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Stephen Powell, baritone (Jesus)
Karina Gauvin, soprano
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OUR COVER
VOLUME 5 #7: APRIL 1 - MAY 7 2000
"/ thought I would get
my singers together for
a soiree to do the entire
opera. On second
thought, ·however, since
my place would hold
only about ten people,
that didn 't seem quite
the right way of going
about it."
Stuart Hamilton then considered renting a room at
the university, but the id'ea of doing all that work for an
audience of 35 didn't seem quite right either. And at that
point he thought of a doing an opera-in-concert production.
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WholeNote facts
Publisher's notebook
Advertisers index
CONCERT NOTES
Pot pourri
. Tne University
Settlement House
Opera· Aria Evening,
will be at St. George
the Martyr Church on
April 28 - it was at the
equivalent concert four
.or five years ago that I
first heard baritone,
:James Westman, who
now appears destined
for a splendid singing career. Who knows? There may
10 be another James Westman in this year's concert.
14 Choral Scene Larry Beckwith
16 Hear & Now David G.H. Parsons
20 Jazz Notes Jim Galloway
22 Bandstand Merlin Williams
23 Music Theatre Spotlight Sarah B. Hood
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It is the best of times and the worst of times,
right now.
Classical and New Music are
thriving in Toronto (three hundred and
thirty concerts are listed in WholeNote, new
orchestras, choirs and ensembles are
springing up every day, and Canada's
singers are the toast of the opera world.
At the same time the Ford Centre
Recital Series, one of Toronto's windows to
the larger musical world, has been slammed
shut by the City of Toronto; the Canadian
Opera Company's plans to build an opera
house have run into serious governmentrelated
snags; and the Downtown Jazz.
Festival came within an inch of its life.
What's wrong with this picture? Why
are the ocean liners listing and sinking in a
sea full of seaworthy schooners, yachts and
rowboats?
One gem of insight uncovered by the
National Post's indefatigable Tamara
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Canadian, to sell ourselves short" she
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situation" as saying "Just picture
[Lastman 'sj problem. Mega-City Mel is on
some talk show and a guy calls up and says,
'Hey, I can't get my garbage picked up and
you want to give money to fat people to sing
in a foreign language. 'As the champion of
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the ignorance of the hypothetical boor is the
obvious reflex -- but to do so is to risk
missing the point, which is that dysfunctional
relationships are a two-way street.
To change our metaphor from fleets
to forests -- if our musical tall timber,
seemingly so rooted and strong, is suddenly
threatening to topple, what does this say
about the attitude of the guardians of the
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"grass-roots"? The cultural erosion whose
dramatic impact we are now starting to see
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A Major Music Company 15 Naxos 10
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Aldeburgh Connection 39,43 North Toronto Institute of Music 48
Alexander Singers and Players 24 Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts 44
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Amici 41 Opera in Concert 27
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Canadian Music Centre 3,13, 16 Pax Christi Chorale 36
Canadian Opera Company 12 Peros Music 7
Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra 35 Play it for a Pro 48
Centauri Summer Arts Camp 47 Remenyi House of Music 3
Centuries Opera 27 Roaming Studios 15
Christ Church Deer Park 38 Robert Lowrey's Piano Experts 55
Church of Saint Simon 13,32 Rosedale Presbyterian Church 39
Cindy Babyn 48 Royal Conservatory of Music 11,13
CJ RT-FM 22 Saint George's-on-the-Hill 32
Classical 96 FM 23 Saint James Cathedral 30
Claviers Baroques 21,38 Shar Music 7
Conference World Tours 25 Sine Nomine Ensemble 41
David Tamblyn 21 Sinfonia Toronto 5, 11, 31
Deep Down Productions 15 Sound Post 11
Duo L'lntemporel 31 Soundstreams 28
Elmer lseler Singers 43 Talisker Players 40
Exultate Chamber Singers 43 Tapestry New Opera Works 24
Feldenkrais Method Workshop 21 The New Guitar 38
Festival Cinemas 9 The Slide Rule 34
Ford Centre for the Performing Arts 2 toneART Ensemble 42
Gary Ray Rush Photography 15 Toronto District Board of Education Music
Herman Rombouts 14 Teachers 35
Homewood and Associates 17 Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 53, back cover
Lena Auclair 14 Toronto Opera Repertoire 27
Les Amis Concert Series 33 Toronto Operetta Theatre 25
Long & McQuade 7 Toronto Senior Strings 29
Mikrokosmos 47 Toronto Sinfonia of Nations 40
Montgomery Sound 15 Toronto Sinfonietta 25, 41
Music at Metropolitan 37 Toronto Wind Orchestra 22
Music Chamber 15 Victoria Scholars 33
Music Gallery 17 VocalPoint Chamber Choir 36
Music Toronto 30,34,38,49 Warren Nicholson 29
Music Umbrella 36 Women's Musical Club ofToronto 9
MusicWorks Magazine 17 Yorkminster Park Baptist Church 30
National Guitar Workshop 47

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Operatic voices. We have not only big
shows this month (see Music Theatre
Spotlight on page 23) but also a wealth of
operatic performers in recital: American
mezzo-soprano, Susan Graham, will give a
(non-operatic) recital on April 2 at Roy
Thomson Hall and Placido Domingo will be
at the Air Canada Centre on April 28.
There will be three more modest
operatic recitals in April, the first by
baritone, David Varjabet and soprano,
Marina Shemesh at the Ford Centre Studio
Theatre on April 8. The second, the
University Settlement House Opera Aria
Evening, will be at St. George the Martyr
Church on April 28 - it was at the equivalent
concert four or five years ago .that I
first heard baritone, James Westman, who
now appears destined for a splendid singing
career. Who knows, there may be another
James Westman in this year's concert. The
third is two singers, Kelly Campbell and
Bronwen Low, who will be performing
"loved solo and duet repertoire spanning
from Monteverdi to Mozart to Gershwin and
Guys and Dolls" at St. George's United
Church on April 29.
There will also be three "best of
Broadway" recitals: soprano, Dilys Haner,
at Redeemer Lutheran Church on April 8,
part of the High Park Recital series; Opera
Encore" at the Heliconian Hall on April 12;
and "An Evening with Lerner, Loesser and
Loewe" at Walton United Church in
Oakville on April 30.
Sinfonias. The area is now blessed with
three sinfonias: Sinfonia Toronto, Sinfonia
Mississauga and the Toronto Sinfonia of
Nations. The first two are string orchestras,
conducted respectively by Nurhan Arman
and by John Barnum, that present a concert
series each year. The third is a very good
student orchestra, assembled from time to
time by advanced conducting student, until
last year at U. of T. but now at the U niversity
of Michigan, Mehdi Javanfar.
Sinfonia Toronto's next concert
April 8 features conductor Nurhan Arman's
son, Stepan, as guest violin soloist. Only 20
years old, the younger Arman has appeared
as a soloist with the Montreal Symphony
Orchestra and I Musici de Montreal among
others. He will perform Wieniawski's
Fantasie Brillante on Themes from
Gounod's Faust, which he has already
recorded with I Musici de Montreal.
Sinfonia Mississauga with guitar
soloist, Alvin Tung, performs in its usual
venue, the Royal Ban)

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CONCERT NOTES
Pot pourri
continued from page 1.0
featuring Mark Fewer and Simon Docking,
looks like a chance to hear some interesting
and not so well known repertoire.
Chamber Music Unlimited brings
together four top flight professional musicians
on April 16 to perform music by
Viennese composers; and also on April 16
The Leaside String Quartet will play music
by Dvorak, Gershwin, Haydn and
MacMillan. The New Guitar Concert
Series presents guitarists James Brown and
Justin Haynes at the Heliconian Hall on
April 28 . The Elgin String Trio, three very
fine string players, will play at the Church
of the Redeemer on April 30. And on May
5 Amici will be performing a very interesting
and eclectic program, which will include
two works by Brahms, four songs by Andre
Previri, sung by Barbara Hannigan, and a
new work by young composer, Philip
Loosemore.
Passion for· history. One of the
wonders of contemporary musical creativity
is our passion for recreating the music of
the past. Probably the best known period
ensemble in Toronto is Tafelmusik, which
is presenting a program of music by 17th
century Italian composers on April 1 and 2
and from April 12 to 16 will perform Bach's
Mass in B Minor. And in between these
two series some members of Tafelmusik will
join dancer, Daniel Gariepy to recreate the
music and dance of the period from the
reign of Louis XIV to the time of Mozart.
And there's more. II Giardino
Harmonico baroque period orchestra
performs at the Glenn Gould Studio on April
9. The Sine Nomine Ensemble will be
presented by St. George's on-the-Hill
Concerts on April 9, and on May 5 they will
present their last concert of the season at St.
Thomas's Church. On Sunday, April 9
Musicians in Ordinary will celebrate the
400th anniversary of John Dowland's
Second Book of Songs at the Royal Ontario
Museum. Joshua Rifkin will lead the Bach
Ensemble as it performs orchestra suites by
J.S. Bach on April 18 at the Glenn Gould
Studio. The Toronto Consort will perform
on April 28 at Trinity-St. Paul's with The
King's Noyse. On April 29 Claviers
Baroques will present music by Bach,
Couperin and Purcell for soprano, violin,
cello and continua with dancer, Paul James
Dwyer. And this season's final concert at
Rosedale Presbyterian Church will be Duo
L'lntemporel, music for baroque flute and
harpsichord by 18th century composers, on
April 30. .
More choral. We heard about a number
of choral events too late to get them into the
listings or into the choral page. Two of
these are at St. Luke's Church in
Burlington, the Ars Antiqua Chamber
Choir from Burlington on April 16, doing
Pergolesi's Stabat Mater as well as works
by renaissance composers and, as far as we
can tell, one or more compositions by the
choir's conductor, David Davis. The second
concert at St. Luke's will be by the Confederation
Centre for the Arts Childrens's
Choir from Charlottetown on April 26. The
phone number for information is 905-529-
2561.
Something called the "Toronto
International Choral Festival" organized by
the "Arts Bureau for the Continents" is
taking place on April 26, 27 and 29 -- three
concerts at three different churches involving
four local choirs (including t.he Toronto
Children's Chorus and the High Park
Girls' Choir) and four choirs from the
United States.
Music: the next generation. Anyone
concerned about the plight of education in
- our province, and convinced that the arts are
a necessary part of education, will be
interested in a concert of chamber music by
the students of Lois Kivesto at Sir John A.
Macdonald Collegiate iri Scarborough. The
performers, who are all graduating at the
end of this year, form one of the most
extraordinarily gifted groups of students of
Ms. Kivesto's teaching career.
Hardly any of these students, she
told me, plan to study music at university,
but we can be sure they will be highly
successful at whatever they do, in part at
least because of the way work in music
develops the mind. That concert will be on
April 18 and the phone number is 416-396-
6793. .
J. S. Bach. This year is the 250th
anniversary of the death of Bach, one more
incentive for performing his music. The
really ambitious Bach event in April will be
"A Bach Weekend, 7-9 April 2000: Part of
St. James' Cathedral BACH 2000 Celebrations".
The event includes a concert of
instrumental and choral music, a lecture/
discussion and masterclass on the organ
works of Bach, led by Michael Bloss and a
meditation on the St. Matthew Passion. For
additional information, call 364-7865.
CAMMAC's musical reading on
April 30 will be Bach's St. John Passion.
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir will
perform the St. John Passion on April 9, the
Amadeus Choir will perform the St.
Matthew Passion on April 8 and
Tafelmusik will perform Bach's Mass in B
Minor from April 12 to 16. Readers east of
Toronto may wish to hear the Oriana
Singers of Cobourg perform Bach's Cantata
No. 4 on April 15.
Music of India. Not to be missed, the
Raag-Mala Music Society presents sitar
virtuoso, Ustad Shujaat Khan, with tabla
player, Sandeep Das, on April 1 at the
Medical Sciences Auditorium at the University
of Toronto.

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II. Choral Scene
BY LARRY BECKWITH
Many choral anniversaries of one kind or
another are being observed this year in and
around Toronto. In last month's column I
inadvertently lopped off five years 6f the
Jubilate Singers life . They are actually
celebrating their 30th anniversary this year,
and offered a splendid all-Canadian programme
in March in their relatively new
home at Trinity-St. Paul's United Church.
It's the Amadeus Choir's turn to
pop a cork this month - their 25th anniversary
- with a special gala performance of
Bach's St. Matthew Passion at the George
Weston Recital Hall. Lydia Adams, who is
herself in the midst of her 15th season as
conductor of the choir, leads the choir and
,their special guests, the Elmer Iseler
Singers, as well as the Bach Children's
Chorus, the Guelph Youth Singers,
orchestra and six top flight soloists.
Troubling cancellations
The Mississauga Choral Society, under
Chrys Bentley's direction, are marking their
25th anniversary with special performances
throughout the season. They present Bach's
Mass in B Minor at Hammerson Hall in the
middle of May. Unfortunately, they were
forced .to can~el their February concert, a
brilliant programme of works by Holman,
Durufle and Bernstein, as well as a planned
world premiere by a local composer David
Passmore. This cancellation, and that of the
Mendelssohn Choir's Penderecki/Buhr ·
programme in early March, brings up some
troubling issues around the programming
and marketing of new and unusual choral
repertoire. ·
I know that I often write in these
pages of the extra-musical benefits and
rewards of choral music. It builds commu- .
nity, it's fun, it promotes positive feelings
of teamwork, discipline, ensemble and a
myriad of other good stuff. But the central
element is always the music, the work of art
itself, which we clumsily and imperfectly
attempt to interpret and enliven.
There's a circle of essential players iii the
world of music. Everything starts with the
composer, of course, but equally as important.are
the performers, the critical historians,
and the audience. Any time
that circle becomes lop-sided or
breaks, then our musical world,
or community, is weakened and
in danger of losing its vitality. In
our increasingly commercial
approach to concert-giving, I feel
that we lose sight of the creative
act which is at the heart of any
musical performance. The choral
works of Bach, Palestrina,
Handel, Brahms, Rachmaninoff
and a whole host of others have
given us the great monuments of
western choral music. But as
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central as those works are, we must view
them as only one of the pillars of our choral
structure. Equally important must be the
. creation and performance of new works and
the constant re-evaluation of older works
that have somehow fallen out of the standard
repertoire. This is the formula that all
but will those choirs have the nerve next
time to keep pushing the envelope -- trying
to balance our choral diet between the
familiar, the unusual and the new in order to
keep the circle strong and the .gifts circulating?
serious choral organizations with high . · There are a great number of choral events,
standards use to inform their programming. . this month. Notable among these are the
In doing this, however, they count · Tafelmusik Mass in B Minor performances,
on all of those essential players to hold up the Cellar Singers' offering of Dvorak's
their end of the bargain. The composers · rarely-performed St. Ludmilla, Pax
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April 1 7:30: Durham Philharmonic
Choir (in Further Afield)
April 1 8:00: Etobicoke Centennial
Choir
April 1 8:00: Tallis Choir
April 1 8:00: MacMillan Singers;
Concert Choir; Mendelssohn
Youth Choir; school choirs
April 1 8:00: Voices
April 2 3:00: "Volunge" Lithuanian
Choral Ensemble; Dainava Choir of
Chicago; Exultate Choir of Cleveland
April 2 3:00: Hart House Chorus
April 2 4:00: Choir of St. Simonthe-Apostle
April 2 8:00: Elmer lseler Singers;
Rosedale United Church Choir
April 7 7:30 & 9 2:30: All Saints'
Anglican Church Choir; Schomberg
Community Choir (in Further Afield)
April 8 2:00: Amadeus Choir; Bach
Children's Chorus; Guelph Youth
Singers
April 8 8:00: Annex Singers
April 8 8:00: John Laing Singers;
Choir of St. Jude's Anglican Church
(in Further Afield)
April 8 8:00: U of T Choirs
April 9 3:00: Toronto Children's
Chorus/ Victoria Scholars/
Mississauga Choral Society
April 9 4:30: St. James' Cathedral
Ghoral Society
April 9 7:30: Toronto Cantata Chorus
, April 9 8:00: Gentlemen & Boys
of St. Simon's
April 9 8:00: Choir of St. Martin
-In-The-Fields; Choir of St. Giles
Kingsway Presbyterian
April 11 8:00: Toronto
Mendelssohn Choir
April 12 7:00, 13, 14, 15 8:00, 16 3:30:
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
April 13 7:00: Dunbarton-Fairport
United Church Senior Choir (in
Further Afield)
April 15 7:30 & 16 2:30: La Chapelle
de Quebec; Elora Festival Singers
April 15 7:30: Ori;ma Singers of
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30, April 1), presenting "A Soldier's Tale"
on its Evening Overtures, and culminating
with the ever-popular "Rite of Spring" at
the regular concert time. WholeNote readers
shouldn't pass up this occasion to experience,
in one evening, two of the finest
works by one of the last century's seminal
figures.
An added bonus to the early programme
is "Hammer & Bow," a fantasy for
violin and marimba by Michael C6lgrass,
performed by Jacques Israelievitch and John
Rudolph. Composed for the TSO
concertmaster's 50th Birthday, it was
premiered by him with his teenage son.
"Although the work· tells no specific story,"
says Colgrass, "it has the feeling of two
people relating closely on an· emotional
level, at times harmonious, at other times
discordant, oc.casionally playful, but always
communicating."
Don't forget Soundstream's dramatic
"encounter" between Canadian composer
Jeffrey Ryan and Norwegian Rolf Wallin
on April 5 (mentioned in last month's Hear
& Now).
Artistic director Lawrence Cherney
has selected three works by Wallin -:­
"Ground" for solo cello and 18 strings,
which garnered the composer a first prize in
the International Rostrum of Composers last
year, featuring cellist Shauna Rolston; ·
"Stonewave" (ritual for the exorcisni of evil
spirits) for 3 percussionists; and "Yo" for
computer and controHer suit, developed by
Wallin during time spent at IRCAM.
Ryan will be represented by "Ecce
Homo" for string orchestra, as well as
"Two-by-Four," a high-energy concerto for
marimba and chamber ensemble, and a
superb vehicle for percussionist. Beverley
Johnston. Harpist Erica Goodman then joins
Johnston in an interpretation of Ryan's
"Poison Wind". Gary Kulesha leads the
Encounters Ensemble.
The spring issue of Musicworks
Magazine, Canada's only journal devoted to
explorations in. sound and new music, gets
launched with an afternoon event (appropriately)
combining words and music on April
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this fundraiser will display .several pieces
from the issue's accompanying CD plus
improvisations and readings. Participating
artists Anne Bourne (cello), Stephen Clarke
(piano), Paul Dutton (speaksinger), Tiina
Kiik (accordion), Richard Sacks (percussion),
and more, will interpret music and
texts from sources as diverse as John. Cage,
Marcel Duchamp, Udo Kasemets, Ezra
Pound, a nd Kurt SchWitters.
Later that same evening (April 9)
Les Amis Concerts celebrates a host of
Canadian composers up at the Ford Centre.
Music by Sid Robinovich; Philip
Macconnell, Sam Dolin, Ann Southam,
Mary Gardiner, David Passmore, and
Michael Pepa, featuring woodwind ensemble,
chamber choir, solo voices, and more
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12 featuring graduate students from U
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programmed Gareth Farr's "Keri bang
su ling" (flute/marimba), Alexina
Louie's "Cadenzas" (clarinet/
marimba), Gary Kulesha's "Angels"
(marimba/tape), Paul Creston's
(USA) "Concerto for Marimba and
Piano", and "Rebonds" for solo
multiple percussi9n by Xenakis. A
highlight will be the Bart6k "Sonata
for T\\(o Pianos and Percussion."
The next night, Mark Adam
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Brazilian composer Egberto Gismonti
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Miki (Japan), "CaDance 4 2" by
Andrew Pape (Denmark), "One 4
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well as several of Adam's own
compositions. Dylan and Mark are
joined by various friends for these
concerts. Toe tapping stuff!
On the afternoon of April 15, the
Intrada Brass under the baton of
Bram 'Gregson. present an all-Cami- '
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April 214:00: Choir & soloists of Eglinton
St. George's United Church
April 21 7:30: Metropolitan Festival Choir
April 23 7:30: Beth Tikvah Choir; Holy
Blossom Temple Choir; Lachan Choir
April 26 7:30: Toronto Children's
Chorus (in Late List)
April 27 7:30: Meridian Children's
Chorus; Boy Singers of Maine;
Northwestern Michigan Children's
Concert Choir (in Late List)
April 28 (in Further Afield) & 29 8:15:
·Te Deum Singers
April 29 2:00: Choirs of students
from throughout Toronto
April 29 7:30: Bach Children's Chorus;
High Park Girls' Choir; Toronto
Children's Chorus; Meridian Children's
Chorus; Boy Singers of Maine; North
western Michigan Children's Choir
April 29 8:00: Cantores Celestes
April 29 8:00: Mississauga Festival Choir
May 1 7:30: Hampton. Avenue
(in Honourable Mention) /
May 1 8:00: Utaoni Choir
May 2 3 :00: Royal Conservatory of
Music Repertory Chorus)
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May 3 12:00 noon: Amadeus
Chamber Singers
May 5 & 6 8:00: Oakville Choral Society
May 5? & 7 ?: Palestrina Chorus
May 6 7:30: Toronto Children's Chorus
May 6 7:30: Toronto Welsh Male
Voice Choir (in Further Afield)
May 6 7:30: Oakham House Choir
of Ryerson Polytechnic Institute
May 6 8:00: All The King's Voices;
Youth Voices United ·
May68:00: Bell' Arte Singers
May 6 8:00: Dukes of Harmony
May 6 8:00: Elora Festival Singers
May 6 8:00: Oriana Singers
May 6 8:00: Toronto Chamber Choir
May 7 3:00: Concertsingers
May 7 3:00: Toronto Jewish Folk Choir
May7 4:00: St. Andrew's (King St.) Choir
May 7 4:00: Amari Iii Singers
May 7.4:00: Toronto Classical Singers
May 7 7:00: Elmer lseler Singers
May 7 8:00: Peel Choral Society
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The night of April
15, by the way, narrowly
avoids being one of $ose
impossibly difficult
choices. Aficionados of
Canadian opera and new
music theatre are in for a
rare treat that evening
when Opera in Concert
gives a complete performance
of John Beckwith's
rural wedding drama "The
Shivaree." Set in Ontario
sometime late in the last
century, and essential! y a
re-telling of the classic
tale of the "Rape of
Proserpine," this fastpaced
opera juxtaposes
lighter comedy with
sombre undertones, and involves a cast of
12 engaging characters.
Develop~d by Beckwith and James
Reaney over a period of 13 years, The
Shivaree was workshopped by Camus Music
Theatre and the Banff Centre, and premiered
in 1982. Its modern score capnires
echoes of folksy tunes, barber shop quartet, ·
and kitchen sink percussion. Shivaree's
reappearance is long overdue. John Hess
directs a dynamite cast including Barbara
Hannigan, Cindy Townsend, Lori Klassen, ·
Gregory Dahl and John Tessier.
(Fortunately The Shivaree is being
presented on the 15th and the 16th, so the
rest of us can can have our cake and eat it
too.)
This "theatrical" trend continues
April 18-20. ~irst, Tapestry New Opera,
in cooperation with the du Maurier World ,
Stage Festival, introduces "O, Pilot" a
work-in-progress by Nie Gotham, composer
of the highly successful "Nigredo Hotel."
Gotham and librettist Banuta Rubess have
developed a brand new story, hinting at a
romantic entanglement between a lovesick
airline pilot and jaded tourist. Audiences
will also be treated to a sneak preview from
"Constantinople" by Christos Hatzis. This
evening of multi-media music theatre
features the talents of Jean Stilwell, Benoit
Boutet, Doug McNaughton and the Gryphon
Trio, among others. And, the following
night (April 19) Autumn Leaf Performance
starts its eight-night run of Arnold
Schonberg's landmark "Pierrot Lunaire"
and "Transfigured Night" (string sextet
version) . Mezzo Fides Krucker and dancer
Susanna Hood perform with a coffin!
Local composers· are touted when
Continuum Contemporary Music presents
"(416)" - a showcase of new pieces by
some of Toronto's dynamic creators on
John Beckwith
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April 21. "This concert is limited in
geographic area but encompasses a broad
aesthetic range," .says artistic director
Jennifer Waring. "The idea wa:s to focus on
Toronto, but at the same time bring together
diverse elements in the contemporary music
scene."
To this end, Paul Steenhuisen's
maniacal "Mycenean Wound" and James
Rolfe's insistent "Squeeze" are juxtaposed
with the spare intimacy of Rose Bolton's
"Killbear Music" and Linda C. Smith's
"Zart", then contrasted again by the
unrelenting nature of Micheline Roi's
"Evolving landscapes on the will of dread"
(world premiere) and Alastair Boyd's
polished "Spinning." The Continuum
Ensemble (violin, cello,. flute, clarinet,
percussion and piano), augmented by viola,
will be led by conductor Rose Thomson.
You can hear more music from the
GT A on April 28, when Con Fuoco, a
newcomer on the scene, presents mezzo ·
Cynthia Won. Programmed is the world
premiere of "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a
Blackbird" by C.T. Martin for voice, flute,
clarinet, piano and string quintet; plus
"String Quartet No. 2" by Eric Ross, and
"Quatre Sonnets a Cassandre" by Frank
Martin (a Swiss composer, no relation to
C.T.) A couple of 20th century "classics",
Ravel 's exquisite "Chansons Madecasses"
and Respighi's "II Tramonto" for voice and
strings promise further sensuous pleasures.
Then, on April 30, expect the
unexpected with "Autobiomusics" - avant
garde sound explorations by Udo Kasemets.
"Sixteen Stills of bp Nichol," "OPazERA,"
"Homage and Desecrations," as well as
John Cage's "ASLSP" will be performed by
· Susan Layard, singer/speaker with Kasemets
himself at the piano. Audio boundary
stretching at its most provocative!
A piil I 1 •lttf:FMjf1Q f1M¥Wh1!i!jNijt
New Music Concerts introduces
the Utaoni Choir of Japan on
May 1. The outstanding choral group
will ·present R. Murray Schafer's
"Magic Songs" an interpretation that
secured them a Japanese national
gold medal. "Uta" means singing
and "oni" translates as -ogre or
superhumanly talented, so Uta-oni
literally means the "singing fiends"!
In 1997, Utaoni gave an all­
Schafer programme, including the
premiere of his "Seventeen Haiku"
which they commissioned. Schafer is
enthusiastic about the ensemble,
describing their interpretations as
"real tone magic." Utaoni will also
perform "Wind Horse" by Toru
Takemitsu, plus some traditional
Inner Mongolian music. "This group
is amateur in name only," says
artistic director Robert Aitken, "the
Schafer Haiku will be a Canadian
premiere, and Takemitsu was a long
time friend of Toronto and New
Music Concerts."
The concert also serves as a precur­
. sor to a mini-Japanese "festival." On May
9, Encounters will pair composers Kelly­
Marie Murphy and Karen Tanaka, while
NMC continues. its Japanese theme on May
14 with a programme devoted to Toshia
Hosokawa. Lectures and discussions will
coincide, so watch Hear & Now for more
Jeap Coulthard
Last month, we noted the passing of two
distinguished Canadian composers - Violet
Archer and Barbara Pentland. Hear & Now
is saddened to report that another of our
pioneering women composers died during
the past month. Jean Coulthard, O.C.,
O.B.C., passed away on March 8. She was
92. A gracious personality, fine teacher,
plus remarkably prolific composer (the
Canadian Music Centre's library lists 225
separate works), Coulthard composed in just
about every genre and her music has been
performed widely across this country and
Continued

