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Music in the schools:
today's praxis; tomorrow's problem
Commentary by Rachelle Younglai
The times-are-a-changing at
Toronto's board of education.
The music department is
getting a face-lift - but the
face that is emerging is not ~
pretty one, the tucks are too
tight and the skin is overstretched.
The Toronto District School
Board (TDSB) is the largest·
board in Canada. It is made
up of 27, ooo staff, of which
17,000. are teachers. In
December 1997, 22 elected '
officials representing their
respective municipalities met
for the first time to begin the
task of amalgamating seven
different school boards with
seven different philosophies
. into one.
It is not surprising that
TDSB's music department
has seven ways of delivering/
teaching a music progra~.
And although each program
is unique and rich ~ith its
own traditions, the program
that'is delivered to students
across the board needs to be
the same. Seven different
boards mean that there are
discrepancies in music
delivery. For example the
former Toronto board
teaches music from kindergarten
to grade eight. And in
the former Etobicoke music
education is introduced in
grade 7 and 8. One board
· places tremendous value on
music education while the
other does not. How do we
bridge the gap?
There are so many different
challenges. So many variables
that come into play.
Not only does the music
department face many
approaches to teaching
music, but it has to contend
with budget cuts, less bodies
for more schools, and less
class time.
Budget cuts. TDSB has to cut
its budget down by $214
million in the next three
years. What does this mean
to the music department that
historically has peen one of
the most expensiv~ programs
to run? Music most likely will
be cut, or at least pa'red
down. Funding is no longer
centrally allocat.ed, this
means that money for new
instruments or repairs have
to be taken directly out of the
school budget. The school
budget exists for all programs.
Heads of departments concert of voices and instru­
(like music, sports, art, ) ments at Roy Thomson Hall
appeal to their principal for . and music camps like 'Voices
money. All things considered, at the Boyne 1 and 'Toronto
repairing a computer will music camp.' On top of this
probably take precedence Cohen is there to assist
over repairing a cello. teachers· with professional
Budget cuts also mean that development; from learning
teachers cover more in a day. how to better assess a
For example Lynn Janes a student to program delivery.
vocal teacher at Earl Haig
teaches 7- 8 classes, conducts This equation less for more
the choir 5 times a week has also made its way into
before school, has more hall , the school. For exllmple
and cafeteria duty and finds Lawrence Park has three
herself doing more adminis- teachers doing the job of
trative work.
four. Three teachers for
approximately 330 st11:dents.
Less bodies for more schools The teachers have to conduct
The former. Toronto board more ensembles, teach more
had six consultants in the classes, and often they find
music department .. They themselves without a lunch
acted as a resource and break because they are
support for 150 schools. Now coaching rehearsals during
TDSB has four consultants, this time. Band director, Ken
(known.as instructional Hazlett says, "it's hard to
leaders), for 600 hundred keep everything alive.''
schools. Shelagh Cohen,
instructional leader for the There is a strong push in
former Toronto board and · schools to be Internet fluent.
the former East York board is Some schools will give up art
the support for 170 schools. . and music programs in favor
Before amalgamation and of the high tech industry. For
downsizing she used to have example, TDSB outfitted
the ability to provide one on schools with computers
one support for teachers who andthe Internet but cut ~ll
needed it. Now she feels the funding for piano accomlucky
if she gets to meet all panists.
the new teachers. Cohen Only one art credit, (music is ·
organizes a series of teachers' considered an art credit) is
workshops, the festival
Contin~ed on page 8
Aboriginal Music Days 5
Academy Concert Series 31
Acrobat Music 8
Aldeburgh Connection 34
All the Kings Voices 13
Amadeus Choir 49
Amici 38
ArrayMusic 2
Audio Group 15
Autumn Leaf 43
Bell' Arte Singers 36
. Beth Tzedec 48
Brott Music Festival 19
Calyx 42
Celebrity Symphony 39
Choral Store 53
Christ Church Deer Park 21
CJRTFM 18
Classical 96 4
Claviers Baroques 15
Caniidian Music Centre 3,55
Con:Takt 16
Concert Hall Music 11
Concerts at St George's 42
Consort Caritatis 30 '
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Deer Park Concerts 32
Deer Park United Church 49
Duo L'lntemporel 39
Esprit Orchestra 17 .
Faculty of Music 5, 19,33,34,38
Festival Cinemas 9
Gary Armstrong Woodwinds 15
Geordie McDonald 21
George Heinl 53
Glendon College/LeVoix 33
HarmoNet 15
Herman Rombouts 47
High Park Choirs 37 ·
James Sugg 48
King Street Artist Management
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Leaside Concert Ser.ies 32
Lena Auclair 49
Les Amis 36, 43
Linda Caplan-47
Linda Maguire 48
Long & McQuade 11
Marie Graff 49
Maureen Smith 1 i
Metropolitan United Church 39
Mikrokosmos 27
Mississauga Guitar Society 25
Montgomery Sound 11 ·
Mooredale Concerts 34
Music Chamber 15
Music Toronto 34,35,40,44
Music Umbrella 38
Naxos 51
New Guitar 40
New Music Concerts 4
· New Opera & Concerts 29
North Toronto Institute of Music
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OnStage at Glenn GotJld 33
OffCentre 39
·Orpheus Choir 31
Pax Christi 1 3 ·
Peros Music 9
Psychospace Sound 15
RCM 20,47
Remenyi 2
Scarborough Philharmonic 37-
Shar Music 53
Sinfonia Toronto 2 1 :37
Skye Consort 25
Sound Post 1 5
SoundStreams 53
St Clements 41
St George's Anglican c'hurch 41 ·
St James' Cathedral 30•
Synaptic Gap 1 5
Tafelmusik 23
Toronto Children's Chorus 32
Toronto Choral Society 35
Toronto Sinfonietta 19,34
Toronto Symphony 56 .
Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra
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Trillium Brass 40
TrypTych 44
University Settlement House 42
Victoria Scholars 14
Vocal Art Forum 13
VocalPoint 31
Voice & piano 47
Voices 41
WavDesign 4 7
Women's Musical ('.lub 30,43
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Continued from page 7
needed to graduate from high school.
What does this say to students? Jon
Franks, music educator with the Toronto
board for 37 years, says, "it
implies that art and music are not
important."
Because only one credit in art is needed
to graduate from high school, and the
OAC year is being phased out, students
have less time for the arts/music. There
is a trend by the time students reach
grade 11, their schedule is so tight they
are forced to drop their music course.
RoulYAntonopoul6s, band and strings
teacher at Bloor Collegiate, says "it
means that just as students' skills are
improving, they no longer play. Therefore
there is less leadership, less skilled
plflyers, and fewer music role models."
What is the future of music education?
"Not a great one," says Lynn Janes. "I'm
scared right now," says Ken Hazlett.
Mark Bell, music specialist at Withrow
Public School, is concerned that students
may end up singing along with
CD's insteadoflearning how to read,
write and understand music. Maybe
schools wo,n't offer music until grade 7
and 8? Maybe resident teachers will no
longer exist?
Alfreda Harrison, soon to be the district
·wide coordinator for music, says we
"can't expand a great program into
other areas ... we are losing things we
have treasured on each former board."
Despite the challenge of implementing
a new curriculum in every school she
says the "door is wide open." She is part
of the planning process and she says,
"it's an exciting program to put in
place."
So why the big fuss? Is music education
important? Most teachers agree that an
arts education is necessary for a wellrounded
education. Researchers at the
University of California, Irvine have
proven that students who study music
11nd arts are better problem solvers.
And of course music education teaches
students technical skills like how to
read notes.and how to.play an instrument.
But music education is much
more than just technical skills. Music is
a form of expression, and it provides
students with an outlet for their emotions.
"Music challenges students to
interpret and express their feelings,"
says John Franks, who has dedicated
his life to teaching music. ·
Franks says students "learn much more ,
than just music. They learn about the
results of hard work and practicing, the
process of preparation, the joy of
performance, how to work in a collective
and how important it is to create
and collaborate with one another." Is
this important? Will it benefit students
outside of the music environment? In
the face of a rapidly changing world,
where there is no job security and it is
expected that people will change
careers at least three to four times,
employers want employees to be
adaptable, and work well together. They
look for strong interpersonal,
intrapersonal and adaptability skills.
Skills that are all learned indirectly
through music education.
But technical and personal skills aside.
Music speaks to you, it appeals to you
on an emotional level, and it appeals to
your senses. It expresses something
deep within you that is difficult to put
in words, except as John Franks says,
"it touches a part of us that is ·
undefinable, it touches our soul."
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1) AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
November 2000.is remarkable iri that more.
than 400 concerts are listed in this issue of
tlie ·magazine. IfWholeNote is'a barometer
of the creative musical vitality here, then it
has surpassed all previous records. O,f course
one reason for the surge in listings is the ,'
American Musicological Society's "Tmonto
2000: Musical Intersections" conference,
which has organized 35 free concerts at 'the
Sheraton and Hilton Hotels froi;n November
2 to 5. According to Professor Timothy
McGee of the U. ofT. Faculty of Music,
virtually every music professor from North ·
America and a good number from Europe ,
will be in attendance. We welcome them and
hope that while they are here they will be,
able to sample some of the musical wealth
that Toronto has to offer. ·
2) WORLD MUSIC
Ten of the AMS-organized concerts are of
the music of non-western cultures: T.
Viswaniithan, flute-player and singer with
.mrdangam master, Trichy Sankaran,
Traditional Music of Bhutan and Music of
Turkey; all on November 2; Balinese
Gamelan music, and Arabic music on
November 3; Tradit.ional and Conte111porary
Korean music, and South and North Indian
music, ancient Celtic music performed by the·
Altramar Medieval Mu.sic Ensemble and
Music of the Americas, all on November 4.
· These are just the begim;1ing of another very
good month· for world music: On November
2 Massey Hall will reverberate to the sounds
of traditional flamenco music and danci:ng;
on Novemb~r 3 sitar-player, Kartik Seshadri
will perform at Eastminster Church .an~ on
November 8 guitarist, John McLaughlin, and
tabla-player, Zakir Hussain, will blend
Eastern and Western musical traditions at
Roy Thomson Hall. The very next evening,
November 9, the Toronto Tabla' Ensemble
will integrate Indian rhythms with the music
·Of many traditions at the Meeting Place at
Scarborough College. On November 12
Mazameze with special guests, percussionist,
John Wyre, and violin-lyra-Yayli Tari.bur- . '
player, Beth Cohen, will bring us music from
Greece and Turkey. "Yiddish diva", T-heresa
Tova will by joined by New York's
Waletzky Trio to celebrate a millennium of
Yiddish at the Toronto Centre for the
Perf~rffiing Arfs on November 19 and on
November 24Music Umbrella Cancerts will
bring us "An Evening ofKlezmer'.' at
Eastminster, where a week later, on December
l the Loretto Reid/Brian Taheny Band
will ;erform Celtic instruim;ntal music.
CONCERT NOTES •!•
OVERVIEW
Music Days 2000, and event consisting of
panel discussions, workshops and a concert
to be held at University College on November
16 and 17 to celebrate native North
Ame~ican music of today. It wili'provid,e a
much needed opportunity to gain understanding
of the place•music had in the life, ·
including the spiritual life, of the North
American aboriginal peoples and even to
. gain some first hand experience by participating
in the men's or women's singing or
the flute workshops. Composer, Barbara
Croall, is the artistic director of the event,
which is a co-presentation of the Canadian
Studies and the Aboriginal Studies programs
of the Uni.versity of Toronto.
Musicians in Ordinary
3) EARLY MUSIC
Those of us who watched the first instalment
of"Canada: A People's History" either
.learned or were reminded that the first
meetings ofCanada's Aboriginal People and
Europeans occurred in the sixteenth, and
seventeenth centuries, long before Bach,
Handel and Vivaldi, not to mention Mozart,
Beethoven and Schubert. The European
music' of that time, which we now refer to as
;'early music", has been the subject of
considerable research and study, because the
performance tradition is broken. Wear~
· fortunate in Toronto to have a growing
number of ensembles who are presenting the
."lost" music of the European generations that
discovered and settled in North America.
pngland's critically acclaimed all
male a capella vocal quartet, the Orlando
Consort, ·will ~ake its Toronto debut with
one performance of its program, "New
Strawberries, New Mulberries", music from
late medieval and early renaissance Europe,
One of the most excitip.g " World Music" at Trinity-St. Paul'.s Church on November 3.
events- of November will be the Aboriginal The music on the program, with titles like
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Von Eyern (Of Eggs) and Adieu ces hons
vins, is all related to food and drink, and the
program notes will even include authentic ·
recipes from the period. The Toronto ·
Consort, who are presenting this appearance
of the Orlando Consort, has advised us:
"Contrary to what Hollywood would have us
believe, the medieval diet consisted of much
more than grey slops." Similarly, their notes
point out, there is much mcire variety in .
medieval and early renaissance music.than ·
the stereotypical "strolling minstrel". This
concert will he)p us form a truer idea of what · ·
late medieval and early' renaissance Europe
was really like. ' ' .
On N.ovemb,er 5 Baroque Music
Beside the Grange will reveal connections
between traditional and art music in l 8thcentury
Scotland by performing music from
James Oswald's l3~volume collection of
Scots tunes. for flute. Again music wi11 bring
uS: an antidote to our. stereotypical images of .
Scottish life.
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A new voiCe, as it were, on the .
·, Toronto concert scene, York Universit)''s
Glendon College, will present a concert by
Montreal viola da gamba duo, Les Voix ·
Humaines, at the Gle11don Gallery on
November 6. If you loved the music for the .
film, Taus !es matins du monde,. this is a
concert not to miss! November 11 brings two
early music concerts, the first (alphabetically),
a new ensemble called "I Furiosi",
will be joined by percussionist, Graham
Hargrove, in a program of mus.ic by Handel
and Purcell, called "Death and Remembrance".
The second is a program of music
by J.S. Bach presented by Mooredale
Concerts.
On November' 17 organist, John
Tuttle, in commemoration of the 250th
anniversary of the death of J.S. Bach, will
perform J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in£flat
Major and the large chorale settings from
the Klavier ubung (part III), both works from
the mature period of the composer's musical
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' by Byrd, Palestrina and Victoria. Also on
December 2 Musicians in Ordinary will ·
present "a reconstruction of a Mass using
music available to a small cfrcle of musicians
in Venice around 1630 .... The motets and ,
chanted readings anp Gregorian chant will pe
, appropriate for the Feast of St. Stephen" (Dec.
26). December 2 will' also offer the collaboration
of the Sine Nomine Medieval Music
Ensemble and Cantores Celestes Women's
. Shoir; whose concert is entitled, A Medieval
to Modern Celebration. · ·
4) MADE IN CANADA
Ther:e will be many opportunities to hear fine
Canadian singers in November. Tenor,
Richard Margison, will give a recital, part of.
the Roy Thomson Hall Vocal Recital Series,
on November 6. Bass-baritone, Russell Drago,
accompanied by Melody McShane, will
present a varied program "featuring rriany
. musical styles" on November 7'an,d 8 at the
Rivoli, beginning at 8:00. Russell Braun,
Michael Schade and Brett Polegatp will sing
with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
at the Glenn Go'uld Studio on November 9,
and Donna Brown will give a recital, one of
the Aldeburgh C

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Sunday, December 10, 2000 • 3:00 p.m.
Grace, Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road (fully accessible)
Adult $18 •Students/Seniors $16 • Children under 12 $5
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an exciting programme that is
helping to demystify contemporary
music and build
audiences for new.music in
Toronto. Audience members
are paired at concerts with
professional composers, who
serve as personal guides.
Patrons meet with their
COMPOSER COMP ANION at
the theatre just before the
performance and discuss the
programme to follow. They are
· then seated together and the
composer guides the listener ·
through the concert.
Audiences are clearly enthusiastic
about their experiences.
"It is clear that Canadian music
is alive and well and sitting
right beside you," stated one
local piano teacher. "Most
audience meribers are in· a
more passive role. This
program allows for a greater
understanding or'the process -
how music gets to the stage
when you actually hear it." "It
does provide you With a
window that you do not
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CONCERT NOTES •!•
HEAR & Now NEW Music
1) AMS Conference and Baker, Ronda Rindone on eluded in their November 7
Massey Hall New Music November 5, Salon des program are works by contem-
Festival Refuses, with works by five porary Canadian composers
The American Musicological young· Toronto composers, on . Glenn Buhr and Harry Freed-
Society conference and the November 5, Ensemble Noir on man. The same night the
Massey Hall New Music November 8, John Farah on Kronos Quartet will be at Roy
Festival have a great many November 9, presenting work Thomson Hall performing
concerts between them during composed during his residency Philip Gl~ss's original music
the first ten days of November, last summer at Gibraltar Point for the 1931 Dracula, with a
although they are far froin on Tororito Island, Dave Clarke simultaneous screening of the
being the only shows in town. and the Woodchoppers film. On November 17 New
lt is the nature of new Association on November 12, Music Concerts presents
music that when it really is new Les Amis, with music by Winter Diary, a "Radiophonic
it is primarily a local phenom- Michael Pepa and others on . soundscape composition" by R.-
enon. Thus the AMS Confer- . November 17, "Autobiomusics" Murray Schafer iii collaboraence
new music concerts are of Udo Kasemets (who, tion with Claude Schryer and
particularly welcome as they incidentally is now listed in · Gallery one20ne. On Novemparachute
into our local scene Groves), on November 19, ' her- 25 the Esprit Orchestra will
the new music scene from "Sonatas Ancient and Mod- present a concert entitled
other communities. ern", with music by Andrew Exquisite Fires, with music by
If there is an unspoken Ager at Calvin Presbyterian Bouchard, Harman, Jeths &
theme tothe Ma~sey Hall Church on November 19, music Numan, with guest soloist,
Festival it must be co-opera- by Jason Hammer at Artword violist, Rivka Golani. The
tion and collaboration: twelve Theatre on November 19, the concert lJands of the U ofT
Canadian university choirs Canadian Electronic Ensemble Faculty of Music in their
combining under the direction on December 1 and Contact December 2 concert will
of a Swedish conductor; then Contemporary Music Ensem- perform a newly c:ommissioned
Evergreen Club Gamelan ble presenting "Music by _work by Canadian composer,
Ensemble joining forces with Living Canadian Composers" Lothar Klein. Two very interthe
Elmer Isel.er Singers; Esprit on December 3.
esting events occur right at the
Orchestra and the Hannaford 5) Larger Ensembles: ~nd ~f ~he time fra~e we cover
Street Silver Band; and New Les Acceptes m this ISsue. On December 6
Music Concerts' bringing us The month begins with A~tumn Leaf Performance ..
the Ensemble Contemporain ArrayMusic's series of per- p esents 14 Remem~ber~d , a
de Montreal. So, not only is the . formances of Robert W. contemporary reqmem m
music new, but the combina- Stevenson's musical theatre memory o~the fo~Arteen
tions of perlormers are as well. piece Nostalgia a show you women sl~m at L Ecole .
Let the music begin. won't have to mi~s because of P?lytechmque, the tragedy
3) The U.niversities
Student coII].posers from York
University will present their
work on campus on November
1 and at St. George the Martyr
Church on November 3. Then,
on November 4 York's music
department and U. ofT.'s
Faculty of Music join forces to
put on concert of John Cage's
music.
3) The Local Scene: Les
Refuses and more
More and more composers, it
seems, are taking on the
challenge of getting their music
performed, either by performing
it themselves or organizing
concerts with other performers.
It is a constructive and
healthy approach to the
problem of getting new music
performed and at the same
time has moved us away from
our musical culture being
exdusively a "museum culture".
So look for toneART
Ensemble on November 4,
featuring the work of Rob
16 Whole note NOVEMBER 1, 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000
/
all the other things going on history ca,~ls The Montreal
because it has a four-night run. Massacre by Ahmed Hassan,_
The Talisker Players a collec- and on December 7 N~w Music
tive of string players' who . i Concerts and. the Music Gallery
organized themselves origi-
co-pr~sent ,..,znfo.weaver~
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"Night Beat"
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CONCERT NOTES •!•
When it comes to
making a start on the
piece for WholeNote,
some months are
more difficult than others.
There are always distractions,
other things more pressing,
even if that sometimes consists
of doing nothing. It is the
threat of a deadline, that sword
of Damocles hanging over you,
that eventually results in
today's equivalent of pen beip.g
put to paper. Thjs month the
distractions are even more
numerous since I'm filing the
column from overseas - ·
England, to be exact. So,
instead of my customary notes
with a Toronto emphasi!', here
are a few pointers for those of
you who might be planning to
visit Britain and, of course,
hear some jaz~.
The first of them is, don't
fall over when you find out how
expensive it is! The pound is
strong against the lowly
Canadi~n dollar and if you are
on a shoestring budget, you
might just fnd that your
shoestring is strangling you.
Even a very modest double -
room, that is - in a hotel will ·
run you about $200.00 per
night.
But on to jazz, and if
you happen to be in London,
there is a wide variety available,
but be prepared to travel
considerable distances if the
club you are looking for is in
the suburbs. That's where good
old London Tran~port comes
in. There is a really good bus
and sµbway, (kno\.vn locally as
the tube), system The two main
JAZZ NOTES
· clubs are still Ronnie Scott's
and The Pizza Express, both in
Soho, and both regularly
presenting overseas performers.
But the easiest way to
check on what is happening in
clubs and concert halls is to
pick up some of the many
guides to what's on in jazz.
"Jazz In London'', which is
self-explanatory, is a free
monthly listing of what's on in
the city and suburbs. "Jazz
Guide" is aimed more at the
traditional end ofthe spectrum
and gives information on just
about every venue for traditional
jazz in England.
If your travels take you
to Bonnie Scotland and you
want to catch some jazz, try
looking up www.jazz-inscotland.co.uk.
They also
publish a free monthly guide
called "Jazz In Scotland." Then
there is "Jazz UK,"
( www.jazzservices.org. uk),
which comes out bi-monthly
with news, views, reviews and
listings for the whole country.
You can also surf and seek
www.jazz-in-britain.com for
listings and links. One small
footnote: for many of the clubs
be prepared to pay a cover
charge and for most o(the
performances it is an 8:00 or
8:3op.m. start, with 2 sets and
ending between 11:00 and
'midnight. On any given night
there is a choice of about a
dozen pubs and restaurants
offering local jazz.
A couple of asides -- When
you are crossing the street
don't forget, look right for
oncoming traffic. And if you
think the ~raffle is bad in
Toronto, in the words of Mr.
Durante; "You ain't seen
nothin' yet!" Another aside of
interest to fashion conscious
jazz fans. I am certainly no
expert on the latest fashions,
but I could not help but notice
that flared bottoms seem to be
"in" again. I mean, of course,
the leg bottoms of ladies'
pants! Anyway, for what it is
worth, (which is probably a
good deal less than the asking
· price), the style that was in
vogue, what was it, thirty years
ago, is now back again.
When I am on the road
like this I like to pick up little
snippets of trivia. For example,
the largest used record store in
Europe is located in Croydon,
just outside London. They have
in stock hundreds of thousands
of 45's, lp's and CDs and will
gladly try to find rare items for
you, but if it is special, expect
to'Pay accordingly. A price of
$500.00 is not at all unusual
for a hard-to-get album. But
take heart, the
average price is, in
fact, quite realistic
although CD prices
are higher than in Canada. A
travel note. So far on this, trip I
have taken nine flights. Eight
of them have been delayed and
on one of them, they lost my
luggage. Don't let anybody tell
you that getting there is half
the fun!
Out of sight, but not out of
mind department. There is the
usual interesting array of
music on offer in Toronto in
~he upcoming month and I'll
make mention of only a few.
On Nov 8 at Roy Thomson Hall
guitarist John McLaughlin
reconfirms his passion for the
highly improvised music of
India when he presents
"Remember Shakti". With him
will be Zakir Hussain on tabla.
Not exactly straight ahead jazz,
but fascinating music. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe
Street. (416)872-4255, $29.50
-$56.50 .
Along much inore traditional
lines on Nov 3 The
Classic Jazz Society of Toronto
will present New York based
trumpeter Peter Ecklund with ·
The Hot Five Jazzmakers. Also
on the bill are Alex Pangman
and hef Alley Cats, with Jeff
Healey. Estonian House, 958
Broadview Ave. (416) 485-
5489. Tickets $25.00,($20.00
n;embers), $8.oo students.
Ifyou, like big band musiC
you are probably familiar with
the name Oliver Nelson. On
Nov 29, University of Toronto
Faculty of Music will present
"The Music of Oliver Nelson".
The music is under the direction
of Paul Read and Phil
Nimmons and is a tribute to
one of the most creative
arrangers jazz has kt:i.own. ·
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park.
(416) 978-3744. Tickets $12.00
.- $6.oo.
Must head off to Pentonville
Prison now - I promised myself
that I would see the changing
of the guard.
18 Whdlenote NOVEMBER 1, 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000

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CONCERT NOTES •!• HEAR AND Now, continued •!• JAZZ NOTES •!• OuR MEMBERS WRITE
I've had a busy and interesting
month. I decided to make it my
goal to visit, and sit in oil a
rehearsal ·with each of the nineteen
bands in the 416/ 905 areathat were
listed in this column in the September
issue of Wholenote. I've visited eight
bands in the past year. The reception
•that I've gotten has been quite pleasing,
even before I identify myself. Granted,
it's possible that walking into a community
band rehearsal with·a bassoon in
hand helps, but I'm pretty sure that
warm welcome is available to anyone
who is interested in getting involved in
their local band.
Long & McQuade Music has a series of
four free clinics starting in mid November.
Of particular int.ere~t to Bandstand
readers are the trumpet clinic, with Mark
Ridenour of the Chicago_ Symphony
Qrchestra (Nov. 11, 10 a.m. - noon in
room C130 at the Edward Johnson
Building, U ofT) and the saxophone
clinic, with Kirk MacDonald (Nov. 18, 2-
4 p.m., at the Bloor St. store.) Call Long
&McQuade's at (416) 588-7886 for more
info on their entire clinic series.
The Newmarket Citizen's Band has
recently moved their. webpage to a new
and permanent home. They can now be
reached at: http://members.home.net/
clbl-bass/ ncb. The site has a nice, vibrant
look to it, and even includes a map to the
band's rehearsal location:
The Hannaford Street Silver band is
appearing with the Esprit Orchestra as
part of the Massey Hall New Music
Festival on Nov. 7. Of particular interest
!o me on this program is the Michael
Colgrass work "Urban Requiem" for
winds and sax quartet. Trombonist
extraordinaire Alain Trudel is a guest
soloist for the evening, and the event is
under the baton of the Esprit Orchestra's
Alex Paul,

Geordie McDonald presents:
(416) 408-1146
75 Portland St.
Sunday, Nov. 26 th 2000
8pm to 9pm
Bridge · .
To Everywhere ·
An Evening of Acoustic Jazz
arranged.by Nancy Walker
Thursdays in October and November, 12:30 - 1: 10 p.m.
. Bag lunches welcome •:• Freewill offering
Nov. 2nd
·Fools Rush In. Vocal duets by Schumann, Milhau

