Canadian Arabic Orchestra, The
Omar Najjar
647-400-0979
omar@caimusic.ca
www.canadianarabicorchestra.ca
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Burlington Symphony Orchestra
Liz Delaney
905-320-4697
info@burlingtonsymphony.ca
www.burlingtonsymphony.ca
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Burlington Symphony Orchestra and newly appointed music director Denis Mastromonaco offer a season of riches in 2019/20. On September 29, the orchestra performs with Sultans of String as part of Burlington’s “Culture Days”. “Russian Treasures” on Nov 3 features Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Jianhan Wu, piano. “A Christmas Spectacular!” on December 8 features family favourites and a sing-along with the Burlington Civic Chorale. “Love at the Opera” on February 16 features favourite works sung by brilliant opera singers from southern Ontario. “In Nature’s Realm” on May 10 features Vivaldi’s Spring, Debussy’s Danses sacrée et profane and Dvorak’s joyous Symphony No. 6 – soloists Corey Gemmell, violin, and Kristan Toczko, harp.
Burlington Symphony Orchestra (formerly Symphony on the Bay) is a full-size community orchestra serving Burlington, Hamilton and the surrounding areas. Composed of talented amateurs, students and professionals, the Burlington Symphony performs in the magnificent Performing Arts Centre in downtown Burlington. Visit our website for tickets and details.
Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts
Alexis Spieldenner
289-868-9177
music@bravoniagara.org
www.bravoniagara.org
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Bravo Niagara! is a not-for-profit registered charity dedicated to producing extraordinary concert experiences featuring the world’s leading artists, as well as rising young stars, in Niagara wine country. Concerts take place at the historic St. Mark’s Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake and the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in St. Catharines. The 2019/20 season is brimming with Canadian and international treasures and opens with the return of superstar soprano Measha Brueggergosman (October 19). The annual “Voices of Freedom Festival” features a double bill performance: jazz piano legend Monty Alexander and his Harlem-Kingston Express blend the sounds of his native Kingston, Jamaica, with the classic jazz tradition of New York’s Harlem, plus the Larnell Lewis Band (Nov 8). Canadian treasure Ofra Harnoy takes the stage for a rare recital (Nov 30). 2020 programming features legendary jazz vocalist Kurt Elling (February 14), classical guitar sensation MILOŠ (March 15), the Brubeck Brothers Quartet’s “Dave Brubeck Centennial Celebration” (April 5), and “From Broadway, With Love” (May 2). The season finale features two virtuoso musicians, iconic violinist Cho-Liang Lin and pianist Jon Kimura Parker in recital (May 3).
Borealis Big Band
Gord Shephard
905-717-3319
borealisbigband@gmail.com
www.borealisbigband.com
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The Borealis Big Band idea was created in the summer of 2017 with our first rehearsals in September 2017 alternating between the Chartwell Park Place Retirement Residence and the Chartwell Hollandview Trail Retirement Residence, both located in Aurora. Thanks to our friends at both these Chartwell locations for your ongoing hospitality.
As the Borealis name suggests, the new band has a very close association with the Town of Aurora, as the five original founders live in or close to Aurora. However, we are especially proud that we have participation from musicians from throughout the Greater Toronto Area. The Borealis Big Band was set up to provide an opportunity for band members to play challenging music in a wide variety of big band jazz styles including: swing, funk, smooth, and Latin/Cuban, and play it to the highest quality possible, with lots of room for improvisation for all those members interested. In our opinion, the best bands are entertaining because the musicians in the band work hard to be the best they can and everyone in the band loves to perform every time they pick up their instrument. The promise we make is that our performance will always be fun for everyone involved and for everyone watching and listening.
Bel Canto Singers
Kam
belcantomembership@gmail.com
www.belcantosingers.ca
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Bel Canto Singers is an auditioned, community four-part choir with singers of various ages. Under the guidance of our accomplished music director Leanne Piller, members enjoy the rewards and challenges of a varied repertoire including popular music, Broadway show tunes, folk songs, opera choruses and classics. Rehearsals are Tuesdays, 7pm to 9:30pm, from early September through May at Scarborough Bluffs United Church, 3739 Kingston Rd. at Scarborough Golf Club Road. We perform concerts in December and May, as well as at seniors’ residences throughout the year. While experienced and committed choristers are always welcomed, the choir is actively seeking members to add to its tenor and bass sections.
Bel Canto Singers is a non-profit organization financed by ticket sales and annual memberships. Friendships and fun are woven through all of our activities, including the semi-annual workshops that help improve our musical skills. We support several worthy charities. Please join us! Contact us by email or visit our website.
Barrie Concert Band
Denise Near
705-735-0720
info@barrieconcertband.org
www.barrieconcertband.org
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Under the direction of their new musical director, Angelik Jones, the Barrie Concert Band is excited to begin their 2019/20 season this fall, starting with the “Salute to the Veterans” concert on Tuesday, October 15.
