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6 Alain Trudel: Music Man David Perlman
DISCOVERIES (CD REVIEWS) 8, 53-61
9 Editor's Corner David Olds, Robert Aitken
53 Choral Music; 54 Early Music;
55 Classical & Romantic; 56 Modem and Contemporary;
57 Jazz and Improvised 60 Discs of the Month
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11 T.O. Musical Diary Colin Eatock
16 Quodlibet Allan Pulker
18 Choral Scene Larry Beckwith
20 Early Music Frank Nakashima
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21 Composer Companions Jason van Eyk
24 Coalition View Keith Denning
24 Composer interview: Howard Bashaw Paul Steenhuisen
27 World View Karen Ages
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28 Jazz Notes Jim Galloway
29 In the Jazz Listings ... Sophia Perlman
29 Band Stand Merlin Williams
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30 On Opera Christopher Hoile
30 Opera at Home Phil Ehrensajt
31 Music Theatre Spotlight Sarah B. Hood
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Alain Trudel: Music Man
H
e's already !mown around
here, among brass players,
and in the new 11111Sic
andja:a. communities particularly, but
it's safe to say we are going to get to
!mow Alain Trudel a lot better. He
junctions at a dizzying pace and level
of skill in four distinct realms: as one
of a handful of solo concert trombonists
("the Jascha Heifetz of the trombone"
Le Monde de la Musique, Paris
called him); as a composer and arranger;
as a conductor; and as a
11111Sic educator.
BY DAVID PERLMAN
toire de musique du Quebec a Montreal.
The year after, Alain became a
founding member of the Nouvel Ensemble
Modeme in Montreal, and 5
years after that was globe-trotting as
a world-renowned concert trombonist.
In 1997, age 31 he succeeded
his own teacher, Joseph Zuskin, as
full professor of trombone (and sackbut)
at the Conservatoire.
New music audiences in Toronto
probably know Trudel best, from
appearances here as trombonist, with
Esprit Orchestra, Soundstreams, Han­
Starting out, he'd have preferred naford Silver Band and others. He'll
drums (his dad was a jazz drum- be back with Hannaford next April
mer) or the trumpet. But drums were 10, for the first time conducting rathtaken
and the trumpets were all spo- er than soloing. And the Women's
ken for. Valve trombone was what Musical Club of Toronto have given
was left. So valve trombone it was, him "carte blanche" to put together
and Alain Trudel, age thirteen, was an ensemble for a concert for their
a member of a local Montreal brass 2005-6 season "with local musicians
band with a repertoire "from military,
to BeeGees and Grease, things
like that." But it was making music.
And for Alain Trudel, in 1979
as now, that was enough.
At fifteen, in 1981, he enrolled
at Ecole secondaire Joseph­
Franfois-Perrault in Montreal. In
April 1996, the school paid homage
to its former student by renaming
its hall the Alain Trudel Concert
Hall. He speaks of his teachers
there (the name Raymond Grignet
is the only one legible in my hastily
scrawled notes) with the same affection
and respect that you hear in
the voices of students and musicians
who have worked with Trudel.
"It was there I went from valve
to slide trombone" he says. "And
because trombone was used so little,
orchestrally, I was also given
the chance to conduct." And to learn
elements of arranging, harmony, and
composition. "It was a fantastic programme"
he says "and still is."
He was already playing professionally,
in big bands, salsa bands,
and Bavarian Music groups. At
eighteen he made his solo trombone
Montreal Symphony debut under
Charles Dutoit. At 19, Franz Paul
Decker invited him to be the principal
trombone of the Orquestra de
Ciutat Barcelona (National Symphony
of Catalonia), the same year as
he had graduated from the Conserva-
I work with . . . it will be a musical
journey, an interesting one" he says.
As last year, he'll do a week of
school shows with the TSO. And
he'll work as a guest conductor with
the Glenn Gould School Orchestra,
at the Faculty of Music, and with other
orchestras in the region. Most significantly
for us, he has been appointed,
from 50 applicants for the job, as
the new conductor of the 90-member
Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra.
The appointment was applauded
by the musicians themselves - the
story goes that on the evaluation form
some of them pencilled in an extra
box, beyond excellent, to express how
they felt. He'll conduct three programs:
Dec 9, Feb 26 and May 1.
I saw him perform last in a Soundstrearns
Encounters concert, taking on
technically devilish work by Anders
Hillborg and Paul Steenhuisen with
an alacrity and enjoyment that was
completely contagious. The Hillborg
work had been written for Christian
Lindberg, a trombonist with whom
Trudel is compared, and with whom
Trudel has frequently rubbed shoulders
at gatherings of the ITF, the International
Trombone Festival.
I raised the comparison, mentioning
the 2003 ITF (both were there)
where Lindberg, in the context of describing
one of his own works, "The
Helikon Wasp," referred to himself
as a "conducting trombonist."
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But Trudel is adamantly dismissive
of any such "hyphenating suggestions"
in regard to his own work.
"I am not a cross-over trombonist
when I conduct" he says. "I'm not
a cross-over classical musician when
I play jazz. And when I teach, that
is what I am - a teacher. Each endeavour
is unique. For each of them
you have to prepare, to 'pay your
dues', as they say. That idea of paying
your dues does not get mentioned
enough these days, I think."
He was also, if not dismissive,
less than ardent about gatherings built
around worship of the "Voice of
God", as one documentary film
(about him) calls his instrument. "I'm
not a trombone fanatic per se" he
says. "It's good to rub shoulders
with colleagues and so forth. But
even more I like to make music. I
am a musical generalist in the ancient
way of music. I am not at ease
with people who put you on a pedestal.
I like to be as prepared as I
can, and then to throw myself in with
people who know more than me.
You need to be pretty secure, then
let stuff influence you. That way, I
remember every second I have ever
had of making music."
"Preparation is the biggest thing"
he says. "Youhavetobeready. It's
the same for everything. Soloing with
an orchestra, for example, you learn
td understand that the orchestra
comes in waves. You learn to recognize
the waves and, like surfing,
to place your note right on top of the
wave. You are ready, you are there
or it's over. You can't fight the wave
or hold it back."
That approach is one of the two
things that attracted him most strongly
to the TSYO post, he says - the
quality of the sectional coaching (~l
by TSO members) that the organization
commits to the endeavour. "So
when I come in the preparation is done
... and the chance exists to really go
somewhere with the music."
The other thing that drew him is
the quality of openness that skilled
young musicians can bring. "There
is not the same judgmentalism. No
matter when it was written, so much
of it is new to them. They are willing
to find what it has to say."
That this is his own philosophy
comes through strikingly when he
talks about the repertoire for the May
2005 TSYO concert, Haydn's lOOth
"Military" Symphony and Shostakovich's
10th. I'd expected his en-
JULY 1 - SEPT 7 2004
thusiasm for the Shostakovich, with
its dissonance and thematic restlessness,
chromatic flow. But it was
Haydn that he wanted to talk about.
"If I had my very own orchestra, it
is Haydn I would program as a cycle
over several years. He is completely
under-rated."
Students at Camp Laurentide where
Trudel has taught brass for the past
19 years ("That's half my life!") won't
have to wait till the fall. Nor will the
students at IMC in August. Or audiences
at Festival of the Sound,
and the Ottawa Chamber Music
Festival. At FOS he will slide easily
from performing Hatzis, Randy
Smith and Lutoslawski (with James
Campbell and Joseph Petric), to
Strayhorn and Ellington with Gene
DiNovi, and Glenn Miller with Bobby
Herriot. And he and Bellows &
Brass partners Guy Few and Joseph
Petric will also mount The Peifect
Cake, a light-hearted opera of their
own devising for instrumentalists,
narrator and sock puppets, featuring
a villainous weight-watching
doctor. 'The Bellows and Brass
thing with Guy and Joseph is what
I meant about putting yourself out
there. I mean here are two guys as
crazy as me. We all have solo careers,
but we agree to make time to
do this together." Few and Petric
will also be his collaborators in a
Linda Bouchard full-length multimedia
staged work, for 2005-06.
At Ottawa Trudel will perform
with organist Patrick Wedd, and
also with Kiosque, another quintessentially
Trudelian project. "I call
Kiosque our boys band" he says.
"It started in a funny way. At the
Conservatoire I was also coach of
chamber winds - Strauss, Stravinsky's
Soldier's Tale. This one year
I had fantastic students, we basically
said one day we are going to work
together, but what is there to do?"
What to do came out of looking
at musical life in Quebec's mining
towns where at the turn of the century
"mechanics" had their bands.
"We found the bands still there, and
repertoire that had been handed
down. An amazing continuity of a
hundred years, overtures, the operas,
all this Canadian music. Lavallee,
Charles O'Neill. Kiosque recreates
that music."
As always, with Trudel, one thing
leads to another. 1 Like riding those
waves.
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Sat. Feb. 12, 2005
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EDITOR'S CORNER
This month we have the truly great pleasure of welcoming world-renowned
Canadian flutist Robert Aitken to the pages of D/SCoveries, writihg about
his memor Marcel Moyse. Moyse was one of the most distinguished musicians
and pedagogues of his time. In 1906 he received first prize from the
Paris Conservatory and later became a professor there. He was a member
of the Ballets Russes orchestra in Paris; then principal flute with the major
French orchestras of the first half of the 20th century. In 1951 he was one of
the founders of the Marlboro Music School and Festival in the United States
and in later years also spent time at the Ban.ff Centre at Aitken 's invitation.
When a recent Dull on Laboratories release of remastered peiformances of
"Moyse plays Mozart" crossed my desk I knew exactly whom I had to ask to
undertake the review .
Marcel Moyse plays Mozart
with Lily Laskine, harp
Piero Coppola & Eugene Bigot,
condnctors
Moyse Trio
Dutton CDBP 9734
The release of these historic recordings
by Marcel Moyse is of greater
significance than the actual quality of ·
the performances themselves. It represents
a special time in France, should not miss. Dutton Laboratories
between the wars, when the musi- have done an excellent job ofrestorcal
life was vibrant and full ofactiv- ing these 78s . The pitch has been
ity . The recording business was in corrected and therefore the tempi and
full swing and Marcel Moyse was we have the opportunity of hearing
the exclusive contractor with five ' the profound musicianship and
recording companies, and the record- special sound quality of Marcel
ing_sessions he could not do himself Moyse in all its glory.
he distributed amorig his former students.
There were other wonderful
flutists in Paris at this time, but Marcel
Moyse was the one most in demand,
especially for recordings.
As is well known, editing possibilities
did not yet exist and the use of
multiple microphones was just begin~
ning. Often there was only one opportunity
to record the piece and the
short time possible on one side of a
78 recording explains erratic tempi
and uneven quality of the playing.
When Moyse recorded the Hungarian
Fantasy of Franz Doppler, the
sound engineer said, "Here is the On
button. When you are ready to start
recording push that." Then he left the
room and went to lunch.
Moyse, himself, was not pleased
with most of thes~ Mozart recordings.
Only the D major concerto
pleased him and he said it was conducted
by a music hall conductor
who seemed to find the exact spirit
for the piece. Having provided excuses
for questionable intonation,
variable sound quality, uneven balance
and sometim.es poor ensemble,
I must say it is still an exciting recording
and one which collectors
)ULY 1 - SEPTEMBER 7 2004
The Mozart Flute and Harp concerto
is exactly as he used to teach
it, with great contrasts between
the noble, expressive and virtuosic
material. The legendary harpist
Lily Laskine, who performed this
piece with over 5 decades of flutists,
is beyond reproach and together they
present one of the most sensitive,
romantic and intelligent performances
of this piece one is ever likely
to hear. Especially memorable are
th_e cad_enzas of Karl Reinecke,
which almost overshadow the concerto
itself.
In fact, the cadenza performances
in each concerto are outstanding. Unlike
performers today, Moyse chose
to play existing cadenzas by Donjon
.and Taffanel, little gems in their own
right which show little relationship
to the style of Mozart's time. Neve!"(heless,
they are important for flutists
to know and this is the traditional
way of performing them. After all,
Taffanel was the venerated teacher
of Moyse and one cannot get much
closer to the source than this.
As for the D major and G major con- ·
certos, the former is definitely the
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better performance,
although both
have moments of
faulty intonation. At
the same time they
are good examples
of how Moyse
liked to teach these
concertos. The
flute tone through-.
out is the well-sustained,
rich and
lively sound for
which Moyse was Robert Aitken & Marcel Moyse with his daughterfamous.
Of course, in-law Blanche Honegger Moyse, .Ba.nff; l?ti4 \ \ 1
there are cuts in all
of the pieces in ~rder to conform to
the old 78s time restrictions.
The J .S. Bach G major Trio which
fills out this CD was recorded in the
same time period by the Moyse Trio
(Marcel Moyse, flute, Blanche Honneger
Moyse, violin, Lou.is Moyse,
piano). It is an excellent example of
the intense, considered music mak-·
ing which continues o~ i~ the tradi:· .·
tion of the Marlboro festival today.
It may not be irt the style we consider
"authentic" but much can be enjoyed
in this performance and the entire
CD for its sincere,' honest artd
intelligent music making.
Robert Aitken
on a G-string) and the Sonata No. 1
A for Solo Violin. The one unfortunate
s for my own iistening, I inclusion is the somewhat cliched
have been enjoying Swedish guitar- Minuet in G (now attributed to Chrisist
Goran Sollscher's "Eleven-String tian Petzold) from the Notebook for
Baroque" (Deutsche Grammophon Anna Magdalena Bach. In the midst
474 815-2). I first encountered Solis- ·of an otherwise serious and mostly ·
cher's playing about a decade ago contemplative record'iqg the playful"
when he recorded several of Bach's ness of this overl'y familiar ditty 'is
c 0 enllho 1 .ssu 1uittee~. E < jarring and out of place, especially '
coming immediately after' thb lush
like 11, Air. That being said, this really iS' a ·
string guitar.
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fine collection. ' · ' ' 1
As an amateur
celing
is already well laid o~t it seems.
Tm; REST OF my summer listenlist
myself
Having spent some time' recently
I must confess
that I am wary of transcriptions Quartet recordings of the Shostako- ·
with the original Borodin String ·
of these masterworks and would vich Quartets 1-.13(Chand0s10064,
guard them jealously from other instruments.
There have however been in the November 2003 WhbleNote '
4 CDs • see Bruce Surtees'' review
transc~iptions for two very different available online), I decided that' I
instruments that have convinced me would now explore a recent addition
to relax my attitude somewhat: Marion
Verbriiggen' s for recorder, of all
things, and Sollscher's for guitar. So
it was with pleasure that I received
this new offering. Sollscher presents
an eclectic mix of familiar and lesswell-known
works, by both familiar
and obscure composers of the period.
The collection consists predominantly
of works written originally for
to the Shostakovich catalog: Quartets
1-15 in live recordings by the
lute or harpsichord, by Silvius
young Belgian Rubio Quartet
Leopold Weiss, Johann Pachelbel
(Brilliant Classics 6429, 5 CDs).
(did you know he wrote more than
These live recordings were made
"that" canon?) and Fran

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·by Colin Eatock
When i_s a Competition
not a Competition?
The provincial finals of the Canadian Music Competitions were in town
last month. This unfortunately under-publicized event showcased some of
Canada's finest rising talent in recitals at the University of Toronto's Faculty
of Music. Indeed, the CMC 's track record - past winners include
Louis Lortie, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Naida Cole and Martin Beaver -
suggests that this organization knows how to spot talent.
Curious, I dropped by Walter Hall to check out the competition.
June 18, 2004; 5:00 pm: Along with a dozen other people, I spent the
afternoon listening to competitors in the second round of the CMC's International
Stepping Stones competition. That's a category for musicians
in their twenties who have outgrown CMC events intended for younger
perfonners, and who are ready for the rigours of a major competition.
(Thus, the !SS is intended as a "stepping-stone" to competing internationally.)
111e top prize in this category is $8,000, so it's not surprising that
the contest attracts a variety of aspiring musicians: today I heard a mezzosoprano,
a saxophonist and a cellist, all of professional ability.
At the end of the session I Hagged down the CMC's General Director,
Louis Dallaire, who kindly agreed to take a few minutes from his
hectic schedule to talk. "We have. 21 chapters across Canada," he stated
with pride, "in every province except New BrunswiCk and PEI. Every
year we have about 750 candidates, as young as seven years. Many kids
come back year after year - it gives them a goal to reach for, beyond
their lessons. "
"But don't some people dislike competitions?" I asked, citing oftheard
complaints that such events encourage flashy playing on one hand
and interpretive confonnity on the other. "Our goal is.not to have a competition,"
responded Dallaire. "There's no comparison made between
contestants. If the jurors give passing marks to all ten competitors,
where's the competition?"
Dallaire went on to explain that the real value;: of the CMC lies in
giving young performers the opportunity to hear each other, and to receive
constructive critiques from a pane! of international jurors. And yet,
at the end of the day, some contestants walkaway with awards and others
don't.
June 18, 2004, 9:30 pm: This evening I heard two more performers - a
guitarist and another saxophonist - and while marks were being tabulated
to decide who would advance to the next round, I spoke to a contestant
about the value of the CM C.
"You have to learn a lot of repertoire for the CMC, and that's
probably a good thihg," said 26-year-old saxophonist Allen Harrington.
"If you want ·to be a performer, that's what you have to do." Harrington
expressed the hope that his CMC experience would help prepare him for
an international saxophone competition in Belgium, two years from now.
In true Canadian style, the CMC people have created a competition
that's kinder and gentler than many - but which remains a competition
nonetheless. And while it's easy to decry such events as contrary to
the purposes of art, 'there's no getting around the fact that music is a
competitive business. (Just ask anyone who's ever auditioned for a professional
orchestra.) Music competitions have been around for centuries,
dating back to the time of the Ancient Greeks. And if we want our musicians
to succeed, they will have to learn to compete. .
If you're intereste;:d in the results of this year's Canadian Music
Competition you should attend the CM C's Gala Concert, at 7:30 pm on
July 3 in th~ University of Toronto's MacMillan Theatre. It promises to
be a fine evening of music: prize-winners will appear as soloists with orchestra,
under the baton of Kerry Stratton - and with a pay-what-you-can
admission, what's there not to like?
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Colin Eatock is a composer and writer in Toronto who contributes to the
Globe and Mail and other publications. His T.O. Musical Diary is a
regular monthly feature of The Whole Note magazine.
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AF estival Tour, Part II
by Allan Pulker
In the June issue (still available online at www.thewholenote.com) we
"visited" the Montreal Baroque Festival, Grand River Baroque Festival,
the Toronto International Chamber Music Festival, the· Great
Canadian Town Band Festival, Music at Sharon, the Brott Summer
Festival, the Huntsville Festival of the Arts, Festival de
Lanaudiere, the Westben Festival, the Elora Festival and the Festival
of the Sound. While some of these will have already taken place by the
time you rend this, the last seven will be continuing well into the summer,
so make sure to consult our festival listings, commencing onpage
47, for the many events that they have to offer.
Stratford Summer Music tival: the Axelrod, the Molinari,
Our summer festival "tour" be- the St. Lawrence, the Creaking
gins with one of the newer arrivals Tree and the Festival's own resion
the scene, Stratford Summer dent "Festival Quartet."
Music, founded in 2001 by its The Axelrod Quartet which incurrent
"artistic producer," John eludes two Canadians, violist Ste-
Miller, a former executive director ven Dann and violinist Marc Deaf
the Canadian Music Centre and strube will perform, in four conoutgoing
administrator of the certs, all of Beethoven's early
Glenn Gould Foundation. In its quartets, on four Stradivarius inthree
short years of existence, the struments donated to the Srnithsofestival
has grown to the point that nian Institution by American pubit
now offers two weeks packed lisher and philanthropist, Herbert
with an amazing variety of con- Axelrod ·
certs by some of the best musi- Miller has cleverly woven in
cians from Canada and abroad. two related elements. First, the
I asked Miller the "secret" of Festival String Quartet will per~
his festival's phenomenal growth. form Felix Mendelssohn's Double
In part, he acknowledged, it is be- Quartet/Octet with·the Axelrod
cause. of the Festival's location in Quartet's fourth concert, also on a
Stratford, where the Stratford The- set of instruments made by one
atre Festival draws 40,000 visitors luthier, Xiaodong Guan, who
a week during the summer and learned his craft in China but now
shares its formidable box-0ffice lives and works in Stratford. The
service and marketing clout with bows used for this concert will be
his festival. He mentioned that he Yamaha Music's highly regarded
was just finishing the planning for carbon fibre bows. Second, Monhis
2005 festival so that it would treal's Molinari Quartet will per- ·
be ready for inclusion in the Strat- form all eight quartets by Canadian
ford Festival visitors' guide, a mil- composer R. Murray Schafer,
lion copies of which will be print- providing a counterpoint to the
ed and distributed, and that 40,000 Axelrod's focus on Beethoven and
copies of his brochure are inserted sending a message to living Canain
theatre festival programs. dian composers of the benefit of
Perhaps the more important in- creating a body of work in a pargredient,
however, is that the pro- ticular genre, which, Miller pointgramming
of his festivals is inno- ed out, gives a composer "status
vative, organically although not and credibility."
obsessively thematic, and strongly Other highlights of the festival
anchored in the local community. will be the Organ Academy Master
This summer one of the Festi- classes given by John Longhurst,
val' s prevailing themes is music . senior organist a the Mormon Tabfor
stringed instruments. Canadian emacle in Salt Lake City, the After
violin virtuosos, James Ehnes and Theatre Cabarets, the Mexican folk
Andrew Chung, will give the two music group, Son de Madera, the
"Maureen Forrester Canadian Art- Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, the
ist Concerts" on July 21 and July Perth County Pipe Band and the
28 respectively, while Canadian Harry Somers Lecture, which will
virtuoso fiddler, Ashley Mclsaac, be given by COC opera house arwith
his band and "Steerage," an chitect, A.J. Diamond with soensemble
of Celtic rockers, will prano, Leslie Fagan.
perfqrm the evening of Monday
Returning for a moment to the
July 26. A virtual cornucopia of
'subject of locally produced
string quartets will be a major
stringed instruments, a recent com-
drawing card of this summer's fes-
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munication from the Sweetwater
Festival - September 24-26 in
Owen Sound - drew attention to
the fact that instruments.made by
luthiers living in Grey and Bruce
Counties will be used in that festival.
In recent years a number of
highly skilled luthiers has settled in
that part of the province, having
established reputations and connections
with their markets in the major
urban centres where professional
musicians work and teach, and
are making instruments that are
good enough for professional players
but more affordable than the
Mill-Race Festival
of Traditional Folk Music
The Mill-Race Festival is unique
among Ontario music festivals.
The core of the programming is
the folk mush; and dance traditions
of the British Isles but a good
number of other elements are
worked in as well. Artistic Director,
Brad McEwan, has travelled a
lot in the United Kingdom and attended
a good many local festivals.
"I like the fesJivals there," he told
me, "the way they.are integrated
into the communities and make use
of the resources that are available,
such as town squares for performance
venues." Similarly the Mill­
Race Festival will present its musicians
in downtown Cambridge's
civic square, its fanners' market
(one of the oldest in the province)
and the ruins of an old mill which
Molinari Quartet
instruments of the great 17th and
18th century Italian makers.
The Sweetwater Festival is one
of two we'll look at more closely
in September. The other is the
Colours of Music Festival in Barrie
(www.coloursofrnusic.ca.),
Sept 24 to Oct 9. Its 36 concerts
feature some remarkable musicians,
some local, like the Elmer
Iseler Singers and the Penderecki
Quartet, some, from Great Britain
and Europe making their first Canadian
performance - names like
The Onyx Brass Quintet, Johannes
Unger, and Vento Chiaro.
make a natural stone amphitheatre.
Among the various living folk music·traditions
represented at the festival
will be from the north of
England, which will be represented
by Brian Peters. Other traditions
that can be experienced at the
Mill-Race Festival are from Cuba,
China, the Peruvian Andes, Cajun
and Aboriginal. While patrons are
invited to make cash contributions,
there are no tickets or price of admission.
Music at Port Milford
Three of Ontario's summer music
festivals are summer music schools
located on the shores of two of the
Great Lakes. Faculty perform for
the benefit of their students arid an
audience drawn from the local
community and the readership of
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WholeNote. One of these is Music
at Port Milford, which is located
on a bay in Prince Edward
County, south-east of Picton. On .
four Friday evenings - July 16,
23 30 and August 13 - this swnm~r
school/festival will present '
four different string quartets, the
Madawaska, the Chiara, the Kirby ·
and the Festival's own quartet in
recital.
All of these will be well worth
the 2 1/2 hour drive from Toronto,
but to make it really pleasurable,
leave after lunch or earlier, have
dinner at a restaurant in Belleville
or Picton and stay overnight somewhere.
Music at Port Milford also
presents its students in concert on
Saturday evenings and provides
music for services in some of the
local churches on Sundays.
Kincardine Summer Festival
The second of our swnmer music
school/festivals is the Kincardine
Summer Festival on the shores of
Lake Huron about midway between
Samia and Tobermory. It is
two weeks long, running from
August 2 to 14. The first week of
the school is completely focused
on jazz education, with a list of
faculty members that reads like a
who's who in jazz in Canada.
Each night different faculty members,
alone or in groups, take to
the stage. '
The classical music program,
under the direction of cellist, Simon
Fryer, runs from Saturday
August 7 to August 14, with concerts
given by faculty members
most evenings and a grand finale
student concert on Saturday, August
14. The string faculty is especially
strong, so you can look forward
to some fine string music including
some of the repertoire for
larger string ensembles such as Johannes
Brahms' Sextet for Strings
Op.36 in G major and Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for
Strings K516 in G minor.
juLY 1 - SEPT 7 2004
Niagara International
Chamber Music Festival
Penderecki String _Quartet
The third summer school/festival
combination is in Niagara on the
Lake, home of the Shaw Theatre
Festival, directly across Lake Ontario
from downtown Toronto -
has anyone thought of starting ferry
service? The school, called the
"International School for Musical
Arts" offers instruction in piano,
strings and guitar, for everyone
from talented children to young
professionals. The teaching staff is
drawn from the ranks of professional
music school faculty mem-
. bers from across Canada and the
. United States.
Over the 24 days of the festival
there will be 31 concerts - 5 free -
in the churches, wineries and
Court House of Niagara-on-the­
Lake, everything from Bach to
Weill, church to cabaret, including
perfonnarices by the Penderecki
String Quartet, bass Gary Relyea,
and pianists Peter Tiefenbach,
Vadim Serebryany and Robert Silverman.
A very interesting oppor- ·
tunity offered by this festival is the
open rehearsals and master classes.
Muskoka Lakes
Music Festival
The month-long (July 13-August
' 11) Muskoka Lakes Music Festival
in Port Carling in the heart of
Muskoka cottage country has some
of the most diverse programming
to be found at any festival this
swnmer. Among its nineteen concerts
are a saxophone/guitar duo
(how oft\:n do you get to hear that
combination), vocaljazz,ajazz
group from Israel, a big band, a
solo violinist, a flute-viola-harp
trio, a folk singer and an erhu virtuoso.
If stretching your musical
horizons is on your agenda I
would certainly recommend that
you "organize" an invitation to a
friend's Muskoka cottage, spend
your days in and near the water
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THE
Artistic Director
Douglas Nadler
COLLINGWOOD
MUSIC FESTIVAL
2004 season
Anton Kuerti July 12, 8pm, AND
Schubert Impromptus & B flat Sonata ·
Coenraad Bloemendal,cello
& Valerie Tryon, piano July 16, 8pm
. . the COiTiplete B~~~hoven Sonatas ,
./ · The Nylons Juiy ll;·.Jpm - a capella!
July 13, 3pm
Brian Katz & Martin Van de. Ven July 22, 8pm
· Klezmer·and Beyond
The Westminster Ensemble July 23, 8pm
· ~~yel~ Faure .· ·
]~hn Arpin July 30, 8pm
· · ·· .. .. R~gtime '.Master
Quartetto Gelato July 31, 7pm
· · . A musical journey across Europe - The Orient Express!
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Pavlo August 6, 8pm
Mediterranean Pas is on ..
Call I 888 283 1712
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Lakes
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Festival
8th Season
July 13-August 14, 2004
Port Carling, Ontario
(705) 765-1048
1-888-311-ARTS
www.artsinmuskoka.com
info@artsinmuskoka.com .
Classical Tuesdays
Moshe Hammer & Michael Troester, Violin & Guitar -
Paul Brodie & Michael Troester, Sax & Guitar - Trio Lyra,
Harp, Viola & Flute -·Jasper Wood, Violin - George Gao, Erhu
Jazz Wednesdays
Skylark, Vocal Trio - Adi Braun, Vocalist - Richard Underhill,
Sax - Whitney Smith Big Steam Band, Big Band - Tommy
, Ambrose & the Toronto All-Star Big Band, Songs S,inatra
Taught Me
Variety Thursdays
Piche Family, Celtic - Seeds of Sun, Israeli Jazz - Beverlie
Robertson, Folk, Blues, etc. - Pavlo, Mediterrranean Guitar
Cruise Tuesdays
Swing de Paris, Acoustic Swing - Bourbon Street Buskers,
Dixieland Swing - Swing Noir, Swing Band - Kory Livingston,
Tribute to Nat "King" Cole - Moodswings, Jazz Ensemble
Special Event
Jeff Healey's Jazz Wizards, Saturday, August 14
Regular Tickets $20 - Special Event $25 - Cruise
Tickets $65 - Season Pass $175 - Double Pass $300
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(Muskoka Lakes Music Festival ,
continued from page 13)
and your evenings at the Port Carling
Memorial Community Centre,
the venue for all the concerts ex -
cept for the ones that are part of a
boat cruise ..
Collingwood Music Festival
Quartetto Gelato
One of the highlights of last
summer for me was hearing a recital
by cellist, Denise Djokic, at
the Collingwood Music Festival.
Arriving in Collingwood late in the
afternoon we first located the venue
for the concert and then a truly
charming restaurant for dinner.
The concert itself was spectacular,
qualifying for a standing ovation
according to the criteria I presented
in the October 2003 Quodlibet.
The venue, too, was delightful, an
old Methodist church, sort of a
scaled down Trinity-St. Paul's or
Eastminster, with terrific acoustics.
After the concert we walked along.
Collingwood's very quiet streets
before driving to our B & B in
nearby Stayner.
This year the festival has a new
venue, a more modem church
complete with air-conditioning and
wheel-chair access. The charm factor
may not be quite as high but
the comfort factor will be considerably
higher. Like the Muskoka
Lakes Festival, Collingwood offers
a broad range of music, from
Anton Kuerti playing Schubert and
Brahms and Coenraad Bloemendal
and Valerie Tryon playing the
complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas
to Klezmer by Martin Van de Ven
and Brian Katz, vocal jazz stylings
by The Nylons; Ragtfrne with
John Arpin, the Mediterranean
guitar of Pavlo (who will-also be
at the Muskoka Lakes Festival),
Quartetto Gelato, which is at
home in almost any genre, a fluteharp
duo, and even a concert
band, the National Band of the
Naval Reserve, on July 30. The
Festival runs from· July 12 to August
6.
Wine,' Blues and
All That Jazz
"Imagine a late July afternoon;
you are sipping award winning
wine while the strains of jazz and
blues drift through the orchards on
a summer breeze. You take a stroll
through the "Art in the Orchard"
displays then meander through the
colourful cabanas, savouring culinary
delights prepared before
your very eyes! ... That's
"Wine Blues and All That
Jazz."
This description from the
"Wine, Blues and All That
Jazz" website sums up what to
expect. The festival offers
continuous live jazz and blues
on the Orchardside stage, displays
of the work of potters,
oil and water colour.painters,
photographers, jewelers, wood
carvers, metal sculptors and
award winning fruit wines produced
rig4t there at the Birtch
Farms and Estate Winery. Musically.over
its three days (July '-,,.--"'"----"""'-..c...
23-25) the festival will show- Empire Brass
case nine different groups from the
Woodstock-London area. Descrip­
' tions of them can be found at
www.winebluesj,azz.com. It ·
sounds like a great way to spend a
day in late' July.
Ottawa
Chamber Music Festival ""
This year's edition of the Ottawa
Chamber Music Festival begins the
same weekend, July 24 and continues
until August 7, bringing together
in Ottawa some of the best
artists in the world for two weeks
packed with music. The list of
"pass-plus" concerts (the ones for
which tickets are required in addition
to a festival pass) reads like a
who's who of the music world:
the Empire ~Brass, Tokyo String
Quartet, Beaux Arts Trio, Emma
Kirkby, James Ehnes, Theatre of
Early Music, Monica Huggett,
Marc-Andre Hamelin and the
Leipzig String Quartet. The festival
will present 110 concerts,
which means there will be virtually
continuous music over the course
of the two weeks, all presented in
churches and buildings of the Uni- .
versity of Ottawa, all within walking
distance of each other in picturesque
downtown Ottawa. Julian
Armour, the festival's founder and
director, also a cellist and one of
the festival's performers, has once
again done an extraordinary job of
creating a magical two weeks of
music making in the nation's capital.
Plan to be there for at )east part
of it!
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Rochester - It's a Breeze
Song and Wine at the Other End of the Ferry
by Phil Ehrensaft
Not to mince words, I nev- that loop on the way back, even
. ~r thought about exp'.or- Eastman and Bop weren't incenmg
Rochester dunng tive enough.
years of Toronto/New York City I started rethinking a couple of
drives made for family and musi- years ago, while researching The
cal reasons. (I did sample some of Commission Project, a Rochesterthe
83 Finger Lakes wineries in based jazz program that supports
the greater Rochester region's residencies by noted musician/comsouthem
corridor, though. Coop- posers in high schools across the
eration between Cornell scientists U.S. The musician composes a
and local growers has transformed piece to be played by a student jazz
a routine dairying and table grape ensemble at graduation, explains the
area into premier vinyyards.) how and why of musical choices
Aside from the Eastman School as the composition takes shape.
of Music, Julliard's serious 'com- Then he rehearses the ensemble
petitor. for top U.S. conservatory and plays with them on the big day.
crown, and The Bop Shop, a na- Just how transformative a life
tional Mecca for record collectors, event this is for students, and imwhy
visit Rochester? After three portant for the future of jazz, behours
looping around Lake Ontario came crystal clear when I attended
on the way to the Met, or facing CONTINUED ON PAGE 32
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Visit "The County" and experience the 18th annual Port Milford
Chamber Music Festival in a location known for its exquisite
beaches, historic homes, bike tours, antiques, local artists and
exciting new vineyards.
July 16, 8 p.m.
The Madawaska string quartet with
guest artists, Katharine Rapoport
and John Marshman perform a
program of Dance Music including:
Evangelista, Dvorak, Gzowski ,
,Volans and Amy Beach, at St.
Mary Magdalene, Picton
July 17, 2 p.m.
Students perform choral, chamber
and orchestral works in "The Barn"
atMPM
July 23, 8 p.m.
Chiara String Quartet perform
Mozart, Shostakovich, Dvorak at
St. Mary Magdalene, Picton
July 24, 2 p.m.
Students perform choral, chamber
and orchestral works at South Bay
Church, Milford
July 30, 8 p.m.
The Kirby String Quartet perform
Mozart, Feldman, Beethoven,
Mendelssohn, at St. Mary
Magdalene, Picton
July 31, 2 p.m.
Students perform choral, chamber
and orchestral works in "The Barn"
at MPM
August 6, 8 p.m.
Students perform choral, chamber
and orchestral works at St. Mary
Magdalene, Picton
August 13, 8 p.m.
Marie Berard, Rohan Gregory,
Angela Rudden, Susan Gagnon,
Roberta Janzen perform Mozart,
Sculhoff, Arenski, Borodin at
St. Mary Magdalene, Picton
August 14, 2 p.m.
Students perform choral,
chamber and orchestral works at
South Bay Church, Milford
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QUODLIBET
by Allan Pulker
"Early Bird" Concerts
If you're at all inclined to rush off to
a concert moments after picking up
WholeNote (or maybe a day or two
after), there: are plenty of things going
on the first few days of the II19nth
because they fall on the Canada Day
weekend. The Toronto International
Chamber Music Festival
runs from July 2 to 4 - look for its
listings with the summer festivals;
the Latvian Song Festival also has
a number of very interesting events
from July 1 to 4 - you will find them
listed in the regular listing~. The
Music Garden presents the True
North Brass on July 1 and a marimba
duo on July 4. The Canadian
Music Competitions National Finals
Gala will give its audience a
taste of the state of the future of professional
music making on July 3,
Music l\;fondays' wonderfully eclectic
series continues at noon on July
5, and there is plenty of space in the
listings for events at Harbourfront.
The Bells are Ringing
There are few concerts that are once
in a lifetime opportunities. One of
them is the Massed Handbell Concert
presented by the Ontario GuiJd
of English Handbell Ringers, August
7 at the Air Canada Centre.
More than 600 handbell ringers will
play together to make music that will
be quite out of this world!
English handbells were developed
in the 17th century by change ringers
(church bell ringers) so that they
could practise in a more comfortable
location than a bell tower without
everyone within a mile having to listen
to them. They are precision-cast
bronze bells with handles, each tuned
to one note, like the strings on a
piano or a harp. Each ringer holds
two or more bells, rung v.:hen the
corresponding notes appear in the
music. Since a set of bells is played
by a "choir" of ringers led by a conductor,
handbell ringing is very
much a team sport. The August 7
concert will involve literally thousands
of these bells, which range in
size from 1 1/.i" in diameter to 15
1/.i" and will provide not only an aural
experience but a visual one as
well. The program will consist of
both arrangements and original pieces
written specifically for hand bells.
The International Handbell
Symposium is a biennial event that
rotates through six countries (Australia,
UK, Canada, Japan, Korea,
· USA). Two years ago it was in Korea,
and Australia is next.
True North Brass
While we're thinking about bells,
every Wednesday at 5 :00 on the campus
of the University of Toronto
there will be a carillon recital from
the Soldiers' Tower at Hart House.
Orchestral Music
Opportunities to hear orchestral music
will be few and far between during
the summer, so don't miss the
new "Aftamira Symphony under the
Stars" concerts by the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra on July 12, 13
and 15 at Harbourfront, and the National
Youth Orchestra, conducted
by Vancouver Symphony conduct6r
laureate, Kazuyoshi Akiyama,
at Massey Hall on August 17. Also,
on July 17 at the Jackson-Triggs
winery near Niagara on the Lake,
Measha Brueggergosman will perform
with the Niagara Symphony.
Street Scene
I had lunch just last week with someone
who remarked how pleasant
summer weekends in Toronto are,
because the weekend exodus makes
the city remarkably quiet. Well, if
you decide to stay and enjoy the July
10-11 weekend, try to get to at least
part of the Celebrate Toronto
Street Festival at various locations
along Yonge· Street, which is closed
to vehicular traffic and transformed
into a seri~s of performance spaces
with more or less continuous music
all through the weekend. There is
quite a range of music, from renaissance
shawms· and flutes to rock,
funk, soul, reggae and jazz! There
are lots more detail in the listings of
course.