Welcome to Part 3 of our 2000/2001 Member Profiles .
This list represents all memberships: part 1 appeared in'September,_Part 2 in October, and part 3 in Nov~mber.
r . ' I· . _ . . . . ,
WholeNote is proud,to have member support of a
tremendous number of flourishing concert organizations,
without whose presence in our pages we
would be a much paler magazine indeed.
As we do every year, once again we offer
each .one the oppcirtun ity to tel I you, our readers,
about themselves: who they are; how to get in touch
with them, upcoming concert activi!Y, what it is
that makes them special: · ,
In this and the l'.lext issue we will be publishing
s.eas6n· profiles of our members, in their
own words. As well, these profiles will be avail­
.able all year · long on our website,
www.thewholenote.com .
Irr our September and October issues we welcomed
the following organizations: September profiles are
marked with an S; Octol;ier ones ·with an 0
' "Aldeburgh Connection - 0
-All The King's Voices - 0
· ~Amade~s Choir - 0 ·
-Amici Chamber Ensemble - 0
cBach Children's Chorus -6 .
-Baroque Music Beside The Grange- 0 ·
-Beach Arts Centre Music School - 0
-CAMMAC- 0
- Cathedral Bluffs Orchestra- S
- Calyx Concerts - S
- Concerts At St. George's - 0
-Dance OREM US danse: 0
-DU0-0
- Etobicoke Community Concert Band - 0 - Toronto Sinfon ietta - 0
- High Park Choirs Of Toronto - 0 · - University O(Toronto, Faculty Of Music - 0
-Jubilate Singers - S
- Vesnivka Choir - 0
- Ju~ilate Chilc]ren's Chorus cif Toronto - S ~ Vocal Point Chamber Choir - 0
- Kammermusik Toronto- 0 - Voices - S
- Kiwanis Music Festival Of Grea,ter Toronto - 0 - Women's Musical Club Of Toronto - 0
'_Les Amis - 0
-York University's F,aculty of
- Music_At,Metropolitan - O
Fi.ne Arts, Dept. of Music - S
- MusicTORONTO - 0
- The New Gujtar - 0
In this issue, we are pleased to welcome the ·
- New Music Concerts - S
fol/owing organizations: '
- -·New Oper~ and Concerts Centre - S
- Off Centre Music Salon - S
-Aboriginal Music Days
- North Toronto Women's Chamber Choir - 0
. - Bell'Arte Singers
- Orpheus Choir Of Toronto - 0
-Canadian Children's Opera Chorus
- Pero~ Music Inc. - 0 .
- Ren11issance Singers - 0 ,
- Roy Thomson Hall 1And. Massey Hall ', 0
- St. Michael's Choir School - S
-The Scarboro~gh Philharmonic Orchestra- 0
'
- Sinfonia Toronto - S •
-.Song Circle- 0
-Soundstreains Canada - 0
-Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
- Talisker Players - 0
- The Tallis Choir - 0
"toneART ensemble -.0
- T oronio Camarata - 0
- Toronto Cantata Chorus - S
- Toronto Chamber Choir - 0
- Toronto Classical Singers - 0
- The Toronto Consort - 0
- Toronto Early Music Centre - S.
-Toronto Senior Strings - 0
'
- Canadian Music Centre
- Centuries Opera Association
~Deer Park Concerts
- Duo L'lntemporel
-'Etobicoke Musical Productions
-Exultate Chamber Singers
- Festival Wind Orchestra
-Guerrilla Gallery
- Libre Music
- Millennium Youth Orchestra
-Mississauga Child.ren's Choir
· - Music at St. Clement's
-Oakville Symphony Orchestra
- Pax Christie Chorale
~Skye Consort
-St. George's Anglican Church
-T orol'.lto Choral Society
-Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra
- Trillium Brass Quintet .
- University Settlement Music & Arts Sr:hool
'
t t t Member profiles
ABORIGINAL MUSIC
DAYS (AMD)
Artistic Director: Barbara Croall
Administrative Assistant: Frances Sanderson
tel: 141516~1.2224
email: bcroall@globalserve.net
Affilated with the departments of
Canadian Studies and Aboriginal
Studies programs at the Univer~
sity of Tpronto, Aboriginal Mu.
sic Days presents events which
enrich our awareness of, indigenous
cultures through open panel
discussions, lectures and work ~
' shops/seminars in conjunction
with live performances· of musk ·
and their related artforms. T_he
first event of this ongoing series,'
Aboriginal Music Days 2000,
ta.kes place jointly at University
. College and the Faculty of Mus.ic
on November 16 and 17 .
Anot~er puq)ose of AMD is to
bring_ together guest aboriginal
speakers, scholars ahd artists to
share in the diversity of their dif-
ferent backgrounds. It also grants •·
opportunities for communication
and interaction, not only withi 1
n
the aboriginal community' but '
also with members of other cultures
eager to learn more about.
First Peopl~' history - from be-.
fore colonialism and up until the
present. Musical expression
serves as the central narrative to
.an unfinished story "'.hich continues
to be shap\!d and developed.
BELL'ARTE SINGERS '
39 Osborne Avenue, Toronto, ON,
M4E 5G5 .
Contact: Jody Paul ..
.Ptione: (905) 420· 1251
Fax: (905) 420-1651
Artistic Director: Lee Willi.ngham,
Phone: (416) 466·2357
As a community of music lovers,
we continue to gather each week
to prep'are for concerts that we
hope our audi_ence~ will appreci,­
ate. pur musical appetites are
quite insatiable. We hope you ·
22 Wholenote OCTOBER 1, 2000. - NOVEMBER 7, 2000
"'
' Misa Criolla. Carmina Burana is Fax: (416) 363-5584
March's feast. And two lovely ,
French sacred wo~ks; Poulenc's
Gloria and Durufles Requiem
are our springtim!'! offerings.
So .. . a full menu: Make the
Bell' Arte Sin$ers' season part
of your musical dining.
Led by founder and Music
Director, Lee Willingham, with
accompanist Ian Sadler, this fine
45 member ensemble will collaborate
with noted guest performers:
Cassava Latin
Rhythms, Rodrigo Chavez,
Sharla Nafziger, Darryl
Edwards, Doug MacNaughton,
and Popov & Vona, Duo Pianists.
For tickets and information, .
please contact 416-699-5879 or
1
www. bellartesingers. com
CANADIAN CHILDREN'S
OPERA CHORUS ·
· Artistic Director:.Ann Cooper Gay
. will join us as we indulge our- General Manager: Nina Draganic
selves! Oti~ fall concert will 'fea" Accompanist: Bruce Ubul

t t t Mem.ber profil.es C~NTURIES OPERA
year will ~ake place in May : ASSOCIATION
2001. Following 7 perfor.m- Artistic o'irector: Michele Strano
ances of John Greer's· The 1138 Eglinton Ave. West
Snow Queen at the du Ma1.,1rier Toronto, ON MBC 2E2
Theatre, the opera will have Phone: (416) 787·3708
its European premiere as. the Fax: (416) 787· 1028
CCOC tours Germany and the
Netherlands!
The CCOC has released 3
CD's:. Creatures Great & ·
Small (1999) Daiulelio11 Parachutes
(1993) and Sir
Christemas (1989).
CANADIAN MUSIC
CENTRE
Executive Director: Elisabeth Bihl
Address: 20 ~t Joseph Str~et, T-Oronto,
O~ M4Y 1J9
Phone: 416-961-6601
Fax: 416-961-7198
E-mail: info@musiccentre.ca
Web site: www.musiccentre.ca
The Centuries Opera Association,
a non-profit organization, '
was formed in 1993. The company
is c\edicated to provicling operatic
performance opportunities for .Ca­
·nadian talent in opera and concert.
Outside of the Canadian Opera
Company, Centuries Opera i~· the. ,
only company in Tor.onto to offer
productions with a full orchestra,
scenery and costumes. To encourage
new talent we also offer ·
yearly opera workshops with seasoned
professionals. Since 1993
we have produced Cavaleria
Rusticana,, Tosca, La Traviata, ,
La Boheme, Madama Butterfly,
L 'Elisir d 'Amore and many concerts
in the Markham Theatre,
Leah Posluns Theatre and the To'­
ronto Centre for the Arts. ·
We use professional orchest~a
members of the Totonto Sym- ·
phony. In 1997 soprano Gerlinde
.Strangemaru1 a~d the Centuries
. Opera Orchestra, conducted by
William Shookhoff released a CD.
Favoured Melodies of Opera, Op- '
eretta and Lieder. Other conductors
have included Roberto De
Clara and Kerry Stratton. Since
1995 we have presented Opera
· Magic, an evening of selections
from op!!ra, Broadway and song;
. this year, Opera Magic fe~tured
a ·concert version of Madama
Butterfly.
.'/
The CMC exists to promote
and disseminate the music of
'Canadian composers; Its library
houses 14,00'0 scores to
date, both published and
unpublished; some 3500
· recordings,' biographical files
and program notes on·over 500
Canadian composers. Syores
may be borrow.ed free of
charge and CD listening facilities
are available. The CMC
also operates a worldwide
mail order CD Distribution
service for its own
CE~TREDISCS label as well
as for independent contemporary
Canadian music recordings.
The CMC provides serve
ices tb its '!Ssocia~e composers
including archival services,
printing and binding services,
registration of all new works,
distribution services, and rqy~
alty payments. Currently the
CMC is undergoing a massive
digitization of its over 1.4 million
pages of music to be availabl.e
on the Internet in the near
fijture. As a component of
promotion of its associate
composer's music, the CMC
prov\de"s repertoire consultation
servi.ces to performers, ·
conductors, and the public.
The CMC has five regional
offices in Toronto, Montreal,
Calgary, Vancouver, and
Sackville.
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THURSDAY DEC I 4 '
fRIDAY DEC I 5 ..
.SATURDAY DEC I 6
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DEER PARK CONCERTS ETOBICOKE MUSICAL and 1993 International Choral· •
DU0 l'INTEMPOREL
3oy; Blandford Street
fonlnto, ON , M6E 3A 7
I f '
·Phone: !4161657-0076
Cont~ct: David Sandal, Mylene Guay
For ovi!r ;en years, baroque flauti~t
Mylerte Guay and harpsichordist ·
David. Sandall have ventured into
~e music of the late 17th to late
"I 8th centuries exploring the rich
'repertoire composed for flute and .
haipsichord/continuo. · Du,o
L'Intem-porel present programs
I. . . .
that both challenge and move its
\isteners. Our 2000/2001 season
' begins Saturday; N ove111ber 25
with music by .T.S .. Bach, Antonio
Vivaldi, Michel Blavet and some .
keyboard sonatas by Domenico
Scarlatti, all performed in the
intimate acoustics ofKimboume '
Park United Church. Watch for
our advertisements here in
Wholenote.
EXULTATE CHA¥BER
SINGERS
Operations Manager: Kelly Baxter'Golding.
P.hone: (416) 410-3929
Fax: (416) 979-0261
emajl: kbgtravel@hotmail.com
website: www.exultate.on.ca
Winners of the Canada Council's
Healey Willan grand prize in the
2000 CBC Competition for Amateur,
Choi~s, the· Ex~ltate C!iamber
Singers come together every
Tuesday evening in the pursuit of
musical excellence with their ,
founder, John Tuttle. Since 1981,
the choir has been packaging imaginative
programs for subscription
series that has attracted dedicated
following.
The Exultate Chamber '
Singers have inade several guest
appearances, including the 1989 .
24 Whole note OCTOBER 1, ' 2000 - NOVEMBER 7; 2000
Artistic Director: William Wright PRODUCTIONS
Festivals, three Guelph Spring
'129 St. Clair Avenue West P.O. Box 12510, 415 The Westway, Festivals and Festival of the
Toronto, ON M4V 1N5
~tobicoke, Ontario, M9R4C7
Sound. This season the choir
·Phone: (416) 962-3381 (416) 924-7773.
presents its fifth noon-hour conc~rt
Qeer ,-Park Concerts was
founded in 1970 to celebrate and Etobicoke Musieal Productions, a at Roy Thomson H;all.
2000/2001 Season
feature the new Casavant mechanical-action
. non-profit corporation formed in All performances at St. Thomas' s
organ in.Deer 1965, is a proud partic;ipant in the Church, 383 Huron St., Toronto at
Park United Church, a gift of the Arts Etobicoke President's i.egacy 8 pm.
· late Charles Rathgeb. Music Di- · Schol 1 arship Fund Program. Using - October 27, 2000, The'Hunprofessional
rector William Wright demonstrated
and volunteer artists dred Years $core, featuring .
the wide variety of literature
we stage 8 performances twice a Canadian premiere of Alice
Suitable for organ at a dedi­
y'ear. This fall we present City of Pa.rker's An American Kedusfla.
cation service. Organist Marie­ · Angels by Larry Gilbert, with · - December 15, 2000, Global
Claire Alain played the first recital
music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Good Tidings
and many prominent organ­
David Zippe!. Thi~ musical is a - February 23, 2001, Durufle
ists from Europe aHCl the United film hoir trip back to seedy Holly- Requiem with guest conductor
States followed. Sil!ce then an · wood and into the realm of 1940's Wayne Riddell · ·
annual concert series continues; · detective movies. Performances - May 11 1 2001, The Prima
featuring guest and local organizations
plus the church's excep­
Dec. 1 &. i. In 2001, we present with guests Mary Lou Fallis and
will run November 17-19, 24-26,. Donna's Choral Adventure
tional

with Cecilia Bartoli on the west
coast.
American fiddle virtuoso
Mark O'Connor will appear in
solo recital at these same venues
on March 5 and 6 respectively.
Mark's fiddle has graced
over 1,000 records in the la:st 25
years - he is a genuine "Musician's
Musician". His recent
tours and CDs with Edgar
Meyer and Yo Yo Ma have·
taken audiences worldwide by
storm.
THE 'MILLENNIUM
YOUTH ORCHESTRA
(TMYO)
' Music Director: Gabriel Friedman
Address: P.O.Box 156, 9325 Yonge St.
Richmond Hill, Ont. L4C DAB
Fax: (905) 770-1198
E-mail: proyouthorchestra@yahoo.ca
Website: www .geocities.com/
proyouthorchestra
Young music;ians. from throughout
York Region and the GTA
have come together to form four
performing ensembles: Professional,
Senior, Intermediate and
Junior. Program includes sym.:
phonic and chamber music, with
selections from operas, operettas,
musicals and popular music.
TMYO Professiqnal and
Senior ensembles aspire to the
highest artistic standards. Membership
in these ensembles is an
honor accorded only to those who
have demonstrated proficiency on
their instrument. Selected musi- ·
cians from TMYO Professional
are offered to coach young
musicians from the Intermediate
and Junior ensembles.
Remuneration is granted to
qualified members.
Prospective members of
TMYO Professional, Senior
and Intermediate ensembles
must audition, and will be
placed acco~ding to their
'skill level. No auditions are
required for TMYO Junior
ensemble. Recognition is
given to music teachers who
inform, ·inspire and encou.rage
their students to join
TMYO.
Musicians can apply by
sending biography or letter
of interest via fax,. e-mail or
mail.
MISSISSAUGA
CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Musical Director: Thomas Bell
Administrator: Kathy Brisley
Address: P.O. Box41047.4141 Dixie Rd
Mississauga, ON L4W 4X9
Phone: 905-624-9704
Email: mcc@eol.ca
Website:
wwwtoronto.comlE/G/TORON/0020113/07
The Mississauga Children's
Choir performs a varied repertoire
ofclassieal and contemporary
children's choral music. Over 90
members, aged 7 to 18 are divided
into two choruses. MCC enjoys an
established relationship with Opera
Mississauga, the Mississauga Symphony
and the City of Mississauga.
Mayor Hazel McCallion is the
choir's Honorary Patron. Principal
performances take place in
Mississauga's Living Arts Centre,
with community concerts throughc
out the GTA.
The Mississauga Children's
Choir regularly competes in music
festivals with distinction. This year
the choir attained national semifinalist
in the prestigious CBC choral
competition for amateur choirs.
The choir also won its category in ·
the Peel Music Festival.
The MCC has commissioned
many works from Canada's foremost
composers, including Nancy
Tel~er, Eric Robertson and Srul
Irving Glick.
Engagements during the 2000/'l
season include Carmen with Opera
Mississauga, the premiere of a
newly-commissioned work by Bob
Chilcott, and a recording project in
preparation for a major tour.
thie skye consort
traditional celtic melodies
matthew white - countertenor
presents
Cardey-Burt Duo
· "After the Harvest"
Saturday, November 25, 2000 at 8 pm
St. Thomas a Becket Anglican Church
3535 South Common Court, Mississauga
Warren Nicholson, Guitarist
with flautist Linda Henderson
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MUSIC AT ST. CLEMENT'S
Music Director: Thomas Fitches
Contact Person: Lee Harmer
Address: St. Clement's Anglican Church
59 Briar Hill Ave., Toronto, ON M4R 1H8
Phone: (416) 483·6664
Fax. (416) 483-8586
E-mail: tfitches@stclement's·church.org
Besides providing musical leadership
for the liturgies on Sunday
and other Holy Days, the 11 :00
a.m. adult choir, and the Psallam
Spiritu Choir (choristers aged 7-
17) maintain a vigorous program
throughout the year. For the last
25 years the church has also supported
a parish orchestra, it's
members madr up_ of people
from the surroundmg community.
Some.of the concerts this
season revolve around the
church's recently rebuilt Casavant
Organ. The higl]lights •
include: The Inaugural Organ
Recital by the British Organist,
David Goode on Saturday, Nov.
18"at 8:00 p.m. On Friday Dec.
I, at 8:00 p.m. The Trillium .
Brass Quintet, and Organist
Thomas Pitches will perform;
andonSunday, Dec. 10at7:00
p.m., the choir will sing an
Advent Carol Service. On
Sunday March 25, 2001at4:30
p.m. a concert with organ,
choir, and readings on "The
Blessed Virgin Mary."
THE OAKVILLE
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Music Director/Conductor: Roberto De Clara
General Manager: Peter J. Kahro
Address: 146 Lakeshore Road East
Oakville, ON L6J 1 H4
Tel: (905) 338-1462 Fax: (905) 338-7954
Email:oakville.symphony@sympatico.ca
Web site: www.oakvillesymphony.com
The Oakville Symphony celebrates
its 33rd season this year
with some of the most exciting
music in symphonic repertoire.
Highlights of the 2000-2001 season
will include the thrilling
Tchaikovsky Symphony #4, both
the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
and the majestic Symphony #5 ·
(Reformation), as well as
Mozart's sublime Piano Concerto
# i. Guest artists for the
season will be exciting Russian­
Canadian pianist Alexander
Tselyakov, the talented young
pianist Andrew Aarons, plus the
orchestra's distinguished Concertmaster
foseph Peleg and Principal
Violoncellist, Jose Shapero. In
addition to the regular subscription
season, the orchestra will also be
performing six sold out performances
of the ever~popular Nutcracker
in December and two
outdoor Pops Concerts at the Waterfront
Festival in June. The
Oakville Symphony Orchestra
provides music for audience's of .
all ages.
PAX CHRISTI CHORALE
Conductor: Stephanie Martin
• 122 Song Meadoway, Willowdale ON
M2H 2T7
Phone: (416) 494· 7889
Email: paxinfo@paxchristichorale.org
Website: www.paxchristichorale.org
Pax Christi Chorale, 'rorontd's
Mennonite choir, continues'to
maintain a tradition of fine choral
singing .. In the fall of 1999, the
choir released its first CD,
Rejoice! On Saturday, December
9, 2000 at 8 pm and Sunday, December
10 at 3 pm, Pax Christi
presents Glorify · the Lord!, a
festival of c;arols old and new
including music by Ager, Mendels­
.sohn, Praetorius and Rutter, with
guest reader Eric Friesen, organist
Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill, and the
Trillium Brass Ensemble.
On Saturday, April 28, 2001 at
8 pm and Sunday, April 29 at 3
pm, join us for Dream of
Gerontius, Elgar's richly-woven
tale of life and death. With tenor
Lenard Whiting as Gerontius,
mezzo-soprano Laura Pudwell as
the Angel, and full orchestra, this
rare Canadian performance is not
to be missed!
Concert venue: Grace Church
on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road (at
Russell Hill Road, one block east
of Spadina, two lights north of St.
Clair). For tickets, call (416)
494-7889
THE SKYE CONSORT
Toll free: 1 ·866-487·2574
e-mail: seandagher@hotmail.c~m
The Skye Consort takes two
very old traditions and blends
them to create something very
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new and very exciting. This is the
only group to perform and explorer
the Celtic repertoire using
a counter-tenor voice and baroque
string instruments. In fact, ·the
group's sound reflects the early
music tradition In the context of
contemporary interpretations of
folk music from Scotland,· Ireland,
England, Sweden, France,
and Quebec.
, Sean Dagher and Alex Kehler
have created the musical arrangements
of these seldom-heard vocal
and instrumental pieces.
These arrangements are centred
around the counter-tenor voice
and exploit the unique blend of
instruments in the group.
The Skye Consort features .
countertenor Matthew White, who
has been heard to great acclaim
'·
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'as a sol01st with a great many baroque
enst

