Volume 27 Issue 8 | July 1 - September 20, 2022
Final print issue of Volume 27 (259th, count 'em!). You'll see us in print again mid-September. Inside: A seat at one table at April's "Mayors Lunch" TAF Awards; RCM's 6th edition "Celebration Series" of piano music -- more than ODWGs; Classical and beyond at two festivals; two lakeshore venues reborn; our summer "Green Pages" festival directory; record reviews, listening room and more. On stands Tuesday July 5 2022.
Final print issue of Volume 27 (259th, count 'em!). You'll see us in print again mid-September. Inside: A seat at one table at April's "Mayors Lunch" TAF Awards; RCM's 6th edition "Celebration Series" of piano music -- more than ODWGs; Classical and beyond at two festivals; two lakeshore venues reborn; our summer "Green Pages" festival directory; record reviews, listening room and more. On stands Tuesday July 5 2022.
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Live or Live Streamed | <strong>July</strong> 1 to <strong>September</strong> 19, <strong>20</strong>22<br />
Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. Call 416-<br />
571-3680 or visit www.organixconcerts.ca.<br />
Freewill offering ($<strong>20</strong> suggested).<br />
● 2:00: Westben. ABBA Mia! The Barn,<br />
6698 County Road 30, Campbellford. Call<br />
877-883-5777 or visit www.westbendigitalvenue.ca.<br />
$<strong>20</strong>-$55. At the Barn: Jul 13, 14, 19,<br />
<strong>20</strong>. On Willow Hill: Jul 22(7pm). All at 2pm<br />
unless otherwise noted.<br />
● 7:00: Collingwood Music Festival. KUNÉ<br />
Global Orchestra. First Presbyterian Church,<br />
<strong>20</strong>0 Maple St., Collingwood. Call 705-416-1317<br />
or visit www.collingwoodfestival.com. $35.<br />
● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival/<br />
Loose Tea Music Theatre. Zuleykha. Music<br />
and Libretto by Afarin Mansouri. Anne-Marie<br />
Ramos (Zuleykha), Tahirih Vejdani (The Maid);<br />
Padideh Ahrarnejad, tar/rubab/bass tar; Ali<br />
Massoudi, percussion; Saman Shahi, music<br />
director/piano; Alaina Viau, director. Walter<br />
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. Call 416-408-<br />
0<strong>20</strong>8 or visit www.torontosummermusic.<br />
com. $16-$90.<br />
● 8:00: Brantford Summer Music. Tomson<br />
Highway: Songs in the Key of Cree. Tomson<br />
Highway, playwright/storyteller/composer/<br />
performer; Patricia Cano, vocals. Sanderson<br />
Centre for the Performing Arts, 88 Dalhousie<br />
St., Brantford. Visit www.Facebook.com/<br />
BrantfordSummerMusic or www.Sanderson-<br />
Centre.ca. $40.<br />
Thursday <strong>July</strong> 14<br />
● 2:00: Westben. ABBA Mia! See Jul 13.<br />
● 7:00: Collingwood Music Festival. A Fantasy<br />
of Spirituals, Partsongs and Folk Songs.<br />
Nathaniel Dett Chorale. First Presbyterian<br />
Church, <strong>20</strong>0 Maple St., Collingwood. Call<br />
705-416-1317 or visit www.collingwoodfestival.com.<br />
$35.<br />
● 7:00: Elora Festival. Baltic Voices. Choral<br />
music from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The<br />
Elora Singers; Mark Vuorinen, conductor. St.<br />
Joseph’s Catholic Church (Fergus), 760 St.<br />
David St. N., Fergus. Call 519-846-0331. $45;<br />
$10(st).<br />
● 7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer in<br />
the Garden: Kongero Folk’Appella. Toronto<br />
Music Garden, 479 Queens Quay W. www.<br />
in concert<br />
harbourfrontcentre.com/series/summermusic-in-the-garden/.<br />
Free.<br />
● 7:30: Brott Music Festival. Cinderella.<br />
In Italian with English Surtitles. Rossini: La<br />
Cenerentola. Lizzy Hoyt (Cinderella); Jordan<br />
