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Volume 21 No 9 | Summer 2016 

FEATURES 

6. OPENER | On Music Making In Particular Places | DAVID PERLMAN 

8. ON OUR COVER | Lemon Bucket Orkestra | MJ BUELL 

8. How I’ll Spend My Summer Vocation | SARA CONSTANT 

10. SSM At Sweet Sixteen | DAVID PERLMAN 

12. Summer Of Our Discontent? | LYDIA PEROVIC 

15. Jazz Stories | Balancing the Books, and Real Jazz Hooks | ORI DAGAN 

18. Meet Music Mondays’ Ian Grundy | ALLAN PULKER 

70. WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDREN | Alex Pangman | MJ BUELL 

92. CBC RADIO TWO: This Isn’t Silence | DAVID JAEGER 

Highlights of 

the season 

BEAT BY BEAT 

18. Classical & Beyond | PAUL ENNIS 

22. In with the New | WENDALYN BARTLEY 

24 World View | ANDREW TIMAR 

26. On Opera | CHRISTOPHER HOILE 

28. Early Music | DAVID PODGORSKI 

29. Art of Song | HANS DE GROOT 

30. Choral Scene | BRIAN CHANG 

32. Bandstand | JACK MacQUARRIE 

62. Mainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz! | BOB BEN 

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G1 - G10. GREEN PAGES: SUMMER FESTIVAL GUIDE 

LISTINGS 

35. S | Summer Festival Listings 

46. A | Concerts in the GTA 

57. B | Concerts Beyond the GTA 

60. C | Music Theatre 

62. D | In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) 

65. E | The ETCeteras 

DISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED 

71. Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS 

73. Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS 

76. Keyed In | ALEX BARAN 

78. Vocal 

81. Early Music And Period Performance 

81. Classical & Beyond 

82. Modern & Contemporary 

83 Jazz & Improvised 

86. Pot Pourri 

87. Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN 

88. Old Wine, New Bottles | BRUCE SURTEES 

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7. Index of Advertisers 

68. Classified Ads 

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FOR OPENERS | DAVID PERLMAN 

On Music Making In Particular Places 

Perspectives by incongruity 1 

In this particular version of an ancient allegory, the Editor-In-Chief 

summons two scribes to his lofty perch and says, “Go forth and 

ascertain the health of the operatic art form in our realm during 

the months when shorts are shortest and the sun is at its highest in 

the sky.” 

So off they go, and in due course they return and the one scribe 

steps forward and says: 

“A peculiar thing happens each year around mid-May in this, the 

largest, busiest city of Canada: Toronto opera life all but shuts down, 

give or take an intrepid indie daring a short, early-June run. And the 

season stays shut until the latter half of September.” 

“Aha!” says the Editor-In-Chief. “Thank you!” 

Then the other scribe steps forward and says: 

“It used to be that, come June, Ontarians had to leave the province 

to seek opera performances elsewhere. That’s not the case this 

summer, which is surprisingly filled with opera, especially with 

new ones.” 

“Aha!” says the Editor-In-Chief. “Thank you!” 

At this point, the Managing Editor, who has been observing all 

this with an almost imperceptible frown, steps forward: “They can’t 

both of them be ‘Aha!’” the Managing Editor says. (And the Senior 

Proofreader, who has also been observing all this, nods in almost 

imperceptible agreement.) 

“Aha!!” says the Editor-In-Chief. “Thank you!” 

Perspectives by incongruity 2 

When Luminato first burst onto the Toronto scene a little over 

a decade ago, (as, among other things, a civic vaccine for 

SARS), their mission statement/slogan was “Bringing the 

World to Toronto,” and I remember feeling a grudging admiration for 

the sneakily clever ambiguity of it all. 

“Way to hedge your bets,” I thought at the time. If the global public 

does come to see how wonderfully cultural we are, mission accomplished. 

If, on the other hand, those of us who can’t afford plane and 

concert tickets get to take in some of the great art and culture of our 

time right here in our own backyard, then mission still accomplished! 

(That being said, I will forever remain grateful for the opportunity 

to take in the Ex Machina/Robert Lepage production of Lip Sync at 

the Bluma Appel Theatre in 2009. It was worth every penny, at a time 

when pennies were still worth something.) 

I’m quite sure, though, that this ambiguity of mission has not 

served Luminato very well over the years. “And if they still don’t get 

that it doesn’t serve them well, then it serves them right,” is what I 

would have said, right up until a few months ago. But methinks, as 

Andrew Timar intimates in his World View column this issue, there 

may be some hope on the eastern horizon. 

The decision to tie Luminato’s fortunes to a single location – the 

decommissioned Hearn Generating Station in the eastern portlands 

represents for me, the recognition, finally, that the stated goal 

of attempting to turn the whole of downtown Toronto into a ten-day 

cultural wonder of the world has been as much of an exercise in 

futility as it would have been be to try to turn the outfield at the 

Rogers Centre into a world-class rose garden. 

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I don't know enough about the inner workings at Luminato to 

know whether this decision is a final virtuosic flourish from outgoing 

artistic director Jörn Weisbrodt. But bravo to someone for what is 

simultaneously an act of humility and outrageous grandiosity. “Hey 

guys, we’ve decided to think global and act local. So let’s go score us 

the biggest honking locale we can!” 

How they go about getting us locals to go there in droves (so we’re 

eventually worth some global gawking at, while we play) is another 

question. But, I say this year, give them the benefit of the doubt. Go 

experience the potential of the place – imagine, for example, what a 

remount of Apocalypsis would have been like at the Hearn instead of 

the Sony Centre! 

Lessons learned: 

Here’s to Brian Barlow’s Jazz Van during the PEC JazzFest careening 

around the county, stopping to unload sounds of brass into the Quinte 

roadside air! 

Here’s to the visionary individuals in places like Elora, Parry Sound, 

Clear Lake, Indian Springs, Stratford, the Beaches, and yes, even 

downtown Toronto, who looked at some particular place, thought of 

some particular time, imagined the music that belonged there, and 

did something about it. 

Here’s to all our future musical places yet to discover! 

Here’s to open air music in all our downtowns, little and large. 

Here’s to getting to recharge our musical batteries over the summer 

so we come back in the fall with fresh ears! 

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Adelphi Vocal Ensemble 52 

Aga Khan Museum 25 

All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church 30 

Amadeus Choir 48, 66 

Analekta 73, 79 

Artists’ Garden Cooperative 35 

ArtsMediaProjects 69 

ATMA 5, 75, 76, 77 

Bach Children's Chorus 66 

Barrie Concert Band 58 

Beaches International Jazz Festival G10 

Blue Griffin Recording Inc 75 

Canadian Children’s Opera Company 49 

Cantemus Singers 50 

Cathedral Bluffs 34 

Christ Church Deer Park - Jazz Vespers 61 

Classical Unbound Festival 9 

Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival 35 

CONTACT Contemporary Music 23, 51, 67 

Elmer Iseler Singers 31 

Elora Festival 3, 36 

Estonian National Opera Boys’ Choir 52 

Festival of the Sound 37 

Florian Hoefner 79 

Flute Street 47 

Follk Camp 66 

Grace Church on-the-Hill 65 

Highlands Opera Studio 38, 39 

Horizon Tax Services 68 

I Furiosi 52 

Inga Filippova 52 

Kindred Spirits Orchestra 21, 53 

Lark Ensemble 50 

Living Music 71 

LizPR 68 

Long & McQuade 67 

Master Performing 69 

Mississauga Symphony 21 

Moonaura 48 

Mooredale Concerts 20 

MOSAIC Canadian Vocal Ensemble 66 

Music and Beyond 4, 40 

Music at Metropolitan 31, 55 

Music at Metropolitan / Noon at Met 47 

Music Mondays 48, 53, 55, 56 

Music Picnic 55 

Music Toronto 11 

National Youth Orchestra of Canada 41, 56, 58, 91 

Naxos 73, 75 

New Horizons Bands 33 

New Music Concerts 51 

No Strings Theatre 55 

Off Centre Music Salon 17 

Off Centre/Deranger 49 

Opera Atelier 65 

Orpheus Choir 68 

Pasquale Bros. Downtown 66 

Prince Edward County Classical Music Festival 41 

Remenyi House of Music 15 

Rhodes Electric Piano 69 

Royal Conservatory School 68 

Ryan Choi 71 

Sam Broverman 77 

Sari Kessler 77 

Schubert Now 49 

St Philip’s - Jazz Vespers 64 

St. Olave’s Church 50 

St. Stephen in-the-Fields Anglican Church 48 

Steinway Piano Gallery, Toronto 13 

Stratford Summer Music 41, 90 

Summer Opera Lyric Theatre 61 

Tafelmusik 2 

Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute 48, 49, 51 

TD Sunfest ‘16 (London) 42 

TD Toronto Jazz Festival 43, 63 

Toronto Children’s Chorus 67 

Toronto Operetta Theatre 14, 27 

Toronto Summer Music Festival 44, 94, G10 

Toronto Symphony 93 

Universal Music Canada 73, 79 

VegasNorth Entertainment 69 

Viva! Youth Singers of Toronto 46 

Voicebox: Opera in Concert 29 

Walden Chamber Players 77 

Westben Arts Festival Theatre 45 

Women’s Musical Club of Toronto 19 

Yorkminster Park Baptist Church 34, 48 

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On Our Cover 

LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA 

These boys of summer are 

members of Toronto’s 

Lemon Bucket Orkestra. 

They have lots of exciting 

reasons to blow their own 

horns, and no difficulty 

getting audiences to dance to 

their beat. 

LBO began in 2010 as a 

four-person street busking 

band consisting of Mark 

Marczyk, violin and vocals, 

Oskar Lambarri, drum and 

vocals, Tangi Ropars, button 

accordion, and Alex Nahirny, 

guitar. In 2016, it’s now a band 

of 16-plus, rolling merrily into 

its sixth summer and gathering 

members as it goes, the 

way a rolling ball of burdock 

gathers more burdock: vocals, 

strings, winds, brass, percussion, 

including a range of 

world/folk instruments. The 

music is every bit as vigorous 

as “Balkan-klezmer-gypsyparty-punk-super 

band” 

suggests, and so is their 

schedule. 

Counting Sheep: A Guerrilla 

Folk Opera is LBO’s current 

Playing trombone on the left is Leli 

Camilo; trombone on the right – Nate 

Dell-Vandenberg; on the sousaphone 

– Ian Tulloch. Mark Marczyk – violin & 

vocals, who is a founding member of 

the band, has his back to the camera. 

Photographed at the Ananas Hostel 

in Pécs, Hungary, by a member 

of the hostel staff, during Lemon 

Bucket’s 2015 Moorka release tour. 

performance project. It’s an interactive video-music-dinner-theatre 

play about the Maidan Revolution, which will be performed August 5 

to 29 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival following its May 26 to June 5 

Toronto run at Broadview Place. The Ukrainian polyphonic choral 

music, exuberant performances and powerful visuals offer a visceral 

experience of living with present-day revolution. Based on the 2014 

Kyiv experiences of band-members Mark Marczyk and Marichka 

Kudriavtseva, the show includes the audience alongside the ensemble 

members in stylized white sheep masks – there is food and music and 

dancing for everyone, blurring the line between what is theatre and 

real life. 

But before Lemon Bucket Orkestra takes off for Edinburgh they’ll 

be shaking things up here in Canada. They have Toronto concerts 

at Roy Thomson Hall (“Live on the Patio” series, June 23) and at the 

Opera House, with Romanian band Fanfare Ciocarlia (TD Toronto 

Jazz Festival, June 29) followed by appearances at eight Canadian 

festivals including the Hillside Festival (July 24, in Guelph), Ottawa 

Chamberfest (July 28), and then another concert at Toronto’s Mel 

Lastman Square (July 29). 

Lemon Bucket’s newest recording Moorka, nominated for a 2016 

JUNO Award, has just won a Canadian Folk Music Award – “World 

Group of the Year.” It includes folk songs the band learned on their 

last European tour from local musicians in Romania, Ukraine, Serbia, 

and Macedonia, but these are spiked and shaken up into the stirring 

musical mix LBO audiences now hunger for in Canada and around 

the world. By all accounts, no matter where the band is playing, 

people find themselves irresistibly drawn in – weirdly at home with 

and involved in music that is simultaneously exotic and familiar. This 

includes the passengers on a delayed Air Canada flight from Toronto 

to Frankfurt in 2012 who were treated to an impromptu concert 

while Lemon Bucket waited to take off for their “Balkan Station 

Romania Tour.” 

mj Buell 

How I’ll Spend 

My Summer 

Vocation 

SARA CONSTANT 

It’s no secret that summer, as far as the classical music scene goes, is 

Toronto’s off-season. As Lydia Perovic points out in her take on this 

year’s summer opera scene, though (see page 12), Toronto’s musical 

off-season tends to be a lot longer than most. If they haven’t already, 

most of our local music presenters are now wrapping up the last of their 

2015/16 shows—which leaves a good three months of limbo until the 

beginning of 2016/17 in the fall. 

Of course, that implies that the city falls silent for most of June, 

July and August—which is far from the case. Summer music festivals 

abound, including local giants like Luminato, TD Toronto Jazz Festival 

and Toronto Summer Music. International artists often schedule 

Toronto into their summer tours and festival circuits, and local musicmakers, 

who jump from gig to gig all year long, finally have the gift 

of much-needed time—to relax, or to plan projects of their own. And 

while the length of Toronto’s musical break might attest to the relative 

youth of our music scene, it makes these long summer months 

the perfect moment to look beyond business as usual, towards something 

new. 

TCML: “Something new” 

pretty much sums up the 

motivation behind at least 

one of the musical projects 

in town this month. New 

this year, the Toronto 

Creative Music Lab (TCML) 

is a one-week workshop 

for early-career musicmakers 

(June 19 to 24), 

where performers and 

composers are formed into 

small groups to collaborate 

on new works. Designed 

with the spirit of peer-topeer 

collaboration in mind, 

the workshop focuses on 

building a community for 

early-career artists that is 

rich in opportunities for 

professional development. 

Jason Doell 

Full disclosure: I’m one of the participants this year. But – biased 

though I may be – during a time when the usual music scene is taking 

a breather, this program is just the thing .to fill in some of the gaps, 

and build potentially fruitful musical relationships. 

Composer Jason Doell and saxophonist Olivia Shortt, who alongside 

William Callaghan of Musica Reflecta, form the organizing 

team for the workshop, are hopeful about what this project will do 

for emerging artists. “For me, peer-mentoring is essential for earlycareer 

artists and there is an opportunity in the Toronto contemporary 

music scene to facilitate these relationships,” says Doell. “While technical 

development in any discipline may be aided by the guidance of 

recognized experts, most professional relationships and opportunities 

arise within a peer group. Also…who knows more about being an 

early-career artist than those directly involved in being early-career 

artists? Peer-mentoring is a fantastic way to access the knowledge of 

people who are facing similar issues and obstacles to the ones you are 

facing today.” 

“Toronto is abundant in programs for composers and performers 


Olivia Shortt 

seeking out more traditional styles of music and art practices but there 

isn’t as much for those seeking workshops that offer an approach 

to more current music,” adds Shortt. “Especially as a saxophonist, 

Toronto doesn’t offer much in the way of workshops and opportunities 

to network as a classical/new music performer. I’ve often had to 

seek these opportunities in other cities.” 

A project like TCML couldn’t come at a better time of year for people 

like me. Taking place at the end of June means that TCML can create 

these opportunities in Toronto, for participants, who at any other time 

would be busy at work, schools or conservatories all over the world. 

And for both organizers, June offers a moment to reflect on the rest of 

the year, and put their observations into action. 

“[TCML] fits in well with my day-to-day life,” explains Doell. “I’m 

a full-time composer and I also create music educator programs, so a 

lot of what we are trying to accomplish at TCML is in the front of my 

mind regularly.” And for Shortt, an incoming masters student at the 

University of Toronto, being on the giving rather than the receiving 

end of a summer workshop has so far been a valuable experience. 

“This is one of the first projects for me that hasn’t been something I’m 

organizing for myself, like a recital or a tour,” she says. “And there’s a 

lot that school couldn’t teach me, so this has been the most practical 

educational opportunity that I’ve been a part of.” 

For my part, the workshop will be a refreshing break from my restof-the-year 

schoolwork, and a welcome challenge after some time 

away from my instrument. It will be, in other words, the perfect 

summer vocation. 

The final concert of TCML, featuring all of the premieres workshopped 

during the week’s rehearsals, takes place on June 24 at the 

918 Bathurst Centre; details at tcml.ca. 

Of course, Shortt and Doell aren’t the only ones with exciting 

musical plans in the works for the next three months. After speaking 

with them, we were inspired to get in touch with other local musicians 

to ask them this one thing: 

How do you make use of Toronto’s long musical summer to 

recharge your musical batteries for the season ahead? 

Here are some of their responses. 

Name: Gordon Mansell 

Instrument: Organ 

Summer Vocations continues on page 89 


SSM At Sweet Sixteen 

“So you’re sweet sixteen?” I say 

to my guest. We’re sitting in The 

WholeNote office, mid-May – 

one of those “just-happenedto-be-in-town,” 

semi-spontaneous 

conversations that goes better for not 

having over-planned it. He chuckles. 

“I hadn’t quite thought of it that way” 

he says. “I’ve just been telling people we 

are in our teens. But if someone wants 

to come along and kiss us with a big fat 

donation, I wouldn’t say no.” 

“Anyone particular in mind?” I ask. 

He fires right back. “If there was, I 

wouldn’t tell you!” 

My guest this day is John Miller, 

artistic producer from the outset, 

16 years ago, of Stratford Summer 

Music (SSM), that, for six weeks of 

the summer anyway, grabs a share of the 

spotlight from the Stratford Festival, the 

April-to-November theatrical juggernaut 

(Above) BargeMusic at 

Stratford Summer Music. 

(Right) John Miller 

that has, over the course of its 60-year existence, completely reshaped 

the history of one small Ontario town. 

“Is the elephant co-operative these days?” I tease. “Or are you guys 

two solitudes?” 

Perhaps it’s the presence of the tape recorder, but he pauses for 

longer than usual, given his normal free-flowing conversational style. 

And then: “...I’m only choosing my words carefully” he says “because 

I don’t want any wrong impression to come out. By saying that we’re 

in our own spheres it doesn’t mean there aren’t occasions when we 

cross, or cooperate. But what we realize is they are a $60 million dollar 

big business, and we’re a $1 million small business, and it’s so easy 

to get crushed, or overwhelmed. So we tend to want to keep our own 

separate tracks, so that we can keep our own identity. Because I think 

it will always be the case that if you say ‘Stratford’ and ‘Festival’ in 

one breath, people think theatre. Because we started more than four 

decades behind them, that’s the thing. I often dream of what music 

would be like if the original concept of music at the Stratford Festival 

had been allowed to grow instead of being cut off as it was.” 

“You mean the days of Louis Applebaum?” I ask. (Applebaum, 

the Stratford Festival’s resident composer for 43 years, had begun a 

separate Stratford Music Festival in 1955, two years after the establishment 

of the Theatre Festival.) Miller lights up. “Absolutely! When 

Glenn Gould was in charge of the music programming, Peter Pears 

and Benjamin Britten used to come. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf used to 

come. Duke Ellington would come. Those were great days.” 

Part of the problem, he explains, is that music was deemed by the 

festival board to be too expensive, and so was cut out. “It is expensive,” 

he continues. “And it’s a psychological thing. You mount a (theatrical) 

production. It costs a lot, but it can run for six months. We don’t 

do that in music. You bring in a great orchestra or singer or somebody 

and it costs a lot of money, and what do they do? One concert, or 

maybe two if you’re lucky, and then away they go...But it’s not a case 

of ‘Oh we’re trying to bring music back.’ We’re not trying any more. 

We have succeeded in bringing music back, with its head held high.” 

“If I’d had to guess, before looking at your website, I’d have thought 

you’d be making a meal of the ‘Shakespeare at 400’ thing this year,” 

I say, “But it looks like you’re being quite laid back about it, not 

whacking it over the head – you have a very diverse program.” 

“Well, we’re probably doing the biggest thing in the city in 

regard to it,” he responds, “because we are bringing the choir from 

Shakespeare’s own church, the Holy Trinity Church, as the core of 

DAVID PERLMAN 

our choral programming this year, and 

they are bringing two programs of music 

they’ve been building up and singing 

to people visiting the church in their 

community. Their vicar is coming, and 

we’re going to team up with the local 

Anglican church here, plant trees in both 

churchyards...and on our lecture series 

music critic Robert Harris is doing a presentation 

on Shakespeare and music...and 

that’s a lot more than the Theatre is doing. 

So we are in fact carrying the ball on the 

salute to the 400th anniversary. Mind you, 

I could have done a whole festival based 

on that.” 

“You could have,” I agree. “And it’s 

fantastic that you haven’t.” 

One distinctive feature of Miller’s 

abilities as a curator is how deftly he 

spins multiple themes that weave 

through the course of a Stratford 

Summer Music season. For example, 

the choral strand this year, will also 

feature Daniel Taylor’s Theatre of Early 

Music (in a program of great anthems 

by Handel and Bach titled ‘Let The 

People Hear’), The Canadian Spotlight (a chorus of professional and 

semi-professional singers put together for SSM by conductor Mark 

Vuorinen) which does a full program of Canadian choral works, and 

the Harlem Gospel Choir, with, as Miller reveals, a significant guest. 

“What you probably don’t know yet is that Measha 

[Brueggergosman] will come and sing with them. Last year we had 

The Blind Boys of Alabama – a huge success, hundreds of people, we 

were turning people away – and Ben [Heppner] came and sang with 

them, and I thought wouldn’t it be fun to carry that sort of spirit on. 

But who could sing with the Harlem choir? Measha was the natural 

and she agreed to come.” 

"Tell about the other strands this year," I ask, and he obliges with 

gusto: there’s the always stellar piano series (“I’m really proud of 

the piano series. I just love piano. That’s part of it”; there’s 7am 

music on the banks of the Avon; a cabaret series ranging from "Trish 

O'Callaghan covering Cohen to Alex Samaras doing Sondheim, to 

Michael Occhipinti and friends doing John Lennon.” There will also 

be 30 hours of barge music in a wide range of genres; three “Bach 

walks” in “The Grove” with music supplied by the Charm of Finches 

flute ensemble and commentary by the local society of field naturalists 

society “on the double-breasted whatevers and the purple trillium”; 

Whiskey Jack (who backed up Stompin’ Tom for decades) will play at 

the local Legion “because I thought, well, where would Stompin’ Tom 

have played”; one of their trademark restaurant concert series will 

feature the world of harp music “from classical to celtic to baroque to 

Paraguyan to Senegalese to contemporary”; …the list, and his delight at 

all of it, seem boundless. 

One element of Miller’s ability to bring about programming coups, 

like Heppner singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama last year or 

this year's Brueggergosman/Harlem Gospel Choir collaboration, 

relates to the formidable and diverse rolodex of musical contacts and 

musical acquaintanceships he has built up over a decade and a half 

here at Stratford Summer Music. (“The one part of my job I don’t 

like,” he says, “is how often I have to say no to people, now.”) Part of 

it doubtless also stems from previous sojourns with the Glenn Gould 

Foundation and before that the Canadian Music Centre. 

But part of it also stems from a very savvy sense of what one might 

call the art of the necessary. Which arises from an acutely realistic 


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understanding of the context in which he and SSM must operate. If he 

does his job right, around 65,000 people every season, who make it to 

Stratford for something else, will “happen across” SSM, and remember 

the fact that they did. 

“How do you plan for people to stumble across you and how do you 

ensure that, no matter how long they stick around for, they go away 

appreciating the scope of the whole thing and the deftness of the 

weave?” I ask. 

“It’s very interesting,” he says. “I am always running into people 

who say ‘I didn’t know there was a music festival here’ and then I’ll 

say ‘Well, did you hear the Andrew Collins Trio; did you hear the bluegrass?’ 

and they’ll say ‘Oh yeah I heard the bluegrass music down 

on that wonderful floating stage, downtown,’ but they just sort of 

thought it happened somehow.” 

“But that’s the big challenge, isn’t it?” I ask. “Because your passers 

through, your Stratford Festival attendees, even your SSM regulars, 

are only going to get a tiny taste of it all, unless they are coming back 

every weekend or staying the week, which I would think isn’t easy to 

do given how busy the town is in theatre high-season.” 

He pushes back a bit at that: “Well I suppose. But if you went to 

the Edinburgh Festival, or Ravinia, or any of these places, even if you 

come for the Stratford Theatre, you know, you don’t get it all at one 

time. You have to come back, or you take your chance on what has 

been programmed by some artistic director for the dates when you’re 

going to be there. That’s the way it is, and as the artistic director you 

have to understand that. My responsibility is to present you with a 

cultural smorgasbord at any given moment, so that you can pick and 

choose from it.” 

The trick, he says, is to make sure that there is always a representative 

mix of ingredients so you come away with a sense of the whole. 

Beyond Concertizing: Stratford Summer Music is also becoming 

an increasingly interesting educational destination, for public and 

students alike, most notably its TorQ Percussion Quartet residency, 

now in its fifth year, and a robust Vocal Academy which offers a jawdroppingly 

fine ten-day residency to career-edge artists. 

“The Vocal Academy is expanded this year,” Miller says, “with new 

faculty – Krisztina Szabó, Nathalie Poulin and Alison Pybus.” Pybus, 

he says, is a particularly significant addition. “We felt it was important 

that these edge-of-career singers have guidance in areas additional to 

voice. And management is something they need to understand and 

have insight into. Alison Pybus used to be the director of the vocal 

division at IMG. So she’s at the top of her field and will join [Michael] 

Schade and Phillip Addis and Emily Hamper, and Howard Dyck who 

lectures on oratorio, and Geraint Wynn-Davies who speaks to them 

about acting.” 

Getting in is via a rigorous application process involving submission 

of recordings and CVs so they can be shipped to Schade, Hamper 

and Addis wherever they may be; at this point applicants come in 

from all over Canada, and elsewhere – “The furthest this year was New 

Zealand” he says. “And we sent posters to every music faculty in the 

country back in January.” It’s not a full scholarship opportunity but 

the ten days end up costing around $500, with billeting opportunities 

and/or housing in the nurses’ residence in town as options. “And of 

course while they are with us they get tickets to the theatre and everything 

else that’s going on in the Stratford environment.” The great 

thing, he adds, is that most of those vocal master classes are open to 

the public – “Alison Pybus will, for example conduct mock auditions, 

and then spend private time afterwards, giving feedback and going 

over each student’s promotional materials.” 

Tellingly, the subsidizing of student participation in the Vocal 

Academy comes from the community itself – a grass roots initiative. 

“What is extraordinary to me,” Miller says, “is how the community 

buys in. After all this time, living in Stratford, you understand how 

important the arts are, not just for the pocket book but for your own 

soul. Artists love to come here - 35,000 population, extraordinary 

restaurants and neighbours. I’m having fun. One heck of a good place, 

it really is. I am just happy to be lucky enough to do what I do.” 

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Summer Of Our 

Discontent? 

LYDIA PEROVIC 

A 

peculiar thing happens each year around mid-May in the 

largest, busiest city of Canada, the fifth largest North American 

city: mainstream Toronto opera life all but shuts down, give or 

take an intrepid indie daring a short early June run. And the season 

stays shut until the latter half of September. This year there’s an exception, 

a chamber opera at the Winter Garden in July thanks to the 

Toronto Summer Music Festival, but it’s likelier to be a one-off than 

a harbinger. Classical music lovers are somewhat luckier, with the 

TSO working full steam until the end of June, though it too starts the 

season late in September. Berlin, on the other hand, goes to the opera 

until early August and happily returns to it first week of September. 

Opera in Paris runs parallel with ballet until mid-July. London goes 

strong until mid-July and effectively has no respite with the Proms 

taking over from then on till mid-September. 

Even regional European houses in small cities beat us in quantity 

and length. The opera house in Liège (population 200,000) 

has an eight-production season that runs until the end of June. 

Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam (population 780,000) starts its 

12-production season early September and dovetails with Holland 

Festival on the other end to finish in early July. 

What do the artists who make opera do in those four months that 

Toronto doesn’t do opera? And how do they explain our long break? 

Soprano Ambur Braid recently returned home to Toronto after a 

Magic Flute run at the English National Opera in London, where she 

sang a wheelchair-bound Queen of the Night, and subsequently a 

very different, glammed-up Maleficent-like version of the same role 

at the Calgary Opera. “Evil royalty,” as she puts it, dramatic coloratura 

roles are becoming her calling card and one of her great historical 

research interests: those who attended the Canadian Art Song Project 

recital “The Living Spectacle” last winter were treated to a standup 

quality introduction to the wives of Henry VIII before her exceptional 

rendering of Try Me, Good King by Libby Larsen. She could not 

confirm or deny if she will return to the ENO in the near future, but 

I would bet on Yes, and on Verdi, the composer she’s starting to sing 

more, including the recital with Toronto Concert Orchestra at Casa 

Loma this May. 

The voracious intellect whose interests range from Anne Boleyn to 

painter Stephen Appleby-Barr to Wes Anderson to caftans (if anybody 

will make them glamourous, it’ll be this statuesque soprano), Braid 

will combine work, study and travel this summer. “I’ll be singing the 

bitchy maid Dalinda in Richard Jones’ new Ariodante at the COC in 

September, so my June will be all Ariodante prep, all the time,” she 

says. She’ll also travel to Puglia to brush up her Italian, and try out 

agriturismo (“And eat and gain my preparatory weight,” she adds). 

“On August 6 I’m singing a recital of Rachmaninoff and Sibelius in 

Niagara-on-the-Lake, two new singing languages for me, and will be 

coaching all of that in July.” The COC rehearsals start on September 9. 

We mull over possible reasons for the shortness of Toronto opera 

season, and wonder if it’s still presumed that since a lot of people of a 

certain class are out of town every weekend from May long weekend 

until Labour Day that everybody else is—or that they’re the only 

ones going to the opera. Opera tickets as a luxury item, opera audiences 

upper middle class? Sad state of affairs, if true, we agree. “Even 

in real estate,” she muses, “and in sales of clothes and jewellery, not 

a lot of people with buying power are in town in the summer, so that 

activity slows down.” The massive influx of tourists helps refill the 

audiences of London, Paris and Berlin during summer, she says after 

I bring up the European seasons. Is it about our habits, do we only do 

culture October to May? “It could be because we’re so young. Unlike 

Europeans, we are not brought up with it…And here, because it’s less 

subsidized and more expensive to go to the opera, you don’t go as 


often – it’s a special occasion thing. We 

Ambur Braid 

say it shouldn’t be, but it is. And the relative 

rarity of performances also makes 

going to the opera a special event. You 

cannot show up at the opera house any 

day of the week and see something.” 

But she’s optimistic we’ll get there. 

“Hopefully we’ll get to the next step. 

Things are happening, it’s an exciting 

time to be in Canada.” 

Christopher Mokrzewski has a similar 

take. “I get the feeling that Toronto is still 

a bit old-fashioned in that so much of 

the population takes significant time off 

in the summer. People are always travelling, 

are out of town, attending weddings 

and going to cottages, which makes it a 

little more difficult to maintain an active 

performance schedule with a diminished 

audience base,” writes the resident 

conductor at the Calgary Opera 

and music director of Against the Grain 

Theatre in an email. So musicians adapt 

and leave the city to work at festivals or 

train, like he’s about to do after wrapping 

up A Little Too Cozy, the AtG adaptation 

of Mozart/Da Ponte’s Così fan tutte. He’s taking a few days off in 

Toronto – “I’m desperate to get to a Jays game and see more concerts!” 

– before heading to St. Louis for a week on a professional development 

stipend from Calgary Opera. He’ll be working on bel canto repertoire 

with conductor Stephen Lord. The brilliant young musician is best 

known for the mashup of Schubert and Messiaen played with great 

conviction and drama in AtG’s “Death and Desire” last year, but his 

conducting interests are growing and it’s bel canto’s turn now. 

He’s then off to Banff for six weeks, where he is music director for 

the Open Space Opera young artist program to conduct his first The 

Rape of Lucretia: his second one is the TSMF semi-staged performance 

at Winter Garden Theatre, Toronto’s one mainstream operatic 

exception of the summer. “I just love Banff to death. And I cannot wait 

for the real highlight of the summer, the Banff Centre Theatre Arts 

staff softball game. Big league!” Late July the AtG will perform at the 

Ottawa Chamber Fest, after which Mokrzewski returns to Calgary for 

a week of rehearsals and two weeks of performances at the Calgary 

Opera summer festival. “In late August and September I’ll likely be in 

Toronto and NYC for some professional development opportunities 

that are currently still in the works. Maybe I’ll take a few days off, if 

the mood strikes, and go on a road trip.” 

Not a lot of leisure in Amanda Smith’s summer either. The emerging 

stage director and founding artistic director of FAWN Chamber 

Creative is already leaving her mark as one of the few movers within 

the Toronto Indie Opera network who embrace electronic music as 

essential for operatic creation and dance as essential to its performance. 

This approach was very much in evidence in Synaesthesia, 

FAWN’s recent six-composer workshop performance in the postindustrial 

area around Sterling Avenue that featured a dancer in 

pieces that alternate acoustic and electronic, live and tape. “I grew up 

listening to metal and noise music, it’s a big part of my life,” she says. 

The audience at Synaesthesia that night was mostly twentysomethings, 

and this was in part due to this bridging between the electronic 

music audience and the performing arts audience that those 

pieces proposed. “I also don’t want to charge people more than $20 

per show. People are less willing to go to something unfamiliar if 

the tickets are more expensive. And us millennials are probably the 

most underemployed generation in a long while, with little disposable 

income.” One of the three audience-chosen pieces from the show 

will be commissioned into an opera. “We’re hoping to create a ballet 

lyrique and I want it to be sort of like devised theatre – only, devised 

opera. We have a workshop period, we’ll have a story, but the music 

will get devised.” 

Smith’s degrees from Laurier and UofT are in 

voice and opera, but by the third year she knew 

she wanted to direct rather than sing. She’s 

since assisted a number of directors, including 

Michael Cavanagh for the world premiere of the 

now much-travelled Svadba by Ana Sokolović 

and Tim Albery for the landmark Grimes on 

the Beach at Aldeburgh Music Festival. Her 

summers so far have been about development. 

Last year she spent it in Quebec City observing 

the rehearsals for the new Robert Lepage 

production of L’Amour de loin and talking with 

the director (her theatre role model) about 

structuring rehearsals and getting the most out 

of people. This June she is travelling to Chicago 

to attend the Chicago Summer Opera program 

for two months. “I’ll be working with the 

director George Cederquist there. He does some 

exciting work, I’m really looking forward. I’m 

going to be mentored by him and have one-onone 

seminars.” The two will work on Britten’s 

Albert Herring. 

For the director Ashlie Corcoran there will 

be no summer vacation this year: the season 

at Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque 

where she is artistic director actually runs May 

to October, and her recently completed run of the play Das Ding at 

Canadian Stage was her 12th production in as many months. Three of 

the ten productions at the Playhouse she’ll direct herself: Sondheim’s 

Into the Woods, Coward’s Blythe Spirit and Das Ding by Philipp Löhle, 

a German play about globalization that she enthusiastically describes 

as “wild.” She’ll also be preparing for the pieces she’s directing in 

the fall, Blythe Spirit in Kamloops, the school tour at the COC and 

in December, Soundstreams’ Electric Messiah. Then off to direct the 

JENNIFER TOOLE 


evival of The Magic Flute at 

the COC, the show she already 

assisted under the direction 

of Diane Paulus, and directed 

herself for the Ensemble Studio 

performance, and later revived 

at Opera Philadephia. 

What guides her programming 

at the Playhouse? “It’s 

a year-long occupation, I’m 

always reading plays, seeing 

musicals, thinking about it 

constantly, and any time I 

see something that I’m interested 

in, I put it on a list or 

add it to the pile. And once 

I start programming, I see 

how all the pieces would fit 

together. It all needs to be high 

quality, intelligent, entertaining 

work, but I’m also looking for 

work that’s different and that sort of bounces up against each other, 

rubs against each other in interesting ways.” The audience is more 

of a regional theatre audience than summer audience, very diverse 

with very diverse expectations, and Corcoran aims to meet those but 

also to propose new and unexpected experiences. She says she can 

certainly imagine doing a chamber opera in the smaller Fire Hall in 

the future. “Last year we did an operetta, The Pirates of Penzance. I 

adapted it with Andrew Kushnir and we set it in 1927 in the prohibition 

times in the Thousand Islands. We re-wrote the libretto—Gilbert 

& Sullivan are in the public domain - so the pirates were rum runners, 

the police were the American coast guard, the sisters were a federation 

of teetotallers. We kept a lot of the original music, but we also 

included some other music from the 1920s. It was successful and great 

Sunday, November 6, 2016 

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April 26, 28, 29, 30, 2017 

THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER 

by Oscar Straus 

2016|2017 

Sunday, June 4, 2017 

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE 

A Tribute to Gilbert & Sullivan 

Sandra Corazza 

fun, and I hope to do it again in 

the future.” 

Over at the COC, the 

costume department staff are 

already working on the two 

September productions. Sandra 

Corazza, COC’s costume supervisor 

tells me how her summer 

will unfold while giving me a 

tour of the third floor workrooms 

and storage spaces. 

The costumes for Ariodante 

and Norma are already there, 

shipped from their most 

recent dwelling places, the 

opera houses of Amsterdam 

and Barcelona respectively. 

The Handel was designed by 

Ultz with a mid-20th century 

Scottish village aesthetic, and 

there are a lot of old coats, wool 

sweaters and plain dresses on the rows of hangers before us. Corazza 

already saw the production in Amsterdam. “It’s good to be able to go 

backstage and ask the makers – dressers, makeup artists – what problems 

they had. Some of that stuff can’t be written precisely enough, 

even though we get the bible.” (The thick binder containing all the 

fabric samples, purchase information, sketches and photos is known 

as “the bible” among costume professionals.) 

The forthcoming COC run will have an entirely new set of principals, 

some of whom are as physically different from their peers cast in 

the same roles in Aix-en-Provence and Amsterdam as imaginable. The 

petite green ensemble now on a mannequin will have to be adjusted 

for the taller Ginevra by Jane Archibald. Dalinda too – the “bitchy 

maid” to be revived by Ambur Braid – will probably have her clothes 

resized. “This wedding dress,” Sandra pulls out a long sturdy white 

gown with modest ornaments. “It never gets worn properly, she sort 

of slaps it on over her slip, then sees the puppet show and takes it off, 

and Dalinda puts it on at one point…It’s handled more than actually 

worn.” The trouser role baddie will be sung by Verduhi Abrahamyan, 

a mezzo taller than Sonia Prina, whose name is still attached to her 

biker style costumes. Alice Coote’s Ariodante will be the same height 

as his love interest, and it remains to be decided whether she’ll be 

slightly raised with the right pair of shoes. For costume resizing, the 

seam allowance and long hem come to the rescue. 

Ultz is expected to arrive in Toronto by the end of June, but meanwhile 

the fittings for the smaller roles are already starting. “We still 

don’t have the casting of the chorus, six male and six female, and 

24 and 24 in Norma. Once we know that, we will know now many 

costumes we have to build. In Aix and Amsterdam, they had these 

sweaters custom knit. If these are too small, we may have to find a 

knitter to knit us a sweater, or go with a different costume. If Ultz 

decides to redesign the chorus and the extras, we’ll have to make these 

costumes happen.” 

The gold sequin-encrusted dress by the costume designer Jessica 

Jahn is already fitted and waiting for Sondra Radvanovsky’s Norma. 

“When we get the Barcelona bible, we can find out where all these 

fabrics came from and start contacting these companies. We may 

add more red to Russell Thomas’s costume. Details often get changed 

when productions move from stage to stage.” The fitting of the principals 

and chorus starts in earnest on the third week of August. 

There are also the understudies to clothe, and in Norma, the children. 

Corazza will take a vacation too, but July is the only possibility. 

The 2016/17 season is already underway on the third floor of the COC’s 

Front Street East building. 

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Lydia Perovic’s novella All That Sang is out now wherever you buy 

books. As for her June, she’s off to Amsterdam for some Herheimdirected 

opera, Jacobs-conducted Haydn and Joël Pommerat’s 

theatrical take on the French Revolution. After a few additional days 

in Antwerp and Brussels, she’s back in Toronto for the summer. 


Beat by Beat | Jazz Stories 

Balancing the 

Books, and Real 

Jazz Hooks 

From TD Toronto Jazz to PEC 

ORI DAGAN 

Pat Taylor, co-founder, with the late Jim Galloway, of Toronto 

Downtown Jazz, producers of the the TD Toronto Jazz Festival 

has stepped down this year, after 30 years on the job. Stepping 

in as CEO is Howard Kerbel, who has for nine years been a member 

of the eight-person TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) leadership 

team, with a special focus on branding and marketing strategy. 

Taylor remains as a member of the programming team and an advisor 

to Kerbel. 

“This transition will allow me more time to focus on strategic initiatives 

and allow Howard to develop one of the country’s favourite 

brands,” states Taylor in the official release announcing Kerbel’s 

appointment. “After 30 years at the helm, I have confidence that 

Howard has the passion to build upon this foundation and take it to 

the next level.” 

What that “next level” will be is anyone’s guess. (After all, when 

TD Toronto Jazz started out 30 years ago, who would have thought it 

would end up with such places as the Second Cup at King and John, 

or the posh department store Holt Renfrew for that matter being 

listed as “official festival venues”? And how does a pop star headliner 

Sarah McLachlan at the Sony Centre or film star Kiefer Sutherland 

playing country at the Horseshoe fit into a jazz festival lineup? Taylor 

is refreshingly blunt. “Balancing the books,” he says. “Thirty years ago 

we were the only game in town. Now there are 21 jazz festivals in the 

GTA. Every concert hall has a jazz series. That’s what we wanted to 

see happen. In our mind, jazz is doing well in town. I’m not making a 

living as a musician but I’m sure it’s better than 30 years ago…” 

As a musician trying to make a living now, particularly since the 

Internet took over the world, I’m not so sure about the “better” bit. As 

in many industries, the value of music has so drastically changed that 

as of the time of this writing, each play on Spotify equates to small 

fractions of a penny, and even the penny has been discontinued as 

physical currency due to its worthlessness. 

Speaking of balance, the free outdoor shows of any music festival 

are crucial to the creation of new musical connections, for audiences 

and musicians alike. As unexpected as venues like Holt Renfrew and 

Second Cup are, it sure would be nice to see live music in these places 

all of the time, if only for the element of surprise that is so essential 

to jazz music. It’s fun to watch passerby reaction, especially when it’s 

with a smile and a head bop. 

And if you’d like to get to know a budding musician, on Saturday 

June 25 between 2 and 4pm the Regent Park School of Music will 

help animate Nathan Phillips Square with musical demonstrations 

and interactive opportunities. Following the performances, the audience 

is invited to try out the instruments, or as it has become known, 

an “instrument petting zoo.” Perhaps best of all, Dave Clark and his 

Woodshed Orchestra will lead you on “a raucous, romping march” 

through Nathan Phillips Square. Not to be missed! 

Nathan Phillips Square is once again the hub of TD Toronto Jazz, 

balancing paid and free performances throughout the festival. The 

lunchtime concerts at 12:30pm will introduce ears to a diverse 

offering, including the Toronto Mass Choir, Brian Barlow Big Band’s 

salute to Ellington at Newport with special guests Guido Basso, Dione 

Taylor and the Backsliderz and Jim Galloway’s Wee Big Band, directed 

by Martin Loomer. And an additional outdoor stage at Nathan Phillips 

Raoul and The Big Time 

Square will include jazz and blues performances during the afternoon 

and early evening, from the sizzling soul of Tanika Charles (Sunday 

June 26 at 2:30pm) to the disco-flavoured spun vocal sugar that is The 

Spandettes (Monday June 27 at 6:30pm) to charismatic blues brother 

Raoul and The Big Time (Saturday July 2 at 6:30pm), and…to a visiting 

artist worth highlighting: Welsh singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist 

Gwyneth Herbert (Thursday June 30 at 6:30pm) who will be 

making her Toronto debut. 

I met Herbert unexpectedly, sharing a cab in Bremen, Germany, en 

route to the Canadian Blast concert at jazzahead, just weeks before 

writing this article and was blown away, both by her story and how 

she told it. (You’ll get some sense of this unique individual in the 

sidebar to this piece!) 

STEFAN MYLES 


Fanfare Ciocarlia 

In this crazy age of streaming music for fractions of pennies, my 

hope is that when Gwyneth Herbert performs her free June 30 concert 

(right before a Molly Johnson-Jane Bunnett double bill!), that all 

will sell out of CDs and merchandise. To support this music, all you 

have to do is show up! Look for ticket contests on the festival’s social 

media outlets. 

Sometimes these ticketed shows can be priceless. Jazz piano fans 

should not miss Oliver Jones (June 28 at Jane Mallett Theatre), now 81 

years old and still swinging his behind off. Beyond this, one concert 

Gwyneth Herbert's Toronto Honeymoon 

How did you end up on a label so quickly? When I was supposedly 

studying English Literature at university, I actually spent 

the majority of my time singing jazz with fellow student Will 

Rutter, a guitarist and kindred spirit with whom I’d roam the cobblestones 

of the North of England – along with Edinburgh, Paris and 

Amsterdam in our holidays – busking and hustling for gigs in pavement 

cafes. When we graduated we moved down to London together, 

a couple of wet-eared country kids with no concerts, no money and 

no contacts, and picked an area of the city a day…armed with an A-Z 

map, Will’s guitar and a fistful of demos recorded in a bedroom, 

we went into every pub, wine bar, cafe and restaurant and asked if 

they’d give us a gig. 

You kind of got used to asking the tattooed, muscle-necked landlord 

if he’d mind turning down the racing while you played Fly Me 

to the Moon to the corner clientele who’d just tried to sell you a 

VCR on the way in, and invariably if the bar-owner didn’t offer us 

a gig they’d give us a drink on the house. At the end of one of these 

long, street-peddling days, I’d sipped enough Dutch courage to go 

into the legendary Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho. The visionary 

manager there at the time, Peter Wallis, was famed for championing 

new talent – he gave Norah Jones and Diana Krall their first breaks 

in the UK. Fired up by my day’s refreshment, I asked to speak to the 

manager, and when asked if I had an appointment, I ordered a large 

brandy (which I’d never drunk before, but it seemed like it sounded 

sophisticated) and said, “Just tell him it’s Gwyneth Herbert.” When 

Peter arrived, I came clean and said that of course he had no reason 

to know who I was, but that I loved music more than anything and 

that I wasn’t looking for a gig, but any advice would be so gratefully 

received, and with shaky fingers thrust our little demo into his hand. 

He gently but firmly explained that he received over 300 such 

demos a week, but, admitting that no one had quite approached 

him like that before, said he’d try to give it a listen. Within two 

weeks, Will and I were signed to his indie label Dean Street records, 

had the amazing vocalist Ian Shaw as a mentor and producer, and 

were recording our debut album First Songs and touring with Jamie 

Cullum and Amy Winehouse soon after. Jamie Cullum sang a duet 

on that record, it started getting some airplay and - riding high on 

their recent success with Jamie – it wasn’t long before Universal 

came sniffing and snaffled me up. 

that I would guarantee a good time or your money back 

will take place at the Opera House on Wednesday, June 29. 

Romanian super band Fanfare Ciocarlia opens for local band of 

heroes Lemon Bucket Orkestra. Do YouTube searches of both 

brilliant bands! Instant fanhood is guaranteed. 

Finally, an exciting development at the Toronto Jazz Festival 

this year is the returning commitment to a nightly late night 

jam session at the Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, hosted by local 

saxophone great Chris Gale nightly at 1am. Seen frequently 

around town as a sideman who sensitively adds just the thing 

to any musical situation, Gale has been hosting the weekly 

Tuesday night jam beautifully and inclusively. Please come out 

and support the jam session! 

Botos and Barlow at PEC Jazz fest: Speaking of jazz jams 

that are worth the drive to Picton, reading up on various festivals 

that will take place in July and August, I stumbled upon 

the programming of the 16th Annual Prince Edward County 

Jazz Festival, which features a jazz jam hosted by the Robi Botos 

Trio, no less. I contacted PEC creative director, drummer/bandleader 

Brian Barlow to discuss PEC Jazz, starting with the success of these 

jam sessions. 

“The After Hours Jam Sessions have been very popular” he told 

me. “One of the things that make our festival unique is that we 

encourage musicians to spend time in the county by providing them 

with multiple gigs over a number of days. It’s not unusual for a musician 

to have six or seven gigs in the five or six days they spend with us. 

This not only works out well for them financially, it also give them the 

But you left the label to pursue life as an indie artist. Why? Having 

a major deal gave me lots of great things. The ability to work with 

exceptional musicians, a press profile, a new haircut…I’m so pleased 

that I had that opportunity as for so many artists it – even in the 

current climate – remains the holy grail. But it just didn’t work for 

me. I got signed so young and I soon found that it was my own stories 

that I wanted to tell, that didn’t fit in with the label’s marketing strategies 

and formulas. Much of the discussions had nothing to do with 

creativity and everything to do with finance – naturally, because a big 

label’s purpose is to make money. I’m also really grateful because it 

gave me something to kick against – I got signed so young before I had 

a clear idea of what I wanted to say and make, and it made me find 

answers through the questioning. 

As an artist who frequently records your own compositions, what 

degree you fit within the term “jazz.” I grew up listening to jazz and 

blues. I’d sit and learn all of Billie Holiday’s phrasing and mimic Big 

Maybelle’s tone and try to feel Anita O’Day’s timing deep in my bones. 

As a tiny teen in an ever-so-English village in a totally different era, I’d 

hear and hold the heartbreak and the joy and feel it as if it was all my 

own. I still love those old songs – they speak of huge human experience 

in simple poetic language and they’re true and vast. And I love 

diving back into them now, from time to time, to see what they help 

me discover. 

But now I live the miraculous life of a discoverer, a story hunter – 

finding and animating hidden stories, finding new ways to give them 

breath. There are melodies and rhythms everywhere, and the flavour 

of my work’s always informed by the music and language of the 

particular world it inhabits...There are seagull cries and pub chatter, 

there’s the rattle of a ship mast and the hum of an escalator. There 

are shanties and funerals and newspaper headlines. I do work with 

amazing jazz musicians in my band, and one of the wondrous things 

about playing with people with that sensibility is the improvisatory 

language they bring – there’s a push and a pull and then we navigate 

the journey together. It’s fresh and it’s a different kind of magic, 

every time. 

And the British music scene in London and beyond? After 13 years 

in London, I’ve run away to the sea – I live on the beautiful south coast 

in Hastings. There’s a real buzz about this little town, people making 

things everywhere, skiffle and poetry and metal in the pubs, parades 

through the streets. I love coming back to London – my favourite club 

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opportunity to relax and get to know the county. Since they’re staying 

overnight, and there’s not a great deal to do in Picton after 10pm, 

they tend to come out to the jam sessions. Robi has done these often 

but not every year. Many of the mainstage Regent Theatre artists have 

come to the jam sessions, including Ellis Marsalis, Vincent Herring, 

Louis Hayes, Guido Basso, Ranee Lee and Chet Doxas.” 

Prince Edward County is a magnet for people in the arts and they 

are all very supportive of each other, so the local audience tends 

to be quite hip and informed where jazz is concerned, Barlow tells 

me. “There are many fine jazz musicians living in the county and 

surrounding area. Guido Basso has lived here for over 35 years, and 

Belleville is home to the Commodores’ Orchestra, a big band that 

holds the record for being the longest continuously performing big 

band in the world, having been formed in 1928.” And the festival 

builds its audience from very early spring (as early as February in 

some years) with our Jazz Dinners and then in April “our TD Jazz 

Education Program that finishes up with a concert at the Regent 

Theatre. So the festival itself has an almost six-month presence in the 

county.” 

A unique feature of this festival is that Prince Edward County is 

an island, forming a natural boundary to work within. “We usually 

have about 40 events at venues from the soft-seat Regent Theatre, 

to wineries, restaurants, pubs, community centres, churches (and 

church steps), a farmers’ market and a cemetery. We also have a Jazz 

Van that drives around the county putting on concerts. 

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Gwyneth Herbert 

is the 606 in Chelsea which feels like an extension of my living room, 

an underground secret dive bar vibe with the most amazing international 

musicians both on the stage and hanging at the bar and 

some delicious nachos. Performing for me is like coming home, but I 

spend most of my time these days working on wonky art/music/film/ 

theatre commissions in collaboration with sculptors and directors 

and clowns and communities all over the country and beyond…Today 

I was exploring the process of contraception through the medium of 

dance for a music theatre piece I’m writing with playwright Diane 

Samuels called The Rhythm Method. I have so many hats that are 

interchangeable on a daily, sometimes hourly basis – it’s exhausting 

and challenging but somehow each hat feeds the others and I’m 

constantly learning - as a performer, as a writer, and as a general 

human being stumbling through the world. 

You’ve been to Montreal before but this is your Toronto debut, 

yes? This is indeed my Toronto debut, and I am so excited to be 

exploring so much more of Canada for the first time. I’m joined 

by the incredible percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Dave 

Price, and also my very newly wedded husband Ned Cartwright on 

piano – I have a feeling this is going to be a musical honeymoon 

to remember! 

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Meet Music Mondays’ 

Ian Grundy 

ALLAN PULKER 

In early April I happened 

to attend a concert by two 

distinguished Canadian 

musicians, pianist, William 

Aide and flutist, Robert Aitken. 

Friends since their student 

days in the late 1950s at the 

University of Toronto’s Faculty 

of Music, where they used 

to play together frequently, 

each has had his own individual, 

successful career. But 

they had not played together 

since those distant days until 

getting together to prepare for 

this concert, a benefit to help pay off Church of the Holy Trinity’s new 

piano, showcased in this concert. 

Arising from this experience, in May I sat down with Ian Grundy, 

artistic director of the May-to-September Music Mondays noon-hour 

concert series, as well as music director at Holy Trinity, to talk about 

the piano, Music Mondays and his new role as its artistic director in 

this, its 25th season. 

Knowing of the fabulous reputation of Bechstein pianos, I asked 

why Holy Trinity had decided to seek out a new instrument rather 

than rebuild their old Bechstein. The trouble with rebuilding, he told 

me, is that you really do not know how the rebuilt piano is going to 

sound; there are no guarantees. With a new piano, on the other hand, 

you can hear it before you buy it. 

On behalf of the church, Aide evaluated dozens of pianos. When 

he tried a seven-foot Steinway, to which Alex Thomson, the general 

manager of Steinway Piano Gallery had directed them, he knew at 

once that he had found their instrument. Only 12 years old and little 

played, its action was good enough to play a double glissando; its 

tone, strong but not overpowering. “It’s the perfect instrument for 

chamber music,” Ian told me. Its sound is big enough to fill Holy 

Trinity’s live acoustic environment but controllable enough to balance 

other instruments, even with the lid on full stick. An added benefit is 

that the case is made of Indian rosewood, which makes it extremely 

beautiful. Piano technician, Leela Khurana, one of only two Steinwaytrained 

technicians in Toronto, who tuned the instrument for this 

concert, described it to me as “fabulous...young, flexible, resilient and 

powerful.” 

The acquisition of the Steinway is a major step towards the realization 

of Grundy’s vision for Music Mondays as a first-class venue 

with first class instruments. One is the Steinway, of course; the other, 

the Casavant tracker organ acquired seven years ago from Deer Park 

United Church. A guiding principle for upcoming seasons, he says, is 

for the series to be a worthy platform for emerging young artists and 

to continue to feature a variety of musical genres. 

“First-class publicity” is another part of the picture - to attract 

a more diverse audience and build audience size. He is interested 

in “taking music out of its compartment and reaching out to the 

community.” To this end he has joined the Yonge-Dundas B.I.A., a 

partnership which, he told me, is proving as welcome to the B.I.A. as 

it is to Holy Trinity. 

With this kind of dynamic leadership, we can expect Music 

Mondays to grow into an even stronger cultural force than it already 

is and a major contributor to live music in the city in the summer. 

Stay tuned! 

(And meanwhile enjoy the rest of this summer's series. Deails are in 

our GTA and festival listings.) 

Flutist Allan Pulker is chairman of the board of The WholeNote. 

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Summer Music 

Cornucopia 

PAUL ENNIS 

A 

quick glance at the Union Jack-based brochure of Toronto 

Summer Music’s 11th season, “London Calling: Music in Great 

Britain,” might lead you to expect a bounty of English music, 

but the more you delve into TSM’s 25 concerts it’s apparent that what 

the festival is offering is a cornucopia of music that would have been 

heard in London over the course of three centuries. As artistic director 

Douglas McNabney told The WholeNote publisher David Perlman in 

a recent podcast (video coming soon to TheWholeNote.com), “We’re 

celebrating musical life in London…[which] has always been the centre 

– a Mecca for musicians.” No wonder, since the city was the centre of 

the immense British Empire. 

And this year’s festival, more so than ever, is also a celebration of 

chamber music; 14 programs fall into that category. But TSM, with its 

mentors and fellows program, is more than a showcase for top-notch 

instrumentalists and ensembles like the Parker or Dover Quartets. It 

offers full scholarships to musicians on the brink of a musical career 

the opportunity to be mentored by established professionals, and 

equally important, to participate in concerts with them (the so-called 

“Chamber Music reGENERATION” series of eight Saturday afternoon 

recitals and the two Art of Song reGENERATION Friday afternoon 

concerts). 

McNabney has very cleverly taken a handful of 19th-century 

London concert series and used the conceit to create diverse and satisfying 

chamber music programs. The Beethoven Quartet Society of 

1845, for example, marked the first instance of a complete Beethoven 

string quartet performance cycle. The acclaimed young American 

ensemble, the Dover Quartet, who will be launching their own 

traversal of the Beethoven cycle this fall, will follow the lead of those 

19th-century Londoners by including an early, a middle and a late 

quartet in their program. On July 29 in Walter Hall, they will play 

Op.18 No.6, Op.59 No.3 and Op. 132, making for an unusually rich and 

sure-to-be illuminating musical evening. Another American quartet, 

the Parker, whose Naxos recording of the complete Ligeti quartets won 

them a Grammy, pay tribute to the Musical Union of 1865, a famous 

concert series of its day, with a program of late Haydn, early Beethoven 

and late Schubert quartets, July 15. 

Of course, there will be English music, beginning with the opening 

concert July 14, featuring two 20th-century masterpieces, Britten’s 

sublime Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings and Elgar’s exhilarating 

Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and orchestra. 

A second, centred on TSM’s 

artistic-director-designate, TSO 

concertmaster and New Orford 

Jeremy Denk 

String Quartet violinist, Jonathan 

Crow, includes Elgar’s mournfully 

beautiful Violin Sonata, 

Bax’s Piano Quartet and Bridge’s 

Piano Quintet. A third, a homage 

to the People’s Concert Society 

(another 19th-century London 

concert series), showcases TSO 

principal oboist Sarah Jeffrey, 

one of TSM’s mentors, in a lively 

program comprised of Britten’s 

Phantasy Quartet for Oboe 

and Strings, Op.2, Bliss’ Oboe 

Quartet and Vaughan Williams’ 

Piano Quintet, August 3. 

Two compelling pianists, Pedja 

Muzijevic and Jeremy Denk, 


Dover Quartet 

will each give what are certain to be fascinating recitals. Muzijevic is 

back as a mentor this year after a fulfilling session in 2015. As well as 

being a pianist of impeccable flair, he proved to be an engaging man 

with a mic in last year’s American Avant-Garde concert, introducing 

the music and reading from John Cage’s 32 Questions. Both qualities 

will no doubt be evident in July 19’s Haydn Dialogues, the Walter 

Hall event in which Muzijevic will discuss Haydn’s London experience 

(where he wrote two of the three sonatas on the program) and relate 

Haydn’s work to Cage’s seminal In a Landscape, Knussen’s Sonya’s 

Lullaby and Berger’s Intermezzo. 

Winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, Denk brings his keen 

intellect to everything he does. A gifted writer in addition to being 

a supreme musician, his New Yorker account of his years as a music 

student, "Every Good Boy Does Fine," is revealing, moving and a 

must-read. 

The program for his July 21 recital has not yet been announced but it 

promises to be imaginative, insightful and engaging, one I won’t miss. 

Festival of the Sound 

Festival of the Sound’s 37th summer offers an abundance of musical 

treats to snack on. Each week features several chamber music combinations; 

the Gryphon Trio, playing Dvořák’s popular Dumky Trio and 

Schubert’s delightful Trio No.1 D898, shares the stage with the New 

Zealand String Quartet at 7:30 on July 19 and Moshe Hammer and 

Peter Longworth at 3:30 the same day; Hammer appears in “Our 

Favourite Sonatas I” the next day while Longworth accompanies cellist 

Rolf Gjelsten in a late Beethoven sonata in “Our Favourite Sonatas II” 

later that day. 

Stewart Goodyear brings his penchant for Beethoven to the 

“Pathétique,” “Moonlight,” “Tempest,” and “Appassionata” sonatas 

in “My Favourite Beethoven” on July 22. On July 21, he puts on his 

chamber music hat teaming up with the Penderecki String Quartet 

and New Zealand String Quartet 

for Schumann’s Piano Quintet 

Op.44 and Brahms’ Piano 

Quintet Op.34. 

Recent Chopin International 

Competition second-prizewinner, 

the gifted Charles 

Richard-Hamelin, highlights 

week two, July 28, with two 

concerts that show off his sensitivity 

as soloist and collaborator. 

After playing a Chopin 

nocturne, ballade and polonaise 

before intermission, he returns 

as pianist with the Hochelaga 

Trio to perform Tchaikovsky’s 

Piano Trio in A Minor Op.50. 

Earlier that day, Trio Hochelaga 

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A Minor, in a program that also features 

the festival’s artistic director, clarinetist 

James Campbell, oboist James 

Mason, violinist Martin Beaver, violist 

Graham Oppenheimer and bassist 

Joel Quarrington in Prokofiev’s radical 

nugget, Quintet Op.39. My favourite 

jazz pianist, Robi Botos, is joined by 

drummer Terry Clarke and legendary 

bassist, Dave Young, for “My Favourite 

Jazz” on July 29. 

Week three is dominated by the piano, culminating August 6 in 

a “Piano Spectacular” celebrating ten years of the ensemble Orford 

Six Pianos, and concluding with Janina Fialkowska, Bergmann Duo, 

Anagnoson & Kinton and Glen Montgomery joining the Orford six 

in Bizet/Wilbert’s Carmen Fantasy for 12 pianists. Duo pianists 

Anagnoson & Kinton, celebrating 40 years of concertizing together, 

perform Bartók’s incisive Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion 

as well as other works, August 2. The notes continue flowing with 

Fialkowska’s “My Favourite Chopin” on August 5. The festival 

concludes with Fialkowska joining the National Academy Orchestra 

for Beethoven’s rhapsodic Piano Concerto No.4 and Anagnoson & 

Kinton playing Mozart’s Concerto No.10 for Two Pianos. Earlier in 

the week, August 3, the Lafayette String Quartet, the only all-female 

quartet still comprised of its original members, celebrates 30 years of 

togetherness by performing Ravel and Dvořák. 

Stratford Summer Music 

The piano is consistently a major focus of Stratford Summer Music, 

and 2016 is no exception. Simone Dinnerstein, who famously selfproduced 

her refreshing take on Bach’s Goldberg Variations and then 

saw it become immensely popular, will perform the piece July 23 at 

11am. The prior afternoon she will give a Bach master class to three 

Charles 

Richard-Hamelin promising young pianists in what 

could turn out to be an unforgettable 

experience for student and 

audience alike. Each student is 

well-known in the piano competition 

world: Anastasia Rizikov, 

now 16, is a veteran of the concert 

stage; Toronto-based, Russianborn 

Vladimir Soloviev is the 

most-decorated student in the 

history of the Don Wright Faculty 

of Music at the University of Western Ontario; Charissa Vandikas, 18, 

is a top student at the Glenn Gould School. Dinnerstein begins her 

visit to Stratford, July 21, with a program devoted to a selection of 

Glass’ Metamorphoses and Etudes paired with Schubert Impromptus 

Op.90 and his immortal Sonata in B-Flat D960. 

Two other young veterans of international piano competitions, Tony 

Yike Yang and Luca Buratto, make their Stratford debuts. Yang, at 16 

the youngest prizewinner in the history of the Chopin International 

Piano Competition, will bring his immense technique and precocious 

interpretative sensibility to a demanding program of Mozart, Chopin, 

the formidable Liszt Sonata in B Minor and Prokofiev’s dramatic 

Sonata No.7, August 3. Two weeks later, Buratto, the most recent 

Honens Prize-winner, brings his “fiery imagination and finesse” to 

works by Schumann and Beethoven. 

Now 21, the redoubtable Jan Lisiecki continues on his path to the 

upper reaches of the pianistic universe. His recital on August 26 

includes works by Bach, Rachmaninov and Chopin. The following 

afternoon, he will play Schubert’s final Four Impromptus, 

Schumann’s Klavierstücke Op.32 and Chopin’s Nocturnes Op. 48 and 

Scherzo No.1 in B Minor Op. 20. These will be Lisiecki’s only local 

recital appearances this season. Don’t miss this chance. 

Sept. 25 - Cecilia String Quartet, Celebrated Canadian Ensemble 

Sublime and eloquent: Mendelssohn Quartet in D Major Op. 44, 

No. 1 and Haydn B minor Op. 33, No. 1 

Nov. 6 - Noël Coward: A Talent to Amuse 

Featuring Monica Whicher, soprano, Norine Burgess, mezzo, 

Benjamin Butterfield, tenor, Alexander Dobson, baritone 

Dec. 4 - Stephen Prutsman, piano – Bach and Forth 

Inventive program based on J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, 

Book 2, plus other great piano movements 

Jan. 22 - The Heath Quartet – Britain’s Rising Stars 

Canadian debut of award winning young artists perform string 

quartets by Bartók and Dvorák 

Mar. 5 - In Mo Yang – New Violin Virtuoso 

Canadian debut – Schumann Violin Sonata No. 3, Beethoven 

Sonata No. 9 (Kreutzer) “An arresting performer…” - The Boston Globe 

Apr. 23 - New Orford String Quartet with Adrian Fung, cello 

Elite orchestral leaders perform Brahms, Schubert Quintet in 

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Festival de Lanaudière 

The 39th season of the Festival de Lanaudière is a tribute to 

its founder, Father Fernand Lindsay who was especially fond of 

Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Berlioz and Tchaikovsky, so the festival has 

taken special care to invite music lovers to discover the many works 

of those composers to be featured this summer. About an hour’s drive 

northeast of Montreal, the festival is well-suited for a holiday excursion. 

Since many of the festival’s artists don’t normally make the trip 

to Toronto, it’s all the more reason to travel to Joliette, Quebec. 

JUNO Award-winner, pianist Alain Lefèvre opens the festival 

with Tchaikovsky’s uber-romantic Piano Concerto No.1 on July 9. 

The Jupiter String Quartet, quartet-in-residence at the University 

of Illinois and a tightly knit family unit (the cellist is married to the 

second violinist who is the sister of the violist), are undertaking a 

cycle of the complete Beethoven string quartets at the festival, beginning 

this summer with concerts July 11 (Nos.6, 11, 15), 12 (Nos.4, 5, 13) 

and 14 (3, 16, 8). Angèle Dubeau leads her all-female string ensemble, 

La Pietà, in “The Mark of Minimalism,” a July 10 concert comprised of 

music by Glass, Einaudi, Mozetich, Nyman, Goulet and Pärt. 

The eminent English violinist, Anthony Marwood, is the soloist 

in Beethoven’s ageless Violin Concerto Op.61, with Les Violons du 

Roy conducted by Bernard Labadie, July 15. “Child Prodigy” Tony 

Yike Yang gets a chance to perfect the program he will be playing 

in Stratford, August 3, when he performs it in Lanaudière on 

July 19. Silver medal winner in the 2015 Tchaikovsky International 

Competition, American George Li’s recital includes sonatas by Haydn 

and Chopin (No.2), Rachmaninov’s Variations on a Theme by Corelli 

and two crowdpleasers by Liszt. Armenian-born pianist Nareh 

Arghamanyan, the winner of the 2008 Montreal International Musical 

Competition, performs an unusual program on July 26 – Bach’s 

Goldberg Variations, Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, Liszt’s Totentanz 

and three of his transcriptions of songs by Schubert and Mozart. The 

innovative ensemble, collectif9, plays Golijov, Brahms, Piazzolla and 

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others on July 29. 

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal led by Kent Nagano begin 

the festival’s final weekend August 5 accompanying Charles Richard- 

Hamelin in Brahms’ fiery Piano Concerto No.1 and unlocking the 

many strains of Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish.” August 6, 

the orchestra performs two of the most famous unfinished works 

in the musical canon, Schubert’s Symphony No.8 “Unfinished” 

and Mozart’s Requiem, an ideal pairing for an outdoor concert. 

The 39th season concludes with local hero Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

and his Orchestre Métropolitain in a program that pays homage to 

the conductor’s Philadelphia Orchestra post. All four pieces were 

commissioned by that orchestra: Bach/Stokowski’s Passacaglia and 

Fugue in C minor BWV582; Rachmaninoff’s magical Rhapsody on a 

Theme of Paganini Op. 43 and Symphonic Dances Op. 45; and Nico 

Muhly’s Mixed Messages. There are no mixed messages in the Festival 

de Lanaudière, simply a love of music that exists to be shared in the 

warmth of a summer day or evening. 

Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival 

Under the direction of pianist Alexander Tselyakov, the 11th annual 

Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival makes for a lovely Manitoba 

weekend July 21 to 24. The concerts are filled with quality (Tselyakov 

playing Ravel’s devilish Gaspard de la Nuit and participating in 

Dvořák’s great Piano Quintet in A No.2 Op.81 in the opener) and 

diversity (Tselyakov collaborating with Kerry DuWors and Joyce Lai, 

violins and Simon Fryer, cello, in sonatas by Handel, Saint-Saëns and 

Prokofiev and Three Madrigals by Martinů). An appealing Saturday 

morning concert July 23 precedes the finale July 24 in which Schubert, 

Dvořák and Schumann are the featured composers. 

Music and Beyond 

There’s an unmistakable European flavour to this year’s Music and 

Beyond festival (which runs from July 4 to 17 in Ottawa) with the 

dynamic Utrecht String Quartet performing Beethoven, Tchaikovsky 

and Piazzolla on July 7 and the joyous Vienna Piano Trio in for three 

concerts July 7, 8 and 9. It’s worth a drive to the nation’s capital to 

hear these remarkably adept musicians perform all three of Brahms’ 

piano trios as well as works by Shostakovich, Haydn, Ravel and Cerha. 

QUICK PICKS 

TSO: June 4, 5. Emanuel Ax-protege Orion Weiss performs 

Gershwin’s immortal Rhapsody in Blue. Andrew Grams conducts. 

June 9, 10, 11: James Ehnes performs Elgar’s beloved Violin Concerto; 

Peter Oundjian offers orchestral support and leads the TSO in 

Stravinsky’s revolutionary The Rite of Spring. June 11: The TSO 

Chamber Soloists led by Jonathan Crow give a pre-concert performance 

of Stravinsky’s bedevilling suite from L’Histoire du soldat. A full 

version of the piece takes place at the Hearn Generating Station as part 

of Luminato, June 18. 

A significant serving of Beethoven is on order June 15 and 16 with 

Oundjian leading the orchestra in the composer’s Eroica Symphony 

and accompanying the thoughtful Yefim Bronfman in Piano 

Concerto No.3. June 18 Oundjian takes his forces to the Hearn for 

Beethoven’s rousing Symphony No.5 and Gershwin’s danceable An 

American in Paris. 

June 21: Nine Sparrows presents a free concert with flutist (and 

WholeNote chairman of the board) Allan Pulker. 

June 30: Summer Music in the Garden presents the Cecilia String 

Quartet playing Mozart’s String Quartet K.590 and Kati Agócs’ Tantric 

Variations. 

July 16: Alexander Tselyakov and friends warm up for Clear 

Lake with a concert presented by Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber 

Music Society. 

Aug 15: Music Mondays presents “Surrealism at Midday” with 

pianist Anastasia Rizikov performing works by Liszt, Ravel 

and Scriabin. 

Paul Ennis is the managing editor of The WholeNote. 