Vocal Recitals
I have found six vocal recitals in the·
listings, two of which are by singers
that are probably familiar to most
WholeNote readers. The first will
be a recital "about the joys and pains
oflove" given by tenor, Colin Ainsworth
and soprano, Rachel Cleland
Ainsworth at Trinity-St. Paul's on
July 7; the second will be by soprano,
Meredith Hall with guitarist
Bernard Farley and pianist,
Keiko Yoden at the Heliconian
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Hall , July 29. On July 10 soprano,
Kristin Mueller and soprano saxophonist,
Rob Mosher will perfonn
what appears to be a progran1 of contemporary
works at the Victoria
College Chapel; on July 16 soprano,
Donna Orchard perfonns with clarinettist
Julia Hambleton and pianist,
Ellen Meyer at Trinity-St. Paul's;
on July 24 tenor Guy Fletcher and
pianist Clark Bryan will perfom1 an
all French program at Humbercrest
United Church; and on August 29
sopranos Laura Bowes, Karine White
and Samantha Taylor will give a recital
at Sharon Temple.
on August 16.
Other Chamber Music
The indefatigable Jan Narveson's
Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music 0 Society, which, tielieve it or
not, presents about 60 concerts a year
has at least four concerts listed in
"further afield" - July 12, 16, August
26 and September 1. While this
is not a summer music festival it could
be something to inc'!ude in a trip to
one of the festivals in south-western
Ontario.
Speaking of south west, on July
19 Terry McKenna who is known
primarily these days for his lute playing
in the Toronto Consort but who
is also a fine guitarist will give a
concert on guitar in Stratford, where
fuere will also be concerts of chamber
music on August 2 and 30. And
harpist, Rachel Nowlan will perform
on August 4 in one of a series of
noon-hour concerts at St. Luke 's
Church in Burlington.
· Last I'd like to mention that
"Sound Travels" presents two innovative
concerts on Toronto Islands
on August 8; and Alan Gasser's
Georgian music ensemble, Trio Kavkasia,
will give what I can almost
guarantee will be a very interesting
concert at Holy Trinity Church on
August 15.
Double Reeds
If you love the sounds of oboes and
bassoons you should be a very happy
camper this summer: oboist,
Joseph Salvalaggio (WholeNote rover
April 1997) will perfom1 wit11 bassoonist.
Fraser Jackson al t11e Music
Garden on July 18 and with tdlow
oboist, Donald Boere and pianist,
Beverly Lewis at Innis College
on July 29. Bassoonist, Nadina
Mackie Jackson and friends, including
t11e aforementioned Fraser Jackson.
will give an all bassoon concert
in Burnt River (just north of
Fenelon Falls) on July 24 and a
completely different set of bassoonists
will perform in Stratford
(1Jroronto
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ERROL GAY, MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONPUCTOR
Catherine Manoukian, Artist-in-Residence
*Sun. Oct 24, 2004 at 3 pm Russian Storytellers
Peter and the Wolf - Narrator TBA
Sun. Dec 12, 2004 at 3 pm Viennese Holiday
Jacques lsraelievitch, violin
Sun. Feb 20, 2005 at 3 pm Le Jazz Hot for a Winter's Afternoon
John Arpin, piano
*Sun. Apr to, 2005 at 3 pm A Ukrainian Celebration
Victor Mishaiow, bandura
*Sun. May 29, 2005 at 7:30pm The Three B's -Really!
Catherine Manoukian, violin
*Pre-concert talks by Artist-in-residence, 1 hr before concert.
ALL CONCERTS AT THE GEORGE WESTON RECITAL HALL,
. TORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
TICKETS/SUBSCRIPTIONS: 416-467-7142
www.orchestratoFonto.org
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CHORAL SCENE
Choir, and, by singing with
great lustre and elan, are
by Larry Beckwith
making the world, and our
M
communities, a better.place .•
usicians and music- Quite apart from the warm-heart- Huge credit is due to Roblovers
gathered at Roy ed music-making and reminiscing, ert Cooper for organizing a
Thomson Hall recent- it was very moving to see among truly spectacular and effecly
to pay tribute to the memory of the performers several individuals tive tribute. Now that Niki
Niki Goldschmidt, the one-of-a- who consistently work overtime - is gone, we must all con-
. kind impresario/conductor/inspira- for little recognition - to further our tinue to think big and realtion
who passed away earlier this musical life. I'm thinking of peo- ize our enormous potential
year at the age of 95. pie like Lee Harmer, an omnipres- as a special centre for inult
was a significant choral event ent choral enthusiast and space co-· sic, especially choral music.
- titled the Joy of Niki - featuring ordinator; Tim Dawson, the hero I hope before long that we
singers both professional and am- behind the chanitable efforts of the can see another Toronto Inateur,
young and old, male and ·Bach Consort; Patricia Krueger, temational Choral Festival.
female and a number of top-notch who can make a dinky rehearsal
conductors. There was new music piano sound like the Berlin Phil- There are other festivals happenfrom
Derek Holman and "classics" harmonic; Lee Willingham, who's ing this summer that are full of
by Bach, Willan, Britten, imaginative educational outreach choral music-making, and you can
Beethoven and Schubert. It was an ideas gave every one of Niki's read about them elsewhere in these
evening that spoke to the tremen- choral festivals much greater pages. I draw your attention to the
dous humanity of the arts and'Wal- breadth; David Hetherington, Festivaf of the Sound and Elora
ter Pitman was warmly applauded whose Amici Ensemble embodies Festival, both of whom are celewhen
- in the middle of his eulo- the spirit of chamber music. And I brating theii 25th anniversary this
gy- he suggested that everyone in could name countless others who, year. At one or.other festival, you
the hall write to the new Prime at the very least, give up one or can hear a wide array of choral
Minister, July 1, remind him of two nights a week to be part of a . music, from the blockbusters
the importance of the Canada Coun- great choir, like the Amadeus (Beethoven's 9th, Verdi Requiem,
cil and government support for the Qioir, the Kitchener-Waterloo Phil- Carmina Burana, Poulenc Gloria)
arts; now that would be something harmonic Choir, the Bell'Arte Sing- to more intimate fare .,and new
of which Niki would approve! ers or the Toronto Mendelssohn music. In addition to the Elora
Ro/;Jert Cooper
Festival Singers, both festivals are
presenting ,the touring Vancouver
and Stuttgart Chamber Choirs in
concert and you can also hear the
Elmer Iseler Singers in Parry
Sound. Full information is available
in brochure forin or on websites:
www.festivalofthesound.on.ca
and www.elorafestival.com. ·
C~oral music also abounds at other
summer festivals , including the
Brott Festival; Lanaudiere and
Stratford Summer Music.
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~~~lling·s
o/o~es
David J. Kit\g
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2004-2005 Concert Series
Here We Come-A-Carolling
Songs to celebrate the season!
Christmas for Kids
A matinee of fun and food!
Singers Wanted
All Voices
Songs from the Heart
An evening of romance and laughter!
.Great Choruses
Choral classics from musical masterpieces!!
Sight-Singiqg Courses
Level 3: July 26-29, 2004 7:15 - 9:45pm
Level 4: August 16-19, 2004 7:1,5 - 9:45pm
i\ grounding in vocal technique and sight reading
· $95.00 Adults, $50.00 Students
Interested in becoming a member or
attending a sig!1t-singing course,
call 416-225-2255 or
em ail allthekingsvoices@canada.com
W-WW.allthekingsvoice.s.ca
Suppo1t'd l~.r the City of Tom1/o th1v111/1 th' Toro 11/o / ltt.< Co1111dl
us year by
Bach - Mass in B Minor
Mozart - Mass in C Minor
···· Walton - Belshazzar's Feast
Faure - Requiem
And much m ore!
~d choral singers who are good readers are
· ontact Joan Andrews at: 905-642-8706,
;andrews@tel.tdsb.on.ca to set up an
he 2004-05 Amadeus Choir Season.
e Amadeus Choir office:
-0188 or amachoir@idirect.com
J ULY 1 - SEPT 7 2004

AUDITIONS
The Orpheus Choir and Artistic Director Robert Cooper
welcome experienced singers in all voice parts to audition for
the choir's 2004-2005 40th Anniversary Season. Highlights
include the Canadian premiere of John Rutter's Mass of the
Children, with the composer conducting; Vaughan Willams'
The First Nowell; Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle; Distler's
Dance of Death, and more.
Come and join a vibrant, growing choir with a dynamic,
energetic Artistic Director in celebrating 40 years of bringing
innovative choral programmes to Toronto audiences.
Call 416 530-4428 for more details and to book an
audition.
Tenor Section Lead required
GLENVIEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
•Thursday rehearsal
• Sunday service
• Special services
• Good music programme
• Excellent remuneration
for information call
Chrys Bentley 416-461-5846
UNITED CHURCH
e West and Avenue Road
Soprano
and
Alto leads
are needed to begin
duties in September
Excellent repertoire
and remuneration
Contact William Wright
after August I st
4 l 6~962-3381
Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, Founder/ Artistic Director
THE
Nathaniel Dett
Chorale
AUDITIONS
The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is 'a Canada;s first
. professional choral group dedicated to Afrocentric
music of all styles. We have a demanding season
and are looking for skilled individuals committed
to excellence.
Upcoming activities include: Toronto and area
concerts, touring in Ontario, the Prairies, British
Columbia, the US, France and Asia
1
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
• Please prepare one classical piece (aria, art song, or
lied) and one popular piece Uazz-blues-gospel, )
**ACCOMPANIST WILL BE PROVIDED
• Performance Resume
• Must demonstrate professional level sight singing,
improvisational & musicianship skills
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION & TO BOOK AN
AUDITION, CONTACT:
Bramwell Pemberton 416-340-7000
email: auditions@lathanieldettchorale.org
MISSISSAUGA CHORAL SOCIETY
CHRYSA. BENTLEY - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
30th Anniversary Season
AUDITIONS
The Mississauga Choral Society invites singers of all voices to
audition (September 2004) for its exciting 2004-2005 Season at the
Living Arts Centre, Mississauga. The MCS, now in its 30th year,
is a semi-professional ensemble of seventy voices. Under the
artistic direction of Chrys A Bentley, the MCS will perform:
'0 Brahms A German Requiem, with the Oakville Symphony Orchestra
4 Handel' ~ Messiah & Canadian composer David Passmore"$ Majora
Canamus (newly commissioned work)
4 a programme of Baroque treasures
? Mendelssohn's Elijah
¢' with the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra in a programme of
opera excerpts
-0 Happy Birthday Erich Kunzel & Timeless Broadway, with the Toronto
Symphony, at Roy Thomson Hall
Rehearsals take place every Tuesday evening from 7:15 p.m. to
10: 15 p.m., from September through June, at the St. Andrew's
Memorial Presbyterian Church, Port Credit, Mississauga.
Please telephone 905'-278-7059 for audition appointment
or fill out an audition form at www.misschorsoc.com
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High Park Choirs of Toronto
9.-3
www.highparkchoirs.org
invite applications for the post of
Conductor
Beginning in September 2004, we seek
creative leadership to help with new
musical and educational goals for our
dynamic 5-choir organization. Founded in
1986, High Park Choirs is comprised of
120 choristers ages 6-18 who love to sing .
Please call for details: 416-762-0657
Pax Christi
Chorale
TORONTO'S MENNONITE CHOIR
STEPHANIE MARTIN, CONDUCTOR
WWW.PAXCHRISTICHORALE.ORG
416-494-7889
The Messiah Cometh
December 4th 0 5th, 2004
Highlights from Bach's
Christmas Oratorio, Handel's
Messiah, Berlioz' L'enfance du
Christ, carol~ ancient & modern.
Sometim.es a light surprises
April 23rd 0 24th, 2005
Luminous Canadian soprano
Teri Dunn joins us in music hy
Schiltz, Bach, Mozart and
Brahms and traditional hymns,
anthems & folksongs.
Grace Church on-the-Hill
~ Saturdays 8:00 pm
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Oakville Children's Chorus
Chorally _speaking, Toronto is
fairly quiet over the summer
months, though there are a few
pleasant diversions from the heat,
namely the Latvian Song Festival
in early Ju·ly , featuring choral
music by Talivaldis Kenins, Imant
Raminsh and others. The Oakville
Children's Choir kicks off a European
tour with a concert on July
5 and the Hart House Singers give
an early August program in the venue
for which they're named.
Jf you are interested in joining a
choir, now is the time to be thinking
about contacting conductors and
arranging auditions or meetings. If
you have questions or need advice
about choosing a choir, look at
WholeNote's May Choral Celebration,
still available online at
www. thewholenote. com. And
please don't hesitate to contact me
at the e-mail address below.
Lastly, I am heartened to know
that there is a group of dedicated
individuals working behind the
scenes to revive the ailing Choirs
Ontario and their vital programs,
which include the Ontario Youth
Choir. If you are interested in getting
involved, donating time dr
money or helping out in any way,
you can contact the organization at
info@choirsontario.org or by calf~
ing 416-923-1144.
Have a restful and music-filled
summer.
Lnrry Beckwi1h can be reached
al dunnbeckwi1h@sympa1ico.ca
JUBILATE SINGERS AUDITIONS
Director Isabel Bernaus leads a chamber choir with an eclectic,
multilingual repertoire (Cuban, Argentinian, Italian, Finnish,
Canad ian, Catalan, Spanish; classical, traditional, contemporary),
with a 3-concert series and occasional community performances.
There are openings in the baritone and tenor sections.
Rehearsals are Tuesdays 7:30 pm at St. Leonard's Church.
Auditions Sept. 14 and 21, 5:30-7:00 pm
at St. Leonard's Church
25 Wanless Ave. (near Yonge & Lawrence)
E-mail John at johnriddell @sympatico.ca or cal I 4 16-686-7607
(evenings) to arrange a time. www.j ubilates ingers.ca
As the summer months roll
in, a vast amount of early
music activity goes out
to rural parts of the province,
namely the Festival of the Sound,
the Elora Festival, the Ottawa International
Chamber Music Festival,
Festival de Lanaudiere, and
the Grand River Baroque Festival.
Now teaching at the Early Music
Institute of Indiana University,
Stanley Ritchie, one of the world's
leading exponents of Baroque and
Classical violin, will be coaching
the Trio di Colore on the Mozart
Trio for clarinet, viola and piano,
in a masterclass (July 22) as part
of the Festival of the Sound.
Later, he will be leading The Festival
Baroque in a performance of
works by Bach (Chaconne from
the Partita in D minor for solo
violin), plus works by 17th century
violin virtuoso Biagio Marini,
Darius Castello, G.P. Telemann,
and Arcangelo Corelli (July 23).
EARLY MUSIC
by Frank Nakashima
Emma Kirkby
Another of the world's finest early
music singers is Vivica Genaux
who makes an appearance with Les
Violons du Roy under the direction
of Bernard Labadie in a program
of Handel operatic arias and
other music (July 3) at the Festival
de Lanaudiere.
Gosh, was it twenty-five yefirs Not long after he had moved to
ago that the Elora Festival intro- Leipzig, Johann Sebastian Bach
d11ced us to early music in the sum- wrote some of his most inspired
mer'? WelL this year's Festival sa- music, notably the beautiful Jesu
lutes that era by presenting The meine Freude (Jesu my Joy). It
Toronto Consort in a program was there, too, that Bach wrote his
entitled "Shakespeare's Songbook" four Lutheran masses. On this oc­
(July 29). A quintet of singers, ac- casion, performing much of this
companied by hurdy-gurdy, per- wonderful music, The.Elora Fescussion,
lute, guitar, recorder, and tival Singers are joined by special
h\lrpsichord, will transport you guests, tenor Colin Ainsworth,
back in time to th0se halcyon days · baritone Daniel Lichti, organist
at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Matthew Larkin, and the Festival
with the many songs that appear Chamber Players, all under the di.­
in his plays.
rection of conductor Noel Edison
Meanwhile, Emma Kirkby, the (July 25, Elora Festival).
reigningqueen.ofbaroquesopran- In last month's column, I menos,
returns to the Festival to join tioned the Grand River Baroque
Canadian countertenor Daniel Tay- Festival which, in a short period
!or and the Theatre of Early Mu- of time, features a wealth of early
sic (July 24) in a program that fea- music performances (for example,
tures Pergolesi 's Stabat Mater. a performance by the Grand River
Kirkby will plso be appearing in Baroque Festival Ensemble of the
recital a few days later in Ottawa's complete Brandenburg Concerti 1
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also want to catch Taylor and the' everything and go. There's more
TEM in a performance of Bach music by Bach on the following
Cantatas ()uly 28) with other fine day _ his Concerto for 3 Violins
soloists Carolyn Sampson, tenor in D; the Oboe Concerto in F; and
Scot Weir, and bafitone Peter Har- the Cantatas BWV 54 & 64 (July
vey. Also in Ottawa, what's being
billed as a "Baroque Extrava-
2 )You'llhearsomedarkscarymuganza"
includes virtuoso violinists sical stories of S,tradella, Johnson,
Monica Huggett and Adrian But- Gesualdo, Leclair, Couperin,
terfield, with Sonnerie and the Lully, and Handel (July 3) in the
TEM (July 31),
concert entitled, Murder a la Ba-
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oque , and also on the same day ,
a rarely-heard work by Alessandro
Scarlaui, fl Primo Omocidio ,
not to mention a perfonnance of
the stunning Mystery Sonmas by
Biber as performed by Tafelmusik
violinist Linda Melsted and others.
The final event of this short but
intense Baroque experience is
Bach 's masterwork, the Sr. John
Passion with soloists Monica
Whicher, Laur2 Pudwell , Michael
Colvin, Daniel Lichti , and the
Grand River Baroque Festiv'!l Chorus
& Ensemble under the direction
of Victor Martens (July 4).
For your convenience, I have provided
a list of websites for the festivals
and events mentioned above.
Happy surfing!
Elora Festival -
www.elorafestival.com
Festival of the Sound -
www. fe!S ti valofthesound. on. ca
Festival de Lanaudiere -
www.lanaudiere.org
Grand River' Baroque Festival -
www.grbf.ca
Ottawa International Chamber
Music Festival .._
www.chamberfest.com
Frank T. Nakashima
(franknak@interlog.com) is rhe
President of rhe Toronro Early
Music Cenrre, a non-projir
charirable organizarion ivhich
promores rhe apprecimion of
hisroricrzlly-informed
performances of early music
www.torontoearlymusic.org.
TORONTOHEARANDNOW.COM
NEW MUSIC
COMPOSER COMPANIONS
by Jason van Eyk
Although the Toronto con- jubilee, and if the concerts that inc.ert
season has officially elude Canadian music are any income
to its close, we are dication of what to expect, then we
never without live music thanks to are all in for a treat.
the summer festival season. There On July 11th the Elo.ra Festiare
always plenty of opportunities val Singers and the ever-popular
here in Toronto, and not too far Gryphon Trio willjojn forces for
afield, to experience fantastic con- a world premiere by Toronto-based
temporary music by both our accomplished
Canadian composers
and their international counterparts,
as performed by our great Canadian
performers and special invited
international ensembles. From the
summer blooms of the Music Garden
to the theatrics of the touring
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble,
and from the musical soul of
the Elora Festival to the .intimate
scale of Stratford Summer Music,
the range of contemporary
music runs wide in July and August.
As always, we encourage you
to jump in and get immersed in the
music of our times by joining us
at any or all of these concerts with
a Composer Companion as your
own personal audio tour guide.
The beautiful rural setting of
Elora sets the summer _backdrop
for national .and international artists
to create musical magic at the
Elora Festival, a signature summer
event celebrating its 25th anniversary
this year. Artistic Director
Noel Edison has promised great
musical happenings for this silver
JULY 1 - SE PT 7 2004
composer Larysa Kuzmenko.
Larysa Kuzmenko
Ms. Kuzmenko is frequently commissioned
by some of Canada's ·
best performers and ensembles, and
has had · her works performed
throughout Canada, the United
States and Eurnpe. The Gryphon
Trio are well noted for their awardwinriing
interpretations of Canadian
work, including a recent 2004
Juno for their "Canadian Premieres"
compact disc .
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CONCERT SEASON
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October 14, 2004
8:00 PM
The Glenn Gould Studio
T ·he Composer/
lrn.proviser
December 4, 2004
8:00 PM
The Music Gallery
An Arraymusic!Music Gallery Co-production
Giorgio
Magnanensi
Conducts
April 30, 2005
8:00 PM
The Glenn Gould Studio
Future Lab
Young Composers' WorkshopFinal Concert
May 29, 2005
8:00 PM
The Music Gallery
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As well, on July 17th, the 8-
voice Tactus Ensemble will perform
Elora-based composer Robert
Evans's Carved by the Sea -
Cantata 4 in surround sound. Mr.
Evans is highly respected as a composer
and conductor within the international
choral music community,
having written music for such ·
ensembles as the Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir and the very high- ,
ly regarded King's College Choir,
Cambridge. Mr. Evans was most
recently awarded the grand prize
at the Out of the Bachs international
choral composition competition,
placing him among some of
the best choral composers in the
stallations by Bentley Jarvis, Stefan
Rose and Don Sinclair. On
Friday August 6th audience members
can participate in a SOUNDwalk
out on the Island, taking in
the acoustic ecology of our city's
favourite getaway spot. Directly
following will be a concert by special
guests the Ghettoblaster Ensemble
from Denmark. This mobile
sound unit performs sound art
wherever it wants and is able. This
is sound art on street level!
Sound Travels will peak on August
8th with a jam-packed day of
events, starting with live performances
early in the afternoon, more
SOUNDwalks, and a late afterworld.
'
For more details on. the Elora
Festival and to purchase tickets,
visit www.elorafestival.com or call
the Centre in the Square at 519-
578-1570.
The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble enjoys some fun during David
Heuser's "Immaculate, Bored, Off-key and Vaip.." Such theatricality
is a hallmark of the unique performance style of The ·PNME.
Turning our attention to Toronto,
the Berkeley Street Theatre will
be taken over by the dynamic Pittsburgh
New Musical Ensemble on
July 20th and 21st. The PNM'E
are known for their unique take on
programming new music, creating
seamless theatrical productions that
link an entire evening of compositions
into one uniquely entertaining
event. The Berkeley Street Theatre
is perfectly suited to their style '
of concert delivery, bringing a bit
of fresh air to a venue not very
often exploited for its musical capacity.
The PNME draws huge
audiences in their hometown and
is ready to bring their musical spectacle
to-Toronto. Let's show them
a warm Canadian welcome. For
more information on 'the PNME
visit www.pnme.org, For tickets,
call the CanStage b0x office at 416-
368-3110.
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return to sr:atford. Artlsll? Pr?duc- myriad of international composers.
er John Miller, who re-~stlt~ted The day will culminate in a special
Stratford Summer Music, bnngs -premiere by the Ghettoblaster Ena
distinctly Canadian flavour to his semble of a new work by Toronto
festival this year with appearanc~s composer, and recent Governor
by the St. Lawrence and Moh- General Prize winner John Osnari
string quartets, violin soloist wald. This is not to be missed.
Jame~ Ehnes, and a lecture-rec~tal For further details, be sure to stay
focusmg on the great Canadian in touch with the Sound Travels
composer Harry Somers· For those website at www. sound travels .ca,
of you who did not have a chance or call (416) 910-7231.
to see the Molinari's fantastic marathon
performance of the complete·
R. Murray Schafer string quartets
in Toronto last November, now is
your chance. From July 29th to
August 1st Stratford Summer Music
presents the Molinari's in a repeat
performance of the complete
cycle at Stratford City Hall. In between,
on July 30th, the St. Lawrence
String Quartet will cool
things down a bit with Ottawabased
composer Patrick Cardy's
The Snow Queen. Narrated by
Michael Terriault of The Producers
fame, Cardy's work is a lyrical,
charming and bittersweet retelling
of the Hans Christian Anderson
fairy tale.
For more information, visit
www.stratfordsummermusic.ca.
For tickets, call 1-800-567-1600.
Even if you're not looking to
travel very far, look at least as far
as Toronto's harbourfront and the
Toronto Islands for a wealth of
very interesting concerts, many of
them free.
From July 25th to September 5th
local presenters New Adventures
in Sound Art will host a myriad
of concerts, classes, installations
and events as part of their annual
Sound Travels series. Starting on.
July 25th, and running every Sunday
all summer long, St. Andrewby-thi;-Lake
Church on Toronto Island
will become a Sign Waves
Listening Gallery with sound in-
On the harbourfront, the Music
Garden comes into full bloom in
late June, and so does its annual
summer music series curated by
Tamara Bernstein. August is ·particularly
lush with contemporary
variety, On August 8th, the Madawaska
String Quartet brings a
folk-inspired program to the waterfront,
including a work by Canadian
composer Jose Evangelista.
On August 12th, incredible
Canadian percussionist Aiyun
Huang delivers a full evening of
percussion theatre works by international
heavyweights Rzewski,
Alvarez and Aperghis. And on
August 26th, Canadian composer
and clarinetist Lori Freedman joins
accordionist Tina Kiik and saxophonist/composer
David Mott in a
program including new works by
Montreal-based composer Ana
Sokolovic and Mott himself. The
ensemble will even improvise new
works on the spot based on themes
provided by the audience! Visit the
Harbourfront Centre website at
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php or
call 416-973-4000.
To book your composer guide for
any concert of new music in the
Toronto area, contact the Ontario
Region of the CMC by e-mail at
composercompani.ons@nusiccentre.m,
or by phone at 416-961-6601
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I
NEWS AND VIEWS
Keith Denning
Heart of the Matter?
tluzt on June 28th!)
This column usually covers in a Arts are barely a part of the agensemi--0fficial
kind of way the affairs da, but there are two excellent arguof
Toronto's new music communi- ments for the stable and increased
ty. But it's a slow month, so I hope fundirtg of the arts sector.
you'll indulge this entirely personal The economic. argument (which
rant instead.
requires repeated hammering) is that
It is with consternation that I re- government money spent in the arts
late the announced demise of sector creates more jobs per dollar
Quebec's new music show, le Na- spent than in any other sector oflhe
vi re Nigh!. Effectively, this is economy. It's a good invesunent. The
Quebec's counterpart to the nation- annualfederalgrantthatHarbourfront
wide Two New Hours. That yet an- receives is more than paid back in
other part of Canada's arts commu- taxes to the government by all those
nity is in crisis isn't news: it is the who participate in some way in Harnorm
in ouf lives as musicians, as . bourfront's activities. The Canada
artists. This atmosphere of crisis is~ Council allotted slightly more than
simply put, the background noise that $20 million in 2002 for its entire
we strive to be heard above. music program. That's for every
Le Navire Night is an important composer, performer, band, venue,
part of Quebec's cultural scene, re- ensemble, songwriter, orchestra,
cording, for example, the Victoria- community choir, etc. across the
ville Festival. I urge concerned read- country. It's chickenfeed, when you
ers to write to Sylvain Lafr~ce and rfalize the truly huge number o! en­
Christiane Leblanc at Radio-Cana- deavours that money attempts to fund.
da. For more detailed info visit To paraphrase an essay I recently
www.torontohearandnow.com. · read: the major donors to tl1e arts
Why is this program being cut'? are not the taxpayer or the private
The most depressing thing is that citizens, but the artists themselves,
ilie announcement is not surprising. who willingly work for little or no
Just as it is not surprising iliat ilie
0 money, spend meir time and their
major symphony orchestra in Cana- savings, to create mose mings iliat
da's largest city has, in recent years, enrich and inspire all our lives.
lurched fr:om financial crisis to fi- There may be a good argument
nancial crisis. Or mat me Music - I may even be persuaded by it -
Gallery, one of me country's most for giving Bombardier a cheque for
important new music institutions, is $800 million, as happened not so
sinlilarlybesetbyproblems. many years ago. But if I had •to
The arts in mis country are badly guess, increasing me Canada Counand
chronically underfunded. It is cil's music budget by a fraction of
scandalous, of course, but it is not mat whopping amount would be of
surprising. Especially when you greater long-term economic benefit.
note mat ilie four major party lead- The second argument is simply
ers can debatd on television for four mat me arts make our lives vibrant
hours (two in Englis.h, deux en and remind us ihat mere are wormy
Frarn;:ais) and ilie arts get mentioned pursuits mat are not preceded by
once, fleetingly. (This occurred in dollar signs. Nietzsche said that
ilie French debate.)
"Without music, life would be a
It is, of course, difficult to raise a mistake." But many of our leaders
great deal of sympathy for ilie crea- don't seem to feeLiliat way.
tors in tllis country when so many In Uganda and Cambodia, musioilier
essential parts of our society cians were actively persecuted by !di
- healtll care, social services, edu- Amin and Pol Pot, respectively.
cation, tlle military - are also cash- Fearing someiliing enough to want
starved. It's almost embarrassing. to kill it is proof of its power. What
Isn 't it' wrong to demand funding should we infer ilien about govern-
- for tlle arts when Johnny can't read'? ments iliat allow it to die from ne­
When iliere's a sixteen-week wait glect'?
for a diagnostic MRI'?
We need more social workers in
Arts are barely a part of ilie l\:d- tllis country, certainly, but Beethoven
era! agenda. (A brief aside: Stephen would have made a lousy one. And,
Harper has, in tlle past, argued in because iliis was recognized, our
favour of ilie elirru·m1ion of ilie Can- hves are enriched.
ada Council. Hope you remembered
COMPOSER TO COMPOSER
INTERVIEW WITH
Howard Bashaw
JUNE 2004
The work of a composer is often in-
1ensely soli1ary, and few composers
embody !his more so 1han Howard
Bashaw. 1-Wzen no! busy al !he University
of Alber/a, where we both
leach corriposilion, he works long
hours in his basemen! on an old,
refurbished, and sleadfasl grand piano.
Recenily, he traveled io Toron-
10 to attend !he premiere of his new
work Minimnlisms (wrinen for New
Music Concer1s and pianisl Roger
Admiral). Upon his return to &lmonlon,
I was able 10 corral him for
an inlerview, frying to get to !he
heart of the mailer.
STEENHUISEN: Morion Feldman
wrole a piece entilled The Viola
in my Life. Using the title alone, ii
would be appropriale for you lo
wrile a piece called The Piano in my
Life. Why do so many of your pieces
fealure !he piano?
BASHAW: I recall mat long ago,
in a composition lesson, I expressed
a great reluctance to write for the piano.
It had to do wim me simple
fact that I wasn't a pianist - not to
mention the dauntingly enormous
range of repertoire for me instrument,
and the extraordinary compositional
minds behind mat repertoire. It was
a very large world that I didn't feel
comfortable getting into. But when I
was at the Banff Centre, I had a specific
opportunity to write for piano. I
worked in one of those secluded
huts, just me, the piano, and the
great outdoors, and it was there that I
first really came to terms with the instrument.
I realized then that it
wasn't so much a problem of writing
for piano as it was about tea~hing
myself new ways to compose. It .
was an important time for me. The
piano connected me to things that I
wanted to do and say as a composer,
things I hadn't reached, or formalized
yet. I was searching for certain types
of harmony, certain technical ideas,
reaching thought processes that had
been swinlming around in the back
of my mind. It was at this time that
I really started to find my voice as a
composer. And iri a sense, the piano
actually became my composition
teacher. It was then that I wrote the
piece Hosu for Barbara Pritchard,
. and there has been no turning back
BY p AUL S'IEENHurSEi'i
since. That work generated my interest
in the instrument, and it certainly
generated interest in my music from
other pianists. And now my solo
piano music has been performed in
national and international piano competitions.
Twenty years ago, I would
have been the last to even inlagine
this possible. Looking back, I have
this strange feeling that I didn't
choose the piano so much as that
pivotal piece chose me.
STEENHUISEN: You didn '1 have
10 agree to the requests for more piano
music.
BASHAW: True. But why leave
it? In retrospect though, the piano
may have replaced what nlight have
been an interest ip the electroacoustic
medium. Given my sense of focus
and direction, .and my position at the
time as an emerging composer, I
very well could have gone in that di-
. rection, but I went to the piano instead.
I could never have predicted
that. I suppose it was the result of
circumstance, but it also has to dci
with the way I work. I enjoy working
in complete isolation, working
directly with the instrument that becomes
the voice of expression. It's
very meaningful for me, and I think
there's a parallel here with those
working in the electroacoustic medium
Returning to the subject of Feldman,
I recall him speaking about
how important it was for him when
he bought his piano, having just the
right instrument to get the sounds he
needed, the sense of time and space
he wanted, and how the instrument
itself is so important for the compositional
process. That made a very big
impression on me. Taking the sense
of how you're composing, and what
you're composing for, to a very refined,
specialized space. Paul, it's
not just about the piano, it's about a
sense of focus, and a real sense of
association with the medium you're
working with. I can't inlagine getting
away from this medium now.
I've even considered writing only for
the piano for a number of years, and
nothing else. I communicate one-toone,
directly with the instrument and
its performers, which for ~ Is more
effective than working and rehearsing
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with large ensembles.
STEENHUISEN: ITTuzt is it
thnt keeps cnlling you lxzck?
BASHAW: The instrument
is inspiring on a munber of
levels. Take the technical a~pects
of the keyboard itself,
composing through a direct
connection with finger patterns
or chord structures - discovering
those patterns, and their
physical relation to the instrument,
and how that, in itself,
becomes part of the creative
process. For me, that was
very interesting and inspiring.
Or take the deep and diverse
sound resource of the instru- ,
ment, one you can't renlly
know about until you start
working with it. It's aboutunderstanding
shades of pianissim:> or
forte, or balancing textures through
discovery. It's the kind of composing
whereby musical ideas are extracted
from the instrument rather
than imposed upon it. And I'm
speaking here as a non-pianist. I
don't have any classical piano training
to speak of, but I think not studying
the piano has freed me to find
my own way around the instrument.
I don't have a pianist's defnult setting
in my hands or ears, as it were, and
I'm grateful for that.
STEENHUISEN: So you were initinlly
reluctnnt lo write for pinno bemuse
you weren '[ (l pinnist, nnd
now you feel thnt not being n pianist
'becnme your ndvnntnge.
BASHAW: Exactly, but I had to
get through the difficult stage of
composing to find that out.
STEENHUISEN: You mentioned
the vnst piano repertoire. ITTuzt do
you extmct from thnt nnd involve in
your music?
BASHAW: If you're asking
whether or not I d~liberately model
my pieces on specific piano works,
then the answer is no, or at least not
intentionally so. But I would say
genre and idiom in the general sense
can be seen as influences. For example,
I regard bagatelles, preludes
and other short keyboard works as a
genre, and one that has inspired me.
STEENHUISEN: VWzy hnve you
written so mnny short pieces?
BASHAW: I've always found it
appealing to have information compressed,
focused and stated within a
very short time span. To make a
singular statement where emphasis
arises through brevity itself.
STEENHUISEN: Over the course
• of your cnreer, your music hns
chnnged quite n lot. Initially, there
wns n physicnlity, or mwness to the
pieces.
BASHAW: Parts of them, yes.
Perhaps I was just an angry young
man.
STEENHUISEN: Now, it's icier,
more mensured.
BASHAW: There is certainly an
imposed ratiorui.lity on the physicality,
but I look at it as refining that
musical energy, and directing it in
different ways:
STEENHUISEN: In thnt sense,
there could be n relntion to the mnrtinl
nrts.- Controlled physicnlity.
BASHAW: I've studied martial
arts, and I thiTik that's an interesting
parallel. There is so much energy
and concentration underlying the effectiveness
of each action. I think that
also speaks t6 my interest in short
forms. Everything can be brought
into a quick, brief, concentrated -
(smps fingers loudly).
For a while, I became deeply,
deeply interested in the works of Leonardo
da Vinci. In particular, The
wst Supper. There are intense, diverse
and complex energies within
that fresco:Consider its immediate
impact, its emotional dimensions, its
sheer drama, but all coordinated with
that day's underlying science of perspective
and geometry. Studying and
researching that fresco likely becarre
the biggest single influence on my
compositional perspective. Taking
what I may have felt, as what you
call the raw, physical composer, and
recognizing the potential of sti.11 using
that level of energy and impetus -
· but now through strategic kinds of
filters, controls, structures, or just
CONTI NUES NEXT PAGE
November 21; 2004.
The Music Gallery
Generation
2004
!:Ensemble contemporain
de Montreal I Veronique
Lacroix, artistic director
Four young composers from .
across Canada present new
works developed over a sjx
month period with ECM
January 9, 2005
Glenn Gould Studio
Japanese Sh6 virtuoso
Mayumi Miyata
with the New Music Concerts
Ensemble and Accordes
Including works by
Toshia Hosokawa and
Toshi Ichiyanagi
January 22 fX. 23, 2005
The Music Gallery
Three Cities
in the Life of
Norman Bethune
a chamber opera by Tim Brady
featuring Bradyworks with
Michael Donovan, baritone
~~I
programs and artists subject to cba11ge
April 1, 2005
Glenn Gould Studio
Heinz Holliger
In conjunction with
the Faculty of Music,
University of Toronto
New Music Concerts presents
music by the Michael and
Sonja Koerner Distinguished
Visitor in Composition
Heinz Holliger
May 1, 2005
Glenn Gould Studio
Jorg Widmann
The rising young German
clarinetist and composer
performs his music
1 with the NMC Ensemble
May 27, 2005
The Music Gallery
Keith Hamel
Chamber music with
computers curated by
Keith Hamel, featuring
a. newly commissioned work
by Paul Steenhuisen
Two Additional Concerts To Be Announced I~~
to rontda rt sbou n ci I
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futerview with Howard Bashaw
continued from page 25
STEENHUISEN: Can you pro-
vide another e.Xllmple of how you
connect your ideal perjorrmtive en-
ergy with the geometric?
ways of rmclifying expression to re- ·
direct the energy of a piece. This
happened in the early 1990s, when I
was getting out of the raw energy ·
phase. I'd brought myself to a point
and asked "What can be ... no ...
what must be, the next step?" And I
wasn't exactly looking for it there,
but by going back five centuries and
studying Leonardo, the extraordinary
lesson was offered to me. 'Interestingly
enough, I feel it was my training
in musical analysis that allowed
me to understand that fresco. But in
the end it was the fresco that subsequently
ffispired, if not guided, my
new compositional perspective.
spaced rmments, which can be extremely
difficult to play with exact
precision.
STEENHUISEN: So you mean
virtuosic energies, rather than simply
playing fast, or a plethora of notes.
BASHAW: Both virtuosic energies
and technical facilities. The lightest
pianissirm touch, with exactly the
rigl}t depth of key, and sound,
thaC:s ... (trailing oft)
STEENHUISEN: Your music is BASHAW: Let's take the recent
tighter, both technically and expres- piano piece, Fonn Archirmge, that I
sively.
wrote especially for Marc Couroux.
The rmvements in that particular
BASHAW: I try to increase the work represent excellent responses to
effectiveness of the musical voice your earlier questions. Here, the
that energy can take at various times. .middle rmvement is all about pulse
This raw energy is not just a bub- streams and coordinations of layered
bling cauldron that has to burst. It tempi. Sure, that's not new in muhas
to find the right way out. sic, but a lot of them combined iri a
STEENHUISEN: In some pieces, work for solo piano, requiring a reyou
take what is very much a mnxi- fined, controlled touch with quiet dyrmlist
approach. Maxirml expres- namics, is an extremely virtuosic
sion, mnxirml physicality, mnxirml thing to pull. off. The last rmve-
. " virtuosity. And yet, your most rf!cent ment, ~ roan:ig, powerful statement,
piece is called Minimalisms. · has a direct link to the raw energy of
my earlier compositions. Fonn
BASHAW: If you were to ask me Archirmge combines this energy, but
to compare Tsunami, my rmst ag- unlike my earlier works, with undergressive
piece from the early days, to lying structural processes or strate-
Minirmlisms, occurring close to 20 gies.
years later, I would say the minimalisms
here have only to do with sty­
STEENHUISEN: lMult types of
processes are you taUdng about?
listic derivation of pattern, process,
and repetition. There's still a maximal
degree of virtuosity involved for
the two soloists. It's taking the kind
of energy we have been talking
about and pushing the envelope, as it
were.