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audiences likely won't have the
opportunity to hear anywhere
else and culminating in a gala
performance at the Toronto Centre
forthe Arts in May. For
more information, please call
(416) 712-6582.
TRILLIUM BRASS
QUINTET
Contact: Jennifer Schofield or Scott Good
Phone: (416) 533·9142
barley@interlog.com.
Trillium Brass Quintet celebrates
five years of music making together!
This Toronto base.ct group
of orchestral freelancers is dedicated
to the art of ensemble
P,laying. Whether basking in the
sounds of the 'Renaissance or
exploring uncharted territory,
Trillium always delivers engaging
programs of music for brass.
,Raise your spir.its and your
voice (and your glass afterwards)
in an evening of music for the
Christmas season. Join the TBQ
in concert with organist Tom
Pitches at St. Clement's Anglican
Church, Friday December 1".
Once again TBQ returns to the
Music Gallery (February 27m,
new location) for an exciting concert
featuring premieres by Kye
Marshall and TBQ bass trombonist,
Scott Good. Watch for
updates on our spring concerts!
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UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT
MUSIC & ARTS SCHOOL
Administrator: Julie Arnold
23 Grange Road, Toronto, ON M5T 1 C3
Phone: (416) 598·3444
Fax: (416) 598,4401
Providing affordable, quality program~
for all ages, University
Settlement Music & Arts
School believes that the arts
should be a right, not a privilege.
We offer individual lessons on 17
instruments and voice, in a wide
range of styles. Group classes
are mainly age-specific and include
children's music, dance
and visual arts, an adult choir
and a chamber program.
Recitals by students, teachers
· and special gue~ts are an integral
part of our program. On Sunday,
Decembe~ 3 at 7:00 p~ at
St. George the Martyr Church
(107 John Street) the School and
Con.tact Contemporary Music
Ensemble are hosting a concert
featuring work by living Canadian
composers. Special guests ,
include Eve Egoyan, the Sunrise
Quartet and Ting Hong. Tickets
ate $10/$5, wit.h proceeds going
to the School's subsidy fund.
OUR MEMBERS WRITE ...
*All The King's Voices, who have been featured on CJRT
9i.1 FM, invite you to an open rehearsal wjth the Artillery
Pops Swing Band on Friday December 1 at 7:3opm. For
more information call (416)225-
2255.
· *Canadian Children's Opera Chorus members are
following last month's participation in the Canadiam Opera
Company's Otello with appearances in the U ofT Faculty
of Music Opera Division's world premier production
of Gary Kulesha and Michael Patrick Albano's The Last
Duel, November 2-5. ·
*T~e Canadian Music Centre has announced the app~mtment
of Sheldon Grabke as the new Ontario, Regional
Director, replacing David G,.H. Parsons who is the newly
appointed Music Officer at the Ontario Arts Council.
Sheldon brings to the position extensive experience in
music performance, bu'siness administration and ,music
education.
'
*The Toronto Consort's newest. recording on: the Dorian
label is available across Canada and the USA. The Way of
the Pilgrim: Medieval Songs of Travel (DOR-93214) is the
ensemble's eighth recording. The Toronto Consort combines
voices with an array of period instruments to evoke
the exotic sounds of medieval Europe.
*The Toronto Symphony Orchestra welcomes Jane
' E. Corbett as Director of Development. Ms. Corbett brings
more than 20 years of experience in non-profit arts organizations,
including the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra, th~ Vancouver Opera Association
and the Canadian Opera Company.
*The Women's Musical Club of Toronto announces
Yegor Dyachkov, cellist, as the first winner of an important
new Career Develop~ent "Artist of the Year" Award. The
Award assists exceptional young Canadian musicians alrea~y
embarked on professional solo careers, to further
their careers through solo concert engagements ;ind professional
advic_e.
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profiles and links to
members' websites,
visit the Wholenote
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Music Theatre
Remembrance of Things ·Past
November productions evoke lives lived ·
by Sarah B. Hood· , .
It has always seemed appropnate to
me that November is the month in
which we think 'of the dead. As the
sky turns grey, the days grow shorter
and the leaves begin to fall, thoughts
of our mortality naturally occur.
No surprise that November 1 (the
day after Hallowe'en) is celebrated
in the Roman Catholic calendar as
All Saints Day. It's followed by
November 2, (All Souls Day), when
prayers are offered for those in
Purgatory. And, of course, on
November 11, much of the world
honours those who died in war.
same time. The multi-voiced effect
is musical in structure, quite
consciously. Young's original
concept was to match each scene
with a section of Bach's Goldberg.
Va~iations, which Gould recorded
as a brilliant 23-year-old, and then
. again one year before his.death at
age 50. As most of the actors in this
production have a long history with
the show, the strength of the
ensemble performance has no
doubt mellowed and matured since
its powerful 1992 incarnation.
The dynamic Autumn Leaf
No coincidence, then, that
Opera and Performance is
launching the world premiere of a
there's definitely a theme of remem-
production by percussionist and
brance on stage this month. Several
composer Ahmed Hassan. It's called
important music theatre produc- 14 Remembered, and is billed as "a
tions that open over the next few
contemporary requiem in memory
weeks have at their core the idea of
of the fourteen women slain at L'
remembering those who have died. cole polytechnique on December 6,
For instance, Array-music is
1989". The production, a benefit for
presenting the "premiere workshop
the December 6th Foundation and
production" of Robert W.
the Canadian Women's Foundation,
Stevenson's new opera Nostalgia at Robert W. Stevenson: Nostalgia is a co-commission with Music Canada
Harbourfront from November 1 to 4. score as I compose." 2000.
"I didn't think I was goihg to write Because he scores for individual 14 Remembered plays at Massey
an opera," confesses Stevenson. "Where lines, he often produces chords that Hall on December 6. Hassan himself
this piece has its origin is some letters cannot be played by two hands on a provides musical direction of an intriguing
from my father from the Second World keyboard. "It's been a real challenge to (possibly unique) instrumental ensemble
War. I just followed where the inspiration 'figure out how to make this music consisting of vocals, percussion, viola,
led me until it became clear to me that it pianistic," he says. "It comes into exist- saxophone, double bass, didgeridoo and
• was a stage work. We pretty much just ence with that instrumental sound, an tabla. Thom Sokoloski directs, while
followed where the music has led us." open-voiced kind of conception." Hassan's longtime collaborator Peggy
Stevenson, a clarinetist, has an
Baker provides choreography for herself
eclectic background in composition. He Not a new work by any means, Glenn . and two other dancers (Sara Chase and
has especially become knqwn as a collabo- is happily making a return visit to the du Roula Said). .
rator with some of Toronto's most innova- Maurier Theatre Centre where it debuted At the same time the alwaystive
choreographers, like Holly Small and in 1992. Necessary Angel Theatre Com pa- ambiti??s Autumn Le~f is al.so working on
Bill James. He has composed music fo! a ny's production of David Young's script an exc1tmg co-production with the Ba?ff
number of site-specific dance works like about Glenn Gould is one of the most Centre for the Arts, the opera Kopernzkus
·James' Flux, part of a series of pieces on completely satisfying theatre productions . by Canadia? Claud~ Viv_ier. Vivier died in
the ~lements that were performed (as to have been staged in Toronto in the ·90s. 1983, but his work is. bemg pe~orn;ed
James likes to do) in large warehouse Since its debut its has run at the National around the world. His Kope~mkus is~
spaces. . . Arts Centre in Ottawa to acclaim at the chamber opera for seven vmces and eight
Stevenson has also performed as a Stratford Festival and,(most recently) in instrumentalists in ~~ich a woman .
clarinetist with "lots of contemporary Montreal. Now it comes home to encounters drelj.m VIs1ts from characters
mu.sic groups''., as well as wit~ the well- Harbourfront from November 14 to like Lewi~ Caroll, Merlin, the Queen of .
known Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band. As a December 9. Night, Tnstan and I.solde 1 Mozart and (did
composer, he says "I don't work at the . In dramatizing and exploring the you guTss?) Copenucus: .
keyboard; I write what my ear tells me. I'll life and work of Gould, David Young
Kopermkus ran m B~nff m ~ug~st,
go to the keyboard as a: ref~rence instru- conceived a piece for four.actors (John and then toure? to the ~u?1ca ~est1val m
ment." · ' Koensgen Brandon McGibbon Duncan Strasbourg. This month it is bemg pre-
Therefore, he believes, "I naturally Ollerensh~w and R.H. Thomso~), who sented at England's Huddersfield Festival.
have a tendency to think more linearly. To each embody one aspect of the great The show's Toronto pre~iere is scheduled
me, it's all about what the individual voice pianist's personality. As the Prodigy, the for March 2001 a~ th~ Wmter Garden
is doing within the line. The music is Performer thePerfectionist and the . Theatre, after which it moves to Montreal,
conceived much more for the individual Puritan the four actors talk to themselves, where it constitutes part of the season for
instrument," he says, adding: "I tend to the audience and each other, often at the L'Opera de Montreal.
28 Wholenote NOVEMBER 1, 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000
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Music THEATRE •!• L1sr1NGs: NOVEMBER 2000
ACT. Sondheim· A Birthday Celebration. L!oyd. To December 31. Tuesday· Saturday: original music by Glass; Philip Glass & Kronos David Zippel; Rod Maxwell, director.
Benefit cabaret commemmorating his 70th 8:00; Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday: 2:00. Quartet, performers. November 7: 8:00. 60 November 15· 18, 22·25, 29 & 30, December
birthday. Sally Jones & other, performers'. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. West. Simcoe St. 872-4255. $45 to $65. 1 & 2: 8:00. Sheridan College, 1430
Proceeds to Aids Committee of Toronto. 872-1212. $25 to $115. Roy Thomson Hall. Richard Margison, tenor. Trafalgar Road, Oakville. ~05·815·4049.
November 12: 8:30. Church At Berkeley, 315 Mirvish ProductiQnS. The lion King. Stage Opera program of Puccini, Verdi & Massenet. $20(Wed./Thurs.); $23(~ri./Sat.); $1 l(st/sr
Queen St. East. 416·872-1212. $22,$18. musical of Disney's 1994 animated fea)ure. Canadian Opera Company Orchestra; Richard Wed./Thurs.); $16 (previews Nov.15 & 16).
Alexander Singers & Players,H.M.S. To April 1, 2001. Princess of Wales Theatre, Bradshaw, conductor. November 6: 8:00. 60 Theatricality Plus Players. Nuncrackers.
Pinafore. By Gilbert & ~uliivan. Vincenzo
~00 King St. West. 872-1212. $20 to $115. Simcoe St. 872-4255. $35 to $65. Christmas musical comedy. Nov. 28: 8:00.
Sestito, _director; Angela Hawaleshka, Music Theatre Mississauga. The Merry Sanderson Centre. Nuncrackers. The next Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130
musical director .. November 8: 1 :00; Widow. Music and lyrics by Franz Lehar. chapter in the Nunsense series of musicals. Navy St. Oakville. 905-815·2021. $23.99.
November 9, 10 & 11: 8:00; November 12: November 24, 25, 30, December 1, 2: 8:00; November 16: 2:00 & 8:00; November 17: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Beethoven
3:00. Yorkwoods Library Theatre, 1785 November 26: 2:00. Meadowvale Theatre, 2:00. 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 1 ·800· Lives Upstairs. Story with music of life with
Finch West. 785·0333. $20,$18,group rates. 6315 Montevideo Rd., Mississauga. 905· 265·0710. $25,$23,$22st/sr). Beethoven. Excerpts from Beethoven: Piano
ARRAYMUSIC. Nostalgia. Premiere 821·0090. $18.50,$16.50. Scarborough Music Theatre. Mame. Music Concerto #1; Symphony #6 Pastoral; Leonore
workshop production of opera by Robert W. Necessary Angel Theatre Company. Glenn. & lyri~s by Jerry Herman; book by Jerome O~erture ~~; Symphony .#9 Choral. Classical
Stevenson. Michael Donovan, Stuart Howe, Play by David Young. Deconstruction of the Lawrence & Robert E.Lee. Nov. 2·4, 9· 11, Kids; Patricia Krueger, piano; Errol Gay,
Joel Katz, Shari Saunders & Eric Shaw, ·life of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould with 16· 18: 8:00; Nov. 5 & 12: 2:00. Scarborough conductor. Novemb~r 18: 1 :30 & 3:30. Roy
performers; Ryan Wagner, director.
November 1 ·4: 8:00. dli Maurier Theatre
Centre, 231 Queens Quay West. 973-4000.
$25,$20.
musical excerpts. Previews from November Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. 396· Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 593-4828. $17 ·
11; main run November 14 · December 9. 4049. $18, sr/st $15 on Thursdays & University of Toronto Faculty of Music/
Tues.·Sat.: 8:00; Sat. & Sun.: 2:00. du Sundays. MusicCanadaMusique 2000. The last
Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 Queens Quay St. Christopher House Music School. Duel. Opera with music by Kulesha; Michael
Autumn Leaf Performance/ West. 973·4000. $15·$35; previews $10. Scrooge. A musical adaptation of Charles Patrick Albano, librettist/director; Raffi
MusicCanadaMusique 2000. Hassan: 14 New Music Concerts/Music Gallery. Dickens' A Christmas Carol by composer Armenian, conductor. November 2,3,4: 8:00;
Remembered. Contemporary requiem for 14 -infoweaver. Interactive multi·media music Barry Galloway. Nov.30: 7:30, Dec. 1: 2:00 November 5: 2:30. MacMillan Theatre, 80
women. Peg.~y Baker, .Beverley J~hnsto.n, theatre work by Allik & Mulder. December 7· & 7:30. The John Workman Theatre, 1001 Queen's Park. 978·3744. $25,$15.
Kathleen Ka11oka, Marie·Jo Paradis, Erme 1.0: 8:00. Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College Queen St. W. 532-4828 ext. 107. $20, $5 University of Toronto Opera Dept. Opera
T ollar & other performers. December 6: 8:00. St. 416-978· 7986. 20,$10. (st/sr). , Tea: Liszt Goes to the Opera. Opera & tea on
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Massey Hall, 15 Shuter. 872-4255. $15.50
New Opera & Concerts Centre.
the theatre stage. William Aide, piano,·
Rossini: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Opera
up.. The Barber of Seville. Ross Darlington, Atelier. lu//y's NPerstfe.. Soloists and dancers students of the Opera School. November 21:
CanStage. Outrageous. Canadian musical.- Charles Baxter, Dale Kustra & other of Opera Atelier, Tafelmusik Baroque 2:30. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park.
Book & lyrics by Brad Fraser & Joey Miller. performers; Mila Filatova, artistic director. Orchestra and Chamber Choir. Herve Niquet, 416·978·3744. $25.
To November 18. Mon.·Thurs.: 8:00; Friday November 10 & 11: 8:00; Nov~mber 12: conductor. November 2 & 4: 8:00. Elgin University ofToronto/University of
7:00 & 11 :OOpm; Saturday: 3:00 & 8:00. 2:00 & 8:00. George lgnatieff Theatre, 15 Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 872.5555. $25·$90. Western Ontario/Royal Conservatory of
Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 368· Devonshire Place. 416·604· 1557. $20,$15. Theatre Aquarius. Joseph & the Amazing Music. John Cage: Europera 5. Darryl
3110.
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$20·$40(regular).
. . Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts.
Ed d t L " M D Id
Technicolour Oreamcoat. By Andrew Lloyd war s, enor; or .. a c ona , soprano;
C1v1c Light Oper~ Company. The Wizard of lvanka Delivers the Goods. Musical comedy Webber & Tim Rice; Jeff Hyslop, choreogra· Jack Behren.s, piano; Noel Martin, vitrola;
Oz. 100.years of Oz songs by Arlen, Harburg, by Jo·Ann Waytowich. Nov. 24: 8:30; Nov. pher. December 6·24. Evenings: 7:00; Daryl A. Chrichton, pr~ducer. November 4:
Baum, Tietjens, Van Huessen, Cahn, Smalls & 25: 7:30. 130 Navy St. Oakville. 905·815· Saturday & Sunday matinees: 1:00. 190 King 7:30. Ettore Mazzolem Concert Hall, 273
others. December 7.9 & 14·16: 8:00; 2021. $27.99. William Street, Hamilton. i·800·465·7529. Bloor St. West. 408·2824 ext.321. $15,$12.
December 10 & 17: 2:00. Fairview Library . . · $25·$46, $19·$40(sr/st), $19(under 16). Yorkminstrels. A Funny Thing Happened on
Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive. 203·7839. Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. _The
Nutcrackel Oakville Ballet Company & Oakville Theatre Aquarius. On Albert Street. Books the Way to the Forum. By Larry Gelbart &
$15, $12.50, $10(Wednesdays &'Thursdays). · Bert Shevlove. Robert Gorican, director; Ellen
Symphony Orchestra. Dec. 7 & 8: 7:30; Dec. 9: & lyrics by Maryjane Cruise; music by Glenn
Etobicoke Musical Productions. City of 2:00 & 7:30; Dec. 10: 1:00 & 4:30. 130 Navy St. Morley & Maryjane Cruise. Play with music Kestenberg, musical director; Harvey
Angels. Text by Larry Gilbert; music by Cy Oakviile. 905·815·2021. $22.99. ' (world premiere). To November 11 . 190 King Cooperberg, Clark Allen, Marc Gallo & other
Coleman; lyrics by David Zippel. November . . William St., Hamilton. 1·800·465·7529. performers. November 25,30, December 1,2:
17· 19, 24·26, December 1 & 2. Evenings: Ope.ra Buffa Inc. The Gift. Holiday tale by Previews $25·$36; regular $32·$40. 8:00; November 26, December_ 3: 2:00. Leah
8:00; Sunday matinees: 2:00. Burnhamthorpe"David Kyle. Dec.1: 7:30; Dec.2: 2:00; . . Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst. 416·291·
Auditorium, 500 The East Mall. 416.248. D_ec.15: 8:00; Dec.16 : . 2:~0 & 7:00. fa1rv1ew Theatre Sheridan. City of Angels. Book by 0600. $2l,$l6, group rates.
0410 $21 group rates Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive. 416· Larry Gelbart; music by Cy Coleman; lyrics by
. ' . 872-1111.$18,$12. ----------------------.
Heinar Piller Productions. Wrinkles. ~
Musical revue. Douglas c~amberlain, Corinne Opera in Concert. Rossini: la Gazza ladra. · ·
C I G K f d D · F Laura Whalen, Eric Shaw, Kevin Armstrong &
on ey, ary raw or , emse ergusson,
The New Opera and Concerts Centre
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To November 18. Winter Garden.Theatre, Nakhmanovich, music director. De'cember 3:
189 Yonge St. 872-5555. $19.50 to $46. 2:30. 1 :45: Backgrounder with host lain
Scott. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St.
IMP Productions. You're a Good Man, East. 416·366·7723. $28,$22.
Charlie Brown. The Broadway musical. Kevin
Bowers, director; Neil Bartram, musical
director; Charlotte Moore, Brian ~ills, Cara
Leslie, Gab Desmond & other performers.
Tuesday.Saturday: 8:00; Wednesday,
Saturday, Sunday: 2:00. New Yorker
Opera Mississauga. Bizet: Carmen. Dwight
Bennett, general &.artistic director.
December 2,4,6 & 9: 8:00. Hammerson Hall,
Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive.
905·306·6000. $26·$S4,$18·$85(st/sr).
Theatre, 651 Yonge St. 872-1111. $35.50 Opera Ontario. Popera. Memorable' operatic
to $49.50 (group rates).
show·stoppers. Soloists; Opera Ontario
Living Arts Centre Mississauga. Godspell. Cho~us; Ki~che.ner-Waterloo Philharmonic
Music & lyrics by Stephen Swartz. November Choir; Damel Lipton, conducto~. November 23
1 & 2: 7:30. Hammerson Hall, 4141 & 25: 8:00 a~ Great .Hall, Hamilton Place, 1
LivingArts Drive. 905·306·6000. $35·$55. Summers Lane, Hamilton. 905·526-6556.
· . November 24: 8:00 at Centre in the Square,
Mirvish Productions. Mamma Mia! Musical · Kitch'ener. 519·578· 1570. $25·$79.
based on the songs of ABBA. Music & lyrics
by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus; book
by Catherine Johnson; directed by Phyllida
Roy Thomson Hall. Dracula: The Music and
Film. 1931 film classic with Bela Lugosi:
G 1 o~cl J11 10 Ross11J1's
Th·e BC1rber of Seville
Mila Filatova, Artistic Director and Producer
Nina Scott-Stoddart, Stage Director
Fri November 10, 8:00 p.m.
Sat November .11, 8:00 p.m
Sun November 12, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. ,
George lgnatieff Theatre
15 Devonshire Place (S of Bloor, E of St., George)
Tickets: $20/$15 students, seniors at the door or 416-604-1557
NOVEMBER 1, 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000 Wholenote 29

Comprehensive Concert Listings, Nov 1 to Dec 7
Wednesday November 01
-12:30: York University Dept. of Music.
New Music by Student composers.
Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050
Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 736·
5186. Free.
-12:30: YorkminsterPark Church.
Noonday Recital. Christopher Dawes, organ.
1585 Yonge St. 922:1167. Free.
-2:00 & 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Natalie MacMaster and the
Chieftains. Traditional Irish music. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 593-4828: $39
to $77(eve), $25 to $50 (mat).
-7:30: Living Arts Centre Mississauga.
Godspell. Music & lyrics by Stephen Swartz.
Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Drive . .
905-306-6000. $35-$55. For complete run
se~ Music Theatre listings. ·
-8:00: ARRAYMUSIC. Nostalgia. Premiere
workshop production of opera by Robert W.
Stevenson. Michael Donovan, Stuart Howe,
Joel Katz, Shari Saunders & Eric Shaw,
performers; Ryan Wagner, director. du
Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 Queens Quay .
West. 973-4000. $25,$20. For complete run
see Music Theatre listings.
-8:00: Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art.
Chamber Orchestra of the Emporda. Music
by Fabrega, Toldra, Serra, Serrat & others.
Jordi Codina, guitar; 'Carles Coll, director.
Studio. Theatre, 235 Queens Quay Wes(
Harbourfront. 416-973-4000. $17.
-8:00: Hart House Music Committee.
Ensemble L 'Astree. Repertoire from the 17th
& 18th centuries for flute, oboe, bassoon,
violin, viola, cello, theorbo & harpsichord. 7
Hart House Circle. 921-3802.
-8:00: Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts. Susan Aglilkark. 130
Navy St. Oakville. 905-815-2021. $36.99.
Pay! Ayres, organ
, Fiona Wilkinson, flute
Michael Bloss, organ
Dr. Mark Toews, organ
Variete, Variete! Bedard:
Variations on Old 1 OOth;
Franck: Pr.elude, Fugue &
Variaffon;Dupre:Variaffons
surunNoel.
Christopher Dawes, organ
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-8:00: Roberta Laking, soprano & Richard
Leach, piano in Recital. Works by Ravel. .
Vaughan Williams, Donaudy &,Rtbers.
Church of the Holy Tiinity, 10 Trinity
Square. 598-4521. Freewill offering;
donations to Stop 103.
-8:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Small Jazz Ensembles. Walter Hall,
80 Queen's Park. 978-3744. Free.
Thursday November 02
, '
-12:00 noon: CBC Radio Two: Music
Around Us. Anya Alexeyev, piano. Music by
Rachmaninov & Balakirev. Keith Horner,
host. Glenn Gould Studio,.250 Front St.
West. 205-5555. Free. ·
-12: 10: St. Paul's Bloor Street. Noon
Hour Recital.· Marty Smythe, organ. 227
Bloor St. East. 961·8116. Free.
-12:30: American Musicological
Society. South Indian Classical Music. T.
Viswanathan, flute & vocal; T richy
Sankaran, mrdangam. Sheraton Centre, 123
Queen St. W. 978·0379. Free.
-12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Fools
Rush In ... Vocal duets by Schumann, ·
Milhaud, Sullivan & Steffani. Lucy Carrick
Wedel, soprano; Jay Lambie, tenor; Bruce
Kirkpatrick Hill, piano. 157·0 Yonge St. 920·
5211. Free (collecti~n).
Women's Musical
Club of Toronto
AFTERNOON CONCERT
December 7, 1:30 p.m.
Measha
Brueggergosman
Soprano
A sumpmous-and smnning voice. Singing
music by Mozart, Schubert, Duparc and Wolf.
-1:30: Women's Musical Club of
Toronto. Leipzig String Ouartet. Music by
Haydn, Zemlinsky & Beethoven. 12: 15: pre·
·concert lecture; Rm. 330. Walter Hall, 80
Queen's Park. 923· 7052. $22.
-8:00: American Musicological Society.
Couperin Revisited. Lecture/recital explores
30, Wholenote NOVEMBER 1, 2000 • DECEMBER 7, 2000
performance practice in the Pieces de
Clavecin. Ray Mcintyre, harpsichord &
piano. Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. W.
978-0379. Free. ·
-8:00: American Musicological Society.
Cross Talk MIO/ Percussion Ensemble. A
program of original music. Norman
Weinberg, director. Sheraton Centre, 123
Queen St. W. 978-0379. Free.
-8:00: American Musicological Society.
Elmer lseler Singers. Program of Canadian
music. Lydia Adams, director. Hilton, 145
Richmond St. W. 978-0379. F,ree.
-8:00: All)erican Musicological Society.
Music of Twkey. Concert of 16'h & 17 1 h
cent. traditional music. 12 performers from
Istanbul's Conservatory of Turkish Music.
Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St W. 978-
0379. free.
-8:00: American Musicological Society.
Traditional Music of Bhutan. Religious music
of the tempfes; secular folk music. Jigme
CONSORT
CARITATIS
Songs
Monica Whicher
soprano
with songs by
Heimich Schenker
Carolyn Maul, piano
Drukpa, flutes, lute, mouthharp & fiddle.
Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. W. 978-
0379. free.
-8:00: Massey Hall. Noche Flamenca.
Traditional flamenco performed by dancers,
musicians & singers'. 15 Shuter St. 872-
4255. $28.50 to $38.50.
-8:00: Music Gallery. View Ensemble. St.
George the Martyr Cburch, 197 John St.
416·204.l 080. $15,$10. '
-8:00: Scarborough Music Theatre .
Mame. Music & lyrics by Jerry Herman;
book by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee.
Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston
Rd. 396-4049. $18,$15. For complete run
see Music Theatre listings.
-8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Verdi
Requiem. Barbara Livingston, soprano;
Annamaria Popescu, mezzo-soprano; Kurt
Lehmann, tenor; Robert Pomakov, bass;
Noel Edison, conductor. 7:00: pre-concert
chat with Rick Phillips. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 872-4255. $26.25-$69.25.
-8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music/ MusicCanadaMusique 2000. The
Last Duel. Opera with music by Kulesha;
Michael Patrick Albano, librettist/director;
Ratti Armenian, conductor. MacMillan
Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 978-3744.
$25,$15. For complete run see Music
Theatre listings.
Friday November 03
-12:30: American Musicological
Howard Dyck C.M.
conductor
Introducing works by
REINHARD OPPEL
(1874-1941)
Messe, Op. 32
.Liturgien, Op. 6, No.3c
Jan Overduin, organ
C°omposer Reinhard Oppel
fiercely opposed the Nazis, but
remained in Germany until his
death in 1941. His impoverished
family, fleeing advancing
Stalinist armies, buried his
manuscripts. Presumed lost for
more than half a century, these
late romantic works have
recently been rediscovered.
Consort Caritatis presents their
modern premieres.
St. Patrick's Church
1'41 McCaul St., Toronto
Friday, Nov. 3, 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $20 at the door

Society. Choragos Ensemble performs 16'' By a Canadian lady: Piano Music 1841 ·
Century Polyphony from the Alamire 1997. Works by Hatton, Branscombe,
Manuscript. First performance of recently Pentland, Jaque, Louie.& Piper. Elaine
discovered masses & motets. Sheraton Keillor, Canadian scholar & pianist. Hilton,
Centre, 123 Queen St. W. 978·0379. Free. 145 Richmond St. W. 978·0379. Free.
-12:30: American Musicological -7:00: American Musicological Society.
Society. Impressions: Contemporary Works by College Music Society Composers.
Chinese & Impressionistic French Piano Louisiana State University Players; Louisiana
Music. Pianist Elaine Chew demonstrates State University String Quartet. Sheraton
the connection between these two genres. Centre, 123 Queen St. W. 978·0379. Free.
Works by Jiange Wenye & Wang. Sheraton -7:30: Ontario Christian Music
Centre, 123 Queen St. W. 978·0379. Free. Assembly. Christian festival Concert 2000.
-12:30: American Musicological , Mixed choir &. concert band; Andre Knevel &
Society. Lila Muni (BeautifulSoundJ: Dirk Out, organ & piano; Maja Roodveldt,
Gamelan/Angklung Ensemble. Music soprano; Ruun Fiselier, tenor; Leendert Kooij,
composed for traditional Balinese
director. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe.
instruments, with audience participation. 416·636·9779. $15 to $25.
Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. W. 978· -8:00: American Musicological Society.
0379. Free. The Maryem Tollar Group. Arabic classics &
-12:30: American Musicological Tollar's original compositions for vocals,
Society. Music by Aaron Copland. A hand percussion, ney flutes, bansuri flutes,
program of chamber music. Sheraton saxophone, oud & other instruments. Hilton,
Centre, 123 Queen St. W. 978·0379. Free. 145 Richmond St. W. 978·0379. Free.
-12:30: American Musicological -8:00: Classic Jazz SQciety of Toronto.
Society. Music by Rebecca Clarke: A World Peter Ecklund, trumpet; Hot Five
Premiere & Her Best Known 'Work. Binnorie: Jazzmakers; Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats
A Ballad; Viola Sonata. Hilton, 145 with Jeff Healey. Estonian House, 958
Richmond St. W. 978-0379. Free. Broadview Ave. 416-485-5489.
-12:30: American Musicological , · $25,$20(members), $8(students).
Society. Red Stick Saxophone Oua,rtet. -8:00: Consort Caritatis. Oppel: Messe
Works by College Music Society composers: Op.32; Liturgien Op.6 #3; Schenker: Songs.
Harding, Brings, Caniato, Bullen & Stock. Monica Whicher, soprano; Carolyn Maule,
Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. W. 978· piano; Jan Overduin, organ; Howard Dyck,
0379. Free. conductor. St. Patrick's'Chutch, 141
-12:30: American Musicological Mccaul St. 416·929-6158. $20.
Society. The Cimbalo Cromatico in the 11'' -8:00: Massey Hall. Les Tambours du
Century. Lecture/recital exploring the Bronx. African percussion: punk rock. 15
phenomenon of the chromatic harpsichord in Shuter St. 872-4255. $29.50 to $39.50.
17•h cent. Italy. Charlotte Mattax, -8:00: Oakville Centre for the
harpsichord. Hilton, 145 Richmond St. W. Performing Arts. The Music of Andrew
978·0379. Free. Lloyd Webber. Kevin Bradshaw, baritone;
- 12:30: American Musicological Carol Ann Feldstein, mezzo.soprano. 130
Society. Three Liszt Melodramas. Lawrence Navy St. Oakville. 905·815·2021. $34.99.
Jones, piano; Jim Lewthwaite, narrator. -8:00: Orpheus Choir of Toronto.
Hilton, 145 Richmond St. W. 978·0379. Copland: In the Beginning; Four Motets; Old
Free.
American Songs; Britten: Rejoice in the
-12:30: American Musicological Lamb. Shawn· Grenke, piano/organ; Si~gwick
Society. With Open Hand or Clenched fist?- Scholars, soloists; Brainerd Blyden· Taylor,
An exploration of new music from Canada & music director. St. James' Cathedral, 65
the Baltics. Works by Kaski, Thoreson, Church St. 530·4428. $20,$10.
Haukson, Wallin & Hui. Michelle Cheramy, - 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. In
flute; Maureen Volk, piano. Sheraton Centre, Memoriam. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique:
123 Queen St. W. 978·0379. Free. episode de la vie d'un artiste Op.14; Britten:
-4:15: American Musicological Society. Sinfonia da Requiem Op.20. Simon
Streatfeild, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio,
250 Front St. West. 408-2824 ext.321.
$15,$12.
-8:00: Small World Music. Kartik
Seshadri, Indian classical sitar. Eastminster
United Church, 310 llanforth Ave. 536·
4769. $15,$10.
-8:00: Toronto Consort. Orlando Consort:
New Strawberries, New Mulberries.
Program centred on music and feasting in
medieval and early renaissance Europe.
Trinity·St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St.
West. 964-6337. $18-$32, $14-$25 (sr/st).
-8:00: York University Dept. of Music/
Music Gallery. New Music by Young
Composers. St. George The Martyr Church,
197 John St. 204· 1080. Free.
-8:15: American Musicological Society.
Illinois State University Electro·Acoustic
Ensemble.' MIDI ·instruments & instrument
controllers in the context of live musical
performance. T raoitional, contemporary &
jazz fusion styles. Sheraton Centre, 123
Queen St. W. 978·0379. Free.
Saturday November 04
- 12:30: American Musicological
Society. folias festivas with Belladonna.
Folias, dance pieces & settings of other
ground basses. Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen
St. W. 978·0379. Free.
-12:30: American Musicological
Society. from the Salon to the Stage:
Songs by Marie de Grandva/, Pauline
Vlardot·Garcia, & Lili Boulanger. Eileen
Strempel, soprano; Sylvie Beaudette, piano.
Hilton; 145 Richmond St. W. 978·0379.
Free.
-12:30: American Musicological
Society. Jugalbandhi - Dialogue Between
the Musicians. Music from Karnatic (South
Indian), & Hindustani (North Indian)
traditions. Lakshmi Ranganathan, veena;
Aruna Narayan Kalle, sarangi. Hilton, 145
Richmond St. W. 978·0379. Free.
~ 12:30: American Musicological
Society. 16'' Century lute Settings of
Josquin Oesprez. Program includes settings
of Spinacino, Capirola, Bakfark, de Rippe &
Newsidler. Jacob Heringman, lute. Hilton,
145 Richmond St. W. 978·0379. Free.
-12:30: American Musicological
Society. The Vocal Music of Anton Webern:
The Persistence of Tonality & Its Influence
on Performance. Fiinf Lieder, Op.3 & Drei
Lieder, Op.25. Helen Pridmore, soprano;
Matthew McDonald, piano. Hilton, 145
RichmondSt. W. 978-0379. Free.
-12:30: American Musicological
Society. Traditional & Contemporary
Korean Music for Kayagum. Kim Hee-sun,
kayagum ( 12 stringed zither). Sheraton
Cent re, ~ 23 Queen St. W. 978·0379. Free.
-12:30: American Musicological
Society. Works by College MuSic Society
Composers. Works by Ferguson, Walsh,
Thome, Felice, Harding & Takahashi.
Sheraton Centre, 123 Quee.n St. W. 978·
0379. Free.
- 4:15: American Musicological Society.
Made in Canada. Multi media presentation
of Part of Seven, a suite of songs by
Buczynski. Lorna McDonald, soprano; Walter
Buczynski, piano; Donia Blumenfeld
Clenman, poet. Hilton, 145 Richmond St. W.
978·0379. Free.
-7:00: St. Patrick's Church. Surinder
Mundra, piano' in Recital Works of Bach,
, Mozart, Chopin, S~humann & others. .
Fundraising concert. 141 McCaul St. 598·
3269. $20,$15.
-7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Dvorak: Carnival Overture; Slavonic Dance,
Op. 72, #2; Mussorgsky: Night on Bald
Mountain; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto # 1;
1812 Overture. Naida Cole, piano; Marco
Parisotto, con'ductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60
Simcoe. 593-4828. $25 to $50.
-7:30: Toronto Gilbert & Sullivan
Society. A Gilbert & Sullivan Celebration. In
honour of Sir Arthur Sullivan on the 1 OOth
"Death & Remembnnce"
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anniversary of his death. Mark DuBois; tenor
& other performers. St. Anne's Church, 270
Gladstone Ave. 905-773-5535. $15.
-7:30: University of Toronto/University
of Western Ontario/Royal Conservatory
of Music. John Cage: Europera 5. Darryl
Edwards, tenor; Lorna McDonald, soprano;
Jack Behrens; piano; Noel Martin, vitrola;
Oaryl A. Chrichton, producer. Ettore
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. .West.
408-2824 ext.321. $15,$12.
-8:00: American Musicological Society.
Canada's Multicultural Traditions. ·
Traditional songs of Eastern Europe, Israel &
traditional Latin music. Lenka Lichtenberg
Group, Rodrigo Chavez & Cassava,
performers. Hilton, 145 Richmond St. W.
978-0379. Free.
-8:00: American Musicological Society.
Crossroads of the Celts. Tunes & songs in
Old & Middle Irish, Welsh, Old French &
Hiberno Latin. Altramar Medieval Music
Ensemble. Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St.
w. 978-0379. $15.
-8:00: American Musicological Society.
Duquesne Faculty Plugs In! Contemporary
classical & jazz. Lynn Purse, synthesizers;
Bill Purse, guitar, controller. Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. W. 978-0379. Free.
-8:00: American Musicological Society.
Music of the Americas. Works by Ryden,
Ives, Nielson, Crawford Seeger, Walker,
Harding & de la Vega. Sheraton Centre, 123
Queen St. W. 978-0379. Fr~e.
-8:00: Deer Park Concerts. Rachel Laurin,
organ in Recital Works by Bach, Dupre,
Vierne & Laurin; improvisations. Deer Park
Church, 129 St. Clair West. 962-3381. $20.
-8:00: Massey Hall. Raquel Bitton Sings
Edith Piaf: Her Story ... Her Songs. 20-piece
orchestra. 15 Shuter St. 872-4255.$35-
$85.
-8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra.
Grand Opening. Bruch: Kol Nidrei; Ridout:
Fall Fair; Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4. Jose
Shapero, cello; Roberto De Clara, conductor.
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130
Navy St. Oakville. 905-815-2021. $22,
$18.50. .
-8:00: OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio.
Nova Scotia Mass Choir. Gospel music.
Woody Woods, musical director; Eric
Friesen, host. 250 Front St. West. 205-
5555. $30.
-8:00: Ryerson Theatre School. Requiem
in Remembrance of the Genocides of the
20th Century. Music by David Walden. 100
voices & 3 soloists. 43 Gerrard E. 416-979·
5118. $15,$10.
-8:00: toneART ensemble. Canadians
Alive. Hetu: Concerto for guitar & strings
Op.50 (arr. Baker); Baker: String Trio;
Beckwith: String Trio. Danielle Cumming,
guitar; Sheldon Grabke, violin; Elgin String
Trio. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 485·
5084. $18,$12, $8 (under 12).
-8:00: Vocalpoint Chamber Choir. From
Byrd to Britten. Byrd: Mass for Four Voices;
motets; Britten: Missa Brevis in D; Rejoice in
the Lamb. Jurgen Petrenko, organ; Ian
Grundy, conductor. St. James' Cathedral, 65
Church. 484-0185. $20,$12.
Sunday November 05
-1 :00: Harbourfront Centre. Cushion
Concert: Judy Kang & Fairy Tales. Pierre­
Richard Aubin, piano. Barbara Budd, host. du
oronto Children's Chorus
jean Ashworth Bartle, C.M., O.Ont. Founder/Music Director
EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTRY BY EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN!
A_ TORONTO
~m>cHILDREN'S
Ill CHORUS
2180 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON, M4N 3K7
416·932·8666, ext 110
www.torontochikftnschorus.oom
NORTHERN PASSAGES
A CHORAL JOURNEY TO RUSSIA & FINLAND
... WITH SPECIAL GUEST, CBC COMPETITION
FOR CHOIRS WINNER, VESNIVKA GIOIR
(HAL YNA KONDRACKI, CONDUCTOR)
NOV. 5, 3:00, METROPOLITAN UNITED GIURCH
ROSEbALE JUNIOR CHURCH
CHOIR WORKSHOP
A FREE WORKSHOP & CONCERT FOR CHIL­
DREN (GR. 3-8) FEATURING WORKS IN THE
SACRED TRADITION ... COME ONE, COME ALL!
NOV. 25, WORKSHOP 9:00, CONCERT 11 :45
ROSEDALE UNITED CHURCH
Deer Park Concerts - 2000-2001 Season
Saturday, Nov. 4 at 8 p.m.
ORGAN RECITAL
Rachel Laurin Organist
Formerly a professor of improvisation at
the Conservatoire de Montreal, this
brilliant young artist is assistant organist
at St. Joseph's Oratory. Her performance
Will include some improvisation.
Saturday, Dec. 9 at 8 p.m.
MESSIAH
Soloists: Carla Huhtanen
Christine Stelmacovich,
Dennis Giesbrecht, and
Michael Thomas, with
chamber orchestra.
Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 Queens Quay
West. 973-4000. $8.
-2:00: Calvin Presbyterian Church.
Sunday Afternoon Recital: Amber Bishop,
soprano & Dexter Roberts, piano. Mozart:
concert aria; arias by Puccini; Brahms lieder.
26 Delisle ~ve. 923-9030. Free (donations
accepted).
-2:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra.
Grand Opening. Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts. See Nov. 4.
-2:30: Chinese Canadian Choir of
Toronto. Millennium 2000 Concert. Yan­
Oiao Wang: Dao D.e Jing; San Zi Jing;
classical & contemporary songs; collaborative
works. Daphne Chiung-Tan Hsu,
soprano; Xue Bu, mezzo; Xing-Hua Zhang,
baritone; Li Wang, piano; Annabelle Meare .&
Maya Fraser, violins; Hongshen Choir of
Michigan. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040
Yonge St. 416-493-1010. $18.
-3:00: Baroque Music Beside the
Grange. Caledonian Pocket Companion.
Sonatas, divisions, ayres & dance music by
Reid, Baillie, Dixon, Oswald & others. Alison
Melville, flute & recorder; Paul Jenkins,
harpsichord; Ben Grossman, percussion &
hurdy-gurdy; Kirk Elliott, guitar & harp;
Margaret Gay, cello. St. George the Martyr
Church, 197 John St. 588-4301. $18, $14.
-3:00: Fred Gaviller Memorial Fund.
Dana Campbell, soprano in Recital Arias &
songs by Handel, Brahms, Hahn & Dvorak;
spirituals. Peter Tiefenbach, piano. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 205-
5555. $20, $10.
-3:00: Hart House Music Committee.
Elissa lee, violin. Great Hall, 7 Hart House
Circle. 978·5362. Free.
-3:00: Massey.Hall New Music Festival/
Soundstreams Canada/CBC Radio Two.
University Voices 2000. Ryan: Paint the
Light'(world premiere); Tallis: Spem in alium;
Schafer: Credo from Apocalypsis. 12
Canadian university choirs from Victoiia,
Alberta, Regina, Manitoba, Windsor,
Saturday, March 3 at 8 p.m. ·
ORGAN RECITAL
William Wright Organist
"The Legacy of Bach"
including works by Krebs, Kittel,
Mozart, Reger, Rheinberger and
others. ·
Saturday, April 28 at 8 p.m.
CANTATAS AND SONATAS
by Bach.Buxtehude, Schuetz, Telemann,
and Handel.
Janet Obermeyer Soprano
Julie Baumgartel Violin
William Wright Harpsichord
Deer Park United Church
129 St. Clair Avenue West
(parking behind Imperial Oil)
Admission: $20 Subscriptions: $65
For information, call (416) 962-3381
32 Wholenote NOVEMBER 1 f 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000

