Volume 24 Issue 1 - September 2018
In this issue: The WholeNote's 7th Annual TIFF TIPS guide to festival films with musical clout; soprano Erin Wall in conversation with Art of Song columnist Lydia Perovic, about more than the art of song; a summer's worth of recordings reviewed; Toronto Chamber Choir at 50 (is a few close friends all it takes?); and much more, as the 2018/19 season gets under way.
In this issue: The WholeNote's 7th Annual TIFF TIPS guide to festival films with musical clout; soprano Erin Wall in conversation with Art of Song columnist Lydia Perovic, about more than the art of song; a summer's worth of recordings reviewed; Toronto Chamber Choir at 50 (is a few close friends all it takes?); and much more, as the 2018/19 season gets under way.
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Saturday <strong>September</strong> 1<br />
●●7:00: New Adventures in Sound Art<br />
(NAISA). Reflections of a Drummer. Richard<br />
C. Windeyer: Rehearsing Silence; Hulaboom;<br />
In Silent Time; Richard C. Windeyer & Cameron<br />
McKittrick: Ecstatic figures, persistent<br />
ground. Richard Windeyer, drum kit and<br />
electroacoustics; Cam McKittrick, theremin<br />
controller. NAISA North Media Arts Centre,<br />
106 Ottawa Ave., South River. 705-386-<br />
0880. $10.<br />
●●10:00: Rail’s End Gallery and Arts Centre.<br />
Haliburton Drumfest <strong>2018</strong>. World music, steel<br />
pan music, mbira, rock, drum circles. Nhapitapi;<br />
Northern Lights Steel Pan Orchestra;<br />
Oregano Percussion; Wescali; and Haliburton<br />
Drum Troupe. Head Lake Rotary Park, 13 York<br />
St., Haliburton. 705-457-2330. Free.<br />
Wednesday <strong>September</strong> 5<br />
●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.<br />
Bedford Piano Trio. Alessia Disimino, violin;<br />
Andrew Ascenzo, cello; Jialiang Zhu, piano.<br />
Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N.,<br />
Barrie. 705-726-1181. $10; free(st).<br />
Friday <strong>September</strong> 7<br />
●●7:30: Prince Edward County Chamber<br />
Music Festival. New Orford String Quartet.<br />
Mozart: String Quartet No.19 in C K465 “Dissonance”;<br />
and other works. St. Mary Magdalene<br />
Anglican Church, 335 Main St., Picton.<br />
613-478-8416. $35.<br />
Saturday <strong>September</strong> 8<br />
●●7:30: Prince Edward County Chamber<br />
Music Festival. Choir of Studio de musique<br />
ancienne de Montréal. Tallis: Lamentations<br />
of Jeremiah; and other works. St. Mary Magdalene<br />
Anglican Church, 335 Main St., Picton.<br />
613-478-8416. $35.<br />
Sunday <strong>September</strong> 9<br />
●●2:00: Prince Edward County Chamber<br />
Music Festival. Piano Recital: André<br />
Laplante. Mozart: Piano Sonata No.4 in E-flat<br />
K282; and other works. St. Mary Magdalene<br />
Anglican Church, 335 Main St., Picton. 613-<br />
478-8416. $35.<br />
Wednesday <strong>September</strong> 12<br />
B. Concerts Beyond the GTA<br />
IN THIS ISSUE: Barrie, Belleville, Gravenhurst, Guelph,<br />
Haliburton, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, Leith, London,<br />
Owen Sound, Picton, South River, St. Catharines, Waterloo.<br />
●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. Benjamin Smith,<br />
Piano. Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy; Brahms:<br />
Sonata in f. Bethel Community Church, 128 St.<br />
Vincent Street, Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. Sung Ra. Rakestar<br />
Arkestra; Rainbow Chorus of Waterloo-Wellington;<br />
Christine Duncan, director.<br />
Guelph Little Theate, 176 Morris St., Guelph.<br />
877-520-<strong>24</strong>08. $15; $10(sr/st/under-waged).<br />
Thursday <strong>September</strong> 13<br />
●●12:00 noon: Guelph Jazz Festival/College<br />
of Arts. In Concert. Agustí Fernández,<br />
piano. MacKinnon Bldg. Rm. 107 (Goldschmidt<br />
Room), University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd. E.,<br />
Guelph. 519-763-4952. Free.<br />
●●8:00 Don Wright Faculty of Music. Guest<br />
Artist Recital. Jean-Guy Boisvert, clarinet;<br />
Philippe Prud’homme, piano. Von Kuster<br />
Hall, Music Building, Western University,<br />
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767.<br />
Free.<br />
●●8:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. Double Bill:<br />
Nick Fraser Quartet with Tony Malaby and<br />
Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones. Nick Fraser<br />
Quartet; Tony Malaby, saxophone; Elder<br />