Costa (Prince Ramiro); Geoffrey Schellenberg<br />
(Dandini); Maxime Martin-Vo (Don<br />
Magnifico); Cesar Bello (Alidoro); and other<br />
soloists; National Academy Orchestra; Enrico<br />
Castiglione, stage director. FirstOntario Concert<br />
Hall, 1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. Visit<br />
www.brottmusic.com or call 905-525-7664.<br />
$69; $64(sr); $25(st); $10(under 12).<br />
DOVER<br />
QUARTET<br />
<strong>July</strong> 14<br />
tosummermusic.com<br />
● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival.<br />
Dover Quartet. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre,<br />
<strong>27</strong>3 Bloor St. W. Call 416-408-0<strong>20</strong>8 or visit<br />
www.torontosummermusic.com. $16-$90.<br />
● 8:00: Canadian Stage. Dream in High Park<br />
Music Festival: Dan Mangan with Barzin. High<br />
Park Amphitheatre, 1873 Bloor St. W. Visit<br />
www.my.canadianstage.com. $50.<br />
Friday <strong>July</strong> 15<br />
● 7:00: Brookside Music Festival of the Bay.<br />
july <strong>20</strong> th<br />
8 PM<br />
at<br />
268 Augusta Ave. Toronto<br />
$15 in advance<br />
$<strong>20</strong> at the door<br />
tickets: revelree.ca/event/july<strong>20</strong><br />
Amai Kuda et les Bois. Afro-soul combo of<br />
folk, roots, desert blues and African continental<br />
music. Calvary Baptist Church (Midland),<br />
598 King St., Midland. Visit www.<br />
brooksidemusic.com. Free. Outdoor concert.<br />
● 7:00: Collingwood Music Festival. Finale:<br />
The Trout. Rolston String Quartet; Marta<br />
Potulska, viola; Daniel Vnukowski, piano. First<br />
Presbyterian Church, <strong>20</strong>0 Maple St., Collingwood.<br />
Call 705-416-1317 or visit www.collingwoodfestival.com.<br />
$35.<br />
● 7:00: Westben. William Prince. Willow<br />
Hill Amphitheatre, 6698 County Road 30<br />
N., Campbellford. Call 877-883-5777 or visit<br />
www.westbendigitalvenue.ca. $<strong>20</strong>-$55.<br />
● 7:30: Elora Festival. Canadian Brass. The<br />
Elora Singers. Gambrel Barn Elora, Corner<br />
of Country Rd. 7 and 21, Elora. Call 19-846-<br />
0331. $55-$65; $30(rush). Available Jul 15<br />
at 12 noon).<br />
● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. The<br />
Von Meck Letters. Kathleen Kajioka, reader/<br />
host; Jonathan Crow, violin; Emmanuelle<br />
Bergeron, cello; John Novacek, piano. Walter<br />
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. Call 416-408-<br />
0<strong>20</strong>8 or visit www.torontosummermusic.<br />
com. $16-$90.<br />
● 8:00: Music Gallery. Orchestre Tout Puissant<br />
Marcel Duchamp. Sam Shalabi. Music<br />
Gallery at 918 Bathurst, 918 Bathurst St.<br />
www.musicgallery.org/events/orchestretpmd.<br />
$10-$15.<br />
Saturday <strong>July</strong> 16<br />
We welcome all listeners.<br />
xeniaconcerts.com<br />
● 11:00am: Xenia Concerts/National<br />
AccessArts Centre. sound.colLAB. Rolston<br />
String Quartet; Adam Scime, electronics. Meridian<br />
Hall, 1 Front St. E. Visit www.xeniaconcerts.<br />
com/upcoming-events or call 416-9<strong>27</strong>-1555.<br />
Free. A $5 deposit is required for the in-person<br />
concert, which will be returned upon arrival at<br />
the event. Also on Zoom at 2pm.<br />
● 7:00: Something Else! Festival. Numinosity<br />
Trio. David Mott, baritone saxophone;<br />
Justin Gray, basses. Bayfront Park,<br />
<strong>20</strong>0 Harbour Front Dr., Hamilton. Visit www.<br />
somethingelsefestival.com. $<strong>20</strong>-$35(door);<br />
$<strong>20</strong>-$25(adv).<br />
● 7:00: Westben. Eve Parker Finley. Willow<br />
Hill Amphitheatre, 6698 County Road 30<br />
