September 29, 2026

Reclaiming her personal truth: Rebecca Hass, Singing the Land

by Lucas Hung

For Rebecca Hass, land, story, song, and a blanket are the key ingredients in The Song Blanket, which came to the University of Western Ontario on September 25, and University of Toronto on September 29. As the culmination of years-long…
September 29, 2026

Ten furlongs to glory: Dancer, the musical

by Jennifer Parr

At the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2023 a new Canadian musical playing at the Al Green Theatre sold out its entire run on the morning of  the second day. Dancer: A Musical in Ten Furlongs written by Canadian musical theatre…
September 29, 2026

SOUNDING CULTURAL DIALOGUES

by Wendalyn Bartley

One thread running through many of this fall’s new music events is the way artists are engaging with the larger social and historical realities around them. Questions of war and peace, cultural identity, gender, ancestry and whose voices are heard…
September 29, 2026

When Music Meets Mindfulness: Justin Gray, at the heart of Immersion

by Vania Lizbeth Chan

Justin Gray’s achievements are globally recognized and lauded. In February of this year, the Canadian musician and producer won a Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album for his record Immersed, an epic work that features 38 artists from around…
September 06, 2026

NURTURING THE NEW

by Jennifer Parr

The new theatre season is about to get started in September and October with some wonderful premieres and new stages of evolving Canadian productions.
September 04, 2026

Intimate? Yes, really. St. Vincent brings festival swagger and pops spectacle to Roy Thomson Hall.

by Luca Perlman

Perhaps it’s time to re-examine and, in doing so, renew our appreciation for Roy Thompson Hall. Such was my experience and opportunity on June 30, 2026.
September 04, 2026

Creative countering of cancellation culture - Keely McPeek

by Lucas Hung

The story so far: From promising mainstage opera to theatrical minefield: Ian Cusson and Royce Vavrek’s operatic adaptation of Thomas King’s novel Indians on Vacation was caught in the cultural crossfire when King’s assertion of Cherokee lineage was confirmed to…
September 03, 2026

WHEN FILM MEETS MUSIC TIFF ’26: September 10-20 - When film and music cohere

by MJ Buell

The 2026 TIFF website is wonderfully navigable and an engaging entertainment all of its own if, instead of browsing a daunting and still growing list of films (385 at last count), you filter your search.
September 02, 2026

Behind the scenes at KMJF MOLLY JOHNSON, humanitarian

by David Perlman

Molly Johnson’s latest record, Talk to Me, was released mid-June at the El Mocambo on Spadina Avenue – a landmark Kensington music venue, if ever there was one. And the 11th annual Kensington Market Jazz Festival – a quintessentially Molly…
August 16, 2026

When Music Meets Mindfulness: Suba Sankaran, connecting the cultural dots

by Vania Lisbeth Chan

The need for connection is constant and ever present in life, and artists are particularly sensitive to that need, which is why I started “When Music Meets Mindfulness” – to have conversations with fellow artists that encourage us to learn…
August 16, 2026

Stories That Don't Die | Lara St. John’s Dear Lara: Building momentum towards accountability

by Wendalyn Bartley

Over two years ago, I interviewed violinist Lara St. John for the Dec 2023/Jan 2024 issue of The WholeNote. We spoke not only about her upcoming performance at the Royal Conservatory’s 21C festival, but also about her experiences of being…
August 15, 2026

A worthwhile thesis, Facebook style

by David Perlman

Here, almost verbatim, is a Facebook post (not by me) from 2021 I stumbled across while researching this issue’s cover story. I have saved space by combining bunches of single sentence paragraphs. But I have kept the ANNOYING CAPITALIZATION because…
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