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Hear & Now
continued from page J 8
abroad.
Born in Moncton, NB, as a young
woman she studied in England with Ralph
Vaughan Williams, and later with Bernard
Wagenaar and Arthur Benjamin. She taught
composition and was senior lecturer at
U.B.C. from 1947-73, and received
honorary doctorates from U.B.C. and
Concordia.
Jean Coulthard's sonatas for solo
instruments with piano, chamber works, and
dozens of song cycles are among the most
often requested scores from the CMC. A
major achievement was the large-scale opera
"The Return of the Native", based on
Thomas Hardy's novel, on which she
worked periodically from 1956-79. Although
never realized in full production
with orchestra and proper staging, fortunately
the composer got to hear a workshop
presentation a few years ago.
On·May 3, the Talisker Players pay
special tribute to Coulthard, giving her
"Three Sonnets of Shakespeare" on a
concert of music for voice and string quartet
titled "The Best and Fairest May". Also
A~OtkM-as&HtID_~
programmed are works by two of.
Coulthard's teachers - Vaughan Williams'
"'Merciless Beauty" and Gordon Jacob's
setting of Blake's "Songs of Innocence" .
Other composers include: Malcolm Arnold,
Peter Warlock and Toronto-based Andrew
Ag et. The vocal soloists are Margaret
Evans, soprano and Doug MacNaughton,
baritone.
David G.H. Parsons is Ontario
Regional Director of the Canadian
Music Centre. Tel: (416) 961-4057
Fax: (416) 961-7198 E-mail:
ontario@musiccentre.ca
One of my favourite Billie Holiday
recordings is of a song called "It's
April In My Heart". Thanks, Billie, but
the real thing is here, we've all survived
another April Fool's Day and
spring is in the air, complete with
young men's fancies turning.
High on the list of this month's
attractions is an Oscar Peterson concert at
Roy Thomson Hall on the 11th at .8pm. It is
the occasion of the world premiere of Mr.
Peterson's Trail of Dreams Suite and he will
be performing with his quartet and a
chamber orchestra. After the nightmare of
· his aborted Swing Night tour last fall, at
least this dream will come true. (Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 872-4255. $35
to $125.)
Two jazz flavoured events will take
place at Massey Hall. April 7 at 8pm
Sweet Honey In the Rock will present a
program of spirituals, hymns, gospel, jazz,
rap, reggae, traditional African, doo wop &
blues. Then on April 15 and 16, again at
8pm it's the turn of the Afro-Cuban All
Stars - Big band sound of 50s Cuban music.
(Massey Hall, 15 Shuter St. 872-4255. Both
concens $29.50 to $46.50.)
April 29, St.Andrew's United
Church in Markham presents the second
concert of their current series. The Pat
LaBarbera Quartet is the featured group.
Pat is best known for his tenor and soprano
playing, although he does play all the reeds
and flute. He is one of the busiest and best
players on the Toronto Jazz scene, as well
as having played for Buddy Rich, Woody
Herman, Louie Bellson and Elvin Jones.
He is also a music educator at Humber
College. (St.Andrew's United Church, 32
Main Street North, Markham. $15.00
(Seniors/Students $12.00). (905) 471-7027.)
Guitar lovers, who tend to be picky,
will be interested in the New Guitar concert
on April 28 at 8pm at the Heliconian Hall in
Yorkville. This concert will include James
Brown and Justin Haines (dueling modern
jazz guitars). Also on that evening is the
Connor/Pomes duo (classical voice and
IV. Jazz Notes
BY JIM GALLOWAY
guitar). (Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. in
Yorkville. Tickets $20.00 and $15.00, students/
seniors. Available at diJor or call 252-4792.
More info at www.newguitar.net.)
Both Humber and U .of T. get in the
lists again and both concerts are on the same
date, April 5 at 8pm. Humber Music Jazz
Series has a Night of Big Bands. (Lakeshore
Auditorium, 3199 Lakeshore Blvd. West.
675-6622 ext.3427. $15,$10.) University of
Toronto Faculty of Music presents another
evening of Small Jazz Ensembles. (Walter
Hall, 80 Queens Park Cresc. 978-3744.
Free.) In club happenings this month a
highlight, especially for piano aficionados,
is the appearance, April 11 to 15 of Fred
Hersch in a duet setting with bassist Don
Thompson. Hersch is one of the most gifted
of the young pianists on the contemporary
jazz scene and if you are not yet acquainted
with his playing, don't let this opportunity
pass you by. If you are familiar with his
playing, you'll be there anyway. (Montreal
Bistro, 65 Sherbourne Street. 363-0179.
Cover charge.)
Lots of jazz fans are, not surprisingly,
collectors of recordings. The average
listener has a humble, basic collection of
his or her favourites. There was a time, of
course, when one could actually keep track
of new recordings as they were .released.
Those were the good old days. Nowadays
there is so much 'product', as it is called in
the business, that it is impossible to keep
up with the volume of music being released.
The CD has become a sort of musician's
calling card. More about that another day.
· I am not an avid collector, partly
because I don't really care to collect avids,
but I do have a reasonable, eclectic collection
of recordings, including, largely for
reasons of nostalgia, some few 78s that I
actually shipped from Scotland when I left
those fair shores for the ones here.
Serious collectors are quite a
different matter, scouring the globe, as if
for some holy grail, tracking down rare
78rpm recordings which are, truth to tell,
probably available on CD! But, and any
discophile will be quick to agree, it is not
the same as an original Bluebird pressing!
Anyway, if you fit the description,
you might want to know that the Twenty-
Ninth Annual Canadian Collectors' ·
Congress will take place Friday, April 28-
30th, 2000 at the Ramada Plaza Toronto
Airport East, 1677 Wilson Avenue,
Toronto. It's a conference for record
collectors and discographers/researchers
interested in ragtime, vintage jazz,
blues,gospel and Canadiana. Comes the 78
revolution! For more information contact
Gene Miller 416-231-4055.
Happy spring listening, but make sure that
some of it is live music.
They call it
gloomy Tuesday
Jim Galloway reflects
on a rollercoaster week
Since writing the accompanying rather
tranquil jazz notes for this month's
WholeNote, a great storm of media
attention has buffeted the ojf-then-onagain
Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival,
of which I am the Artistic Director.
My partner, Patrick Taylor and myself, ·
did a great deal of heart searching
before making the decision, announced
at a press conference on Tuesday March
21, that we were cancelling this year's
event. Sponsorship dollars were simply
not there in sufficient quantity to ensure
the quality of the festival. So it was
indeed gloomy Tuesday as I went that
evening to the Montreal Bistro, where I
was playing with Junior Mance. (I was
reminded of the story about the horse
who goes into a club, goes up to the bar
and the bartender looks at him and says,
"Why the long face?")
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V. Bandstand
BY MERLIN WILLIAMS
If you can't tell it's spring by Symphonic Band. On April 2,
the weather, you certainly the York University Brass
can by the large number of Choir, Percussion Ensemble &
listings for band concerts. Wind Symphony perform a free
Please check the main listings afternoon concert.
for information on start time,
location and ticket prices (if
any) for each event.
Leading off on April 1 (no
fooling!) is the Hart House
One of the newer bands in
the city, The North Toronto
Symphonic Band and their
guests the Toronto Police
Association Male Chorus present
.---------==----::----, an evening of music
Gloomy Tuesday on April 5.
The Toronto
continued from page 20 Youth Wind Orches-
Well, within 24 hours, I felt as if I had tra & Concert
been on a roller-coaster ride. Late Winds present a
Wednesday, the mayor's office con- Celebration of Winds
tacted the offices of Toronto Downtown at the Weston Recital
Jazz. Society, asking if they would be Hall on April 7. The
able to contact me that evening if programme will
necessary. In fact, two senior members include works by
of Mayor Lastman 's staff showed up at Grainger, Schumann,
the club with the news that as a result of Wagner &
private intervention by the mayor, du Shostakovich. Don't
Maurier was prepared to increase their miss the chance to
dollar contribution to the festival to hear a superb wind
ensure that the festival could go ahead group in this hall -
as planned. Not only that, but other it's simply the best
segments of the business community sounding room I've
were trying to rally round the flag, ever played in.
notably UUNET Canada who have
The City of
attempted to start a snowball effect by Brampton Concert
donating $10, 000 and contacting other Band is presenting a
businesses, asking them to do the same. concert entitled "A
Century and Beyond
It has been a wonderful effort and it - A Musical Journey
gives the festival a lifeline for this year, Through Time" on
but only this year. I,m afraid 2001 April 8. The band is
presents the problem all over again, presenting music
since the government restrictions on from the three
tobacco sponsorship take effect in centuries (19th, 20th
October of this year. We are not out of & 21st) that it has
the woods and it is essential to find performed in.
funding for next year - the future lies Visual and
ahead. Meanwhile, thanks to everyone Performing Arts
who expressed concern, in particular, Newmarket is
those people who came to bat for us. presenting the
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Foothills Brass Quintet in
concert, on April 9. Think of
them as a band on a budget!)
Selections include music by
Bach, Handel, Copland & Weill.
The Hannaford Street Silver
Band features guest multiinstrumentalist
James Morrison
in a programme entitled "Brass
Down Under" on April 9. James
Morrison will be also be
delivering a pre-concert chat.
The Toronto Secondary
School Music Teachers'
Association is presenting
"Sounds of Toronto" on April
13. The concert features bands,
orchestras and choirs from
several high schools in the
Toronto District School Board.
Music by Vivaldi, Holst, Verdi,
Stravinsky, Parry, Belafonte &
Goodman. The concert is at
Massey Hall, 15 Shuter St., and
admission is only five dollars. I
strongly encourage you to attend
this concert. Supporting an
event like this one shows how
much we value music programs
in the school system.
The Oakville Wind Orchestra
is presenting "A Tribute to
Sammy Nestico" on April 16.
Nestico was Count Basie's
arranger for several years, and
has also written music for film,
television and advertising. He's
also composed a number of fine
original works for concert band.
Also on April 16, the
Northdale Concert Band does a
free afternoon concert at '
Scarborough Civic Centre under
the baton of Tony Gomes.
Mark Hopkins, Artistic
Director of the Toronto Wind
Orchestra conducts the TWO in
a concert of music by Purcell,
Holst, Kucharzyk, Rands,
Scheller & Hetu on April 28.
On April 30 the Mississauga
Pops Concert Band, under
musical director Denny Ringler
presents "My Favourite Tunes".
The Youth Wind Band
Spectacular on April 30 features
three groups: the Toronto Youth
Concert Winds, the Etobicoke
Youth Band, (!pd the Upper
Canada College Wind Enseinble.
The concert is at the MacMillan
Theatre, 80 Queen's Park.
Merlin Williams is a woodwind
performer, teacher and music copyist
based i:1 Toronto. ·If you would like
an upcoming band event to be
featured in the Bandstand column, feel
free to contact him at (416) 489-0275;
by e-mail, merlinw@netcom.ca; on
the web, http://www.netcom.ca/
- merlinw.
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VI. Music Theatre Spotlight
BY SARAH B. HOOD
Spring brings blossoming of important new and local work
l
's unlikely that anyone in
town will have enough
time to see all the
intriguing music theatre that's
coming to Toronto stages in
April. It's as though the stronger
sun and the warming earth are
bringing more than birds and
buds to life: there's an amazing
array of new work by local and
international artists on view.
An important contributor
to this embarrassment of riches
is the biennial duMaurier
World Stage, which runs at
Harbourfront Centre and a
number of ancillary venues from
April 10 to 30. If I had to pick
out one single music theatre
production from among its
perplexing array, it would be
Anything That Moves, written by
Ann-Marie MacDonald, with
music by Allen Cole and
direction by Alisa Palmer.
Fides Krucker seen here with Richard Armstrong in
Autumn Lears 1999 production Down Here on Earth,
appears April 19-29 at ArtWord Theatre
MacDonald's crackling wit
infused earlier stage plays like
Goodnight Desdemona, Good
Morning Juliet and her extremely
successful first novel
Fall On Your Knees. Allen Cole
is the brother of jazzy diva
Holly Cole and the son of CBC
radio stalwart Leon Cole. He
has written for a number of
strange and fascinating musicals:
most recently the haunting The
Juniper Tree, a hit of the last
fringe festival. Produced in
collaboration with Nightwood
Theatre, Anything That Moves
is an ironic romantic comedy - if
that's not impossible. It runs
from April 27 to 29 at 26
Berkeley Street.
A .second choice might be
Shockheaded Peter. The advance
buzz says that it's scary,
shocking, wonderful to look at
and very funny, too. It's A
Cultural Industry Project from
England, based on Struwelpeter
-- a 19th-century collection of
cautionary tales by Heinrich
Hoffman. Calling itself "junk
opera", Shockheaded Peter
sounds like a sort of Edward
Gorey extravaganza. It runs at
the sumptuous Elgin Theatre
from April 26 to 30.
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CONCERT NOTES
Music Theatre
Spotlight
continued from page 22
Tense" program showcases work
in development by senior artists
who have already produced
important work. Oh Pilot, by
Nie Gotham and Banuta Rubess
(creators of Nigredo Hotel),
runs at Tarragon Extra Space
from April 18 to 20 in a copresention
with Tapestry Music
Theatre. This will be a more
challenging show, designed for
people who are somewhat
conversant with new music and
· prepared for dissonance,
abstraction and non-linear
narrative.
Besides· plays, there are
all kinds of other events around
the festival, including readings,
panel discussions, professional
master classes and cabarets that
may appeal to readers of this
column. For instance, music
theatre fans might want to attend
the "interview" with Julie
Taymor (she directed and
conceived the stunning design
for The Lion King) on April 27.
To find out more about this
amazing theatrical bonanza, call
416-973-4000 or check out the
website at www.harbourfront.
on.ca.
A show that's not included
on the official World Stage
program (but which might well
have been) is Autmun Leaf
Performance's Schoenberg:
Pierrot Lunaire and Transfigured
Night, which runs at
Artword Theatre on Portland
music & lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim
book by
Hugh Wheeler
from an adaptation by
Christopher Bond
Sar May 13 8pm
Sun May 14 3pm
Wed May 17 1 pm
Fri May 19 8 pm
Sa~ May20 8pm
Sun May 21 3pm
Eve. $20 Stu./Srs. $18
Mar. $18 Sru./Srs. $16
416 785-0333
FAX 961-8931
Street on various dates from
April 20 to 29. In fact, there's
even a discount for World Stage
passholders!
Schoenberg, who lived
from 1874 to 1951, is a figure
like Stravinsky in that his work
brings the music world through
the transition from a 19th- to a
20th-century idiom. Both works'
are about passion and sexual
politics. In Transfigured Night,
a woman confesses to her lover
that she carries another man's
child; in Pierrot Lunaire mezzo
soprano Fides Krucker - as a
twelve-foot mistress Pierrot -
envelopes the stage with her
trailing gown. Autumn Leaf and
its artistic director Thom
Sokoloski have been associated
with composer Murray Schafer
and his .visionary work.s. They
were the ones who created the
Alchemical Theatre of Hermes
Trismagistos, which (if you
recall) ran beginning at midnight
right in the middle of Union
Station. For more about this
very interesting company, visit
www.autumnleaf.com.
On a last, light note, the
young and engaging Da Capo
Productions, which j!fst
produced a production of the
vintage Godspell, is premiering
a newer musical called '\Wzat
About Luv? From April 6 to23 at
Alumni Hall, St. Michael's
College. It's written by Jeffrey
Sweet, with music by Howard
Marren and lyrics by Susan
Birkenhead. A lighthearted
triangle of thwarted suicide and
mixed-up Jove, it stars Chaz
Thorne, Julia Moore and
Christopher Wilson.
These artists are at an
earlier stage in their careers than
the others I've referred to
above, but they've already had
some good training and experience
(at the National Theatre
School, Stratford, the
Charlottetown Festival in Prince
Edward Island and the
Stephenville Festival in Newfoundland
- for example). They
look like younger versions of the
artists who are being featured in
the World Stage-level shows,
and, as such, deserve a look-in
too.
OPERA
PLUS
In addition to Opera
Mississauga's Madama
Butterfly (see page 50), there
are several other fully staged
operas to be found in April.
Opera Ontario's production
of Gounod's Faust opens. in
Hamilton on April I, continues
there on April 6 and 8
before moving to Kitchener­
Waterloo on April 14. The ·
Canadian Opera Company,
now fifty years old, returns to
its roots so to speak" by
presenting La Boheme, one of
the operas it produced in its
very first season. The COC
will also be presenting
Debussy's 1902 opera, Pelleas
et Melisande.
And for those of you
who are really serious about
opera, vocal coach
extraordinaire, CBC opera
quiz whiz and Opera in
Concert founder, Stuart
Hamilton is going to MC the
Toronto Sinfonietta's evening
with Dame Natalie Choquette.
With creativity, a sublime
sense of humour and an
uncanny ability to communicate,
she mah:s opera
approachable in a way that
would make the manager of a
symphony orchestra advertising
campaign envious. Maybe
next year somebody will get
Natalie Choquette, Stuart
Hamilton, Mary Lou Fallis
and Iain Scott together on the
same stage!

EUROPEAN AUDITIONS SEMINAR!
,.
Andrea Mellis, an Artistic Director from Vienna will conduct a workshop in Toronto April 24-29 on the ins and outs
of auditioning for agents and opera houses and how to save money and frustrations by knowing what the new rules
are. This course is a must for any singer thinking about auditioning abroad and it includes 5 hours of individual
coaching and repertoire preparation, possible selection for a future production overseas and a wrap-up
Toronto concert! Total all-inclusive cost is $395. ·
Hear it from someone who lives there! Call early to reserve. Very limited class size. (416) 410-1808
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Famous opera arias and choruses
Khachaturian's Galop
Rimsky-Korsakov's The Flight of the Bumblebee
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2000 7:30 p.m.
Bloor Street United Church
Tickets$26
416-410-4379
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Alzheimer Society/Attila
Glatz Concert Productions.
Placido Domingo, tenor in ·
Concert. Famous arias &
songs. Symphony Canada. April 28:
8:00. Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay St.
870-2000. $55 to $1000.
Autumn Leaf Performance.
Schoenberg: Pierrot Luna ire &
Transfigured N ight. Dramatic
enactments. Fides Krucker, mezzo
soprano; Susanna Hood, dancer;
Autumn Leaf Chamber Ensemble;
Gary Ku Iesha, conductor; Thom
Sokoloski, director. April
19,20,22,24, 26-29: 8:00. Artword
Theatre, 75 Portland St. 504-7529.
$15(preview April 19); $15 to
$22.50.
Canadian Opera Company.
Debussy: Pe/leas et Melisande.
Elzbieta Szmytka, Jean-Fran~ois
Lapointe & other performers; Richard
Bradshaw, conductor. April
7, 12, 1.5,20: 8:00; April 18: 7:00;
April 9: 2:00. Pre-performance
Opera Chat 45 minutes prior to each
performance. Hummingbird Centre,
1 Front St. East. 872-2262. $35 to
$130.
COC. Puccini: La Boheme. Eszter
Sumegi, Joseph Calleja, Evgenij
Dmitriev & other performers; Albert
Takazauckas, d irector; Silvio Varviso,
conductor. April 6,8, 14, 19,22: 8:00;
April 11: 7:00; April 16: 2:00. Preperformance
Opera Chat 45 minutes
before each performance. Hummingbird
Centre, 1 Front St. E. 872-2262.
$35 to $130.
Centuries Opera Association.
Puccini: Madama Butterfly. In
concert. Michele Strano, Adina
Alexandrescu, Igor Emelianov, Leo
Evason, Frank Hawkins & other
performers; William Shookhoff,
conductor. April 14: 8:00. George
Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.
870-8000. $20 to $45.
Curtain Call Players. Cabaret.
Music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred
Ebb; book by Joe Masteroff. Gerald
Petkau, director; Michael Jones,
music director; John Smith, choreographer.
April 13 to 22. Thursdays to
Saturdays: 8:00; Sunday matinee:
2:00. Fairview Library Theatre, 35
Fairview M all Drive. 703-6181.
$18,$14.
Da Capo Productions. What About
Luv? Musical comedy based on the
play by Murry Schisgal; David
Myers, musical d irection; Chaz
Thorne, Julia Moore & Christopher
Wilson, performers. April 6 to 23,
W ednesday through Saturday: 8:00;
Sunday matinees: 2:00. Alumni Hall,
St. Michael's College, 12 1 St. Joseph
St. 920-9164. $20,$18,$1 5(1 2 &
under); Sunday matinees PWYC
(minimum $8).
Georgian Theatre Festival. Codspel/.
To April 9. Bathurst Street Theatre,
736 Bathurst. 872-1111 . $1 9.50 to
$37.50.
Music THEATRE LISTINGS
Harbourfront Centre/Globe & Mail.
Stan.dUp Shakespeare. Motley
musical made up of Shakespearean
lines, passages, poems & songs.
Cr{:!ated by Kenneth Welsh;
produced by Mike Nichols. April 21 :
7:00. Brigantine Room, 235 Queens
Quay West. 973-4000. $25.
Harbourfront Centre/Mirvish
Productions. Anonymous Society.
Created & directed by Andrew Wale
& Perrin Allen. Musical based on
themusic of Jacques Brei. April 10-
22: 8:00; April 15, 19 & 22: 2:00.
Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King
St. West. 872-1212. $25 to $55.
Harbourfront Centre/T eatre
Buendia. La Vida en Rosa (A Musical
Tragedy). Dramatic cabaret based on
Carlos Felipe's Requiem for Yarini.
April 20 & 21 : 7:30. du Maurier
Theatre Centre, 231 Queens Quay
West. 973-4000. $25 to $45.
Harbourfront Centre/T eatre
Buendia. Otra Tempestad. Reworking
of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Company of 20 musicians, singers,
dancers & actors. April 16-18: 8:00.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12
Alexander St. 973-4000. $40.
Harbourfront Centre. Shockheaded
Peter. "Junk opera" featuring live
music by The Tiger Lillies. April 26-
30: 8:00; April 29: 2:00. Elgin
Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 872-5555.
$25 to $55.
Hummingbird Centre. Dancing on
Dangerous Ground. Original score
by Seamus Egan; musicians of Solas;
30 dancers. April 25 to 29: 8:00;
April 29: 2:00; April 30: 1 :30 & •
6:30. 1 Front St. East. 872-2262. $45
to $75.
Living Arts Centre Mississauga.
Victor/Victoria. Music by Mancini.
April 5 & 6: 8:00. Hammerson Hall,
4141 Living Arts Drive. 905-306-
6000. $39 to $58.
Markham Theatre. MasterClash.
Blending the worlds of classical
violin and fiddle. Eduard Minevich,
violin; Frank Leahy, fiddle; written
by Don Harron. April 4 & 5: 8:00.
171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-
7469. $24.50.
Mirvish Productions. The Lion King.
Siage musical of Disney's 1994
animate'd feature. To December 24.
Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King
St. W est. 872-1212. $20to$115.
Nightwood Theatre/Harbourfront
Centre. A nything That Moves. Book
& lyrics by Ann-M arie M acDonald;
music by Allen Cole; Tamara
Bern ier, Sandra Caldwell, Dan
Chameroy & other performers. April
25 & 26 (previews); April 27, 28 &
29; M ay 1-13. Monday to Saiurday:
8:00; Saturday matinee: 3:00.
Canadian Stage Theatre, 26 Berkeley
St. Preview s & M ay 1-13, 368-3 11 O;
April 27-29, 973-4000. $25.
Opera in Concert. Beckwith: The
Shivaree. Barbara Hannigan, Cindy
Townsend, Lori Klassen, Gregory
Dahl & John Tessier, performers;
John Hess, music director. April 15:
8:00; April 16: 2:00. Backgrourider
with host lain Scott, 45 minutes prior
to each performance. Jane Mallett
Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 366-7723.
$28,$22.
Opera Mississauga. Puccini:
Madama Butterfly. Valerie Kuinka,
director; Dwight Bennett, conductor;
Simone Bertini, Sergio Panajia, Ketty
Holler.and others. April 29, May 2,
4, 6: 8:00. Hammerson Hall, Living
Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive.
905-306-0060. $24-$88, $17-$79
(sr/st). ·
Opera Mississauga. Rossini: The
Barber of Seville. M