Western Ontario, Wilfrid Laurier, Toronto,
Ottawa, McGill & _Memorial universities, ·
directed by Robert Sund. 15 Shuter. 593-
• 4828. $25,$18. ,
-3:00: Music at St. John'.s. The,Rhapsody
of the Harp. Lori Gemmell, harp. St. John's
Church, 228 Humberside Ave. 416-763-
2393. $12,$10,$5(child).'
-3:00: Toronto Children's Chorus.
Northern Passages. Rachmaninoff: Six
Choruses Op.15; Sallinen: Songs of the Sea;
Suita Grammaticale; St(avinsky: Four
Russian Peasant Songs; Rautavaara: Suita
de Lorca; works by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev
& Wessman. ~uest: Edmonton Children's
Choir; strings & percussion; Anne Mcintyre
& Jean Ashworth Bartle, conductors.
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St.
East. 932-8666 ext.111. $12 to $20, $8 to
$_14(st/sr). ·
-3;00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Roy Thomson Hall. See N,ovember 4.
-'3:00: Toronto Chamber Choir.
Kaffeemusik: Great Haydn Choruses.
Excerpts from The Seasons, Cre,ation,
Nelson Mass & Mass in Time, of.War. David
Fallis, music director. Christ Church Deer
Park, 1590· Yonge ·st. 968-1338_. $12, $10.
-7:00: North Toronto Institute of Music.
leaside Concert Series: Antonis General,
pianu. Music by Mozart, Prokofieff, Grieg &
Chopin. Leasid!! Presbyterian Church, 67·0
Eglinton Ave. East. 488·2588. $15,$10.
James Ehnes, violin
and Wendy Chen, piano
-8:00: Ronda Rindone. This Moment. Monday, November 6, 2000
Ronda Rindone, clarinet, bass clarinet &
voice; Nick Fraser, tape manipulation; Rob
2_275 Bayview Ave. 416-487-\)716. $15. at St. James'.· Kevin Komisaruk, organ. 65 ·
-8:00: Massey Hair New Mu.sic Festival/ ChJrch St. 364· 7865. f(ee. , ,
Elmer lseler Si,ngers/Evergreen-Club -8:00: Massey Hall New Music Festival/
Contemporary Gamelan. New Music · Haqnaford Street Silver Sand/Esprit.
New Instruments. Luedeke: Disasters of the Urban Exchange. Peters: The.Seven Gate_s of
Sun; Locklair: Tapestriesi newly commis- Kur (premiere); Kucha'rzyk: Concerto for
sioned works by Barnes, Wyre & Duggan. Violin & Brass Band \premiere); Daniel:
Erica Goodman, harp; Thomas Stacy, english Trope .... for orchestra (premiere). Colgrass:
horn; Paul Orinandy, steel drum; John Wyre, . Urban Requiem for winds & saxophone
darabuka; Lydia Adams. conductor. 7:00: -quartet. Alain Trudel, trombone; Marie
Pre-concert even.I on stage. 15 Shuter. 593- Berard, violin; Phil Dwyer & John Johnson,
4828. $18,$12. - · saxophones & other performers; Alex Pauk,
' ~s
· g·e. - , _ conductor._ 7:00: Pre-concert· event on
stage.15 Shuter. 593-4828. $22,$18
at Glenn CHAMBER (group rates). -
• _ - . , , ~1~~;~ SERIES -8:00: Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts. Trev John. Music from
his debut ~lbu~ Standpoint.· Benefit concert
for the A1zheimers Society. 130 Navy St.
Oakville. 905-815-2021. $34.99.
-8:00: Roy Tho11Json Hall. Dracula: The
Music and film. 1931 film classic with Bela
Lugosi; origiQa1 m~sic by Glass. Philip Glass
& Kronos Qu_artet, performers. 60 Simcoe
St. 872-4255. $45 to $65.
8:00 pm
,Clutton, bass; Tomasz Krakowiak, -8:00: OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio.
percussion; Eugene Martynec, host. Artword James Ehnes, violin & Wendy Chen, piano.
Theatre, 75 Portland St. 416-408-2783. $8. Eric Friesen, host. 250 front St. West. 205·
-8:00: Salon des Refuses: Music and 5555. $30. ·
Words. Minthorn: Sonata for Cello & Piano; -8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Richard
works by Ager, Eatock, Greenberg & Margison, tenor. Music by Puccini, Verdi &·
Horwood. Anita Krause & Ramona Car'melly, . Massenet. Andrew Tees, baritone; Canadian
mezzos; Mary·Katherine Finch & Thomas Opera Company orchestra; Richard _
Wiebe, cello; Timoth'y Min'thorn, piano & Bradshaw, co.nductor. !JO Simcoe St. 872-
other perfo[niers. Church of the Holy Trinity, 4255. $35-$65.
10 Trinity Square. 416-598-4521. $12,$6. -8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/
Monday November 06
-7:30: Glendon Musical Ensemble. Les
Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Wurlitzer
'Pops! at Casa Loma. Dan Bellomy, organ. 1
Austin Terrace. 870-8000. $12.50.
Voix Humaines. German music from the 17th .
& 18th centuries. Susie Napper & Margaret ·
Tuesday November 07
Little, viola da gamba duo. Glendon Gallery,
.:.a:OO: Talisker Players Chamber Music:
What Dreams May Come. Music for voice &
siring quartet by Wagner, Buhr, Freedman &
Satie. Margaret Evans, sopra'ho; Lori
Klassen, mezzo soprano; Geoffrey Butler,
tenor; members ,of T ali_sker Players. Trinity-
St, Paul's Churctr, 427 Bloor St. West. 416-
964-6337. $25, $20(sr), $10(sl);
-8:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Small Jazz Ensembles. Walter Hall,
' 80 Queen's Park. 978-3744.' Free.
Wednesday November 08
Continuum. Music by Benjamin, Dinescu,
Wilson & Harman; new works by Morlock &
Bolton. Patricia O'.Callaghan, soprano; Vilma
Vitals, mezzo; Continuum ensemble & guest
artists; Rosemary Thomson, conductor;
Jennifer Waring, artistic director. 7:00: Pre;
concert event onstage. 15 Shuter St. 872-
4255. $15,$10,$5(cheapseats).
-8:00: Oakville-Centre for the , .
Performing Arts. Trev John. See N~v. 7.
-8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Remember
SHAKTl Blend of Eastern & Western
musical traditions. John Mclaughlin, guitar;
Zakir Hussain, tabla. 60 Simcoe. 416·872-
4255. $29.50·$56.50.
-8:30: University of.Toronto Faculty of
Music. Jazz Orchestras. Featuring Jim
McNeely. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park.
978-3744. $12,$6.
Thursday November 09
-1 O:OOam: Rpyal Conservatory of Music/ -
Mississauga Music Education· Founda· · -
tion. Thursday Morning Interlude: Sibylle
Marquardt, flute & Wilma van Berke/, guitar.
_ Concert of dance forms from the Baroque
era to the Serenade to the Tango by ·
Burkhard; Margola, Piazzola ·& Vinci. 850
Enola Ave., Mississauga. 905·891-7944.
Free. '
-12:00 noon: CBC Radio Two: Music
Around Us. Onyx Wind Ouintet. Music by
Grainger, Mozetich, Farkas & A1nold. Keith
.-Horner,'host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front
St. West. 205-5555. Free.
'
· __:12:10: St. Paul's Bloor Street.Noon
Hour Rec1~al· lmre Olah, organ. 227 Bloor
St. East. 961 ·8116. Free. ·
1-12:'10: University of Toronto Faculty of
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Music. Thursday Noon Series: Music &
Faculty of Music
Poetry. Prokofiev: Five Poems of Anna _
presents
· Akhmatova Op.27; Stravinsky: ,Two Poems
& Three Japanese Lyrics. Leslie Bradley,
soprano; John Hawkins, piano & conductor;
instrumental ensemble; Christopher Barnes,
commentator. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park.
416-978-3744. Free.
-12:30; Christ Church Deer-Park. Sound
Collective. Mary Katherine Finch, cello.
1570 Yonge St. 920-5211. Free (collection).
.-2:90: Northern District Library. Concert
of early music. David Keenleyside & friends.
40' Orchardview Blvd. 416·393· 7610. Free. '
-2:00: Toronto Senior Strings. Vivaldi: ,
Concerto Grosso Op.3 # 11; Haydn: Minuets;
Delius: Two Aquarelles; Levkovitch:
Dedication; Foote: Suite in E; solo arias.
Margaret Terry, mezzo; Victor Feldbrill,
condu'ctor. St. Andrew's Presbyterian, 73
Simcoe St. 416-221-6090. $12.
-7:30: University of Toronto at
Scarborough. Toronto Tabla Ensemble.
Blend of Indian rhythms with music styles
-1,2:30: Yorkminster Parli Church. . fro!R around the world, with jar tarang,
Noonday Recital William Maddox, organ.· vibraphone, vocals, congas, drum kit & a
15~5 Yonge St. 922--1167. Free. variety of Indian folk.drums. The Meeting
-1:00: Alexander Singers & Players. Place, 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007.
H.M.S. Pinafore. By Gilbert & Sullivan. Free (reservat[ons required).
Vincenzo Sestito, director; Angela -8:00: Massey Hall New Music Festival/'
Hawaleshka, musiCal director. Yorkwoods Composers' Orchestra/Composers'
Library Theatre, 1785 Finch West. 416-785- Quartet. Intimate Voices: Southam: Quintet
0333. $20,$18,group rates. For complete for Piano & Strings; Ho: String Quartet #1;
run see Music Theatre listings. Koene: Rent in Twain; Oesterle: Poem with .
- 8:00: Ensemble Noir. New Music, New -Compe·nsation; Unde_rhill: String Quartet #3
Africa. Bongani Ndodana, artistic direr.tor. Alynne. Gary Kulesha, artistic d,irectoi. 7:00:
Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor St. Pre-concert event on stage. 15 Shuter St.
West 416-967-1681. $25. · 593-4828. $18,$10:
- 8:00: Massey H_all New Music Festival/ .. -8:00: Music Gallery. Tim Brady .. St. _
NOVEMBER 1, 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000 Wholenote 33

George the Martyr Church; 197 John St.
416·204· 1080. $15,$10.
conductor. 15 Shuter Street. 593·4828. $5
(free with ticket to 8:00 performance).
-8:00: Aldeburgh Connection. Donna
-8:00: Music Toronto. Carmina Ouartet.
Beethoven: Quartet in c Op.18 #4; Respighi: Brown, soprano & Bruce Ubukata, piiJno in
Quartetto Dorico;·Brahms: Quartet in a, Op. Recital Songs by Faure, Debussy, Ravel &
51 #2. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. Britten. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St.
East. 366·7723. $43,$39 $5 (st). West. 444·3976. $25, $20.
-8;00: Oakville Centre for the -8:00: Living Arts Centre Mississauga.
. Performing Arts: Jesse Cook, jazz guitar. . Spitfire Band. Songs of Glenn Mille!} ommy
130 Navy St. Oakville. 905,815·2021. Dorsey, Benny Goodman & more. Jackie
$34.99. Rae; director. Ha'mmerson Hall, 4141 Living
-8:00; OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio. Arts Drive: 905·306·6000. ~35, $25.
lieder fibend mit Orchester. Mahler: Des -8i00: Massey Hall .New Music Festival/
knaberi Wonderhorn (selections); Rilckert Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Carrabre:
Lieder (selections); Kindertotenlieder. . The Dragon's Tail; Ligeti: Mysteries of the
Michael Schade, tenor; Russell Braun & Macabre; Kulesha: Symphony. Barbara ·
Brett Polegato, baritone; members of the Hannigan, soprano; Michael Half & Gary
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra; Kulesha, conductors. 7:00: Pre·concert
Richard Bradwhaw, conductor; Eric Friesen, event on stage. 15 Shuter St. .593-4828.
host. 250 Front St. West. 205·5555. $30. $20.
*SOLD OUP
-8:00: Toronto Philharinonia: IJne Soiree
-8:00: New Opera & Concerts Centre.
Rossini: The Barber of Seville. Ross ·
Suisse,. Wagner: Rienzi Overture; Respighi: Darlington, Charles Baxter, Dale Kustra &
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2; other performers; Mila Filatova, .artistic
Cha~ssori: Poeme; Balissat: Ruckblick. Jean director. George lgnatieff Theatre, 15
Piguet, violin; Kerry Stratton, i:onductor. Devonshire Place. 416·604· 1557. $20,$15.
George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. · .Fonomplete r'un see Music Theatre listings.
870·8000. $37, $32; $32; $26 (sr/st).
-8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of ·
·Music. Year of the Piano Celebration Series.
Jim McNeely with Don Thompson, piano &
bass. Walter .Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 4·16· .
978·3744. $20, $10. ' .
-8:30: John kameel Farah. Works from .
Gibraltar Point. Works by composer/pianist
Farah; improvisations . .The Ghapel, Victoria .
University, 9.1 Charles St. West. 4.16·432·
2305. $5.
Friday November 10
I
3714.
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Faculty of Music
presents
David Braid & Steve Wallace Trio. -7:30: Toronto Sinfonietta. Violin Vertigo.
Mainstream jazz. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's >Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Kodaly:
. Park. 416·978·3744. $20,$10. · Dances of Galantai Royer: Partita for Violin
· & Chamber Orchestra (world premiere).
Saturday November 11
-11 :OOam: North 44 ° Vocal Ens~mble.
Catherine Manoukian, violin; Matthew
Jaskiewicz, music director. Bloor Street
United Church, 300 Bloo\ St. West. 416·
Remembrance Day Conceit. F.aure:Requiem; 410·4379. $27,$18, children free.
Cantata Pour Une Joie: Rosedale United -7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Church, 159 Roxborough Dr. 905· 764·5140. Mozart: Overture to la Clemenza di Tito; Al
$20. : desio di chi t'adora; Haydn: Symphony #26
·-12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory of lamentatione; Ligeti: Mysteries of the
Music. lobby Concert ..Informal concert Macabre; Kulesha:,Symphony. Barbara
featuring RCM students of all ages & levels. · Hannigan, soprano; Michael Han· & Gary
273-Bloor'St West. 416·408·2824 ext.321. Kulesha, conductors. Roy Thomson Hall, 60
Free. Simcoe. 593-4828. $25 to $50.
-2:00: Victoria Royce Presbyterian · -7:30:.Tryptych Productions/Trinity
ChurFh. Second Saturday Concert: Music In Presbyterian Church York Mills. Lenard '
Memoriam. Clela Errington & Michael. Whiting, tenor in Concert. Victorian, Italian
Kuipers, singers; Grier Coppins, piper; ' & contemporary popular favourites. William
special guests. Victoria Royce Presbyterian 'shookho'ff, piano. 2737 Bayview Ave. 416·
Church, 190 Medland Ave. 416·769·6176. 489·5349. $15.
Free.
-8:00: Ac.ademy Concert Series./ Furiosi.'
-7:30: Coni:entus Arts. High Park Recital· Death al!d Remembrance. Music by Handel
Zachary Moss, flute .& Chris Malone, guitar. & Purcell with words by Milton & Dryden.
Music by Poulenc, Bach, Corelli & others. Guest: Graham Hargrove, percussion. ,
Redeemer Lutheran Church, .1691 Bloor St. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth
West. 416·964·8293. $10, $7. , Ave. 416·889·5414. $15, $10 .
..:. 7:30: Mississauga Children's Choir. -8:00: Acoustic Harvest. Christina S1J1ith,
Advent to Song. Eden United Church, 350i' fiddle/Cello; Jean Hewson, guitar/balladeer.
Battleford, M.ississauga. 905·624·9704. $8. Birch Cliff United Church, 33 East Rd. 416·
264·2235. $12.
-8:00: Consort Caritatis. Beethoven:
Missa Solf!mnis. Heidi Klassen, soprano;
Susan Platts, mezzo; Paul Frey, tenor;
Robert Pomako\I, bass; Jan Overduin, organ;
Dr. Howard Dyck, "conductor: Yorkminster
Park Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416·969·
2300. ~ree with donation.
-8:00: Massey .Hall New Music Festival/
,New Music Concerts/Ensemble · .
Contemporain de Montreal. Generation
2000. New works by Doolittle, Laporte,
Bolian, Fitzen, Talpash & Ristic. Veronique
Lacroix, director. 7:00: Pre·concert event on
stage. 15 Shuter St. 593-4828. $ 20, $10.
-8:00: Modredale Concerts. Bae/I. Arras
from his celebrated cantatas with
instrumental solos. Gisele Kulak, sopran.o;
Vilma Vitals, mezzo; Dennis Giesbrecht,
tenor, and other performers. Willowdale
United Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. 922·
$15, $10.
.:..a:oO: Neci;ssary Angel Theatre
Company. Glenn. Play by David ·Young.
Deconstruction of the life of Canadian
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www.MooredaleConcerts.com
Bach
.Celebrated Arias
with Instrumental
·Solos from his '
Cantatas