STEENHUISEN: Is this piece an
e.Xllmple of you applying the types of
geometries you mentioned, those that
were inspired by Leonardo?
BASHAW: No, not geometries as
such in this work. That's an interesting
question however. Now that
we're talking about this, I can see ·
that I've never lost, and probably
never will, the desire to push those
envelopes, to drive things further. I
don't always deliberately set that as
. the agenda, but when I'm ih a piece,
if I don't feel I'm pushing towards
something - usually taking some
form of virtuosity - I feel I'm missing
something. It's important to
mention that virtuosity can take different
forms in my music. As ·you
know, it can also be intensely quiet,
BASHAW: Fonn Archirmge contains
expanding, pattern-based processes
that I would never, could never,
have written in earlier years. The
second rmvement unfolds a strategy
of macro-level acceleration. The collective
texture accelerates in carefully
managed phases throughout the
rmvement. The metronome-like
pulse streams we referred to earlier,
those simultaneous different speeds,
collectively create a region which
rmdulates to a faster tempo-region.
This happens several times, with the
whole rmvement ending up being
twice as fast as it started. The third
rmvement is completely different.
It's a pattern-based process using
continuously ascending and descend-,
ing lines in alternation, traversing the
entire piano register with an unrelenting
drive. However, extremely
brash, dynamic chord passages intermpt
these linear continuities with
e.ver-increasing intensity, intermptions
that gradually take over the ·rmvement..
It's a large-scale process that
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not only expresses virtuosic energy
in two different forms, but rmre importantly,
also creates tension and
conflict at the level of structure itself.
Here's the directing of energies we
discussed earlier.
STEENHUISEN: lMult other compositional
strategies do you employ?
BASHAW: Here is where. the lesson
from Leonardo really shows up.
What I did not clarify earlier was my
specific interest in using structure itself
as an important, or the important,
aspect of a musical statement.
Structure not just as a static background
container for foreground activity,
but rather as the element of
primary interest. And I have some
works that are all about architecture,
and nothing else. When listening to
these rmvements, the foregroupd
material becomes subordinate to an
emerging structural design. Consider
my Seven Spheres. Here, there are
several rmvements where relatively ·
simple, surface, collage-like activity
is used to reveal structure. One of
my favourite examples is the rmvement
Double Convergence, where
eight voices, each playing a higher
and lower part, combine for a total of
sixteen voices. All sixteen voices
st,art out playing one rmtive at different
speeds. In the opening field or
region of this short rmvement, you
have both the fastest and slowest
statements (with a range in between),
which are a long way apart in terms
of tempi. In their reiterations, the
faster voices get slower, and the
slower .voices get faster. Every voice
does so independently, until they all
arrive and converge at the rhythmic
unison. As the voices become close
in relative speeds, they collectively
create an area or region of structural
tension. They're not quite lined-up
enough to be heard as being rhythmically
coordinated, and they 're not
quite far enough apart to be heard as
being comfortably independent. Direction
and· expectation is created,
and the resulting tension is released
with arrival of the unison. The main
point is not recognizing the underlying
process as a pleasing formal abstraction,
it's the perceived effect of
this process.
· STEENHUISEN: So how much
pre-planning, or pre-composition do
you do, before you start writing
pitches? Do you plan all of the tempi
in advance?
BASHAW: If I'm working on a
short,.structuralistpiece, it's all about
planning. In a case like that, I don't
know where the line between composition
and pre-composition would
actually be. This is music of measurements.
I make calculations and
designs, but not at the piano.
STEENHUISEN: lMult do you
calculnJe?
BASHAW: Rates of speeds,-placements
for entries of voices, overall
form, or, if it's a process of convergence,
where and how voices align,
things like that. Finding the rmtive,
finding a musical idea, one that will
work in collaboration with the structure,
might be as much a pre-compositional
element as all the calculating.
Then, it's a question of designing the
piece. Ifl'm looking to create a rmtivic
or harrmnic symmetry, I'll find,
at the piano, the right tools to demonstrate
it, but then the rest of it, the
composition, will be away from the
piano. Often I'll design things using
graph paper. And as you know, I
use my grid-score notation to write
these rmvements.
STEENHUISEN: The point rermins
the transference of the structural
ideas into sound.
BASHAW: Yes, that is the compositional
objective. And I think I first
realized the need for the appropriate
notation when working with multiple
tempi. For example, having three,
four, or five simultaneous tempi in
canon. Conventional notation was
holding me back, so I had to evolve
a new system for myself. I say new,
but proportional notation is hardly .
new of course. My particular version
facilitates my particular needs.
STEENHUISEN: So it opened up
different avenues for you as a composer?
BASHAW: For sure.
STEENHUISEN: Given these interests,
why didn't you become involved
in electronic music, where all
of these things can be measured and
performed with complete precision?
BASHAW: Because, at the end of
the day, it's not just about finding
ways to realize, in sound, exact
measurements. For me, it's also
about generating a special kind of
'live' performance energy - that
which the musicians convey when
they are engaged in this music. The
sense of precise coordination, the
sense of ensemble, the playing into
the complex textures. Live performance
is not about detached, statistical
realizations. There's a particular type
of association between score, performer
and ensemble that arises.
This association generates an unusual
interpretation space that is revealed to
the listener.
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WORLD VIEW
by Karen Ages
write this , June is com- va' fuses Indian classical/folk muing
to a close, and what sic with influences from China, the
a month it's been! The Middle-East and Africa at 2pm,
action-musical Terracotta Warri- and the 10-memberRizwan-Muazors
was a sight to behold, Per- zam Qawwali presents Sufi music
sian percussion ensemble 'Zarbang at 9:30. July 16-18, Harbourfront's
thrilled me with its virtuosity and Ritmo y Color festival explores
sonic variety, Maza Meze's CD re- Latin arts and culture, with bands
lease concert had the audience at- from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela
tempting Inuit throat singing and and North America. Other festiwas
graced by belly-

JAZZ NOTES
by Jim Galloway
Every month this magazine
is full of information
about musical events taking
place in and around Toronto.
We tend to take it for granted that
we can go out week after week
and enjoy a symphony concert, pop
concert, go to a Jazz club, see a
play. Turn on the tap a'1d entertainment
flows out. There is also
an interesting tie-in between the
growth of culture in a town and
the prosperity of that same community.
This is very much the
case in Toronto. ft is quite f~scinating
to examine the social history
of this city, and the close relationship
between its prosperity and
cultural life.
The first recorded reference to a
musical event in Toronto was a
ball held in June of I 778 to celebrate
the King's birthday. The cost
of the music for the evening, by
the way, was seven dollars. The
first theatre opened in Toronto in
1834; it was actually a converted
Methodist Church, but the remainder
of the century saw the arrival
of a number of.concert halls, including
Massey Hall, which
opened in 1894.
One of the most successful industries
in Toronto was piano
building. The Montreal Bistro is
located in a spot that was once the
Heintzman piano factory and in an
indirect way this brings us to the
topic of jazz.
It is a well-established fact that
Toronto has the reputation of being
a good jazz town and the love
affair between this city and that music
goes back a long way. Well,
maybe not a full-blown romance
to begin with. In Mark Miller's
book, Such Melodious Racket,
which has to be a defini~ive study
of jazz in this country, and a wonderfully
well researched and interesting
read, he describes how a
group called the Vernon Five was
reviewed in the Globe in November
1917 ...... "succeeded at times
in making a diabolical noise, thus
justifying their claims to being a
jazz company."
It was around 1920 before Jazz
became a more active part of the
entertaimpent scene in Toronto.
Unlike today, Montreal was, in the
early 1900s' much more receptive
to this new music; it was a wide
open town with a vibrant nightlife,
whereas Toronto was, at this
time, still earning its reputation as
I
"Toronto The Good".
There were no jazz clubs in those
days and any jazz performers passing
through town most likely played
on vaudeville bills in theatres such
as The Casino and Shea's. Radio,
which was at this time unregulated,
played an immensely important
Po"rter at the helm.
I am only scratching the surface
of this topic and I knciw I have left
out many relevant names and events
which have gone into making this
a jazz town, but to do it justice
would take up the entire magazine.
role in spreading the sounds of jazz If you're reading this article earwith
live remotes from ballrooms. ly enough in July, there's still time
to catch the tail end of TD Canada
Like many newspapers in the
1920s, the Toronto Star even had Trust Downtown Jazz Festival.
its own radio station, CFCA, which
Don't imagine for one minute,
however, that that's it for festivals.
stood for "Canada's Finest Covers
America". In the 30s and 40s There is the Celebrate Toronto
just abqut every name big band you Street Festival with a wide range
can think of played the Palais Roy- of music and some jazz. For exale
on Lakeshore Boulevard. . ample, on July 10th at three o'clock
The ffrst jazz club, The Onyx in the afternoon you can enjoy
Club, named after its famous coun- Swing Rosie followed at 6pm by
terpart in New York, opened in Kollage. These free perfonnances
1938 'and started an all too com- are at the corner of Yonge Street
mon trend by closing the follow- and St. Clair A venue and the foling
year. Next up was the Cafe lowing afternoon ' starting at
Marimba, but it suffered the same 1 :30pm you can hear the Canada
fate. Two clubs that did achieve Pops Orchestra big-band jazz.
The Toronto festival season consome
longevity were the Colonial t"
mues w1
.th
t
h
e 8 eac
h
es 1 nterna­
Tavern which opened its doors in
1947 and lasted 31 years, although tional Jazz Festival in late July,
in its later life the jazz content was where William Carn, Heillig Maa
sometime thing, and the Towne noevre, and Bill King's Saturday
Tavern which ran from 1949 to Night Fish Fry are among the fea-
1971. These two venues did much cured groups, while in August we
to establish Toronto as a destina- have festivals in Markham and
tion for many of the great names Oakville. You might want to note
that headliners at Markham include
in jazz.There were other spots such
as the Park Plaza Hotel, Friars, pianist Monty Alexander, Alex
The Savarin, Bourbon Street and Pangman and her Alleycats, the
Cafe des Copains which enhanced Jean Beaudet Trio, Don Thompson
with Renee Rosnes and Rusthe
town's reputation. For local sell Malone with Bennie-Green.
boppers the haven was George's
Spaghetti House which featured If your taste runs to the blues
Toronto musicians almost exclu- there is Bluesfest Toronto at Exsively
from 1956 until 1994. Then hibition Place in Toronto. Jimmie
there were the after-hours places Vaughan and Lyle Lovett are the
big names on Juiy 16 while on the
such as the Mercury Club, The
Banana Factory and Clem Ham- 17th one of the performers to look
b
out for is Bettye LaVette who
ourg's "House of Hambourg"" wowed'audiences at the IAJE Con­
For fans of tradjazz, Grossman's
ference in New York earlier this
on Spadina has been a Saturday
afternoon hang for as long as any- year. Other attractions coming into
one can remember and before that town for the event include Keb Mo,
there was the Maison Dore. C'Est Sonny Landreth and Clarence
"Gatemouth" Brown.
What and the Chick 'n' Deli are also
Saturday aftemon hangs for the traditional
set.
Over the months of July and
August there is also lots of good
music available out of town. In Port
Media support, and sometimes Carling the Muskoka Lakes Mu­
Iack of it, has played its role \n the sic Festival, which is spread out
acceptance of jazz. As far back as over part of July and August, fea-
1945 the Globe and Mail had a tures jazz cruises on July 13th,
jazz column and in 1949 the now 20th, 27th and August 3 and 10th.
defunct Telegram hired jazz enthu- Other events will feature singer
siast Helen McNamara to write a Adi Braun, "Seeds of Sun", an
regular column. Today, the names Israeli jazz ensemble, The Whitof
Mark Miller and Geoff Chap- ney Smith Big Steam Ba:nd, Toinman
are better known than some my Ambrose with the Toronto Allof
the musicians they write about. Star Big Band and Jeff Healey's
Toronto boasts JAZZ.FM the Jazz Wizards .
only 24 hour jazz radio station in
the country, which now has Ross
WWW .THCWHOLENOTE. COM
Adie Braun
The Elora Festival features
Michael Kaeshammer on July 15
and the following evening in Hamilton,
he plays in the Brott Music
Festival at the Royal Botanical
Gardens. That same evening , at
the Huntsville Festival of the
Arts, Emily-Claire Barlow will be
accompanied by an all-star group
including Phil Dwy~r and Rob
Piltch. In Collingwood on July 30,
as part of their Music Festival,
John Arpin, who is, by the way,
one of the greatest ragtime players
in the world, will give a solo piano
concert.
And the list goes on into the
month· of August with the Festival
of the Sound at Parry Sound
where on the afternoon of August
1st a tribute to the music of Duke
Ellington and Billy Strayhorn will
showcase vocalist Adi Braun, pianist
Gene DiNovi and clarinettist
James Campbell. There is also the
Kincardine Summer Music Festival
where between August 2 and
5th the lineup includes singer Lisa
ly1artinelli, "The Three Hom Monster"
with Aiex Dean, Mike
Malone, and Dave McMurdo, "Interplay"
with Lome Lofsky and
Brian Dickinson and last but not
least Renee Rosnes.
Meanwhile, of course, there is the
ongoing chib scene in Toronto,
scaled back a little bit after the Festival
fever, but still offering its
usual interesting array of jazz in
all styles. If I may be allowed to .
blow my own horn a little bit, or
at least toot my saxophone, the
Echoes Of Swing band will be at
the Montreal Bistro on July 12.
My thanks to Mark Miller for having
taken the trouble to do such
wonderful research in the writing
of 'Such Melodious Racket'. If
you are interested in the story of
jazz in this country I suggest you
buy this book -,and then go out
and listen to some live jazz.
Jul Y 1 - SEPT 7 2004

In the Listings
Jazz for all
ages at last!
Hupp_y Pals New Orleans Jazz
by Sophia Perlman
PEOPLE OFTEN WONDER if jazz is,
perhaps, a dying art form. After
au, if you attend any of the clubs,
while there is always a handful of
university types, the majority of
those corning out to live music
often seem to be of an older
demographic.
What often goes unrecognj.zed is
that, for the past 4 years, many
youth with an interest in jazz have
been left out in the cold - often
quite literally . .Under old city of
Toronto by-laws, any person who
entered a venue where smoking
was permitted had to be over the
age of 19 - and this applied to
many (although not all) venues in
Toronto.
It was incredibly frustrating for
many students - espeeially those
who, having graduated under the
new 4-year Ontario high school
curriculum were entering postsecondary
institutions at a younger
age. Many would not tum 19 until
well after the end of their first year
of college or university.
(Kudos to the Top O'the
Senator -- among other venues -­
for providing accessible jazz to
people of all ages for the past 4
years.)
Now' UNDER THE NEW city-wide
smoking ban, most venues are
allowing people of all ages in -
and while cover charges still
apply, it is an opportunity that
students are already taking full
advantage of. Most clubs reserve
the right to refuse admittance, but
JULY 1 - SEPT 7 2004
CONTINUES ON PAGE 46
BAND STAND
byMerlin Williams
Summer equals park concerts for
community bands. These can be
lots of fun or a total drag, depending
on the audience that attends.
It's simply not very much fun to
play your heart out to an audience
that's smaller than the band. The
bands listed in this month's column
should do well, since they're doing
their best to let people know where
and when they 're performing.
As I sit to write this piece, I've
received concert schedules from
only five bands in the GTA. Last
September, I listed over forty
bands. What's wrong with this
picture? Why don' t community
bands· take advantage of free ltstings
and publicity? I've been writing
Bandstand for nearly five years
now, and I still run across community
bands who are unaware of
The WholeNote, let alone this column
even though this magazine is
available for free in their area.
I will be putting together the annual
listing of bands for the September
issue of The WholeNote
during the month ~f August. If
your band wants to be listed, I really
need updated informatfon by
the second week of August. Send
it to me at merlinw@allstream.net.
If you're not online, phone me at
416-803-0275 . If you have something
you want to mail me, contact
me and I'll give you my mailing address.
What I need in order to list your
band is: The Name of the group,
Conductor' s name, a Contact
person with a phone number/
email address, the band's website
address (ifapplicable), the rehearsal
day, time and location
and a list of players that are especially
desired by the band.
The Thornhill Community Band
is-performing July 1 and August 2
at the McMichael Gallery. The performance
is free with your gallery
admission fee. The band is also
playing free concerts at Mel Lastman
Square on July·27 at 7:30 p.m.
and at the Unionville Bandstand,
Sept. 5 at 4:00 p.m.
The Etobicoke Community
Concert Band under conductor
John Edward Liddle is playing two
free concerts at the Applewood
Homestead on the West Mall, July
7 & 28. Concert time is 7:00 p.m.
The City of Brampton Concert
Band is playing a free concert
at Gage Park in Brampton on
July 8 at 7:00 p.m. This is a
chance to hear the band in top form
before they head to Schladrning,
Austria for the Mid-Europe Band
Festival in July. ·
The North York Concert Band
is performing at Mel Lastman
Ware Academy of Music tff)l~l
Thornhill Conunwiity Band
Square on July 15 & 29. Both concerts
are free, and start at 7:30 p.m.
The Northdale Concert Band
is performing two free concerts this
summer. The first is at the Oshawa
Civic Bandshell on Aug. 4
and starts at 7:30. The second is
at the Couchiching Beach Park
Aquatheatre in Orillia on Aug. 15,
7:00 p.m.
I hope you have a great summer,
whether you 're sitting in the chairs
on the bandstand, or ·whether
you 're soaking up the sounds from
the comfort of your lawn chair:
Merlin Williams is a woodwind
performer (sax, claririet, flute and
bassoon) and private teacher in
Toronto. He is ae1ive in theatre
music, classical and jazz, as well
as (of course) community bands.
He can be reached at 4l6-803-
0275, or merlinw@allstream.net.
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ON OPERA
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by Christopher Haile
n May 19 the nominees
for the Dora A wards were
announced and will be revealed
on June 28 ; while we are at
press. As last year, opera has its
own division, and even if the categories
within the division are still
not as extensive as they should be,
we should be·grateful that, like London's
Olivier Awards, the Doras
recognize openrnt all.
Kenneih Jones writing in the New
York-based Playbill On-Line of May
28 says "Unlike many other awards
for theatre in other cities, the Doras
recognize a range of perfonning arts ,
artists and production budgets in the
categories of Independent Theatre,
General Theatre, Dance, Opera and
Theatre for Young Audiences."
May the trend continue!
Four operas produced by the COC
received nominations for Outstanding
Production- Die Walkure , Peter
Grimes, Rigoleuo and Turandot.
Opera Atelier was nominated for
Persie. Nominated for Outstanding
Performance were Laura Claycomb
( Rigoletto) , Adrianne Pieczonka and
Clifton Forbis (Walkilre) , Serena
Famocchia (Turandot) and Monica
Whicher (Opera Atelier's Figaro).
Given that a greater number of
operas is produced in Toronto each
season than the number of musicals,
I find it odd that rp.usicals should be
accorded separate awards for Direction,
Musical Direction, Set Design,
Costume Design, Lighting Desigil,
Outstanding Performance by a Female.
in a Principal Role and Outstanding
Performance by a Male in
a Principal Role, while opera must
be content with only two categories.
That being said, were I doing the
nominating, I would have replaced
Peter Grimes in the category for Outstanding
Production. Despite marvellous
singing the physical production
was unattractive and Tim Albery's
non-naturalistic direction was
distracting. A far better candidate
would be the COC's exciting Tosca.
I would also split the category for
Outstanding Performance four ways ,
into Principal and Featured Role,
Male and Female.
For Outs/muling Performance by
a Femnle in a Principal Role , I would
nominate Laura Claycomb as Gilda
in Rigoletto, Adrianne Pieczonka as
Sieglinde in Die Walkiire, Krisztina
Szabo as Iphigenie in lphigenie en
Tauride (OA) , Laura Whalen as
Rosalinda in "Die Fledennaus" (To-
:ro
Forbis gets Hoile '.1· Grace Note nod
ronto Operetta Theatre) and Monica
Whicher as Merope in Persee (OA).
For Outstanding Performance by
a Male in a Principal Role, I would
nominate Colin Ainsworth as Pylade
in Iphigenie en Tauride, Daniel
Belcher as Oreste in Iphigenie en
Tauride, Clifton Forbis as Siegmund
in Die Walkilre, Pavlo Hunka in the
title role in Falstaff (COC) and Robert
Longo as Bummerli in The Cliocolate
Soldier (TOT).
For Outstanding Performance by
a Female in a Featured Role, I would
nominate Elizabeth Beeler as Mascha
in The Chocolate Soldier, Jane
Henschel as Mistress Quickly and
Elena Voznessenskaia as Nannena
in Falstaff, Frederique Vezina as
Ellen in Peter Grimes and Judit
Nemeth as Fricka in Die Walkiire.
For Outstanding Performance by
a. Male in a Featured Role, I would
nominate Alexander Dobson as Falke
in Die Fledermaus, Pavlo Hunka
as Hunding in Die Walkiire, Olivier
Laquerre as boi:h Cephee and Meduse
in Persee, Ayk Martirossian as
Sparafucile in Rigoletto and Alan Opie
as Captain Balstrode in Peter Grimes.
Grace Notes
Were I to give awards for opera in
the 2003--04 season (my editor suggests
they be called "Grace Notes")
in the full array of categories available
for plays and musicals , these
would be my choices:
Production:
Persie because all of the complex elements
of the production were kept in
perfect balance; not fully the case in its
nearest contender Die Walkiire.
Outstanding Performance
Female: A tie: Adrianne Pieczonka,
Walkiire; Laura Claycomb, Rigoletto.
Male: CW'ton Forbis, Walkiire.
Featured Role
Female: Judit Nemeth, Walkiire.
Male: Alan Opie, Peter Grimes.
Set Desilin: Michael Levine, Walkiire.
Costumes: Dora Rust-D'Eye, Persee.
Lighting: David Finn, Walkiire.
Stage Direction: Marshall Pynkoski,
Persee.
.Musical Director: Richard Bradshaw
for Walkiire.
'
OPERA AT HOME
(and this month, the cottage)
by Phil Ehrensaft
When only mad dogs
are small children in your
and Englishmen
life and you want them
go out in the noonday sun,
hooked on opera, get
or summer rains pour, it's
Kent Nagano's animated
time to pull out a disk from
film adaptation of Vixen
the ever>expanding catalogue
for BBC/Naxos.
of opera DVD's or hi-tech
The circle will hoperestorations
of historic re-
fully be completed by a
cordings. Both remain no-
1 DVD of Janacek's final
table exceptions to current
'" opera, an adaptation of
recording industry doldrums. Dostoevsky's grim Memoirs From
One new DVD stands out among the House of the Dead. Until then,
the many fine titles that arrived in we have to make. do with the outmy
reviewer's inbox during the last standing Mackerras/VPO recording
six months: Kultur's Glyndebourne for London/Universal.
Festival performance of Leos Janacek re-invented his musical
Janacek's The Makropulos Case and dramatic stances in each succes­
(1926). Andrew Davis conducts the siveopera. Like Debussy, he "pushed
LPO. Video direction by Brian Large the envelope" ,radically while soundis
as good as it gets.
ing knockdown gorgeous. But al-
This extraordinary opera's extraor- ways new, right to the end.
dinary central' character is a 337 year- After his death in 1928, his muold
sexually driven d.iva whose im- sic relapsed into relative obscurity
mortality is derived from an elixir of outside Czechoslovakia for three declife
·perfected by her physician fa- ades. The Gennan cornerstone of his
ther. Janacek wrote his own libret- international reputation disappeared
to, based on a comedy by Karel after the Nazi takeover: promoting a
Copec. Where Copec explored. the Czech pan-Slavic nationalist was out.
story's philosophic pros and cons, Relativetodominantcompositional
Janacek probed the emotional state currents in the immediate postwar
of a woman who had seen and done decades, Janacek's music was unit
all. He would be proud of Anja fashionable. Relative to recent
Silja's performance in the title role. trends, as Yale's Martin Bresnick
If you attended the COC' s Jenu- underlines, Janacek blazed paths, placfa,
you experienced the brilliance that ing passion and communication front
finally gained fame, at 62, for the and centre in' experimental music.
Czech composer. Although its 1904 So here's my proposal for a memp~emier:
succee~ed iI:i ~mo, prov!11- . orable summer opera project: break
cial .capital. ~f his nativ~ Moravia, open your piggy bank and get all
musical po~tJcs blc;x:ked its per_f~rm- 1 the Janacek DVD's, plus The House
ance at the ~ternatJonally pr~stlgious CDs. If you 're in cottage country
Prag1,1e .NatJonal °?era und! 1~ 16 · and wanfto travel light, hook up a
Interna~onal recogrntJ~n then msp~ laptop to modestly priced, entry-levtwelve
~tensely.creatJve years, nght el audiophile earphones or speakers.
up to his death m 1928
For earphones the choice is between
His first "mature" opera, Kat 'a the Grado SR-'60 Grado SR-80 or
Kabanova, premiered in 1921. Ku!- the Grado SR-12S. The award-V:,intur
~as a st~rling Jen~fa DVD and a ning SR-60 yields impossibly good
1:at a that I d cal.I solid, both featur- sound for such a low price.
mg Andre:v D~vis at

Music THEATRE SPOTLIGHT
by Sarah B. Hood
Korean, S. African shows headline in Toronto -
It was postponed last year due to
SARS, but The Ltzst Empress is
now on its way to town in a coproduction
with Mirvish. The first
large-scale musical to tour internationally
out of Korea, the show is
about the life of legendary Queen
Min of the Chosun Dynasty.
"There are many big-budget musicals
in Korea, but almost all of
them· are foreign musicals," says
producer Heehwan Lee. "We are
the only one in Korea which draws
· audience, ... for the last nine years."
The Last Empress is a full,
· sung-through musical with lavish
production values, he points out.
'"The cast itself is about 45. The
music is not like Broadway show
'tunes, but it's not entirely Korean ..
The melody is Korean, but the orchestrations
are.westerllized. If you
enjoy real singing, this is a must."
"The show is filled with spectacular
scenes and dances and singing
all the way, but the story is so
intense, and very, very emotional
so it'll not only shake the audience,
but also stir the audience -
which James Bond never did," Lee
quips:
The Ltzst Empress opens August
10 at the Hummingbird Centre.
Call 416-872-2262 or visit
. www. thelastempress. com for more
information.
TALES OF THE TOWNSHIPS
·From South Africa comes Umoja
(www. uinoj atheshow. com), a
musical history of that country's
rhythm, song 'and dance, as told
by a large and talented cast of
young performers. Many of the
show's stars come from disadvantaged
backgrounds in a country that
has suffered gravely from its own
political struggles. In fact, the joyous
compilation of gospel, jazz,
Zulu dance and other forms was
partly created to give its performers
a chance at a better life. ·
"The show is vibrant; it's energetic;
its wonderful," says producer
Lucy Hamlet of Y sis Entertainment,
who is responsible for securing
the show for Toronto. "The
one thing that comes across is that
the performances are so honest that
it feels as though the young people
are actually baring their souls."
Umoja runs from August 5 to 22.
For tickets, call 416-872-5555 or
visitwww.ticketrnaster.ca.
Umoja
ON THE FRINGE
The 16th annual Toronto Fringe
Festival hits Toronto from June 30
to July 11. Among its 900 shows
are musicals like Sleepless, The
Musical, from the creators of Top
Gun! The Musical. It's about the
goings-on at the Hasta La Siesta
Sleep Disorder Clinic, where nights
are anything but restful. The cast has
an impressive collective CV; this one
looks like a very good bet. The satirical
Waiting for Trudeau, The
Return of the King promises rollicking
Canadiana like "Oy! Manitoba!"
and the "Double Talk Rag" (always
popular at election time). The Divine
Heretic takes up the Joan of Arc legend,
beginning just after her death.
The dynamite cast includes veterans·
Ellen-Ray Hennessy; Valerie Buhagiar
and A. Frank Ruffo. Chandeleirva
is a clown piece about a diva
with a tiara on her head and her heart
on her sleeve. The Church of Dad
brings a young woman named Mimi
back to her hometown to re-examine
the tenets of her childhood education.
For more information on The
2004 Toronto Fringe Festival call
416-966-1062 or visit
www.fringetorontq.com.
SUMMER GETAWAYS
Dozens of small-town theatre festivals
run all summer, and the Association
of Summer Theatres 'Round
Ontario (ASTRO) is your one-stop
shop for all the details.
ASTRO (416-408-4556, www.
summertheatre:org) offers a great
brochure and a searchable online
database. Many of the summer's
offerings are musicals, but we seem
to be light on Canadian content this
year. Among the exceptions: Ted
Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt's
Two Pianos, Four Hands at the
Lighthouse Festival Theatre in Port
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Dover; Dads! The Musical at the
Bluewater Sµmmer Playhouse in
Kincardine, and a new show called
Strictly County by Layne Coleman
and company at the Regent Theatre
in Picton. Particularly intriguing is
fiddler Anne Lederman '.s Spirit of
the Narrows (July 20 to 23), part of
the 30th anniversary celebrations at
the Blyth Festival. Elsewhere you'll
find Broadway hits, chamber _musicals,
pastiches and revues galore.
(Check our Music Theatre listings,
page 44, for dates and times.)
Once again this season, the "Just
The Ticket" promotion has packaged
theatre getaways at a variefy of price
levels. For instance, there's the
Laughter on ltzke Simcoe package,
which includes two tickets to a Red
Barn Theatre production in Jackson's
Point, one night plus breakfast and
dinner at The Briars Resort and Spa
an9 a boat tour or kayak safari for
$219 per person. The Classic Plays
in a Classic Theatre package indupes
two tickets to the Port Hope
Theatre Festival, one night in a local
B&B, cream tea, a discount dinner
voucher and a gift package for $199
per person. There are toll-free numbers
for each theatre; visit
Www .justtheticket. ca.
People wishing to come into Toronto
should move quickly; they
.only have until July 4 to take advantage
of the "Even More For Even
Less" promotion spearheaded by
M.irvish Productions. Prrced at
$149, thefirstofthesenewpackages
includes one ticket to The Producers,
Mamma Mia! or Hairspray,
one night at a downtown hotel, a
restaurant meal and a $20 gift certificate
for Roots. The second package
includes all but the hotel for $94.
Call TicketKing (416-872-1212 or
1-800-461-3333) _or visit
www.timefortoronto.com.
TONY AWARDS
Since June, the results of the 2004
Tony Awards have been stirring up
predictions that Toronto will be seeing
a production of Avenue Q, The
Musical pretty soon. The puppet play
about making it in New York (Sesame
Street meets Friends) was named
Best Musical, and also took home
awards for Best Book and Best'Original
Score. For the record, Stephen
Sondheim's acerbic Assassins led the ·
musical field with five awards, including
Best Revival. Wi_cked - already
slated to play Toronto as part
of the Mirvish lineup next year - won
Best Scenic Design and Best Costume
Design, as well as the Best
Actress nod for Idina Menzel's "Elphaba".
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Rochester - It's a Breeze, continued from pageJ 5
BooK
SHELF
a Commission Project workshop tution in Rochester, and charting
conducted by John Faddis, direc- new paths for music education. His
tor of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Or- deep pockets and aesthetic interest
chestra. His adeptness at gently supported facilities like a 3 ,094-
moving students to exceed them- seat acoustic and visual jewel of a by Pamela Marg/es
selves equals his vaunted abilities concert hall. His new conservato-
on the trumpet. ry encouraged American composi- INTRODUCTION
A painfully shy clarinetist was tion, helping pierce the monopoly Herearefiveternficnewnovelsabout
unable to express her evident mu- of European repertoire. A young music - perfect for summer reading.
sicality. Faddis asked whether her composer, Howard Hanson, be- The protagonist of French novelmama
was present, then exclaimed: came Eastman's director in 1924. ist Jean Echenoz's Piano (New
"Hey mama, is this girl so bashful The Hanson Institute· for Ameri- Press) is a renowned concert pianist
at home?" Marna replied: "I only can Music, established when he re- who goes through a masterfully dewish!"
Faddis spoke quietly but tired in 1964, reflects his sutcess . scribed episode of stage fright, dies a
firmly; "Girl, you have the music Wide public involvement in clas- much-anticipated 'violent death' afin
you. To get it out, or do any- sical music was also an Eastman ter an especially successful concert,
thing in life, you ipust stand straight goal. A comrriunity music school · and spends the rest of this surreal,
and look everyone in the c;ye." She and open-door concert policy were funny novel as a ghost. He ends up
did, and will remember Faddis' integral to the new conservatory. on earth doing 'vesperal service' as a
counsel for the"rest of her life. He believed music students should bartender.
Thanks to seeds planted by Ned experience a broad liberal arts ed- In Music of a Life (Arcade), An-
Corman, a jazz musician and char- ucation; the conservatory became drei Makjne, delves into the tragic
isrnatic teacher at a Rochester high the University of Rochester's first repercussions of war and political
school, equivalent experiences are professional school, and hosts its repr~ssion . A young Russian pianist
spreading. Ex-students who sue- own humanities department. is forced to 'steal a life' from a dead
ceeded in business and the prof es- The School recently assumed a soldier during the Second World War.
sions did not forget Corman, or vanguard role in training young His story, told to the narrator as a
jazz. They've mobilized resourc- musicians to navigate the musical ' poetic,heartbreakingreminiscenceby
es for his Commission Project. marketplace once they have their a stranger, gives Makine the oppor-
M y main point is that Rochester sheepskin. Eastman would be pleased. tunity to examine the meaning of
as The Project's starting point is Overlaps between Eastman's fac- music from the viewpoint" of deprinot
simply an accident of Corman ulty and the Rochester Philharmon- vation.
landing a job in a local school. Ro- ic Orchestra, plus a chain of sate)- Writer Christopher Miller
chesterthhas excedptihonal links be- lite chamber ensembles, provide a presents Simon Silber: Works for
tween e arts an t e commumty , , , Solo Piano (Hoµghton Miffiin) as
I'd b h R · h t , nch music season. Eastman s com- . . f
at large, et t at oc es er s . . h 1 d d the liner notes accompanymg a set o
nk U S . . . mumty music sc oo an a secon d. f · · ·tt
top ra am?n~ . . cities m pat- / community resource, the Hochstein recor mgs o compos1t1ons wn en
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music per capita.
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didn't want anyone else playing his
polita~ ~eg 1on of ~ochester s SlZe, choral and instrumental groups, music. In fact, "he didn't even want
1. 1 rrulhon, comes close. Nor do . . . d" to be whistled". The fictional author,
I . . I , f ·h. bmlds an enthus1ast1c core au 1- F th
many arger cities t s re res mg music critic Norman ayrewe er
. . · k . ence. Canadian saxophonist John
to visit a pla~e where roe . mus1- Nugent can run an impressive jazz Jr., says about his deceased friend
cians complam about .skewmg_ re- festival in this modestly sized city "that '.'nevertohavehatedSilberwould
sources towards classical music. . 1 b f th Ro he te mean never to have known him".
Exceptional community/arts precise Y. ~cause? 1 e th c . s r Playwright and musician Robert
links are part and parcel of excep- commumty s music_a en usias~. Ford's first novel, The Student
, 1 bl" . 1 b R If you want to en JOY a ferry nde .
tlona Pu
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and sample Rochester's song an
d Conductor., (Putnam) is an engrossches~er
s busmess ehte. Mmus a wine this summer, two events stand ing, suspenceful account of the life
readily assembled network of Roout:
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an American music student in Ber-
, d .d h" p . gan concerts on u 1f - , rum-
Corman s goo 1 eas, is roJect eter Paul Smoker at the Bop Shop p~ores relationships - to
1
overs,
would have crashed on take-off. P 1 1 12 teachers, political ideals, and above
on u y · all to music.
George Eastman's generosity set
the standard for the Rochester elite.
Standard practice among early twentieth
century American multi-multimillionaires
was to leave their fortunes
for public purposes after they
died -- a good ticket to be directed
upstairs rather than down. Eastman
gave away most of his Kodak
fortune beforehand, and with a firm
sense of purpose.Eastman was
what the French term a melonume.
He established the Eastman School
in 1921 with double goals.: creating
an eminent international insti-
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Here are some web sites to keep
abreast of Rochester's music: The Song of Names (Review) is
www.rochester.edu/Eastman; the the first novel by British music critic
R~c hester Phil at wy.iw.rpo.org, Norman Lebrecht. It deals with
and the Arts and Cultural Associ- friendship, musical genius, and the
ation, www.artsrochester.org/directories/orgframe.htm.
For jazz: brilliant young violinist who "left the
horrors of war. The author recalls a
www.bopshop.com and Roches- stage before the eurtain rose, and he
ter's 24-hour jazz radio station, took with him half of my being and
www.wgmc.org. For wineries: allofmyhope". This novel is more
earnest and affecting than I expected
www.newyorkwines.org/wine- from a writer 'notorious for his acercountry
I fingerlakes/ index. asp.
And for .the ferry schedule, bic exposures of musical skuldugvyww.
thebreeze.com/lndex.asp. gery', as Lebrecht describes himself
in a nice twist atthe end.
WWW .THEWHOLENOTE.COM
Three of the best - and most delightfully
readable - b~oks on music
from recent years are now out in paperback,
and all are absolutely not to
be missed: Piano Notes: The World
of the Pianist by Charles Rosen (Simon
& Schuster), Sviatoslav· Rkhter:
Notebooks and Conversations
(Princeton), edited by the great documentary
film-maker Bruno Monsaingeon,who
has worked exiensively
in Canada, and Parallels and Paradoxes:
Exploratio.ns in Music
and Society ):Jy Daniel Barenboi.rn
and Edward Said (Vintage).
Barenboim, and Rosen are, among
so many other things, brilliant pianists,
and Richter remains one of the
great eccentrics of the piano, unmatched
in much of his repertoire.
But what stands out in each of these
brilliant books is not just the revelations
about music-making, but the
presentation of music as a way of
living- as Barenboim says, as 'a conception
of the world'.
Aural Cultures
edited by Jim Drobnick
YYZ Books - Walter Philips G!!llery
Editions
288 pages with CD $29.95
This far-reaching collection of essays
expands the boundaries of music by
linking hearing to other senses and
creating dialogues between various
disciplines.
Georgina Kleege underlines the importance
of recorded books to the
blind, and the effects of different accents
and shifts in tone. Richard
Leppert politicizes the experience of
music; by treating it as a 'socio-erotic'
experience. Sherry Simon analyzes
how the countertenor voice represen'ts
androgynous, anti-romantic
purity, in the context of current theories
of gender identitiy and cultural
relativism. Jennifer Fisher describes
non-narrative, atmospheric museum
audioguides created by artists, while
Andra McCartney illustrates how
soundwalks by composers like R.
Murray Schafer illuminate the 'sociopolitical
and sonic resonances of a
particular location'. About Flatus Voe
is: Somatic Winds by ChristofMingone,
which apparently deals with
' the volatile sounds emanating from
JULY 1 - SEPT 7 2004

the nether end of the digestive system',
I can't say more. I must admit
I skipped it. .