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Music. Sullivan & Sondheim.
Evening of operetta & musical
theatre. April 28 & 29: 8:00.
MacMillan·Theatre, 80 Queens Park
Cresc. 978-3 744. $10,$5.
L!niversity of Toronto faculty of
Music. Opera Tea. Excerpts from R.
Strauss: R~enkalialier & tea on the
theatre stage. April 9: 2:30.
MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queens Park
Cresc. 978-3744. $20.
Victorian Operetta Society. Gilbert
& Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore. Keith
Pickett, Jack Jeffery, Della Lee, Mike
'
Munroe, Ruth Harcort & other
performers. April 27,28,29, May
3,4,5,6: 8:00; April 29 & May 6:
2:00. The Concert Hall at Victoria
Hall, 55 King St. West, Cobourg.
905-372-2210. $13.50(opening
night);$16 (group rates).
Yorkminstrels. The Music Man. Rob
Gorican, Caroline Moro-Dalecandro,
Jim Webster, Christine Edmonds,
Anne Graham & other performers;
THE
· Harry McCarthy, musical director.
April 22, 27, 28 & 29: 8:00; April 22
& 30: 2:00. Leah Posluns Theatre,
4588 Bathurst. 291-0600. $18.$14.
Toronto ·Opera Repertoire
under the direction of Giuseppe Macina, Artistic Director
SOLOIST
,AUDITIONS
Friday 26 May, 2000
from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Tentative programme
Tales of Hoffman- Offenbach
La Traviata - Verdi
· Tosca - Puccini
Opera excerpts
To arrange an al!dition,
please call Giuseppe Macina
. (416) 698-3287
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IN CONCERT
Guillermo Silva-Marin, General Director
presents
SHIVAJBf}.\
by John Beckwith
Canada's own unique wedding shivaree,
. romance and tomfoolery.
Bcirbara Hannigan
Cindy Townsend
Lori Klassen
Gregory Dahl
John Tessier
John Hess, Music Director
Saturday, April 15 at 8 pm
& Sunday, April 16 at 2 pm
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Remegio Pereira ,Centuries Opera
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Igor Emelianov
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William Shookhoff
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Wednesday, Ap~il 5 at 8 prn, Glenn Gould Studio
(Left) Rolf Wallin; (Right) Shauna Rolston
Featuring the Encounters Chamber Ensemble and
conductor Gary Kulesha, with special guests
Erica Goodman, harp; Beverley Johnston, percussion;
Shauna Rolston, cello; Rolf Wallin, controller suit.
Music of Jeffrey Ryan (Canada) and Rolf Wallin (Norway)
"[Wallin's music] ... a gloriously kinetic
exploration of sound masses that mimic the
swing of a crazy pendulum."
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Tuesday, May 9 at 8 pm, Glenn Gould Stu~io
(Left'to right) Kelly Marie Murphy, Karen Tanaka, The Gryphon Trio
Featuring the Encounters Chamber Ensemble and
conductor Gary Kulesha, with special guests
Lawrence Cherney, oboe; Eve Egoyan, piano;
Shauna Rolston, cello; and the Gryphon Trio.
Music of Kelly Marie Murphy (Canada)
and Karen Tanaka Uapan).
"[Murphy] .. ·.shows the exuberance of an
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CONCERT
LISTINGS
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April 1 2000 to May 7, 2000
As always, we make every effort to ensure accuracy. But .... things
happen! So, please, where possible use the phone numbers
provided to call ahead. Please note: only the first performance of
Music Theatre Listings is included in these Daily Listings. For a
complete run, runs already in progress and detailed schedules,
please see our Music Theatre listings, commencing on page 27.
In addition to these core listings, we also include listings for: events
just outside the GTA (see Further Afield, page 43); inf,ormation
received after deadline (see Too Late to List, page 44); and events
that take place in alternative venues (see Honourable Mention, page
4!)).
Saturday April 01
** 6:45: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Evening Overture.
Colgrass: Hammer & Bow (Fantasy
for Violin & Marimba); Stravinsky:
L'histoire du Soldat. Joaquin
Valdepenas, clarinet; Michael
Sweeney, bassoon; Barton Woomer!,
trumpet; Gordon Sweeney, trombone;
Jacques lsraelievitch, violin;
Joel Quarrington, double bass; John
Rudolph, percussion. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 593-4828. $4.85
or free with a ticket to the 8:00
perfor.mance.
* * 7:30: Music at Metropolitan.
Fools Rush In. Songs & duets. Lucy
Carrick-Wedel, soprano; Jay Lambie,
tenor. Metropolitan United Church,
56 Queen St. East. 363-0331. $ 10.
** 7:30: Raag-Mala Music Society
of Toronto. Ustad Shujaat Khan,
sitar; Sandeep Das, tabla. Medical
Sciences Auditorium, 1 King's
College Circle. 416-281-3725. $10
to $25.
* * 7:30: Saxophone Concertante.
Works by lbert, Milhaud, Vaughan
Williams, Wiedoft & others. Mike
Anklewicz, saxophone; David Swan,
piano. Church of the Redeemer, 162
Bloor St. West. 633-4258. $5.
* * 8:00: Baroque Music Beside the
Grange/Baroque Players of
Hamilton. Bach's Lunch. Bach:
preludes & fugues; solo & trio
sonatas; excerpts from the cantatas &
other music. Carolyn Sinclair,
soprano; Julie Baumgartel, violin;
Alison Melville & Colin Savage,
recorders; Michael Jarvis, harpsichord;
Margaret Gay, cello. St.
George the Martyr Church, 197 John
St. 588-4301. $18,$14.
* • 8:00: Beethoven Society for
Pianists. Eighth Annual Festival:
Rising Young Artists. Music of
Beethoven, Chopin, Bach, Mozart &
Liszt. Allison Leyton Brown, Andrew
Aarons, Hwa-Ing Arianne & Kevin
Tam, piano; Peter Limmet, violin.
City Playhouse, 1000 New Westminster
Drive, Vaughan. 905-731-5336.
$15 (non-members),$ 10 (members),
$5 (children/sr).
. * * 8:00: Etobicoke Centennial
Choir. Music for a 1000 Years.
·Choral music by famous composers
of the last millennium. Isl ington
United Church, 25 Burnhamthorpe
Road. 239-1131 ext.49.
* * 8:00: Hart House Symphonic
Band. Great Hall, 7 Hart House
Circle. 978-2452. Free.
** 8:00: Tafelmusik. Music in
Venice. Works for strings by
Castello, Cavalli, Marini, Gabrieli,
Marcello & Vivaldi.;\ndrew Manze,
violin & guest director. Trinity-St ~
Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 964-
6337. $25 to $42; $20 to $38(st/sr).
** 8:00: Tallis Choir. A Celebration
of Bach & Handel. Bach: Singet dem
Herrn; Lobet den Herrn; Handel: As
Pants the Hart; Let God Arise. The
Talisker Players; Christopher Dawes,
organ; Pete'r Walker, director. St.
Patrick's Church, 141 McCaul St.
483-0559. $18,$ 14 (st/sr).
** 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Schreker: Prelude to a
Drama; Mozart: Violin Concerto#4
in D K.218; Stravinsky: Le Sacre du
printemps. Hilary Hahn, violin; lngo
Metzmacher, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe'St. 593-
4828. $24 to $77.
· * * 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Youth Choir
Festival. MacMillan Singers; Concert
Choir; Mendelssohn YouthChoir;
school choirs; Doreen Rao & Wayne

g"AjW-eleM)t
.Stron gman, conductors. MacMillan
Theatre, 80 Queens P'ark Cresc. 978-
3744. $10,$5.
* * 8:00: Voices. A Bach Celebration.
Works include Bach: Lobet den
Herrn, alle Heiden; Mass in b
(selections); Art of the Fugue (new
arrangement); other works arr. Ward
Swingle. Ron Cheung, artistic
director. 7:30: Pre-concert talk. St.
Thomas's Church, 383 Huron. 416-
429-7740. $15,$10.
Sunday April 02
** 2:30: Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts. Skampa String
Quartet. Music by Richter, Smetana
& Janacek. George.Weston Recital
Hall, .5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. $20
to $30.
* * 3:00: "Volunge" Lithuanian
Choral Ensemble. Centies Cif:smes
(Hymns of Ancestors). Tamulionis:
Hymns of Ancestors (Canadian
premiere); Rutter: Gloria; other .
choral compositions. Dainava Choir
of Chicago; Exultate Choir of
Cleveland; Hannaford Street Silver
Band. MacMillan Theatre, 80
Queen's Park. 763-4013. $20 to
$30.
* * 3:00: Hart House Chorus. Frogs
Legs & Lingonberries. Poulenc:
Gloria; Durufle: Four Motets on
Gregorian Themes; Mantyjarvi: El
Hambo; Scandinavian folksongs.
John Tuttle, conductor. Great Hall, 7
Hart House Circle. 978-0537. Free. ·
* * 3:00: Roy Thmson Hall. Susan
Graham, mezzo soprano. Works by
Debussy, Barber, Hahn, Musto,
Lieberman, Rorem & Bernstein.
Malcolm.Martineau, piano. 60
Simcoe. 872-4255. $30 to $50.
* * 3 :00: York University Dept. of
Music. Brass Choir, Percussion
Ensemble & Wind Symphony.
Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050
Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St.
736-5186. Free.
* * 3:30:Tafelmusik. Music in
Venice. Trinity-St. Pau l's Church. See
April 1.
* * 4:00: Church of St. Simon-the­
Apostle. Choral Evensong. Faure:
Cantique de Jean Rac ine; Batten:
Fourth Evening Service. 525 Bloor St.
East. 923-8714. Free.
* * 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park.
Jazz Vespers. Doug Ril ey, piano;
Scott Alexander, bass; Brian Barlow,
percussion. 1570 Yonge St. 920- 1
5211. Collection.
* * 4:30: Salon of Poetry and Music.
Cabaret Medley. John Paul II
Cu ltural Centre, 4300 Cawthra
Road, Mississauga. 233-7468.
* * 5:00: Warren Nicholson, guitar,
Tiina Flawn, piano & Linda
Henderson, flute in Recital. Music
by Bach, Buhr & Piazzolla.
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave'.
905-337-9673.
* * 7:30: Christ Church Deer Park.
Organ Music and Compline. Organ
recital; even ing hymn; organ
improvisation. 1570 Yonge St. 920-
5211. Collection.
* * 8:00: Elmer lseler Singers/
Rosedale Concerts. The Millennium
Concert #4. Hatzis: Everlasting Light
(world premiere); Glick: Psalm Elegy
(world premiere); Bernstein:
Chichester Psalms. Elmer lseler
Singers; Rosedale United Church
. Choir; Beverley Johnston, percussion;
Erica Goodman, harp; Lydia
Adams & Wayne Strongman,
conductors. Rosedale United
Church, 159 Roxborough Dr. 217- ·
OS37. $30,$25,$20.
Warren Nicholson
Monday April 03
guitar ** 7:30: Associates of the Toronto
Tiina Flawn
Symphony Orchestra. Romantic
Manoeuvres. Schubert: Quartetsatz;
piano Dvorak: Quartet #1 in G; Brahms:
Quartet #1 inc. Angelique Toews &
Linda Henderson Bridget Hunt, violins; Chris Redfield,
Bach, Buhr, Piazzola
Sunday April 2nd 5 pm
Heliconian Hall
flute • viola; Kirk Worthington, ce llo.
Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor
~ji-~St. West. 323-0862. $1.5,$12.
11!11 ** 7:30: Canadian Music Competitions.
National Winners. Daphne
Chen & Ying-Ju Chen, violins;
Rachel Desoer, ce llo; Patricia Li &
The Associates of the ·
Toronto Symphony Orchestra present
. The Last Three of the FIVE SMALL CONCERTS
&J QUARTETS c.s
Featuring members of the TSO and guests
at Trinity St. Poul's United Church, 427 Bloor St. W.
Schubert I Dvorak I Brahms · April 3, Monday, 7:30 PM
Debussy · May JS, Monday, 7:30 PM
Shostakovich I Schafer I Borbf=r · June 12, Monday, 7:30 PM
See WholeNote Listings for details
TICKETS
Single Concert $15
Seniors I Students $12
Full Series $50 I $41
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
$BO INCLUDES:
· All five Small Concerts
· 3 Extra Guest Tickets
· 8 Informal Musical
· Evenings (Wine &
Refreshments)
416-944-2177
Miena Nakamura, piano & other
performers. Glenn Gould Studio,
250 F.ront St. West. 205-5555.
$15,$10.
* * 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Neil
Sedaka. 60 Simcoe. 872-4255.
$39.50 to $76.50.
* * 8:00: Royal Conservatory of
Music, The Lion King. Gala preview
performance. In support of Learning
Through the Arts. Princess of Wales
Theatre, 300 King St. West. 408-
2824 ext.454. $125 to $25D.
* * 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Student Composers
Concert. Walter Hall, 80 Queens
Park Cresc. 978-3744. Free.
Tuesday April 04
* * 1 :00: Lunch Hour at St. James'.
Sowerby: Prelude on Land of Rest;
Willan: Five Plainchant Preludes;
Handel: Hornpipe from Water
Music. Taylor Sullivan, organ. 65
Church St.364-7865. Free.
* * 7:30: Katharine Rapoport, viola
and Elizabeth Acker, piano in
Recital. Works by Rapoport, Brahms,
Enesco & Shostakovich. First
Unitarian Congregation, 175 St.
Clair Ave. West. 944-1596.
$12,$8,$20(families) . .
* * 8:00: Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts. Sergio & Odair
Assad, guitar duo. Works by
Mompou, Soler, Brouwer, Gismonti,
Piazzolla & Debussy. George
Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.
870-8000. $27 to $40.
* * 8:00: Hart House Music
Committee. Spring Recital Series
2000. Marc Benzekri, violin. 7 Hart
House Circle. 978-5362. Free.
* * 8:00: Markham Theatre.
MasterClash. Blending the worlds of .
classical violin and fiddle. Eduard
Minevich, violin; Frank Leahy,
fiddle; written by Don Harron. 1 71
Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469.
$24.50. For complete run see Music
Theatre li5tings.
* * 8:00: OnStage. Music by Gliere,
Glinka, Mussorgsky & Rimsky-
Victor Feldbrill, cr-c~nl/J
condu~tor c.J

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Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West.
205-5555. $20,$12.
• • 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Rimsky Korsakov: Excerpt
from Legend of the Invisible City of
Kitezh Suite; Prokofiev: Piano
Concerto #3; Tchaikovsky: Symphony
#6. Pathetique. Olli
Mustonen, piano; Jukka-Pekka
Saraste, conductor. Roy Thomson
- Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 593-4828. $24 to
$77.
• • 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Small Jazz
Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 Queens
Park Cresc. 978-3744. Free.
Thursday April 06
• • 12:00 noon: University of
Toronto Faculty of Music. Thursday
Noon Series: Student Chamber
Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 Queens
Park Cresc. 978-3744. Free.
• • 12: 10: St. Paul's Bloor Street.
Noon Hour Organ Recital. Eric
Robertson. 227 Bloor St~ E. 961-
8116. Free.
• • 2:00: Toronto Senior Strings.
Bach: Double Violin Concerto;
music by Handel, Boyce, Barber,
Grieg & Champagne. Jascha Milkis
& Misha Brat, violins; Victor
Feldbrill, conductor. St. Andrew's
Church, 73 Simcoe. 769-5071. $12.
• • 8:00: Canadian Opera Company.
Puccini: La Boheme. Eszter Si.imegi,
Joseph Calleja, Evgenij Dmitriev &
other performers; Albert
Takazauckas, director; Silvio
Varviso, conductor. 7:15: Preperformance
Opera Chat. Hummingbird
Centre, 1 Front St. East. 872-
2262. $35 to $130. For complete ru·n
see Music Theatre listings.
• • 8:00: Da Capo Productions.
What About Luv? Musical comedy
based 'on the play by Murry Schisgal;
David Myers, musical direction;
Chaz Thorne, Julia Moore &
BACH 2000 AT St. James' Cath~dral
Christopher Wilson, performers.
Alumni Hall, St. Michael's College,
121St.JosephSt.920-9164.
$20,$18,$15(12 & under). For
complete run see Music Theatre
listings.
• • 8:00: Ford Centre for the '
Performing Arts. Richard Goode,
piano. Works by Bach, Chopin &
Schubert. George Weston Recital
Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. $30
to $45.
• • 8:00: Music Toronto. Tokyo
Quartet. Haydn: Quartet in G, Op.
77, #1; Bartok: Quartet #6;
Schumann: Quartet in A, Op. 41, #3.
Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St.
East. 366-7723. $43,$39; $5
(students, accompanying adult 1 /2
price), 18-35 pay your age.
** 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hal I. See
A.pril 5. .
Friday April 07
* • 12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall
Volunteers. Bring Your Own Lunch
Concert. Ann Rankin, cello; Jiayin
Liu, piano. 60 Simcoe. 5,93-4822
ext.363. Free.
• * 7:30: Victoria-Royce Presbyterian
Church. Roberta Laking,
soprano & Elisa Mangina, piano/
organ in Recital. Fleming: The
Confession Stone (Songs of Mary);
organ works by Bach; songs by
Barber, Burleigh & Johnson. 190
Medland Ave. 769-6176. Free will
offering (donations to go to the
Evangeline Shelter for Women).
• * 8:00: Canadian Opera Company.
Debussy: Pe/leas et Melisande.
Elzbieta Szmytka, Jean-Fran\:ois
Lapointe & other performers;
Richard Bradshaw, conductor. 7: 15:
Pre-performance Opera Chat.
Hummingbird Centre, 1 Front St.
East. 872-2262. $35 to $130. For
complete run see Music Theatre
listings.
MUSIC AT YORKMINSTER PARK
presents
JANE COOP
. 1
piano
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April 7, 2 000
s:oo p.m.
Y or~in~ter Park Baptist ~hurch
1585 Yonge Street at Heath.
((:llf>} l'~~-7865
www.stJl'fues~athedral.on.ca
Tickets: $20 I $15
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* * 8:00: Deanna Hendriks, soprano $20,$15.
& Jennifer Au-Tung, piano in Recital.
Works by Debussy, Wolf, Mozart &
others. The Chapel, Victoria
University, 91 Charles St. West. 491-
2862. Free.
* * 8:00: Mozart Society. A Century
of Music and Dance. Music by
Lully, Mozart & Gluck; opera
excerpts & dances. Mary Bella,
soprano; Michael Colvin, tenor;
Sterling Beckwith, bass baritone; .
musicians from Tafelmusik; La Belle
Danse, Daniel Gariepy, artistic
director. Trinity-St. Paul's Church,
427 Bloor St. West. 482-2173. $22
(members free).
* * 8:00: OnStage.11 Giardino
Armonico. Eric Friesen, host. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West.
205-5555. $25. SOLD OUT.
* * 8:00: Royal Conservatory of
Music Glenn Gould Professional
School. Chopin: Piano Concerto #2
Op.21; Mahler: Symphony#4.
Hiroko Sasaki, piano; Saem.i Chang,
soprano; Simon Streatfeild, conductor.
Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall,
273 Bloor St. West. 408-2824
ext.321. $15,$12.
* * 8:00: Scarborough Gilbert &
Sullivan Society. Iolanthe. David &
Mary Thomson Collegiate, 2740
Lawrence Ave. East. 905-839-3411.
$15,$1 O (group rates). For complete
run see Music Theatre listings.
** 8:00: Toronto Youth Wind
Orchestra & Concert Winds. A
Celebration of Winds. Works by
Grainger, Schumann, Wagner &
Shostakovich. Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts, 5040 Yonge St.
870-8000. $15,$12 (group rates).
* * 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Bob Becker &
Friends. John Rudolph, percussion;
Kathleen Rudolph, flute;Barbara
Hannigan, soprano; John Hawkins,
piano; Christopher Norton, marimba
& other performers. Walter Hall, 80
Queens Park Cresc. 978-3744.
$20,$10.
* * 8:00: Yorkminster Park Baptist
Church. Jane Coop, piano, in
Recital. 1585 Yonge St. 925-7312.
Saturday April 08
** 12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory
of Music. Lobby Concert. Informal
concert featuring sfudents of all ages
& levels. 273 Bloor St. West. 408-
2824 ext.321. Free.
* * 2:00: Amadeus Choir. 25th
Anniversary Concert. Bach: St.
. Matthew Passion. Karen Wierzba,
soprano; Matthew White, countertenor;.
Thomas Goerz, bass baritone;
Bach Children's Chorus; Guelph
Youth Singer~ & other performers;
Lydia Adams, conductor. Pre-concert
chat & brunch with David Barber,
freelance composer, performer &
author. George Weston Recital Hall,
5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. $40,$35; .
$35, $30(st/sr).
* * 2:00: Victoria-Royce Presbyte­
~ian Church. Second Saturday
Concert: April in Paris. Genevieve
Proulx, soprano; Rena
Szczerbowicz, bassoori & piano;
Peter Treen, piano. 190 Medland
Ave. 769-6176. Free.
* * 7:30: Concentus Arts. High Park
Recital Series: Dilys Haner, soprano.
·Recital of Gershwin, Styne,
Hammerstein & others. Redeemer
Lutheran Church, 1691 Bloor St.
West. 964-8293. $10,$7.
** 7:30: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Russian Excitement.
Rimsky Korsakov: Excerpt from
Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
Suite; Tchaikovsky: Variations on a •
Rococo Theme; Symphony #6
Pathetique. Shauna Rolston, cello;
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 593-
4828. $22 to $46.
* * 8:00: Annex Singers. Spring
Concert. Ron Cheung, conductor. St.
Thomas' Church, 383 Huron St. 654-
2595. $10,$6.
* * 8:00: Duo L'lntemporel.
Concerto Craze. Mylene Guay,
baroque flute; David Sandall,
harpsichord. St. Olave's Church,
360 Windermere Ave. 65 7-0076.
$15,$10.
Mylene Guay - baroque flute
David Sandall - harpsichord
Saturday, April 8
8:00pm
St. Olave 1 s Anglican Church
360 Windermere Avenue, Toronto
$15 regular, $10 student-senior
Infomrntion: 416-657-0076
* * 8:00: Guitar Society of Toronto.
Marco de Santi, guitar in Concert.
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.
922-8002. *CANCELLED*
* * 8:00: Komitas Musical Association.
Evening of Classical Music.
Duets from various operas & songs.
Marina Shemesh, soprano; David
Varjabed, baritone; Natalia ·
Zahorbinskaya, accompanist. Studio
Theatre, Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts. 5040 Yonge St.
504-8133. $20.
•• 8:00: Massey Hall. David Broza.
Flamenco influenced guitar music &
poetic lyrics. 15 Shuter St. 872:4255.
$26.50 to $36.50. *CANCELLED*
* • 8:00: Mississauga Symphony
Pops. Big Band Swing. Music of the
Big Band era. Dave Martin, .
trombone & conductor. Hammersori
Hall, 4141 Living Arts Drive,
M ississauga. 905-306-6000.
$45,$35.
• • 8:00: Orchestra Toronto.
.Haydn: Symphony #94 in G "The
Surprise"; Tchaikovsky: Variations
on"i1 Rococo Theme; Ravel: Bole'ro.
Karen Henderson, cello; Douglas
Sanford, music director.Leah Posluns
Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 467-7142.
$18,$15. .
• • 8:00: Scarborougn Philharmonic.
Last Night of the Proms.
Pomp & Circumstance March # 1,
Emperor Waltz, Jerusalem. Jerome
Summers, conductor. Birchmount
Park Collegiate Institute, 3663
Danforth Ave. 261.-0380. $16,
$13(sr),$1 O(st).
31
* * 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Dances
From the Old World. Janacek: Suite;
Wieniawski: Faust Fantasy for violin;
Bart6k: Divertimento; Roumanian
Dances. Stepan Arman, violin;
Nurhan Arman, music director.
Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St.
West. 205-5555. $28,$23(sr),$18(st).
* * 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Symphony .
Orchestra. Mahler: Symphony #3. U
Lydia Adams Conductor and Artistic Director
Karen Wierzba soprano Matthew White countertenor
Floyd Gadd tenor Hugues Saint-Gelais tenor
Michael Donovan baritone Thomas Goerz bass-baritone
with full orchestra and special guests
The Elmer Iseler Singers,
Bach Children's Chorus and Guelph Youth Singers
SATURDAY
APRIL 8, 2000
AT2:00P.M.
George Weston
Recital Hall,
Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts
Adults $40 and $35
Seniors /Students
$35 and $30 at the
Ford Centre Box
Office, or call
TicketMaster at
( 416) 870-8000.
Other 25th Anniversary events include Brunch with Bach
at noon and a Reception at 6:00 p.m. Call (416) 446-0188
to reserve tickets.
The Amadeus Choir is grateful for funding received from The Canada
Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council. ·