pianisf Glenn Gould with musical excerpts.
, du Maurier T,heatre Centre, 231 Queens
Quay West. 973-4000. $1 o: For complete
run see Music Theatre listings.
-8:00: Oakville Centre for the
·Performing Arts. liona Bopi, ciassical,
guitar. 130 Navy St. Oakville, 905·815·
2021. $36.99:
-8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. U of T Symphony Orchestra &
' Choirs. Copland: Canticle of Freedom;
Handel: Four Coronation Anthems; Brunner:
Earth Songs; R~niinsh: I Will Sing Unto the
Lord. Doreen Rao, conductoi. MacMillan
Theatre, BO Queen's Park. 416·978·3744.
~12,$6.
-8:00: Virginia Gallop Evoy, mezzo & Brahm
Gdldhamer, pi;Jno in Recital Works by Faure;
Purcell, Mozart & Weill; songs from the
World War Two era. Church·of the
Resurrection, 1100 W.oodbine Ave. 416·
691·4288. $15,$12.
-8:00: Universi.W of Toronto Faculty.of .
Music. Student Conductors Recital. Walter
Hall, 80 Queen's Park.· 416-978·3744. Free.
Tuesday November 14
-12:10: University of Toro·nto Faculty of'
Music. Voice Student Performances. Walter
Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978·3744. Free.
-1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. Lunch Hours
at St. James': Paul Ayres, organ: 65 Cburch
St. 364-7865. Free.
Toronto .Choral Society
Presents.
NORTH 44°
Vocal Ensemble
Sunday November 12
-2:00: Art Gallery of Ontario. -Grange
House Concert Series: Sunrise Quartet.
Music by Arriaga, Beethov~n & MacMillan.
317 Dundas St. West. 416·979-6608. $10.
-2:00: Calvin Presbyterian Church.
· Sunday Afternoon Recital.· Trio Atlantic.
Erika Reiman, piaao; Julian Smerdon,
clarinet; Nancy Hennen, flute. 26 Delisle
Ave. 923-9030. Free !donations accepted) ..
- 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. like Ducks.
Christina Smith & Jean Hewson,
performers. 235 Queens Quay West. 4f5.
973-4000. Free.
-2:00: Mississauga Pop~ Concert Band.
Fiesta. Music of Spain & the Latin countries.
Guest: JQhnny Cowell, trumpet; Denny
Ringler, musical directpr. Meadowvale
Theatre, 6315 Montevideo Rd. Mississauga.
905·821 ·0090. $15,$12.
-2:00: Toronto Latvian Concert
Association. liene Circene, piano in Recital
Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West.
205·5555. $27.
-3:00: Mooreaale Concerts. Bach. Arias
from his celebrated cantatas with .,
instrumental solos. See Nov. lL Walter
Hall, 80 Queen's Park.
- 8:00: Dave Clark/Woodchoppers
Association. Sonic, & Visual lnvasio'n.
William Beauvais, classical guitar; Julian
Knight, viola; Tomasz Krakowiak,
percussion; Eugene Martynec,
electroacoustics & host. Artword Theatre,
75 Portland St. 416-408-2783. $8.
'
'....8:00: Music T..oronto. Michel Dalberto,
piano. Schubert: Sonata in G, D.894; Liszt:
Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude;
Paraphra;e on Miserere du Trovati>re of
Verdi; Aprils une lecture du Dante, Fantasia
quasi 'sonata froi'rr Annees de P~le~inage ,
Deuxieme Annee: ltalie. Jane Malle'ti
Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 366· 7723.
. $43,$39,$5lst).
-8:00: OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio.
Alain Lefevre, piano In Recital Music by
Bach, Liszt & Wagner. Er(c Friesen, host.
250 Front St. West. 205-5555. $30.
-8:00: Skye.Consort. CD Release Concert.'
St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St
1 · 866-4~7·2574.
-8:30: University of Toronto FaculW of
Music. Small Jazz Ensembles. W.alter Hall;
80 Queen's Park. 416-978·3744. Free.
Wednesday November 15
-8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club: Blues -12:30: York University Dept. of Music. /
Brothers: Ken & Chris Whiteley. TRANZAC, Phillip Adam11on in Recital. Works of Jolivet.
292 Brunswick. 416·410·3655. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050
-8:00: M~sic Gallery. Rob Reddy's Mclaughlin.College, 4700 Keele $1. 7~6·
Outtah. NOW Lounge, 189 Church St. 416· · 5186. Free.
204·1080. $10. "'-12:30: Yorkminster Park Church.
-8:00: Small World Music. Maza Mezli. Noonday Recital. Angus Sinclair, organ.
Musical tour. of Greece & surrounds. Gues_ts: 1585 Yonge St. 922· i 167. Free.
Beth Cohen, violin/lyra/yayli tambour; John -6:00: University of Toronto at
Wyre, percussion. Eastminster United Scarborough. ClassicalCelebration
Church, 310 Danforth Ave.536-4769. Concert. Performanc.es by UTSC staff,
$12,$8. faculty & students. Leigha Lee Browne
-8:30: ACT. Sondheim · A Birthday Theatre, 1265 Military Trail. 416·287-
Celebration. Benefit cabaret commemorating 7076. Free.
his 70th birthday. Sally Jones & other ' -7:15: Don Mills Organ Society. George
performers. Proceeds to Aids Committee of Heldt, Lowrey organ. Taylor Place, 1
Toronto. Church At 'Berkeley, 315 Queen St. ' Overland Dr. 416-447· 1137. $7.
East. 416-872-1212. $22,$18. · ,- 8:00: North York Concert Orchestra.
Visions of Vienna. Beethoven: Trip le
·•1t'Mfr:!pf- Concerto; Strauss: Ov'erture to Die
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Remembrance ,Day
Concert
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- Featuring -
Faure Requiem
&
Pierre Mercure 's
Cantate Pour Une Joie
- Guests ' -
Lena _Auclaire - Soprano\
Joseph Chi - Baritone·
Doreen Uren Simmons - Accompanist
,_
fl:OO A.M. - Saturday, November 11 , 2000
Rosedale United Church,
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159 Roxborotigh Dr.
Tickets.: $20 .@ the door.
For more information call 905-764-5140
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Janez Govednik, conductor. York Woods
· Public Library Theatre, 1785 Finch West.
416-225-4556. m.s7 . . ·
-8:00: Theatre Sheridan. City of Angels. ,
Book by Larry Gelbart; music by Cy
'Coleman; lyrics by David Zippel; Rod
Maxwell, director. Sheridan College, 1430
Trafalgar Road, Oakville. 905·815-4049.
$16(preview), For complete run see Music
Theatre listings.
-8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
. Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer
Night's Dream; Henze: Symphony #8 (Cdn.
premiere); Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto
#3. Krystian Zimerman,' piano; Jukka-
Pekka Saraste, conductor. 6:45: Pre­
Concert Chat: Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Gary
Kulesha discuss Henze & his impact of
contemporary classical m.usic. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe. 593·4828: $25 to $85; ·
Pre-concert Chat: $5 or free with ticket to
8:00 performance. .
-8:30: University of Toronto Faculty of ·
Music. Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Walter Hall,,
80.Queen's Park. 416-978-3744, $12, $6.
Thursday November 16
-12:00 noon: CBC Radio Two: Music
Around us. Stepan Arman; violin. Franck:,
Sonata for viOlin & piano; music by
Prokofiev & Gershwin. Francis Perron,
piano; Keith Horner, host. Glenn Gould
Studio, 250 Front St. West. 205-5555.,
Free. . · 1
-12:10: St. Paul's Bloor Street. Noon
Hour Recitat:'Peter Orme, organ. 227 Bloor
St. East. 961-8116. Free.
·-12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. English -8:00: living Arts Centre Mississauga. -12.:00 noon: Royal Conse~~atory of
Ayres. Paul Ayres, organ. 1570 Yonge St. Barrage. Fiddling music in Celtic, calypso. Music. lobby Concert. Informal concert
920:5211. Free (collection).
country, klezmer & other styl~s. Hammerson · featuring RCM students of all ages & levels. :
-8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Hall, 4141 Living Arts Drive. 905-306-6000. 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 ext.321.
DUO: Margot Rydall flute & Ivan lilman, $35, $25. Free. ·
guitar in Recital. ~ach: Flute Sonata in e; de -8:00: Music Gallery. Barry Prophe_t. S.t. - 1 :30 & 3:30: Toronto Symphony
Falla: Three Spanish Arias; Evans: Waltz for George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. Orchestra. Beethoven bives Upstairs.
Debby; Moussorgsky: excerpts from 416-204-1080. $15, ·$12. · Excerpts from Beethoven: Piano Concerto .
Picture~ at an Exhibition. Ettore Mazzoleni -8:00: illew Music Concerts. Winter #1 ; Symphony #6 Pastoral; Leonore .
Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 408-2824 Diary. Radiophonic soundscape composition Overture #3; Symphony #9 Choral. Classical
ext.321. $10, $!j.
by R. ~urray Schafer in collaboratiOn with Kids; Patricia Krueger, piano; Emil Gay,
-8;00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Claude Schryer. Gallery one2one, 326 1 . conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe .
Roy Thomson Hall. See November 15. Carlaliv Ave., Suite 121. 4i6-405-9996. 593-4828. $17.
Free.
-7:30: Concentus Arts. Choir of Bellefair
Friday November 17 -8:00: St: Thom.as's Church. John Tuttle, United Church. Houdy: la Messe
organ in Recital. Bach: Clavierilbung Part 3. quebecoise. Bellefair U.C., 2 Bellefair. Ave.
-12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall 383 Huron St. 416-979.2323. $10, $8. 416-964-8293. $10.
Volunteers. Bring Your Own lunch Concert. ~8:0'0: U of T Canadian Studies & -,-7:30: High Park Choirs of Toronto. A
Performers from the Royal Conservator-y of Aborigin~I Studies/Aboriginal Music Choral Celebration. Amabile Boys.Choir,
Musi.c _Gienn Gould Professional School: 60 • Days 2000. Unbroken Circle. Traditional & Bach Children's Chorus, Guelph Youth
Simcoe. 593-4822 ext.363. Free. contemporary aboriginal music. _Sadie Buck, Singers, Mississauga Children's & Youth
-8:00: Etobicoke Musical Productions. Eagle Heart Singers, Frank Anakw.ad Choirs, Ri.verdale Youth Singe·rs & other
City of Angels. Text by Larry Gilbert; music Montano, Russell Wallace, Tim longboat & partici~at i ng choirs; Bob Chilcott, director.
by Cy Coleman; .lyrics by David,Zippel. ' other performers. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's · NEW VENUE: St. John'.s Presby,terian
Burnhamthorpe Auditorium, 500 The East Park. 978-3744. $20, $10. . Church, 415 Broadview Ave. 416-762-
Mall. 416-248-0410. $2l, group rates. For -8:00: Via Salzburg. Vivaldi: Concerto :0657. $10.. · · ,
complete run see Music Theatre listings. . Grosso Op.3 #1 l;·Bach: Cantata #209; -7:30: lntrada Brass. Brass on the Big
-8:00: Les AMIS Concerts. Canadian Marcello: Introduction, Aria & Presto; Screen. Music from the m9vies. Bram
Sinfonietta. Bartok: Romanian Dances; Britten: Les Illuminations; Shostakovich: Gregson, conductor. Yorkminster Salvation
McConnell: Divertimento for Strings (world String Quartet #8 for String Orchestra arr. Army, 1 lord Seaton Rd. 905-625-3293.
premieref; Maksimovic: Pr~lude "a I' avant· Barshai. Karina Gauvin, soprano; Via $10, $ 8. ·
midi d'un faune" for flute & sirings Salzburg Chamber Orchestra;·Mayumi Seiler, -8:00: Arbor Oak. Classics of the French
(Canadia.n premiere); Pepa: Mutations for' · artistic director. Glenn Gould Studio, 2.50 Baroque. Music by Marais, Couperin,
cello & strings; Britten: Simple Symphony. Front St. W. 205·5555. $29, $25 (sr), .$18 Rameau & others. Washington McClain,
Vladimir Orloff, cello; Amy Lin, flute; Tak-Ng · (st). · baroque oboe; Mary Cyr, viola da gamba;
Lai, music director/conductor. Bloor Street
Larry Beckwith, baroque violin; Stephanie
United Church, 300 Bloor St. West. 905-
Martin, harpsichord. 7:15: pre·concert chat.
773·
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7712.
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$25,$20istl~ Calvin Presbyterian Ch~rch , 26 Delisle Ave.
• Les
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·AMIS Concerts
18th Season 2000-·2001
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Michael Pepa
Artistic Director
Friday, Nov~mber 17, 2000 8:00 pm
Bloor Street United Church
300 Bloor St. W., T~ron.tq
C A N
·a D I A N s· I N F 0 N I E T T A
Tak-Ng Lai, Music Director and Conductor
guest artists
Vladimir Orloff, Violqncello
· AmyLin, Flute ·
November 18, 2000
Misa ,Criolla
Ariel Ramirez_
Missa: Our Lady
of the Snows
Stephen· Hatfield
B. Bartok: Romanian Dances ·
P. McConnell: Divertimento for Strings - World Premiere
R. Maksimovic: l?relude "a l'av;;int~midi d'un faune" (1994)
Canadan Premi_ere For Flute and Strings '
M. Pepa: MUTATIONS (1977}- OAC commission
· F0or 'Cello and Strings
B. Britten: Simple Symphony
Adults: $25.00 Students: $20.00
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36 'wholenote NOVEMBER 1, 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000

778-4923. $18,$12.
-8:00: Bell' Arte Singers. liturgy &
liberation. Hatfield: Hard Shoulder
(commission & premiere); Missa: Our Lady
of the Snows; African Celebration~ Ramirez:
Misa Criolla. Guests: Rodrigo Chavez &
Cassava Latin Rhythms; Lee Willingham,
conductor. St. Anne's Church, 270
. Gladstone. 699-5879. $20,$12, group
rates.
-8:00: Mississauga Symphony
Orchestra. Pop! goes the Concerto. Chopin:
Concerto No. 1 in e for Piano and Orchestra;
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Rossini:
Overture to L'ltaliana in Algeri. Elain~ Hou,
piano; Susanne Hou, violin; John Barnum,
conductor.Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 Living
Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905-306-6000.
$35,$45.
-8:00: Music at St. John's. Music In
Times of Conflict ·-Richard Strauss & Kurt
Weill Strauss: Sonata for Violin & Piano &
other music; music by Weill. Denise Williams,
lyric coloratura soprano; Arkady Yanivker,
violin; Amanda Johnston, piano. St. John's
Church, 228 Humberside Ave. 416·763-
2393. $20,$15, $5(child).
-8:00: Music Gallery. Barry Prophet. St.
George the Martyr Church. See November
17. .
Sunday November 19
-1 :30: McMichael Canadian Collection.
Tino Popovic Chamber Group. 10365
Islington, Kleinburg. 905-893-1121. $9,$7,
$20 (family), under 5 free.
-2:00: Calvin Presbyterian Church.
Sunday Afternoon Recital· Sonatas Ancient
& Modern. Ager: new work & other music.
Mary-Katherine (Finch) Engel, cello; Andrew
Ager, piano. 26 Delisle Ave. 923-9030. Free
(donations accepted).
-2:00: Harbourfront Centre. Danielle
French. 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973·
4000. Free.
-2:00: Visual & Performing Arts 1
Newmarket. Mark DuBois, tenor in
Concert. Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering
Gres., Newmarket. 905-953-5122. 20,$15.
2783. $8.
-8:00: Myrna Levine Productions.
Yiddish Concert. Songs in Yiddish & English.
Theresa Tova, vocals; Mark Eisenman,
piano; Waletzky Trio: Joshua Waletzky,
composer/piano; Deborah Strauss, violin;
Je~f Wauschauer, guitar/mandolin; other
performers. Toronto Centre for the
Performing Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000.
$25 to $43.
Monday November 20
-1.2: 10: Critical Mass. Issac: Missa
Magnae Oeus. Michele de Boer, soprano;
Kelly Baxter, alto; Larry Beckwith, tenor;
John Pepper, bass; Christopher Adler,
cantor. St. Paul's Bloor Street, 227 Bloor
St. East...416-778-4923. Admission by
don~tiA!l (.$10 suggested). Proceeds to Out
of the Cold program.
-8:00: Music Gallery. Bourne, Hong, Kiik
& Rindone/Farah & Sacks. Theatre Passe
Muraille, 16 ~yerson. 41'6·204· 1080." $5.
-8:00: Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts. Jesse Cook, jazz guitar.
See Novembe.r 9. ·
Tuesday November 21
-1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hours
at St. James'.· Fiona Wilkinson, flute;
Michael Bloss, organ. 65 Church St. 364·
7865. Free.
-2:30: University of Toronto Opera
Dept. Opera Tea: Liszt Goes to the Opera.
Opera & tea on the theatre stage. William
Aide, piano; studen)s of the Opera School.
MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 416·
978-3744. $25.
-8:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Mus.ic. A Night of Vocal Jazz Solos. Walter
~ ! I I • • • • ' • ' ! ' ' • •
-12:30: York University Dept. of Music.
York University Concert Choir. Albert Greer,
conductor. Mclaughlin Performance Hall,
050 Mclaughlin College, 4 700 Keele St.
736-5186. Free.·
- f 2:30: Yorkminster Park Church.
Noonday Recital Michael Bloss, organ.
15~5 Yonge St. 922-1167. Free.
-7:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. A
Baroque Celebration. Telemann: Tragicomic
Suite; Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets;
Bach: new transcription of a double
concerto. John Thiessen, Norman Engel,
trumpets; Jeanne Lamon, Linda Melsted,
violins. Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor
St. W. 964-6337. $26-$50,$20·$45(st/sr).
-8:00: Centuries Opera Association.
Apprentice Program. Toronto Centre for the
Performing Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000.
$15. .
-8:00: Music Gallery. Maury Coles .
Ouartet. NOW Lounge, 189 Church St. 4~ 6·
204-1080. $10 ..
-8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Mozart: Piano Concerto #20; Bruckner:
Symphony #9. Hel~ne Grimaud, piano;
Jukka·Pekka Saraste, conductor. 6:45: Pre·
Concert Chat: Peter Tiefenbach explores the
structure of Bruckner's 9th Symphony from
the keyboard. Roy Thomson Hall, 60
-8:00: Scarborough Philhar~onic. A
Musical Tribute to the 2U' Century. From
ragtime to disco, popular music from the
beginning of the past century to the present.
John McNab, soloist; Howard Cable,
principal Pops conductor. Birchmount Park
C.1., 3663 Danforth Ave. 416-261-0380.
$20,$18(sr),$15(st).
-8:15: Te Oeum Singers. Great Churches
& Cathedrals. Ireland: Greater Love hath no
man; Britten: Festival Te Deum & Jubilate
Deo; Howells: Like as the Hart; Willan:
Behold the Tabernacle of God; works by
Finzi, Sumsion, Weaver & Tippett. Nancy
DeVries, organ; Richard Birney-Smith,
conductor. 8:00: Pre-concert Chat from the
Stage. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge
St. 905-628-4533. $20,$15(sr/st),
$6(children under 12).
-8:30: Living Arts Centre Mississauga.
Marc Jordan, singer/songwriter. Royal Bank
Theatre, 4141 Living Arts Drive,
Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $29,$19.50.
-2:30: Sinfonia Toronto. Music from
Italy. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Corelli:
Sarabande, Gigue and Badinerie;
Tchaikowsky: Souvenir de Florence. Erika
Raum, violin; Nurhan Arman, conductor.
Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 205·
5555. $29,$24,$18. .
-3:00: Autobiomusics. Gentle Echoes.
Kasemets: Space Time Memory Echoes;
Vertical Music in remembrance of Morton
Feldman; Feldman: Piano Three Hands Only;
Piano Four Hands. Linda C. Smith, piano/
speaker; Richard Sacks, percussion; Susan
Layard, speaker/singer; Udo Kasemets,
piano. Seeley Hall, Trinity College, 6 Hoskin
Ave. 416-929-5849. Free,
-4:00: Music at St. Anne's. Riverdale
Ensemble. Ellen Meyer, piano; Daniel
Kushner, violin/viola; Stephen Fox, clarinet.
~owen : Phantasy for viola & piano;
Guastavino: Sonata forclarinet & piano; Gal:
Trio for violin, clarinet & piano. St. Anne's·
Church, 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-465-7443.
Donation (suggested $ 5 minimum).
-8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Mike
Seeger, strings/vocals. TRANZAC, 292
Brunswick. 416·410-3655.
- 8:00: Jason Hammer. The Systematic
Preservation of Chance. Interactive
multimedia performance. Colin Fisher, Glen
Hall, Jason Hammer, Geordie McDonald,
musicians; Diane Chapitis, dancer with
theremin & others; Eugene Martynec, host.
Artword Theatre, 75 Portland St. 416-408·
The High Park Choirs of Toronto
present
A Festival Concert
with
BOB CHILCOTT
Saturday November 18, 2000
7:30 pm
St. John's Presbyterian Church
415 Broadview Avenue (1 blk N of Gerrard)
. I
Wheelchair accessible. Concert will be signed for the hearing impaired.
... a choral .celebration featuringAIJO chDrist(31"$
• Amabile Boys' Ctlbir · (CatoFBeynoll, Kenfleet)
• Bach Children's Chorus
(Linda Beaupre)
• Guelph Youth Singers · . (~inda Beaupre)
• High Park Choirs
(Ann CooPer Gay, Errol Gay)
• Mississauga Children's Choir (Tom Bell) ·
• Riverdale Youth Singers
{Mark Bell)
St. -Mary's Children's Choir>
(Eilee1Batdwin}
Tickets (available at the door)
Info: '1-H> ro2 • 0657
Festival Concert
: SI0.00
Massed Rehearsal u,:u, 17@ 7 30prn & Nov 18 @2prn)
& Festival Concert
... ... S'15.00
Concert, Rehearsal & one workshop S20.00
NOVEMBER 1, 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000 Wholenote 37

Simcoe. 593-4828. $25 to $85; Pre­
Concert Chat $ 5 or free with ticke't to 8:00
performance.
Thursday November 23
-'-12:00 noon: CBC Radio Two: Music
Around Us. Annette Betanski, soprano.
Songs by Mozart, Chopin, Massenet &
Gounod. James Sommerville, horn; Mia
Bach, piano; Keith Horner, host. Glenn Gould
Studio, 250 Front St. West. 205-5555.
Free.
-12:10: St. Paul's Bloor Street. Noon
Hour Recital· Thomas Schad/, organ. 227
Bloor St. East. 961-8116. Free.
-12:30: Christ Church Deer Park.
Operatic Duets. Janet Day, soprano; Deb
Dveres, mezzo; Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill, piano.
1570 Yonge St. 920-5211. Free (collection).
-6:~5: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Evening Overtures chamber music.
Schumann: Piano Quintet, Jacques
lsraelievitch, violin; Adele Armin, violin; Kent
Teeple, viola; Kirk Worthington, cello; Helene
Grimaud, piano. Roy Thomson Hall, 60
Simcoe. 593·4828. $5 (free with ticket to
8:00 performance).
-8:00: con. Takt. Complete Piano Sonatas
of Galina Ustvolskaya. Stephen Clarke,
piano. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St.
West. 205-5555. $12,$10.
-8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. A
Baroque Celebration. Trinity-St. Paul's
Church. See Nov. 22.
-8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Roy Thomson Hall. See November 22.
Friday November 24
-12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall
Volunteers. Bring Your Own lunch Concert.
George Grosman, jazz guitar. 60 Simcoe.
593-4822 ext.363. Free.
-8:00: Amici Ensemble. Schoenberg:
Cabaret Songs; Fruhling: Trio in a Op.40 for
piano, clarinet & cello; Denisov: Sonata for
alto saxophone & cello; art songs for
soprano & chamber ensemble. Patricia
O'Callaghan, soprano; Phil Dwyer,
saxophone; Andrew Downing, bass; Joaquin
Valdepeiias, clarinet; David Hetherington,
cello; Patricia Parr, piano. Jane Mallett
Theatre, 27 Front St. E. 366-7723. $30,$25
(sr),$12 (st).
-8:00: Elmer lseler Singers. Sounds of
Brass. Watson Henderson: Fanfare; Archer:
Festival Anthem; Cable: Noel canadien;
Dedrick: Mother & Child; Copland: 3
excerpts from Rodeo. Guests: Foothills
Brass; Ly'dia Adams, conductor. St. Patrick's
Church, 141Mccaul.416-217-0537. $30,
$25.
-8:00: lnterAccess Electronic Media
Arts Centre. Corporeal Performimce piece
for dancer & BioMuse device. Atauqtnaka,
creator & performer. Glenn Gould Studio,
250 Front St. West. 205-5555. $12, $10.
-8:00: Music Umbrella. Hu- Tsa· Tsa: An
Evening of Klezmer. Jonno Lightstone,
clarinet & flute; Rona Goldensher, violin; Eric
Stein, mandolin & tsimbl; Artie Roth, string
bass; David Wall, vocals. Eastminster United
Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 461-6681. $12,
$1 O(st/sr/unemployed), $5 (children under
12).
-8:00: Music Theatre Mississauga. The
Merry Widow. Music and lyrics by F~anz
Lehar. Meadowvale Theatre. 6315
Montevideo Rd., Mississauga. 905-821 ·
0090. For complete run see Music Theatre
listings. $18.50, $16.50.
-8:00: Performing Arts York Region.
Fabulous Fridays: Martin Beave1; 'violin &
Jamie Parker, piano in Recital Thornhill
Presbyterian Church, 271 Centre St. 905·
889-4359. $18, $15.
-8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Helmut Lotti in
Concert. Guest: Michael Junior, vocals; 38
musicians & 12 vocalists. 60 Simcoe St.
416-872-4255. $45, $85.
-8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque. Orchestra. A
38 Wholenote NOVEMBER 1, 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000
Baroque Celebration. Trinity-St. Paul's
Church. See Nov. 22.
I
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Faculty of Music
presents
-8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Year of the Piano Celebration Series:
Anton Kuerti, piano in Recital Beethove'n:
Six Bagatelles Op.126;· Schumann: Five
·Novelettes from Op.21; Schubert: Sonata in
A, D.959. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park.
416-978-3744. $20, $10.
-8:00: University Settlement Music &
Arts School. The Spirit of Bach. Chamber,
choral & keyboard selections. Faculty &
student performers. St. George the Martyr
Church, 197 John St. 416-598-3444.
PWYC. Fundraising concert for LISH student
subsidy fund: ,
-8:30: Living Arts Centre Mississauga.
Carlos def Junco, harmonica. Blues & jazz.
Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 Living Arts Drive;
Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $29, $19.50.
-8:30: Oakville Centre for the
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HU-TSA-TSA
KLEZMER
Featuring:
Jonna Lightstone
clarinet & flute
Rona Goldensher
violin
Eric Stein
mandolin & tsimbl
Artie Roth
string bass
David Wall
vocals
I Fri., Nov. 24, 8 pm I
Eastminster
United Church
310 Danforth
$12, $10, 8 pm
Tickets at door
PHONE: 416-461-6681
Performing Arts. lvanka OelivefS'the .
Goods. Musical comedy by Jo-Ann
Waytowich. 130 Navy St. Oakville. 905-
815-2021. $27.99. For complete run see
Music Theatre listings.
Saturday November 25
-11 :45am: Toronto Children's Chorus.
Rosedale Church Children's Choir Concert.
Sacred works. TCC & 8 other children's
choirs. Rosedale United Church, 159
Roxborough Dr. 416-932-8666. $5 (advance
reserved seating).
-4:00 & 8:00: Celebrity Symphony
Orchestra. From Opera to Broadway.
Aleksander Teliga, bass; lwana Hossa,
soprano; Agnieszka Fatyga, actress/singer/
entertainer; Andrew Rozbicki, conductor;
Polonia Singers; Bishop Marrocco-Thomas
Merton Choir. John Bassett Theatre, 255
Front St. West. 416-872-1111. $25-$38.
-5:00: All the King's Voices. Swing 'n'
Christmas. Jazz standards & seasonal
favourites. David J. King, conductor. Don
Mi'lls Centre, Lawrence & Don Mills. 416·
225-2255. Free.
-6:45: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Evening Overtures chambermusic. Roy
Thomson Hall. See November 23.
-7:30: Concentus Arts. High Park Recital·
Alexa Wing, soprano & Adolpho de Santis,
piano. Songs & arias. Redeemer Lutheran
Church, 1691 Bloor St. West. 416-964-
8293. $1O,_$7.
-7:30: Mississauga Children's Choir. ·
Christmas Overture. Westminster United
Church, 4094 Tomken Rd., Mississauga.
905-624-9704. $7, $5, $15 family.
-8:00: Burlington Civic Chorale. Handel:
Messiah. Lucy Carrick-Wedel, soprano;
Terese Sirek, mezzo; Jay Lambie, tenor; Alec
Tebbutt, baritone & other performers. Dr.
Gary Fisher, director; Mary Jane Davis,
accompanist. St. Christopher's Anglican
Church, 662 Guelph Line, Burlington. 905-
333-5342. $12, $10.
-8:00: Corey Gemmell violin & Maria
Oolnycky, piano: in Recital Works by
Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Chausson & Skoryk.
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-621·
9287. $15,$10.
-8:00: Counterpoint Community
Orchestra. Mozart: Piano Concerto #24;
Beethoven: Egmont; Handel: Music for the
Royal Fireworks; Bruch: Kol Nidrei; other
works. Alexandr Mirzoev, piano; Terry
Kowalczuk, conductor. Betty Oliphant
Theatre, 404 Jarvis..416-925-9872
ext.2066. $12 (advance), $15 (door).
-8:00: Duo L'lntemporel. Music by Bach,
Vivaldi & Blavet. Mylene Guay, baroque
flute; David Sandall, harpsichord. Kimbourne
Park Church, 200 Wolverleigh Blvd. 416·
657-0076. $15, $10.
-8:00: Esprit Orchestra. Exquisite Fires.
Music by Bouchard, Harman, Jeths &
Numan. Rivka Golani, viola; Alex Pauk,
conductor. 7: 15: pre-concert talk. Jane
Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416·
366-7723.
- 8:00: Kory Livingstone. Tribute to the
Nat King Cole Trio. Jazz concert. Toronto
Baha'i Centre, 288 Bloor St. West. 416·
961-0035. $16, $10.
-8:00: Mississauga Symphony
Orchestra. Sound and Sight. Grieg:
orchestral selections; Mahler: Adagietto
from Symphony No. 5; Respighi: Fountains
of Rome; Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italian;

