Volume 25 Issue 7 - April 2020

SPECIAL LISTINGS ADVISORY!
REGARDING CANCELLATIONS: due to the ongoing social
distancing mandate, all Toronto shows in the immediate future
have been cancelled or postponed. A phone number or website
is provided with every listing in The WholeNote . In light of
the changing public health situation it is expected that more
events will be cancelled or postponed beyond those that we’ve
indicated here. Please check before you go out to a concert.
Musicians and venues are facing an unprecedented challenge,
and will need major community support to re-establish
themselves once we’re all allowed outside again. If you'd like to
be proactive and to offer support, please be in touch with them
to find out what you can do to help.
The WholeNote listings are arranged in five sections:
A.
GTA (GREATER TORONTO AREA) covers all of Toronto
plus Halton, Peel, York and Durham regions.
B.
BEYOND THE GTA covers many areas of Southern
Ontario outside Toronto and the GTA. Starts on page 39.
C.
MUSIC THEATRE covers a wide range of music types:
from opera, operetta and musicals, to non-traditional
performance types where words and music are in some
fashion equal partners in the drama. Starts on page 41.
D.
IN THE CLUBS (MOSTLY JAZZ)
is organized alphabetically by club.
Starts on page 43.
E.
THE ETCETERAS is for galas, fundraisers, competitions,
screenings, lectures, symposia, masterclasses, workshops,
singalongs and other music-related events (except
performances) which may be of interest to our readers.
Starts on page 45.
LISTINGS DEADLINE. The next issue covers the period from
May 1 to June 7, 2020. All listings must be received by
11:59pm, Wednesday April 8.
LISTINGS ZONE MAP. Visit our website to search for concerts
by the zones on this map: thewholenote.com.
Lake
Huron
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Georgian
Bay
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Lake Erie
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City of Toronto
LISTINGS
Wednesday April 1
Lake Ontario
✖✖12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Jazz/World Music Series: Heart and Soul.
OKAN. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.
CANCELLED.
❍❍12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway.
Kingsway Organ Concert Series.
Damien Macedo, organ. All Saints Kingsway
Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-
3680 or organixconcerts.ca. Freewill offering
appreciated.
✖✖12:30: York University Department of
Music. Music at Midday: New Music Ensemble.
Matt Brubeck, director. Tribute Communities
Recital Hall, Accolade East Building,
York University, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100
x20054. Free. CANCELLED.
✖✖12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonday Organ Recital. Rashaan Allwood,
organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
CANCELLED.
✖✖7:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Discovery
Series: Glenn Gould School Chamber
Competition Finals. Koerner Hall, TELUS
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.
Free(ticket required). POSTPONED.
✖✖7:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Upper Jazz Concerts: U of T Jazz
Ensembles. Upper Jazz Studio, 90 Wellesley
St. W. 416-978-3750. Free. CANCELLED.
❍❍8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing
Arts. Mission Songs Project. By Jessie Lloyd.
130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-815-2021 or oakvillecentre.ca.
$36-$47.
❍❍8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Lisiecki Plays Beethoven’s Emperor. Apr 1 & 2:
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3, Piano Concerto
No.5 “Emperor”; Schoenberg: Pelleas und
Melisande. Apr 4 & 5: Beethoven: Leonore Overture
No.3, Piano Concerto No.3 & 5 “Emperor”.
Jan Lisiecki, piano; Toronto Symphony Youth
Orchestra (Apr 1 & 2: Overture only); Jukka-
Pekka Saraste, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. From $35. Also
Apr 2, 4, 5(3pm, Meridian Arts Centre).
Thursday April 2
✖✖1:30: Women’s Musical Club of Toronto.
Music in the Afternoon: Beverley Johnston
& Friends. George Kontogiorgos: Axion esti;
Bach: Bach on Marimba; Christos Hatzis:
Arctic Dreams; Russell Hartenberger: New
work for percussion quartet; Julie Spencer:
Everybody Talk About Percussion; and other
works. Beverley Johnston, percussion; Gordon
Fry, percussion; Aiyun Hung, percussion;
Russell Hartenberger, percussion; Susan
Hoeppner, flutes; Marc Djokic, violin. Walter
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of
Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-923-7052 or
wmct.on.ca. $45. CANCELLED.