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GABRIEL FAURE
THE SACRED SIDE OF p ARIS IN THE 1890' S
Sunday, April 9-8:00 p.m.
TICKETS $18 ($12 SENIORS/STUDENTS)
Requiem
Messe Basse
Cantiqu·e de Jean
Racine
The Gentlemen and Boys
of St. Simon's
Talisker Players
P. John H. Stephenson,
Director
The Church of St. Simon-the-Apostle
525 Bloor Street East
Sherbourne Subway, Glen Road exit
information: 923-8714 x.123
ofT Choirs. Raffi Armenian, music
director. MacMillan Theatre, 80
Queens Park Cresc. 978-3744.
$10,$5.
Sunday April 09
* * 2:00: Art Gallery of Ontario.
Vocal Concert. The Grange Music
Room, 317 Dundas St. West. 979-
6648. $9,$7(AGO members).
* * 2:00: Harbourfront Centre.
Gregg Lawless. World roots music.
York Quay Centre, 235 Queens
Quay West. 973-3000. Free.
* * 2:00: Toronto Latvian Concert
Association. /nara Zandmane, piano,
in Recital. Glenn Gould Studio, 250
Front St. West. 205-5555. $27.
* * 2:00: University Settlement
Music & Arts School. Kim Kendrick,
soprano & Sharlene Wallace, harp in
Recital. Art songs & parlour songs of
the 19th century. The Grange Music
Room, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317
Dundas St. West. 979-6608. $9,$7. ·
** 2:00: Visual and Performing
Arts Newmarket. Foothills Brass
Quintet. Selections from Bach &
Handel to Copland & Weill.
Newmarket Theatre, SOS Pickering
Cresc. 905-953-5122. $20,$15.
** 2:30: Toronto Early Music
Centre. Musically Speaking:
Musicians in Ordinary. Program of
ayres & lute solos celebrating the
400th anniversary of Dowland's
Second Book of Songs. Hallie Fishel,
voice; John Edwards, lute. Royal
Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park.
Free with admission to the ROM:
$15,$7,$6(children 5-14), 4 & under
free (group rates) .
* * 2:30: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Opera Tea.
Excerpts from R. Strauss:
Rosenkavalier & tea on the theatre
stage. MacMillan Theatre, 80
Queens Park Cresc. 978-3744. $20.
* * 3:00: Mooredale Junior
Orchestra & Youth Orchestra.
Kristine Bogyo & Clare Carberry,
conductors. Rosedale Heights
School, 711 Bloor St. East. 922-
3714. $15,$10.
* * 3:00: Musicworks Magazine. An
afternoon of music, words & works.
Spring issue launch. Anne Bourne,
cello; Stephen Clarke & Udo
Kasemets, piano; Paul Dutton,
speaksinger; Richard Sacks,
percussion & other performers.
Music Gallery, 179 Richmond St.
West. 204-1080. PWYC.
* * 3:00:· Patrons of Wisdom.
Natasha Campbell, soprano &
Christine Wallner, piano in Recital.
Music by Beethoven, Chopin,
Mendelssohn, Barber & Glick. Postconcert
Conversation from the stage.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 410-
0453. $20,$15.
** 3:00: Toronto Children's
Chorus/Victoria Scholars/
MississaugaChoral Society. Gloria
Dea. Music by Palestrina, Gibbons,
Bruckner, Faure, Willan & Daley.
TCC Chamber Choir; Jean Ashworth
Bartle & Jerzy Cichocki, conductors.
Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre,
4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga.
932-8666 ext.111. $30,$25 . .
* * 4:00: St. George's Concerts.
Sine Nomine Medieval Ensemble:
The Outcast and the Stranger. Music
of Italy, Spain & France from the
12th to 15th centuries. 4600 Dundas
St. West. 461-9906. $10,$8.
* * 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park.
/azz Vespers. Dave Restivo, piano.
1570 Yonge St. 920-5211. Collection.
* * 4:30: St. James' Cathedral.
Annual Meditation on the Passion.
Solo & choral selections from Bach's
Passions; readings. St. James'
Cathedral Choral Society & soloists.
65 Church St. 364-7865.
* * 7:30: Christ Church Deer Park.
Organ Music and Compline. Organ
recital; evening hymn; organ
improvisation. 1570 Yonge St. 920-
5211. Collection.
* * 7:30: Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts. Lindsay String
Quartet. Beethoven: Quartet in D
Op.18 #3; Quartet inf Op.95;
Quartet in B-flat Op.130. George
Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.
870-8000. $24 to $35.
* * 7:30: Hannaford Street Silver
Band. Brass Down Under. Grainger:
Colonial Song; Rimmer: The
Australasian; Wood: Hinemoa; Kay:
Mr. Morrsion; jazz selections. James
Morrsion, trumpet, trombone & sax;
Ormsby Wilkins, conductor. 6:45:
Pre-Concert Chat with James
Morrsion. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27
Front St. East. 366-7723. $25,$22.
* * 7:30: Les Amis Concerts.
Celebrating Canadian Composers.
Music by Rabinovich, Macconnell,
Dolin, Southam, Gardiner, Passmore
& Pepa. Toronto Woodwinds;
Toronto Cantata Chorus; Dusan
Paunovic, accordion; Xiao-Hu Li,
baritone; Tak-Ng Lai, conductor.
Studio Theatre, Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 905-
773-7712. $12,$5.

•
Les AMIS Concert
Michael Pepa - Artistic Director ·
CELEBRATES CANADIAN COMPOSERS
Sunday, April 9 , 2000 - 7:30 pm
FORD CENTRE
FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
5040 Yonge St., Toronto
Studio Theatre
TORONTO WOODWINDS
SRETEN MARILOVICH, Flute; MILAN NIKOLIC, Oboe;GORAN GOYEVICH, Clarinet ;
MELANIE FAIRBROTHER, Bassoon with guest artist DUSAN PAUNOVIC, Accordion
Toronto Cantata Chorus
XIAO-HU LI, Baritone ; TAK-NG LAI, Conductor; CHRISTINE KIM, Accompanist
MusicCcmadoll·fusique
2000
Mary Gardiner AT THE STILLPOINT, THERE Michael Pe pa A PSALM OF THE ELEPHANT
THE DANCE IS ** (2000) MAN (1998)
Samuel Dolin Sonata for solo accordion (1970) David Passmore Divertimento (1999)
Ann Southam In The Wind** (2000)
Philip McConnell BEHIND THE GLASS * (2000) Sid Robinovitch Dance Set #3 * (2000)
*Commissioned by Les AMIS Concerts
**Commissioned by Music Canada Musique 2000 and Les AMIS Concerts
"... music .
doesn't get
much better
than . this ... ''
Stephen Pedersen,
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WWW.VICTORIASC HO LARS.O RG
~ T he Canada Cou ncil for the Ans
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* * 7:30: O.R.M.T.A. Gifted Pianists
in Concert. Advanced repertoire by
senior students of Hamilton/ Halton
O .R.M.T.A. Port Nelson United
Church, 3132 South Drive,
Burlington. Proceeds to the scholarship
fund. 905-643-7466. $10,$5(12
& under).
* * 8:00: Church of St. Simon-the-
\ Apostle. Faure Requiem: The Sacred
Side of Paris in the 1890's. Faure:
Requiem; Messe Basse; Cantique de
I Jean Racine. Gentlemen & Boys of
\ St. Simon's; Talisker Players; P. John
1 H. Stephenson, d irector. 525 Bloor
St. East. 923-8714 ext.123. $18,$12.
** 8:00: Church of St. Martin-In­
The-Fields. Village Concert. Works
by Handel & Purcell. St. Martin's
choir; Choir of St. G iles Kingsway
Presbyterian; guest instrumentalists.
151GlenlakeAve.767-7491. Free
(collection).
** 8:00: Small World Music
Productions. Tasa: CD Release
Concert. Alan Hetherington,
percussion; Ern ie Tollar, sax & fl ute;
John Gzowski, guitars; Chri s
Gartner, bass; Ravi Naimpally, tabla;
Dhruva Ghosh, sarangi, special
guest. Brigantine Room, 235 Queens
Quay West. 973-4000. $15.
Monday April 10
** 8:00: CBC Radio One. Stuart
McLean at the Vinyl Cafe. Stories &
music. Frank Leahy, fiddle; Vinyl
Cafe Orchestra. 250 Front St. West.
205-5555. $20,$18.
* * 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/
Mirvish Productions. Anonymous
Society. Created & d irected by
Andrew Wale & Perrin Allen.
Musical based on the music of
Jacques Brei. Royal Alexandra
Theatre, 260 King St. West. 872-
1212. $25 to $55. For complete run
see Music Theatre listings.
* * 8:00: Markham Theatre for
Performing Arts. Barachois. Foot
rhythms, piano; homemade
percussion instruments, c:ose
harmonies & brass. 171 Town
2000
presented by
-1- Patrons of Wisdom
sponsored by
~ Ba nk o f M o ntreal
Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. $26.75.
* * 8:00: Slide Rule Trombone
Ensemble/Yamaha Music Canada. in
Your Faith. Dvorak: New World
Symphony; Handel: Messiah
(excerpts). 16 trombones; Misha
Rohac, conductor. Church of the
Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. West. 905-
508-0514. $10.
Tuesday April 11
* • 1 :00: Lunch Hour at St. James'.
The Bach Circle VII: B flat major & g
minor. Michael Bloss, organ. 65
Church St. 364-7865. Free.
• * 8:00: Hart House Music
Committee. Spring Recital Series
2000. Sung Soo An, piano. 7 Hart
House Circle. 978-5362. Free.
Music TORONTO presents
** 8:00: Music Toronto. Stephen
Kovacevich, piano. Beethoven:
Bagatelles Op.126; Bagatelles
Op.11 9 (selection of 4); Sonata #3 1
in A-flat, Op.11 O; Schubert: Sonata
in b flat D.960. Jane M allett Theatre,
27 Front St. East. 366-7723.
$43,$39; $5 (students, accompanying
adult 1 /2 price), 18-35 pay your
age.
\)1v1es
•
Sunday, April 9, 3 p.m.
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson
Building, University of Toronto
Natasha Campbell, soprano
Christine Wallner, piano
works by Beethoven, Chopin,
Mendelssohn, Barber, G lick
Apij!¥1gHffi~llllo=wlfutiWU~
** 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Oscar Bastianon, music director. 1430
Peterson Quartet. Peterson: Trail of Trafalgar Rd. Oakville. 905-815-
Dreams Suite (world premiere). Roy 4049. $1 6 to $23. For complete run
Thomson Hall Chamber Orchestra; see Music Theatre listings.
Michel Legrand, conductor. 60 •• 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia.
Simcoe. 872-4255. $35 to $125. Weill Centennial. Weill: Concerto
** 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn for Violin; Beethoven: Symphony #8;
Choir. Bach: St. John Passion. Suzie Delibes: Le Roi s'Amuse Ballet.
Le Blanc, soprano; Daniel Taylor, Arkady Yanivker, violin; Georg Kugi,
counter-tenor; Rufus Mueller & Nils guest conductor. George Weston
Brown, tenors; Mark Pedrotti, Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-
baritone; Noel Edison, conductor. 8000. $35,$30; $30,$25(sr/st).
7:00: Pre-concert chat w ith Rick • • 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Phillips. Yorkminster Park Church, Orchestra. Great Romantic
1585 Yonge St. 598-0422. $28. Composers. Webern: Six Pieces for
See advertisement, back cover. Orchestra; Rachmaninoff: Piano
** 8:00: Toronto Symphony Youth Concerto #1; Brahms: Symphony # 1.
Orchestra. Goodyear: Work for Stewart Goodyear, piano; Jukka-
String Orchestra (Toronto Symphony Pekka Saraste, conductor. Roy
Volunteer Committee.75'h anniver- Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 593-
sary commission); Prokofiev: 4828. $24 to $77.
Symphony #5. Victor Feldbrill, guest • • 8:00: University of Toronto
conductor; David Zafer, string Faculty of Music. Graduate Student
conductor. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Recital: Mark Adam, percussion.
Queen's Park. 593-7769 ext. 372. Works of Gismonti, Miki, Cage,
** 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Pape & Adam. Guests include
Society/Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Graham Hargrove, Ed Reifel, Chris
Wurlitzer Pops! Simon Gledhill. Jennings, Bob Brough & Stan Fomin.
Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 870- Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 652-
8000. $12.50. 1669. Free.
* * 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Graduate Student
Recital: D ylan Benson, percussion.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 978-
3744. Free.
Wednesday April 12
** 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist
Church. Noonday Recital. Catherine
Willard, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 922-
1167. Free.
** 7:00: Tafelmusik. J.S. Bach: Mass
in B Minor. Henriette Schel lenberg,
soprano; Rosemarie van der Hooft,
mezzo; Matthew W hite, countertenor;
Nathaniel Watson, baritone;
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir; Jeanne
Lamon, Music Director. Trinity-St.
Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 964-
6337. $25 to $42; $20 to $38(st/sr).
* * 8:00: Theatre Sheridan. Lucky
Stiff(You'll Die Laughing!) Book &
lyrics by Ahrens; music by Flaherty;
directed by Rod Maxwell; Anthony
TROMAONE ENSE MALE
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YAMAHA MUSIC CANADA
presents
In Your Faitb
Pcrfon 11i11g
Dvoraks New World Symphony
Excerpts from Handels Messiah
lranscrihcd for 16 Tro11 1bo1u·s
.\1ondar :\pril Ill, 211011 8:110p111
l11e Church of the Redefmer
I 62 Bloor St. West
Toronto
.ad111issio11 ~ J O . OU (al Ilic door)
Thursday April 13
* * 12: 10: St. Paul's Bloor Street.
Noon Hour Organ Recital. Marty
Smyth. 227 Bloor St. E. 961-8116.
Free.
* * 7:30: Toronto Secondary School
Music Teachers' Association.
Sounds of Toronto. Music by
Vivaldi, Holst, Verdi, Stravinsky,
Parry, Belafonte & Goodman. Bands,
orchestras & choirs from various
high schools in the Toronto District
School Board. Massey Hall, 15
Shuter. 397-3790. $5.
* * 8:00: Curtain Call Players.
Cabaret. Music by John Kander;
lyrics by Fred Ebb; book by Joe
Masteroff. Fairview·Library Theatre,
35 Fairview M all Drive. 703-6181 .
$18,$14. For complete run see
Music Theatre listings.
* * 8:00: Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts. Marc-Andre
Hamelin, piano. Schubert: Sonata in
A D.959; Liszt: Benediction de Dieu
dans la solitude; Venezia e Napoli;
Harmonies du Soir; Transcendental
Etude #1 0 inf. 7:00: Pre-Concert
Talk w ith Dr. A lan Walker. George
Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.
870-8000. $24 to $35.
** 8:00: Tafelmusik.J.S. Bach:
Mass in B Minor. Trinity-St. Paul 's
Church. See April 12.
** 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Great Romantic
Composers. Roy Thomson Hal l. See
April 12.
• * 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Graduate Student
Recital: Jennifer Buller, flute. Walter
Hal l, 80 Q ueen's Park. 978-3744.
Free.
Friday April 14
* * 12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall

Volunteers. Bring Your Own Lunch Glinka: Overture to Russian &
Concert. Music for violin, clarinet & Ludmilla; Tchaikovsky: Violin
piano. Riverdale Ensemble. 60 Concerto in D; Kreisler: Selections;
Simcoe. 593-4822 ext.363. Free. Respighi: Pines of Rome. ltzhak
** 8:00: Centuries Opera Association.
Opera Magic 2000. Puccini: Youth Orchestra; Jukka-
Perlman, violin; Toronto Symphony
Madama Butterfly. In concert. Maria Pekka Saraste, conductor. Roy
Pellegrini, Michele Strano, Adina Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 593-
Alexandrescu, Igor Emelianov, Leo 4828. $60 to $95.
Evason & other performers; William ** 7:30: Concentus Arts. High Park
Shookhoff, conductor. George Recital Series: Alexa Wing, soprano
Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. & Adolfo de Santis, piano. Redeemer
870-8000. $20 to $45.
Lutheran Church, 1691 Bloor St.
** 8:00: Oakville Centre for the West. 964-8293. $10,$7.
Performing Arts. Andrea Koziol, ** 7:30: Ford Centre for the
David Leask & Gregg Lawless in Performing Arts. Les Violons du
Concert. Evening of local i ndependent
singers & songwriters. 130 Navy Chapelle de Quebec; Elora Festival
Roy! Bach: St. Matthew Passion. La
St., Oakville. 905-815-2021. $ 19.99 Singers, Noel Edison, conductor;
** 8:00: Tafelmusik. J.S. Bach: Scot Weir, tenor; Stephen Powell,
Mass in B Minor. Trinity-St. Paul's baritone; Karina Gauvin, soprano;
Church. See April 12.
Bernard Labadie, conductor. George
** 8:00: Toronto Symphony Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge
Orchestra. Great Romantic
St.870-8000. $3 7 to $55.
Composers. Roy Thomson Hall. See ** 8:00: Acoustic Harvest Folk
April 12.
Club. Bill Morrisey, singer/songwriter.
Birch Cliff United Church, 33
** 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Graduate Student East Rd. 264-2235. $12,$1 O(members).
Recital: Jackie Lin, piano. Walter
Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 978-3744. ** 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony
Orchestra. Enchanted
Free.
Dreams. Tchaikovsky: 1812
Saturday April 15
Overture; Elgar: Cello Concerto;
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony;
** 12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory Horwood: National Parks Suite.
of Music. Lobby Concert. See April Roberta Janzen, cello. Midland
8. Collegiate Auditorium, 720 Midland
** 2:00: lntrada Brass. Klein: Ave. 879-5566. $ 13,$ 11 (sr/st).
Gaiete Canadienne; music by ** 8:00: Massey Hall. Afro-Cuban
~amon, Calvert, Woods, Cable, All Stars. Big band sound of 1950's
Weinzweig, Beckwith & Ku Iesha. Cuban music. Juan de Marcos
Lynn Janes, soprano; William Way, Gonzalez, musical director. 15
piano; Bram Gregson, conductor. Shuter St. 872-4255. $29.50 to
Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. $46.50.
West. 205-5555. $15,$ 12.
** 8:00: Music Umbrella Chamber
** 2:30: St. Christopher House Concerts. Violins in America. Ives:
Music School. Children's Concert. Sonata #4 - Children's Day at the
Music, magic & story telling. Junior Camp Meeting; Corigliano; Sonata;
Jug Band; Chris & Ken Whiteley. Oesterle: L'effusione d'Amicia. Mark
Proceeds to the subsidy fund for the Fewer, violin, Simon Docking,
Music School. Community Hall, 248 piano. Eastminster United, 31 O
Ossington. 532-4828 ext.107. Danforth Ave. 461-6681.
$20,$5. $ 10,$8(sr,st,un), $4(under 12).
** 7:00: Toronto Symphony ** 8:00: Opera in Concert.
Orchestra. President's Evening. Beckwith: The Shivaree. Barbara
Toronto Secondary School Music Teachers Association
presents
Thursday April 13, 2000, 7:30 pm
Massey Hall
A variety of great works performed by various
Toronto high school choirs, orchestras and bands.
Tick~ts $5.00 at the door - general admission
In cooperation with
the Toronto District School Board