Kucharzyk: new work. George Hunter,
photographer; John Barnum, conductor.
Hammerson Halh 4141 Living Arts Drive,
Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $28,$33.
-8:00: Mississauga Guitar Society. After
the Harvest. Cardey-Burt Duo. St. Thomas a
. community
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outh ensem ~ sa..Y season
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Becket Church, 3535 South Common Court,
Mississauga. 905·821·2396. $20,$15.
-8:00: Riverdale Ensemble. Brahms: Trio
Op.40 for violin, horn & piano; Reinecke:
Trio Op.27 4 for clarinet, horn & piano. Ellen
Meyer, piano; Daniel Kushner, violin;
/fu1· .,, •
AI.eks~~er T eliga 1ia.;
soloist. wit.It V1eJ111a 1'a;Dmeroper,
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Andrew Rozbicki
Music Director
- Cefe6rity 5)'mpliony Ordiestra
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4:()4) & 8:4)f) 11m
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eader, Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 444-
3976. $25, $20.
-2:30: Off Centre Music Salon. ·Elegy":
this season's Russian Salon. Tchaikovsky:
Elegiac piano trio; music by· Mussorgsky.
Elizabeth Turnbull, contralto; David Russel,
violin; Mihai Tete!, cello; Boris Zarankin,
piano; Stuart Hamilton, Patricia Hamilion
hosts. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. 'w.
205-5555. $32, $20 (st/sr).
-2:30: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Family Concert. Elizabeth Pomes, soprano;
students from The Glenn Gould Professional
School. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273
Bloor St. West. 408-2824 ext.321. $10,$5.
-2:30 & 7:30: ScarborouQh Bel Canto
Choir. Christmas Around the World. Songs
& instrumental pieces to suit the season.
Guests: Wolf Brass Quintet. St. Dunstan's
Church, Lawson Road, West Hill. Benefit for
The Kids Help Phone, 284-1509. $12, $1 O.
-3:00: Hart House Chorus. Mozart:
Requiem; Vesperae Solennes de Confessore.
With orchesJra; John Tuttle, director. Great ·
Hall, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle: 416-
978-6315. Free.
-3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. A
Baroque Celebration. Trinity·St. Paul's
Church. $ee Nov. 22.
-8:00: Flying Clo11d Folk Club. Jamie
Snider. TRANZAC, 292 Brunswick. 416·
410·3655.
-8:00: Geordie McDonald. CO Release
Concert. Artword Theatre, 75 Portland St.
416·408-2783. $8.
Monday November 27
-7:30: York University Dept. of Music.
York University Chamber & Concert Choirs.
Bach: Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot.
Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050
Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 736-
5.186. Free.
-8:00: Toronto Organ Club. Frank lacino,
Hammond X66 organ. Christ Church, 329
Royal York Rd. 905-824·4667. $8. ·
Tuesday November 28
-1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hours
at St. James': Varietd, Variete! Bedard:
Variations on Old 1 OOth; Franck: Prelude,
Fugue & Variation; Dupr6: Variations sur un
Noel. Dr. Mark Toews, organ. 65 Church St.
364·7865. Free. -12:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Chamber Music Ensembles. Mclaughlin
-8:00: Music Toronto. Toronto String
Ouartet. Stravinsky: Three Pieces; ,
Mendelssohn: Qu.artet in a Op.12; Schubert:
Quartet #14 ind Death and the Maiden.
Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East.
366·7723. $43, $39, $5 (st).
-8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Calm Wilkinson
, & Friends. Guests: John McDermott, The
Nylons & Susan Gilmore. In support of the
Campaign for Celtic Studies at U of St.
Michael's College & Toronto Western
Hospital's Neurosciences Centre. 60 Simcoe
St. 416·872-4255. $25-$65, $250 gala.
-8:00: Theatricality Plus Players.
Nuncrackers. Christmas musical comedy.
Oakville Centre ·1or the Performing Arts, 130
Navy St. Oakville. 905-815-2021. $23.99.
-8:00: York University Dept. of Music.
Jazz Bash. Jazz Choir; Jazz Orchestra; Bob
Hamper & Al Henderson, directors. Junior
Common Room, 014 Mclaughlin College,
4700 Keele St. 736-5186. Free.
-8:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Small Jazz Ensemble!t. Walter Hall,
80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
Wednesday November 29
The New Guitar
2000·2001 Season
Benefit Concert Friday December 1, s:oo pm
William Beauvais• Michael Bracken
James Brown • Stephen Wingfield
Music for guitar duo and quartet
UPCOMING 2001 CONCERTS:
•February. 9,: Danielle Cumming *
Lofsky/P11tch Duo in a rare concert appearance
• April ~: Vincea McCIE)lland * Quinlan/Overs Duo.
Featunng a premiere by Timothy 'Sullivan
•April 7: Michael Strutt and Friends
Music by Takemitsu, Westfall and others
Edward D,ay Gallery, 33 Hazelton $ 15 or PWYC
(416) 252·4792
www.newguitar.net
40 Wholenote NOVEMBER 1, 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000
Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College,
4 700 Keele St. 736-5186. Free.
- 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church.
Noonday Recital. Janet Macfarlane Peaker,
·.organ. 1585 Yonge St. 922-1167. Free.
-1 :00: Canadian Mus~c Competitions.
Concert of Piano & Violin Music. Arts &
letters Club, 14 Elm St. 416-441-4072.
-3:00: Music At Rosedale. The Voice is
the Soul of the Dance. Nina Scott-Stoddart
yoice; D.J. Clary, piano; Paul James Dwyer:
dance. Rosedale Presbyterian Church, 129
Mt. Pleasant Rd. 416-921-1931. Free ,
(donations accepted).
..'..7:00: University of Toronto at
Scarborough. Sounds of the Season I.
U.TSC Concert Choir; Lenard Whiting,
· director. The Meeting Place, 1265 Military
Trail. 416-287-7076. Free.
-8:00: Humber Music Jazz Series.
Straight Ahead Jazz Night. Jumber College
Jazz Ensembles; Pat laBarbera & Don
Thompson, directors. Lakeshore Auditorium,
3199 lakeshore Blvd. West. 416 - 675~6622
ext.3427. $8, $5.
-8:00: Oakville Centre for the
.Performing Arts. The Practice. deborah
klassen & friends. Benefit Show/Concert·in
support of "The lighthouse", Salvation
Army's homeless shelter. 130 Navy St.
Oakville. 905·815·2021. $74.99.
-8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
lieberson: Red Garuda for Piano &
Orchestra (Cdn. premiere); Berlioz: .
· Symphonie fantastlque. Peter Serkin, piano·
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. Roy Thomso~
Hall, 60 Simcoe. 593·.4828. $25 to $85.
,-8:00: York University Dept. of Music.
Jazz Faculty Concert. B_arry Elmes, Lorne
lofsky, Mike Murley, Mike Malone, Al
Henderson & Mark Eisenman, performers.
Junior Common Room, 014 Mclaughlin
College, 470P Keele St. 736-5186 .. Free.
-8:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Jazz Orchestras. Music of Oliver
Nelson. Paul Read & Phil Nimmons,
conductors. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park.
416·978·3744. $12, $6.
Thursday November 30
-12:00 noon: CBC Radio Two: Music
Around Us. Rachel Mercer, cello; _
Beethoven: Variations for cello & piano;
Brahms: Sonata for cello & piano; music by
Kreisler & Weller. Tania lee Osmond, piano;
Keith Horner, host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250
Front St. West. 205-5555. Free.
_:12:00 noon: University ofToronto at
Scarborough. Sounds of the Season II. .
UTSC Concert Band; Larry Shield, d.irector.
The Meeting Place, 1265 Military Trail.
416·287-7076. Free. / ·
-'-12:10: St. Paul'.s Bloor Street. Noon
Hour Recital.· William Maddox, organ. 227
Bloor St. East. 961-8116. Free.
-12:10: University ofToronto Faculty of
Music. Thursday Noon Series: Early Music
Ensembles. lute songs by Dowland,
Campion & Jones; chamber music. Walter
Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
-12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Faure
·Violin Sonata. Hyung-San Paik, violin; Helena
Bowkun, piano. 1570 Yonge St. 920-5211.
Free (collection).
-2:00: Northern District Library. Helen
~acob-~tein, violin & Mildred Bennett, piano
m Recital. 40 Orchardview Blvd. 416-393-
7610. Free.
-5:00: York University Dept. of Music.
Jazz Student Combos. Phil Dwyer, Mark
Eisenman, Barry Elmes, Frank Falco, Bobby
Fenton & other directors. Junior Common
Room, 014 Mclaughlin College, 4 700 Keele
St. 736-5186. Free.
-7:30: St. Christopher House. Scrooge. A
musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A
Christmas Carol by composer Barry
Galloway. John Workman Theatre, 1001
Queen St. W. 532-4828 ext. 107. $20,$5
(st/sr). For complete run see Music Theatre
listings .
-8:00: Massey Hall. B.B. King. 15 Shuter.
416-872-4255. $39.50-$ 76.50. *POST­
PONED*
-8:00: Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts. Arrogant Worms .
Christmas Turkey. 130 Navy St. Oakville.
905-815-2021. $27.99.
Friday December 01
- 12:00 noon: Roy Thomson' Hall
Volunteers. Bring Your Own lunch Concert.
Performers TBA. 60 Simcoe. 593-4822
ext.363. Free.
-7:30: Montgomery's Inn. Family
Christmas Sing-Along. 4 709 Dundas West.
$4, child $3.
-7:30: Opera Buffa Inc. The Gift. Holiday
tale by David Kyle. Fairview library Theatre,
35 Fairview Mall Drive. 416-872-1111.
$18,$12. For complete run see Music
Theatre listings.
-8:00: Aradia Ensemble. Bach Christmas
Cantatas, Concert. Glenn Gould Studio, 250
Front St. West. 205-5555.
$ 25, $22(sr), $13(st).
-8:00: Etobicoke Community Concert ·
~and. Christmas Pops. Priscilla Wright,
singer; John Edward Liddle, conductor. ·
Silverthorn Collegiate Auditorium, 291 Mill
The trumpets
shall sound!
Join the Trillium Brass
· with organist
Thomas Fitches for our
Christmas celebration.
Christmas favorites
include excerpts from
Handel's Messiah,
and carol sing-along.
December 1 8:00 pm
St. Clements' Anglican
Church, 59 Briar Hill
- ~ ·
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Tickets $10, $15
Contact
Scott Good,
Jennifer Schofield
(4i6) 533-9142

Road. 416-410-1570. $12, $10, children 12
& under free.
-8:00: Music Gallery. Canadian Electronic
Ensemble. St. George the Martyr Church,
197 John St. 416-204-1080. $10, $7.
-8:0.0: Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts. The Irish Rovers. 130
Navy St. Oakville. ,905-815-2021. $36.99.
-8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. All
Mozart Concert. Mozart: Sinfonia
Concertante in E flat for oboe, clarinet,
bassoon, horn & orchestra; Symphony #3.9
in E flat; Serenade #6 in D Serenata
Notturno. Royal Conservatory Orchestra;
Jeanne [amon, conductor. Ettore Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 408-2824
ext.321. $15.,$12.
-8:00: Small World Music. Loretto Reid/
Brian Taheny Band. Celtic sounds with tin
whistle, Irish flute, accordion, voice, guitar,
fiddle & other instruments. Eastminster
United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 536·
4769. $15, $10.
-8:00: The New Guitar. Benefit Fund·
raising Concert. Variety of performers &
music. William Beauvais, Michael Bracken,
James Brown & Stephen Wingfield, guitars.
Edward Day Gallery, 33 Hazelton Ave. 415:
252-4792. $15 or donate what you can.
-8:00: Trillium Brass Quintet. The
Trumpets Shall Sound. Handel: Messiah
(excerpts); Christmas favourites; carol sing.
Tom Filches, Ofjjan. St. Clement's Church,
59 Briar Hill. 416-533-9142. $15,$10.
-8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. An Evening with Susan Hoeppner &
Friends. Bach: Trio Sonata in G for flute,
violin, cello & piano; Baker: Three Pl.us One
Op.45 for flute, violin, viola & cello; Hatzis:
Nafir for flute, viola & tape; Villa-Lobos: The
Jet Whistle for flute & cello; Crumb: Vox
Balaenae for 3 masked players. Guests:
Mark Skazinetsky, violin; Douglas Perry,
viola; Simon Fryer, cello; Lydia Wong, piano.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 1 4'16-978·
3744. $20, $10.
-8:30: Living Arts Centre Mississauga.
Bet·e & Stet. Bossa nova & jazz standards;
·original songs. Royal Bank Theatre, 4141
Living Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905-306·
6000. $29, $19.50.
-8:30: York Symphony o·rchestra.
Northern Expressions. Sibelius: Finlandia:
Horwood: lntravariations for Piano &
Orchestra; Dvorak: Symphony #7. ~ary
Kenedi, piano; Roberto De Clara.conductor.
Burton Auditorium, York University, 4700
Keele St. 416-410-0860. $20, $15, $5.
(under 12).
Saturday December 02
-12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory of
Music. lobby Concert. Informal concert
featuring RCM students of all ages & levels:.,..
273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 ext.321.
Free.
-7:30: Jubilate Singers/Jubilate
Children's Chorus of Toronto. A Baroque
Christmas Celebration. Buxtehude:
Magnificat; Pergolesi: Magnificat; Stabat
Mater; Bach: Lobel Den Herrn; Christmas
chorales & other music. Guest: John Tuttle,
organ; Brad Ratzlaff, conductor; Sherry
Squires, accompanist. Trinity-St. Paul's
Church, 427 Bloor St. West. 416-422-0741.
$15,$12.
-7:30: Kammermusik Toronto/Hymn
Society of North America. Advent Hymn
.Festival Keith F. Muller, director. St. Basil's
Church, 50 St. Joseph St. 416-968-9442.
$10.
-7:30: Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts: Oakville Children's Choir.
Seasonal music of Christmas. 130 Navy St.
Oakville. 905-815-2021 . $17.99.
-7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music
Glenn Gould Professional School. Art
Song Concert: German lieder, Ettore
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West.
408:2824 ext.321. $5, $3. '
-7:30:-Saturday Night Music at St.
George's, Stuff The Turkey: A Christmas
for All Ages. Artisan Vocal Trio. St. George's
Anglican Church, 5350 Yonge St. 416-225·
1922. $20, $15.
-8:00: Al.I the King's Voices. Swing 'n'
Christmas. Jazz standards & seasonal
favourites. Artillery Pops Swing Band; David
J. King, conductor. Willowdale United
Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. 416-225-2255.
$15, $10.
-8:00: Ca'ntores Celestas/Sine Nomine.
The Joy of Christmas; A Medieval to
Modern Celebration. Music of Monteverdi,
Holst, Tavener, Howells & Hildegard von
Bingen; Christmas music. Ellen Meyer, piano;
Kelly Galbraith, director. Runnymede United
Church, 432 Runnymede Ave. 416-236·
1522. $15. Proceeds in part to Syme·
Woolner Neighbourhood & Family Centre.
-8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony
/
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'Stuff 'Ifie .'Iur~y"
Mirt/i, Myrr/i, 9vf t£sic and May/iem ·
'1Jecem6er 2, 2000 7:30 pm 'Tu~ts .$20 & $15
. St. (jeorge 's .fllng{ican Cliurc/i ·
5350 'Yonge St., :J{grtfi 'Yori( 416-225-1922
two traffic Ciglits soutli of !Fincli
Recital Gold ·Medal Winner, 1998
Calgary lnternati~nal Organ Festival
" . . . dazzling solo program ... " -Calgary Herald •!iit!M•l!liilJ!ilJ~
"David Goode gave a brilliant solo account of
himself . . ."
- The Independent
. . Impeccable technique, assurance, beautifully
judged registration . . ." - The Organist's Review
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A Ceremony of ACaro[s.
Saturday,
December 2, 2000
8.:00 p.m.
Pre-concert talk: 7:30 p.m.
St. Thomas -
Anglican Church
383 Huron Street
(south of Bloor, east of Spadina)
Tickets $15, $10
Available at the door.
VOICES
50 Glebemount Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4C 3R6
Tel: (416) 429-7740
http:iN oiceschoir.tripod.com
CELEBRATE
THE SEASON
W IT! 1 MUSIC ...
*Healey Willan
*Eleanor Daley
*Keith Bissell
*John Tavenei
*Herbert Howells
*Ralph Vaughan
Williams
A nd some of yollr
favourite carols: ..
NOVEMBER 1, 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000 Wholenote 41

Orchestra. Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf;
Rossini: Magic Toy Shop; Raines: Chanuka
Hora; Christmas sing-along & other music.
Robert Raines, conductor. Stephen Leacock
Collegiate Institute, 2450 Birchmo4nt Rd.
416 879-5566. $15, $12, children under 12
free.
-8:00: Massey Hall. Colours of Christmas.
Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack, Bill Medley;
Marilyn McCoo; gospel choir & full
orchestra. 15 Shuter. 416-872-4255.
$39:50·$78.50.
- 8:00: Music Gallery. laurel MacDonald.
St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St.
416·204-1080. $12, $8.
-8:00: Musicians in Ordinary. A Venetian
Mass for St. Stephen. Music by Monteverdi,
Grandi, Marini & others; chanted readings;
Gregorian chant. Hallie Fishel, soprano;
Nancy De Long, mezzo; Mark Wilson,
baritone; Christopher Verrette & Linda
Melsted, baroque violins; John Edwards,
lute. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St.
West. 416-603·4950.
-8:00: OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio.
Dark Divas. Stories & songs. of Josephine
Baker, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Pearl
Bailey, Dinah Washington & others. Ranee
Lee, vocals; Eric Friesen, host. 250 Front St.
West. 205-5555. $30.
-8:00: Opera Mississauga. Bizet: Carmen.
Dwight Bennett, general & artistic director.
Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, 4141
Living Arts Drive. 905-306-6000. $26-$94,
$18-$85(st/sr). For complete run see· Music
Theatre listings.
-8:00: Oriana Singers. All is Calm. Music
for the Christmas season by Holst, Britten •.
Daley, Chilcott, Phelan & others. Timothy
Phelan, classical guitar; William Brown,
conductor; Claire Preston, accompanist.
Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd.
416-742-7000. $17,$14(sr),$8.50(st).
-8:00: Tallis Choir. Renaissance
Christmas. Byrd: Mass for Four Voices;
Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; ·
Victoria: 0 magnum mysterium. Peter
Walker, director. St. Martin-in-the-Fields,
151 Glenlake Ave. 691-8621. $)8, $14.
- 8:00: Toronto Chamber Choir. Bach
Cantatas for Christmas. Cantatas #s 140,
,133 & 36. Ann Monoyios, soprano; Paul
Grindlay, bass; David Fallis, conductor. 7:00:
Pre-concert talk. Christ Church Deer Park,
1590 Yonge St. 968-1338. $24, $22; $18,
$16 (sr/st). ·
-8:00: Toronto Symphony .Orchestra.
Roy Thomson Hall. See November 29.
-8:00: Torontb Blues Society. 14th
Annual Women's Blues Revue. Rita Chiarelli,
Kristi Johnson, Sharron Mcleod, Carole
Pope & 'other vocalists; Women's Blues
Revue Band; Avril Benoit, host. The Music
Hall, 147 Danforth Ave. 416-538-3883.
$20,$16.
-8:00: lfniversity of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Wind Symphony & Concert Band.
Hess: East Coast Pictures; Curnow: Fanfare
for Spartacus; Klein: commissioned work.
Stephen Chenette & Cameron Walter,
conductors. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's
Park. 416-978-3744. fl 2, $6.
-8:00: Voices. A Ceremony of Canadian
Carols. Music by Will an, Daley, Sirett,
Tavener, Vaughan William & others;
traditional carols. Ron Cheung, artistic
director. 7:30: pre-concert talk. St. .
Thomas's 'church, 383 Huron. 416-429-
7740. $15, $10.
Sunday December 03
-1 :00: Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts. Oakville Children's Choir.
See Dec. 2.
-2:00: Living Arts Centre Mississauga.
Irish Rovers Christmas. Hammerson Hall,
4141 Living Arts Drive. 905-306-6000.
$25-$35.
-2:30: Calyx Concerts. Voices of Angels.
Concert of classical & traditional melodies
for'the holidays. Mississauga Children's
Chorus; Susan Kutertan, flute; Narelle
Martinez, piano; Wilson Mann, piano; Kyra
Bailey, soprano/choral director. Humbercrest
United Church, 16 Baby Point Rd. 536·
6033. $15, $12.
-2:30: Opera in Concert. Rossini: la
Gazza ladra. Laura Whalen, Eric Shaw,
Kevin Armstrong & Ross Darlington,
performers; Raisa Nakhmanovich, music
director. 1 :45: Backgrounder with host lain
Scott. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St.
East. 416-366-7723. $28, $22.
-3:00: Amadeus Choir. Celestial Tidings.
Britten: Ceremony of Carols; Vaughan
Williams: Folk Songs of the Four Seasons; La
Montaine: Wonder Tidings; winning
compositions from the 14th annual
·Christmas Carol & Chanukah Song Writing
Competition. Erica Goodman, harp; Eleanor
Daley, piano, Lydia Adams, conductor.
George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.
416-446-0188. $20 to $32.
-3:00: Penthelia Singers. Snowforms.
42 Wholenote NOVEMBER 1, 2000 - DECEMBER 7, 2000
Music by' Schafer, Persichetti, Porpora,
Durufle & Watson Henderson. Mary Legge,
director. Rosedale Presbyterian Church, 129
·Mt. Pleasant Ave. 416-229-0522. $10, $5.
-3:00: York University Dept. of ·Music.
Wind Symphony. Mclaughlin Performance
Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele
St. 736-5186. Free.
-3:00: York Symphony Orchestra.
Northern Expressions. See December 1.
Markham Theatre for Performing Arts, 171
Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469.
-4:00: Concerts at St. George's.
Magnificat! Works by Pachelbel, Praetorius
& Rutter; carol sing. Toronto Brass; Amarilli
Singers; St. George's on-the-Hill Chancel
Choir; Karen Rymal, organ/director. 416·
461-9906. $12, $10.
-4:30: Music at St. Anne's. Choirs of St.
Anne's Church & Havergal College. Britten:
Ceremony of Carols; Vivaldi: Gloria. 270
Gladstone Ave. 416-922-4415 . . $10.
-7:00: Alliance for Canadian New Music
Projects. Toronto Contemporary Showcase
Concert. Concert & Presentation of Awards.
Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St.
West. 416-963-5937. $8, $5.
-7:00: Contact Contemporary Music
Ensemble/University Settlement Music
& Arts School. This fs not the .Messiah!
University Settlement Recreation
Music by Evangelista, Hong & Gfroerer (2
world premieres). Eve Egoyan, piano; Sunrise
Quartet; Ting Hong. St. George the Martyr
Church, 197 John St. 416-598-3444.
$10,$7. Fundraising concer:t for USH
student subsidy fund.
-7:30: Amadeus Ensemble. Canada.
Music by Schubert, Schni\tke & Smetana.
Moshe Hammer, violin; Shauna Rolston,
cello; Lydia Wong, piano. Glenn Gould
Studio, 250 Front St. West. 205-5555. $25,
$20(sr),$15(st). *CANCELLED*
-7:30: North York Singers. Chrisimas at
the Abbey. Gary Heard, artistic director.
Loretto Abbey, .101 Mason Blvd. 905-893·
9626. $15, $12.
-8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. James
Gordon CD Release Concert. TRANZAC, 292
Brunswick. 416-410·3655.
-8:00: Glen Hall. Redshift: Sook Yin Lee,
voice; Rust Brothers; Michael Occipinti &
Nilan Perera, guitars; Michael Morse &
Jason Hammer, basses & other performers;
Eugene Martynec, host. Artword Theatre,
75 Portland St. 416-408·2783. $8.
-8:00: Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts. Rawlin's Cross· farewell
Tour. Celtic Rock band. 130 Navy St.
Oakville. 905·815-2021. $37.99.
contemporary music ensemble
This Is Not the Messiah
Music by Living Canadian Composers
( With special guests J
Eve Egoyan, The Sunrise String Quartet
and Ting Hong
[Featuring Two World Premieres)
December 3, 2000 at 7:00 pm
St. George the Martyr Church
197 John St., Toronto, ON
Admission $10/$7 Students and ·Seniors
Proceeds from this concert will benefit
the Student Subsidy Fund
of the University Settlement
Music & Arts School
(416) 504 2553
Sunday December
3rd. 2000
4:00·pm
The Toronto Brass. The Amarilli Singers &
The St. George's Chancel Choir
Choirs and brass celebrate the glorious season of Advent and Christmas
with works by.Pachelbel. Praetorius and Rutter along with readings from
sacred and secular texts. Join in singing favorite carols and "get into the
Christmas Spirit!"
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A SI. George's Anglican Church A "600 Dundas SI. W. A Tickets $12/$10 A Info: 41 -~46l -9j
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Monday December 04
MusicCanadaMusique 2000. Hassan: 14
Remembered. Contemporary requiem fo.( 14
women. Peggy Baker, Beverley Johnston,
-7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music .Kathleen Kajioka •. Marie·Jo Paradis, Ernie
Glenn Gould Professional School. School r Tollar & other performers. Massey Hall, 15
Choir Concert 1. Willis Noble, director. Shuter. 872-4255. $15.50·$29.50.
Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. -8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
West. 408·2824 ext.321. $5, $3,
Turnage: Momentum; Bruch: Violin Concerto
-7:30: York University Dept. of Music. #1; Elgar/Payne: Symphony #3 (Cdn.
Chamber Music Ensembles. Mclaughlin premiere). Sarah Chang, violin; Sir Andrew
Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, Davis, conductor. 6:45: Pre·Concert Chat:
4700 Keele St. 736-5186. Free. Sir Andrew Davis discusses the controversy
-8:00: Massey Hall. Concert for a surrounding the completion of Elgar's Third.
landmine Free World. Emmylou Harris, Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 593-4828.
Bruce Cockburn, Mary Chapin Carpenter, $25 to $85; Pre-Concert Chat $5 or free
Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith & John Prine,
performers. 15 Shuter. 416-872-4255. $45-
$85.
-8:00: Music Gallery. James Hu/lick.
Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416·
204-1080. $5.
-8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/
Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Wurlitzer
Pops! at Casa Loma. David Wickerham,
organ. 1 Austin Terrace. 870-8000. $12.50.
Tuesday December 05
-1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hours
at St. James'.· Christopher Dawes, organ. 65
Church St. 364-7865. Free.
-7:00: con.Takt. Kasemets: STIME. In .
versions for solo piano and ensemble.
Stephen Clarke, piano; Trev or T ureski, vibes;
Rick Sachs, marimba; Sanya Eng, harp, First
Unitarian Congregation, 175 St. Clair West.
416-236-4331. $10.
-7:30: Cantabile Chorale of York
Region. Joy of Christmas 2000. Guests:
Metropolitan Silver Band; Robert
Richardson, director. Community Christian
Reformed Church, 45 Crosby Ave. Richmond
Hill. 905-731-8318. Admission by donation
for the foodbank.
-8:00: OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio.
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano. Villa-Lobos:
Bachianas Brazilieras #5 & other music.
Maurizio Baccante, Roman Borys, Bryan
Epperson, Sim'on Fryer, David Hetherington
& other performers; Eric Friesen, host. 250
Front St. West. 205-5555. $30.
-8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Percussion Ensembles. Robin
Engelman, director. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's
Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
Wednesday December 06
-12:10: University ofToronto Faculty of
Music. Laurie Duncan, piano in Recital
Bach: Goldberg Variations. Walter Hall, 80
Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
-12:30: Yorkminster Park Church.
Noonday Recital Giles Bryant, organ. 1585
Yonge St. 922-1167. Free.
-7:30: Art Gallery of Ontario. Music at
the Grange. Christmas Concert by
candlelight. 317 Dundas St. West. 416-979-
6608. $10, $8.
- 8:00: Air Canada Centre. Boston Pops
Holiday Concert. Keith Lockhart, conductor.
40 Bay St. 416-870-8000. $35 to $175.
-il:OO: Aldeburgh Connection/University
of Toronto FaculW of Music. Young
Artists Recital Mehgan Atchison, soprano;
Andrea Ludwig, mezzo; Bruce Ubukata,
piano. Walter Hall, 80 Queen'sPark. 444-
3976. $10, $5.
8:00: Autumn Leaf Performance/
• with ticket to 8:00 performance.
Thursday December 07
-12: 10: St. Paul's Bloor Street. Noon
Hour Recital· Giles Bryant, organ. 227 Bloor
St. East. 961-8116. Free.
Women's Musical
Club of Toronto
AFTERNOON CONCERT
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"One of the towering and most versatile quartets
of our time."- Die Neue Zuericher Zeitrmg
Pl axing Haydn, Zemlinsky, and Beethov~n
-1 :30: Women's Musical Club of
Toronto. Measha Brueggergosman,
soprano. Music by Mozart, Sfhubert, Duparc
& Wolf. 12:15: pre-concert lecture, Rm.
330. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 923-
7052. $22.
-7:30: Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts. The Nutcracker. Oakville
Ballet Company & Oakville Symphony
Orchestra. 130 Navy St. Oakville. 905-815-
2021. $22.99. For complete run see Music
Theatre listings.
- 7:30: Roy;:il Conservatory of Music
Glenn Gould Professional School.
Chamber Music Concert 1. Ettore Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 408-2824
ex(321. $5, $3.
-8:00: Civic Light Opera Company. The
Wizard of Oz. 100 years of Oz songs by
Arlen, Harburg, Baum, Tietjens, Van
Huessen, Cahn, Smalls & others. Fairview
Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive.
203-7839. $ l 0. For complete run see Music
Theatre listings.
-8:00: Massey Hall. Ute lemper. 15
Shuter. 416-872-4255. $35.50-$55.50.
-8:00: Music Toronto. Colorado Duarte!.
Mozart: Quartet in B flat, K.589, King of
Prussia; Somers: Movement for String
Quartet; Mendelssohn: Quartet in e, Op. 44,
#2. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East.
366-7723. $43, $39, $5 (st). · ·
Autumn Leaf Performance
www.autumnleaf.com
December 6, 2000 + Massey Hall
Coll 872-4255 + Tickets start at $15.50
A WORl!.l'J
PREMIERE
1:4 ·Remembered
, A contemporary requiem in memory of the '
fourteen women slain at L'Etole polytechnique,
the tragedy history calls The Montreal Massacre.
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-8:00: New Music Concerts/Music
Gallery. -infoweaver. Interactive multi·
media music theatre work by Allik & Mulder.
Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College St. 416·
978· 7986. 20, $10. For complete run see
Music Theatre listings.
-8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Emanuel Ax, piano & Yo-Yo Ma, cello in
Recital Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 593·
4828. $50 to $150.
FURTHER
AFIELD,
but within easy travelling
distance of the GT Al:
Thursday November 02
-2:00 & 8:00: MelodyMakers. Hitz of the
Blitz. Variety styleshow featuring '40's
songs. Heritage Theatre, 86 Main St. North,
Brampton. 905-874-2800. $15.
Saturday November 04
-8:00: Hamilton Philharmonic
Orchestra. Way Out West. Copland: Billy
the Kid & Rodeo (excerpts); !]role: Grand
Canyon Suite; medley of Western themes
from television. David S.eldon, photographer;
Michael Reason, conductor. Great Hall,
Hamilton Place, 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton.
905-526-6556. $22·$42, $20-$381~ \ l~tl ..
Sunday November 05
"11.,11'"'
-7:30: Pop To Opera. Variety Concert.
Canada's Three Tenors & two sopranos.
Great Hall, Hamilton Place, 1 Summers Lane,
Hamilton. 905-645-5000. $12-$20.
Thursday November 09
-8:00: Sanderson Centre. Oon Williams.
Country music. 88 Dalhousie St. Brantford.
1·800-265-0710. $25,$23,$22 (st/sr).
Thursday November 16
-2:00 & 8:00: Sanderson Centre.
Nuncrackers. The next chapter in the
Nunsense series of musicals. 88 Dalhousie
St. Brantford. 1-800-265-0710.
$25,$23,$22 (st/sr). For complete run see
. Music Theatre listings.
Friday November 17
-8: 15: Te De um Singers. Great Churches
& Cathedrals. Ireland: Greater Love hath no
man; Britten: Festival Te Deum & Jubilate
Deo; Howells: Like as the Hart; Willan:
Behold the Tabernacle of God; works by
Finzi, Sumsion, Weaver & Tippett. Nancy
DeVries, organ; Richard Birney·Smith,.
conductor. 8:00: Pre-concert Chat from the
Stage. Christ's Church Cathedral, 252
James St. North, Hamilton. 905-628·4533.
$20,$15(sr/st), $6(children under 12).
Saturday November 18
-7:30: Oshawa-Durham Symphony
Orchestra. A Salute to the United Kingdom.
Elgar: Cello Concerto; March from The
Bridge on the River Kwai;·some of Britain's
greatest hits. Borislav Strulev, cello; Marco
Parisotto, conductor. Salvation
ArmyTemple, 570 Thornton Road North,
Oshawa. 905-579-6711. $22,$18(sr),
$1;1(st),$5(under 13), family rates.
-8:00: Friends of Music. Catherine
Robbin, mezzo & Oaniel lichti, baritone in
Recital Songs of romantic love. Leslie
De'eath, piano. Capitol Theatre, 20 Queen
Street, Port Hope. 1·800-434-5092. $25.
-8:00: Symphony Hamilton/Hamilton
Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.
Celebrating Youth. Mahler: Symphony 111;
Mercadante: Flute Concerto in e;
Chaminade: Concertina. Radha Subramanian
"& Erika Broughton, flutes; James R. McKay,
music director/conductor. Tivoli Theatre,
108 James St. North, Hamilton. 905-526·
6690. $15, $12(srlst), $ 5(under 12).
Thursday November 23
-2:00 & 8:00: Sanderson Centre.
Barrage. Fusion of alternative, worldbeat &
traditional music. 88 Dalhousie St.
Brantford. 1 ·800-265-0710. $25,$23,$22
(st/sr).
- 8:00: Opera Ontario. Popera. Memorable
operatic show-stoppers. Soloists; Opera
Ontario Chorus; Kitchener-Waterloo
Philharmonic Choir; Daniel Lipton, conductor.
Great Hall, Hamilton Place, 1 Summers Lane,
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Friday November 24
-8:00: Sanderson Centre. Barrage. See
November 23.
Saturday November 25
-8:00: Durham Region Concert
Association. Oonna Bennett, soprano &
Brian Finley, piano in Recital Salvation
Army :r emple, 570 Thornton Rd. North,
Oshawa. 905-668-4085. $25,$18.
'....8:00: Heritage Theatre Brampton.
Barrage in Concert. 86 Main St. North,
Brampton. 905-874-2800. $33.50.
Wednesday November 29
-12:30: University of Waterloo. Noon
Hour Concert: Timothy Minthorn, piano in
Recital Conrad Grebel Chapel. Wate-rloo.
519-885-0220. Free.
Thursday November 30
-8:00: Saflderson Centre/St. Joseph's
Hospital Foundation. Forever Plaid.
Musical set in the 50's & 60's. In support of
Hospice Care. 88 Dalhousie St. Brantford. 1·
800-265-0710. $50,$25, $100(includes
post-gala reception).
Saturday December 02
-8:00: Hamilton Philharmonic
Orchestra. The Italian lyre. Vivaldi: The
Fouf\Seasons; Adaskin: Serenade
Concertante; Cherubini: Symphony in d.
Jasper Wood, violin; Giuseppe Cataldo,
conductor. Great Hall, Hamilton Place, l
Summers Lane, Hamilton. 905-526-6556.
$22-$42, $20-$38(sr/st).
-8:00: Heritage Theatre Brampton. Irish
Rovers. 86 Main St. North, Brampton. 905·
874-2800. $40.
-8:00: Symphony Hamilton. Celebrating
Handel's Messiah. Mohawk College Singers;
Michael Jarvis & James R. McKay,
conductors. Tivoli Theatre, 108 James St.
North, Hamilton. 905-526-6690. $15,
$12(sr/st), $ 5(under 12).
Sunday December 03
-2:00: Lindsay Concert Foundation.
Gryphon Trio. Music for violin, cello & piano.
Frost Theatre, Sir Sandford Fleming College,
Lindsay. 705-328-0587. $20,$10.
· -3:00: Oshawa-Durham Symphony
Orchestra. Christmas Perennial Jewel·
Messiah. Dragana Krstik, soprano; Steve
Harland, tenor; bass TBA; Alice Yoo, piano;
Durham Philharmonic Choir; Bob Phillips,
director. Carruther's Creek Community
Church, Bayly Street East, Ajax. 905-579·
6711. $ 22, $18(sr), $12(st), $ 5(under 13),
family rates.
Wednesday December 06
-7:00: Theatre Aquarius. Joseph & the
Amazing Technicolour Oreamcoat. By
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice; Jeff
Hyslop, choreographer. 190 King William
Street, Hamilton. 905-522-7529. $25-$46,

