Volume 26 Issue 1 - September 2020
Choral Scene: Uncharted territory: three choirs finding paths forward; Music Theatre: Loose Tea on the boil with Alaina Viau’s Dead Reckoning; In with the New: what happens to soundart when climate change meets COVID-19; Call to action: diversity, accountability, and reform in post-secondary jazz studies; 9th Annual TIFF Tips: a filmfest like no other; Remembering: Leon Fleisher; DISCoveries: a NY state of mind; 25th anniversary stroll-through; and more. Online in flip through here, and on stands commencing Tues SEP 1.
Choral Scene: Uncharted territory: three choirs finding paths forward; Music Theatre: Loose Tea on the boil with Alaina Viau’s Dead Reckoning; In with the New: what happens to soundart when climate change meets COVID-19; Call to action: diversity, accountability, and reform in post-secondary jazz studies; 9th Annual TIFF Tips: a filmfest like no other; Remembering: Leon Fleisher; DISCoveries: a NY state of mind; 25th anniversary stroll-through; and more.
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theWholeNote <strong>2020</strong>/21 CANARY PAGES DIRECTORY<br />
●●Grace Church on-the-Hill Choirs<br />
The choir of Grace Church on-the-Hill proudly<br />
embraces our excellent Anglican choral tradition<br />
while looking towards the future for new inspiration.<br />
Our choirs for both adults and children sing<br />
weekly from <strong>September</strong> to June. Our children’s<br />
choirs provide the ideal learning environment for<br />
young musicians, and we have funding available<br />
to subsidize the cost of music lessons for our children!<br />
Choristers of all ages develop lifelong friendships,<br />
self-esteem, and the joy of coming together<br />
to sing. We take a choir tour every year. Some tours<br />
are small, like a day trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake,<br />
and some tours are larger, such as our two-week<br />
tour to sing in cathedrals in Dublin and Oxford in<br />
2016. We welcome new members every <strong>September</strong>.<br />
SARAH HICKS<br />
416-488-7884<br />
music@gracechurchonthehill.ca<br />
www.gracechurchonthehill.ca<br />
●●Grand Philharmonic Choir<br />
The Grand Philharmonic Choir, under the<br />
artistic direction of Mark Vuorinen, brings the<br />
enchantment of choral music experiences to our<br />
community. Our singers range in age from 7 to 80<br />
years old and participate in one of four choirs: the<br />
adult main choir; the adult chamber choir; the youth<br />
choir; or the children’s choir. We sing in Kitchener’s<br />
acoustically superior Centre in the Square and<br />
in local church buildings. Through these performances,<br />
we strive to transform our community into<br />
a more harmonious and peaceful place.<br />
ADMINISTRATOR<br />
519-578-5669 x5290<br />
info@grandphilchoir.com<br />
www.grandphilchoir.com<br />
●●Harbourfront Chorus<br />
Did you know that choral singing improves health<br />
and happiness? You are invited to join Harbourfront<br />
Chorus, a non-auditioned community choir. We<br />
perform a wide range of music that spans from early<br />
Renaissance music to contemporary popular songs.<br />
Rehearsals run Tuesdays from 7:45pm to 9:15pm at<br />
the Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre, located at<br />
the south-east corner of Queens Quay W. and Bathurst<br />
St. Our season runs <strong>September</strong> through May.<br />
The <strong>2020</strong>/21 season begins Tuesday, <strong>September</strong> 15.<br />
ALBERT WONG<br />
416-392-1509<br />
harbourfrontchorus@gmail.com<br />
www.facebook.com/harbourfrontchorus<br />
●●Healey Willan Singers<br />
The ensemble was originally formed as a youth<br />
choir to celebrate Dr. Willan’s 125th anniversary<br />
in 2005. Since 2007, the choir has reinvented itself<br />
into a women’s ensemble and has become one of<br />
the finest women’s ensembles in the city. Rehearsals<br />
run from <strong>September</strong> to April on Saturday mornings<br />
from 10:15am to 12:30pm. This season, the choir<br />
will perform Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria with orchestra<br />
on December 5, <strong>2020</strong>. On April 24, 2021, the<br />
ensemble will end their season with a concert of<br />
music chosen by the choristers in celebration of<br />
our 15th anniversary season. Auditions are held<br />
throughout the year. Apprentice conductor program<br />
is also available. Rehearsals and concerts are held<br />
at the Church of St. Martin in-the-Fields, located at<br />
151 Glenlake Avenue (near Keele and Bloor Street<br />
West in Toronto).<br />
RON CHEUNG<br />
416-519-0528<br />
healeywillansingers@yahoo.ca<br />
www.healeywillansingers.com<br />
●●Jubilate Singers<br />