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presents
Simon Docking, piano
Sar. April 15, 8:00 pm
$10 & $8 at the door
Eastminster United
310 Danforth Ave
Phone: 461-6681
Hannigan, Cindy Townsend, Lori
Klassen, Gregory Dahl & John
Tessier, performers; John Hess,
music director. 7: 15: Backgrounder
with host lain Scott. Jane Mallett
Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 366-7723.
$28,$22. For complete run see
Music Theatre listings.
•• 8:00: Tafelmusik. J.S. Bach: Mass
in B Minor. Trinity-St. Paul's Church.
See April 12.
* • 8:00: Vocal Point. Mainly
Mozart. Mozart: Exultate Jubilate;
Requiem . Patricia O'Callaghan &
Maureen Pecknold, soprano; Ariana
Chris; mezzo; Eugene Burke, tenor;
Michael Downie, baritone; Talisker
Players; Ian Grundy, conductor. St.
Patrick's Church, 137 McCaul St.
484-0185. $25,$20(sr,st).
Sunday April 16
* * 2:00: Harbourfront Centre.
Brooks Williams. World roots music.
York Quay Centre, 235 Queens
Quay West. 973-3006. Free.
• • 2:00: Northdale Concert Band.
Tony Gomes, conductor.
Scarborough Civic Centre, 150
Borough Drive. 485-0923. Free.
•• 2:00: Oakville Wind Orchestra.
A Tribute to Sammy Nestico.
Oakville Centre for the Performing
Arts, 130 Navy Street. 905-815-
2021 . $12 .
* • 2:00: Toronto Children's
Chorus. International Conductors'
Concert. Music by Willcocks,
Halley, Lang, Patriquin & others. Los
Angeles Children's Chorus; Sir
David Willcocks & Dr. Ann Howard
Jones, guest conductors. St. James
Cathedral, 65 Church St. 932-8666
ext.111 . $10 to $20.
* * 2:30: Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts. Les Violons du
Roy: Bach: St. Matthew Passion.
George Weston Recital Hall. See
April 15.
• • 3:00: Pax Christi Chorale/
Menno Singers. Brahms: 'Ein
Deutsches Requiem; Mendelssohn:
Lauda Sion; Ager: The Solemn Land .
Janet Obermeyer, soprano; Beth
Groombridge, alto; Jay Lambie,
tenor; Bruce Kelly, bass; Kitchener­
Waterloo Symphony. MacMillan
Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 416-494-
7889. $25,$20.
•• 3:00: Roy Thomson Hall.
Caernarfon Male Voice Choir of
Wales. 60 Simcoe. 872-4255.
$22.50 to $47.50.
* * 3:30: Tafelmusik. J.S. Bach: Mass
in B Minor. Trinity-St. Paul's Church.
See April 12.
* * 4:00: Columbus Centre. Coro
Giuseppe Verdi. Dubois: The Seven
Last Words of Christ & other works.
Oksana Bluy lsoki, soprano; Brett
Chapman, tenor; Tito Dean,
baritone; Lawrence St. Germaine,
organ; Giuseppe Macina, artistic
director. St. Anthony's Church, 1041
Bloor St. West. 789-7011 ext.250.
free (donations accepted).
• • 7:00: Knox Presbyterian Church.
Handel: The Passion of Christ
(Brockes Passion). Soloists; Senior
Choir of Knox Presbyterian Church;
strings & organ; Roger Bergs,
conductor. 630 Spadina Ave. 921-
8993. Free will offering.
• • 7:00: North Toronto Institute of
Music. Leaside Concert Series:
Leaside String Quartet. Works by
MacMillan, Dvorak, Gershwin &
Haydn. Valerie Selander Voisy &
Valerie Sylvester, violins; Sheila
Smyth, viola; Dana Glinski, cello.
Leaside Presbyterian Church, 670
Eglinton Ave. East. 488-2588.
$15,$10 (family rates).
• • 7:30: Christ Church Deer Park.
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah.
Senior Choir. 1570YongeSt. 920-
5211. Collection.
* * 8:00: Chamber Music Unlimited/The
Art of Time Ensemble.
Vienna. Mahler/Schnittke: Piano
Quartet; Mozart: Violin Sonata
K.3 78; Brahms: Piano Quartet in g.
Andrew Burashko, piano; Annalee
Patipatanakoon, violin; Steven Dann,
viola; Eugene Osadchy, cello. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West.
205-5555. $25,$15.
• • 8:00: Columbus Centre. Coro
ort
City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council

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Giuseppe Verdi. See April 16, 4:00. 447-1137. $7.
St. Clare Church, 1118 St. Clair
Ave. West.
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire &
* * 8:00: Royal Conservatory of
Music Glenn Gould Professional
School. Choral repertoire. Glenn
Gould Professional School Choir;
Willi~ Noble, director. Ettore
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor
St. West. 408-2824 ext.321 . $8,$5.
Tuesday April 18
* * 12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall.
Choir & Organ Concert: Nathaniel
Dett Chorale. Ann McNamee,
organ; Brainerd Blyden-Taylor,
conductor. 60 Simcoe St. 872-4255.
Free.
* * 7:00: Canadian Music Competitions.
Ca/a Concert. Performers
from the provincial finals. lgnatieff
Theatre, 15 Devonshire Place. 441-
4072. Free.
** 8:00: Hart House Music
Committee. Spring Recital Series
2000.Ricardo Paz-Mendoza, violin.
7 Hart House Circie. 978-5362.
Free.
* * 8:00: OnStage. The Bach
Ensemble. Bach: Orchestral Suites
(original versions). Joshua Rifkin,
director; Eric Friesen, host. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West.
205-5555. $25.
* * 8:00: Royal Conservatory of
Music. McMaster Hall Strings.
Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273
Bloor St. W est. 408-2824 ext.32 1.
$5,$3.
** 9:00: Tapestry New Opera
Works/du Maurier World Stage
Festival. Cotham & Rubess: Oh,
Pilot; Hatzis: (onstantinople.
Chamber opera & multi-media
music theatre. Jean Stilwill, Benoit
Boutet, Doug McNaughton &
Gryphon Trio, performers. Tarragon
Extra Space, 30 Bridgman. 973-
4000. $20. For complete run see
Music Theatre listings.
W ednesday April 19
* * 12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory
of Music. Student Recital. Ken
Percy, guitar. Ettore M azzoleni
Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. W est.
408-2824 ext.321. Free.
* * 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist
Church. Noonday Recital. William
Maddox, organ. 1585 Yonge St.
922-1167. Free.
* * 7: 15: Don Mills Organ Society.
Lowrey Q rgan Concert. Frank
lacino. Taylor Place, 1 Overland Dr.
* * 8:00: Autumn Leaf Performance.
** 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/ Transfigured Night. Dramatic
Teatro Buendia. Otra Tempestad. enactments. Fides Krucker, mezzo
Reworking of Shakespeare's The soprano; Susanna Hood, dancer;
Tempest. Company of 20 musicians, Autumn Leaf Chamber Ensemble; .
singers, dancers & actors. Buddies Gary Ku Iesha, conductor; Thom
in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Sokoloski, director. Artword Theatre,
St. 973-4000. $40. For complete run 75 Portland St. 504-7529. $15(presee
Music Theatre listings.
view). For complete run see Music
** 8:00: Massey Hall. Afro-Cuban Theatre listings.
All.Stars .. See April 15.
** 8:00: Toronto Symphony
· Orchestra. Faure: Requiem; Saint­
Monday April 17
Saens: Symphony #3, Organ. Laura
Whalen, soprano; Wolfgang
Holzmair, baritone, Patricia Krueger,
organ; The Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir, James DePreist, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
593-4828. $24 to $77.
Thursday April 20
** 12:10: St. Paul's Bloor Street.
Noon Hour Organ Recital. Giles
Bryant. 227 Bloor St. E. 961-8116.
Free.
* * 7:30: Harbourfront Centre/
Teatro Buendia. i.a Vida en Rosa (A
Musical Tragedy). Dramatic cabaret
based on Carlos Felipe's
Requiem for Yarini. du Maurier
Theatre Centre, 231 Queens Quay
West. 9·73-4000. $25 to $45. For
complete run see Music Theatre
listings.
* * 8:00: Royal Conservatory of
Music Glenn Gould Professional
School. Peter Longworth, piano in
Recital. Beethoven: Sonata Op.109;
works by Brahms & Schumann. Ettore
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor
St. West. 408-2824 ext.321. $15,$12.
Friday April 21
* * 4:00: Eglinton St. George's
United Church. Requiem' . Faure:
Requiem; Rutter: Requiem . Choir &
soloists of the Chutch; orchestra;
Peter Merrick, conductor. 35 Lytton
Blvd. 481-1141 ext.41. Freewill
offering.
* * 7:00: Harbourfront Centre/
Globe & Mail. StandUp Shakespeare.
Mo"tley musical made up of Shakespearean
lines, passages, poems &
songs. Created by Kenneth Welsh;
produced by Mike Nichols. Brigantine
Room, 235 Queens Quay West.
973-4000. $25.
* * 7:30: Music at Metropolitan.
Bach and Handel for Good Friday.
Bach: Cantata #23; Missa Brevis in F;
Handel: Messiah, Part 2. Lucy
Carrick-Wedel; Ann Marguerite
Wright; Teresa Sirek Ng & other
soloists; M etropolitan Festival Choir
and Orchestra; Patricia Wright,
conductor. Metropolitan United
Church, 56 Queen St. East. 363-
0331. $20,$15.
* * 8:00: Continuum Contemporary
Music. (4 16). Music by Steenhuisen,
Rolfe, Bolton, Roi & Boyd. Rosemary
Thomson, conductor; Ann
Thompson, flute; Peter Stoll, clarinet;
Stephen Clarke, piano; Bi ll Brennan,
percussion and other performers.
Music Gallery, 179 Richmond St. W.
481-3418. $15,$10, $5(cheapseats).
Saturday April 22
* * 2:00 & 8:00: Yorkminstrels. The
Music Man. Rob Gorican, Caroline
Moro-Dalecandro, Jim Webster,
Christine Edmonds, Anne Graham &
other performers; Harry McCarthy,
musical director. Leah Posluns ·
Theatre, 4588 Bathurst: 291-0600.
$18,$14. For complete run see
Music Theatre listings.
* * 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hal I. See
April 19.
Sunday April 23
* * 7:30: Reena Foundation.
C~la Concert. Glick: King David
Su ite for Harp & other works. Judy
Loman, harp; Festival String
Quartet; Beth Tikvah Choir; Holy
Blossom Temple Choir; Lachan
Choir; Srul Irving Glick & Cantor
Benjamin Maissner, conductors.
Proceeds to benefit H .A.A.D.D. &
Reena. Holy Blossom Temple,
1950 Bathurst St. 905-763-8254
ext.3034. $15,$10.
Monday April 24
· * * 12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory
of Music. Student Recital. Rob
McDonald, guitar. Ettore Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West.
408-2824 ext.321. Free.
* * 8:00: Toronto Organ Club. Don
Malcolm, Hammond X66 Organ.
A lderwood Presbyterian Church, 62
Lunness Road. 905-824-4667. $8,$5.
Tuesday April 25
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* * 8:00: Hart House Music
Committee. Spring Recital Series
2000. Madoko Kanno, piano. 7 Hart
House Circle. 978-5362. Free.
* * 8:00: Hummingbird Centre.
Dancing on Dangerous Ground.
Original score by Seamus Egan;
musicians of Solas; 30 dancers. 1
Front St. East. 872-2262. $45 to $75.
For complete run see Music Theatre
listings.
* * 8:00: Nightwood Theatre/
Harbourfront Centre. Anything That
Moves. Book & lyrics by Ann-Marie
MacDonald; music by Allen Cole;
Tamara Bernier, Sandra Caldwell,
Dan Chameroy & either performers.
Canadian Stage Theatre, 26 Berkeley
St. Preview: 368-3110. $25. For
complete run see Music Theatre
listings. ,
W ednesday April 26
* * 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist
Church. Noonday Recital. Angus
Sinclair, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 922-
1167. Free.
* * 1 :00: Lunch Hour at St. James'.
Tann is Sprott, soprano; Mark ,
McDowell, organ. 65 Church St.
364-7865. Free.
* * 8:00: Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts. Alfred Brendel,
piano. Haydn: Sonata in C Hob.
XVl:50; Mozart: Sonata in B-flat
K.333; Adagio in b K.540; Schubert:
Sonata in a D.845. George Weston
Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-
8000. $43 to $65.
* * 8:00: Harbourfront Centre.
Shockheaded Peter. "Junk opera"
featuring live music by The Tiger
Lil lies. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge St.
Music at Metropolitan presents
Bach & Handel
for Good Friday
Friday, April 2 1, 7:30 p.m.
The Metropolitan Festival Choir and Orchestra
Patricia Wright conductor
J. S. Bach Cantata N" 2 3 and Missa Brevis in F Major
G. F. Handel Messiah Part 2
Lucy Carrick-Wedel and Ann Marr,>uerite Wright, sopranos;
Terese Sirek Ng and Vilma Indra Vitols, altos; Ming K\Yan and
Benjamin Stein, tenors; Michael Thon1as and Bernard Jackson, ,
baritones
Admission: $20 I $ 15
VISA accepted on ticket orders and at the door
Metropolitan United Church
Queen and Church Streets, Toronto
For information call (416) 363-0331

18
872-5555. $25 to $55. For complete
run see Music Theatre listings.
Thursday April 27
• • 12: 10: St. Paul's Bloor Street.
Noon Hour Organ Recital. Janet
Peaker. 227 Bloor St. E. 961-8116.
Free.
•• 8:00: Music Toronto. Hagen
Quartet. Ravel: Quartet in F;
Webern: Six Bagatelles, Op. 9;
Schubert: Quartet in G, Op. 161, D.
887. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front
St. East. 366-7723. $43,$39; $5
(students, accompanying adult 1/2
price), 18-35 pay your age.
• • 8:00: Royal Conservatory of
Music. Schubert: 4 Impromptus
Op.90; 6 Moments Musicaux Op.94;
4 Impromptus Op.142. Frank
Tetreau, piano. Remenyi Room, 273
Bloor St. West. 408-2824 ext.321.
$12,$8.
• • 8:00: Scarborough Music
Theatre. Anne of Green Cables.
Music by Norman Campbell; lyrics
by Donald Harron & Norman
Campbell; adapted by Donald
Harron from the book by L.M . .
Montgomery. Scarborough Village
Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. 396-·
4049. $18,$15. For complete run see
Music Theatre listings.
• • 8:00: Stage Centre Productions.
Side by Side by Sondheim. Music &
lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; music
by Bernstein, Richard Rodgers, Mary
Rodgers & Styne. Fairview Library
Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive.
. 299-5557. $16,$13(sr),$1 O(st). For
complete run see Music Theatre
listings.
• • 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia.
Puccini Roma·nce. Capriccio
Sinfonico, Preludio Sinfonico,
excerpts from La Boheme,
MadamaButterfly, & Josca. Laura
Whalen, soprano; Peter Collins,
tenor; Kerry Stratton, conductor.
George Weston Recital Hall, 5040
Yonge St. 870-8000. $35,$30;
$30,$25(sr/st).
•• 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Nielsen: Helios
Overture; Beethoven: Piano
Concerto #5, Emperor; Sibelius:
Symphony #5. Leif Ove Andsnes,
piano; Osmo Vanska, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
593-4828. $24 to $77.
Friday April 28
• • 8:00: Alzheimer Society/Attila
Glatz Concert Productions. Placido
Domingo; tenor in Concert. Famous
arias & songs. Symphony Canada.
Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay St. 870-
2000. $55 to. $1000.
· • • 8:00: Bozidar. Classical,
flamenco & popular guitar.Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West.
205-5555. $25,$20(sr),$15(st).
• * 8:00: Con Fuoco. The Sensuous
Voice. C.T. Martin: Thirteen Ways of
Looking at a Blackbird (1Vorld
premiere); F. Martin: Quatre Sonnets
a Cassandre; Ross: String Quartet
No.2; Ravel: Chansons Madecasses;
Respighi: 11,Tramonto. Cynthia Won,
mezzo soprano. Christ Church Deer
Park, 1570 Yonge St. 653-8304.
$18,$10.
* • 8:00: Performing Arts'York
Region. Fabulous Fridays Concert.
Catherine Manoukian, violin &
Robert Kortgaard, piano in recital.
Thornhill Presbyterian Church, 271
·Centre St. 905-889-4359. $18,$15.
• • 8:00: Sinfonia Mississauga. Latin
Strings. Giuliani: Concerto for Guitar
& Orchestra; Guastavino: Romance
en Colastine; Respighi: Ancient Airs
& Dances; Puccini: Minuet. Alvin
Tung, guitar; John Barnum, conductor.
Little Trinity Church, 425 King
St. East. 367-0272. $20,$15,$5
(door); $15,$12,$5 (advance).
• • 8:00: The New Guitar. New
compositions for guitar. James
Brown & Justin Haynes, guitar;
Connor/Parnes Duo, soprano &
guitar. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton
Ave. 252-4792. $20,$15(sr,st).
•• 8:00: Toronto Consort. Le Jardin
des Melodies. Dances, chansons &
airs de cour. Guests: The King's
i\pii-1¥tDOl~I~
Noyse. Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 4:27
Bloor St. West. 964-6337. $17-27;
$14-$22(st/sr).
• • 8:00: Toronto Wind Orchestra.
Music by Copland, Holst, Stamp,
Rands & Bach (arr. Koussevitsky).
Mark Hopkins, Artistic Director.
Church of the Redeemer, i 62 Bloor
St. W. 603-9339. $12,$8.
* * 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Sullivan &
Sondheim. Evening of operetta &
musical theatre. MacMillan Theatre,
80 Queens Park Cresc. 978-3744. ,
$10,$5. For complete run see Music
Theatre listings.
* • 8:00: University Settlement
Music & Arts School. Opera Aria
Evening. Faculty & g1;1ests of the
School. St. George the Martyr
Church, 197 John St. 598-3444.
PWYC.
• * 8: 15: Etobicoke Philharmonic
Orchestra. Where East and West
Meet. An-Lun Huang: A Morning
Song on the Mountain; Sabei Dance;
David: Concerti no for Trombone;
Dvorak; Symphony #9 From the
New World. Rupert Price, trombone;
Tak-Ng Lai, music director.Kipling
Collegiate Institute, 380 The
Westway. 239-5665. $20,$1 S(sr/st).
Saturday April 29
* • 12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory
of Music. Lobby Concert. See April 8.
• * 2:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Mio:
Millennium Hymn for Youth.
Students from throughout Toronto;
Lee Willingham, conductor. 60
Simcoe. 872-4255. $10.
• * 7:30: Claviers Baroques. Flora's
Children: Song, Music and Dance.
Bach: Trio Sonatas; Purcell:
Chaconny; premiere Lei;:on de
tenebre; Couperin: deux Lei;:ons de
tenebre. Gabrielle Mclaughlin,
soprano; Felicity Deak, cello; Paul
James Dwyer, guest dancer/
choreographer; John Edwards, lute &
· theorbo; Den Ciul, harpsichord.
Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor
St. West. 538-3062. $25,$20.
• * 7:30: Royal Conservatory of
Thursdays in April, May, and early June, 12:30-1: 10 pm
Bag lunches welcome •!• Freewill offering
Easter being late this year, the spring list is shorter than usual:
April 27'h
May 1 l'h
British Song Recital John Botten, tenor;
David Murrell, piano. Songs by Butterworth, Gibbs,
Ireland, and others.
Soprano on Board Susan Virtue, soprano;
Tonya Osmund, piano. Songs by Rodrigo, Barber,
and others. ' ·
Perfect Pitch Peter Stoll, clarinet and saxophone;
Andrew Gilpin, piano. Music by Glazunov and others.
THE SERIES CONTINUES UNTIL JUNE 1 sT
The Lunchtime Chamber Music Series is entirely self·
supporting. We are grateful for the financial contributions of
our audience members, which help defray our expenses.
THE NEW GUITAR
1999·2000
SEASON
CONCERT Ill
JAMES BROWN
JUSTIN HA YNES
CONNOR POMES DUO
New Music by:
James Brown
Justin Haynes
Also featured:
Music for voice and guitar by
Peter Tiefenbach
And more!
Fnday Apnl 28 2000 8 00 pm
Helicornan Hall 35 Hazelton Ave
$20 s 15
(416) 252-4792
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• P~ul·James Dwye~, dance
• G~brielle MdLaughlin, song
• Deborah Paul Howell, violin
• Felicity Deak, 'cello
• Den Ciul, harpsichord
Saturday, April 29 7:30pm
Church of the Redeemer
162 Bloor Street West.
Call 538-3062 or
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Music Glenn Gould Professional
School. Boccherini: Cello Concerto
in B flat; Beethoven: Symphony #7.
Soohyun Ham, cello; Academy
Chamber Orchestra; Rennie Regehr,
conductor. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert
Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 408-2824
ext.321. $8,$5.
** 7:30: Walton United Church. An
Evening with Lerner, Laesser &
Loewe. Songs from My Fair Lady,
Camelot, Brigadoon, Guys & Dolls,
Gigi & others. Linda Fletcher,
director; Marie Harris Read,
accompanist. 2489 Lakeshore Rd.
West. 905-827-1 643. $10,$5 (under
12).
*• 8:00: Cantores Celestes. Concert
for Literacy: Songs of Hope and
Freedom. Music of Rossini, Faure,
Conte & Mendelssohn; traditional
African music. Sigongile Nene, South
African healer, singer, drumm~r &
dancer; Kelly Galbraith, director.
Proceeds to Toronto Public Library
Foundation. R~nnymede United
Church, 432 Runnymede. 236-1522.
$15.
** 8:00: Massey Hall. John Lee
Hooker& Friends. Blues concert.
John Lee Hooker, singer/songwriter;
John Hammond, harp, guitar &
vocals; Ray Bonneville, vocals,
guitar; Colin Linden, guitar. 15
Shuter. $45.50 to $86.50. ,
** 8:00: Mississauga Festival Choir.
Songs of Celebration. Handel: Zadok
The Priest; Chandos Anthems. Lori­
Anne Dolloff, director. St. Dominic's
Church, 625 Atwater St. Mississauga.
905-274-6590. $15,$12.
• • 8:00: Opera Mississauga.
Puccini: Madama Butterfly. Simone
Bertini, Sergio Panajia, Stefano
Anselmi and others ;Valerie Kuinka,
director; Dwight Bennett, conductor.
Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre,
4141 Living Arts Drive. 905-306-
6000. $24-$88,$17-$79 (sr/st). For
complete run see Music Theatre
listings.
** 8:00: Persian Carden: Darush
Afraslabi, classical guitar. Classical
guitar with an Iranian theme. With
bass,. drums, percussion, guitars &
vocalist. Glenn Gould Studio, 250
Front St. West. 205-5555. $25.
** 8:00: St. Andrew's United
Church. Jazz Concert: Pat LaBarbera
Quartet. Pat La Barbera, saxophones;
Brian Dickinson, piano;
Neil Swainson, bass; Bob Mclaren,
drums. 32 Main St. North,
Markham.905-471 -7027. $15,$12.
** 8:00: Toronto Consort. Le Jardin
des Melodies. Trinity-St. Paul's
Church. See April 28.
• • 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hall. See
April 27.
** 8:15: Te Deum Orchestra &
Singers. Te Deum Plays Te Deum.
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum.
Richard Birney-Smith, artistic
director. 8:00: Ch•at from the stage.
Christ Church Deer Park, 15 70
Yonge St. 905-628-4533/1-800-263-
0320. $20,$15(sr/st), $6(Child).
Sunday April 30
• • 11 :OOam & 2:00: Solar Stage
Children's Theatre. Spring Into
Summer with the Stylamanders.
Songs about summer; audience
participation. Madison Centre,
concourse level, 4950 Yonge St.
368-8031 . $8.50. For complete run
see Music Theatre listings. ·
** 2:00: Mississauga Pops Concert
Band. My Favourite Tunes. Dancer's
Studio; Denny Ringler, musical
director. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315
Montevideo Rd., Mississauga. 905-
821-0090. $12,$10.
• • 2:00: Sinfonia Mississauga. Latin
Strings. Giuliani: Concerto for
Guitar & Orchestra; Guastavino:
Romance en Colastine; Respighi:
Ancient Airs & Dances. Alvin Tung,
guitar; John Barnum, conductor.
Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 Living
Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905-306-
6000. $27.50.
** 2:30: Aldeburgh Connection.
Toronto: a musical century. Music
composed or performed by
distinguished Torontonians. Monica
Whicher, soprano; Norine Burgess,
mezzo; Michael Colvin, tenor;
Stephen Ralls & Bruce Ubukata,
pianists. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's
Park. 686-5795. $24,$18(sr/st).
• • 2:30: Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts. Shanghai Quartet.
George W eston Recital Hall, 5.040
Yonge St. 870-8000. $20 to $30.
•• 3:00: Elgin String Trio. Bach:
Suite from Goldberg Variations;
Beethoven: Septet in E flat Op.20.
Corey Gemmell, violin; Jonathan
Craig, viola; Tom Mueller, cello.
Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor
St. West. 745-3621. $12,$8.
• * 3 :00: Music at Rosedale. Duo
L'lntempore/. Music by de Vis~e,
C.P.E. Bach, Telemann & Clementi.
Mylene Guay, baroque flute; David
Sandall, harpsichord. Rosedale
Presbyterian Church, 129 Mt.
Pleasant Rd. 921-1931. Free
(donations accepted).
•• 3:00: Udo Kasemets.
Autobiomosics. Kasemets: Sixteen
Stills of bp Nichol; OPazERA:
Homage and Desecrations; Cage:
ASLSP. Susan Layard, singer/
speaker; Udo Kasemets, piano.
Church of the Holy Trinity, 1.0
Trinity Square. 929-5849. Free.
* * 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park.
Jazz Vespers. Peter Dent, piano.
1'.570 Yonge St. 920-5211. Collection.
• • 7:00: Abendmusik at TUMC.
Musical Moments: The B; y from
Salzburg meets the Girl from
lpanema. Maureen Epp & Marlys
Neufeldt, piano; Alan Armstrong,
saxophone. Toronto United
Mennonite Church, 1774 Queen St.
East. 241-3953. Admission by
donation.
* * 7:00: Toronto Youth Concert
Winds. Youth Wind Band Spectacular.
Etobicoke Youth Band; Upper
Canada College WindEnsemble.
MacMillan Theatre, 80 Q ueen's
Park. 978-3744. $12,$10 (group
rates).
• • 7:30: Amadeus Ensemble.
Timeless Baroque. Handel:
Concerto Grosso in B flat; Vivaldi:
Concerto for Violin & Cello; C.P.E.
Bach: Cello Concerto in a; J.S.
Bach: Violin Concerto in a;
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Pachelbel: Canon & Fugue. Amanda
Forsyth, eel lo; Moshe Hammer,
leader. Glenn Gould Studio, 250
Front St. West. 205-5555.
$25,$20(sr),$15(st).
• • 7:30: Walton United Church. An
Evening with Lerner, Laesser &
Loewe. See April 29.
Monday May 01
• • 8:00: New Music Concerts.
Utaoni Choir. Schafer: Magic Songs;
Seventeen Haikti; Takemitsu: Wind
Horse; The Pastoral Song (traditional
Inner Mongolian music). Nobuyuki
Kosl:iiba, director. 7:15: llliminating
introduction. Glenn Gould Studio,
250 Front St. West. 205-5555.
$20,$10.
** 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. A Tribute to Arthur
Fiedler. J. Strauss Jr.: On the Beautiful
Blue Danube; Sarasate: Carmen
Fantasie on themes of Bizet; Saint­
Saens: Introduction & Rondo
Capriccioso; Young: selections from
Around the World in 80 Days. James
Ehnes, violin: Erich Kunzel, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
593-4828. $36 to $72.
• * 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Graduate Student
Recital: Cristine/ Cigolia, trumpet.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 978-
_ 3744. Free.
Tuesday May 02
• * 1 :00: Lunch Hour at St. James'.
Patricia Wright, organ 1 65 Church St.
364-7865. Free.
• • 3:00: Royal Conservatory of
Music. Repertory Chorus (Adult
C9mmunity Choir). Ettore Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West.
408-2824 exLl21. $5,$3.
• • 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn
Youth Choir. Bridges. Evans·: Bridges
(TMYC commission). Full orchestra;
Sun. Apr 30, 2:30 pm
Walter Hall
SO Que.en's Park
$24/$18: (416) 686-5795
www.aldeburghconnection.org
JAZZ GOES .
roCHURCH
PETER DENT, PIANO
DAVE YOUNG, BASS
SATURDAY APRIL 29, 7:30 PM AT ROSEDALE PRESBYTERIAN
129 MT PLEASANT RD. $10 AT THE DOOR OR 416-921-1931
Toronto:
a musical century
with
Monica Whicher soprano
Norine Burgess mezzo
Nils Brown tenor
Our city in song from 1901 to the present!
Music composed and performed here across the
20th century by distinguished local artists
and visitors, and our newly commissioned
"Toronto Songbook" by five Toronto composers.