The contributors range from
scholars to musiciru1s and artists. A
-lew confuse obscurity with profundity,
but they all remind us that tl1ere
is much more to music tllru1 the smmds
made by conventional instnunents playing.notes
w1itten out on pages.
This _is a richly thought-provoking
' book, beautifully produced, with
striking iUustrations ru1d a fascinating
accompanying CD.
Music: Healing the Rift
by Ivan Hewett
Continuum
283 pages, $29.95
"The best thing for classical music,"
writes Ivan Hewett, "would be to
vanish for fifty years, so that it could
then be lovingly rediscovered". Fortunately,
he also comes up with more
useful solutions to the crisis facing
classical music today. In fact, this
extended essay is as stimulating, insightful,
eloquent, intelligent, well­
\VIitten, probing, sangume and maddening
a description of the issues facing
classical music as you are likely
to find.
Hewett, a Biitish composer, critic,
teacher and broadcaster, is an unrepentant
traditionalist. He reminds
us that music is a transcendent experience,
based in reason and democracy,
and rooted in a strong tradition of ·
'actualizing the past in the present'.
Not surprisingly, he puts his faith in
modernism, with Boulez as 'the conscience
as well as the mind of contemporruy
music'.
Intrepidly pugnacious, he takes
on cultural theorists, who look for
musical meaning in judgment-free
social practices He attacks 'chill-out
classical, srunpledelia, all the munberless
varieties of fusion musics' and
targets composers who indulge in
'reach-me-down expressivity' and
'quickly digestible evocative elements'.
Less controversially, he observes
that "if people were to embrace singing
and playing as part of their lives,
they would really discover how to
listen."
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·This issue marks the beginning
of a new column in
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the Toronto Musicians' Association.
The TMA represents over
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GT A many of whom appear in the
pages of this magazine as they go
about their professional lives. We
thought that our readers might like
to hear some of the inside information
about their musical activities
, and important milestones that
might not otherwise come to the
public 's attention. ,
TMA President Rosemary Galloway
says, "Our Board is very
pleased to have the opportunity to
contribute to this informative magazine,
which we know is read with
great interest not only by audiences,
but also by our members. This
magazine is now the premier means
of keeping the monthly musical calendar
to hand for most df us, and
is full of interesting and useful information."
About the TMA
For those of you who are unaware
of what the TMA is about, a short
. introduction: our local is part of a
parent organization called the
American Federation of Musicians
of the U.S. and Canada, sometimes
called the Musicians Union. Our
head office is in New York, and
we have an elected Vice President
for Canada, Bob Herriot (trumpet,
and a former president of the
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Musical activities rank us near the
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look after our daily affairs. Our
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responses have been all over the
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Music EDUCATION
Tools of the trade
"The best teacher is a good instrument" ·
(attributed to Davitt Moroney, harpsichordist)
T
tJY Mils/I,\ Buu.1.
he desire to make music seizes people of all ag.es and e>.perience.
Finding 1he riglu teacher is one imporiallt first step, acq11iri11g
the i11s1rument is a11other. This is equally true for musicians broade11i11g
their skills, for beginning or returning adults, and for pare/Ifs with musical
children. Ideally, !he child's OW/I desire launches !his quest.
In compiling this arlicle, I talked to people who sell and rent instrumems,
and it became clear that people ask them many of the same important
queslions. The three most frequem: Should I rent or buy? How
much is this going to cost? How long are we looking at? The best answer
to these (and others) is often "It depends." Read on.
A good dealer takes
time to ask you questions
- who the instrument
is for and what
their prior experience
is, usually proceeding
from there to helpfol
questions about what
you hoped to spend.
fr they don't, go
somewhere else.
"There has to be a
relationship of trust between
the customer and
the associate. You have to feel good
about that person. " (Rosa Remenyi,
Remenyi House of Music)
How will' I choose a dealer?
By how they relate to you. A
good dealer is knowledgeable and
interested in sharing what they
know. Ask! They should be able
to explain in plain English.
"Service is important. Can you
come back if you're not happy - if
you don't like the sound? Can you
come liack to trade up?" (Andrew
Burton, The Sound Post)
"Most of my referrals are by word
of mouth. I've been doing this for
25 years .. " (Gary Armstrong,
Gary Armstrong Woodwinds)
Reputation matters. Ask other
people who they deal with, why,
and how long the shop has been
around. A reputable shop will not
give you bad advice or an unsuitable
instrument because they want
your business. Do they repair
instruments, in a workshop on their
premises? If not, your problems
will not be their problems.
"A reputable store carries only
finest top quality instruments even
at the student level, because if we
rent them, we get them back. We
saye by the fact thqt they 're
good. " (Rex Harknett, Harknett
Musical Services)
JULY 1 - SE PT 7 2004
Good people in the
business will ev&luate
or repair an instrument
which you have
bought or are thinking
· of buying elsewhere,
if their workshop has
the time. The old instrument
from the attic
or barn sale, l1)ay not
be a rare jewel, but
you never know. Be
VERY cautious about
buying anything sight
unseen, particularly over the in- _,
temet.
Rent or buy?
This decision is almost entirely
economic. Rent money, qnce
spent, is gone for good. But if
renting is the only affordable
option, it is infinitely better than
going without music.
Buying an instrument for someone
who may have only a .passing
interest might pro.ve to be more
costly than renting until you are
certain of the commitment. Young
people sometimes progress very
quickly; if you purchase an instrument
which they soon outgrow
will you be willing to replace it with a
better one in a timely man.ner?
Child string players generally
learn on smaller instruments ( 14,
1 /2 and % sizes) and it's difficult
to know how quickly they will
outgrow one size and need anoth-
' er. An ongoing rental arrangement
with a good dealer will accommodate
this. Before you buy a small
instrument, know your dealer's
trade-up price policy.
Resale
With some exceptions, brass and
wind instruments do not generally
-appreciate in value. Woodwinds
(other than plastic student models)
deteriorate faster. The more
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moving parts an instrument has,
the more there is to go wrong. That
being said, buying a good instrument
including those at the student
or intermediate level means that
you will still get money back when
you sell or upgrade to a better instrument,
if it is well-maintained.
With strings, good factory-made
"set-ups" or "outfits" for beginners
Gcase, instrument and bow),
don't hold their value either. You
will sell that first violin for less
than you paid. But you will still
have money towards the next.
Good handmade
stringed instruments
hold their value if
they are cared for. If
purchasing one is an
option, you won't
lose money if you
later find you want to
sell it. Be aware that
only the more expensive
hand-made and
antique instruments
will actually appreciate,
and only with great care and
over a significant amount of time.
New or Used?
New costs more, on a level playing
field, whether you rent or buy.
New student band instruments rent
for more ti)an used. Used "stepup"
instrum~nts might cost more
than the new student instrument to
buy, but have better resale value.
People sometimes worry that used
brass or woodwind instruments are
"dirty". Remember it's only the
mouthpiece that goes in your
mouth. A properly cleaned instrume·nt
poses no health risk. Mouthpieces
are washable and, if you
choose, replaceable.
"The biggest thing is to get
something that is decent quality for
the price range. If it's ~ell-made -
if the woods are good, fittings are
good, if it's set up properly - it
will hold its value down the line if
you out-grow it or want something
different~ as long as it was good ·
to begin with. " (Andreas Salewski,
Geo. Heinl Strings)
Renting or renting to buy a used
stringed instrument often gets you
an instrument 'with a lovely warm
sound. Brand-new instruments can
take time to start sounding really
nice (just like new string players).
How important is it to begin with
a good instrument?
"A child needs a good tool. If the
child cannot enjoy the instrument it
will deter them from playing. If the
teacher has to spend half the lesson
tuning and retuning, trying tojix
problems, then everyone.
will be frustrated.
And the money for
the lesson - you don't
get that back" (Rosa
Remenyi)
"Students should not
battle with a bad instrument"
(Dawn Lyons,
Claviers Baroques)
"The sooner you upgrade,
the less risk
there is of a lesser instrument holding
a good student back" (Peter Fudge,
Cosmo Music)
"The instrument should be appropriate
to the level of the player.
A pro instrument for a beginning
12-year-old might not be appreciated.
And there's some value to
having the next level to aspire to. "
(Gary Armstrong, Gary Armstrong
Woodwinds)"
"You need to be happy with it
in terms of how it sounds and
plays - trying one _to the next. It's
very subjective - there's no right
or wrong in this regard - what
sounds good to someone won't
necessarily sound good to someone
else." (Andreas Salewski,
Geo.Heinl & Co.)
What if I have no experience?
"I like to get the teacher involved
... If someone comes in
looking for an instr-ument who
does not yet have a teacher I
might suggest that they get a
teacher first .. "(Andreas Salewski)
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Most dealers have approvals or
try-outs, if you're buying. Some
will allow you to ta~e out more·
than one instrument. At the very
least you will be able to try the instrument
for a week. So let your
teacher or another dealer look at it.
If you rent an instrument and your
teacher is unhappy with it, a good
dealer will try to solve the problem.
A shop that sells and rents
stringed instruments for children
should have the expertise to help
you choose the right size, but bring
the child. Often the
sales associates are
string players and/or
teachers who will play
the instruments for
. you so you can get excited
about how they
really sound!
. )
How will I know the
price is fair?
Ask around. The
trade is competitive.
But be sure you are
not comparing apples
and oranges - you can't compare
factory made pianos and handmade
pianos. If you 're comparing
school-year rentals, find out if the
summer costs extra.
What about repair/maintenance?
Ask. If they do nothing, don't
buy. If you're renting, find out
what they include. Ask about ordinary
wear and tear, and mechanical
problems. Expect to pay for disposable
items like reeds or strings.
Bows need to be re-haired yearly,
depet;1ding on use.
Do instruments have warranties?
Only new ones.
And if I buy from an individual?
Unless it's a yard-sale "steal" insist
on an expert opinion, before buying.
What are the timeframes? Is
there a better price for a longer
rental? How long should I rent
for, initially?
Rent long enough to be assured of
commitment and interest. Usually
this is not less than six months, not
more than a year. Few shops rent
for one month at a time: most have
a minimu·m of2-3 months. Some
places do not rent for less than one
year. (Obviously this doesn't apply
to music store rentals of gear for
the week-end garage band gig.
(Most rentals require a credit card
and photo ID.)
What's ·"rent-to-buy"?
Many dealers offer this option: a
portion (generally upwards of
50 % ) of money paid in rent is applied
to instrument
purchase. You might
get as much as I 00 %
of your first year's
rent applied to your
purchase. Some dealers
restrict the term of
the offer - you might
be asked to commit to
purchasing after one
year. Some make no
restriction and will allow
you to accumulate
credits indefinitely,
provided you intend to buy the in- ·
strument you are renting. Some ot~
fer you a choice of the same, or a
new instrument of the same or
greater value. Others apply your
rental credits to any instrument of
the same type. Be sure you get
these details when you rent.
Do I need insurance?
Yes. Some rentals include insurance.
Household insurance often
covers instruments up to a specified
amount, with a deductible. Insurance
should cover loss, theft
(requires a police report), and accidental
but not malicious damage
When i,s it time to buy?
There's no magic moment. Money
has a lot to do with it. If you've
already paid out a half of the instrument's
value in rent, and still
want to keep playing it, then it's
probably time to cash in your rentto
buy credits, as soon as you can
afford to. Ask yourself how often
the instrument is being played. Draw
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a distinction between "practising"
and "playing." People who love their
music do not only practise. They
play. beyond duty, for pleasure.
Re-evaluate for suitability. If
you are going to buy, be sure you
are getting enough instrument.
Even if you think you are in love
with it, you should play the field a
little, just to be sure. ·
Did You Know ...
-You can get your bow
re-haired in colour ...
- you could rent a good
used piano for as little
as $75.00 per month
until you know you
want to buy - or
you could experience a
harpsichord in your
home starting at $150
per month ...
"That Hyundai Elantra
parked amongst the BMWs and
Mercedes looks sharp - you
nlouldn''t know its manufacture unless
you looked. Buying an instrument
is a blind item. The market is
flooded with cheap PSOs ...[piano
shapedobjects]. The fact remains
that acceptable quality has never
been so affordable as it is today.
But go to someone reputable who
will stand behind it. "(Michael Remenyi,
Remenyi House of Music)
"Some people - some piano
teachers - seem to think that children
need a couple of years of piano
before turning to the harpsichord.
This makes no sense. 'The
instruments are only similar. But
harpsichords are ideal for children
in ways that a piano is not.
The harpsichord is not big, or
loud. It does not require an adult
sized hand, or unusual forearm
strength. And an older person
doesn't have to be worried about
"loosing their chops". Much music
written for harpsichord was intended
to be played for pleasure,
not intended for virtuosi. There's
a ton of music that is pleasant to
play at a very easy level ... "
(Dawn Lyons, Claviers Baroques)
."Desire is the best catalystjor success
in learning an instrument. The
best chance for success is with an
instrument that you like .... Beyond
that, much depends on the teacher,
the student's connec,tion with the
teacher, and the emphasis 011 the
musical experience at home. This
includes making the time to take in
concerts - exposing
your child to as much
music as possible,
which enhances their
enjoyment of what
they are learning and
helps them to keep at
it .. " (Peter Fudge, .
Cosmo Music)
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Welcome to WholeNote's
LIVE LISTINGS
READERS PLEASE NOTE:
Presenters' plans change; and we occasionally make mistakes!
Please alwa)'S use the phone numbers provided to call ahead.
For Concerts Further Afield (outside the GTA) sec page ~2.
For Music Theatre and Opera Listings sec page ~~ .
For Ja1z Listings sec page ~5. And for Fcstirnls sec page ~7.
Thursday July 01
-12:00 noon: Toronto Downtown Jazz
Festival. lunchtime Series: Sing I Sing I
Sing! Heather Bambrick, John Alcorn, Melis·
sa Stylianou, Bonnie Brett, perfonmers. Toronto
Star Stage, Nathan Phillips Square,
100 Queen St. West. 416·870·8000. Free.
- 1 :00: Thornhill Community Band.
Denny Ringler, music director. McMichael
Gallery, 10365 Islington Ave. 905·893·
0344. Free with gallery admission:
$15,$9,$25(family).
- 5:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. Groove and Graffitt: Blues Underdog
featuring Maestro. Youth Stage, Nathan
Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416-
870·8000. Free.
- 7:00: Toronto Music Garden.Summer
Music in the Garden: "T:rue North Brass Guin.'
tet. Music & stories. Raymond Tizzard &
Barton Wopmert, trumpets; Joan Watson,
horn; Alastair Kay, trombone; Scott Irvine,
tuba. 6:00: Pre·concert tour. 475 Queens ·
Quay West. 416·973-4000. Free.
- 8:00: 12th Latvian Song Festival in
Canada.Juventus Choir from Riga. Music
by Raminsh & others. St. Andrew's Latvian
Church, 383 Jarvis. 416-230·2552. $25.
- 8:00: Mel Lastman Square. Lighthouse
& Bradley and the Bouncers. Rock, jazz, clas·
sics & blues. 5100 Yonge St. 416·395-
0490. Free.
- 8:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. New Deal/Wax Poetic. Toronto Star
Stage, Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen
St. West. 416·870-8000. $20.
Friday July OZ
- 14:00 noon: Toronto Downtown Jazz
Festival. lunchtime Series: The TGIF Jam.
Toronto Star Stage, Nathan Phillips Square,
100 Queen St. West. 416-870-8000. Free.
- 5:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. Humber College faculty Ensemble.
Youth Stage, Nathan Phillips Square, 100
Queen St. West. 416-870·8000. Free.
- 6:00: 12th Latvian Song Festival in
Canada. Concert of Sacred Music. Music
of Kenins, Purvs, Vitals, Aperane & others.
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St.
East. 416·230·2552. $30.
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Kiran Ahluwalia.
Ghazals & Punjabi folk songs. CJBC
Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-
4000. Free.
- 8:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. Rite of Strings. Jean-Luc Ponty, Al Di
Meola, Stanley Clarke, Alain Caron, perfonmers.
Toronto Star Stage, Nathan Phillips ·
Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416·870·
8000. ~40.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. TheStrawbs. 2261
Dundas St. West. 416-531 -6604. $50(advance),
$55(door).
- 9:00: Heartsounds/Toronto Fringe
Festival. Postcards from the Heart. Musical
tour of the hea(). Musical direction by M.J.
Johnson; starring Harry Lewis; featuring Lee·
Anne Galloway & Christopher Wilson. Artword
Theatre Mainstage, 75 Portland St.
416·966:1062. $8. For complete run see
music theatre listings.
- 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. Besh O
droM. Electro-acoustic collective. CIBC Stage,
235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000.
Free.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre.
D'Aldeia. Samba & folkloric rhythms of Northeastern
Brazil. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay
West 416-973-4000. Free.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre. Nurse
Kaya String Guartet. Classical, jazz, rock, folk
& avant garde. Lakeside Terrace, 235 Queens
Quay West. 416·973-4000. 'Free.
Saturday July 03
- 10:30am, 11 :30am, 12:30 & 1 :30: Fire·
fly Theatre/Theatre Hybrid/Shrimp
Magnet Theatre. The Emperor's New
Clothes. By Keenan & Halferty. Show for kids
of all ages with song, dance & pantomime.
Lagoon Theatre, Centre Island to the left of the
Ferry Docks, Toronto Island. 416-322-9619.
$4. For complete run see music theatre list·
in gs.
- 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. Tandava.
Contemporary world music ensemble inspired
by Indian folk & classical music. CIBC Stage,
235 Queens Quay West. 416·973-4000.
Free.
- 2:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. lunchtime Series: Orchestre National de
Jazz de France. Toronto Star Stage, Nathan
Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416·
870-8000. Free.
- 5:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. Carlo Actis Dato, saxophone & bass clari·
net. Youth Stage, Nathan Phillips Square, 100
Queen St. West. 416·870·8000. Free.
- 6:00: 12th Latvian Song Festival in
Canada. Orchestral Works by Latvian Com·
posers. Works by Raminsh, Kenins, Vasks,
Bergs, Kalnins & Wihtols. Arthur Ozolins
piano; Paul Sketris, bass baritone; Beverl~y
Johnston, percussion; Jvars Taurins, lmant
Raminsh, Roger Bergs & George Kenins, cQn·
duct ors. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040
Yonge St. 416-870-8000. $30.
- 7:00: Toronto Fringe Festival. Waiting
for Trudeau - The Return of the King (A Musi
cal Revue). By McCaig & McCaig; musical
direction & staging by Paul Burvvell; starring
Paul Constable, Brett McCaig, Paul Regan &
Racheal McCaig. Tarragon Theatre Main·
space, 30 Bridgman Ave. 416-966·1062. $8.
For complete run see music theatre listings.
- 7:30: Canadian Music Competition.
National Finals Gala Concert. MacMillan Thea·
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tre, 80 Queen's Park. 416-441·1335. PWYC.
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. David Murray
andthe 'Gwo Ka Masters. Jazz sounds of
Guadeloupe, Africa & the Caribbean. CJBC
Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973·
4000. Free.
- 8:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. The Bad Plus/Gary Burton Generations
Guintet. Toronto Star Stage, Nathan Phillips
Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416·870·
8000. $30.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. TheStrawbs. See
July 2.
- 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. Rizwan­
Muazzam Gawwal1: CIBC Stage, 235 Queens
Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre. autor·
ickshaw. Sankaran/Hanley: New world music
suite (premiere, commission). Lakeside Ter·
race, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·973·
4000. Free.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre. Celso
Machado, guitar & percussion. Ritmos bra·
silieros. CJBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West.
416·973-4000. Free.
Sunday July 04
- 1 :00&'2:15: Harbourfront Centre.
Zeellia. Folk songs & dances of Ukraine. To·
rpnto Star Stage, 235 Queens Quay West.
416·973-4000. Free.
- 2:00: 12th Latvian Song Festival in
Canada. Massed Choir Concert. W~rks by
Kenins, Purvs, Kalnins, Vitals & others. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 416·230-2552.
$30-$35.
- 2:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val.lunchtimeSenes:Oapp Theory. Toronto
Star Stage, Nathan Phillips Square, 100
Queen St. West. 416-870-8000. Free.
- 4:00: Toronto Music Garden. Summer
Music in the Garden: Marimba Concert. Music
by Mozart, Scarlatti, Rameau & others. Nicho·
las Coulter & Graham Hargrove, marimbas.
475 Queens Guay West. 416·973-4000.
Free.
- 4:30: Harbourfront Centre. Warsaw
Vi71age Band. Drums, bass, cymbals, fiddles &
vocals. Cl BC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West.
416·973-4000. Free.
- 5:00: CHIN International Picnic. An·
tone/la Cavallaro, voice. Operatic songs from·
Andrea Bocelli. Main stage, Canadian National
Exhibition. 416·531 -9991. Free.
- 5:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. York University Faculty Ensemble. Youth
Stage, Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St.
· West. 416-870·8000. Free.
- 6:30: Harbourfront Centre. Vasyl Popadiuk,
violin. Blend of tra~itional Slavic & gypsy
themes with classical pop & jazz. Toronto
Star Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·
973-4000. Free.
- 8:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festi·
val. Organ Summit. Joey Defrancesco, Jim·
my McGriff, Doug Riley, Paul Bollenback, By·
ran Landham. Toronto Star Stage, Nathan Phil·
lips Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416·870-
8000. $30.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. TheStrawbs. See
July 2.
Monday July 05
-12:15: Music Mondays. Ron Al/en, Gur·
preet Chana & Rob Pitch. Bamboo flutes, tabla
& guitar. Church of the Holy Trinity, 1 O Trinity
Square. 416·598-4521 x222. $5 suggested
donation.
- 7:30: Oakville Children's Choir. Ger·
many Bon Voyage Concert. Celebrating the
Choir's participation in the Choir Olympics,
Bremen, Germany. Atrium, Town Hall, 1225
Trafalgar Rd., Oakville. 905·337·7104. By
donation.
Tuesday July 06
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Youssou
N'Dour and the Super Etoile de Dakar. CIBC
Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·973-
4000. $25 (advance), $30(door).
Wednesday July 07
-; 7:00: Etobicoke Community Concert
Band. Twilight Concert in-the.Park. John Edward
Liddle, conductor. Applewood Home·
stead, 450 The West Mall. 416·410· 1570
Free. / ·
- 7:30: Artists' Garden Cooperative.
Plein Air Salon Concerts: Daniela Nardi Trio.
Earthy, modern, jazz, pop. 345 Balliol St. 416·
487·0705. $10.
- 8:00: Colin Ainsworth, tenor & Rachel
Cleland·Ainsworth, soprano. love is in
the Air. Concert about the joys and pains of
love. Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St.
West. 905·999· 1637. Suggested donation
$10.
- 9:00: Small World Music. Global Cafe:
Los De Abaja. Mexican, blend of ska, reggae &
cumbia. Stone Distillery, Distillery Historic
District, 55 Mill St. 416·872-1212. $20.
Thursday July 08
- 7:00: City of Brampton Concert Band.
120 Years Young. Gage Park, Main & Welling·
·tan Sts., Brampton. 905,451 ·6389. Free.
- 7:00: TorontQ Music Garden.Summer
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Music in the Garden: Musique A ctuelle. 21st
century improvisations. Lori freedman, clari·
nets; Jean Derome, flutes & saxophones.
6:00: Pre-concert tour. 475 Uueens Uuay
West. 416-973-4000. free.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. The Bills. CD Release
concert. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416-531 ·
6604. $15(advance), $17(doori.
- 9:00: Small World Music. Global Cafe:
Bembeya Jazz. Big band music & Afro-Cuban
grooves. Stone Distillery, Distillery Historic
District, 55 Mill St. 416-872-1212. $20.
Friday July 09
- 3:00: Harbourfront Centre. Beats,
Breaks and Culture: Toronto Electronic Music
festival: Tortured Soul Exploring electronic
music and culture in all of its fonns, as well as
its influence in contemporary society. CIBC
· Stage, 235 Uueens Uuay West. 416-973·
4000.
- 9:00: Small World Music. Global Cafe:
Muna Mingole. Afro-funk; fusion of traditional ·
& modern influences. Distillery District, 55
Mill St. 416-872-1212. $10.
- 9:30: Harbourfront Centre.Beats,
Breaks and Culture: Toronto Electronic Music
Festival· Manitoba. Exploring electronic music
and culture in all of its fonns, as well as its
influence in contemporary society. CIBC Stage,
235 Uueens Uuay West. 416-973-4000.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre. Beats,
Breaks and Culture: Toronto Electronic Music
Festival· Moonstarr and Friends Broke 'n'
Down. Exploring electronic music and culture
in all of its fonns, as well as its influence in
contemporary society. Brigantine Room, 235
Uueens Uuay West. 416-973-4000.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre. Beats,
Breaks and Culture: Toronto Electronic Music
Festival· Peroxide featuring Will Munro & Les
Georges Leningrad. Exploring electronic music
and culture in all of its fonns, as well as its
influence in contemporary society. Lakeside ,
Terrace, 235 Uueens Uuay West. 416-973·
4000.
Saturday July 10
- 12:00 noon: Celebrate Toront~· $trBBt
Festival. Maresca & Friends. Voices, Arabic
& Turkish percussion, Spanish bagpipes, Hun·
garian hurdy-gurdy, Renaissance shawms &
historical flutes. Jen Francisco & Mike frank·
lin, perfonners. Yonge St. & St. Clair Ave.
416-395-0490. free.
- 1 :00: Small World Music. Global Cafe:
Mansa Sissoko, kora player. Traditional Mali·
an music; 'contemporary jazz & blues. Distill·
ery District, 55 Mill St. 416-872-1212. free.
-;- 1 :30: Celebrate Toronto StrBBt Festi·
val. Arcady Ensemble. Baroque music & con·
temporary Canadian works. Yonge St. & St.
Clair Ave. 416-395-0490. free.
- 3:00: Celebrate Toronto StrBBt Festi·
val.Swing Rosie. Jazz trio: Kira Callahan,
Shannon Butcher & Chantelle Wilson, vocals.
Yonge St. & St. Clair Ave. 416-395-0490.
free.
- 4:30: Celebrate Toronto StrBBt Festi·
val. Chris Bottomley Group. Rock, funk, soul,
reggae & jazz. Yonge St. & St. Clair Ave. 416·
395-0490. free.
- 5:00: Harbourfront Centre. Beats,
Breaks and Culture: Toronto Electronic Music
Festival· Adam Marshall Exploring electronic
music and culture in all of its fonns, as well as
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$5 suggested donation
Ron Allen, Gurpreet Chana & Rob Pitch
Bamboo Flutes, Tabla & Guitar
Riverdale Ensemble Piano Trio
Jennifer Noble & Kevin Nelson Vocalist & Piano
Martin van de Ven & Brian Katz
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Neila Lem, Pattie Kelly, Cecilia Richards, Luke
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Voices & Piano
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MJ Wass, Marsha Goold, Karla Ferguson,
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its influence in contemporary society. Toronto
Star Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·
973-4000.
- 6:00 & 7:30: Toronto Street Festival.
Arabesque Dance Company with Yasmina
Ramzy. Perfonnance by Arabic drummers
with dance. World Cafe, Isabella & Yonge Sts.
416-920-5593. Free.
- 6:00: Celebrate Toronto Street Festi·
val. Kol/age. Doug Richardson, saxophone;
Archie Alleyne, drums; Ron Johnston, bass;
Alexix Baro, trumpet; Michael Shand, piano.
Yonge St. & St. Clair Ave. 416-395-0490.
Free.
- 8:00: Buena Vista Social Club/Roy
Thomson Hall. Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban voca/.
ist. 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255. $49.50·
$99.50.
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Beats,
Breaks and Culture: Toronto Electronic Music
festival.· Buscemi: Exploring ele(l£ronic music
and culture in all of its forms, as well as j; > ·
influence in contemporary society. CIBC Stage,
235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000.
- 8:00: Soprano/Soprano. Music by Leit·
man, Zuckennann, Cage; new works by Hea·
slip, Martin & Mosher. Kristin Mueller, so·
prano; Rob Mosher, sopr1mo saxophone. Victo·
ria College Chapel, 91 Charles St. West. 647·
435-9068. $10,$8.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Garnet Rogers. 2261
Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604. $201ad·
vance). $221door).
- 9:00: Small World Music. Global Cafe:
fr.Centric Sound System. Eclectic mix of
Ghanaian, Moroccan, Israeli, French & West
Indian influences. Stone Distillery, Distillery
Historic District, 55 Mill St. 416-872-1212.
$20.
- 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. Beats,
Breaks il(ld Culture: Toronto Electronic Music
festival: fertile Ground. Exploring electronic
music and culture in all of-its fonns, as well as
its influence in contemporary society. 235
Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre. Beats,
Breaks and Culture: Toronto Electronic. Music
Festival.· Mono Featuring Greg Gow, Caspian
Rabone & Arthur Oskan. Exploring electronic
music and culture in all of its fonn s, as well as
its influence in contemporary society. Lakeside
Terrace, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973·
4000.
- 11 :OOpm: Harbourfront Centre. Beats,
Breaks and Culture: Toronto Electronic Music
festival: little Brother with DJ Serious. Exploring
electronic music and culture in all of its'
fonns, as well as its influence in contempo·
rary society. Brigantine Room, 235 Queens
Quay West. 416-973-4000.
Sunday July 11
- 12:00 noon: Celebrate Toronto Street
Festival. The Transcendent Violin. Works by
Beckett, Massenet, Rachmaninov, Monti, Pa·
ganini, Carulli, Vaughan Williams & Sarasate.
Lucy-Ana Gaston, violin; Anca Gaston, piano;
Adam Gesjorskym, classical guitar. Y 6nge St.
& St. Clair Ave. 416-395-0490. Free.
- 1:30: Celebrate Toronto Street Festi·
val. Canada Pops Orchestra. Big band jazz.
David Warrack, director. Yonge St. & St. Clair
Ave. 416-395-0490 . .Free.
- 2:00: Music Africa. Afrofest 2004:
Mansa Sissoko, kora player. Traditional
Malian music; contemporary jazz & blues.
Queen's Park. 416-469-5336. Free.
- 2:00: Scarborough Civic Centre. Sun·
day Concert: Rod Staples' Musical Memories.
150 Borough Drive. 416-396-7398. Free.
- 3:00: Celebrate Toronto Street Festi·
val. George Lake Big Band. Big band jazz, mod·
em arrangements. Yonge St. & St. Clair Ave.
416-395-0490. Free.
- 5:00: Celebrate Toronto Street Festi·
val. Show Tunes byJu!iann K uchockl; vocals.
Yonge St. & St. Clair Ave. 416-395-0490.
Free.
- 5:30 & 7:00: Toronto Street Festival.
Arabesque Dance Company with Yasmina
Ramzy. Performance by Arabic drummers
with dance. World Cafe, Isabella & Yonge Sts.
416-920-5593. Free.
- 5:30: Harbourfront Centre. Beats,
Breaks and Culture: Toronto Electronic Music
festival.· Rep{lir. Exploring electronic music
and culture in all of its forms, as well as its
influence in contemporary society. Toronto
Star Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·
973.4000.
- 6:30: Celebrate Toronto Street Festi·
val.SonataSingsSinatra. Rick Sonata,
vocals. Yonge St. & St. Clair Ave. 416-395·
0490. Free.
- 8:00: Bands on a Canadian Tour. Ten·
ors, Sopranos and the Sounds of Big Bands on
a Canadian Tour. Mel Lastman Square, 5100
Yonge St. 416-631-4208. Free.
Monday July 12
-12:15: Music Mondays.Riverdale En·
semble. Foley: Hommage a Henri Rousseau;
Cardy: Tango!; Schickele: Serenade for Three.
Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square.
416-598-4521 x222. $5 suggested donation.
- 8:00: Hummingbird Centre. Petula
Clark, vocalist. 1 Front St. East. 416-872·
2262. $39.50-$69.50.
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra/
Altamira. Altamira Summer Arts: Symphony
Under the Stars. Music by Glinka, Rossini,
Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Mozart,\
. Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Offenbach & Strauss.
Tania Miller, conductor; Michael Kramer, host.
CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416·
593-7769. Suggested donation $5. Proceeds
towards the TSO's Education Programmes.
Tuesday July 13
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra/
Altamira. Altamira Summer Arts: Symphony
UndertheStars. CIBC Stage. See July 12.
Wednesday July 14
- 7:30: Artists' Garden Cooperative.
Plein Air Salon Concerts: Alec Dempster.
Mexican traditional. 345 Balliol St. 416-487 ·
0705. $10.
- 8:00: Hummingbird Centre for the
Performing Arts. Glenn Miller Orchestra. In
the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, Chattinooga
Choo Choo & other classics. 1 Front Street
East. 416-872-2262. $49.50-$69.50.
Thursday July 15
- 12:00 noon: Nathan Phillips Square.
Tasty Thursdays Concert: Melissa Stylianou
Ouartet. 100 Queen St. West. 416-395·
0490. Free. '
- 7:00: Toronto Music Garden.Summer
Music in the Garden: An Evening of Ragas.
Classical North Indian mJsic. Aditya Verma,
sarod; Subhajyoti Guha, tabla. 6:00: Pre-con·
cert tour. 475 Queens Quay West. 416-973·
4000. Free.
- 7:30: North York Concert Band. Jazz,
big band & concert band favourites. Mel Last·
man Square, 5100 Yonge St. 905-470-0272.
Free.
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra/
Altamira. Altamira Summer Arts: Symphony
Under the Stars. CIBC Stage. See July 12.
Friday July 16
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Ritmo y
Color.· Yousy Barbara. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens
Quay West. 416-973-4000.
- 8:00: Julia Hambleton, clarinet; Don·
na Orchard, soprano; Ell-n Meyer, pi·
ano. Poppies in July. Works by Spohr, -Rorem
& Hollander. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427
Bloor St. West. 416-537·2476. $10.
- 8:00: Music Gallery.Sticks & Stones
with Eric Chenaux & Martin Arnold. Chad
Taylor, drums; Josh Abrams, bass; Matana
Roberts, saxophone. St. George the Martyr
Church, 197 John. 416-204· 1080. $tba.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. The Nylons. 2261
Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604. $301ad·
vance). $321door).
- 9:30: Harbourfront Centre. Ritmo y
Color.· Los Amigos Invisibles. CIBC Stage, 235
Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000.
Saturday July 17
-12:00 noon: Toronto Parti·Gras! Toronto
Alf.Star Big Band. Trinity Main Stage, Distill·
ery District, 55 Mill St. 416-698-2152.
- 3:30: Harbourfront Centre. Ritmo y
Color: Maracatu Nunca Antes. Toronto Star
Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973·
- 4:30: Harbourfront Centre. Ritmo y
Color: Azlicar Negra. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens
Quay West. 416-973-4000.
- 7:00: Hezz Ya Wezz. Bellydance with
accompaniment by Arabic musicians playing
dumbek, riqq, duff & qanoon. 20 College St.,
2nd floor. 416·920-5593. $1 Oladvance),
$1'51door).
- 7:30: Mel Lastman Square.Sunday Ser·
enades: Captial City Orchestra. Tunes from
the 30s & 40s. 5100 Yonge St. 416-395·
0490. Free.
Monday July 19
-12:15: Music Mondays.Jennifer Noble,
vocals & Kevin Nelson, piano. Church of the
Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square. 416-598·
4521 x222. $5 suggested donation. ·
Tuesday July 20
- 8:00: Pittsburgh New Music Ensem·
ble. World premieres and selections from
their 2004105 season. Berkeley Street Thea·
tre Downstairs, 26 Berkeley St. 416-368·
3110. $30.
Wednesday July 21
- 7:30: Artists' Garden Cooperative.
P!ein Air Salon Concerts: Mark Sepic. From
flamenco to jazz. 345 Balliol St. 416-487·
0705. $ ~0.
- 8:00: Pittsburgh New Music Ensem·
ble. Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs. See
July 20.
Thursday July 22
4000. - 12:00 noon: Nathan Phillips Square.
- 8:00: Chinese Artists Society of To· Tasty ThUrsdays Concert: The Bebop Cowronto:
Rueibin Chen, piano in Recital. Glenn boys. 100 Queen St. West. 416-395-0490.
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 905-946· Free.
1489. $35. - 7:00: Toronto Music Garden.Summer
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Ritmo y Music in the Garden: West meets (Middle)
Color: P!ena Libre. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens East: I. Music from the early Italian Baroque
Qiiay West. 416-973-4000.
and the Arab world; original compositions.
- 8:00: Hummingbird Cantre for the Kathleen Kajioka, violin/composer; Ben Gross·
Performing Arts. David Rudder & friends. · man, percussion & hurdy-gurdy; Levon lchkani·
The Rhythm River. David Rudder, soca/ an, oud; Terry McKenna, lute. 6:00: Pre·con·
calypso; Andy Narell, jazz steel pan; Mungal cert tour. 475 Queens Quay West. 416-973·
4000. Free. ·
Patasar, sitar; Muhtadi; Hummingbird Tassa
Drummers; Swizzle Stick Theatre; Jesse
Saturday July 24
Ketchum School Steel Orchestra. 1 Front St.
East. 416-872-2262. $40-$80.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Don Ross. 2261 Dun·
das St. West. 416-531-6604. $201advance),
$22(door). ·
- 9:30: Harbourfron~Centre . Ritmo y
Color.· Los Lobos. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens
Quay West. 416-973-4000.
Sunday July 18
- 12:00 noon: Toronto Parti·Gras! Toronto
All.Star Big Band. Smoke House Stage, Distill·
ery District, 55 Mill St. 416-698-2152.
- 1 :30: Harbourfront Centre. Ritmo y
Color: New Cuban Generation. Lakeside Ter·
race, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973·
4000.
- 2:00: Scarborough Civic Centre. Sun·
day Concert: DCA T Chorus. 150 Borough
Drive. 416-396-7398. Free.
- 3:00: Harbourfront Centre:Ritmo y
Color: Mandinga. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens
Quay West. 416-973-4000.
-4:00: Toronto Music Garden.Summer
Music in the Garden: Make it a Double (Reed
that is). Music by Bach, Schulhoff, Rodriguez
and Hatzis. Fraser Jackson, bassoons; Joseph
Salvalaggio, oboe. 475 Queens Quay West.
416-973-4000. Free.
- 8:00: Canadian National Conservato·
ry of Music. Vocal Recital. Works by Berlioz,
Bizet, Duparc, Debussy, Ravel, Faure, Gounod
& Poulenc. Guy Fiechter, tenor; Clark Bryan,
piano. H umbercrest United Church, 16 Baby
Point Rd. 416-234-5684. $15,$10.
- 8:00: Mississauga Chinese Arts Festi·
val: Enchanting Musical Journey to China.
'folk songs & music from various regions of
China. Traditional Chinese & symphonic instru·
ments; over 120 musicians. Hammerson Hall,
4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905·
306-6000. $20-$40, group rates.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room.Joe/ Plaskett: Solo.
Peter Elk is, opening set. 2261 Dundas St.
West. 416-531-6604. $14iadvance),
$16(door).
Sunday July 25
- 4:00: Toronto Music Garden.Summer
Music in the Garden: West meets (Middle)
East: II. Music of medieval Europe and the
Ottoman and Arabic worlds. Alfarabius En·
semble: George Sawa, Suzanne Myers·Sawa,
Andrea Budgey, Randall Rosenfeld, Nabil She·
hadeh. 475 Queens Quay West. 416-973-
4000. Free.
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- 7:30: Mel lastman Square.Sunday Ser·
enades: Peter Appleyard, vibraphone and His
Big Band. 5100 Yonge St. 416-395-0490. Free.