$ T9-$40(~r/sl), $19(under 16). Fo'r complete
run see Music Theatre listings.
Thursday December 07
-8:00: Stuart Mclean. A Vinyl Cafe
t;hristmas. Hamilton Place, 1 Summers
Lane, Hamilton. 1-905-527-7666.
HONOURABLE
MENTION
*November 7 & 8, 8:00: Simple Gifts.
English & American.folksongs; classics from
the copcert, operatic & mijsical theatre
stages. Russell•Drago, bass-baritone;
Melody McShane, piano. Rivoli, 334 Queen
St. West. 416-658-7148. $10.
•'•November 4 8:00: Centre francophone
du Toronto metropolitain/Alliance
Francaise. ;Jngelo Oebarre, gypsy guitar.
Guests: Michel Donato, bass & Matcho
Winterstein, acoustic guitar. Brigantiine
Room, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-
4000. $14, $12. (See Concert Notes.)
**November. 10 9:0,0: TRANZAC Club.
Club Ojango Sextet of Toronto. 292
Brunswick. 4 i 0-3655.
**November 11 8:00:·Millpond Centre.
Steeped ln Tradition. Celtic band with Sandy
Macintyre. 106 Vic~oria St. West, Alliston.
705-435-3092. $13.
**November 14 7:30: Music Alive!
McConnell: Divertimento for Strings (world
premiere); Pepa: Mutations; works by
Bartok, Maksimovic & Britten. Vladimir
Orlov, cello; Canadian Sinfonietta. Cliffcrest
United Church, 1 McCowan Rd. 416-261 -·
1857. $16,$14. (See Concert Notes:)
, **November 15 8:00: Yorkmil!ster Park
Church. William Aide, piano in Recital 1585
Yonge St. 416-925-7312. Free. (See
Concert Notes.) ·
**November 19 2:00: Canadian Music
Competitions, Oakville-Mississauga
·Chapter. Catch A Rising Star .. .! Fund·
raising concert. Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts, 130 Navy St. Oakville.
905-815-2021. $15,$10.
**November 21 8:00? Latin Music .
Productions/Consul General.of Cuba.
Victor Rodrigues, piano in Recital Music by
Bach-Gounod, Haydn, Beethoven & Chopin.
Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West.
416-299-5496. (See Concert Notes.).
**November 22 8:00?: Latin Music
Productions/Consul General of Cuba.
· Victor Rodrigues, piano in Recital. Ettore
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West.
. 416-299-5496. (See Concert Notes.)
**November 23 8:00?: Latin Music
Productions/Consul General of Cuba.
Victor Rodrigues, piano in Recital Ettore
Mazzolerii Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West.
416-299-5496. (See Concert Notes.)
••November 25 8:00: Millpond Centre.
George Gallus Ouo. Virtuoso Hungarian jazz ·
pianist. 106 Victoria St. West, Alliston. 705-
435-3092. $13.
••November 25 7:30: Milton Choristers.
Guests: Trillium Brass; Eden United Church
Handbell Choir. G,ambrel Barn, Country
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HONOURABLE MENTION, CONTINUED
Mezzetta Restaurant Cafe, 681 St. Clair
Ave, West. 416-658-5687. Cover $6.
Wednesday Concerts in a Cafe: Sets at
9: 15 &. 10:30pm (reservations rec om·
mended for 1st set): ,
~November 8: Allen Merovitz & Friends
(Yiddish/klezmer/jazz)
•November 22: Tim Boyle Duo
•December 6: Kye Marshall (jazz duo)"
J"ryptych Productions. Gatsby's
Restaurant & Dinner Theatre, 504 Church
St. 416-925-4545. No cover.
*Every Sunday in November at 7:30:
Music at Gatsby's. Opera, light opera, jazz,
blues & musidor the season. Marcia
Bunston, soprano alterna_tes with Doug
T ranquada,'baritone & Beatrice Carpino,
mezzo soprano.
Heritage Park. 905-876-3307. $12,$10,
children .under 12 free.
**November 25 8:00: Toronto Youth
Wind Orchestra. Glenn Gquld Studio, 250
Front St. West: 416-712-6582. $15,$12.
**December' 1 8:00: Toronto Youth
Conc,ert Winds. Timothy Eaton Memorial
Auditorium, 230 St. Clair West. 416-712·
6582. $10,$8.
**December 2 7:30: High Park Choirs of
Toronto. Annual Christmas Concert. St.
Anne's Church, 651Dufferin·St.416-762-
0657. $15,$10. '
•*December 3 2.:·oo: High Parli Choirs of
Toronto. Annual Christmas Concert. St.
Anne's Church. See December 2. ·
••December 3 2:00: Royal Conservatory
of Music Alumni Association, Toronto
Chapter. Kent Mc Williams, piano & Jerzy
kaplanek, violin in Recital Ettore Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 408-2824
. ext.321.
•*December 3 7:00: Saint Thomas•s
Choir. Advent Proce,ssion ~ · Solemn
Evensong. 383 Huron. 416-979-2323.
· freewill offering.
,• *December 3 8:00: Church of St.
Martin·1n·The Fields. Advent Carol
.Servic.e. 151 Glenlake Ave. 416-767-7491.
Free (collection).
••erott Music Festival: ($ee ad page 19)
Unless otherwise indicated, at Hamilton
· Place, 1 Summer's Lane; Hamilton. 905·
525-7664:
*November 7 9:30am & 11:30am:
Animal Crackers! Education concert. $3.50.
· •November 8 9:30am & 11 :30am:
Animal Crackers! Education concert. $3.50.
•November 16 8:00: Piano Marathon 1.
"Arthur Ozolins, piano. $18,$15. 6:30: Pre·
concert lecture in the Meeting Room. $ 7.
*November 17 8:00': Piano Marathon II.
Arthur Ozolins, piano: $ l8,$15. 6:30: Pre·
concert lect.ure in the Meeting Room. $ 7.
*November 29 9:30am & 11:30a'm:
Greaf'Composers: Brahms & Dvorak
Education Concert. $3.50.
•December 3 3:00: Best of Brass! High
Tea. Sheraton Hamilton Hotel Ballroom, 143
King St. West, Hamilton: $21,$18.
*December 6 8:00: Kuerti Plays Brahms;
$-18, $15. 6:30: Pre-concert lecture in the
· Meeting Room. $ 7.
INDEX OF PRESENTERS AND VENUES
Please note: Numbers refer to dates, not WholeNote page numbers. ''D"
before a number signifies December; and "FA" after a venue signifies that
•·• • .1. the listing.is in "Further Afield" Of? page 44.
Aboriginal Music uays 2000 17 . Ensemble Nair 8
Academy Concert Series 11 Esprit Orchestra 7, 25
Acoustic Harvest 11 Estonian House 3 "
ACT 12 · 'Etobicoke Community C0ncert Band d 1
Air Canada Centre d6 Etobicoke Musical Productions 17
Aldeburgh Connection 10, 26, dB
. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall 4, 16,26, d•1-d4; d7
Alexander Singers & Players 8 Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan 6
All the King's Voices 25, d2 ,
Fairview Library Theatre d1, d7
Alliance I.or Canadian New Music Projects d3 First Unitarian Congregation d5
Amadeus Choir d3.
Flying Cloud Folk Club 12, 19, 26, d3
American Musicological Society 2·4 Friends of Music (fa) 18
Amici Ensemble 24 Gallery one2one 17 ·
Aradia Ensemble d 1 Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art 1
Arbor Oak 18 Geordie McDonald 26
ARRAYMUSIC i George lgnatielf Theafre. 10
Art Gallery of Ontario 12, dB
George Weston Recital Hall 5, 9, d3
, Arts & Letters Club 2B, 29 . Glen Hall d3
A:rtword Theatre 5, 12, 19, 26, d3
Glendon Gallery B
Autobiomusics 19 Glendon Musical Ensemble 6
Autumn Leaf Perfor.mance d6 ' . Glenn Gould Studio t, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 16,
Baroque Music Beside the Gran,ge 5 ,
17, 19, 23, 24, 2B, 30, d1
Bell' Arte Singers 1.8 · Grace Church on-the-Hill d2
Bellefair United Church 18 Great Hall, .Hart House 26
'Betty Oliphant Theatre 25
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (fa) 4, d2
Birch Cliff United Church 11 Hamilton Philhannonic Youth Orchestra (fa) 18
Birchmount rark C.I. 18 Hamilton Place (fa) 4, 5: 23, d2, d7 ·.
Bloor Street United Church 8, 11, 17
Hammerson Hall 1, 10, 17, 25, d2, d3
Burlington Civic Chorale 25 Hannaford Street Silver Band 7
Burnhamthorpe Auditorium l7 Harbourfront Centre 1, 5, 12, 19
Burton Auditorium, York University d1 · Hart House Chorus 26
Calvin Presbyterian Church 5, 12, 18, 1,9, 2B Hart House Music Committee 1, 5
Calyx Concerts d3 Heliconian Hall 4, 25
Canadian Music Competitions 29
Heritage Theatre Brampton (fa) 2, 25, d2
Cantabile Chorale of York R~gion d5 High Pa.rk Choirs of Toronto 18 ·
Cantores Celestes d2 Hilton 3, 4 · .
Capitol Theatre, Port Hope (fa) 18 Humber Music Jazz Series 29
Carruther's Creek Community Church d3 Humbercrest United Church d3
Cathedral. Bluffs Symphony Orchestra d2 Hymn Society of North America d2 ,
CBC Radio Two 2, 5, 9, 16, 23, 30 lnterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre 24
Celebrity .S~mphony Orchestra 25 lntrada Brass 18
Centuries Opera Association 22
Jane Mallett Theatre 9, 14, 24, 25, 28, d3, d7
Chinese Canadian Choir of Toronto 5 Jason Hammer 19
Christ Church 27.- John Bassett Theatre 25
Christ Church Deer Park 2, 5, 9, 16, John Kameel Farah 9
·18, 23, 30, d2 John Workman Theatre 30
Christ's Church C~thedral , Hamilton (fa) 17 Jubilate Children's Chorus of Toronto d2
Church At Berkeley 12
Jubilate Singers d2
Church of the Holy Trinity 1, 5
Kammermusik Toronto d2
Church of the Redeemer d2
Kimbourne Park Church 25 '
Church of the Resurrection 11
Kiwanis C.lub of Casa Loma 6, d4
· Civic Light Opera Company d7 Kory Livingstone 25
Classic Jazz Society of Toronto 3 Lakeshore Auditorium 29
Community Christian Reformed Churcti d5 Leah Posluns Theatre 25
Composers' Orchestra 9 Leaside'Presbyterian Church 5
Composers' Quartet 9 · Leigha Lee Browne Theatre 15
Con.Tak! 23, d5 Les AMIS Concerts 17 ·
Concentus Arts J 1, 18, 25 Lindsay' Concert Foundation (fa) d3 ·
Concerts at St. George's d3 Living Arts Centre Mississauga 1, 10,' 17,
Conrad Grebel Chapel, Waterloo (fa)29
18, 24, dl, d3
.: Co.nsort Caritatis 3, 11 Loretto Abbey d3
Contact Contemporary Music Ensemble d3 MacMillan Theatre 2, l1, 21, d2
Continuum 8 · . Markham Theatre for Performing Arts d3
Corey Gemmell & Maria Dolnycky 25
Massey Hall 2-4, d2, d4, dB, d7
Counterpoint Community Orchestra, 25 Massey Hall New Music Festival 5-11
Critical Mass.20 ' Mclaughlin Perfoimance Hall 1, 15, 22,
Dave Clark 12
27, 29, d3, d4
Deer Park Church 4 · McMichael Canadian Collection 19
Deer Park Concerts 4 ,. Meadowvale Theatre 12, 24
Don Mills Centre.25 , MelodyMakers (fa) 2 ,
Dori Mills Organ Society 15 Metropolitan United Church 5, 26 1
Du Maurier Theatre Centre 1, 5, 11 Minkler Auditorium 26 ·
Puot'lntemporel 25 Mississauga Children's Choir 11, 25
Durham Re.gion Concert Association (ia) 25 Mississauga Guitar Society 25
Eastminster United Church 3, 11, 12, 24; d 1 Mississauga Music Education Foundation 9
Eden United Church 11 Mississauga Pops Concert Band 12
Edward Day Gallery d1 Mississauga Symphony Orchestra 18, 25
Elmer lseler Singers 6 •. 24 ' Montgomery's Inn d1 . ·
Ensemble Contemporairi de Montreal 11
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INDEX, CONTINUED
,Si. Dunstan's Church 26
St. George the Martyr Church 2, 3, 5, 9, 14,
Mooredale Concerts 1 l. 12 17, 18, 24, dl -d3
Music At Metropolitan 26
St. George's Anglican Church d2
Music At Rosedale 29 St. George's on-the-Hill d3 ,
Music at St. Anne's 19, d3
St. James' Cathedral 3, 4, 7, 14, 21, 28, d5
Music at St. John's 5; 18 St. John's Church 5, 18
M USIC · G a II ery 2 ' 3 ' 9 ' 12 ' 17' ' 18 ' 20 ' St. John's Presbyterian Church 18
22, dl, d2, d4, d7 St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation (fa) 30
Music Theatre Mississauga 24 St. Martin-in· the-Fields d2' . '
Music Toronto 9, 14, 28, d7 St. Patrick's Church 3, 4, 24
Music Umbrella 24
St.Paul's Bloor Street 2, 9, 16, 20, 23, 30, d7
MusicCanad~Musique 2000 2, d6 St. Thomas a Becket Church 25 .
Musicians in Ordinary d2
St. Thomas's Church 17, d2
Myrna Levine Productions 19.
Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute d2
Necessary Angel Theatre Company· 11 ! Stuart Mclean (fa) d7
New Music Concerts 11, 17, d7 Studio Theatre, Harbourfront 1
New Opera & Concerts Centre 1 O
Symphony Hamilton (fa) 18, d2
Newmarket Theatre 19
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 22-26 '
North 44° Vocal Ensemble 11
Talisker Pla,yers Chamber Music 7"'
North Toronto Institute of Music 5 Tallis Choir d2 ••••
North York Concert Orchestra 15 Te Deuni Singers 18
North York Singers d3 Te Deum Singers (fa) 17
Northern District Library 9, 30 · Th~ Chapel, Victoria University 9, 25
NOW Lounge 12, 22 . The Music Hall d2
Oakville 'Centre for the Performing Arts 1: The New Guitar d 1
3 5 79 11 2'0 24 28 d3 d7 . The Stone Church 25 1
Oakville
. '
Symphony
' " ' '
OrchestraA,
' . ·'
5
, Theatre Aquar1'us (fa) d6
Off Centre Music Salon 2.6 . Theatre Passe Muraille 20, d4 -
OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio 4, 6, 9, 14, d2, d5 Theatre Sheridan l 5 ·
Ontario Christian Music Assemtlly '3 · Theatricality Plus Players 28
Opera Buffa Inc dl Thornhill Presbyteria'n Church 24
Opera in Concert d3
Tivoli Theatre, Hamilton Ila) 18, d2
Opera Mississauga d2 ToneART ensemble 4
Opera Ontario (fa) 2•3
Toiorito Baha'i Centre 25 '
Oriana Singers d2 Toronto Blues Society d2 .
Orpheus Choir of Toronto 3 T orontp Centre for the Perfonnlng Arts 19, 22
Oshawa-Durham Symphony Orchestra (fa) 18, d3 Toronto Chamber Choir 5, d2 ·
Penthelia Singers d3 · · _ Toronto Children's Chorus 5, 25
Per,forming Arts York Region 24 ., Toronto Consort 3 ,
Pop To,Opera (fa) 5 L Toronto Gi!Bert & Sullivan Society·4
Redeemer Lutheran Church:11, 25 Toronto Latvian Concert Association 12
... Riverdale Ensemble 25 · Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 2 ·
Robert Gill Theatre d7 Toronto Organ Club 27
Roberta Laking &, Richard Leach 1
Ronda Rindone 5 .
Toronto Philharmonia 9
, Toro~to Senior Strings 9
Rosedale P,resbyterian Church 29, iJ3 Toronto· Sinfonietta 11
Rosedale United Church 11, 25
Toronto Symphony Orchestra 1, .4, 5, JO,
Roy Thomson Hall 1 ·8, 11, 15, 16, 18,
11, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 25, 29, d2, dl), d7
22-25, 28, 29, d2, d6, d7 · Toronto Theatre Organ Society 6, d4
,Roy Thomson Hall Volunteers 10, 17, 24, dl TRANZAC 12, 19, 26, d3 '
Royal Bank Th_eatre 18, 24, d1
Trillium Brass Quintet dl
ACM 3, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 26, dl, d2 Trinit,y Presbyterian Church York Mills 11
, RCM Glenn Gould Professional School d2, d4, d7 Trinity-St. Paul's Church 3, 7, 22-26, d2
Runnymede United Church d2 T ryptyi:h Protluctions 11, 25
Ryerson Theatre School 4 U of T Canadian Studies & Aboriginal Studies 17
Salon des Refus~s 5 U of T at Scarborough 9, 15, 29, 30
SalYation Army Temple (fa) 18 U of. T Faculty of Music 1, 2, 4, 7 -11, 13-15,
Salvation Army Temple, Oshawa (fa). 25 21, 24, 2B·d2, d5; d6 ·
Sanderson Centre (fa) s, 16, 23, 24, 30 University of Toronto Opera Dept 21
Saturday Night Music at St. George's d2 University of Waterloo (fa) 29 .,
ANNOUNCEMENTS
'-
*November 1 6:00: Hamilton Philharmonic
Orchestra. A World of Treasures. 4th.Annual
HPD auction. Liuna Station, 360 'James St.
North,' Hamilton. 905-526-1677. $35.
THE ETCETERA FILE ....
*November 31D:3Dain: Toronto Children's
Chor.us/Edmonton Children's Choir: Con·
cert for Schoo/' Choirs. Glimpsing the grand
choral works of Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky,
Rautavaara & Sallinen. Grades 3·8 choirs &
music classes are invite~ to participate as
audience and as co-performers. Metropolitan
. United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 932-8666.
' $6/child, accompanying aduits free.
, ' .··- '
*November 3 B:DD: American Musicologi·
with but a Single Thought. Pianist Kristen J.
Helgeland demonstrates how composers of
ragtime & jazz works frequently used classi·
cal sources 'for inspiration. Sheraton ~entre,
123 Queen St. West. 416-978-0379. Free .
*November 7 1 :DD: Massey Hall New Mu·
sic Festival. Composers' Forum. Visiting com·
posers discuss their works being performed,
moderated by Jeffrey Ryan. U of T F,aculty of
Music, 80 Queen's Park. 416-593-4828. Free.
·~ovember B 12:30:1York University Dept.
of Music. The Guitar Style of Jimmy Hendrix. ,
Lecture-demo by Mike Daley. Mclaughlin Per·
formance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College. 416·
736-5186. Free.
cal Society. Billy Taylor Honoured: A Crea· ·*November 15 4:00: University ofToronto·
tor Among Progressives: Presentation of 8 Faculty of Music. Colloquia in Musicology &
Lifetime Achievement Award. Sheraton Cen· Theory. Rosanne King; The Sacred Songs of
tre, 123 Queen St.West. 416.978.0379. Free. Francisco Guerrero; Lowell Lybarger: On Lan·
guage About, Music; Nancy Riley: Vaughan
*November 4: Toronto Operetta Theatre .. Williams' favourite piece of English music: Are
Kings of Operetta. Jvening of wine, dining, . we surprised? Rm.216 Edward Johnson Bldg.,
dancing & music by Strauss, Offenbach, Lehar 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-5772. Free.
& others. Donauschwaben Club. 416-922· *November l 6 11 :DDam-l :Dci & 2:00-5:00:
29l 2.
U of T Canadian Studies & Aboriginal
*November 8 to 26: New Musi,c Concerts. Studies/Aboriginal Music Days.2000. Mis-'
When It Rains. Interactive computer/mechani· appropriation or Misunderstanding? Panel dis·
cal sound sculptu:re installation by Gordon cussion traCing the uses of North American
• Monahan. Thursday-Sunday, 2:00'7:00 & by Aboriginal musical materials in traditional. & ·
appointmen\. Gallery one2one, 326 Carlaw contemporary creation. Guest panelists: Sadie
Ave. Suite 12 l. 416-405-9996. Free. Buck, Frank Anakwad Montano, Rayna Green,
*November j 1 7:00: Music Africa. 2000
Beverley Diamond, Art Levine & others;
African Music Aw~rdS. Honouring the contri­
Barbara Croail, moderator. Room 53, Univer·
. butions & talents of Airican/Torontonian art·
sity College, 15 King's College Ciicle. 416·
657-2224. Free. ,. '
ists. Categories include:Fi~ti Memorial Award
for Traditional Perfo'rmance; Band of the Year;. •November 16 7:00: U of T Canadian Stud­
Youth Award; Composer; Award of Merit & ies & Aboriginal Studies/Aboriginal Music
others. Holiday Inn, 370 King St. West. 416- Days 2000. Guest speakers: Beverley Dia·
469-5336. $.35 (Music Africa membe·rs S30) mond, Annette Chretien, Rayna' Green, Darlene
(includes cocktails, dinner & awards presen- Whitecalf & Bruce Ziffs. Rm. 163 University
talion). · College, 15 King's College Circle. 416-657·
*November 26 2:00: Mississauga Pops , 2~24 . $10.
Concert Band. Tes Oance. Dance to swing *November 23 4:00: University ofToronto
music & more. Port Credit Legion, 35 Front Faculty of Music. Colloquia in Musicology &
St. North. 905-338-5768..
· Theory. Professor Caryl Clark: Reading & Lis·
· tening to Opera Buffa in Muzart' s Vienna; panel •
LECTURES·
discussion: .Research in Foreign Libraries.
Rm.216 Edward Johnson Bldg.,, 80 Queen's
Park. 416-978-5772. Free. ·
MASTER-CLASSES.
*November 2 B:DD: American Musicologi:
cal Society. The Way I Really Play: A Conversation
with Oscar Peterson. ~ariel discus-
, sion & investiture of Peterson as an Honorary
Member. Sheraton: centre, 123 Queen St.
West. 416-978-0379. Free.
Scarborough Bel Can)o Choir 26 University 'of Western OntaJio 4_ ·
Scarborough Music Theatre 2 University .Settlement Music & Arts School 24, d3 *November 2 B:DD: Toronto Wagner Soc. i·
S b h Ph.lh · · 18 Via Salzburg 17 .
car oroug 1 armomc · · , ety. The Richard-Wagner·forschungsstatte:
Scarborough Village Theatre 2
Victoria Royce Presbyterian Church 11 '
Seeley Hall, T iinity College 19 Virginia Gallop Evoy & Brahm Goldhamer 11 Wagner. Studies in the Third Reich. Lecture by
Seneca College 26 . · Visual & Performing Arts Newmarket 19 Stephen McClatchie. Arts & Letters Club, 14
Sheraton Centre 2·4 Vocalpoint Chamber Choir 4 Elm St.. 966-5289. Members free; non-riJem-
Sheridan College 15' Voices d2 hers by .donation ($5-$10 suggested).
Silverthorn Collegiate Auditorium dl Walter Hall l, 2.'7· lD, 12·15• 17• 21• *November 3 8:00: American Musicologi:
Sine Nomine d2 24• 26• 28·d1. d5·d7 cal Society. Ken Pierce Baroque Qa. nee Com·
S. f · T 19 · Westminster United Church 2~
m oma· oronto
pany: 150 Years of the Menuet de
·
la Cour.
S. S di 'd Fl · C 11 ·
1r an or emmg o ege,
L.
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(f
a
) d3 Willowdale United Church 11, d2
Sheraton Centre,' 123 Queen .St. West. 416·
Skye Consort 14 Women's Musical Club of Toronto 2, d7 978
Small World Music 3, 12, dl Woodchoppers Association 12 . ·0379. Frne.
song Circle 2·5 . York Symphony Orchestra dl, d3 ·. *November 3 8:00: American Musicologi·
Soundstreams Canada 5 York U Dept. of Music 1, 3, 15, 22, 27-30, d3, d4 cal Society. Scorn: Baroque Opera Scenes on
St: Andrew's Church 9 York Woods Public LibraryiTheatre 15 1 . the Subject of the Scorned Woman. Drawing
.St. Anne's Church 4, 18, 19 Yorkminster Park Church 1, 8; 11, 15, 22, 29, d6 on· operatic scenes by Charpentier, Purcell,
St.,Basil's Church d2 Yorkminster Salvatio_n Army 18 Rameau & Handel. Sheraton Centre, 123
St. Christopher Ho.use 30 Yorkminstrels 25 Queen St. West. 416-978-0379. Free.
*November 712:1 a: University of Toronto
Faculty of Music. Performing Power! V.oice
masterclass with Gretchen Kerr, PhD, Sports
Psychologist. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park.
978-3744. Free.
*November 23 12;10: University of To·
ronto Faculty of Music. Anton kuerti Piano
Masterclass. Walter .Hall, 8.0 Queen's Park. ·
, 978-3744. Free.
*November 28 12JD; University of To·
ronto Faculty of Music. English Art.Song at
Its Be$t. Voice ' Masterclass with Jean
MacPhail & Eric Domville. Walter Hall, 80
Queen's Park. 978-3744. Free. '
• Royal Conservatory of Music Glenn
Gould Professional School. Upcoming master
classes (all free to the public) at 273 Bloor
St. West . . ' ' /
*Nov.2 1D:DDam & 2:00: ·
St . . Ch ns · t op h er ' s A ng 1· 1can Ch urc h 25 Yorkwoods Library Theatre 8 ,
• . . . . . Stephane Lemelin, piano
St. Clement's Church dl' November 4 8.DD. American Mus1colog1· *N 2 TBA K. . Sh 't
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•Nov.3 2:00: Stephane Lemelin, piano
•Nov.9 lD:OOam: John Steinmetz, bassoon·
•Nov.9 10:00am: Marc Durand, piano
•Nov.10 1 O:ODam & 2:00:
Paul Rapaport, composition
•Nov.1110:00am:
John Steinmetz, bassoon ·
•Nov.16 10:00am: John Perry, piano. '
•Nov.17 10:00am & 2:00:
Michael Sachs, trumpet
•Nov.17 10:00am & 2:00:
John Perry, piano .
•Nov.23 10:00am: Leon Fleisher, piano
•Nov.24 1'0:00am: 1 ·.
Andrew ,Timar, composition
•Nov.2410:00am & 2:00:
· Leon Fleisher, piano
• Nov.30 1 :OD: Helen Yorke, piano
WORKSHOPS
•Nov11mber 12 1 :30 & 3:45: CAMMAC.
Rehearsal of Haydn's lord Nelson Mass with
Joan Andrews, conduct.or (orchestra: 1 :30;
singers: 3:45). Instrumentalists please bring
music stand. Church of t~e Messiah, 240 Av·
enue Road. 416·924-·1938. Free.
• November 121:30: Toronto Early Music
Players' Organization. Workshop with
Sylvain Bergeron, lute, theorbo & oµd. lansing
United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 416-480·0225.
five Women's Singing; Native Flute Making &
Playing; Native Men's Singing &.Drumming.
for information or to audit.
Lectures by Sadie Buck, Frank Anakwad . •Novemb~r 19 2:00: CAMMAC. Reading of
Montano & Jimmy .Dick: Barbara Croall, artis· Haydn's lord Nelson Mass with Gordon White,
tic director. University College, 15 King's Col- . conductor. Instrumentalists please bring mu­
'lege Circle. 416-657-2224. $20. sic stand. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570
Yonge St 416-924-1938. $5(non·members),
•November 17 3:00·6:1 5: High Park . $2(members).
Choirs.' Workshops with the Amabile Boys' • .
Choir, Riverdale Youth Singers & Bach , 111.ovem~e r 25.9:00am: Rosedale Churc.h
Children'sChorus, conducted by Bob Chilcott. Ch1l~ren s Choir Workshop. ,Toronto Ch~I·
St. John's Presbyterian Church, 415 dren.s Cho~us plus 8 of To r~nto s church ch1I­
, Broadview Ave. 416-762-0657 for informa- dren s choirs. Rosedale Umted Church, 159
tion or to audit.
$20 . . ~ •November 18 9:30am-1.2:15: High Pa.r~
•N · b 17 10·00 _ 1. 00 & 2 . 00 _ 4 . 00 . Choirs. Workshops. with the Mississauga Chilovem
er · am · · " · dre ' Ch ·r & the H' h P k Ch · tl t d
U of T Canadian Studies & Aboriginal. ' · n s OI . ig ar oirs, con uc. e
•Nov.29 11:00am & 2:3Q: . . . . by B·ob Chilcott. St. John's Presbytenan
Stud1es/Abongmal Music Days 2000. Na- Church, 415 Broadview Ave. 416-762-0657
Ro x ~orough Dr. 416-932-8666. $,5 (reserved
seating).·
•November 30 B;DD: Toronto Folk Singers'
Club. Informal meeting with the purpose of
exchanging songs, traditional or contemporary.
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'
Cover story: AleX Pauk's Esprit
by David Perlman . .
The "wallpaper" in our cover photograph'
of Esprit Orchestra founder and conductor
Alex Pauk tells a big part of our cove.r
story. It is, a detail from the marked-up
score of a composition titled Trope, by
. Canadian co!Ilposer OMAR DANIEL.
Commissioned by Esprit, Trope will
receive its premier~ performance iri a joint
Esprit-Hannaford Street Siiver Band .
concert, titled Urban Exchange, at Massey
Hall on November 7. Trope is one of four
Canadian works-three of them premieres-on
the program that night: And
the concert is one of seven in the Massey
Hall New Music festival-an annual event
1that brings together mariy of the city's
practitioners of new music.
So, the big story is what? It's not
the fact that there are three new works
being premiered that night. We live, as
, composer Allison. Cameron remarks
elsewhere in this issue "in a premiere
culture . Yo~ have your work played once,
·then that's it; it goes to the CMC archive." tras.
What's noteworthy about Trope . Were it not for Alex Pauk and the
and its program partners is not per se Esprit Orchestra, this would likely not be '
that they are premieres. It's ~othings: so. .
one, that they are new orchestral works; ' Esprit's legal mandate is expres'sed in
and two, that ha\Ting been premiered here, terms as obvious as they are visionary·in
they stand a good chance ofbeihg played the company's Letters Patent, filed on
again - by Esprit, and, in time as part, of September 13 1985:
the "standard repertoire" of other orches- Objects:
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orchestral performance
'of all "
works played or
recorded by the
. Corporation.
. David jaeger has been the product'.r of
CBC Radio's.flagship contemporary music
, program "Two New Hours" since its · ·inception in 1978 and has a better idea
·than some of the challenge that Alex Pauk
was·setting for-himself.
· '~I think you can go so far as to say"
he told me "that in the late' 7o's and early
Bo's orchestral composit~on was closeto'
dying out." Things were so dire that a
great composer/teacher like John .
Weinzweig was telling composition
students atthe faculty not to ,bother
proposing orchestral projects, because
there would be no-one to' play them. "The
CBC national radio competition for young
composers did not have an orchestral
category until 19B8" Jaeger points out,
."and without Esprit I don't think it would
even have happened then."
· "I think_ you can safely say," he
said, "that within English Canada the early
activities of Esprit realiy did re~cue ·
orchestral composition from oblivion."
·So-struck was Jaeger with-Pauk's
tenacity and visfon that the CBC has
recorded, either on cd or live almost
everything that Esprit has performed. .
"We may have missed some in the earlier
years, and some of the supplementary
material, like the ~ave!, which is outside
.our mandate, but otherwise it;s all there ~ "
\ . .~ . .
Alex Pauk in~st have answered questions
like mine hundreds of.times over the
years-but his answers come out fresh.
"The whole idea of the tormation of Esprit
was ·as a vehicle for composers to write at
their fullest ext~nt for playe~s who would
then get to perform the same way. In
1983 when I set about founding it, new .
"new music" was at an all time low on the
concert map -- a pariah. Esprit led the
charge back from this· all time low."
· "Ail through these·years," Pauk
says, "a core of musicians has' dedicated
an extraordinary amount of time to the
orchestra that they could well have
devoted more lucratively elsewhere -- pit
engagements, whatever -- because Esprit.
has. consistently pffered them the opportunity
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That, when you get right down to
it, was the breathtaking simpl,icity
ofPauk's vision. You put together a ~ ·real
orchestra" -a _core of 40-45 musicians all
playing the standard instruments in the
standard sections. "That way composers
are challenged to their fullest expression.
And in turn the players get to stretch."
Player enjoyment and consequent
loyalty over the years has been fundamental
to Esprit's success. "You have to
understand how much it means to be
given the situation to play their best," says
Pauk. "With new music, audiences often
can't tell whether the music is being
played well or badly! but Esprit consistently
allows enough rehearsal time for
musicians to play properly. And because
the instrumentation is standard -- the
chances of works being picked up by
standard orchestras are hugely increased.
"With Esprit, works go on to have lives!"
This philosophy extends to
works neglected after being commissioned
elsewhere, Alex says, and gives
as an exampl~ Denis Bouvien's Bass
Clarinet Concerto for the Winnipeg
symphony. ·
The pivotal factor in the Esprit
equation, though, is the company's
record over the years of commissioning
new works and then bringing them
to performed fruition. "Composers
are informed that "the basic
premise is to create for an orchestra of
classical size and structure" he says.
"That's the baseline. If you want to
add, fine, but the premise is to create
works that will travel and become part
of the concert repertoire."
On the question of scores, he is
similarly flexible. "I'm used to dealing
with a wide range of materials.
Sometimes a score will come completely
laid out, sometimes requiring
assembly from the composer's indication
of general effect. Esprit does not insist on
a compositional vocabulary. We strive to
accommodate the composer's means of
achieving a statement of intention."
Esprit has commissioned well over
fifty works in its fifteen years by more
than forty composers. Jeff Ryan, one of
two TSO affiliate composers this year,
talked to me about his first Esprit commission,
Pangaea.
"I was still at graduate school in
Cleveland," he said "And here was my first
important commission, back in Canada. I
had studied with Alex's wife, Alexina
Louie, so I kne~ Esprit's work - the level
of playing and commitment. It was
daunting. These are people who really
play music. So you really push yourself,
challenge yourself to do a lot of things,
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the service of the composer."
The concert, he says was exactly
as he envisioned it, and as he sees it the
rehearsal was the key. "·That's where
they get to ask what did you mean, is this
right or offer ways of achieying something
which, the way I wrote it was
impossible."
Fujiko Irriajishi, Esprit's concert
master (and concert master for the ,
National Ballet) can't remember how
long she has been with Esprit---"since
very near the beginning 1 though. I
respect him a lot for what he's doing.
Without him there would be no Esprit."
Jerry Robinson, bassoon player
and personnel manager, talked about
"the vigilance it takes, the tenacity. He's
always finding new ways to keep it
going." He contrasts his work as player
with Esprit to his work with the National
Ballet orchestra, with evident enjoyment.
"I've learned to be careful not to dismiss
pieces -- the way I feel about it may not
gel at all with the audience_."
Doug Stewart, principal flute is
much more inclined to contemporary
work than the other two but shares tht!ir
· perceptions of the importance of Esprit's
place in the scheme of things .. He quotes
with relish a former colleague's observation
-- that "most large orchestras would
rather stick needles in their eyes than
play anything truly contemporary." And
he points to major areas of Esprit's and
Alex's work that I haven't touched on
here --outreach to schools, recordings,
film scores, taking the orchestra to ·
Europe. "Give him credit for tenacity. He
works hard, and he works you hard."
Alex Pauk has been associated with other
new music groups that have gone "down
different paths" : ARRAY MUSIC for
example started in his living room in
1970-originally as a composers discussion
group. They were all were students
at the U ofT Faculty of Music: the others
studying composing, Alex studying
Music Education.
But where Esprit is concerned he
is dtegorical. "Esprit Orchestra has been
my idea from the very beginning, in
every aspect, including administrative.
For that reason it has continued with
strength of vision."
"If you are telling the story of
Esprit, there are still many areas to
explore--multimedia aspects, combining
film and music, video ...."
No-one we spoke to accused him
· of standing still.
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by David Perlman
Start at the end of Frank
Nakashima's resume,.rather
than the beginning, and the
clues to his abiding passion
are, to say the least, a bit
oblique. · .
Under Sports he lists
baseball, hockey, tennis,
soccer, volleyball, running,
swimmil).g, and cycling. (He
confirms the.latter by
showing up,Jtt our door on ·
bicycle, loolUrlg for all the
world like a ci.ty hardened
bike courier with last minute
WholeNote ad in tow.)
Under Special Skills
the resume says he "plays
several musical instruments:
flute, recorder, guitar, piano,
electric bass, percussion and
similar instruments," and
under Singing that he has a
"three-octave range, and
many vocal styles."
Search for evidence of those
"many styles" and you will find "the male
vocal ensemble, The Gents (1974-1994)"
of which he was a founding member and
a refe'rence to frequent performances
with "gr9ups such as The Harris Family
Gosp'el Singers, and the country-rock
band, Jim Dix and the Derelix."
Continuing to track backward
through the resume, the signs of purpose
become clearer: He has had stints as a
sales clerk at the Royal Conservatory of
Music Bookstore and as Sales Manager,
Olde Yorke Musick Shoppe. He has
"composed a number of choral settings
, and has written many distinctive ar-
. rangements for The Gents." He operates
a mail order service which imports books
and facsimile editions from Europe, and
prepares manuscripts for publication as
a music calligrapher/copyist, numbering
among his client~ the Royal Canadian
College of Organists, University of
Toronto Press, The Toronto Symphony,
and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
And for the past seven years, he has been
the associate conductor at St. Paul's
Anglican Church in Toronto.
The list goes on: (actor in film, tv,
and commercials; member of a theatre
group called Mukashi Banashi - it means
old stories - that takes traditional
Japanese stories to schools and weaves
into their enactment instrumentation
like taiko drums· and bamboo flute; and a
long time involveme~t as a chorister with
The Oratory of St. Philip Neri "where
Gregorian chant and Renaissance Latin
MUSICIAN IN OUR MIDST
FRANK NAKASHIMA
polyphony are an integral part of.the
liturgy") ·
Lest it start to sound as if he is a
bit of a dilettante, let it be said that he
clearly is not. Frank Nakashima's abiding
passion is early music, and his kaleidoscopic
world revolves around that ·
passion.
Frank graduated from York
University in Toronto in 1975, specialized
in the performance practice of
Medieval and Renaissance music. He
didn't arrive at York with anything that
clear in mind, though. "I arrived at York
playing modern flute, knowing that
music was it, but with no clear direction."
He arrived at York from Scarborough's
West Hill Collegiate where "sport and
music were my only reasons for being
there." But he had the great luck to be
taught at West Hill by Garry Crighton, a
founding members of the Toronto
Consort. "He really took us in hand,
musically",says Frank. "He would meet
you where your interests were and help
you understand the music you liked."
York in the seventies was a real
musical smorgasbord - there was lots of
money to throw around in education.
Frank recalls "a wonderful large recorder
ensemble-a collegium, really," and "a
huge band music department with piles
·of instruments." A diverse faculty
included.Peggy Sampson (viola da
gamba), New Zealapder David Mercer,
and Trichy Sankaran. "I think it was a
conscious effort to do what U ofT
.wasn't" says Frank. "It was very stimulating."

