; Christine Carr,
tap dancer; Alyth McCormack, vocals; and
others. B.
●●Aug 02 7:00: New Now: A Little Off the
Sides. New sounds coming from the sidestreets
of Montreal. Alexia Avina, singer/
songwriter; and others. C.
●●Aug 03 7:00: Turbo Street Funk. Casey Van;
vocals, guitar & harmonica; Juan Manuel
Arce, alto sax; Joel Eric Szabo; horn; Camilo
Gallon, drums; Ian Feenstra, sousaphone. B.
●●Aug 04 2:00: Michael Kaeshammer, Piano.
B.
●●Aug 05 2:00: Montreal Jubilation Gospel
Choir: Celebrate! B.
L’HISTOIRE
DU SOLDAT
July 19 at Koerner Hall
KINAN AZMEH
CITYBAND
July 18 at Walter Hall
BEN
HEPPNER
O HAPPY DAY
July 26 at Koerner Hall
A BIG BAND
CELEBRATION
with RANEE LEE
August 2 at Koerner Hall
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