Volume 25 Issue 8 - May / June 2020

LISTINGS
The WholeNote listings are typically arranged in five sections:
A.
GTA (GREATER TORONTO AREA) covers all of
Toronto plus Halton, Peel, York and Durham regions
(Zones 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the map below). Listings in
section A are arranged by date and time.
In this issue, there are no confirmed listings for Section A.
B.
BEYOND THE GTA (zones 5, 6, 7, and 8) is the remaining
regions of Southern Ontario we regularly cover
in our listings. Listings in section B are arranged by
date and time.
In this issue, there are no confirmed listings for Section B.
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.”
Listings in section C are arranged alphabetically by presenter
then by name of show.
In this issue, there are no confirmed listings for Section C.
D.
IN THE CLUBS (MOSTLY JAZZ)
is organized alphabetically by the name of the venue,
followed by contact information and daily or recurring
event details, if available, for that venue.
In this issue all venues normally listed in Section D remain
closed until further notice.
E.
ETCETERAS is for musical events other than live performances,
such as galas, fundraisers, competitions,
screenings, online and livestreamed events, lectures,
symposia, masterclasses, workshops, singalongs and other
date-specific music-related events which, in our discretion, we
believe may be of interest to our readers.
In this issue, all events submitted for listing fall into the realm of
online and/or live-streamed activity.
HOW TO LIST: Listings in The WholeNote in all five
sections above, are a free service, available in our discretion,
to eligible presenters. Where the upcoming issue is
a single-month issue (September, October, November,
February, March, April) the listings deadline is the 8th
of the month prior to the month covered by the issue
Where the upcoming issue is a two-month issue (December/
January, May/June or July/August) the listings deadline is the
15th of the month prior to the publication of the issue.
THE MAY AND
JUNE
THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN
n our previous issue, Volume 25 No. 7 (April 2020), we printed all of
the listings we had received up to the time of going to press indicating
I cancellations and postponements for performances affected by COVID-19.
We did so because we believed it was important to document the full extent of
the immediate and widespread impact on the community of safety measures
arising from efforts to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
We are continuing to document this impact online, by retaining, rather than
deleting, all of the impacted listings of which we had knowledge, and adding
appropriate tags: cancelled, postponed; rescheduled. This information is available,
in detail at “Just Ask” under the listings tab at thewholenote.com, and is
regularly updated as performers and presenters own plans for rescheduling
these events crystallize.
However, since the impact of social and physical isolation measures is now,
for the foreseeable future, all-encompassing, rather than page after page
of listings for cancelled events, we offer the following summary. (We also
encourage you to visit the websites of each of these presenters to find out the
latest information on their plans for the future.)
• SECTION A – GTA LISTINGS: By the time this issue of The WholeNote went
to press, we had received and processed 195 listings for the months of May
and June from over 85 presenters in the GTA.
• SECTION B – BEYOND THE GTA LISTINGS: We had received 64 listings
from over 30 presenters in the parts of Ontario beyond the GTA.
• SECTION C – MUSIC THEATRE: We had received 45 listings from over 25
music theatre presenters across all of Ontario.
• SECTION D – IN THE CLUBS (MOSTLY JAZZ): We typically list music, mostly
jazz, taking place in from 30-40 clubs throughout the Greater Toronto Area.
At time of press all remained shuttered. What follows on the next page is
their basic web and telephone contact information so you can stay up to date
on developments, venue by venue. (Some, we should add, are still open food
and/or beverage takeout and delivery, so supporting them in these capacities
now would be a way of showing appreciation for the role they play musically
at other times.)
• SECTION E – The ETCeteras: all live Etcetera events are subject to the
same constraints as in the previous sections. However significant numbers
of online and live-streamed activities are emerging instead. Please see the
next page.
The WholeNote’s Listings Editor, John Sharpe, can be reached
at listings@thewholenote.com
UPCOMING LISTINGS DEADLINE: The next issue covers the
period from July 1 to September 7, 2020. All listings must be
received by 11:59pm, Monday June 15.
HOW TO SUBMIT LISTINGS: Listings may be sent to the
attention of listings editor John Sharpe at listings@thewholenote.com,
or by using the appropriate online form on our
website at thewholenote.com/applylistings. Please note we do
not receive listings by telephone, but you can call 416-323-2232
x27 for guidance or further information.
HOW TO SEARCH OUR LISTINGS BY EXPANDED DATE
RANGE OR GENRE: visit thewholenote.com/justask
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