Volume 24 Issue 2 - October 2018

BLUE PAGES 2018/19
SECTION I: PRESENTERS & PERFORMERS
19th ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS
Welcome to the Blue Pages - the
19th annual directory of GTA and
Southern Ontario musical life
presented by The WholeNote. This
150-profile montage of musical
happenings is divided into two
sections: the first section (pages B1
to B26) contains the lion’s share of
profiles: presenters and performers
(choirs, orchestras, chamber
ensembles, opera companies offering
a diverse range of live music); the
second (pages B27 to B28) is new
this year, and features individuals
and organizations involved in arts
services. Taken together they offer a
glimpse of the extraordinary energy
driving the musical life of this region
in 2018/19.
An extraordinary amount of time,
love, and just plain hard work goes into
the programs and events presented
by our member organizations. It’s our
opportunity to recognize the dedication
and creativity of the organisations
whose unselfish support as members
plays an active role in sustaining The
WholeNote’s mission year-round, not
only in their behalf, but in support of
the music community as a whole.
Presenters and organizers who missed
the deadline for this print issue of the
magazine still have the opportunity to
be a part of this directory, which lives
online at www.thewholenote.com/blue.
So check back for updates as the season
unfolds.
BLUE PAGES TEAM 2018/19
PROJECT MANAGER: Karen Ages
PROJECT EDITOR: Kevin King
PROOFREADING: David Perlman and
Danial Jazaeri
LAYOUT AND DESIGN: Susan Sinclair
WEBSITE: Kevin King
For more information on the
benefits of WholeNote membership,
contact Karen Ages at
members@thewholenote.com
or 416-323-2232 x26.
On the cover:
The Royal Conservatory of Music
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Academy Concert Series
Celebrating its 27th season, the Academy Concert
Series offers innovative and intimate chamber
music concerts on period instruments. The
three-concert series brings to audiences the
musical riches and spirit of improvisation of
the 17th and 18th centuries, and the passion and
sonorous colour palette of the 19th and early 20th
centuries all with historical performance practices.
The programs are thematic and deliberately
crafted to highlight a specific time, place and/or
composer. The three concerts presented this
season by artistic director Kerri McGonigle are:
November 10, 2018 – “A Complicated Friendship:
Brahms and Schumann”: a violin
sonata and two piano quartets composed
by these remarkable men highlighting their
complicated friendship. Featuring violinist
Sheila Jaffé and pianist Jeanie Chung;
February 16, 2019 – “Inspired by Italy: Corelli,
Vivaldi and Handel”: a delightful Baroque
programme featuring soprano Nathalie Paulin
and harpsichordist Christopher Bagan;
May 4, 2019 – “A Poe Cabaret”: a program co-created
by Tom Allen and Lori Gemmell with music by
Debussy, Caplet and Alexina Louie woven together
through storytelling, narration and poetry.
Concerts are at 7:30pm, at Eastminster United
Church (310 Danforth Ave).
Kerri McGonigle
416-629-3716
kerrifm@gmail.com
www.academyconcertseries.com
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Aga Khan Museum
The Aga Khan Museum explores and celebrates
cross-cultural dialogue through the
arts. A centre for innovation and creativity, the
Museum offers unique insights and new perspectives
into the potential of art and culture
to act as a catalyst for intercultural dialogue,
engaged global citizenship, and social change.
The Aga Khan Museum presents some of the finest
live music, dance and film from around the world
in extraordinary settings: from a state-of-the-art
auditorium to an open-air courtyard, a Persianinspired
salon, and a variety of spaces shared
by exhibitions and educational programming.
Please visit www.agakhanmuseum.org for a full
calendar of performances and film screenings.
Sahar Bhaloo
416-646-4677
info@agakhanmuseum.org
www.agakhanmuseum.org
●●All Saints Kingsway
Anglican Church
All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church is a vibrant
hub for music in Toronto’s west end. The All Saints
Kingsway choir, in addition to providing musical
leadership for worship services, sings a range of
concerts, requiems and oratorios throughout the
year. Recent performances have included: Fauré’s
Requiem, Duruflé’s Requiem, Samuel Coleridge-
Taylor’s The Atonement and Benjamin Britten’s
A Ceremony of Carols. The choir is made up of
paid section leads and volunteers, and invites new
singers throughout the year.
We partner with ORGANIX Concerts to
host the Kingsway Organ Series of lunchtime
organ recitals, which take place every second
Wednesday from September through July. We
also co-host monthly jazz vespers, along with St.
Philip’s Anglican Church. This Etobicoke Jazz Vespers
series of twice-monthly services runs from
September through June. In addition to these
musical offerings, All Saints Kingsway regularly
acts as a concert venue for choirs and musical
ensembles, such as the Nathaniel Dett Chorale
and the Kingsway Conservatory of Music. Our
space is available for rental as a concert or workshop
venue.
Brainerd Blyden-Taylor
416-233-1125 x5
music@allsaintskingsway.ca
www.allsaintskingsway.ca
●●Alliance Française Toronto
Alliance Française Toronto provides a cultural
immersion experience through over 100
events every year, including concerts (classical,
jazz, world music, pop, folk), theatre productions,
art exhibitions, lectures, book launches,
kids events, movie screenings, French classes
for all ages and many other social events.
Events take place in our art galleries, 150-seat
theatre, 65 classrooms and at the Mosaïque, the
only French bookstore in Toronto.
Laetitia Delemarre
416-922-2014 x35
laetitia@alliance-francaise.ca
www.alliance-francaise.ca/en
●●Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
Led by conductor and artistic director Lydia
Adams since 1985, the award-winning Amadeus
Choir performs the best of choral music, and
premières works of Canadian and international
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