Volume 27 Issue 7 | May 20 - July 12, 2022

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artists, venues and presenters.
This issue contains event listings
from May 20 to July 12, 2022.
THERE ARE TWO LISTINGS SECTIONS IN THIS ISSUE
● Section 1: Live and/or Livestreamed Events, May 20 –
July 12
These are events with an announced date and time that
one could circle on a calendar, in order to “be there” when
it happens for the first (or only) time. This includes live and
livestreamed performances; first broadcasts and screenings;
concerts, workshops, symposia, and so on. If the event in question
remains available after that first presentation (e.g. online
or on demand), this is noted at the end of the listing.
● Section 2: In the clubs (Mostly Jazz)
“Clubs” is a loose catch-all for a wide range of informal listening
rooms where food and/or drink may be part of the mix, but listening
to the music is the primary focus. “Mostly jazz” describes
venues we’ve built relationships with over the years, but it’s not
a rule! If you think you belong, based on this description, you
probably do, so get in touch.
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week, will be included in The WholeNote WEEKLY LISTINGS
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simultaneously posted to JUST ASK, our searchable online
listings database. The weekly listings update looks five to six
weeks into the future on an ongoing basis.
Print: Our next print issue, Volume 27 no.8 covers July and
August 2022. The print submission deadline for new listings is
6pm Tuesday June 14.
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Listings update, or to check our online listings regularly for
new listings or updates to listings previously submitted. Each
weekly update looks 5-6 weeks into the future.
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Deadlines
Weekly online updates: submission deadline is 6pm Tuesday of the
week prior to the event in question, for weekend posting.
Live or Live Streamed | May 20 to July 12, 2022
Friday May 20
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Friday Noontime
Recital. Schumann: Faschingsschwank
aus Wien; Rachmaninoff: Sonata No.2. Matthew
Li, piano; BoPeng, violin. St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St.
www.standrewstoronto.org/events/musicat-standrews-2/.
Free. Donations welcome.
LIVE & ONLINE.
● 3:30: PODIUM 2022 Choral Festival. Prairie
Voices, Singing Out + Song Sharing. Philip
Lapatha, Jody Malone, conductors; Beth Hanson,
accompanist; Shannon Thunderbird,
Sandy Horne, Indigenous knowledge keepers.
Metropolitan United Church (Toronto),
56 Queen St. E. podium2022.ca/festivalconcerts.
$40; $30(sr); $20(st).
● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. La traviata.
Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by
Francesco Maria Piave. Amina Edris, soprano
(Violetta Valery); Matthew Polenzani, tenor
(Alfredo Germont); Canadian Opera Company
Orchestra & Chorus; Johannes Debus, conductor;
Arin Arbus, director. Four Seasons
Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen
St. W. 416-363-8231 or 1-800-250-4653.
$22-$350.
● 7:30: Harbourfront Centre. A’nó:wara
Dance Theatre: Sky Dancers. Barbara Kaneratonni
Diabo, choreographer and director.
Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre,
235 Queens Quay W. www.harbourfrontcentre.com.
Also May 21(2pm & 7:30pm);
22(2pm); 23(2pm).
● 7:30: North Wind Concerts. All Creatures
Great and Small. Vivaldi (arr. Chedeville):
Spring from The Four Seasons; Biber:
Sonata rapresentativa; Couperin: La linote
efarouchée; Williams: Sonata in Imitation
of Birds; Vivaldi: Concerto, Il Gardellino.
Marco Cera, oboe; Alison Melville, recorder/
flute; Cristina Zacharias, violin; Christopher
Bagan, harpsichord; Kerri McGonigle,
cello. Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Ave.
W. 416-305-1732. PWYC. Suggested admission
$25. Also May 21 (St. Thomas’s Anglican
Church).
● 8:00: PODIUM 2022 Choral Festival.
Toronto Mass Choir. Toronto Mass Choir
Band; Karen Burke, conductor. Yorkminster
Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St.
podium2022.ca/festivalconcerts. $40;
$30(sr); $20(st).
Saturday May 21
● 10:00am: Royal Conservatory of Music.