Beat by Beat | In with the New 

Summertime and 

the Sounds of 

Extinction 

WENDALYN BARTLEY 

As I sit to write this column, I’m still feeling the after-effects 

of the May 25 concert with the Kronos Quartet and guest 

performer Tanya Tagaq at the Royal Conservatory’s 21C Music 

Festival – an event that was featured in last month’s WholeNote. It 

was a truly sublime moment in time, making it difficult to find words 

that encapsulate the experience of being transported into a kaleidoscope 

of global musical styles and then beyond into uncharted territory 

– and all within the scope of the two violins, viola and cello, 

plus voice. The anticipated commission from Tagaq for the quartet 

was, as first violinist David Harrington said during his introduction, 

“unlike anything you’ve ever heard for the string quartet.” With 

a string quartet score created from transcriptions of recorded improvised 

vocalizations made by Tagaq in a studio a few months ago, and 

Tagaq adding a live vocal layer, it was as if the earth itself was opening 

up to reveal new layers and aspects of what’s possible. It began with 

creaking string tones and subterranean vocal tones which started 

out so low in range that I couldn’t help be reminded of another vocal 

pioneer, Roy Hart, whose principle of the eight-octave voice was at the 

heart of his company’s research throughout the 1960s and 70s. It was 

this push into stretching vocal boundaries that opened up possibilities 

for composers to write for the extended voice. The performance of 

Nunuvut, the second work performed by Tagaq and the quartet in the 

concert, was more improvisational in nature, with a series of intense, 

intimate and sensual duets that Tagaq engaged in with each individual 

performer before turning to the capacity audience to deliver a sonic 

portrait of our collective presence. It was a spectacular beginning to 

the upcoming summer season. 

Launching into the summer season usually means it’s festival time, 

which often translates into opportunities to experience music that 

pushes at the far outer edges. Certainly with the Luminato Festival this 

year, this will be the case, and not just with its music programming 

since this year’s primary venue, the Hearn Generating Station, will 

be making its own artistic statement. Situated on the waterfront, it’s 

the site of a de-commissioned power station that will be turned into 

a temporary cultural venue for the next ten years of Luminato. With 

a series of interlocking areas designed for performances and exhibitions, 

along with restaurant and club spaces, the building will take 

on the air of an architectural installation. Another in-house feature 

of this environment will be a state-of-the-art surround sound system 

and projection space with multiple screens. Which, as it turns out, 

is the perfect venue for the fully immersive music and visual concert 

piece created by composer Rose Bolton and filmmaker Marc de Guerre 

being performed on June 22. 

The piece, Song of Extinction, is just as its title suggests – a work 

that raises the critical issue of species extinction through the combination 

of melody, word and image. And although songform is at the 

heart of Bolton’s compositional language for this piece, the musical 

scale of the project is extensive, combining youth and adult choirs, an 

instrumental chamber ensemble, percussion, two keyboard players, 

and electronics. The work was originally initiated by Music in the 

Barns under the direction of Carol Gimbel whose specialty is in 

creating multimedia and site-specific installation concerts. 

Despite the focus on the difficult and critical theme of what is 

happening to the mass disappearance of species on our planet, the 

work is not activist in nature. As de Guerre explained in a recent 

conversation both he and Bolton had with me about the piece, “I 

believe in the power and beauty of images. In the same way that music 


gets under your skin and moves 

you, and you don’t really know why 

or what it means or what it’s doing 

to you, the images are functioning 

in very much the same way.” He 

continued to reflect on this topic 

by saying “I find it odd given what’s 

happening on the planet that 

there hasn’t been a body of work 

with this theme from a more art 

perspective rather than it just being 

about political activism.” 

And that’s why using song is 

so important for both of these 

Rose Bolton 

creators. They think of the piece as 

“a heartbreak song in the same way 

that songs are about heartbreak. This is about our heartbreak because 

of what we do to the earth, to the planet.” Their ultimate priority is 

to make a work that is emotionally powerful, to lead people into an 

experience of “feeling what we are doing to the earth.” In fact, de 

Guerre says, “If I don’t feel anything when I experience a work of art, 

then I don’t consider it to be successful.” Thus the nature of the piece 

is a poetic, impressionistic and non-literal approach to the theme, 

with the film images conceived around the music. 

Bolton’s approach to song was to create melodies that people would 

love to sing and love to hear – melodies that would “stick in people’s 

heads after the performance.” For inspiration, she first turned to the 

songs of Robert Burns and his way of writing that asks universal questions. 

The next step was to ask the Order of Canada-appointed poet 

Don McKay to become involved. She asked him if he could write in a 

similar way, creating texts that addressed her questions related to the 

theme of extinction. The Newfoundland-based McKay is a poet whose 

strong personal connection to the land infuses his work, creating 

poetry that both Bolton and de Guerre described as “grounding.” His 

way of using precise language to create images that are sweeping and 

allegorical in nature was a perfect fit, and with these texts, Bolton was 

able to take their essence and turn them into lyrics for the songs. The 

texts will also be published as a book of poems that will be available at 

the concert. 

The songs will be performed by both the VIVA! Youth Singers of 

Toronto and Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, with the adults representing 

the current generation and the children the generation of the future. 

Both choirs will be engaged in conversations between the present 

and the future. The keyboard players will also perform on the harpsichord 

as well as electronic keyboards, with the composer performing 

the electronics on her laptop as well as triggering the spatial movement 

of the sound amongst the multiple speaker sound system. The 

electronics are more ambient in nature, like a wash, and will include 

live processing of the instrumental sounds with simple delay effects. 

The overall arc of the piece begins with an air of innocence in the first 

half, with almost a feeling of reverence towards nature and nonhuman 

species. Then at a pivotal point, things take a turn for a more solemn 

and desperate view towards our world and the reality of extinction. 

Song of Extinction promises to be a powerful and evocative meditation 

on those realities that are often difficult to cope with. No doubt 

however, we as audience members respond, we will be left with more 

stirring questions than solid answers. 

One of the other boundary-pushing musical events of Luminato 

is the return of Unsound Toronto, a two-night sonic playground on 

June 10 and 11 combining ambient, drone, noise and other forms of 

experimental soundmaking. As well, a giant listening party is being 

planned on June 16 for all those who want to experience the recording 

of last year’s Apocalypsis performance composed by R. Murray 

Schafer and performed by a cast of 1000 or more. 

Parallel to these events at the festival is the concert celebrating 40 

years at the Music Gallery on June 11. Combining new music, video, 

performance and site-specific installation works, the evening promises 

to be a sonic portrayal of past, present and future. Starting 

the evening off will be a performative walking tour of St. George 

the Martyr’s courtyard highlighting oral histories, followed by 

performances with Mridangam 

master drummer Trichy Sankaran, 

Tenderness (aka Chrissy Reichert) 

alongside dancer Allison 

Peacock, and turntable artist 

SlowPitchSound (Cheldon Paterson) 

who will mine the Gallery’s sound 

archives to create new visions 

out of past performances. And 

while on the topic of summertime 

wild and untamed sound 

events, I must mention the Electric 

Eclectics festival that takes place 

from July 29 to 31 in the countryside 

near Meaford. Directed by Gordon 

Monahan and Chris Worden, the 

festival combines experimental music, sound art, DJ artists and sound 

installations in a relaxed camping environment. Check out their 

website for the extensive lineup, which includes two noteworthy duos: 

Not the Wind, Not the Flag, and the duo of Jennifer Castle and Mary 

Margaret O’Hara. 

The Rest of the Summer: Here are my listings of what else to look 

out for during the hazy and hot months ahead. 

JUNE 

One highlight early in the month is Spectrum Music’s Tower of 

Babel concert on June 4 with new compositions evoking various interpretations 

of this iconic story which appears in Christian, Islamic and 

Jewish religious texts. The pieces will explore the question of whether 

this ancient story can shed any light on contemporary divisons 

amongst nations and religious groups. Globally acclaimed oud player, 

Amos Hoffman, will be one of the performers. For improvised music 

lovers, there is DroneDoctor, a drone music meditation concert on 

June 5; the CCMC performing at Gallery 345 on June 11; and Audio 

Pollination on June 25. 

TWO EXCITING NEW RELEASES! 

Allison Cameron 

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A Gossamer Bit 

A reimagining reimagning of a 

Brian Eno classic 

Discreet Music 

“a mesmerizing 

journey” 

John Diliberto 

– Echoes 

Available on iTunes, Bandcamp and selected retailers 

“radiantly lovely” 

Julian Cowley 

– The Wire 

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allisoncameronmusic.blogspot.com 

cantaloupemusic.com 

redshiftrecords.org 

KAREN ABEL 


TorQ 

Sounds of the Next Generation (SONG) will be performing Spirit 

Garden: Spring Planting by R. Murray Schafer, an outdoor music 

drama, running June 11 and 12 on a farm in Cold Springs, near 

Cobourg. The piece involves planting a garden, and will be followed 

up by a harvesting concert on September 25. On June 25 the Canadian 

Music Centre presents new works by Chris Paul Harman including 

his Five Japanese Children’s Songs and the world premiere of his 

Five Pieces for Clarinet and Piano. Other new and traditional works 

inspired by Japan will also be included. 

JULY 

On July 17, Soundstreams Salon presents the premiere of Emilie 

Lebel’s collaboration with Jumblies Theatre and community participants. 

Over at the Stratford Summer Music Festival, TorQ Percussion 

will perform Strange and Sacred Noise by John Luther Adams, on 

July 26. The work is a visual and aural exploration of the sonic geography 

of Alaska, answering the composers question “What would it 

sound like if the wilderness could sing, and I could hear it singing?” 

One of the largest summer festivals to include an extensive amount 

of new concert music is the Ottawa International Chamber Music 

Festival. I’ve compiled a summarized overview, but I also recommend 

checking the listings for more details. On July 22, there is a concert of 

seven Canadian works for oboe and piano. Two events for new music 

lovers take place on July 26: a performance of Reciprocity, a multidisciplinary 

work by UK composer Patrick Cohen is followed later 

in the evening by a series of boundary-crossing works performed by 

Jesse Stewart, David Mott and Ernst Reijseger. On July 29 the Cecilia 

String Quartet performs works by four Canadian women composers, 

while on July 31 Morton Feldman’s masterwork, Clarinet and String 

Quartet, will be played by James Campbell and the Quatuor Bozzini. 

AUGUST 

Continuing with the Ottawa Chamberfest, their special New Music 

Miniseries comprised of three concerts spread throughout the day on 

August 1. The first includes works by Canadians Palmer, Di Castri and 

Murphy, followed by a second concert of seven works by Canadian 

composers for violin and piano. The miniseries ends up with a more 

international concert, with two works by Pierre Boulez among others. 

The final new music work of the festival is a performance of Christos 

Hatzis’ landmark multidisciplinary spectacle, Constantinople, 

on August 2. 

Mr. Shi and His Lover, a contemporary Chinese language music 

theatre work composed by Torontonian Njo Kong Kie will be 

presented as part of this year’s SummerWorks Performance Festival, 

running from August 5 to 8 and 11 to 13. The Classical Unbound 

Festival which occurs in Prince Edward County has a Living Canadian 

Composer Stream of concerts, with pieces by Morlock Buczynski and 

Mozetich spread throughout their concerts on August 19, 24 and 26. 

And finally, Summer Music in the Garden’s September 1 concert will 

feature works by Ann Southam. 

Have an enjoyable and relaxing music-filled summer and keep 

your eyes posted for details of Contact Contemporary Music’s annual 

extravaganza on Labour Day weekend at Dundas Square. 

Wendalyn Bartley is a Toronto-based composer and electrovocal 

sound artist. sounddreaming@gmail.com. 

Beat by Beat | World View 

A Sonic Traveller's 

Summer Sampler 

ANDREW TIMAR 

Summer in the city for me also means music in the city. No longer 

constrained by indoor concert halls and clubs, audiences can 

now enjoy an expanded range of venues and even performance 

genres, taking a cue from the rising temperatures, shirtsleeve 

and sandals weather (at last!). That means outdoor venues like those 

at North York’s Cultura Festival, Harbourfront Centre’s weekend festivals 

and Toronto Music Garden, plus those at Roy Thomson Hall’s 

Live on the Patio are animated with relaxed crowds. These and many 

other outdoor Toronto spaces resound for the summer with globally 

conscious music. 

And that’s just a partial urban list. It doesn’t begin to touch on the 

wealth of outside summer folk festivals across Ontario or the curated 

concerts at city parks. Moreover, music presentations in the summertime 

include a huge range of genres, presenting an ideal opportunity 

to sample music you have been meaning to try, or never even knew 

existed – the latter’s always a treat for sonic explorer types like me. 

This is a sneak peek at just a few. 

Luminato at the Hearn: Every year for the last decade, Toronto’s 

warm weather music season seems to begin with Luminato. The 

festival that set out to animate the city with music in June is ten years 

old this year. It also happens to be artistic director Jörn Weisbrodt’s 

swansong year, a golden period in the tenure of any CEO. As it is for 

the present President south of the border, it’s a tempting opportunity 

for Weisbrodt to affix his personal visionary seal on the organization 

he is about to pass on to other hands. And this year’s festival is indeed 

a radical revisioning. 

As opposed to the multiple outdoor venues of past years, music at 

Luminato will resonate from six sites all located within the caverns 

of the decommissioned Hearn Generating Station, as well as in one 

outside site, the Biergarten. Weisbrodt has chosen to program almost 

all Luminato events at the Hearn, dubbed by one wag “Toronto’s 

concrete cathedral.” It’s an immense edifice of interconnected industrial 

buildings most notable today for its imposing mid-century industrial 

brick and concrete presence on Toronto’s waterfront. 

At one time the largest enclosed space in the country, the Hearn is 

three times larger than the Tate Modern art gallery in London. How 

big is that? The festival promo puts it into perspective: the “Statue of 

Liberty fits in it upright (or on its side).” 

With 17 days of programming under one roof, “creating an exceptionally 

rich and uniquely integrated global cultural experience” 

becomes a more achievable lofty aim than past efforts to try to 

animate the whole downtown core. That being said, finding a world 

music through-line in their programming this year has proven to be 

a more difficult task than in some past years. One site however where 

it does appear is at the Bavarian-style Biergarten, where senior music 

curator Derek Andrews has programmed a lively mix of daily evening 

performances at the New Canadian Music Stage. Sponsored by Slaight 

Music, some of the themes Andrews explores this year in his roster 

of 14 acts include music from Francophone, Persian, Aboriginal and 

“roots” artists. 

Andrews, in a late May phone interview, drew my attention to a 

Biergarten performance by the exciting Toronto female vocal quartet 

Nazar-i Turkwaz (My Turquoise Gaze), Saturday, June 11. The quartet is 

comprised of Brenna MacCrimmon, Maryem Tollar, Sophia Grigoriadis 

and Jayne Brown, four remarkable musicians who have, over their 

careers, immeasurably enhanced Toronto’s world music scene, as well 

as individually performing on numerous video and film soundtracks 

and theatrical productions. For over three decades they have collected 

and performed traditional repertoire from the Middle East and Turkey, 

Greece and the Balkans. In Nazar-i Turkwaz, they collectively explore 


this repertoire, creating their own 

arrangements, cultivating in their 

vocal alchemy a very satisfying 

sonic union. 

Sunday June 26, at the other end 

of this year’s Luminato Festival, 

Biergarten-goers will find the 

Toronto-based band Zuze. As far 

as I could find out, it is comprised 

of Iranian and Azerbaijani musicians. 

Relatively new on the Toronto 

scene, Zuze presents a self-described 

signature mix of “popular & folk 

melodies of Iran and Azerbaijan set to 

Afrobeat rhythms.” 

The most unusual and perhaps the most inclusive event at this 

year’s Luminato is scheduled for June 22. “Iftar at the Hearn” is 

billed as a “free, inclusive event welcoming newcomers from Syria.” 

Iftar is the meal served to break the daily fast during the month of 

Ramadan. A social event involving family and friends, iftar provides 

an opportunity to share food as an act of kindness and generosity with 

members of the community. Toronto has recently welcomed thousands 

of Syrian refugees and Luminato brings together performers 

from across the city, as well as food and refreshments, to welcome and 

celebrate the presence of the newest arrivals to our famously multicultural 

city. 

The free event opens with a greeting by the Ojibwe elder Duke 

Redbird, a journalist, activist, businessman, actor and administrator, 

followed by music by the Nai Children’s Choir, a Toronto community 

group singing in Arabic, English and French. JUNO nominee Cris 

Derksen then performs on cello in an artistically edgy set with her 

trio which includes Aboriginal hoop dancer Nimkii Osawamick and 

drummer Jesse Baird. Derksen aims to blur genre expectations with 

her “electro-aboriginally influenced” cello compositions. 

Capping the Iftar at the Hearn evening, just prior to the communal 

meal with traditional Syrian and Middle Eastern food, is a performance 

by Toronto dancer-choreographer Sashar Zarif. His set features 

collaboration with two leading young Azerbaijani musicians, the 

kamancha virtuoso Elnur Mikayilov and award-winning mugham 

singer Mirelem Mirelemov. Zarif is a multi-disciplinary performing 

artist, educator and researcher whose “artistic practice…is steeped in 

the artistry and history of traditional, ritualistic, and contemporary 

dance and music of the Near East and Central Asia.” He has toured 

widely “promoting cultural dialogue through intensive fieldwork, 

residencies, performances and creative collaborations.” Integrating 

dance, music and poetry the trio take themes from Sufi poetry in an 

Nazar i Turkwaz enactment of sama (sufi ritual of 

dance music and poetry) for iftar, 

thereby celebrating the peaceful 

spirit of Ramadan and setting the 

mood for the communal supper to 

come. It sounds lovely. 

Harbourfront Centre: Perhaps 

the granddaddy of all current 

Toronto summer music festivals 

happens down at Harbourfront 

Centre. For more than 40 years 

it has striven to present a crosssection 

of the “mosaic of cultures 

from within our country and around 

the world.” I was among its earlyadopter 

audiences and a frequent visitor, along with my children 

when they were young, enjoying its eclectic, though typically high 

quality music programming. Along the way I learned a great deal 

about diverse musics. It served me well in my various future careers – 

including this one! 

One of Harbourfront’s charms is the intimacy of most of its venues. 

It’s where I saw and met many international musicians over the years, 

some of whom, like the Malian singer and guitarist Ali Ibrahim Farka 

Touré, subsequently went on to grand international careers. I saw him 

perform a laid-back but nevertheless memorably musical concert 

at the 150 to 250 seat Lakeside Terrace within sight of the sunlight 

glinting off the lake. 

This summer’s family-oriented themed weekend festivals in July 

include too many to discuss in detail here. I will however give my 

picks. Starting with “Ritmo y Color: The Streets of Mexico,” July 15 

to 17; we move to the Caribbean in “Island Soul” July 29 to August 1. 

The following month “Habari Africa” co-produced by Batuki Music 

Society, highlighting the “cultural diversity of global Africa,” will 

take over the Centre’s venues August 12 to14. The next weekend 

“TAIWANfest: A Cultural Tango with Hong Kong” is in the house 

August 26 to 28. 

September 3 to 5 Harbourfront’s festival season comes to a close 

with the “Ashkenaz Festival,” produced by the Ashkenaz Foundation 

in partnership with Harbourfront Centre. It is North America’s largest 

celebration of Jewish music, art and culture and its musical breadth 

and depth warrants a story of its own, perhaps in the next issue of The 

WholeNote. 

Summer Music in the Garden: Another summertime music success 

story has been the annual Summer Music in the Garden concert 

series. It is produced by Harbourfront Centre in partnership with 

City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation, with the support of 


corporate and individual supporters. Located in a pleasant garden 

setting along the lakeshore, it’s free, though donations are welcome. 

The 17th edition of Summer Music in the Garden runs most Thursdays 

at 7pm and Sundays at 4pm, weather permitting, from June 30 to 

September 18 in the Toronto Music Garden. 

With Tamara Bernstein returning to her artistic director duties, the 

18-concert program this year looks as eclectic and exciting as usual. 

I won’t pretend to be all-inclusive; but here are my picks from the 

Garden’s crop. 

July 21: Persian percussion specialist Naghmeh Farahmand and 

young setar soloist Pejman Zahedian present “Becoming One with 

Universal Love: Ancient Persian Music for a New Age.” 

July 24: Toronto-based Subhadra Vijaykumar, violin, Vasudevan 

Govindarajan, mrdangam, and Ramana Indrakumar, ghatam, present 

“From the Banyan to the Willow Tree,” featuring the melodies and 

rhythms of Carnatic classical music of South India. 

July 28: Tamara Ilana and Ventanas have been making waves in the 

city’s world music scene for a number of years. The six-member group 

presents a “trans-Mediterranean” program of North African, Balkan, 

Turkish and Spanish music. 

August 7: Multiple JUNO-winning banjoist extraordinaire Jayme 

Stone, and his friends (Kristin Andreassen, voice; Sumaia Jackson, 

fiddle; and Joe Phillips, bass) return to the Summer Music in the 

Garden with “Deep River of Song.” They will perform from their 

impressive album Tabula Rasa, featuring songs collected by American 

song collector Alan Lomax. 

August 11: Sadie Buck and the He hi ye Girls present traditional and 

contemporary Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) music in their concert, “The 

Sweet Sound of Our Nature.” It’s rare to hear these songs cherished by 

the people who made their homes here before most of us, performed 

in public in the city. This is one opportunity I’ll be sure not to miss. 

August 18: Nagata Shachu, Toronto’s leading taiko ensemble, returns 

to the lakeside garden with roaring rhythms and soaring melodies 

performed on Japanese instruments made of wood, metal and skin. 

August 21: The Bachands, consisting of Qristina Bachand, violin/ 

voice, and Quinn Bachand, guitar/banjo, perform “All in the (Celtic) 

Family.” Expect Celtic roots music by the award-winning brothersister 

duo. 

QUICK PICKS 

Lulaworld 2016, presented by Lula Music and Arts Centre, continues 

its festival into the second week of June with concerts every evening 

until June 10. Check the listings for details. 

Aga Khan Museum: June 12 World Music Series: “Dusk to Dawn” 

features the renowned dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj in a program of 

kathak dance and Hindustani music. August 4 the Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi 

Qawwali Party perform Sufi devotional music. August 11 The World 

Music Series presents the Mehmet Polat Trio in a program of Ottoman, 

Anatolian, Balkan and West African musical traditions played on the 

ngoni, oud and ney. 

Cultura Festival, North York: Mel Lastman Square is home July 8, 

15, 22 and 29 to an un-ticketed outdoor community-centric familyoriented 

arts festival. Each Friday night in July different musicians, 

buskers, art activities, international street food and films are featured. 

As of press time the programming hadn’t yet been released, so check 

the festival website or print media closer to the festival dates. 

Roy Thomson Hall: Live on the Patio: The concerts, which take place 

throughout the months of June, July and August, transform the Roy 

Thomson Hall patio into an outdoor downtown music venue. Groups 

such as Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Hampaté and Sahel Blues, Salsa y 

Fusion, Samba e Forró with Flavia Nascimento and World Fusion with 

the Villalobos Brothers and Alberto de la Rosa help enliven the large 

space a level down from King Street. Again, the listings hold the keys 

to the dates. 

If you see me relaxing at one of these concerts, please say hello. And 

may you have a pleasant music-filled summer. 

Andrew Timar is a Toronto musician and music writer. He 

can be contacted at worldmusic@thewholenote.com. 

Beat by Beat | On Opera 

Filling the 

Operatic Vacuum 

CHRISTOPHER HOILE 

It used to be that come June Ontarians had to leave the province 

to seek opera performances elsewhere. That’s not the case 

this summer which is surprisingly filled with opera, especially 

with new ones. 

The season begins with a brand new opera festival – the Toronto 

Festival of Children’s Opera – running May 29 to June 12. The festival 

includes lectures and symposia and performances of four operas. 

There is the Adventures of the Magic Tree Fort created by the After 

School Opera Program; the world premiere of Dean Burry’s latest 

work, The Sword in the Schoolyard by VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto; 

a version of Hansel and Gretel by Shoestring Opera and a remount 

of Dean Burry’s successful 2004 opera, The Hobbit, presented by the 

Canadian Children’s Opera Company June 9 to 12 with Giles Tomkins 

as both Gandalf and Smaug. 

The same month Opera 5 concludes its 2015/16 season with an 

immersive performance of Die Fledermaus (1874) by Johann Strauss, 

Jr. The operetta is set in the midst of a party going on at 918 Bathurst 

Street with card playing and alcohol available. Michael Barrett sings 

Eisenstein, Rachel Krehm is Rosalinde, Julie Ludwig is Adele and Keith 

Lam is Falke. Patrick Hansen conducts an 11-member ensemble and a 

13-member chorus and Aria Umezawa is the stage director. The party 

featuring dancers and surprise cabaret acts is set for June 8 to 11. 

Also in June are three performances by Opera by Request, the 

company where the singers choose the repertory. First up on June 10 

is the rarity La Wally (1892) by Alfredo Catalani. The opera is best 

known for the aria “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana,” made popular as the 

stolen recording in the 1981 movie Diva. Sarah Hood sings Wally (a 

nickname for Walburga), Paul Williamson sings Hagenbach whom 

Wally loves and Michael Robert-Broder sings Gellner who also loves 

Wally. One reason the opera is seldom produced is that it ends in an 

avalanche, but that will be no problem for Opera by Request since the 

work is presented in concert. 

Also on OBR’s schedule is Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress (1951), 

an opera not seen in Toronto since 1985. Will Ford sings the role of the 

aptly named Tom Rakewell, Sharon Tikiryan sings Tom’s betrothed, 

Anne Trulove, and 

Michael York sings 

Nick Shadow, the Devil 

in disguise who leads 

Tom astray. The single 

performance takes 

place June 17. 

OBR’s final offering 

on June 25 is Verdi’s 

Aida (1871). Carrie Gray 

will sing the title role, 

Paul Williamson will 

sing Aida’s beloved 

Radames and Ramona 

Carmelly will sing 

the jealous Amneris. 

For all three operas 

in concert, the tireless 

William Shookhoff 

will provide the piano 

accompaniment. 

June 26 will see the 

first production of the 

mysterious Confidential 

Opera Project. In a 

Alexander Dobson 


unique arrangement, COP co-creators 

Marion Abbott and Gregory Finney 

choose and cast an opera and distribute 

the scores to the cast with the proviso 

that they keep the opera a secret. With 

no rehearsals, the cast and music director 

meet for the first time on the night of 

the performance and start the opera. The 

audience shows up without knowing 

what opera they’re going to see. The challenge 

for the performers is to create 

an ensemble on their feet in front of 

an audience. In his COP blog, Finney 

revealed this much: “Our first show, like 

all the ones we have planned after, is a 

beloved part of the Opera canon and let 

me tell you this: each and every one will 

leave you thrilled, awed and amazed!” 

Farther afield the Westben Arts Festival 

in Campbellford is presenting the world 

premiere of The Pencil Salesman with 

both music and libretto by Brian Finley. 

The fully staged opera concerns Boris 

Ball, the patriarch of a family of inventors. 

While he lives in his glory days when he 

invented the Personal Touch Typewriter, it takes a pencil salesman 

to bring him into the present to get to know his own granddaughter. 

Among the eight-member cast, John Fanning plays Boris, Donna 

Bennett his wife Rose and Alexander Dobson the Pencil Salesman. 

Daniel Warren conducts a chamber orchestra; stage direction is by 

Michael Mori, artistic director of Tapestry Opera. The opera runs 

June 25, 26 and July 1, 2 and 3. There are also a series of workshops 

and vocal intensives connected with the opera. 

Moving on to July, opera returns to Toronto Summer Music in the 

form of The Rape of Lucretia (1946) by Benjamin Britten on July 22. 

This, the first of Britten’s chamber operas, is based on a French play 

by André Obey, which gave the librettist Ronald Duncan the idea of 

having the story narrated by a Male and a Female Chorus who interpret 

the action from a Christian point of view. Set in Rome circa 

500 BC the opera focuses on Lucretia, wife of Junius Brutus, who, 

after being raped by Tarquinius, chooses suicide rather than a life of 

dishonour. 

The production, co-produced by Against the Grain Theatre 

and the Canadian Opera Company at the Winter Garden Theatre, 

features Emma Char as Lucretia, Iain MacNeil as Tarquinius, Owen 

McCausland as the Male Chorus and Chelsea Rus as 

the Female Chorus. Topher Mokrzewski conducts a 

13-member ensemble and Anna Theodosakis directs. 

The end of July and beginning of August is the 

time of the productions of the Summer Opera Lyric 

Theatre, founded and directed by Guillermo Silva- 

Marin and this year celebrating its 30th anniversary. 

SOLT presents fully staged operas with piano accompaniment 

at the intimate Robert Gill Theatre at the 

University of Toronto. On July 30 and August 2, 4 and 

7, it presents The Tales of Hoffmann (1881) by Jacques 

Offenbach. On July 30 and August 3 and 5, it presents 

Handel’s Giulio Cesare (1724). 

On July 29 and 31 and on August 6, as part of its anniversary 

celebrations, SOLT presents its first-ever world 

premiere, A Tale of Two Cities with music by Victor 

Davies to a libretto by Eugene Benson. Based on Charles 

Dickens’ 1859 novel of the same name, the opera 

concerns Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, 

and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English 

lawyer, who become enmeshed through their love for 

Lucie Manette and drawn against their will to Paris at 

the height of the Reign of Terror. 

Davies and Benson informed me that they began the 

piece as a musical before they became occupied with 

the operetta Earnest, The Importance 

of Being that Toronto Operetta Theatre 

premiered in 2008. They returned to 

the work and reshaped it as a grand 

opera with a large-scale scenes at a ball 

and in the courtroom. As Davies says, 

“The stuff of opera was always there, 

with the vocal requirements, high lyricism 

and large dramatic gesture.” 

Though the SOLT production will use 

only piano accompaniment, Davies 

says that an audience will easily be 

able to imagine the orchestral sound 

he intends. Michael Rose is the music 

director and Guillermo Silva-Marin the 

stage director. 

In August the SummerWorks festival 

will include the opera Mr. Shi and 

His Lover by Njo Kong Kie, his fourth 

opera to appear at the festival. The 

most recent was the well-received 

Señorita Mundo in 2009. Mr. Shi and 

His Lover, commissioned by the Macau 

Experimental Theatre in 2013, is based 

on the same real-life story that inspired 

the play M. Butterfly (1988) about a Chinese opera performer and 

his French Diplomat lover who believed him to be a woman. Jordan 

Cheng from Macau and Po Jen Chen from Taiwan sing the two roles. 

The composer conducts an ensemble of piano, marimba and Chinese 

percussion and Johnny Tam from Macau will direct. The work running 

from August 5 to 13 is sung in Mandarin with English surtitles. 

Guillermo Silva-Marin directing a SOLT rehearsal 

in 2010 on the Robert Gill Theatre stage 

Christopher Hoile is a Toronto-based writer on opera and 

theatre. He can be contacted at opera@thewholenote.com. 

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Beat by Beat | Early Music 

An Early Summer 

DAVID PODGORSKI 

With the arrival of summer weather – and the attendant 

cottage weekends – it’s a safe bet that it’ll be a few months at 

least before next season starts up again for most major early 

music ensembles around town. Most of their concert seasons wound 

down the year by the end of May, but there are a few concerts to catch 

around Toronto, most of them free. But if you can make it out of town, 

or you’re willing to take a chance on some music festivals, you can 

actually hear quite a wide variety of good music this summer. 

Montreal Baroque: It’s completely impossible to talk about early 

music festivals over the summertime 

without mentioning 

Montreal Baroque, which 

completely dominates the 

musical landscape every year. 

Its four-day, long-weekend-in- 

Quebec extravaganza is packed 

with nearly 30 concerts, lectures, 

free public events, and just outand-out 

weird ideas, and features 

top-tier Canadian talent salted 

with a few international artists 

who fetch top dollar anywhere in 

the world. 

And the festival isn’t just about 

spectacle alone – this year’s is 

actually delivering a sizeable 

chunk of the Bach catalogue, 

including some rarely performed 

works. A casual glance at their 

program shows there’s about a half dozen must-see concerts packed 

into one weekend. The festival will feature Bach’s complete sonatas 

and partitas for solo violin, played by rising star Lina Tur Bonet. Then, 

in the weird ideas category, there’s a concert devoted to The Art of 

Fugue featuring Les Voix Humaines and the electric guitar collective, 

Instruments of Happiness, which as a concert idea is likely the perfect 

way to get people interested in what’s probably the most academic 

composition of the classical canon. But if you need further motivation 

to pack your bags for Montreal, here are two other concerts make the 

road trip worth it: the near-legendary Italian gambist Paolo Pandolfo 

will be joining the festival for a concert of Bach cello suites (which 

he’s decided, somewhat mercurially, to transcribe and play on viola 

da gamba); and harpsichordist Eric Milnes will direct the Montreal 

Baroque Festival band, which includes the festival's best soloists, for an 

all-star concert of Bach cantatas. 

And there’s plenty more good music to see: a concert of instrumental 

music composed by Purcell and his contemporaries; soprano 

Jacinthe Thibault singing late 18th-century French cantatas; and a 

fantastical concert dedicated to the music of Jean-Féry Rebel, to name 

a few. If the idea of taking a weekend off to hear non-stop Baroque 

concerts appeals to you, consider giving this festival a look. It takes 

place on and around the McGill University campus in downtown 

Montreal from June 23 to 26. 

Tafelmusik Summer Baroque: To some, getting outside the city for 

a weekend of concerts might be a bit ambitious. Fortunately, Toronto’s 

top baroque band has a little festival of its own. The Tafelmusik 

Summer Baroque Festival features a series of free concerts running 

from June 6 to 18, and while the group isn’t forthcoming on details, 

they’re solid enough to take a chance on, particularly when they’re 

free. A couple stand out: Tafelmusik soloists will be playing a mixed 

program of chamber music on June 11 at 12:30 in somewhat baroqueunfriendly 

Walter Hall in the Edward Johnson building; if you prefer a 

full, woody orchestral sound, consider checking out their concert for 

choir and orchestra at Grace Church on-the-Hill on June 18 at 7:30. 

Lina Tur Bonet 

Cappella Intima: One lesser-known group that’s been putting on 

some great concerts for a while now is also worth a listen this month. 

Tenor Bud Roach’s ensemble Cappella Intima has been getting quite 

a reputation for its exciting, well-researched concerts of late-Renaissance 

Italian vocal music, and their next show promises to be more 

of what the group does very well. “The Paradise of Travellers” will be 

an evening devoted to the Venetian stop on the grand tour, featuring 

canzonettas, arias, and sacred motets written by the composers 

(Monteverdi, Croce, Banchieri, and, somewhat later, Rolla) with 

accounts of the city of Venice by tourists from the early 17th-century 

(spoiler: not all of them thought the city lived up to its reputation). 

You can catch this show at Trinity St.-Paul’s Centre on June 22 at 8pm. 

Have cello, will travel: I’ve always liked the idea of casual classical 

concerts; so, if you’re not in the mood for a formal evening at 

the concert hall, consider giving this show a try. Steuart Pincombe 

is an American baroque cellist who has recently come back to North 

America after living for four years 

in The Hague. Not content to 

tough it out on a more conventional, 

and in all probability, 

slower, path to a musical career, 

he has taken the artistic lifestyle 

to new extremes. He has bought 

a used trailer, in which he now 

lives, and is putting on a series of 

concerts all over North America in 

whatever venue will put him up. 

His current solo project, “Bach 

and Beer” is a pay-what-you-can 

concert of three of the Bach cello 

suites, which he’ll be performing 

at the Rainhard Brewery in the 

Junction on June 16 at 7 pm. 

Each suite is paired with a brew 

from Rainhard’s own selection. As 

a concert idea, Pincombe’s approach is fun. But as a beer aficionado, 

don’t get me started! (Did you know people have been brewing beer 

using recipes that are hundreds of years old and changing them gradually 

over time? Sort of the same way music has evolved? Surely I’m 

not the the first person to suspect the craft beer movement as being 

a thinly applied intellectual veneer meant to rebrand alcoholism as a 

fun hobby...oh dear, there I go.) 

Anyway, as I said, you can’t deny it sounds like a fun idea. I am all 

in favour of getting classical music out of the concert hall and into 

as many different venues as possible. Bach, in particular, is rarely 

if ever performed on the bar scene; letting the audience relax with 

some food and drink while listening is a great idea for winning over a 

new audience. 

Summer Music in the Garden: Speaking of the cello suites, the 

Music Garden at the foot of Spadina, landscaped to follow the structure 

of the Bach suites, is a good reason to take a trip down to 

Harbourfront and find an oasis in the middle of downtown. Among 

the twice-weekly concerts that will take place there till well into 

September, this summer some younger Montreal-based musicians 

will be giving a spirited performance of some composers who 

don’t get much attention at all. Soprano Andréanne Brisson Paquin 

joins Pallade Musica chamber ensemble – harpsichordist Mélisande 

McNabney, violinist Tanya LaPerrière, lutenist Esteban La Rotta, and 

JUNO-nominated cellist Elinor Frey – to perform two female baroque 

composers (Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre and Rosa Giacinta 

Badalla) together with the English composer, John Eccle, and the 

Polish composer, Adam Jarzębski, in a free concert on July 14 at 

7pm. This is definitely a group that can take risks with their concert 

programming, and you can be sure they will play everything on the 

program with dedication and verve. 

David Podgorski is a Toronto-based harpsichordist, music 

teacher and a founding member of Rezonance. He can 

be contacted at earlymusic@thewholenote.com 


Beat by Beat | Art of Song 

The Songs of 


HANS DE GROOT 

By the beginning of June most 

regular concert series have 

ended and will not resume until 

September, their place taken by a 

number of summer festivals. First and 

foremost, there is Toronto Summer 

Music (TSM). This year’s theme is 

London Calling: Music in Great Britain 

and the programs include not only 

music composed in Britain but also 

recreations of musical events that 

have taken place in Britain in the past. 

There is one vocal recital: the mezzo 

Jamie Barton, winner of the Cardiff 

Singer of the World Competition, 

will give a recital on July 25. The 

program will include songs by Turina, 

Chausson, Schubert and Dvořák and 

will conclude with three spirituals. The 

pianist is Bradley Moore. 

Also of interest is the opening 

concert on July 14 which features 

Nicholas Phan, tenor, and Neil Deland, 

Jamie Barton 

French horn, who will perform Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and 

Strings. On August 4, TSM is presenting a homage to The Last Night of 

the Proms. The vocal soloist is the mezzo Allyson McHardy (all three 

concerts are in Koerner Hall). An important part of TSM has always 

been to present and to help develop newly emerging talent. The fruits 

of this can be sampled in “Art of Song reGENERATION,” two separate 

concerts on July 22 in Walter Hall. The coaches are the soprano Anne 

Schwanewilms and the collaborative pianist Malcolm Martineau. 

Since 2010 the administrator of Toronto Summer Music has been 

Douglas McNabney. TSM has now announced that 2016 will be 

McNabney’s last season. He is a violist as well as an administrator and, 

while he never stopped playing the viola, the move may mean that 

he will have more playing time. That is good news, for him and for 

his audiences. He will be succeeded by Jonathan Crow, well-known 

to Toronto audiences as the concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony 

Orchestra and the co-leader of the New Orford String Quartet. 

Luminato, now in its tenth year, will present a performance of 

Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du soldat, directed by Jonathan Crow, in which 

Derek Boyes will be the narrator at the Side Room of the Hearn 

Generating Station, June 18; there will be another performance of 

the Stravinsky at the AGO Walker Court, June 12 at 2pm. Rufus does 

Judy is a recreation of Judy Garland’s 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall, 

performed by Rufus Wainwright at the Hearn Generating Station, 

June 23 and 24. 

Tafelmusik presents several free concerts as part of their Baroque 

Summer Festival. Among these is one featuring the Tafelmusik 

Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir directed by Jeanne Lamon and 

Ivars Taurins, with soloits Ann Monoyios, soprano, and Peter Harvey, 

baritone, on June 6 at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre. 

Other Festivals 

The Kincardine Summer Music Festival presents a concert which 

aims at bringing together the sounds of Broadway, the improvisations 

of jazz and the sensibility of pop. The performers are Heather 

Bambrick, Diane Leah and Julie Michels at Knox Presbyterian 

Church, June 17. 

Among the offerings at this year’s Westben Arts Festival is a concert 

of Schubert’s music, both songs and instrumental chamber music. 

The singers are the sopranos Donna Bennett and Kathryn Shuman at 

Westben Concert Barn, Campbellford, July 17. 

The Leith Summer Music Festival presents a concert of songs taken 

from The American Songbook with special emphasis on the work 

of Leonard Cohen. The singer is the soprano Patricia O’Callaghan, 

accompanied by Robert Kortgaard, piano, and Andrew Downing, bass, 

at Leith Church, August 27. O’Callaghan performs “Hallelujah,” songs 

of Leonard Cohen and others at Stratford Summer Music, July 23 at 

Revival House. 

The Elora Festival will be presenting four concerts of 

interest, all in St. John’s Church, Elora. Tenor Russell 

Braun teams up with his wife and accompanist, Carolyn 

Maule, and the Elora Festival Singers for an afternoon 

concert of works by Vaughan Williams and others, 

July 9. Soprano Marie-Josée Lord joins the Elora Festival 

Singers in a performance of selections from her JUNO 

Award-winning CD, Amazing Grace, as well as music by 

Gounod, Gershwin and others, July 14. Acclaimed early 

music specialist, soprano Suzie LeBlanc, joins with harpsichordist 

Alexander Weimann, July 16, in a celebration 

of Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death. 

Star countertenor, Daniel Taylor, Elora Festival Singers 

soprano, Rebecca Genge, and pianist, Steven Philcox 

perform “Songs of Love,” July 23. 

Elsewhere, Leslie Fagan, soprano, and Peter Longworth, 

piano. perform Schumann’s Frauenliebe und leben, 

Op. 42 as part of the Festival of the Sound, July 21. And 

I am looking forward to the return of Capella Intima, 

who will present a concert of canzonettas, arias and 

motets from 17th century Northern Italy. The music will 

be complemented by contemporary travellers’ accounts. 

The performers are Bud Roach, tenor and director, Sheila 

Dietrich, soprano, Jennifer Enns Modolo, alto, and David Roth, baritone, 

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on June 26. 

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June 1: Bach’s cantata, Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes 

BWV76 will be performed by soloists from St. James Cathedral and the 

organist Ian Sadler. 

June 2: Christina Stelmacovich, mezzo, will sing a free concert at 

Metropolitan United Church. 

June 3: Show One Productions presents Tamara Gverdtsiteli 

singing Yiddish songs, with the Moscow Male Jewish Cappella at Roy 

Thomson Hall. 

June 4: Ermanno Mauro, tenor, will sing popular opera arias along 

with emerging singers coached by him at Columbus Centre. 

June 4: The Aradia Baroque Ensemble presents arias by Handel to be 

followed by Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King at The 

Music Gallery. 

June 4: The Etobicoke Centennial Choir presents opera arias and 

choruses by Mozart, Verdi and Offenbach. The soloists are Andrea 

Naccarato, soprano, Erin Ronniger, alto, Lance Kaizer, tenor, and 

Lawrence Shirkie, baritone, at Humber Valley United Church. 

June 5: Maeve Palmer, soprano, sings Five Poems by Tyler Versluis at 

Gallery 345. 

June 6: Melanie Conly, soprano, and Kathryn Tremills, piano, 

perform Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate as well as songs by Case, Holby, 

Gershwin, Gounod, Porter and Purcell at the Church of the Redeemer. 

June 7: The Toronto Concert Orchestra presents highlights from 

Rigoletto, La traviata, La bohème and other operas. The singers are 

Sara Papini, soprano, Eugenia Dermentzis, mezzo, Romulo Delgado 

and Riccardo Iannello, tenor, and Bradley Christensen, baritone at 

Casa Loma. 

June 8 and 9: Michael Donovan, baritone, will sing his own new 

songs at Gallery 345. 

June 12: Schubert’s Mass in G will be sung in a free concert with 

soloists Jennifer Krabbe, soprano, and Dennis Zimmer, bass at 

Humbercrest United Church. 

June 16: Charlotte Knight, soprano, is the singer in “It Shoulda 

Been Me: A Cabaret,” a program of songs by Sondheim, Billy Joel, Joe 

Iconis and others at Gallery 345. The show is also being performed in 

St. Catharines, June 10 and Guelph, June 18. 

June 17: Rachel Fenlon sings and plays the piano in a Schubert 

concert at Gallery 345. 

June 24: Inga Filippova, soprano, Stanislav Vitort, tenor, and 

Andrey Andreychik, baritone, sing opera at Lawrence Park 

Community Church. 

And beyond the GTA, June 1: Maryem Tollar, Brenna MacCrimmon, 

Jayne Brown and Sophia Grigoriadis, who comprise the group 

Turkwaz, perform “Sounds of the Eastern Mediterranean” at the 

Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society Music Room. 

Hans de Groot is a concertgoer and active listener 

who also sings and plays the recorder. He can be 

contacted at artofsong@thewholenote.com. 

Beat by Beat | Choral Scene 

Reflections on the 

Sacred and the 

Secular 

BRIAN CHANG 

As we voyage into the beauty of summer and the winding down 

of the regular 2015/2016 choral season, it has been my pleasure 

to write this column over the last year. One fascinating theme 

for me, as an active singer and performer, and as a regular attendee 

of concerts in the region, has been how often choral music finds itself 

at the crossroads of the secular and the sacred. From a Eurocentric 

perspective this comes as no surprise: much of what we revere 

as choral singers is deeply rooted in biblical and church liturgy - 

Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, countless requiems, oratorios 

based on stories and teachings from scripture. Less evident, from that 

perspective, is the extent to which choral music is inseparable from 

global spirituality. We are lucky to be in Toronto, a truly global village 

where we can interact with, learn from, and be humbled by the 

myriad diversity of the human voice, human spirituality and music. 

One great case in point is the Aga Khan Museum which has hosted 

a variety of fabulous musicians from across the world. Qawwali is 

a devotional, passionate music inspired by Sufi tradition and the 

California-based Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party will perform it at 

the museum, August 4. This youthful group will bring us sounds and 

words that have been part of South Asian culture for over 700 years, 

showing us the harmony of the sacred and secular at play. I hope their 

programming goes from strength to strength, and that more institutions 

like this emerge as our city’s cultural landscape continues 

to change. 

Reflecting on the past season, the year has been an extraordinary 

choral soundscape: 1000 performers in Luminato’s staging of Murray 

Schafer’s Apocalypsis; several opportunities to experience contemporary 

throat singing with Tanya Tagaq; fans coming together to sing 

choral tributes to David Bowie and Prince; a diverse series of Ismaili 

and other South Asian works by the Aga Khan Museum; an unusual 

Messiah under Sir Andrew Davis with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 

and the TSO; and the voices of so many children, in the region’s children’s 

choirs and guests from around the world. Choral City isn’t just 

humming, it is belting a message of hope across the region! 

Gospel Music – Community in Action: Karen Burke, a York 

University professor specializing in music education and gospel 

music, is also the director of the Toronto Mass Choir. She’s incredibly 

in demand as a clinician and teacher. She talks about the music, but 

it is clear that people are the key to her approach and to her appeal as 

an educator and expert. The community that is built, the stories, the 


personalities, and the love of them 

all coming together – this is the 

core of gospel music. An opportunity 

to talk to Burke immersed 

me in all the things I like about 

choral music – love, sharing music 

in ensemble and being part of 

something much greater than 

ourselves. 

One of the key abilities of a 

great conductor is to be able to 

build an ensemble of people, 

not just singers. As a professor, 

Burke takes a unique approach. 

“Our first class is about making 

memories. How do you intentionally 

learn the names of your children 

so they feel like people and not 

Karen Burke 

just voices?” She tells a story that shows how deeply she cares about 

the singers she works with, and how she is changed by those experiences. 

In this way, grief becomes joy, and fear can become wonder – 

for everyone involved – and it all comes out in the music. 

I reveal to her my own ignorance of the place of gospel music 

in Canadian history, and it prompts our conversation. Burke situates 

gospel music in its Toronto context citing the work of colleagues 

who have studied the growth and experience of gospel music, in the 

region and in how it has shaped the very fabric of choral history. “It 

is part and parcel of our history here; our choral history, our musical 

culture,” she says. “And then it’s only a few steps away from remembering 

how much gospel music is part of our mainstream and what 

it has done in terms of making our ears more familiar to the different 

harmonies we hear. And especially how it is has influenced popular 

music. That is why, working with young people, it is so readily accessible 

and why they love it. So many [mainstream] harmonies and 

performances are taken directly from gospel 

music. So it’s an easier sell to people we want to 

reach as we try to keep choral music alive.” 

She’s absolutely right. So much popular 

music has been directly influenced by gospel 

music. It is a musical vernacular that everyone is 

familiar with, even if they don’t know what it is. 

Examples include: Lisa Fischer and the backing 

vocals in Gimme Shelter with the Rolling Stones; 

NSync’s bridge in This I Promise You; Beyoncé’s 

chorus in Halo; the end of Lady Gaga’s Born this 

Way; the Book of Mormon’s Hasa Diga Eebowai; 

and pretty much anything ever done by Motown. 

We know the sounds, the harmonies, the bridges 

into a full-step key change, the call and response, 

the dominant harmonies – gospel has been part 

of music for a very long time. This is indeed 

our music. Is it any wonder that Burke can get 

youth engaged in choral music and singing at the top of their lungs? 

This is accessible music and it is also youthful music with a deep 

local history. 

She also talks about how the rote nature of most gospel music 

requires musicians to use their skills in a different way instead of 

relying too heavily on sheet music: “What’s on paper is only three 

quarters of what you need…there’s this phenomenal thing called 

listening. It’s an incredible tool.” She finds herself constantly 

surprised by the hesitancy of choristers who don’t think they can sing 

without music, and then “their eyes come up out of the folders, out of 

the music, and the sound is just there.” It’s transformative not only for 

choristers but their directors as well. 

Every time one performs gospel, she says, the energy, the feeling, 

the personality will be different (in contrast to much Eurocentric 

choral music where we seek to evoke the original intention of the 

composers as exactly as possible. Gospel music often demands of us to 


Chanticleer 

be different and new, every single time. “It’s about what you do for the 

music personally. When you’re given that permission to be personal, 

and the choir relates to it, it provides a whole different take on things. 

People can give more,” she says. 

The Toronto Mass Choir is a prolific performing and recording 

group. I highly encourage you to check them out; their full gamut of 

experience is available on Google Play. Karen Burke and the Toronto 

Mass Choir will present a concert as part of the TD Toronto Jazz 

Festival on Sunday June 26 at 12:30pm, Nathan Phillips Square. 

Summer Festivals: As the regular musical season winds down, there 

are still many opportunities to catch fantastic music across the region. 

I hope to see you at some of the performances I have highlighted here, 

and please look at the listings of the other summer festivals in the 

region. There is choral music happening everywhere! 

The Elora Festival: The Elora Festival continues to provide worldclass 

musical performances in an adorable rural Ontario setting. 

There is a lot of choral programming over its 16 days. On Friday 

July 8 at 7:30pm the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir joins the Elora 

Festival Singers and the Festival Orchestra in an opening night gala 

featuring a brand new commission, River of Life by Timothy Corlis, 

as well as Mozart’s Requiem. July 10 at 4pm is “The Glory of Bach” 

featuring Bach’s Mass in G Minor and more. The incredibly popular 

all-male chorus Chanticleer performs on Friday July 15 at 7:30pm. 

Don’t miss a chance to hear Haydn and Mozart on Friday July 17 at 

4pm featuring the Elora Festival Singers and the Festival Orchestra in 

Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore and Haydn’s Lord Nelson 

Mass, a fantastic double bill. The Elora Festival Singers present “Choral 

Mystics II” including two new premieres by British composer Patrick 

Hawes. Hawes will be present as the singers record these premieres 

on Thursday July 21 at 7:30pm. In the year of Queen Elizabeth’s 

90th birthday, the festival presents “Coronation Anthems,” music 

by Handel on July 23 at 4pm. The festival closes on July 24 at 2pm 

with the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir. See elorafestival.ca for 

all the listings and locations. Most performances are in a variety of 

intimate venues. 

Toronto Summer Music presents the Theatre of Early Music with 

Daniel Taylor in a reconstruction of the music that accompanied King 

George II’s ascension to the throne in 1727. Music by Handel, Purcell, 

Gibbons and Tallis is featured, Tuesday July 26 at 7:30pm, Walter Hall. 

The Brott Music Festival presents its 29th season, featuring a 

variety of fantastic music across the Hamilton area. The first choral 

performance is Beethoven’s Ninth on Thursday June 30 at 7:30pm at 

St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Waterdown. Brott presents Classic 

Blend in“Songs of the Seasons in Ladies Barbershop Style,” a rare 

chance to hear a female barbershop ensemble, Saturday July 23 at 

7:30pm, Zoetic Theatre. The season closes with Verdi’s Requiem 

on Thursday August 18, 7:30pm at the Mohawk College McIntyre 

Performing Arts Centre. 

Follow Brian on Twitter @bfchang Send info/media/ 

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What's In a Name? 

JACK MACQUARRIE 

People’s given names saddle them with epithets that tend to 

remain with them throughout their lives. The name Jack, for 

example, endows or burdens me with more than my share. A 

few of the more obvious: Jack be nimble, Jack Sprat could eat no fat, 

Jack was every inch a sailor, Jackass, and Jack of all trades, but master 

of none. The last of these, “Jack of all trades,” particularly rankles 

when I hear it applied to musicians willing (and able) to switch from 

their usual instrument to another to fill in for some other missing 

instrument in a band. (The disdainful critics are, generally, those who 

would not be able to do so.) 

A more complimentary term than “Jack of all trades” might be “A 

man of many hats.” I can’t think of anyone in the music world more 

deserving of that title, sometimes quite literally, than Henry Meredith 

of Western University (Doctor Hank as he is affectionately known) 

who displays his amazing array of talents with the aid of his Plumbing 

Factory Brass Band (PFBB). I had the pleasure of attending their most 

recent concert in London where, demonstrating several of the many 

period instruments from his vast collection, he donned the style of 

hats that might have been worn by musicians of the period. 

This concert was a perfect example of what I have often described, 

and encouraged, as “Music Education as Entertainment.” The title of 

the concert was “Meet the Plumbers,” but would have more accurately 

described the scope of the concert if the title had been expanded to 

include “and Meet Their Instruments.” After the opening number, 

performed by the entire band, the audience was introduced to all of 

the members of the family of modern brass instruments and many 

of their predecessors including parforce horns, valveless trumpets, 

saxhorns, and the ancient cornett. In many of these smaller ensemble 

numbers all the musicians wore hats of many eras from Doctor 

Hank’s colourful hat collection. 

The concert’s grand finale began with the introduction of the 

vuvuzela which could be described as a type of primitive klaxon. 

Its modern offspring, the plastic vuvuzela, came into prominence 

(notoriety is perhaps a better word) a few years ago when thousands 

of them were sounded during football matches at the FIFA 

World Cup in South Africa. In 1930 composer Henry Fillmore wrote 

The Klaxon March where he introduced the sound of early car horns 

into the work. At this concert, a few members of the audience were 

given vuvuzelas to produce the appropriate sound and then cued by 

Meredith whenever the music called for the klaxon. I can proudly 

report that this Jack of all trades added to my repertoire by displaying 

my musical skills on a bright green plastic vuvuzela. 

Doctor Hank is truly “a man of many hats,” and he displayed 

his many talents as conductor, instrumentalist, curator and entertainer, 

simultaneously educating and entertaining his audience. 

After enjoying works of four centuries spanning the era from 

Samuel Scheidt in the early 17th century to Henry Mancini and Paul 

McCartney, we all had learned as we listened. We went home with 

memories of a great concert and some newly gained knowledge of 

some of the many aspects of music. 

Wychwood Clarinet Choir: The next major event on our musical 

calendar was the “Sounds of Spring” concert of the Wychwood 

Clarinet Choir. This was a very special concert dedicated to the 

memory of Howard Cable, who had been their composer and 

conductor laureate in recent years until his passing in March. In addition 

to the performance of two of Cable’s works from the 1960s there 

was a special tribute section in the printed program with photographs 

with choir members in recent years. During the intermission 

Bobby Herriot, trumpeter, conductor, composer and long-time friend 

of Cable spoke about their friendship and working relationship over 

the years. Cable’s two daughters and one son were in attendance and, 

after the concert, spoke of a few initiatives under discussion to recognize 

their father in one of Toronto’s parks. (We were also treated to a 

fine arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Andante Cantabile from the String 


JOAN ANDREWS 

Dr. Hank plays the parforce horn. 

Quartet Opus 11 by Cable’s friend, distinguished arranger and musical 

director Fen Watkin who was also in attendance.) 

As for the repertoire, there were two standouts for me. The first of 

these was a novelty number, with a very catchy melody, named Immer 

Kleiner by 19th-century composer Adolf Schreiner and transcribed by 

George S. Howard. For those not proficient in German, the title means 

“Always Smaller” and that is exactly what happened to Michele Jacot’s 

clarinet. After a brief interlude, she stopped, removed the bell of her 

clarinet and then continued playing. After another melodic interlude, 

she stopped again and removed the lower joint which is the bottom 

half of the keys of the instrument.Then on with the next section of the 

music with only the upper joint keys, then without the barrel until 

she was left with only the mouthpiece. It was all very melodic, well 

performed and hilarious to witness. 

The second standout was a transcription of Gustav Holst’s First Suite 

in E-Flat for band. Many years ago I read, in a scholarly publication, 

that this composition and Holst’s Second Suite in F had been written 

as commissions from the Royal Military School Music, Kneller Hall. It 

was reported that directors of the school lamented the fact that almost 

all serious concert works played by British military bands were transcriptions 

of orchestral music. In a recent check of possible sources, I 

have not been able to verify that. However, I was able to confirm that 

this suite was premiered at the Royal Military School Music in 1920. 

This acceptance that the military band was a serious form of ensemble 

prompted other composers, including Ralph Vaughan Williams and 

Gordon Jacob, to write serious band music. 

A Special High School: It isn’t often that I report on high school 

band concerts, but I must make an exception this month. For a 

number of reasons the music department of Dr. Norman Bethune C. 

I. deserves special mention. Among many other selections in their 

“Spring Music Night” were a new composition and a fine transcription. 

In honour of the school’s founding principal, Robert Thomson, 

whose school nickname (presumably affectionately) is “Thor,” the 

school commissioned J. Scott Irvine to write a suitable composition. 

So it was that the school’s wind ensemble gave the world premiere 

performance of Irvine’s stirring Mjolnir, The Hammer of Thor. 

Another outstanding number by the Wind Ensemble was a transcription 

of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 “The Titan.” This arrangement 

by the school’s director of music, Paul Sylvester, was part of his 

master’s thesis. 

A New Band: For my third concert in four days I was thrust into 

a different role. I was not in the audience this time but playing 

in the first formal concert of the fledgling York Region Brass. Yes, 

we did have to have a couple of ringers to fill in, but all went well. 

One of these ringers brought a very special surprise for me. Jonas 

Feldman reminded me that I had been his teacher many years ago. 

As is customary, teachers and students usually lose contact after the 

students move on. However, every once in a while our paths have 

crossed, and in this instance we were sitting beside each other for the 

band’s end-of-concert photograph. In the interim since we first met, 

Jonas just happened to have earned bachelor and master’s degrees 

in music. Another surprise: although I had been rehearsing with the 

group for several weeks, I had no idea that there was a composer in 

our midst. Then we played the new Lavender March by euphonium 

player Eugene Belianski. If you play a brass instrument and live within 

driving distance of Newmarket, the York Region Brass would love to 

hear from you. Their email is pnhussey@rogers.com. 

Elsewhere: As mentioned last month, the Uxbridge Community 

Concert Band has just started another season. They would love to hear 

from potential members. If you would like to try a new band for the 

summer months, contact the band at uccb@powergate.ca or visit their 

website at uccb2016.webs.com. 

By the time that this issue is published the Toronto New Horizons 

Bands will have wound up their sixth season with a concert by 

195-plus members in six bands plus a jazz orchestra. Rather than 

take time off, NHB Director Dan Kapp has announced that he will be 

offering what he calls “a jump-start camp” for people returning to 

playing after not having played for a while. There will be experienced 

staff for daily workshops, band classes, interest sessions and ensembles. 

This will all take place at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community 

Centre at Bloor and Spadina from July 18 to 22. Their website is mnjcc. 

org/camps. And a reminder: as mentioned in last month’s issue the 


documentary film about these New Horizons Toronto bands will be 

aired on TVO, June 8 at 9pm. After that it will be streamed on the 

TVO website. 

Coming events 

Getting June off to a flying start, on Sunday, June 5 we have no fewer 

than four concerts by community instrumental groups, two of which 

will be performing with choral groups: 

At 3pm the Newmarket Citizens’ Band will be performing in their 

“Spring Fling Concert” with the Upper Canada Chordsmen Chorus at 

Trinity United Church, Newmarket. 

At 7pm the Strings Attached Orchestra, with music director Ricardo 

Giorgi will present their “2016 Friends & Family Year End Concert” 

at Tribute Communities Recital Hall, York University. This will be 

another concert with an interesting adaptation. The Vivaldi Concerto 

for Two Trumpets will be performed but with two violins playing the 

solo trumpet parts. As mentioned earlier, this seems to be the season 

for original compositions and this concert will be featuring two. The 

first, with the whimsical title, Overture for a Puppet Show, is by Ric 

Giorgi himself. The other, Cassiopeia by 16-year-old Adam Adle, is the 

winner of the orchestra’s Young Composers Initiative 2016. 

Also at 7pm the Northdale Concert Band will be joined by the choirs 

of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Grace Church on-the-Hill and 

Christ Church Deer Park for “Last Night of the Proms,” an evening full 

of British pageantry fit for royalty at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. 

At 8pm Resa’s String Ensemble will hold their spring concert at 

Crescent School. 

Finally, on Tuesday June 7 at 8pm, Resa’s Pieces Concert Band will 

perform their spring concert at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. 

Jack (of all trades) MacQuarrie plays several brass instruments 

and has performed in many community ensembles. He 

can be contacted at bandstand@thewholenote.com. 

Cornet or cornett: In past columns I have occasionally commented on 

how frequently people mispronounce the word cornet by misplacing 

the syllabic emphasis. I have often pointed out that there is a significant 

difference between the brass instrument called CORnet and the corNETT 

(sometimes called cornetto). The ancient cornett has a wooden tubular 

body similar to that of a recorder and the pitch of notes is varied by 

covering holes in the tube. The tone is produced by vibration of the lips 

in a cup-shaped mouthpiece as in members of the brass family. Here, 

ladies and gentlemen, is a cornett in the hands of Doctor Hank. 

JOAN ANDREWS 

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Bruckner Symphony no. 4 in E flat major 

Tchaikovsky Suite from Swan Lake 

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acclaimed pianist VaLERIE TRYOn 

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Beethoven Leonore Overture no. 3 

Mozart Piano Concerto in C, K.467 

Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors 

3. saturday February 11 8 pm 

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Puccini Capriccio Sinfonico 

Tchaikovsky Elegy for Strings 

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12th Annual Summer Music Guide

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SUMMER MUSIC GUIDE 

Welcome to The WholeNote’s 12th annual easy links to participants’ own websites. 

Green Pages, a pot pourri of summer And visit The WholeNote’s own online 

festivals and events across the musical listings at www.thewholenote.com/ 

map – offering classical, jazz, opera, folk, ask-ludwig where listings will be added 

world music and much more in a range of through the summer, and you will be able 

unique and beautiful locations. 

to search by date, geographic location, 

genre, keyword and more. 

Here you will find brief profiles of 

40 widely diverse summer festivals THE 2016 GREEN PAGES TEAM 

and/or concert series, provided by PROJECT COORDINATOR: Karen Ages 

the presenters themselves. Detailed PROJECT EDITOR: Kevin King 

listings for many of them can be found LAYOUT & DESIGN: Susan Sinclair 

in our special summer listings section PROOFREADING: Sara Constant/ 

immediately following these listings Karen Ages 

and/or in our regular listings sections. WEBSITE: Bryson Winchester 

Visit the online version of this directory at For more information on our Green Pages, 

www.thewholenote.com/green where contact karen@thewholenote.com or 

you will find additional photographs and phone Karen at 416-323-2232 x26 

ALL-CANADIAN JAZZ, PORT HOPE 

➤ September 9 to 11 

Port Hope, ON 

Google “Canadian Jazz” and you’ll find this three-day outdoor tented festival 

near the top of the list. The All-Canadian Jazz Festival was born 15 years ago 

to celebrate and support the burgeoning Canadian jazz scene and every year 

this is accomplished with a uniquely Canadian performance lineup. There’s 

a free Friday night concert starring Brass Transit. Don’t miss Saturday evening’s 

farewell performance by an “All-Canadian Jazz Legend” with Chelsey 

Bennett opening. Stellar afternoon lineups include Dione Taylor, Amanda 

Martinez, Tia Brazda, Red Hot Ramble, the Marianne Trudel Quartet, the 

Jive Bombers, “Coltrane!” featuring Kirk MacDonald & Pat Labarbera and 

John MacLeod & the Rex Hotel Orchestra. 

1-855-713-9310 

www.allcanadianjazz.ca 

BEACHES INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 

➤ July 2 to 24 

Toronto, ON 

A massive four-week celebration of music with over 12 stages, a StreetFest 

and approximately one million in attendance. Features include a dynamic 

musical roster, exciting activities and an enticing lineup of gourmet food 

trucks. The festival will showcase the sensational musical talents of both established 

and emerging artists, with jazz, blues, Latin, swing, global, world beat, 

big band, Dixieland, Afro-Cuban, funk, R&B, ska, soul and more. Featured 

events include musical performances at Woodbine Park, StreetFest, Taste of 

Jazz, Salsa Celebration, Beaches Tune Up Jazz Run and the Farmers Market 

Jazz Series. All of this is taking place at the 28th International Beaches Jazz 

Festival, July 2 to 24. Free for all ages. For a full schedule please visit www. 

beachesjazz.com/complete-concert-schedule. 

416-698-2152 

www.beachesjazz.com 

BEATLES 50 T.O. 

➤ June 18 to November 12 

Toronto, ON 

It was 50 years ago that the Beatles last played Toronto. To mark the anniversary, 

Museums & Heritage Services is collaborating with curators, collectors, 

musicians, community partners and sponsors to create 60s-themed events. Take 

in walks, talks, exciting concerts and the exhibit “When the Beatles Rocked 

Toronto,” which looks at life in Toronto in the 60s, opening June 18 at the 

Market Gallery on the second floor of the St. Lawrence Market. Toronto was 

Canada’s Beatlemania epicentre – the only city where they performed all three 

years, 1964, 1965 and 1966 – and their impact was electrifying. Experience 

that unique era again or for the first time! Visit www.toronto.ca/beatles50 

for all the details. Don’t miss any of the other musical events at the City of 

Toronto’s Historic Sites – go to www.toronto.ca/museum-events. 

Call 311 

www.toronto.ca/beatles50 

Westben Arts Festival Theatre 

Campbellford, ON 

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BROOKSIDE MUSIC ASSOCIATION FESTIVAL OF THE BAY 

➤ July 7 to August 18 

Midland, ON 

Now in its sixth year, Brookside Music Association presents “Festival of the 

Bay” in Midland between July 7 and August 18, bringing world-class music 

– from classical to jazz, from piano to brass – to the shores of Georgian Bay 

in the heart of Ontario’s cottage country. This year features: July 7: Weston 

Silver Band; July 14: Tien Hsieh, piano; July 21: Sonic Escape Flute & Violin; 

August 4: Lafayette String Quartet; August 11: Anagnoson & Kinton piano 

duo; August 18: Hogtown Brass Quintet. All concerts will take place in our 

beautiful Midland Cultural Centre. 

705-527-4420 

www.brooksidemusic.com 

BROTT MUSIC FESTIVAL 

➤ June 22 to August 18 

Hamilton, Brantford, Waterdown and Ancaster, ON 

Now entering its 29th season, the Brott Music Festival (est. 1988) is the largest 

non-profit orchestral music festival in Canada, and the only festival with a fulltime, 

professional orchestra-in-residence. The Brott Music Festival is renowned 

for its extremely high artistic standard, world-class soloists, exuberant young 

orchestra and eclectic mix of orchestral, chamber, jazz, pops and education 

concerts at various venues across Southern Ontario. A stunning array of great 

music in all its forms: classical, contemporary, chamber, opera, jazz, blues 

and rock. A fully-staged production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, a 

PopOpera of great vocal arias and ensembles, Verdi’s magnificent Requiem, 

music you know and love by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Rimsky-Korsakov, 

Ravel – and what more could you want! 

905-525-7664 

www.brottmusic.com 

CLASSICAL UNBOUND FESTIVAL 

➤ August 13 to 26 

Prince Edward County, ON 

World-calibre classical music and musicians, barns, wineries, beaches: concerts 

in unconventional contexts. The barn and winery venues are set among natural 

elements, and the vitality of the County’s gastronomic and viticulture scenes 

underlays the concerts’ intimacy and casualness – stripping away barriers to 

the music for you, the audience, and us, the musicians. Jessica Linnebach, 

violin; Joanna G’froerer, flute; Michelle Gott, harp; Rachel Mercer, cello; 

Sean Rice, clarinet; Yehonatan Berick, viola; Yosuke Kawasaki, violin; Jonathan 

Krehm, clarinet. Performing: Alwyn, Andriessen, Beaser, Debussy, 

Haber, Hindemith, Hoover, Morlock, Mozart, Mozetich, Muczynski, Poenitz, 

Ravel, Staniland, Stravinsky, Sung, Tansman, Villa-Lobos. A new, unique 

not-for-profit festival by musicians, taking classical music out of the concert 

hall and giving it to YOU. 

613-567-1925 

www.classicalunbound.com 

Brott Music Festival 

Hamilton, Brantford, Waterdown and Ancaster, ON 

CLEAR LAKE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 

➤ July 21 to 24 

Riding Mountain National Park, MB 

The 11th Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival, under the artistic direction of 

one of Canada’s leading concert pianists, Alexander Tselyakov, has become 

an important part of Canada’s cultural calendar. The first of its kind and most 

exciting that Manitoba has to offer, this festival is a celebration of summer 

with classical music, jazz and outstanding musicians in the natural beauty of 

Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. The festival will take place in the 

third week of July, from the 21st to the 24th. For tickets or more information 

contact us by phone or email. See directions on our website. 

204-571-6547 or 204-727-9631 

www.clearlakefestival.ca 

ELORA FESTIVAL 


Elora, ON 

Experience world-class music in intimate settings this July at the Elora Festival! 

From choral and classical to world music and jazz – the Elora Festival has 

something for everyone! Featuring NYO Canada, Fubuki Daiko, the Elora 

Festival Singers, Molly Johnson, the Barra MacNeils, Russell Braun and 

more! 24 performances, six intimate venues, one world-class festival. Come 

celebrate with us July 8 to 24. Find out more on our website. 

519-846-0331 

www.elorafestival.ca 


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Canadian stage director/violist Valerie Kuinka, the Highlands Opera Studio 

is an advanced intensive training and professional networking program for 

emerging opera professionals. Chosen from approximately 150 applicants from 

across Canada through competitive auditions, the 2016 vocal participants can 

be heard throughout the month of August and into September, in masterclasses 

with Richard Margison, four concerts and three fully staged operas: The Brothers 

Grimm and The Bremen Town Musicians by Dean Burry, and Faust by Charles 

Gounod. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit our website. 

1-855-457-9933 

www.highlandsoperastudio.com 

Highlands Opera Studio Haliburton, ON 

FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND 


Parry Sound, ON 

In its 37-year history, the Festival of the Sound has become a go-to destination for 

musicians and music lovers alike. It is Canada’s premier classical and jazz music 

festival, internationally recognized by various organizations including the CBC 

as one of Canada’s Top Summer Festivals and by Festivals & Events Ontario as 

one of the Top 100 Festivals or Events in Ontario. From July 15 to August 7, the 

Festival of the Sound hosts over 60 events, consisting of 50 unique musicians and 

20 ensembles from Canada and around the world. And it all takes place on the 

beautiful shores of Georgian Bay. It’s where the world’s great musicians come to play. 

1-866-364-0061 

www.festivalofthesound.ca 

GUELPH JAZZ FESTIVAL & COLLOQUIUM 


Guelph, ON 

Join us for five days of innovative world-class music in one of Ontario’s loveliest 

cities. Heralded as one of the most visionary musical events in Canada, 

our intimate community-powered festival celebrates the best in cutting-edge 

jazz and creative improvised music, and plays host to unique workshops, 

panels and lectures in a free education colloquium. Also free is the Friday 

evening and Saturday full-day Jazz at Market Square, the most popular event 

that puts music in an open-air venue on one of Guelph’s funkiest downtown 

streets. Check the website for updates on the artistic lineup. 

519-763-4952 

www.guelphjazzfestival.com 

HIGHLANDS OPERA STUDIO 

➤ August 4 to September 1 

Haliburton, ON 

Love great singing? Need to escape the city? Celebrate our tenth anniversary 

and hear the best young professional voices Canada has to offer in the beauty 

of the Haliburton Highlands, only 2 ½ hours northeast of the GTA. Established 

in 2007 by internationally-acclaimed Canadian tenor Richard Margison and 

HUNTSVILLE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 


Huntsville, ON 

An eclectic mix of national- and international-calibre artists presented at the 

intimate 400-seat Algonquin Theatre in downtown Huntsville. In addition to mainstage 

presentations, there are free concerts at venues throughout the community, 

including Back Street, an afternoon of interactive art installations, activities and 

music happening on July 23. This summer’s lineup includes Bruce Cockburn, 

Sarah Harmer, Downchild Blues Band, The Nylons, Hawksley Workman and 

so much more! Over the long weekend in August, the Huntsville Jazz Festival 

returns for its sixth season, featuring Oliver Jones, a tribute to John Coltrane, and 

Adi Braun singing the music of Rosemary Clooney, Judy Garland and Peggy Lee. 