Frank is currently the president of the
Toronto Early Music Centre where, in
addition to administration, he is responsible
for the TEMC's educational presentations
at the Royal Ontario Museum.
One story that speaks volumes about the
TEMCs role and reach in Toronto is how
in March 1999, with only five days '
notice, the Canadian debut of the
Cleveland Baroque Orchestra (known as
Apollo's Fire) had to be re-located to St.
Paul's Anglican Church due to a strike at
the CBC. The executive producer of
OnStage at the Glenn Gould Studio
Barbara MacKenzie Mahler, contacted
the TEMC through Frank , a:nd although
the CBC had only sold about 150 tickets
to that point, the TEMC managed to
attract almost 600 people to the concert.
Similarly in February 1999,
impresario Trevor Moat collaborated
with the TEMC (as well as many others)
to reclaim a cancelled Ford Centre ·
program - the world-renowned baroque
ensemble, 11 Giardino Armonico. Relocated
to Trinity-St. Paul's United
Church) the performance was presented
to a sold-out audience of 700.
And there's the story about how in
Decemqer 1998, Classical Canada
Concert Management (Ruth Taylor), the
Canadian touring agent for the worldrenowned
vocal ensemble, The Tallis
Scholars, approached the TEMC for
assistance to help "save" their concert
which was also one cancelled at the Ford
Centre due to Livent's declaration of
bankruptcy.
Their program was re-located to
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (next
to Roy Thomson Hall) and attracted an
enthusiastic audience (about 300).
More significant to Frank than
the TEMC role in saving that one Tallis
Scholars Concert, though, is the fact that
the Tallis Scholars' first ever Toronto
concert was under TEMCs auspices. "The
Gothic Voices, the Taverner Consort, the
Tallis Scholars, soprano Emma Kirkby,
Fretwork viol group, lutenist Hopkinson
Smith, baroque cellist Anner Bylsma,
Apollo's Fire (The Cleveland Baroque
Orchesti:a & Singers), Ensemble '
Anonymus of Quebec, and countertenor
Daniel Taylor in recital - they all made
their solo Toronto debuts during my .
tenure as program director" he says'. .
· "The thought of gaining a higher
profile for early music in this city is
exciting" was Frank's response to the
invitation to be the subject of this
column this month. An excessive
response for something so tiny? If one
sees things that w:ay. But part of what
makes Frank who he is is precisely that
he doesn't see things that way. In the
kaleidoscope, no piece is tiny.
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that later. First you see the stuff - two
HUGE bookcases.filled with CD's. I try
to estimate - two,four, six, eight, ten
·times two shelves times how many per
shelf. ..
Allison: Yeah, there's about two thou- .
sand. N.ot fun to move!
The centre of the room is a sort of nest
formed by a computer, a nice big desk
and a MIDI keyboard, all held together
by tangled wires. There's other stuff, too .
- a wooden model sailing ship, looking
very nautical against the navy walls,
books, chairs, printers, a. lava lamp.
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the keyboard to the computer to the '
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Me: Do you actually put 'Jreelance
composer" down on applications?
Allison shrugs: Well, it depends. If it's a
bank I'm an accountant, if it's Internet
_I'm a consultant, if it's an arts organization
I'm a composer. Whatever comes
along, I can get a job. Right now I've got
two jobs. On top of all the corporate work
I've got two pieces due. One is a Dutch
commission - my first commission from
another country.
Me: Your official bio (on the ArrayMusic
website: www.vex.net/-rixax/ Array.html)
says you'd done ~ome stuff in the US,
and some ·in Holland before, too.
Allison: Tons. But this is th~ first one
that pays.
J1m curious enough to ask: How much?
Allis~n grins happily: Ten thousand
guilders, that's about $6,100 Canadian.
It's being funded by the Edu11rd van
Beinem Stichting- that's Dutch for
foundation. The piece is for The Percussion
Group of the Hague, and they took it
upon themselves to get funding.
For other commissions, like for
the Ives Ensemble, I got plane fare to
Holland and they put me up-while we
toured it for three weeks. That was OK,
but I had to buy most of my own food,.
Me: What's in itfor the Stichting?
Allison: Recognition - they ask me·to
mention them every time I talk about the
piece - they get free tickets to the
premiere and their name on the score.
I spot a segue: Do you prepare parts or
just a master score?
Allison pulls a sheaf of neatly printed
music out of one of the stacks on the
desk: Here - oh, that's Fin Fin, that's
another one - where IS it? Oh, here.
These are the parts, I always give them
cue lines, they may or may not need a
conductor, so each person has their own
part and one other part, so they can
always tell where they are. (She contin-
. ues to rummage.) "Decorated Shed'', this
is a piece for five highland snare drums.
These are the rhythms, I got the rhythms
from a _book on highland drumming.
Me: Ethnic?
Allison: No, it's episodic, it's very
timbral, they play the rhythm on the
BEHIND THE SCENES, CONTINUED
snares, then riff it on other instruments,
say Japanese drums, small taiko. It's a
bit different for me to write an episodic
piece for percussion, you're not dealing
with melody, just rhythm and timbre:
Here's another boisterous passage,
hacketting ...
Allison looks at me, not sure where she
lost me. I explain: I don't understand
"hacketting".
Allison: Oh, hacketting, distributing a
steady beat among different instruments.
The second movement is slower, it has
wooden planks and these babies.
(She picks up two oversized very
bright red plastic; apples from her desk.
They make a muted chiming, like
Chinese "healthy balls". They have
smiles. Allison smiles back.)
Fisher Price. They discontinued these
. twenty years ago! These may be the only
two in the world, I will take them to ·
Holland, probably give them to the group
-'-- you like to give them something - and
they can't perform the piece without
them.
Me: How do you research?
'
Allison: I've always had percussion in
my pieces, but I did research a lot of the
techniques, the highland drumming and
stuff, but it's not trying to be an ethnic
music, I couldn't do that.
Me: How do you write?
Allison, patient with me: I input. The
software is called Finale, then if I want to
)ear it I play it back.
Me: How did you start composing?
Allison: It was.really a dream for me.
When I actually decided to be a com-·
poser I was 15. I wrote a piano solo, and I
did some arrangements of Stephen.
Sondheim stuff for my high school. I was
really fortunate to have an instructo.r
who introduced me to contemporary
music. Who? Lloyd Burritt, at my high
school in North Vancouver - that's
North Van before it was yuppified. What
I got in high school was the way music
was made. The course covered the \
history of Western music from chant to
7o's music. I was playing in a pop band
at the time, but when I heard Stravinsky
I said what everybody else said, "I wanna
write music like THAT!" It's something
that just hits you, what can you do?
Me: There seem to be a lot' of Toronto
composers born in Vancouver -Alexina
Louie, Eve Egoyan, Linda Shumas,
Amelia Nurse, you, what's with Vancouver?
Allison: I couldn't.say, I was actually
born in Edmonton Alberta, and I stayed
there for two days! · ,
Me: Did!'-'t like it, eh?
Allison: My dad was a graduate student
at Berkeley, and they couldn't afford to
have· me there, so my mother got on a
plane to Edmonton, I was born there,
then we flew back home. The plane fares
cost less than having a baby in a Califor-
. nia hosp~tal.
Me: Your stuff is mainly ensemble
music, so you can't perform it on your
own. Who plays your work?
Allison: When I went to U Vic to study
composition I wrote a piece that was
played professionally when I was m,aybe
23. When I graduated I went to Holland
to study with Louis Andriessen. I got
together a band with some oth,er stu­
-dents, we played each other's music.
Maarten Altena had me do something for
his group, so did the Ives Ensemble. I
made some connections there, I go back
there once a year, twice this year. Now
there's a bunch of people around the
Mercer Union who get together andjam
there. I keep that up. ·
Me: Sometimes it seems thatthere is a
lot of new work being written in
Canada, but I don't hear very much ofit.
AlUson: It's called a premiere culture.
You have your piece played once, then
that's it, it goes to the CMC (Canadian
Music Centre) archive. You have to
arrange to get your work played, I try to
get mine recorded. Last August I recorded
my second CD, it's taken me 5
.years. When you have to deal with union
musicians and real studios with producers
and engineers - I rented Glenn
Gould Studio - it gets expensive. The
· next one I'm going to have morn improvising.
You like the music, you like the .
creative work. It's more satisfying t)lan
just playing notes.
Me: You seem to have more stuff
happening in Europe than here. What's
different there?
Allison: They have a better systerp..
When I did my piece with the Ives
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Ensemble they did more rehearsals, we
toured it, we did four performances,
ending up the Concertgebouw. Here, I
just started as acting artistic director of
Arraymusic, and getting people together
for a rehearsal ... wow! The Ives Ensemble
did not get paid specifically for
rehearsal, they get one flat fee and they
rehearse as much as they need. They did
four rehearsals for my work, one is usual
here. It forces a different kind of commitment
from people, here they just have to
run from gig to gig.
Me: How does a composer make a
living?
Allison: Well, I don't expect to make a
living "as a composer." Everybody who
composes does it differently. How I do it
- first, a lot of times I get asked to do
something and I do it for free, although a
commission is always nice. That's
basically the boat everyone's in. Added to
that there's acting director for
Arraymusic and this year I'm teaching
orchestration part-time at York. Two
part-time jobs leaves me enough time to
compose, unlike before. I used to be a
record distribution rep, that was 60
hours a week for $30,000/year.
Me: You could learn a lot doing that.
Allison nods: It tuned me in to the nature
of the business, the amount of material
released every day - it outweighs
people's time to listen - it made me
think about my place in the musical
world.
Me: Which is?
Allison: Not classical. When my CD
came out it's chamber music, a lot of
people listened to it who never listen to
classical music. The arts groups are being
forced to run like businesses - and I
think it's their fault for claiming they
could. The idea of art as an economic
activity - it's not about that.
Me: Your first CD, that's "Raw
Sangudo". What does it mean?
Allison laughs: That's one of the pieces
on the CD, and it's named after a town
near Edmonton I've never been. I'd seen
the name on maps and liked the way it
sounded - San-GUUU-do - and I liked
it even more with "raw", so there it was.
I did this interview on the radio
and afterward I got this phone call from
these people and they said, "We're from
Sangudo and all 2,500 of us want to
know what the name of our town is doing
on your CD." So I asked them what it
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meant, and they told me years ago the
town decided they wanted their own post
office, but Canada Post told them they
had to have a different name than any
other post office in Alberta, there was
already an Orangeville or whatever, so
they had to come up with a new name for
the town in order to get the post office.
So they had a town meeting and
each of the principal families contributed
a letter, the "S" is for Saines, the "A" is
Ann, the "G" is Greaves - I forget the
rest, I have a list of them all. I sent them
copies of my CD, I don't know if anybody's
listened to it, and they sent me
these postcards. So I did get something
back from my Alberta roots!
Allison shoves two postcards across the
desk. One shows an aerial view of a
meandering river with a tiny town
nestled in one loop. A railroad line
crosses the postcard, connecting three
grain elevators on the outskirts of town
with the horizon. The other shows the
town landmark, a sundial made in the
shape of a grain elevator.
Me: Organizing your time; keeping up
your energy - what are the priorities?
Allison: Time, yeah, but keeping your
energy is the big thing. I come home and
all I want to do is watch 1V. I have to
relearn how to compose, every time. So
you sit down and even if you don't feel
like working, even if you throw it away
the next day, you work.
Me: Are you a successful composer?
Allison thinks about it: Success, yeah. I
go broke and I get ticked off, but ... (she
shrugs) success for me is measured by
the satisfaction of performing and
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recording, that's why I keep doing it. I
like my own music, I listen to my friends'
music and to a lot of music, a lot of
composers don't listen to music, they
don't have time. I find that odd. I didn't
get into this business to make a lot of
money, but because I love it. Well,
sometimes I hate it. People ask me, "Do
you really want to do this? Are you still
composing?" Yes! I'm going to be
composing until I die.
And here, just for kicks, is Allison's
OFFICIAL biography as it appears on
the ARRAYMUSJC website introducing
her in her new job with them:
ALLISON CAMERON, Acting Artistic Director,
ARRA YMUSIC ENSEMBLE Originally
from Vancouver, Allison Cameron studied
in Victoria, The Hague, Amsterdam, Palcew,
Utrecht, and Toronto with composers
Michael Longton, Rudolf Komorous, Louis
Andriessen, Gilius van Bergeijk, Henryk
Gorecki, Per N°rg_rd, and James Tenney.
Since 1989, she has been a freelance composer
in Toronto where she co-founded the
Drystone Orchestra (with composers John
Abram, Martin Arnold, and Stephen
Parkinson) and created the Arcana Ensemble
? two new music ensembles devoted to
the performance and creation of experimental
music. She has been a guest artist at many
international festivals including New York
City's Bang-on-a-Can festivals in 1991/92 and
1994, where her piece "November" was premiered
at Lincoln Center. Her music has also
been performed by Eve Egoyan, John Tilbury,
Ronda Rindone, Veni Ensemble, Maarten
Altena Ensemble, ARRA YMUSIC, Sabat/
Clarke Duo, The Burdocks, The Ives Ensemble,
and MusikFabrik, among others. Recordings
of her pieces have been released on CRI
and Experimental lntermedia in New York
City; Donemus, Amsterdam; Slovak Radio,
Bratislava; and Musicworks Magazine in
Toronto. She is currently working on a solo
CD project for Spool Records, Ontario. In
between, she has been a concert curator,
freelance writer, radio producer, and gardener.

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