Monday July 26
- 12: 15: Music Mondays. Martin van de
Ven, guitar/piano & Brian Katz, clarinet.
Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square.
416-598-4521 x222. $5 suggested donation.
Tuesday July 27
- 7:30: Thornhill Community Band. Denny
Ringler, music director. Mel Lastman
Square, 5100 Yonge St. 416-395-0490. Free.
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. The Neville
Brothers. R&B, funk and soul. Art, Charles,
Cyril, Aaron, and Ivan Neville, performers.
CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-
973-4000. $30 (advance) $35 (door).
- 8:00: Randolph Academy for the Performing
Arts.A Chorus Line. By Kirkwood &
Dante; music by Hamlisch; musical direction
by Diane Leah. Bathurst Street Theatre, 736
Bathurst. 416·924-2243 x226. $20,$1 Dist).
For complete run see music theatre listings.
Wednesday July 28
- 7:00: Artists' Garden Cooperative.
Plein Air Salon Concerts: Michael Brown
Group. Jazz originals. 345 B~lliol St. 416·
487-0705. $10.
- 7:00: Etobicoke Community Concert
Band. Twilight Concert in· the· Park. John Edward
Liddle, conductor. Applewood Homestead,
450 The West Mall. 416-410-1570. Free.
- 8:00: Summer Opera lyric Theatre.
Handel· Julius Caesar. Workshop production.
Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College St. 416-978-
7986. $20,$15. For complete run see music
theatre listings. · ·
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Ouartetto Gelato.
2261 Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604.
$251advance), $27.501door).
Thursday July 29
- 12:00 noon: Nathan Phillips Square.
Tasty Thw:sdays Concert: The Sattalites. Reg-
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Mereqith Hall
sopr;:ino
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Acclaimed husband and
wife duo join with Japanese
pianist Keiko Yoden in
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Musical journey from the 40s through to the ·
70s. Starring the Mantini Sisters. 4141 Living
Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905'·306-6000.
$26-$31. For complete run see music theatre
listings. ·
· - 8:00: National Youth Orchestra of
Canada. Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude Act 3;
Chatman: Tara's Dream; Stravinsky: Petrouch·
ka; Mahler Symphony 114. Jennifer Farrell,
soprano; Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor. Mas·
sey Hall, 15 Shuter. 416-872-4255.
$19.50,$12.
Wednesday August 18
- 11 :OOam: Roy Thomson Hall. HBC Sen·
iors' Jubilee. See Aug 16.
- 12:30: Music at St. Luke's. Noon Hour
Concert Series: David Vander Berg, organ. St.
Luke's Church, 1372 Elgin St., Burlington.
905-634-1826. Free.
- 5:30: University of Toronto/The Sol·
diers' Tower Committee. Carillon Recital
Series: Karel Keldermans, carillonneur. The
lawn, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. 416·
978-2452. Free.
- 7:30: Artists' Garden Cooperat.ive.
Plein Air Salon Concerts: Peter Verity. Folk.
345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Valdy. 2261 Dundas
St. West. 416-531-6604. $ ~ 8(advance),
$20(door).
Thursday August 19
- 11 :OOam: Roy Thomson Hall. RBC Sen·
iors' Jubilee. See Aug 16.
- 12:00 noon: Nathan Phillips Square.
Tasty Thursdays Concert: Starlight Orchestra
with Swing Rosie. Cha-cha, rumba, salsa &
jitterbug. 100 Queen 'St. West. 416-395·
0490. Free.
- 7:00: Toronto Music Garden.Summer
Music in the Garden: Re-Percussions Ill: Kiy·
oshi Nagata Ensemble. Taiko drumming. 6:00:
Pre-concert tour. 475 Queens Quay West.
416-973-4000. Free.
- 8:30: Hugh's Room/Richard Flohil.
Ruthie Foster. 2261 Dun'das St. West. 416·
531-6604. $tba ..
Friday August ZO
- 11 :OOam: Roy Thomson Hall. RBC Sen·
iors' jubilee. See Aug l 6.
- 8:00: Markham Jazz Festival. Gala
Opening Concert. Monty Alexander, jazz pian·
ist; Hass an Shakur, acoustic bass; Mark Taylor,
drums. Markham Theatre, 171 TownCen·
tre Blvd. 905-305-7469. $25-$40. (See Festi·
val Listings for more performances)
- 8:00: Massey Hall.Stompin' Tom
Connors: One Man - One Country. 15 Shuter
St. 416-872-4255. $45-$49.50.
Saturday August Z 1
- 8:30: Yamaha Canada Music/Music
Industries Association of Can.ada: Special
Gala Concert. Features jazz musi.cian Hiromi;
guests: David Braid, Mark Eisenman, Joe Sealy,
Mark Kelso, Brandi Disterheft, Stars of
Tomorrow; Bill King, host. MIAC Lifetime
Achievement Award presented to Dr. Oscar
Peterson. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts
Drive, Mississauga. 905-306-9000; 1 ·888·
805-8888. $35,$25. .
Sunday August ZZ
- 4:00: Toronto MJJsic Gardan.Summer
Music in the Garden. Duos and solos by Schul·
hoff, Gliere, Bach and Biber. Marie Berard,
violin; Roberta Janzen, cello. 475 Queens
42
Quay West. 416-973-4000. free.
- 7:30: Mel Lastman Square.Sunday Ser·
enades: Toronto Megacity Swing Band. Clas·
sics from the swing era. 5100 Yonge St. 416·
395-0490. free.
Monday August 23
- 12:15: Music Mondays. Music by Wass
& Gould. MJ Wass, Marsha Gould, Karla Fer·
guson, Pattie Kelly, Sue Crowe Connolly, voic·
es & piano. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10
Trinity Square. 416-598-4521 x222. $5 sug·
gested donation.
Wednesday August 25
- 12:30: Music at St. Luke's: Noon Hour
Concert Series: Stephanie Lai, cello. St. Luke's
Church, 1372 Elgin St., Burlington. 905-634·
1826. free.
- 5:00: University of Toronto/The Sol·
diers' Tower Committee. Canllon Recital
Series: Tin.Shi Tam, 'carillonneur. The lawn,
Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978·
2452. Free.
- 7:30 :· Artists' Garden Cooperative.
Plein Air Salon Concerts: Karyn Ellis. Acoustic
folk & pop·. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705.
$10.
Thursday August 26
- 12:00 noon: Metropolitan United
Church. Tin.Shi Tam, organ & carillon. 56
Queen St. East. 416-363-0331 x26. Free.
- 12:00 noon: Nathan Phillips Square.
Tasty Thursdays Concert: David Leask Band.
100 Queen St. West. 416-395:0490. free.
- 7:00: Toronto Music Garden. Summer
Music in the Garden: Reed Rebels. World pre·
mieres by Sokolovic & Mott; composed &
improvised music. Lori Freedman, clarinets;
Tiina Kiik, accordion; David Mott, saxophone.
6:DO.: Pre-concert tour. 475 Queens Quay
West. 416-973-4000. free.
Sunday August 29
-4:00: Toronto Music Garden.Summer
Music in the Garden: Kids Compose. Young
audience members create a new piece with
Peter Pavlovsky, double bass, Erin Donovan,
percussion & Camille Watts, flute. 475
Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. free.
- 7:30: Mel Lastman Square.Sund11y Ser·
enades: Sonata Sings Sinatra. Rick Sonata,
performer. 5100 Yonge St. 4) 6-395-0490.
free.
Monday August 30
-12:15: Music Mondays.Jim Dolmage,
fiddler. Music by Rogers, DeJarlis, Allen,
Messer, Landry & Dolmage; traditional tunes.
Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square.
416-598·4?21 x222. $5 suggested donaJion.
Tuesday August 31
- 8:00: Canadian Opera Company/Al· ·
tamira. Altamira Summer Opera Concerts.
Guest soloists; performance by children from·
the COC Summ.er Opera Camp; members of
, the COC Ensemble Studio; COC Orchestra;
Richard Bradshaw, conductor. CIBC Stage,
235 Queens Quay West. 416-363-6671.
free.
Wednesday September 01
- 7:30: Artists' Garden Cooperative.
Plein Air Salon Conce'rts: Abeena Samm. Reg·
gae to gospel vocals. 34.5 Ballioi St. 416-487 ·
0705. $10. '
· - 8:00: Canadian Opera Company/Al·
tamira. Altamira Summer Oper11 Concerts.
CIBC Stage. See August 31.
Thursday September 02
- 7:00: Toronto Music Garden. Summer
Music in the G11rden: Esmeralda Enrique Span·
ish Dance Company. flamenco dance & music.
Guests: Jose Luis Perez, vocals; Dominique
Soulard, guitar. 6:00: Pre-concert tour. 475
Queens Quay West. 415.973:4000. free.
- 8:00: Canadian Opera Company/Al·
tamira. Altamira Summer Opera Concerts.
CIBC Stage. See August 31.
Sunday September 05
- 3:00: University of Toronto/The Sol·
diers' Tower Committee. Carillon Recital
Series: John Widmann, carillonneur. The lawn,
Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. 416·978·
2452. Free.
- 4:00: Thornhill Community Band. Den·
ny Ringler, music director. Unionville Band·
stand, Main St. & Fred Varley Dr., Unionville.
416·223-7152. Free.
Monday September 06
- 12: 15: Music Mondays. Canadian Works.
Zelda Turner, soprano ~nd Morning Star River.
Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square.
416-598-4521 x222. $5 suggested donation.
Further afield
(in this issue: Angus, Barrie, Blyth,
Bright, Brighton, Brockville, Burnt Riv·
er, C~nlbridge, Coboiug, Collingwood,
Drayton, Fenelon Falls, Grand Bend,
Hamilton, Jackson's Point, Kincardine,
Lindsay, Meaford, Niagara-on·the·Lake,
Orangeville, Orillia, Os.hawa, Ottawa,
Penetanguishene, Peterborough, Petro·
lia, Port Perry, Port Stanley, Sault Ste.
M;uie, Sharon, Sonya, Stirling, Strat·
ford, Wasaga Beach, Waterloo)
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Thursday July 01
- 1 :30: Marilyn Stroud, soprano & Don
Oeathe, piano. We All Call It C11nada: An
Afternoon of Music to Celebrate Canada Day.
Fenelon Falls Museum, Oak Street. 705·
887-1 044. Donations to the Museum wel·
come.
- 2:00 & 7:00: Sunshine Festival Thea·
tre Company. C11ts. Music by Andrew Lloyd
Webber. Orillia Opera House, 20 Mississaga
St. West. 1-800-683·8747. $26(preview).
for complete run see music theatre ,listings.
- 8:00: Brighton Barn Theatre. Northum·
berland Calling Normandy. "Radio Show" with
songs and skits of 1944. 96 Young'Street,
Brighton. 613-475·2144. $12, WW2 veter·
ans free(call for ticket). Contribution made to
the Juno Centre in Normandy. For complete
run see music theatre listings.
- 8:00: Georgian Theatre Festival. Fidd·
/in' With The Truth: By Nils Ling. Comic sto·
ries & traditional East Coast songs & tunes.
A'llison Ling, Ellen MacPhee & Jeff Matheson,
musicians. Meaford Hall Opera House, 1 Z
Nelson SI. East. 888-5414444. $25. for
complete run see music theatre listings.
Friday July 02
- 12: 15: Viola Camp 2004. Viola Camp
Recital First United Church, King & William
Streets, Waterloo. 519-742-2604. Freewill
donation.
- 8:00: Welcome Wood Productions/
Brockville Arts Centre/Toronto All·Star
Big Band~ Songs Sin11tra Taught Me, The
Show. Guest: Tommy Ambrose, vocals. ·
Brockville Arts Centre, 235 King St. West.
877-342-7122. $18-$24.50'.
Saturday July 03
- 8:00: Jackson· Triggs Amphitheatre.
Twilight in the Vineyard: Colin James. Blues,
rock. Niagara ~state Winery, 2145 Regional
Road 55, Niagara·on·the·Lake. 905-468·
4637, 866-589-4637. $49.
- 8:00: Welcome Wood Productions/
Brockville Arts Centre/Toronto All·Star
Big Band.Songs Sinatra Taught Me, The
Show. Brockville Arts Centre. See July 2. ·
Sunday July 04
- 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Without Words. Laila
Biali, piano; Tara Davidson, sax; Karine Chap·
delaine, bass; Jesse Baird, drums. The Church
in Sonya, Simcoe St., 13k north of Port Perry.
705-357-2468. $15.
Monday July 05
- 7:30: Stratford Festival.Night Music:
No Big Whoop! Jazz old & new. Jerry John·
son, trombone; Don Englert, flute, sax; Alan
Laing, piano; Kevin Muir, bass; Michael Wood,
drums. Paul D. fleck Marquee, Festival Thea·
Ire, 55 Queen St., Stratford. 1-800-567·
1600. $20.
Tuesday July 06
- 2:00: l(uron Country Playhouse. A
Closer Walk With Patsy Cline - Memories of1
ii Musical legend. By Dean Regan. Playhouse II,
Grand Bend. 888-449-4463. $33, $20(18
& under), group rates. For complete run see
music theatre listings.
Wednesday July 07
- 8:00: Brockville Arts Centre. Menopos·
itive!- The Musical By J.J. McColl. 235
King St. West, Brockville. 877-342-7122.
$24.50,$21.50, group rates. For complete run
see music theatre listings.
Thursday July OB
- 2:00 & 8:00: Red Barn Theatre. little
Shop of Horrors. By Ashman & Menken. 991
Lake Dr., Jackson's Point., 1 ·S88.'733.
2.276. Preview $22; eve: $26, $22(sr/st),
$15(child 12 & under). For complete run see
music theatre listings. ·
- 8:00: Port Stanley Festival Theatre.
lvanka Chews The Fat. Musical comedy. Mu· '
sic by Waytowich & Potts; starring Jo-Ann
Waytowich. 302 Bridge St.,, Port Stanley.
519-782-4353. $25. For complete run see
music theatre listings.
Monday July 12
- 7:30: Stratford Festival. Night Music:
love, look Away • .Love songs in jazz, show
tunes, standards & classics. Lesley Andrew
Trio: Lesley Andrew, soprano; Kevin Muir,
double bass; Kevin Rammesar, acoustic guitar.
·Paul D. fleck Marquee, Festival Theatre, 55
Queen St., Stratford. 1 ·800-567-1600. $20.
- 8:00: Kitchener·Waterl~o Chamber
Music Society. Moshe Hammer, violin;
I Michael Traster, gu1~ar. Music by Paganini,
Legnani, Bach, de Falla, Piazzolla. KWCMS
Music Room, 57 Young St. West, Waterloo.
519-886-1673. $25, $20(sr), $15(st).
Wednesday July 14
- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music Society.Alexander Tselyakov, pian~.
Canadian & other modern works. KWCMS
Music Room, 57 Young St. West, Waterloo.
519-886-1 673. $20, $15(sr), $1 O(st).
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- 8:00: Theatre Cambridge. Nunsense. By
Dan Goggin. Cambridge Arts Theatre, 19
Concession St. 1-800-265-8977. $12·
$29.50. For complete run see music theatre
listings.
Thursday July 15
- 7:30: Boathouse Concert Series. Wa·
ter, Wind, Wood & Other Things - Music for
Recorders. Works by Handel, Telemann,
Staeps, Genzmer, G ibbons;Pentland & others.
Musical Chairs: Michel Allard, Simone Desilets,
Meri Gee & Allan Pulker, recorders. Peterborough
Millennium Walk Boathouse,
Water Street at King. 705-745-3485. $8.
Boathouse Concert Series
Peterborough
Friday July 16
- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music Society. Triodicolore(Guy Yehuda,
clarinet; Yuval Golibovich, viola; Jimmy Briere,
piano}. Music by Mozart, Francaix, Schumann,
J!ruch. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.
West, Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20,
$15(sr), $1 O(st).
Saturday July 17
- 8:00: Niagara Symphony Orchestra.
Courtyard Concert. Music by Brahms, Barber,
Laurendeau, Gershwin. Measha
Brueggergosman, soprano; Daniel Swift,
conductor. Jackson Trig gs Niagara Estate,
2145 Regional Rd. 55, Niagara·on·tha·
Lake. 905-468-4637: $49.
Sunday July 18
- 11 :OOam: Shaw Festival. Sunday Coffee
Concert. Perfonnances by members of the ·
Music Department. Lobby, Festival Theatre,
10 Queen's Parade, Niagara·on·tha·Laka.
1·800-511-7429. free. ·
Monday July 19
- 7:30: Stratford Festival. Night Music:
fandango! Music for guitars from the Spanish
old & new worlds. Terry McKenna, guitar.
Paul D. fleck Marquee, Festival Theatre, 55
Queen St., Stratford. 1 ·800-567-1600. $20.
Tuesday July 20
- 2:00: Blyth festival. Spirit of the Narrows.
By Anne Ledennan. Old style fiddling
jamboree & a tour of Canada's folk music traditions.
Gil Garratt, director; Capucine Onn &
other perfonners. Blyth Memorial Hall. 877-
)UL Y 1 - SE PT 7 2004
862-5984. $20·$29.50. for complete run see
music theatre listings.
- 8:00: King's Wharf Theatre.Swing/ - A
Tribute to the Big Band Era. By Alan &
Blanche Lund; orchestrations & vocal arrange·
ments by·Howard Cable. Discovery Harbour,
Panatanguishana. 888·449-4463.
$27(preview). for complete run see music
theatre listings.
Wednesday July Z 1
- 2:00 & 8:00: Lighthouse Festival
Theatre. Two Pianos, four Hands by Ted
Dykstra & Richard Greenblatt. 247 Main St.,
Port Dover. 519-583-2221. Preview: $18,
$12(youth). for complete run see music
theatre listings.
- 8:00: Brockville Arts Cantre. Irving
Berlin ... Always. Written by Joey Miller. Cele·
brat ion of the composer. 235 King St. West,
Brockvilla. 877-342·7122. $24.50. For
complete run see music theatre listings.
Friday July 23
- 8:00: Lynn McDonald Presents. Per·
tanners tba. Port Perry United Church, 294
Queen St. 705-357·2~68. $15.
Saturday July 24
- 3:00: Novalis Hall. Symphony in the Barn
Chamber Players. From classical to jazz.
7841 4th line, Angus. 705-722-5408. $30.
- 7:30: Nadina Mackie Jackson, bas·
soon. Music by Bach, Telemann, Mignone,
Steinmetz & Corrette. Guests: Fraser Jack·
son, contrabassoon; Catherine Carignan &
Benson Bell, bassoons. Burnt River United
Church. 705-454-8045. Admission by dona:
lion. Benefit concert for BRUC Beads of Hope
campaign for victims of HIV/AIDS.
Sunday July ZS
- 2:00: Blyth Festival. Blyth Festival Sing·
ers 30th Anniversary Concert. Traditional
maritime tunes & other Canadian choral music.
Blyth Memorial Hall. 877-862-5984.
$20.
Monday July 26
- 2:00: Toronto All·Star Big Band. Broad·
cast from the Blue Room. Musical revue of
North American mania in the 1940s. Walter's
Family Fann, Bright. 519-453-5559. For
complete run see music theatre listings.
- 7:30: Stratford Festival. Nigh( Music:
It's About Time ... Muir: Einstein's Dreams;
arrangements of tunes from the worlds of pop,
tango and jazz. John Mcfadyen, narrator; Hen·
ry Zielinski & Karen Zielinski, violins; Artur
Jansons, viola; Ben Bolt-Martin, cello & other
perfonners. Paul D. Fleck Marquee, Festival
Theatre,.55 Queen St., Stratford. 1 ·800· ·
567·1600. $20.
Wednesday July 28
- 8:00: Globus Theatre/Academy Thea·
tra for Performing Arts. Scenes From My
Dock. By Vince Grittani; music by Milis &
Grittani. Musical about cottage life. 2 Lindsay
St. South, Lindsay. 705-324-9111, 877-
888-0038. $22.50, $19.50(st). For complete
run see music theatre listings.
Thursday July 29
- 8:00: Northumberland Players. Forever
Plaid. Written by Stuart Ross;· musical ar·
rangements by James Raitt. Victoria Hall, 55
King St. W., Cobourg. 905-372-2210.
$32,$20. For complete run see music theatre
'listings.
Monday August 02
- 7:30: Stratford Festival. Night Music:
Music in Common: In Good Company. Cham·
ber music by Viennese masters. Heather Mor·
rison, piano; Peter Shackleton, clarinet; Derek
Conrod, horn; Ben Bolt-Martin, cello. Paul D.
Fleck Marquee, Festival Theatre, 55 Queen
St., Stratford. 1-800-567·1600. $20.
Tuesday August 03
- 8:00: Shaw Festival.Floyd.Collins. By
Guettel; musical direction by Paul Sportelli;
Jay Turvey, Glynis Ranney, Jeff Madden &
Sharry f.lett, perfonners. Court House Thea·
Ire, Niagara·on·tha·Laka. 1-800-511 ·
7429. $50 (preview). For complete run see
music theatre listings.
Wednesday August 04
- 7:30: Northdala Concert Band. Outdoor
Summer Concert. Stephen Chenette, music
director. Oshawa Civic Bandshell, SW corner
of Simcoe & Metcalfe Sis. 905-886-0858.
Free.
Thursday August 05
- 2:00 & 8:00: Sunshine Festival Thea·
tra Company. Oklahoma! Orillia Opera
House, 20 Mississaga St. West. 1-800-683·
8747. $26(preview). For complete run see
music theatre listings.
Friday August 06
- 8:00: Theatre Collingwood. Nunsense.
By Dan Goggin. Gayety Theatre, 161 Hurontario
St., Collingwood. 1-866-382-2200.
$30, $15(18 & under). For complete run see
music theatre listings.
Saturday August 07
- 8:00: Thaatra Orangeville. Moments to
Remember. Musical revue of the 40s & 50s.
S\arring The Voices of Showtime. 87 Broad·
way, Orangeville. 1 ·800-424-1295, 519·
942-3423. $29.
Sunday August 08
- 2:00: Niagara Symphony. Music '
exploring the relationship between music &
wine, by Purcell, Brahms, Royer, Vivaldi, ,
Laurendeau, Gershwin & Krieger. 14-piece
string ensemble; Daniel Swift, music director.
Chateau des Channes, Niagara·on·tha·
Lake. 905-262·4219 x27. $30.
- 2:00: Theatre Orangeville. Moments to
Remember. See Aug 7.
- 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Richard WMeman,
piano; Brandi Oisterheft, bass; Sly Jushas,
drums. The Church in Sonya, Simcoe St., 13k
north of Port Perry. 705-357-2468. $15.
Monday August 09
- 7:30: Stratford Festival. Night Music:
Songs from Sondheim ... and So On! Selections
from Sondheim; popular showtunes & jazz.
Barbara Fulton, vocals; Paul Shilton, piano.
Paul D. Fleck Marquee, Festival Theatre, 55
Queen St., Stratford. 1-800-567-1600. $20.
Tuesday August 10
parade of 60s classics. Book by Anne Beatts;
music & lyrics by Ellie Greenwich & friends.
Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene. 888·
449-4463. $27(preview). For complete run
see music theatre listings.
Wednesday August 11
- 8:00: Brockville Arts Centra. SUDS -
The Rocking 60's Musical Soap Opera. 235
King St. West, Brockvilla. 877-342-7122.
$24.50. For complete run see music theatre
listings.
Friday August 13
- 7:00: National Youth Orchestra of
Canada/City of Sault Sta. Maria. Berlioz:
Benvenuto Cellini Overture; Chatman: Tara's
Dream; Britten: Young Person's Guide To The
Orchestra; Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude Act 3;
Dvorak: Symphony 117.,Kazuyoshi Akiyama, ·
conductor. Roberta Bandar Park Tent Pavilion,
65 Foster Dr., Sault Sta. Marie. 416-532·
4470 x221 .. Free.
Sunday August 15
- 11 :OOam: Shaw Festival. Sunday Coffee
Concert. Perfonnances by members of the
Music Department. Lobby, Festival Theatre,
10 Queen's Parade, Niagara·on·tha·Laka.
1-800-511·7 429. Free.
- 2:00 & 7:00: Thor Collage/Theatre by
the Bay. Children'sShow: Robin Hood (The
Musical}. By Clark Harris; directed by Larissa
Mair. Heritage Park, Barrie. 705-735-9243.
$7. For complete run see music theatre list·
ings.
- 7:00: Amis du Jazz.Jeff Taylor, violin;
Arch Rockefeller, guitar,· Ron Grani, bass;
Jason Be;nardon, drums. The Church in Son·
ya, Simcoe St., 13k north of Port Perry. 705·
357-2468. $15.
- 7:00: Northdale Concert Band. Outdoor
Summer Concert. Stephen Chenette, music
director. (lquatheatre, Couchiching Beach
Park, Orillia. 905-886-0858. Free.
Monday August 16
- 7:30: National Youth Orchestra of
Canada/National Arts Cantre. Wagner:
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 3; Shannan: Mirrors,
Echoes (2004 commission); Hetu: Images de
la Revolution; Mahler: Symphony 114. Jennifer
· Farrell, soprano; Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor.
National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin Street,
Ottawa. 1 ·866-850-2787 x280, 613-947·
7000 x280. Free. ·
- 7:30: Stratford Festival. Night Music:
Bassoon Bonanza! Prokofiev: Peter and the
Wolf; music for bassoon & contrabassoon.
Jerry Robinson, Bill Cannaway & Julie Shier,
bassoons; guest narrator & vocalist. Paul D . .
Fleck M~rquee, Festival Theatre, 55 Queen
St., Stratford. 1-800-567-1600. $20.
Tuesday August 17
- 7:00: Toronto All•Star Big Band.Jazz
in the Park. Nancy Island Historic Site, Wasa·
ga Beach. 705-429-2247.
- 8:00: Huron Country Playhouse. Man
of la Mancha. By Dale Wassennan; music by
- 8:00: Huron Country Playhouse. Mo· Mitch Leigh; lyrics by Joe Darion. Mainstage,
ments to Remember - A Wander Oown Mem.r Grand Bend. 888-449-4463. $33, $20(18
ory Lane. Starring The Mantini Sisters; music - & under), group rates. For complete run see
arranged & adapted by Howard Cable. Main·
stage, Grand Band .. 888·449"l463. $33,
$20(18 & under), group rates. For complete
run see music theatre listings.
- 8:00: King's Wharf Theatre. leader of
the Pack: The Ellie Greenwich Musical. Hit
music theatre listings.
Wednesday August 18
- ·2:00 & 7:30: Stirling Festival Theatre.
Aline ~f Green Gables. By Harron & Campbell.
Stirling, ON. 877-312-1162. $22.50(eve),
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$20(mat), $7.&0(l 8 & under), group rates. For
complete run see music theatre listings.
- 7:00: Toronto All·Star Big Band.Jazz
in the Park. Couchiching Beach Park, Orillia.
705-329-7250.
...: 8:00: Georgian Theatre Festival. Cowgirls.
By Howie & Murfitt; directed by Lezlie
Faith Wade. Musical that combines country
and classical music in Broadway style. Mea·
ford Hall Opera House, 12 Nelson St. East.
888-541-4444. $25. For complete run see
music theatre listings.
- 8:00: Red Barn Theatre.Jasper Station.
By Norm Foster & Steve Thomas. 991 Lake
Dr., Jackson's Point. 1 ·888-733-2276.
Preview $22; eve: $26, $22(sr/st), $15(child
12 & under). For complete run see music thea·
tre listings ..
Thursday August 19
- 8:00: Bluewater Summer Playhouse.
DADS! The Musical. By Robert More; music
by Tom Doyle. 707 Queen Street, Kincar·
dine. 877-396-5722. $22. For complete run '
see music theatre listings.
Sunday August ZZ
- 3:00: Novalis Hall.Hilario Duran Trio.
Roberto Occhipinti, bass; Erner O'Driscoll,
vocals. 7841 4th line, Angus. 705-722·
5408. $20.
Monday August Z3
- 7:30: Stratford Festival. Night Music:
Ed Vokurka 's Jazz Violin Ensemble. Parisian
stylings of gypsy swing and music made popu:
lar by Stephane Grappelli. Ed Vokurka, jazz
violin; Tony Quarringt on, jazz guitar; Abbey
Sholzberg, bass. Paul D. Fleck Marquee, Festi·
val Theatre, 55 Queen St., Stratford. 1 ·.800·
567·1600. $20.
Tuesday August Z4
- 2:00: Drayton. Festival Theatre. Mo·
· ments to Remember- A Wander Down Mem·
ory lane. Starring The Mantini Sisters; music
arranged & adapted by Howard Cable. 33 Wei·
lington St. South, Diayton. 888-449-4463.
0
$27(preview), $ 20(18 & under), group rates.
for complete run see music theatre Ii.stings.
- 7:00: Hamilton Place. Daniel O'Donnell
in Concert. Easy listening, rock & pop stand·
ards, country western hits & traditional Irish
ballads.1 Summers Lane, Hamilton. 905·
527-7666. $49.50-$69.50.
- ·8:00: Victoria Playhouse Petrolia, I
Do! I Oaf Book & lyrics by Tom Jones; music
by Harvey Schmidt; Alan Moon, music direc·
tor. Starring Brian McKay & Karen Wood. 411
Greenfield Stree.t, Petrolia. 1 ·800-717·
7694. $22(preview). For complete run see
music theatre listings.
Thursday August Z6
- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music Society. Takai String Duarte!. Music
by Haydn, Shostakovich, Dvorak. KWCMS
Music Room, 57 Young St. West, Waterloo .
519-886-1673. $20, $15(sr), $1 O(st).
Friday August Z7
- 8:00: Hamilton Place. Chicago. 1 Sum·
mers Lane, Hamilton. 905-527-7666. For
complete run see music theatre listings.
Sunday August Z9
- 11 :OOam: Shaw Festival.Sunday Coffee
Concert. Performances by members of the
Music Department. Lobby, Festival Theatre,
10 Queen's Parade, Niagara·on·the·Lake.
1 ·800-511-7429. Free.
- 2:00: Sharon Temple Historic Site. '
laura Bowes, Karine White & Samantha Tay·
!or, sopranos. 18974 Leslie St., Sharon.
905-478·2389. $18,$15.
- 7:30: Shaw Festival. Vineyard Concert:
Bloomer Girl. By Arlen & Harburg; directed by
Jackie Maxwell. Musical reading. Jackson·
Triggs Estates Winery, Niagara·on·the·
lake. 1 ·800·511-7429.·$25. ·
Monday August 30
- 7:30: Stratford Festival. Night Music: In
the Garden of Adonis. Hovhaness: In the Gar·
den of Adonis; music by Debussy, Bax and
Faure. Sharon Kahan, flute; Artur Jansons,
viola; Julia Shaw, harp. Paul D. Fleck Mar.·
quee, Festival Theatre, 55 Queen St., Strat·
ford. 1-800-567·1600. $20.
Tuesday August 31
- 8:00: Lighthouse Festival Theatre.
Summer of love. By McHarge & Stewart;
music of Baez, Dylan, Joni Mitchell & others.
247 Main St., Port Dover. 519-583-2221.
$25, $22(sr), $12(youth). For complete run
see music theatre listings.
Wednesday September 01
- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music Society.Sean Bennesch, violin;
Sydney Bulman-Fleming, piano. KWCMS
Music Room, 5 7 Young St. West, Waterloo.
519-886-1673.
Friday September 03
- 8:00: No.valis Hall. Esmeralda Enrique
Spanish Dance Company. 7841 4th line, An·
gus. 705-722-5408. $25.
Tuesday September 07
- 2:00: Drayton Festival Theatre. Fiddler
on the Roof. By Stein, Bock & Harnick. 33
Wellington St. South; Drayton. 888-449·
4463. $27(preview), $20(18 & under), group
rates. For COlllJk!te run see music treatre fistings.
Birdcage Productions. West Side Story. By
Leonard Bernstein; starring Heinz Winckler.
Aug12-14: 8:00. HammersonHall, 4141
Living Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905·306·
6000. $25-$45.
Bluewater Summer Playhouse. Come By
The Hills. Starring Brian McKay & Jacqueline
Sadler. To July 10. Tues·Fri 8:00; Wed 2:00
& 8:00; S"at 2:00 & 9:00. 707 Queen Street,
Kincardine. 877-396-5722. $22(eve),
$20(mat).
Bluewater ·summer Playhouse. DAOS!
The Musical. By Robert More; music by Tom
Doyle. Aug 19-Sep 4. Tues-Fri 8:00; Wed
2:00 & 8:00; Sat 2:00 & 9:00. 707 Queen
Street, Kincardine. 877-396-5722. $22(eve),
$20(mat). ·
Blyth Festival.Spirit of the Narrows. By
Anne Lederman. Old style fiddling jamboree &
a tour of Canada's folk music traditions. Gil
Garratt, director; Capucine Onn & other per·
formers. July 20·22: 2:00; July 22 & 23:
.8:00. Blyth Memorial Hall. 877-862-5984.
$20-$29.50.
Brighton Barn Theatre. Northumberland
Calling Normandy. "Radio Show" with songs
and skits of 1944. July i · 17. Thurs-Sat: 8:00.
96 Young Street, Brighton. 613-475-2144.
$12, WW2 veterans free(call for ticket). Con·
tribution made to the Juno Centre in Norman·
dy.
Brockville Arts Centi!. Irving Berlin ...
Always. Written by Joey Miller. Celebration
of the composer. July 21 ·25. Wed-Sat: 8:00,
Thurs & Sun: 2:00. 2.35 King St. West, Brock·
ville. 877-342-7122. $24.50, $21.50(youth/
sr), mat: $22.50, $20(youth/sr).
Brockville Arts Centre. Menopositive! -
The Musical. By J.J. McColl. July 7·11 & 14·
18, Wed-Sat: 8•00; Thurs & Sun: 2:00. 235
King St. West, Brock ville. 877-342-7122.
$24.50,$21.50, group rates.
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OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE LISTINGS
Brockville Arts Centre. SUDS - The Rock·
ing 60's Musical Soap Opera. Aug 11·15, 18·
22. Wed·Sat: 8:00, Thurs & Sun: 2:00. 235
King St. West, Brockville. 877-342-7122 ..
$24.50.
Canadian Opera Company/Altamira.
AltamiraSummerOpera Concerts. Guest
soloists; performance by children from the
CDC Summer Opera Camp; members of the
CDC Ensemble Studio; CDC Orchestra; Rich·
ard Bradshaw, conductor. Aug 31, Sep 1 & 2:
8:00. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West.
416-363-6671. Free.
CanStage. Urinetown. Musical comedy.
Music & lyrics by Hollmann; musical staging
by John Carrafa. To Sep 4. Bluma Appel Thea·
tre, 27 Front St. East. 416-368-3110. $45·
$85.
Civic Light Opera Company. Some En·
chanted Evening - The Rodgers & Hammer·
stein Revue. Highlights from Oklahoma!, Car·
ousel, The King & I, South Pacific, Flower
Drum Song & more. Starring Bob Deutsch,
David Haines, Carol Kugler, Susan Sanders,
Catherine Uy & Joe Cascone. Aug 3·6. Eve·
nings: 8:00, matinees Aug 4 & 6: 2:00. Fair·
view Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive.
416-755-1717. $17.50, $15.
Drayton Festival Theatre. Fiddler on the
Roof. By Stein, Bock & Harnick. Sep 7-0ct 16,
various times. 33 Wellington St. South, Dray·
ton. 888-449-4463. $27(preview), $20(18 &
under), group rates.
Drayton Festival Theatre. Moments to
Remember - A Wander Down Memory lane.
Starring The Mantini Sisters; music arranged
& adapted by Howard Cable. Aug 24·28.
Tues· Thurs & Sat: 2:00; Wed-Sat: 8:00. 33
Wellington St. South, Drayton. 888·449·
4463. $27(preview), $20(18 & under), group
rate.s. :>:S .;-. ~,. ·s- ~~
Firefly Theatre/Theatre Hybrid/Shrimp
Magnet Theatre. The Emperor's New
Clothes. By Keenan & Halferty. Show for kids
of all ages with song, dance & pantomime.
July 3-Sep 6: 10:30am, 11:30am,12:30 &
1 :30. Lagoon Theatre, Centre Island to the left
of the Ferry Docks, Toronto Island. 416-322·
9619. $4.
Georgian Theatre Fes'tival. Cowgirls, By
Howie & Murfitt; directed by Lezlie Faith ·
Wade. Musical that combines country and
classical music in Broadway style. Aug 18·
Sep 4. Evenings: 8:00; matinees Aug 21,28 &
Sep 4: 2:00. Meaford Hall Opera House, 12
Nelson St. East. 888·541 ·4444. $25(ev~),
.$18(preview & Fridays for sr/youth), $20(Sat
matinee).
Georgian Theatre Festival. Fiddlih' With
The Truth. By Nils Ling. Comic stories & tradi·
tional East Coast songs & tunes. Allison Ling,
Ellen MacPhee & Jeff Matheson, musicians.
July 1 ·3: 8:00, July 3: 2:00. Meaford Hall
Opera House, 12 Nelson St. East. 888-541 ·
4444. $25(eve), $18(preview & Fridays for
sr/youth), $20(Sat matinee).
Globus Theatre/Academy Theatre for
Performing Arts.Scenesfroin My Dock. By
Vince Grittani; music by Mills & Grittani.
Musical about cottage life. July 28·Aug 7.
W~d -Sat: 8:00, Thurs & Fri: 2:00. 2 Lindsay
St. South, Lindsay. 705·324·9111, 877-888·
0038. $22.50, $19.50(st).
Hamilton Place. Chicago. Aug 27 & 28:
8:00, Aug 28 & 29: 2:00. 1 Summers Lane,
Hamilton. 905·527-7666.
Heartsounds/Toronto Fringe Festival.
-Postcards from the Heart. Musical tour of the
heart. Musical direction by M.J. Johnson;
starring.Harry Lewis; featuring Lee-Anne Gal·
loway ,& Christopher Wilson. July 2,3,5,7,8,
1O,11, various times. Artword Theatre Main·
stage, 75 Portland St. 416-966· 1062. $8. '
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Huron Country Playhouse. A Closer Walk
With Patsy Cline - Memories of.a Musical
legend. By Dean Regan. July 6-Aug 28, various
. times. Playhouse II, Grand Bend. 888-449·
4463. $33, $20(18 & under), group rates.
Huron Country Playhouse. Man of la
Mancha. By Dale Wasserman; music by Mitch
Leigh; lyrics by Joe Darion. Aug 17-Sep 4,
various times. Mainstage, Grand Bend. 888·
44~·4463. $33, $20(18 & under), group
rates.
Huron Country Playhouse. Moments to
Remember - A Wander Oown Memory lane.
Starring The Mantini Sisters; music arranged
& adapted by Howard Cable. Aug 10· 14.
Tues-Thurs: 8:00; Wed, Thurs, Sat: 2:00.
Mainstage, Grand Bend. 888-449-4463. $33,
$20(18 & under), group rates.
Huron Country Playhouse. Swing! -A
Tribute to the Big Band Era. By Alan &
Blanche Lund; orchestrations & vocal arrange·
ments by Howard ~able . To July 17, various
times. Mainstage, Grand Bend. 888-449:
4463. $33, $27(preview), $20(18 & under),
group rates.