✖✖7:30: Onstage Uxbridge. The Mikado. Music
by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert.
Uxbridge Music Hall, 16 Main St. S., Uxbridge.
onstageuxbridge.com. $25. CANCELLED.
❍❍7:30: Programs for 50+ and Community
Engagement. Musicians from Marlboro.
Works for strings and voice. Lauren Pearl
Eberwein; Scott St. John; Sharon Wei. Arts and
Letters Club, 14 Elm St. continuing.ryerson.
A. Concerts in the GTA
ca/upload/musicians-from-marlboro-eventinfo.pdf.
$35; $20(student with Ryerson student
card).
✖✖8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. S’Wonderful.
George & Ira Gershwin: Someone to Watch
Over Me; Lorelei; He Loves, She Loves; instrumental
works by George Gershwin; and music
from Porgy and Bess. Jackie Richardson, John
Southworth, Sarah Slean, Billy Newton-Davis,
Gregory Hoskins, singers; Andrew Burashko,
piano; and others. Harbourfront Centre Theatre,
235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000 or
artoftimeensemble.com. $25-$64. CANCELLED.
❍❍8:00: Massey Hall at Heliconian Hall. R
Grunwald. R Grunwald, piano. Guest: Joshua
Van Tassel. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.
416-872-4255. $23.70. This is a 19+ seated
general admission event.
❍❍8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Lisiecki Plays Beethoven’s Emperor. Apr 1 &
2: Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3, Piano
Concerto No.5 “Emperor”; Schoenberg: Pelleas
und Melisande. Apr 4 & 5: Beethoven:
Leonore Overture No.3, Piano Concerto No.3
& 5 “Emperor”. Jan Lisiecki, piano; Toronto
Symphony Youth Orchestra (Apr 1 & 2: Overture
only); Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-
4255. From $35. Also Apr 1, 4, 5(3pm, Meridian
Arts Centre).
Friday April 3
✖✖11:00am: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Felix Galimir Chamber Music Award
Concert. Edward Johnson Building, Walter
Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free.
CANCELLED.
✖✖12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s/Guitar Society
of Toronto. Noontime Guitar Recital.
Falla: Seven Spanish Songs; William Beauvais:
Rounding the Human Corners. Beauvais-
Soulis Duo, guitar and mezzo. St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St.
416-593-5600 x231. Free. CANCELLED.
✖✖6:00: York University Department of
Music. Electro-Acoustic Orchestra. Doug
Van Nort, conductor. DisPersion Lab,
344 Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts, York University,
4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100. Free.
CANCELLED.
✖✖7:30: Onstage Uxbridge. The Mikado. Music
by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert.
Uxbridge Music Hall, 16 Main St. S., Uxbridge.
onstageuxbridge.com. $25. CANCELLED.
✖✖7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. U of T Symphony Orchestra. Nielsen:
Maskarade (Overture); Schumann:
Symphony No.1 Op.38 in B-flat (Spring); Grøndahl:
Concerto for Trombone; Strauss: Der
Rosenkavalier (Suite). Kyle Orlando, trombone;
Uri Meyer, conductor. MacMillan Theatre,
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s
Park. 416-408-0208. $30; $20(sr); $10(st).
CANCELLED.
❍❍7:30: Upper Canada Brass. Brass-ing Off!
Sutton: The Paragon; Ballantine: Don’t Doubt
Him Now; Gayfer: Canadian Landscape. Tom
Hutchinson, cornet. St. Mary’s Anglican
Church, 10030 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 705-
702-5766 or bit.ly/2srsfbu. $30/$25(online).
✖✖7:30: York University Department of
Music. York University Gospel Choir. Karen
Burke, conductor. Sandra Faire and Ivan
CANCELLED/POSTPONED? Check ahead.
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