September 25, 2025

WHEN MUSIC MEETS MINDFULNESS - Britta Johnson and Aaron Jensen

by Vania Chan

The International Congress of Voice Teachers (ICVT) is a grand event that occurs every four years, much like the Olympics. This past summer it was Toronto’s turn, with “Voices Uplifted” as the 2025 congress theme. Co-hosted by the National Association…
September 25, 2025

DAVE MALLOY’S OCTET COMES TO CROW’S

by Jennifer Parr

After the phenomenal success of Dave Malloy’s musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 this summer, Crow’s Theatre is joining forces again with the Musical Stage Company, and this time also with Soulpepper, to produce another Malloy musical:…
September 25, 2025

New Voices, Intimate Venues - THE ART OF IMPROV AT ANNETTE

by Wendalyn Bartley

Now that the fall season has arrived, it’s a good time to dig into what’s new on the horizon, especially in venues that may be less familiar but offer unique possibilities for creative music-making. One such place in Toronto’s west…
September 24, 2025

NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION - CMEC announces Adrian Sutherland as featured artist for “Ancestors Voices”

by MJ Buell

The Coalition for Music Education in Canada has announced that Adrian Sutherland is the featured artist for this year’s “Ancestors Voices: Music and Learning for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation” and that his all-Cree song Kiyash will be shared…
September 24, 2025

A LEGENDARY FORMAT GETS A FACELIFT - Afrokando, Alexis Baro Y La Big Band

by Gloria Blizzard

Afrokando, an ode to the Cuban big band, is a searing, scorching album with the deepest groove. With it, bandleader, composer, arranger and Cuban trumpet player Alexis Baro is continuing to build his discography, documenting and sharing important aspects of…
September 24, 2025

STILL DEFINITELY OFF CENTRE - INNA PERKIS AND BORIS ZARANKIN

by David Perlman

The last time Inna Perkis and Boris Zarankin were on the cover of The WholeNote was in October 2004. Their Off Centre salon series had just turned ten, and so had The WholeNote. A tenth anniversary felt like a big…
July 08, 2025

Thoughts on a STAY-HOME Musical Summer

by David Perlman

When we talk about a “stay-home” musical summer, we’re not recommending you hunker down in your domestic cocoon (home or cottage, air-conditioned or otherwise) and wait for music to come to you already digitized. Quite the opposite is what we’re…
July 07, 2025

When Music Meets Mindfulness - David Fallis and Krisztina Szabó

by Vania Chan

Exemplary Art Because Art makes a profound impact, artists have an equivalent responsibility in all the various roles they play during their careers: as performers, producers, creators, leaders, educators, and public figures. A strong work ethic, a commitment to the…
July 07, 2025

MISSING COMES TO TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC

by David Perlman

There’s an intersection in Prince George, British Columbia from which, no matter what direction you head, you will be on one of the roads the chamber opera, Missing, has travelled in its seven-year journey en route to Koerner Hall this…
July 06, 2025

POSTSCRIPT AND PRELUDE: Reflections on “the Hamilton Plan”

by Sophia Perlman

During my third, or maybe fourth, phone call to his home in Hamilton, as I was piecing this story together, Larry Paikin said he was starting to get a bit worried that he’s going to be the subject of the…
June 10, 2025

Birth of a Hit - After the Rain

by Jennifer Parr

Reviewed Thursday June 4, 2025 Tarragon Theatre It is not often that I walk out of a new show opening knowing I have witnessed the birth of a hit. Thursday night I did.   After the Rain, a new musical…
April 16, 2025

Fertile Soil - VIVA Singers Toronto at Trinity-St. Paul’s

by David Perlman

The time: Jun 1 at 2:30pm: VIVA Singers Toronto. Metamorphosis. Featuring all seven VIVA Singers Toronto choirs, plus a special alumni choir, and guest artists Amiel Ang, percussion, and Tatsuki Shimoda, recorder.  The place: Trinity St. Paul’s United Church. Jeanne…
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