Ones. Co-operators Hall, River Run Centre,<br />
35 Woolwich St., Guelph. 877-520-<strong>24</strong>08. $25;<br />
$20(sr/st/under-waged).<br />
Friday <strong>September</strong> 14<br />
●●12:00 noon: Guelph Jazz Festival/Central<br />
Student Association. Thanya Iyer. Thanya<br />
Iyer, vocals; Alex Kisirer-Smibert, bass/electronics;<br />
Daniel Gélinas, drums and more.<br />
Branion Plaza, University of Guelph, 50 Stone<br />
Rd. E., Guelph. 877-520-<strong>24</strong>08. Free.<br />
●●1:30: Guelph Jazz Festival. Double Bill: Bernard<br />
Falaise and Konk Pack. Bernard Falaise;<br />
Konk Pack: Roger Turner, drums; Tim Hodgkinson,<br />
lapsteel guitar/clarinet/electronics;<br />
Thomas Lehn, analogue synth. Silence,<br />
46 Essex St., Guelph. 519-763-4952. Free.<br />
●●5:30: Guelph Jazz Festival. Amirtha<br />
Kidambi & Darius Jones. Amirtha Kidambi,<br />
vocals; Darius Jones, saxophone. Silence,<br />
46 Essex St., Guelph. 519-763-4952. Free.<br />
●●7:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. Friday Night<br />
Street Music Party. Heavyweights Brass<br />
Band; Samba Squad; Surefire Street Band;<br />
The Shuffle Demons. Market Square,<br />
1 Carden St., Guelph. 519-763-4952. Free.<br />
Until 12:00am.<br />
●●7:30: Prince Edward County Chamber<br />
Music Festival. An Evening of Song. Mozart:<br />
An Chloe K5<strong>24</strong>; Ridente la calma K152; Dans<br />
un bois solitaire K308; and other works. Erin<br />
Wall, soprano. St. Mary Magdalene Anglican<br />
Church, 335 Main St., Picton. 613-478-<br />
8416. $35.<br />
●●8:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. Double Bill:<br />
Agustí Fernández & Yves Charuest and Steve<br />
Swell’s Soul Travelers. Co-operators Hall,<br />
River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St., Guelph.<br />
877-520-<strong>24</strong>08. $30; $25(sr/st/under-waged).<br />
Saturday <strong>September</strong> 15<br />
●●10:30am: Guelph Jazz Festival. In Concert.<br />
William Parker, bass and other instruments.<br />
Royal City Church, 50 Quebec St., Guelph.<br />
877-520-<strong>24</strong>08. $20; $15(sr/st/under-waged).<br />
●●1:30: Guelph Jazz Festival. In Concert.<br />
KidsAbility Youth Ensemble; Cheldon Paterson,<br />
turntable. Market Square, 1 Carden St.,<br />
Guelph. 519-763-4952. Free.<br />
●●2:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. In Concert.<br />
Marielle Groven, piano/violin; Aaron Lumley,<br />
double bass; Jasper Stadhouders, guitar;<br />
This Is It!: Satoko Fujii, piano; Natsuki Tamura,<br />
trumpet; Takashi Itani, drums. Co-operators<br />
Hall, River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich<br />
St., Guelph. 877-520-<strong>24</strong>08. $25; $20(sr/st/<br />
under-waged).<br />
●●2:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. In Concert.<br />
Guelph Youth Jazz Ensemble; Brent Rowan,<br />
director, saxophone; Joe Sorbara, percussion.<br />
Market Square, 1 Carden St., Guelph.<br />
519-763-4952. Free.<br />
●●3:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. Avaatar. Sundar<br />
Viswanathan, saxophone; Suba Sankaran,<br />
vocals; Michael Occhipinti, guitar; Justin Gray,<br />
bass/bass veena; Ravi Naimpally, tablas/percussion;<br />
Max Senitt, drums. Market Square,<br />
1 Carden St., Guelph. 519-763-4952. Free.<br />
●●3:30: Guelph Jazz Festival. In Concert.<br />
Jason Raso, bass guitar; Alexis Baro, trumpet;<br />
Brent Rowan, saxophone; Adam Bowman,<br />
drums; Tyler Wagler, guitar; Thomas<br />
Hammerton, keyboard. Market Square,<br />
1 Carden St., Guelph. 519-763-4952. Free.<br />
●●6:30: Guelph Jazz Festival. In Concert.<br />
Thanya Iyer, vocals; Alex Kasirer-Smibert,<br />
bass/electronics; Daniel Gélinas, drums. Market<br />
Square, 1 Carden St., Guelph. 519-763-<br />
4952. Free.<br />
●●7:00: Prince Edward County Chamber<br />
Music Festival. Jazz with Mark Fewer, David<br />
Braid and Joseph Phillips. St. Mary Magdalene<br />
Anglican Church, 335 Main St., Picton.<br />
613-478-8416. $35.<br />
●●7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.<br />
Gemma Conducts Brahms. Beethoven: Leonore<br />
Overture No.3; Elgar: Cello Concerto<br />
in e; Brahms: Symphony No.1. Cameron Crozman,<br />
cello; Gemma New, conductor. FirstOntario<br />
Concert Hall, 1 Summers Ln., Hamilton.<br />
905-526-7756. $10-$71.<br />
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. Isabel Quartet and Double<br />
Bass with Joel Quarrington. Dvořák: String<br />
