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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November 7 at 8 pm<br />
vision string<br />
quartet<br />
Stuart, viola. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence<br />
Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-<br />
366-7723. $47.50-$52; $10(st). Toronto debut.<br />
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.<br />
Opera in Concert: Thaïs. Music by Jules Massenet.<br />
Libretto by Louis Gallet. Erin Wall,<br />
QAGGIAVUUT<br />
presents<br />
ARCTIC<br />
SONG<br />
SAT, OCT 5<br />
queensu.ca/theisabel<br />
Centre for the Performing Arts, Rehearsal<br />
Hall, 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424<br />
or queensu.ca/theisabel/tickets. $16; $12(faculty/staff);<br />
$8(st). Post-concert workshop:<br />
Storytelling and Throat Music.<br />
●●5:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Western<br />
University High School Honour Choir.<br />
Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot College, Western<br />
University, 1151 Richmond St. N., London.<br />
519-661-3767. Free.<br />
●●7:30: Against the Grain Theatre. La<br />
Bohème. Music by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto<br />
by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Marcel<br />
D’entremont, tenor (Rodolfo); Jonelle Sills,<br />
soprano (Mimì); Clarence Frazer, baritone<br />
(Marcello); Danika Lorèn, soprano (Musetta);<br />
Andrew Aldridge, baritone (Schaunard);<br />
Giles Tomkins, bass-baritone (Colline); Greg<br />
TS<br />
Toronto<br />
Symphony<br />
Orchestra<br />
soprano; Joshua Hopkins, baritone; Andrew<br />
Staples, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass-baritone;<br />
Liv Redpath, soprano; and others; Toronto<br />
Mendelssohn Choir; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor.<br />
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-<br />
598-3375. From $35. Also Nov 9.<br />
Finney, baritone (Benoît/Alcindoro); Joel<br />
Ivany, stage director; David Eliakis, music director/piano.<br />
Bob’s Burger Bar, 152 Main St.<br />
S., Kenora. tickets@againstthegraintheatre.<br />
com. $<strong>25</strong>-$40.<br />
●●7:30: Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club/TD Sunfest.<br />
Breabach. Chaucer’s Pub, 122 Carling St.,<br />
London. 519-319-5847. $30/$<strong>25</strong>(adv).<br />
●●7:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. West<br />
Side Story: In Concert. Bernstein: West Side<br />
Story. Robert Markus (Tony); Meher Pavri<br />
(Maria); Kaylee Harwood (Anita); Sayer<br />
Roberts (Riff); Charlotte Knight (Rosalia);<br />
Chorus Niagara; Robert Cooper, chorus director;<br />
Bradley Thachuk, conductor. FirstOntario<br />
Performing Arts Centre, <strong>25</strong>0 St. Paul<br />
St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or 1-855-<br />
515-0722. $69; $64(sr); $33(30 and under);<br />
$20(arts worker); $12(st/child); $5(eyeGO).<br />
Also Oct 6(2:30pm).<br />
●●7:30: St. George’s Cathedral. Metropolitan<br />
Silver Band. 270 King St. E., Kingston.<br />
613-548-4617. $20. Proceeds to the Cathedral<br />
Heritage Preservation Trust.<br />
●●7:30: Stratford Symphony Orchestra. Once<br />
Upon a Time. Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel;<br />
Offenbach: Tales of Hoffman; Ravel: Mother<br />
Goose Suite. Katy Clark, Leanne Kaufman, sopranos;<br />
Stephen Russell, narrator. Avondale United<br />
Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford. 519-271-<br />
0990 or stratfordsymphonyorchestra.ca. $40;<br />
$10(st); free(under 12).<br />
●●7:30: Tim Nast. In Concert. Chaffey’s Lock<br />
Community Hall, 1661 Chaffey’s Lock Rd.,<br />