The Taylor Academy Playathon. Held outdoors
in the courtyard. Students, alumni,
faculty, and other special guests will participate
in the full-day playathon. 273 Bloor St. W.
https://www.rcmusic.com/taylor-playathon.
Free.
● 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. A’nó:wara
Dance Theatre: Sky Dancers. See May 20.
Also May 21(7:30pm); 22(2pm); 23(2pm).
● 2:15: Anthroposophy in Toronto. Eurythmy
Class. Lois Macaulay, performance eurythmist;
Etsuko Kimura, violin. Trinity-St. Paul’s
Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-921-1043 or lois@
bellnet.ca. $25/class or $175 for 8-class series.
Space is limited. Also May 28, June 4, 11.
● 5:00: PODIUM 2022 Choral Festival. Jason
Max Ferdinand Singers. Jason Max Ferdinand,
conductor; John Stoddart, accompanist.
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,
1585 Yonge St. podium2022.ca/festivalconcerts.
$40; $30(sr); $20(st).
● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Magic
Flute. Music by W. A. Mozart. Ilker Arcayürek,
tenor (Tamino); Caroline Wettergreen, soprano
(The Queen of the Night); Gordon Bintner,
bass-baritone (Papageno); Anna-Sophie
Neher, soprano (Pamina); Canadian Opera
Company Orchestra & Chorus; Patrick Lange,
conductor; Anna Theodosakis, director. Four
Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,
145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231 or 1-800-250-
4653. $35-$250.
● 7:30: Harbourfront Centre. A’nó:wara
Dance Theatre: Sky Dancers. See May 20.
Also May 21(2pm); 22(2pm); 23(2pm).
● 7:30: North Wind Concerts. All Creatures
Great and Small. Vivaldi (arr. Chedeville):
Spring from The Four Seasons; Biber:
Sonata rapresentativa; Couperin: La linote
efarouchée; Williams: Sonata in Imitation
of Birds; Vivaldi: Concerto, Il Gardellino.
Marco Cera, oboe; Alison Melville, recorder/
flute; Cristina Zacharias, violin; Christopher
Bagan, harpsichord; Kerri McGonigle, cello.
St. Thomas’s Anglican Church (Toronto),
383 Huron St. 416-305-1732. PWYC. Suggested
admission $25. Also May 20 (Columbus
Centre).
● 8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Love
and Turmoil. Hindemith: Overture to Amor
and Psyche; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto
No.4 Op.40; Prokofiev: Symphony No.6 in
e-flat Op.111. Ludmil Angelov, piano; Kristian
Alexander, conductor. Richmond Hill Centre
for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St.,
Richmond Hill. 905-604-8339 or KSOrchestra.ca
or RHCentre.ca. $15-$40. LIVE,
ONLINE or RECORDED.
● 8:00: PODIUM 2022 Choral Festival.
Dead of Winter. Andrew Balfour, conductor.
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor
St. W. podium2022.ca/festivalconcerts. $40;
$30(sr); $20(st).
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Gimeno + Hannigan. Julia Mermelstein: in
moments, into bloom - Celebration Prelude
(World Premiere); Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique
Op.3; Zosha Di Castri: in the halflight,
for soprano and orchestra (World
Premiere); Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete
ballet, original 1910 version). Barbara
Hannigan, soprano; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-
598-3375 or 1-855-593-7769. Starting at $29.
Also May 19.
● 8:00: Westben. Digital Concert: Laila
Biali. Laila Biali, vocals/piano. 877-883-5777
or www.westben.ca. Free or by donation at
www.westben.ca/donate. NEW DATE. ONLINE
Sunday May 22
● 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. A’nó:wara
Dance Theatre: Sky Dancers. Barbara Kaneratonni
Diabo, choreographer and director.
Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre,
235 Queens Quay W. www.harbourfrontcentre.com.
CANCELLED.
● 2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra.
Masterworks 2: The Stars Are Not Aligned.
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Glinka:
Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila; Kevin Lau:
The Stars Are Not Aligned. Michelle Colton,
percussion; Bradley Thachuk, conductor. Partridge
Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts
Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. www.
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