705-789-4975 

www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca 

INDIAN RIVER FESTIVAL 

➤ June 19 to September 18 

Indian River, PE 

The Indian River Festival offers a summer-long series of concerts in a magnificent 

heritage church, set within sight of beautiful Malpeque Bay, Prince 

Edward Island. Discover excellence in classical, jazz, Maritime, world and 

contemporary music by the finest artists from across Canada, all in the worldclass 

acoustical setting of St. Mary’s Church. 

1-866-856-3733 or 902-836-3733 

www.indianriverfestival.com 

KINCARDINE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 

➤ July 31 to August 13; concert series April 16 to December 17 

Kincardine, ON 

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, KSMF presents an expanded concert series 

April 16 to December 17. 

Live concerts starring brilliant vocalists and wonderful instrumentalists include 

Broadsway with Heather Bambrick, Diane Leah and Julie Michels; Kati Gleiser, 

concert pianist; Andrea Tyniec, concert violinist with her Stradivarius violin; Duo 

Novus – Kristin Toczko and Emily Belvedere, harpists; Marc Djokic, violin with 

Beverley Johnston, percussion; and Christina Haldane, soprano. All this plus 

the popular free 4 O’Clock in the Park concerts July 31 to August 12, and daily 

music classes August 8 to 12 for everyone from beginners to experienced players, 

age 7 to Adult. Guitar, Strings and Bands – a fun time and great for families! 

Kincardine Summer Music Festival – creating fabulous musical experiences 

for 25 years! 

519-396-9716 

www.ksmf.ca 


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KWCMS JULYMUSIC 


Waterloo, ON 

Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society July: Chamber Music by the Park 

– our busy July packs nine concerts into four weeks. The variety is impressive: 

two by ensembles from the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (5th and 

15th); arguably the world’s leading guitar duo (Eden-Stell, 7th); one worldfamed 

string quartet (New Zealand, 10th); one great Baroque quartet (Pallade 

Musica de Montreal with soprano, 13th); Russian-Canadian pianist Alexander 

Tselyakov with members of Toronto’s Canadian Sinfonietta (16th); ensembles 

from the University of Waterloo’s amazing orchestra (19th); a trio of 

fine Ukrainian pianists (24th); and the brilliant and entertaining Syrène Saxophone 

Quartet (Netherlands, 28th). All are in our diminutive air-conditioned 

concert hall, seating 85, with one of the best pianos around… All classical, 

with a touch of jazz. And all for $180 (students $120), or buy individually. 

519-886-1673 

www.k-wcms.com 

LEITH SUMMER FESTIVAL 


Leith, ON 

The Leith Summer Festival and artistic director Robert Kortgaard present 

five concerts in July and August in the Historic Leith Church. Leith Church, 

12 km from Owen Sound, is an intimate venue with excellent acoustics and 

is enjoyed by musicians and audiences alike. The season begins Saturday, 

July 2 with Cheng2 Duo. On Saturday, July 16, Robert Kortgaard and Peter 

Tiefenbach perform Piano à Quatre Mains. July 23 features Chris Donnelly, 

piano and Kornel Wolak, clarinet. The Penderecki String Quartet plays on 

August 13, and Patricia O’Callaghan, with Robert Kortgaard and Andrew 

Downing, sings on August 27. All concerts are on Saturdays, starting at 

7:30pm. Tickets available at the Roxy Theatre. 

519-371-2833 

www.roxytheatre.ca 

MONTREAL BAROQUE FESTIVAL 

➤ June 23 to 26 

Montreal, QC 

Theatre of tumultuous weather, Quebecers have courageously endured nature’s 

anger with courage and bravura! For four days as turbulent as the Quebec 

barometer, the 14th Montreal Baroque Festival will present a torrent of 

colourful musical passions, flooding the metropolis with cataclysmic musical 

tempests and a storm of ideas, both mundane and magical. Come lightning or 

thunder, a Tempest in a Teapot will inundate the McGill Campus, Old Montreal 

and Phillips Square with the music of Purcell, Bach, Boismortier, etc., 

interspersed with a few rays of sunshine to blush the horizon before the hurricane 

hits! Button up and hold on to your umbrella! Large and intimate concerts. 

Discovery series. Free outdoor concerts, conferences and family activities. 

514-845-7171 

www.montrealbaroque.com 

Music and Beyond Ottawa, ON 

MUSIC AND BEYOND 


Ottawa, ON 

Running from July 4 to 17, Music and Beyond is a classical music and multidisciplinary 

arts festival that blends classical music with different art forms, 

including visual art, drama, poetry, dance, architecture, circus, magic, science, 

comedy, law, food and wine and even yoga. Concerts are held at the most 

unique venues in Ottawa, including the Canadian Museum of Nature, the 

Diefenbunker, and the National Gallery of Canada. Festival highlights for 

2016 include Shakespeare and Music with Christopher Plummer, Music and 

Circus with the Hebei Acrobatic Troupe, Jan Lisiecki, Oliver Jones, Measha 

Brueggergosman, Ola Gjeilo, and many more. 

Music and Beyond was the winner of Ottawa Tourism’s “Partnership of 

the Year” Award for their National Gallery Soirée with the National Gallery 

of Canada. 

613-241-0777 

www.musicandbeyond.ca 

MUSIC AT PORT MILFORD 


Milford, ON 

2016 marks Music at Port Milford’s 30th year of bringing promising 12- to 

18-year olds with a passion for chamber music together with an internationally-renowned 

faculty to create an inspiring summer music experience. This 

experience is proudly shared with Prince Edward County, ON, as the students 

and faculty prepare vigorously for their multiple performances throughout 

July and August, bringing the highest-calibre chamber music to Ontario. This 

summer’s festival includes performances by the Afiara Quartet (July 16), 

Ensemble Made in Canada (July 23), the Tokai String Quartet (July 30), 

and the Music at Port Milford Faculty Ensemble (August 6), which includes 

the concertmaster of the Canadian Opera Company, Marie Berard, and the 

principal violist of the Canadian National Ballet Company, Angela Rudden. 

613-476-7735 

www.mpmcamp.org 



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MUSIC MONDAYS 

➤ May 2 to Aug 29 

Toronto, ON 

A lunchtime concert series at the Church of the Holy Trinity – Welcome to 

our 25th Anniversary Season! Music Mondays has served as a launching pad 

for emerging talent since its inception in 1992. Our concerts take place in 

the warm acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, just steps away from the Eaton 

Centre. Our goal is to provide the highest possible musical experience to a 

pay-what-you-can downtown Toronto audience. Please join us for this, our 

25th Anniversary Season. Bring your lunch – and a friend – every Monday 

at 12:15pm from May through the end of August. 

416-598-4521 x223 

www.musicmondays.ca 

NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF CANADA 


Toronto, ON; Montreal, QC; Lisbon, Portugal 

NYO Canada is excited to announce the 2016 TD Tour which will take the 

orchestra, under the baton of maestro Ward Stare, to perform at the Lisbon 

Music Festival in Lisbon, Portugal from July 29 to August 5. The 2016 NYO 

Canada orchestra will also perform at the Elora Music Festival (July 22), 

Toronto’s Koerner Hall (August 11) and Montreal’s Maison Symphonique 

(August 13). For over 50 years, NYO Canada has enjoyed a reputation as 

Canada’s orchestral finishing school, providing a comprehensive training 

program for young musicians. Come out and enjoy an evening of amazing 

performances of works such as Bernstein’s West Side Story Symphonic Dances 

and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5. Visit our website for more info. 

1-888-532-4470 

www.nyoc.org 

NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF CANADA 

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 

➤ June 22 to July 2 

Waterloo, ON 

Alongside NYO Canada’s rigorous Summer Training Institute, students and 

faculty will come together to bring our second annual NYO Canada Chamber 

Music Festival to the Kitchener-Waterloo community. From June 22 to July 2, 

NYO Canada will present a series of chamber concerts at the Maureen 

Forrester Recital Hall on the WLU campus. Hear our world-class faculty 

and prestigious students perform a variety of small- and large-scale ensemble 

works, modern and classical repertoire, and more. You can also catch exclusive 

performances by our resident professional chamber groups, including 

the esteemed Formosa Quartet. We proudly offer these musical experiences 

to the community for free or by donation. We encourage you to check out a 

concert if you are in the area! 

1-888-532-4470 

www.nyoc.org 

NO STRINGS THEATRE: THE GREAT CANADIAN 

SHOWTUNE – AN HOMAGE TO OUR GREAT CANADIAN 

MUSIC THEATRE MAKERS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 


Toronto, ON 

Our Emerging Professional Artist production was performed to sold-out 

crowds in its inaugural year. Now in its second season, we present a musical 

revue showcasing material from some of Canada’s top theatre-makers, 

including Leslie Arden, David Warrack, Jim Betts, Gary Williams, Mike 

Ross, our legendary Anne of Green Gables creators Norman Campbell and 

Donald Harron, and the team that brought the world The Drowsy Chaperone, 

Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, as well as writers of tomorrow, creating a 

showcase platform that will herald our Canadian Heritage 2016/17 season. 

We welcome submissions of Canadian works. Auditions for this production 

will continue until July and are open to young artists (ages 21 to 30 approximately!). 

Check out our website for more details. 

416-551-2093 

www.nostringstheatre.com 

NO STRINGS THEATRE: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS 


Toronto, ON 

Join No Strings Theatre in their 11th Summer Music Theatre Intensive as 

they present the most beloved cult classic musical of all time – Ashman & 

Menken’s Little Shop of Horrors. When loveable flower shop assistant Seymore 

stumbles upon a mysteriously strange and unusual plant, he hasn’t a clue that 

it will grow to develop a soulful R&B voice, a potty mouth, and an unquenchable 

thirst for human blood! With a company of Toronto’s most dynamic 

young theatre artists, this motown inspired, laugh-a-minute musical classic 

will surely be the hit of the summer season. There is still time to register for 

the Summer Music Theatre Intensive (ages 12 to 21). Check out our website 

for more details. 

416-551-2093 

www.nostringstheatre.com 


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OPERAMUSKOKA 2016 

➤ August 23 to 25, October 30 

Bracebridge, ON 

2016 marks the 7th Annual OperaMuskoka Festival, once again presented 

by Muskoka Chautauqua. August 23, 7:30pm: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, 

in Russian with English surtitles. August 24, 1pm: Vocal masterclass with 

Jennifer Tung of the Glenn Gould Studio. August 24, 7:30pm: Jennifer Tung 

in concert with successful participants of her masterclass. 

August 25, 1pm: Moshe Hammer violin masterclass. August 25, 7:30pm: 

“Stars of Tomorrow” concert. October 30, 2pm: Opera Week celebration 

with soprano Sasha Djihanian. 

1-705-645-8400 

www.muskokachautauqua.ca 

OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 

➤ July 21 to August 3 

Ottawa, ON 

How do contrasts shape our lives, our culture and ourselves? How do they 

impact the music we make and enjoy? This summer, the Ottawa International 

Chamber Music Festival explores Counterpoints – contrasts in complement 

– through the valuable contributions to music made by women and cultural 

inspirations from around the world. 

613-234-6306 

www.chamberfest.com 

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 

➤ September 17 to 18 and 24 to 25 

Picton, ON 

Young, edgy, furious and innovative may not be what you expect at classical 

music concerts, but the 13th season of the Prince Edward County Classical 

Music Festival has them all. While continuing to present internationally-known 

classical musicians in the intimate and acoustically superb St. Mary Magdalene 

Church, artistic director Stephane Lemelin has created a bill that includes 

young talent, edgy performers and unusual instrument combinations. Friday, 

September 17 features Opera McGill presenting an evening of operatic greatest 

hits as sung by inspiring young musicians. Saturday, September 18 features 

I FURIOSI, a baroque ensemble with surprising performance approaches. 

On Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, the Lafayette String 

Quartet, Canada’s much-revered all-female string quartet, will be joined by 

clarinetist James Campbell and our own artistic director, pianist Stephane 

Lemelin. The unusual instrument combination will allow for some rarelyperformed 

repertoire. 

613-393-3798 

www.pecmusicfestival.com 

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY JAZZ FESTIVAL 

➤ Picton, ON 

August 16 to 21 

Direct from wins at the 2016 JUNO Awards – the Prince Edward County Jazz 

Festival will present vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow and pianist Robi Botos at 

this year’s festival. The two stars captured two of three available jazz JUNOs 

this year. In fact, the entire 2016 Prince Edward County Festival lineup is 

steeped in JUNO, Gemini and even Grammy winners and nominees: Joe 

Sealy, Jackie Richardson, Mike Murley, Guido Basso, Bernie Senensky and 

Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival 

Toronto, ON 

Brian Barlow, among others. Performers include rising young talents such 

as bassist Jodi Proznick, tenor saxophonist Alison Young, vocalist Alex 

Samaras, and a week’s worth of TD Young Jazz Series artists who will one 

day make their mark as headliners. Since 2001, the Prince Edward County 

Jazz Festival has been presenting the very best in live Canadian and international 

jazz for a week in August. 

613-476-8416 

www.pecjazz.org 

STRATFORD SUMMER MUSIC 


Stratford, ON 

Stratford Summer Music celebrates 16 seasons. From Stratford-upon-Avon, 

the Choir of Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare is buried, marks the 

400th anniversary of the Bard’s death. New York’s hallelujah chorus, the 

Harlem Gospel Choir (with Measha Brueggergosman), add to the season’s 

choral catalogue, while Canada’s Theatre of Early Music and Daniel Taylor 

celebrate great anthems by Bach and Handel. Simone Dinnerstein plays Bach, 

Schubert and Glass; Jan Lisiecki presents Chopin, Schumann and Rachmaninov; 

Joey Alexander does Jazz. Bach Walks with flutes and finches animate 

nature trails. Morning percussion refreshes the Avon River. Weekend brunches 

feature harps from Africa, Europe and the Americas. Evening cabarets, illustrated 

musical lectures, outdoor sound experiences, vocal and percussion 

academies for emerging artists, The Barber of Seville as dinner opera…music 

is a Stratford experience! 

519-271-2101 or 1-866-288-4313 

www.stratfordsummermusic.ca 

SUMMER OPERA LYRIC THEATRE 


Toronto, ON 

Toronto’s Mini Opera Summer Festival at Robert Gill Theatre – conveniently 

located in the heart of the city. This is the 30th anniversary season and 

Summer Opera Lyric Theatre features the stars of tomorrow as our young 

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TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE SUMMER FESTIVAL 

➤ June 6 to 18 

Toronto, ON 

Musicians from around the world gather in Toronto for the annual Tafelmusik 

Baroque Summer Festival with four free concerts open to the public, 

featuring the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and participants of the Tafelmusik 

Baroque Summer Institute. “Delightfully Baroque” on June 6 at Trinity- 

St. Paul’s Centre; “Musical Interlude” on June 11 at Walter Hall, University 

of Toronto; “TBSI Orchestras and Choirs” on June 15, also at Walter Hall, 

University of Toronto; and the Grand Finale on June 18 at Grace Church 

on-the-Hill. All concerts are general admission. Free tickets for the Grand 

Finale must be obtained in advance and will be made available to the public 

Tuesday, June 14 at 10am at the Tafelmusik Box Office (427 Bloor St. W.). 

416-964-6337 

www.tafelmusik.org/tbsf 

TD Sunfest ’16: “Canada’s Premier Celebration 

of World Cultures” London, ON 

2016 Opera Workshop presents three great works for the stage: The Tales of Hoffmann 

by Offenbach, Julius Caesar by Handel and A Tale of Two Cities by Victor 

Davies and Eugene Benson – SOLT’s first world premiere in celebration of its 

30th anniversary. These productions provide a diversity of roles and an amazing 

variety of style, both vocal and dramatic. Check our website for more details. 

416-366-7723 

www.solt.ca 

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL UPTOWN 

WATERLOO JAZZ FESTIVAL 

➤ July 15 to 17 

Waterloo, ON 

The Sun Life Financial UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival is an annual threeday 

free music festival held in Waterloo, Ontario, encouraging all genres of 

jazz. This year, in our 24th season, we proudly present Michael Kaeshammer, 

the Heavyweights Brass Band, Gabriel Palatchi, Ariel Pocock, Snaggle and 

more! We invite you to UpTown Waterloo for one of the country’s most 

anticipated jazz festivals. Visit our website for a full lineup and more details. 

519-885-1921 

www.uptownwaterloojazz.ca 

SWEETWATER MUSIC FESTIVAL 


Owen Sound and Meaford, ON 

Artistic director Mark Fewer has assembled a stellar lineup for the 13th edition 

of SweetWater. The Festival will once again offer up an entirely new take on classical 

and jazz music performed by some of the world’s best musicians. Featured 

performers this year include the Gryphon Trio, James Campbell, Aiyun Huang, 

Matthias Maute, Nicholas Michael Smith, David Braid, Steven Dann, Meredith 

Hall and Joseph Phillips. Plus, lots of other weekend events including Mozart for 

Munchkins, Classical Jam playalong, Luthiers display and more. Friday Night 

Gala at the Historic Leith Church is $45 and all concerts on Saturday and Sunday 

are $30. Festival Weekend Pass $120 ($105 before July 31). Student tickets $10. 

519-371-2833 

www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca 

TD MARKHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL 

➤ August 18 to 21 

Markham, ON 

The TD Markham Jazz Festival is an exciting and vibrant four-day event, 

featuring well-known professional jazz musicians performing on three stages 

on beautiful Main Street Unionville in Markham. The festival launches on 

Thursday, August 18 with a ticketed event, followed by a reception and silent 

auction at the intimate Varley Art Gallery. From August 19 to 21, Main Street 

comes alive with 30+ free performances during the day and under the stars 

on outdoor stages, and on the street and in bars and restaurants. Come and 

listen to acclaimed Canadian and international artists along with up-andcoming 

artists performing all styles of jazz and blues. Early confirmed artists 

include Dr. Lonnie Smith from New York, JUNO nominee Rich Brown, 

Dione Taylor, and Peripheral Vision. 

905-471-5299 

www.markhamjazzfestival.com 

TD NEWMARKET JAZZ+ FESTIVAL 


Newmarket, ON 

TD Newmarket jazz+ Festival is proud to announce that Canadian superstar 

Colin James headlines this year, performing Saturday night on July 30 inside 

RTC’s Arena One, opening with George St. Kitts. Saturday noon to 10pm: 

mixed music with Lorne Lofsky, from jazz, pop and big band to blackboard 

blues! Friday night: Mardi Gras/Caribana Dance Music Party from 6pm to 

1am. Sunday: mixed music experience from noon, finishing off with “Chicago” 

tribute band Brass Transit and the fabulous George Olliver. Monday: Family 

Day – mixed music plus Mad Hatter Tea Party & Wonderland; costumes/ 

dress-up closing with the amazing George St. Kitts Sounds of Motown Show. 

Location Change: Festival now at Ray Twinney Complex with indoor and 

outdoor areas, each including vendors, beer/wine, children’s creative zone 

and more! Safe and accessible! Full festival lineup and hours on our website. 

905-841-6893 

www.newmarketjazzfestival.com 


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TD SUNFEST ’16: “CANADA’S PREMIER 

CELEBRATION OF WORLD CULTURES” 


London, ON 

Celebrate the enchantment of summer with Canada’s premier free-admission 

festival of the global arts – a Songlines Magazine (UK) 2016 pick as one of the 

key Overseas World Music festivals. Now in its 22nd year, TD Sunfest transfigures 

downtown London’s Victoria Park into a culturally diverse jewel, where 

over 30 outstanding groups, representing almost every region of the planet, 

entertain on five stages. This summer’s headliners range from legendary Chilean 

jazz band Congreso to luminaries Budiño (Galicia/Spain), Elida Almeida (Cape 

Verde), and the Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble (Benin/Finland). New this year is 

the Government of Ontario-supported “Afrikalia: African Heart Beats.” And 

with almost 300 Park exhibitors, TD Sunfest ’16 will whet festival-goers’ appetites 

for scrumptious international cuisine and unique crafts and visual art. 

519-672-1522 

www.sunfest.on.ca 

TD TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL 


Toronto, ON 

Whatever flavour of jazz you enjoy, find it at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival 

as we celebrate our 30th anniversary this summer, running from June 24 to 

July 3, 2016. More than 1,500 musicians will perform in over 350 concerts. 

Discover a new artist, explore different genres and attend a live concert 

surrounded by thousands, as the city’s largest music festival takes over for 10 

incredible days of non-stop activity. Experience music the way you want it! 

Featured performers include Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Oliver Jones, 

Sarah McLachlan, Gregory Porter, Molly Johnson, Sharon Jones, Joe Jackson, 

Joey Alexander, Ramsey Lewis, Robi Botos, Bill Charlap, Heather Bambrick, 

Alfredo Rodriguez, Robert Glasper and more! 

1-888-655-9090 

www.torontojazz.com 

TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 


Toronto, ON 

Toronto Summer Music Festival 2016 celebrates the musical traditions of 

Great Britain – from the baroque to the 20th-century pop British Invasion! 

Join us in exploring the great British composers Elgar, Vaughan Williams, 

Britten and Walton among many others, as well as composers who made 

prolonged and frequent stays in England such as Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn, 

Liszt and Grieg. You won’t want to miss incredible superstar guest artists 

such as pianists Jeremy Denk and Christopher O’Riley, opera superstar and 

2015 Richard Tucker Prize winner Jamie Barton, the Parker & Dover Quartets 

or the semi-staged production of Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, presented 

in collaboration with Against the Grain Theatre, the Banff Centre, and the 

Canadian Opera Company. 

416-408-0208 

www.torontosummermusic.com 

Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival 

Rochester, NY 

WESTBEN ARTS FESTIVAL THEATRE 


Campbellford, ON 

Westben is located in the rolling countryside near Campbellford, Ontario, two 

hours east of Toronto. Now in its 17th season, Westben presents over 25 performances 

of classical, Broadway, jazz, world, folk and blues music and improv 

comedy with artists such as Linda Kash, Charles Richard-Hamelin, Buzz Brass, 

Ashley Condon, Heather Bambrick, Ken Whiteley, Cadence, Còig and more. 

The world premiere of Brian Finley’s opera The Pencil Salesman opens June 25, 

followed with “Connecting in Song,” a nine-day exploration of the themes of 

human connection as inspired by The Pencil Salesman with seminars, chats, workshops 

and studio tours. The Jazz Fringe Festival wraps up the summer season 

on July 31. Come join us! Westben will change the way you experience music. 

1-877-883-5777 

www.westben.ca 

XEROX ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 


Rochester, NY 

Enjoy nine days of amazing music at the 15th anniversary of the Xerox 

Rochester International Jazz Festival. More than 1500 artists will perform 

from around the world. From legendary performers and familiar favorites to 

rising stars and new discoveries – this is a festival that navigates all genres 

of creative improvised music. See more than 320 shows in three series, the 

Club Pass Series with 225 shows including three international series – Oh 

Canada!, Made in the UK and Nordic Jazz Now – Headliner Series, and 99 

free shows and events. Park once and walk to all venues. Young musicians 

can also attend free workshops led by world-renowned musicians performing 

at the festival. See our website for the complete lineup. 

585-454-2060 

www.rochesterjazz.com 

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Festival Listings 

Welcome to the Summer Festival listings. 

The following pages contain listings for these festivals: 

Artists’ Garden Cooperative ....................... July 6 to Aug 31 

Beaches International Jazz Festival ....................July 2 to 24 

Brott Music Festival ..................................June 22 to Aug 18 

Classical Unbound Festival ..............................Aug 13 to 26 

Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival ............ July 21 to Aug 3 

Elora Festival ....................................................July 8 to 24 

Festival de Lanaudière .................................July 9 to Aug 7 

Festival of the Sound .................................. July 15 to Aug 7 

Highlands Opera Studio ...............................Aug 4 to Sep 1 

Indian River Festival ................................ June 25 to Sep 18 

Leith Summer Festival ............................... July 2 to Aug 27 

Luminato Festival .............................................June 10 to 26 

Montreal Baroque Festival ................................ Jun 23 to 26 

Music and Beyond Festival ................................ July 4 to 17 

Music at Port Milford ................................. July 16 to Aug 7 

Music Mondays .........................................June 6 to Aug 20 

National Youth Orchestra ........................ June 22 to July 15 

Ottawa International Chamber Fest. .......... July 21 to Aug 3 

Stratford Summer Music .......................... July 18 to Aug 28 

TD Sunfest ’16 .................................................. July 7 to 10 

TD Toronto Jazz Festival ............................June 24 to July 3 

Toronto Summer Music Festival ................. July 14 to Aug 7 

Westben Arts Festival Theatre ................. June 25 to July 31 

CHAMBER MUSIC reGENERATION 

A TSM Audience Favourite! Artist Mentors share the stage with 

TSM Chamber Music Institute Fellows, a collaborative performance 

of established musicians and tomorrow’s stars. 

Saturday, July 16 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm 

Parker Quartet, Pedja Muzijevic 

Saturday, July 23 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm 

Martin Beaver, Andrew Wan, Steven Dann, Johannes Moser, 

Stéphane Lemelin 

Saturday July 30 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm 

Dover String Quartet, Jonathan Crow 

Saturday, August 6 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm 

Jonathan Crow, Shane Kim, Eric Nowlin, David Hetherington, 

Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, David Jalbert, Sarah Jeffrey 

ART SONG 

reGENERATION 

Friday July 22 at 12:00pm and 4:00pm 

Performances by Art of Song Fellows. Mentored by Anne 

Schwanewilms Malcolm Martineau and Steven Philcox 

TORONTOSUMMERMUSIC.COM 416-408-0208 

Artists subject to change (Mentors will perform on either the 4pm or 7:30pm performance. 

Art of Song mentors do not perform in the Art of Song recitals. 

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Artists’ Garden Cooperative 

Plein Air Garden Concerts 

July 6 to Aug 31 

Toronto, ON 

Wednesdays only at 7:30pm. 

345 Balliol St. 

416-487-0705. $10 

See Section A. for details. 

Beaches International Jazz Festival 

July 2 to 24 

Toronto, ON 

J – Jimmie Simpson Park 

T – TD Main Stage, Woodbine Park 

O – OLG Main Stage, Woodbine Park 


●●Jul 08 6:00: Sounds of Leslieville and Riverside. 

Exodus; The Digs (J; Free). 

●●Jul 09 12:00_noon: Sounds of Leslieville and 

Riverside. Toronto All-Star Big Band; Turbo 

Street Funk; Kim and Company; Johannes Linstead; 

Eddie Bullen and Friends. J; Free. 

●●Jul 10 12:00_noon: Sounds of Leslieville and 

Riverside. Toronto All-Star Big Band; Jerome 

Tucker Band; Paul James. J: Free. 

●●Jul 15 5:00: Woodbine Park Main Stage 

Concerts. Youth Series; Yani Borrell Orchestra; 

7Sould. T; Free. 

●●Jul 16 12:00_noon: Woodbine Park Main 

Stage Concerts. Youth Series; Rich Brown 

Band; Samantha Martin and The Sugar Devils; 

De Bruces a Mi. T; Free. 

●●Jul 17 11:00am: Woodbine Park Main Stage 

Concerts. Youth Series; David Vest; Paul 

James; Johnny Rawls. T; Free. 

●●Jul 22 5:00: Woodbine Park Main Stage 

Concerts. Youth Series; House of David Gang; 

Tortured Soul. O, Free. 

●●Jul 23 12:00_noon: Woodbine Park Main 

Stage Concerts. Youth Series; Mark Kelso; 

Dione Taylor; Yani Borrell; Dwayne Dopsie. 

O, Free. 

●●Jul 24 11:00am: Woodbine Park Main Stage 

Concerts. Youth Series; Gary Slaight Jr. and 

Avery Raquel; Rhythm Express; Melanie Durrant; 

Ghost Town Blues Band. O, Free. 


June 22 to Aug 18 

Hamilton, Brantford, Waterdown and 

Ancaster, ON 

FM - Fieldcote Memorial Park and Museum, 

64 Sulphur Springs, Ancaster. 

LS - Liuna Station, 360 James St. N., 

Hamilton 

Summer Festivals 

MPAC - McIntyre Performing Arts Centre, 

Mohawk College, 135 Fennell Ave. W., 

Hamilton 

SC – Sanderson Centre for the Performing 

Arts, 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford 

SJA - St. John’s Anglican Church, 272 Wilson 

St. E., Ancaster. 

SJE - St. John the Evangelist Church 

(Hamilton), 320 Charlton Ave. W., Hamilton 

STA - St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 715 

Centre Rd., Waterdown 

ZT - Zoetic Theatre, 526 Concession St., 

Hamilton 

905-525-7664 

●●Jun 22 7:30: Great Romantics: Tchaikovsky 

and Scheherezade. Jonathan Crow, 

violin; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; 

Boris Brott, conductor SC; $35; $31(sr); 

$25(Brott35); $15(st). 

●●Jun 30 7:30: Ode to Joy. Leslie Fagan, soprano; 

Mia Lennox, mezzo; Michael Colvin, 

tenor; James Westman, baritone; National 

Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, 

conductor. STA; $35; $31(sr); $25(Brott35); 

$15(st). 

●●Jul 07 7:30: PopOpera. National Academy 

Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. 

MPAC; $38; $34(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). 

●●Jul 10 7:00: Viva La Diva. Natalie Choquette. 

FM; Free or by donation. 

●●Jul 14 7:30: Marriage of Figaro. National 


conductor. MPAC; $43; $39(sr); $25(Brott35); 

$15(st). 

●●Jul 17 3:00: Valerie and Friends High Tea. 

Valerie Tryon and the Festival Brass Quintet. 

SJA; $43; $39(sr); $25(st). 

●●Jul 20 7:30: World’s Best Chamber Music. 

SJE; $30; $27(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). 

●●Jul 21 2:00: World’s Best Chamber Music. 

SJE; $30; $27(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). 

●●Jul 21 7:30: World’s Best Chamber Music. 

SJE; $30; $27(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). 

●●Jul 23 7:30: Songs of the Seasons in Ladies 

Barbershop Style. Classic Blend. ZT; $25. 

●●Jul 28 7:30: An Evening with John Williams: 

The Music of Star Wars and More. National 


conductor. MPAC; $32; $27(sr); $25(Brott35); 

$15(st). 

●●Aug 05 7:30: The Music of Led Zeppelin; The 

Song Remains the Same. Jeans ‘n’ Classics. 

National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris 

Brott, conductor. MPAC; $40. 

●●Aug 11 7:30: From Tchaikovsky to Ravel. 

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5; Ravel: Concerto 

in G; Sokolović: Ringelspiel (Merry Go Round). 

Sarah Davis Buechner, piano; National Academy 

Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. 

MPAC;. $32; $27(sr); $25(Brott35); 

Plein Air 

Garden Concerts 

Join us Wednesday evenings 

July and August, in the Garden. 

345 Balliol St. Toronto 

Seat fee $10 at the door 

info. & reservations: 

416 487 0705 

www.artistsgardencoop.com 

$15(st). 

●●Aug 12 7:30: 100 Years of Frank Sinatra: 

Come Fly with Me. Chris Jason; National 


conductor. LS; $40; $37(sr); $25(Brott35); 

$15(st). 

●●Aug 18 7:30: Verdi: Requiem. Leslie Ann 

Bradley, soprano; Michèle Bogdanowicz, 

mezzo; Ernesto Ramirez, tenor; James Westman, 

baritone; National Academy Orchestra 

of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. MPAC; $35; 

$31(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). 

Classical Unbound Festival 

Aug 13 to 26 

Prince Edward County, ON 

BCC - By Chadsey’s Cairns Winery and 

Vineyard, 17432 Loyalist Pky, Wellington. 

GPE - Grange of Prince Edward Vineyards 

and Estate Winery, 990 Closson Rd, Hillier. 

OHH - Osterhout Henry Hall, Fields on West 

Lake, 15786 Loyalist Pky, Bloomfield 

613-567-1925 

●●Aug 13 7:30: Musicians of Classical 

Unbound at Large. Works by Alwyn, 

Andriessen, Beaser, Debussy, Hoover, and 

others. Joanna G’froerer, flute; Michelle Gott, 

harp; Sean Rice, clarinet. BCC; $49.50. 

●●Aug 19 7:30: Eloquent Pairings. Living Canadian 

Composer Stream. Works by Debussy, 

Haber, Hindemith, Morlock, Ravel and others. 

Joanna G’froerer, flute; Michelle Gott, harp; 

Rachel Mercer, cello; Sean Rice, clarinet; 

Yosuke Kawasaki, violin. GPE; $49.50 

●●Aug 24 7:30: Clarinets Unleashed. Living 

Canadian Composer Stream. Works by 

Mozart, Mozetich, Ravel and Tansman. Joanna 

G’froerer, flute; Jonathan Krehm, clarinet; 

Michelle Gott, harp; Rachel Mercer, cello; 

Sean Rice, clarinet; Yehonatan Berick, viola; 

Yosuke Kawasaki, violin. OHH; $49.50. 

●●Aug 26 7:30: Mozart and S’more. Living 

Canadian Composer Stream. Works by Morlock, 

Mozart and Mozetich. Joanna G’froerer, 

flute; Rachel Mercer, cello; Yehonatan Berick, 

viola; Yosuke Kawasaki, violin. GPE; $49.50. 


July 21 to Aug 3 

Riding Mountain National Park, MB 

EL - Erickson Lutheran Church, 30 Third St. 

SW, Erickson 

LW - Lorne Watson Recital Hall, Brandon 

University, School of Music, 270-18th St., 

Brandon 

MM - The Martise at the Marina, Main 

Beach, Clear Lake, Riding Mountain National 

Park. 

204-571-6547 or 204-727-9631 

●●Jul 21 7:30: Alexander Tselyakov and 

Friends. Kenneth Nichols: Letters Home 

(world premiere); Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; 

Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A No.2 Op.81. Alexander 

Tselyakov, piano; Alla Turbanova, piano; 

Kerry DuWors, violin, Joyce Lai, violin; Ian 

Clark, viola; Simon Fryer, cello; David Playfair, 

baritone; Sarah Hall, soprano; Catherine 

Wood, clarinet; Crystal Tait, double bass; Kenneth 

Nichols, host. LW; $25; $15(sr/st). 

●●Jul 22 7:30: Inimitable Duos. Handel: Sonata 

for two violins and piano in g Op.2 No.6; 

Saint-Saëns: Sonata for violin and piano No.2 

in d Op.75; Martinů: Duo No.2 H313; Prokofiev: 

Sonata for cello and piano Op.119. Alexander 

Tselyakov, artistic director/piano; Daniel Tselyakov, 

piano; Kerry DuWors, violin; Joyce Lai, 

violin; Simon Fryer, cello. EL; $15-$25. 

●●Jul 23 10:30am: Coffee Concert - Serious 

Fun! Works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Leo Weiner, 

Piazzolla, Kye Marshall and others. Alexander 

Tselyakov, artistic director/piano; Catherine 

Wood, clarinet; Kerry DuWors, violin; 

Joyce Lai, violin; Ian Clark, viola; Simon Fryer, 

cello; David Playfair, baritone; Alla Turbanova, 

piano. EL; $15-$25. 

●●Jul 23 7:30: Jazz Concert. EL; $15-$25. 

●●Jul 24 8:30: Jazz Cruise Concert. Pieces 

TBA. Greg Gatien, saxophone; Eric Platz, percussion; 

Shannon Kristjanson, saxophone/ 

flute/vocals; Jordan Panko, double bass. MM; 

$30 and $35. 

●●Aug 03 3:00: Festival Grand Finale. Weber: 

Clarinet Quintet Op.34; Dvořák: Terzetto in 

C Op.74 for two violins and viola; Schumann: 

Piano Quartet in E-flat Op.47. Alexander Tselyakov, 

piano; Kerry DuWors, violin; Joyce 

Lai, violin; Ian Clark, viola; Simon Fryer, cello; 

Catherine Wood, clarinet. EL; $15-$25. 

July 8 to 24 

Elora, ON 

OPENING 

NIGHT 

July 21 

ALEXANDER 

TSELYAKOV 

piano 

clearlakefestival.ca 

Elora Festival 

EPS - Elora Public School, 288 Mill St. E., 

Elora 

GB - Gambrel Barn, Corner of Country Rd. 7 

and 21, Elora. 

GR -Grand River Raceway, 7445 Wellington 

County Rd. 21, Elora 

KP -. Knox Presbyterian Church (Elora), 51 

Church St., Elora 

SJA - St. John’s Anglican Church (Elora), 33 

Henderson St., Elora 

SJC - St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (Fergus), 

760 St. David St. N., Fergus 

519-846-0331 or 1-888-747-7550 

●●Jul 08 7:30: Opening Night Gala. Mozart: 

Requiem Mass in d; Corlis: River of Life (premiere). 

Elora Festival Singers; Toronto Mendelssohn 

Choir; full orchestra. GB;$65 and up; 

$15(youth); 6:45: pre-concert talk. Reception 

and fireworks to follow. 

●●Jul 09 1:30: Anagnoson & Kinton: 40th 


Anniversary Concert. Works for piano duo 

and voice. Elora Festival Singers. SJA; $40; 

$15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 09 4:00: Russell Braun and Carolyn 

Maule. Husband and wife team perform 

music for baritone and piano. Works by 

Vaughan Williams and others. Elora Festival 

Singers. SJA; $40; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 09 7:30: The Barra MacNeils. Cape Breton-based 

Celtic family group perform songs 

in English and Gaelic with step dancing and 

numerous instruments. GB; $45; $15(st); 

$5(child). 

●●Jul 09 9:30: Starlight Jazz Series: Elizabeth 

Shepherd and Kevin Breit. Mixtape Session. 

Elizabeth Shepherd, vocals and piano; Kevin 

Breit, guitar. GR; $30; $15(st). Special menu 

and drinks available. 

●●Jul 10 2:00: Annex String Quartet: The 

Roaring Twenties. 1920s Garden Party. Sarah 

Jane Pelzer, soprano. SJA; $40; $15(st); 

$5(child). Picnic lunch from the Desert Rose 

Café available for $15. 

●●Jul 10 4:00: Glory of Bach. J.S. Bach: Concerto 

in c for oboe and violin; Singet dem 

Hern; Mass in g. Elora Festival Singers; chamber 

orchestra. KP; $45; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 14 4:00: Guy Few and Stephanie Mara. 

Works for trumpet and piano. SJA; $35; 

$15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 14 7:30: Marie-Josée Lord, soprano. 

Music from her Amazing Grace recording 

and works by Gounod, Gershwin and others. 

Elora Festival Singers. St John’s Anglican 

Church (Elora), 33 Henderson St., Elora. 519- 

846-0331 or 1-888-747-7550. $40; $15(st); 

$5(child). 

●●Jul 15 4:00: Elora Festival Kids Camp: Annie 

KIDS. Children in grades 2 to 8 perform 

Annie following a week-long camp. Based on 

the comic strip and adapted from the Tony 

award-winning musical. EPS; $5(child/early 

drop-off); $10(child/late pick-up). 

●●Jul 15 7:30: Chanticleer. Male chorus from 

San Francisco. GB; $45; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 16 1:30: Duo Percussion: More Than 

Drums. Traditional and non-traditional percussion. 

Duo Percussion; Elora Festival Singers. 

KP; $35; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 16 4:00: Suzie LeBlanc, soprano. Featuring 

early arias set to Shakespearean texts to 

mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s 

GUY FEW & 

STEPHANIE MARA 

JULY 14, 4PM 

ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, 

ELORA 

ELORAFESTIVAL.CA 


death. Alexander Weimann, harpsichord. 

SJA; $40; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 16 7:30: Fubuki Daiko. Japanese taiko 

drummers. GB; $40; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 16 9:30: Starlight Jazz Series: Tim Louis 

and The Ambassadors. Tim Louis, vocals and 

piano. GR; $15(st). Special menu and drinks 

available. 

●●Jul 17 2:00: André Laplante. Piano sonatas 

by Liszt, Mozart and Beethoven, and other 

works. SJA; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 17 4:00: Haydn and Mozart. Mozart: Vesperae 

solennes de confessore; Haydn: Missa 

in Angustiis (Nelson Mass). Elora Festival 

Singers. KP; $45; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 21 4:00: Thomas Chartré, cello. Pärt: 

Spiegel im Spiegel; Fratres; works by Fauré, 

Mendelssohn and others. Leslie De’Ath, piano. 

SJA; $35; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 21 7:30: Choral Mystics II. Patrick 

Hawes: premiere of two new works. Elora 

Festival Singers. SJC; $40; $15(st); $5(child). 

Pre-concert discussion with Patrick Hawes. 

●●Jul 22 7:30: Molly Johnson Songbook. Original 

compositions, music by Billie Holiday 

and other jazz classics. Mike Downes, bass; 

Robi Botos, piano; Terry Clark, drums. GB; 

$45; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 23 1:30: Daniel Taylor and Benjamin 

Butterfield: Songs of Love. Works for countertenor 

and tenor. Rebecca Genge, soprano; 

Steven Philcox, piano. SJA; $40; $15(st); 

$5(child). 

●●Jul 23 4:00: Coronation Anthems. In honour 

of the Queen’s 90th birthday. Handel: 

Zadok the Priest; Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened: 

King Shall Rejoice; My Heart Is Inditing; 

Water Music. Elora Festival Singers. KP; $45; 

$15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 23 7:30: National Youth Orchestra 

of Canada: 2016 TD Tour. Berlioz: Benvenuto 

Cellini Overture; Barber: School for 

Scandal Overture; Adams: Short Ride on 

a Fast Machine; newly commisioned Canadian 

work; Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic 

Dances; Bloch: Schelomo for cello and 

orchestra. GB; $45; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Jul 23 9:30: Starlight Jazz Series: Stretch 

Orchestra. Kevin Breit, guitar; Matt Brubeck, 

cello; Jesse Stewart, drums. GR; $30; $15(st). 

Special menu and drinks available. 

●●Jul 24 2:00: Montreal Jubilation Gospel 

DUO 

PERCUSSION 

JULY 16, 1:30PM 

KNOX PRESBYTERIAN 

CHURCH, ELORA 

ELORAFESTIVAL.CA 

Choir. GB; $45 and up; $15(st); $5(child). 


Joliette, PQ 

450-759-4343 


CCR - Christ Church, 3537 Metcalfe St., 

Rawdon 

FLA - Fernand-Lindsay Amphitheatre, 1655 

Boulevard Base-de-Roc, Joliette 

LPC - La Purification Church, 445 Notre- 

Dame St., Repentigny 

MAJ - Musée d’art de Joliette, 145 Père- 

Wilfrid-Corbeil St., Joliette. 

PSA - Presbytère St-Alphonse, 960 Notre- 

Dame St., Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez 

PSM - Presbytère Sainte-Mélanie, 910 

Principale St., Sainte-Mélanie 

PSP - Presbytère St-Paul, 8 Brassard St., 

St-Paul 

PSS - Presbytère Saint-Sulpice, 1095 Notre- 

Dame Street, Saint-Sulpice 

SAC - St-Antoine Catholic Church, 1341 

Notre-Dame St., Lavaltrie. 

SAK – Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare Church, 

850 Principale St., Saint-Ambroise-de- 

Kildare. 

●●Jul 09 8:00: Alain Lefèvre Plays Tchaikovsky: 

Romantic Drama and Passion. Tchaikovsky: 

The Tempest, Symphonic Fantasia, Op.18; 

Piano Concerto No.1 in b-flat Op.23; Romeo 

and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture; Respighi: Feste 

romane (Roman Festivals). Orchestre du Festival; 

Alain Lefèvre, piano; Gregory Vajda, conductor. 

FLA; $21.91-$70.00. 

●●Jul 10 2:00: The Mark of Minimalism: Glass, 

Pärt, Mozetich, Nyman, Einaudi. Glass: Overture 

from La Belle et la Bête; Einaudi (arr. F. 

Vallières, A. Dubeau): Divenire; Giorni dispari; 

Run; Mozetich: Unfolding Sky (from Postcards 

from the Sky); and other works. La Pietà; 

Angèle Dubeau, violin. FLA; $17.56-$40.00. 

●●Jul 11 8:00: Beethoven: The Complete 

String Quartet Cycle. Beethoven: String Quartet 

No.6 in B-flat Op.18 No.6; String Quartet 

No.11 in f Op.95; String Quartet No.15 in a 

Op.132. Jupiter Quartet. LPC; $30. 


String Quartet Cycle. Beethoven: String Quartet 

No.4 in c Op.18 No.4; String Quartet No.5 

in A Op.18 No.5; String Quartet No.13 in B-flat 

Op.130. Jupiter Quartet. PSP; $30. 


String Quartet Cycle. Beethoven: String 

Quartet No.3 in D Op.18 No.3; String Quartet 

No.16 in F Op.135; String Quartet No.8 in e 

Op.59 No.2. Jupiter Quartet. PSM; $30. 

●●Jul 15 8:00: The Conductor Serves Haydn 

and Beethoven. Haydn: Overture to L’isola disabitata; 

Symphony No.95 in c; Beethoven: 

Violin Concerto Op.61. Les Violons du Roy; 

Anthony Marwood, violin; Bernard Labadie, 

conductor. FLA; $17.56-$60.00. 

●●Jul 16 8:00: Beethoven: From Shadow to 

Light. Mendelssohn: Overture to The Fair 

Melusina Op.32; Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto 

No.1 in a Op.33; Romance for Cello, 

Op.36; Dvořák: Silent Woods (Klid) Op.68; 

Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in c Op.67. 

Orchestre de Chambre I Musici; Emmanuelle 

Bertrand, cello; Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor. 

FLA; $17.56-$60.00. 

●●Jul 17 2:00: Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. 

Embraceable You, Fascinating Rhythm, 

Someone to Watch over Me, Laura, You Do 

Something to Me, and other works. Montréal 

National Jazz Orchestra; Jessica Vigneault, 

vocalist; Christine Jensen, conductor. FLA; 

$17.56-$40.00. 

●●Jul 18 8:00: As You Like It, Mr. Shakespeare! 

Music set to texts from Romeo and 

Juliet, Henry VIII, Othello, The Tempest, 

As You Like It, and Twelfth Night. Johnson: 

Where the bee sucks; Tomkins: Barafostus’ 

Dream; Weldon: Take, O take those lips 

away; Edwards: When griping grief; Byrd: Willow 

song; and other works. Suzie LeBlanc, 

soprano; Alexander Weimann, harpsichord. 

CCR; $30. 

●●Jul 19 8:00: Tony Yike Yang: Child Prodigy. 

Liszt: Sonata in b S161; Mozart: Sonata in 

F K332; Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat 

Op.61; Prokofiev: Sonata No.7 in B-flat Op.83. 

Tony Yike Yang, piano. PSA; $30. 

●●Jul 22 8:00: The Colours of French Romanticism. 

Lalo: Overture to Le Roy d’Ys; Massenet: 

Méditation from Thaïs; Chausson: 

Poème de l’amour et de la mer; Berlioz: Overture 

to Le Corsaire; Bizet: Three songs for 

soprano and orchestra; Franck: Le chasseur 

maudit. Orchestre Métropolitain; Karina Gauvin, 

soprano; Mathieu Lussier, conductor. FLA; 

$17.56-$60.00. 

●●Jul 24 2:00: Alexandre Da Costa and The 

Royal 22nd Regiment. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen; 

Fantaisie on Airs from Carmen; 

Monti: Czardas; Queen: The Show Must Go 

On. Music of The Royal 22nd Regiment; Alexandre 

Da Costa, violin; Captain Christian 

Richer, conductor. FLA; $17.56-$40.00. 

●●Jul 25 8:00: Virtuoso George Li. Haydn: 

Piano Sonata in b HobXVI:32; Chopin: Piano 

Sonata No.2 in b-flat; Rachmaninoff: Variations 

on a Theme by Corelli Op.42; Liszt: Consolation 

No.3 in D-flat; Hungarian Rhapsody 

No.2. George Li, piano. SAC; $30. 

●●Jul 26 8:00: Nareh Arghamanyan: Poetess 

of the Piano. Bach: Goldberg Variations; 

Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre Op.40; 

Schubert/Liszt: Der Müller und der Bach; 

Gretchen am Spinnrade; Mozart/Liszt: Confutatis 

and Lacrimosa (from Mozart’s Requiem); 

Liszt: Totentanz. Nareh Arghamanyan, piano. 

PSS; $30. 

●●Jul 28 8:00: Akousma@Lanaudière. 

Akousma. Guests: Pipo Pierre-Louis; Line 

Katcho; Myriam Bleau. MAJ; $23.50. 

●●Jul 29 8:00: Live the Collectif9 Experience! 

Works by Brahms, Golijov, Holbrook, Márquez, 

Piazzolla and others. Collectif9: Thibault 

Bertin-Maghit, double bass/arrangements; 

Roland Arnassalon, violin; Yubin Kim, violin; 

Frédéric Moisan, violin; Grégor Monlun, violin; 

Scott Chancey, viola; Xavier Lepage-Brault, 

viola; Jérémie Cloutier, cello; Andrea Stewart, 

cello. FLA; $17.56-$50.00. 

●●Jul 30 8:00: Learning While Listening with 

Christopher Hall. Brahms: Hungarian Dance 

No.5 (orch. Parlow); Bizet: Carmen Suite No.1; 

J. Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Op.124; 

Kodály: Dances of Galánta; J. Strauss II: The 

Blue Danube Waltz; Rozankovic: Guide comique 

pour orchestre; Márquez: Danzón No.2. 

Orchestre symphonique de Laval; Christopher 

Hall, clarinet and narrator; Alain Trudel, 

conductor. FLA; $17.56-$60.00. 

●●Jul 31 2:00: Major Anniversaries: Tribute 

to Father Lindsay. Orchestral and choral 

music by Beethoven, Mozart, Dvořák, Orff, 

Verdi and others. Orchestre du Camp Musical 

Père Lindsay; Chœur Fernand-Lindsay; Julien 


Proulx, chorusmaster. FLA; $17.56-$40.00. 

●●Aug 02 8:00: Jocelyne Roy: The Art of the 

Flute. J.S. Bach: Concerto for Flute, Violin, and 

Keyboard BWV1044; C.P.E. Bach: Concerto for 

Flute and Strings in A; Concerto for Flute and 

Strings in d. Orchestre de Chambre du Festival; 

Jocelyne Roy, flute; Mélisande McNabney, 

harpsichord; Antoine Bareil, violin. SAK; $30. 

●●Aug 04 8:00: Jocelyne Roy: The Art of the 

Flute. Bach: Partita in a BWV1013; Debussy: 

Syrinx; Varèse: Density 21.5; Ibert: Pièce pour 

flûte seule; Tremblay: Envol; Takemitsu: Voice; 

Karg-Elert: Chaconne. Jocelyne Roy, flute. 

MAJ; $30. 

●●Aug 05 8:00: Charles-Richard Hamelin 

and Kent Nagano: The Audience Chooses! 

Schumann: Symphony No.3 in E-flat “Rhenish”; 

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in d Op.15. 

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal; Charles 

Richard-Hamelin, piano; Kent Nagano, conductor. 


●●Aug 06 8:00: Kent Nagano and the Mozart 

Requiem: A Great Classic in the Great 

Outdoors. Schubert: Symphony in b D759 

“Unfinished”; Mozart: Requiem in d K626. 

Orchestre symnphonique de Montréal (Kent 

Nagano, conductor); Festival Chorus (Andrew 

Megill, conductor); Sarah Wegener, soprano; 

Michèle Losier, mezzo; Michael Schade, 

tenor; Alexander Tsymbaluk, bass. FLA; 

$21.91-$70.00. 

●●Aug 07 2:00: Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the 

Orchestre Métropolitain: From Philadelphia 

With Love. Bach/Stokowski: Passacaglia and 

Fugue in c BWV582; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody 

on a Theme of Paganini Op.43; Muhly: Mixed 

Messages; Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances 

Op.45. Orchestre Métropolitain; Nicholas 

Angelich, piano; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor. 



Parry Sound, ON 


C3 - Chippewa III, Seguin River Parkette, 

Parry Sound 

CC - Canadore College Deck, 1 College Dr., 

Parry Sound 

CS - Charles W. Stockey Centre for the 

Performing Arts, 2 Bay St., Parry Sound 

FO - Festival Office, 1 Avenue Rd., Parry 

Sound 

IQ - Island Queen Cruise Ship, 9 Bay St., 

Parry Sound 

SV - Seguin Valley Golf Club, 133 Badger Rd., 

Seguin 

705-746-2410 / 1-866-364-0061 

●●Jul 15 5:30: Classics by Candlelight. Haydn: 

String Quartet in D Op.20 No.4 Hob.III:34; 

other works. Leslie Fagan, soprano; Guy Few, 

trumpet/piano; Moshe Hammer, violin; James 

Campbell, clarinet; Penderecki String Quartet. 

CS; $150. Fundraising dinner. 

●●Jul 16 1:30: Strings Across the Sky. CS; free. 

●●Jul 16 7:30: Gala Opening Concert. Trad.: 

Just a Closer Walk with Thee for clarinet, jazz 

bass, piano and choir; Trad.: Lo, How a Rose 

E’er Blooming; Kulesha: Shaman Songs; Glick: 

Northern Sketches; Daley: Salutation of the 

Dawn; and works by Mozart, Vivaldi, Handel 

and Bach. Elmer Iseler Singers; Lydia Adams, 

conductor; James Campbell, clarinet; Guy 

Few, trumpet; Penderecki String Quartet; Bob 

Mills, double bass. CS; $42-$52. 

●●Jul 17 7:30: Opera Gala. Anvil Chorus from 

Il Trovatore; Aria (Drinking Chorus) from The 

Daughter of the Regiment; Chorus of the Hebrew 

Slaves from Nabucco; Brindisi from La 

Traviata; The Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin; 

and other works. Mark DuBois, tenor/host; 

Leslie Fagan, soprano; Gabrielle Prata, mezzo; 

Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Bruce Kelly, baritone; 

Guy Few, piano; Elmer Iseler Singers; Lydia 

Adams, conductor. CS; $37-$47. 

●●Jul 18 6:00: Swing Cruise. Hogtown Syncopators. 

IQ; $35. Musical cruise. 

●●Jul 19 11:00am: Office Hour. New Zealand 

String Quartet. FO; free. 

●●Jul 19 3:30: Schubert and Dvořák I. Schubert: 

Sonatina in D Op.137 D384; Schubert/ 

Wilhelmi: Ave Maria D839; Dvořák: Piano 

Trio No.4 in e “Dumky”. Moshe Hammer, violin; 

Peter Longworth, piano; Gryphon Trio. 

CS; $19-$27. 

●●Jul 19 7:30: Schubert and Dvořák II. Schubert: 

Piano Trio in B-flat D898; Dvořák: 

String Quartet No.12 in F Op.96 “American”. 

Gryphon Trio; New Zealand String Quartet. 

CS; $34-$42. 

●●Jul 20 1:30: Our Favourite Sonatas I. 

Brahms: Sonata in d Op.108; Rodrigo: Sonata 

giocosa for guitar; Prokofiev: Piano Sonata 

No.7 Op.83. Moshe Hammer, violin; Leopoldo 

Erice, piano; Rolf Gjelsten, cello; Daniel Bolshoy, 

guitar; Peter Longworth, piano. CS; 

$19-$27. 

●●Jul 20 3:30: Our Favourite Sonatas II. 

Beethoven: Cello Sonata in C Op.102 No.1; 

Brahms: String Sextet No.2 in G Op.36. Peter 

Longworth, piano; Penderecki String Quartet; 

Gillian Ansell, viola; Rolf Gjelsten, cello. 

CS; $19-$27. 

●●Jul 20 7:30: Sir Wilfred Laurier at 175. Copland: 

Quiet City; Mendelssohn: String Quartet 

No.2 in a; Bach: Chromatic Fantasy BWV903; 

Glick: Images at Nightfall, Georgian Bay; Boyd 

McDonald: Timelines for piano, four hands; 

Mozart: Ch’io mi scordi di te?...Non temer, 

amato bene K505. Leslie Fagan, soprano; 

James Mason, English horn; Guy Few, trumpet/piano; 

Penderecki String Quartet; Leopoldo 

Erice, piano; James Campbell, clarinet; 

Jeffrey Stokes, double bass. CS; $34-$42. 

●●Jul 21 1:30: Fantasies and Fairy Tales. R. 

Schumann: Romances for oboe and piano 

Op.94; C. Schumann: Romances for violin and 

piano Op.22; R. Schumann: Fantasy Pieces 

for clarinet and piano Op.73; R. Schumann: 

Fairy Tales for viola and piano Op.113. James 

Mason, oboe; James Campbell, clarinet; 

Helene Pohl, violin; Gillian Ansell, viola; Peter 

Longworth, piano; Leopoldo Erice, piano. CS; 

$19-$27. 

●●Jul 21 3:30: Love and Inspiration. Schumann: 

Frauenliebe und -leben Op.42; Schumann: 

Piano Quartet in E-flat Op.47. Leslie 

Fagan, soprano; Penderecki String Quartet; 

Peter Longworth, piano; Leopoldo Erice, 

piano. CS; $19-$27. 

●●Jul 21 7:30: Mentor and Master. Schumann: 

Piano Quintet in E-flat Op.44; Brahms: Piano 

Quintet in f Op.34. Stewart Goodyear, piano; 

Leopoldo Erice, piano; Penderecki String 

Quartet; New Zealand String Quartet. CS; 

$34-$42. 

●●Jul 22 11:00am: Office Hour. Daniel Bolshoy, 

guitar. FO; free. 

●●Jul 22 1:30: Music for Guitar and Friends. 

De Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas 

for guitar and voice; Boccherini: Introduction 

and Fandango for guitar and strings; Barrios: 

Canada’s premier summer classical music festival 

at the Charles W. Stockey Centre in 

Parry Sound — on beautiful Georgian Bay 

j uly 15 th – august 7 th , 2 016 

ClassiCal 

music 

jazz weekend 

cruises • films • talks 

60 EvEnts 

50 MusiCians 

20 EnsEMblEs 

www.festivalofthesound.ca 

1.866.364.0061 


Un sueño en la floresta for solo guitar; Castelnuovo-Tedesco: 

Quintet for guitar and string 

quartet Op.143. Daniel Bolshoy, guitar; Leslie 

Fagan, soprano; Penderecki String Quartet. 

CS; $19-$27. 

●●Jul 22 7:30: My Favourite Beethoven. 

Beethoven: Sonata No.17 “Tempest”; Sonata 

No.8 “Pathétique”; Sonata No.14 “Moonlight”; 

Sonata No.23 “Appassionata”. Stewart Goodyear, 

piano. CS; $37-$47. 

●●Jul 23 7:30: Classically Ellington. Gene 

DiNovi, piano/host; James Campbell, clarinet; 

Drew Jurecka, violin/saxophone; Dave Young, 

bass; Glenn Anderson, drums. CS; $62. 

●●Jul 25 6:00: Celtic Sounds Cruise. Còig. IQ; 

$35. Musical cruise. 

●●Jul 26 7:30: Haydn, Mozart and the Human 

Voice. Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass in d Hob. 

XXII:11; Mozart: Vespers K321 and K339. Elora 

Festival Singers; Festival of the Sound Ensemble; 

Noel Edison, conductor. CS; $37-$47. 

●●Jul 27 11:00am: A Musical Offering. Bach: 

Ricercar a 6 and Trio Sonata in c from The 

Musical Offering BWV1079; Telemann: Trio in 

g from Essercizii musici; Hertel: Double Concerto 

in E-flat. Festival Baroque: Suzanne 

Shulman, flute; James Mason, oboe; James 

McKay, bassoon; Guy Few, trumpet; Julie 

Baumgartel, violin; Chloé Dominguez, cello; 

Joel Quarrington, double bass; Cynthia Hiebert, 

harpsichord. SV; $32. 

●●Jul 27 3:30: Afternoon Concert. Weber: 

Trio in g Op.63; Mozart: String Quintet in C 

K515. Suzanne Shulman, flute; Paul Marleyn, 

cello; Stéphan Sylvestre, piano; Graham 

Oppenheimer, viola; Cecilia String Quartet. 

CS; $19-$27. 

●●Jul 27 7:30: Evening Concert. Beethoven: 

Violin Sonata No.3 in E-flat; Mendelssohn: 

String Quartet No.1 in E-flat; Schubert: Piano 

Quintet in A “Trout”. Martin Beaver, violin; 

Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Paul Marleyn, 

cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass; Cecilia 

String Quartet; Stéphan Sylvestre, piano. 

CS; $34-$42. 

●●Jul 28 11:00am: Office Hour. Cecilia String 

Quartet. FO; free. 

●●Jul 28 1:30: Colour and Motion. Prokofiev: 

Quintet Op.39 “Trapèze Ballet”; Ravel: Piano 

Trio in a. James Mason, oboe; James Campbell, 

clarinet; Martin Beaver, violin; Graham 

Oppenheimer, viola; Joel Quarrington, double 

bass; Trio Hochelaga. CS; $19-$27. 

●●Jul 28 3:30: Scandinavia: Northern Neighbours. 

Nielsen: Serenata in vano FS68; Sibelius: 

Suite for string trio in A JS186; Berwald: 

Grand Septet in B-flat. James Campbell, clarinet; 

James McKay, bassoon; Ken MacDonald, 

horn; Martin Beaver, violin; Anne Robert, 

violin; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Chloé 

Dominguez, cello; Paul Marleyn, cello; Joel 

Quarrington, double bass. CS; $19-$27. 

●●Jul 28 7:30: Chopin and Tchaikovsky. Chopin: 

Nocturne in E-flat Op.55 No.2; Ballade 

No.3 in A-flat Op.47; Polonaise in A-flat Op.53 

“Heroic”; Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a Op.50. 

Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano; Trio Hochelaga. 

CS; $34-$42. 

●●Jul 29 1:30: Summer Serenade. Mozart: 

Eine kleine Nachtmusik K525; Duff: 

Summer Serenade; Onslow: String Quintet 

No.15 Op.38. Martin Beaver, violin; Julie 

Baumgartel, violin; Graham Oppenheimer, 

viola; Paul Marleyn, cello; Joel Quarrington, 

double bass. CS; $19-$27. 

●●Jul 29 3:30: Canadian Songbook. Words 


Around the Waist. CD; $25. 

●●Jul 29 7:30: My Favourite Jazz. Robi Botos, 

piano; Dave Young, bass; Terry Clarke, drums. 

CS;. $34-$42. 

●●Jul 30 7:30: Jazz Canada. Dave Young, bass; 

Kevin Turcotte, trumpet; Perry White, tenor 

sax; Terry Promane, trombone; Gary Williamson, 

piano; Terry Clarke, drums. CS; $34-$42. 

●●Jul 30 10:00: After Office Hours. Words 

Around the Waist. FO; $10. 

●●Jul 31 10:30am: Songbook on the Chippewa. 

Words Around the Waist. C3; $62. 

●●Jul 31 7:30: Toronto All-star Big Band. CS; 

$37-$47. 

●●Aug 01 6:00: Jazz Cruise. Bob DeAngelis 

Band. IQ; $35. Musical cruise. 

●●Aug 02 3:30: Children’s Corner. Saint- 

Saëns: Carnival of the Animals (excerpts); 

Beethoven: Für Elise WoO59; Schumann: The 

Happy Farmer Op.68 No.10. Glen Montgomery, 

piano; Duo Turgeon; Charissa Vandikas, 

piano; Linda Ruan, piano. CS; $19-$27. 

●●Aug 02 7:30: Anagnoson and Kinton at 40. 

Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. 

Anagnoson and Kinton, piano duo; Dave 

Burns, percussion; Chung Ling Lo, percussion. 

CS; $37-$47. 

●●Aug 03 1:30: Trans-Atlantic Journeys: Into 

the 20th Century I. Brahms: Intermezzo in b 

Op.119, No.1; Dvořák: Slavonic Dances; Ravel: 

Sonata in G for violin and piano; MacDowell: 

To a Wild Rose Op.51 No.1; works by Joplin 

and Stravinsky. Elissa Lee, violin; Sharon 

Wei, viola; Angela Park, piano; Magdalena von 

Eccher, piano; Duo Turgeon. CS; $19-$27. 

●●Aug 03 3:30: Trans-Atlantic Journeys: Into 

the 20th Century II. Milhaud: Scaramouche 

Op.165b; Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g 

Op.19; Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata; Gershwin: 

Songbook including I’ve Got Rhythm. James 

Campbell, clarinet; Rachel Mercer, cello; Magdalena 

von Eccher, piano; Glen Montgomery, 

piano; Charissa Vandikas and Linda Ruan, 

piano. CS; $19-$27. 

●●Aug 03 7:30: The Lafayette at 30 Years. 

Dvořák: Humoresque Op.101 No.7; Gershwin: 

Three Preludes; Ravel: String Quartet in F; 

Dvořák: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Op.81. Lafayette 

String Quartet; Glen Montgomery, piano; 

Magdalena von Eccher, piano. CS; $34-$42. 

●●Aug 04 1:30: Office Hour. Coulthard: String 

Quartet No. 2; Threnody; Archer: Sonata for 

clarinet and piano. Lafayette String Quartet; 

James Campbell, clarinet; Glen Montgomery, 

piano. FO; free. 

●●Aug 04 3:30: The Magic of Cello. Bach: 

Cello Suite No.1 in G BWV1007; Brahms: Cello 

Sonata No.2 in F Op.99; Kelly-Marie Murphy: 

Four Degrees of Separation. Ensemble Made 

In Canada. CS; $19-$27. 

●●Aug 04 7:30: Mozart and Musical Magic. 

Mozart: Sonata No.16 in C K545; Sonata for 

piano four-hands in C K521; Clarinet Trio in 

E-flat K498; Piano Quartet in E-flat K493. 

Ensemble Made In Canada; Duo Turgeon; 

James Campbell, clarinet; Charissa Vandikas, 

piano. CS; $34-$42. 

●●Aug 05 1:30: Piano in the Afternoon I. Rachmaninoff: 

Prelude in G Op.32 No.5; Gershwin/ 

Bergmann: Porgy and Bess (excerpts); Rachmaninoff: 

Suite No.2 for two pianos Op.17. 

Charissa Vandikas, piano; Bergmann Duo; 

Magdalena von Eccher, piano; Glen Montgomery, 

piano. CS; $19-$27. 

●●Aug 05 3:30: Piano in the Afternoon II. 

Rachmaninoff: Étude-tableau in e-flat; Ravel: 

Jeux d’eau; Rachmaninoff: Three Symphonic 

Dances Op.45. Linda Ruan, piano; Bergmann 

Duo; Glen Montgomery, piano. CS; $19-$27. 

●●Aug 05 7:30: My Favourite Chopin. Janina 

Fialkowska, piano. CS; $37-$47. 

●●Aug 06 11:00am: Office Hour. Glen Montgomery, 

piano. FO; free. 

●●Aug 06 7:30: Piano Spectacular. Orford Six 

Pianos; Janina Fialkowska, piano; Bergmann 

Duo; Anagnoson and Kinton, piano duo; Glen 

Montgomery, piano. CS; $37-$47. 

●●Aug 07 12:30: Office Hour. Creativity + Science 

= Magic. Beethoven: Piano Concerto 

No.4. Glenn Montgomery, piano. FO; free. 

●●Aug 07 2:30: Piano Finale. Mozart: Concerto 

No.10 in E-flat for two pianos K365; 

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Op.58; 

Elgar: Enigma Variations Op.36. Janina Fialkowska, 

piano; Anagnoson and Kinton, piano 

duo; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; 

Boris Brott, conductor. CS; $37-$47. 

Aug 4 to Sep 1 

Haliburton, ON 

Highlands Opera Studio 

MU - Minden United Church, 21 Newcastle 

St., Minden. 1-855-457-9933 

NL - Northern Lights Performing Arts 

Pavilion, 5358 County Rd. 21, Haliburton. 

1-855-457-9933 

SG - St. George’s Anglican Church 

(Haliburton), 617 Mountain St., Haliburton. 

1-855-457-9933 

1-855-457-9933 

●●Aug 09 8:00: From Opera to Broadway. 

Selections from the popular opera and 

musical theatre repertoire. SG; $32.50. 

●●Aug 11 8:00: More Opera to Broadway. 

Selections from the popular opera and 

musical theatre repertoire. MU; $32.50. 

●●Aug 16 8:00: For the Love of Shakespeare. 

Commemorating the 400th anniversary of 

Shakespeare’s death, featuring opera and 

song repertoire inspired by the Bard. SG; 

$32.50. 

●●Aug 18 7:30: The Brothers Grimm and The 

Bremen Town Musicians. Two operas by Dean 

Burry. NL; $37.50. Also Aug 20(2:00) 

●●Aug 23 8:00: Celebrations! Highlands 

Opera Studio alumni in concert for a 

FAUST 

AUG 28, 30, 31 & SEP 1 

Haliburton 

Box Office 1-855-457-9933 

HighlandsOperaStudio.com 

retrospective of our last 10 years. SG; $32.50. 

●●Aug 28 2:00: Gounod’s Faust. NL; $37.50. 

Also Aug 30, 31, Sep 1 (eves). 

June 25 to Sep 18 

Indian River, PEI 

Indian River Festival 

All performances at St. Mary’s Church, 1374 

Hamilton Rd., Route 104, Indian River, Prince 

Edward Island. 902-836-3733 

●●Jun 19 7:30: Centre Stage: The Once 

and Strings. The Once; The Atlantic String 

Machine and Friends. $42; $40(sr). 

●●Jun 25 3:00: Classical: Youth Legacy Celebration. 

Featuring the top prize winners of 

the PEI Provincial Music Festival and Debut 

Atlantic’s Award for Excellence recipient. 

$15; $13(sr). 

●●Jul 02 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: Rose Cousins. 

$36; $34(sr). 

●●Jul 03 3:00: The Voice: Exaltation. Sirens; 

The Atlantic String Machine. $32; $30(sr). 

●●Jul 08 7:30: The Voice: If I Loved You. 

Danika Lorèn, vocalist; Jonathan MacArthur, 

vocalist; Adam Harris, vocalist; Peter Tiefenbach 

and Robert Kortgaard, piano duo. $32; 

$30(sr). 

●●Jul 10 7:30: The Voice: Carmina Burana. 

Massed Maritime chorus and instrumental 

ensemble with vocal soloists. $32; $30(sr). 

●●Jul 15 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: Emilie- 

Claire Barlow. $36; $34(sr). 

●●Jul 17 7:30: The Voice: In Perfect Harmony. 

Helios Vocal Ensemble; Daniel Cabena, 

countertenor; Stephen Runge, piano. $32; 

$30(sr). 

●●Jul 21 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: The Door 

You Came In. Songs and stories from The 

Danger Tree by David MacFarlane, with original 

music performed by Douglas Cameron. 

$32; $30(sr). 

●●Jul 23 7:30: Centre Stage: Joel Plaskett. 

$42; $40(sr). 

●●Jul 29 7:30: The Voice: It Ain’t Necessarily 

So. Works by Gershwin and others. Cast 

members of Indian River Festival’s The Barber 

of Seville; Christina Bouey; Peter Tiefenbach 

and Robert Kortgaard, piano. $32; 

$30(sr). 

●●Jul 30 7:30: The Voice: The Barber of 

Seville. Rossini: The Barber of Seville. Brent 

Krysa, stage director; Peter Tiefenbach, 

music director. $32; $30(sr); free(children 

12 and under with paying adult). Also July 

31(3:00). 

●●Aug 05 7:30: Centre Stage: Matthew Barber 

and Jill Barber. Songs from The Family 

Album. $42; $40(sr). 

●●Aug 07 7:30: Classical: Lafayette String 

Quartet. Works by Haydn, Dvořák and Coulthard. 

$32; $30(sr). 

●●Aug 13 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: The East 

Pointers. $32; $30(sr). 

●●Aug 14 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: Fêtons 

L’Acadie! Suzie Leblanc, vocalist; Robert Kortgaard, 

piano; DesRoches Ouellette and Chaisson 

Trio. $32; $30(sr). 

●●Aug 16 7:30: Classical: Charles and Chopin. 

Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano. $32; 

$30(sr). 

●●Aug 19 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: The Good 

Lovelies. Songs from the album Burn the Plan. 

$32; $30(sr). 

●●Aug 21 3:00: The Voice: Seasons of Life and 


Landscape. Choral concert. Julia Davids, conductor. 

$32; $30(sr). 

●●Aug 27 3:00: Centre Stage: Fred Penner. 

$42; $40(sr); $20(child). 

●●Aug 28 7:30: Classical: Trio Canoë. Jean- 

François Normand, clarinet; Marina Thibeault, 

viola; Philip Chiu, piano. $32; $30(sr). 

●●Sep 03 3:00: Songwriters’ Circle: Kensington 

Ceilidh. By donation. 

●●Sep 18 3:00: Classical: Ensemble Made in 

Canada. $32; $30(sr). 


Leith, ON 

Leith Summer Festival 

All performances at Leith Church, 419134 

Tom Thomson Ln., Leith. 519-371-2833 

●●Jul 02 7:30: Cheng2 Duo. Silvie Cheng, 

piano; Bryan Cheng, cello. $30. 