King's Wharf Theatre. leader of the Pack:
The Ellie Greenwich Musical. Hit parade of
60s classics. Book by Anne Beatts; music & .
lyrics by Ellie Greenwich & friends. Aug 1 O·
Sep 4, various times. Discovery Harbour,
Penetanguishene. 888-449-4463. $33,
$27(preview), $20(18 & under), group rates.
King's Wharf Theatre. Swing!-A Tribute
to the Big Band Era. By Alan & Blanche Lund;
orchestrations & vocal arrangements by
Howard Cable. July 20-Aug 7, various.times.
Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene. 888·
449-4463. $33, $27(preview), $20(18 &
under), group rates.
Lighthouse Festival Theatre. Two Pianos,
Four Hands. BY Ted Dykstra & Richard Green· ·
blatt. July 21 ·Aug7. Tues-Sat: 8:00, Wed,
Jul Y 1 - SEPT 7 2004

Thurs & Sat: 2 ~00. 247 Main St., Port Dover.
519-583-2221. $25, $22(sr), $12(youth);
preview & Sat matinee: $18, $12(youth).
lighthouse Festival Theatre. Summer of
love. By McHarge & Stewart; music of Baez,
Dylan, Joni Mitchell & others. Aug 31 ·Sep
11. Tues-Sat: 8:00, Wed, Thurs & Sat: 2:00.
247 Main St., Port Dover. 519-583-2221.
$25, $22(sr), $12(youth); Sat matinee: $18,
$12(youth). ·
living Arts Centre Mississauga/Drayton
Theatre. Moments to Remember. Musical
'journey from the 40s through to the 70s. Star·
ring the Mantini Sisters. Aug 17, 18,20,21:
2:00; Aug 18-21: 8:00. 4141 Living Arts
Drive, Mississauga. 905-306-6000. Eve $28-
$35, mat $26-$31 .
Mirvish Productions. Hairspray. Broadway
musical. Vanessa Olivarez, Jay Brazeau, Tom
Rooney, Michael Torontow, Susan Henley &
ot her performers. To September 27. Tues-Sat:
8:00; Wed, Sat & Sun: 2:00. Princess of
l'jales Theatre, 300 King St. West. 41 .6-872-
1212, 1-800-,461-3333. $26-$84.
Mirvish Productions. Mamma Mia! Musical
based on the songs of ABBA. Music & lyrics by
Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus; book by Gath·
erine Johnson; directed by Phyllida Lloyd. To
September 26. Tues-Sat 8:00; Wed, Sat & Sun
2:00. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St.
West. 416-872-1212. $26 to $94.
Mirvish Productions. The last Empress.
Broadway-style musical about the life of
Queen Min, 19th century ruler of Korea. Aug
5-Sep 1. Tues-Thurs, Sat: 8:00; Wed, Sat,
Sun: 2:00. Hummingbird Centre, 1 Front St.
East. 416·872-2262. $35-$85.
Mirvish Productions. The Producers. Musi·
cal adaptation of the Mel Brooks film comedy.
Seim Cullen, Michael Therriault, Juan Chioran,
Paul O'Sullivan, Sarah Cornell & other per·
formers. To September 26. Tues-Sat: 8:00,
Wed, Sat, Sun: 2:00. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria.
416-364-4100. $31-$121.
Northumberland Players. Forever Plaid.
Written by Stuart Ross; musical arrangements
by James Raitt. July 29-31, Aug 1,3-8, 10-14:
8:00; July 31, Aug 1,4, 7,8, 11, 14, 15: 2:00.
Victoria Hall, 55 King St. W .. Cobourg. 905·
372-2210. $32,$20.
Port Stanley Festival Theatre. /vanka
Chews The Fat. Musical comedy. Mu.sic by
Waytowich & Potts; starring Jo-Ann Wayto·
wich. July 8-24. Tues-Sat: 8:00; Wed & Sat:
2:00, Sun July 18: 2:00. 302 Bridge St., Port
Stanley. 519-782-4353. $25.
Randolph Academy for the Performing
Arts.'4 Chorus line. By Kirkwood & Dante;
music by Hamlisch; musical direction by Diane
Leah. July 27-31: 8:00; July 31: 2:00.
Bathurst Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 416·
924-2243 x226. $20,$1 O(st).
Red Barn Theatre.Jasper Station. By
Norm Foster & Steve Thomas. Aug 19-Sep 4.
991 Lake Dr., Jackson's Point. 1-888-733-
2276. Preview $22; eve: $26, $22(sr/st),
$15(child 12 & under).
Red Barn Theatre. little Shop of Horrors.
By Ashman & Menken. July 8-24. Tues-Sat:
8:00, Wed, Thurs & Sat: 2:00. 991 Lake Dr.,
Jackson's Point. 1-888-733-2276. Preview
& matinees $22; eve: $26, $22(sr/st),
$15(child 12 & under).
Sh~w Festival. Floyd Collins. By Guettel;
)ULY 1 - SEPT 7 2004
musical direction by Paul Sportelli; Jay Tur·
vey, Glynis Ranney, Jell Madden & Sharry
Flett, performers. Previews from Aug 3, regular
run Aug 20-0ct 9. Court House Theatre,
Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511 -7429. $42·
$77.
Shaw Festival. Pal Joey. By Rodgers &
Hart; musical direction by Paul Sportelli; Laurie
Paton, Adam Brazier & other performers.
To Oct 30. Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on·
the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429. $42-$77.
Showboat Festival Theatre. Forever Plaid.
By Stuart Ross; arrangements by James Raitt.
To July 3, various times. 296 Fielden Ave.,
Port Colborne. 888-870-8181, 905-834-
0833. $24.50, $21.50(sr/preview/mat).
$19.50(st).
Stirling Festival Theatre. Anne of Green
Gables. ByHarron & Campbell. Aug 18-Sep 4.
Tues-Sat: 7:30; Wed & Sat: 2:00. Stirling,
ON. 877-312-1162. $22.50(eve), $20(mat),
$7.50(18 & under), group rates.
Stratford Festival. Anything Goes. Music
& lyrics by Cole Porter. Douglas Chamberlain,
Patricia Collins, Cynthia Daie, David Hogan,
Sheila McCarthy & other performers; Berthold
Carriere, musical director. To Oct 31. Avon
Theatre, 100 Downie St., Stratford. 1-800-
567-1600.
Stratford Festival. Guys and Dolls. Music
& lyrics by Loesser. Douglas Chamberlain,
Cynthia Dale, Patricia Collins, Bruce Dow,
Geordie Johnson & other performers; Berthold
Carriere, musical director. To Nov 7. Festival
Theatre, 55 Queen St., Stratford. 1-800-567 ·
1600.
Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Handel:
Julius Caesar. Workshop production. July
28,31: 8:00; Aug 4,7: 2:00. Robert Gill Theatre,
214 College St. 416-978-7986.
$20,$15.
Summer Opera Lyric Theatre.·Dffimbach:
la Vie Parisienne. Workshop production. July
31, Aug 8: 2:00; Aug 3,6: 8:00. Robert Gill
Theatre, 214 College St. 416-978-7986.
$20,$15.
Summer Opera Lyric Theatre:Strauss:
Ariadne auf Naxos. Workshop production. July
30, Aug 4, 7: 8:00; Aug 1: 2:00. Robert Gill Thea·
tre, 214 College St. 416-978-7986. $20,$15.
· · Sunshine Festival Theatre Com!Jany.
·Cats. Music by Andrew Lloyd W,ebber. July 1 ·
31. Tues-Sat, various times. Orillia Opera '
House, 20 Mississaga St. West. 1-800-683·
8747. $26 & up.
Sunshine Festival Theatre Company. ·
Oklahoma! Aug 5-28. Tues-Sat, various times.'
Orillia Opera House, 20 Mississaga St. West.
1-800-683-8747. $26 & up.
Theatre Cambridge. Nunsense. By Dan
Goggin. July 14-31, Tues-Sat various times.
Cambridge Arts Theatre, 19 Concession St. 1 ·
800-265-8977. $12·$29.50.'
Theatre Collingwood.Nunsense. By Dan
Goggin. Aug 6-14. Evenings 8:00, matinees
2:00. Gayety Theatre, 161 Hurontario St.,
Collingwood. 1-866-382-2200. $30, $15(18
· & under).
Thor College/Theatre by the Bay. CM
dren'sShow: Robin Hood (The Musical). By
Clark Harris; directed by Larissa Mair. Aug
15-Sep 4. Monday to Sunday. Weekdays 1 :00
& 5:00; Sundays only 7:00. Heritag~ Park,·
Barrie. 705-735-9243. $7. •
Thousand Islands Playhouse. The Music
Man. By Meredith Willson. To July 24. Tues­
Sat: 8:00; Wed, Sat & Sun: 2:30. Springer
Theatre, corner of Charles & South Sts .. Gana·
noque. 613-382-7020. $27-$32, $23(sr) ..
$15(child/st), group rates.
Toronto All·Star Big Band. Broadcast­
'rrom the Blue Room. Musical revue of North
American mania in the 1940s: July 26-29:
2:00, July 31: 8:00. Walter's Family Farm,
Bright. 519-463-5559.
Toronto Fringe Festival. Sleepless: A
New Musical. By McGrath & White. Eddie
Glen, Sharon Heldt, Todd Holley; Racheal Mc­
Caig, Krista Sutton & Mark Terene, performers.
July 2.4·6,9, 10, various times. Tarragon
Theatre, Mainspace, 30 Bridgman Ave. 416-
966· 1062. $8.
Toronto Fringe Festival. Waiting for Trudeau
- The Return of the King (A Musical Re·
· vue). By McCaig & McCaig; musical direction
& stagin'g by Paul Burwell; starring Paul Con·
stable, Brett McCaig, Paul Regan & Racheal
McCaig. July 3,5·9.11, various times. Tarra -,
gon Theatre Mainspace, 30 Bridgman Ave.
416-966-1062. $8.
WWW.THEWHOL EN OTE . COM
Transgender living Room Theater., My
Name Is Not Barbra. By Seraphymn; directed
Thursday July D1
12:00 noon: TD Jazz.lunchtimeSen'es
5:00: T D Jazz. Groove and Graffiti
8:00: Mel Lastman Square. lighthouse &
Bradley and the Bouncers
8:00: TD Jazz. New Deal/Wax Poetic.
Friday July DZ
12:00 noon: TDJazz. lunchtime Sen'es.
5:00: TD Jazz. Humber Faculty Ensemble.
8:00: TDJazz. Rite of Stnngs
11 :OOpm: Harbourlront Centre. Nurse Kaya
Stnng Ouartet.
by David Bateman. One man show written &
performed by Seraphim. July 1,2,3: 8:00.
Take A Walk On The Wildside, 161 Gerrard
St. East. 416·921-6112. $15.
Victoria Playhouse Petrolia./ Doi I Doi
Book & lyrics by Tom Jones; music by Harvey
Schmidt; Alan Moon, music director. Starring
Brian McKay & Karen Wood. Aug 24-Sep 11.
Tues-Sat various times. 411 Greenfield Street,
Petrolia. 1-800-717-7694. $26, $25(st). $16(under
14). $22(preview). group rates.
Westben Arts Festival Theatre. Mozart:
The Magic Flute. UBC Opera Ensemble; Nancy
Hermiston. director. July 1 & 2: 2:00. The
Barn, 3 km northwest of Campbellford ON on
County Rd. 30. 705-653·5508, 877-883-
5777. $30(cushion), $25(folding chair),
$15(st).
YSIS Entertainment/Sting Music. UMO­
JA - The Spirit of Togetherness. Musical
celebration of South African song and dance.
By Todd Twala and Thembi Nyandeni; cast of
40 singers, dancers, drummers and marimba
players. Aug 3·22. Tues·Sat: 8:00, Wed &
Sat: 2:00, Sun: 3:00. Elgin Theatre, 189
Yonge St. 416-872-5555. $3~·$85.
JAZZ CONCERT QUICK PICKS: GT A
Saturday July DJ
2:00: TD Jazz.lunchtime Series
5:00: TD Jazz. Carlo Actis Dato, saxophone &
bass clarinet
8:00: Harbourlront Centre. David Murray and
the Gwo Ka Masters.
8:00: TD Jazz • The Bad Plus/Gary Burton
Generations Owntet
Sunday July D4
2:00: TD Jazz.lunchtimeSen'es:Dapp Theory.
5:00: TD Jazz. York Facuhy Ensemble.
6:30: Harbourfront Centre. Vasy/ Popadiuk
8:00: TD Jazz. Organ Summit.
Wednesday July 07
7:30: Artists' Garden Cooperative. Plein Air
Salon Concerts: Dati1'e/a Nardi Trio
Thursday July 8
9:00: Small World Music. Global Cafe:
BembeyaJall.
Saturday July 10
1 :00: Small World Music. Global Cafe:
MansaSissoko, korap/ayer
3:00: Celebrate Toronto.Swing Rosie
4:30: Celebra.te Toronto. Chn's Bottomley Gp.
Sunday July 11
1 :30: Celebrate Toronto. Canada Pops Orch.
2:00: Music Africa. Afrofest 2004: Mansa
Sissoko, kora player.
3:00: Celebrate Toronto. George lake Big Band
Wednesday July 14
8:00: Hummingbird Centre. Glenn Miller Orch.
Thursday July 15
7:30: North York Concert Band
Saturday J'!IY 17
8:00: Hummingbird Centre.Dav1if Rudder&
Friends· The Rhythm Ri~er
Wednesday July Z 1
7:30: Artists' Garden Cooperative. P/e1n Air
Sa(on Concerts: Mark Sepic
Sunday July 25
7:30: Mellastman Square.Sunday
Serenades: Peter Appleyard and His Big Band.
Wednesday July ZB
7:00: Artists' Garden Cooperative: Plein Air
Salon Concerts: Michael Brown Group.
Thursday July 29
7:30: North York Concert Band.
Sunday August 01.
7:30: Mel Lastman Square.Sunday
Serenades: Jennifer Valentyne.
Wednesday August 04
7:30: Artists' Garden Cooperative. Plein Air
Salon Concerts: Mli:hae/ Kleniec.
Thursday August 05
7:00: To. Al~Star Big Band.DanCJng TtU Dark.
Sunday August 15
7:30: Mel Lastman Square.Sunday,
Serenades: George lake Band.
Monday August 16
12: 15: Music Mondays. autoni:kshaw
Thursday August 19
12:00 noon: Nathan Phillips Square. Tasty
Thursdays: Starlight Orchestra w. Swing Rosie.
Friday August ZO
8:00: Markh,m Jazz Festival. Gala Opening
Concert.
Saturday August Z1
8:30: Yamaha Canada Music: Special Gala
Concert. •
Sunday August ZZ
7:30: Mel Lastman Square. Sunday
Serenades: Toronto Megacity Swing Band.

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(in this issue: Angus, Bright. Orillia,
Penetanguishene, Sonya, Stratford,
Wasaga Beach)
Sunday July 04
7:00: Amis du Jazz. Without Words Sonya
Monday July 05
7:30: Stratford. Night Music: No Big Whoop!
Monday July 12
7:30: Stratford. Night Music: lpve, look Away
Tuesday July 20
8:00: King's Wharf Theatre.Sw1ng!-A
Tribute to the Big Band Era Penetanguishene.
Saturday July 24
3:00: Novalis Hall.Symphony 1n the Barn
Chamber Players Angus.
Monday July 26
2:00: Toronto All· Star Big Band. Broadcast
Alleycatz 2409 Yonge St. 416·481 -6865
Every Mon Salsa Night w/ OJ Frank Bischun.
Every Tue Christopher Plock Swing
Extravaganza. Every Wed.The Outlaws.
Every Thu Mike Ferfolia Band OR Wade 0
Brown. Jul 2, 9, 10, Aug 6, 7, 2Q, lady Kane
[July 7th, Third Year Anniversary Party}. Jul
3, 16, 17, Aug 21 Mischief. Jul 23, 24, 31,
Aug 13, 14, 28, Soular.
Arbour Cafti 266 Lakeshore Rd. E.,
Oakville. 905:844-1840
Ben Wicks 424 Parliament 416-961 ·9425
, All shows start at 8 or 8:30: No cover
1st Sat/month The Jazz Extension. 2nd
Sat/month Georgia Ambros. 4th Sat/month
Janine Blanchard w. Norm Amadio &
Rosemary Galloway.
Cameron House
408 Queen St. W. 416·703·0811
C'est What 67 Front St. E. 416·867 ·9499
Saturday afternoon traditional jazz from the
Hot Five Jazzmakers, 4· 7 pm
Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles 416-588 2930
Every Sun. Ron Davis Jam Session.
Grasshopper Jazz & Blues bar
460 Parliament St. 416·323; 1210
JAZZ CLUB LISTINGS
from the Blue Room .. Bright
7:30: Stratford.Night Music: It's About Time
Sunday August 08
7:00: Amis du Jazz.Richard Whiteman, Brandi
Oisterheft, Sly Jushas. Sonya
Monday August 09
7:30: Stratford. Night Music: Songs from
Sondheim and So On
Sunday August 15
7:00: Amis du Jazz.Jeff Tay/or, Arch
Rockefeller, Ron Grant, Jason Bernardon
Sonya
Tuesday August 17
7:00: Toronto All· Star Big Band. Jazz in the
Park, Wasaga Beach.
Wednesday August 18
7:00: To. All· Star Big Band.Jazz in the Park,
Orillia.
All shows start at 10 pm, No cover
Jul 9 Snooky Tynes. Jul 16 Groove
Conspiracy 1$4 cover}. 23 Teez'n with Sadie T.
Grossman's Tavern,
379 Spadina Ave, 416-977-7000.
The Happy Pals have been stomping New
Orleans Jazz at Grossman's Tavern for
decades. How many decades? Nobody seems
to know for sure. Founded and led by Kid
Bastien until his death in early 2003, the
Happy Pals are still rocking the house
Saturdays 4:00 to 8:00 pm, or later.
Hot House Cafe
Market Square 416·366-7800
Jazz brunch every Sunday, alternating weeks:
Ken Churchill Quartet, 5spot
Hugh's Room 2261 Dundas West.
416·531 ·6604. Jul 10 Garnet Rogers
Lisa's Cafe 245 Carlaw Ave. 416·406·6470
Jul 9 Arsen Tor!akovic &Fabrice Secco. Jul
11 Peter Smith Trio. Jul 16 lisa Particelli.
Jul 18 Georgia Ambros. Jul 23 Richard
Whitehouse. Jul 25 Swing de Paris.
Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas West.
Call 416·588-0307 for further times and info.
Every Sat, Cuban Percussion School
JAZZ FOR ALL AGES AT LAST! continued from page 29
those policies have been in effect anyway - applying to people of
any age.
As someone who has found venues to take children as young as 9
or 12, I can vouch that even the very young can and do fall in
love with this music, as long as they are given the opportunity.
Now, in addition to the festivals and concert halls, there is a
whole other resource open to those who want to listen.
I just wish it could have been sooner.
I was not even going to try to get into a bar at the age of 16 - so
I.listened to The Freeway Dixieland Septet (The Rex, July 25th)
from outside a door for two hours (popping inside only long
enough to drop something into the tip jar - I kid you not!).
And as an aspiring vocalist, I remember sneaking a listen, in awe,
to Jackie Richardson, who's appearing with the Canada Pops Jazz
Band at the Montreal Bistro (July 19). So this surrnner, when you
go out to hear the great music in Toronto's clubs, take a young
person with you - and help to foster a love for jazz in another
generation, keeping the music alive for years to come.
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Ju1 2 Nick Ali & Cruzao. Jul 3 Salsa
Saturday w/ Marron Matizado. Jul 7 lune
Tremblay. Jul 9 Tropico Friday w/ Cache. Jul
10 Salsa Saturday w/ Ricky Franco. Jul 11
4AMC: Los Moscos + Battle of the Bands.
Jul 15 lAMC: Nortec Collective +Battle of
the Bands. Jul 16 Brazilian·Bash. Jul 17
Salsa Saturday w/ Ruben Vazquez + Friends.
Jul 23 Tropico Friday w/ Cache. Jul 24 Salsa
Saturday w/ Proyecyo Charanguero. Jul 28
Helmut Lipsky with l 'art De Passage. Jul 30
Tropico Friday w/ Evaristo Machado. Jul 31
Salsa Saturday w/ Cache.
Mezzetta
681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687
"Wednesday Concerts in a Cafe" Sets at 9:00
and 10: 15 pm. Reservations recommended for
first set. Jul 1 Amanda Martinez Duo. Jul 2
Don Thompso11, Reg Schwager. Jul 3 Ted
Guin/an, Pat Collins. Jul 4 lorne lofsky, Rob
Piltch. Aug 11 Rob Simms, Mehrdad Farazmanrl.
Mezzrows
1546 Queen St. W. 416-535-4906
Parkdale neighborhood pub featuring jazz and
blues on Saturday afternoons, Sunday evenings
and a live jam every other Wednesday.
Jul 1 laura Hubert. Jul 2 Ted Guin/an. Jul 3
Bob BrtJugh. Jul 4 Chris Mitchell' Jul 11
Chris Gale. Jul 18 Andrew Boniwell Jul 25
Special Ed and the Musically Challenged.
Montreal Bistro
65 Sherbourne 416·363·0179
Jul 1 Joanne Brackeen and George Cables.
Jul 2, 3 Jay "Hoo tie McShann and Junior
Mance. Jul 7·10 George Gallus Trio. Jul 12
Jim Galloway's "Echoes of Swing" Jazz
Band. Jul 13 Ola Twkiewicz Ouartet. Jul 14
Debbie Fleming Gutntet. Jul 15· 17 Adi Braun
'Guartet. Jul 19 David Warrack's Canada
Pops Jazz Band with Jackie Richardson. Jul
20 Maureen Kennedy Guartet. Jul 21 Club
OjangoSextet of Toronto. Jul 22·24 Heather
Bambrick Gutntet. Jul 26 /an Bargh and Kurt
lundt. Jul 27 Dylan Heming Sextet. Jul 28
Molly Atkinson Gu1ntet. Jul 29·31 Julie
Michels Guintet. Aug 3·7 Roy Patterson Trio.
Aug 10 Sean Meredith Jones Guartet. Aug
11 Stacie McGregor Guintet. Aug 12· 14
Emilie Claire Barlow Gu1ntet. Aug 17 The
B!okk Sextet. Aug 18 George Evans Guintet.
Aug 19·21 loriCullenGuartet. Aug 24·28
Joe Sealy and Paul Novotny
N'Awlins Jazz Bar and Dining
299 King St. W. 416·595· 1958
Cajun style cooking and New Orleans style jazz
Orbit Room
508A College St. 416-535-0613
Every Fri The Stickmen. Every Sat The
Oexters. Every Sun Dave Murphy Band.
Every Mon Kevin Breit and the Sisters
Euclid. Every Tue School of Roots. Every
Wed LMT Connection. Every Thu De la Funk.
Pilot Tavern 22 Cumberland 416·923·5716
One of Toronto's oldest watering holes,
established in 1944 with a tradition of live
jazz every Saturday afternoon.
Quigleys 2232 Queen E. 41 6·699-9998
Reservoir Lounge
52 Wellington 416·955·0887
Every Mon Bradley and the Bouncers. Every
Tues Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm. Every
Wed Guest Performer Night. Every Thu
Janice Hagen. Every Fri Chet Valiant Combo.
Every Sat Tony Cassis.
Rex Jazz and Blues Bar
194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475
Jul 1 Holly Clark Guartet, Mike Murley Guartet.
Jul 2 Kathenne Bates Sextet, Melissa Stylianou
· Guartet. Jul 3Andmw Oowning's "Great Unck!s~
Chris Hunt Tentet + 3, Mamn Starr, Joe Sealy &
The C-Jam leaders Band. Jul 4Jazz Buffet Bronch:
Uof T Jazz Workshop, Club OjangoSextet, Damm
Sigesmund Gutntet, Dave Young Guintet, Ben
Mander w/Andrew Rathburn/Owen Howard
Gutntet. Jul 5 Peter Hill Trio, James Macdonald
Guintet CO Release. Jul 6 Tony Guarrington &
"Hammond Grits, Jazz Jam w/ Tim Ham17. Jul 7
Oafydd Hughes Guartet, Morgan Childs Guartet.
Jul 8 Ernesto Cemni Tno, '1nside Out" CO mkase.
Jul 9 Melissa Styhilnou TniJ, Mike Mutfey & Mmgan
Childs Guintet. Jul 1 OSwi11g Shift Big Band, Tricyck,
P.J. Perry Guartet. Jul 11 Jazz Brunch, Be-Bop
Cowboys, JoeShabason Trio, Alvin Cornista. Jul
12 Peter Hill Tno, Sabnna Trapper Guintet. Jul 13
Tony Guamngton & "Hammond Gnts'; Jazz Jam
w/Gordon Webste: Jul 140afyddHughesGuiirtet,
Andmw Boniwell Guartet. Jul 15 Ernesto Cemni
Tflo, Blaze. Jul 16 MelissaStylianou Trio, Dixie
Demons. Jul 17 Matinee Bronch: Ed VoskuraSwing
Tflo, Jake and the Blue Midnights, T ricyc!e, laura
Hubert Band. Jul 18Jazz Brunch, Beverly Taft
Guartet, Joe Shabason Trio, Hanna Purkis Latin
Ensemble. Jul 19 Peter Hill Trio, Jazz Mechanics
Big Band. Jul 20 Tony Guamngton & "Hammond
Grits"Jazz Jam w/ BrandiOister/Jeft. J_ul 21 Oafydd
Hughes Guartet, Nathan Hiitz Guartet. Jul 22
Ernesto Cerv1ni Trio, Tom Van Seters Gu1ntet. Jul
23 Adam Smale Duo, Exitman CO rolease. Jul 24
Matinee Bronch: Ed VoskuraSwing TniJ, Pat Camy's
Jazz Navigators, Tricycle, Terry King Guartet. Jul
25 Jazz Brunch, Freeway Dixieland Septet, Joe
Shabason Tno, Adroan Farrogia Tno. Jul 26 Peter
Hill Tno, Chris Hunt T entet .. Jul 27 Tony Ouanington
& Hammond Grits, Jazz jam w/ Hanis Mark lusher.
Jul 28 Oafydd Hughes Guartet, Dave Young Octet.
Jul 29EmestoCerviiTrio, ChrisGaleGuiltet. Jul 30
Melissa Styhilnou Trio, Chris Gale Guintet. Jul 31
Mafilre Btunch: Et/ VoskuraSwif; TniJ, Rawl arKi the
Big Time, Tn'cycle, R

BEACHES
lntern~tional Jazz Festival
Mainstage performances: Alex Christie Bandshell
at Kew Gardens, Queen Street East
416-410·8809; www.beachesjazz.com
July:
24 12:00 noon to 6:00: Willicrn Carn Quintet;
Roxanne Potvin, blues vocals/guitar. Jacksoul;
Nicholas Brancker, calypsonian; Kid Rcrnos,
West Coast blues
25 12:00 noon to 6:00: Heillig Manoeuvre,
contemporary jau; Great Uncles of the Revolu'.
tion; Bill King's Saturday Nite Fish Fry; Son Ache,
salsa; Blyther Smith, blues instnmentalist
(July 22-24, 7:00pm· 11 :OOpm: Street fest
performances on street corners, balconies &
rooftops on Queen Street East between Wood~
bine and Beech Ave.)
BLUES FEST Toronto
Exhibiti0n Place, Toronto
416·870·8000, www.torontobluesfest.com
Weekend Pas sport ( $48.15 per weekend).
single day passes $21.40 ·
Venues: MS Main Stage (Band Shell); RS Roots
Stage; l' Theatre
1
July:
16 7:00-10:30:Jirmi?Vaughan, Lyle Lovett MS
16 6:30·9:30: Performers tba RS •
166:15·11:00: Chris Whiteley &others T
17 1:00-9:00: JUllpin' Johnny Sansone, Renee
Austin, Charles Walker, Bettye LaVette, Kathleen
Edwards, Chris Isaak MS
17 1:45· 10:00: Rick Fines, Xavier Rudd, Olu
Dara, Al Kooper, The Holmestllrothers RS
17 2:15· 11 :00: Sid Griffin, The Brothers Cosmo·
line, Chris Hilman/Heih Pedersen, Bernie Leadon,
Tribute Set T
181:00-8:15: Ana Popovic, Tracy Nelson/A.ngela
Strehli, Marcia Ball, )(eh' Mo', Wyclef Jean &
others MS ,
18 1:45·10:00: Five Horse Johnson, Bob Log Ill,
Mr. Airplane Man, The Black Keys, Dave Alvin &
The Guilty Men RS
18 Z: 15· 11 :00: Kekele, Thomas MapfUllo,
Gillian Welch, D'Gary, Soel T
227:00·10:30: The Tea Party MS
22 6:30.9:30: Performers tba RS
22 6: 15· 11 :00: Performers Iba T
23 7:0iJ.10:30: Cake & other performers MS
23 6:30-9:30: The Weakerthans & other per·
formers RS
236:15-ll:OO:Performerstba T
24 l:OIJ.9:00: Guitar Shorty, Candye Kane, Little
Charlie & The Nightcats, Sonny Landreth, Wilson
Pickett & others MS
24 1:45·10:00: Ken Whiteley & Friends (Gospel
Day), Anders Osborne, The Tarbox Rcrnblers,
Matt Minglewood RS
24 2:15-1.1:00: Martina Sorbara, Martha Wain·
wright, Sarah Slean & others T
251:00-9:00: Scott Holt, Clarence "Gatemouth"
Brown, Earl Scruggs & others MS
25 1:45· 10:00: Omar and the Howlers & other
performers RS
25 2:1°5-11:00: The Sadies, The Unintended,
Luther Wright & The Wrongs T
BROTT Music Festival
1-888-475·9377, 905-525·7664
www.brottmusic.com
. Venues:
DCA Dofasco Centre for the Arts, Hamilton;
RBG Royal Botanical Gardens; DC Dundurn Cas·
tie; SCC St. Christopher's Anglican Church; HCC
Hamilton Convention Centre; HP Hamilton Place
Jul Y 1 - SEPT 7 2004
SUMMER FESTIVALS: JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 7
July:
10 7 :30: Russian Romantics: Tchaikovsky Rules.
Chan Hon Goh & Nilas Mart.ins, dancers. ·
$30,$25 OCA
16 7:30: Hot Hot Jazz with Michael Kaesham·
mer. $35,$30 RBG
17 7:30:RussianRomanticsll. Amanda Forsyth,
cello. $30,$25 DCA
18 3:00: H&h Tea. National Academy Players.
. $35,$30 DC
22 7:30: Russian Romantics: Tchaikovsky and
the Russians Ill Lindsey Deutch; violin. S30, $25
DCA
31 7:30:Mozart: Don Giovanni. Yorli University
Opera Programme. $35,$30 DCA
August
01 3:30:Chora1Magic. Stuttgart Choir.
$35,$30 sec
017:30:Mozart:DonGiovanni. York University
Opera Programme. $35,$30 DCA
05 7:30:laraSt. John Plays Khatchatutian. Lara
St. John, violin. $30,$25 DCA
08 3:00:H&h Tea. Valerie Tryon, piano. $30,$25
RBG 1 ·
10 7:30: A Summer Evening in Vienna. Fred
Astaire Dancers; Mark DuBois, tenor. Helena
Holl, soprano. $30,$25 HCC ·
13 7:30: Tchaikovsky. Valerie Tryon, piano.
$35,$25 RBG
19 7:30: Wva Cannina! Chan Hon Goh, Guillaume
Cote, dancers; Laura Whalen, soprano; David
Dongkyu Lee, tenor. Aaron St. Claire Nicholson,
baritone. $30,$25 HP
COLLINGWOOD
Music Festival
New Life Brethren in Christ Church, 28 Tracey
Lane and Hurontario Street, CoUingwood
1-888-283-1712, 519-599-5461 /
info@collingwoodmusicfestival.com;
www.collingwoocrousicfestival.com .
Series of 8 concerts $180; "You choose Four
Concerts" $100; single tickets $30 .
July:
12 8:00:Anton Kuettl piano
13 3:00:Anton Kuertl piano
16 8:00:Beethoven Sonatas for cello & piano.
Coenraad Bloernendal, cello & Valerie Tryon,
piano
17 7:00: The Nylons
228:00:Kkzmer. Brian Katz &MartinvandeVen
23 8:00: Westminster &isem!ie. Flute & h3rp duo
30 6:00: National Band of the Naval Reserve
(outdoor concert). Free.
30 8:00:John Arpin, piano
31 7:00: Ouartetto Gelato
August
06 8:00: Pavlo. Flamenco fusion guitar
DOMAINE FORGET
2004 International Festival
Fran~oys·Bemier Concert Hall, 5 Saint Antoine,
St·ln\ntie, Quebec
1 ·888-336-7438
. info@domaineforget.com;
www.domaineforget.com
July:
02 8:30:la MusiquedeChambre. Works by
Reinecke & Barber. Mathieu Dufour. Denis Blu·
teau, flutes; Elaine Douvas, oboe; Robert Spring;
Marie Picard, clarinets and others. $32
03 8:30: lesSolil'tes. Works by Schubert and
Brallns. Anton Kuerti, piano. $28
07 8:30: l 'Art vocal· Sap hire N&ht. Works by
Hildegard Von Bingen & Patricia Van Ness.
Crist.i Catt, Carolann Buff, sopranos; Laurie
Monahan, meuo; Daniela Tosic, alto. $26
08 8:30: Three Guitars; Larry Coryell; Badi
As sad; John Abercrombie. $28
09 8:30:lesSohstes. Works by Scarlatti, Castel·
nuovo· Tedesco, Ravel, Rodrigo, Gidmonti, Brou·
wer, Debussy, Assad. Sergio & Odair Assad,
performers. $28
10 8:30:So1ilie Bell Works by Mozart, Tchaiko·
vsky & Mendelssohn. L'Orchestre symphonique
de Quebec;Yoav Tami, conductor. Lara St·John,
violin. $32
14 8:30:lesDecouvertes. Works by Chausson, .
Hauta·Aho, Ysaye, Kreisler, Sarasate. Vassil
lvariof, violin; pianist the. $26
16 8:30: Fin de semaine Hydro·Ouebec. Edgar
Zendejas, choreographer. Crystal Pile, X specta·
cle, The Stolen Show; music by Owen Belton.
Les Balii!ts Jazz de Montreal; Louis Robitaille,
conductor. $27
17 8:30: l 'Art vocal Music by Mozart. Y annick
Nezet-S0guin, piano; Suzie LeBlanc, soprano.
$28
181:30:Fetecliampetre .. Shilvi; Fran~ois Sinard;
Amalgama. Free.
218:30:laMusiquedeChambre. Works by
Falla, Hindemith, Moszkowski, Bloch. David
Stewart, Andrew Dawes, violins; Roberto Diaz;
Fran~ois Paradis, violas; Vegar Dyachkov, cello;
Kyoko Hashinoto, piano. $26
22 8:30: P.S. I love you. Dorothee Berryman,
voiceandhermusicians. $28
. 23 8:30:laMusiquedeChambre. Works by
Ives, Tiefenbach, Shostakovitch. David Stewart,
Mark Fewer, violins; Roberto Diaz, viola; Matt
Hainovitz, cello; Jean Marchand, piano. $28
24 8:30: Les Grands Concerts. Works by Sinding,
Brallns, Dvorak, Wieniawsky, De Sarasate.
James Ehnes, violin; Eduard Laurel, piano. $32
28 B:30: lesSO/Jstes. Bach: Suites for solo cello
Its 1, 4, 5. Tinothy Eddy, cello. $26
298:30:S001ad, tangonuevo. $26
30 8:30: lesSolistes. Works by Schubert,
Prokofiev, Beethoven. Regis Pasquier, violin;
Jean-Claude Pennetier, piano. $28
318:30:lesDecouvertes. Works by Bilodeau,
Proto-Rabbath, Ruders, Dvorak. Orchestre de la
Francophonie du Canada; Jean·Philippe T rem·
blay, conductor. Fr~ois Rabbath, contrabass.
$28
August ,
01 4:30: Les Decouvertes. Orchestre de la Fran·
cophonie du Canada; Jean-Philippe Tremblay,
cond~ctor. Free
04 8:30: l 'Art vocal Works by Scarlatti, De·
ussy, Ravel, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Rach·
maninoff. Kamrnerchor Stuttgart; Frieder Bern·
ius, director. $26
05 8:30: The language of love. Carol Weisman,
vocals & piano, and her trio. $28
06 8:30: la Musique de Chambre. Works by
Bartok, Beethoven, BratTns. llya Gringolts, violin;
Bruno Giuranna, viola; Desmond Hoebig, cello.
$28
Oi 8:30:laMusiquedeChambre. Works by
Schubert, Schoenberg, Dvorak. Wiener Klavier·
trio. $28
11 8:30: Les Sti/Jstes. Bach: Suites for Solo Cello
. Its 2, 3, 6. Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello. $26
13 8:30: la Mui;ique de Chambre. 'Works by
Strauss; Clarke, Komgold. Yehonatan Berick,
Julie Tanguay, violins; Steven Dann, viola; Jean·
!luihen Queyras, cello; Sara Lamon, piano. $28
14 8:30: Domaine Forget Scholarship Fund Con·
ett. Gianna Corbisiero, soprano; Marc Hervieux,
tenor. Claude Webster, piano. $40
18 8:30: Les Solistes. Liszt: Twelve T ranscen·
ental Eludes. Bertrand Chcrnayou, piano. $26
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20 8:30: la Musique de Chambre. Works by
Beethoven, Arensky, BratTns. Catherine Man·
son, Yehonatan Berick, violins; Steven Dann,
Douglas McNabney, violas; Philippe Muller,
Kenneth Slowik, cellos. $28
21 8:30: l 'Art vocal Schubert: Die Winterreise
(Transcription: Normand Forget). Russell Braun,
baritone; Joseph Petric, accordion; Ensemble
Pentaedre. $28
ZS 2:30-6:00 & 8:30-10:00pm:ChamberMu·
sicMafilthon. Catherine Manson, Yehonatan
Berick, violins; Steven Dann, Douglas McNab·
ney, violas; Philippe Muller, Kenneth Slowik, /
cellos and students. Afternoon: free, evening:
$26
28 8:30:les GfilM'sCoocets. Works by Rodrig a,
Evangelista, Villa·Lobos, Piazzolla, Bragato. Les
Violons du Roy; Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor.
Pascale Gigi.ere, violii; Benoit Loiselle, cello. $32
September:
02 8:30: Les Rencontres de Musique Nouvelle
dans Charlevoix. Works by Leroux, Provost,
Gougeon. Nouvel Ensemble Moderne; Lorraine
Vaillancourt, conductor. Joseph Petric, accordi·
on. $20
ELORA Festival
Elora ON
(519) 846-0331 or 1 ·800·265-8977
info@elorafestival.com;www.elorafestival.com
Tickets: as indicated; $10 student. Weekend and
Sfjason ticket packages available .
Venues:
GB GcrnbrelBam, Wellington Rd. 21
SM St. Mary's Church, 267 Geddes St.
SJ St. John's Church, Henderson & Smith Sts.
EC Elora Centre for the Arts, 175 Melville St.