Elgin. timnast.com. $20.<br />
●●8:00: GUH. In Concert. Athol Recreation<br />
Centre, 1685 County Rd. 10, Cherry Valley.<br />
613-503-2337. $20.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. The<br />
Firebird. Liadov: Kikimora; Prokofiev: Sinfonia<br />
Concertante for cello and orchestra;<br />
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake; Stravinsky: Suite<br />
from The Firebird. Andrei Ionita, cello; Andrei<br />
Feher, conductor. Centre in the Square,<br />
101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or<br />
1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.ca. $20-$87.<br />
Also Oct 4.<br />
Sunday <strong>October</strong> 6<br />
●●2:00: Chamber Music Hamilton. In Concert.<br />
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals;<br />
Abigail Richardson-Schulte: The Hockey<br />
Sweater; and works by MacDowell, Copland,<br />
Gershwin, Barber, Porter and others. Michael<br />
Schulte, director; Trevor Copp, mime artist;<br />
R.H. Thomson, narrator. Art Gallery of Hamilton,<br />
123 King St. W., Hamilton. 905-719-6457.<br />
$35; $30(sr); $15(st).<br />
●●2:30: Georgian Music. Kaili Maimets, flute/<br />
Rachel Mercer, cello/Angela Park, piano.<br />
Piano trios by Mendelssohn, Hummel; Mendelssohn:<br />
Cello Sonata No.2; Schubert: Flute<br />
Sonata. Bethel Community Church, 128 St.<br />
Vincent Street, Barrie. 705-726-1181. $65.<br />
●●2:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. From Moscow to Montreal.<br />
Works by Rachmaninoff, Franck, Ravel,<br />
Debussy and Lefèvre. Alain Lefèvre, piano.<br />
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424<br />
or queensu.ca/theisabel/tickets. $42-$59;<br />
$39-$56(faculty/staff); $19-$29(st).<br />
●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. West<br />
Side Story: In Concert. Bernstein: West Side<br />
Story. Robert Markus (Tony); Meher Pavri<br />
(Maria); Kaylee Harwood (Anita); Sayer<br />
Roberts (Riff); Charlotte Knight (Rosalia);<br />
Chorus Niagara; Robert Cooper, chorus director;<br />
Bradley Thachuk, conductor. FirstOntario<br />
Performing Arts Centre, <strong>25</strong>0 St. Paul<br />
St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or 1-855-<br />
515-0722. $69; $64(sr); $33(30 and under);<br />
$20(arts worker); $12(st/child); $5(eyeGO).<br />
Also Oct 5(7:30pm).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music<br />
Society. Duo Mantar - Adam Levin, guitar<br />
& Jacob Reuvin, mandolin. KWCMS Music<br />
Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-<br />
1673. $35; $20(st).<br />
Monday <strong>October</strong> 7<br />
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. Tarantella: Viva Napoli! Francesco<br />
Pellegrino, vocalist; Vesuvius Ensemble.<br />
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424 or<br />
queensu.ca/theisabel/tickets. $39; $36(faculty/staff);<br />
$17(st).<br />
Tuesday <strong>October</strong> 8<br />
●●7:30: Against the Grain Theatre. La<br />
Bohème. Music by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto<br />
by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Marcel<br />
D’entremont, tenor (Rodolfo); Jonelle Sills,<br />
soprano (Mimì); Clarence Frazer, baritone<br />
(Marcello); Danika Lorèn, soprano (Musetta);<br />
Andrew Aldridge, baritone (Schaunard); Giles<br />
Tomkins, bass-baritone (Colline); Greg Finney,<br />
baritone (Benoît/Alcindoro); Joel Ivany,<br />
stage director; David Eliakis, music director/<br />
piano. SRO Night Club, 93 Durham St., Sudbury.<br />
tickets@againstthegraintheatre.com.<br />
$<strong>25</strong>-$40.<br />
Wednesday <strong>October</strong> 9<br />
●●12:30: University of Waterloo Department<br />