Founded in 1869, the Barrie Concert band is the longest running musical organization north of the Golden Horseshoe and has over 50 members. This year’s concert subscription series will be an exciting mixture of music genres. The series kicks off on December 7 with “A Christmas Chocolate Box” filled with tasty Christmas tunes, followed by a rocking good time on March 7 as the band performs a “Barrie Concert Rock Band”. The series wraps up on June 6 with an afternoon of musical favourites as the “Band Goes Broadway”. Don’t miss a single concert when you buy a subscription!
As always, the Barrie Concert Band looks forward to supporting their local community by performing throughout Barrie & Simcoe County as they share their passion for music with enthusiasm and excellence.
Barrie Concert Association
Bruce Owen
705-726-1181
bruceowen@owendickey.com
www.barrieconcerts.org
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Blue Pages 2019
20th ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS
We are pleased to present our 20th annual Blue Pages, a directory of music presenters and arts services published every year in our October magazine, and maintained year-round online, under the “Who’s Who” tab at thewholenote.com. This year’s 152-profile portrait of musical life in the Greater Toronto area and Southern Ontario has two segments: section 1 reflects the wealth and diversity of music presenters and performers in our region – orchestras, choirs, opera companies, chamber ensembles, etcetera; section 2 is for individuals and organisations providing services to artists in the communities we cover, predominantly artist managers and publicists.
We’d like to thank all who have chosen to participate in this year’s Blue Pages; individuals and organisations whose support and dedication helps sustain not only The WholeNote but the music community in general. If your organisation missed being part of the October Blue Pages, we’ll be publishing a “latecomers” supplement in the November issue. And the online directory accepts new members year round.
For information on the benefits of a WholeNote membership (of which this Blue Pages profile is a feature), please contact Karen Ages at karen@thewholenote.com or 416-323-2232 x26.
BLUE PAGES TEAM 2019/20
PROJECT MANAGER: Karen Ages
PROJECT EDITOR: Danial Jazaeri
LAYOUT AND DESIGN: Susan Sinclair
WEBSITE: Kevin King
Section I: Presenters and Performers
Section II: Arts Services
Arts Services 2019
20th ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS
We are pleased to present our 20th annual Blue Pages, a directory of music presenters and arts services published every year in our October magazine, and maintained year-round online, under the “Who’s Who” tab at thewholenote.com. This year’s 152-profile portrait of musical life in the Greater Toronto area and Southern Ontario has two segments: section 1 reflects the wealth and diversity of music presenters and performers in our region – orchestras, choirs, opera companies, chamber ensembles, etcetera; section 2 is for individuals and organisations providing services to artists in the communities we cover, predominantly artist managers and publicists.
We’d like to thank all who have chosen to participate in this year’s Blue Pages; individuals and organisations whose support and dedication helps sustain not only The WholeNote but the music community in general. If your organisation missed being part of the October Blue Pages, we’ll be publishing a “latecomers” supplement in the November issue. And the online directory accepts new members year round.
For information on the benefits of a WholeNote membership (of which this Blue Pages profile is a feature), please contact Karen Ages at karen@thewholenote.com or 416-323-2232 x26.
BLUE PAGES TEAM 2019/20
PROJECT MANAGER: Karen Ages
PROJECT EDITOR: Danial Jazaeri
LAYOUT AND DESIGN: Susan Sinclair
WEBSITE: Kevin King
Section I: Presenters and Performers
Section II: Arts Services
Blue Pages 2020
21st ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS
Welcome to The WholeNote’s 21st annual Blue Pages directory of our region’s music makers. It’s been a bumpy ride getting to this point, and we hope you’ll enjoy perusing the profiles that follow, submitted both by presenters who are forging ahead with pandemically appropriate plans for 2020-21, or whose detailed plans are still uncertain.
Thanks to all those who have once again opted in with a WholeNote membership and profile: for your faith in and support for what we do; and for having faith in yourselves, finding the resilience needed to move forward in these very uncertain times.
And thanks to you, our readers, in print, and online at kiosk.thewholenote.com (where you can also find our four issues since April 1). If you missed any of those four print issues and would like copies, please contact us.
Profiles will be kept up-to-date online here, as new ones arrive or more information is available.
For information on the benefits of a WholeNote membership (of which a Blue Pages profile is a feature), please contact Karen Ages at karen@thewholenote.com or 416-323-2232 x26.
BLUE PAGES TEAM 2020/21
PROJECT MANAGER: Karen Ages
PROJECT EDITOR: Danial Jazaeri
LAYOUT AND DESIGN: Susan Sinclair
WEBSITE: Kevin King
Blue Pages 2021
22nd ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS
Welcome to The WholeNote’s 22nd annual Blue Pages directory of our region’s music makers. It’s been a bumpy ride getting to this point, and we hope you’ll enjoy perusing the profiles that follow, submitted both by presenters who are forging ahead with pandemically appropriate plans for 2021-22, or whose detailed plans are still uncertain.
Thanks to all those who have once again opted in with a WholeNote membership and profile: for your faith in and support for what we do; and for having faith in yourselves, finding the resilience needed to move forward in these very uncertain times.
And thanks to you, our readers, in print, and online at kiosk.thewholenote.com.
Profiles will be kept up-to-date online here, as new ones arrive or more information is available.
