Volume 25 Issue 2 - October 2019
Long promised, Vivian Fellegi takes a look at Relaxed Performance practice and how it is bringing concert-going barriers down across the spectrum; Andrew Timar looks at curatorial changes afoot at the Music Gallery; David Jaeger investigates the trumpets of October; the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution (and the 20th Anniversary of our October Blue Pages Presenter profiles) in our Editor's Opener; the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir at 125; Tapestry at 40 and Against the Grain at 10; ringing in the changing season across our features and columns; all this and more, now available in Flip Through format here, and on the stands commencing this coming Friday September 27, 2019. Enjoy.
Long promised, Vivian Fellegi takes a look at Relaxed Performance practice and how it is bringing concert-going barriers down across the spectrum; Andrew Timar looks at curatorial changes afoot at the Music Gallery; David Jaeger investigates the trumpets of October; the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution (and the 20th Anniversary of our October Blue Pages Presenter profiles) in our Editor's Opener; the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir at 125; Tapestry at 40 and Against the Grain at 10; ringing in the changing season across our features and columns; all this and more, now available in Flip Through format here, and on the stands commencing this coming Friday September 27, 2019. Enjoy.
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international artists including: Richard Spotts<br />
(USA), Giulia Biagetti (Italy), David Bendix Nielsen<br />
(Denmark) and David Troiano (USA). President<br />
and artistic director Gordon Mansell is music director<br />
and titular organist at Our Lady of Sorrows<br />
Catholic Church – Toronto.<br />
Gordon Mansell, president, artistic<br />
director, concert organist<br />
416-769-5224; 1-877-769-522<br />
416-571-3680<br />
gdmansell@sympatico.ca<br />
www.glionnamansell.com<br />
●●Gravenhurst Opera House<br />
Gravenhurst’s Cultural Cornerstone since 1901,<br />
the Opera House continues to be a focal point for<br />
great entertainment year-round! Muskoka’s oldest<br />
entertainment tradition, the Gravenhurst Opera<br />
House is the place to be for music, theatre, educational<br />
programming, weddings, celebrations, community<br />
events and more! Visit our website.<br />
Krista Storey<br />
705-687-5550<br />
krista.storey@gravenhurst.ca<br />
www.gravenhurstoperahouse.com<br />
●The ● Hannaford Street Silver Band<br />
The Hannaford Street Silver Band is Canada’s<br />
award-winning professional brass band<br />
and resident company of Toronto’s St. Lawrence<br />
Centre for the Arts. Its mission is to honour<br />
the traditions of this art form and place<br />
it in a contemporary context with a unique,<br />
Canadian point-of-view. We actively facilitate<br />
innovative creative projects and collaborate<br />
with the best of Canada’s diverse artists.<br />
Our <strong>2019</strong>/20 season features brass repertoire<br />
gems, paired with new music played with the<br />
verve and virtuosity you expect from the Hannaford<br />
Band: “Nine Daies Wonder” on <strong>October</strong> 27<br />
features violin virtuoso Mark Fewer with guest<br />
conductor James Gourlay; “Winter’s Song” is<br />
on Tuesday, December 10 at Yorkminster Park<br />
Baptist Church with the Bach Children’s Chorus;<br />
“Festival of Brass” on Sunday, February 9 features<br />
Gábor Tarkövi, principal trumpet of the<br />
Berlin Philharmonic, and our season concludes<br />
on Sunday April 26 with “Murdoch Ahoy!” - a<br />
unique collaborative film and music presentation.<br />
The HSSB demonstrates its commitment to youth,<br />
outreach and education by running the Hannaford<br />
Youth Program. This vibrant program is<br />
a fantastic opportunity for brass and percussion<br />
players ages 7 to 24 to participate in three<br />
remarkable youth bands.<br />
