Volume 23 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2018

A. Concerts in the GTA
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 59.
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 64.
D.
IN THE CLUBS (MOSTLY JAZZ)
is organized alphabetically by club.
Starts on page 66.
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 67.
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
September 1 to October 7, 2018. All listings must be received by
11:59pm, Wednesday August 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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City of Toronto
LISTINGS
Friday June 1
Lake Ontario
●●12:00 noon: Jewish Music Week in
Toronto/Zoomer Media/Canada-Israel Culture
Foundation. Classical Jazzed-Up! Live
from Zoomer Hall: Berkovsky-Mirzoev-Sarid
Trio. Works by Israeli composers. Lyric Theatre,
Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge
St. 416-638-4492. Free with ticket (www.jewishmusicweek.com).
On-air live radio performance
for The New Classical 96.3 FM.
●●2:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Sicilian
Jewish Jazz Project. Works highlighting
the 15th century contribution of Jews
to Sicilian culture and music prior to 1492.
Michael Occhipinti. Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues
Bar, 194 Queen St. W. 416-638-4492. Free.
Refreshments available for purchase.
●●7:30: Gallery 345. A la vie, à l’amor. An
evening of French and Spanish sounds, celebrating
life and love. Works by Bizet, Délibes,
Granados and others. Melanie Taverna, soprano;
Alvaro Vasquez Robles, tenor; Angela
Maria Sanchez, soprano; Jennifer Tung,
piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. By
donation.
●●7:30: Inglorious B Productions. Inglorious
Women: Toronto. St. Andrew’s Church
(Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 647-637-7491.
$20/$15(adv). All proceeds in support of Barbra
Schlifer Commemorative Clinic.
●●7:30: Italian Canadian Heritage Foundation.
Omaggio a Puccini. Puccini: selection of
arias from his operas. Jonelle Sills, soprano;
Christopher Dall, tenor; Coro San Marco;
Rolando Nicolosi, conductor. St. Peter’s
Church (Woodbridge), 100 Bainbridge Ave,
Woodbridge. 905-850-2269. $10 or PWYC.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. Created by Robert Lepage and
Guillaume Côté, based on work of Norman
McLaren. Four Seasons Centre for
the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-
345-9595. $39-$265. Opens Jun 1, 7:30pm.
Runs to Jun 10. Thurs/Sat/Sun(2pm),
Tues-Sat(7:30pm).
●●8:00: Caliban Arts/Remix Lounge. Michael
Arthurs Quintet. Michael Arthurs Quintet;
Kamil Andre, vocalist. Remix Lounge,
1305 Dundas St. W. 647-722-4635. $30;
$20(adv).
●●8:00: Lawrence Park Community Church.
Fridays @ 8. Rutter: Gloria; hymn arrangements.
North York Temple Band (Glenn Barlow,
conductor); Choir of Lawrence Park
Community Church (Mark Toews, conductor).
2180 Bayview Ave. 416-489-1551 x28. $20.
●●8:00: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.
SING! Celebrates Gospel. Resound; University
of Toronto Gospel Choir; The Chitans.
Little Trinity Church, 425 King St. E. 416-783-
6103. Free.
●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld
2018. Rojitas and Yani Borrell. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Saturday June 2
●●9:45am: SING! The Toronto Vocal
Arts Festival. Ruach Singers at Shabbat
Beth Sholom. Beth Sholom Synagogue,
1445 Eglinton Ave. W. 416-783-6103. Free. Saturday
morning religious service.
●●2:00: Festival Wind Orchestra. Bernstein’s
Birthday Bash! Bernstein: Slava!; Candide
Suite; A Simple Song (from Mass); Gilliland:
Fantasia on Themes from West Side Story;
Bass: Casey At The Bat (featuring Dan Riskin,
narrator). Keith Reid, conductor. North
Toronto Collegiate Institute, 17 Broadway Ave.
festivalwindorchestra.com/tickets/. $20;
$15(sr/st); free(under 13).
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 2(7:30pm);
3(2pm); 5(7:30pm); 6(7:30pm); 7(2pm);
7(7:30pm); 8(7:30pm); 9(2pm); 9(7:30pm);
10(2pm).
●●2:00: Oliver Peart. Piano Recital. Oliver
Peart, piano. St. Barnabas Anglican Church,
361 Danforth Ave. 416-463-1344. $20; $10(sr/
st).
●●6:00: Villa Charities. Ermanno Mauro
Masterclass Series Gala. Puccini: Act 3 from
La bohème; and other works. Nicole Bellamy,
piano/music director. Joseph D. Carrier Art
Gallery, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. 416-789-7011
x248. $130. Includes gourmet dinner. A portion
of proceeds support Villa Colombo.
●●6:30: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto.
Ambe...Welcome! Featuring VIVA!’s six choirs
for singers from the age of 4 to adults. Trinity-St.
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-788-
8482. $2​5; $​20​(sr/st).
●●7:30: Elmer Iseler Singers. In Concert.
Lydia Adams, conductor. St. Paul’s United
Church (Brampton), 30 Main St. S., Brampton.
905-451-1405. $30.
●●7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Oh Canada!
Celebrating diverse repertoire by Canadian
composers and arrangers. Glick: Sing
unto the Lord; Hatfield: selected songs; Halley:
selected songs; Chatman: Songs of a
Prospector. Angela Schwarzkopf, harp;
Carl Steinhauser, piano; Henry Renglich,
conductor. Humber Valley United Church,
76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke. 416-779-2258.
$25.
●●7:30: Jubilate Singers. Choral Bridges.
McLaughlin: Across the Bridge of Hope;
Bridges: My Spirit Sang All Day; Simon (arr.
Shaw): Bridge over Troubled Water; Traditional
(arr. Nees): Sur le pont d’Avignon; and
works by Finzi and others. St. Simon-the-
Apostle Anglican Church, 525 Bloor St. E. 416-
485-1988. $25; $20(sr); $20(st); free(under
13).
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 3(2pm);
5(7:30pm); 6(7:30pm); 7(2pm); 7(7:30pm);
8(7:30pm); 9(2pm); 9(7:30pm); 10(2pm).
●●7:30: Opera by Request. Don Giovanni.
Mozart. Carrie Gray, soprano (Donna Anna);
Reese de Rege, soprano (Zerlina); Laura
Schatz, soprano (Donna Elvira); Jay Lambie,
tenor (Don Ottavio); and others; Kate Carver,
piano and conductor. College Street United
Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20.
●●7:30: Resonance (part of Mississauga
Festival Choir family). Resonance in Performance.
First United Church (Port Credit),
151 Lakeshore Rd W., Mississauga. 416-986-
5537. $30; $25(sr/st); $15(child).
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Water
Music. Handel: Alla Hornpipe from Water
Music Suite No.2; J. Strauss II: Blue Danube
Waltz; Schubert: Die Forelle (The Trout)
for Soprano and Orchestra; Dvořák: Song
to the Moon from Rusalka; Britten: Four Sea
Interludes from Peter Grimes; and other
works. Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano; Christoph
Altstaedt, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $30.75–$107.00.
Also Jun 3(3pm).
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