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25 September 2025
25 September 2025
25 September 2025
September 25, 2025WHEN 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, 2025DAVE 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, 2025New 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, 2025NATIONAL 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, 2025A 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, 2025STILL 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, 2025Thoughts 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, 2025When 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, 2025MISSING 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, 2025POSTSCRIPT 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, 2025Birth 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, 2025Fertile 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…22 Jul 2025 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed25 May 2025 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed12 Dec 2024 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed10 Oct 2024 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed01 Sep 2024 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed31 Mar 2024 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed06 Feb 2024 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed17 Feb 2023 - Colin StoryMainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz06 Nov 2022 - Colin StoryMainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz05 Nov 2022 - Paul EnnisRemembering04 Oct 2022 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed27 May 2022 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed25 Apr 2022 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed15 Mar 2022 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed24 Sep 2021 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed06 Jul 2021 - David PerlmanRemembering20 Mar 2021 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed09 Feb 2021 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed08 Feb 2021 - Steve WallaceJazz Notes06 Dec 2020 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed06 Dec 2020 - Andrew TimarWorld Music06 Dec 2020 - Jennifer ParrMusic Theatre06 Dec 2020 - Jack MacQuarrieBandstand06 Dec 2020 - Colin StoryMainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz06 Dec 2020 - Steve WallaceJazz Notes03 Nov 2020 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed03 Nov 2020 - Matthew WhitfieldEarly PeriodCurrent Issue
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