Quartet Op.77; and works by Bach and<br />
Beethoven. 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-<br />
533-<strong>24</strong><strong>24</strong>. $20-$28; $16-$<strong>24</strong>(faculty/staff);<br />
$10-$18(st).<br />
●●8:00 Don Wright Faculty of Music. Faculty<br />
Concert : Mysterious Barricades. Von<br />
Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University,<br />
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-<br />
3767. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. Double Bill:<br />
Jean Derome’s Somebody Special: Music<br />
of Steve Lacy with Karen Young and Darius<br />
Jones’s Le bébé de Brigitte (Lost in Translation)<br />
with Emilie Lesbros. Guelph Youth Music<br />
Centre, 75 Cardigan St., Guelph. 877-520-<br />
<strong>24</strong>08. $30; $25(sr/st/under-waged).<br />
●●8:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. Surefire Sweat.<br />
Dave Chan, percussion; Larry Graves, drums/<br />
percussion; Alexander Brown, trumpet; Elena<br />
Kapeleris, saxophone; Paul MacDougall, guitar;<br />
Liam Smith, bass guitar. Market Square,<br />
1 Carden St., Guelph. 519-763-4952. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Night Kitchen Too. In Concert.<br />
Invited musicians, poets and spoken word<br />
artists. Pinnacle Playhouse, 256 Pinnacle St.,<br />
Belleville. 613-295-9115 or 613-849-1976. $10.<br />
●●9:30: Guelph Jazz Festival. James Brandon<br />
Lewis Trio. Market Square, 1 Carden St.,<br />
Guelph. 519-763-4952. Free.<br />
●●11:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. DJ Shub. Ty<br />
Smoke, dance; DJ Shub, electronics. Market<br />
Square, 1 Carden St., Guelph. 519-763-<br />
4952. Free.<br />
Sunday <strong>September</strong> 16<br />
●●2:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. Double Bill:<br />
Hübsch Martel Zoubek and Marilyn Lerner<br />
& Nicole Rampersaud: Brass Knuckle<br />
Sandwich. Guelph Youth Music Centre,<br />
75 Cardigan St., Guelph. 877-520-<strong>24</strong>08. $25;<br />
$20(sr/st/under-waged).<br />
●●2:00: Prince Edward County Chamber<br />
Music Festival. Ad Hoc Chamber Music.<br />
Haydn: Piano Trio No.3 in G HobXV/25<br />
“Gypsy”; and other works. Mark Fewer, violin;<br />
Eric Nowlin, viola; Joseph Johnson, cello;<br />
Wonny Song, piano; Benedicte Lauziere,<br />
violin. St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church,<br />
335 Main St., Picton. 613-478-8416. $35.<br />
●●8:00: Guelph Jazz Festival. In Concert. Allison<br />
Cameron, multi-instrumental/objects;<br />
Ben Grossman, percussion/electronics.<br />
Silence, 46 Essex St., Guelph. 519-763-4952.<br />
$15; $10(sr/st/under-waged).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music<br />
Society. Shoshana Telner, Piano. Ivanova:<br />
“In The Deep Heart’s Core” (Canadian Premiere);<br />
Liszt: Piano Sonata in b; Shostakovich:<br />
<strong>24</strong> Preludes Op.34. KWCMS Music Room,<br />
57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.<br />
$30; $20(st).<br />
Wednesday <strong>September</strong> 19<br />
●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrew’s. Organ<br />
Recital. Thomas Schadl, organ. St. Andrew’s<br />
Presbyterian Church (Barrie), 47 Owen St.,<br />
Barrie. 705-726-1181. $10; free(st).<br />
●●12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church<br />
(Kitchener). Wednesday Noon-Hour Concerts.<br />
Full House Brass. 54 Queen St. N.,<br />
Kitchener. 226-647-1290. Free. Low-cost<br />
lunches available in foyer from 11:30 am or<br />
bring your own.<br />
Friday <strong>September</strong> 21<br />
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays<br />
at 12:30 Concert Series. Sheng Cai,<br />
piano. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western<br />
University, 1151 Richmond St. N., London.<br />
519-661-3767. Free.<br />
●●8:00: SweetWater Music Festival. Opening<br />
Night Gala: Party Like It’s 1689. Italian<br />
Baroque treats by Vivaldi, Merula, Simonetti,<br />
Legrenzi, Strozzi and Mealli. Suzie LeBlanc,<br />
soprano; Mark Fewer, violin; Mark Edwards,<br />
harpsichord; Matthias Maute, flute. Historic<br />
Leith Church, 419134 Tom Thomson<br />
Lane, Leith. 519-371-2833. $120-$165(festival<br />
passes); $50; $10(st).<br />
Saturday <strong>September</strong> 22<br />
●●10:00am: SweetWater Music Festival.<br />
Mozart for Munchkins. Interactive music<br />
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