●●Jul 16 7:30: Piano à Quatre Mains. Robert 

Kortgaard, piano; Peter Tiefenbach, piano. 

$30. 

●●Jul 23 7:30: Common Ground: Jazz Meets 

the Classics. Chris Donnelly, piano; Kornel 

Wolak, clarinet. $30. 

●●Aug 13 7:30: Penderecki String Quartet. 

Jeremy Bell and Jerzy Kaplanek, violin; Christine 

Vlajk, viola; Katie Schlaikjer, cello. $30. 

●●Aug 27 7:30: Sweet Songs of Sin and Sorrow. 

Patricia O’Callaghan, soprano; Robert 

Kortgaard, piano; Andrew Downing, bass. 

$30. 

June 10 to 26 

Toronto, ON 

Luminato Festival 

The following concerts take place at the 

Hearn Generating Station, 440 Unwin Ave. 

416-368-4849 

●●Jun 19 7:20: Tafelmusik/Luminato. In Concert. 

Works by Telemann, Handel, Torelli, 

Marais and Bach. $25. 

●●Jun 22 6:30: Luminato Festival. Music in the 

Barns: Song of Extinction. Music by Rose Bolton. 

Film by Marc de Guerre. Libretto by Don 

McKay. Featuring members of the Tafelmusik 

Chamber Choir. $30; $60(VIP). 

●●Jun 21 6:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra/ 

Luminato Festival. Beethoven: Symphony No.5 

and Gershwin: An American in Paris. Peter 

Oundjian, conductor. $32.77-$44.07. 

Jun 23 to 26 

Montreal, PQ 

Montreal Baroque Festival 

CND - Crypt of the Chapelle Notre-Damede-Bon-Secours, 

400 rue Saint Paul Est, 

Montreal 

MU - Lobby of the Arts Building, McGill 

University, 853 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, 

Montreal 

OL - Osler Library of the History of Medicine, 

3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, 3rd 

Floor, Montreal. 

RH - Redpath Hall, 3461 rue McTavish, 

Montreal 

RM - Redpath Museum, 859 rue Sherbrooke 

Ouest, Montreal 

SC - Salle de la Commune, Marché 

Bonsecours, 325 rue de la Commune Est, 

Montreal 

514-845-7171 

●●Jun 23 7:00: Prospero’s Tempest. Works 

by Purcell and others. Bande Montréal Baroque, 

Lina Tur Bonet, Passiflore, Flûte Alors!, 

Pallade Musica, and others. RH; $30; $25(sr); 

$20(st). 

●●Jun 23 9:00: Fugal Tornado. Bach: Art of 

Fugue. Les Voix Humaines; Instruments of 

Happiness. RH; $30; $25(sr); $20(st). 

●●Jun 24 11:00am: Impetuous Lover, Turbulent 

Love. Odéi Bilodeau, soprano; Martin 

Robidoux, harpsichord. SC; $20. 

●●Jun 24 2:00: Tumultuous Bach 1. Bach: 

Sonata in g BWV1001; Partita in b BWV1002. 

Lina Tur Bonet, baroque violin; Jesse 

Blumberg, baritone; Eric Milnes, harpsichord. 

SC; $30; $25(sr); $20(st). 

●●Jun 24 5:00: Torrent of Tears. Works by 

Clérambault, Montéclair and Rebel. Ensemble 

Sonate 1704; Jacinthe Thibault, soprano. SC; 

$30; $25(sr); $20(st). 

●●Jun 24 7:00: Hail! the Gigantic Gique! Baroque, 

Métis and contemporary music. Ensemble 

Caprice; Métis Fiddler Quartet. CND; $35; 

$30(sr); $25(st). 

●●Jun 24 9:00: Breeze or Hurricane? Boismortier: 

Five Flute Concertos. Ensemble La 

Chamaille; Autour de la Flûte. CND; SOLD OUT. 

●●Jun 25 11:00am: Scandinavian Gust. Jean- 

François Bélanger, nyckelharpa. RM; $20. 

●●Jun 25 2:00: Weather Alert. New works for 

recorder by young Quebec composers. Vincent 

Lauzer, recorder. OL; $20. 

●●Jun 25 4:00: Los Rafales de vento! Music 

inspired by Spain, the Mediterranean, African 

and Native-American influences. David 

Jacques, guitar; Ziya Tabassian, percussion. 

OL; $20. 

●●Jun 25 7:00: The Widow Rebel. Le Nouvel 

Opéra. RH; $35; $30(sr); $25(st). 


Sonata in a BWV1003; Partita in d BWV1004. 

Lina Tur Bonet, baroque violin; Jesse 

Blumberg, baritone; Eric Milnes, harpsichord. 

RH; $30; $25(sr); $20(st). 

●●Jun 26 11:00am: Heavenly Bach: Thunder 

and Lightning. Bach: Cello Suites. Paolo 

Pandolfo, viola da gamba. MU; $30; $25(sr); 

$20(st). 


Sonata in C BWV1005; Partita in E BWV1006; 

Notebook for Anna Magdalene Bach 

(excerpts). Lina Tur Bonet, baroque violin; 

Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Eric Milnes, harpsichord. 

MU; $30; $25(sr); $20(st). 

●●Jun 26 7:00: Tempest of Ideas: The Reformation 

According to J.S. Bach: Cantatas 

BWV76, BWV79 and BWV80. Hélène Brunet, 

Michael Taylor, Philippe Gagné and Jesse 

Blumberg, soloists; La Bande Montréal Baroque; 

Eric Milnes, conductor. RH; $35(sr); 

$30(st). 

July 4 to 17 

Ottawa, ON 

Music and Beyond Festival 

CC - Christ Church Cathedral (Ottawa), 439 

Queen St., Ottawa 

CM - Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 

McLeod St., Ottawa. 613-566-4700 

DC - Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 

355 Cooper St., Ottawa 

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RICHARD MARGISON 

Artistic Director 

OUR 10 TH SEASON! 

MASTERCLASSES 

RICHARD MARGISON 

AUGUST 4, 5 & 6 | Haliburton 

CONCERTS 

FROM OPERA TO BROADWAY 

AUGUST 9 & 11 | Haliburton & Minden 

FOR THE LOVE 

OF SHAKESPEARE 

AUGUST 16 | Haliburton 

CELEBRATIONS! 

AUGUST 23 | Haliburton 

OPERAS 

THE BROTHERS GRIMM & 

THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS 

AUGUST 18 & 20 | Haliburton 

FAUST 

AUG 28, 30, 31 & SEP 1 | Haliburton 

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DF - Diefenbunker, 3929 Carp Rd., Ottawa 

FB - First Baptist Church (Ottawa), 140 

Laurier Ave. W., Ottawa 

IG- Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre, 1233 

Wellington St W., Ottawa. 613-232-2075 

KP - Knox Presbyterian Church (Ottawa), 

120 Lisgar St., Ottawa 

MT - Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank St., Ottawa, 

613-730-6552 

ND - Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica, 385 

Sussex Dr., Ottawa 

NGC - National Gallery of Canada, 380 

Sussex Drive, Ottawa RC – Rideau Canal, 

Ottawa 

SAC - St. Andrew’s Church (Ottawa), 82 

Kent St., Ottawa 

SBA - St. Barnabas Anglican Church 

(Ottawa), 70 James St., Ottawa 

SBC - Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, 310 

St. Patrick St., Ottawa 613-288-1079 

SJC - St. Joseph’s Church, 151 Laurier Ave. 

E., Ottawa 

SMA - St. Matthew’s Anglican Church 

(Ottawa), 217 First Ave., Ottawa 

SUC - Southminster United Church, 15 

Aylmer Ave., Ottawa 

TH - Tabaret Hall, University of Ottawa, 550 

Cumberland St., Ottawa 

UO - University of Ottawa, 50 University, 

Ottawa 

613-241-0777 

●●Jul 04 5:30: Music on the Canal. RC; 

$10-$50. 

●●Jul 04 7:30: Opening Gala, Music and Circus. 

DC; $10-$50. 

●●Jul 05 12:00_noon: Utrecht String Quartet. 

FB; $10-$50. 

●●Jul 05 2:00: Theremin in Concert: Thorwald 

Jørgensen. FBC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 05 7:00: An Evening at the Diefenbunker. 

Thorwald Jørgensen, thermin; Ruth 

Anna Lindemeir, zither; Utrecht String Quartet 

and Film. DF; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 05 8:30: In Concert. Jens Lindemann, 

Tommy Banks; National Arts Centre Orchestra. 

DC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 06 12:00_noon: Leopold Godowsky: A 

Life in Music. Carl Petersson; Hélène Brunet; 

Julian Armour. DC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 06 2:00: Music of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky 

and Piazzolla. Utrecht String Quartet. FB; 


JULY 

8 & 9 

SHAKESPEARE AND MUSIC 

with Christopher Plummer 

musicandbeyond.ca 

$10-$70. 

●●Jul 06 6:30: The Third Man. Ruth Anna Lindemeir, 

zither. MT. $10-$70. 

●●Jul 06 7:00: Music and Nature. CM. 

Included in admission price. 

●●Jul 06 7:30: Martin Chalifour. DC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 07 2:00: Utrecht String Trio. FB; 

$10-$70. 

●●Jul 07 7:30: Vienna Piano Trio I. C.P.E. Bach: 

Trio Sonata in e Wq89:5; Brahms: Piano 

Trio in C Op.87; Shostakovich: Piano Trio 

No.2 Op.67. DC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 07 7:30: The Colours of Orlando. 

Selected works by Orlando Di Lasso. Le Studio 

de musique ancienne de Montréal. SJC; 

$10-$70. 

●●Jul 07 7:30: Music and Circus. IG; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 07 9:15: Coffee Concert: Fritz Kreisler 

Celebration. DC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 07 10:00: Percussion Plus! SBC; 

$10-$70. 

●●Jul 08 10:00am: Les Boréades de Montréal. 

SBA; $10-$70. 


Also at 7:30. 

●●Jul 08 2:00: Music for Life: A Celebration! 

DC; $25-$150 

●●Jul 08 7:30: Christopher Plummer: Shakespeare 

and Music. Excerpts from favourite 

Shakespeare plays, joined by some of Canada’s 

top musicians. DC; $25-$150. Also July 9 

●●Jul 08 7:30: Vienna Piano Trio II. Haydn: 

Piano Trio in E Hob.XV:28; Ravel: Piano Trio; F. 

Bridge: Phantasie-Piano Trio H.79; Brahms: 

Piano Trio in c Op.101. SUC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 09 2:00: Vienna Piano Trio III. F. Cerha 

(on occasion of his 90th birthday): 5 Sätze 

für Klaviertrio; Brahms: Piano Trio in B Op.8. 

DC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 09 2:00: Music and Circus. Hebei Acrobatic 

Troupe. IG; $10-$70.Also at 7:30. 

●●Jul 09 8:00: Les Violons du Roy. ND; 

$10-$70. 

●●Jul 09 11:00: Tapestry Presents: Starry 

Night. KP; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 10 10:00am: Ottawa Family Music Expo. 

Mini-concerts and interactive arts programming 

for families. UO; free. 


●●Jul 10 7:30: Measha Brueggergosman. DC; 

613-241-0777. $10-$70. 

●●Jul 11 2:00: Angels and Demons. Caroline 

July 16 @ 8:30 pm 

Back by popular demand 

Chanticleer 

musicandbeyond.ca 

Léonardelli, harp; Robin Best, harp; Matthew 

Larkin, piano. CC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 11 7:30: Luc Beauséjour. SBA; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 11 7:30: Oliver Jones: Farewell Tour. DC; 

$25-$150. 

●●Jul 11 7:30: Celebrating Vienna! Marco Di 

Sapia. SUC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 12 12:00_noon: Made in Canada. DC; 

$10-$70. 

●●Jul 12 7:30: London Handel Players I: Music 

of J.S. Bach. SBA; $10-$70. 


Troupe. IG; $10-$70.Also July 13. 

●●Jul 13 12:00_noon: Matthew Larkin in 

Recital. CC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 13 7:00: Music in the Lives of Louise 

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and Marie Antoinette. 

NG; included with gallery admission. 

●●Jul 13 7:30: Czech Masterpieces. Sláva 

Pechokova, piano. DC; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 14 12:00_noon: Hélène Brunet, soprano. 

DC; $10-$70. 


Troupe. IG;. $10-$70.Also 7:30. 

●●Jul 14 5:00: Ottawa Wind Ensemble. TH; 

free. 

●●Jul 14 7:30: London Handel Players II: Music 

of France. SBA; $10-$70. 


Troupe. IG; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 15 2:00: London Handel Players III: 

Music of Handel. SBA; $10-$70. 


Troupe. IG; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 15 7:30: The Music of Ola Gjeilo. SMA; 

$10-$70. 

●●Jul 15 7:30: Music of Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, 

and Schubert. Jan Lisiecki, piano. 

DC; $10-$90. 

●●Jul 16 2:00: Ukrainian Music and Dance. 

DC; $10-$70. 


Troupe. IG; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 16 2:00: In Recital. Felix Hell, organ. 

SAC; $10-$70. Also July 17. 

●●Jul 16 7:30: Orchestre de la Francophonie. 

Stéphane Tétreault, cello; Jean-Philippe 

Tremblay, conductor. SBC; $10-$70. 


Troupe. IG; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 16 8:30: Chanticleer. DC; $10-$70. 


Troupe. IG; $10-$70. 

●●Jul 17 7:30: Closing Gala: The Seven Deadly 

Sins. Thirteen Strings; Kevin Mallon, conductor; 

Jennifer Taverner, soprano; Felix Hell, 

organ; Marc Djokic, violin; Jasper Wood, violin; 

Catherine Ferreira; Julian Armour, cello. 

DC; $10-$70 . 


Milford, ON 

Music at Port Milford 

C - MPM Camp, 89 Colliers Rd., Milford 

R – Regent Theatre, 224 Main St., Picton. 

613-476-8416 

M - St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, 

335 Main St., Picton 

613-476-7735 

●●Jul 16 10:00am: MPM Takes to the Streets. 

Students aged 12 to 18 perform chamber 

music. Streets throughout Picton and Wellington; 

Free. Until 12:00pm. 

●●Jul 16 7:30: Spin Cycle. Haydn: String 

Quartet in f Op.20 No.5; Teehan: Infinite 

Streams II; Lau: String Quartet No.3; Silberberg: 

Transcendence; Wijeratne: Two Pop 

Songs on Antique Poems; Wijeratne/Skratch 

Bastid: Through the Invisible. Afiara String 

Quartet: Valerie Li and Catherine Cosbey, violins; 

Eric Wong, viola; Adrian Fung, cello. M; 

$30; $10(st). 

●●Jul 17 2:00: Sunday MPM Student Matinee. 

Chamber, orchestral and choral works. Students 

aged 12 to 18. C; free. 

●●Jul 23 7:30: Ensemble Made in Canada. 

Mozart: Piano Quartet No.2 in E-flat K493; 

Murphy: Four Degrees of Freedom; Fauré: 

Piano Quartet No.2 in g Op.45. Elissa Lee, violin; 

Sharon Wei, viola; Rachel Mercer, cello; 

Angela Park, piano. M; $30; $10(st). 

●●Jul 24 2:00: Sunday MPM Student Matinee. 

Chamber, orchestral and choral works. 

Students aged 12 to 18 and Community Singers. 

M; free. 

●●Jul 29 7:30: Classic Rock. Music from David 

Bowie, Journey, Kiss, Queen, Pat Benatar, 

Stevie Nicks and others. Naomi Garreet and 

Kevin Pierson, vocals; Gary Backstrom, guitar; 

Chris Eastburn, bass; Andy Pesz, drums; 

MPM Student Orchestra. R; $30. 

●●Jul 30 7:30: Tokai String Quartet. Haydn: 

String Quartet in D Op.71 No.2; Burge: String 

Quartet No.1; Debussy: String Quartet in g 

Op.10. Amanda Goodburn and Csaba Koczo, 

violins; Yosef Tamir-Smirnoff, viola; Emmanuelle 

Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello. M; $30; 

$10(st). 

●●Jul 31 2:00: Sunday Student Matinee. 


aged 12 to 18. C; free. 

●●Aug 06 7:30: Faculty Ensemble. Beethoven: 

String Quintet “Storm” in C Op.29; Ravira: 

Wapango; Brahms: String Quintet No.2 in G 

Op.111. Marie Bérard and Rohan Gregory, violins; 

Keith Hamm and Angela Rudden, violas; 

Paul Widner, cello. M; $30; $10(st). 

●●Aug 07 2:00: Sunday Student Matinee. 


aged 12 to 18. M; free. 

Music Mondays 

Every Monday during the summer from 


Toronto, ON 

All performances are at 12:15pm at The 

Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq., 416- 

598-4521. PWYC 

●●Jun 06 12:15: Echoes of Bach. Bach: The Art 

of the Fugue (excerpts); Smallman: Baroquial 

Suite; Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis (excerpts). 

Reverb Brass. 

●●Jun 13 12:15: Old-School Love. When I Fall 

in Love; I Could Write a Book; It Ain’t Necessarily 

So; Old Cape Cod; A Nightingale Sang 

in Berkeley Square; and other works. Russell 

Drago Trio. 

●●Jun 20 12:15: Duo Primo. Ronée Boyce, 

piano; Helen Yang, cello. 

●●Jun 27 12:15: Dévah Unplugged. Dévah 

Quartet. 

●●Jul 04 12:15: Albéniz: Iberia Book III - El 

Albaicín, El Polo, and Lavapiés. Koichi Inoue, 

piano. 

●●Jul 11 12:15: Bach and Beyond. Welmers: 

Laudate Dominum; Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing 

Tune No.14; and works by Bach and Böhm. 

Aaron James, organ. 


●●Jul 18 12:15: Transcriptions and Works for 

the Spanish Guitar. Works by Bach, Albéniz, 

Tarrega and Barrios. Cary Savage, guitar. 

●●Jul 25 12:15: Organ Music from Québec. 

Bédard: Suite du deuxième ton; works by Daveluy, 

LeBuis and Warren. Denis Gagné, organ. 

●●Aug 01 12:15: Allison Au Quartet. 

●●Aug 08 12:15: True North - Canadian Duos 

for Violin and Piano. Willan: Sonata No.1 

in e; works by Champagne, Archer and H. 

Schmidt. Stephanie Chua, piano; Véronique 

Mathieu, violin. 

●●Aug 15 12:15: Surrealism at Midday. Liszt: 

Ballade No.2 in b, S171; Ravel: Gaspard de la 

nuit; Scriabin: Sonata No.4 in F-sharp Op.30. 

Anastasia Rizikov, piano. 

●●Aug 22 12:15: Dueling Cellos. VC² (Amahl 

Arulanandam and Bryan Holt, cellos). 

●●Aug 29 12:15: Gala 25th Anniversary Concert. 

David Braid, piano. Post-concert 

reception. 

National Youth Orchestra of Canada 

Chamber Music Festival 

June 22 to July 15 

Waterloo, ON 

MF - Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 

University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470 

KW - KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., 

Waterloo. 519-886-1673 

All chamber music concerts are free except 

for July 5 and 15. 

●●Jun 22 8:00: Faculty Concert. Peter Hatch: 

Cooking with Alice; Simon Steen/Andersen: 

Next to Beside Besides, #0 and #4 

(2003/2006) for Percussion and Cello; Daron 

Hagen: Duo for Violin and Cello. David Hetherington; 

Aiyun Huang; Steve S. MF. 

●●Jun 24 8:00: Student Concert. Reich: Music 

for pieces of wood; Schiffelholz: Trio Sonata 

for Two Bassoons and Piano. MF. 

●●Jun 25 8:00: Student Concert. Cole: Postludes; 

Reich: Drumming part 1; Mozart: Flute 

Quartet in D; Jolivet: Pastorales de Noël; 

Tomasi: Être ou ne Pas Être. MF. 

●●Jun 28 8:00: Faculty Concert. Featuring the 

Formosa String Quartet. MF. 

●●Jun 29 8:00: Faculty Concert. Böhme: 

Trumpet Sextet; Oesterle: Carrousel; Gripp: 

String Quartet. MF. 

●●Jun 30 2:00: Student Concert. Pasculli: 

2016 TD Tour 

Omaggio a Bellini - Duetto; Mendelssohn: 

Octet; Smetana: String Quartet. MF. 

●●Jun 30 8:00: Chamber Music Festival: Student 

Concert. Debussy: Sonate; Mozart: 

String Quartet in F, K.590; Bliss: Oboe Quintet; 

Barber; Summer Music; Shostakovich: String 

Quartet No.14. MF. 

●●Jul 01 2:00: Student Concert. Mendelssohn: 

String Quartet in f, Op.80; Poulenc: 

Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon; Ibert: Deux 

Interludes; Beethoven: String Quartet in D 

major, Op.18 No.3. MF. 

●●Jul 01 8:00: Student Concert. Engelman: 

Remembrance; Nielsen; Quintet for Winds 

Op.43; Poulenc: Trio for Trumpet, Horn and 

Trombone; Verdi: String Quartet; Tomasi: 

Cinq danses profanes et sacrées pour quintette 

á vent; Dvorak: String Quintet. MF. 

●●Jul 02 8:00: Student Concert. Malcolm 

Arnold: Brass Quintet No.1; Górecki: Sonata 

for Two Violins Op.10; Raff: Double Wind Quintet; 

Britten: String Quartet No.2 in C. MF. 

●●Jul 02 8:00: Student Concert. Ravel: Introduction 

et Allegro; Ewald: Brass Quintet No.1; 

Schumann: Piano Quintet; Oesterle: Look on 

Glass; Goepfart: Wind Quartet Op.93; Bartók: 

String Quartet No.4. MF. 

●●Jul 05 8:00: In Concert. Ensembles of the 

National Youth Orchestra of Canada. KW; 

$25; $15(st). 

●●Jul 08 8:00: Faculty Concert. MF. 

●●Jul 15 8:00: Ensembles of the National 

Youth Orchestra of Canada. KW; $25; $15(st). 



●●Jul 23 7:30: Elora Festival/National Youth 

Orchestra of Canada. 2016 TD Tour. Berlioz: 

Benvenuto Cellini Overture; Barber: School 

for Scandal Overture; Adams: Short Ride on 

a Fast Machine; newly commisioned Canadian 

work; Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic 

Dances; Bloch: Schelomo for cello and 

orchestra. Gambrel Barn, Corner of Country 

Rd. 7 and 21, Elora. 519-846-0331 or 1-888- 

747-7550. $45; $15(st); $5(child). 

●●Aug 11 7:30: National Youth Orchestra of 

Canada. 2016 TD Tour. Wagner: Overture to 

Tannhauser; Bloch: Schelomo for cello and 

orchestra; Prokofiev: Symphony No.5; new 

commissioned works by C. Goddard and C. 

Meyer. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor 

St. W. 416-408-0208. $25-$45. 

●●Aug 13 6:00: National Youth Orchestra of 

Canada. 2016 TD Tour. Berlioz: Benvenuto 

Cellini Overture; Debussy: Syrinx; Bernstein: 

West Side Story Symphonic Dances. Maison 

Symphonique de Montreal, 1600 Saint- 

Urbain, Montreal. 514-842-2112. TBA. 

Prince Edward County Jazz Festival 

Aug 16 to 21 

Picton, ON 

B – Baxter Centre, 3 Stanley St., Bloomfield 

GC – Glenwood Chapel, 47 Ferguson St., 

Picton 

HEW – Huff Estates Winery, 2284 County Rd. 

1, Bloomfield 

M - Church of St. Mary Magdalene, 339 Main 

St., Picton 

R - Regent Theatre, 224 Main St., Picton 

SOM – Stache on Main, 287 Main St., 

Wellington. 613-399-2498 

TB&C – The Beck and Call, 252 Main St., 

Picton 

W - Waring House, 395 County Rd 1, Picton 

613-476-8416 x28 or 1-877-411-4761 

●●Aug 16 7:00: Backstage: Brian Barlow in 

conversation with Guido Basso, B; free 

●●Aug 17 5:30: Jazz Overture. Mark Eisenman 

Trio. Guest: Phil Dwyer. WH; $75. 5:30: wine 

tasting; 6:30: dinner; 8:00: concert. 

●●Aug 17 7:30 : Fade Kings. W. 

●●Aug 18 1:00: Hannah Barstow Trio. HEW. 

●●Aug 18 8:00: Ben Vandergaast. SOM 

●●Aug 18 8:00: Emilie-Claire Barlow. R; $38. 

●●Aug 18 10:00: Robi Botos Trio. TB&C. 

●●Aug 19 7:30: Hannah Barstow Trio. Young 

Jazz Series. W. 

●●Aug 19 8:00: Bill King and Michael Dunstan. 

SOM. 

●●Aug 19 8:00: Guido Basso and Friends. With 

Jodi Proznick, Mike Murley, Bernie Senensky 

and Dave Laing. R; $38. 

●●Aug 19 10:00: Robi Botos Trio. TB&C. Cover. 

Classical 

●●Aug 20 2:00: Robi Botos and Jodi Proznick. 

M; $25. 

●●Aug 20 8:00: Joe Sealy and Jackie Richardson: 

Africville Stories. R; $38. 

●●Aug 20 10:00am: Mike Murley and Jodi 

Proznick. GC; free 

●●Aug 21 10:30am: Jazz Mass. Brian Barlow 

Quartet. M. 

●●Aug 21 8:00: The Brian Barlow Big Band 

with Alex Samaras. R;. $38. 


• LISBOA • 

Maestro Ward Stare 

The Elora Festival 

July 23, 7;30 pm 

nyoc.org 

Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival 

July 21 to Aug 3 

Ottawa, ON 

613-214-6306 

Explore how contrasts shape our lives 

through the valuable contributions to music 

made by women and cultural inspirations 

from around the world. The festival takes 

place in more than ten different venues 

around the City of Ottawa. Details were 

unavailable at time of going to press. Please 

visit the festival’s website at 

www.chamberfest.com 

pecmusicfestival.com 



Stratford, ON 

AP - Arden Park Hotel, 552 Ontario St., 

Stratford 

K - Knox Presbyterian Church, 142 Ontario 

St., Stratford 

LQ - Lower Queen’s Park, Queen St., 

Stratford 

P - Prune, 151 Albert St., Stratford 

RH - Revival House, 70 Brunswick St., 

Stratford 

SAC - St. Andrew’s Church (Stratford), 25 

St. Andrew’s St., Stratford. 519-271-2101 

RC - Royal Canadian Legion, 207 St. Patrick 

St., Stratford 

SC - Stratford Central Secondary School, 60 

St. Andrew St., Stratford 

SJA - St. James Anglican Church, 41 

Mornington St., Stratford. 


●●Jul 18 8:00: Opening Night. LQ; free. 

●●Jul 18 9:30: Grand Illumination to Music for 

a Midsummer’s Night. LQ; free. 

●●Jul 19 7:00: Basia Bulat and Sunparlour 

Players. K; $30. 

●●Jul 20 7:00: Harlem Gospel Choir. Guest: 

Measha Brueggergosman, soprano. K; $40. 

●●Jul 21 7:00: International Piano Series 1. 

Simone Dinnerstein, piano. SAC; $40. 

●●Jul 23 11:00am: International Piano Series 

2. Bach: Goldberg Variations. Simone Dinnerstein, 

piano. SAC; $40. 

●●Jul 23 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Baroque 

Harp (Brunch Program 1). Julia Seager-Scott, 

harp. P; $49.50 (includes brunch). Also on 

July 24. 

●●Jul 23 9:00: Live at Revival House Cabaret: 

Hallelujah. Songs of sin and sorrow by Leonard 

Cohen. Patricia Callaghan, vocals; Robert 

Kortgaard, piano. RH; $40. 

●●Jul 29 9:00: Strange and Sacred Noise. 

A visual and aural exploration of composer 

John Luther Adams “sonic geography” of 

Alaska. TorQ Percussion Quartet. SJA; $30. 

●●Jul 30 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Paraguayan 

Harp (Brunch Program 2). Martha 

Mazzoleni, harp. P; $49.50 (includes brunch). 

Also on July 31. 

●●Jul 30 7:00: Whiskey Jack Salutes Canadian 


Country Legends: Don Messer. Guest: Dan 

Stacey. RC; $30. 

●●Aug 01 8:00: The Artie Shaw Orchestra. 

AP; $45. 7:00pm: Brush Up Your Foxtrot. 

Also Aug 2. 

●●Aug 03 7:00: International Piano Series 3. 

Tony Yike Yang, piano. SAC; $30. 

●●Aug 04 7:00: Choral Concert. Choir of Holy 

Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. SJA; 

PWYC. 

●●Aug 06 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Contemporary 

Harp (Brunch Program 3). Sharlene 

Wallace, harp. P; $49.50 (includes brunch). 

Also on Aug 7. 

●●Aug 06 9:00: Live at Revival House Cabaret: 

The Sondheim Jazz Project. RH; $40. 

●●Aug 07 5:00: Choral Vespers Service. Choir 

of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. 

SJA; TBA. 

●●Aug 07 7:00: TorQ Percussion Seminar 

Finale Concert. SC; PWYC. 

●●Aug 11 7:00: The People Shall Hear: Great 

Choruses by Bach and Handel. Theatre of 

Early Music Choir; Daniel Taylor, director. 

SJA; $40. 

●●Aug 12 7:00: Canadian Choral Spotlight: 

Massed Choir. Tallis: Spem in alium; R. Murray 

Schafer: Credo. Theatre of Early Music Choir; 

Daniel Taylor, director. SJA; $40. 

●●Aug 13 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Gaelic 

Harp - The Clarsach (Brunch Program 4). 

Julia Seager-Scott, harp. P; $49.50 (includes 

brunch). Also on Aug 14. 


Carole Pope. RH; $40. 


Joey Alexander Jazz Trio. SAC; $40. 

●●Aug 16 7:00: Vocal Academy Faculty Quartet 

Recital. SAC; $40. 


Luca Buratto, piano. SAC; $30. 

●●Aug 19 6:30: The Barber of Seville (dinner 

performance). RH; $99. Also Aug 20(6:30) 

and 21(12noon). 

●●Aug 20 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Senegalese 

Harp - The Kora (Brunch Program 

5). Robert Simms, harp. P; $49.50 (includes 

brunch). Also on Aug 21. 

●●Aug 21 2:00: Vocal Academy Participants’ 

Finale Recital. SAC; PWYC. 

●●Aug 26 7:00: International Piano Series 6: 

Jan Lisiecki Programme 1. Jan Lisiecki, piano. 

SAC; $40. 

●●Aug 27 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Two Celtic 

Harps (Brunch Program 6). Julia Seager- 

Scott, harp; Sharlene Wallace, harp. P; $49.50 

(includes brunch). Also on Aug 28. 

●●Aug 27 2:00: International Piano Series 6: 

Jan Lisiecki Programme 2. Jan Lisiecki, piano. 

SAC; $40. 


Shine On - The Universe of John Lennon. 

Michael Occhipinti Jazz Ensemble. RH; $40. 

●●Aug 28 2:00: Season Finale: The Stratford 

Six, Version 2.0. SAC; $40. 

TD SUNFEST ’16: 

“CANADA’S PREMIER CELEBRATION OF 

WORLD CULTURES.” 

July 7 to 10 

London, ON 

519-672-1522 

More than 30 groups representing diverse 

world cultures entertain visitors on five 

stages in downtown London’s historic 

Victoria Park. Further details were not 

available at the time of going to press. Please 

visit www.sunfest.on.ca for details. 


Toronto, ON 

TD Toronto Jazz Festival 

D - Distillery Historic District, 55 Mill St. 

416-346-1177 

HR - Holt Renfrew, 50 Bloor St. W. 416-922- 

2333 

HS - Home Smith Bar at The Old Mill Toronto, 

21 Old Mill Rd. 1-888-655-9090 

HT - Horseshoe Tavern, 370 Queen St. W. 

1-888-655-9090. 

HTD - Hilton Toronto Downtown, Pool Deck, 

145 Richmond St. W. 416-869-3456 

JB - Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria St. 1-888-655- 

9090 

JM - Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence 

Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366- 

7723 

KH - Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor 

St. W. 416-408-0208 

MS - Mill St. Brew Pub, Distillery Historic 

District, 55 Mill St. 416-681-0338 

NPS - Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. 

W. 1-888-655-9090 

OH - Opera House, 735 Queen St. E. 1-888- 

655-9090 

R - The Rex, 194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475 

SC - Second Cup, 287 King St. W. 416-340- 

9888 

SCPA - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 

1 Front St. E. 1-888-655-9090 

●●Jun 24 12:30: Jane Bunnett and Hilario 

Duran. HR; free. 

●●Jun 24 5:00: Tia Brazda Quartet. MS; free. 

●●Jun 24 7:30: Heather Bambrick and 

Friends. Featuring Alex Pangman with Russ 

Little Quartet. HS; $35.50. 

●●Jun 24 8:00: An Evening with Sarah 

McLachlan. SCPA; $59.50-$125. 

●●Jun 24 8:00: Bill Charlap Trio. JB; 

$45/$40(adv). Also 10pm. 

●●Jun 24 10:00: Bill Charlap Trio. JB; 

$45/$40(adv). Also 8pm. 

●●Jun 25 12:30: Bill King’s Rhythm Express. 

NPS; free. 

●●Jun 25 12:30: Jarrod Lawson. HR; free. 

●●Jun 25 3:00: Slocan Ramblers. D; free. 

●●Jun 25 5:00: Bob Brough Trio. MS; free. 

●●Jun 25 6:30: Jarrod Lawson. NPS; free. 

●●Jun 25 7:30: Heather Bambrick and 

Friends. Featuring Broadsway with Russ Little 

Quartet. HS; $35.50. 

●●Jun 25 8:00: Bill Charlap Trio. JB; $45; 

$40(adv). Also 10pm. 

●●Jun 25 8:30: Sharon Jones and the Dap- 

Kings. NPS; $62.50 to $73.50. 

●●Jun 26 12:30: Toronto Mass Choir. NPS; 

free. 

●●Jun 26 3:00: Sam Dickinson Trio. HTD; free. 

●●Jun 26 5:00: Blue Moon Marquee. MS; free. 

●●Jun 26 6:30: Jamison Ross. NPS; free. 

●●Jun 26 8:00: Laila Biali Trio and Phil Dwyer. 

JB; $30; $25(adv). Also 10pm. 

●●Jun 26 8:30: Lee Fields and The Expressions/Allen 

Stone Double Bill. NPS; 

$45(reserved); $40(lounge); $35(main floor). 

●●Jun 27 12:30: Brian Barlow Big Band: Ellington 

at Newport with guest Guido Basso. NPS; 

free. 

●●Jun 27 6:30: The Spandettes. NPS; free. 

●●Jun 27 8:30: Grace Potter. NPS; 


●●Jun 27 10:00: Kiefer Sutherland Band. HT; 

$30; $25(adv). 


●●Jun 28 12:30: Michael Occhipinti’s Sicilian 

Jazz Project. NPS; free. 

●●Jun 28 6:30 Mark McLean’s Playground. 

NPS; free. 

●●Jun 28 8:00: Oliver Jones Trio. JM; $40. 

●●Jun 28 8:00: Robi Botos and Paul Novotny 

Duo. JB; $30; $25(adv). Also 10pm. 

●●Jun 28 8:00: Oliver Jones Trio. JM; $40. 

●●Jun 28 8:00: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 

with Wynton Marsalis. KH; $79.50-$99.50. 

●●Jun 28 8:30: Gregory Porter. NPS; 

$56.50(reserved); $50(lounge); $45(main 

floor). 

●●Jun 29 12:30: Dione Taylor and The Backsliderz. 

NPS; free. 

●●Jun 29 1:00: Bill McBirnie’s Find Your Place 

Band. SC; free. 

●●Jun 29 4:00: Richard Whiteman Quartet. 

HTD; free. 

●●Jun 29 6:30: Gray Matter. NPS; free. 

●●Jun 29 7:00: Pram Trio. SC; free. 

●●Jun 29 8:00: Chick Corea Trio: Chick 

Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade. KH; 

$69.50-$99.50. 

●●Jun 29 8:00: Robi Botos and Hilario Duran 


●●Jun 29 8:30: Robert Glasper Experiment. 

NPS; $45(reserved); $40(lounge); $35(main 

floor). 

●●Jun 29 9:00: Fanfare Ciocarlia/Lemon 

Bucket Orkestra. OH; $35; $30(adv). 

●●Jun 29 10:00: Eagle Rock Gospel Singers. 

HT; $20; $15(adv). 

●●Jun 29 10:00: Robi Botos and Hilario Duran 


●●Jun 30 12:30: Lula All-Stars. NPS; free. 

●●Jun 30 1:00: Jorge Miguel Trio. SC; free. 

●●Jun 30 4:00: Shannon Butcher and Ross 

Maclntyre. HTD; free. 

●●Jun 30 5:00: Herriott-Harkness (H2). MS; 

free. 

●●Jun 30 6:30: Gwyneth Herbert Trio. NPS; 

free. 

●●Jun 30 8:00: Robi Botos Quartet. Featuring 

Seamus Blake. JB; $35; $30(adv). Also 10pm. 

●●Jun 30 8:00: Ramsey Lewis Quartet/Joey 

Alexander Trio. KH; $59.50-$69.50. 

●●Jun 30 8:00: Avishai Cohen Trio. JM; $35. 

●●Jun 30 8:30: Molly Johnson/Jane Bunnett 

and Spirits of Havana 25th Anniversary. NPS; 


●●Jun 30 10:00: Robi Botos Quartet. Featuring 

Seamus Blake. JB; $35; $30(adv). Also 

8pm. 

●●Jul 01 12:30: Jim Galloway’s Wee Big Band. 

Under the direction of Martin Loomer. NPS; 

free. 

●●Jul 01 1:00: Les Petits Nouveaux. SC; free. 

●●Jul 01 2:00: JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band. 

NPS; free. 

●●Jul 01 3:00: Julian Fauth and Ken Yoshioka 

Duo. HTD; free. 

●●Jul 01 3:00: Climax Jazz Band. D; free. 

●●Jul 01 5:00: Justin Bacchus Collective. R; 

TBA. 

●●Jul 01 5:00: George Grosman and Bohemian 

Swing. MS; free. 

●●Jul 01 6:30: Kalabash. NPS; free. 

●●Jul 01 7:00: Brownman Akoustic Trio. SC; 

free. 

●●Jul 01 7:30: Heather Bambrick and Friends. 

Featuring Melissa Stylianou with Russ Little 

Quartet. HS; $35.50. 

●●Jul 01 8:00: Alfredo Rodriguez: Solo Piano. 

JB; $25; $20(adv). Also 10pm. 

●●Jul 01 8:00: Music From Born To Be Blue 

with Braid, Turcotte, Wallace and Clarke. JB; 

$30; $25(adv). Also 10pm. 

●●Jul 01 8:30: Michael Franti. NPS; 


●●Jul 01 10:00: Music From Born To Be Blue 

with Braid, Turcotte, Wallace and Clarke. JB; 



$30; $25(adv). Also 8pm. 


JB; $25; $20(adv). Also 8pm. 

●●Jul 02 3:00: Jesse Barksdale Quartet. 

HTD; free. 

●●Jul 02 5:00: Eric St-Laurent Quartet. MS; 

free. 

●●Jul 02 6:30: Joe Jackson. NPS; 

$62.50-$73.50. 

●●Jul 02 6:30: Raoul And The Big Time. NPS; 

free. 

●●Jul 02 7:30: Heather Bambrick and Friends. 

Featuring John Alcorn with Russ Little Quartet. 

HSB; $35.50. 


JB; $25; $20(adv). Also 10pm. 

●●Jul 02 8:30: Joe Jackson. NPS: 

$73.50(reserved); $68(lounge); $62.50(main 

floor). 

●●Jul 02 10:00: The Hot Sardines. HT; $30; 

$25(adv). 


JB; $25; $20(adv). Also 8pm. 

Toronto Summer Music Festival 


Toronto, ON 

KH - Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor 

St. W. 416-408-0208 

WG - Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 

1-855-622-2787 

WH - Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 

University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416- 

408-0208 

●●Jul 14 7:30: Opening Night: English Music 

for Strings. Britten: Serenade for Tenor, 

Horn and Strings Op.31; Bridge: Suite; Elgar: 

Introduction and Allegro Op.47. Nicholas 

Phan, tenor; Neil Deland, horn; Parker String 

Quartet; Toronto Summer Music Festival 

Ensemble; Joseph Swensen, conductor. KH; 

$20-$79. 

●●Jul 15 7:30: Musical Union of 1865. Haydn: 

String Quartet in D Op.71 No.2; Schubert: 

String Quartet No.15 in G D887; Beethoven: 

String Quartet in G Op.18 No.2. Parker String 

Quartet. WH; $20-$55. 

●●Jul 16 4:00: Chamber Music reGENERA- 

TION. Chamber music masterpieces and 

rarities from Great Britain and the continent 

from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. 

TSM Academy Fellows; Parker Quartet. WH; 

$10-$20. 





TSM Academy Fellows; Parker Quartet. WH; 

$10-$20. 

●●Jul 19 7:30: Haydn Dialogues. A comparison 

of Classical-period sonatas with works from 

the 20th and 21st centuries. Haydn: Sonatas 

in D, G, g, and C; works by Knussen, Cage and 

Berger. Pedja Muzijevic, piano. WH; $20-$55. 

●●Jul 20 7:30: The St. James’s Hall Popular 

Concerts. Haydn: String Quartet in g “Rider”; 

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1 in d Op.49; 

Walton: Piano Quartet. Martin Beaver, violin; 

Andrew Wan, violin; Steven Dann, viola; 

Johannes Moser, cello; Stéphane Lemelin, 

piano. WH; $20-$55. 

●●Jul 21 7:30: Jeremy Denk, piano. KH; 

$20-$79. 

●●Jul 22 12:00_noon: Art Song reGENERA- 

TION. Singers and pianists from the Toronto 

Summer Music’s 2016 Academy of Art Song 

Program. WH; $10-$20. 

●●Jul 22 4:00: Art Song reGENERATION. Singers 

and pianists from the Toronto Summer 

Music’s 2016 Academy of Art Song Program. 

WH; $10-$20. 

●●Jul 22 7:30: The Rape of Lucretia. Emma 

Char, mezzo (Lucretia); Peter Rolfe Dauz, 

baritone (Junius); Beste Kalender, mezzo 

(Bianca); Jasper Leever, bass (Collatinus); 

Iain MacNeil, baritone; (Tarquinius); Ellen 

McAteer, soprano (Lucia); Owen McAusland, 

tenor (Male Chorus); Chelsea Rus, soprano 

(Female Chorus); Topher Mokrzewski, music 

director; Anna Theodosakis, stage director; 

Joel Ivany, artistic director. WG; $35-$95. 

●●Jul 23 4:00: Chamber Music reGENER- 

ATION. Chamber music masterpieces and 





piano; and TSM Academy Fellows. WH; 

$10-$20. 







piano; and TSM Academy Fellows. WH; 

$10-$20. 

●●Jul 25 7:30: Jamie Barton in Recital. Jamie 

Barton, mezzo. KH; $20-$79. 

●●Jul 26 7:30: The Coronation of King George 

II. Daniel Taylor and the Theatre of Early 

Music. WH; $20-$55. 

●●Jul 27 7:30: Sonnets, Scenes and Songs: A 

Shakespeare Serenade. Works by Tippett, 

Finzi, Gounod, Barber, Verdi and Britten. Patrick 

Hansen, music director/stage director. 

WH; $20-$55. 

●●Jul 28 7:30: Jonathan Crow and Co. Elgar: 

Violin Sonata; Bridge: Piano Quintet in d; and 

other works. Jonathan Crow, violin; Angela 

Park, piano; Eric Nowlin, viola; and others. 

WH; $20-$55. 

●●Jul 29 7:30: Beethoven Quartet Society of 

1845. Beethoven: String Quartet Op.18 No.6, 

String Quartet Op.59 No.3, String Quartet, 

Op.132. Dover Quartet. WH; $20-$55. 

●●Jul 30 4:00: Chamber Music reGENER- 




TSM Academy Fellows; Dover Quartet. WH; 

$10-$20. 





TSM Academy Fellows; Dover Quartet. WH; 

$10-$20. 

●●Aug 02 7:30: Christopher O’Riley, piano. 

KH; $20-$79. 

●●Aug 03 7:30: The People’s Concert Society. 

Britten: Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and 

Strings Op.2; and other works. David Jalbert, 

piano; Sara Jeffrey, oboe; Shane Kim, violin; 

Eric Nowlin, viola; Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, 

cello. WH; $20-$55. 

●●Aug 04 7:30: (Almost) Last Night of the 

Proms. Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance 

March; Parry: Jerusalem; Arne: Rule, Britannia!; 

Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending. 

Jonathan Crow, violin; Allyson McHardy, 

mezzo; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; 

Boris Brott, conductor. KH; $20-$79. 

●●Aug 05 7:30: Hanover Square in 1801. 

Haydn: Symphony No.102 for chamber 

ensemble; Beethoven: Septet in E-flat Op.20. 

Sara Jeffrey, oboe; Jonathan Crow, violin; 

Eric Nowlin, viola; David Hetherington, cello; 

Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello; David 

Jalbert, piano. WH; $20-$55. 

●●Aug 06 4:00: Chamber Music reGENER- 



arities from Great Britain and the continent 

from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. TSM 

Academy Fellows; Sara Jeffrey, oboe; Jonathan 

Crow, violin; Eric Nowlin, viola; Emmanuelle 

Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello; and others. 

WH; $10-$20. 

●●Aug 06 7:30: Chamber Music reGENERA- 

TION. Chamber music masterpieces and rarities 

from Great Britain and the continent 

from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. TSM 

Academy Fellows; Sara Jeffrey, oboe; Jonathan 

Crow, violin; Eric Nowlin, viola; Emmanuelle 

Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello; and others. 

WH; $10-$20. 

●●Aug 07 11:00am: Community Academy Final 

Concert. Participants from Toronto Summer 

Music’s Community Academy programs 

in Chamber Music, Piano Master class and 

Chamber Choir. WH; free. 



Campbellford. ON 

All performances are at Westben Concert 

Barn, 6698 County Rd. 30, Campbellford, 

unless noted otherwise. 

705-653-5508 or 1-877-883-5777 

www.westben.ca 

●●Jun 25 2:00: The Pencil Salesman. World 

premiere gala performance. Finley, based on 

an idea by A. M. Herzberg. John Fanning and 

Alexander Dobson, baritones; Donna Bennett 

and Virginia Hatfield, sopranos; Keith Klassen, 

tenor; and others. $75; $73(sr); $30(st/ 

under 30); $5(youth). 1:00: pre-performance 

chat; 4:30: post-performance reception. Also 

Jun 26, Jul 1(eve), 2, 3. 

●●Jul 07 7:00: Piano Mania: New Now –Young 

Pianists Leonid Nediak and Luke Bell. Rachmaninoff: 

selected preludes; Chopin: Nocturne 

Op.48 No.1 in c; Etude Op.10 No.12 in 

c “Revolutionary;” Liszt: Second Hungarian 

Rhapsody; Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C 

(Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2); Beethoven 

Sonata in A-flat Op.110; Medtner: Sonata in g 

Op.22. $26(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/ 

under 19). 

●●Jul 08 7:00: Piano Mania: TGIJazz Lorraine 

Desmarais and Friends. Works from 

recent recording “Couleurs de lune”. Frédéric 

Alarie, double bass; Camil Bélisle, drums. 

$42; $40(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/ 

under 19). 

●●Jul 09 2:00: Piano Mania: Buzz Salutes 

Gershwin. Buzz Brass Quintet with pianist 

Matt Herskowitz. Gershwin: An American 

in Paris; Three Preludes for solo piano; 

Summertime; I’ve Got Rhythm; Rhapsody in 

Blue. Sylvain Lapointe and Frédéric Gagnon, 

trumpets; Pascal Lafrenière, horn; Jason De 

Carufel and Sylvain Arseneau, trombones. 


under 19). 

●●Jul 10 2:00: Piano Mania: Great Pianists: 

Charles Richard-Hamelin. $45; $43(sr); 

$15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). 1:00: 

pre-performance chat on Chopin with Barb 

Hobart. 

●●Jul 14 7:00: Voices of Summer: New Now 

– New Voices: Ben and Kat. Explorations 

into electronic, acoustic and improvised 

music. Kathryn Shuman, soprano; Ben Finley, 

double bass. $28; $26(sr); $15(st/under 30); 

$5(youth/under 19). 

●●Jul 15 7:00: Voices of Summer: TGIFolk! 

Ashley Condon. Old-time country to folk, 

blues and soul. $39; $37(sr); $15(st/under 

30); $5(youth/under 19). 

●●Jul 16 2:00: Voices of Summer: Pallade 

Musica presents ELLES. Celebration of baroque 

women. Works by de la Guerre, Clérambault, 

Badalla, Duphly and others. 

Andréanne Brisson Paquin, soprano; Pallade 

Musica: Tanya LaPerrière, baroque violin; 

Elinor Frey, baroque cello; Esteban La Rotta, 

theorbo; Mélisande McNabney, harpsichord. 


under 19). 

●●Jul 17 2:00: Voices of Summer: Follow the 

Lieder – A Summer Schubertiad. Schubert: 

Piano Sonata in A Op.120; Du bist die Ruh; Die 

Forelle; Trout Quintet. Donna Bennett and 

Kathryn Shuman, sopranos; Marie Bérard, 

violin; Keith Hamm, viola; Elinor Frey, cello; 

Ben Finley, bass; Brian Finley, piano. $45; 

$43(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 

19). Viennese treats at intermission. 

●●Jul 20 2:00: Broadway to Cape Breton: 

Kisses on Broadway. Excerpts from West Side 

Story, Kiss Me Kate, King & I and Fiddler on 

the Roof. Caitlin Wood, soprano; Kim Dafoe, 

mezzo; Adam Fisher, tenor; Frank Moore, 

tenor; Brian Finley, piano. $42; $40(sr); 

$15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). Also 

Jul 21, 22, 23. 

●●Jul 22 7:00: Comedy: TGIFun! All-Star 

Improv: Linda Kash and Friends. Evening of 

improvisation. $39; $37(sr); $15(st/under 30); 


●●Jul 24 2:00: Comedy: Còig. Folk/roots band 

from Cape Breton. Còig: Chrissy Crowley, fiddle, 

viola; Jason Roach, piano; Rachel Davis, 

fiddle, viola, vocals; Darren McMullen, guitar, 

mandolin, mandola, banjo, bouzouki, whistles, 

flute, vocals. $45; $43(sr); $15(st/under 30); 


●●Jul 28 7:00: Jazz – Out of This World: New 

Now: I Double You. Blend of acoustic and 

electronic instruments. Ian Wright, drums; 

Emily Rockarts, voice; Jeff LaRochelle, clarinet/bass 

clarinet; Tara Kannangara, trumpet/flugelhorn; 

PJ Andersson, trombone; 

Dylan Moore, guitar/electronics; Chris Pruden, 

keys/synthesizers; Andrew Wright, bass. 


under 19). 

●●Jul 29 7:00: Jazz – Out of This World: TGIF! 

Ken Whiteley and The Beulah Band. $39; 

WESTBEN 

Arts Festival Theatre 

Charles 

Richard-Hamelin, 

piano 

Sunday, July 10, 

2pm 

The Barn 

westben.ca 


19). 

●●Jul 29 8:00: Jazz – Out of This World: Westben 

Jazz Fringe. Jazz musicians at local eateries. 

Campbellford: Apollos Pizzeria, Be My 

Guest, Capers Tap Grill, Stinking Rose Pub; 

Hastings: Banjos, McGillicafey’s; Warkworth: 

Garden of Eatin’, Our Lucky Stars Café. Visit 

website for times, artists and locations. 

●●Jul 30 2:00: Jazz – Out of This World: Heather 

Bambrick and Friends. $42; $40(sr); 

$15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). 

●●Jul 30 5:00: Jazz – Out of This World: Jazz 

Main. Jazz musicians at various locations 

throughout the Trent Hills. Visit website for 

times, artists and locations. 

●●Jul 30 9:00: Jazz – Out of This World: Jazz 

Jam. Chelsey Bennett and the Rob Phillips 

Quartet; other Jazz Fringe artists. Clock 

Tower Hall, 36 Front St. S., Campbellford. 

Free. 

●●Jul 31 11:00am: Jazz – Out of This World: 

Jazz Brunch. Jazz musicians at various locations 

throughout the Trent Hills. Visit website 

for times, artists and locations. 

●●Jul 31 2:00: Jazz – Out of This World: 

Cadence. A cappella jazz quartet. $45; 


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LISTINGS 

Lake Ontario 

A. Concerts in the GTA 

IN THIS ISSUE: Brampton, Centre Island, Etobicoke, Leaskdale, 

Markham, North York, Oakville, Scarborough, Unionville, Ward’s 

Island, Whitby. 

Wednesday June 1 

●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. 

John Palmer, Organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922- 

1167. Free. 

●●6:00: St. James Cathedral. Cantatas in the 

Cathedral. Bach: Die Himmel erzählen die 

Ehre Gottes BWV76. Soloists from the Cathedral 

Choir of St. James; Ian Sadler, organ. 

65 Church St. 416-364-7865. By donation. 

●●7:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Toronto 

Blues Society. Lulaworld Opening Night 

Party: Yoser Rodriguez, bass. CD launch. Lula 

Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. 

Free(before 8pm); $20/$15(adv)(after 8pm). 

Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. 

●●8:00: Mezzetta Restaurant. Wednesday 

Concert Series. Flamenco Show. Dino Toledo, 

guitar; Makeda Benitez, flamenco dancer. 

681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687. No cover. 

●●8:00: Miles Nadal JCC. Community Choir 

20th Annual Spring Concert. Jazz, pop, classical, 

world, folk and Canadian music. Al 

Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-924- 

6211 x0. $10. Also Jun 2. 

●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Ravel: 

Daphnis et Chloé. Granados: Intermezzo 

(from Goyescas); Nielsen: Violin Concerto; 

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé. Pekka Kuusisto, violin; 

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Juanjo Mena, 

conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 

416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. Also June 2. 

●●9:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre/ 

Toronto Blues Society. Lulaworld Opening 

Night Party: Laura Cole, vocals. Lula 


$20/$15(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs June 

1 to 11. 

●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/ 

Toronto Blues Society. Lulaworld Opening 

Night Party: Cécile Doo-Kingué, guitar/vocals. 

Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588- 

0307. $20/$15(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs 

June 1 to 11. 

Thursday June 2 

●●12:00 noon: Encore Symphonic Concert 

Band. In Concert: Classics and Jazz. John 

Edward Liddle, conductor. Wilmar Heights 

Centre, 963 Pharmacy Ave., Scarborough. 

416-346-3910. $10. Includes coffee and 

snack. 

●●12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon at Met. 

Christina Stelmacovich, mezzo; Andrew Ager, 

piano. Metropolitan United Church (Toronto), 

56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free. 

●●7:00: Espresso Manifesto/Istituto Italiano 

di Cultura. Gabriele Mirabassi and Espresso 

Manifesto. Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence 

Ave. W. 416-789-7011. $70. Includes food and 

wine. 

●●7:00: Swedish Women’s Educational Association 

Toronto. Jenny Lind Concert. Nordic 

songs and a variety of opera pieces. Karin 

Osbeck; mezzo; Matilda Lindholm, piano. Heliconian 

Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 905-727-9837. 

Donations accepted. 

●●7:30: Home Smith Bar at the Old Mill 

Toronto. Angela Turone. Original music and 

arrangements of jazz standards. Angela Turone, 

vocals and piano; Connor Walsh, bass; 

Robin Claxton, drums; Chris Platt, guitar. 

Home Smith Bar at The Old Mill Toronto, 

21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. No cover ($20 

minimum purchase). 

●●8:00: Array Music. Array Session #39. An 

evening of improvisation by some of Toronto’s 

finest musicians along with their friends 

and guests. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416- 

532-3019. Free/PWYC. 

●●8:00: Miles Nadal JCC. Community Choir 

20th Annual Spring Concert. See Jun 1. 

●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Ravel: 

Daphnis et Chloé. Granados: Intermezzo 

(from Goyescas); Nielsen: Violin Concerto; 

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé. Pekka Kuusisto, violin; 

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Juanjo Mena, 


416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. Also June 1. 

●●10:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Baila 

Boogaloo. Lulaworld: Los Poetas and Fito 

Blanko. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416- 

588-0307. $15. Lulaworld Festival runs June 

1 to 11. 

Friday June 3 

●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri. 

Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, 

ragtime, pop, international and other genres. 

Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 

427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. 

Concert in chapel; lunch and snack friendly. 

●●1:30: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto. The 

Sword in the Schoolyard. Burry (world premiere). 

Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. E. 

416-238-2453. $20; $15(sr/st). School group 

matinee. Public performances: 7:00; Jun 4, 

5(mat). 

●●3:00: St. Paul’s Bloor Street. Organ Recital. 

Sarah Svendson, organ. 227 Bloor St. E. 416- 

961-8116. Free, retiring collection. 

●●7:00: 3-in-the-6ix. 5tet. Shostakovich: 

Piano Quintet Op.57; Schumann: Piano Quintet 

Op.44. Rebecca MacLeod, violin; Tanya 

Charles, violin; Ivan Ivanovich, viola; Sarah 

Steeves, cello; Talisa Blackman, piano. Runnymede 

United Church, 432 Runnymede Rd. 

416-578-6993. $25/$20(adv); $15(st/arts 

workers); $5(under 18). 

●●7:00: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto. 

The Sword in the Schoolyard. Burry (world 

The World Premiere of 

dean Burry’s oPera 

The sword in the 

schoolyard 

June 3 at 1:30 and 7 pm 

June 4 at 7 pm & June 5 at 2:30 pm 

daniels spectrum 585 Dundas St. E. 

Tickets - www.vivayouthsingers.com 


premiere). Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. 

E. 416-238-2453. $20; $15(sr/st). 1:30: School 

group matinee. Public performances also 

Jun 4, 5(mat). 

●●7:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre. 

Lulaworld: Gabriel Palatchi Trio. Lula 

Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588- 

0307. Free(before 8pm); $15(after 8pm); 

Free(ladies before 10pm). Includes admission 

to 10:30 set. Lulaworld Festival runs 

June 1 to 11. 

●●8:00: Show One Productions. Mamele, 

Mother’s Eyes: Tamara Gverdtsiteli. Yiddish 

songs with new orchestral arrangements; 

other international favourites in Georgian, 

Russian, French and Italian. Moscow Male 

Jewish Cappella; Alexander Tsaliuk, conductor. 

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416- 

872-4255. $55-$150. 

●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Havana 

Club. Lulaworld: Charangón Del Norte. Lula 


$15/$10(adv); Free(ladies before 10pm). Lulaworld 

Festival runs June 1 to 11. 

Saturday June 4 

●●2:30: Bel Canto Singers. A 90th Birthday 

Celebration. Music in honour of our Queen’s 

birthday. Linda Meyer, conductor; Jacqueline 

Mokrzewski, piano. St. Mark’s United Church, 

201 Centre St. S., Whitby. 416-286-8260. $20. 

Also 7:30. 

●●3:00: Singing Out. Seize the Day. Broadway 

hits, Canadian classics and other works. 

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 647-382- 

0502. $25; $20(st); $15(child). Also 7:30. 

●●6:30: Ermanno Mauro Annual Master 

Class Gala and Concert. Stelle Nascenti. 

Popular operatic arias. Ermanno Mauro, 

tenor; Canadian opera singers mentored 

by Mauro; Nicole Bellamy, piano. Columbus 

Centre, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. 647-267- 

9040. $125. 




416-238-2453. $20; $15(sr/st). Jun 3: School 


Jun 3, 5(mat). 

●●7:30: Aradia Baroque Ensemble. Concert 

for a Mad King. Handel: opera arias; Davies: 

Eight Songs for a Mad King. Stacie Dunlop, 

soprano; Vincent Ranallo, baritone; Guest: 

Ensemble Paramirabo. The Music Gallery, 

197 John St. 647-960-6650. $35; $20(sr/ 

under 30). CANCELLED. 

●●7:30: Bel Canto Singers. A 90th Birthday 

Celebration. See 2:30. 

●●7:30: Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir. 

Hymn to Freedom. A benefit concert for a 

Syrian refugee family. Music from classical 

to gospel. Tony Quarrington, guitar; Malcolm 

Gould, percussion; Kelly Galbraith, conductor; 

Ellen Meyer, piano. Parkwoods United 

Church, 85 Parkwoods Village Dr. 416-447- 

5519. $25. 

●●7:30: Counterpoint Community Orchestra. 

A Prom for Pride: Somewhere Over the 

Rainbow. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; 

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance; Love 

Theme from The Godfather; music from 

Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. Guest 

conductor: Keith Reid. St. Luke’s United 

Church, 353 Sherbourne St. 647-977-6058. 

$20/$18(adv); $15(st). 

●●7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Cherished 

Opera: Favourite Arias and Choruses. 

Verdi: Va, pensiero from Nabucco; Coro di 

zingari (Anvil chorus) from Il Trovatore; Brindisi 

Libiamo ne’ lieti calici from La Traviata; 

Offenbach: Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour from 

Tales of Hoffmann; Mozart: Voyagers’ Chorus 

from Idomeneo. Andrea Naccarato, soprano; 

Erin Ronningen, alto; Lance Keizer, tenor; 

Lawrence Shirkie, baritone. Humber Valley 

United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke. 

416-769-9271. $25. 

●●7:30: Jubilate Singers. Birds. Nina Soyfer: 

Birds and Waterflows (world premiere); and 

works by Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, 

Irving Berlin and Chatman. St. Simon-the- 

Apostle Anglican Church, 525 Bloor St. E. 416- 

223-7690. $25; $20(sr/st); free(under 13). 

●●7:30: Opera by Request/Annex Singers. 

Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Mascagni’s 

Cavalleria Rusticana. Catharin Carew, mezzo 

(Dido); Jami-Lynn Gubbe, soprano (Belinda); 

Austin Larusson, baritone (Aeneas); Jennifer 

Routhier, mezzo (Sorceress); Nicole 

Hulme, soprano and Amanda Ironside, mezzo 

(witches); and others; William Shookhoff, conductor/piano; 

Maria Case, conductor (Annex 

Singers). St. Andrew’s United Church (Bloor 

St.), 117 Bloor St E. 416-455-2365. $20. 

●●7:30: Singing Out. Seize the Day. See 3:00. 

●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. An 

American in Paris. Copland: Fanfare for 

the Common Man; Four Dance Episodes 

(from Rodeo); John Adams: Short Ride in a 

Fast Machine; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; 

An American in Paris. Orion Weiss, piano; 

Andrew Grams, conductor. Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $33.75- 

$107. Also June 5(3:00). 

●●8:00: Acoustic Harvest. The Bombadils. 

St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston 

Rd. 416-264-2235. $25/$22(adv). Wheelchair 

accessible; free parking. 

●●8:00: Gallery 345. Know the Now. 

Christopher Simmons, piano/composer. 

345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $10(st). 

●●8:00: Heliconian Hall. Stephen Satory: 

In Recital. Works by Debussy, Chopin and 

Beethoven. 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-922-3618. 

$25; $15(sr/st). 

●●8:00: Nagata Shachu with Jiro Murayama. 

In Concert. Featuring new works and traditional 

festival pieces. Jiro Murayama, shinobue 

(bamboo flute); Kiyoshi Nagata, music 

director. Brigantine Room, Harbourfront 

Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. 

$27-$37; $20(sr/st). 

●●8:00: North York Concert Orchestra. 

Scary Night. Herrmann: Psycho Suite; Mussorgsky: 

Night on Bald Mountain; Gounod: 

Funeral March of a Marionette; Saint-Saëns: 

Danse macabre; Berlioz: March to the Scaffold 

from Symphonie fantastique; and works 

by Dukas and Mozart. Rafael Luz, conductor. 

Yorkminster Citadel, 1 Lord Seaton Rd., North 

York. 416-628-9195. $25; $20(sr); $10(st). 

●●8:00: Oriana Women’s Choir. East 

Meet West. Mitchell Pady, artistic director; 

Guests: Autorickshaw (Suba Sankaran, 

vocals; Ed Hanley, tabla; Dylan Bell, multiple 

instruments). Grace Church on-the-Hill, 

300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-978-8849. $25; $20(sr/ 

under 35); $10(st). 

●●8:00: Spectrum Music. Tower of Babel. 

New music by the Spectrum composers evoking 

interpretations on the story of the Tower 

of Babel. Amos Hoffman, oud/guitar; Noam 

Lemish, piano; Peter Lutek, clarinet; Justin 

Gray, bass; Derek Gray, drums. Alliance Française 

de Toronto, 24 Spadina Rd. $15; $10 sr/ 

st/arts worker. A pre-concert chat. 

●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld: 

José Conda y Ola Fresca. Lula 


$15/$12(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs June 

1 to 11. 

Sunday June 5 

●●2:00: Scarborough Sunday Concert Series. 

Mary Lou Malicdem and the Juan Tomas 

Band. A tribute to light jazz, classic rock and 

solo flamenco guitar. Wave; Oh Lady Be Good; 

Hotel California; Farruca; Cabaret. Marylou 

Malicdem, vocals; Juan Tomas, guitar; 

Abbey Leon Scholzberg, bass; Steve Farrugia, 

drums; Lorne Hendel and Alex Mertens, 

rhythm guitar. Scarborough Civic Centre, 

150 Borough Dr., Scarborough. 416-396-7766 

or 647-609-8291. Free. 




416-238-2453. $20; $15(sr/st). Jun 3: School 


Jun 3, 4. 

●●3:00: Penthelia Singers. In the Kitchen 

with Penthelia Singers. Traditional sea shanties, 

Acadian reels and modern Canadian 

classics. Alice Malach, conductor. Rosedale 

Presbyterian Church, 129 Mt. Pleasant 

Rd. 647-248-5079. $20; pay your age(12 and 

under). Pre-concert for Kids: Meet the Fiddler 

(2:30). 

●●3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. An 

American in Paris. Copland: Fanfare for 

the Common Man; Four Dance Episodes 

(from Rodeo); John Adams: Short Ride in a 

Fast Machine; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; 

An American in Paris. Orion Weiss, piano; 

Andrew Grams, conductor. Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $29.50- 

$83.75. Also June 4(7:30). 

●●3:00: Tudor Consort. Song of Solomon. 

Works by Byrd, Lassus, Guerrero, Ceballos 

and Monteverdi. Tudor Consort and soloists. 

Leaskdale Historic Church, 11850 Regional 

Rd. 1, Leaskdale. 705-357-2459. Admission by 

donation. In support of the Lucy Maud Montgomery 

Society of Ontario. 

●●3:30: Young Voices Toronto. Colour Me 

Spring. ZARI Georgian Folk Ensemble; 

Andy Morris, percussion, Tracy Wong and 

Brenda O’Connor, conductors; Sheldon Rose, 

accompaniment. Trinity-St. Paul’s United 

Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-762-0657. $25; 

$15(sr/st). 

●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. 

Choral Recital. Phoenix Boys Choir. 65 Church 

St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

●●4:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene 

(Toronto). Organ Transcriptions. Andrew 

Adair, organ. 477 Manning Ave. 416-531- 

7955. Free. 

Flute Street 

Toronto’s Professional Flute Choir 

presents 

A FAMILY 

VISIT 

All the members 

of the Modern 

Flute Family 

in Concert! 

Sunday, 

June 5, 4pm 

●●4:00: Flute Street. In Concert. Bach: Toccata 

and Fugue in d; Matthew King: Sinfonia 

for Nine Piccolos; duet for contrabass 

and sub contrabass flutes; and other works. 

Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416- 

462-9498. $30; $25(sr/arts workers); $15(st). 

●●7:00: Amadeus Choir. Serenade to Music. 

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; Schubert: 

To Music; Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia; 

Howells: Hymn for St. Cecilia; three English 

madrigals (Morley: All ye who music love; 

Gibbons: The Silver Swan; Bennett: All creatures 

now). Lydia Adams, conductor; Shawn 

Grenke, organist. Eglinton St. George’s United 

Church, 35 Lytton Blvd. 416-446-0188. $40; 

$30(sr); $25(under 30); $20(st). 

●●7:00: Canadian Croatian Choral Society. 

Preko Polja i Planina / From Fields and 

Highlands. Sacred, folk and contemporary 

repertoire in English, French, Croatian, Italian, 

German and Japanese. Edward J. Mavrinac, 

artistic director. Holy Trinity Croatian 

Catholic Church, 2110 Trafalgar Rd., Oakville. 

905-337-8646. $25; $15(under 14). Also 

May 29(Etobicoke). 

●●7:00: Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. 

Last Night at the Proms. Rule Brittania; Zadok 

the Priest; O Canada; audience sing-along 

and other works. Timothy Eaton Memorial 

Church Choir; Northdale Concert Band; 

Christ Church Deer Park Choir; Grace Church 

on-the-Hill Choir; Stephen Boda, organ; 

Giles Bryant, master of ceremonies. 230 St. 

Clair Ave. W. 416-925-5977. $20; $15(sr/st); 

free(under 6); $40(family). 

●●8:00: Gallery 345. foretelling (for telling): 

new sounds and visions. New art song and 

chamber music. Tyler Versluis: Five Poems 

(by Lindsay Mason) with artwork by Timothy 

Goertzen; Tze Yeung Ho: shulammite (a); Klaverkvintett. 

Maeve Palmer, soprano; Wesley 

Shen, piano; Angela Schwarzkopf, harp; 


Carolina Herrera, violin; Katherine Peter, violin; 

Clara NguyenTran, viola; Amina Holloway, 

cello. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $15; 

$10(sr/st/arts worker). 


Elsten Torres with Amanda Martinez. 



June 1 to 11. 

●●8:00: Resa’s Pieces String Ensemble. Sixth 

Gala Concert. Lennon and McCartney: Eleanor 

Rigby; Kyriakou: Dancing with the Tzars; 

Mozart: Overture to the Magic Flute; and 

other works. Ian Medley, conductor. Guest: 

Resa’s Pieces Symphony Orchestra. Crescent 

School, 2365 Bayview Ave. 416-765-1818. $20. 

Monday June 6 

●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music 

Mondays: Echoes of Bach. Bach: The Art of 

the Fugue (excerpts); Smallman: Baroquial 

Suite; Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis (excerpts). 

Reverb Brass. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. 

PWYC. 

●●7:30: Moonaura. Joy for June! Mozart: 

Exsultate Jubilate; Case: Into Flight; Hoiby: 


Jabberwocky; The Serpent; and other works 

by Gershwin, Gounod, Porter and Purcell. 

Melanie Conly, soprano; Kathryn Tremills, 

piano. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. 

W. 416-712-5863. $20; $15(st). 

Baroque 


Festival 

FREE Concert 

June 6 at 8pm 

See listing for details 

tafelmusik.org 

Jeanne Lamon, Director 

Ivars Taurins, Director Vocal/Chamber Programme 

●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Delightfully Baroque. Ann 

Monoyios, soprano; Peter Harvey, baritone; 

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber 

Choir; Jeanne Lamon, director; Ivars 

Taurins, director. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 

Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964- 

6337. Free. First-come, first-served. Part of 

the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival running 

June 6 to 18. 

Tuesday June 7 

●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/ 

Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime 

Chamber Music. Ellen Meyer Duo (piano 

& oboe). Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 

1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations 

welcome. 


Organ Recital. Imre Oláh, organ. 65 Church 

St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony 

in the Gardens: Che Belle Voci. Highlights 

from Rigoletto, La traviata, La bohème 

and other works. Sara Papini, soprano; 

Eugenia Dermentzis, mezzo; Romulo Delgado, 

tenor; Riccardo Iannello, tenor; Bradley 

Christensen, baritone. Casa Loma, 1 Austin 

Terrace. 416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4- 

13); free(under 4). 

●●8:00: Columbus Performing Arts Council. 

La Grande Guerra. Michele Mangani: Fruilan 

arrangements (Canadian premiere); Va, pensiero; 

and other works. Columbus Concert 

Band; Columbus Belle Voci; Livio Leonardelli 

and Paolo Busato, conductors; Annamaria 

Mazzaferro, assistant conductor. Villa 

Colombo, Sala Caboto, 40 Playfair Ave. 647- 

267-9040. $20. 


Kafinal and Elaine Lil’ Bit Shepherd. 



June 1 to 11. 

●●8:00: Resa’s Pieces Concert Band. 17th 

Gala Concert. Holst: Jupiter (from The Planets); 

Higgins: Broadway Spectacular!; Bernstein: 

West Side Story; Kennedy: Chandler 

Point Suite. Resa’s Pieces Singers; Resa’s 

Pieces String Ensemble; Resa Kochberg, 

conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, 

5040 Yonge St. 416-765-1818. $25. Audience 

participation. 


●●12:15: Music at Main and Danforth. Music 

Meditation. Music for violin and organ. Carmen 

Lasceski, violin; Brian Stevens, organ. 

Hope United Church, 2550 Danforth Ave. 416- 

691-9682. Free. 

●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway. 

Kingsway Organ Concert Series. 

Simon Walker, organ. All Saints Kingsway 

Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-769- 

5224. Freewill offering. 

●●12:30: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican 

Church. Concerts at Midday: Sarah Forestieri, 

soprano; Braden Young, piano. St. 

Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 

103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890. Free. 