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872-4255. Free.
• • 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist
Church. Noonday Recital. Corinne
Dutton, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 922-
1167. Free.
• • 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. A Tribute to Arthur
Fiedler. Roy Thomson.Hal/. See May
1. Matinee $22·to $48.
• • 2:30: Royal Conservatory of
Music. Student Recital. Phil Lenberg,
guitar. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert
Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 408-2824
ext.321. Free.
* * 5:30: Music at Metropofftan.
Organ Futures. David Enlow, organ.
5:15: Metropolitan Carillon played
by Gerald Martindale. Metropolitan
Robert Cooper, conductor. George
United Church, 56 Queen St. East.
Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.
870-8000.
• • 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
A Tribute to Arthur Fiedler. Roy
Thomson Hall. See May 1.
• • 8:00: University of T oront6
Faculty of Music. Graduate Student
Recital: Alice Wong, piano &
chamber music. Walter Hall, 80
Queen's Park. 978-3744. Free.
Wednesday May 03
•• 12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall.
Choir & Organ Concert: Serenade for
Spring. Amadeus Chamber Singers;
Eleanor Daley, organ. 60 Simcoe St.
Tb.eT'B~S i'"'~}1~"
!:@rf.:~~tM~~
Chaucer, Shakespeare, Blake and others fa- music by Warlock,
Vaughan Williams, Coulthard, Arnold, Jacob and Ager
Margaret Evans, soprano Wednesday, May 3, 8 pm
Doug MacNaugl1ton. ba 't Trinity St. Paul's Centre
, none
427 Bloor St. W. ReCital: Yeo-Jung Kim, piano. Walter
The T alisker Players $ 15;$ 10 Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 978-3744_
Free.
363-0331. Free (donations accepted).
* * 6:00: Amati Quartet. Rush Hpur
Concert. Beethoven: Quartet inc
Op.18 #4; Haydn: Trio; Caplet:
Mask of the Red Death. Erica
Goodman, harp; Angela Fusco,
actor; Joseph Peleg & Peggy
McGuire, violins; Mark Childs, viola;
David Miller, cello. Artword Theatre,
75 Portland. 408-1146. $19.50
(group rates).
• • 8:00: Talisker Players Chamber
Music Series. The Best and Fairest
May: Music for Voice and String
Quartet. Settings by Warlock,
Vaughan Williams, Arnold, Jacob &
Ager pf pqetry by Chaucer, Fletcher,
Shakespeare, Blake & anon.
Margaret Evans, soprano; Doug
MacNaughton, baritone; members of
Talisker Players. Trinity-St. Paul's
Church, 427 Bloor St. West. 466-
6546. $15,$10.
• • 8:00: Toronto Philharinonia.
Celtic Concert. Bruch: Scottish
Fantasy; Westcott: Overture on ·
Celtic Airs (world premiere); Tune
from County Derry (traditional);
Arnold: Four Scottish Dances. Jasper
Wood, violin; Kerry Stratton,
conductor. Ceorge Weston Recital
Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000.
$35,$30; $30,$25(sr/st).
* • 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Graduate Student
Thursday May 04
• • 12: 10: St. Paul's Bloor Street.
Noon Hour Organ Recital. Eric
Robertson: 227 Bloor St. E. 961-
8116. Free. ,
* * 8:00: Ford Centre. for the
Performing Arts. Andrei Cavrilov,
piano. Beethoven: Sonata in F Op.1 O
#2; Sonata in D Op. l O #3;
Shostakovich: 24 Prelud~s Op.34;
Rachmaninoff: Preludes & Moment
Musicale. George Weston Recita l
Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. $27
to$40.
Friday May 05
* • 12:00 noon: Roy,Thomson Hall
Volunteers. Bring Your Own Lunch
Concert. Douglas Tranquada,
baritqne with accompanist. 60
Sim.coe. 593-4822 ext.363. Free.
• • 8:00: Amici. Brahms: Sonata in
A, op, 100; Sextet in B flat, op.18;
Previn: Four Songs; Loosemore:
Commissioned Work. Barbara
Hannigan, soprano; Patricia Parr,
piano; Joaquin Valdepeiias, clarinet;
David Hetherington, cello & other
performers. Glenn Gould Studio,
250 Front St. West. 205-5555.$27,
$24(sr), $12(st)
• • ?: Columbus Centre. Palestrinq.
Chorus Spring Season Concert.
Sabatino Vacca, conductor. St.
W ilfrid Church, 1675 Finch West.
789-4970.
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2000
8:00 PM
GLENN GOULD STUDIO
250 FRONT STREET WEST
FoR TICKETS AND lNFORMATI.ON
CALL 205-5555
PROGRAMME
]. S. BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7
ROSANNE WIERINGA, FLUTE
YASHAR NAZARIAN, PIANO
TORONTO
SINFONIA OF
NATiONEf

* * 8:00: Deer Park Concerts.
Stefan Engels, organ, in Recital.
Deer Park Church, 129 St. Clair Ave.
West. 962-3381. $20,$15.
* * 8:00: Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts. ;\,ngel Romero,
guitar in Recital. Works by de
Mudarra, Sanz, Tarrega, Sor, Albeniz
& others. George Weston Recital
Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000'. $27
to $40.
* * 8:00: Oakville Choral Society.
Spring into Song. Solos & choruses
from Gilbert & Sullivan: Penzance,
Pinafore, Mikado & Gondoliers.
Oakvi I le Centre for the Performing
Arts, 130 Navy Street. 905-847-
7469. $15.
* * 8:00: Sine Nomine Ensemble.
Monks, Canons, and Courtiers.
Plainchant, early polyphony, 13thand
14th-cent!-lry motets & secular
music. Guest soloists. St. Thomas's
Church, 383 Huron. 638-9445.
$12,$8.
* * 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre.
My Fair Lady. By Lerner & Loewe.
Gisele Fredette, Keith Boldt, Gregory
Cross & John Weir, performers; Peter
Oleskevich, conductor. Jane Mallett
Theatre, 27 Front St. E. 366-7723.
· $31 to $65. For complete run see
Music Theatre listings.
* * 8:00: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Graduate Student
Recital: Julia Wedman, violin.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 978-
3744. Free.
Saturday May 06
* * 7:30: Toronto Children's
Chorus. Spring Into Song! Greer: The
Beginning of the World (premiere);
, onks, C!anons, anb C!out~tters
,HL"£1icwi/ m11sic .fiJJ· mcn 's 1·oicn
sine nomlne
Ensemble.for 1Hedie1•al Music:
Friday, May 5, 8 p.m.
Saint Thomas's Church, 383 Huron St.
Tickets $12/$8 - Call ( 416) 638~9445
Centro Scuola e Cultura ltaliana I
Columbus Centre
is proud to present
71Je fJnlestrion
Chorus
Sabatino Vacca, Conduc.tor
Chan: Carla's Poems; Patriquin:
Songs of French Canada; Raminsh:
Songs of the Lights. Catherine
Robbin,Jllezzo; Jean Ashworth
Bartle, conductor. George Weston
Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge Street. 932-
8666 ext.111.
* • 7:30: Toronto Sinfonietta. La
Diva. Lagace: La Diva's Extremely
Oriental Theme; Khachaturian: The
Comedians; Kabalevsky: Comedian's
Gallop; opera arias by Puccini,
Verdi, Strauss, Bizet, Saint-Saens &
Bellini. Natalie Choquette, comic
soprano; Oakham House Choir of
Ryerson Polytechnic Institute;
Matthew Jaskiewicz, music director; ·
Stuart Hamilton, master of ceremonies.
Broor Street United Church,
300 Bloor St. West. 410-43 79.
** 7:30: Toront9 Symphony
Orchestra. Verdi: Overture to La
forza del destino; Somers:
Passacagl ia & Fugue for Orchestra;
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3;
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik;
Rimsky-Korakov: Capriccio
espagnol. Vicky Chow, piano; Victor
Feldbrill, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 593-4828. $22
to $46.
* * 8:00: Acoustic Harvest Folk
Club. Tom Lewis. Birch Cliff United
Church, 33 East Rd. 264-2235.
$12,$1 O(members).
* • 8:00: All The King's Voices.
Global Voices. Songs celebrating
multiculturalism. Youth Voices
United; Keri Eller, bagpipes; Reagan
Jones, percussion & African drums;
Melotones Steel Band; David J. King,
conductor. Willowdale United
Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. 225-
2255. $15,$10(sr/st), $5(children
under 13).
* * 8:00: American Harp Society
Toronto Chapter. Duo Harp Recital.
Caroline Leonardelli & Caroline
Lizotte, harps. Armour Heights
Presbyterian Church, 105 Wilson
Ave. 484-9951. $15.
• • 8:00: Bell' Arte Singers. Daley:
The Gate of the Year. Ian Sadler,
organ; Lee Willingham, director. St.
Anne's Church, 270 Gladstone Ave.
699-5879.
* * 8:00: Canadian Chamber
Academy. Levkovich: Piano Trio
(CCA commission); Shostakovich:
Piano Tri·o Op.67 #2; Rachmaninoff:
Piano Trio Op.9 Elegiac. Atis
Bankas, violin; Patrice Lane, piano;
Velitchk? Yotcheva, cello. Church of
St. Martin-In-The-Fields, 151
Glen lake Ave. 530-4050. $15,$12.
* • 8:00: Dukes of Harmony. The
Best of Barbershop. Minkler
Auditorium, Seneca College, 1750
Finch Ave. E. 905-831-0302. $20.
~pr109 ~eASOO
Friday, May 5th, 2000
St: Wilfrid Church
1675 Finch Ave., North York
&
Sunday, May 7th, 2000
Location TBA
For more information, please contact the
Centro Scuola at the Columbus Centre, 789-4970
BRAHMS
Sonata in A major, op. 1 QO
for clarinet and piano
ANDRE PREVIN
Four Songs
for soprano, cello and piano
PHILIP LOOSEMORE
Commisioned Work
BRAHMS
Sextet in B fiat major. op. 18
for strings

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• • 8:00: Durham Region Concert
Association. Joe Sealy, jazz pianist in
Concert. Salvation Army Temple,
575 Thornton Rd. North, Oshawa.
905-668-4085. $25,$18.
• • 8:00: Oakville Choral Society.
Spring into Song. Oakville Centre for
the Performing Arts. See May 5.
• • 8:00: Oriana Singers. Everything's
Coming Up Roses.
Sondheim: Choral & ensemble
arrangements from Gypsy, West Side
Story, A Little Night Music, Company
& Sweeney Todd. Jenny
Crober, guest accompanist; William
Brown, artistic director. Eglinton
United Church Auditorium, 65
Sheldrake Blvd. 742-7006. $20,
$17(sr),$12(st).
• • 8:00: Royal York Road United
Church. Jazz at RY: The Lynn
MacDonald Quartet. Lynn
MacDonald, vocals; David Restivo,
piano; Pat La "Barbera, saxophone;
Artie Roth, bass. To benefit RY's
local fund & a community outreach
project. 851 Royal York Road. 231-
1207. $15,$12. .
• • 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic.
Celestial Journey. Estaci6:
Borealis; Ho: Radiantia for Percussion
& Orchestra; Holst: The Planets.
Beverley Johnston, percussion;
Jerome Summers, conductor.
Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute,
3663 Danforth Ave. 261-0380.
$16,$13(sr),$1 O(st).
•• 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto; British
Airs. Holst: St. Paul's Suite; Britten:
Les Illuminations; Warlock: Capriol
Suite; Britten: Simple Symphony;
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro.
Nathalie Paulin, soprano.; Nurhan
Arman, music director. Glenn Gould
Studio, 250 Front St. West. 205-
5555. $28,$23(sr),$18(st).
•• 8:00: ToneART ensemble.
Confluence. Domeniconi: Variations
on a Turkish Folk Song for guitar;
Prokofiev: Sonata in D Op. i' 15 for .
solo violin; Piazzolla: Histoire du
Tango for guitar & violin; Baker:
Excursus for cello and piano; ·
Webern: Three Little Pieces for cello
& piano Op.11. Corey Gemmell,
violin; Tom Mueller, cello; Susan
Lee, piano; Danielle Cumming,
guitar. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton
Ave. 485-5084. $15,$10. '
• • 8:00: Toronto Chamber Choir. A
Festival of Psalms. Bach: Cantata
#131 Aus der Tiefe; Schutz:
selections from the Psalmen Davids;
settings by Monteverdi,
Rachmaninov & Bortniansky.
Christina Jahn, soprano; David
Arnot, tenor; John Pepper, bass;
period-instrument orchestra; David
Fallis, music director. St. Patrick's
Church, 1 141 McCaul St. 536-9030.
$22,$20;$17,$15(st/sr); pre-concert
lecture $5.
* • ?: Columbus Centre. Palestrina
Chorus Spring Season Concert. See
May 5. Location TBA.
• • 2:00: Music at Metropolitan.
Spring Concert. Metropolitan Silver
Band. M etropolitan United Church,
56 Queen St. East. 363-0331.
$10,$8.
• • 2:30: Off Centre Music Series.
The Piano: Instrument of the fin de
siecle Romantics. Music by Faure,
Chabrier, Ravel, Liszt & Zemlinsky.
Naida Cole, piano; Michael Colvin,
tenor; Inna Perkis & Boris Zarankin,
piano duo. Glenn Gould Studio, 250
Front St. West. 205-5555. $30,$18.
•• 3:00: Concertsingers. Shakespeare
in Song. Fre~dman: Songs of
Shakespeare; Vaughan Wi 11 iams: ·
Serenade to Music; Mathias:
Shakespeare Songs; works by Ager,
Byrd & others. Stephen Powell, guest
conductor; Jane Watson & John
Watson, actors; William O'Meara,
organ. St. Thomas's Church, 383
Huron St. 769-7991 . $16,$12.
•• 3:00: Markham Concert Band. A
Celebration o(Contemporary Works
for Band. Guests: Church Street
Swing Machine from Markham
toneART
-tA ensemble tA
I
CONFLUENCE
MUSIC FROM THE 20TH & 21ST CENTURIES
violin
guitar
cello
piano
Saturday 6 May 2000
8 pm
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Avenue
Corey Gemmell
Danielle Cumming
Tom Mueller
Lois Simmons
$15 Adults I $10 seniors & students
Sergei Prokofiev
~ Sonata in D, Op. 1I5 for solo violin
i
Astor Piazzolla
$. Hi .. toire tlu T11ngo for violin & guitar
(l
$
·g Carlo Domeniconi
:.- Vttriations on" Turki.•h Folk Song
: f or .

Allan Molnar, vibes; Kieran Overs, Shuter. 872-4255. $29.50 to $49.50.
bass. Music Gallery, 179 Richmond ** 8:00: Rosedale Concerts. The
St. West. 204-1080 .. $12. Superbly Seasoned Supergroup ...
** 8:00: Massey Hall. Sweet Honey Quartette: Sylvia Tyson, Cindy
In the Rock. Spirituals, hymns, Church, Caitlin Hanford & Gwen
gospel, jazz, rap, reggae, traditional Swick, singers. Rosedale United
African, doo wop & blues. 15 Church, 159 Roxborough Dr. 924-
0725 ext.36. $30,$25.
FURTHER AFIELD
(but within easy travelling
distance of the GT A):
Saturday April 01
-1 :00: Sanderson Centre/Stage Right
Productions. Alice Through the
Looking Class. Family musical. 88
Dalhous.ie St. Brantford. 1-800-265-
0710. $15(adult),$1 O(child).
-7:30: Durham Philharmonic Choir.
Choral Tapestry. Music by Handel,
Daley, Gabrieli, Schubert & ·
Mendelssohn. Robert Phillips,
director. St. George's Anglican
Church, Oshawa. 905-509-3855.
$12,$10.
-8:00:Arkell Schoolhouse. "Ning
Kam" - violinist. 843 Watson Road S.
Arkell. 519-763-7528. $20.
-8:00: Heritage Theatre. Quartango.
Tango, jazz, ragtime, waltzes &
Celtic jigs. 86 Main St. North,
Brampton. 905-874-2800. $32,$30.
-8:00: Opera Ontario. Gounod:
Faust. Guy Belanger, Stephen West,
Wendy Nielsen & other performers;
1 lei .... -~ - ~ JU f/1~- . . ·.E.' 1
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Joh11 Tuttle, Co11

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Marco & Nino Parisotto, duopianists;
Oshawa Little Theatre; Sun­
Young Lee, conductor. Salvation
Army Temple, 570 Thornton Road
North, Oshawa. 905-579-6711.
$22,$18(sr), $12(st),$2(child).
-8:00: Capitol Theatre. Euphorics. A
cappella quartet. 20 Queen Street,
Port Hope. 1-800-434-5092. $21.
-8:00: City of Brampton Concert
Band. A Century and Beyond - A
Musical Journey Through Time.
Heritage Theatre, 86 Main St. N.,
Brampton. 905-874-2800. $12,$10.
-8:00: John Laing Singers. Haydn:
The Creation. Janet Obermeyer,
soprano; Martin Houtman, tenor;
Michael Downie, bass; Choir of St.
Jude's Anglican Church; John laing,
conductor. Christ's Church Cathedral,
252 James St. North, Hamilton.
1-877-628-5238. $20,$1 7(sr/st).
Sunday April 09
-2:30: All Saints' Anglican Church
Choir. Faure: Requiem. See April 7,
7:30. Si. Mary Magdalene Church,
Schomberg. 905-939-2314.
Wednesday April 12
-2:00: Pine Ridge Brass. Aengus
Finnan, guest artist. C. Gordon King
Library, Cobourg. 905-372-2210.
$10.
Thursday April 13
-7:00: Dunbarton-Fairport United
Church. Senior Choir Spring Concert.
1066 Dunbarton Rd., Pickering. 905-
509-3855. $5.
Friday April 14
-8:00: Clearly Classic Concerts.
Three Play the Masters. Trios by
Beethoven & Dvorak. Susan Lee,
piano; Corey Gemmell, violin; Tom
Mueller, cello. St. Paul's United
Church, 29 Park St. West, Dundas.
905-304-3637. $15,$12.
Saturday April 15
-7:30: Oriana Singers of Cobourg.
A P.a.ssionate Spring. Bach: Cantata
#4. Michael Lyons, clarinet; Sarah
Ormerod, soprano; Marie Anderson,
director; Robert Grandy, accompanist.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, King St. West, Cobourg.
905-3 72-5388. $10,$8(Choirs
Ontario members),$6,children under
12 free.
-8:00: Friends of Music. Galaxy
Trio. Music for violins & piano from
Bach concertos to Lu I laby of
Birdland. Capitol Theatre, 20 Queen
Street, Port Hope. 1-800-434-5092.
$25,$10.
· -8:00: Hamilton Philharmonic
Orchestra. From France co Finland.
Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture; \
Raminsh: Bassoon Concerto (world
premiere); Sibelius: Symphony #1.
George Zukerman, bassoon; Enrique
Batiz, conductor. Hamilton Place, 1
· Summers Lane. 905-526-6556. $20
to $39,$18 to $35(sr/st).
-8:00: Heritage Theatre. Andrea
Koziol, David Leask& Gregg
Lawless in Concert. Evening of local
independent singers & songwriters.
86 Main Street North, Brampton.
905-874-2800. $19,$13.
-8:00: Pax Christi Chorale/Menno
Singers. Brahms: Ein Deutsches
Requiem; Mendelssohn: Lauda Sion;
Ager: The Solemn Land. Janet
David Leask, Andrea Koziol & Gregg Lawless
Singers & Songwriters of Ontario
They are pa1t of a lost and Hedging breed, struggling to be heard over the din of mega hits . .
He.r three of the hottest Independent artists take to the centre stage and provide
a glimpse of the next Canadian stm.
Friday, Aprll 14 at 8:00 p.m.
The Oakvllk! Centre for the
Performing Aru
For tickets call:
(905) 815·2021
Saturd.ly, AprU 15 at 8:00 p.m.
Brampton
Heritage Theatre
For tickets call:
(905) 874-2800
Obermeyer, soprano; Beth
Groombridge, alto; Jay Lambie,
tenor; Bruce Kelly, bass; Kitchener­
Waterloo Symphony. St. Mary's
Church, 56 Duke St. West,
Kitchener. 519-576-9853. $25,$20.
Sunday April 16
-Northumberland Symphony
Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir.
Music of Eastern Europe. Kurpinski:
Te Deum; Czech and Russian
Dances. Matthew Jaskiewicz,
conductor. Trinity United Church,
Division and Chapel Streets,
Cobourg. 905-342-3743.
Thursday April 27
-8:00: Victorian Operetta Society.
Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore.
Keith Pickett, Jack Jeffery, Della Lee,
Mike Munroe, Ruth Harcort & other
performers. The Concert Hal I at
Victoria Hall, 55 King St. West,
Cobourg. 905-372-2210. $13.50.
For complete run see Music Theatre
listings.
Friday April 28
-8:00: Hamilton Philharmonic
Orchestra. Cotta Dance. Gould:
Tap Dance Concerto; Ravel: Bolero;
bossa novas, tangos, foxtrots.
William Orlowski, dancer; Michael
Reason, conductor. Hamilton Place,
1 Summers Lane. 905-526-6556.
$20 to $39,$18 to $3S(sr/st).
-8: 15: Te Deum Orchestra &
Singers. Te Deum Pla ys Te Deum.
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum.
Richard Birney-Smith, artistic
director. 8:00: Chat from the stage.
Ajfei'¥00~llo~
Christ's Church Cathedral, 252 James
St. North, Hamilton. 905-628-4533/
1-800-263-0320. $20,$1 S(sr/
st),$6(chi ld).
Saturday April 29
-8:00: Capitol Theatre. Gregg
Lawless. Traditional, rockabilly,
ballads, slide guitar &/or sousaphone.
20 Queen Street, Port Hope. 1-800-
434-5092. $18.
Saturday May 06
-7:30: Toronto Welsh Male Voice
Choir. David Low, director. Melrose
United Church, 86 Homewood Ave.
Hamilton. 905-522-1323. $15,$12.
--8:00: Elora Festival Singers. Dixit
Dominus. Handel: Dixit Dominus;
Dettingen Te Deum; Vivaldi: Gloria.
Elora Festival Orchestra; Noel
Edison, conductor. River Run Centre,
35 Woolwich St., Guelph. 519-846-
0331. $25.
-8:00: York Symphony Orchestra.
Ancient Airs & Legends. Dvorak: The
Wild Dove; Respighi: Ancient Airs ·
and Dances Suite #2; Smetana:
Vysehrad from Ma Vlast; traditional
Chinese erhu music. George Gao,
erhu; Roberto De Clara, conductor.
Marylake Shrine, 13760 Keele St. at
15th Side Road (Bloomington Road),
King Township. 416A 10-0860.
$20,$1 S(st/sr),$5 (under 12). ·
Sunday May 07
-8:00: Peel Choral Society. Sing O'
My Love. Mervin Fick, director. St.
Mary's Church, Hwy. 10, Brampton.
905-840-2141. $10,$6.
TOO LA TE TO LIST
*April 12 8:00: Opera Encore.
From New York to North
York ... Broadway Goes Uptown!
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.
784-0799. $15,$10.
*April 16 1 :30: McMichael
Volunteer Committee. Jamie
Alexander, piano. 10365 Islington
Ave. 905-893-1121 ext.402. Free
with admission to the gallery:
$7,$5(sr),$4(st).
*April 21 8:00: St. Anne's Church.
Faure & Rutter: Requiem masses.
270 Gladstone Ave. 536-3160.
*April 26 7:30: Toronto International
Choral Festival. Metropolitan
United Church, 56 Queen St. East.
1-800-267-8526. $15,$8.
*April 27 12:30: Christ Church
Deer Park. British Song Recital.
1570 Yonge St. 920-521 1. Free will
offering.
*April 27 7:30: Toronto International
Choral Festival. Holy Trinity
Anglican Church, Thornhill. 1-800-
267-8526.
*April 28 to May 13: 8:00:
Etobicoke Musical Productions. L'i/
Abner. Burnhamthorpe Auditorium,
500 The East Mall. 248-0410. $18.
*April 29 7:30: Opera Encore.
Benefit To Good Shepherd Charity.
St. Monica's Church, 44 Broadway
Ave. 784-0799. Free will donation.
*April 29 7:30: Rosedale Presbyterian
Church. Jazz Goes to Church.
129Mt. Pleasant Rd. 921-1931. $10.
*April 29 7:30: Toronto International
Choral Festival. Ga/a Concert.
Eastminster United Church, 310
Danforth. 1-800-267-8526. $10,$5.
*April 29 8:00: Kelly Campbell & ·
Bronwen Low. Solo & duet repertoire.
St. George's United Church, 35
Lytton Blvd. 351 -9623. PWYC.
*May 4 12:30: Christ Church Deer
Park. Soprano on Board: Susan
Virtue. 1570 Yonge St. 920-5211.
Free will offering.
*May 4 8:00: Toronto Sinfonia of
Nations. Glenn Gould Studio, 250
Front St. W. 205-5555.
*May 4-6: 8:00 & May 5:1:00: Ballet
Creole. Premiere Dance Theatre, 207
Queens Quay West. 973-4000. $20-
$34,$16 & $23(sr).
*May 5 8:00: First Unitarian
Congregation Music Series Commit·
tee. Maria Antonakos and Friends.
175 St. Clair W est. 924-9654.
$12,$10.