EG Elora Gorge Conservation Area, Wellington
County Rd. 21
July:
09 8:00: The Ninth on the Ninth. Poulenc: Gloria;
Beethoven: Symphony 119. Sharla Nafziger, so·
prano; Jennifer Enns ModoJo, rneuo; Michael
Colvin, tenor. Daniel Lichti, baritone; Elora Festi·
· val Singers; Toronto Mendelssohn Singers; Elora·
Festival Orchestra; Noel Edis'on, conductor.
$40,$35. GB
10 2:DO:les lfli:Nons de Roy. Works by Rodrigo,
Evangelista, T urina, Villa·Lobos, Bragato, Piaz·
zolla. Bernard Labadie, artistic director.
$30,$26. SM
104:00: Wonts on Music. The Gryphon Trio will
talk about what they play. Annalee Patipatanak·
oon, violin; Roman Borys, cello; James Parker, .
piano. $15. SJ
10 8:00: Russian Cossack State Dance
Company. $35,$30. GB
11 2:00:fng/ish Romantic Part Songs. By
Stanford, Elgar, Sullivan, Coleridge· ~ aylor and
others. Elora Festival Singers; Noel Edison,
conductor. $28,$25. SM
114:00: Ttio & Choir. Works by Mozart,
Kuzrnenko, Mendelssohn. Gryphon Trio; Elora
Festival Singers. $28,$25. SM
15 6:00: Music of Kings & lnstroments. Larry
Larson, tfUllpet; Michael Bloss, organ .
$23,$20. SJ
15 8:00: Michael Kaeshammer, jazz piano.
$28,$25. GB
16 4:00: Children's Voices. Arr. Gardner. The
Highlight Zone; Evans: The Ghost of the Gorge.
Elora Festival Singing Day Ccrnp; Emily Dow,
conductor. Free. EC
16 8:00:fast Meets West. Works by Buxte·
hude, BratTns, Attven, Washburn, Chilcott and
others. Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jdhn
Washburn, conductor. Elora Festival Singers,
4 7

Noel Edison, conductor. $30,$26. SM Venues: 23 8:DD:SoloSummits. Dvorak: Cello Concerto; 17 7:JD: Mozart, Ku/esha, Schumann. Arthur
17 Z:DD: Sound Advice with Rick Phillips. A Amphitheatre !Joliette); AR Church of St. Al· Violin Concerto; Symphony 116. Emmanuelle LeBlanc String Quartet; Festival Winds; Valerie
$15.SJ phonse·Rodriguez, 960 Notre·Dame; CA Church Bertrand, cello; Karen Gomyo, violin; Orchestre Tryon, Yael.Weiss, piano. $16·$22. CW
17 4:DD: Carved by the Sea. Works by Montever· of L'Assomption, 153 Portage; L 1 Church of Laval· Metropolitain; Yannick Nezet·Sliguin, conductor. , 17 8:45:Sunset on the Deck. Ravel, Debussy.
di, Weelkes, Debussy, Ravel & Evans. Tact us trie, 1341 Notre·Dame; LL Church of St. Lin· $26·$43, lawn $15.A Valerie Tryon, piano. Free. CW
Vocal Ensemble; Catherine Robertson, piano. Laurent ides, 919-12th Avenue; NOP Church of 24 8:DD: Love and Poetry. Music by Smetana, 17 9:JD: Party Pieces. Works by Martinu,
$23,$20. SJ Notre·Dame·des-Prairies, 371 st Avenue; P Chausson, Barber & Beethoven. Anthony Dean Beethoven/Burns, Rossini, Monk. $16-$22. CW
17 8:DD: Verdi· Requiem. Barbara Livingstone, • Church of the Purification IRepentigny), 445 No· Griffey, tenor. Montreal Symphony Orchestra; 18 2:00: Classics/. Buxtehude, Brahms,
soprano; Anita Kraus, mezzo; Robert Breault, tre,Dame; SC Church of St-Calixte, 6292 Princi- JoAnn Falkltta, c6nductor. $26·$43, lawn $15. A Vaughan Williams, Schafer, Washburn. Vancou·
tenor; Robert Pomakov, baritone; Elora Festival pale; SGB Church of Ste·G.enevieve de Berthier, 25 Z:OD:At last tour.- Vic Vogel and Johanne ver Chamber Choir. $16-$25. CW
Singers; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Elora Festi· 780 Montcam; SJL Church of St·Joseph-Lano· Blouin. Classical jazz masterpieces, with swing 18 7:30: Class1cs2. Vaughan Williams, Rach·
val Orchestra; Noel Edison, conductor. $40,$35. raie, 3 Picotte; SS Church of St-Sulpice, 1095 and blues. $17-$23, lawn $11 . A maninoff. Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison,
GB Notre-Dame 26 8:0D: Poems for Voice. Music by Bridge, conductor. Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Wash·
18 Z:DD: festival Exchange. Works by Mozart, July: Griffes, Barber, Vaughan Williams. Anthony burn, conductor. $31-$40. CW
Saint Saens, Robertson/Gault, Beethovenj'ou· DZ 8:DD: The Slavic Soul Rachmaninov & Dean Griffey, tenor. Edward Bak, piano; string 19 7:00: Cruising the Canbbean. Nathaniel Dett
lenc. Colin Fox, narrator, Suzanne Shulman, flute; Dvorak. Alain Lefevre, piano; James Westman, quartet. $24. NOP Chorale. $'30. TD
James Mason, oboe; James Campbell, clarinet; baritone; Measha Brueggergosrnan, soprano; 27 8:00: The Div1iw Mozart. Mozart: Lieder. 20 7:30: Mozart, Mendelssohn; Brahms. Zucker·
James Sommerville, horn; James Mackay, Robert Pomakov, bass & other perfonners Suzie LeBlanc, soprano; Yannick Nezet·Seguin, man Chamber Players. $31-$40. CW
bassoon; Valerie Tryon, pi~no. $28,$25. SJ $26-$43, lawn $15 A piano. $24. SC 21 lZ:OOnoon:Noonsounds. Rossini, Bottesini,
18 4:00: Andre Laplante, piano. Schubert. DJ 8:0D: Baroque Virtuosliy. Handel: opera arias 30 8:00: The Epitome of Piano Playing. Chopin: Gliere, Brahms. Denise Djokic, cello; David Jal·
$28,$25. SM & other music. Vivica Genaux, voice; Les Violons Scherzos /Is 1-4; Liszt: Sonata in b. Yundi Li, bert, piano; Joel Quarrington, double bass. $16·
21 7:0D:RandyBachman. $30. EG du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor. $21-$31, piano. $17-$28, lawn $15. A $19. cw
Z 18:00: Elora Festival Competition. $20, $16. lawn $15. A J 18:30: The Blue Planet. Music by Fenton. Les Z 1 8:DD: Mozart at Manitou. Marie Berard, vio-
SJ 04 2:00: Serenade to the Sun: Serenades by Suk Petits Chanteurs de Laval, Gregory Charles, lin; Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian Annour, cello;
ZZ 6:DO: Choral Evensong. Michael Bloss, organ; & Dvorak. Marie-Andree Benny, flute; Sinfonia director; Cha'rles Tisseyre, narrator, Montreal James Mason, oboe; George Zukennan, bas-
Elora Festival Singers. Collection. SJ cle Lanaudiilre; Stephane Laforest,.conductor. Symphony Orchestra; George Fenton, conductor. soori$45. IM
ZZ 7:0D:Spirit of the West. Celtic folk-pop band. $17-$23, lawn $11. A $26-$43, lawn $15. A ZZ 1Z:OOnoon:Noonsounds. Mozart, Haydn/
$10.EG 05 8:0D: lnvliation au voyage. French, Spanish August Salomon, Tomasini, Reicha. Festival B.aroque;
ZZ 8:00: Two Pianos & Choir. Mozart, Arensky, and American songs. Measha Brueggergosrnan, 01 Z:OD: The Montreal Jazz Big Band: a Festival Festival Winds. $16-$19. CW
Schubert. James Anagnoson & Leslie Kinton, soprano. $24. AR Classic. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite !arr. ZZ 3:00: Masterclass. Stanley Ritchie works
r piano duo; Elora Festival Singers. $28,$25. SM 06 8:00:Moza'rt andDtherDelights. Music by · Ellington); Gershwin: Porgy and Bess larr. Davis with Trio di Colore on Mozart Trio fordarinet,
23 8:0D: Nexus percussion ensemble; Elora Pentaedre, Reicha, Mozart, Ravel, Poulenc. & Evans). Bill Mahar, trumpet; Philippe Hudon, viola & piano. CW
FestivalSingers. $30,$26. GB Daniele Bourget, flute; Martin Carpentier, · conductor. $17·$23, lawn $11. A ZZ 7:30: Classics 4: Baqh/Brahms, Mozart/Hum·
24 2:00: Madawaska Stnng Duartet. Works by clarinet; Nonnand Forget, oboe; Mathieu Lussier, OJ 8:00:Stuttgart Chamber Choir. Works by me/, Brahms/Baron. Rian de Waal, Glen Mont·
Volans, Evangelista, Dvorak, Gzowski. bassoon; Louis-Philippe Marsolais, horn; Naida Scarlatti, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Wolf, Mahler, gomery, piano; Festival Winds; Julian Annour,
$23,$20. SJ Cole, piano. $24. LL Debussy, Ravel & Rachmaninov. FriederBernius, ·cello; Guylaine Lemaire, viola. $21-$30. CW
24 4:DD: Mannheim. Works by Stamitz, Mozart, 09 8:00: Violin-fest. Angele Dubeau, La Pieta & conductor. $24. CA 23 1 Z:OOnoon: Nodnsounds. Bach, Marini, Cas·
J.C. Bach. Colin Fox, narrator, Suzanne Shulman, guests Phillipe Dunnigan, Stephane Allard, Ser· tello, Telemann, Corelli. Festival Baroque;
flute; James Mason, oboe; Julie Baumgartel, gei Trofanov & Ray Legere $21-$31, lawn $15 A FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND Stanley Ritchie, violin. $16,$14. SJ
violin; Patrick Jordan, viola; Margaret Gay, cello; 1 D 8:00: Dawn at Dusk: Dawn Upshaw and the P airy Sound 0 N 23 4:DD:Discovery /:Schumann, Clarke, Kurtag,
Michael Jarvis, harpsichord. $23,$20. SJ DSM "On Broadway''. JoAnn Falletta, conduc· 1·866·364-0061;705-746·2410 Fran~aix. Trio di Colore: Guy Yehuda, clarinet;
24 8:00: Glonous Baroque. Pergolesi, Stabat tor $26-$43, lawn $15 A info@festivalofthesound.on.ca; Yuval Gotlibovich, viola; Jirrvny Briere, piano . .
Mater. other works. Emma Kirkby, soprano; 11 2:00: The Essence of Peru. Traditional music www.festivalofthesound.on.ca $12. cw
Danie.I Taylor, countertenor. Theatre of Early & dances of Peru. Esencia del Peru & Mandinga. Tickets as indicaled; Festival Pass $350-$575; 23 7:JD: ClaSSJcs 5: Bach/Busom; Haydn, Mo-
Music. $40,$35. GB $17-$23, lawn $11 A · Silver Ticket !July 17only) $50-$75; Week I Pass zart. James Campbell, clarinet; Rian de Waal,
25 Z:OO:Bach. Colin Ainsworth, tenor, Daniel 1 Z 8:00: Dvorak for Stnngs. Music by Dvorak & !July 20 -July 25) $150-$215; Week II Pass piano; Festival Orchestra; students of Strings
Lichti, baritone; Elora Festival Singers; Matthew Janacek. Vlach Quartet with Nicolo Eugelmi, (July 28 -August 1 I $175-$225; Week Ill Pass Across the Sky. $26-$35. CW
Larkin, organ; Festival Chamber Players; Noel viola. $24 P . 1August4·8)$115-$150.00) 24 H :OOam: Klifsounds. Joblin: 0 nee Upon a
Edison, conductor. $28,$25. SM 1 J 8:DD: Dvorak 1n America. Chamber music of Venues: Crazy Time. Children from Lime Light Theatre
25 4:DD: Paris. Stravinsky, Milhaud, Ravel. Colin Dvorak. Vlach Quartet & Gryphon Trio. $24 SS CW Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Perfonn· Productions' daycamp perfonn. Free. CW
Fox, narrator; .Kimberly Barber, mezzo; Les Allt, 15 8:00:Dvorak a.mong Fnends. Dvorak: String ing Arts; CD Chippewa Dock (MV Chippewa); 24 2:00: A Family Affair. Rossini, Saint Saens,
flute; Peter Shackleton, clarinet; Julie Baumgar· Sextet; Gypsy Songs; Piano Quintet Op. 81. SJ St. James United Church; TD Town Dock Mozart, Weisgarber. George Zukennan, James
tel, violin; John Helmers, cello. $23,$20. SJ Marina Shaguch, soprano; Ekaterina Derzhavina (Island Queen); IM Inn at Manitou MacKay, bassoon; Glen Montgomery, piano.
29 6:00: Choral Evensong. Matthew Larkin, & Stephane Lemelin, piano; Vlach Quartet; Clau- July: $15,$5. cw
organ; Elora Festival Singers. Collection. SJ ' del Quartet & other perfonners $24 L 16 7:JO:GalaDpemngConcert. Burrit, Grieg, 24 7 :3 D: Classics 6: Anton K uerti & Fnends.
29 8:DO:Shakespeare'sSongbook. Toronto 16 8:DD: Youth and Romanticism. Music by Dvo· Dvorak. David Jalbert, piano; Hunstville Festival Kuerti, BralYTis, Beethoven. Anto~ Kuerti, piano;
Consort. $28,$25. SM ' rak, Suk & Liszt. Ryu Goto, violin; Orchestre Orchestra; Kerry Stratton, conductor. $75. CW, Kristine Bogyo, cello; Andre Moisan, clarinet.
30 8:00: Cannina Burana. Vocal soloists, piano, Metropolitain du grand Montreal; Yannick Nezet · 17 7:45am:A Morning on the Bay. Haydn, Mo· $26-$35. cw
percussion, Elora Festival Singers. $35,$30. GB Sliguin, conductor. $26-$43, lawn $15 A zart, Horvvood, Beethoven. Arthur LeBlanc 25 2:00: Classics 7: Anton K uerti & Fnends.
31 4:00: Dusseldorf. BralYTis, C. Schumann, R. 17 8:00: Memories of Foreign Lands. Music by String Quartet; Festival Winds. MV Chippewa Beethoven, Czerny. AntonKuerti, piano; David
Schumann, Joachim. Jeremy Bell, violin; Jeanie Smetana, Chopin, Janacek & Respighi. Pierie- takes passengers to a private island for concert. Jalbert, piano; SIYTiuel Ashkenasi, violin. $26-
Chung, piano. $23,$20. SJ Laurent Aimard, piano; Montreal Symphony $60 CD $35. cw
311:JO:FromGennany. Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Jacqueslacombe, conductor. $26- 111Z:JO:Schubert, Chopin, Gbck, Ravel Arthur 25 7:00: Cruising the Danube: Vienna to Buda·
Choir, Frieder Bemius, conductor. Scarlatti, $43, lawn $15 A LeBlanc String Quartet; David Bourque, clarinet; pest. Mark Dubois, tenor, Glen Montgomery,
Debussy, Ravel, Mahler. $30,$26 .. SM 18 Z:OD: Homage to Django Reinhardt. Fortin· Paul Brodie, saxophone; Denis Brott, cello; Erica piano; Emperor String Quartet. $30. TD
J 11 D:DDpm: Buster Keaton: Seven Chances. Leveillli·Donato-Nasturica Quartet. $17 -$23, Goodman, harp; Mark Kaplan, violin; Glen Mont· 27 7:DO: Cruising the Grand Banks. Shores of
Silent film, William O'Meara, organ. $20. SJ lawn11 A gomery, piano; otherperfonners. $16·$22. CW Newfoundland, "'downeast"band. $30. TD
August 19 8:0D:DvorakatHome. Music by Dvorak & 17 2:3 D: A family concert featunng 'The Goal" 2812:00noon.Noonsounds. Liszt, Schubert.
01 2:0D & 4:00: The Church in Song. John Suk. Marina Shaguch, soprano; Ekaterina by Robertson/Dault. Colin Fox, actor. Festival Andre Laplante, piano. $16·$19. CW
Fraser, narrator. Elora Festival Singers; Tom Derzhavin & Stephane Lemelin, piano; Karen Winds; Russell Braun, baritone; Carolyn Maule, 28 7:30: Classics 8: Schubert: Winterreise. Rus·
Fitches, Matthew Larkin, organ; Noel Edison, Gcmyo, violin; Nicolo Eugem, viola; Emmanuelle piano. $15,$5. CW sell Braun, baritone; Carolyn Maule, piano. $21 ·
conductor. $28,$25. SJ Bertrand, cello; Quatour Claudel $24 SJL 17 J:JO:Schubert, Janacek, Beethoven. Arthur $30. cw
ZD 8:DO: Dvorak the Folklorist. Dvorak: Moravian LeBlanc String Quartet; Denis Brott, cello; 29 1 O:JOam: Coffee Talk. Rian cle Waal discuss·
Festival de LANAUDIERE duets; Violin Sonata; Dumky Trio. Ekaterina J

Maule, Andre Laplante, Richard Raymond, piano.
$21-$30. cw
29 ID:DDpm:AfterHours. Chopin: Nocturnes.
Rian de Waal, piano. $15. CW
3D IZ:DDnoon:Noonsounds. Kreisler, Wieniaw·
ski, Mozart, Paganini, Sarasate. Moshe Ham·
mer, viorin; Richard Raymond. piano. $16-$19. CW
3D 4:DD: Discovery 2: Hatzis, Smith, lutoslaw
ski Alain Trude!, trombone; Joseph Petric, ac·
cordion; James Campbell, clarinet. $12. CW
3D 7:3D:Classics IO:Sinding, Brahms, Dvorak,
Wieniawski, Sarasate. James Ehnes, violin;
Eduard Laurel, piano. $26-$35. CW
312:DD:A Family Affair. Trudel: The Perfect
Cake, opera for instn.mentalists, narrator &
sock puppet's; DiNovi: Alice in the Orchestra.
$15,$5. cw
317:3D:JazzCanadaSounds. 040ctet. $21·
$30. cw
.August
DI 12:3D:Coffee Talk. CBC'sAdrianShtrnan
discusses the history of the Canadian Dance
Band. Free. CW
DI Z:DD:EUington/Strayhom. Adi Braun, vocalist;
Gene DiNovi, piano; james Campbell, clarinet;
Alain Trude!, trombone; other performers. $16·
$25. cw
DI 7:3D: Big Band Concert. Ambassadors II per·
fonns Miller, Dorsey, Basie, Goodman, Shaw.
$21-$30. cw
D3 E:DD: Gala Dinner & Conceit at Manitou.
Haydn, Beethoven. St. Lawrence String Quartet.
$150. IM '
D3 7:DD: Cruising the Mississippi Harvey Seigel
Dixieland Band. $30. TD
D4 ID:3Dam: Coffee Talk. jeffrey Stokes lee·
turns on Shostakovich, Stalin and the Jewish
Question. Free. SJ
0412:DDnoon:Noonsounds. Shostakovich, Goli·
jov. Borealis and St. Lawrence String Quartets.
$16,$14. SJ
D47:3D:Classics1 !:Prokofiev, Shostakovich,
Mendelssohn. James Campbell, clarinet; Chris
Costanza, cello; Luba Dubinsky, piano; Borealis,
Lafayette & St. Lawrence String Guartets. $21 ·
$30. cw
D5 I D:3Dam: Coffee Talk. Jeffrey Stokes, Luba
Dubinsky discuss Music Making in the Soviet
Union. Free. SJ
D512:DDnoon:Noonsouno's. Schnittke, Shostak·
ovich. Borealis & Lafayette String Q4artets;
Luba Dubinsky, piano. $16,$14. SJ
D5 7:3D: Classics 12: Schnittke, Shostakovich,
Beethoven. Borealis & Lafayette String Quar·
tets; Luba Dubinsky, piano; Jcrnes Campbell,
clarinet. $21-$30. CW
D612:DDnoon.Noonsouno's. Shostakovich,
Beethoven. Borealis & Lafayette String Quar·
lets. $16,$14. SJ
D6 7:3D: 'Classics 13: Chopin: Piano Concertos 1
& 2. Janina Fialkowska, piano; chamber quintet.
$21-$30. cw
D7 7:3D: Manhattan Serenade. Music of Weill,
Coward, Kem, Sondhein, Bernstein, Gershwin.
Adi Braun, Russell Braun, vocalists; Graham
Campbell, guitar. James Campbell, clarinet;
other perfonners·$65. CW
D8 2:DD: Classics 14: Mozart, Robertson. Elmer
lselerSingers; Lydia Adams, conductor. Borealis
and Lafayette String Quartets; James Campbell,
clarinet; Gene DiNovi, piano. $31-$40. CW
D8 7:DD Cruising Georgian Bay. Borealis and
Lafayette String Quartets; James Campbell,
clarinet; Gene DiNovi, piano; Adi Braun, jazz
singer, other performers. $30. TD
)ULY 1 - SEPT 7 2004
GRAND RIVER
Baroque Festival
'BuehlowFann, TwpRd.12,AyrON
519-273-4539
www.grbf.ca/
July:
DI 8:DD: Brandenburg Extravaganza. Bach:
Brandenburg Concerti 1 to 6. Grand River Ba·
roque Festival Ensemble. $20(adult/sr). $12(st).
D2 8:DD:lncomparableBach. Bach: Concerto for
3 Violins in D; Oboe Concerto in F; Cantatas
BWV 54 & 64. Carolyn Sinclair, soprano; Laura
Pudwell, mezzo; Joseph Schnurr, tenor. Ber\
Covey, baritone; James Mason, oboe & other
performers. $20(adult/sr), $12(st).
D3 3:DD: Murder ii la Baroque. Music by Stradel·
la, Johnson, Gesualdo, Leclair, Couperin, Lully,
Handel. Meredith Hall, soprano; Colin Fox, narra·
tor; Linda Melsted, Farran James, violins; Mary
Katherine Finch, cello & otherperfonners.
$20(adult/sr), $12(st).
D3 8:DD: Murder Most Foul A.Scarlatti: II Primo
Omocidio. Kimberly Barber, Meredith Hall,
Michael Colvin, Monica Whicher, Daniel Cabena
& other performers. $20(adult/sr), $12(st).
D3 11 :DDpm: The Mystery Sonatas. Biber. Crud·
fixion, Resurrection, Ascension, Pasacaglia.
Linda Melsted, Farran James, violins; Mary
Katherine Finch, cello; Borys Me_dicky, harpsi·
chord; Terry McKenna, lute & theorbo.
$15(aault/sr). $1 O(st).
D4 I l:DDam:Bach'sCoffeeHouse. Music by
Bach, Handel. Telemann, Vivaldi. Carolyn Sin·
clair, soprano; James Mason, oboe; Julie Batrn·
gartel, violin; Margaret Gay, cello; Michael
Jarvis, harpsichord. $25(adult/sr), $15(st).
04 3:DD:J.S. Bach: St. John Passion. Monica
Whicher, soprano; Laura Pudwell, mezio;
Michael Colvin, tenor. Daniel Lichti, baritone;
Grand River Baroque Festival Chorus & Ensem·
ble; Victor Martens, conductor. $25(adult/sr).
$15(st).
HUNTSVILLE
Festival of the Arts
1-800-663-2787, 705· 788-2787
Venues:
DGR Delta Grandview Resort, 939 Hwy 60,
Huntsville; TUC Trinity United Church, 33 Main
St. East, Huntsville
July:
D3 8:DD: The Bills. Bluegrass, klezmer, Latin
rhytlms. $25,$,20, $1 O(youth) DGR
04 8:DD:JasonMcCoy. Country. $30,$25,
$1 O(youth) DGR
D6 8:DD:Ughthouse. $30,$25, $10(youth)DGR
D7 8:DD: Hawksley Workman. $35, $25(youth)
DGR
D8 7:3D:Gryphon Tlio. Mozart: Piavo Trio/12 in
G; Hatzis: Dance of the Dictators from Constan·
tinople-. Dvorak: Dumky T rjo. $20, $1 O(youth),
$40(family) TUC
D9 8:DD: Natalie MacMaster. East· coast celtic.
$40,$35, $15(youth) DGR .
1D8:DD: KiyoshiNagata Ensemble. Japanese
taiko drtrnming. $25, $1 O(youth) DGR
13 8:DD: Bowser & Blue. Musical comedy duo.
$25,$20, $1 O(youth) DGR
14 8:DD: The Piano Men. Jim Witter, performer.
$30,$25, $1 O(youth) DGR
15 7:3D: Festival Winds. Music by Mozart,
Beethoven, Saint Saens, Poulenc & Robertson/
Dault. Suzanrie Shuman, flute; James Campbell,
clarinet; James Mason, oboe; James McKay,
bassoon; James Sommerville, horn; Valerie
Tryon, piano; Colin Fox, narrator. $20,$1 O(youth)
TUC
16. 8:DD: Emilie-Claire Barlow, jazz vocals; Phil
Dwyer, piano & saxophone; Rob Piltsch, guitar.
Marc Rogers, bass; Mark Kelso, drums.
$.30,$25, $1 O(youth) DGR
17 8:DD:HuntsvilleFestivalDrchestra. Burritt:
Symphonic Overture; Grieg: Piano Concerto in a;
Dvorak: Symphony 118 in G. David Jalbert, piano;
Kerry Stratton, conductor. $35,$30, $15(youth)
DGR
18 8:DD: Huntsville Festival Orchestra. Rossini:
The Barber of Seville. Opera in concert. Marion
Newman, mezzo; Craig Ashton, tenor; Alex
Dobson, baritone; Charles Baxter, bass; Kerry
Stratton, conductor. $30,$25,_ $15(youth) DGR
KINCARDINE
Summer Music Festival
· Kincardine ON. 866-453-9716, 519·396-9716
info@ksmf.ca;www.ksmf.ca
Tickets: $15 unless indicated; series jazz con·
certs: $55; series classical concerts: $60; all 13
concerts: $80
Venues:
GI Best Western Governor's Inn, 791 Durham
St. (Durham & Hwy 21 ); DC Kincardine Hall,
Davidson Centre, 601 Durham St.; KP Knox
Presbyterian Church, 345 Durham St.; SS Kin·
cardine District Secondary School, 885 Park Lane
VP Victoria Park
August
D2 8:DD: Summer Heat: Lisa Martinelli, jazz
vocalist. GI
D3 8:DD: The Three Horn Monster.· Alex Dean,
sax; Mike Malone, trumpet; Dave McMurdo,
t'rombone. GI
·04 8:DD:lntetplay:Lome Lofsky, guitar. Brian
Dickinson, piano. GI
D5 4:DD: Rickfine's Blues in the Park. Free. VP
D5 8:DD: Renee Rosnes, jazz pianist & composer.
$20. GI
D6 7:DD:JazzStudent Showcase. $10. DC
D9 8:DD: Piano Spectacular. Brarms, Chopin,
Donizetti & more. David Moroz, Peter Allen,
piano; Peter Shackleton, clarinet. KP
ID 8:DD: Sunset Serenade. Chamber music by
Mozart, Schoenfield, Dohnanyi. Gwen Hoebig,
Mark Fewer, Katie Lansdale, violins; Roger
Chase, Virginia Barron, violas; Smon Fryer, Dav·
id Hetherington, cellos; David Moroz, Peter
Allen, piano. KP
11 8:DD: The Kincardine Effect. Chamber music
by Bralms, Schulhoff, Allen, Dvorak. Gwen
Hoebig, Mark Fewer, Katie Lansdale, violins;
Roger Chase, Virginia Barron, violas; Smon Fry·
er, David Hetherington, cellos; David Moroz,
piano; Peter Shackle! on, clarinet. KP
12 8:DD: The Sounds of Summer.· Chamber mu·
sic by Mozart, Kulesha, Brahms. Gwen Hoebig,
Mark Fewer, Katie Lansdale, violins; Roger
Chase, Virginia Barron, violas; Sinon Fryer, Dav·
id Hetherington, cellos; David Moroz, Peter
Allen, piano. KP
'
13 8:DD: Sounds Symphonic. Bruch: Romance for
Viola & Orchestra. Roger Chase, viola; Festival
Staff Orchestra. KP
14 l:DD: Grand Finale Student Concert. $5. SS
14 3:3D: Chambef Music Student Showcase.
$10.KP
WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM
MARKHAM Jazz Festival
905-471-5299
Venues:
MT Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd.
TPP Toogood Pond Park, behind Fred Varley Art
Gallery, junction of Main St., Unionville & Carlton
Rd
August
2D 8:DD: Gala Opening Concert. Monty Alex an·
der, jazz pianist; Hassan Shakur, acoustic bass;
Mark Taylor, drtrns $25-$40 MT
21 I 2:DD noon·&:DD: Alex Pan(1Tlan and her
Alleycats; Brian Barlow Brass & Drums; Nick
Ali Guban Band with Hilario Duran; Don Thomp·
son with David Occhipinti, Pat Collins, .Terry
Clarke; Jean Beaudet Trio TPP
22 I 2:DD noon·4:3D: Heather Bambrick; Don
Thompson/Aerie Rosnes; Russell Malone/Bennie
Green; Heart to Heart Gospel Group TPP
(Saturday night jazz & blues in participating pubs
and restaurants)
MILL-RACE Festival
of Traditional Folk Music
Events in downtown Cambridge ON
519-621-7135,mill race@yahoo.com
www.millracefolksociety.com
Free acrnission. .
July 31J.August I:
Scheduled performers and dancers include:
Beirdo Brothers, Blair Scottish Country Dancers,
Brian Peters, Cold Barn Morris, Crumbly the
Clown, DJ Carroll, Enoch Kent, Fearon-Butler·
O'Conn~r Irish Dancers, Flapjack, Forest City
Morris, Jake, Jeremy Moyer Ensemble, Los
Soles, Lyle Friesen & tom Nunn, Magical Molly,
Martin Gould & Debbie Quigley, Orange Peel
Morris, Paddy Tutty, Rukanas, Stuart Fraser,
Swamperella, Sweetwater, Tanglefoot, Toronto
Morris Men, Turkey Rhubarb
Music at PORT MILFORD
Prince Edward County
613-476-7735, director@mJXllcamp.org
www.mJXllcamp.org
Venues:
SMM St. Mary Magdalene, Picton; B The Barn,
Milford; SBC South Bay Church, Milford
July:
16 8:DD: Dance music by Evangelista, Dvorak,
Gzowski, Volans & Beach. Madawaska String
Quartet & guests: Katharine Rapoport, viola; ·
John Marshman, cello SMM 1
17 2:DD: Choral, chamber & orchestral works
performed by the students B
23 8:DD: Music by Mozart, Shostakovich, Dvo·
rak. Chiara String Quartet. SMM
24 2:DD: Choral, chamber·& orchestral works
performed by the students SBC
3D 8:DD: Music by Mozart, Felcrnan, Beethoven,
Mendelssohn. Kirby String Quartet. SMM
31 2:DD: Choral, chamber & orchestral works
performed by the students B ·
August
D6 8:DD: Choral, chamber & orchestral works
perfonned by the students SMM
13 8:DD: Music by Mozart, Schulhoff, Arenski,
Borodin. Marie Berard, Rohan Gregory, Angela
Rudden, Susan Gagnon, Roberta Janzen, per·
tanners. SM M
14 2:DD: Choral, chamber & orchestral works
performed by the students SBC
MUSKOKA LAKES
Music Festival
Port Carling Memorial Conmunity Centre
3 Bailey St., Port Carling ON
1-888-311-2787 or 705-765-1048
info@artsinmuskoka.c001;
www.artsinmuskoka.c001
Single tickets: $20; season pass: $175; double
pass: $300
Tuesday Night Jazz Cruises: Port Carling Locks,
Wenonah Steamship, $65
July:
13 7:DD: Tuesday Night Jazz Cruise:
Swing de Paris.
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13 S:OO: Moshe Hammer, violin; Michael
T roaster, classical guitar.
14 B:OOi s·kylark: Vocal Jazz Trio.
15 S:OO: The Piche Family: East Coast & Celtic c
20 7:00: Tuesday Night Jazz Cruise: The Bour·
bon Street Buskers (Dixieland Swing Band).
20 8:00: Baul Brodie, saxophone; Michael
Troester, classical guitar.
21 8:00: Adi Braun, jazz vocalist.
22 8:00: Seeds of Sun: Israeli jazz ensemble
27 7:00: Tuesday Night Jazz Cruise: Swing Nair:
Swing classics from the 20's & 30's.
27 8:00: Ravel, Debussy, Faure. Trio Lyra: Erica
Goodman, harp; Mark Childs, viola; Suzanne
Schuhnan, flute.
ZS S:OO: Tales from the Blue Lounge: Richard
Underhill, jazz saxophone.
Z9 8:00: Beverlie Roberts, folk singer.
August
03 7:.00: Tuesday Night Jazz Cruise: Kory Living·
stone: Tribute to Nat King Cole.
03 8:00: Jasper Wood, violin.
04 S:OO: The Whitney Smith Big Steam Band.
05 8:00: Pavlo: Mediterranean guitar.
IO 7:00: Tuesday Night Jazz Cruise:
Moodswings, jazz ensemble.
10 8:00: George Gao, erhu
11 8:00: Songs Sinatra Taught Me: Toronto All·
Star Big Band; T onmy Ambrose, vocalist.
14 8:00: Jeff Healey's Jazz Wizards. $25.
NIAGARA International
Chamber Music Festival
Niagara·on·the·Lake ON
905468·5567
music@chamberconcerts.com;
Philipp Jundt, flute; A tis Bankas, Terry Holow·
ach, violins; Alexander Gajic. viola; Olga Lak·
tionova, cello. RG
31 7:30: Music & Wine. Works by Satie, Roach,
Dolphy, Croall. Members of ERGO ensemble:
Stephen Clarke, piano; Peter Stoll, clarinet;
Philipp Jundt, flute; Richard Moore, drums. ST
August
O 12:00: Music & Wine: Intimate Harpsichord.
J.S. & C.P.E. Bach. Doug Miller, flute; George
Cleland, viola; Cecile Desrosiers, harpsichord;
A tis Bankas, violin. PE
01 7:30: Music at Historic Churches. Niagara
Symphony Woodwind Quartet. Works by Chail·
ley, Jacob, Mozart, Janacek, Werner. Doug
Miller, flute; Rob D'Orante. oboe; Zoltan Kahnan,
clarinet; Joyce Besch, bassoon. SA
OZ 7:30: Shaw an Opera. Arias & vocal ensem·
bles by Puccini. Verdi & Leoncavallo. James
Mainprize, narrator; Narelle Martinez, mezzo·
-soprano; Marie Fischer. soprano; Peter DeSotto,
tenor. CH
03 7:30: Glenn Gauld & Chamber Music. Replica
of Glenn Gould's program at Stratford Festival,
August 7, 1960. Works by Beethoven. Robert
Silverman, Vadim Serebryany, piano; A tis Ban·
kas. violin; Temour Sadykhov, cello. SM
04 5:00: Preludes ta the Play. Works by Tremain
& Liszt. Karen Enns, Arthur Rowe, piano. CH
04 7:30: Music at Histanc Churches. Celebrating
International Dvorak Year. Penderecki String
Quartet. GC
05 7:30: Glenn Gauld & Chamber Music. C.ontro:
versial Interpretations of Glenn Gould. Robert
Silverman, piano, plays Beethoven, Chopin, Seri·
abin. SM
06 5:00: Preludes ta the Play. Works by
Coulthard & Boiillman. Duo Lepin: Natalie Lepin,
piano; Sebastien Lepin, cello. CH
www.niagaramusiclest.com , 07 7:30: Music & Wine. Mozart. Brahms. Linda
$20 single concerts; $25 "Wine and Music" Rose, Oleh Krysa, violins; Gould String Quartet;
series; $35 Galas; $70 for live regular concerts; other performers. ST
$195 festival pass. OB Z:OO: Music & Wine. Works by De Fossa,
Venues:
Boccherini, Mertz, de Falla. Jeffrey McFadden,
SM St. Mark's Anglican Church, 41 Byron Ave. guitar. Linda Rose, Terry Holowach, violin; Spen·
VP St. Vincent de Paul Church, 73 Picton St.; PE cer Martin, viola; Teimour Sadykhov. cello. PE
Peller Estate Winery, 290 John St.; ST Stone· 09 IZ:OO: Wards& MusicatNaan. Readings by
church Winery, 1270 Irvine Rd., St. Catharines Canadian poets and authors; works by Liszt;
ON; FT Shaw Festi_val Theatre, 85 Queen St.; Glazunov; McDowell, with participants of Int.
CC Chateau des CharmesWinery, 1025 York School for Musical Arts. Free. CH
Rd., St. David's ON; CH Court House, Queen St.; 09 7:30:Shaw an Chapin & Liszt. Ben Carlson,
GC Grace United Church, 222 Victoria St.; SA narrator, Jane Solose, Janina Kuzmas, piano;
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 342 Simcoe JuliaBushkova, viofin; Eugern Osadchy, cello. CH
St.; RG Riverbrink Gallery; FG Fort George 10 7:30: Music at Histanc Churches. Beethoven,
July:
Brahms. Gary Relyea, bass; Vadim Serebryany,
Z6 7:30: Festival Opening & Gala Reception. piano; Julia Bushkova, A tis Bank as, Terry
Works by Croall, Mozart, Vivaldi. Cary Ebli, Holowach, violin; Spencer Martin, Alexander
oboe; Vadm Serebryany, piano; A tis Bankas, Gajic, viola; Eugene Os,adchy, Olga Laktionova,
violin; Orchestra of St. Mark's. SM
cello. SM
Z7 7:3D:Music at Historic Churches. Organ 11 Z:OO: Music at Historic Niagara. Clementi,
works by Bach, Handel & others. Roger Swin· Dussek, Military music of the period. File &
ton, Andrew Henderson, organ; Festival Orches· Drum Band; Doug Miller, flute; Terry Holowach,
tra. SM
Ati~ Ba~kas, violin; Teimour Sadykhov, cello. FG
28 2:00:Beh1nd the Scenes af Music. Open Re· · 11 7:30: Music & Wine: Tango Dreams. Works
hearsal of evening's program. Free. VP
by Piazzolla, Luedeke. Jeffrey McFadden, guitar.