Eric Robertson, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 

416-922-1167. Free. 

●●7:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Latinos 

Magazine. Lulaworld: Wagner Petrilli, Eliana 

Cuevas and Aquiles Baez. Introduction by 

Roberto Occhipinti. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas 

St. W. 416-588-0307. $20/$15(adv). Lulaworld 


p iano Recital 

Heléna 

Bowkun 

Works by Bach, Chopin, 

Schumann & Mozart 

June 8, 2016 - 7:30pm 

Yorkminster Park.com 


Heléna Bowkun, Piano. Bach: Partita No.1; 

Mozart: Sonata in C K330; Schumann: 

Kinderszenen; Chopin: Andante Spianato and 

Grande Polonaise Brillante Op.22. 1585 Yonge 

St. 416-922-1167. $20. Benefit recital for the 

Yorkminster Park Benevolent Fund. 

●●8:00: Gallery 345. Schubert Now: The 

Journey Outward. Works by Michael Donovan. 

Michael Donovan, baritone; Monique De 

Margerie, piano; Paul Pulford, cello; Nicholas 

Donovan, drums; Lukas Pearse, projection 

design; Ian Graham, sound. 345 Sorauren 

Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $10(st). Also June 9. 

●●8:00: Opera 5. Die Fledermaus. Strauss 

(script updated by Umezawa). Second act with 

audience participation. Michael Barrett, tenor 

(Eisenstein); Julie Ludwig, soprano (Adele); 

Erin Lawson, mezzo (Orlofsky); Rachel Krehm, 

16th century English madrigals, Schubert, Vaughan Williams, 

Howells, Britten, Freedman, and charming English folk song 

arrangements by Willcocks — featuring Shawn Grenke, organist. 

SUNDAY, JUNE 5 TH AT 7:00PM 

EGLINTON ST. GEORGES UNITED CHURCH, 

35 LYTTON BLVD., TORONTO 

— MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING — 

TICKETS: $40, 

$30/under 30, $25/sr, $20/st 

416-446-0188 

amadeuschoir.com 

CHURCH OF 

ST. STEPHEN 

IN-THE-FIELDS 

Concerts 

at Midday 

~ admission free ~ 

Wednesdays at 12:35 

June 8 th - August 31 th 

103 Bellevue Avenue 

on College St. between 

Bathurst & Spadina 

437-344-3890 

416-921-6350 

saintstephens.ca 

A pay-what-you-can 

lunchtime concert series at 

Church of the Holy Trinity 

JUNE 6 Reverb Brass, Echoes of Bach 

JUNE 13 Russell Drago Trio 

Old-School Love 

JUNE 20 Ronée Boyce, 

piano Duo Primo 

JUNE 27 Dévah Quartet 

Dévah Unplugged 

All concerts start at 12:15pm 

416.598.4521 ext. 223 



soprano (Rosalinde); Pearle Harbour (Ivan 

and emcee); Patrick Hansen, conductor; and 

others. 918 Bathurst Centre, 918 Bathurst St. 

647-248-4048. $40; $25(st); $50(VIP). VIP incl. 

invitation to cast party with complimentary 

beverages. Runs June 8-11. 

●●9:00: Alliance Française Toronto. Maxence 

Cyrin, piano. Crossover music from pop to 

classical. Alliance Française de Toronto, 

24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014 x37. $22.50; 

$15(members). 


●●12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon at Met. 

Daniil Protsyuk, organ. Metropolitan United 

Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-363- 

0331 x26. Free. 

●●2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. James 

Ehnes Plays Elgar. Webern: Five Pieces for 

Orchestra (June 9 and 10 only); Elgar: Violin 

Concerto; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. James 

Ehnes, violin; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy 

Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. 

$29.50-$83.75. Also June 10(7:30) and 11(7:30). 

●●6:00: Harbourfront Centre. World Stage: 

Every Song I’ve Ever Written: Solo Performance. 

Jacob Wren performs entire catalogue 

of his 58 songs in chronological order. Power 

Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. Free. 

Audience free to come and go. Jun 11: band 

night. 


D’bi and The 333. Lula Lounge, 

1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. 

$15/$12(adv). Includes admission to 10pm set. 

Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. 

●●7:30: St. John’s Catholic Church. Choral 

Concert: From Bach to Spirituals, Opera 

and Broadway. Choir of St. John’s Catholic 

Church. 794 Kingston Rd. 416-699-2518. Freewill 

donation. Post-concert complimentary 

light refreshments. 

●●8:00: Off Centre Music Salon Dérangé/ 

Music Gallery. In Harmony. Music Gallery, 

197 John St. 416-204-1080. $25/$20(adv); 

$12(members); $15(st, arts). 

●●8:00: Opera 5. Die Fledermaus. See Jun 8. 

Also Jun 10, 11. 

●●8:00: Gallery 345. Schubert Now: The 

Journey Outward. Works by Michael Donovan. 

Michael Donovan, baritone; Monique De 

Margerie, piano; Paul Pulford, cello; Nicholas 

Donovan, drums; Lukas Pearse, projection 

design; Ian Graham, sound. 345 Sorauren 

Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $10(st). Also June 8. 

●●10:00: Rap N’ Roll/Dalton Higgins/SUPAF- 

RIK/Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld: 

Abakos. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416- 

588-0307. $15(adv); $15-plus(door). Lulaworld 


Friday June 10 

●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri 

for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, 

musicals, ragtime, pop, international and 

other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity- 

St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416- 

631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. 

●●7:00: Canadian Children’s Opera Company. 

The Hobbit. Burry. Giles Tomkins, baritone 

(Gandalf and Smaug); CCOC choruses; and 

others; Allison Grant, stage director; Julia Tribe, 

costumes/sets; Teri Dunn, conductor. Harbourfront 

Centre Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416- 

366-0467. $35; $20(sr); $15(st); $10(school 

group per student). Jun 10, 11, 12. Start times 

vary. Recommended for Grade 1 and up. 

●●7:00: Toronto Summer Opera Workshop. 

Don Giovanni. Mozart. Concert performance 

after 12-day workshop for young singers. Local 

artists with young professional singers from 

abroad; Luke Housner, music director and 

piano. St. Simon-the-Apostle Anglican Church, 

525 Bloor St. E. 416-923-8714. Freewill donation. 

English surtitles. Also June 11, 12. 

●●7:30: Gallery 345. Not Another Soprano 

Recital. Works by Purcell, Bellini, Fauré, Brahms, 

Schoenberg and Bernstein. Melanie Taverna, 

soprano; Sydney Clarke, soprano. 345 Sorauren 

Ave. 416-822-9781. $15; PWYC(st). 


Toto Berriel with Mario Allende Group 

and Dailyn Martinez. Toto Berriel, percussion/ 

vocals; Pablo Cardenas, piano; Mario Allende, 

drums; Roberto Riverón, bass; Reimundo 

Sosa, batá; Dailyn Martínez, dancer. Lula 


$15/$12(adv). Includes admission to 10:30 

set. Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. 

●●7:30: Opera by Request. Catalani’s La 

Wally. In concert with piano accompaniment. 

Sarah Hood (Wally); Paul Williamson 

(Giuseppe Hagenbach); Michael Robert-Broder 

(Vincenzo Gellner); Brigitte Bogar (Walter); 

and others; William Shookhoff, piano and 

music director. College Street United Church, 

452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20. 

●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. James 

Ehnes Plays Elgar. Webern: Five Pieces for 

Orchestra (June 9 and 10 only); Elgar: Violin 

Concerto; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. James 



$33.75-$148. Also June 9(2:00) and 11(7:30). 


Also Jun 11. 

●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Okokan 

Productions. Lulaworld: Roberto 

Linares Brown With Special Guest Roicel 

Riveron. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 

The 

416-588-0307. $15/$12(adv). Lulaworld Festival 

runs June 1 to 11. 


Baroque 


Festival 

FREE Concert 






●●12:30: Tafelmusik. Musical Interlude. A casual 

noon-hour concert of baroque chamber 

music by members of the Tafelmusik 

Baroque Summer Institute Faculty. Walter 

Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of 

Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-964-6337. Free. 

First-come, first-served. Part of the Tafelmusik 

Baroque Summer Festival running June 

6 to 18. 

Hobbit 

by Dean Burry 

based 

on the 

book by 

J.R.R. 

Tolkien 

THE HOBBIT TM SZC LIC. TO CCOC. 

June 10 - 12, 2016 

Harbourfront Centre Theatre Box Office: 416-973-4000 

canadianchildrensopera.com 



The Hobbit. See Jun 10. Also 7:00 and 

Jun 12(2:00). Recommended for Grade 1 

and up. 

●●6:15: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. TSO 

Chamber Soloists. Stravinsky: Suite from 

L’Histoire du soldat. Yao Guang Zhai, clarinet; 

Michael Sweeney, bassoon; Gordon Wolfe, 

trombone; David Kent, percussion; Jonathan 

Crow, violin; Jeffrey Beecher, double bass; 

Andrew McCandless, cornet. Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. Included 

with admission to TSO concert. 


The Hobbit. See Jun 10. Also Jun 12(2:00). 

Recommended for Grade 1 and up. 

●●7:00: St. Elizabeth Scola Cantorum Hungarian 

Choir. Spring Concert. Works by Mozart, 

Rossini, Bardos, Kodály and others. Imre 

Olah, conductor. St. Elizabeth of Hungary 

Roman Catholic Church, 432 Sheppard Ave. 

E. 416-300-9305. $20; $10(st). Post-concert 

reception. 

●●7:00: Toronto Mandolin Orchestra. In 

Concert. Favourite songs and arias from 

opera, operetta and popular musicals. Lorna 

D’Silva, soprano; Ira Erokhina, domra; Alexander 

Veprinskiy, artistic director. Trinity-St. 

Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-533-2725. 

$35; $20(st). In support of Free the Children 

Adopt-A-Village program. 


Don Giovanni. See Jun 10 

●●7:30: Brampton Chamber Music. Concert 

Series. Jennifer Tran, saxophone; Gina Lee 

and Harvard Tran, piano; young/community 

artists selected by audition. St. Paul’s United 


Church (Brampton), 30 Main St. S., Brampton. 

905-450-9220. PWYC. 

●●7:30: Cantemus Singers. Fair is the Rose. 

Madrigals and lute songs by Gibbons, Pilkington, 

Wilbye and Dowland. Benjamin Stein, 

lute. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity 

Sq. 416-578-6602. $20; free(under 12). Also 

Jun 12(mat). 

●●7:30: Toronto Concert Band. Stomp on 

Front! Sweeney: Quad City Stomp; Gillespie: A 

Night in Tunisia; Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody; 

Orff: Carmina Burana (excerpts); Dello Joio: 

Scenes from The Louvre; and other works. 

Les Dobbin, conductor; Ken Hazlett, conductor. 

Guests: Troy Sexton and Sheldon De 

Souza. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 

647-479-2941. $15. 

●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 

James Ehnes Plays Elgar. Elgar: Violin Concerto; 

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. James 



$33.75-$107. 6:15pm: Free pre-concert performance 

by The TSO Chamber Soloists. Postconcert 

party in the lobby. Also June 9(2:00) 

and 10(7:30). 

●●8:00: Gallery 345. CCMC at Gallery 345. 

Featuring original and newer members of 

CCMC. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20. 

Cash only at the door. 

●●8:00: Harbourfront Centre. World Stage: 

Every Song I’ve Ever Written: Band Night. 

Five Toronto bands perform Jacob Wren’s 

music, along with discussion about songs and 

the internet. Above Top Secret; Maylee Todd; 

Phèdre; Regina (from Light Fires); Snowblink. 

Brigantine Room, Harbourfront Centre, 

235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. $20; 

$15(st/under 30). Jun 9: solo show. 

●●8:00: Henderson Kolk Duo. In Concert. 

Mozart: Symphony No.40, Marcello/Bach: 

Oboe Concerto; other works by Schubert 

and de Falla. Drew Henderson and Michael 

Kolk, guitars. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 

300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-294-6787. $20; $15(st). 

●●8:00: Music Gallery. MG Remixed: Allatonceness. 

A recall and remix of the Music 

Gallery’s past and present. Tenderness, 

Trichy Sankaran, SlowPitchSound, artists; 

Allison Peacock, dancer; Undervolt & co. 

and Diana Lynn VanderMeulen, video; Rea 

McNamara, curator. 197 John St. 416-204- 

1080. $20/$15(adv); $10(members). 


●●8:00: Voices Chamber Choir. 20/20: A 

Retrospective. Works by Palestrina, Byrd, 

Bach, Willan, Raminsh and others. Ron Ka 

Ming Cheung, conductor; John Stephenson, 

accompaniment. Church of St. Martin-in-the- 

Fields, 151 Glenlake Ave. 416-519-0528. $20; 

$15(sr/st). Cash only at the door. 

Sunday June 12 

●●10:30am: Humbercrest United Church. 

Choral Concert. Schubert: Mass in G for 

strings, trumpet and organ. Jennifer Krabbe, 

soprano; Dennis Zimmer, bass; Melvin Hurst, 

director of music. 16 Baby Point Rd. 416-767- 

6122. Free. 


The Hobbit. See Jun 10. Recommended for 

Grade 1 and up. 


Chamber Soloists. Stravinsky: L’Histoire du 

soldat (complete). Derek Boyes, narrator; Yao 

Guang Zhai, clarinet; Michael Sweeney, bassoon; 

Gordon Wolfe, trombone; David Kent, 

percussion; Jonathan Crow, violin; Jeffrey 

Beecher, double bass; Andrew McCandless, 

cornet. Art Gallery of Ontario, Walker Court, 

317 Dundas St. W. 416-598-3375. Included 

with admission to AGO. Also June 18 (7:30) at 

Hearn Generating Station. 

●●3:00: Blythwood Winds. Hogtown 

Roundup: Toronto Graffiti. Music inspired 

by graffiti street art. Freedman: Tikki Tikki 

Tembo; other works by J. Doell, B. Simms, E. 

Denburg and A. Eddington. Tim Crouch, flute; 

Elizabeth Eccleston, oboe; Anthony Thompson, 

clarinet; Michael Macaulay, bassoon; 

Curtis Vander Hyden, horn. Heliconian Hall, 

Sun. 12th June at 4 p.m. 

Evensong 

for the Queen’s 

Official 90th Birthday 

with memorable music from 

Royal Weddings and Jubilees 

plus Strawberry Tea and at 5: 

ROYAL 

BEST 

St. Olave’s Arts Guild 

and guests mark the occasion 

with a glorious celebration 

featuring drama, poetry, music 

and songs from the first 

Elizabethan Age to the present. 

St. Olave’s Church 

Bloor and Windermere 

416-769-5686 stolaves.ca 

35 Hazelton Ave. 647-567-7906. $20/$15(adv); 

$10(sr/st). 

●●3:00: Cantemus Singers. Fair is the Rose. 

See Jun 11(eve). 


Organ Recital. David Briggs, organ. 

65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

●●4:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Royal 

Best. Choral Evensong followed by celebration 

of the 90th birthday of Her Majesty 

Queen Elizabeth II featuring drama, poetry, 

music and songs, from the first Elizabethan 

Age to the present. St. Olave’s Arts Guild 

and Consort. 360 Windermere Ave. 416- 

769-5686. Free; contributions appreciated. 

Strawberry tea following choral evensong. 

●●4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. Jazz 

Vespers. Hilario Durán Trio (Hilario Durán; 

Roberto Occhipinti, bass; Mark Kelso, drums); 

Guest: Jane Bunnett. All Saints Kingsway 

Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-233-1125. Freewill 

offering. NB: Temporary venue change. 

●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers. 

Chameleon Jazz Band. 1570 Yonge St. 

416-920-5211. Free. Donations welcome. 

●●6:00: Aga Khan Museum/Kabir Cultural 

Centre. World Music Series: Dusk to Dawn 

featuring Pandit Birju Maharaj. Kathak dance. 

Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Dr. 416-646- 

4677. From $55. 


Don Giovanni. See Jun 10. Also Jun 11. 

●●8:30: Hugh’s Room. Johnny A. 2261 Dundas 

St. W. 416-531-6604. $30/$25(adv). 

Monday June 13 


Mondays: Old-School Love. When I Fall in Love; 

I Could Write a Book; It Ain’t Necessarily So; 

Old Cape Cod; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley 

Square; and other works. Russell Drago Trio. 

10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. 

SKYLIGHT SERIES 

CORKIN GALLERY 

SPECTRUM 

Monday, June 13 th 

7:30 PM 

Tickets at the door, or 

brownpapertickets.com 

●●7:30: LARK Ensemble. Spectrum. Works 

by Mozart, Kodály, Van Gilse, Piazzolla, and 

Occhipinti. LARK Ensemble. Guest: Roberto 

Occhipinti, bass. Corkin Gallery, 7 Tank House 

Ln. 647-869-2559. $35; $20(st). 





Chamber Music. Jialiang Zhu, piano. 

Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge 

St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome. 


Organ Recital. Eric Osborne, organ. 

65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 


in the Gardens: Ol’ Blue Eyes. My Way, 

New York New York, It Was a Very Good Year, 

The Way You Look Tonight, Summer Wind, 

and other works by Sinatra. Dan Lauzon, Sinatra 

tribute artist. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 

416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); 

free(under 4). 

●●8:00: Lula Lounge. June Garber: CD 

release - This I Know. 1585 Dundas St. W. 416- 

588-0307. $20/$15(adv). 



Church. Concerts at Midday: Richard Herriott, 

piano. Works by Bach. St. Stephen-inthe-Fields 

Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 

437-344-3890 or 416-921-6350. Free. 

Baroque 


Festival 

FREE Concert 

June 15 at 1pm 





●●1:00: Tafelmusik. Tafelmusik Baroque Summer 

Institute Orchestra and Choirs. Jeanne 

Lamon, Ivars Taurins, and Peter Harvey, directors. 

Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 

University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416- 

964-6337. Free. First-come, first-served. Part 

of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival 

running June 6 to 18. 

●●8:00: New Music Concerts. Coffee House 

Cabaret. Works by David Olds, Sy Potma, Willie 

P. Bennett, James Taylor, Fred Neil, Tim 

Buckley and others. David Olds and others. 

Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-961- 

9594. $50. Includes complimentary coffee, 

pastries, wine and cheese with proceeds to 

benefit New Music Concerts. 


Beethoven Eroica Symphony. Jordan Pal: 

City in Colour (world premiere/TSO commission); 

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3; Symphony 

No.3 “Eroica”. Yefim Bronfman, piano; 

Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 

60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. 

Also June 16. 


●●7:00: Music in Familiar Spaces. Bach and 

Beer. Three Bach Cello Suites. Steuart Pincombe, 

cello. Rainhard Brewing Company, 

100 Symes Rd. 781-366-1328. Name your own 

ticket price (plus cost of beer). 

●●7:30: Charlotte Knight and Jon Corkal. It 

Shoulda Been Me: A Cabaret. Works by Rodgers 

& Hammerstein, Sondheim, Billy Joel, 

J. Iconis and others. Charlotte Knight, soprano; 

Jon Corkal, music director and piano. 

Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 647-637-9252. 

$25; $20(sr/st). Cash only at the door. Also 

Jun 10(St. Catharines), 18(Guelph). 

C o n t a c t 

2016 Summer Tour 

06/12: New York, NY 

Le Poisson Rouge 

06/16: Toronto, ON 

Music Gallery 

06/25: Vancouver, BC 

Celebration Hall 

06/26: Victoria, BC 

Open Space 

06/27: Vancouver, BC 

Queer Arts Festival 

contactcontemporarymusic.org 

●●8:00: Contact/Music Gallery. A Gossamer 

Bit: Contact plays the music of Allison Cameron 

and more. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. 

$10; Free(under 18). 


Beethoven Eroica Symphony. Jordan Pal: 

City in Colour (world premiere/TSO commission); 

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3; Symphony 

No.3 “Eroica”. Yefim Bronfman, piano; 

Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 

60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. 

Also June 15. 

Coffee House 345 

JUNE 15 @ 7:30 

Gallery 345 

www.NewMusicConcerts.com 





other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity- 

St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416- 

631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. 

●●7:00: University Settlement Music and 

Arts School. End of Term Student Concert. 

St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 

416-598-3444 x243 or x244. Free. Donations 

gladly accepted. Also Jun 18(12:00 and 2:00). 

●●7:30: Opera by Request. The Rake’s Progress. 

Stravinsky. Will Ford, tenor (Tom Rakewell); 

Sharon Tikiryan, soprano (Anne Trulove); 

Michael York, baritone (Nick Shadow); Shilpa 

Sharma, mezzo (Baba the Turk); Oliver Dawson, 

tenor (Sellem); and others; William Shookhoff, 

conductor/piano. College Street United 

Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20. 

●●8:00: Gallery 345. Liebesbotschaft: Love’s 

Message. Lieder by Schubert. Rachel Fenlon, 

vocals/piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822- 

9781. $20. Cash only at the door. 

●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Toronto Symphony 

Orchestra. Live on the Patio: The Massey 

Hall Band Plays R.E.M. Roy Thomson Hall, 

60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and 

drinks available. 

●●8:00: Thin Edge New Music Collective. 

Are You Ready Brother? Works by Nikolai 

Sergeevich Korndorf and Gregory Lee 

Newsome. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 

647-456-7597. $20/$13(adv); $15(sr/st/arts 

workers)/$13(sr/st/arts workers - adv). 

●●8:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Soirée: 

Gutters and Skies; Eros to Death. A multicourse 

evening of Rachmaninoff and verse – poems 

original and represented. Selections by Rachmaninoff. 

Marc B. Young, voice; Gordon Murray, 

piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 

427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. 

●●10:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Late 

Night: Beethoven Symphony 3. Beethoven: 

Symphony No.3 “Eroica”; Michael Mills (arr. 

and additional music by David Mallamud): 

Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and String 

Orchestra (world premiere/TSO co-commission). 

Robert McDuffie, violin; Mike Mills, electric 

bass/piano; Rock Band; Peter Oundjian, 


416-598-3375. $25.50-$46. 


●●12:00 noon: University Settlement Music and 

Arts School. End of Term Student Concert. St. 

George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416- 

598-3444 x243 or x244. Free. Donations gladly 

accepted. Also Jun 17(7:00) and 18(2:00). 


Arts School. End of Term Student Concert. St. 

George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416- 

598-3444 x243 or x244. Free. Donations gladly 

accepted. Also Jun 17(7:00) and 18(12:00). 

●●3:00: Neapolitan Connection. Musical 

Matinées at Montgomery’s Inn: Children’s 

Concert Classics. Acclarion Duo. Montgomery’s 

Inn, 4709 Dundas St. W. 647-262-4316. 

$30; $12.50(child). Tea, historical tour (2:00), 

cookies included. 

●●4:00: St. Simon-the-Apostle Anglican 

Church. A Concert of Sacred Choral Music. 

Fundraiser for England tour this July. Works 

by Howells, Murrill, Bryant, Parsons, Holman 

and others. Choir of St. Simon-the-Apostle; 

Robin Davis, conductor; Maurice White, 

organ; Johan van’t Hof, organ. 525 Bloor St. E. 

416-923-8714. $25; $20(sr/st/unwaged). 


Chamber Soloists. Stravinsky: L’Histoire du 

soldat (complete). Derek Boyes, narrator; Yao 

Guang Zhai, clarinet; Michael Sweeney, bassoon; 

Gordon Wolfe, trombone; David Kent, 

percussion; Jonathan Crow, violin; Jeffrey 

Beecher, double bass; Andrew McCandless, 

cornet. Hearn Generating Station, 440 Unwin 

Ave. 416-598-3375. $39. Also June 12 (2:00) at 

AGO Walker Court. 

●●7:30: Tafelmusik. The Grand Finale. Tafelmusik 

Baroque Summer Institute Orchestra 

and Choir; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 

and Chamber Choir; Jeanne Lamon and Ivars 

Taurins, directors. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 

300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-964-6337. Free. Tickets 

must be obtained in advance at the Tafelmusik 

Box Office, 427 Bloor St. W. beginning 

June 14. Maximum 2 tickets per person. Part 

of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival 

running June 6 to 18. 

●●9:00: Music Gallery/Invocation. Departure 

Series: The Out Louds, Mette Rasmussen/ 

Tashi Dorji/Tyler Damon and Michael Keith/ 

Saab Narayan. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 

416-204-1080. $15/$12(adv); $10(members). 


●●3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Music of the 

Czechs. Jánaček: Suite for String Orchestra; 

Dvořák: Serenade for Wind Instruments; 

Symphony No.6 in D Op.60; Walter: Concerto 

for Orchestra. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. $43; 

$37(sr); $15(child/OTopus 14-29). 2:15: preconcert 

chat. 

●●3:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Paris 

on Broadway. Works by Offenbach, Lehár, 

Gershwin, Porter, Herbert and others. Elizabeth 

Beeler, Curtis Sullivan, Jennifer Taverner, 

Vania Chan, Michael Nyby, Dion 

Mazerolle, Guillermo Silva-Marin; Michael 

Rose, music director/piano. Jane Mallett 

Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 

27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $25, $45. 


Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church 

St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

●●7:20: Tafelmusik/Luminato. In Concert. 

Works by Telemann, Handel, Torelli, 

Marais and Bach. Hearn Generating Station, 

440 Unwin Ave. 416-368-4849. $25. 

TAFELMUSIK @ 

June 19 @7:20pm 

Hearn Generating Station 





Mondays: Duo Primo. Ronée Boyce, piano; 

Helen Yang, cello. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. 

PWYC. 

Tuesday June 21 



Chamber Music. Allan Pulker, flute. Yorkminster 

Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 

416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome. 



65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

●●7:30: Estonian Studies Centre. Estonian 

National Opera Boys’ Choir. Works by Pärt, 

Tormis, Sisask and contemporary Estonian 

composers plus classical masterworks. Hirvo 

Surva, conductor; Andres Lemba, piano. 

Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 

416-408-0208. $45-$55; $25(st). 


in the Gardens: Haydn Classics Par 

Excellence. Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet; 

Symphony No.88; other music by Boyce. Bob 

Venables, trumpet. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 

416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); 




Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Mark 

Himmelman, organ. All Saints Kingsway 




Program features Estonian Composers 

and and classical masterworks 


Church. Concerts at Midday: J.S. Bach’s 

Leipzig Chorales (part 1). Performed by Matthew 

Whitfield on historic 1888 Ryder organ. 

St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 

103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 416-921- 

6350. Free. 

●●7:00: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. 

Summer Concerts in the Park. Guests: DOCA 

Brass. Applewood/Shaver House, 450 The 

West Mall, Etobicoke. 416-245-1983. Free. 

●●8:00: Capella Intima. The Paradise of Travellers: 

Recollections of Venice and the Grand 

Tour. Canzonettas, arias and motets from 

17th-century northern Italy, with readings 

from the original travel writers of the period 

including Coryat and George Sandys. 

Bud Roach, director and tenor; Sheila Dietrich, 

soprano; Jennifer Enns Modolo, alto; 

David Roth, baritone. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 

Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. 905-517- 

3594. Suggested donation of $15. Also June 

26(Hamilton). 


●●1:30: Miles Nadal JCC. Volunteer Appreciation 

Afternoon Tea with the Satin Dolls. Vocal 

jazz quartet performs selections from the 

1930s and 1940s. 750 Spadina Ave. 416-924- 

6211 x0. $4. Dessert reception. 

●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Ashkenaz Festival. 

Live on the Patio: Street Brass. 

Lemon Bucket Orkestra. Roy Thomson Hall, 



●●7:30: North York Concert Band. Band Concert 

Under the Stars. Music from swing to 

Program features Estonian Composers 

Latin tunes to traditional band pieces. Mel 

Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St., North York. 

416-802-6819. Free. Also July 14, 28. 

●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The 

Second City Guide to the Symphony. Colin 

Mochrie, host; The Second City, actors; Peter 

Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 

60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $29.50-$101. 

Also June 24 and 25. 

●●8:00: Royal Conservatory. Quiet Please, 

There’s a Lady on Stage Series: Meow Meow. 

Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 

416-408-0208. $40–$85. 


●●12:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Free 

Concert: Thank You, Toronto! Earl Lee, RBC 

Resident Conductor; Peter Oundjian, conductor. 

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 

416-598-3375. Free. Seating is first-come, 

first-served. 




other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. 

Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. 

W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack 

friendly. 

●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Ashkenaz Festival. 

Live on the Patio: Street Brass. Nomadica. 

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593- 

4822. Free. Food and drinks available. 

SUMMER 

NIGHT 

OPERA 

CONCERT 

Inga 

FILIPPOVA 

Andrey 

ANDREYCHICK 

Stanislas 

VITORT 

JUNE 24, 

7:30pm 

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●●7:30: Inga Filippova. Summer Night Opera 

Concert. Inga Filippova, soprano; Stanislas 

Vitort, tenor; Andrey Andreychik, baritone; 

Evgenia Yesmanovich, piano. Lawrence 

Park Community Church, 2180 Bayview Ave. 

647-885-6459. $30; $20(sr/st/under 30); 

$10(youth). 





60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $29.50-$101. 


●●8:00: Adelphi Vocal Ensemble. Faire Is the 

Heaven. Palestrina: Ut queant laxis; Missa 

Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La; Stanford: Benedictus in 

C; Charles Wood: Hail, Gladdening Light; and 

works by Byrd and William H. Harris. Peter 

Bishop, director; Andrew Adair, organ. St. 

Vincent de Paul Church, 263 Roncesvalles 

ADELPHI 

VOCAL 

ENSEMBLE 

Faire is 

the Heaven 

Friday June 24, 

8pm 

Ave. 416-535-5119. Free. $20 donation 

suggested. 

I FURIOSI 

BAROQUE ENSEMBLE 

FISH OUT 

OF WATER 

Friday, June 24 th • 8pm 

Calvin Presbyterian Church 

www.ifuriosi.com 

●●8:00: I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble. Fish 

Out of Water. Works by Rosenmüller, Mattheson, 

Couperin, and others. Guests: Jed Wentz, 

flauto traverso; James Johnstone, harpsichord. 

Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle 

Ave. 416-536-2943. $20/$10(adv). 


●●6:00: Canadian Music Centre. Clarinet 

and Piano Duo Recital. Chris Paul Harman: 

Five Japanese Children’s Songs; Five Pieces 

for Clarinet and Piano (world premiere); and 

other new and traditional works inspired 

by Japan. Chris Paul Harman, composer; 

Kimihiro Yasaka, piano; Shiori Kobayashi, 

clarinet. 20 St. Joseph St. 416-961-6601 x202. 

$20; $10(st/members). 

●●6:00: Toronto Blues Society. TBS 31st 

Birthday Party with Harrison Kennedy. Harrison 

Kennedy, vocals/guitar. Ward’s Island 

Cafe, 20 Withrow Street, Ward’s Island. 416- 

538-3885. Free. 

●●7:30: Opera by Request. Aida. Verdi. Carrie 

Gray, soprano (Aida); Paul Williamson, 

tenor (Radames); Ramona Carmelly, mezzo 

(Amneris); Michael Robert-Broder, baritone 

(Amonasro); Domenico Sanfilippo, 


ass-baritone (Ramfis); and others; William 

Shookhoff, conductor/piano. College Street 

United Church, 452 College St. 416-455- 

2365. $20. 





60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $29.50-$101. 


●●8:00: Arraymusic/Audiopollination. 

Solonation. Heidi Chan, Asian flutes/percussion/electronics; 

Aki Takahashi, shamisen/vocals; 

Nicole Rampersaud, trumpet/ 

composer; Xuan Ye, various; Kayla Grant, 

electronics. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 

416-532-3019. $10. 

●●8:00: St. Barnabas Anglican Church. 

Imagine: Blue. Jazz, blues and rock, and their 

influence and relationships with classical 

music. Works by Ravel, Prokofiev, Peterson, 

M. O’Connor, and Radiohead. Raffi Altounian, 

guitar. 361 Danforth Ave. 416-528-5349. $20; 

$10(sr/st). 

●●8:00: Vocem Resurgentis. Mystic Light. 

Medieval reflections on light and hope 

through the words and music of Hildegard 

von Bingen. Linda Falvy, Mary Enid Haines and 

Paola Di Santo, sopranos. Church of St. Mary 

Magdalene (Toronto), 477 Manning Ave. 416- 

890-1710. Entry by donation. 

●●8:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano 

Soirée. Rachmaninoff (arr. G. Murray): 

Concerto No.2, Op.18 (mvt.1); Vocalise 

Op.34 No.14; Daisies Op.38 No.3; Rhapsody 

on a Theme Of Paganini Op.43 Variation 18; 

and other works. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. 

Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 

416-631-4300. PWYC. 


●●2:00: Confidential Opera Project. In Concert. 

Performers will take the stage and perform 

an opera in its entirety, having met each 

other only an hour before and having had 

no group rehearsal. Ernest Balmer Studio 

(315), Distillery District, 9 Trinity St. 416-537- 

6066. $25. 



65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

●●4:00: Columbus Concert Band. CCB At The 

Movies: 2nd Annual Benefit Concert. Music 

from Star Wars; 2001: A Space Odessey; The 

Jungle Book; The Lion King; La Strada; and 

others. Guest: Kira Braun, soprano. Crescent 

School, 2365 Bayview Ave. 647-267- 

9040. $20. 

●●4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. Jazz 

Vespers. Colleen Allen, sax; Mike Hurley, sax; 

Adrean Farrugia, piano; Steve Wallace, bass; 

Terry Clarke, drums. All Saints Kingsway 

Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-247-5181. Freewill 

offering. NB: Temporary venue change. 

●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers. 

Brian Barlow Big Band. 1570 Yonge St. 

416-920-5211. Free. Donations welcome. 



Mondays: Dévah Unplugged. Dévah Quartet. 


●●7:00: Toronto Chamber Players/Pirate 

Life Toronto. Water Music Concert 2. 

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet; Kodály: Duo for 

violin and cello; Mozart: Duo for violin and 

viola. Anthony Thompson, clarinet; Marcus 

Scholtes, violin; Sharon Lee, violin; Brandon 

Chui, viola; Sybil Shanahan, cello. Pirate 

Life, Avenue of the Island, Centre Island. 416- 

828-5647. PWYC. Outdoor venue, weather 

permitting. 

●●7:30: Robert Bruce. The Sound Spa. Robert 

Bruce, composer/piano. Heliconian Hall, 

35 Hazelton Ave. 416-922-3618. Price TBA. 




Chamber Music. Christopher Miranda, 

piano. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 

1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations 

welcome. 



65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 


in the Gardens: Viennese Garden 

Party. J. Strauss: The Blue Danube, Radetzky 

March; highlights from Die Fledermaus and 

The Merry Widow; other Viennese works. 

Julie Ludwig, soprano; Jeremy Ludwig, baritone. 

Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923- 

1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); free(under 4). 

●●9:00: Music Gallery. Departure Series: 

Endangered Blood, Mike Smith Company and 

Body Help. Burdock, 1184 Bloor St. W. 416- 

204-1080. $15/$12(adv); $10(members). 



Church. Concerts at Midday: J.S. Bach’s 

Leipzig Chorales (part 2). Performed by Matthew 

Whitfield on historic 1888 Ryder organ. 



6350. Free. 


●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Lula Music and 

Arts Centre. Live on the Patio: Salsa y Fusion. 

Picadillo. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416- 

593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. 

●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. From 

Prussia to Tantra. Mozart: String Quartet in 

F K590; Kati Agócs: Tantric Variations. Cecilia 

String Quartet. Toronto Music Garden, 

475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. 

●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. In 

Concert: Buffy Sainte-Marie. Where the Spirit 

Lives: Suite in Three Movements; My Country 

’Tis of Thy People; It’s My Way; Moonshot; 

Power in the Blood; and other works. Buffy 

Sainte-Marie, vocalist; Toronto Symphony 

Orchestra; full band; Lucas Waldin, conductor. 

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416- 

598-3375. $27-$70. 

●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Majesty, 

Brilliance, Power. Shostakovich: Symphony 

No.9; Dvořák: Violin Concerto in a Op.53; Nielsen: 

Helios Overture. Andrew Sords, violin; 

Alexa Petrenko, host; Kristian Alexander, conductor. 

Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre 

Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469. $15-$35. 

Friday July 1 

●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Lula Music and 

Arts Centre. Live on the Patio: Salsa y Fusion. 

Lula All Stars. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 

416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. 

●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Unionville 

Canada Day Celebration. Light classics 

and favourite pieces by Tchaikovsky, J. 

Strauss, Brahms, Dvořák and others. Andrew 

Sords, violin; Rodney Gray, flute; Michael 

Berec, host; Kristian Alexander, conductor. 

Unionville Millennium Bandstand, 143 Main 

St., Unionville. 905-604-8339. Free. 

Saturday July 2 

●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. KSO 

at the CBC. Shostakovich: Symphony No.9; 

Dvorak: Violin Concerto in a Op.53; Nielsen: 

Helios Overture. Andrew Sords, violin; 

Michael Berec, host; Miran Vaupotić, conductor. 

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 

1-888-655-9090. $15-$30. 

Sunday July 3 



St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. 

Yech’hed Mat! Tangi Ropars, vocals/accordion; 

Emilyn Stam, violin; John Williams, clarinet. 

Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay 

W. 416-973-4000. Free. 

Monday July 4 


Mondays. Albéniz: Iberia Book III - El Albaicín, 

El Polo, and Lavapiés. Koichi Inoue, piano. 





JULY 4 Koichi Inoue, piano 

Albeniz’s Iberia Book III 

JULY 11 Aaron James, organ 

Bach and Beyond 

JULY 18 Cary Savage, guitar 

The Spanish Guitar 

JULY 25 Denis Gagné, organ 

Organ Music from Québec 

All concerts 

start at 12:15pm 




●●8:00: Goldenvoice. Brian Wilson Celebrates 

Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary. Brian Wilson, 

Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin and others. 

Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255. 

$39.50-$125. 

Tuesday July 5 



St. 416-364-7865. Free. 


in the Gardens: Duelling Divas. Verdi: 

Sempre libera, Dvořák: Song to the Moon; 

Bizet: Habanera; J. Strauss: Orlovsky’s 

Song; Puccini: Musetta’s Waltz; and other 

works. Adria McCulloch, soprano; Cassandra 

Warner, mezzo. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 

416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); 


●●8:30: Hugh’s Room. In Concert: Lyy. Emma 

Björling, vocals; Anna Lindblad, fiddle; David 

Eriksson, nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle); Petrus 

Johansson, guitar; Martin Norberg, percussion. 

2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604. 

$25/$22.50(adv). 

Wednesday July 6 


Kingsway Organ Concert Series. 

Andrew Adair, organ. All Saints Kingsway 




Church. Concerts at Midday: Trio Abelia. 

Music for flute, French horn and piano. St. 

Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 


6350. Free. 


Summer Concerts in the Park. Guests: Etobicoke 

Swing Orchestra. Applewood/Shaver 

House, 450 The West Mall, Etobicoke. 416- 

245-1983. Free. 

●●7:30: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Plein 

Air Garden Concert. Jeffery Straker, folk and 

pop music. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. 

Thursday July 7 

●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Sunfest. Live on 

the Patio: World Fusion. Elida Almeida. Roy 


Free. Food and drinks available. 


Sweden with Love (and a dragon or two). 

Performance by Lyy. Toronto Music Garden, 


Friday July 8 







friendly. 

●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Sunfest. Live on 

the Patio: World Fusion. Villalobos Brothers 

with Alberto de la Rosa. Roy Thomson Hall, 



Sunday July 10 



St. 416-364-7865. Free. 



Forbidden Fruit: Music “Stolen” for Cello. 

Bach: French Suite No.5 for solo cello; works 

by Gabrielli, Purcell, Pasquini and others. Kate 

Bennett Wadsworth, cello; Lucas Harris, lute. 

Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 

416-973-4000. Free. 

Monday July 11 


Mondays: Bach and Beyond. Welmers: Laudate 

Dominum; Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing 

Tune No.14; and works by Bach and Böhm. 

Aaron James, organ. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598- 

4521. PWYC. 



Organ Recital. Thomas Fitches, organ. 

65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 



Church. Concerts at Midday: Kat Hammer, 

baroque guitar. French, Spanish and Italian 

music from the 17th and 18th centuries. 



6350. Free. 


Air Garden Concert. Larry Bond Band, jazz 

quartet. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. 


●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Batuki Music 

Society. Live on the Patio: Grooves and Sahel 

Blues. Daniel Nebiat. Roy Thomson Hall, 



●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Elles. 

Works by Badalla, de la Guerre, Clérambault, 

Eccles and Jarzębski. Andréanne Brisson- 

Paquin, soprano; Pallade Musica Baroque 

Ensemble. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens 

Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. 





416-802-6819. Free. Also June 23, July 28. 

Friday July 15 







friendly. 

●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Batuki Music 

Society. Live on the Patio: Grooves and Sahel 

Blues. Hampaté and Sahel Blues. Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. 

Food and drinks available. 

●●7:30: Hart House Singers. The Greatest 

Duets in the World. Works by Bach, Schumann, 

Offenbach, Delibes and others. David 

Arnot-Johnston, conductor; Jeff Vidov, piano. 

Hart House, Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. 

416-978-2452. Free; food donations to U of T 

Foodbank welcomed. 


●●11:00am: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. 

Toronto Art Blast. Community arts showcase. 

345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. Free. Until 

6:00pm. Also Jul 17. 

●●6:00: Grace Church on-the-Hill. Choral 

Evensong. Choirs of Grace Church and Downing 

College, Cambridge, UK. 300 Lonsdale Rd. 

416-488-7884. Freewill offering. 


●●11:00am: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. 

Toronto Art Blast. Community arts showcase. 

345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. Free. Until 

6:00pm. Also Jul 16. 

●●2:00: St. Andrew’s Church/Marabella 

Presbyterian Church, Trinidad. The Marabella 

Steel Orchestra. An outdoor concert 

of calypso and sacred music. St. Andrew’s 

Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 416-593- 

5600 x231. Free. Donations welcome. On the 

patio. Also July 29(2:00 and 5:00). 


Organ Recital. TBA, organ. 65 Church St. 416- 

364-7865. Free. 

●●7:00: North York Concert Band. Music 

Under the Stars. Music from swing to Latin 

tunes to concert band pieces. Unionville Millennium 

Bandstand, 143 Main St., Unionville. 

416-802-6819. Free. 

●●7:00: Soundstreams Salon 21. Soundweavers. 

Premiere of Emilie Lebel’s collaboration 

with Jumblies Theatre and community 

participants. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s 

Park. 416-504-1282. Free; PWYC for preferred 

seating. 



Mondays: Transcriptions and Works for the 

Spanish Guitar. Works by Bach, Albéniz, 

Tarrega and Barrios. Cary Savage, guitar. 




Organ Recital. Alastair Williams, organ. 

65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 


in the Gardens: Piaf Encore. La vie en 

rose, Milord, Hymn à l’amour, Mon Dieu, and 

other songs. Pandora Topp, Piaf tribute artist. 

Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171. 

$25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); free(under 4). 



Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Gordon 

Mansell, organ. All Saints Kingsway 




Church. Concerts at Midday: Vladimir Soloviev, 

piano. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican 

Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 

416-921-6350. Free. 


Summer Concerts in the Park. Applewood/ 

Shaver House, 450 The West Mall, Etobicoke. 

416-245-1983. Free. 


Air Garden Concert. Nic ’n Norm: Nicole 

Songbird Coward and Harpin’Norm Lucien. 

345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. 

●●7:30: Grace Church on-the-Hill. Joint Sendoff 

Concert for UK Tours. Pax Christi Chorale 

and Choir of Grace Church on-the-Hill. 

300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884. Free. 

Thursday July 21 

●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Hillside Festival/ 

Canadian Reggae World. Live on the Patio: 

Reggae. The Human Rights. Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food 

and drinks available. 


“Becoming One with Universal Love”: 

Ancient Persian Music for a New Age. Naghmeh 

Farahmand, percussion; Pejman Zahedian, 

Persian setar. Toronto Music Garden, 









friendly. 

●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Hillside Festival/ 

Canadian Reggae World. Live on the Patio: 

Reggae. Mo’ Kalamity and the Wizards. Roy 






364-7865. Free. 


the Banyan to the Willow Tree. Carnatic classical 

music from South India. Subhadra 

Vijaykumar, violin; Vasudevan Govindarajan, 

mrdangam/double headed drum; Ramana 

Indrakumar, ghatam/clay pot. Toronto Music 

Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. 

Free. 



Mondays: Organ Music from Quebec. Bédard: 

Suite du deuxième ton; works by Daveluy, 

LeBuis and Warren. Denis Gagné, organ. 



Life Toronto. Water Music Concert 3. Mendelssohn: 

Octet; and pirate-themed music. 

Ton Beau String Quartet; Odin String Quartet. 

Pirate Life, Avenue of the Island, Centre 

Island. 416-828-5647. PWYC. Outdoor venue, 

weather permitting. 



Choral Recital. Southend Boys and Girls 

Choir, Essex, UK. 65 Church St. 416-364- 

7865. Free. 

●●7:00: North York Concert Band. Band 

Concert Under the Stars. Music from big 

band to swing to concert band pieces. Earl 

Bales Park - Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre, 

4169 Bathurst St. 416-802-6819. Free. In case 

of rain, event will take place at the Earl Bales 

Community Centre. 


in the Gardens: Vivaldi - Four Seasons. 

Sunny Choi, Marcus Scholtes, Alex Toskov and 

Sharon Lee, violins. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 

416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); 




Church. Concerts at Midday: Janice Kerkkamp, 

flute. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican 

Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 

or 416-921-6350. Free. 



Air Garden Concert. Joel Sheridan, jazz and 

classic pop. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. 

●●7:30: Summer Singers. Choral Concert. 

Light classical, folk, gospel and popular standards. 

Linda Eyman, director. Bloor Street 

United Church, 300 Bloor St. W. 416-924- 

7439. $5 suggested. 

●●8:00: Toronto Blues Society. Sue Foley @ 

Jazz Bistro. Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria St. 416- 

363-5299. $20. 


●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Live on the Patio: 

Vintage Rock. Classic Albums Live: Creedence 

Clearwater Revival. 60 Simcoe St. 416- 



Tamara Ilana and Ventanas. Melodic traditions 

of North Africa, the Balkans, Turkey and 

Spain. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens 

Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. 





416-802-6819. Free. Also June 23, July 14. 








friendly. 







patio. Also July 17(2:00) and July 29(5:00). 


Vintage Rock. Classic Albums Live: Creedence 

Clearwater Revival. 60 Simcoe St. 416- 








patio. Also July 17(2:00) and July 29(2:00). 

●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. A Tale 

of Two Cities. By Victor Davies and Eugene 

Benson. Michael Rose, music director. Robert 

Gill Theatre, University of Toronto, 214 College 

St. 416-366-7723. $28; $22(sr/st). Also 

Jul 31(mat), Aug 6(mat and eve). 


●●3:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. The 

Tales of Hoffmann. By Offenbach. Raisa Nakhmanovich, 

music director. Robert Gill Theatre, 

University of Toronto, 214 College St. 416-366- 

7723. $28; $22(sr/st). Also Aug 2, 4, 7(mat). 

●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Julius 

Caesar. By Handel. Maria H. Y. Jung, music 

director. Robert Gill Theatre, University of 

Toronto, 214 College St. 416-366-7723. $28; 

$22(sr/st). Also Aug 3(mat and eve), 5. 


Soirée. Works arranged by G. Murray. Chopin: 

Nocturne in E-flat Op.9 No.2; Kálmán: 

Dream Once Again from Gypsy Princess; 

Grieg: I Love Thee; Sarasate: Gypsy Airs 

- Allegro molto vivace); and other works. 

Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre 

(Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. 

PWYC. 



of Two Cities. See Jul 29(eve). Also Aug 6(mat 

and eve). 



65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

Monday August 1 


Mondays: Allison Au Quartet. 10 Trinity Sq. 

416-598-4521. PWYC. 

Tuesday August 2 



364-7865. Free. 


in the Gardens: Never Mind the Why 

and Wherefore. Gilbert and Sullivan: excerpts 

from Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, and 

HMS Pinafore. Allison Arends, soprano; Deborah 

Overes, contralto; Geoffrey Butler, tenor; 

Andrew Tees, baritone; Michael York, baritone. 




Tales of Hoffmann. See Jul 30(mat). Also 

Aug 4, 7(mat). 

Wednesday August 3 


Church. Concerts at Midday: Duo Sonora. 

Music for flute and guitar. St. Stephen-in-the- 

Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437- 

344-3890 or 416-921-6350. Free. 


Caesar. See Jul 30. Also 8:00, Aug 5. 


Air Garden Concert. L’Amero Ensemble. 

345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. 


Caesar. See Jul 30. Also Aug 5. 

Thursday August 4 


Swing. Ginkoa. 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. 


●●7:00: Music at Metropolitan. Summer 




AUG 1 Allison Au Quartet (jazz) 

Forest Grove 

AUG 8 Stephanie Chua, & 

Véronique Mathieu, True North - 

Canadian Duos for Violin & Piano 

AUG 15 Anastasia Rizikov, piano 

Surrealism at Midday 

AUG 22 Bryan Holt & Amahl Arulanandam 

Dueling Cellos - VC² 

All concerts 

start at 12:15pm 



Carillon Concerts. Lisa Lonie and Janet Tebbel, 

carillon. Metropolitan United Church 

(Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331. Free. 

Donations welcome. 

●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. An 

Evening with Calum Graham. Music from 

the album Tabula Rasa. Calum Graham, 

vocals and guitar. Toronto Music Garden, 


●●8:00: Aga Khan Museum/Kabir Cultural 

Centre. Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party. 

Sufi devotional music. Tahir Hussain Faridi 

and guests. Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford 

Dr. 416-646-4677. From $45. 


Tales of Hoffmann. See Jul 30(mat). Also 

Aug 7(mat). 

Friday August 5 







friendly. 


Swing. Tia Brazda. 60 Simcoe St. 416-593- 

4822. Free. Food and drinks available. 

●●7:30: No Strings Theatre. Little Shop of 

Horrors. Music by Howard Ashman and Alan 

Menken. Toronto Centre for the Arts, Studio 

Theatre, 5040 Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. $30; 

$22.50(sr/st); $15(under 12). Also Aug 6(2:00 

and 7:30); 7(2:00). 


Caesar. See Jul 30. 

●●8:00: SummerWorks Performance Festival/Music 

Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. Text 

by Wong Teng Chi. Music by Njo Kong Kie. 

In Mandarin with English Surtitles. Jordan 

Cheng, tenor; Po Jen Chen, baritone; Carol 

Wang, percussionist; Njo Kong Kie, pianist/music 

director; Johnny Tam, stage director. 

Theatre Centre Mainspace, 1115 Queen 

St. W. 647-636-1401. $15. Also on Aug 6(9:15), 

7(6:30); 8(9:00); 11(5:15); 12(10:15); 13(1:15). 

Saturday August 6 


Horrors. See Aug 5(7:30); Also Aug 6(7:30); 

7(2:00). 


of Two Cities. See Jul 29(eve). Also 8:00. 


Horrors. See Aug 5; Also Aug 7(2:00). 


of Two Cities. See Jul 29(eve)/ 


Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. 

See Aug 5(8:00) Also Aug 7(6:30); 8(9:00); 

11(5:15); 12(10:15); 13(1:15). 

Sunday August 7 


Horrors. See Aug 5(7:30). 


Tales of Hoffmann. See Jul 30(mat). 



65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Deep 

River of Song: Jayme Stone and Friends. Songs 

by Alan Lomax. Jayme Stone, banjo; Kristin 

Andreassen, voice; Sumaia Jackson, fiddle; and 

Joe Phillips, bass. Toronto Music Garden, 





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Mondays: True North - Canadian Duos for Violin 

and Piano. Willan: Sonata No.1 in e; works 

by Champagne, Archer and H. Schmidt. 

Stephanie Chua, piano; Véronique Mathieu, 

violin. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. 




13(1:15). 



Organ Recital. Thomas Gonder, organ. 

65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 


in the Gardens: Mozart - Eternal Summer. 

Mozart: Double Concerto for Flute and 

Harp; Symphony No.29 in A. Kaili Maimets, 

flute; Andrew Chan, harp. Casa Loma, 1 Austin 

Terrace. 416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4- 




Church. Concerts at Midday: Eric Osborne 

performing on historic 1888 Ryder organ. 



6350. Free. 


Air Garden Concert. Melanie Peterson, folk 

and pop music. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. 

$10. 


●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Toronto Blues 

Society. Live on the Patio: Blues. Raoul and 

The Big Time. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe 

St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks 

available. 


Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. See 

Aug 5(8:00) Also Aug 12(10:15); 13(1:15). 

●●7:00: Music at Metropolitan. Summer Carillon 

Concerts. Brian Tang, carillon. Metropolitan 

United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 

416-363-0331. Free. Donations welcome. 

●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. The 

Sweet Sound of Our Nature: Sadie Buck and 

A pay-what-you-can lunchtime concert 

series at Church of the Holy Trinity 

AUGUST 29, 12:15PM 

GALA 25TH 

ANNIVERSARY CONCERT 

David Braid, 

Steinway Piano Artist 

for the Arts’ “JazzID Award.” 

Join us to hear David perform 

on our new Steinway “B” 

piano, in a Gala Music 

Mondays 25th Anniversary Concert, presented 

by Steinway Piano Gallery Toronto. 

There will be a reception 

following the concert. 




the He hi ye Girls. Traditional and contemporary 

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) music. 


416-973-4000. Free. 


Arts School. End of Term Student Concert. 

University Settlement Auditorium, 23 Grange 

Rd. 416-598-3444 x243 or x244. Free. Donations 

gladly accepted. 


• Toronto • 

Maestro Ward Stare 

Koerner Hall 

August 11, 7;30 pm 

nyoc.org 

●●7:30: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. 

2016 TD Tour. Wagner: Overture to 

Tannhauser; Bloch: Schelomo for cello and 

orchestra; Prokofiev: Symphony No.5; new 

commissioned works by C. Goddard and C. 

Meyer. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor 

St. W. 416-408-0208. $25-$45. 

●●8:00: Aga Khan Museum. World Music Series: 

Mehmet Polat Trio. Ottoman, Anatolian, 

Balkan and West African musical traditions 

played on the ngoni, oud and ney. 77 Wynford 

Dr. 416-646-4677. $40. 








friendly. 

●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Toronto Blues 

Society. Live on the Patio: Blues. Irene Torres 

and The Sugar Devils. Roy Thomson Hall, 





Aug 5(8:00) Also Aug 13(1:15). 




Aug 5(8:00). 



Choral Recital. Diocesan Girls Choir. 

65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Brass 

by the Lake. Guaraldi: Linus and Lucy; Elizabethan 

dance tunes; and excerpts from a 

Mozart Serenade. Trillium Brass. Toronto 

Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973- 

4000. Free. 



Mondays: Surrealism at Midday. Liszt: Ballade 

No.2 in b, S171; Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; 

Scriabin: Sonata No.4 in F-sharp Op.30. Anastasia 

Rizikov, piano. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598- 

4521. PWYC. 




364-7865. Free. 


in the Gardens: String Serenade. 

Glass: Arioso; Riho Maimets: Let the Cradle 

Swing; Saint-Saëns: Sarabande; Jenkins: Palladio. 



●●8:00: Goldenvoice. The Go-Gos’ Farewell 

Tour. Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, 

Gina Schock and Jane Wiedlin. Guests: 

Kaya Stewart, singer/songwriter; Best Coast. 

Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255. 

$69.50-$99.50. 



Church. Concerts at Midday: Edmee Nataprawira, 

piano. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields 

Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344- 

3890 or 416-921-6350. Free. 


Air Garden Concert. Maneli Jamal, progressive 

fingerstyle guitar. 345 Balliol St. 416-487- 

0705. $10. 


●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Celtic Colours 

International Festival/East Coast Music 

Week. Live on the Patio: East Coast. The 

East Pointers. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe 


available. 

●●7:00: Music at Metropolitan. Summer Carillon 

Concerts. Roy Lee, carillon. Metropolitan 

United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416- 

363-0331. Free. Donations welcome. 

●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Wood, 

Metal, Skin. Nagata Shachu, taiko drumming 

ensemble. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens 

Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. 








friendly. 

●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Celtic Colours 

International Festival/East Coast Music 

Week. Live on the Patio: East Coast. North 

Atlantic Drift. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe 


available. 

Sunday August 21 



St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. All in 

the (Celtic) Family: The Bachands. Qristina 

Bachand, violin/voice; Quinn Bachand, guitar/banjo. 

Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens 

Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. 



Mondays: Dueling Cellos. VC² (Amahl Arulanandam 

and Bryan Holt, cellos). 10 Trinity Sq. 

416-598-4521. PWYC. 



Organ Recital. Angus Sinclair, organ. 

65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 


in the Gardens: God Bless the Child. 

Lover Man, Good Morning Heartache, Summertime, 

All of Me, In My Solitude, and other 

songs. Khadija Mbowe, Billie Holiday tribute 

artist. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923- 




Church. Concerts at Midday. Performing 

on the historic 1888 Ryder organ. Thomas 

Gonder, organ. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields 

Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344- 

3890 or 416-921-6350. Free. 


Air Garden Concert. Felix Gannon, folk music. 

345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. 


●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Small World 

Music. Live on the Patio: Samba e Forró. Flavia 

Nascimento. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe 


available. 

●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Passagi. 

Early Italian Baroque music. Vincent Lauzer, 

recorder; Mark Edwards, harpsichord. 


416-973-4000. Free. 








friendly. 

●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Small World 

Music. Live on the Patio: Samba e Forró. 

Aline Morales. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe 


available. 


●●2:00 and 7:30: No Strings Theatre. The 

Great Canadian Showtune. A tribute to Canadian 

music theatre composers. Wychwood 

Theatre, 601 Christie St. 416-551-2093. $25; 

$20(sr/st); $12(under 12). Also Aug 28(2:00); 

29(7:30). 


Soirée. Works by Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin and 

Rachmaninoff. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. 

Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 

416-631-4300. PWYC. 


●●2:00: No Strings Theatre. The Great 

Canadian Showtune. See Aug 27. Also 

Aug 29(7:30). 




St. 416-364-7865. Free. 


Amor mi fa cantar a la Francesca. Works 

by Machaut, Walther von der Vogelweide 

and others. Duo Musica Fantasia: Julie Ryning, 

soprano; Katelyn Clark, clavisimbalum. 


416-973-4000. Free. 


●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity/Steinway 

Piano Gallery. Music Mondays: Gala 

25th Anniversary Concert. David Braid, piano. 

Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq. 416- 

598-4521. PWYC. Post-concert reception. 


Life Toronto. Water Music Concert 4. Works 

by Bartók, Gershwin, Piazzolla, and Guns N’ 

Roses. Toronto Chamber Players Ensemble: 

Catherine Cosbey, violin; Sharon Lee, violin; 

Woosol Cho, viola; Rachel Pomedli, cello; Mike 

Cox, bass; and others. Pirate Life, Avenue 

of the Island, Centre Island. 416-828-5647. 

PWYC. Outdoor venue, weather permitting. 

●●7:30: No Strings Theatre. The Great Canadian 

Showtune. See Aug 27(2:00). 




364-7865. Free. 


in the Gardens: Some Enchanted Evening. 

Selections from Brigadoon, Kismet, 

South Pacific, Showboat, Carousel, and other 

Broadway classics. Lucia Cesaroni, soprano; 

Adrian Kramer, tenor. Casa Loma, 1 Austin 

Terrace. 416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4- 




Church. Concerts at Midday: Peichen Chen 

and Charles Lin. Works for piano four hands. 



6350. Free. 


Air Garden Concert. Odin String Quartet. 

345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. 

Thursday September 1 

●●Sep 01 5:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Live on 

the Patio: Downtown Funk. The St. Royals. 


drinks available. Also Sept 2. 

●●Sep 01 7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. 

Glass Houses. Works by Ann Southam 

and others. Taktus, percussion duo. Toronto 

Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973- 

4000. Free. 

Friday September 2 

●●Sep 02 1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. 

Piano Potpourri for all ages. Classics, opera, 

operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international 

and other genres. Gordon Murray, 

piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 

427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch 

and snack friendly. 

●●Sep 02 5:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Live on 

the Patio: Downtown Funk. The St. Royals. 



Sunday September 4 

●●Sep 04 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. 

James. Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 

65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

Tuesday September 6 

●●Sep 06 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. 

James. Organ Recital. Thomas Gonder, 

organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

The following summer 

festivals are not in the 

daily concerts listings. 

Please refer to the 

Summer Festivals beginning 

on page 35. 

Beaches International 

Jazz Festival 


Classical Unbound Festival 


Elora Festival 



Highlands Opera Studio 

Indian River Festival 

Leith Summer Festival 

Luminato Festival 

Montreal Baroque Festival 

Music and Beyond Festival 

Music at Port Milford 

National Youth 

Orchestra of Canada 

Ottawa International Chamber 



TD Sunfest ’16 

TD Toronto Jazz Festival 

Toronto Summer Music Festival 


B. Concerts Beyond the GTA 

IN THIS ISSUE: Ancaster, Barrie, Bracebridge, Brantford, Brighton, 

Cavan, Cobourg, Cookstown, Gravenhurst, Guelph, Hamilton, 

Innisfil, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Orangeville, 

Ottawa, St. Catharines, Stratford, Waterloo, Waupoos. 


●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru. 

Julie Choi, piano. Works by Brahms, Debussy 

and Choi. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 

50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5; 

free(st). 

●●8:00: Open Ears Festival. Nazar-I Turkwaz. 

Maryem Tollar, Brenna MacCrimmon, Jayne 

Brown and Sophia Grigoriadis. KWCMS Music 

Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886- 

1673. $30; $20(st). Festival runs to June 4. 


●●7:00: Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival. 

Opening Night Gala. Aura; Big Rude Jake; 

Jerome Godboo Band featuring Shawn Kellerman. 

Best Western, 7 Buena Vista Dr., 

Orangeville. 519-941-9014. $45/$40(adv). 

●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music 

Society. QuartetFest No.3: Pushing the Perimeter: 

Omar Daniel Conducting the Ether. 

Daniel: Quintet for theremin and string quartet; 

Martinu: Fantasia for theremin and string 

quartet. Penderecki Quartet. Perimeter Institute 

for Theoretical Physics, 31 Caroline St. N., 

Waterloo. 519-883-4480. $35; $20(sr/arts 

worker/PI); $15(st); $5(EyeGO). QuartetFest 

runs to June 12. 

●●10:00: Open Ears Festival. Dodecaphunk: 

Serial works arranged for Funk Band. Kyle 

Brenders Big Band. Jazz Room, Huether 

Hotel, 59 King St N., Waterloo. 519-579-8564. 

$20; $15(sr/st/arts workers); $5(eyeGo). Festival 


Friday June 3 

●●8:00: Open Ears Festival. Mixtape Love: 

Tenderness, Bernice, Katherine Young. Tenderness 

(Chrissy Reichert); Bernice (Robin 

Dann); Katherine Young, bassoon. Registry 

Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. 

519-579-8564. $20; $15(sr/st/arts workers); 

$5(eyeGo). Festival runs to June 4. 


●●2:00: Open Ears Festival. Anthropologies 

Imaginaires. Gabriel Dharmoo, vocals; 

Andrew Reed Miller, double bass and media. 

Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. 

519-579-8564. $25; $15(sr/st); $20(arts 

workers); $5(eyeGo). Festival runs to June 4. 

●●7:00: Open Ears Festival. Sarah Neufeld 

with Leanne Zacharias. Sarah Neufeld, violin; 

Stefan Schneider, drums; Leanne Zacharias, 

cello. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church 

(Kitchener), 54 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519- 

579-8564. $25; $15(sr/st); $20(arts workers); 


●●7:30: Grand River Chorus. Celebrating 

Tekahionwake: The Genius of E. Pauline Johnson. 

Guests: Aaron Bell, storyteller; White 

Pine Dancers. W. Ross MacDonald School, 

350 Brant Ave., Brantford. 519-841-9708. 

$25; $15(25 and under). 

●●7:30: Hamilton Children’s Choir. Sentima. 

A musical performance created by youth. 

Guests: Countermeasure. Theatre Aquarius, 

190 King William St., Hamilton. 905-522-7529. 

$30; $25(sr); $20(HCC alumni); $15(st). 

●●7:30: Oriana Singers of Northumberland. 

From the Roots Up. Arrangements of music 

by Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Pete Seeger 

and others. St. Peter’s Anglican Church 

(Cobourg), 20 College St., Cobourg. 905-372- 

2210. $25; $22(sr); $10(st). Also on June 5 

(Brighton). 

●●9:30: Open Ears Festival. Mixtape Love: 

Pursuit Grooves and Unbuttoned. Registry 

Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. 

519-579-8564. $20; $15(sr/st/arts workers); 


Sunday June 5 

●●3:00: Kokoro Singers. Remember...Love. 

Brenda Uchimaru, conductor. Duff’s Presbyterian 

Church, 319 Brock Rd. S., Guelph. 289- 

439-9447. $20; $15(sr/st). Also Jun 11(eve, 

Ancaster). 

●●3:00: Oriana Singers of Northumberland. 

From the Roots Up. Arrangements of 

music by Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Pete Seeger 

and others. Trinity-St. Andrew’s United 

Church, 56 Prince Edward St., Brighton. 613- 

392-7423. $25; $22(sr); $10(st). Also on June 

4 (Cobourg). 



Society. QuartetFest No.4: Jose White Quartet. 

Revueltas: Quartet No.2; Shostakovich: 

Quartet No.7; Mendelssohn: Quartet in E-flat 

Op.12. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., 

Waterloo. 886-1673. $35; $20(st). Quartet- 

Fest runs to June 12. 


●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. In Recital. Works 

by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin. Tabitha 

Johnson, piano. Grace United Church (Barrie), 

350 Grove St. E., Barrie. 705-726-1181. 

Free. 3:30: tea and cookies, $5. 

●●7:30: Plumbing Factory Brass Band. A 

Summer Serenade. For the Semiannual 

Plumbers Musical Convention. Offenbach: 

Orpheus in the Underworld; Major-Marothy: 

March of the Plumbers; Simon: Willow 

Echoes; Gabrieli: Sonata pian’ e forte; Lavallée: 

Bridal Rose; and other works. Henry 

Meredith, conductor. Byron United Covenant 

Church, 420 Boler Rd., London. 519-471-1250 

or 519-659-3600. $15/$13(adv); $10/$8(st/ 

adv). Refreshments to follow. 

●●7:30: University of Waterloo Department 

of Music. Conrad Grebel Concerts: University 

of Waterloo Balinese Gamelan Ensemble. Students 

play by ear on various gamelan instruments, 

consisting of gongs, metallophones, 

drums and flutes. Theatre of the Arts, University 

of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 

519-885-0220 x24226. Free. 


●●7:30: Conrad Grebel University College. 

Voices for Peace Concerts: University of Waterloo 

Balinese Gamelan Ensemble. Weaver: 

new work. Gamelan Ensemble instrumentalists, 

soloists and narrators. Theatre of the 

Arts, University of Waterloo, 200 University 

Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. 

$10. Collaborative concert for Conrad Grebel’s 

International Peace Conference. 



Society. QuartetFest No.5. Mozart: Viola 

Quintet in C K515; Mendelssohn: Quartet in 

a Op.13; Chausson: Concerto for violin, piano 

and string quartet. David Gillham, violin/viola; 

Chiharu Iinuma, piano; Penderecki Quartet. 

KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 

519-886-1673. $40; $25(st). QuartetFest 



●●7:30: Arcady. Voices of Summer. Beckett: 

new works. Ronald Beckett, conductor. 

Central Presbyterian Church (Brantford), 

97 Wellington St., Brantford. 519-428-3185. 

$10-$25. 



& Hammerstein, Sondheim, B. Joel, J. 

Iconis and others. Charlotte Knight, soprano; 

Jon Corkal, music director and piano. Mahtay 

Café, 241 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 647-637- 

9252. $20. Also Jun 16(Toronto), 18(Guelph). 

●●8:00: Orangeville Music Theatre. Shrek 

The Musical Jr. Music by Jeanine Tesori. Book 

and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. Town Hall 

Opera House, 87 Broadway Ave., Orangeville. 

519-942-3423. $20; $15(child 6-12); $10(5 

and under). Also June 11(2:00 and 7:00) and 

12(2:00). 

●●8:00: Robert Bruce. Songs of Light and 

Shadow. Presented with specially produced 

short films and video art. Robert Bruce, composer/piano; 

Janet Obermeyer, soprano; 

Nicole Katerberg, soprano. Theatre Aquarius, 

190 King William St., Hamilton. 905-522- 

7529. $20. 


●●11:30am: Barrie Jazz Festival. Jazz at 

Innisfil Public Library. Floyd Hall Trio. Featuring 

Andy Harasymchuk, guitar; Bruce Rumble, 

acoustic bass. Innisfil Public Library, 

Cookstown Branch, 20 Church St., Cookstown. 

705-458-1273. Free. 


The Musical Jr. See Jun 10(8:00). Also 

Jun 11(7:00) and 12(2:00). 

●●3:00: Sounds of the Next Generation 

(SONG). The Spirit Garden: Spring Planting. 

An outdoor music drama by R. Murray 

Schafer that involves audience participation 

B. Concerts Beyond the GTA 

in preparing, planting and harvesting the garden. 

Western University Choir; Wilfrid Laurier 

University Percussion Ensemble; SONG Children’s 

Choir; St. Mary’s Treblemakers Choir; 

Gary Diggins, vocal improvisation. Fifth Wind 

Farm, 3987 Timlin Rd., Cobourg. 855-372- 

2210. $50. Also 6:00, Jun 12(mat/eve); Sep 25: 

Fall Harvest (tickets only available with Spring 

Planting tickets). 

●●6:00: Sounds of the Next Generation 


See 3:00. Also Jun 12(mat/eve); Sep 25: Fall 

Harvest (tickets only available with Spring 

Planting tickets). 


The Musical Jr. See Jun 10(8:00). Also 

Jun 12(2:00). 

●●7:30: Barrie Concert Band. Gershwin! 

Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Summertime, 

Porgy and Bess selections, Strike up 

the Band and other songs. Guests: Amanda 

MacLeod, piano; Scott Boyer/Maria Branje, 

vocals. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne 

St. N., Barrie. 705-481-1607. $20; $15(sr/st); 


●●7:30: Kokoro Singers. Remember...Love. 

Brenda Uchimaru, conductor. Ryerson United 

Church, 265 Wilson St. E., Ancaster. 289- 

439-9447. $20; $15(sr/st). Also Jun 5(mat, 

Guelph). 


Society. QuartetFest No.6. Young Artists of 

QuartetFest. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young 

St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $15; $10(st). 

QuartetFest runs to June 12. 



The Musical Jr. See Jun 10(8:00). 

●●2:30: St. George’s Cathedral Summer Concerts. 

Daniil Protsyuk, Organ. St. George’s 

Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston. 

613-548-4617. Free; voluntary offering 

collected. 

●●3:00 and 6:00: Sounds of the Next Generation 


See Jun 11. Also 6:00. Sep 25: Fall Harvest 

(tickets only available with Spring Planting 

tickets). 


Society. QuartetFest No.7. Young Artists of 

QuartetFest. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young 


QuartetFest runs to June 12. 



Society. In Concert. Ensembles of the K-W 

Community Orchestra. KWCMS Music Room, 

57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. 

$20; $10(st). 


●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. 

Noontime Recital. Manuel Piazza, organ. 

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Barrie), 

47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5, 

free(st). 


●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral Summer 

Concerts. Julia Brook and Valerie Dueck 

Piano Duo. St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston), 

270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Free; 

voluntary offering collected. Concerts run 

every Thurs. Jun 16 to Aug 25. 


●●6:00: Barrie Jazz Festival. Jazz at Innisfil 

Public Library. Jmondew. Featuring Ted Quinlan, 

guitar; Max Senitt, drums; Andrew Stewart, 

bass. Innisfil Public Library, Lakeshore 

Branch, 967 Innisfil Beach Rd, Innisfil. 705- 

431-7410. Free. 

●●8:00: Orangeville Music Theatre. Mary 

Poppins. Original Music and Lyrics by Richard 

M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. Book 

by Julian Fellowes. Town Hall Opera House, 

87 Broadway Ave., Orangeville. 519-942- 

3423. $20; $15(child 6-12); $10(5 and under). 

Until June 25; dates and times vary. 


●●7:00: St John’s Church, Waupoos. In Praise 

of Holier Women. Gregorian chant, Medieval 

polyphony, works by Hildegard of Bingen, 

and new Canadian music. Schola Magdalena, 

Toronto; Stephanie Martin, conductor. 

St. John’s Anglican Church (Waupoos), 

3287 County Road 8, Waupoos. 613-929-2757. 

$25. Proceeds to Alternatives for Living. 



& Hammerstein, Sondheim, B. Joel, J. 

Iconis and others. Charlotte Knight, soprano; 

Jon Corkal, music director and piano. TBD 

Theatre Co. Studio Space, 123 Woolwich St., 

Guelph. 647-637-9252. $15. Also Jun 10(St. 

Catharines), 16(Toronto). 

●●8:00: Baby Gumm Productions. Liberty 

Silver in Concert. R&B, soul, smooth jazz, 

funk. Liberty Silver, vocals. Staircase Theatre, 

27 Dundurn St. N., Hamilton. 905-525- 

0609. $30. 


