Volume 23 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2018

●●Jun 14 6:30 Regeneration Community Services.
Annual Big Band Benefit. Please join us
for an evening of fun and entertainment featuring
the Toronto All-Star Big Band. Revive
the spirit of the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Silent auction
to follow. In support of Regeneration
Community Services. For dinner reservations
and to guarantee seating, contact Lula
Lounge at 416-588-0307 or www.lula.ca. Lula
Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. $35.
●●Jun 17 3-5pm: Upper Canada Choristers.
Strawberry Social Fundraiser. Featuring the
popular songs of George Gershwin and Cole
Porter, with staged performances of some
of their best-loved numbers. Special guests:
Cantemos. Parish Hall of Grace Church onthe-Hill,
300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-256-0510. For
more information visit uppercanadachoristers.org.
$40
●●Jun 24 1pm: Westben. Garden Gala. At
a garden near Castleton. Barbra Lica Trio;
Howard Baer & Michael Monis. 705-653-
5508. $125 per person; $895 for a table of 8.
●●Jul 18 7pm: Elora Festival. 39th Anniversary
Fundraiser Dinner. Come celebrate our
39th anniversary in style! Dine with us in the
newly inaugurated Wellington Room of the
Elora Mill. What better way to toast the past
and build the future than an intimate evening
of fine dining and comic opera antics with
Millan & Faye in this world-class venue. Cocktails
at 5:30pm and dinner at 7pm. Elora Mill
Hotel & Spa, 77 Mill St. W., Elora. 519-846-
0331 or 1-888-747-7550. $225 per person
($150 tax receipt).
E. The ETCeteras
Lectures, Salons and Symposia
●●June, July, and Aug 7pm Classical Music
Club Toronto. During June, July and August,
the club will meet on one Saturday evening a
month. Individual programs and dates were
not available at the time of printing and will
be finalized in the coming weeks. For further
information, visit theclassicalmusicclubtoronto.org
or call John Sharpe at 416-898-
2549. Annual membership: $25(regular);
$10(sr/st). Free for first-time visitors. Donations
accepted for refreshments.
●●Jun 01 10am: Jewish Music Week. The Record
Men. Alan Edelstein introduces the Jewish
businessmen who played prominent roles
creating early rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’
roll. Featuring three of the most important –
The Chess Brothers of Chess Records in Chicago,
Art Rupe of Specialty Records in Los
Angeles, and Syd Nathan of King/Federal in
Cincinnati. Jazz FM91 Studioo, 4 Pardee Ave,
Suite 100, Liberty Village (south of King). 416-
638-4492. Free (ticket required).
●●Jun 03 2pm: Toronto Opera Club. Is The
Internet Destroying Opera? Guest speaker:
Robert Harris. Room 330, Faculty of Music,
Edward Johnson Building. 80 Queen’s Park
Cr. W. 416-914-3940. $10.
●●Jun 12 7pm: The Toronto Chapter of the
Duke Ellington Society. Montgomery’s Inn,
corner of Dundas St. W. and Islington Ave.
Anyone interested in Ellington’s music and his
contributions to the art of jazz is welcome.
Information at torontodukeellingtonsociety.
com or 416-239-2683. Membership fee is $35
per person or $50 per couple, with one free
initial visit.
●●Jun 30 2pm: Westben. Tafelmusik Baroque
Orchestra: Bach and His World. Who
are the baroque craftsmen who helped J.S.
Bach realize his genius? Who carved the violins?
Who hand-pulled brass harpsichord
strings, and who tapped pine trees for the
resin that would set gut strings into vibration?
Explore the wonderful world of Bach
and his times through the master’s music,
narration and video projections with Canada’s
premiere Baroque Orchestra and narrator
Blair Williams (Shaw Festival). Featuring
the works by Bach, including Sinfonias from
BWV 249a, the Third Brandenburg Concerto
& excerpts from the Goldberg Variations. The
Barn, 6698 County Road 30 North, Campbellford.
705-653-5508. $75(adult); $74(adult
wing); $73(sr); $72(sr wing); $15(st & under
30); $5(under 19).
●●Jul 14 10:30pm: Westben. Nocturne Under
the Stars. An exploration of the Chopin Nocturnes
with Westben’s Artistic Director, Brian
Finley, and author Helen Humphreys reading
from her memoir, Nocturne. The Barn,
6698 County Road 30 North, Campbellford.
705-653-5508. $44(adult); $43(adult wing);
$42(sr); $41(sr wing); $15(st & under 30);
$5(under 19).
●●Jul 18 10am: Stratford Summer Music.
Robert Harris Illustrated Musical Lecture
Series: Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. Tchaikovsky’s
work is both loved and hated. It is
his most famous piece, and his most reviled.
Robert Harris will examine both composer
and work to discover that juswt about everything
we think about him is wrong. University
of Waterloo Stratford Campus, 125 St. Patrick
St., Straford. 519-271-2101. $25.
●●Jul 30 1pm: Ottawa Chamberfest. What
Makes It Great?: Beethoven’s Archduke Trio.
Composer and educator Rob Kapilow sheds
light on the inner workings of one of Beethoven’s
most eloquent and compassionate
chamber works. National Gallery of Ottawa,
380 Sussex Dr., Ottawa. 613-234-8000. $25.
●●Jul 30 2pm: Stratford Summer Music
Community Percussion Workshop. DIY
Recording for Percussion: Lecture by Ray
Dillard. Intended for college-level percussionists,
this intense but rewarding week of
rehearsals, discussions, master classes, creation,
and performance is under the direction
of the TorQ Percussion Quartet (Richard
Burrows, Adam Campbell, James Drake, and
Daniel Morphy). Avondale United Church,
194 Avondale Ave., Stratford. 519-271-2101.
PWYC.
●●Jul 31 2:45pm. Ottawa Chamberfest.
Chamber Chats: The Story of Francis Pegahmagabow.
Learn the story behind the multiamedia
performance of Sounding Thunder:
The Songs of Francis Pegahmagabow. Dominion-Chalmers
United Church, 355 Cooper St.,
Ottawa. 613-234-8000. Free.
●●Aug 1 10am: Stratford Summer Music.
Canadian Percussion Music: An Illustrated
Lecture. Presented by TorQ Percussion Quartet
(Richard Burrows, Adam Campbell, James
Drake, and Daniel Morphy). Avondale United
Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford. 519-
271-2101. PWYC.
●●Aug 8 10am: Stratford Summer Music.
Robert Harris Illustrated Musical Lecture
Series: Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. Bach’s
masterpiece is the foundation on which
It’s our 50 th Anniversary —
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