Raymond Tizzard<br />
416-4<strong>25</strong>-2874<br />
ray@hssb.ca<br />
www.hssb.ca<br />
HANNAFORD STREET SILVER BAND<br />
●●<br />
Harbourfront Centre<br />
Harbourfront Centre, on Toronto’s waterfront, is<br />
an innovative not-for-profit cultural organization<br />
that creates events and activities of excellence that<br />
enliven, educate and entertain a diverse public.<br />
Maria Williams<br />
416-973-4000<br />
mwilliams@harbourfrontcentre.com<br />
www.harbourfrontcentre.com<br />
●●Isabel Bader Centre for<br />
the Performing Arts<br />
The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts (the Isabel) is a home for the creative arts<br />
at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and a<br />
hub of vibrant artistic study, creation, and exhibition<br />
in our community. The building houses the<br />
Queen’s Department of Film and Media and the<br />
DAN School of Drama and Music, as well as the<br />
Isabel house season, which brings some of the<br />
most exciting and acclaimed musicians to its<br />
567-seat concert hall. Situated on the shores of<br />
Lake Ontario, the Isabel brings together worldclass<br />
arts spaces and programs with a captivating<br />
sense of place, creating a dynamic venue<br />
for our students and community to learn, discover,<br />
think, do, and experience together.<br />
Opened in September 2014, the Isabel was<br />
designed by Oslo/New York-based firm Snøhetta<br />
and Ottawa’s N45, with acoustics and theatre<br />
design by ARUP and Theatre Projects Consultants.<br />
Anchored by a transformational gift to the<br />
Initiative Campaign from Drs. Alfred and Isabel<br />
Bader, the Isabel was inspired by the Baders’<br />
love - of the arts, of Queen’s, and of each other<br />
- and is named in Isabel’s honour. For a virtual<br />
tour, visit www.queensu.ca/theisabel/content/<br />
virtual-walkthrough.<br />
Tricia Baldwin<br />
613-533-2424<br />
ibcpabook@queensu.ca<br />
www.queensu.ca/theisabel<br />
●●<br />
Jubilate Singers<br />
A community choir who enjoy singing music<br />
from many lands, as well as music by Canadian<br />
composers, our repertoire includes songs that<br />
may be new to listeners, as well as classics<br />
and familiar folk tunes. We welcome singers<br />
to join our large chorus, or to audition for our<br />
chamber group. We rehearse Tuesday evenings<br />
near Lawrence and Yonge. Our <strong>2019</strong>/20<br />
season will include two opportunities to learn<br />
from skilled clinicians at full-day workshops.<br />
Saturday, Nov 30: “Navidad Nuestra” – a Latin<br />
American Christmas celebration featuring the<br />
music of Ariel Ramirez, with special guests,<br />
Latin American musicians Sikuris St. Lawrence.<br />
Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave.<br />
Saturday, March 7: “The Seas” – music about<br />
and inspired by the sea. Settings of the ‘Ave<br />
maris stella’ from Canada and around the<br />
world, plus a selection of rollicking sea shanties.<br />
Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave.<br />
Saturday, June 6: “Of Love and Nature” – our final<br />
concert, focusing on the nature of love and the<br />
love of nature, features selections from Brahms<br />
and Bartók, plus works by contemporary Canadian<br />
composers. Church of St. Peter and St.<br />
Simon-the-Apostle, 5<strong>25</strong> Bloor St. E.<br />
Pauline McKenzie<br />
416-223-7690<br />
paulinemckenzie@rogers.com<br />
www.jubilatesingers.ca<br />
●●Ken Page Memorial Trust<br />
The Ken Page Memorial Trust is a non-profit<br />
charitable fund supporting jazz and the artists<br />
who create such lasting memories for<br />
all of us. The aims of the Trust are to encourage<br />
emerging talent, foster an understanding<br />
of the evolution of the music, promote<br />
jazz education through workshops, masterclasses<br />
and outreach programs conducted by<br />
theWholeNote <strong>2019</strong>/20 PRESENTER PROFILES | B11
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