Society. Marko Pejanovic, piano. Bach: Prelude 

and Fugue No.5 in D BWV874; Smetana: 

On the Seashore; Mozart: Sonata K310; Liszt: 

Ballade No.2 in b; Debussy: Préludes Book 1 

“Les collines d’Anacapri”; Chopin: Berceuse; 

Scherzo No.1. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young 



Free Entry 

2016 Chamber 


June 22 - July 02 

Wilfrid Laurier University 

nyoc.org 


Chamber Music Festival: Faculty Concert. 

Peter Hatch: Cooking with Alice; Simon 

Steen/Andersen: Next to Beside Besides, 

#0 and #4 (2003/2006) for Percussion and 

Cello; Daron Hagen: Duo for Violin and Cello. 

David Hetherington; Aiyun Huang; Steve S. 

Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University 

Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. Donations 

welcome. 


●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral Summer 

Concerts. In Concert. Elizabeth McDonald, 

vocals; Emily Martin, vocals. St. George’s 

Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston. 

613-548-4617. Free; voluntary offering 

collected. Concerts run every Thurs. Runs 

to Aug 25. 



Chamber Music Festival: Student Concert. 

Reich: Music for pieces of wood; Schiffelholz: 

Trio Sonata for Two Bassoons and Piano. 


Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. 




Cole: Postludes; Reich:Drumming part 1; 

Mozart: Flute Quartet in D; Jolivet: Pastorales 

de Noël; Tomasi: Être ou ne Pas Être. Maureen 

Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., 

Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. 


●●3:30: Capella Intima/Hammer Baroque. 

The Paradise of Travellers: Recollections of 

Venice and the Grand Tour. Canzonettas, 

arias and motets from 17th-century northern 

Italy, with readings from the original 

travel writers of the period including Coryat 

and George Sandys. Bud Roach, director and 

tenor; Sheila Dietrich, soprano; Jennifer Enns 

Modolo, alto; David Roth, baritone. Church of 

St. John the Evangelist, 320 Charlton Ave. W., 

Hamilton. 905-517-3594. Suggested donation 

of $15. Also June 22(Toronto). 




Featuring the Formosa String Quartet. 



welcome. 

●●Wednesday June 29 

●●Jun 29 8:00: National Youth Orchestra of 

Canada. Chamber Music Festival: Faculty 

Concert. Böhme: Trumpet Sextet; Oesterle: 

Carrousel; Gripp: String Quartet. Maureen 


Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. Donations 

welcome. 


●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral Summer Concerts. 

Min Key Park, Piano. St. George’s Cathedral 

(Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston. 

613-548-4617. Free; voluntary offering collected. 

Concerts run every Thurs. Runs to 

Aug 25. 



Pasculli: Omaggio a Bellini - Duetto; Mendelssohn: 

Octet; Smetana: String Quartet. Maureen 






Debussy: Sonate; Mozart: String Quartet in 

F, K.90; Bliss: Oboe Quintet; Barber; Summer 

Music; Shostakovich: String Quartet No.14. 



Friday July 1 



Mendelssohn: String Quartet in f, Op.80; Poulenc: 

Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon; Ibert: 

Deux Interludes; Beethoven: String Quartet 

in D, Op.18 No.3. Maureen Forrester Recital 

Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532- 

4470. Free. 



Engelman: Remembrance; Nielsen; Quintet 

for Winds Op.43; Poulenc: Trio for Trumpet, 

Horn and Trombone; Verdi: String Quartet; 

Tomasi: Cinq danses profanes et sacrées 

pour quintette á vent; Dvorak: String Quintet. 




●●8:00: Gravenhurst Opera House. Séan 

McCann Live in Concert. Singer-songwriter. 

295 Muskoka Rd. S., Gravenhurst. 888-495- 

8888. $35/$30(adv). 



Malcolm Arnold: Brass Quintet No.1; 

Górecki: Sonata for Two Violins Op.10; Raff: 

Double Wind Quintet; Britten: String Quartet 

No.2 in C. Maureen Forrester Recital 

Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532- 

4470. Free. 



Ravel: Introduction et Allegro; Ewald: Brass 

Quintet No.1; Schumann: Piano Quintet; Oesterle: 

Look on Glass; Goepfart: Wind Quartet 

Op.93; Bartok: String Quartet No.4. Maureen 




●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber 

Music Society. In Concert. Ensembles of the 

National Youth Orchestra of Canada. KWCMS 

Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519- 

886-1673. $25; $15(st). 



Angie Nussey, Piano. Works by Silvestri, 

Schönberg, Yiruma, Kern and Hammerstein. 

Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., 

Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5; free(st). 


●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Weston Silver 

Band. Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St., 

Midland. 705-527-4420. $30. 


Music Society. Eden Stell Guitar Duo. Sor: 

L’Encouragement Op.34; Couperin (arr. 

Assad): Le carillon de Cithère; Rameau (arr. 

Abreu/Assad): Pièces de Clavecin (excerpts); 

Sarajyan (arr. Stell): Armenian Folk Songs; 

other works by Poulenc, Mompou and 

Brahms. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. 

W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $20(st). 

Friday July 8 





welcome. 


●●7:00: Barrie Concert Band. Midland Summer 

Concert. Little Lake Park, 545 Little Lake 

Park Rd., Midland. 705-526-4275. Free. 


Society. New Zealand String Quartet. Haydn: 

Quartet Op.71 No.2; G. Farr: Quartet “Te Tai-O- 

Rehua;” Dvorak: “American” Quartet Op.96. 


519-886-1673. $35; $20(st). 


●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. A Summer Rhapsody. 

Piano students of Cheryl Graham. 

Grace United Church (Barrie), 350 Grove St. 

E., Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free. 3:30: tea and 

cookies, $5. 


Society. Pallade Musica. Early music ensemble. 

Badalla: Motet “Non piangete;” Jarzębski: 

Susanna videns; de la Guerre: Susanne, Cinquième 

cantate à voix seule; Sonata in G for 

violin; Eccles: Oh, take him gently from the 

pile; and other works. KWCMS Music Room, 


$35; $20(st). 


●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Tien Hsieh, Piano. 

Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St., Midland. 

705-527-4420. $30. 



Society. Ensembles of the National Youth 

Orchestra of Canada. KWCMS Music Room, 


$25; $15(st). 



of Music. Music of Peace, Music of Joy: University 

Choir. Demonstration of various African 

songs and dance, Celtic dance and song, 

swing, and Hawaiian song and hula. The 

Cedars, 543 Beechwood Dr., Waterloo. 519- 

885-0220 x24226. $10; $5(sr/st). 


Society. Alexander Tselyakov, piano. Saint- 

Saëns: Sonata for violin and piano Op.75; 

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Dvorak: Quintet for 

piano and strings in A Op.81. Canadian Sinfonietta 

String Quartet; Joyce Lai, violin; Ian 

Clark, viola; Andras Weber, cello. KWCMS 


886-1673. $35; $20(st). 



Society. Ensembles of Orchestra@uwaterloo.ca. 

KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., 

Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20; $10(st). 


●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. Noontime 

Recital. Works by Bach, Scarlatti, Gershwin, 

Elgar, Poulenc and Bedard. Simon Irving, 

organ; Janice Beninger, piano. St. Andrew’s 

Presbyterian Church (Barrie), 47 Owen St., 

Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5, free(st). 

●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. Harlem 

Gospel Choir. Guest: Measha Brueggergosman, 

soprano. Knox Presbyterian Church 

(Stratford), 142 Ontario St., Stratford. 519- 

271-2101. $40. 

Thursday July 21 

●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Sonic Escape. 

Flute and violin. Midland Cultural Centre, 

333 King St., Midland. 705-527-4420. $30. 


●●8:00: Muskoka Pride. Irish Mythen. Contemporary 

folk with a tinge of traditional 

Celtic influence. Gravenhurst Opera House, 

295 Muskoka Rd. S., Gravenhurst. 888-495- 

8888. $35. In support of Elder Abuse Prevention 

Muskoka. 



of Music. Instrumental Chamber Ensembles. 

Three student chamber ensembles. Conrad 

Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. 

N., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. Free. 

Reception follows. 


Society. Three Ukrainian Pianists in Recital. 

Olena Klyucharova, piano; Andiy Tykhonov, 

piano; Vyacheslav Zubkov, piano. KWCMS 


886-1673. $30; $20(st). 


●●2:00: Ottawa International Chamber 

Music Festival. Lemon Bucket Orkestra. 

Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. W., Ottawa. 

613-234-8008. Free. 


Music Society. Syrene Saxophone Quartet 

of the Netherlands: Fresh and Sweet 

with a Bite. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; 

Pierné: Introduction et variations sur 

une ronde populaire; Haydn: String Quartet 

Op.33 No.3 “Bird”; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody 

on a Theme of Paganini; Glazunov: Saxophone 

Quartet Op.109; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. 


519-886-1673. $35; $20(st). 


●●7:30: Muskoka Concert Association. Dan 

Hill. Sometimes When We Touch, Daddy’s 

Song, Can’t We Try, and others. Gravenhurst 

Opera House, 295 Muskoka Rd. S., Gravenhurst. 

888-495-8888. $35. Fundraiser for 

Muskoka Concert Association. 



Moellman Family on Piano, Violin and 

Recorder. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 

50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5; 

free(st). 

●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. International 

Piano Series 3. Tony Yike Yang, 

piano. St. Andrew’s Church (Stratford), 25 St. 

Andrew’s St., Stratford. 519-271-2101. $30. 


●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Lafayette String 

Quartet. Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King 

St., Midland. 705-527-4420. $30. 


●●2:00: Stratford Summer Music. Choral 

Concert. Choir of Holy Trinity Church, 

Stratford-upon-Avon. St. James Anglican 

Church (Stratford), 41 Mornington St., Stratford. 

519-271-2101. PWYC. 


Society. Lucy Zhang, violin and Victor Chen, 

piano. Ravel: Tzigane; Paganini: Caprice No.17; 

Enescu: Violin Sonata No.3; Beethoven: 

Sonata No.5. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young 



●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. Véronique 

Mathieu, Violin and Stephanie Chua, Piano. 

Works by Champagne, Willan, Schmidt and 

Molinari. Grace United Church (Barrie), 

350 Grove St. E., Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free. 

3:30: tea and cookies, $5. 


●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Anagnoson and 

Kinton, Piano Duo. Midland Cultural Centre, 

333 King St., Midland. 705-527-4420. $30. 


●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. Noontime 

Recital. Norman Reintamm, organ. 

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Barrie), 

47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5, 

free(st). 


●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Hog Town Brass 

Quintet. Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St., 

Midland. 705-527-4420. $30. 


●●7:30: OperaMuskoka. Opera-in-Concert. 

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. Daevyd Pepper, 

tenor; University of Toronto Faculty of Music 

Group. Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre, 

100 Clearbrook Trail, Bracebridge. 705-645- 

8400. $25. Performed in Russian with English 

surtitles. 


●●7:30: OperaMuskoka. Jennifer Tung in 

Concert. Jennifer Tung and selected Vocal 

Master class participants. Rene M. Caisse 

Memorial Theatre, 100 Clearbrook Trail, 

Bracebridge. 705-645-8400. $25. 


●●7:30: OperaMuskoka. Stars of Tomorrow 

Concert. Janelle Laarakker and others. Rene 

M. Caisse Memorial Theatre, 100 Clearbrook 

Trail, Bracebridge. 705-645-8400. $20. 


●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. International 

Piano Series 6: Jan Lisiecki Programme 

1. Jan Lisiecki, piano. St. Andrew’s 

Church (Stratford), 25 St. Andrew’s St., 

Stratford. 519-271-2101. $40. 


●●7:00: Beaux Strings. Beaux in the Barn. 

From Bach to Gaga on traditional string 

instruments. Brooke Stewart, violin; Sybil 

Shanahan, cello; Guests TBA. Century Barn 

Cavan, 400 Stewart Line, Cavan. 416-803- 

5498. $25. 

Wednesday September 7 

●●Sep 07 12:00 noon: Midday Music with 

Shigeru. Pamela Cioroch, Piano. Works by 

Bach, Beethoven and Chopin. Hi-Way Pentecostal 

Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705- 

726-1181. $5; free(st). 


●●Capitol Kids. Beauty and the Beast Jr. 

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman 

and Tim Rice. Book by Linda Woolverton. 

Sculthorpe Theatre, 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 

1-800-434-5092. $26; $13(st). Opens August 

19, 7:00pm. Days and times vary. Until August 

28. Visit capitoltheatre.com for details. 

●●Civic Light Opera Company. You’re a Good 

Man, Charlie Brown. Music and lyrics by 

Clark Gesner, based on characters created 

by Charles M. Schulz. Joe Cascone, director/ 

designer. Zion Cultural Centre, 1650 Finch 

Ave. E. 416-755-1717. $28. Opens June 1, 

7:00pm. Runs to June 12. Days and times vary. 

Visit civiclightoperacompany.com for details. 

●●Drayton Entertainment. Sister Act. Music 

by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book 

by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner, 

based on the screenplay by Joseph Howard. 

Huron County Playhouse, RR1, 70689 B 

Line, South Huron. 1-855-372-9866. $26-$44. 

Opens June 8, 2:00pm. Runs to June 25. Days 

and times vary. Visit draytonentertainment. 

com for details. 

●●Drayton Entertainment. All Shook Up. 

Book by Joe DiPietro. Join us for a fun-filled, 

feel-good ‘50s musical comedy inspired by 

the music of Elvis Presley. Dunfield Theatre 

Cambridge, 46 Grand Ave. S., Cambridge. 

1-855-372-9866. $26-$44. Opens June 22, 

2:00pm. Runs to July 10. Wed-Sat(7:30pm), 

Tues/Wed/Thurs/Sat/Sun(2:00pm). 

●●Drayton Entertainment. Canadian 

Legends: A Celebration of Our Musical 

Heritage. Conceived and directed by Alex 

Mustakas, orchestrations and vocal arrangements 

by Robert Foster, with music by various. 

Huron County Playhouse, RR1, 70689 B 

Line, South Huron. 1-855-372-9866. $26-$44. 

Opens June 30, 2:00pm. Runs to July 16. Days 

and times vary. Visit draytonentertainment. 

com for details. 

●●Drayton Entertainment. Mamma Mia! 

Music and lyrics by Benny Andersson, Björn 

Ulvaeus, and some songs with Stig Anderson. 

Book by Catherine Johnson. King’s Wharf 

Theatre, 97 Jury Dr., Penetanguishene. 1-855- 

372-9866. $26-$44. Opens July 14, 2:00pm. 

Runs to August 6. Tues/Wed/Thurs/Sat/ 

Sun(2:00pm), Thurs-Sat(7:30pm). 

●●Drayton Entertainment. Anything Goes. 

Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. 

●●Original book by P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, 

Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse, with 

new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. 

Huron County Playhouse, RR1, 70689 

B Line, South Huron. 1-855-372-9866. $26- 

$44. Opens July 21, 2:00pm. Runs to Aug 6. 

C. Music Theatre 

MUSIC THEATRE covers a wide range of music types 

including opera, operetta and musicals as well as nontraditional 

performance genres where words and music are 

in some fashion equal partners in the drama. These listings 

have been sorted alphabetically BY PRESENTER. Some 

information here is also included in our GTA and Beyond The 

GTA listings sections. Readers whose primary interest is 

MUSIC THEATRE should start their search with this section. 

Should your show be here? We welcome all submissions of 

MUSIC THEATRE at listings@thewholenote.com 

Tues-Sat(2:00pm), Tues/Thurs/Sat(7:30pm). 

●●Drayton Entertainment. Mamma Mia! 



Book by Catherine Johnson. Huron 

County Playhouse, RR1, 70689 B Line, South 

Huron. 1-855-372-9866. $26-$44. Opens 

Aug 11, 2:00pm. Runs to September 3. Tues/ 

Wed/Thurs/Sat(2:00pm), Tues/Thurs/Fri/ 

Sat(7:30pm). 

●●Drayton Entertainment. Smoky Joe’s Café. 

Music and lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike 

Stoller. This record-breaking musical revue 

features 39 iconic tunes from the 1950s 

through 1960s – all penned by the legendary 

song-writing duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. 

Drayton Festival Theatre, 33 Wellington 

St. S., Drayton. 1-855-372-9866. $26-$44. 

Opens August 17, 2:00pm. Runs to September 

3. Tues/Wed/Thurs/Sat(2:00pm), 

Wed-Sat(7:30pm). 

●●Gravenhurst Opera House. The Marvelous 

Wonderettes. Conceived by Roger Bean. 

Gravenhurst Opera House, 295 Muskoka 

Rd. S., Gravenhurst. 1-888-495-8888. 

$38; $28(st). Opens August 2, 2:30pm. 

Runs to August 26. Tues-Thurs(2:30pm), 

Wed-Sat(8:00pm) 

●●Highlands Summer Festival. Oliver! Music, 

lyrics and book by Lionel Bart. Based on the 

novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Northern 

Lights Performing Arts Pavilion, Haliburton. 

1-855-457-9933. $34. Opens July 

4, 8:00pm. Runs to July 14. Days and times 

vary. Visit highlandsummerfestival.on.ca for 

details. 

●●Lower Ossington Theatre. Joseph and the 

Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Music 

by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice. 

The Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington 

Ave. 416-915-6747. $49.99-$59.99. 

Opens June 2, 7:30pm. Runs to June 26. Days 

and times vary. Visit gogogojoseph.com for 

details. 

●●Lower Ossington Theatre. Peter and the 

Starcatcher. Music by Wayne Barker, book 

by Rick Elice. The Lower Ossington Theatre, 

100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747. $49.99- 

$59.99. Opens July 7, 7:30pm. Runs to August 

28. Days and times vary. Visit lowerossingtontheatre.com 

for details. 

●●Lower Ossington Theatre. West Side 

Story. Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by 

Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents. 

The Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington 

Ave. 416-915-6747. $54.99-$64.99. Opens 

August 11, 7:30pm. Runs to September 18. 

Thurs-Sat(7:30pm), Sat/Sun(3:30pm). 

●●Mirvish. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & 

Murder. Music and lyrics by Steven Lutvak, 

book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman. Royal 

Alexandra Theatre, 284 King St. W. 416-872- 

1212. $35-$150. Opens May 18, 7:30pm. Runs 

to June 26. Tues-Sat(7:30pm), Wed/Sat/ 

Sun(1:30pm). 

●●Mirvish. Roald Dahl’s Matilda: the Musical. 

Music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Dennis 

Kelly, based on novel by Roald Dahl. Ed 

Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria Street. 416- 

872-1212. $38-$175. Opens July 5, 7:30pm. 

Ongoing. Tues-Sat(7:30pm), Wed/Sat/ 

Sun(1:30pm). 

●●National Ballet of Canada. Le Petit Prince. 

Music by Kevin Lau. Based on the book by 

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Guillaume Côté, 

choreographer. Four Seasons Centre for the 

Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-345- 

9595. $37-$265. Opens June 4, 7:30pm. Runs 

to June 12. Times vary. Visit national.ballet. 

ca for details. 

●●National Ballet of Canada. Giselle. Music 

by Adolphe Adam, revised by Joseph Horovitz. 

Sir Peter Wright, choreographer, after 

the choreography of Jean Coralli and Marius 

Petipa. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing 

Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-345-9595. 

$37-$265. Opens June 15, 7:30pm. Runs to 

June 19. Times vary. Visit national.ballet.ca 

for details. 

●●National Ballet of Canada and Art Gallery 

of Ontario. The Dreamers Ever Leave 

You. Music by Lubomyr Melnyk. Robert 

Binet, choreographer. Art Gallery of Ontario, 

317 Dundas St. W. 416-979-6648. $55; 

$45(NBC/AGO members). Opens August 31, 

6:00pm. Runs to September 10. Days and 

Times vary. Visit ago.net for details. 

●●Orangeville Music Theatre. Shrek The 

Musical Jr. Music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics and 

book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Based on the 

DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and 

the book by William Steig. Town Hall Opera 

House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-942- 

3423. $20; $15(ch). Opens June 10, 8:00pm. 

Runs to June 12. Times vary. Visit orangevillemusictheatre.com 

for details. 

●●Orangeville Music Theatre. Mary Poppins. 

Music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, 

Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles & Anthony 

Drewe; book by Julian Fellowes. Town Hall 

Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. 

519-942-3423. $20; $15(ch). Opens June 17, 

8:00pm. Runs to June 25. Days and times 

vary. Visit orangevillemusictheatre.com for 

details. 

●●Port Hope Festival Theatre. Crazy for 

You. Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira 

Gershwin, book by Ken Ludwig. Cameco Capitol 

Arts Centre, 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 

1-800-434-5092. $24-35. Opens July 2, 

2:00pm. Runs to July 23. Tues/Wed/Fri/Sat/ 


●●Port Hope Festival Theatre. Mamma Mia! 



Book by Catherine Johnson. Cameco Capitol 

Arts Centre, 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 1-800- 

434-5092. $24-35. Opens August 9, 2:00pm. 

Runs to September 18. Tues/Wed/Fri/Sat/ 


●●Randolph Academy for the Performing 

Arts. Footloose. Music by Tom Snow with 

Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins, 

and Jim Steinman, lyrics by Dean Pitchford, 

book by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie. 

Randolph Theatre, 736 Bathurst St. 416-924- 

2243. $25. Opens July 28, 8:00pm. Runs to 

August 6. Days and times vary. Visit randolphacademy.com 

for details. 

●●Shaw Festival. Alice in Wonderland. Music 

and lyrics by Allen Cole, book by Peter Hinton, 

based on the book by Lewis Carroll. Festival 

Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-thelake. 

1-800-511-7429. $35 and up. Previews 

begin April 27, 2:00pm. Runs to October 16. 

Days and times vary. Visit shawfest.com for 

details. 

●●Shaw Festival. Sweeney Todd. Music and 

lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh 

Wheeler. Jackie Maxwell, director. Festival 

Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-thelake. 

1-800-511-7429. $35 and up. Previews 

begin July 17, 2:00pm. Runs to October 19. 

Days and times vary. Visit shawfest.com for 

details. 

●●Showboat Festival Theatre. Fitz Happens! 

Music, lyrics and book by Mark Weatherley. 

Showboat Festival Theatre, 296 Fielden 

Ave., Port Colbourne. 905-834-0833. $25- 

$32. Opens June 8, 2:00pm. Runs to June 

12. Times vary. Visit showboattheatre.ca for 

details. 

●●Soulpepper Concert Series. The Voyager 

Golden Records. Music Director Mike Ross 

leads an extra-terrestrial journey inspired by 

the original Voyager Golden Records. Young 

Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank 

House Lane. 416-866-8666. $25-$60. Opens 

June 9, 7:30pm. Runs to June 15. Days vary. 

Visit soulpepper.ca for details. 

●●Soulpepper Concert Series. The Canadian 

Pacific Railway. Host and narrator Tom Allen 

and Music Director Mike Ross lead a company 

of stellar artists through a historical and 

musical ride along the ribbon of steel that 

tied Canada together. Young Centre for the 

Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416- 

866-8666. $25-$60. Opens June 16, 7:30pm. 

Runs to June 25. Days vary. Visit soulpepper. 


●●Soulpepper Concert Series. Taking the A 

Train Uptown Manhattan -- Harlem. Albert 

Schultz, writer and host. Mike Ross, music 

director. This concert is a tour of the music, 

words and ideas that have made Harlem 

great. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 

50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666. $25-$60. 

Opens August 26, 7:30pm. Runs to September 

3. Days and times vary. Visit soulpepper. 


●●Starvox Entertainment. Forever Plaid. 

Book by Stuart Ross, music supervision and 

arrangements by James Raitt, based on 

1950s male pop quartets. Panasonic Theatre, 

651 Yonge Street. 1-800-461-3333. $39.95- 

$99.95. Opens May 17, 8:00pm. Runs to June 

12. Tues-Sat(8pm), Wed/Sat/Sun(2pm). 

●●Stratford Festival. A Chorus Line. Music 

by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, 

book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas 

Dante. Conceived and originally directed and 

choreographed by Michael Bennett. Donna 

Feore, director and choreographer. Festival 

Theatre, 55 Queen St, Stratford. 1-800- 

567-1600. $25-$175. Previews begin April 19, 

2:00pm. Runs to October 30. Days and times 

vary. Visit stratfordfestival.ca for details. 

●●Stratford Festival. A Little Night Music. 

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book 

by Hugh Wheeler. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie 

St, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600. $25-$175. Previews 

begin May 21, 2:00pm. Runs to October 


23. Days and times vary. Visit stratfordfestival.ca 

for details. 

●●Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. A Tale of 

Two Cities. By Victor Davies and Eugene Benson. 

Michael Rose, music director. Robert Gill 

Theatre, University of Toronto, 214 College St. 

416-366-7723. $28; $22(sr/st).Opens Jul 29, 

8:00. Also Jul 31(mat), Aug 6(mat and eve). 

●●Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. The Tales 

of Hoffmann. By Offenbach. Raisa Nakhmanovich, 

music director. Robert Gill Theatre, 

University of Toronto, 214 College St. 416-366- 

7723. $28; $22(sr/st). Opens Jul 30, 3:00. Also 

Aug 2, 4, 7(mat). 

●●Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Julius 

Caesar. By Handel. Maria H. Y. Jung, 

music director. Robert Gill Theatre, University 

of Toronto, 214 College St. 416-366-7723. 

$28; $22(sr/st). Opens Jul 30, 8:00. Also 

Aug 3(mat and eve), 5. 

●●SummerWorks Performance Festival/ 

Music Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. Text 

by Wong Teng Chi. Music by Njo Kong Kie. 

In Mandarin with English Surtitles. Jordan 

Cheng, tenor; Po Jen Chen, baritone; Carol 

Wang, percussionist; Njo Kong Kie, pianist/ 

music director; Johnny Tam, stage director. 

Theatre Centre Mainspace, 1115 Queen St. W. 

647-636-1401. $15. Opens Aug 5 at 8:00pm. 

Also 7, 8, 11, 12 and 13. Various times. 

●●Toronto Catholic District School Board 

Staff Arts. Mary Poppins. Music and lyrics 

by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, 

George Stiles & Anthony Drewe. Book by Julian 

Fellowes. Cardinal Carter Academy for 

the Arts Theatre, 36 Greenfield Ave. 416-222- 

8282 x2787. $25. Opens June 11, 7:30pm. Runs 

to June 18. Days and times vary. Visit tcdsb. 

org/staffarts for details. 

●●Toronto Operetta Theatre. Paris on Broadway. 

Works by Offenbach, Lehár, Gershwin, 

Porter, Herbert and others. Elizabeth Beeler, 

Curtis Sullivan, Jennifer Taverner, Vania Chan, 

Michael Nyby, Dion Mazerolle, Guillermo Silva- 

Marin; Michael Rose, music director/piano. 

Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre 

for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $25, 

$45. Jun 19 3:00. 

●●Toronto Summer Music Festival. The Rape 

of Lucretia. Emma Char, mezzo (Lucretia); 

Peter Rolfe Dauz, baritone (Junius); Beste 

Kalender, mezzo (Bianca); Jasper Leever, 

bass (Collatinus); Iain MacNeil, baritone; (Tarquinius); 

Ellen McAteer, soprano (Lucia); 

Owen McAusland, tenor (Male Chorus); Chelsea 

Rus, soprano (Female Chorus); Topher 

Mokrzewski, music director; Anna Theodosakis, 

stage director; Joel Ivany, artistic director. 

Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 

1-855-622-2787. $35-$95. July 22, 7:30pm. 

●●Westben Arts Festival Theatre. The Pencil 

Salesman. World première gala performance. 

Finley, based on an idea by A. M. 

Herzberg. John Fanning and Alexander Dobson, 

baritones; Donna Bennett and Virginia 

Hatfield, sopranos; Keith Klassen, tenor; 

and others; Westben Festival Orchestra and 

Chorus; Daniel Warren conductor; Michael 

Mori, director. Westben Concert Barn, 

6698 County Rd. 30,Campbellford. 705-653- 

5508 or 1-877-883-5777. $75; $73(sr); $30(st/ 

under 30); $5(youth). 1:00: pre-performance 

chat; 4:30: post-performance reception. 

Opens. June 25, 2:00pm. Also on Jun 26, 

Jul 1(eve), 2, 3. 

SUMMER OPERA LYRIC THEATRE 

AND RESEARCH CENTRE 

Guillermo Silva-Marin, General Director 

Toronto’s own mini summer opera festival! 

THE TALES OF HOFFMANN 

by Jacques Offenbach ~ Raisa Nakhmanovich, Music Director 

Sat Jul 30, Sun Aug 7 at 3pm & Tue Aug 2, Thu Aug 4 at 8pm 

JULIUS CAESAR 

by George Frideric Handel ~ Maria H. Y. Jung, Music Director 

Sat Jul 30, Wed Aug 3, Fri Aug 5 at 8pm & Wed Aug 3 at 3pm 

A WORLD PREMIERE 

A TALE OF TWO CITIES 

by Victor Davies and Eugene Benson ~ Michael Rose, Music Director 

Fri Jul 29, Sat Aug 6 at 8pm & Sun Jul 31, Sat Aug 6 at 3pm 

Beat by Beat | Jazz Stories 

Prince Edward County 

Jazz, continued from 

page 17 

Brian Barlow 

“The band is 

all acoustic with 

nothing to set up 

so they simply 

arrive, jump out 

and play a 45 

minute set. Then 

they jump back 

in the van and 

drive to the next 

location. It’s very 

popular and some 

people spend the 

day following 

them from place to 

place. This festival is all about Prince Edward County and all it has to 

offer, from art galleries, to beaches, to wineries." 

It’s also all about cultivating the future of the music. “Our programs 

for young musicians have been a main focus for us for many years 

now and will probably be the most important legacy of the festival” 

Barlow says. It begins with their TD Jazz Education Program in the 

spring, with four high school jazz ensembles chosen out of the many 

who ask to come each year. “This year we hosted 90 students. We tend 

to look for schools from the smaller communities where funding for 

music programs is not as readily available, but we do have schools 

from the GTA from time to time. We also like to have schools come 

two years in a row when possible. We find that the second year the 

students know what to expect and get in the groove a lot quicker.” 

And then there’s the “Rising Young Star” that is a feature of every 

August’s festival. “We receive applications from all across Canada 

and the chosen candidate receives a cash award plus the opportunity 

to perform each evening at the Regent Theatre with our mainstage 

artists. The RYS is also featured at our evening Jam Sessions and 

performs a concert of their own on the Friday of the festival week.” 

Many of these musicians have gone on to be professional players and 

several have come back to the festival as main-stage artists (Marika 

Galea, Ian Wright and Eli Bennett). 

And then there’s their Young Jazz Series, providing paid concert 

performances for students in the post-secondary school system (UofT, 

Humber, York). Among several other excellent young artists, vocalist/ 

pianist Hannah Barstow will appear, as well as versatile singer Kalya 

Ramu who can be heard around Toronto regularly singing not only 

jazz standards but also blues and rock with Angora, and winning folk 

in the duo Mermaid and the Bear. 

From jazz as big brand to keeping the real thing alive, here’s hoping 

you, dear WholeNote reader, will come around the jazz clubs this patio 

season, get out and about, and spread the word. Without an audience, 

live music cannot live. And live music can’t be Spotified! 

Ori Dagan is a Toronto-based jazz musician, writer and 

educator who can be reached at oridagan.com. 

ROBERT GILL THEATRE 

University of Toronto, 214 College Street (at St. George) 

Subscription: 3 operas for the price of 2!! $60 (including HST) 

Reg. $28, Seniors/Students $22. Call now to reserve the best seats. 

For tickets and subscriptions call the St. Lawrence Centre Box Office: 

416-366-7723 or visit: www.stlc.com 

For more information visit www.solt.ca or call 416-922-2912. 


Beat by Beat | Mainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz! 

Even Richer 

Than Usual 

BOB BEN 

It’s Toronto Jazz Festival time again! Time for a few great players 

from out of town to play with and among the vast pool of equally 

great Toronto players. It really is eye-opening to look at the listings 

for the Jazz Festival (torontojazz.com ) and realize just how many of 

the gigs listed are gigs that happen year round, and would continue 

happening, festival or no. When it comes to the jazz scene in this city, 

we truly have an embarrassment of riches. It’s just that around the 

end of June we get a little richer. 

And I will talk about all of that in just a minute, but first, it’s 

anecdote time. 

When I was in high school, I was a big progressive rock geek, 

which, I know, is utterly unsurprising because a lot of young jazz 

nerds started off that way. I don’t know why – maybe it was just the 

challenge – but I loved working out the time signatures of songs in 

which it wasn’t immediately obvious, or in which the number of 

beats changed from bar to bar. Of course, this is neither a ubiquitous 

nor an essential feature of progressive rock, nor is it one exclusive 

to the genre, but it attracted me nonetheless. And to be frank, while 

counting odd time signatures fascinated me in high school, I can think 

of few things more tedious now. 

My cousin, also a music geek, offered me a challenge one day. He 

played me a 20-second sample of bassist (not to be confused with 

the jazz trumpeter of the same name) Avishai Cohen’s Ever-Evolving 

Etude from his 2008 album Gently Disturbed, although I didn’t know 

the title at the time, nor would I have remembered the name. I wasn’t 

into jazz back then, much less what I was hearing here. It was unlike 

anything I’d ever heard before. It was unconventional, complex, 

difficult to parse. The bass and piano threw forth a fury of notes 

that seemed, to my untrained ear, to have the rhythmic logic and 

constancy of a person trying to kill a particularly evasive mosquito. 

It was chaotic, furious and wonderful. 

What kept it grounded for me were the pitches, satisfyingly tonal, 

and the timbre, new to my ear at the time, of bass and piano playing 

in unison, to which I am now much more accustomed. 

He asked what the time signature was. When I couldn’t figure it out, 

he said he’d be better off not knowing anyway; how can you enjoy it if 

you’re counting? 

Flash forward six or seven years. I’m in the final year of my music 

degree and the great New York drummer John Riley is making an 

appearance at our school. During a large portion of his lecture, Riley 

deconstructs the very excerpt my cousin had showed me years earlier. 

And so, I learned the answer. 

I gained a lot from that lecture, but to this day I cannot count the 

pulse of the Ever-Evolving Etude and certainly couldn’t notate it. Not 

on my life. And it really is better like that. 

As my ears grew (both figuratively and literally), I started to hear 

Cohen’s music differently. Although I always heard, and still hear, the 

progressive and fusion elements in it, I started to hear elements of 

Latin American music; when I hear a heavily syncopated vamp and 

complex, adventurous percussion, what else comes to mind but salsa? 

This is especially true on the album Unity, on which Antonio Sanchez, 

compared by some to an octopus for his remarkable limb independence, 

is responsible for the drumming. 

You can explore Cohen’s music for yourself, in preparation for his 

Toronto appearance on June 30 at the St. Lawrence Centre. 

There’s no shortage of out-of-towners I’m excited to see listed for 

the festival – among them Laila Biali, Phil Dwyer, Mark McLean’s 

Playground and Robert Glasper, the latter two of whom I’ve been 

lucky to see perform in person on more than one delightful occasion – 

but if I wrote about every single one, I would be here all night. 

Avishai Cohen 

I also must reluctantly 

mention that Rich 

Brown’s rinsethealgorithm, 

about whom I’ve 

written in the past, will 

be playing a reunion show 

at The Rex on Canada Day 

after four years apart. I 

say “reluctantly” because 

I hate crowds; my rates 

of happiness are generally 

inversely proportional 

to my proximity to strangers’ 

bodies. Yet I will, 

and must, bear it for the 

music: rinsethealgorithm 

is back, and everyone 

who wants to know must 

know. Downbeat at 8pm. 

Enjoy the festival, friends. Plan your routes carefully and buy your 

tickets early. May your ears be well-fed, and may your lines of vision 

be unobstructed. 

Bob Ben is The WholeNote’s jazz listings editor. He 

can be reached at jazz@thewholenote.com. 

D. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) 

120 Diner 

120 Church St. 416-792-7725 

120diner.com (full schedule) 

June 1 6pm Genevieve Marantette & Robert 

Scott; 8pm Lisa Particelli’s Girls’ Night 

Out Jazz Jam. June 2 6pm Ross MacIntyre 

& Kelly Jefferson; 9pm Nerissa Kay & 

Friends. June 3 6pm Sinners Choir. June 4 

6pm Cohen, Cohen & Willett; 8:30pm Stevey 

Ross and the Blue Mambo Swing. June 5 

5pm Peter Donato; 8:30pm Marilyn Lightstone. 

June 7 6pm Joey O’Neil; 8pm Arlene 

Paculan. June 8 6pm Genevieve Marantette 

& Robert Scott; 8pm Lisa Particelli’s Girls’ 

Night Out Jazz Jam. June 9 6pm Ross MacIntyre 

& Stu Harrison; 9pm Wonderfest. June 

10 6pm Music Can Heal presents. June 11 

6pm Heidi Lange. June 12 6pm Bella Canto; 

8:30pm Carolyn Credico. June 14 6pm Megan 

Worthy; 8pm Marshall Jacklin. June 15 6pm 

Genevieve Marantette & Robert Scott; 8pm 

Lisa Particelli’s Girls’ Night Out Jazz Jam. 

June 16 6pm Ross MacIntyre & Mark Keiswetter. 

June 17 6pm Elvira Hopper Trio. June 

18 6pm “Sistah’s Telling” with Sistah Louis and 

Friends. June 19 6pm Fathers’ Day with The 

Owls; 9pm Bless Your Purple Heart: Prince 

Tribute. June 21 6pm Christine Gaidies; 8pm 

Emilie Mover; 10pm Klezfactor. June 22 6pm 

Genevieve Marantette & Robert Scott; 8pm 


June 23 6pm Ross MacIntyre & Sophia Perlman. 

June 24 6pm Gabi Epstein $20. June 25 

12pm Debbie Fleming $20; 5pm Kate Unger 

$20; 8pm Ori Dagan $20; 11pm Ryley Murray 

$20. June 26 12pm Shannon Butcher & Ross 

MacIntyre $20; 5pm LJ Folk $20; 8pm Lady 

Be Good $20. June 27 8pm Stu MacDonald 

$20; 11pm Brownman Akoustic Trio $20. June 

28 6pm Mel Côté $20; 8pm Stacey MacIntyre 

$20. June 29 6pm Judith Lander $20; 8pm 


June 30 5pm The Ault Sisters $20; 8pm Jacelyn 

Holmes $20; 11pm Janet Whiteway $20. 

July 1 6pm Lisa Particelli $20; 9pm Mandy 

Goodhandy’s Musical Cabaret $20. July 2 

12pm Aucoin, Davidson, & Samaras $20. July 

3 5pm Julie Michels & David Restivo $20; 8pm 

Genevieve “Gigi” Marantette $20. 

Alleycatz 

2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865 

alleycatz.ca 

All shows: 9pm unless otherwise indicated. 

Call for cover charge info. 

June 2, 4, 23, July 7 Wendy Robins The Quiet 

Storm. June 3, 11, 18, 24 Lady Kane. June 

9 Solo & Duets Concert Series. June 10, July 

2 Jamesking. June 16 John Nicholson Jazz 

Quartet. June 17 Taxi. June 25 Parkside Drive. 

June 30 Carlos Morgan & The Flow. July 

1 Pussy Cats. 

Artword Artbar 

15 Colbourne St., Hamilton. 905-543-8512 

artword.net (full schedule) 

June 2 8pm Big Fat Greek Jewish Music 

Night feat. The Horables, and The Friends 

of Markos $15(general)/$10(students). 

June 3, 4 8pm Micah Barnes “New York 

Stories” $15(adv)/$20(door). June 9 8pm 

Doug Murphy (guitar) with Nicola Moore 

(voice), Mike Ricci (sax, flute), Oscar Galbraith 

(drums), Alana Gunn (bass), and more 

$10(general)/$5(students). June 10 8pm 

Chris Wallaces’ (drums) Many Names with 

Adrean Farrugia (piano), Artie Roth (bass). 

June 11 8pm Elizabeth Herrera Rodriguez. 

Bloom 

2315 Bloor St. W. 416-767-1315 

bloomrestaurant.com 

All shows: 19+. Call for reservations. 

June 30 7pm Fredy Suares (voice) with Jorge 

Maza (flute), Johan Urbizo (percussion), 

Roberto Riveron (bass) $45 (includes dinner). 

Blue Goose Tavern, The 

1 Blue Goose St. 416-255-2442 


thebluegoosetavern.com 

June 5 4pm Blues At the Goose with the Big 

Groove Rhythm Section feat. Adam Beer-Colacino 

& Joel Visentin. June 12 4pm Blues At 

the Goose with the Big Groove Rhythm Section 

feat. Morgan Davis & Al Lerman. 

Burdock 

1184 Bloor St. W. 416-546-4033 

burdockto.com (Full schedule) 

All shows: 9pm 

June 4 Young Guns Quartet w/ The Ault Sisters 

$10(adv)/$15(door). June 25 Matt 

Barker and the Trio (NYC) Album Release 

$12(adv)/$15(door). June 26 Adrian Underhill 

& Charlotte Cornfield $8(adv)/$10(door). 

June 28 Endangered Blood $15. 

June 30 Lazersuzan & The Starfires 

$8(adv)/$10(door). 

Castro’s Lounge 

2116e Queen St. E. 416-699-8272 

castroslounge.com (full schedule) 

All shows: No cover/PWYC 

C’est What 

67 Front St. E. (416) 867-9499 

cestwhat.com (full schedule) 

June 4, 25 3pm The Hot Five Jazzmakers. 

June 11 3pm The Boxcar Boys. 

De Sotos 

1079 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-651-2109 

desotos.ca (full schedule) 

Every Sun 11am Sunday Live Jazz Brunch 

No cover. 

Emmet Ray, The 

924 College St. 416-792-4497 

theemmetray.com (full schedule) 

All shows: No cover/PWYC 

June 2 9pm Bossa Tres: Victor Monsiváis 

(guitar), Abbey Sholzberg (bass). June 5 

8:30pm Snaggle. 

Fat City Blues 

890 College St. 647-345-8282 

Gate 403 

403 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-588-2930 

gate403.com 

All shows: PWYC. 

June 1 5pm Donghwan Moon Jazz Band; 9pm 

Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 2 5pm Bruce 

Chapman Blues Duo with feature guests; 9pm 

Darcy Windover Band. June 3 5pm Denise 

Leslie Jazz Band; 9pm The Pearl Motel. June 

4 5pm Bill Heffernan and His Friends; 9pm 

“Keiko” Jazz Band. June 5 5pm Grateful Sunday 

feat. Trevor Cape and The Field; 9pm The 

Ault Sisters. June 6 5pm Mike and Jill Daley 

Jazz Duo; 9pm Noah Franche-Nolan Jazz 

Trio. June 7 5pm Vivia Kay and Kavin Barrett 

Jazz Duo; 9pm Tim Shia: The Victoria Bridge 

Preservation Society. June 8 5pm Michelle 

Rumball with friend; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues 

Night. June 9 5pm Amber Leigh Jazz Trio; 

9pm Kevin Laliberté Jazz & Flamenco Trio. 

June 10 5pm Vienna D’Amato Hall Jazz Trio; 

9pm Jerry Quintyne Jazz Band. June 11 5pm 

Bill Heffernan and His Friends; 9pm Julian 

Fauth Blues Quartet. June 12 5pm Hello Darlings; 

9pm Peter Kauffman Jazz Trio. June 13 

5pm Byung-Gul Jung Jazz Band; 9pm Chris 

Staig Trio. June 14 5pm Grant Lyle Blues 

Music; 9pm Jacob Damelin Jazz Quartet. 

June 15 5pm Rick Maltese: Rick’s Three in 

One; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 16 

5pm Concord Jazz Quintet; 9pm Kristin Lindell 

Jazz Band. June 17 5pm Ken Taylor: Fixin’s 

Jazz Trio; 9pm John Wayne Swingtet. June 


Sweet Derrick Blues Band. June 19 5pm Jeff 

Taylor and The SLT; 9pm “Wishing on Star” 

from New York. June 20 5pm “Wishing on 

Star” from New York; 9pm Linda Carone Vintage 

Jazz ‘n’ Blues. June 21 5pm Sarah Kennedy 

and Matt Pines Jazz Duo; 9pm Jimmy 

Byron Band. June 22 5pm Malcolm Levin Jazz 

Trio; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 23 

5pm G street Jazz Trio; 9pm Tiffany Hanus 

Jazz Band. June 24 5pm Whitney Ross-Barris 

Jazz Band; 9pm Fraser Melvin Blues Band. 

June 25 5pm Bill Heffernan and His Friends; 

9pm Donné Roberts Band. June 26 5pm Six 

Points Jazz Orchestra; 9pm Root Down Trio. 

June 27 5pm Mark Rainey Jazz Band; 9pm G 

street Jazz Trio. June 28 5pm Carter Brodkorb 

Jazz Quintet; 9pm Kalya Ramu Jazz 

Band. June 29 5pm Sam Broverman Jazz 

Duo; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 

30 5pm L.A. Turcotte: Sultans of Soul; 9pm 

Amber Leigh Jazz Trio. July 1 5pm Joanne 

Morra & The France St. Jazz Ensemble; 9pm 

The Spirit of Jazz feat. Nina Richmond. July 


Melissa Boyce Jazz & Blues Band. July 3 

5pm Grateful Sunday feat. Trevor Cape and 

The Field; 9pm The Ault Sisters. July 4 5pm 

Mike and Jill Daley Jazz Duo; 9pm Drew Austin 

Jazz Band. July 6 9pm Julian Fauth Blues 

Night. July 7 5pm Bruce Chapman Blues 

Duo with feature guests; 9pm Darcy Windover 

Band. 

Grossman’s Tavern 

379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-7000 

grossmanstavern.com (full schedule) 

All shows: No cover (unless otherwise noted). 

Every Sat The Happy Pals Dixieland jazz jam. 

Every Sun 10pm The National Blues Jam 

with Brian Cober. Every Wed 10pm Bruce 

Domoney. 

Harlem Restaurant 

67 Richmond St. E. 416-368-1920 

harlemrestaurant.com (full schedule) 

All shows: 7:30-11pm (unless otherwise 

noted). Call for cover charge info. 

June 24 The Beetet with Neil Brathwaite 

(sax), Don Pham (drums), Eric Boucher (keyboard), 

Clark Johnston (bass) $5. June 

25 Gyles $5. June 27 Neil Brathwaite. July 

1 The Simone Morris (voice) Trio with Mike 

Freedman (guitar), Mike Pelletier (bass) $5. 

July 2 Avani: Neil Brathwaite (sax), Anwar 

Khurshid (sitar), Waleed Abdulhamid (bass), 

Rich Greenspoon (drums), Eric Boucher 

(keys) $5. 

Hirut Cafe and Restaurant 

2050 Danforth Ave. 416-551-7560 

Every Sun 3pm Open Mic with Nicola 

Vaughan: folk/country/jazz/world/r&b PWYC. 

June 7, 21 8pm Finger Style Guitar Association 

PWYC. June 10 8pm Don Naduriak (keys) 

Quintet with Bob Rice (drums), John “JJ” 

Johnson (sax), George Koller (bass), Joaquin 

Hidalgo (drums) PWYC. June 24 9pm Hirut 

Hoot Cabaret $5. 

Home Smith Bar – See Old Mill, The 

Hugh’s Room 

2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604 

hughsroom.com 


All shows: 8:30pm (unless otherwise noted). 

June 7 10pm Toronto Ravel $15; 8:30pm The 

Dustbowl Revival $25(adv)/$30(door). June 

9 Valdy $28(adv)/$30(door). June 10 Smooth 

Sweet Sounds of the 70s $28(adv)/$30(door). 

June 11 Things are Swinging – The Songs 

of Peggy Lee $30(adv)/$35(door). June 

12 Johnny A. $25(adv)/$30(door). June 

15 Richard Shindell $25(adv)/$30(door). 

June 16 James Gordon and Sons – CD Release 

$22.50(adv)/$25(door). June 17 A Man called 

Wrycraft presents Into the Great Wide Open: 

The Music of Tom Petty $25(adv)/$30(door). 

June 18 Stephen Fearing $25(adv)/$30(door). 

June 19 The Small Glories – Cara Luft & JD 

Edwards $22.50(adv)/$25(door). June 22 Al 

Lerman – CD Release $17.50(adv)/$20(door). 

June 23 China Crisis $27.50(adv)/$30(door). 

June 24 A Trip Down the Yellow Brick Road 

with Elton Rohn $35(adv)/$40(door). July 

2 Patricia Barber $40(adv)/$45(door). July 

3 Harpeth Rising $22.50(adv)/$25(door). July 

4 8pm JAZZ.FM91 presents Jazz in July – The 

Andrew Scott Trio: A Tribute to Henry Mancini 

$25. July 5 Lyy $22.50(adv)/$25(door). 

July 6 Grainne Duffy $22.50(adv)/$25(door). 

July 7 Ten Strings and a Goat Skin 

$22.50(adv)/$25(door). 

Jazz Bistro, The 

251 Victoria St. 416-363-5299 

jazzbistro.ca 

June 1 8pm Stu Macdonald (voice) Quartet 

with Stu Harrison (piano), Ross MacIntyre 

(bass), Mark Micklethwaite (drums) $15. June 

3, 4 9pm Coldjack: John Fraser (voice), Marcus 

Davis (bass), Carl Harvey (guitar), Aaron 

Spink (drums), Bela Haymen (keys), Dianne 

Rivard (percussion), Kolette Easy (voice), Igor 

Babich (sax) $15(Fri)/$20(Sat). June 5 7pm 

Steven Taetz (voice): “Porter for Pride: Tribute 

to Cole Porter” with Ewen Farncombe (piano), 

Mike Meusel (bass), Andrew Miller (drums) 

$12. June 7, 8 8pm Denise Reis (voice, guitar) 

with the Heillig Manouevre: Alison Young 

(sax), Stacie McGregor (piano), Charlie Cooley 

(drums), Henry Heillig (bass) $15. June 9, 

10, 11 9pm Bernie Senensky Quintet: “A Tribute 

to Moe Koffman” feat. Jake Koffman (sax), 

Bill McBirnie (flute) $15(Thurs, Fri)/$20(Sat). 

St. Philip’s Anglican Church 

● 

D. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) 

June 12 7pm Pat Murray $15. June 17, 18 9pm 

Kirk MacDonald (sax) Quintet with Mark Eisenman 

(piano), Dave Young (bass), Terry Clarke 

(drums) feat. Doug Lawrence (sax) $20. June 

19 7pm Wendy Lands (voice) with Steve Hunter 

(piano), Marc Rogers (bass), Jim Gillard 

(drums) $15. June 21 8pm Dave Restivo Trio 

$10. June 23 8pm The Carlos Morgan Quartet 

$12. June 24, 25 8pm The Bill Charlap (piano) 

Trio with Peter Washington (bass), Kenny 

Washington (drums) $40. June 26 8pm Laila 

Biali (piano, voice) with Ben Wittman (drums), 

Ross MacIntyre (bass), Phil Dwyer (sax). June 

28 8pm Robi Botos (piano) and Paul Novotny 

(bass) $25. June 29 8pm Robi Botos and 

Hilario Duran (pianos) $25. June 30 8pm 

Robi Botos (piano) Quartet with Paul Novotny 

(bass), Seamus Blake (sax), Mark McLean 

(drums) $30. July 1 8pm The Music of Born to 

Be Blue: David Braid (piano), Kevin Turcotte 

(trumpet), Steve Wallace (bass), Terry Clarke 

(drums) $25. July 2 8pm Alfredo Rodriguez 

$20. July 3 7pm Stephanie Martin $15. 

Jazz Room, The 

Located in the Huether Hotel, 59 King St. N., 

Waterloo. 226-476-1565 

kwjazzroom.com (full schedule) 

All shows: 8:30pm-11:30pm unless otherwise 

indicated. Attendees must be 19+. 

June 2 10pm Dodecaphunk (Kyle Brenders 

Septet) with opener Alison Au $20. June 

3 8:30pm Ryan Cassidy Band with Special 

Guest Brownman $15. June 4 8:30pm Laila 

Biali $20. June 10 8:30pm Lydia Persaud $15. 

June 11 8:30pm Rich Brown (bass) and The 

Abeng: Luis Deniz (sax), Kevin Turcotte (trumpet), 

Stan Fomin (keys), Larnell Lewis (drums) 

$20. June 17 8:30pm Tana Kannangara Group 

$20. June 18 8:30 Mandy Lagan (voice) Quartet 

with Dave Restivo (piano), Ted Quinlan 

(guitar), Jim Vivian (bass), Nick Fraser 

(drums) $18. June 19 4pm Dave Young (bass)/ 

Doug Lawrence (sax) Quintet with Kirk Mac- 

Donald (sax), Mark Eisenman (piano), Terry 

Clarke (drums) $25. June 20 8pm Francois 

Jalbert and Jerome Beaulieu $12. June 21 

8pm Genevieve Marentette Trio $15. June 22 

8pm Mark Kelso’s (drums) Jazz Exiles with 

Rich Brown (bass), Luis Deniz (sax), Joey 

Sunday, June 12, 4:00 PM | Jazz Vespers 

Hilario Duran Trio with Roberto Occhipinti 

(bass) and Mark Kelso (drums). With special 

guest Jane Bunnett. 

St. Philip’s Sunday, June Anglican 26, 4:00 Church PM | Jazz Vespers | Etobicoke 

25 St. Colleen Phillips Allen, Road Mike (near Murley Royal (saxophones), York + Dixon) 

416-247-5181 • stphilips.net • free will offering 

Steve Wallace (bass), Terry Clarke (drums) 

and Adrean Farrugia (piano) 

Please note our change 

of venue – St Philip’s is 

renovating for accessibility! 

ST. PHILIP’S JAZZ VESPERS 

@ ALL SAINTS KINGSWAY 

ANGLICAN CHURCH 

2850 Bloor St. West, at Prince Edward, steps from the 

Royal York subway, with Green P parking across the street. 

FOR ST PHILIPS: 416-247-5181 

FOR ALL SAINTS KINGSWAY: 416-233-1125 

Martel (guitar) feat. Robi Botos (piano) $20. 

June 23 8pm Jerzy Kaplanek Quartet $20. 

June 24 8:30pm Matt Baker $20. 

Joe Mama’s 

317 King St. W. 416-340-6469 

joemamas.ca 

Every Tue 6pm Jeff Eager. Every Wed 6pm 

Thomas Reynolds. Every Thurs 9pm Blackburn. 

Every Fri 10pm The Grind. Every 

Sat 10pm Shugga. 

KAMA 

214 King St. W. 416-599-5262 

kamaindia.com (full schedule) 

Every Wed 5:30pm Jazz with the Kama 

House Band. 

La Revolucion 

2848 Dundas St. W 416-766-0746 

Every Tue 9pm Duets with Peter Hill and featured 

guests (Shawn Nykwist on June 7, 28; 

Chris Gale on June 21; TBA on June 14). Every 

Fri 7pm Les Petits Nouveaux. 

Leaside Pub 

190 Laird Dr. 416-487-8682 

leasidepub.com 

June 25, July 2 4pm Climax Jazz Band. 

Local Gest, The 

424 Parliament St. 416-961-9425 

Lula Lounge 

1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307 

lula.ca (full schedule) 

June 2 10pm Los Poetas + Fito Blanko $15. 

June 3 8pm Gabriel Palatchi + Changarón 

Del Norte $15. June 4 10:30pm Ola Fresca 

$12(adv)/$15(door). June 5 8pm Elsten Torres 

+ Amanda Martinez $25(adv)/$30(door). 

June 7 8pm Kafinal + Elaine Lil’Bit Shepherd 

$8(adv)/$10(door). June 8 7:30pm Wagner 

Petrilli + Aquiles Baez Trio + Eliana Cuevas + 

Jeremy Ledbetter $15(adv)/$20(door). June 

9 7pm D’BI. & THE 333 $15; 10pm Abakos 

$15. June 10 7:30pm Berriel + Mario Allende 

Group + Dailyn Martinez + Roberto Linares 

Brown + Roicel Riveron $12(adv)/$15(door). 

June 11 10:30pm Montreal Toronto Salsa 

Meetup $12(adv)/$15(door). June 29 7pm 

Monica Chapman (voice) with Dave Restivo 

(piano), Alex Coleman (bass), Nathan Hiltz 

(guitar), Chris Wallace (drums), Rebecca 

Hennessy (trumpet) $12(adv)/$15(door). 

Manhattans Pizza Bistro & Music Club 

951 Gordon St., Guelph 519-767-2440 

manhattans.ca (full schedule) 

All shows: PWYC. 

June 1, 15, 29 Jokela & Vogan (15, 29 with 

Charlie Cooley). June 2 Dan Austin Quartet. 

June 3 Ken Foster Trio. June 4 Cara Matthew 

Trio. June 5 Brad Halls. June 7 Adrean Farrugia 

& Rob McBride. June 8, 12, 22 John Zadro. 

June 9, 23 Joe Lucchetta & Friends. June 

10 Jordan Snider Trio. June 11 Karyn Kirkwood 

Trio. June 12 John Zadro. June 14, 21, 28 Paul 

Taylor. June 16 Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats. 

June 17 Gary Beck & Sideways. June 18 Steve 

Koven Trio. June 19 Joni Nehrita. June 24 Lara 

Solnicki Trio. June 25 Andrea LaBlanc. June 

26, 30 Stan Chang + Erick Bruck. 

Mezzetta Restaurant 

681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687 

mezzettarestaurant.com (full schedule) 

All shows: 9pm, $8 (unless otherwise noted). 

June 1 8pm Dino Toledo (guitar), Makeda 

Benitez (flamenco dance) No cover. 

Monarch Tavern 

12 Clinton St. 416-531-5833 

themonarchtavern.com (full schedule) 

June 13 7:30pm Martin Loomer & His Orange 

Devils Orchestra $10. 

Morgans on the Danforth 

1282 Danforth Ave. 416-461-3020 

morgansonthedanforth.com (full schedule) 

All shows: 2pm-5pm. No cover. 

June 26 2pm Lisa Particelli’s Girls Night Out 

Jazz Jam. 

N'awlins Jazz Bar & Dining 

299 King St. W. 416-595-1958 

nawlins.ca 

All shows: No cover/PWYC. 

Every Tue 6:30pm Stacie McGregor. Every 

Wed 7pm Jim Heineman Trio. Every Thu 8pm 

Nothin’ But the Blues w/ Joe Bowden (drums) 

and featured vocalists. Every Fri, Sat 8:30pm 

N’awlins All Star Band. Every Sun 7pm 

Brooke Blackburn. 

Nice Bistro, The 

117 Brock St. N., Whitby. 905-668-8839 

nicebistro.com (full schedule) 

June 22 Larry Bond Duo $39.99 (dinner 

included). 

Old Mill, The 

21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641 

oldmilltoronto.com 

The Home Smith Bar: No reservations. No 

cover. $20 food/drink minimum. All shows: 

7:30pm-10:30pm 

June 2 Angela Turone (piano, voice) Quartet 

with Chris Platt (guitar), Connor Walsh (bass), 

Robin Claxton (drums). June 3 Canadian Jazz 

Quartet & Friends: Frank Wright (vibes), Reg 

Schwager (guitar), Pat Collins (bass), Don 

Vickery (drums) feat. Phil Dwyer (sax). June 

4 Nathalie Kraemer (voice) Trio with Adrean 

Farrugia (piano), Ross MacIntyre (bass). June 

7 Gene DiNovi (piano, voice): “In Concert and 

Conversation”. June 9 Arlene Smith (voice) 

Quartet with Mark Eisenman (piano), Steve 

Wallace (bass), Mike Murley (sax). June 10 Pat 

Collins (bass) Trio with Tom Szczesniak (accordion), 

Reg Schwager (guitar). June 11 Michael 

Dunston (voice) Trio with Gord Sheard 

(piano), Roberto Occhipinti (bass). June 

16 Christopher Simmons (piano) Trio with 

Artie Roth (bass), Kevin Dempsey (drums). 

June 17 Carol McCartney (voice) Quartet with 

Brian Dickinson (piano), Kieran Overs (bass), 

Chris Robinson (sax). June 18 Pat LaBarbera 

(sax) Trio with Brian Dickinson (piano), Kieran 

Overs (bass). June 23 Barry Elmes (drums) 

Quartet with Mike Murley (sax), Reg Schwager 

(guitar), Steve Wallace (bass). June 24 Russ 

Little (trombone) Quartet with Tom Szczesniak 

(piano), Scott Alexander (bass), Brian Barlow 

(drums) feat. Alex Pangman (voice). June 

25 Russ Little (trombone) Quartet with Tom 

Szczesniak (piano), Scott Alexander (bass), 

Brian Barlow (drums) feat. Broadsway: Julie 

Michels, Diane Leah, Heather Bambrick 

(voices). July 1 Russ Little (trombone) Quartet 

with Tom Szczesniak (piano), Scott Alexander 

(bass), Brian Barlow (drums) feat. Melissa 

Stylianou (voice). July 2 Russ Little (trombone) 

Quartet with Tom Szczesniak (piano), Scott 


Alexander (bass), Brian Barlow (drums) feat. 

John Alcorn (voice). 

Only Café, The 

972 Danforth Ave. 416-463-7843 

theonlycafe.com (full schedule) 

All shows: 8pm unless otherwise indicated. 

June 8, 22 Lzrszn. 

Paintbox Bistro 

555 Dundas St. E. 647-748-0555 

paintboxbistro.ca (Full schedule) 

Pilot Tavern, The 

22 Cumberland Ave. 416-923-5716 

thepilot.ca 

All shows: 3:30pm. No cover. 

June 4 Sugar Daddies. June 11 Ted Quinlan 

(guitar)/Phil Dwyer (sax) Quartet with Neil 

Swainson (bass), Ethan Ardelli (drums). June 

18 Adrean Farrugia (piano) Quartet with Kevin 

Turcotte (trumpet), Jon Maharaj (bass), Ernesto 

Cervini (drums). June 25 Pat Labarbera Quartet. 

July 2 Mike Murley Quartet. 

Poetry Jazz Café 

224 Augusta Ave. 416-599-5299 

poetryjazzcafe.com (full schedule) 

Reposado Bar & Lounge 

136 Ossington Ave. 416-532-6474 

reposadobar.com (full schedule) 

Every Wed Spy vs. Sly vs. Spy. Every Thurs, 

Fri 10pm Reposadists Quartet: Tim Hamel 

(trumpet), Jon Meyer (bass), Jeff Halischuck 

(drums), Roberto Rosenman (guitar). 

Reservoir Lounge, The 

52 Wellington St. E. 416-955-0887 

reservoirlounge.com (full schedule). 

All shows: 9:45 

Every Tue, Sat Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm. 

Every Wed The Digs. Every Thu Stacey 

Kaniuk. Every Fri Dee Dee and the Dirty 

Martinis. 

Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, The 

194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475 

therex.ca (full schedule) 

Call for cover charge info. 

June 1 2pm Yiddish Journey; 6:30pm Jim Gelcer 

Group; 9:30pm Terry Promane & Dave Young 

Octet. June 2 6:30pm Laura Hubert Group; 

9:45pm NYC’S Jeremy Pelt w/ Johnny Griffith 

Quartet. June 3 4pm Hogtown Syncopators; 

6:30pm The Jive Bombers; 9:45pm NYC’S 

Jeremy Pelt w/ Johnny Griffith Quartet. June 

4 12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Matt Lagan 

Big Band Ensemble; 7:30pm Eric St. Laurent 

Group; 9:45pm Ted Warren Commission. June 5 

12pm Humber College Community Music School 

Recitals; 7pm “Austin John” CD Release; 9:30pm 

Ilios Steryannis Quartet. June 6 6:30pm Ken 

McDonald Quartet; 9:30pm Brampton’s Jazz 

Mechanics Big Band. June 7 6:30pm Peter Hill 

Quintet; 9:30pm Classic Rex Jazz Jam hosted by 

Chris Gale. June 8 6:30pm Jim Gelcer Group; 

9:30pm NYC’s Ava Granite Six. June 9 6:30pm 

Laura Hubert Group; 9:30pm Nathan Hiltz Trio. 

June 10 4pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm 

The Jive Bombers; 9:45pm Jeff King’s Catalyst. 

June 11 12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm 

Paul Reddick; 7pm Ryley Murray; 9:45pm NYC’s 

Rob Garcia. June 12 12pm Excelsior Dixieland 

Jazz Band; 3:30pm Red Hot Ramble; 7pm James 

Brown Guitar Trio; 9:30pm Zimzum. June 13 

6:30pm Ken McDonald Quartet; 9:30pm China’s 

Lawrence Ku feat. David Braid. June 14 6:30pm 

Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pm Classic Rex Jazz Jam 

hosted by Chris Gale. June 15 6:30pm Jim Gelcer 

Group; 9:30pm Montréal’s Jazzamboka. 

June 16 6:30pm Laura Hubert Group; 9:30pm 

Brad Cheeseman Group. June 17 4pm Hogtown 

Syncopators; 6:30pm The Jive Bombers; 

9:45pm Steve Amirault Trio. June 18 

12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Jerome Godboo; 

7pm Ryley Murray; 9:45pm Justin Bacchus. 

June 19 12pm Excelsior Dixieland Jazz 

Band; 3:30pm Dr. Nick & The Rollercoasters; 

7pm James Brown Guitar Trio; 9:30pm Hannah 

Barstow. June 20 6:30pm Ken McDonald 

Quartet; 9:30pm Kandinsky Effect (France/ 

Brooklyn). June 21 6:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 

9:30pm Kandinsky Effect (France/Brooklyn). 

June 22 6:30pm Jim Gelcer Group. June 23 

5pm Bugaloo Squad; 8pm Pat LaBarbera; 10pm 

NYC’s Tim Ries w/ Hungary’s East Gypsy Band. 

June 24 3pm Hogtown Syncopators; 5pm The 

Jive Bombers; 8pm Tara Davidson Group; 10pm 

Dave Young. June 25 12pm The Sinners Choir; 

3:30pm Swing Shift Big Band; 8pm Alex Pangman 

& her Alleycats; 10pm Mike Murley. June 

26 12pm Excelsior Dixieland Jazz Band; 3:30pm 

Freeway Dixieland Band; 7pm NYC’s Tim Christensen 

Spin Cycle; 9:30pm Metalwood. June 27 

8:30pm John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra. 

June 28 1:30pm Big Band Slam; 5pm Peripheral 

Vision; 8pm Mark Kelso’s Jazz Exiles; 11pm LA’s 

Knower. June 29 5pm Allison Young; 8pm Allison 

Au Quartet; 11pm LA’s Knower. June 30 5pm 

Fog Brass Band; 8pm Mike Downes Quartet; 

10pm Nashville/NYC’s Progger w/ Special Guest 

Melissa McMillan. July 1 12pm Berklee Students; 

5pm Justin Bacchus; 8pm Rich Brown’s 

rinsethealgorithm; 10pm Nashville/NYC’s Progger 

w/ Special Guest Melissa McMillan. July 2 

12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Laura Hubert; 

8pm Rich Brown’s The Abeng; 10pm Tara Kannangara 

Group. July 3 12pm Excelsior Dixieland 

Jazz Band; 3:30pm Freeway Dixieland Band; 

8pm Radiohead Jazz Project - T.J.O. Toronto 

Jazz Orchestra. 

Salty Dog Bar & Grill, The 

1980 Queen St. E. 416-849-5064 

(full schedule) 

thesaltydog.ca 

Sauce on the Danforth 

1376 Danforth Ave. 647-748-1376 

sauceondanforth.com 

All shows: No cover. 

Every Mon 9pm The Out Of Towners: Dirty 

Organ Jazz. Every Tue 6pm Julian Fauth. 

June 11 4pm The Lesters. 

Seven44 

(Formerly Chick n’ Deli/The People’s Chicken) 

744 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-489-7931 

seven44.com (full schedule) 

All shows: 7:30pm 

June 6 Advocats Big Band. June 13 Metro 

Big Band. June 20 George Lake Swing Band. 

June 27 Mega City Swing Band. 

Tranzac 

292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137 

tranzac.org 

3-4 shows daily, various styles. Mostly PWYC. 

Every Mon 10pm Open Mic Mondays. Every 

Fri 5pm The Friends of Hugh Oliver (folk). 

This month’s shows include: June 7 7:30pm 

Ali Berkok. June 8 10pm Ken Aldcroft. June 

14 10pm Michael Davidson. June 19 7:30pm 

Diane Roblin. June 24 10pm The Ryan Driver 

Sextet. 

Galas and Fundraisers 

●●June 05 3:00-5:30: Toronto Early Music 

Players Organization. Annual Fundraising 

Tea and Silent Auction. Live music, free 

food and beverages; CDs, books and sheet 

music for sale. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 

300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-927-8699. Admission 

by tax-deductible donation. 

June 11, 


Noon-5pm 

1 Laird Drive 

●●June 11 12:00 noon-5:00: Opera Atelier. 

Costume Sale: Burgers, Burgundy and Baroque. 

Fundraising event offering members of 

the public the rare opportunity to buy their 

very own Opera Atelier costumes; includes 

wine and food. All Canadian Self-Storage, 

1 Laird Drive. Tickets purchased at the door 

or through Eventbrite.com $15 (suggested 

donation). 

●●June 12 2:00-5:00: Dundas Valley Orchestra. 

Strawberry Social Fundraiser. Includes 

music, food, silent auction. St. Paul’s United 

Church, 29 Park Street W. Dundas. www.dundasvalleyorchestra 

Entry by donation. 

●●June 12 3:00-5:00: Upper Canada Choristers. 

Strawberry Social. Nibble on 

E. The ETCeteras 

taste-tempting finger foods and strawberry 

shortcake; enjoy some bubbly and listen to 

delectable musical selections performed by 

the choir under its director, Laurie Evan Fraser. 

Parish Hall, Grace Church on-the-Hill, 

300 Lonsdale Rd. $30 (door) or reserved by 

calling 416-256-0510. Cash bar. 

●●June 18 5:00: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. 

4th Annual Black & White Gala. Superb 

music by the Niagara Symphony Orchestra; 

sumptuous cuisine and wine; auction. 

Ridley College, 2 Ridley Rd. St. Catharines. 

905-687-4993 x221. $195 (individual); $1,560 

(table of 8). 

Festivals, Fairs, Festivities 

●●June 26 10:00am-4:00: Royal Conservatory 

of Music. 3rd Annual Wide Open House. 

Fun for the entire family: drop-in music lessons, 

Smart Start TM class for babies and toddlers; 

summer camp activity room; courtyard 

party. Free Koerner Hall concerts and activities 

throughout the day! 273 Bloor St. W. For 

more information: rcmusic.ca/woh 

Lectures, Salons, Symposia 

●●June 09 7:00: Canadian Institute for 

Advanced Research. Our Musical Brain. Join 

the Gryphon Trio and CIFAR fellows Robert 

Zatorre and Laurel Trainor for an evening of 

performances and scientific insights revealing 

music’s connection to consciousness. 

Hosted by CBC’s Julie Nesrallah. Koerner Hall, 

TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 

273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208; www.cifar.ca/ 

events/our-musical-brain $30; $15 (st). 

●●June 09 7:30: Darchei Noam Synagogue. 

Jews’ Muse: Leonard Bernstein. A mix of lecture, 

music and discussion with lecturer Rick 

Phillips as he explores the music of Bernstein 

- the influences that shaped his music, 

the impact he left on his times, and his lasting 

legacy. 864 Sheppard Ave. W. 416-638-4783; 

http://www.darcheinoam.ca/event/Jewish- 

Composers $20. 

●●June 13 12:00 noon-1:00: The Study at St. 

Barnabas Church. Lecture by composer 

and music theorist Dr. Konrad Harley on the 

music of Sergei Prokofiev. 361 Danforth Ave. 

416-463-1344. Free. 


Choir Camp 

Aug. 29 - Sept. 2, 

9am-5pm 

for Girls and Boys, 

ages 6-16 

“Singing, Music Theory, 

Games, Sports, and Excursions“ 

Nominal Registration Fee • For details and registration, 

please visit www.gracechurchonthehill.ca/our-music 


Love to sing? 

Rehearse, learn, perform, travel 

and expand your musical horizons with 

BACH CHILDREN’S CHORUS 

BACH CHAMBER YOUTH CHOIR 

Linda Beaupré, Artistic Director 

Age 6 through university age 

Book an audition: 416.431.0790 

info@bachchildrenschorus.ca 

facebook.com/BCCandBCYC bachchildrenschorus.ca 

●●June 26 12:00 noon: Westben Arts Festival 

Theatre. Hello? Tech-Connect. Experts meet 

under the tent for discussion on technology 

and the story behind The Pencil Salesman. 

Westben Concert Barn, 6698 County Rd. 30, 

Campbellford. 705-653-5508 or 1-877-883- 

5777. Free to all June 26 ticket holders. 

●●June 26 2:30-6:00: Royal Conservatory of 

Music. Wide Open House: After Hours. Free 

activities for adults, including music appreciation 

lectures; orchestra percussion, cello, 

and harp demonstrations; Koerner Hall concerts, 

reception. 273 Bloor St. W. For more 

information: rcmusic.ca/woh 

●●July 17 7:00: Soundstreams Salon 21. 