of Music. Noon Hour Concerts: Treasures<br />
of the German Baroque. Works by Bach,<br />
Telemann and Graupner. Christopher Bagan,<br />
harpsichord. Great Hall, Conrad Grebel<br />
University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N.,<br />
B. Concerts Beyond the GTA<br />
Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. Free.<br />
●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. Lance Anderson,<br />
Jazz Piano and Roly Platt, Harmonica. Bethel<br />
Community Church, 128 St. Vincent Street,<br />
Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
Old World, New World. St. Georges: Overture<br />
to L’amant anonyme; Fung: Mourn; Bach:<br />
Suite No.1 in C; Wadley: Overture; Telemann:<br />
Grillen-Symphonie “Cricket Symphony”;<br />
Haydn: Symphony No.7 in C “Le midi”. Ian<br />
Whitman, curator. First United Church (Waterloo),<br />
16 William St. W., Waterloo. 519-745-<br />
4711 or 1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.ca.<br />
$37. Also Oct 11(Guelph), 12(Cambridge).<br />
Friday <strong>October</strong> 11<br />
●●7:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Parsons<br />
& Poole Concert Series. Stewart Goodyear,<br />
piano. Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot<br />
College, Western University, 1151 Richmond<br />
St. N., London. 519-661-3767. $40/$15(adv).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
Old World, New World. St. Georges: Overture<br />
to L’amant anonyme; Fung: Mourn; Bach:<br />
Suite No.1 in C; Wadley: Overture; Telemann:<br />
Grillen-Symphonie “Cricket Symphony”;<br />
Haydn: Symphony No.7 in C “Le midi”. Ian<br />
Whitman, curator. Harcourt Memorial United<br />
Church, 87 Dean Ave., Guelph. 519-745-4711 or<br />
1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.ca. $37. Also<br />
Oct 9(Waterloo), 12(Cambridge).<br />
Saturday <strong>October</strong> 12<br />
●●10:00am: Don Wright Faculty of Music.<br />
Parsons & Poole Masterclass Series. Stewart<br />
Goodyear, piano. Paul Davenport Theatre,<br />
Talbot College, Western University,<br />
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767.<br />
Free.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music<br />
Society. Marc Toth, piano. Beethoven Sonata<br />
No.5, 16, 9, 23 “Appassionata”. KWCMS Music<br />
Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-<br />
1673. $30; $20(st).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Old<br />
World, New World. St. Georges: Overture to<br />
L’amant anonyme; Fung: Mourn; Bach: Suite<br />
No.1 in C; Wadley: Overture; Telemann: Grillen-<br />
Symphonie “Cricket Symphony”; Haydn:<br />
Symphony No.7 in C “Le midi”. Ian Whitman,<br />
curator. Central Presbyterian Church (Cambridge),<br />
7 Queens Sq., Cambridge. 519-745-<br />
4711 or 1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.ca.<br />
$37. Also Oct 9(Waterloo), 11(Guelph).<br />
Sunday <strong>October</strong> 13<br />
●●3:00: Westben. Chopin to a Tea. Valerie<br />
Tryon, piano. Clock Tower Cultural Centre,<br />
36 Front St. S., Campbellford. 705-653-<br />
5508. $35; $15(under 30); $5(youth). Tea<br />
and treats.<br />
Tuesday <strong>October</strong> 15<br />
●●7:00: Barrie Concert Band. Veterans’<br />
Salute. Musical tribute to the veterans of the<br />
Canadian Forces and to those currently serving<br />
abroad or at home. Entertainment by the<br />
Skyliners’ Big Band will follow tribute. Royal<br />
Canadian Legion Branch 147, 410 St. Vincent<br />
St., Barrie. 705-735-0720. Donation for food<br />
bank gratefully received. Sponsored by the<br />
Barrie Legion and everyone, especially veterans,<br />
is encouraged to attend.<br />
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