For information on the benefits of a WholeNote membership (of which a Blue Pages profile is a feature), please contact Karen Ages at karen@thewholenote.com or 416-323-2232 x26.
Presenters | Arts Services
Arts Services 2021
22nd ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS
Welcome to The WholeNote’s 22nd annual Blue Pages directory of our region’s music makers. It’s been a bumpy ride getting to this point, and we hope you’ll enjoy perusing the profiles that follow, submitted both by presenters who are forging ahead with pandemically appropriate plans for 2021-22, or whose detailed plans are still uncertain.
Thanks to all those who have once again opted in with a WholeNote membership and profile: for your faith in and support for what we do; and for having faith in yourselves, finding the resilience needed to move forward in these very uncertain times.
And thanks to you, our readers, in print, and online at kiosk.thewholenote.com.
Profiles will be kept up-to-date online here, as new ones arrive or more information is available.
For information on the benefits of a WholeNote membership (of which a Blue Pages profile is a feature), please contact Karen Ages at karen@thewholenote.com or 416-323-2232 x26.
Presenters | Arts Services
Blue Pages 2022
23rd ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS
Welcome to The WholeNote’s 23rd annual Blue Pages directory of our region’s music makers. It’s been a bumpy ride getting to this point, and we hope you’ll enjoy perusing the profiles that follow, submitted both by presenters who are forging ahead with pandemically appropriate plans for 2022-23, or whose detailed plans are still uncertain.
Thanks to all those who have once again opted in with a WholeNote membership and profile: for your faith in and support for what we do; and for having faith in yourselves, finding the resilience needed to move forward in these very uncertain times.
And thanks to you, our readers, in print, and online at kiosk.thewholenote.com.
Profiles will be kept up-to-date online here, as new ones arrive or more information is available.
For information on the benefits of a WholeNote membership (of which a Blue Pages profile is a feature), please contact Karen Ages at karen@thewholenote.com or 416-323-2232 x26.
Presenters | Arts Services
Arts Services 2022
23rd ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS
Welcome to The WholeNote’s 23rd annual Blue Pages directory of our region’s music makers. It’s been a bumpy ride getting to this point, and we hope you’ll enjoy perusing the profiles that follow, submitted both by presenters who are forging ahead with pandemically appropriate plans for 2022-23, or whose detailed plans are still uncertain.
Thanks to all those who have once again opted in with a WholeNote membership and profile: for your faith in and support for what we do; and for having faith in yourselves, finding the resilience needed to move forward in these very uncertain times.
And thanks to you, our readers, in print, and online at kiosk.thewholenote.com.
Profiles will be kept up-to-date online here, as new ones arrive or more information is available.
For information on the benefits of a WholeNote membership (of which a Blue Pages profile is a feature), please contact Karen Ages at karen@thewholenote.com or 416-323-2232 x26.
Presenters | Arts Services
Blue Pages 2023
24th ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS
Welcome to The WholeNote’s 24th annual Blue Pages directory of our region’s music makers. It’s been a bumpy ride getting to this point, and we hope you’ll enjoy perusing the profiles that follow, submitted both by presenters who are forging ahead with pandemically appropriate plans for 2023-24, or whose detailed plans are still uncertain.
Thanks to all those who have once again opted in with a WholeNote membership and profile: for your faith in and support for what we do.
And thanks to you, our readers - in print, and online at kiosk.thewholenote.com.
Profiles will be kept up-to-date online here, as new ones arrive or more information is available.
For information on the benefits of a WholeNote membership (of which a Blue Pages profile is a feature), please contact Karen Ages at karen@thewholenote.com or 416-323-2232 x26.
Blue Pages 2024
25th ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS
Welcome to The WholeNote’s 25th annual Blue Pages directory of our region’s music makers. It’s been a bumpy ride getting to this point, and we hope you’ll enjoy perusing the profiles that follow, submitted both by presenters who are forging ahead with pandemically appropriate plans for 2024-245, or whose detailed plans are still uncertain.
Thanks to all those who have once again opted in with a WholeNote membership and profile: for your faith in and support for what we do.
And thanks to you, our readers - in print, and online at kiosk.thewholenote.com.
Profiles will be kept up-to-date online here, as new ones arrive or more information is available.
For information on the benefits of a WholeNote membership (of which a Blue Pages profile is a feature), please contact Ori Dagan at advertising@thewholenote.com or 416-323-2232 x26.
Blue Pages 2025
26th ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC MAKERS
Welcome to our 26th annual Blue Pages directory, where music presenters of all varieties introduce themselves and highlight the events of their upcoming season. Whether you are interested in orchestral or choral music, opera, chamber, contemporary or early music, there’s a rich breadth to choose from, reflecting the wealth and diversity of performers and arts organizations in our region. We thank all who have chosen to participate in this year’s Blue Pages - your support enables us to sustain much of what we do at The WholeNote, in particular our ability to offer free daily concert listings to as broad a spectrum of presenters as possible - a service not only to our readers but to the live music community itself.
It’s not too late to join. Please email members@thewholenote.com for information on the benefits of a Blue Pages membership and how to sign up. We'll continue to post new profiles as they arrive.
