Volume 25 Issue 4 - December 2019 / January 2020
Welcome to our December/January issue as we turn the annual calendar page, halfway through our season for the 25th time, juggling as always, secular stuff, the spirit of the season, new year resolve and winter journeys! Why is Mozart's Handel's Messiah's trumpet a trombone? Why when Laurie Anderson offers to fly you to the moon you should take her up on the invitation. Why messing with Winterreisse can (sometimes) be a very good thing! And a bumper crop of record reviews for your reading (and sometimes listening) pleasure. Available in flipthrough here right now, and on stands commencing Thursday Nov 28. See you on the other side!
Welcome to our December/January issue as we turn the annual calendar page, halfway through our season for the 25th time, juggling as always, secular stuff, the spirit of the season, new year resolve and winter journeys! Why is Mozart's Handel's Messiah's trumpet a trombone? Why when Laurie Anderson offers to fly you to the moon you should take her up on the invitation. Why messing with Winterreisse can (sometimes) be a very good thing! And a bumper crop of record reviews for your reading (and sometimes listening) pleasure. Available in flipthrough here right now, and on stands commencing Thursday Nov 28. See you on the other side!
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classad@thewholenote.com<br />
WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDREN<br />
WHAT’S IN YOUR CLOSET? Does your old<br />
guitar gently weep? Would that nice old<br />
accordion / clarinet / drum kit make someone<br />
else really happy? Find it a new owner<br />
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at just $24.00 INQUIRE BY JANUARY <strong>25</strong><br />
for the FEBRUARY <strong>2020</strong> issue. classad@<br />
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INSTRUCTION<br />
CELLO LESSONS DOWN TOWN TORONTO<br />
Individual approach to every student. Young<br />
professionals, adults and beginners. Dr.<br />
Dobrochna Zubek zubekdobrochna@hotmail.<br />
com http://dobrochnazubek.com http://<br />
celloteaching.ca<br />
DO YOU SING IN A CHOIR? Would you like<br />
to practice your sight-singing skills? Or need<br />
a little help learning your notes or rhythms?<br />
Or experience the joy of singing duets? Treat<br />
yourself! Private and group lessons available<br />
near Woodbine subway. Call or text Sheila at<br />
416-574-5<strong>25</strong>0, or woodbine.joyofsinging@<br />
gmail.com<br />
FRIENDLY, WISE PIANO TEACHER with loyal<br />
following and buckets of patience. Royal<br />
Conservatory refugees and nervous adults/<br />
teens most welcome. Lovely Cabbagetown<br />
studio. “Best teacher ever!” - Beaches tween.<br />
“Beats studying with those Quebec nuns!” -<br />
Rosedale senior. Peter Mose, 416.923.3060.<br />
MosePianoForAll.com. (My students have<br />
never won any prizes, except for love of<br />
music.)<br />
FLUTE, PIANO, THEORY LESSONS. RCM<br />
Certified Advanced Specialist. Samantha<br />
Chang, FTCL, FLCM, LRAM, PGDip, ARCT.<br />
Toronto, Scarborough 416-801-9196,<br />
samantha.studio@gmail.com www.<br />
samanthaflute.com<br />
LESSONS FOR ALL! Friendly and firm - I’m<br />
an experienced musician and mom teaching<br />
piano and singing to children (and the<br />
young at heart) in my Toronto home (East<br />
Leslieville). To discuss your child’s need for<br />
music-making please contact kskwhite@<br />
gmail.com<br />
SIGHT-SINGING WORKSHOPS: sacred/<br />
secular Renaissance music, on the last<br />
Monday of the month. 7:30-9:30pm. Drop-in<br />
$10. Free for members of the Toronto Early<br />
Music Centre. All levels are welcome. Near<br />
Woodbine subway. Call/text 416-574-5<strong>25</strong>0.<br />
SERVICES<br />
ACCOUNTING AND INCOME TAX SERVICE<br />
for small business and individuals, to save you<br />
time and money, customized to meet your<br />
needs. Norm Pulker, B. Math. CMA. 905-<strong>25</strong>1-<br />
0309 or 905-830-2985.<br />
DOG BOARDING (near Woodbine subway).<br />
Heading away for a while and can’t bring<br />