N., Campbellford. Call 877-883-5777 or visit<br />
www.westbendigitalvenue.ca. $<strong>20</strong>-$35.<br />
● 7:30: Brantford Summer Music. Toronto<br />
Mass Choir. Karen Burke, choral director.<br />
Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts,<br />
88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. Visit www.Facebook.com/BrantfordSummerMusic<br />
or www.<br />
SandersonCentre.ca. $40.<br />
● 7:30: Elora Festival. Kaleidoscope. Autorickshaw.<br />
Gambrel Barn Elora, Corner of<br />
Country Rd. 7 and 21, Elora. Call 519-846-<br />
0331. $55-$65; $30(rush). Available Jul 16<br />
at 12 noon.<br />
● 7:30: North Wind Concerts. Encircling the<br />
World: Flutes II. An evening of solo and group<br />
music making, commentary and discussion,<br />
and interaction with the audience. Jin Cho,<br />
daegeum; Debbie Danbrook, shakuhachi;<br />
Rene Meshake, pipigwan; Andrew Timar, suling.<br />
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. Call 416-<br />
588-4301 or visit www.bemusednetwork.<br />
com/events/detail/966. PWYC. Suggested<br />
admission $25.<br />
● 8:00: Something Else! Festival. Lina<br />
Allemano’s Ohrenschmaus. Lina Allemano,<br />
trumpet & composer; Dan Peter Sundland,<br />
electric bass; Michael Griener, drums. Bayfront<br />
Park, <strong>20</strong>0 Harbour Front Dr., Hamilton.<br />
Visit www.somethingelsefestival.com. $<strong>20</strong>-<br />
$35(door); $<strong>20</strong>-$25(adv).<br />
● 9:00: Something Else! Festival. Film<br />
Screening: Derek Bailey’s On the Edge -<br />
Improvisation in Music Series - Episode<br />
4 - Nothin’ Premeditated. Bayfront Park,<br />
<strong>20</strong>0 Harbour Front Dr., Hamilton. Visit www.<br />
somethingelsefestival.com. $<strong>20</strong>-$35(door);<br />
$<strong>20</strong>-$25(adv).<br />
Sunday <strong>July</strong> 17<br />
● 2:00: Westben. Canadian Brass. The Barn,<br />
6698 County Road 30, Campbellford. Call<br />
877-883-5777 or visit www.westbendigitalvenue.ca.<br />
$<strong>20</strong>-$65.<br />
● 4:00: Elora Festival. Voice of the Weaver.<br />
Peter-Anthony Togni, composer; Mary Louise<br />
Martin, poet; Jeff Reilly, bass clarinet; The<br />
Elora Singers. Gambrel Barn Elora, Corner<br />
of Country Rd. 7 and 21, Elora. Call 519-846-<br />
0331. $10-$45.<br />
● 4:00: New Adventures in Sound Art<br />
(NAISA). Bodily Listening in Place. This World<br />
Listening Day online event showcases audio<br />
and audio-visual realizations made by Hearing<br />
and Deaf musicians for the text score<br />
Bodily Listening in Place. ASL and closed captioning<br />
included. Bodily Listening in Place is<br />
an instructional score to encourage Hearing<br />
and Deaf musicians to improvise in response<br />
to their environment. To access the score<br />
and for more details go to www.naisa.ca/<br />
media-archive/sound-art-text-scores/bodily-listening-in-place.<br />
$10(optional). Online<br />
workshops on intersensory improvisation<br />
led by Ellen Waterman at 4 pm on June 19 and<br />
26. ONLINE<br />
● 7:30: Brantford Summer Music. Bryn<br />
Blackwood, Piano. Sanderson Centre for the<br />
Performing Arts, 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford.<br />
Visit www.Facebook.com/BrantfordSummer-<br />
Music or www.SandersonCentre.ca. $30.<br />
● 8:00: Westben. Julian Taylor. The Campfire,<br />
6698 County Road 30 N., Campbellford.<br />
Call 877-883-5777 or visit www.westbendigitalvenue.ca.<br />
$<strong>20</strong>-$50.<br />
Monday <strong>July</strong> 18<br />
● 12:15: Music Mondays. From Medieval<br />
Modes to Miles Davis. Peter-Anthony Togni,<br />
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