INDEX OF PRESENTERS AND VENUES
Please note: numbers refer to DA TES, not to WholeNote page numbers. The letter "m" before a number denotes May.
Abendmusik at TUMC 30 ·
Acoustic Harvest Folk Club 1 S, m6
Air Canada Centre 28
Aldeburgh Connection 30
Alderwood Presbyterian Church 24
All The King's Voices m6
Alzheimer Society 28
Amadeus Choir 8
Amadeus Ensemble 30
Amati Quartet S, m3, ml
American Harp Society m6
Amici mS
Annex Singers, 8
Armour Heights Presbyterian m6
AG09
Artword Theatre S, 19, m3
Associates of the TSO 3
Attila Glatz Concert Productions 28
Autumn Leaf Performance 19
Baroque Music Beside the Grange 1
Baroque Players of Hamilton 1
Beethoven Society for Pianists 1
Bell' Arte Singers m6
Birch Cliff United Church 1 S, m6
Birchmount Park Collegiate 8, m6
Bloor Street United Church m6
Bozidar 28
Brigantine Room 9, 21
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre 16
Canadian Chamber Academy m6, l
Canadian Music Competitions 3, 18
Canadian Opera Company 6, l
Canadian Stage Theatre 2S
Cantores Celestes 29
Casa Loma 11
Cathedral Bluffs Symphony 1 S
CBC Radio One i 0
Centuries Opera Association 14
Chamber Music Unlimited 16
Christ Church Deer Park 2, 9, 16,
28-30, ml
Church of St. Martin-In-The-Fields 9, m6
Church of St. Simon-the-Apostle 2, 9
Church of the Holy Trinity 30
ChurchoftheRedeemerl, 10,28-30
City Playhouse 1
Claviers Baroques 29
Columbus Centre 16, mS, ml
Con Fuoco28
Concentus Arts 8, 1 S
Concertsi ngers ml
Continuum Contemporary Music 21
Curtain Call Players 13
Da Capo Productions 6
Darush Afrasiabi 29
Deanna Hendriks l
Deer Park Church mS
Deer Park Concerts mS
Don Mills Organ Society 19
Du Maurier Theatre Centre 20
Du Maurier World Stage Festival 18
Dukes of Harmony m6
Duo L'lntemporel 8
Durham Region Concert Assn m6
Eastminster United Church 1 S
Eglinton St. George's United 21
Eglinton United Auditorium m6
Elgin String Trio 30
Elgin Theatre 26
Elmer lseler Singers 2, ml
Etobicoke Centennial Choir 1
Etobicoke Philharmonic 28
Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall l,
1 l-20, 24, 29, m2, m3
Fairview Library Theatre 13, 2l
First Unitarian Congregation 4
Ford Centre for the Performing Arts
2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 1S, 16, 26, 30,·
m4, ms
Geordie McDonald ml
George lgnatieffTheatre 18
George Weston Recital Hall 2, 4, 6,
8, 9, 12-16, 26, 27, 30, m2-m6
' Glenn Gould Studio 3-S, 7-9, 1 S,
16, 18, 28-ml, mS-m7
Globe & Mail 21
Grange Music Room 9
Hammerson Hall S, 8, 9, 29
Hannaford Street Silver Band 9
Harbourfront Centre 9, 10, 16, 20,
21,2S,26
Hart House Chorus 2
Hart House Music Committee 4,
11, 18, 2S
Hart House Symphonic Band 1
Heliconian Hall 2, 28, m6
Holy Blossom Temple 23
Humber Music Jazz Series S
Hummingbird Centre 6, 7, 2S
lntrada Brass 1 S
Islington United Church 1
Jane Mallett Theatre 6, 9, 11,
1s, 27, ms
Katharine Rapoport 4
Kipling Collegiate Institute 28
Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma 11
Knox Presbyterian Church 16
Komitas Musical Association 8
Lakeshore Auditorium S
Lansing United Church ml
Lawrence Park Collegiate S
Leah Posluns Theatre 8, 22
Leaside Presbyterian Church 16
Les Amis Concerts 9
Little Trinity Church 28
Living Arts Centre Mississauga S
Lunch Hour at St. James' 4, 11,
26, m2
MacMillan Theatre 1, 2, 8, 9,
11, 16, 28, 30
Madison Centre 30
Markham Concert Band ml
Markham Theatre for Performing
Arts 4, 10, m7
Massey Hall 13, 1 S, 16, 29, ml
Mclaughlin Performance Hall 2
Meadowvale Theatre 30
Medical Sciences Auditorium 1
Menno Singers 16
Metropolitan United Church
1,21,m3,m7
Midland Collegiate Auditorium 1 S
Minkler Auditorium m6
Mirvish Productions 10
Mississauga Choral Society 9
Mississauga Festival Choir 29
Mississauga Pops Concert Band 30
Mississauga Symphony Pops 8
Mooredale Concerts m7
Mooredale Junior Orchestra & Youth
Orchestra 9
Mozart Society l
Music at Metropolitan 1, 21, m3, ml
Music at Rosedale 30
MusicGallery9, 21, m7
Music Toronto 6, 11, 27
Music Umbrella 1 S
Musicworks Magazine 9
New Music Concerts m 1
Newmarket Theatre 9
N ightwood Theatre 2S
North Toronto Institute of Music 16
North Toronto Symphonic Band S
Northdale·Concert Band 16
O.R.M.T.A. 9
Oakville Centre for the Performing
Arts 14, 16, ms, m6
Oakville Choral Society mS, m6
Oakville Wind Orchestra 16
Off Centre Music Series m7
OnStage 4, 7, 18
Opera in Concert 1 S
Opera Mississauga 29
Orchestra Toronto 8
Oriana Singers m6
Patrons of Wisdom 9, m7
Pax Christi Chorale 16
. Performing Arts York Region 28
.·Port Nelson United Church 9
Princess of Wales Theatre 3
Raag-Mala Music Society 1
RCM Glenn Gould Professional
School l, 17, 20, 29
Redeemer Lutheran Church 8, 1 S
Reena Foundation 23
Remenyi Room 2 7
Rosedale Concerts 2, m7
Rosedale Heights School 9
Rosedale Presbyterian Church 30
Rosedale United Church 2, m7
Roy Thomson Hall 1-3, S, 6, 8,
11-16, 18, 19,22,2l,29,m1-m3,
m6, m7
Roy Thomson Hall Volunteers 7, 14,
ms
Royal Alexandra Theatre 10
Royal Bank Theatre 30, ml
Royal Conservatory of Music 3, 8,
1 S, 19, 24, 2l, 29, m2, m3
Royal Ontario Museum 9
Royal York Road United Church m6
Runnymede United Church 29
Salon of Poetry and Music 2
Salvation Army Temple m6
Scarborough Civic Centre 16
Scarborough Gilbert & Sullivan
Society l
Scarborough Music Theatre 2l
Scarborough Philharmonic 8, m6
Scarborough Village Theatre 2l
Sine Nomine Ensem!:Jle ms
Sinfonia Mississauga 28, 30
Sinfonia Toronto 8, m6
Slide Rule Trombone Ensemble 10
Small World Music Productions 9
Solar Stage Children's Theatre 30
Soundstreams Canada S
St. Andrew's (King St.) Choir ml
St. Andrew's Presbyterian 6, m7
St. Andrew's United Church 29
St. Anne's Church m6
St. Anthony's Church 16
St. Christopher House Music
School 1 S
St. Clare Church 16
St. Dominic's Church 29
St. George the Martyr Church 1, 28
St. George's Concerts 9
St. George's on-the-Hill Concerts m7
St. James' Cathedral 9, 16, m7
St. Michael's College 6
St. Olave's Church 8
St. Patrick's Church 1, 1 S, m6
St. Paul's Bloor St. 6, 13, 20, 27, m4
St. Thomas's Church 1, 8, mS, ml
45
St. Wilfrid Church mS .
Stage Centre Productions 2l
Studio Theatre, Ford Centre for the
Performing Arts 8, 9
Tafelmusik 1, 2, 12-16
Talisker Players Chamber Music
Series m3
Tallis Choir 1
Tapestry New Opera Works 18
Tarragon Extra.Space 18
Taylor Place 19
Te Deum Orchestra & Singers 29
Teatro Buendia 16, 20
Temple Sinai m7
The Art ofTime Ensemble 16 ·
The Chapel, Victoria University 7
The New Guitar 28
Theatre Sheridan 12
Thornhill Presbyterian Church 28
ToneART ensemble m6
Toronto Chamber Choir m6
Toronto Children's Chorus 9, 16, m6
Toronto Classical Singers ml
Toronto Consort 28, 29
Toronto Early Music Centre 9
Toronto Jewish Folk Choir m7
Toronto Latvian Concert Assn 9
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 11
Toronto Mendelssohn
Youth Choir m2
Toronto Operetta Theatre mS
Toronto Organ Club 24
Toronto Philharmonia 12, 2l, m3
Toronto Police Assn Male Chorus S
T cironto Secondary School Music
Teachers' Association 13
Toronto Senior Strings 6
Toronto Sinfonietta m6
TSO 1, S, 6, 8, 12-lS, 19, 22, 27,
29, m1-m3, m6, m7
Toronto Symphony Youth
Orchestra 11
Toronto Theatre Organ Society 11
Toronto United
Mennonite Church 30
Toronto Wind Orchestra 28
Toronto Youth Concert Winds 30
Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra &
Concert Winds 7
Trinity-St. Paul's Church 1-3, 7, 12-
. 16, 28, 29, m3
Udo Kasemets 30
U ofT Faculty of Music 1, 3, S-9,
11-14, 28, m1-m3, ms
University Settlement Music
& Arts School 9, 28
Victoria Scholars 9
Victoria-Royce Presbyterian 7, 8
Visual and Performing Arts
Newmarket 9
Vocal Point 1 S
Voices 1
Volunge Lithuanian Choral 2
Walter Hall 3, S-7, 9, 11-14,
30-m3, ms, m7
Walton United Church 29, 30
Willowdale United Church m6
Yamaha Music Canada 10
York Quay Centre 9, 16
York Symphony Orchestra m7
York University Dept. of Music 2
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
S, 7, 11, 12, 19, 26, m3
Yorkminstrels 22

THE ETCETERA FILE
I. Honourable mention
Concerts in non-traditional venues.
April 26 8:00: Burning Passions
Cabaret. Women-centred musical
theatre, country & folk music, dance,
comedy & more. The Rivoli, 334
Queen St. West. 651-4514. $10.
'
May 1 7:30: Hampton Avenue, jazz
vocals & John MacMurchy Quintet.
Double CD Release Concert. Rex
Jazz & Blues Bar, 194 Queen St.
West. 598-2475. $5 cover.
FEZ Batik, 129 Peter St. 204-9660.
Every Wednesday Mark Adam
(drums) & Chris Jennings (bass)
present a special guest. 9:30pm start.
PWYC.
*April 5: Kairos (marimba/drums/
bass/voice)
*April 12: Kenny Kirkwood
(saxophone)
*April 19: Robert Botos (piano)
*April 26: Mark Duggan (vibes/
marimba)
Flying Cloud Folk Club, at the
TRANZAC, 292 Brunswick Ave.
410-3655.
*April 1 & 2 8:00: Stephen Fearing.
Traditional folk, Celtic, blues, gospel
&jazz. $15,$13.
*April 8 7:00: Gala Concert. Benefit
for the TRANZAC. $30.
•April' 9 8:00: OJ NAB. Traditional
Quebecois music. $12,$10.
*April 16 8:00: David Rea & Tom
May (Mariposa, co-presenter).
$12,$10.
*April 30 8:00: John Renbourn.
$18,$16.
*May 7 8:00: Catherine Crowe &
Tadhg O'Muiris.
Gatsby's Restaurant Dinner Theatre,
504 Church St. 925-4545.
*Through May 29, every Sunday &
Monday evening at 8:00: William
Shookhoff & Camillo de Liberato
present Mezzo notte, featuring Julia
Jamison and Karen Baumgartel. No
cover.
Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts
Drive, Mississauga. 905-306-
6000. The Royal Bank Theatre is
transformed into a relaxed &
comfortable pub setting. Doors open
8:00; performance at 9:00.
*May 5: Laura Smith, singer/
songwriter. $29.50,$24.50.
Mezzetta Cafe Restaurant, 681 St.
Clair Ave. West. 658-5687. $6
cover. Mediterranean cuisine and
live music each night at 9:15 &
10:30:
*April 5: Nadia Petraroja, jazz
singer
*April 19: Leah Salomaa, vocals/
piano & Jason Fowler, guitar
Stardust Dinner Theatre. 89
Chestnut Street. 872-1111.
*April 7 to July 8, Fridays &
Saturdays: Bandstand!- Salute to
Sinatra & the Kings of Swing.
Musical review starring Rick Sonata,
singer-entertainer; Robin Lea, vocals;
Stardust Dancers; Galaxy Orchestra.
$29.50 to $59.50.
II. Our members write
... April
2000
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra's
annual Canadian tour took
place from March 17 to 26, with
stops in Calgary, Victoria,
Saskatoon, Regina, Edmonton,
Peterborough & Oakville. Music
Director Jeanne Lamon led the
orchestra in a programme of
works by Bach and Vivaldi.
Featured guest soloist was the
young Canadian counterten?r,
Matthew White.
Canadian composer Robert A.
Baker, co-director of toneART
ensemble, recently won third
prize in the Czech
"Jihlava2000" International
Composition Competition.
Seek modern music? Join
toneART's mailing list
(416)485-5084.
The Toronto Sinfonietta has
released its Romancing Chopin
CD, a remarkable recording
project based on new music with
traditional roots inspired by the
genius of Chopin. Romancing
Chopin showcases the talents of
this outstanding orchestra and
acclaimed Canadian guest
artists. At selected retailers, or
through the Orchestra Box
Office ( 416)410-4379.
III. Announcements, etc
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*April 1 7:00: Brampton Symphony
Orchestra. Annual Viennese Ball.
Cocktails, conversation, dinner &
music of old Vienna played by the
orchestra. Lionhead Golf & Country
Club, Brampton. 905-459-0853.
$125,$1 OO(table of 8).
*April 6 6:30: Merchants of the St.
Lawrence Market. Toronto Dollar
Party. Includes traditional Japanese
drumming by lsshin Taiko; Hot 5
Jazzmakers; Saxophone Quartette;
Darbazi Choir & other performers.
Front & Jarvis Sts. 392-7120.
Invitation only (invitations are widely
available).
*April 12 8:00: CBC Radio Two.
Documentary on Maureen Forrester,
Canadian contralto, written &
produced by Eitan Cornfield. 205-
3700.
*April 22 9:00am-noon. Northumberland
Orchestra Society. The
Bach Yard Sale. To support the
Symphony Orchestra & Philharmonic
Choir. St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Cobourg. 905-342-
3743.
*April 29 6:00: Gilbert & Sullivan
Society, Toronto. Annual General
Meeting & Dinner Party. Socializing,
dinner & entertainment. St.
Leonard's Church, 25 Wanless Ave.
221-4864. $5.
*Arts Etobicoke invites artists & arts
groups of all genres to submit
applications to participate in
Autumn ArtsFest, the only major arts
festival in West Toronto. For
information & application call Lynn
Meikle, Festival Coordinator: 621-
3378. Deadline for submissions:
April 28, 2000.
*Canadian Music Competitions.
Regional & Provincial Competitions.
April 5-17. April 5 to 7: *call for
times; April 8 to 17: 9:30am to 9pm
daily. George lgnatieffTheatre, 15
Devonshire Place. 441-4072. Free.
*Canadian Opera Company
announces the Saturday Morning
Opera Club, for children in Grades 3
to 7. Includes tickets to dress
rehearsals of 3 COCICOC Ensemble
productions. Orff percussion
techniques will be used throughout
the programme. No previous
musical experience is required.
Programme leader: Gaynor Jones
Low. 6 Saturdays: March 25 to May
6: 10:30am to noon. Joey and Toby
Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front
St. East. 306-2307. $115 per child.
*Conference World Tours has
organized a unique 13-day tour of
Italy focused on Verdi & led by
Canadian opera expert lain Scott.
Includes a production in La Scala, a
performance of Camilla at the Teatro
Regio de Parma and La Traviata at
Teatro Communale di Firenze in
Florence. April, 28- May 10. For
details & reservations: 416-221-
6411. www.conferencetours.com
*Elora Festival invites donations of
books, records, CDs & paper
ephemera for its Book Sale, to be
held May 6 & 7, 2000. Call the Elora
Festival Office: 519-846-0331.
*Peel Music Festival for music,
speech & drama takes place March
17 to April 28, 2000 at locations in
Brampton, Streetsville &
Mississauga. 905-625-5724.
LECTURES
*April 4 12:00 noon: U of T Faculty
of Music Alumni Association -
Music Alumni Guest Speaker Series.
The Art of the Orchestral Librarian.
Guest speaker: Marilyn Anthony
Steiner, orchestral librarian & music
proof reader. Room 330, Edward
Johnson Bldg. Free.
*April 8 1 :00: Canadian Opera
Company. Face to Face Lecture
Series. Andrew Porter, music critic &
writer, speaks about Debussy's
opera Pe/leas et Melisande. 363-
6671 ext.354. $15.
MASTERCLASSES
*April 6 & 7 1 O:OOam: Royal
Conservatory of Music Glenn Gould
Professional School. Master class
with John Perry, piano. 273 Bloor St.
West. 408-2824 ext.321. Free.
*April 7 2:00: Royal Conservatory
of Music Glenn Gould Professional
School. Voice master class with
Evelyn Lear, soprano. Ettore
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor
St. West. 408-2824 ext.321. $5
suggested. CANCELLED
*April 12 1 O:OOam: Royal Conservatory
of Music Glenn Gould
Professional School. Master class
with Stephen Kovacevich, piano.
273 Bloor St. West. 408-2824
ext.321. Free.
*April 13 10:00am & 7:00pm: Royal
Conservatory of Music Glenn Gould
Professional School. Master class
with Robert McDonald in piano &
chamber music. 273 Bloor St. West.
408-2824 ext.321. Free.
*April 1410:00am & 2:00: Royal
Conservatory of Music Glenn Gould
Professional School. Master class
with Robert McDonald, piano. 273
Bloor St. West. 408-2824 ext.321.
Free.