your favourite canine companion? I take just<br />
one dog at a time and give it a very special<br />
vacation. Your dog will pull you to my door on<br />
repeat visits! Call or text Sheila at 416-574-<br />
5<strong>25</strong>0 or eastyork.dogboarding@gmail.com<br />
RESTORE PRECIOUS MEMORIES lost on<br />
old records, tapes, photos etc.? Recitals,<br />
gigs, auditions, air checks, family stuff. on<br />
78’s, cassettes, reels, 35mm slides etc?.<br />
ArtsMediaProjects will lovingly restore them<br />
to CD’s or DVD’s. Call George @ 416-910-1091.<br />
VENUES AVAILABLE / WANTED<br />
ARE YOU PLANNING A CONCERT OR<br />
RECITAL? Looking for a venue? Consider<br />
Bloor Street United Church. Phone: 416-924-<br />
7439 x22. Email: tina@bloorstreetunited.org.<br />
STUDIO RENTAL IN EAST YORK - Home/<br />
studio with piano available September-June.<br />
Long or short term rentals. Great acoustics.<br />
Free street parking. Wednesday or Thursday<br />
evenings. Suitable for unplugged vocal or<br />
instrumental rehearsals. Max 12 people.<br />
Barker.studiorental@gmail.com<br />
MJ BUELL<br />
If you’re a new reader, a word of explanation is in order. In<br />
our regular photo contest, We Are ALL Music’s Children, readers<br />
identify members of the music community from a childhood<br />
photo, for an opportunity to win tickets and recordings.<br />
WHO IS FEBRUARY’S CHILD?<br />
Leader of the pack even then – her recording Woman Runs With Wolves<br />
features the many instruments she gets a bang out of today, and teaches.<br />
Before returning to<br />
a more grown-up<br />
women’s musical club<br />
in April, a confluence of<br />
opportunities will hear<br />
her premiere a new<br />
commission featuring<br />
five percussion set-ups,<br />
on February 21, with<br />
Alice’s witch on thin ice<br />
channelling Yoko.<br />
A Canadian Music Centre<br />
Ambassador.<br />
This band sure needs a<br />
little drummer girl!<br />
Lachine (Montréal) Québec, 1963<br />
Know our Mystery Child’s name?<br />
WIN PRIZES!<br />
Send your best guess by <strong>January</strong> <strong>25</strong> to<br />
musicschildren@thewholenote.com<br />
Previous artist profiles and full-length interviews can be read at<br />
thewholenote.com/musicschildren.<br />
Or – you can view them in their original magazine format by visiting<br />
our online back issues https://kiosk.thewholenote.com<br />
Excellent Recording<br />
Venue: Humbercrest<br />
United Church<br />
www.humbercrest.ca<br />
416-767-6122<br />
Steinway Grand<br />
Available<br />
Sessions as<br />
short as 4 hours<br />
If you can read this,<br />
thank a music teacher.<br />
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!<br />
<strong>December</strong>’s Child is?<br />
Brian Current<br />
Brian’s full interview appears<br />
on page 78.<br />
New Music Concerts’ third concert of<br />
the season is “Serious Smile” directed<br />
by Brian Current, on Thursday<br />
February 13, 8pm (with an introductory<br />
chat at 7:15pm) at Harbourfront<br />
Centre Theatre. “We showcase the<br />
future of NMC by celebrating talented<br />
young composers and the latest in<br />
mind-blowing technology. We top it<br />
off with the stellar Chamber Concerto<br />
(1970) by Gyorgy Ligeti. If you have<br />
not heard this piece live, this is your<br />
chance!” MARY LOUIS<br />
and CHRISTIAN<br />
MUELLER each win a<br />
pair of tickets.<br />
But meanwhile, you can hear the<br />
RCM Glenn Gould School’s New Music<br />
Ensemble concert “For Michael<br />
Colgrass” on Sunday, <strong>January</strong> 19,<br />
at 1pm in Mazzoleni Concert Hall,<br />
curated and conducted by Brian<br />
Current. In honour of Colgrass they<br />
will play a world premiere of Bestiary<br />
I & II by Bekah Simms for soprano,<br />
ensemble and electronics; Gabriel<br />
Dharmoo’s the fog in our poise; and<br />
the North American premiere of<br />
Aguas Marinhas by Miguel Azguime.<br />
The tickets to this concert are FREE,<br />
but will go quickly. Get yours starting<br />
Monday <strong>January</strong> 13!<br />
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