Volume 28 Issue 5 | April & May 2023
April and May is Canary Time in the world of WholeNote -- the time when choirs in larger than usual numbers refresh the info in our online "Who's Who" to inform prospective choristers and audiences what they have to offer. Also inside: There's a new New Wave to catch at Esprit; Toronto Bach Festival no 6 includes a Kafeehaus; another new small venue on the "Soft Seat Beat" (we assume the seats are soft!); an ever-so Musically Theatrical spring. And more.
April and May is Canary Time in the world of WholeNote -- the time when choirs in larger than usual numbers refresh the info in our online "Who's Who" to inform prospective choristers and audiences what they have to offer. Also inside: There's a new New Wave to catch at Esprit; Toronto Bach Festival no 6 includes a Kafeehaus; another new small venue on the "Soft Seat Beat" (we assume the seats are soft!); an ever-so Musically Theatrical spring. And more.
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<strong>Volume</strong> <strong>28</strong> No 5 | <strong>April</strong> – <strong>May</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
ON OUR COVER<br />
Trash Panda<br />
Brass Band<br />
PHOTO: CONRAD GLUCH<br />
VOLUME <strong>28</strong> NO 5<br />
APRIL - MAY <strong>2023</strong><br />
MUSIC! LISTINGS<br />
live and<br />
livestreamed<br />
STORIES<br />
profiles, previews<br />
and interviews<br />
RECORD REVIEWS<br />
and Listening Room<br />
Bright! Vibrant! Welcoming! These are the words that<br />
inspired me when I started planning Trash Panda’s first<br />
formal photo shoot and this is the shot that turned out to be<br />
most reflective of the band. I’m really into the brass band<br />
scene – I’m a saxophonist in Big Smoke Brass which started<br />
six years ago, and music has been my main focus for the<br />
last 15 years. I’ve always been drawn to photography, but I<br />
only had the chance to pursue it because of my pandemic<br />
free time as a musician. As a child, I remember seeing The<br />
WholeNote at the RCM while taking lessons and it’s fascinating<br />
to me to think that all these years later, a photo that I<br />
took is being featured on the cover. It’s fulfilling to have my<br />
two worlds collide … (See ON OUR COVER, page 9.)<br />
The Trash Panda Brass Band, clockwise, from top left: Bien<br />
Carandang, Ray Sun, Ilinca Stafie, Anaïs Kelsey-Verdecchia,<br />
Charlotte Alexander, Kealan Braden<br />
ACD2 2454<br />
ATMA Classique proudly presents<br />
Jean Sibelius’ Symphonies<br />
No. 3 & 4 with Yannick<br />
Nézet-Séguin conducting the<br />
Orchestre Métropolitain de<br />
Montréal.<br />
« Two very contrasting<br />
symphonies and yet it’s a<br />
perfect match »<br />
8 FOR OPENERS | Neighbourhood<br />
doesn’t mean the same thing<br />
as community | DAVID PERLMAN<br />
STORIES & INTERVIEWS<br />
9 ON OUR COVER | The Brass<br />
Are Bringing IT | MJ BUELL<br />
10 MUSIC THEATRE | Bustin’ Out<br />
All Over | JENNIFER PARR<br />
14 IN WITH THE NEW | Wave<br />
After Wave: Esprit Orchestra |<br />
WENDALYN BARTLEY<br />
16 CLASSICAL AND BEYOND |<br />
Q & A: Blake Pouliot, violin |<br />
PAUL ENNIS<br />
20 ON OPERA | Show Room<br />
showcase offers a promising<br />
start | LYDIA PEROVIĆ<br />
<br />
AVAILABLE NOW<br />
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Stéphane Tétreault and<br />
Olivier Hébert-Bouchard<br />
present Images oubliées,<br />
their first volume of music by<br />
Claude Debussy transcribed<br />
for cello and piano.<br />
Never heard before transcriptions<br />
for cello and piano of<br />
Debussy’s music<br />
AVAILABLE NOW<br />
VISIT OUR<br />
WEBSITE<br />
thewholenote.com <strong>April</strong> & <strong>May</strong>, <strong>2023</strong> | 5
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