ZS 7:30: Music at Historic Churches: ltahan Peter De Sotto, A tis Bank as, violin; Alexander
Connection. Works by Veracini. Wolf, Wolf-Fer· Sevastian, accordion. ST
r~ri, Rossini. A tis Bankas, Terry Holowach, 12 2:00: Open Master Class. Student partici·
violins; Alexander Gajic, viola; Olga Laktionova, pants coached by distinguished musicians; per·
cello; Bob Mills, bass. VP
formance by festival artists. Free. SM
29 7:30: Glenn Gauld & Chamber Music. Bach. I z 7:30: Music at Historic Niagam. Works by
Peter Tielenbach, piano; A tis Bankas, Terry Poulenc, Schnittke, Schubert. Oleh Krysa, A tis
Holowach, violins; Alexander Gajic, viola; 61ga Bankas, violin; Spencer Martin, viola; Skaidra
Laktionova, cello; Bob Mills, bass. SM
Jancaite, soprano; Tatiana Tchekina, Nina
30 7:30:Musicat Histan"c.Churches. Niagara Kogan, piano; Julian Milkis, clarinet; Eugene
Vocal Ensemble, Harris Lowen, conductor. VP Osadchy, cello. SM
31 2:0D:New Music Reading with Composers. - · 13 7:30: Music at Historic Niagara. Mozart,
Stephen Clarke, piano; Peter Stoll, clarinet; Dvorak. Almita Varnes, Julia Bushkova, Linda
50 WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM
Rose, violin; Roland Varnes, Spencer Martin,
viola; Eugene Osadchy, cello. GC
14 Z:OO: Via/in Tasting with Wine. Works by
Bach, Sarasate,-Bruch, Mozart. Sadie Fields,
Marta Krechkovsky, violin; Terry Borman,
luthier. PE
14 7:30:Music& a?ne. Janac:ek,Sdumann
Victor Dancherko, violin; Christe JWin, piano. ST
15 11 :OOam: Festival Artists at Shaw. Goetz,
Elgar. Ani Schnarch, violin, Christie Julien, piano;
Eugene Osadchy, cello; Gould String Quartet. FT
15 2:00: Bow Making with Wine. Canadian bow
makers explain process. Works by Paganini,
Po-pper, Wieniawski. Sadie Fields, Marta Krechk·
ovsky, violin; Spencer Martin, viola; Teimour
Sadykhov, cello. CC ·
15 7:30:Music& Wine:Bachanaha. Works by
Bach, Rowson. Doug Miller, flute; Gould String
Quartet; Bob Mills, bass. PE
16 IZ:OO:ShowcaseafYoung Virtuosos. Works
by 8hopin, .Sarasate, Paganini, Rachmaninov,
with participants of International School for
Musical Arts. Free. CH
16 7:30:Shaw an Gaetz & Elgar. Christopher
Newton, narrator. Ani Schnarch, violin; Christie
Julien, piano; Gould String Quartet. CH
17 5:00: Preludes ta the Play. Vazquez, Hin·
demith. Skaidra Jancaite, soprano; Viacheslav
Dinerchtein, viola; Julie Christie, piano. CH
17 7:30:Music at Historic Churches. Works by
Bull Grieg, Bae~ Schubert. Zvi Zeitlin. violin;
Tamara Dovgan, piano; Gould String Quartet. SM
1 B 7:30: final Gala & Reception. Works by Grieg,
Smetana, Beethoven, Elgar. Zvi Zeitlin, An.i
Schnarch, viotin; Viacheslav Direrchteil, viola;
Gordon CE!and, cello; Tamara Dovgan, piano;
Vadm Serebryany, piano; Gould String Quartet. SM
OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL
Chamber Music Festival
613-234-8008; www.chamberfest.com
Festival passes: $50(adult), $25(student);
Pass·plus concerts (with Festival Passport):
$20(adult), $20(student)
Single concert tickets (without Festival Passport ·
available at the door only): $15(adult), $1 O(stu·
dent)
Venues:
DC Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355
Cooper Street; CC Christ Church Cathedral, 420
Sparks Street
Pass-plus concerts include the following:
July:
24 B:OO:fmpire Brass DC
25 8:00: Tokyo String Quartet DC
26 B:DO:Beaux Arts T ria: 50th Anniversary
Celebration DC
27 S:OO:fmma Kirkby, voice CC
28 B:OO:James Ehnes, via/in DC
28 8:00:Bach Cantatas. Performers include:
Daniel Taylor, Carolyn Sampson, Scot Weir,
Peter Harvey, Theatre of Early Music. CC
31 B:OO:Baraque Extravaganza. Performers
include: Monica Huggett, Adrian Butterfield,
Sbnnerie, Theatre of Early Music CC
August
DI B:OO:Marc-AndreHame!in,piilna. Beethoven:
the last three piano sonatas DC
06 8:00: Chamber Music af Bmhms Xlll Leipzig
String Quartet. DC
07 S:OO: Festival's Greatest Hits. Performers
include: Leipzig String Quartet, Gryphon Trio,
Thomas Annand, Julian Armour, Daniel Bolshoy,
Phillippe Djokic, Guylaine Lemaire, Manuela
Milani, Jullie Nesrallah, Paul Stewart, Lynne
Stodola Jennifer Swartz, Stephen Sitarski. DC
Far all other concerts (which number over 1 OOJ
please see website.
STRATFORD Summer Musk
Stratford ON 800-567·1600
stratfordsLmTiermusic@sympatico.ca;
www.stratfordslllYllermusic.ca
Tickets: $25 unless indicated
Venues: .
CH City Hall; AR Avon River. KC Knox Church,
Waterloo anll Ontario Streets; CR Church Restau·
rant, 70 Brunswick St.; AF Avon Flats; TP Tom
Patterson Island
July:
2111 :15am:Maureen Forrester Canadian Art·
ists Concert: James Ehnes, violin. CH
2 t 2:00: Organ Academy Masterclass# 1 with
John Longhurst. Free. KC
21 S:DD:Avan River Pageant from The Stratford
Belle; fireworks to Fantasy for a Midsummer's
Night. Free. AR
22 9:3Dam: Organ Redtal· John Longhurst,
Mormon Tabernacle. KC
22 11: 15am:Axe!rad Stradivanils Guartet:
Beethoven- Prag. #1. CH
22 I 2:30: Barge Music. Son de Madera, Mexico.
Free. AR .
22 i:DD: Organ Academy Masterclass #2 with
John Longhurst. Free. KC
22 11:3Dpm:Afti1r·771eatre Cabaret: Beyond the
Fringe with Stratford Festival Stars. CR
23 9:3Dam: Organ Recital· John Longhurst, Prag.
#2. KC
23 11: 15am:Axe!rad Stradivanils Guartet:
Beethoven - Prag. #2. CH
23 I 2:30: Barge Music. Son de Madera, Mexico.
Free. AR
23 2:00: Organ Academy Masterclass #3 with
John Longhurst. Free. KC
2311:30pm:After-7heaf/!1Cilbaret: The Vrice:
Music af Fiank Sinatm. Stratford Festival Stars. CR
24 9:30am: Of{fan Redtal· John Longhurst,
Prag: #3. KC
24 11 :DOam: Organ Academy Masterclass #4
with John Longhurst. Free. KC
24 11:15am:Axe!radStradivarius Guartet:
Beethoven - Prag. #3. CH
24 12:30: Barge Music. Son de Madera, Mexico.
Free. AR
24 2:00: Organ Academy Masterclass #5 with
John Longhurst. Free. KC
24 2:00: Antique Stnng lnstroments Open
Hause. Free. CH
24 11 :30pm: After-771eatre Cabaret: Beyond the
Fringe. Stratford Festival Stars. CR
25 11 :15am:Axe/rad Stradivanils Guartet:
Beethoven - Prag. #4, with Festival String Quar·
tet. CH
25 I 2:30: Baige Music. Son de Madera, Mexico.
Free. AR
25 2:00: Organ Academy Masterclass Participants'
Redtal Free. KC
25 S:OO: Ukm1nian Bandurist Charos. Free. KC
26 B:OO:Ash/ey Macisaac. Free. AF
28 11:15am:Maureen Forrester Canadian Art·
ists Concert: Andrew Chung, violin. CH
2812:30:BargeMusic. Creaking Tree String
Quartet. Free. AR
28 11:30pm:After-771eatre Cabaret: 77le Music
af Fmnk S1natm. Stratford Festival Stars. CR
29 9:30am: MannariStnng Guartet play Schafer
- Prog.#1. CH
29 11:15am:St. LawrenceStnng auartet­
Prog. #1 . CH
2912:30:BargeMusic. Creaking Tree String
Quartet. Free. AR
29 4:00:Hanif Somers. Lecture by architect A.J.
Diamond, with soprano Leslie Fag,an. Free. CH
29 11:30pm:After·771eatre Cabaret: Beyond the
Fringe. Stratford Festival Stars. CR
30 9:30am:MalinariString Guartet play Schafer
JULY 1 - SEPT 7 2004

- Prog./12. CH
3011:15am:St. lawrenceStdngGuartet­
Prog. /12, with narrator Michael Therriault. CH
301Z:30:8aiyeMusic. Creaking Tree String
Quartet. Free. AR
30 11 :30pm:After· Theatre Cabaret: The Voice:
Music of Frank Sinatra. Stratford Festival Stars. CR
31 9:30am: MohnadStnng Guartet play Schafer
- Prog./13. CH
3111:15am:St. lawrenceStnng Guartet­
Prog. ll!l, with narrator Diane D'Aquila; Scott
St. John, violin; Simon Fryer, cello. CH
311Z:30:8aiyeMusic. Creaking Tree String
Quartet. Free. AR
31 Z:DO:Stdng Master Class: string quartets &
soloists. Free. CH
3111 :30pm:After Theatre Cabaret: Stratford
Festival Stars Finale. CR
August
01 9:3Dam: Molinad Stdng Guartet play Schafer
-Prog./14, with soprano Mare-Danille Parent. CH
0111:15am:SUawrenceStdngGuartet-
Prog. /14, with Scott St. John, violin. CH
011Z:3D:BaiyeMusic. Perth County Pipe Band.
Free. AR -
TORONTO
DOWNTOWN Jazz Festival
Mainstage events: Toronto Star Stage, Nathan
Pliillips Square, 100 Queen St. West
416-870-8000
www.torontojazz.com
July:
01 B:OD:NewDea/, Wax Poetic opening $20
DZ 8:00: Rite of Stnngs with Jean-Luc Ponty, Al
Di Meola and Stanley Clarke, Alain Caron open·
ing $40
03 8:00: Gary Burton Generations Guintet,
Bad Plus opemng $30
04 8:00: DiyanSummit featudng Joey DeFranc·
esco, Doug Riley, Jimmy McGn"ff, Paul Bollenback
and Byron landham $30
TORONTO International
Chamber Music Festival
Studio Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts,
5040 Yonge Street
416-872-1111, 416-763-5066
Tickets: $20 each concert
July:
OZ B:OO:Fanfare for a Festival. Celebrator/
evening of music to open the Second Annual
Toronto International Chcrnber Music Festival.
Anagnoson & Kinton, piano duo; John Fanning.
baritone; Penderecki String Quartet; Lenard
Whiting. tenor, Coleoptera Quartet
03 Z:OO:A Musical Goulash. Mary Kenedi, William
Shookhoff, piano; Alan Stellings, cello; Festival
Vocal Quartet & other performers
03 5:00:Jamn the Chamber. Without Words
Jazz Trio; Gisele Kulak & Edward Franko,
vocalists '
03 8:00: An Intimate Evening with Luba Goy.
Luba Goy; Bonita Boyd, flute; Nicholas Goluses,
guitar, Lenard Whiting. tenor, Nina Scott-Stoddart,
contralto & other performers
04 11 :OOam: The Future Music Al/Stars. Lucy­
Ana Gaston, violin; Allison Webe & Susan
Smith, piano duo; Benjamin Smith, piano; Sarah
Ormerod, soprano ·
04 3:00:James Campbell and Ftiends. James
Campbell, clarinet; Penderecki String Quartet;
Moshe Hanrner, violin; Lenard Whiting. tenor,
Shoshana Fredman, soprano; Festival Vocal
Quartet
)ULY 1 - SEPT 7 2004
2004 UPTOWN Jazz Festival
Main Stage & Pool Side Stage events:
Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge Street
416-395-0490
Free admission.
July:
OZ 3:30-1 O:OOpm: Opening Ceremonies; Harry
Murra; Eddie Bullen Trio. Main Stage
OZ 5:30-9:00: Danel Jamison Pool Side Stage
03 1 Z:OO noon· 1 O:OOpm: Kevin Brown Trio; ·
Jake Langley Quintet; 480 East Band; Robin ·
Boers Trio, Clayton-Scott Group & other performers
Main Stage
03 1 :00-7:30: OJ Jude Kelly Pool Side Stage
0412:00 noon-8:00: Harrison Kennedy; The
Heillig Manoeuvre; Maureen Kennedy Trio;
Bernie Senensky Quartet; Chris Smith; Closing
Ceremonies Main Stage
04 1:00-7:15: Northern Secondary School Jazz
· Band Pool Side Stage
WESTBEN
Arts Festival Theatre
The Barn, 3 km northwest of Campbellford on
County Road 30
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$30{cushion). $25{foldingchair), $15{st) ·
July:
01 & OZ Z:OO:Mozart: The Magic Flute. UBC
Opera Ensemble; Nancy Hermiston, director.
$30{cushion). $25{folding chair). $15{st).
03 & 04 Z:OO: Mozart, Party of 41 Flute Quartet
in C; Piano Quartet in E flat. Leslie Newman,
flute; Marie Berard, violin; Kent Teeple, viola;
Winona Zelenka, cello; Brian Finley, piano.
$30(cushion). $25{folding chair), $15(st).
06 7:00: Music of the Night. Music of Rachmaninoff,
Strauss, Faure & Debussy. Leslie
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$25(folding chair). $15(st)
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Thomas Wiebe, cello; Peter Longworth, piano;
Anita Krause, soprano; Brian Finley, piano
13 7:00:Danie/Bo/shoy,guitar
17 & 18 Z:OO:Bach to Brazil Villa-Lobos: Bachianas
Brazileiras /15; Baroque and Spanish music.
Donna Bennett, soprano; Brian Finley, piano;
Thomas Wiebe, Paul Widner & other cellists.
ZO 7:00:8adtone& Piano. Schubert: Die Winter·
reise. Russell Braun, baritone; Carolyn Maule,
piano; introduced by Brian Finley
ZZ·Z5 Z:OO & Z4 7:0D:Disney on Broadway.
Music from the world of animated classics from
Broadway & silver screen. Donna Bennett, so·
prano; Gabrielle Prata, mezzo; Fred Love, tenor,
Robert Longo, baritone; Brian Finley, piano.
Z7 7:00: William Aide, piano
31 Z:OO: Independence Jazz Reunion.
August
01 Z:OO: Independence Jazz Reunion.
WINE, BLUES and
all that Jazz Festival
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July:
ZJ: Brad Scott Trio; Skidmore-Sinclair Musical;
Denise Pelley
Z4: Moonlight Six; After Four, Ken Foster Quintet
ZS: Betty Ford and The Bobs; Big Smoke Big
Band; Prime Time Big Band
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•July 11 O:OOam: Brighton Barn. Canada
Day Celebrations. Full day of entertairvnent
presented on the outside stage by Save Our
Heritage Organization. Proctor-Simpson Barn,
96 Young St .. Brighton ON. 613-475-2144,
www.brightonbamtheatre.ca
•July 1 7:00: festival of the Sound. Canada
Day Croise. Entertainment by jazz musician
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2410. $27, $10(child5·12).
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Opening. Open house ceremony with opening
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414 Dupont St. 416-895-3624,
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Ave. www.torontofiesta.com Free.
•July 11 6:00: Petarborough Folk Festival.
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& onto the Trent Canal 705-7 43-8431.$25.
•July ZO & ZZ-Z4: Baaches International
Jazz Festiva'1. Cinema of Jazz. Screenings at
various tines of many movies about jazz-related
subjects. Fox Theatre, 2236 Queen St. East.
416·699-9333.$8/screening.
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light classical music on the south terrepm lncW!s
simt auction Fort Eril. 905-6874993. $20, $1 O(st).
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ble Talk: Anything Goes. Buffet lunch followed by
an info1TTial talk. Speaker: Joel Greenberg. Paul D.
Fleck Marquee, Festival Theatre, 55 Qu.een St.,
Stratford. For reservations (at least 24 hours in
advance): 1-800-567-1600. $30.
MASTER CLASSES
•July 7 & 8 1 Oam·4pm: Westben Arts Fes·
tival Theatre. Voice masterclass with Anita
Krause, mezzo-soprano. The Barn, 3 km north·
west of Campbellford ON on County Rd. 30. 705-
653-5508, 877-883-5777.
•July 11 3:00: Chinese Artists Society of
Toronto. Piano master class given by Ruei-bin
Chen. Euromusic Centre, 2651John.905-475-
3876. $12.
•July 14, 15, 16 10am·4pm: Westben Arts
Festival Theatre. Cello masterclasses with
cellists Thomas Wiebe & Paul Widner. The Barn,
3 km northwest of Campbellford ON on County
Rd. 30. 705-653-5508, 877-883-5777.
· •July 21·24 2:00 & July 24 11:00am: Strat·
lord Summer Music. Organ Academy Master·
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and Ontario St., Stratford. 800-567 -1600. Free.
*July 22 3:00: Festival of the Sound. Mas·
terclass. Staniey Ritchie ~arks with Trio di
Galore on Mozart: Trio for tlarinet; viola & piano.
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Arts, 2 Bay St., Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061,
705-746-2410.
•July 28 & 29 1 Oam·4pm: Westben Arts
Festival Theatre. Pianomasterclasses with
William Aide, piano. The Barn, 3 km northwest of
Campbellford ON on County Rd. 30. 705-653-
5508, 877-883-5777.
•July 31 2:00: Stratford Summer Music.
Stnng Master Class. String quartets & soiOists.
City Hall, Stratford. 800-567 -1600. Free.
*August 12 2:00: Niagara International
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Behind the Scenes of Music. Student participants
coached by distinguished musicians; perfo1TTiance
by festival artists. St. Mark's Church, 41 Byron
Ave., Niagara-on-the-Lake. Free.
WORKSHOPS ,
*July 112:15: Viola Camp 2004. Community
Playtime. Bring your viola and play with us! First
United Church, King & William Sis., Waterloo.
519-742-2604.
•July 3-31: Arabesque Dance Company.
Ouinbek Workshops. Suleiman Warvvar, instructor.
Every Saturday in 3 levels: Beginner, lntelTTI8·
diate & Advanced. 20 College St., 2nd floor. 416·
920-5593. $90.
•July 16· 18: Beaches International Jazz
Festival.Jazz Photography Workshops. Explor·
ing how to best photograph jazz musicians &
concerts. July 16 7·9pm: John Reeves-will
teach techniques of jazz portraiture. July 17 1·
3pm: Paul Hoeffler will c'onduct a session on
photographing live concerts. July 181-3: All
participants will have their work evaluated by
both Hoeffler & Reeves. Pikto, The Historic Distillery
District, 55 Mill Street. 416-203-3443,
www.beachesjazz.com $40:
*July 17 1:00: Beaches International Jazz
Festival: The Art of Percussion. Workshop with
Rick Shadrach Lazar. Bring your own instru·
ments. The Stone House, The Historic Distillery
District, 55 Mill Street. 416-410-8809,
www.beachesjazz.com Free.
*July 18 7:00: Beaches International Jazz
Festival. The Art of Singing. Workshop with
Elaine Overholt and Bill King. Canada C.ourt, Royal
ffntario Museum, 100 Queen's Park. 416-41 O·
8809, www.beachesjazz.com
•July 21 7:30: Toronto Shapenote Singing
from Sacre~ Harp. Third Wednesday of every
month. Beginners welcome. St. Stephen-in-the­
Fields, 365 College St. 416-922-7997.
*August 57:00·10:00: Sound Travels. Com·
position Workshop. Led by Kevin Austin. Charles
Street Video, 65 Bellwoods Ave. 416-910-7231.
Registration $35.
•August 7 1 :OD: RCM Community School.
The Music of Argentina. Workshop featuring
Cynthia. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St.
West. 416-408-2824 x321. $10.
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crew on the way to the Festival of
Flanders to record the ensemble got
stuck in roadplocks created by protesting
truck drivers and missed the show.
Undaunted by the missed opportunity
the quartet decided to remount the concert
for an invited audience in Mullem.
The results were so satisfactory
that they decided to record the whole
Shostakovich cycle in this fashion. To
my ears, after initial listenings over
the past week, the Rubio has come up
with a near perfect solution: a recording-quality
venue ensuring exceptional
sound, and an attentive and well-behaved
audience spurring the players on
to their best performa_nces with none
(or few) of the annoyances often included
in live recordings. Of course
such a major body of work, especially
considering the depth of emotion Shostakovich
evokes, demands much more
than a cursory listen, but my feelings
after repeatedly visiting the emotionally
charged 8th and 15th quartets is
that the Rubio Quartet is a more than
worthy addition to the Shostakovich discography.
Now, realizing that I will need some
respite after such a journey, my intention
is to then turn my attention to a
somewhat lighter, but still significant,
CHORAL MUSIC
CD REVIEWS
Beethoven - Missa Solemnis
Lori Phillips; Robynne Redmon;
James Taylor; Jay Baylon;
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
and Chorus; Kenneth
Scher~erhorn
Naxos 8.557060
Missa
S•ilcmnl~
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has for children's choral music.
Ms. Henderson also serves as
music director at Kingsway-Lambton
United Church and her treatment
of religious texts such as the
Gloria, Cantata Domino, Come
Holy Spirit. and Psalm 150 display
'her depth of passion for liturgical
music. And who better to record
this music than the Elmer lseler
Singers who deliver a flawless performance
under the direction of
Lydia Adams . After all, Ms.
Henderson also served as accompanist
for Iseler's Festi.val Singers .
Dia1111e Wells
The Passing of the Year
University of Alberta Madrigal
Singers
Arktos 200477
The University of Alberta Madrigal
Singers began, as their name
would suggest, as a 12-voice early
music ensemble. When the choir's
ranks swelled to their current
membership of forty-four, they
expanded their range of repertoire
to include many periods and styles.
Their newest recording, "The
Passing of the Year", is named for
one of the more modern compositions
on the disc, by Jona.than Dove,
who weaves his eight-part textures
around a variety of lyrics on seasonal
themes by poets Thomas
Nash, George Peele, William
Blake, Alfred Lord Tennyson and
Emily, Dickinson. Another doublechoir
setting, Hail Gladdening light
by Charles Wood features a meditative
middle section framed by
actively textured beginning and
endings. Another deeply textured
work is Felix Mendelssohn's Ave
Maria, beginning with solo tenor,
moving to eight-part chorus, with
a final section in sixteen-part counterpoint.
The choir handles this
rather well , and seems at ease with
the complex demands of this repertoire.
It's easy to understand why'
at the recent CBC Competition for
Amateur Choirs, they took top honours
in the Mixed Choirs (University-based
Adult) category and taking
first prize in the 2004 CBC competition's
College choir division.
Dia1111e Wells
Live In Concert
Lachan, The Toronto Jewish
Chamber Choir
Independent
Created I 0 years ago by Cantor
Benjamin Maissner, Lachan
(which means melody in Hebrew)
is dedicated to the performance of
Jewish or Jewish:influenced music
from a variety of traditions and
eras. The 25 member auditioned
volunteer choir has performed in.
Canada, the US and Europe, and
represented Canada at "Sounds of
Healing", an international gathering
of Jewish choirs in 2000, in
Nuremberg, Germany.
Their first CD presents spirited
renditions of works based' mostly
on liturgical or biblical texts, by
Canadian composers Srul Irving
Glick, Sid Robinovitch and Ben
Steinberg, Israelis Tzvi A vni, Paul
Ben-Haim and Yeheskel Braun,
Italian Renaissance composer Salomone
Rossi, and others. The
works, sung a cappella or with accompaniment,
are in Hebrew and
English, and there is one delightful
piece in Yiddish. A highlight is
Glick's four movement Sing Umo
the Lord a New Song, with exquisite
harp accompaniment by Jacqueline
Goring.
As the subtitle implies, most of
the selections were recorded live,
so there is some coughing and other
extraneous noise from the audience,
and in a couple of instances the
sound is a little muddied making
the text difficult to discern (it's hard
to say whether the fault is with
acoustics, diction or engineering),
but thankfully this is the exception
rather than the rule. Although the
liner notes give bios of the choir,
Cantor Maissner and piano accom-
. panist Nadya Adler, there is sadly
no information on the composers
or compositions. Overall however,
the choir's enthusiasm, love of
the music and shear joy of singing
is what shines in this recording.
Visit www.lachan.org to order,
Karen Ages
EARLY MUSIC
Alessandro Scarlatti: Colpa,
Pentimento e Grazia
Maria Espada, Lola Casariego,
Martin Oro
Orquestra Barroca de Sevilla
Eduardo Lopez Banzo, director
Harmonia Mundi HMI
987045.46
Sicilian Alessandro Scarlatti, who
lived mostly in Naples and Rome,
wrote hundreds of innovative oratorios,
cantatas and operas, while
'his son Domenico, who was born
the same year as Handel and Bach
and spent much of his career in
Spain, is best known for his highly
original keyboard sonatas. This
oratorio by Alessandro is at first
glance somewhat, austere. It was
written in 1708 for Holy Week.
There is no chorus or keyboard
continua, and orchestral passages
are kept to a minimum. It really
amounts to an extended series of
recitatives, arias and ensembles
for the three singers . But they carry
the emotional weight of the texts
with such heart-wrenching passion
that austerity gives way to sublime
beauty.
Spanish conductor Eduardo
Lopez Banzo and his outstanding
musicians, with their splendid
trumpets and stringed instrume'nts
from the period, reflect the best
elements of baroque performance
today. Although they readi ly
achieve vivid dramatic momentum,
they spurn hurried tempos, exaggerated
accents, excessive ornamentation,
and obtrusive continua
in favour of a naturally flowing
style.
Soprano Marfa Espada has an
uncommon mastery of shading, giving
her role as Grazia (Grace)
many facets. Mezzo Lola Casariego
shapes the forceful phrases of
Colpa (Sin) with thrilling expressive
power. The gorgeous voice
of countertenor Martin Oro as Pentimento
(Repentance) effectively
combines purity with robustness.
The detailed booklet notes justifiably
call this work a masterpiece.
It was recorded live, with realistic
immediacy, at what must have been
an enthralling concert.
PamMargles
John Dowland - Ayres
Gerard Lesne, alto
Ensemble Orlando Gibbons
Naive E8881
Well, he.re is a new CD featuring
many of Dowland's best-known
bon-bons - Can she excuse, Flow
my teares, Fine knacks for ladies,
In darkness let me dwell, and so
on. There are so many recordings
of this repertoire around, one won~
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CHAN DOS
Chandos World Premiere DVD
ders why we need another. Well,
there are several good reasons why
this one is worth a listen.
Gerard Lesne. has likely been
France's best-known male alto for
the past two decades, and justifiably
sp. Whatever he sings, it sounds
like it.truly matters to him, and his
intel!igence., sense of drama, and
touc~ing expressiveness come shining
thr01,igh. This recording is no
exceptiop, and although there are
somy .d,istinct problems wit.h diction;
Lesne is so alive with the
meanipg, of whatever text he happens
to.be singing-that I don't care
(much). I am delighted that 'Fine
knacks' sounds SO utterly different
from 'lt" that a sinner's sigh',
because it should. Dowland is not
always doleful.
The program is well balanced,
with several ayres played_ on four
viols and lute, some for voice and
lute, some for ,voice and viols of
varylrjg IJUl).lbe;s,.
The members of Ensemble Orlando
Gibbons play with se

hee. Cigolea also contributes two
of his own compositions - Just My
Eyes, and Doina & Joe.
· Tribute to an Idol is a strong first
outing for Cristine! Cigolea that will
particularly appeal to the fan of
Classical trumpet playing, as well
as aspiring brass players.
Merlin Williams
terview'. But the sound of this disc
is nearly perfect.
John S. Gray
MODERN
& CONTEMPORARY
experienced by human beings ruled
by others df their kind.
Michelle Assay Eshglzpour
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appear in every territory. With
Naxos he has no such worries.
Bruce Surtees
Mompou Complete Piano Works
Federico Mompou
Brilliant Classics
How did it happen that I've spent
a lifetime steeped in western classical
music without ever before
encountering the output of Spain's
Federico Mompou (1893-1987)?
I'm even a pianist, like he was.
Well, better late acquaintance than
never.
Shy Mompou, for his part, waited
until he was over eighty to
record these dozens of fetching,
evocative miniatures which constitute
the bulk of his work. It is as
if we are invited to leaf through
his lifetime gathering of albums of
musical snapshots from Barcelona
and Paris, his twin cities of residence.
Folklike Spanish ballads
abound. So do robust yet refined
Catalan dances. Mompou' s simple
style utilizes much repetition of
slender tonal material, to craft his
typically short, two-and-threeminute
pieces. Imagine a lightclassical
cross between Satie
Alec Wilder, and Alan Hovhaness'.
Plus castanets.
The composer's keyboard playing
is direct and serviceable. Not
elegant, though the music itself
provides the elegance. Recording
quality is fine if you crank up the
listening volume enough.
Lengthy critical essays, translated
from French and Spanish,
seek both to immerse us in Mompou'
s esthetic world and analyze
the music: between their small print
in the booklet and their impressionistic,
what-the-heck-does-thismean
prose, good luck should you
try to read them.
Peter Kristian Mose
Fractures
Christian Bouchard
Empreintes DIGITALes IMEC
0474
Christian Bouchard moves fluidly
between lush spacious environments
and agitated, rough, edgy
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punctuations. By doing so, he
makes an alliance with soundscape
composition, glitch, and acousmatic
art. His choices to distort sounds
or to magnify normally discarded
recorded artifacts are offset by his
imagination for colour and his feeling
for the inherent nuances of
sounds manipulated from environmental
sources. In summary, the
worlds of glitch and a filmic acousmatic
sense go hand in hand in his
sensibilities.
There is not a conscious attempt
to construct narrative in his works
like in the Gotfrit CD that I reviewed
last month. However images
and vestiges of stories do' peer
out from time to time, products I
think more of the inherent associative
qualities of environmental
sounds than of a conscious attempt
to construct the sense of a storyline
in his music.
Bouchard's early works on the
CD maintain a compactness and
economy that I appreciate more
than in his later and more longerform
works. But then again, the
use of conceptual structural models
in these earlier works, such as
the portrait of a soundscape from
the point of view of a parking
meter, is more appealing to my ears
these days than the looser and more
meandering structures that are more
common in acousmatic art. In closing,
Bouchard has a nice edge and
grit to his music that I think will
appeal to listeners looking for
something new.
Darren Copeland
JAZZ & IMPROVISED
I'm All For You
(Ballad Songbook)
Joe Lovano; Hank Jones;
George Mraz; Paul Motian
Blue Note EMI 72435 91950 2 5
Okay, you shouldn't 'judge a book
by its cover', but I had good feelings
about tenorman Joe Lovano's
CD even before opening it. What
promise: Hank Jones, George
Mraz and Paul Motian; and great
standards and jazz tunes. And it
was all recorded live to two tracks
no headphones.
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I'm pleased to say the promise
is fulfilled, and I'm all for "I'm All
For You". In fact, it's probably the
best record Joe has made in several
years. (His 'Sinatra' and 'Caruso'
tributes were unrewarding to
my ears).
If you think the Ballad Songbook
subtitle means mushy background
music, you're wrong. These masters
can be sweet, but like a fine
wine, there's some tannic astringency,
and the tempos are anything
but lethargic. While it's not a working
group, the connecting tendrils
link these players in many ways.
The title tune is a thinly veiled
version of Body and Soul, a reminder
that pianist Hank Jones was
a member of Coleman Hawkins'
groups some 60 years ago. Bassist
Mraz has long worked in Jones'
trio, and played in Hank's brother
Thad's band, as did Lovano.
(Thad composed The Summary,
and its inclusion here may lead others
to play it). And, Lovano and
drummer Motian have made some
beautiful music together so their
compatibility is a given. (Search out
the 'Broadway' series under Motian's
name.)
Like Someone In Love is interpreted
by Lovano and Jones only,
and in that simplicity the tune is
revealed as elegantly romantic.
And, there's an uncommon trio of
tenor, piano and drums on Monk's
Mood. I wonder how often Joe
played Early Autumn while a member
of Woody Herman's band? If
it was thousands of times, he has
somehow retained its freshness.
In a neat twist, John Coltrane's
Countdown, usually treated frantically,
is revealed as a wonderful
melody when played at half speed.
Ted O'Reilly
The Tara Davidson Quartet
Tara Davidson; David Braid;
Michael McClennan; Jesse Baird
Independent TDQ 00301
Tara Davidson's debut CD is a
most welcome addition to my library
of jazz recordings. Davidson
not only produces a beautiful and
individual tone on both alto and soprano
saxophones, but composed
all nine of the selections on this
58
disc. The music is definitely postbop,
but is quite melodic and accessible.
Pianist David Braid, bassist
Mike McClennan and drummer
Jesse Baird round out the quartet,
and their contributions make for an
exceptionally well-matched group
sound. The recorded sound is excellent
- this is the first CD I've
heard from Bryden Baird's studio,
and I'm sure there will be many
more quite soon.
I was struck by one thing on
this CD - Davidson's soprano
sound is unlike any other I've heard
before. The third track, Anastasia's
Sister is the first tune with
her soprano on it, and when she
first comes in I could have sworn
it was an alto flute. It's a wonderful
colour that most saxophonists
would be hard pressed to produce,
let alone use so effectively.
My other favourite track has to
be The Most Difficult Part. It's a
straightforward slow bluesy tune.
Davidson's alto playing on this
track is soulful and swinging - it's
a great way to finish off the set.
This is a very strong self-produced
debut CD and I highly recommend
it.
Merlin Williams
Red Dragonfly
Jane Bunnett
Penderecki String Quartet
Blue Note EMI 72435 78056 2 9
ly or emotionally, to the original
poignant portrait of true love and 5
longing. Since I am unfamiliar with Alain Caron
the original versions of the rest of Norac 2503
the tunes I can't say whether they
are improvements or not. Many are
beautifully arranged, all are well
played and include extended solos
and the string quartet is shown to
its best advantage on the slow,
moody · pieces with long lush
chords.
Cathy Riches
How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em
Down on the Farm
Bev Taft
Independent
Happy birds probably do fly down
to the hand of Toronto vocalist Beverly
Taft, but in other respects the
cartoon-like cover art on her selfproduced
debut CD is misleading,
as it doesn't capture Taft's distinct
sense of period style. Firmly
placed in a late '40s to early '60s
idiom, Taft's sweet snarl is excellently
matched to standards like
Autumn in New York and the lilting
With a Song in My Heart.
However, listening to this recording
has something of the quality
of drinking a good wine a little
before its time. Taft's distinctive
rasp and her agile diction are improving
with age: good now, but
likely to become even finer as time
passes. Meanwhile, Taft displays
Many people have come to know
saxophonist Jane Bunnett as an unofficial
Cuban ambassador due to
her collaborations and recordings
with many Cuban musicians over
the past several years. This recording
is a departure from that role,
but for fans of Cuban music there
is still a little taste of it here. "Red
Dragonfly (Aka Tomba)" is, according
to the liner notes, a collection
of "songs we have loved for
years (some even from childhood)".
Included are folk songs
from Canada, Japan, Cuba, and
Brazil recreated in modem jazz
style featuring the soprano saxophone
supported by a rhythm section
and a string quartet. The musicians
are Mark McLean on
drums, David Virelles on piano,
Larry Cramer on trumpet and
flugelhom, Kieran Overs on acoustic
bass and the Penderecki String
Quartet.
Don Thompson, Hilario Duran
and David Virelles did most of the
arrangements and when I saw that
the traditional Appalachian song
Black is the Color was included, I
looked forward to hearing what
Virelles would do with it. While
the up-tempo 5/4 rendition is certainly
catchy, it bears no resemblance
whatsoever, either musicala
distinctive vocal style, a light
musical touch and a hint of camp,
all of which she shows off to particular
effect in the extra-fast Little
Willie Leaps. Her wit and essential
sweetness leap from the
speakers with surprising vitality,
perhaps most of all in the cheerful
comic number (associated with
Bing Crosby and apparently suggested
by her dad), I'm an Old
Cowhand.
Sarah B. Hood
Quebecers seem to be having a
long love affair with jazz-fusion.
This is no doubt due in part to the
huge success of the 80's electric
jazz trio, UZEB, which was based
out of Montreal. Alain Caron was
the bass player with UZEB, and he
has recently released "5", a collection
of tunes that continue in the
jazz-rock-funk tradition: moody,
muscular, and modal, with a strong
dose of improvisation. All of the
songs on the new disc were written
and arranged by Caron and he
performed producer duty, as well.
While Caron certainly shines
with his masterful bass playing (and
bass includes 4- and 6-string, fretless,
V-bass, fretted and upright)
he never dominates, but rather
leaves lots of room for his bandmates:
Montreal luminaries Jean
St.-Jacques on keyboards, Tony
Albino on drums and Francois
D' Amours on sax. Maxime St.­
Pierre makes appearances on trumpet
and flugelhorn and Daniel
Thouin takes a tum on some things
called "drum loops" and "percussion
programming". Caron makes
good use of the horns, by offsetting
the electronica with "real" trumpet
and sax lines that are reminiscent,
at times, of 70's soul. For
fusion fans, "5" supplies the
sounds and grooves you crave and,
of course, plenty of virtuoso bass
playing, too.
Cathy Riches
10 compositions
Trio Derome Guilbeault
Tanguay
AM 121 CD
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The Unexpected One
Falaise, Sam worth, Tanguay,
Van der Schyff
AM 122CD
Puce a l'oreille
Melanie Auclair
AM 123 CD
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Ensemble SuperMusique
AM 124CD
wide range of sounds, harmonies,
effects, moods and all out crashing
about created here screams out for
repeated listenings in order to truly
grasp the ever present subtleties and
nuances. Good stuff.
With the hot and hazy weather upon
us, here are four recent releases
from Ambiances Magnetiques to
help you savour that great Canadian
pastime called summer.
"10 compositions" from Trio Derome
Guilbeault Tanguay is just that:
ten compositions by band member
Jean Demme dating from 1974 to
present. The release finds this "cult
Montreal jazz band" in excellent
form, proving yet again that when
musicians get together to play for fun
and continue to do so on a regular
basis for a number of years, the
music ages like fine wine. The most
musically accessible of the four releases
reviewed here, there is no
doubt that this is clearly a jazz disc
with both its compositional and performance
roots clearly entrenched in
the music of Dave Holland, Omette
Coleman and Thelonius Monk.
There is an underlying charm which
permeates throughout regardless
whether the cut is straight ahead jazz
like Michka or the more free qualities
of Fluide. Highly recommended.
Two guitarists and percussionists
from opposite ends of the country
battle it out in the free improv release
"The Unexpected One" .
This noisy debut release from Bernard
Falaise, Ron Samworth,
Pierre Tanguay and Dylan van der
Schyff has an edgy, seat-of-yourpants
quality which is simultaneously
appealing and unnerving. The
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Melanie Auclair's "Puce a
l'oreille" is an experimental exploration
of first-time improvisational
interactions between this cellist/
vocalist and seven improvisers
who have been inspirational for
her. In stark contrast to the abovementioned
" 10 compositions" release,
this "Hi, who are you?"
musical approach may lead to a
more fulfilling musical experience
for the performers than for the
listener. The tracks here are successful
mainly for the ingenuity of
the performers. Auclair especially
shows great promise and a mature
musical
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sensibility.
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checking out.
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as a free improvisation
sampler with some composed
works thrown in for good measure.
Featuring excerpts from four
multi-thematic Montreal concerts
which took place from 1998-2004,
this is a great CD for both new and
frequent listeners of these
genres. The group employs some
of the best improvisers around with
numerous personnel configurations
on the improvisational tracks resulting
in illuminating creations.
Great improvisational ideas abound
here! Of note is the feisty Impro2
by Jean Derome and Martin
Tetreault - everything I've ever
hoped for in an improv can be
found on this 1 :59 minute track. If
you are going to listen to just one
CD this summer, let it be this one!
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