Soundweavers. Join Soundstreams for the 

premiere of composer Emilie Lebel’s collaboration 

with Jumblies Theatre and the community 

participants involved with the new 

work. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. 

416-504-1282. Free, PWYC preferred seating 

available. 

●●July 19 & 26 1:00-300: Royal Conservatory 

of Music. Elgar: Musical Voice of the 

Edwardian Era. Join Rick Phillips for two 

engaging lectures on the life and music of 

the great English composer, Sir Edward 

Elgar. 273 Bloor St. W. For more information: 

ecmusic.ca/MusicAppreciation 

E. The ETCeteras 

●●July 20 3:00: Festival of the Sound. What 

is a Sonata Anyway? Find out more about 

this legendary musical form. Jeffrey Stokes, 

lecturer. Charles W. Stockey Centre for the 

Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 

1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca Free. 

●●July 21 12:45: Festival of the Sound. Journey 

into the Heart and Mind of Robert Schumann. 

Jeffrey Stokes, lecturer. Charles W. 

Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Bay 

St. Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca 

Free. 

Master♦ Classes 

●●June 27 10:00am: Westben Arts Festival 

Theatre. Connecting Through Song: Song- 

Connect: Voice Intensive with Michael Warren. 

A three-day immersion experience 

designed for all levels and genres of singers, 

age 16 and higher. Participants receive 

30 min. lesson observed by other participants. 

Clock Tower Hall, 36 Front St. S., 


5777. $135(one session with lesson); $25(one 

session without lesson). Until 9:00pm. Program 

runs June 27-29. Private lessons also 

available. 




See June 27. 




See June 27. 

●●Aug 02 1:30: Festival of the Sound. Stockey 

Master Class. Sit in with master teacher 

Canadian Vocal Ensemble 

Represent Canada 

and celebrate our 

150th birthday 

abroad! 

Sing with us as we 

tour Spain and 

Portugal in 2017 

Join us now as we prepare for our 

second European tour. It will be a 

musical celebration showcasing 

Canadian choral composers. 

A musical experience 

unlike any other! 

416-571-3680 • mosaic-vocalensemble.ca 

LYDIA ADAMS 

Conductor & Artistic Director 

AUDITIONS for 

the 2016/17 season 

will be held in May and June 

for experienced singers in all 

voice categories. The choir will 

perform as guests of the Elmer 

Iseler Singers and the Toronto 

Symphony Orchestra in addition 

to our regular 4 concert season. 

FOR DETAILS OR TO SET UP AN 

AUDITION PLEASE CONTACT US 

AT 416-446-0188 

INFO@AMADEUSCHOIR.COM 

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Glen Montgomery as he works with amateur 

pianists. Charles W. Stockey Centre for 

the Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 


●●Aug 03 11:00am: Festival of the Sound. 

Stockey Master Class. Pianists James Anagnoson 

and Leslie Kinton work on piano duo 

repertoire with two 2016 Stockey Young 

Artists. Charles W. Stockey Centre for the 

Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 


●●Aug 04 11:00am: Festival of the Sound. 

Stockey Master Class. Pianist Janina Fialkowska 

works on solo piano repertoire with 

Stockey Young Artists. Charles W. Stockey 

Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. 

Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca 

Free. 

●●Aug 04 7:00: Highlands Opera Studio. Master 

class with tenor Richard Margison. Meet 

the singers of HOS 2016 and hear them work 

with internationally acclaimed Canadian 

tenor, Richard Margison. A great opportunity 

for those interested in singing to learn 

more about what makes a great performance 

even better. St. George’s Anglican Church, 

122 Highland, Haliburton. 

highlandsoperastudio.com $15. 


class with tenor Richard Margison. See 

Aug 04. 


class with tenor Richard Margison. See 

Aug 04. 

●●Aug 24 1:00-4:00: Muskoka Chautauqua. 

7th Annual OperaMuskoka Festival: Vocal 

Master Class with soprano and RCM teacher 

Jennifer Tung. Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre, 

Bracebridge. 705-645-8400; thecaisse. 

com $100 (participants); $20 (audience). 

●●Aug 25 1:00-4:00: Muskoka Chautauqua. 

7th Annual OperaMuskoka Festival: Violin 

Master Class with Moshe Hammer. Showcasing 

his “from violence to violins” approach 

with five young participants. Rene M. Caisse 

Memorial Theatre, Bracebridge. 705-645- 

8400; thecaisse.com $100 (participants); 

$20 (audience). 

Screenings 

●●July 18 1:00: Festival of the Sound. Around 

the World in 50 Concerts (2014). This documentary 

follows the Royal Concertgebouw 

Orchestra on a world tour and offers a wonderful 

portrait of the personalities behind this 

great orchestra, as well as the lives of some 

of the international music lovers who have 

been touched by their music. With film critic 

William DiNovi. Charles W. Stockey Centre for 


1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca $12. 

●●July 26 10:00am: Festival of the Sound. 

Amadeus. This 1984 period drama, winner of 

8 Academy Awards, tells the story of the life 

of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart through the 

envious eyes of a court composer, Antonio 

Salieri. With film critic William DiNovi. Charles 

W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 

2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca 

$12. 

●●Aug 01 1:00: Festival of the Sound. Keep 

on Keepin’ On (2014). A touching documentary 

about jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and his 

mentorship of a blind piano prodigy named 

Justin Kauflin as the young man prepares for 

an international competition. With film critic 

William DiNovi. Charles W. Stockey Centre for 


1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca $12. 

Workshops 

●●June 03 7:30: CAMMAC Recorder Players’ 

Society. Amateur recorder players 

are invited to join in the playing of early 

music. Mount Pleasant Road Baptist Church, 

527 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-597-0485; cammac.ca 

$15 (non-members). Refreshments 

included. AGM held the second half. 


Theatre. Connecting Through Song: Sound- 

Connect: Do You Hear What I Hear? Participants 

visit a recording studio to see what 

technology can do for their voice. Four participants 

will record one brief song each 

and receive a CD, while observers watch 

or experiment with speech. Andy Thompson, 

sound engineer. Studio 29, Highway 30, 

Warkworth. 705-653-5508 or 1-877-883- 

5777. $50(singer); $20(observer/speaker). 

Pre-registration required (space limited). 

Also 2:00pm. 

●●June 30 2:00 and 7:00: Westben Arts Festival 

Theatre. Connecting Through Song: 

Sound-Connect: Do You Hear What I Hear?. 

Participants visit a recording studio to see 

what technology can do for their voice. Four 

participants will record one brief song each 

and receive a CD, while observers watch 

or experiment with speech. Andy Thompson, 

sound engineer. Studio 29, Highway 30, 

Warkworth. 705-653-5508 or 1-877-883- 

5777. $50(singer); $20(observer/speaker). 

Pre-registration required (space limited). 

Also 11:00am. 

●●July 01 3:00: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. 

Connecting Through Song: Choral-Connect. 

Marie Anderson leads an impromptu 

“Quick Choir.” Previous choral experience 

helpful but not necessary. Open to all. Westben 

Concert Barn, 6698 County Rd. 30, 


5777. $20. Pre-registration required. 

Come Sing with the 

Toronto Children’s Chorus! 

Canada’s Premier Treble Choir 

Audition: Saturday, September 10, 2016 

Limited spaces. Register online to audition today! 

www.torontochildrenschorus.com/join-us 

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MONDAY, JULY 11 TO FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016 

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NO MUSICAL EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! 

Just a willingness to explore your own inner creativity 

The Canadian Music Centre 

20 St. Joseph Street, Toronto 

Information/registration 

Matthew Fava 

416-961-6601 ext.207 

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Seeking a vibrant 

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Want to sing with 

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conductor? 

Looking for a choral 

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Rehearsals: 7 p.m. Tuesdays 

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Premiere 

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AUDITIONS & OPPORTUNITIES 

AUDITIONS FOR PENTHELIA SINGERS - a 

vibrant women’s chamber choir. 4 spots are 

available. Strong sight singing skills, previous 

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30th, Wednesday, August 31st, 7:00 pm. 

Contact Alice Malach: alice_malach@hotmail. 

com Phone: 416-579-7464. 

AUDITIONS FOR SOLOISTS The Kindred 

Spirits Orchestra invites soloists to affirm 

their interest in performing one of the 

following concerti with the orchestra during 

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concert seasons: VIOLIN CONCERTI by 

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is an auditioned-based civic orchestra 

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COUNTERPOINT COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA 

(www.ccorchestra.org) welcomes volunteer 

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DRUMMER WHO CAN SIGHT-READ and 

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THE PETERBOROUGH SYMPHONY 

ORCHESTRA is seeking a Concertmaster 

on a permanent basis. This is a paid position 

commensurate with experience and a 

minimum 42 services per season. For more 

information: 

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ORGANIST/MUSIC DIRECTOR sought 

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Etobicoke. We seek someone who will 

relish the chance to help shape our future 

as we grow. A 2-manual Casavant pipe 

organ circa 1948 with midi interface and 

a piano are used for worship. Musical 

collaborations with vocalists and 

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coaching singers in vocal technique would 

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TOM PARKER 

“Canada’s Sweetheart of Swing,” Alex 

Pangman is a singer whose love for popular 

music from 1920 to 1940 charms people in a 

graciously old-fashioned way. Her sparkly energy 

seems to come from some limitless source. 

People love her beautifully wrought covers of 

older standards – her smooth warm delivery will 

remind you a little of your own favourite singer 

from that time. But Pangman’s voice is truly her 

own, and she makes a specialty of breathing life 

into lesser-known music from the period. The 

style may sound familiar but “new” old songs 

have to be offered with first-rate diction and this, 

along with her special way of letting the song’s 

own narrative shine, makes for pretty irresistible 

listening. She has led her regular swing band, the 

Alleycats, since 1998. 

Pangman was born 

with cystic fibrosis: an 

incurable genetic disease 

which destroys the 

lungs. Pangman’s first 

double lung transplant 

in 2008 was considered 

successful, but by early 

2013 her health was 

failing. Only the people 

closest to her knew – she 

continued to sing (sitting 

down) and opened for 

Willie Nelson at Massey 

Hall in June 2013 while 

waiting to hear if a 

second transplant donor 

could be found – the call 

came six weeks later. 

Pangman’s courage, 

energy and capacity to 

seize every moment is deeply 

inspiring. Maybe it has something 

to do with choosing to 

live a life where you truly love 

what you do. 

WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDREN 

June’s Child 

Alex Pangman 

Alex Pangman lives in 

Toronto, Ontario with her 

musician husband “Colonel” 

Tom Parker. When she’s not 

singing or attending to music 

business she’s likely to be at 

the farm, horseback riding. 

MJ BUELL 

That childhood photo? I remember the smell of 

the wooden record player – when record players were 

still furniture! I can still smell the wood as I would 

have when I opened the lid, and feel the shag carpet 

under my feet. 

Anything you’d like to say to young Alex in that 

photo? I might encourage her to write more songs. I 

think the most original songs I ever wrote were as a 

child! Ha! That, and don’t drop the needle! 

Where did you grow up? I was born/raised in 

Mississauga, Ontario, to John and Connie Pangman. 

Dad worked in finance and for a time Mom was a 

V.O.N. nurse. My big sister, Jennifer, was into music 

via ballet. We both attended Froebel [independent] 

school where we learned to be self-active and creative. 

I was terrible at math (and music theory) even into 

high school. So bad in fact, that instead of studying 

post-secondary music, I went to 

UofT for art history! To be honest, my 

jazz education happened listening 

to thousands of old records, mostly 

driving to and from the stables. 

Horses have brought me many good 

things in life to offset having been 

born with lung disease. 

NEW CONTEST 

Who is September’s Child? 

YOU are, that’s who! 

This summer make some 

musical memories 

to sustain yourself 

all year round. 

Learn to play something new. 

Play some music 

you thought you’d forgotten. 

Get outside and find 

summer’s music in 

unexpected places. 

And bring a child. 

A new contest will appear 

in our September edition 

Your earliest memories of music? Mom had a guitar and I’m sure 

sang to me, but I think my first memories of music were at Gramma and 

Grampa’s house in London. Gramma had an electric organ (with all the 

foot pedals!). Grampa played the uke and the spoons. Grampa used to 

strum on his uke and sing “Five foot two, eyes of blue…” Mom and Dad 

liked the oldies, and we often listened to an oldies show over dinner. 

And that record player in the photo was stocked with a lot of LPs. 

I remember getting those Mini Pops albums and singing along a lot. I 

got my first uke quite young and would wake up early on weekends to 

sneak downstairs and play it “quietly” to myself. Keener! 

When did you first think of yourself as a career musician? I got sick 

and lost my university year. When I got better I realized I didn’t want a 

career in academia or a museum. Life is short (when you have a serious 

lung disease, more so!) and I decided to do something immediately thrilling: 

music! I didn’t want to spend years writing essays, I wanted to be on stage 

singing, and I pretty much did just that! I didn’t think of it as a career. It was 

just living in the moment. 

Please read the full-length interview at thewholenote.com 

UPCOMING 

June 4 Saturday Swing Night at Dovercourt House Swing 

Dance Ballroom. (9:15pm, Toronto); June 16 Manhattans 

Pizza Bistro and Music Club. (7 to10pm,Guelph); June 24 

TD Toronto Jazz Festival presents “Heather Bambrick & 

Friends” with the Russ Little Quartet at The Old Mill Home 

Smith Jazz Bar. Bambrick will trade songs and duets with 

guest Alex Pangman. (7:30pm, Toronto); June 25 TD 

Toronto Jazz Festival presents Alex Pangman and her 

Alleycats. The sextet will take over The Rex for 90 minutes 

of pure swing. (8pm, Toronto). ALSO: July 30 at the 

Niagara Jazz Festival, and Sept 2 and 3 at the CNE 

(Toronto). 

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS! 

Live in Montreal is Alex Pangman and the Alleycats 2005 album, 

recorded in front of an enthusiastic Montreal Jazz Festival audience. 

These 12 tracks are essential Pangman and the record remains a 

favourite among her fans. A copy each for ROBERT LESCOE and MEL 

DADE 

Alex Pangman’s New is her eighth record. It explores lesser-known 

1930s songs some of which are Canadian-written, including I’ll Never 

Smile Again, The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise and Pangman’s It’s 

Never Enough. Recorded in New Orleans in a converted 1930’s woodframe 

church called The Living Room with the New Orleans Cotton 

Mouth Kings. New [JTR 8587] was nominated for the 2015/16 JUNO 

Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. A copy each for MARGARET 

OLDFIELD and CHARLES LEVI 


DISCOVERIES | RECORDINGS REVIEWED 

DAVID OLDS 

Material for this month’s column began with an email in early 

April from a young man in Hawaii saying he was sending me 

copies of two CDs featuring his music for baritone ukulele. I 

don’t think I ever responded to the email, but my curiosity was whetted 

– I was not familiar with the baritone member of that instrumental 

family – and when the discs arrived I was pleased to find them both 

interesting. The young man’s name is Ryan Choi (ryanckchoi.com) and 

the two discs present different sides of his compositional activity. 

The first, Whenmill (Off ODG049 offrecordlabel.blogspot.ca), 

presents four pieces 

for solo baritone ukulele in a fairly traditional 

contemporary classical guitar idiom. 

The rich tones of the instrument and the way 

Choi makes full contrapuntal use of its limited 

range makes it easy to forget that he is dealing 

with two fewer strings than on a guitar. Set 1 

is comprised of three pieces, Quixano and 

Inn Blue, both from 2012, and Whenmill, composed the following 

year. I wish there were some program notes for the pieces, but even 

web searches turn up little information. The opening piece’s title, also 

the honorific of “Don Quixote de la Mancha,” makes me wonder if 

Inn Blue refers to the Don’s infamous adventure at a country inn and 

whether Whenmill, a word I cannot find mention of except in connection 

with Choi, has something to with tilting at windmills…but that 

is mere speculation on my part. Regardless of intent or inspiration, 

the “set” is a satisfying and intriguing exploration of the potential of 

this lesser-known instrument. At 12 minutes, the final track, South 

Aleksandr, composed in 2011, is longer than the other three combined 

and its virtuosic flamenco-like passages showcase Choi’s considerable 

abilities. 

Choi’s other disc Three Dancers (Accretions 

ALP-060 accretions.com) is quite a different 

offering including works for “prepared” baritone 

ukulele, percussion and electronics, all 

performed by the composer. The title of the 

20-minute EP, again about 20 minutes in all 

(and of the third track,) refers to Picasso’s 

painting Les Trois Danseuses and the cover art 

is a line drawing by Choi. The brief opening 

track Preparations I and IV is percussive in its approach, seemingly 

achieved with preparations on the ukulele similar to those which 

John Cage developed for piano, rather than through the use of traditional 

percussion instruments. It is very rhythmic and pointillistic, 

but relatively tame compared to the dynamic second track, Apollon 

at Eros, which combines hand drumming and stilted string plucking 

which jumps erratically, although not randomly, around the fret 

board. The electronic treatments are subtly present in Three Dancers, 

with, as far as I can tell, textures produced by reversing recorded 

sounds which actually seem almost as if they could be created live 

in real time by this accomplished player. These two releases present 

a remarkable portrait of an instrument not previously known for its 

art music potential, and of an adventurous new voice on the contemporary 

scene. 

I was pleased, but not surprised, by the 

beautiful sounds on Old Wood – New Seeds, 

the latest from Toronto classical guitarist/ 

composer William Beauvais (musiccentre.ca/ 

node/138158). The disc opens with the suite, 

Appalachian Colours – Gold; Red; Green; 

Blue, evidently inspired not by Copland’s 

Appalachian Spring, but rather by that iconic 

American composer’s orchestral suite Rodeo. From the contemplative 

opening movement through the lilting second and the lullabylike 

third, our attention is held by the lush colours Beauvais draws 

from his instrument. The gently ebullient final movement, glistening 

like sunlight off the surface of a rippling lake, held me wrapped in its 

thrall from start to finish nearly seven minutes later. 

Shakespeare has arguably provided inspiration for more composers 

than any other literary figure throughout history. Beauvais has 

followed this time-honoured path with a pair of works, Fallstaffe’s 

Lament and Fallstaffe’s Charade, the first being a suitably mournful 

theme and variations and the second in the form of an English jig. No 

explanation is given for the aberrant spelling of the character’s name 

(nor for a different spelling, one “l” but still the “e,” in the program 

note), perhaps just to evoke the Elizabethan era before spellings were 

standardized. Certainly the music does so effectively. We’ll return to 

Shakespeare later in this column but Beauvais next takes us to Eastern 

Europe in The Ancient Waters suite which uses two Bulgarian songs 

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and a rhythmic Balkan folk dance. 

Beauvais incorporates Renaissance-style “divisions” in the warm 

and luscious Open Moonflower which is paired with the cascading 

Shoveling Clouds. Carré St. Anne, the final track on this very satisfying 

disc, begins quietly but gradually builds to a driving conclusion 

based on a Brazilian dance form. Throughout, the recorded sound 

is rich, but natural, and surprisingly free of extraneous finger and 

string noise. 

One thing I did not mention in the 

Beauvais review was that several of the tracks 

put me in mind of the Paul Winter Consort 

and how classical guitarist Ralph Towner 

was integrated into the fabric of that seminal 

crossover band in the 1970s. I mention this 

now because another package that found my 

attention this past month was a reissue of the 

1996 CD Pete (LMUS 0032) along with the 

DVD Living Music Festival 1982 (LMU-45) featuring Pete Seeger and 

the Paul Winter Consort, on Winter’s Living Music label (paulwinter. 

com). Released 20 years ago when Seeger was 77, Pete – Pete Seeger 

and Friends brings together Joanie Madden (pennywhistle), Howard 

Levy (harmonica), Paul Winter (soprano sax), Paul Preston (banjo, 

mandolin) and three different choirs, Gaudeamus, the Union Baptist 

Church Singers and the Cathedral Singers, in 18 songs showing the 

breadth of Seeger’s interest and experience. From straightforward folk 

songs like Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, through protest, pro-environment 

and pro-humanity offerings, Garbage, To My Old Brown Earth 

and My Rainbow Race, and to storytelling, Huddie Ledbetter Was a 

Hell of a Man, and traditional songs like The Water is Wide, we are 

presented with many facets of one of the most influential folk singers 

of the 20th century, someone who brought so many people together 

over the course of a career that spanned almost eight decades. 

The DVD is a bit of a time capsule. Recorded at the Living Music 

Festival in 1982 when Seeger was a sprightly 63, the footage never 

saw the light of day until after his death in 2014 when Paul Winter 

sought out filmmaker Phil Garvin who fortunately still had the raw 

footage. The festival, organized by Winter in the Lichtfield Hills of 

northwest Connecticut, featured the Paul Winter Consort in selections 

from their album Common Ground, singer Susan Osborn and 

the Brazilian Pe de Boi Samba Band. Seeger performs an extended solo 

set singing in English, Yiddish, French and Spanish, accompanying 

himself on banjo, 12-string guitar and block flute. He also collaborates 

with the other performers and as you would expect there is 

lots of audience participation. It is vintage Seeger and a wonderfully 

nostalgic look at peace festivals of days gone by. There are bonus tracks 

recorded at the “Pete-nic” at Winter’s farm in 1997 and a five minute 

solo performance by Seeger for the Harriet Beecher Stowe Society in 

2005 on the 40th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” Pettus Bridge 

March in Selma, Alabama. Although his voice had almost disappeared 

by that time, his energy and conviction had not flagged. It is a moving 

performance. 

The CD/DVD set was supported by Music for the Earth, a non-profit 

foundation dedicated to “exploring ways that music can be used to 

enrich the lives of human beings and awaken a spirit of involvement 

in the preservation of wildlife and the natural environment of the 

Earth” – things to which Pete Seeger devoted his life and his art. 

Chaim Tannenbaum is another who has 

been involved in the folk music scene for 

more than half a century, albeit in a peripheral 

role. Peripheral that is if you’re not part of 

the Wainwright/McGarrigle musical dynasty. 

The erstwhile professor of the philosophy 

of mathematics and logic has been an integral 

part of that extended family throughout 

the decades, managing to stay as friend and collaborator with both 

Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle in spite of their breakup, 

frequently performing with Wainwright and with Kate and Anna 

McGarrigle and mentoring Loudon and Kate’s precocious offspring 

Rufus and Martha. Tannenbaum is a multi-instrumentalist with a 

distinctive voice who can be heard on many of the recordings of this 

family compact; his production credits include the album Therapy 

which marked Wainwright’s return to recording after a three-year 

hiatus in 1989. 

Evidently happy in the shadows, it took much persuasion from 

Tannenbaum’s friends to embark on this voyage to centre stage. His 

belated debut album includes a number of traditional pieces – Coal 

Man Blues, Moonshiner, Mama’s Angel Child – and the gospel song 

Farther Along and Harburg/Rose/Arlen’s It’s Only a Paper Moon. 

But it’s not all old-timey fare and Tannenbaum turns out to be a fine 

storytelling songwriter too – the CD opens out to a double panel with 

four paragraphs of prose I initially took to be a memoir, but which 

turn out to be the lyrics for his song Brooklyn 1955. The booklet 

includes extended encomiums by Wainwright (heard in harmony 

vocals on several tracks) and by record producer (not this record) 

Joe Boyd. Chaim Tannenbaum was produced by Dick Connette and 

released on StorySound Records (storysoundrecords.com). This disc 

is not just for aficionados of the Wainwright-McGarrigles, but it will 

be of particular interest to them. Highly recommended. 

Concert note: Chaim Tannenbaum launches his eponymous CD at 

Toronto’s Tranzac Club on Sunday June 12. 

I told you that Shakespeare would reappear 

later and here he comes. April 23, 1616 is the 

assumed date of the death of the Bard and 

to mark the 400th anniversary Deutsche 

Grammophon has released Take All My Loves 

(4795508), a setting of nine Shakespeare 

Sonnets by the above-mentioned scion of 

the Wainwright-McGarrigle dynasty, Rufus 

Wainwright. It is an eclectic offering, further 

exploring the singer-songwriter’s interest in blending the worlds of 

pop and high-art culture. There are readings by Siân Phillips, Frally 

Hynes, Peter Eyre, Carrie Fisher, William Shatner and Inge Keller, 

while the vocals are primarily shared by Austrian soprano Anna 

Prohaska and Wainwright himself, with the participation of Florence 

Welsh, Martha Wainwright, Fiora Cutler, Christopher Nell and 

Jürgen Holtz. 

The project grew out of an invitation from director Robert Wilson 

back in 2009 – the 400th anniversary of the publication of the sonnets 

– to set some of them for a production of the Berliner Ensemble, 

a theatre company founded by Bertold Brecht in 1949. Although 

Wainwright’s interest in the poems dates back to his youth when 

he was encouraged to read them by his mother, they have been of 

ongoing interest in recent years. Following the cabaret style production 

in Berlin replete with garish costumes, the San Francisco 

Symphony commissioned Wainwright to orchestrate five of the 

sonnets for the concert hall, three of which appeared on his 2010 

album All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu. 

The current production is kind of a mixed bag, with lush full 

orchestral accompaniments featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra, 

smaller settings with the Berlin String Section and a number of 

tracks with pop band instrumentation. All of the sung sonnets 

are introduced by a dramatic reading of the text, with the exception 

of Wainwright’s performance of Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40) 

which incorporates Marius de Vries’ recitation into the body of the 

song. Prohaska’s voice, celebrated across a repertoire that spans 

three centuries, is a highlight, especially in the gentle A Woman’s 

Face (Sonnet 20) and the wickedly dramatic Th’Expense of Spirit 

in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129). Wainwright’s distinctive voice is 

particularly effective in the title track, but his reprise of A Woman’s 

Face is something of a letdown with its straightforward pop arrangement 

and sensibility. 

The extensive booklet includes an introduction by British actor 

Peter Eyre, full texts, translations and production credits. What is 

missing is an explanation of why two of the sonnets are presented in 

German necessitating the translations, or more properly the English 

originals, of All Dessen Müd (Sonnet 66) in a cabaret-like arrangement 

and Farewell (Sonnet 87) sung beautifully by Prohaska. I assume 

this has to do with the Berliner Ensemble origins of the settings, but it 


would have been nice if Eyre, whose English performance of Farewell 

with Wainwright can be found on YouTube, would have explained. 

Concert note: Toronto audiences can catch Rufus Wainwright’s 

acclaimed recreation of Judy Garland’s 1961 Carnegie Hall show 

“Rufus Does Judy” June 23 and 24 at the Hearn Generating Station as 

part of this year’s Luminato Festival. 

Concert note: On June 18 another Luminato 

performance at the Hearn features soloists 

of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with 

concertmaster Jonathan Crow and narrator 

Derek Boyes in Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du 

Soldat. Naxos recently released a new 

recording of that work, Stavinsky – The 

Soldier’s Tale (Complete) featuring the 

Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players with 

violinist Tianwa Yang, narrator Fred Child and actors Jared McGuire 

(The Soldier) and Jeff Biehl (The Devil) under the direction of JoAnn 

Falletta (8.573537). 

I have always liked this pocket drama – an hour-long Faustian 

story of a young man who sells his soul – or in this case his violin 

– to the devil and in so doing loses the things and people he loves. 

Composed in 1917 while Stravinsky was living in Switzerland during 

the First World War, it is scored for a modest orchestra of seven players 

reflecting the ravaged ranks of musicians who survived that conflict. 

Of principal interest is the violin, so dear to the soldier – its themes 

will reappear in Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto some 14 years later. It is 

a different take on the story because it is not the soldier’s greed which 

leads him to his fateful error. He is actually perfectly content with his 

modest life and his fiddle but is tricked by the devil into making the 

trade. Although granted fortune through the book he trades for, which 

foretells the future, it was never his idea and he is never comfortable 

in the role. Eventually he finds a way to beat the devil – by letting 

him win at cards – and regain his life. Spoiler Alert: all does not end 

well when you play with the devil and in a scene reminiscent of 

Orpheus’ glance back at Eurydice, the devil regains the upper hand 

and the violin. 

The story is narrated effectively and Yang’s violin playing is flawless 

and convincing in this new performance. It is a welcome addition to 

my collection. 

And a quick final note. The Story of 

Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps with Valery 

Gergiev (ArtHaus Music 109210) is a very 

effective documentary film by Peter Rump. 

Gergiev leads the Rotterdam Philharmonic 

Orchestra through a rehearsal during which he 

analyzes and explains his approach to the iconic 

work. This is intercut with commentary and 

piano examples by Gergiev and historic footage of 

Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez and Alexander Toradze. 

Gergiev makes a very strong case for his interpretation – rough and 

rhythmic, rather than romantic – and provides an insightful introduction 

that shows how this 100-year-old masterwork is still fresh 

and vibrant. 

Shameless self-promotion II: I am hosting a fundraiser on behalf 

of New Music Concerts at “Coffee House 345” (aka Gallery 345 on 

Sorauren) on Wednesday June 15. I will be bringing my eclectic repertoire, 

6- and 12-string guitars and a few musical friends along for the 

ride. Thanks to NMC’s board of directors there will be complimentary 

snacks and libations. For reservations call 416-961-9594. 

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TERRY ROBBINS 

When violinist Jacques Israelievitch 

joined the Faculty of Music at York 

University in 2008 he became a 

colleague of pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, 

and it wasn’t long before they started performing 

as a duo. They also sight-read all of the Mozart 

sonatas for their own pleasure, and soon added 

some of the late works to their concert recitals. 

This led to their performing all of the sonatas in a marathon concert 

of more than seven hours (with three short breaks), an experience 

which convinced them to try to recreate the excitement by recording 

the complete series. They were part of the way through the project 

when Israelievitch was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Despite 

a break for hospital treatment he managed to find the strength to 

complete the project, recording the final six sonatas in less than four 

hours. He passed away on September 5, 2015. 

Mozart: Sonatas and Variations for Piano and Violin Vol.1 is the 

initial release in the series, issued “with a heavy heart” by Fleur de 

Son Classics (FDS 58034). This first volume features the Sonata No.28 

in E Flat K380, the Sonata No.32 in B-Flat Major K454, the Sonata 

No.35 in A Major K526 and the Six Variations on a French Song K360. 

These works are perfectly suited to Israelievitch’s distinctive style 

and sound, which was always warm, gentle and sensitive. More 

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Rufus Wainwright commemorates 

Shakespeare’s in dramatic fashion 

in this collection of sonnets 

performed by both actors and 

vocalists, including Anna Prohaska. 

Stravinsky wrote The Soldier’s Tale 

work in collaboration with author 

Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz and 

artist Rene-Victor Auberjonois, and 

is based on a Russian folk tale by 

Alexander Afanasyev. 

Irish-born Victor Herbert - a cellist, 

conductor, composer of light 

operas, and recording artist - was 

one of the most celebrated names 

in American music in the late-19th 

and early-20th centuries. 

Few harpsichordists have come 

to the defence of the harpsichord 

repertoire on the modern piano 

with such conviction and audacity. 

Fascinating! 


so than in the early juvenile sonatas written before Mozart turned 

11, where the violin is little more than an accompaniment to the 

piano, the instruments are on equal terms here, and it’s obvious 

that Israelievitch and Petrowska Quilico are of one mind in their 

performances. 

I’m not sure how many volumes there will be in this series – there 

are 19 mature sonatas as well as the 17 juvenile works – but if this first 

volume is anything to go by then it will be a series to treasure, and one 

that will be a wonderful memorial tribute to a great and much-loved 

violinist. 

There seems to be a never-ending stream 

of emerging top-notch violinists these days, 

but every now and then a talent emerges that 

simply stops you in your tracks. One such 

talent is the 19-year-old Canadian violinist 

Kerson Leong, who makes his CD debut with 

Bis on the Analekta label with Canadian 

pianist Philip Chiu (AN 2 9160). 

Leong is by no means an unknown, having 

won the Junior First Prize at the 2010 Menuhin Competition in Oslo, 

as well as numerous awards here in Canada, but from the very first 

bars of the opening track it’s clear that this is a very special violinist 

with qualities that lift him from the general crowd and place him in 

the stratosphere. 

In a blog from the 2012 Menuhin Competition, Nancy Pellegrini 

called Leong “a 15-year-old with a 45-year-old’s stage presence.” The 

level of musical maturity on display here is simply staggering. Leong 

chose to make his first album a series of encore-style pieces, saying 

that he thought it would be the ideal way to introduce himself, and 

it was a wise decision: the wide range of composers and styles allows 

him to display his dazzling talents to the fullest. 

From the rich, deep, passionate tone of the Brahms Hungarian 

Dances Nos.1 and 17, through Kreisler’s Liebesfreud and Liebesleid, a 

Gluck Melodie, the Bartók Romanian Dances, Medtner’s Fairy Tale, 

the three Gershwin Preludes, Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, a simply 

ravishing Debussy Clair de lune and Valse, to Wagner’s Albumblatt 

and the final Hebrew Melody Op.33 by Joseph Achron, this is magnificent 

playing by a young violinist who must surely be on the cusp of a 

stellar international career. Chiu’s finely judged accompaniments add 

greatly to an outstanding CD. 

The Juilliard graduate and Itzhak Perlman 

protégée, Francesca dePasquale (francescadepasquale.instantencore.com), 

has also 

released a self-titled debut album, with pianist 

Meng-Chieh Liu. Like Leong, dePasquale has 

been around for quite a while – she made her 

debut at the age of nine touring Spain – and 

for her first album chose works that she feels 

are not only dear to her heart but that also show her wide range as an 

artist; also like the Leong CD, it’s a choice that works extremely well. 

DePasquale has a beautiful tone and impressive technique. There’s 

a lovely reading of the Bach Partita No.2 in D Minor for Solo Violin, 

and a really strong extended melodic line in Messiaen’s Thème et 

Variations. Paola Prestini’s very effective Oceanic Fantasy for Solo 

Violin and Electronics, a 2015 commission from dePasquale, incorporates 

field recordings of southern Italian songs, although the work is 

almost entirely for violin alone, with Bach-like arpeggios and doublestopping 

and strong melody lines. The remaining works are the brief 

Schumann Intermezzo from the F.A.E. Sonata, Bartók’s Rhapsody 

No.1 and a simply gorgeous performance of Marietta’s Lied from 

Korngold’s opera Die Tote Stadt; there is a video of the recording 

session of the latter, along with audio samples of all the tracks on the 

CD, on dePasquale’s website. It’s well worth a visit. 

This seems to be a good month for debut albums. First Day is the 

solo debut CD of the American cellist Laura Metcalf, accompanied by 

pianist Matei Varga in another varied program of works to which both 

performers feel deeply connected (Sono Luminus DSL-92201). 

Metcalf has extensive experience as both a chamber musician 

and soloist, and has a lovely tone and a fine legato. She has been 

friends and musical partner with Varga since 

2004, and one wonders why a solo CD has 

been so long in coming. Still, it was certainly 

worth the wait. 

Two works on the disc by young American 

composers are world premiere recordings: 

Caleb Buhrans’ Phantasie and Dan Visconti’s 

very brief but joyful Hard-Knock Stomp. 

There are also works by José Bragato, Bohuslav 

Martinů, Alberto Ginastera and Marin Marais. A student work by a 

young George Enescu, the single movement Sonata in F Minor, was 

only recently discovered and is still unpublished. 

The CD’s title comes from the phrase “paths of the first day” from 

the Francis Poulenc song Les Chemins de l’amour, the final track on 

the album. Metcalf adds a vocal performance to bring an excellent CD 

to a simply lovely close. 

This also seems to be a great month for violin 

and piano CDs. Interchange is a new release 

from the Australian violinist Sarita Kwok (a 

longtime resident in the United States) and 

pianist Wei-Yi Yang featuring Violin & Piano 

Duos of the 20th Century (Genuin GEN 16548). 

Janáček’s Sonata is a late work that shows 

the influence of the First World War as well 

as the composer’s fascination with the 

speech patterns of his native Moravia that gave his late music such a 

distinctive sound. It’s a difficult, intense, passionate and constantly 

changing work, and Kwok captures every element perfectly. 

Stravinsky’s Duo Concertante and Prokofiev’s Five Melodies are 

given equally sympathetic performances, and there is a stunning sense 

of style in Ravel’s Sonata No.2 in G Major, particularly in the Blues 

middle movement and the final Perpetuum mobile. 

Kwok displays a gorgeous tone, a dazzling technique and a beautiful 

focus throughout a terrific CD, and is matched in all respects by Yang’s 

outstanding piano playing. 

The latest issue from the outstanding 

American violinist Rachel Barton Pine 

is Testament, a 2CD set of the complete 

Bach Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin 

(Avie 2CD AV2360). 

As I’ve noted before, comparative reviews 

of these sets are not only extremely difficult, 

given the huge number of performer choices 

available, but also irrelevant. Probably more 

than with any other works in the solo repertoire, recorded performances 

of the Sonatas & Partitas are about making an intimate personal 

statement. The sheer size and scope of the work means that there will 

always be countless variations – small and large – between various 

interpretations; all that matters is that each performer’s personal 

views and feelings come through, for nothing lays a violinist’s soul 

bare more than these astonishing pieces. 

Barton Pine makes no attempt to hide the work’s spiritual significance 

for her, choosing to record the CD in her church, St. Paul’s 

United Church of Christ in Chicago, the place she calls her “emotional 

home” for Bach’s music and where she first encountered the violin 

and first played Bach in a worship setting at the age of four. There’s 

certainly a spirituality to her playing, which is quite superb. 

The recording is, she says, a testament to her lifelong relationship 

with one of the cornerstones of the violin repertoire and to all who 

have inspired and supported her. And what a testament it is. 

Canadian violinist Andréa Tyniec has 

released a simply stunning recording of the 

Six Sonatas for Solo Violin Op.27 by Eugène 

Ysaÿe (Really Records REA-CD-5898D). 

Tyniec raised the money to fund the recording 

through the online fundraising site Indiegogo 

and boy, was it worth it! 

These astonishing sonatas, apparently 

mapped out within the space of 24 hours in July 1923 and published 


in 1924, manage to look back to Bach as well as forward to the 20th 

century, and are arguably the greatest solo works in the violin literature 

after the Bach Sonatas & Partitas. This is the sixth complete 

set I’ve received in the past five years and, as with the Bach works, 

comparative reviews are almost impossible in the space available. 

Suffice it so say that Tyniec’s faultless technique, outstanding musicianship 

and a crystal-clear recorded sound make this marvellous set 

one to revisit and to treasure. 

One of the Ysaÿe sonatas – the No.4 in E 

Minor – is featured on Perspectives on Light & 

Shadow, the new CD from violinist Ann Miller 

(annmillerviolin.com) with pianist Sonia 

Long. Although a more-than-capable reading, 

it doesn’t quite match Tyniec’s; a rather muddy 

recorded sound doesn’t help. The same could 

be said for the Bartók Sonata No.1 for Violin 

and Piano, which doesn’t really come up to the 

Tanja Becker-Bender recording reviewed last month. 

The real gem here, though, and what makes this CD so interesting, 

is the Sonata for Violin and Piano by the American composer Robert 

Beaser (b.1954). Consisting of a theme and 15 variations divided into 

three contrasting movements of five variations each, it was reworked 

for violin in 2002, having been originally written in 1981 for flute and 

piano, although you would never guess: it’s strong, idiomatic writing 

for the violin, and a striking and quite brilliant work that brings the 

best playing on the disc from Miller. 

Fantasy & Romance – Schumann: Music 

for Cello and Piano is the latest CD from 

Emanuel Gruber, who has previously recorded 

the complete music for cello and piano by 

Beethoven and Mendelssohn; Keiko Sekino is 

the pianist this time (Delos DE 3481). 

Although Schumann loved and played the 

cello he left only two works written specifically 

for the instrument: his Cello Concerto 

in A Minor and the Five Pieces in Folk Style Op.102, the latter 

included on this album. The other works here are all transcriptions 

or arrangements, although Schumann did suggest that two works – 

the Fantasiestücke Op.73 for clarinet and piano and the Adagio and 

Allegro Op.70 for horn and piano – could also be played on the cello. 

The Drei Romanzen Op.94, arranged here by Valter Dešpalj, were 

originally for oboe and piano; the Märchenbilder Op.113, in a transcription 

by Alfred Piatti and Christian Bellisario, were originally 

for viola and piano. Two piano pieces – Abendlied Op.85 and the 

famous Träumerei Op.15, in lovely arrangements by Lothar Lechner – 

complete a very attractive CD. 

Gruber notes that the lyrical quality of Schumann’s music makes 

the cello an ideal medium of expression, and regardless of the original 

scoring of the works here, these lovely performances certainly support 

that opinion. 

Victor Herbert was another composer who 

played cello, but in his case at full professional 

level. He was born in Ireland in 1859, but 

grew up in Germany, emigrating to the United 

States in 1886. By the late 1890s he was one of 

the most famous musicians in America, celebrated 

for his playing and conducting and for 

his operettas. 

His Cello Concertos Nos.1 and 2 are featured 

on a new Naxos CD in performances by Mark Kosower and the Ulster 

Orchestra under JoAnn Falletta (8.573517). Not surprisingly, both 

works are typical of the late German Romantic school. The Concerto 

No.1 in D Major Op.8 was performed by the composer in Stuttgart in 

1885, and again in New York in 1887, but remained unpublished and 

apparently unperformed for many years; it was first recorded in 1986. 

The Concerto No.2 in E Minor Op.30 is the stronger of the two 

works. Dvořák attended its premiere in New York in March 1894, 

and was so impressed with Herbert’s balancing of the large orchestra 

and the solo cello that it led directly to the composition of his own 

B-Minor Concerto within the year. 

Kosower is in great form in two really lovely performances, and 

Falletta draws spirited playing from the orchestra for which she was 

principal conductor from 2011 to 2014. 

Herbert’s Irish Rhapsody for Grand Orchestra completes the disc; 

it’s the expected mix of Irish tunes, much like the Bruch Scottish 

Fantasy in mood and orchestration, and with some brilliant counterpoint 

to round it off. 

There’s more Irish music on Dancing in 

Daylight – Contemporary Piano Trios from 

Ireland, a new CD featuring works by Seóirse 

Bodley (b.1933), John Buckley (b.1951), Rhona 

Clarke (b.1958) and Fergus Johnston (b.1959) 

in performances by the Fidelio Trio (métier 

msv 28556). 

Last year the trio completed a residency in 

the music department of St. Patrick’s College 

in Drumcondra, Dublin, during which time they commissioned the 

works by Bodley, Buckley and Johnston. Johnston’s Piano Trio dates 

from 2011; Buckley’s Piano Trio from 2013; and Bodley’s Piano Trio 

‘Dancing in the Daylight’ from 2014. Clarke’s Piano Trio No.2 was 

originally written in 2001, but revised in 2007 and 2015, when it was 

played during the Trio’s residency. 

All four works are extremely strong, well-written, accessible and 

effective, with performances and recording quality of the highest level 

throughout a really interesting CD. 

Nocturne is the second CD by the Thunder Bay flamenco guitarist 

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This is the sixth release in ATMA’s 

project to record the sacred 

cantatas of J.S. Bach in conjunction 

with the Montréal Baroque Festival. 

Sudbin - hailed as ‘one of the 

greatest pianists of the 21st century’ 

- releases this brilliant new Scarlatti 

disc following a 7-year & 14-album 

collaboration with BIS. 

Baritone Jesse Blumberg and 

pianist Martin Katz have immersed 

themselves in Schubert's 

monumental song-cycle, guiding 

listeners through the varied 

landscapes of Schubert's Winter 

Journey. 

Organist Yves-G. Préfontaine is 

featured in the first recording made 

on the splendid Juget-Sinclair 

Op. 35 organ installed in the 

Chapelle du Musée de l’Amérique 

francophone. 


and composer Matt Sellick (matt.sellick@ 

gmail.com), whose first album After Rain was 

very favourably reviewed in the February 2015 

edition of The WholeNote. 

Sellick has spent four summers studying 

in Spain with some of the leading flamenco 

guitarists, and it show. He admits that this new 

CD is “more clearly flamenco” than his first, 

but also acknowledges that there are other influences at work here 

Keyed In 

ALEX BARAN 

Xiayin Wang has recorded nearly a dozen 

CDs. Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.2; 

Khachaturian – Piano Concerto; Royal 

Scottish National Orchestra; Peter Oundjian 

(Chandos CHSA 5167) is her fifth for this label. 

The Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2 is a 

big play at almost 45 minutes. This recording 

is of the original version, not the shorter one 

with significant cuts by Taneyev to the second 

movement. Wang proves to be a very precise player with a lot of 

stamina for whom Tchaikovsky’s wilder passages pose no difficulty. 

She is also comfortable with long interpretive pauses that give better 

definition to the deluge of musical ideas the composer releases in the 

opening movement. 

Very much in command of her music when pitted against the 

orchestra, she also plays beautifully when more exposed with only 

solo violin and cello, as she is in the second movement. Similarly, in 

the Khachaturian Piano Concerto, Wang sustains long passages of 

simple octaves with great discipline, always sensitive to the mystery of 

the work’s Asiatic atmosphere. 

Toronto-born conductor Peter Oundjian leads the Royal Scottish 

National Orchestra of which he has been music director since 2012. 

The RSNO is superb and deservedly claims its reputation as one of 

Europe’s leading orchestras. Both concertos require a broad range of 

stylistic and dynamic expression which the orchestra handles beautifully. 

They do especially well with the often angular nature of the 

Khachaturian. This recording brings together a wonderful team of 

musicians in a pair of truly demanding works. The result is a highly 

energized and superb performance. 

With all 32 Beethoven sonatas in his discography, 

Christian Leotta has now added 

Beethoven – Diabelli Variations (ATMA ACD2 

2485) to his growing list of recordings. 

The Diabelli Variations have a history of 

divided critical opinion. At worst, Anton 

Diabelli’s original theme is considered a 

trite offering containing very little that any 

composer can use for a credible variation. That 

Beethoven used the material to write an entire set of 33 variations, is 

then something of a miracle that speaks directly to the composer’s 

inventive gift. Regardless of the theme’s actual merits, or lack of them, 

a performer needs to understand what Beethoven is actually doing in 

each variation in order to perform them intelligently. 

This is where Leotta proves his standing as a highly respected 

Beethoven interpreter. He understands that Beethoven uses as little 

as a single interval and often barely more than that, a pick-up note, 

an ornament or a rhythmic pattern, to construct his variations. He 

remains highly focused on this, and in doing so holds the set of variations 

together despite its diverse moments of comedy, tumult, melancholy 

and contemplation. 

Leotta has discerned Beethoven’s deepest imprint and conveys it in 

each of these utterances. What he makes clear by the end of it all is 

as well. All 11 pieces – some solo and some accompanied by bass and 

percussion – are original compositions, and there is a lovely mix of 

different moods and tempos. 

He obviously has a great feel for flamenco, an outstanding technique 

– clean, accurate and clearly defined – and plays with a warm rich 

sound and a lovely range of tone colour and shading. The recording 

quality and ambience are perfect. 

Sellick is clearly a huge talent; this is a terrific CD, and it will be 

very interesting to see what he does next. 

that Beethoven’s creative genius is for him, supreme. 

Timothy Steeves, known for his six recordings 

with violinist Nancy Dahl as Duo 

Concertante, has now released his first solo 

disc, Haydn Sonatas (Marquis MAR 469). 

Steeves admits to having a lifelong admiration 

for Haydn’s music and his choice of the three 

sonatas on this disc is meant to show Haydn’s 

creativity and originality. While the modern 

ear may have difficulty in hearing this music as original, because of 

its similarities to baroque and Mozartian works, a quick self-reminder 

as to where Haydn sits historically helps place him as the significant 

bridge from the baroque to the classical period. 

Steeves plays with great clarity, required especially in the upper 

voices where Haydn tends to nest his melodies. He has a touch that 

demonstrates impressive control of tonal colouring, so important 

in the slow movements of the sonatas. The Adagio of the Sonata in 

A-Flat Major Hob.XVI:46 is an example of how Steeves gives the 

middle register a lovely dark sound while it supports a brighter upper 

voice. And while Haydn rarely creates the complex counterpoint we 

associate with Bach, Steeves pulls out inner voices whenever Haydn 

sends them lower down the keyboard. 

The Sonata in C Minor Hob.XVI:20 opening movement is a telling 

example of how ornamentation remained a staple of keyboard writing 

style from the Renaissance, through the baroque and into the classical 

period. Steeves is meticulous throughout the first movement where 

Haydn has inserted trills and grace notes liberally. The Andante is 

noteworthy for the freedom Steeves takes with its phrasings, slowing a 

select few to a near stop to heighten the impact of their final cadence. 

Steeves’ affection for Haydn is obvious and makes this a recording 

worth having. 

In Baroque Session on Piano (Analekta AN 

2 9128) harpsichordist Luc Beauséjour takes 

to the piano with pieces that he argues work 

well on that instrument for specific reasons. 

Beauséjour points out that much of the harpsichord 

repertoire does not play well on our 

modern keyboard because of the piano’s 

inability to deliver the clarity of complex ornamentation 

so often required by 15th- and 

16th-century repertoire. He also points out that the darker colours 

of the piano’s middle registers can often obscure inner contrapuntal 

voices. Greater resonance is yet another factor that requires pianists to 

change phrasing techniques when playing harpsichord repertoire. 

Selecting a program that avoids the worst of these problems, 

Beauséjour presents an attractive mix of frequently recorded works 

and others less well known. A couple of familiar Scarlatti sonatas and 

Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes deliver wonderfully clear and fluid runs. 

Bach’s Concerto in D Minor BWV974 after Marcello is an example of 

how the piano’s touch-based colours can make the second movement 

even more intensely expressive. 

Other works by Louis Couperin and Georg Böhm, keep much of 

their harpsichord character with graceful arpeggios that Beauséjour 

retains more for a sense of period style than necessary technique. He 

includes a set of four Correnti by Frescobaldi and imbues them with a 

strongly rhythmic bounce and keyboard touch that suggests the crisp 

attack of the harpsichord’s plectra. 

Baroque Session on Piano is a very fine recording commendable for 


its intelligence and musicality. 

Unapologetic about the highly pianistic 

approach he takes, Yevgeny Sudbin admits 

that playing Scarlatti on the piano is in 

reality a transcription for a new instrument. 

Consequently, Scarlatti – 18 Sonatas (BIS-2138 

SACD) is fully piano, with sustain pedal wherever 

needed, generous dynamic expression and 

every other technique the modern instrument 

can offer. Sudbin makes no effort at historical 

performance practice and instead claims the freedom to do whatever 

the music leads him to do – on the piano. 

The result of all this might be a little shocking but is, ultimately, very 

believable because of the quality of the musical decisions underlying 

these controversial choices. Scarlatti remains identifiably Scarlatti, 

albeit with a new voice. Sudbin’s playing is undeniably gorgeous, rich 

in colour and texture, and everything the piano wants it to be. 

As a litmus test for open mindedness on this issue compare the 

familiar Sonata in C Major K159 to any other performance, especially 

the Beauséjour described above. 

Winner of the 14th Van Cliburn International 

Piano Competition, Vadym Kholodenko 

has released a new recording with a varied 

program showing his remarkable versatility. In 

Tchaikovsky/Balakirev/Chaplygin/Kurbatov 

(Melodiya MEL CD 10 02365), Kholodenko 

opens with Balakirev’s Sonata No.2 in B-Flat 

Minor Op.102, a beautiful if curious work. The 

first movement begins with a contrapuntal idea that could have been 

written by Bach, and this is exactly how Kholodenko plays it. The 

second and third movements become increasingly Chopinesque until 

the Finale leaves no doubt where Balakirev’s French stylistic influences 

originate. 

Despite this kaleidoscope of voices, Kholodenko provides a 

consistent and expressive approach. His playing style feels very 

choreographic. His keyboard presence is graceful yet powerful but not 

overbearing. Videos of his performances show him to be a physically 

restrained pianist but highly focused on expressiveness and this is, in 

fact, the first and most lasting impression he makes. 

Tchaikovsky’s rarely heard Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21 is 

the only such short cycle he wrote. It uses a 15-note series embedded 

in the opening bars of each piece, varied only in rhythm. Kholodenko 

treats each section as a distinct character piece and closes the work 

with an impressive and energetic Scherzo. 

Little Cyprian Music (2003) by Evgeny Chaplygin is a contemporary 

piece that compiles a series of musical impressions of a holiday 

on that island. It’s richly textured and technically very demanding 

in some passages. Kholodenko focuses on the composer’s intent in 

conveying the dance-like nature and Eastern flavour of Cypriot music. 

French pianist Jonas Vitaud has only a few recordings to his credit, 

and while he’s already in his mid-30s, his 

remarkable playing would suggest we should 

really be hearing more from him. His newest 

recording Tchaikovsky – Les Saisons (Mirare 

MIR 308) offers two starkly contrasting works. 

The Seasons Op.37a is an introspective work 

constructed on a calendar scheme with 12 

sections. The music has some programmatic 

content based on activities or events associated with each month of 

the year. It is, more significantly, marked by a constant presence of 

fragility that is perhaps best known in the often quoted Barcarolle 

representing June. Even December – Noël concludes the cycle lightly 

and quietly. Maintaining this emotional posture with only a few energetic 

releases in sections like La Chasse is a challenge that Vitaud 

handles beautifully. His tenderness and fragility never convey weakness 

but seem perfectly poised. His playing is assured, even in the 

most tentative of Tchaikovsky’s moments. 

By contrast, the Grand Sonata in G Major Op.37 begins with huge 

chordal gestures of confidence. These are echoed with even greater 

energy in the closing movement and played at furious speed. Still, the 

Grand Sonata contains a remarkable moment in the second movement 

Andante (about a third of the way through) where Vitaud 

strikes a dense chord and lets it sustain with all the dampers up off 

the strings. The resulting resonances grow by the moment into a rich 

texture not achievable by any other means. It’s a stunning device that 

he repeats near the end of the movement with the same result. It’s 

brilliant and creative. 

We need more recordings by this fine musician who’s definitely 

worth hearing. 

Piano four-hands offers a texture not quite 

achieved in any other keyboard configuration. 

The possibilities for density and polyphony 

have enticed composers since keyboards 

became commonplace. Pianists Jerome 

Lowenthal and Michael Brown have just 

released Americans in Paris (Concert Artists 

Guild Records VEC 116 concertartists.org) 

and recorded some favourites including the Ravel Ma mère l’Oye that 

includes short bits of introductory narration to setup the fairy-tale 

background of each segment. 

Samuel Barber’s Souvenirs Op.28 is a compilation of dances set 

in New York’s Plaza Hotel about 1914 and evokes the music Barber 

would have heard as a boy when taken there by his mother for tea. 

Lowenthal and Brown make an outstanding piano duo and deliver 

these dances, many of which have ample humour injected into them, 

with impeccable precision. 

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Between 1987 and 2014, German 

soprano Ingrid Schmithüsen sang 

in more than seventy performances 

of Schönberg’s Pierrot lunaire cycle 

with various ensembles. 

Featuring flautist Marianne 

Gedigian 

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“simply the best recordings of the 

Copland pieces I have ever heard…, 

— James Abbott, The Jade Sphinx 

This is Sam Broverman's third 

album. It is an eclectic collection of 

jazz and pop tunes. 

“A first-rate interpreter of songs... 

and her phrasing is oh-so natural 

and flexible. In short, she’s the real 

deal.” –All About Jazz, 4 stars 


Plenty of piano students have played the four-hands Dolly Suite 

Op.56 by Gabriel Fauré. This performance is well-paced. Messieu Aoul 

and Le pas espagnol are especially admirable for the coordinated 

energy and execution they require. 

The highlight of the CD is a four-hands arrangement of George 

Gershwin’s An American in Paris. It’s an autobiographical work 

recounting Gershwin’s own time there in the mid-1920s. It features 

some obvious references early in the work to the set of authentic 

Parisian taxi horns Gershwin had purchased during his trip. 

Lowenthal and Brown seem most at home in this piece, really feeling 

the deep melancholy of the blues section, as well as the jazzy syncopations 

that drive so much of the music. 

Ernst Krenek was one of the 20th century’s 

most stylistically complete composers whose 

vocabulary gave him creative access to both 

historical and contemporary expression. On 

Ernst Krenek – Piano Music, Volume One 

(Toccata Classics TOCC 0298), Ukrainian-born 

Stanislav Khristenko performs a well-balanced 

program of Krenek’s compositions. 

The Piano Sonata No.4 Op.114 (1948) is a 

work in which Khristenko demonstrates Krenek’s ability to move 

seamlessly between ideas that are tonally centred and others that 

aren’t. Khristenko not only captures the neo-romantic essence of 

Krenek’s language, but also the unsettling elements of the composer’s 

early life that express themselves in the edgy phrasing he uses to 

evoke the changed world emerging from the two world wars. 

Khristenko’s choice of the George Washington Variations, Op.120 

(1950) is especially entertaining for its use of all of Krenek’s favourite 

devices. Deployed as they are, they move an opening 19th-century 

military march through a metamorphosis of clever changes in which 

Khristenko never lets go of the initial musical idea. 

Krenek held a lifelong devotion to the music of Franz Schubert. He 

spent years coming to understand the genius of Schubert’s music, its 

design and balance, especially as present in his lieder. Krenek’s decision 

to complete Schubert’s Piano Sonata in C Major D840 is based 

solely on the existence of sufficient thematic material in the final 

two movements to make credible development possible. Naturally, 

it’s difficult to listen to this Schubert without also listening for 

some Krenek. 

Khristenko is also currently working on recording the complete 

works of Krenek as well as a recording of Soler sonatas. 

It can be understandably difficult to get 

terribly excited about a recording of an 

upright piano, especially if it’s old, really old, 

say 1834. So why would Alex Szilasi record 

Chopin Berceuse, Barcarolle & Impromptus 

(Hungaroton HCD32473) on an old Pleyel 

upright? Evidently this one is special – Chopin 

played it. Pleyel Company archives show that 

Chopin played it at the factory in Paris and selected it for the Russian 

ambassador. He liked this particular model so much that he ordered 

one for himself. Both instruments were delivered to adjacent apartments 

at the ambassador’s residence where Chopin was a frequent 

guest. While Chopin’s piano was eventually lost, the other instrument 

has survived fully authenticated. This is its recording debut. 

Chopin favoured the Pleyel piano for its soft tone. It was doublestrung 

in its middle and upper registers and therefore softer than later 

triple-strung instruments. It responds to the gentlest touch to produce 

nearly inaudible pianissimos. Aggressive or heavy touch tends to cause 

distortion on these instruments, so Chopin would have favoured them 

for very specific repertoire, and certainly nothing terribly bombastic, 

hence this CD’s program of more tender compositions. 

Szilasi creates some amazing effects with the instrument. The rapid 

chromatic runs in the right hand through the upper octaves of the 

keyboard sound extremely fragile like a web of silk threads, yet they 

remain clear although very soft. This is best heard in the Impromptu 

in F-Sharp Major Op.36. The familiar Fantasie-Impromptu in 

C-Sharp Minor Op.72 is also a dramatic contrast to the more muscular 

performances commonly heard on modern pianos. 

Alex Szilasi has created a thought-provoking recording that gives us 

a glimpse of how Chopin would have heard and played his own music 

180 years ago. 

VOCAL 

Alessandro Scarlatti – La Gloria di 

Primavera 

Moore; Ograjenšek; van der Linde; Phan; 

Williams; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra 

& Chorale; Nicholas McGegan 

Philharmonia PDP-09 

!! 

Alessandro Scarlatti 

was a major composer 

of the early 18th 

century, particularly 

known as a composer 

of opera. Since then 

his work has virtually 

disappeared. La gloria 

di primavera is not an opera but a serenata 

composed to mark the birth of the Archduke 

Leonard, the son of the emperor Charles VI, 

in 1716. Structurally the work is like an opera 

seria, with its alternation of recitatives and 

arias (mostly da capo), only one duet and 

few ensembles. The characters are allegories 

of the four seasons: Spring (the mezzo 

Diana Moore), Summer (the soprano Suzana 

Ograjenšek), Autumn (the countertenor Clint 

van der Linde) and Winter (the tenor Nicholas 

Phan). The four cannot agree on who can take 

the credit for the birth of the baby and they 

agree to ask Jove (the bass-baritone Douglas 

Williams) to adjudicate. 

The singing and the orchestral playing on 

this CD are splendid but overall my sense is 

that the work does not represent Scarlatti at 

his best. The section near the end contrasting 

the devastation caused by the War of the 

Spanish Succession with the peace established 

in 1713 (the Peace of Utrecht) is 

splendid, but the basic plot strikes me as 

pretty flimsy. 

Hans de Groot 

La Pentecôte: Bach – 

Cantates 68, 173, 174, 184 

Mauch; Bertin; Daniels; Sarragosse; 

Montréal Baroque; Eric Milnes 

ATMA ACD2 2405 

!! 

The Montreal 

Baroque Festival is 

held every summer 

in the historic 

churches, factories 

and warehouses 

of Old Montreal, 

and for the past six 

summers recording label ATMA has partnered 

with them to produce a recording 

of Bach’s cantatas, with discerningly spare 

vocal forces (one voice to each part) accompanied 

by period ensemble. This latest in 

the series features cantatas Bach composed 

between 1724 and 1729 for Pentecost, celebrated 

in the liturgical calendar 50 days 

after Easter Sunday. Bach’s realization of the 

themes of the Pentecost, the tongues of flame, 

the rushing wind, the spreading of the word 

as well as Christ’s revelation of God’s love for 

the world in BWV68, Also hat Gott die Welt 

geliebt (God so loved the world) which begins 

with chorale and ends with a quite busy 

and complex choral movement on a quotation 

from the Gospel of John, in which the 

four soloists race along beautifully together. 

In this and many of the others featured on 

the disc, Bach borrows from previous works, 

in this case two arias from his Hunting 

Cantata. Soprano Monika Mauch, countertenor 

Pascal Bertin, tenor Charles Daniels and 

bass Jean-Claude Sarragosse have lovely arias 

throughout the cantatas and the orchestra 

some lovely mirroring of parts throughout. 

Such a gem; we hope for many more annual 

releases from the festival. 

Dianne Wells

Concert Note: Eric Milnes conducts Bande 

Montréal Baroque and a cast of rising young 

singers in Bach Cantatas 76, 79 and 80 at the 

Montreal Baroque Festival June 26. 

Ferdinando Bertoni – Orfeo 

Genaux; Lombardi-Mazzulli; Petryka; 

Accademia di Santo Spirito de Ferrara; 

Ensemble Lorenzo da Ponte; Roberto 

Zarpellon 

Fra Bernardo FB 1601729 (frabernardo. 

com) 

!! 

Ferdinando 

Bertoni’s Orfeo ed 

Euridice was first 

performed in 1776, 

14 years after Gluck’s 

opera on the same 

subject. The two operas 

use the same libretto 

(by Calzabigi) and, in 

both cases, the role of Orfeo was first sung 

by the castrato Gaetano Guadagno. Bertoni 

was clearly aware of the Gluck opera and 

the two works have a great deal in common: 

no more da capo arias and an increased 

role for the orchestra and for the chorus. No 

one is likely to prefer Bertoni’s work to that 

of Gluck: it lacks the aggressiveness of the 

Furies or the celestial calm of the Elysian 

Fields or the pathos of Orfeo’s lament when 

he loses Eurydice for the second time. The 

English 18th-century musicologist Charles 

Burney once wrote that Bertoni’s operas 

“would please and soothe by their grace 

and facility, but not disturb an audience by 

enthusiastic turbulence.” The comment is a 

little snarky and certainly very English but 

not altogether unfair. 

Casting a singer for a role created by a 

castrato always involves problems. John Eliot 

Gardiner has both performed and recorded 

Gluck’s opera and has always used a countertenor 

in the main part. He argues that casting 

a female mezzo or alto constitutes a “deplorable” 

distortion. But we don’t really know 

what an 18th-century castrato sounded like 

and we have no guarantee that a modern 

countertenor comes closer than a female 

singer. In this recording the part of Orfeo is 

taken by the mezzo Vivica Genaux and she 

is splendid. 

It is probably true that Bertoni “never 

had sufficient genius and fire to attain the 

sublime” (Burney again) and that he was 

not a major composer like Gluck. Still, 

there is plenty to enjoy in this recording. 

Recommended. 

Hans de Groot 

Schubert – Winterreise 

Jesse Blumberg; Martin Katz 

Blue Griffin Records BGR393 

(bluegriffin.com) 

!! 

It is a rare occurrence 

when the 

accompanist in a 

recording is more of 

a household name 

than the singer; at 

the same time, it is 

refreshing to see the 

older, accomplished musician supporting a 

younger generation of singers. Pianist Martin 

Katz, who is well known for his performances 

with Marilyn Horne, Frederica von Stade, 

José Carreras, Kiri Te Kanawa and Kathleen 

Battle, first performed Schubert’s poignant 

song cycle Winterreise with Jesse Blumberg 

at Chicago’s Collaborative Works Festival, 

an annual celebration of art song, showcasing 

up-and-coming singers. While the 

young baritone clearly possesses the ability 

to provide all the necessary dramatic aplomb, 

Katz underscores the performance with all 

the intelligent expressivity of a supremely 

knowledgeable and seasoned veteran. And, at 

the same time, both manage to present this 

mixture of pathos and bluster whilst never 

sacrificing the beauty of exquisite tone and 

lyricism. The richness of this baritone voice 

also has a lovely upper register realized in 

Die Nebensonnen near the end of the song 

cycle, finishing with the tender yet strangely 

detached observation of the Hurdy-Gurdy 

Man (Der Leiermann). A lovely and sensitive 

rendition of a most complex and challenging 

work. 

Dianne Wells 

Concert Note: Jesse Blumberg is one of four 

young singers featured in Bach Cantatas 76, 

79 and 80 at the Montreal Baroque Festival 

June 26. Eric Milnes conducts Bande 

Montréal Baroque. 

Bizet – Carmen 

Rice; Hymel; Argiris; Kovalevska; Royal 

Opera House; Constantinos Carydis 

Opus Arte OA 1197 D 

Bizet – Les Pêcheurs de perles 

Ciofi; Korchak; Solari; Tagliavini; Orchestra 

e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo; Gabriele 

Ferro 

Cmajor 719508 

!! 

This release calls itself 

a film, but in reality 

it’s a DVD of Francesca 

Zambello’s 2006 staging 

that has seen better days 

like Jonas Kaufmann 

and Anna Caterina 

Antonacci, big name 

stars, but in another 

video. There were 

movies made of Carmen 

very successfully in the past with beautiful 

Seville as backdrop, real mountains, real bullfights, 

but this is nothing of the sort. It is shot 

in HD and even in 3D, obviously aimed at the 

mass market, because “Carmen sells” even for 

people who don’t know or care much about 

opera. The score is cut heavily by leaving 

out the “boring bits” like the intermezzos 

between acts, some of Bizet’s most beautiful 

music, making a rather short opera even 

shorter. The staging is traditional, expertly 

directed with unremarkable sets that leave 

lots of empty space for big crowds. There 

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This recording is most extensive 

reconstruction of cabaret acts 

created by brilliant Jewish artists in 

the Theresienstadt concentration 

camp during WWII, for the first 

time in English! 

The new album by pianist, Florian 

Hoefner, winner of the Montréal 

Jazz Festival Rising Star Award 

2015. 

“A composer-bandleader of 

insightful resolve.” (NY Times) 

32 CDs of the Complete Works 

of Bartók, including never before 

recorded early piano and vocal 

works 

Deutsche Grammophon’s 64 CD 

set completes its deluxe survey of 

this legend. Presented in original 

sleeves and couplings! 


are all kinds of animals on stage, chickens, 

a donkey plus a beautiful black horse that 

carries in the torero Escamillo (Aris Argiris) 

who sings his big entry number on horseback. 

The production deserves praise for 

giving a chance to young singers who are 

attractive, enthusiastic, look the part, relaxed 

and athletic with fine, strong voices. 

American tenor Bryan Hymel is no Alagna 

or Kaufmann, but has a strong, attractive 

voice and a certain vulnerability of character 

that makes him a believable Don José. His 

Flower Aria gets the biggest applause, deservedly. 

The role of Carmen is certainly what 

makes or breaks this opera and ROH chose 

mellifluous British mezzo Christine Rice who 

puts in an energetic and compelling performance 

and develops her character nicely from 

a seductress to tragic, defiant heroine, but the 

seconda donna, Maija Kovalevska (Micaela), 

an already highly accomplished Latvian 

soprano of wonderful stage presence, is a nice 

surprise and a joy to hear and behold. 

Most likely known by the famous duet Au 

fond du temple saint between the two male 

principals, Bizet’s second most famous opera 

has shared the fate of Carmen by being a 

disastrous failure on its premiere, so totally 

unappreciated by the French petit bourgeoisie 

that it pushed its genius composer into an 

early grave. 

Nevertheless Les 

Pêcheurs de perles 

remains an exotic, atmospheric, 

gorgeously 

melodic score, coming to 

us from the resplendent 

18th-century San Carlo 

opera house of Naples 

that has a 250-year tradition 

of singing excellence. 

Fabio Sparvoli’s 

visionary staging, all in shades of beautiful 

blues, evokes sultry Arabian Nights. There 

is an ever-present ballet of sinuous dancers 

representing the spirits of the sea, sometimes 

playful, sometimes menacing as in 

the third act when it all turns into bloodthirsty 

madness. 

The heroine is a beautiful priestess enslaved 

by the Brahmins to keep her chastity on pain 

of death, but she defies her fate by falling in 

love, bringing on the wrath of Brahma, the 

creator god, and the morbidly superstitious 

mob of the pearl fisher community. Italian 

spinto soprano, Patrizia Ciofi, famous for her 

supple, light, wonderfully expressive voice, 

deserves the highest praise as the priestess 

Leila, a role ranging from religious chant to 

dreamy love song in the night, a love duet 

and later tempestuous rage fighting for the 

life of her beloved. The lover, Nadir, is Russian 

lyric tenor sensation, Dmitry Korchak, who 

delivers the romance Je crois entendre encore, 

one of the most beloved melodies ever written 

and even turned into a pop song. Uruguayan 

baritone Dario Solari is a powerful and noble 

Zurga who gives up the girl he loves and 

brings death on himself by letting the lovers 

escape. Conducted with great expertise by the 

80-year-old master, Gabriele Ferro. Beautiful 

story, enchanting music, eye-popping scenery. 

A moving performance. 

Janos Gardonyi 

Nielsen – Saul & David 

Reuter; Riis; Petersen; Kristensen; 

Staugaard; Resmark; Royal Danish 

Orchestra and Opera Chorus; Michael 

Schønwandt 

Dacapo 2.110412 

!! 

This exciting DVD 

presents Carl Nielsen’s 

remarkable opera 

Saul and David (1901) 

recorded live at the 

Royal Danish Opera, 

in a production celebrating 

Nielsen’s 150th 

birthday. It offers a 

stellar cast, Michael 

Schønwandt’s brilliant 

conducting, David 

Pountney’s provocative 

stage direction and optional English 

or Danish subtitles. The work’s availability 

on DVD should gratify both Nielsen fans 

and novices. 

Bass-baritone Johan Reuter is outstanding 

as the conflicted King Saul. Through powerful 

acting and expressive singing he defines 

the dominant yet crisis-ridden character 

effectively. Morten Staugaard, as implacable 

Samuel, and Susanne Resmark, as 

the Witch of Endor, are surely highlights. 

Tenors Niels Jørgen Riis (David) and Michael 

Kristensen (Jonathan) and soprano Ann 

Petersen (Michal) are strong individually 

and in ensemble; David grows from a tentative 

opening to energetic emergence as the 

new king. This approach, to be sure, limits his 

vocal effectiveness in Act One, compared to 

David’s harp-accompanied solo and romantic 

duet with Michal sung by Alexander Young 

and Elisabeth Søderstrom on an Opera D’Oro 

CD of the work. 

Pountney’s production updates Saul and 

David to our contemporary world: people in 

apartments watching the action on television; 

witty choreography of instrumental preludes 

suggesting frustrating peace negotiations. 

The director describes Samuel as a religious 

fundamentalist, restricting us, I think, from 

considering adequately his prophetic vision 

for the people of Israel. By the end, though, 

tremendous performances of Nielsen’s stunning 

choruses and orchestral support do 

convey fully the people’s convictions. 

Roger Knox 

Rautavaara – Rubaiyat; Balada; Canto V; 

Four Songs from Rasputin 

Gerald Finley; Mika Pohjonen; Helsinki 

Music Centre Choir; Helsinki Philharmonic; 

John Storgårds 

Ondine ODE 1274-2 

!! 

Amongst the 

works that took the 

composer’s entire life 

to complete, pride 

of place belongs to 

Rubaiyat. Rautavaara 

vowed to set 

Edward FitzGerald’s 

19th-century translation of The Rubaiyat of 

Omar Khayyam in 1949, while still a music 

student. It took 63 years and prodding in the 

form of a commission from Wigmore Hall for 

a song cycle destined for Gerald Finley. Well, it 

was well worth the wait. Rubaiyat is nothing 

short of a magical piece of music. Over the 

years, Rautavaara’s musical style transmuted 

from neo-classicism, dodecaphony, serialism, 

neo-romantic and post-modern styles into 

a unique synthesis of all of these, as Kimmo 

Korhonen writes in detailed liner notes. The 

music shimmers and glistens, while creating 

quite a challenge for the voice – the almost 

continuous melodic lines, requiring circular 

breathing. Finley, whose voice sounds even 

better than in the past (a small gift that 

Father Time dispenses to some baritones and 

mezzos) excels at bringing into his interpretation 

the philosophical stance of Khayyam. 