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•April 17 (time TBA): Royal
Conservatory of Music Glenn Gould
Professional School. Master class
with Joseph Robinson, oboe. 273
Bloor St. West. 408-2824 ext.321.
Free.
*April 26 10:00am & 2:00: Royal
Conservatory of Music Glenn Gould
Professional School. Master class
with Leon Fleisher, piano. 273 Bloor
St. West. 408-2824 ext.321. Free.
•April 27 10:00am & 2:00: Royal
Conservatory of Music Glenn
GouldProfessional School. Master
class with Leon Fleisher, piano. 2 73
Bloor St. West. 408-2824 ext.321.
Free.
WORKSHOPS
*April 2 2:00: Beethoven Society
for Pianists. Annual Workshop with
clinician & music historian Clayton
C. Scott. Bethany Lodge, Unionville.
905-731-5336.
*April 7 10:00am: Royal Conservatory
of Music Glenn Gould
Professional School. Composition
forum with John Gzowski. 273 Bloor
St. West. 408-2824 ext.321. Free.
•April 7 to 9 1 :30: Toronto Early
Music Players Organization. Valerie
Horst. Lansing United Church, 49
Bogert Ave. 480-0225.
*April 8 12:00 noon - 6pm:
TRANZAC. Cloudfest 2000.
Workshops/concerts given by
various groups to benefit the
TRANZAC. Tiki Room & Main Hall,
292 Brunswick Ave. 410-3655.
$50(afternoon activities & evening
concert), $20(afternoon only).
*April 16 1 :30: CAMMAC.
Rehearsal for the April 30 music
reading of Bach's St. John Passion,
conducted by Joan Andrews. 1 :30-
3: 15: instrumentalists (bring music
stand); 3:45-5:30: singers. Church of
the Messiah, 240 Avenue Road. 924-
1938. Free.
•April 27 8:00: Toronto Folk
Singers' Club meeting. An informal
group whose purpose is to perform
& exchange songs. Tranzac Club,
292 Brunswick Ave. 537-7422.
•April 28 to 30: Music at Boyd.
Vocal Workshop designed especially
for the amateur singer. For choristers
& soloists. Vocal technique, the art
of song, jazz choir, Celtic song &
dance & other topics, by trained
professional music staff. Boyd Field
Studies Centre, Islington Ave. north
of Woodbridge. 416-259-9152.
$170.
*April 28 7:30: Recorder Players'
Society. For players of both C and F
recorders. Church of the Transfiguration,
111 Manor Rd. East. 431-7560.
$4.
*April 29 10:30am: Toronto
Mendelssohn Choir. Singsation
Saturday. Community choral
workshop. Roy Thomson Hall, 60
Simcoe. 598-0422. $10.
*April 30 2:00: CAMMAC. Music
reading conducted by Patricia
Wright of Bach's St. John Passion.
Instrumentalists please bring music
stands. Christ Church Deer Park,
1570 Yonge St. 421-0779.
CAMMAC members free; nonmembers
$5.
•May 7 1 :30: Toronto Early Music
Players Organization. Mary Enid
Haines, voices & instruments.
Lansing United Church, 49 Bogert
Ave. 480-0225.
*May 7 2:00: CAMMAC. Singing
Spirituals. Workshop with Denise
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COVER STORY
opera in concert: the chance to shine
I
a March 20 Globe &
Mail review of a New
York opera-in-concert
production by a group called
Collegiate Chorale, (Madcap
plot twists snare audience in
emotional web), Philip Anson
contends that opera in concert as
an art form is no mere "poor
cousin" of conventional staged
opera, but one that is distinctly
superior in a number of ways.
Among the benefits of
opera in concert, he says, are
that often the singing is better,
the price of admission is lower
(because production costs are
significantly less), the repertoire
is more diverse and exotic, and
frequently "you get to hear the
hottest new local and foreign
singers long before their
mainstream debuts."
Renowned vocal coach
Stuart Hamilton staked his life
savings on these very points
back in 1973.
At that time Hamilton was
working with a large number of
gifted voice students, and was as
frustrated as they were, because
they had no place to perform.
The Canadian Opera Company
could not take the risk of using
them, and for good reason,
according to
BY ALLAN PULKER
brought in Ambroise Thomas'
Hamlet, planning to do th.e mad
scene. Never having played the
piece, Hamilton asked to borrow
the score to learn the piano part,
and, going through it, was
astonished to see how terrific the
music was.
"This got
Hamilton. At such Opera in concert me excited, and I
an early stage in
... no mere . h
their careers they
thought I would get
my smgers toget er
were not ready for , poor cousin for a soiree to do
the responsibility of '---------.....J the entire opera. On
a lead role in a half million second thought, however, since
dollar production. So there was my place would hold only about
a big need for a platform for ten people, that didn't seem
these young people to prepare quite the right way of going
them for that kind responsibility. about it." So he considered
In the fall of 1973 renting a room at the university,
Richard Bonning -- Joan but the idea of doing all that
Sutherland's husband -- came to work for an audience of 35
Toronto to do auditions for the didn't seem quite right either.
Vancouver Opera Company, of And at that point he thought of a
which he had recently been doing an opera-in-concert
appointed director. Hamilton production, "a serious producwas
the accompanist for these tion in a real concert hall for a
auditions, and one of the singers real audience."
His entire life savings at
the time amounted to $5000.
"Why not blow it, I thought, on
something that was so needed."
So he went ahead, spent his
$5000 and did a production of
Hamlet with his young proteges
at the St. Lawrence Centre.
Opera in Concert (OiC)
was born.
That first production was
so successful that the various
arts councils immediately
became very interested and have
helped fund OiC ever since. The
Canada Council has also used
OiC as a model of what can be
done with very little money -
"one way we kept costs down
was by not paying me for the
first eight seasons for playing
the orchestral part on the
piano!" Hamilton wryly commented.
History has shown that
Hamilton did the right thing.
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opera in concert:
the chance to shine
continued from page 49
"OiC has become an extremely important
part of the musical landscape in Toronto
because of what it has done · for young
singers. It has given them the experience of
being in front of a serious audience in a
major role," he says," and has contributed
in a major way to the launching of many
careers."
Russell Braun, Ben Heppner, Joanne
Kolomyjec, Suzanne Kompass,Richard
Margison, Brett Polegato, Jean Stilwell, and
more recently, Isabel Bayrakdarian, who
has just been hired by the Metropolitan
Opera Company and the .San Francisco
Opera ... are a few of the names that come
readily to mind when I ask him for examples.
Tenor, John Tessier (pictured on our
cover) is another in this quarter centurylong
. line of Canadian singers whose
professional careers have been propelled by
Opera in Concert. Tessier, who grew up in
Edmonton, did his undergraduate training in
CQ,Iorado and had just completed his
master's degree at the University of
Western Ontario, when he wa:s given the
role of Rustighello in OiC's November 1997
production of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia.
"It was" he says, "a great opportunity to be
heard in Toronto right at the beginning of
my career. To get that exposure was
tremendous! "
And there was another, less immediately
obvious, benefit. Because the main
roles were double cast, he had to rehearse
with two sets of singers. "This was a great
education, which helped me to develop as a
performer," Tessier says.
' Another benefit, adds OiC's present
general. director, Guillermo Silva-Marin, is
that the more experienced singers in OiC's
productions are positive role models for the
younger ones, helping them to develop a
positive, professional attitude and avoid the .
destructive "prima donna" attitude that
singers have been known to fall into. ·
Silva-Marin has been associated with
Opera in Concert from the very beginning,
when he was Gary Relyea's understudy for
the role of Hamlet in OiC's very first
production, and ended up singing the part.
By 1991. the company had grown to the
point that Stuart Hamilton needed an
assistant and Silva-Marin became the
general manager. In 1994 upon Hamilton's
retirement Silva~Marin became the General
Director.
Hamilton's were, according to Silva­
Marin, "big shoes to fill," and the last six
years have been "as rewarding as they have
been challenging." The company has
thrived. According to Hamilton, Silva­
Marin "has taken it in directions I never
would have thought of."
One of these directions has been the
inclusion of Canadian operas in the repertoire:
"My own personal mandate is to
present Canadian operas," Silva-Marin told
me. John Beckwith's The Shivaree April 15
and 16 will be their third Canadian opera,
and Silva-Marin has invited John Tessier
back to OiC to sing the romantic lead role in
this 1982 opera. (The first two were
Timothy Sullivan's Florence: The Lady with
the Lamp in 1995 and Healy Willan's
Deirdre in 1997.
"What Opera in Concert is really all about,"
says Silva-Marin, "is young singers and
giving them an opportunity to spread their
wings." So many who have been given that
opportunity have gone onto major international
careers -- John Tessier, with engagements
lined up with The Toronto Symphony
Orchestra, Opera Atelier, The New York
City Opera and the Glimmerglass Festival,
Duelling
Butterflies
A chance to compare
April 14-16 is shaping up to be the big
opera in concert weekend.
On Friday, April 14, Centuries Opera is
presenting an in-concert production of
· Madama: Butterfly at the Weston Recital
Hall. The renowned Italian-Canadian
soprano, Maria Pellegrini, will sing the role
of Cio-Cio-San, Madame Butterfly, one she
has sung over three hundred times in opera
houses around the world.
For her performances in Trieste and
Treviso she was presented with a specially
minted silver medallion, honouring her and
Madama Butterfly's composer, Giacomo
Puccini; the CBC created a production of
the opera for international broadcast with
her in the title role; and she was declared by
Lord Harewood to be the greatest living
interpreter of the role of Butterfly. She
sings the title role in a CD of the complete
opera made in Sicily in 1995.
appears now to be at
that threshold. "We do
innovative new ·
repertoire and nonstandard
repertoire"
says Silva-Marin,
"which enables the
company and the
singers to take risks
with casting in a way
that would be impossible
for a conventional
company." In most of
these operas, unlike the
standard repertoire,
there are no rules, no ·
expectations of the way a role should be
done, which means that an artist is judged
for what he or she does on stage, not for
how well he or she conformed to the
established conventions.
Artist manager Henry Ingram recently
recalled a remark made by some one at the
Metropolitan Opera Company to a Canadian.
singer performing there. "Why are so many
great singers coming from Canada these
days? Is it something in the water?"
There's no single answer to the
question. Some singers talk about great
teachers here, like Mary Morrison, to whom
John Tessier gives much credit. Tessier -­
probably most other singers would agree -
also mentions discipline and persistence.
But there can be no doubt that OiC,
started by Stuart Hamilton twenty-five years
ago, and sustained by Guillermo Silva­
Marin with such vision and commitment,
has played its part.
Maria Pellegrini
And if you do take in the Centuries Opera
opera-in-concert Butterfly, you will have the
opportunity, later in the month to make a
direct comparison between the in-concert
version and a staged production, by Opera
Mississauga, at Mississauga's splendid
Hammerson Hall on April 29, May 2, 4 and
6.

Dawn Lyons goes
After six times around the
block, we finally spot a
parking place
on Adelaide East, pay the
machine, and walk the two
blocks back to Yonge and
King. The elevator is full of
the smell of a fellow elevatee's
tuna sandwich and . . . and ...
really GOOD elevator music.
"lsn 't that Bach?" I ask Den
"a Brandenberg?" '
"Um, yes, number six."
The elevator glides to a
stop at the ninth floor and the
door opens. We get off, the
door closes, and Bach and the
tuna sandwich continue on.
We are behind the scenes, at
the administrative office of
Music Toronto to talk with
its general manager, Jennifer
TSaylor. ,
he welcomes us in, and I
compliment her on the
·elevator music. "Oh yes," she
laughs, "the building manager is a
subscriber of ours. Well, his father was."
M~: Music Tomnto has produced what my
editor calls (I consult my notes to make sure
I get it , right) 'the oldest, the most
ambitious and the most consistent classical
music series in the city.' I asked him what
he m~ant by consistent and he told me 'loyal
subscrip er base and top-drawer
per.formers. ' So what we want to know is,
how to you do it?"
Jennifer continues, " He started it all in the
early 70's, it was called Toronto Arts
Productions, then CentreStage, then it split
into three groups, all ?f which, by the way,
are still gomg: Canadian Stage for theatre
St. Lawrence Centre Forµms, a public '
BEHIND THE SCENES
affairs series, and us, Music Toronto."
Me: "That far back, there was the TSO and
for chamber music there was The Women's
Musical Club and you."
Jennifer nods: "Yes. The Women's
Musical Cluti is older, they celebrated their
hundredth anniversary recently, but we go
Last month a member of the
Petersen Quartet bounded up to me
at intermission to say, 'Ms Taylor,
you have people in your audience
who still have black hair!'
5 I
tell you the complicated
true story. We start to
plan our season two
years ahead -- we are
planning 2001-2002
now. We have three
· professional artistic
advisors - Martin
Beaver, David Owen
Norris, and Gwillym
Williams -- and our
composer advisor,
Jeffrey Ryan. They
mak~ recommendations
to our board of·
directors, who are
knowledgeable amateurs
- most of our board
plays an instrument,
many of them studied
music seriously but
chose to pursue a career
in medicine or law, that
sort of thing. The
artistic advisors'
recommendations get
pared down to a priority list, a cross
between a wish list and what we can do."
Me: "What limits what you can do?'"
Jennifer: "Well, the season. We do .
twenty concerts in our season, October to
April, we always do eight string quartets,
we have five. recitals in our piano series -- it
was easier to choose when we did eight! -­
that leaves seven dates for ensembles-inresidence
and the Discovery series. Other
factors are the artists' availability, and, of
course, the money."
I am always interested in the money.
hazard a guess. "A string quartet costs
Jennifer laughs again. "Well, this is our back a long way, too." She digs in another
about $5,000 ?...."
29 1 h season, but I've only been here since
~le and produces a piece of .paper and hands
Jennifer gives me a pitying look: "That's a
1990. I came in as a consultant, I wrote a It to me. It is a concert program. "Music
VERY junior string quartet."
report, and the board said, 'You sound like at the Centre," it says, "April 26, 1971.
you understand the situation,' and so here I The Opening Concert - Louis Quilico
still am.
'
baritone, Elizabeth Benson Guy, sopra~o,
Me: "Double that?" '
Music Toronto started in 1971. The Garnet Brooks, tenor, Eugene Rittich, horn.
Jennifer nods: "That's more like it. And
first few concerts were at the Town Hall of And then, on April 29, Garrick Ohlsson."
our hall seats 500."
the St. Lawrence Market, a big room on the
second floor. They were organized by Me: "That's only two days apart!'.'
The regular rental for the Jane Mallett
Franz Kramer, who passed away last fall."
Theatre at St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
She digs in a file cabinet and Jennifer: "Well, they were making a
she tells me, is around $1,800. Add '
?roduces a news?aper obituary. The photo splash." .
advertising, programs, SOCAN fees ...·and
1s of a very dashmg and - how do I put it? -
then there are admin costs, like rent, phone
a dangerous-looking man. He wasn't Me: "How do you get these artists,
and Jennifer's salary. There is a moment
actually wearing a monocle, but I'd bet he sometimes quite early in their careers?
of silence as we do the math.
owned one. Born in 1914 in Vienna died How do you spot them?"
in Toronto August 27, 1999, aged 85'.
Jennifer has no trouble with that one.
Me: "How do you manage?"
"Quality. That is the only dec'iding factor '
in our selection of who we present.,, Jennifer is characteristically concise: "Onethird
box office, one third fund-raising from
Me: "An!f how do you get quality?"
foundations and private donors, one third
Jennifer leans back in her chair. "Let me
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FEATURE STORIES
Behind the Scenes
continued from page 51
from the three levels of government.· We
were technically bankrupt in 1 92 and there
was a massive debt. That doesn't exactly
control us, but we don't bring in Midori,
we don't bring in Alfred Brendel to a 500,
seat hall."
Me: "Some of your artists have been with
you for a long time, like the Tokyo String
Quartet. ". ·
Jennifer: "Yes, we used to say they were
the house band. At one point Peter
Oundjian was having trouble with his
hand, we said, OK, so you're having first ·
violin problems, we stayed with them
through that. They worked as a piano
quartet with Ruth Laredo, a year and a
half later the cellist left. They got ·it
sorted out, and they'll be back here in
February 2001. We were the Toronto
home for the Orford Quartet, too. And we
have our ensembles-in-residence, the
Gryphon Trio and the Toronto String
Quartet "
Me: "Do you get requests from artists to
appear in your season?" ·
Jennifer: "Daily. And we have people we
always want to bring back, like Arthur
Ozoljns." ·
Me: "Who decides what is programmed? "
Jennifer: "Usually the artists send the ·two
or three programs that they're touring. We
occasionally do some mixing and
matching. But I'd like to say, it's 'not
brain surgery. We don' t want to hear it
again if we've just heard it. One year six
of the eight quartets wanted to do Death
and the Maiden, so we put it up for grabs.
It seems to be the Zeitgeist. .. three or four
people asking to plan Dvorak, then no
Dvorak for years."
Me: "What about your audience? You
said you have subscribers who have been
with you from the first season. How do you
keep them coming back?"
Jennifer: "Consistency. Our audience
already know many of the artists in our
season, and they know they can trust us
for the quality of the ones who are new to
them. Six of our eight quartets for 2000-
:;wo 1 are Banff winners, not always first
but they placed. We always keep an eye
on the competitions - Isabelle
Bayrakdarian won the Met, that gets you
noticed, and we watch t_he international
piano competitions.
And it's not always the first place
winners we want, sometimes the second ·
place is much more interesting. David
Owen Norris will come in and say, 'If I
could only get one pianist next year, I'd
want itto be so-and-so.' Or a subscriber
might tell us, "I heard the Pacifica Quartet
on PBS, you should check them out. '
"We work hard to keep our
audience, and we try to start them young.
We invented a $5 ticket in 1990 - we get
30 to 80 students each concert. We have
master classes - someone will attend one
now, and ten years later they tum up as a
subscriber. We have what we call the
1835 program - if you're between 18 and
35, you pay your age. The 18 year olds
get 603 off, and the 35 year olds get the
same price as our subscribers. The artists ·
like this, too. Because our hall is small
they can see who is in the audience -- last
month a member of the Petersen Quartet
bounded up to me at intermission to. say,
'Ms Taylor, you have people in your
audience who still have black hair!' She
leans back in her chair and makes a
megaphone with her hands, "AND WE
SERVE COOKIES AT INTERMISSION!"
Me: "Do you have to be conservative to be
· consistent?"
Jennifer looks thoughtful. "There is what
we call sandwich programming,, start out
with Mozart or Haydn, then some 20th
century, then finish with Beethoven or
Brahms. But we decided that we would
haul our series kicking and screaming into
the 2Q•h century while there w as still s_ome
of it left. We couldn't just add a new
series, and you can't live on single tickets.
So one night of each of our four series was
·designated as Contemporary Classics, and
we sell that as a series, top. I was
worried about what our subscribers would
think, but I know they are willing to listen
before they make their decision. I wrote to
them. 'You don't have to like it, we're
doing this because it is our time'. Well,
Debussy, Shostakovitch, they're 2Q•h
century, they're not hard to take. We
said, 'You don't have to like it, you can
always exchange your ticket.' But, 9_8 3 of
them kept their tickets. We told them,
'Look, it's only for one night, · give it an
ear.' We had Eve Egoyan here last week,
the review started, 'It's not that far
geographically from the Music Gallery to
the St. Lawrence Centre ...', she laughs.
"I'm not saying that I don't have people
·walking out, but nobody is throwing
tickets back."
Me: "They 're that lbyal?"
Jennifer: "They' re that'loyal. I have one
long term subscriber who has trouble
watching the first violin of the St.
Lawrence String Quartet, GeoffNuttall -­
he moves around a lot when he plays. ' She
turns in her seat so as not to have to look 1
at him, but she's always there. We told
them, 'It's only one night, give it an ear,
you don't have to like it. ' I don't want to
give up my Beethoven, I do want to hear
other people."
Me: Do you commission new works?
Jennifer: "We're not commissioners. We
haven't commissioned since .... " She
draws a blank. "We are maybe your
second performance, or your third."
Me: "So you help music as well as artists
and audiences to get established?"
Jennifer: "Yes. We still think we are a
big organization with an international
reputation, and we think we have a social
purpose. One of the .reasons we look at
Banff winners is that they have th.at year's
commissioned competition piece in their
repertoire."
Me: "You present a concert a week during
your season, that's too much work!"
Jennifer is delighted: "Put that in!"
Me: "Seriously! How do you manage the
programs, the advertising, ail the stuff. .. "
Jennifer: "I don't do the programs, I farm
that out. There's only one of me, I farm
out everything I can. My suppliers are my
staff. One of the tiny things I'm proud· of
is that when we were technically bankrupt
in '92, we paid everyone back, 100 cents
on the dollar. I still have the same limo
company, we paid them off; and the same
printer, too, he kept working for us while
we paid him off. . I believe that, if someone
does a good job for you, you don't just
drop them because you found someone who
does it cheaper. And I couldn't, COULD
NOT manage without The St. Lawrence
Centre, they give us a good rate, they
have the best-organized box office i ~ the
city, and Scott Laurence (Operations
Director for SLC's Jane Mallett Theatre) is
simply wonderful."
"There's only one of me, but I'm
not alone. I have a Board of Directors.
Arts boards are .. can you find a nice way
of saying 'pain in the ass'? But ours is a
very active, very involved Board, which
makes it easy for me. The executive
committee especially, they are the people I
talk to."
Me: "Where does Music Toronto go next?"
J ennifer: "We stick to our knitting. It's a
life sentence: We will stay with our
audience and our artists -- and, yes, our
su·ppliers. The artists are important
because they do it. The audience is
important because that's who they do it
for. If things get rough, we'll continue to
say, OK this could be really dire or it
could be really interesting."

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MUSICIANS IN OUR MIDST
by Allan Pulker
Two unrelated musicians--one
a classical
concert pianist turned
composer, the other a jazz-y
singer and songwriter--find
themselves paired here because
they were co-winners of this
year's K.M . Hunter Artist
Award in Music. The Awards
were established four years ago
by Martin Hunter, the son of
K.M. Hunter who, says Martin,
was "a Toronto businessman
who made some money" and
decided in 1966 to set up the
foundation that bears his name,
to contribute to the welfare of
the community.
Chief beneficiaries of the
foundation over the years have
been medical research, social
welfare causes and established
artistic enterprises like the
Stratford Festival. Martin, a
writer who in his thirties
received the Lieutenant Governor's
award for drama, knew
first-hand the benefit to artists of
timely recognition and encouragement.
So he expanded the
foundation's reach by establishing
five annual $8000 awards.
(In addition to music there are
awards for visual arts, literature,
theatre and dance.)
The awards are intended
"to support and encourage artists
who have completed their
professional training and have
begun to establish themselves
and make an impact in their
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chosen field."
This year's music award
winners, Alice Ho and Andrea
Koziol certainly fit the bill.
ce Ho grew up in Hong
Kong and at the age of
19 commenced studies
at Indiana University to become
a concert pianist and her interest
in composition arose from
curiosity about the creative
process behind the music that
she was learning to play.
At Indiana, quite by
chance, she met John Eaton, a
composition professor, who
accepted her as his student. She
soon became more interested in
composing than in playing the
piano and became a composition
major. Indiana was a very
supportive environment she
says, because she could always
find some one to play what she
had written and get immediate
and useful feedback.
Her focus now, since so
much of her work is commissions,
is writing music for
specific musical organizations,
soloists and occasions. Her aim
is always to write something that
will be effective for the occasion
without compromising her
artistic and esthetic principles.
She loves writing for orchestra
and has been fortunate over the
past couple of years to have
received commissions to write
five concerti. Her cello concerto
was performed last November by
the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and a
piano concerto the same month
by the Windsor Symphony ·
Orchestra with soloist, Laura
Hibbard. The next performance
of her work in Toronto will be
on May 6 when the Scarborough
Philharmonic Orchestra will
perform her concerto for
percussion with soloist, Beverley
Johnston.
rea Koziol's name seems
to come up as a singer of
jazz and of folk , so I
asked her which she would say
she is. "I guess I'm somewhere
in between" was her reply.
Andrea studied piano and voice
during her childhood and teens
and began writing music around
the age of 19 or 20, motivated
by her feeling that there are
thingsthat can only be said
through music. She brought both
her voice and keyboard skills to
the jazz band, Chesterfield Inlet,
which began playing standards,
but for which she began writing
original music, until the day
came when it was playing only
her compositions.
Asked if there was a singer
whose work she particularly
admired or emulated, her answer
was an emphatic "No! When I
was younger I tried, but it set
me back." Writing, she says,
helped her to find her own
voice, which takes some time
but is something everyone needs
to do. She cites gu itarist, Kevin
Bright, as a musician who has
succeeded completely in finding
his own voice. "Everyone can
tell that he is a person who has
found his own voice" she says.
While his music can be difficult
and challenging, he communicates
it because of his authenticity.
Andrea has one CD,
Coming of Age and a second,
Mission Bliss, to be released in
June. You can hear her Friday
April 14 in Oakville (see
Concert Listings) and the
following night at the Brampton
Heritage Theatre with David
Leask & Gregg Lawless. (See
Further Afield in our listings
section.)
POSTSCRIPT: WHOLENOTE PHOTO FILE
The context
May 7, the Toronto
Jewish Folk Choir's
spring concert: marking
1000 years of Yiddush
culture, and celebrating
the choir's founding, 75
years ago, by immigrant
needle trade workers in
downtown Toronto.
The photo
The Torontor Fraihait
Gezangs Farein 's
(Freedom Singing
Society) first annual
concert in 1926. No one
from the photo is still
alive. On the floor in the
centre is Sam Lapides,
the choir's manager. He
was a long-time trade
union leader in the
Canadian sportswear
industry. In the second
row, centre is the choir's
founding conductor,
Hyman Riegelhaupt. He
also conducted the
Morris Winchevsky Shute
Choir in the 1930s, at
414 Markham St. (N. W.
corner of Ulster). In the
same row, second from
left, with the long curls is
Fanny (Fagel) Zuckert
Zimmerman, a soprano
soloist and the sister of
composer Leon Zuckert.
(Fagel passed away in the
1990s, predeceased by
her brother.) ,
Linda Litwack

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