ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 14 12:30-4:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Open House. Tour the new building & take part in sample classes in music & creative arts. 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2825, www.rcmusic.ca
 
September 16 7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Open Rehearsal. Come and meet our new conductor and choristers. Islington United Church, 25 Burnhamthorpe Rd.  416-239-1131, www.etobicokecentennialchoir.ca   
 
September 18 6pm – September 21 2pm: Mississauga Symphony. Used Book Sale. Over 55,000 books in 48 categories; comics, sheet music, records, CDs, DVDs, tapes. Sheridan Centre, Erin Mills Parkway just north of the QEW. 905-607-4425.
 
September 20 12:00 noon – 5:00: Toronto Early Music Centre. 24th Annual Early Music Fair. Take in some mini-concerts with viols, recorders, early keyboard instruments, historical woodwinds & other period instruments played by some of the finest musicians in the city. Also included are exhibits and information about the art of historical music performance. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas St. West. 416-920-5025. $6, $3(sr/st), $2 (under 12), free to members of the Toronto Early Music Centre, Heritage Toronto, & Friends of Etobicoke’s Heritage.
 
To September 24, Wednesdays at 11am: Toronto Music Garden. Guided Tours. Explore the spectacular parade of seasonal blooms while learning about the garden’s unique design and history. 45-minute walking tours led by Toronto Botanical garden volunteer guides. 475 Queens Quay West. Self-guided 70-minute audio tours hosted by Yo-Yo Ma and Julie Messervy are also available for a rental fee of $5 at the Marina Quay West office, 539 Queens Quay West (daily from 10am to 8pm). 416-973-4000, www.harbourfrontcentre.com    
 
September 27 6:00-7:00: St. Clair Arts Festival & Studio Tour. ARTWALK. Music installation on the sidewalks of St. Clair: Musicians will play their instruments along the sidewalks, from Bathurst to Oakwood, preceding 8:30pm jazz concerts at 10 venues along St. Clair between Oakwood & Bathurst. Restaurants, cafés & bars will host amateur and professional bands. For more information: 647-406-3979.
 
To October 1: New Adventures in Sound Art. Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art: Sonic Boardwalk. Outdoor interactive sound sculpture by Allik/Mulder which generates a microsound landscape activated by the kinetic imprint of passing visitors. Ward Island boardwalk, west end. 416-516-7413, www.soundtravels.ca    Free.
 
To October 1: New Adventures in Sound Art. Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art: Synthecycletron. Outdoor interactive sound sculpture. Anyone can generate power for the sculpture by pedaling, which activates synthesizers & generates sounds controlled by the participant. Centre Island, south side between the Pier & the boardwalk. 416-516-7413, www.soundtravels.ca    Free.
 
October 2 – October 5: Young Centre. Canwest Cabaret Festival. Performers include Mary Margaret O’Hara, Molly Johnson, Patricia O’Callaghan, Jackie Richardson, Albert Schultz, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre & others. All theatres, Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill St. Bldg 49. 416-866-8666. $15-$35.
 
October 4 10:30am: Healey Willan Singers. Open Rehearsal. Come & see this women’s chamber choir at work. Church of St. Martin in-the-Fields, 151 Glenlake Ave. Reservations: 416-519-0528.
 
October 4 6:52pm to October 5 sunrise: Scotiabank/Music Gallery. Nuit Blanche. Installation: Tasman Richardson’s SPORTS BAR captures the revolting essence of trashy Canada and then projects it back at you, combined with video music concrete. Also, a continuous screening of short films, featuring prominent Canadian artists and filmmakers such as performer and director Karen Hines, comedians Sean Cullen and Mark McKinney, sketch comedy troupe The Sketchersons, musicians John Southworth and Martin Tielli, and opera stars Natalie Choquette and Measha Brueggergosman. 197 John. 416-204-1080. Free. www.scotiabanknuitblanche.com
 
October 4 6:52pm to October 5 sunrise: Scotiabank/University of Toronto. Nuit Blanche: Déja, Presque, Jamais: Three views of creative sound. Marathon of events & installations prepared & performed by faculty members, students & alumni. Live performance, electronics, multi-channel audio, spoken word & visual media blend & cross influences through a wide range of genres including jazz, opera, improvisation & contemporary composition. Walter Hall & adjoining spaces, Edward Johnson Bldg, 80 Queen’s Park (enter via Philosopher’s Walk). www.arts.utoronto.ca , www.scotiabanknuitblanche.com ,  
 
Sinfonia Toronto.  Join us on a musical journey to Germany, with Sinfonia Toronto concerts in five historic cities in the central German state of Hesse, plus tours of castles and museums. November 17-24, 2008. 416-499-0403,  sinfoniatoronto.com
 
Toronto General Hospital invites musical performers to participate in its Concert Series, Music for Heart and Soul. Performances are on Thursday afternoons and Monday and Wednesday evenings in the DeGasperis Conservatory, cardiac wing. The series which has been presented for three years welcomes new performers to share their music with patients, families, staff and public. For further information please call: 416-340-4115.