The rich mix of orchestral and vocal colour 

is intoxicating. This is most definitely one of 

those gems that will be taken out of its box 

and admired frequently – both by listeners 

and singers. The rest of the album is by no 

means just filler. It contains Balada, an abandoned 

and then truncated opera based on 

texts by Lorca, and arias from Rautavaara’s 

latest opera, Rasputin. 

The young Finnish tenor, Mika Pohjonen 

and the Helsinki Music Centre Choir are 

perfect partners to Finley in this venture. 

Robert Tomas 

Jennifer Higdon – Cold Mountain 

Gunn; Leonard; Fons; Hunter Morris; 

Honeywell; Santa Fe Opera; Miguel 

Harth-Bedoya 

PentaTone PTC 5186 583 

! ! The PentaTone 

series continues with 

yet another world 

premiere recording, 

this one better 

known as an awardwinning 

novel (and a 

Hollywood movie starring 

Nicole Kidman 

and Renée Zellweger). A Civil War epic 

detailing the desertion and journey home of 

confederate soldier W.P. Inman and the struggles 

of his faithful wife Ada, Cold Mountain 

is much admired by both readers and filmgoers. 

This creates a problem of its own – the 

towering libretto, faithful to the book, seems 

to subjugate Jennifer Higdon’s music and 

almost relegates it to a form of soundtrack. 

Higdon is a well-regarded composer and 

recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, a Grammy and a 

Guggenheim Fellowship. Here, the constraints

of the opera bear heavily on her, stifling full 

creative freedom. She still delivers a score 

full of beautiful moments and mesmerizing 

violin writing, managing to endow each character 

with a musical signature of their own. 

While listening to this recording, one can only 

imagine how much greater the music could 

have been if only it were burdened with a 

lesser-known libretto. 

I have no doubt that Cold Mountain was 

more successful on stage. In fact, the visuals 

would have helped greatly and perhaps this 

release should have been a DVD film. For 

listeners familiar with the book and the 

movie, it will be a fine reminder of their 

experience. For the rest of the audience, it 

may remain a mystery – an opera hesitant to 

assert itself beyond the libretto. The cast is 

uniformly good, and we must add a shoutout 

to Toronto’s own Robert Pomakov, whose 

agile bass is a pleasure to hear. 

Robert Tomas 

EARLY MUSIC AND PERIOD PERFORMANCE 

Pardessus de Viole 

Mélisande Corriveau; Eric Milnes 


!! 

The elegant music 

featured on this 

recording was written 

for a now largely 

abandoned instrument 

– pardessus de viole. 

This smallest member 

of the viola da gamba 

family originated in 

France at the end of the 17th century and 

had a brief life span of just over 100 years. 

While pardessus de viole exemplified French 

aesthetics and their sophisticated musical 

tastes and values, it was forsaken with the 

arrival of the Revolution, which did not stand 

for the same ideals. Featured composers – 

Barrière, Caix D’ Hervelois, Boismortier and 

Dollé – are among many prominent French 

composers who wrote for this instrument 

at the height of its popularity. However the 

selection of pieces on this recording is mostly 

unpublished and carefully chosen from the 

microfilm collections of the Bibliothéque 

nationale de France. 

What grabbed me immediately was the 

sound of the “woman’s violin” (as it was 

nicknamed once upon a time) – pure, light 

yet robust at times, textured as a crossover 

between the flute and the violin. Mélisande 

Corriveau elicits an array of emotions out of 

her instrument. The virtuosic passages in Jean 

Barrière’s Sonata in G Major suit her very 

well but she is equally colourful in depicting 

the feelings of sorrow in Dollé’s Les Regrets. 

Eric Milnes is a resourceful and imaginative 

harpsichord player; together they offer a 

charming array of ornamentations, making 

this music a gesture of nobility from the past. 

Ivana Popovic 

Composed to the soul: Abel; Hasse – 

Concerti; Quartetti; Arie 

Dorothee Mields; Hamburger Ratsmusik; 

Simone Eckert 

CPO 777 911-2 

!! 

This beautifully 

programmed 

recording offers two 

quartets, a concerto 

and an aria by the 

esteemed 18th-century 

gambist Carl Friedrich 

Abel, and an aria by 

his contemporary 

Johann Adolf Hasse. Not household names, 

perhaps, but well worth a listen. The quartets, 

contemporary transcriptions of two standard 

string quartets from 1768, make for most 

pleasant listening. The shift in sonic balance 

created by giving the first violin part to the 

bass viol gives a welcome depth and richness 

to the ensemble sound. The group’s playing 

is expressive and focused, and it’s also nice 

to hear tempos that are more laid-back than 

today’s breakneck norm: the humour and 

variety of musical gesture in the Allegro con 

spirito of the Quartet in B Flat, for example, 

isn’t trumped by the technical mastery 

required to play it. Michael Fürst plays the 

solo part of Abel’s two-movement harpsichord 

concerto with wit and thoughtful brilliance, 

and his colleagues of the Hamburger 

Ratsmusik are stylishly eloquent throughout. 

Soprano Dorothee Mields joins the group for 

two substantial arias, Abel’s sole surviving 

vocal piece, Frena le belle lagrime from Sifari 

(1767), and an aria from Hasse’s La Didone 

abbandonata (1742). As always, Mields sings 

with extraordinary musical grace and suppleness. 

The latter aria is also a contemporary 

transcription, giving the original obbligato 

flute part to the viol, which Eckert plays 

beautifully. Composed to the soul, indeed. 

I’ll be listening to this one again, and I hope 

you do too. 

Alison Melville 

1753 – Livre de Montréal 

Yves-G. Préfontaine 


!! 

The brand-new 

organ in this recording 

is a replica of an 

instrument (no longer 

extant) built in 1753 in 

Paris for the Cathedral 

in Quebec City. It 

contains ten stops, 

all but two of which 

are divided, offering different timbres to the 

upper and lower halves of the keyboard. 

The repertoire features works likely known 

to 18th-century Quebec players, including a 

six-movement Magnificat from the so-called 

Montreal Organ Book, the manuscript transported 

to New France in 1724 and discovered 

in the 1980s. The composers of the nearly 

400 pieces in this collection are not named, 

but a couple of dozen are definitively attributed 

to Nicolas Lebègue. Appropriately, a 

further group by Lebègue (not from the MOB) 

follows, alongside representative compositions 

from his period by Guillaume-Gabriel 

Nivers, Louis Marchand and Jean Henry 

D’Anglebert. 

There are 34 tracks; each piece lasts on 

average just over two minutes. Generally in 

classical French keyboard music one anticipates 

descriptive titles but there is only one, 

Lebègue’s “Les Cloches,” with its descending 

four-note scale suggesting bells. The rest are 

either liturgical pieces or fugues and other 

abstract types. The divided stops show to 

advantage in several pieces with prominent 

bass solos or based on dialogue between 

registers. Préfontaine demonstrates remarkable 

variety of approach and a good deal of 

freedom within the French baroque style, 

recalling the comment of a great figure in 

this music, François Couperin: “We write 

differently from what we play.” The performances 

are intelligently lifted off the page. The 

disc is well produced and a pleasure to hear. 

Listeners curious about how the Chapelle 

instrument looks as well as how it sounds 

may be disappointed however: front and back 

cover photos show portions of it, but the only 

artist photo shows Préfontaine at a much 

larger console, unidentified. 

John Beckwith 

CLASSICAL AND BEYOND 

The Last Concert: Mendelssohn – 

Incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s 

Dream; Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique 

Berliner Philharmoniker; Claudio Abbado 

Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings BPHR 

160081 

!! 

Claudio Abbado 

was conductor of the 

Berlin Philharmonic 

Orchestra from 1990 

to 2002, succeeding 

the iconic Herbert von 

Karajan who had died in 1989. On an evening 

in May 2013 Abbado returned to conduct his 

last concert with the orchestra and as such it 

was a rather special event. What to program 

on such an occasion? There is no absolute 

answer but after hearing and seeing the 

concert one must agree that the choice was a 

right one. This wasn’t an audition for anyone 

but a final get-together of equals to make 

some music. This isn’t wishful thinking but 

there was a oneness between conductor and 

the orchestra here that produced a solidly 

romantic view of the shenanigans in the 

Mendelssohn and solidified the passing phantasmal 

delusions in the Berlioz. This really 

was a splendid event. 

To commemorate the second anniversary 

of Abbado’s death, his last concert with them 

has been issued by the Berlin Philharmonic 


with full documentation of the evening in a 

very fine cloth-covered hardcover edition, 

24.5cm X 15.5cmX 2.3cm. Inside are two 

CDs and a Blu-ray disc containing the 

complete concert in HD audio plus an HD 

video of the event with choice of stereo or 

5.1 surround sound. On the same Blu-ray 

disc are bonus videos including full documentaries, 

Claudio Abbado in Berlin – 

The First Year and Members of the Berlin 

Philharmonic Remember Claudio Abbado. 

There are lots of discussions, rehearsals and 

human interest events plus the reason Abbado 

had to wait eight months after assuming the 

post to receive a contract. A personal code 

to download high resolution audio files is 

also included. 

A well-produced 56-page multilingual 

booklet the size of the package contains information 

about the two works on the program 

and how they are tied together. There are 

interesting articles with many colour photographs. 

Also there are the names of the 

personnel of the orchestra in May 2013. 

Bruce Surtees 

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY 

Schoenberg – Pierrot Lunaire; Max 

Kowalsky – Pierrot Lunaire 

Ingrid Schmithüsen 


!! 

Arnold 

Schoenberg’s celebrated 

1912 song 

cycle Pierrot Lunaire 

is justly regarded as 

a masterpiece of his 

mid-period atonal 

works. Don’t let the 

bogeyman of atonalism 

scare you away; this is an extremely 

compelling work that exudes an atmosphere 

of exuberance and playfulness. 

Originally conceived to be performed by 

an actress and an ensemble of five instruments, 

the vocal quality that Schoenberg 

calls for in this multifaceted jewel of a work 

is unique: not quite sung, not quite spoken, 

but somewhere in between. The texts consist 

of 21 poems by the Belgian symbolist Albert 

Giraud in the German transliteration by 

Otto Erich Hartleben published in 1892. 

Many others have set these texts to music, 

including the persecuted composer and 

lawyer Max Kowalski (1882-1956), whose 

cycle of 12 of these poems included here were 

conceived and published in the same year 

as Schoenberg’s. Kowalski’s charming and 

supple settings are cast in a neo-romantic 

style and are conventionally sung. 

Having presented the work some 70 times 

during her career, it’s fair to say that soprano 

Ingrid Schmithüsen has become the very 

embodiment of Pierrot and delivers an admirably 

nuanced account of Schoenberg’s opus. 

In most cases this complex work involves a 

conductor; here however, it is clear that the 

soloist is calling the shots (and incidentally 

owns the recording copyright). This emphasis 

on the voice no doubt explains the frustratingly 

recessed sound of the ensemble, which 

left me pining for the vivid instrumental presence 

in just about every other recording I’m 

familiar with, notably the outstanding 1971 LP 

by Jan DeGaetani. By contrast, the Kowalski 

song cycle with pianist Brigitte Poulin is 

perfectly balanced. 

Daniel Foley 

Noravank: Petros Shoujounian – String 

Quartets 3-6 

Quatuor Molinari 


!! 

Composed to mark 

the centenary of the 

Armenian genocide, 

Noravank’s 

title is derived from 

a homeland monastery 

that was Petros 

Shoujounian’s inspiration. 

Its 14 sections, 

divided into string quartets of three, three, 

three and five movements, are symbolically 

named after rivers and are based on liturgical 

chants. 

Quartet No.3 was the most affecting for me, 

through its tiny echoes of melodies and treatments 

heard in Morricone’s Gabriel’s Oboe 

and Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel; it concludes 

with the provocative Dzoraget. The contradictions 

of Quartet No.4’s depressive second 

movement, the energetic third and Quartet 

No.5’s lamentoso first movement brought to 

mind the power of nature and the current 

plight of evacuated Fort McMurray folks – 

if that’s not the musical equivalent of theological 

proof-texting. The balance of Quartet 

No.5 and all of No.6 more overtly reflect the 

influence of eastern folk songs, both in the 

keys and the lilts they comprise. Another 

memory of song, from Chopin’s “Raindrop” 

Prelude in D-Flat Major No.15 Op.28, is 

heard in the onomatopoeic burbling waters 

of the Vedi. 

This CD was suggested to me, a Pärt 

fanatic, as a possibly similarly contemplative 

recording. While these aren’t tracks for 

mindful meditation, there is an introspective 

quality to all the movements. Maybe the 

invoked theme of migration is apt, after all: 

fires, oppression, the liturgical life – these all 

involve movement and change. But this introvert 

was soothed rather than discomfited 

via the talent of the Quatuor Molinari, who 

commissioned this work that is ultimately 

about renewal. Fine liner-note editing and 

the eponymous cover photograph round out a 

very marketable product. 

Vanessa Wells 

Finding a Voice: The Evolution of the 

American Sound 

Walden Chamber Players 

Independent (waldenchamberplayers.org) 

!! 

This new disc from 

the Walden Chamber 

Players features 

compositions which 

might be described as 

the linking species of 

the American music 

family tree. Ably 

performed here are works by little-known 

composers (Marion Bauer 1882-1955), lesserknown 

works by composers well known 

(Aaron Copland’s Threnodies), and works by 

modern composers who write close enough 

in time to us that they might remain in our 

blind spot (Ned Rorem). 

Rorem is best-represented here, and rightfully 

so – after all, he is a still-living and 

underappreciated American composer 

whose healthy sense of deference to 

American musical heritage is best exemplified 

by his Ives-tinged The Unquestioned 

Answer (2002). But it is actually Virgil 

Thomson’s ghost that looms largest over this 

recording. In the middle of the 20th century, 

Thomson achieved more infamy as cantankerous 

critic than fame as a composer. As 

far back as 1944, he took aim at the cult of 

the warhorse, noting that “the enjoyment 

and understanding of music are dominated 

in a most curious way by the prestige of the 

masterpiece.” In that same essay, he wrote, 

“this snobbish definition of excellence is 

opposed to the classical concept of a Republic 

of Letters.” 

These words could serve as this disc’s 

manifesto; it demands that we re-evaluate 

these works which might have otherwise 

been lost to the murk of history. They may 

not be capital-M masterpieces (whatever that 

actually means), but they are nonetheless 

worth hearing. 

Elliot Wright 

WAM 

Michael Finnissy; Michael Norsworthy 

New Focus Recordings FCR157 

(newfocusrecordings.com) 

! ! While it may not 

move you to tears or 

laughter, the music 

of Michael Finnissy 

should hold you in a 

kind of rapt fascination, 

like an elaborate 

mechanism with 

multi-coloured parts moving according to 

mysterious laws. This new release features 

American clarinetist Michael Norsworthy. 

The composer provides the piano accompaniment; 

also performing are violinist 

William Fedkenheuer and the New England 

Conservatory Wind Ensemble. 

Brief liner notes by the composer offer 

some helpful information: his substantial 

Clarinet Sonata unfolds calmly, the piano 

part presenting a cantus firmus derived from

a late Beethoven piano sonata (Op.110). There 

is no obvious link, but each bar of the original 

is presented in retrograde (but presumably 

in the original order) while the clarinet line 

swans about lazily above. The second track, 

for E-flat clarinet, two pianos and two bass 

drums, uses a chance element: though the 

material is defined, its synchronicity is not. 

The E-flat colour is shocking; one at first 

wonders if Norsworthy has forgotten his 

better reeds at home. 

Track three introduces cat screeches (yes, 

literally) and still more chance elements. I 

do believe my allergies were acting up so I 

found it hard to concentrate. I kept waiting to 

sneeze at the next feline interjection. As cute 

as the kitties are, I preferred the jazzy final 

track with wind ensemble: Giant Abstract 

Samba is fun. 

Just as Finnissy recomposes Beethoven 

earlier, on the title track his musical source is 

Mozart. He obviously has no fear of vengeful 

ghosts seeking him out. WAM moves the 

performers on- and offstage, a theatrical 

effect somewhat diluted on record. You’ll hear 

the violin and later the clarinet at a distance 

at different moments. I have no idea what it 

all means, but it’s…fascinating. 

Max Christie 

Paths Become Lines 

Sirius Quartet 

Autentico Music AMCDA00004 

(autenticomusic.com) 

!! 

Far from being a 

spin-off or a clone of 

the Kronos Quartet, 

the Sirius Quartet is 

a fiercely – individually 

and collectively 

– creative ensemble 

that explores an 

aural landscape with no definable borders. 

Violinists Fung Chern Hwei and Gregor 

Huebner, violist Ron Lawrence and cellist 

Jeremy Harman are composers who worship 

at the altar of creativity. These are musicians 

who enter the very grain of the wood of their 

instruments, emerging after being subsumed 

in the mysterious vibrations of the air within. 

Wave after wave of sound forms rippling 

tonal colours that come alive swathed in the 

timbres of their instruments. Each time their 

music is heard one can’t help being impressed 

by their devilishly good virtuosity. 

The present recording offers ten classic 

selections – including a four-part suite – from 

recent, original repertoire and also furnishes 

further evidence of the development of 

the ensemble as they mine an impossibly 

deep world where jazz meets the classics. 

Alongside the high spirits of Huebner’s 

Racing Mind, for instance, a profound 

contemplative tone is struck in Huebner’s 

composition, The Wollheim Quartet, a 

remarkable piece of visceral drama as well 

as sweetness of tone, with superbly poised 

rhythm in its Presto movement. Harman’s 

Paths Become Lines bursts out in expansive 

chords and heaving with thick-textured agitation 

before the music builds into a heated 

climax. And that is just the beginning of a 

disc full of excitement and drama. 

Raul da Gama 

Tower Music – Bertolozzi Plays the Eiffel 

Tower 

Joseph Bertolozzi 

Innova 933 (innova.mu) 

!! 

American 

composer/percussionist 

Joseph 

Bertolozzi’s Tower 

Music is the culmination 

of a ten-year 

project to “play” 

Paris’ Eiffel Tower 

using various percussion mallets, etc. The 

over 10,000 samples recorded live by contact 

microphones were then reduced to 2,800 

descriptively named sounds which he then 

used to compose the nine exciting tracks. 

Bertolozzi stresses that only tones made by 

playing the actual surfaces of Eiffel Tower are 

heard, and that no added effects were utilized. 

The to-be-expected rhythmic percussive 

sounds are heard on A Thousand Feet of 

Sound and the jump-up-and-boogie grooves 

of Tower Music. A big surprise is the range 

of pitches and dynamics comprising the earworm 

melodies of the lilting waltz Elephant 

on the Tower. Especially intriguing is Evening 

Harmonies, in which the composer abandons 

rhythmic and melodic compositional 

traditions and lets the Tower play for its own 

sound sake. The rich sonorities and soundscapes 

of this composed yet free-improvisational-feel-piece 

turn the Eiffel Tower into 

a musical instrument of inherent deep tone, 

abrasive power and wide dynamic range. 

An informative bonus track has Bertolozzi 

explaining the ins and outs of the recording, 

production and details of this project. 

This is more than just a raised eyebrow joie 

de vivre sound installation. Bertolozzi is a 

sensitive musician attuned to quality sound 

production and dynamic rhythmical nuances. 

His compositions are concise, clear and 

accessible. There are plans for a future live 

performance. For now, listen and enjoy! 

Tiina Kiik 

JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC 

Full Circle 

Debbie Fleming 

Independent (debbiefleming.ca) 

!! 

I need to confess 

right off the top that 

I’m a sucker for a 

Bacharach-David 

song. I consider them 

to be one of the top 

pop songwriting duos 

in an era when songwriting was king and 

duos like Lennon-McCartney, Elton John 

& Bernie Taupin and so many others were 

putting out great music. So when veteran 

Toronto singer Debbie Fleming announced 

she was working on an album of Bacharach- 

David covers I was pumped. Fleming’s background 

as an in-demand studio and group 

singer equips her not only with strong vocal 

skills but also with arranging expertise. I’m 

also a sucker for covers that put a twist on the 

original song. (Otherwise why not just listen 

to the original?) So the takes on these songs – 

several of them arranged by Mark Kieswetter, 

who also plays keyboards on the album – feel 

fresh. Standout tracks for me are his arrangement 

of I Say a Little Prayer and Fleming’s 

arrangement of The Look of Love. The latter 

has a Gene Peurling-esque vocal accompaniment 

with the stunning voices of Suba 

Sankaran, Dylan Bell and Tom Lillington 

(who, along with Fleming, make up the a 

cappella singing group The Hampton Four). 

Peter Mueller’s searing guitar solo on Anyone 

Who Had a Heart adds to the epic rock ballad 

feel of the piece. The more laid-back (from the 

original), slightly bossa-ish feel of Promises, 

Promises is enhanced by percussion from Art 

Avalos and Ted Quinlan’s lovely nylon-string 

guitar playing. All in all this is a finely crafted 

album with a lot of heart and sensitive, solid 

work from everyone involved. 

Cathy Riches 

Feelings of Affection 

Sam Broverman 

Independent (brovermusic.com) 

!! 

With this release, 

exquisite vocalist/ 

composer Sam 

Broverman has 

continued his theme 

of presenting the 

work of the world’s 

finest tunesmiths. 

Broverman has assembled 

a fine quintet, and selected five superb 

standards as well as one excellent original 

tune, I Want Everybody to Love Me. Skilled 

keyboardist/arranger Mark Kieswetter serves 

as producer here; also present are John 

MacMurchy on sax, Tony Quarrington on 

guitar, Jordan O’Connor on bass and Ernesto 

Cervini on drums. 

Broverman’s rendition of On A Clear Day 

is a huge standout, and his sumptuous baritone 

(reminiscent of the late, great Mark 

Murphy) soars and swings with both intimacy 

and intensity, all the while honouring this 

marvelous Lerner and Lane Broadway title 

tune with his flawless interpretation and 

adherence to the original melodic line. In fact, 

happily, the listener will find no uninformed, 

empty-caloried and gratuitous scat singing on 

this recording. 

Also of note is Broverman’s take on Michael 

Franks’ Underneath the Apple Tree, which is 

languid, bluesy and sexy, displaying a range 


of emotions that Franks himself never chose 

to express. The closing track, The Ballad of 

the Sad Young Men, comes from the pens of 

genius composer/lyricists Fran Landesman 

and Tommy Wolf. Rarely performed and 

deeply moving, this song of longing, loss and 

the dream of redemption can only be properly 

done (as it is here) by an artist who has 

lived and experienced life. 

This EP is eminently satisfying on 

every level, and underscores the fact that 

Broverman continues to be one of the most 

intriguing, skilled and consummately tasteful 

jazz vocalists on the scene today. 

Lesley Mitchell-Clarke 

Ship Without a Sail 

Mike Murley Trio 

Cornerstone Records CRST CD145 

(cornerstonerecordsinc.com) 

!! 

Among tenor saxophonist 

Mike Murley’s 

group configurations, 

the trio has a special 

status, a vehicle for 

consummately lyrical 

jazz with chamber 

music dynamics. 

Launched in 1998, the group included bassist 

Steve Wallace and guitarist Ed Bickert until 

his retirement in 2001. The guitar chair 

has since been filled by Reg Schwager, who 

invariably sounds like the only other person 

for the job. Resembling the instrumentation 

of the original Jimmy Giuffre 3, it’s a 

demanding format that requires everyone 

to do more than they usually might – from 

piano-like comping to counter melody – 

while appearing to do less. 

The repertoire tends toward seldom-heard 

jazz and show tunes with a certain harmonic 

subtlety. Murley’s timbral shifts are a highlight, 

as he modulates his sound from piece 

to piece, even bringing different tones to adjacent 

ballads. Don Sebesky’s You Can’t Go 

Home Again has something of the airiness of 

Stan Getz but brought closer to earth, while 

there’s a slightly harder, metallic edge to 

Kenny Wheeler’s Ever After, a sound just as 

beautiful, but different. 

Though it’s the ballads and their stronger 

melodies that stand out, like the gorgeous 

samba Folhas Secas, the group is just as 

happy at up-tempos, the instrumentation 

lending a special lightness and clarity to 

Charlie Parker’s Dexterity and Murley’s own 

Know One, the latter highlighting the way 

Schwager and Wallace interact creatively, 

exchanging lead and accompanying roles 

with aplomb. John Lewis’ Two Degrees East, 

Three Degrees West points to the group’s cool 

jazz roots and provides an outlet for everyone’s 

blues impulses. 

Stuart Broomer 

The Blue Shroud 

Barry Guy 

Intakt Records CD 266 (intaktrec.ch) 

!! 

British bassist 

and composer Barry 

Guy has enjoyed an 

unusual career, as a 

member of original 

instrument baroque 

ensembles, as a 

force in European 

free improvisation and as a leader of large 

ensembles (like the London Jazz Composers 

Orchestra) exploring multiple compositional 

methodologies. His 71-minute Blue Shroud 

is an extraordinary work that integrates all of 

those practices. 

It’s inspired by Picasso’s Guernica, the 

title commemorating the moment in 2003 

when a reproduction was covered up at 

New York’s U.N. building as Colin Powell 

argued for the invasion of Iraq. A work of 

furies and lamentations, The Blue Shroud 

stretches from tumultuous collective improvisations 

to moments of melodic grace and 

reflection, some coming from Guy’s own 

pen, others from J.S. Bach and H.I.F. Biber’s 

Mystery Sonatas. To execute the work, Guy 

has drawn on the breadth of his musical associations 

to create a 14-member group that 

includes violinist and Bach/Biber specialist 

Maya Homburger; distinguished free improvisers 

like pianist Agustí Fernández and the 

percussionists Lucas Niggli and Ramón López; 

and others fully at home in both worlds, 

like Michel Godard on tuba and serpent and 

Michael Niesemann on wailing alto saxophone 

and baroque oboe. 

The work includes songs on texts by 

Irish poet Kerry Hardie that delineate the 

figures in Guernica and a polyglot declaration 

of the Iraq invocation, all performed 

by Savina Yannatou, whose expressive and 

musical voice brings a sharp focus to the 

work. At one point she and the accompanying 

instruments become bird song; an orchestral 

passage juxtaposes manic conducted 

improvisation with sudden interruptions of 

silence, invoking the soundscapes of war and 

concomitant death. Guy repeatedly combines 

different techniques to maximize the impact 

of this singular work, as alive to the possibility 

of beauty as it is to terror, somehow 

making it all cohere. 

The Blue Shroud hammers out its own 

terrain, one that transcends its parts and 

deserves to be heard widely. 


Border Crossing 

Alex Goodman 

OA2 Records OA2 22130 (originarts.com/ 

oa2) 

!! 

Composition and 

improvisation flow 

freely into each other 

on guitarist Alex 

Goodman’s Border 

Crossing. For his latest 

recording Goodman 

has assembled what 

can best be described as a jazz chamber 

group. His writing is ambitious and complex, 

making full use of the wide range of colours 

available from this outstanding ensemble. 

Andrew Downing, who doubles on bass 

and cello, and vocalist Felicity Williams 

contribute to the group’s ability to cross 

genres as does Goodman’s extensive use of 

the acoustic guitar. 

Acrobat opens the album with acoustic 

guitar and percussionist Rogerio Boccato’s 

unique and inventive textures. Williams 

glides through the tune’s moody melody, 

its lyrics equating a man’s searching nature 

with an acrobat’s skills. Vibraphonist Michael 

Davidson’s judicious phrasing builds the 

intensity of his solo and Goodman demonstrates 

virtuosity, making use of wide intervals 

in a highly lyrical fashion. 

With Thanks is an epic composition that 

displays the full range of Goodman’s writing 

skills as well as the band’s remarkable ability 

to interpret them. Williams effortlessly negotiates 

the intricate melody and solos are individually 

framed to provide contrast and 

variety. Drummer Fabio Ragnelli improvises 

fluidly over unpredictable rhythmic 

shots as the piece segues smoothly through 

what could be a disparate series of events. 

Pure Imagination, the only other tune with 

lyrics on the album, might offer an answer to 

the yearning expressed in Acrobat. Williams 

sings of the power of imagination to shape the 

world, nicely bookending this impressive and 

beautiful recording. 

Ted Quinlan 

Oop! 

Al Muirhead; Tommy Banks; PJ Perry 

Chronograph Records CR045 

(chronographrecords.com) 

! ! Oop! by Calgarybased 

trumpeter Al 

Muirhead exemplifies 

the reasons that the 

American songbook 

continues to inspire 

jazz musicians some 

eight decades after 

many of its tunes were originally written. 

Accompanied by iconic musicians PJ Perry on 

alto saxophone and Tommy Banks on piano, 

Muirhead virtually owns the compositions 

presented here and embodies the approaches 

that are essential to getting deeply inside this 

time-honoured material. All three of these 

musicians (as well as percussionist Rogerio 

Boccato who guests on Black Orpheus) 

possess a longstanding connection to this 

music and play it in the most natural way 

possible. 

Miles Davis’ The Theme (based on the 

chord changes to Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm) 

opens the album with Muirhead and Perry 

playing the line in harmony over Banks’ 

relentlessly swinging piano. Perry, one of the 

world’s finest exponents of the bebop tradition, 

solos brilliantly followed by Muirhead

who exhibits impeccable taste and tone in his 

relaxed, melodic delivery. Tommy Banks plays 

one perfect chorus of unaccompanied piano, 

demonstrating his blues-infused bop style. 

Rhythm changes, as we refer to tunes based 

on the classics, are a test piece for jazz musicians 

and The Theme firmly establishes the 

impressive credentials of these players. 

The ballad medley is a testament to the 

deceptively simple art of playing a melody 

beautifully. Alfred Newman’s Street Scene, 

featured in the overture of How To Marry 

A Millionaire, and an uncharacteristically 

languid reading of Mean To Me, are 

pleasant surprises from this superb trio of 

seasoned pros. 

Ted Quinlan 

She Sleeps, She Sleeps 

Fire! 

Rune Grammofon RCD 2178 

(runegrammofon.com) 

!! 

Specializing in 

blending basement 

timbres, so all of their 

gradations are audible, 

the Swedish trio of 

drummer Andreas 

Werliin, double bassist 

Johan Berthling and 

saxophonist Mats 

Gustafsson welcomes a couple of guests here 

to add additional textures. But the auxiliary 

tones simply intensify the trio’s characteristically 

powerful stance. 

Cellist Leo Svensson’s intermittent string 

plucks and swipes are permeable enough, so 

like a youngster mimicking an adult’s movements, 

he merely strengthens Werliin’s thick 

power stops. On the other hand Gustafsson’s 

foundation-shaking bass saxophone gusts 

not only provide a bonding continuum 

throughout, but also showcase multiphonics 

encompassing glossolalia, split tones and 

concentrated overblowing. Most notably, that 

ad hoc foursome’s more-than-18-minute She 

Penetrates The Distant Silence Slowly never 

plods, but is invested with rhythmic swing, 

even as it plays out at a tortoise-like gait. 

Gustafsson is equally powerful playing 

baritone saxophone on the title track, plus 

visitor Oren Ambarchi’s fuzzy guitar drones 

and Werliin’s high-density polyethylene 

bottle-like reverberations played on steel 

guitar overlay a variety of contrasting tones 

onto the nearly opaque narrative. But drum 

beats, migrating from martial to shuffle, 

and wrenching double bass slaps provide a 

solid enough foundation for the saxophonist’s 

output. Slurping, honking, burping and 

blowing as if he were a bull moose yearning 

for his mate, Gustafsson manages to express 

his individuality in every solo. 

Don’t look for subtlety or elegance in Fire! 

– or Gustafsson’s – playing. But be prepared 

to be bowled over by the sheer audacity of 

expression that highlights every low-pitched 

nuance here. 

Ken Waxman 

Concert note: Mats Gustafsson plays as part 

of The Thing on Saturday, June 18 at Hamilton’s 

Artword Artbar. 

Hotel Grief 

Tom Rainey Trio 

Intakt Records CD 256 (intaktrec.ch) 

!! 

Comfortable in 

settings from big band 

to solo, guitarist Mary 

Halvorson joins with 

soprano and tenor 

saxophonist Ingrid 

Laubrock to roughen 

the edges of the five 

instant compositions 

on this CD. Cultivated and self-effacing, 

leader/drummer Tom Rainey is as far 

removed from a braggadocious percussion 

show-off like Buddy Rich as Donald Trump is 

from Martin Luther King. Discretion doesn’t 

mean withdrawal however, and in context 

the drummer’s sophisticatedly positioned 

strokes contribute more to the architectures 

of the tracks than would any clamorous 

rhythm display. 

With the guitarist’s strategies ranging from 

distorted reverb to sly, slurred fingering, and 

the reed tessitura soaring from clenched 

squeaks to harsh rasping whispers, the drummer’s 

role is analogous to a U.N. peacekeeper 

in the Balkans: maintaining consistency 

without favouring either side and keeping 

their extended techniques from occupying 

the other’s territory. 

Proud Achievements in Botany, the CD’s 

almost-19-minute centrepiece, is a microcosm 

of how Hotel Grief’s tracks evolve. 

Halvorson’s widening or winnowing licks 

take on spacey qualities at the same time as 

Laubrock’s intense single reed bites settle 

into linear melodies. With the saxophonist’s 

now modulated tones circumscribed by 

string chording, drum rattles manipulate any 

stray lines so that the three eventually move 

like regimental guards in formation. Breaking 

the concordance with what could be a slo-mo 

version of Wipe Out, Rainey’s tough drum 

beats join with Halvorson’s lopping reverb 

and Laubrock’s slurps and snarls to create a 

finale that may rattle like an old jalopy, but 

still conveys the grace and speed of wellplotted 

locomotion. 

Although titled Hotel Grief, this musical 

dwelling offers very little despondency except 

for fleeting moods in context. Instead, by 

imagining each track as a separate room, the 

CD offers a set of quietly resplendent chambers 

furnished with innovative touches by a 

trio of sonic designers. 

Ken Waxman 

Concert note: Mary Halvorson is a member 

of The Outlouds trio in concert on Saturday, 

June 18 at Array Space. 

Some Other Time: The Lost Session from 

the Black Forest 

Bill Evans 

Resonance HCD-2019 (resonancerecords. 

org) 

!! 

For six months 

in 1968, Bill Evans 

led one of the great 

versions of his trio, 

with bassist Eddie 

Gomez and drummer 

Jack DeJohnette, a 

group previously 

heard only in a single 

concert recording from the Montreux Jazz 

Festival. However, they did a studio session 

for the German MPS label, a session of trio, 

piano-bass duets and solo piano pieces for 

which contracts were never signed and which 

was never released until the appearance of 

this two-CD set. 

In company with the singularly gifted 

bassist Scott LaFaro, Evans had redefined 

the jazz piano trio by 1960, treating it as a 

highly interactive unit in which the bass 

regularly functioned as melodic counterpart 

as well as rhythmic and harmonic foundation. 

By 1968 Gomez was two years into 

his 11-year tenure with the trio, probably the 

most adroit and inventive bassist to play with 

Evans following LaFaro’s death in 1961. The 

presence of DeJohnette added another level 

of rhythmic definition to the group, feeding 

Evans’ increasing interest in detailed, shifting 

accents in his improvisations. 

The material consists of standards, 

superior show tunes (Leonard Bernstein’s 

Some Other Time stands out) and a couple 

of Evans originals, typically filled with 

subtle harmonic recastings that create 

complex moods, much of it enlivened here 

by DeJohnette’s light, sparkling balance of 

cymbal and snare. Among numerous highlights, 

the trio shines on performances of 

Evans’ own Very Early and a brilliant version 

of My Funny Valentine. 


In Paris – The ORTF Recordings 

Larry Young 

Resonance HCD-2022 (resonancerecords. 

org) 

!! 

Larry Young 

emerged in the 

mid-60s, taking the 

Hammond B-3 organ 

in a fresh direction, 

shifting it away from 

its soul jazz roots 

toward the modal jazz 

of John Coltrane and 

exploring the instrument’s subtler timbres 

for atmospheric effects. By the end of that 

revolutionary decade, he would be playing 

with Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, but in 

1964 and ’65, he was working in Paris as a 

sideman in expatriate American saxophonist 

Nathan Davis’ quartet, along with drummer 

Billy Brooks and trumpeter Woody Shaw, 

who would turn 20 in the midst of these 


ecordings. 

This two-CD set consists of recently discovered 

recordings from French radio archives 

that include the quartet, an expanded version 

called the Jazz aux Champs Elysées All-Stars, 

and organ and piano trios led by Young. 

Virtually unknown at home, these musicians 

roar with surging invention in the post-bop 

style then in flower. Anthemic pieces such 

as Young’s Talkin’ About J.C., Shaw’s Zoltan 

(beginning with a quotation from Kodály’s 

Háry János Suite) and Wayne Shorter’s Black 

Nile give rise to hard-driving, extended modal 

explorations. Davis will fasten on a phrase, 

repeating it with increasing focus to generate 

tremendous tension. Shaw, the last to emerge 

in a cohort of brilliant young trumpeters, 

was already demonstrating the fluid creativity 

that would distinguish him. Young is 

almost a band in himself, creating bass lines 

and surging rhythms, constantly feeding new 

material to the horns until he breaks free in 

his solos. 

The booklet that accompanies the CDs has 

extensive background on the mid-60s Paris 

milieu, along with interviews with Young’s 

collaborators and followers, including John 

McLaughlin and John Medeski. 


POT POURRI 

Do Right 

Sari Kessler 

Independent (sarikessler.com) 

Do Right is Sari 

Kessler’s debut album, 

and it’s an impressive 

one. Although a scan 

of the track list with 

its frequently covered 

songs initially didn’t 

give me high expectations, 

right off the top we get a nicely reimagined 

treatment of the Bacharach-David hit, 

Walk on By. Arranged by James Shipp, with a 

darker feel than the original, young trumpeter 

Nadje Noordhuis adds to the noir. The album 

continues in its tastefully inventive vein as 

Kessler and Shipp’s arrangements breathe 

new life into tunes like Sunny and provide an 

appropriately contemplative take on I Thought 

About You. One of the lesser-known songs 

on the album is The Gal From Joe’s by Duke 

Ellington, handled with understated poignancy 

by Kessler and the band. Based in the 

U.S., Kessler took up a career in jazz singing a 

little later than some, and that’s given her an 

ability to inject some genuine depth and soul 

into her delivery. Coached by the wonderful 

Kate McGarry (who also co-produces the 

album) Kessler has a fine voice with a warm 

tone, spot-on pitch and jazzy phrasing. The 

creative and able playing of the musicians, 

including John di Martino on piano, guitarist 

Ron Affif and sax man Houston Person, round 

out this skilled collection of songs. 

Cathy Riches 

Long Time Leaving 

Christa Couture 

Black Hen Music BHCD0079 

(christacouture.com) 

!! 

With the release 

of her fourth CD, 

Edmonton-based, 

eclectic, rootsinspired 

chanteuse, 

pianist and gifted 

composer Christa 

Couture has recorded 

a brilliant careerdefining 

project. Featuring all original music, 

and described by Couture as a “celebration 

of ordinary heartache,” she has almost 

cinematically plumbed the depths of her 

own inspiring journey (teenage cancer, the 

unimaginable loss of two children and more) 

and transmuted those experiences into a panrelatable, 

uplifting and delightfully quirky 

project. Recorded in Nashville and skillfully 

produced by JUNO-winning guitarist/ 

multi-instrumentalist Steve Dawson, the CD 

includes members of Blackie and The Rodeo 

Kings, notably Dawson on pedal steel and 

electric guitars, John Dymond on bass, Gary 

Craig on drums and venerable Nashvillebased 

fiddler, Fats Kaplin. 

There is no wallowing in self-pity here. 

In fact, the instrumentation, arrangements, 

compositions and Couture’s lithe, sheer, 

roots-influenced vocals all underscore the 

unconquerable human spirit – and make this 

recording an appropriate listening choice for 

almost any mood or activity. 

Of special note are The Slaughter, with 

its haunting, almost childlike, echo-infused 

vocals and a lyric that ponders breakups with 

both men and women; Michigan Postscript 

– a melodic travelling song with a lilting 

vocal and stunning slide work by Dawson; 

Zookeeper – replete with fine acoustic 

piano and heavy surf guitar saturating this 

insightful and witty ode to couples therapy; 

and Lovely Like You – a sweet stunner 

featuring the honeyed tones of fiddler Kaplin. 

Also memorable is the closing track, Aux 

Oiseaux – a charming, pristine and deliciously 

melancholy anthem of survival and 

the art of learning to embrace life again – no 

matter what has transpired. 

Lesley Mitchell-Clarke 

KAMP! Songs and Satire from 

Theresienstadt 

Amelia DeMayo; Curt Buckler; Sergei 

Dreznin 

Analekta AN 2 8789 

!! 

When DISCoveries editor David Olds 

approached me about reviewing a CD of satirical 

songs written inside the Theresienstadt 

concentration camp, we both expressed our 

reservations about it. But curiosity (and the 

fact that the World Jewish Congress sponsored 

the project) got me to listen. 

KAMP! Songs and Satire from 

Theresienstadt is the 

first English recording 

of songs written and 

performed by some 

(of the many) Jewish 

poets, composers, 

musicians and cabaret 

stars imprisoned in Theresienstadt (1942-44), 

and marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation 

of that infamous “model ghetto.” 

These songs were brought to light, given 

life and presented in a cabaret-like setting in 

Vienna in 1992. Russian-Jewish pianist and 

composer, Sergei Dreznin, served both at the 

piano and as music director. Dreznin, who 

also wrote several new melodies to existing 

poems, went on to direct an English version 

called KAMP! in 1994. The eponymous CD is 

the culmination of Dreznin’s 20-plus-yearresolve 

to keep alive this material created as 

a means of survival, a way for prisoners to 

mock their unbearable circumstances and 

maintain their sanity. 

The material is indeed subversive and 

unsettling. It is also brilliantly executed by 

Dreznin and singing actors Amelia DeMayo 

and Curt Buckler. 

If nothing else, KAMP!, with its gallows 

humour and shades of Tom Lehrer, G&S, 

Weill, Brecht, Brel and Brooks (Mel), deserves 

a listen for its celebration of the human spirit. 

To quote Dreznin, “I hope you will laugh. You 

will cry. And you will definitely learn.” 

Sharna Searle 

Sephardic Journey 

Cavatina Duo 

Cedille CDR 90000 163 (cedillerecords. 

org) 

! ! Sephardic Journey 

is the result of a 

20-year exploration 

taken by the 

Cavatina Duo – the 

husband and wife 

team of Bosnianborn 

guitarist, 

Denis Azabagic, and 

Spanish-born flutist, Eugenia Moliner – into 

their Sephardic Jewish heritage. In 1996, 

Azabagic learned that a great aunt of his was a 

descendant of Sephardic Jews who left Spain 

at the end of the 15th century. Later, Moliner 

discovered her own connection: to avoid 

being expelled, some Jews living in medieval 

Spain converted to Christianity, taking on last 

names according to their vocations; a miller, 

for example, adopted the name “Moliner.” 

From this shared background comes a 

compelling CD of new works commissioned 

specifically for the Cavatina Duo, all drawing 

on traditional Sephardic folk tunes – mostly 

love songs with their often-dramatic, Ladino 

(Judeo-Spanish) texts – for inspiration. 

The recording is infused with gorgeous, 

evocative melodies, soulful and plaintive 

laments, lyrical flights of fancy, sultry twists 

on the tango, startling percussive passages

and an exhilarating energy. Azabagic and 

Moliner are virtuosic, passionate musicians, 

deftly accompanied by David Cunliffe on 

cello, Desirée Ruhstrat, violin, and the Avalon 

String Quartet. 

Joseph V. Willams II’s Isabel is the lone 

flute and guitar duo on the CD; the remaining 

four works include trios by Alan Thomas and 

Carlos Rafael Rivera, and sextets by David 

Leisner and Clarice Assad. I was particularly 

struck by the third movement of Leisner’s 

Love Dreams of the Exile, which juxtaposes 

a jarring, percussive introduction with a 

generous, heartachingly beautiful quote from 

the beloved Ladino ballad, Tu madre cuando 

te parió (Adio Querida). 

I wholeheartedly recommend joining the 

Cavatina Duo on their journey. 

Sharna Searle 

Something in the Air | Those Who Teach Can Also Play 

KEN WAXMAN 

As shibboleths go, the hoary “those who can do, those who can’t 

teach,” must rank at the very top of the list. Besides libelling 

the majority of educators who devote themselves to the task 

of imparting knowledge to students, it negates the activities of those 

who teach and do. Here are some musicians who maintain a full-time 

teaching career along with consistent gigging. 

Case in point is American drummer 

Gerry Hemingway, now on the faculty of 

the Hochschule Luzern in Switzerland. This 

commitment doesn’t stop him from being part 

of many working bands. One is The Who trio, 

filled out by pianist/synthesizer player Michel 

Wintsch and bassist Bänz Oester, both Swiss 

natives. Zoo (Auricle Aur 14+15; gerryhemingway.com/auricle) 

is one all-acoustic CD and another featuring 

Wintsch on keyboards, each of which demonstrates the drummer’s 

sensitivity. On some of the electronic tracks his percussion colouration 

is such that its unobtrusiveness is reminiscent of the drum 

pulses in the film Birdman. Hemingway is a full partner on these discs 

however. On Sloeper for instance, which could define the acoustic jazz 

trio, he relaxes into poised and positioned accents which chime clockwork-like 

alongside Oester’s juiced-up thwacks, allowing Wintsch 

to extend the line. Subsequent nimble piano inventions are met with 

Gatling gun-like swats from the drummer until the exposition reverts 

to simple swing. Hemingway’s unfussy paddling keeps the exposition 

flowing even when the pianist unleashes evocatively flowery chords. 

Introduced by arpeggiated double-bass string shaking, Raccitus 

confirms that hard back beats and cymbal clangs can manoeuvre 

a gentle melody into a dramatic narrative of resonating strength. 

With capricious echoes and processing from the synthesizer adding 

unforeseen granular synthesis and oscillated wiggles to the program, 

the percussionist adopts cutting-edge techniques. On the extended 

Lamp Bowl for example, dealing with timbres that could come from 

Hammond organ, murmuring computer programs or signals from 

outer space, Hemingway’s polyrhythms break up the narrative at the 

same time as they steady the beat. Considering Wintsch’s playing 

is equally protean, highlighting both vivid acoustic melodies and 

buzzing electric oscillations, the drummer’s rugged pops plus staccato 

interjections from the bassist further ground the piece. Hemingway’s 

artful shadings in both settings confirm why the professional development 

days on his teaching calendar are marked by playing opportunities 

with ensembles of various sizes. 

Size is no hindrance for bassist Michael 

Formanek, who teaches at Baltimore’s Peabody 

Institute. The 71-minute, multi-sectional The 

Distance suite he composed is performed with 

élan and ebullience by the specially organized 

19-member Ensemble Kolossus (ECM 

2484 ecmrecords.com). Notable for more 

than its enormity, the effect of listening to the 

CD’s ten tracks is like standing in front of a 

large painting of an important 19th-century battle. While the canvas 

initially draws you to the conflict in the foreground, very soon you 

begin noticing the details on the scene’s periphery. It’s the same with 

Exoskeleton, the CD’s eight-part centrepiece. Introduced by the bassist’s 

own pedal-to-the-metal string pumping, the work quickly settles 

into sequences that alternate vamping section work with solo expression. 

With five reed and eight brass players, the undulating horn 

crescendos often put into bolder relief, or are put into bolder relief by, 

the sophisticated musings issuing from Kris Davis’ linear piano lines 

or guitarist Mary Halvorson’s darkened finger picking. This means 

that despite huffing theme variations by the four trombonists in the 

early sequences, a finger-snapping rhythm remains. Subsequent tonal 

deconstruction in the form of a duet between tenor saxophonist Chris 

Speed and cornetist Kurt Knuffke, or trumpeter Ralph Alessi’s tongue 

flutters contrasting with trombonist Alan Ferber’s more moderated 

blasts, are kept in check by Formanek’s strong arrangements. Not 

only does the layered note colouration flow around the soloists, but 

acting like a drill sergeant, the guitarist’s hammered notes never allow 

the sound excursions to travel off into uncharted musical paths. All 

this doesn’t weaken the compositional thrust in any way and by the 

penultimate section, A Reptile Dysfunction, concentrated polyphony 

generated by growling horns plus thick smacks from the bassist and 

drummer Tomas Fujiwara give way to a polished chamber-like duet. 

Oscar Noriega’s contralto clarinet tones brushing up against Patricia 

Brennan’s chiming marimba reveals one more painterly detail of 

the composition. Finally, Metamorphic, the climax, involves trumpeter 

Dave Ballou’s polished grace notes soaring like a dove of peace 

over vamping, bellicose multiphonics that involve every other player. 

Ballou’s brassy resolution helps direct the suite to wrap up with 

the same intensity with which it began. With detailing demanding 

repeated listening, Formanek’s creative triumph is confirmed. 

On a much smaller scale, but with the same 

sort of sonic concordance is Cosmopolitan 

Greetings (Red Piano RPR 4699-4419-2 

redpianorecords.com), where a quartet 

featuring pianist Frank Carlberg, who teaches 

at Boston’s New England Conservatory, plays 

three of his originals and three free improvisations. 

Although not a regular group, there’s 

no fissure between the academic and the jobbing musicians: guitarist 

Joe Morris, bassist Pascal Niggenkemper and drummer Luther Gray. 

If anything, the pianist’s writing and versatility come across like line 

drawings which break a solid page of text in a publication. Thematic 

links to Thelonious Monk’s crooked time sense (especially on Now 

and Forever) and Herbie Nichols’ joyous abandon (more pointedly 

on Get it?), allow Carlberg to create a space where bop, cool and free 

impulses intersect. On the second tune for instance, the melody is 

paramount, with a drum solo offering a lesson in how to gradually 

minimize the tempo while maximizing swing. Elsewhere, as on the 

title tune, Niggenkemper’s string segmentation suggests minimalism, 

tempered with keyboard clip-clops; while walking and sliding bass 

stops plus ratcheting guitar licks turn Cadillac Squawk, another 

Carlberg line, into unexpectedly relaxed Third Stream-like music. Like 

a champion kayaker crewing on a larger boat, veteran free improviser 

Morris expresses himself with nuanced distinction within the 


group improv that’s Who Eats Who. As his guitar picking creates time 

dislocation alongside Gray’s clattering fills, the piece reaches its zenith 

as keyboard swabbing gives away to fluid squirms from Carlberg, 

making the finale as dramatic as it is didactic. 

Piloting a mid-course between freedom and 

formalism are the seven compositions on Life 

After Life (Allos Documents 012 allosmusica. 

org), written and performed by percussionist 

Eric Platz. Platz, a music professor at Brandon 

University (BU) in Manitoba, is joined by cellist 

Leanne Zacharias who also teaches at BU, 

local electric bassist Don Benedictson, who 

recorded the disc, and Chicagoan James Falzone, who plays clarinet 

and adds a shruti box drone to some tracks. Three successive variants 

on the title track are chamber music-like duos, the last confirming 

the near-identical timbres of cello and clarinet; the first two demonstrating 

that Falzone and Platz can produce enlightened textures 

with the organization of synchronized swimmers plus the improvisational 

smarts that could imagine Jimmy Giuffre playing with Max 

Roach. Elsewhere, Zacharias, equally capable of plucking a swing 

line, emphasizes the innate woodiness of her instrument which joins 

with moderato clarinet tones and the timbered parts of Platz’s kit to 

form an appropriately tree-spanning confluence that delineates the 

composer’s mystical vision of Redwood Vesper. These inferences, plus 

sonic seasoning that bring in rock music-like rhythms via Platz’s back 

beat plus an exotic shruti box buzzing, are part of the CD’s 21-minute 

chef-d’oeuvre Blood Meridian. More closely related to the integration 

of separated impulses than blood, the sectional piece begins with 

droning undulations that sound electronic as well as acoustic, then 

introduce a rhythmic undertow that shares space with wheezing 

clarinet puffs, marimba pops and cello riffs. Like a radio shunting 

from one station to another, additional sequences include a duet with 

dreamy cello strokes and whimsical clarinet yelps; maracas shakes, 

bell pealing, wood-block echoes; and human-sounding panting and 

breathing. Ultimately the composition memorably resolves itself as the 

wave form oscillations cease and an overlay of clarinet trills signal a 

triumphant resolution. Conclusively, the drummer’s echoing pop puts 

an onomatopoeic period on the program. 

Musically, Luminosity (Origin 

Records 82706 originarts.com) may be the 

most straight ahead of the sessions here, but 

it’s also the one with the most varied cast. The 

program is eight compositions by Germanborn-and-raised 

pianist Florian Hoefner, who 

after a long period in New York, now teaches at 

Memorial University in St. John’s. The quartet 

is completed by American bassist Sam Anning, Austrian drummer 

Peter Kronreif and Vancouver-raised, Manhattan-based tenor and 

soprano saxophonist Seamus Blake. Obviously attracted to his new 

surroundings, Hoefner penned two fluid ballads The Narrows and 

North Country, which flow like the clear water in a Newfoundland 

harbour, and more obviously Newfound Jig. A frolicking piece that 

manages to bring in the tenth province’s old country musical history, 

Newfound Jig swings and swirls as Blake outputs John Coltrane-like 

slurs and slides and the pianist builds up intense modal chording. 

Ebullient, Blake adds the necessary crunch to the bossa-nova-like 

In Circles, working up a piston-driven head of steam without ever 

lapsing into screech mode. Dipping into the tenor’s lowest registers on 

Elements, Blake doubles the jazz-rock feel engendered by Kronreif’s 

scrambling thrusts. Overall though, Hoefner’s linear comping keeps 

the piece moving like a veteran sailor righting a scow in an ocean 

storm. Perhaps the key to the session is appropriately expressed on 

The Bottom Line. Pushed by tremolo piano chords and rattling drums, 

the melody expresses toughness without discontent. Those sentiments 

would seem to be the perfect way to adapt to the sometimes rugged 

life in Newfoundland – as well as describing the skills needed to be 

both a patient teacher and an innovating musician. 

Old Wine, New Bottles 

Fine Old Recordings Re-Released 

BRUCE SURTEES 

Prior to the 1950s, when the name of Béla Bartók was mentioned 

it was only the Concerto for Orchestra that came to mind. 

Commissioned in 1943 by Serge Koussevitzky, conductor of the 

Boston Symphony Orchestra, at the urging of violinist Joseph Szigeti 

and conductor Fritz Reiner, the work was a phenomenal success and 

was featured in performances around the world and enjoyed some 

prestigious recordings. RCA Victor documented the second evening of 

the world premiere under Koussevitzky on December 30, 1944. There 

is something unusual about this score: Bartók wrote two endings for 

the last movement. In addition to the more elaborate ending he wrote 

a shorter, less difficult one, suitable for less virtuosic ensembles. 

Bartók’s early works for orchestra belong 

to the late Romantic era as heard in the two 

Suites for Orchestra (Op.3 & 4) in which the 

composer introduced a tangy Hungarian 

flavour for his Viennese audiences. An even 

earlier work, Kossuth, Op.1, was written in the 

shadow of another Hungarian. Kossuth, a redblooded 

late-Romantic orchestral tone poem, 

is just the sort of conservative composition that 

we do not associate with Bartók the innovator. It is a frankly Lisztian 

tone poem in a lush romantic sense that Bartók was to put behind 

him as he forged his dissonant new style. One of the many strengths 

of Béla Bartók Complete Works (Decca 4789311, 32 CDs plus booklets) 

is finally having all his early works in stunning performances. 

For the first time we can handily trace Bartók’s development through 

the tonal phases of his compositions that were long suppressed 

by music critics and pundits alike who had sought to support the 

modernist agenda throughout the 20th century. Bartók never ever 

considered embracing the Second Viennese School, nevertheless his 

music became ever more difficult after his exhaustive ethno-musicological 

absorption, through which he embraced an evolving dissonant 

style that enabled him to completely sidestep the 12-tone idiom. His 

late masterpiece, the Concerto for Orchestra is the prime example, 

heard in this collection by the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted 

by Iván Fischer who are also responsible for a brilliant performance 

of Kossuth. 

Other conductors on the ten orchestral and stage works discs 

and elsewhere are György Lehel, Antal Doráti, Pierre Boulez, Georg 

Solti, Christoph von Dohnányi, Essa-Pekka Salonen, David Zinman 

and István Kertész. Six CDs contain the complete chamber works 

including the six string quartets played by the Takács Quartet. Four 

CDs hold the complete vocal and choral music, while the nine discs 

of piano works are dominated by Zoltán Kocsis who also joins mezzo 

Martá Lukin in the Mikrokosmos. Finally, three CDs of celebrated 

performances from an earlier time include the three piano concertos 

with Géza Anda conducted by Ferenc Fricsay; 28 tracks of piano 

music played by Andor Foldes, Julius Katchen, Stephen Kovacevich 

and Sviatoslav Richter; and the Violin Concerto No.2 played by Zoltán 

Székely with Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Music 

for Strings, Percussion and Celesta conducted by Fricsay and the suite 

from The Miraculous Mandarin under Dorati. All three are very listenable 

with allowances made for the 1939 Szekely/Mengelberg. 

As Bartók devotees know already, here, for the others, is the 

evidence that there is a wealth of listener-friendly music beyond the 

usual repertoire pieces, the violin and the piano concertos, the Dance 

Suites, the volumes of piano works, the stage works and choral music. 

The first of the two fine booklets gives complete details of the recordings 

and a biography with timelines of Bartók’s compositions with 

lots of glossy photos of the artists. The second contains translations, 

Hungarian into English, of all the sung texts. 


Decca has chosen to list the repertoire in the index by DD numbers, 

1 through 128 and identifies the disc where the work is to be found. As 

identified above, the 32 CDs are in five easily seen groups; Orchestral 

and Stage Works, Chamber Works, Choral and Vocal Works, Piano 

Works and a fifth group of Celebrated Performances. 

Bartók was one of the very greatest composers of the 20th century, 

a unique figure. Listening to his Complete Works has been and 

continues to be a constant pleasure. Except as noted, the sound 

throughout is exemplary. I haven’t seen it memorialized but in the 

1950s and 60s the hippest members of the Beat Generation “dug the 

Bartók scene” and their enthusiasm may have got the ball rolling. Link 

to contents: deccaclassics.com/en/cat/4789311. 

There is no doubt that Leonard Bernstein’s 

later years were his very best, confirmed by 

all his recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, 

including those with the Vienna Philharmonic 

which had not played any Mahler for a 

long, long time until Bernstein stood before 

them. Volume One of The Leonard Bernstein 

Collection on DG (4791047, 59 CDs) 

covered composers from Beethoven to Liszt; 

completing his legacy on DG CDs, Volume Two (4795553, 64 CDs) 

takes us from Mahler to Wagner plus the earlier American Decca 

recordings. 

Orchestras in this second volume are the Vienna Philharmonic, the 

Royal Concertgebouw, the Berlin Philharmonic (arguably the very best 

Mahler Ninth on record), the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago 

Symphony, Orchestre National de France, the Israel Philharmonic, 

Bavarian Radio Symphony and the Accademia Nazionale del Santa 

Cecilia. Collectors will be very happy to have the following assured 

performances, each followed by a spoken informative analysis, as 

recorded by American Decca in 1953 by Bernstein and the New York 

Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall: Beethoven’s Eroica, Dvořák’s New 

World, Schumann’s Second, Brahms Fourth and the Tchaikovsky 

Sixth. If you have a chance, compare this confident 1953 Pathétique to 

the searching 1986 version – two very different worlds. 

The care and attention lavished on the two editions, including the 

illustrated enclosures, honours the late maestro. Link to contents: 

deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4795553. 

The art of the late conductor Hans 

Knappertsbusch is to be heard on countless 

performances of Wagner’s Ring Cycle from 

Bayreuth as well as other Wagner music dramas 

and in performances of the orchestral works of 

the Romantic composers – all audio discs, with 

only four works on video. They are Beethoven’s 

Leonora Overture No.3 and the Fourth Piano 

Concerto with Wilhelm Backhaus together with 

the Vorspiel und Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan sung by Birgit Nilsson, 

all from the Wiener Festwochen in 1962. From 1963, only one item: 

Act One of Die Walküre in a concert performance sung by Claire 

Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) and Josef Greindl (Hunding). 

The orchestra throughout is the Vienna Philharmonic. 

Arthaus Musik has issued them on a single Blu-ray disc, A Tribute 

to Hans Knappertsbusch (109213) in a video quality typical of the 

time or maybe a little better, supplied by the ORF. Filmed in black 

and white in 4:3 format. Watching Knappertsbusch in action it is easy 

to see how he achieves those long lines with such ease. He seems to 

draw the orchestra out rather than imposing on them. Hard to explain 

but I believe it is there to see. The veteran Backhaus, still well in 

command of his instrument, and Knappertsbusch are of one mind in 

this elegant, patrician performance. Nilsson is Nilsson. The Walküre 

first act is sung flawlessly but today we have been spoiled by so many 

videos of the actual opera that it is very hard to visualize what they 

are singing about or to empathize with any confrontation when they 

are simply standing there awaiting their turn. I think that the disc 

is still desirable if only to see and hear Knappertsbusch, Backhaus 

and Nilsson. 

Summer Vocations 

continued from page 11 

How you might know him: 

Organist and music director at Our 

Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church; 

executive producer of ORGANIX 

CONCERTS 

Summer Vocation: “I recharge by 

pushing my musical limits, by going 

to Europe to perform organ concerts 

in massive medieval cathedrals. 

The tour this coming August will 

be the result of my third invitation 

to perform in Poland (2012, 2015, 

2016)...I am often the only Canadian 

in a festival of European organists 

and of course, it is an honour that I 

do not take for granted. 

I am energized by learning and 

preparing new music for my concerts. 

Gordon Mansell 

For me, it is not a rest at all but a 

change and an opportunity to experience baroque instruments and 

the occasional example of the continuing vibrancy of the North 

German organ-building craft first-hand. By the end of this coming 

tour, I will have performed concerts on 11 different organs, including 

one museum organ dating back to 1653 in its original state. Overall, 

these concert tours are exhilarating opportunities for musical and 

personal growth. 

My itinerary for this summer includes the first concert in Słupsk 

(August 11) followed by a very special performance as part of the 

Fiftieth International Organ Music Festival at St. Mary’s Cathedral 

(August 12 – Koszalin) and the Cathedral Basilica of St. James the 

Apostle (August 13 – Szczecin). After these concerts, my wife and I 

will then vacation in Germany and plan to visit Bach’s hometown and 

church, and play the famous Bach organ.” 

Hear him this summer: Before Mansell departs for his tour, he plays 

a noontime organ recital on July 20, at All Saints Kingsway. Details in 

our GTA listings and at allsaintskingsway.ca. 

Name: Aimée Butcher 

Instrument: Jazz vocalist 

How you might know her: 

Performer at The Rex and Jazz 

Bistro; Singer-songwriter on 

debut 2015 CD The World Is 

Alright 

Summer Vocation: “What 

I am looking forward to most 

about my summer vacation 

is a chance to create new 

musical memories. I have 

my first festival gig ever on 

July 31 at the TD Newmarket 

Jazz+ Festival, which I am very 

excited about, and plan to 

schedule a few house concerts 

up in northern Ontario around that date. I also plan to do a little bit of 

recording with a couple of bands that I am a part of, which is something 

that we had to wait to do until summer because all of us have 

been very busy throughout 2016. In addition to singing for some 

enjoyable gigs, I am looking forward to a reduced teaching schedule so 

that I may enjoy some time with family and friends over the summer, 

as well as taking some time to myself so that I may do some songwriting 

and planning for 2017.” 

Hear her this summer: Butcher’s performs at the TD Newmarket 

Jazz+ Festival as part of the Sunday, July 31 lineup, at 3:30pm, in a set 

featuring songs from her debut album. Flip to our Green Pages (pages 

G1 to G10) in this issue to read up on what this festival, as well as 40 

others, have planned for the summer ahead. 

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Name: Julia Wedman 

Instrument: Baroque violin 

How you might know her: 

Violinist with Tafelmusik 

Baroque Orchestra, I FURIOSI 

and the Eybler Quartet 

Summer Vocation: “Since I 

travel a lot and play so many 

concerts during the year, I like 

to have a little time away from that in the summer! 

I love to recharge by filling my soul with beauty. I go to art galleries, 

gardens, beaches and parks. I look after the flowers and plants on 

my little terrace. I play music that I love but don’t have to play in a 

concert any time soon. I spend time with all of the people I love but 

don’t get to see enough during the concert season. A perfect summer 

day includes a little art, a little Bach, a lot of kids, a beautiful blue sky 

and a big long table in my backyard with way too much food on it, 

surrounded by beloved friends and family.” 

Hear her this summer: The Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival 

runs from June 6 to 18, and features four free concerts by Tafelmusik 

musicians alongside students of the orchestra’s annual summer institute 

(TBSI). Details in our listings and at tafelmusik.org. 

Name: Ryan Scott 

Instrument: Percussion 

How you might know him: 

Artistic Director of Continuum 

Contemporary Music; percussionist 

with Soundstreams 

Canada, New Music Concerts, 

Esprit Orchestra and the COC 

Summer Vocation: 

“Summertime is very special 

to me and I clear my schedule as much as possible for several weeks. 

My overwhelming priority is to spend meaningful quality time every 

day with my three children (11, 9 and 5) and my wife, harpist Sanya 

Eng. In addition to many excursions and activities, we’ll spend over 

two weeks camping on the shores of Lake Huron at The Pinery. I find it 

is absolutely necessary to stop performing like this every year so that I 

can recharge – as former Nexus member John Wyre once said “the less 

music I do, the better I play.” In the background, I will slowly prepare 

a new concerto, some newly commissioned recital repertoire and 

convert my doctoral dissertation on the emergence of the marimba in 

Tokyo to a book. I will also return to the faculty of the National Youth 

Orchestra of Canada to coach the chamber music program – I always 

leave feeling inspired. Of course, the work at Continuum never really 

slows down, but thanks to new technologies, one can get quite a bit of 

work done while waiting for the fish to bite!” 

Hear him this summer: The National Youth Orchestra of Canada 

will present a festival of chamber music in collaboration with Wilfrid 

Laurier University in Waterloo, from June 22 to July 15. The festival will 

feature concerts by both faculty and youth orchestra members; entry 

for faculty concerts is by donation and entry to student concerts is 

free. Details in our listings and at nyoc.org. 

Off-season though it may be, this summer offers no shortage of 

musical opportunities, for performers and concert-goers alike. Be sure 

to check thewholenote.com throughout the break, where, in addition 

to blog posts, concert reviews and news, we’ll continue to feature local 

musicians’ stories about how they’re spending their own summer 

vocations. And if you are a musician and want to share your own 

summer vocation plans, get in touch with us at 

editorial@thewholenote.com (attach photos if you like). The coming 

months are starting to sound a lot more refreshing, already. 

Sara Constant is social media editor at The WholeNote and 

studies musicology at the University of Amsterdam. She 

can be contacted at editorial@thewholenote.com. 


CBC Radio Two: The Golden Years 

This Isn’t 

Silence 

DAVID JAEGER 

People sitting in Winnipeg’s Centennial Concert Hall on February 1, 

2002, for the opening concert of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s 

11th New Music Festival, as well as those listening to Two 

New Hours, the contemporary music series I created on CBC 

Radio Two, got a real jolt of high energy as the concert opened with the 

performance of Brian Current’s orchestral work, This Isn’t Silence. It 

truly was not anything resembling silence, but rather a work that quickly 

reached its maximum intensity and then sustained that level forcefully 

throughout its nearly 12-minute duration. “The notion of cranking it 

up and just letting it rip was borrowed from electronic music,” Current 

confided. In this he was also echoing the late Frank Zappa (1940–1993) 

who, in a 1987 interview on Two New Hours, compared writing for 

orchestra to creating rock music, pointing out that, “When you write 

fff in either case, you expect to hear some real F’s coming out.” Brian 

Current also admits to referencing Murray Schafer at a certain point in 

his composition when he requires the trombonists in the orchestra to 

“Howl like wolves through their trombones.” 

Current had originally drafted This Isn’t Silence in 1998 while 

serving as composer-in-residence for the University of California 

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. But he revised the work for the 

Winnipeg orchestra and their, by then, internationally famous New 

Music Festival, and this performance in Winnipeg was the premiere 

of that revised version. But in the meantime, Brian was also writing 

other orchestral music, including his superb composition, For The 

Time Being, the work that won him the Grand Prize in the CBC/Radio- 

Canada National Radio Competition for Young Composers, in its 2001 

edition in Vancouver. It seemed the logical choice for me, as CBC’s 

delegate to the International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) in Paris, 

to bring Brian’s winning piece, and that prize-winning performance 

by the CBC Radio Orchestra and conductor Bramwell Tovey as one 

of CBC’s submissions to the 2001 Rostrum. It was the right decision, 

as Brian’s composition was selected by the IRC delegates that year as 

the outstanding work by a composer under the age of 30. His work 

would eventually be broadcast on the public radio services in all the 

33 participating countries. It was also given a fresh live production by 

the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw. 

Current’s success at the IRC began a string of positive results in 

the international arena for the Two New Hours team’s productions 

of Canadian works. At the 2002 IRC, Lacrimosa, by the young 

Vancouver-based composer Jocelyn Morlock, was voted to the top 

ten list of works presented, and in 2003 it was Brandon, Manitobacomposer 

Patrick Carrabré, whose Inuit Games was also voted to 

the top list. In 2004, Dissolve, by young Toronto composer Abigail 

Richardson-Schulte, not only shared the award for the best work by a 

young composer, she was also offered a commission by Radio France 

for a new string quartet to be produced in Paris. Incidentally, 2002 was 

also the year that our production of Christos Hatzis’ Constantinople 

(with the Gryphon Trio plus guest vocalists Trish O’Callaghan and 

Maryam Toller) was awarded a medal at the International Radio 

Festival of New York. And there were more honours yet to come. 

There was another notable development at the conclusion of that 

2002 session of the IRC in Paris. After having served as CBC’s IRC delegate 

for 25 years, I suddenly found myself first nominated and then, 

elected IRC president. This was a remarkable turn of events in several 

respects. First of all, it was the only time in the 63-year history of the 

IRC that a non-European was elected its president. Secondly, aside 

from any personal assets I was perceived to be bringing to the leadership 

of the project, it signalled that Canadian music, and of course 

CBC Radio as its producer, was garnering an increasing amount of 

respect from the international delegation participating in the IRC. The 

investment that we at CBC Radio Music had made in Canadian music 

was recognized by our sister public broadcasters around the world, 

who showed an intense curiosity about new Canadian repertoire. And 

the series of Canadian composers who had been selected and recommended 

by this international delegation over the years, from Murray 

Schafer to Brian Cherney, to Chris Paul Harman, to Paul Steenhuisen, 

to Jocelyn Morlock, to Brian Current and others, represented an 

endorsement by a highly influential group of producers. This broad 

international recognition also began to bear another surprising result: 

the commissioning and production of contemporary Canadian works 

by foreign broadcasters. Whether it was Harman and Schafer being 

produced by NHK in Japan, Steenhuisen by ORF in Austria, Current 

by PRT in Poland, Richardson-Schulte by Radio France or Marjan 

Mozetich by Slovenian Radio, our steadfast development of Canadian 

composers had demonstrably positive and concrete results. We were, 

for example, able to reap the benefits of offshore productions by 

obtaining the rights to these performances through the system of 

international program exchange. Clearly, in the eyes of the world, new 

Canadian music, just like Current’s composition, “wasn’t silence!” 

Our Two New Hours recordings of Current’s This Isn’t Silence, For 

the Time Being, and three more of his orchestral works were leased 

from CBC Radio archives by the Canadian Music Centre for their 

Centrediscs label and released on a CD in 2007. The title of that CD, 

as might have been expected, is This Isn’t Silence, and it’s still available 

as Centrediscs CMCCD 12607. And just as Current’s This Isn’t 

Silence was used to kick off the 2002 New Music Festival in Winnipeg, 

the very same programming idea was repeated in 2012 by the Toronto 

Symphony Orchestra when guest curator Peter Eötvös chose the work 

to open the TSO’s New Creations Festival that year. 

A final footnote to this very creative and productive period of CBC 

Radio and Canadian musical history is that in 1998, the year Brian 

Current composed his energetic This Isn’t Silence, the late and highly 

esteemed Russian/Canadian composer Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001) 

completed a CBC Radio commission, The Smile of Maud Lewis. 

Composed for the now defunct CBC Radio Orchestra, this work stands 

as one of the gentlest, most sublime works ever commissioned by CBC 

Radio. Nikolai Korndorf died, unexpectedly, while playing soccer with 

his son, 15 years ago this month. And that was a thundering silence. 

David Jaeger is a composer, producer and 

broadcaster based in Toronto. 

Brian Current 

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