The Jubilate Singers, a community choir of about<br />
40 voices directed by Isabel Bernaus, specializes in<br />
music from a variety of traditions and time periods,<br />
sung in original languages. We normally feature<br />
a non-auditioned main chorus and an auditioned<br />
chamber choir and present three concerts a year,<br />
with additional community appearances. This<br />
year we are becoming a virtual choir, with online<br />
rehearsals on Tuesday evenings, open to anyone<br />
interested. We will learn some new repertoire, sing<br />
some favourites, and work on vocal skills through<br />
occasional workshops and guest clinicians. We will<br />
also take our famous Jubilate potlucks online, and<br />
use other social activities to build and maintain a<br />
sense of community until we can all come together<br />
again in person. Call us for more information!<br />
PAULINE MCKENZIE<br />
416-223-7690<br />
pkenzie3@gmail.com<br />
www.jubilatesingers.ca<br />
●●King Edward Choir<br />
Founded in 1952 by Jean Dobson, Barrie’s King<br />
Edward Choir today is a group of 50 dedicated<br />
musicians encompassing all voices, striving to<br />
present a repertoire that is broad and engaging<br />
to both chorister and audience: recent years have<br />
seen performances of works by Britten, Mozart,<br />
Bernstein, Vivaldi, Mark Sirett, Stephanie Martin,<br />
Imant Raminsh and Ruth Watson Henderson, along<br />
with offerings of Renaissance motets, Spirituals,<br />
folk songs and show tunes. The choir frequently<br />
collaborates with other artists and groups, and<br />
enjoys community sing-outs. Rehearsals for our<br />
three annual performances take place Monday<br />
nights, and new members are welcome at any time.<br />
Under the direction of interim conductor, Leanne<br />
Edwards, KEC continues to plan for a new season!<br />
PETER SULLIVAN<br />
070-5739-7281<br />
pesullivan71@gmail.com<br />
www.kingedwardchoir.ca<br />
●●Leaside Chancel Choir<br />
The Leaside Chancel Choir provides musical<br />
leadership at weekly Sunday morning service at<br />
10:30am, community outreach projects/events,<br />
and concerts year-round. The choir is made up<br />
of paid section leads and volunteer participants,<br />
and welcomes new singers throughout the year.<br />
Recent choral works have included Requiem by<br />
Eleanor Daley and The Seven Last Words by Heinrich<br />
Schutz. Rehearsals take place on Thursday evenings<br />
from 7:30pm to 9:30pm, and offer an opportunity<br />
to develop musicianship through vocal instruction,<br />
while being a part of an open and welcoming<br />
community. In addition, our Junior Choir provides<br />
the ideal learning environment for young musicians.<br />
The Junior Choir rehearses Thursday evenings<br />
from 6:30pm to 7:15pm. For more information,<br />
contact Matthew Boutda, director of music.<br />
MATTHEW BOUTDA<br />
647-981-3705<br />
mattboutda@hotmail.com<br />
www.leasideunited.org<br />
●●London Pro Musica Choir<br />
London Pro Musica is an auditioned, mixedvoice<br />
choir based in London, Ontario, Canada.<br />
LPMC is an inclusive and multi-generational,<br />
member-managed adult choral organization under<br />
the professional leadership of Markus Howard,<br />
dedicated to engaging audiences by providing and<br />
promoting artistic excellence in the London area<br />
and beyond, through education, outreach and high<br />
quality performances of choral music. We perform<br />
an extensive range of classical music - from the<br />
medieval to the contemporary - both for accompanied<br />
and unaccompanied voices.<br />
NANCY KNOWLES<br />
519-914-5769<br />
marketing@londonpromusica.ca<br />
www.londonpromusica.ca<br />
●●Lyrica Chamber Choir<br />
Founded in 2000 by the late Natalyia Gurin<br />
and directed since 2005 by Steve Winfield, Lyrica<br />
Chamber Choir of Barrie strives to present eclectic<br />
and evocative programs of excellent choral chamber<br />
music. The 40 singers of Lyrica demonstrate a<br />
strong desire to present artistically varied choral<br />
programs with a high degree of musicianship to<br />
the community of Barrie and surrounding area.<br />
Recent highlights include performances of Marc-<br />
Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit pour Noël,<br />
Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, Ola Gjeilo’s<br />
Dark Night of the Soul and Josef Rheinberger’s Missa<br />
in G “St. Crucis” Op. 151. Professional soloists and<br />
instrumental musicians regularly join Lyrica for<br />
performances. Our accompanist, Brent Mayhew,<br />
enhances the choir’s performances.<br />
STEVE WINFIELD<br />
705-722-0271<br />
steve.winfield@sympatico.ca<br />
www.lyricachoir.ca<br />
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