 
LECTURES/SYMPOSIA
 
September 14 5:00: Nocturnes in the City. Bedrich Smetana: Ma Vlast (My Country). Audiovisual presentation by Kerry Stratton, about the composer and importance of his music on the history of the Czech nation. St. Wenceslas Church, 496 Gladstone Ave. 416-499-2716. $20(door).
 
September 21 2:00: Royal Ontario Museum. Lecture/demonstration with pianist Lang Lang and TSO music director Peter Oundjian. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. Free with admission to the ROM: $22, $19(sr/st), $15(ages 4-14), members free.
 
September 21 5:00: St. Olave’s Church. The English Choral Tradition. Clem Carelse, director of St. Peter’s, will talk about the music of his life: in South Africa; at King’s College Cambridge;  taking Canadian choirs to sing at the world’s great cathedrals. Preceded at 4pm by Choral Evensong with the choir of St. Peter’s Erindale. Peaches & cream will be served. Contributions appreciated. 360 Windermere Avenue. 416-769-5686, www.stolaves.ca
 
September 29 8:00: Toronto Wagner Society. Tim Albery discusses his recent production of the Flying Dutchman. Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm St. www.torontowagner.org    Members free, non-members by donation ($5-$10 suggested).
 
October 1 7:30: Mozart Society. Mozart and his Friends. Audiovisual presentation by Professor Franz Szabo. First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St. Clair West. 416-201-3338. $20, members free.

 
MASTER CLASSES
 
September 20 10am-12 noon: SweetWater Music Weekend. Student Master Class. Auditors welcome. Location tba, Owen Sound. 519-376-3517. Free.
 
September 28 2:00-5:30: Singing Studio of Deborah Staiman. Master class in musical theatre/audition preparation, using textual analysis and other interpretative tools for the “sung monologue”. Yonge & Eglinton area – please call for exact location. 416-483-9532, www.singingstudio.ca   
 
September 28 2:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Li Delun Music Foundation.  Piano master class with Lang Lang. P.C. Ho Theatre, 5183 Sheppard Ave. East. 416-490-7962. $35, $25, $50(VIP or on stage).

 
WORKSHOPS
 
September 7 1:30-4:00: Toronto Early Music Players Organization. Early Music Energy. Led by Joelle Morton, viola da gamba, violone & double bass performer & teacher. Bring your viols, recorders & stand; music available at the door. Lansing United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 705-653-5480, 416-537-3733. $20.
 
September 12 7:15: Recorder Players’ Society. Recorder and/or other early instrument players are invited to participate in small, informal groups (uncoached) to play Renaissance and Baroque music. Church of the Transfiguration, 111 Manor Rd. East. 416-694-9266. $10(members), $12(non-members); $80(season).
 
September 17 7:30: Toronto Shapenote Singing from Sacred Harp. Beginners welcome. Music Room, Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor St. W. (at Huron). 416- 922-7997 or pleasancecrawford@rogers.com
 
September 21 2:00: CAMMAC, Toronto Region. Singers and instrumentalists are invited to participate in a reading of the Mozart Requiem, under the leadership of Howard Dyck. Elliott Hall, Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge Street. 416-421-0779. $10(non-members), members/students free.
 
September 30 8:00: Toronto Folk Singers’ Club. An informal group that meets for the purpose of performance & exchange of songs. Audiences are welcome. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-532-0900.
 
October 3 7:15: Recorder Players’ Society. Recorder and/or other early instrument players are invited to participate in small, informal groups (uncoached) to play Renaissance and Baroque music. Church of the Transfiguration, 111 Manor Rd. East. 416-694-9266. $10(members), $12(non-members); $80(season).
 
October 4 9:00am-4:00pm: Toronto Early Music Players Organization. Medieval to Modern. Led by Valerie Horst, recorder teacher. Bring your viols, recorders & stand; music available at the door. Lansing United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 705-653-5480, 416-537-3733. $40.
 
October 4 9:30am-12:30: CAMMAC, Toronto Region. Workshop in piano accompaniment. Please call for more information as well as location. 416-421-0779.
 
October 4 10:00am: Colours of Music. Composer Workshop for All: The life and challenges for a composer. Workshop given by Allan Gilliland, Composer-In-Residence. Burton Avenue United Church, 37 Burton Ave. Barrie. 705-725-1070.
 
Every Sunday afternoon, 2:00: Traditions Folk Club. Acoustic Traditions Jam Session. Players from beginners & up are invited to this informal jam session. 57 Broadway Ave, Orangeville. 519-942-6258. Free.
 
 

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