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ETCeteras listings are based on information sent to WholeNote in advance by event presenters. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, some events may have been cancelled or postponed. Please visit presenters' websites or contact them directly for updates. The deadline for the next weekly update is Tue Feb 02 at 6pm. Thank you for your understanding and stay safe!
DAILY LISTINGS
ONGOING! Jan 01: Brott Music Festival. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Filmed this summer on-location at Sue-Ann Staff Winery in Jordan, Niagara, this interactive concert features the National Academy Orchestra, acclaimed soloist Mark Djokic, and Maestro Boris Brott. $15. Available until Jan 31. Details at Brott Music Festival. ONLINE
ONGOING!! Jan 17 4:00: Travel by Sound. Freeman Brothers. Original music by Carson & Curtis Freeman, and songs from Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Carson Freeman, sax; Curtis Freeman, bass; Stefan Carriman, keyboards; Alek Sekulovski, drums & percussion. Call 416-799-0737 or visit VictoriaYehLive . $40 per single concert or $100 for Full-Series Pass (6 concerts). Virtually from Mudtown Station. Series runs until Feb 2021. Unlimited replays until Mar 2021. ONLINE
ONGOING!! Jan 22 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Mozart & Tchaikovsky. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Tchaikovsky: Sinfonia in e-flat Op.30a. Nurhan Arman, conductor. To view the livestream and performance video until Feb 20, 2021 visit the Sinfonia Toronto website. $15. LIVESTREAM ONLINE
ONGOING!! Jan 28 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Divertimento. Johann Michael Haydn: Divertimento in E-flat MH9; Johann Baptist Vanhal: Divertimento in G; Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Quartetto No.2 in D; František Adam Míča: Oboe Quartet in C. John Abberger, oboe; Christopher Verrette, violin; Patrick G. Jordan, viola; Margaret Gay; cello; Pippa Macmillan, double bass. Visit here for more information. Includes 48-hour extended viewing. ONLINE
ONGOING!! Jan 29 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Classic Hits of Tin Pan Alley. Works by Gershwin, Berlin, Joplin and others. Visit the KW Symphony website. Choose what you pay from $15. Available until Jan 31 at 11:59pm. ONLINE
NEW!! Jan 31 3:45: Wychwood Clarinet Choir. Recording Launch and Live Pre-Show. Anne of Green Gables Medley written by Norman Campbell, arranged by Fen Watkin. Join our artistic directors Michele Jacot and Roy Greaves for a YouTube Live pre-show, to include notes about the piece as well as our late friend and member of our Composers’ Collective, Fen Watkin. Pre-show available here. Recording launch available here. ONLINE
NEW!! Jan 31 7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. John & Waleed. Performed and taped live from Theatre Passe Muraille. Visit here to reserve your ticket. PWYC. ONLINE
NEW!! Feb 03 8:00: The Music Gallery. Turnonandbenotalone. Amahl Arulanandam, cello; Yang Chen, percussion; Sara Constant, flute; Émilie Fortin, trumpet. Information available here. Also Feb 4. ONLINE
NEW!! Feb 04 7:30: Art of Time Ensemble. Magic and Loss: A Tribute to Lou Reed. Tom Wilson; Margo & Michael Timmins; John Southworth; Sarah Slean; The Art of Time Ensemble. Watch here. Free. Also Feb 7. ONLINE
NEW!! Feb 05 7:00: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert. The Voice / La voix. Text by Jean Cocteau. Music by François Poulenc. Double bill of Jean Cocteau’s one-act play The Voice and Francis Poulenc's opera La voix humaine. Chilina Kennedy, actor (Elle); Mariam Khalil, soprano (Elle); Narmina Afandiyeva, piano; Guillermo Silva-Marin, stage director. Visit Opera in Concert's website. Available Feb 5-19. ONLINE
ETCETERAS
Arts@Home. A vibrant hub connecting Torontonians to arts and culture. Designed to strengthen personal and societal resilience through the arts. Visit Arts@Home to learn more about this exciting collaborative initiative. ONLINE
Kevin Barrett. Live from Lockdown. Kevin Barrett does a live-streamed set of solo guitar tunes, coming directly from lockdown in his studio in Kensington Market, Toronto. Tune in to Kevin's Facebook page on Friday here. If you can't join live, the video will be available afterwards on Kevin's page with each week's episode archived on his YouTube channel here. YOUTUBE & FACEBOOK
NEW!! The Mozart Project invites you to virtually attend the vocal master classes of the Toronto Mozart Vocal Competition. Hear a sensational roster of singers in a variety of Mozart repertoire with feedback and instruction from David Bowser and Nathalie Paulin. Master classes will be live streamed and admission is free. Round One with David Bowser on Jan 29 6:00– 9:00 pm & Jan 30 10:00am–8:00pm. Round Two with Nathalie Paulin on Jan 31 2:00–6:00 pm. Masterclasses livestreamed on YouTube here. Each day of the Competition has its own YouTube link. Round One available here. Round Two available here. Schedule will be posted once Round One selections have been made. Please visit here on Sunday morning for the results of Round One. Visit here for more information. ONLINE
Ottawa Chamberfest. Chamber Chats: At Home / Chez vous. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm. Hosted by celebrated broadcaster/writer Eric Friesen. Interactive episodes combine chat with pre-recorded and live performances and feature guest artists and lecturers from all over the world. For information: 613-234-8008. Visit Ottawa Chamberfest. ONLINE
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. a•P•art {of} performance series, every Thursday at 7:30pm here. ONLINE
The Toronto Consort. Early Music TV. Begins November 29, 2020. A subscription-based video streaming service dedicated to music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque. Founded and curated by The Toronto Consort. A Medieval Christmas debuts on December 14, 2020 and includes serene works like laude, English carols, and Notre Dame polyphony by Pérotin and anonymous medieval masters. This on-demand service is available here.
ONLINE BLOGS
Toronto Consort. Explorer: Discovering the World of Early Music. Explorer is a blog for the curious; a place of learning, sharing, and community. This all-new offering will present an assortment of curated content in a range of formats, like original short- or long-form articles, original video and audio recordings, and educational content on relevant topics relating to Early Music, history, and world music, as they relate our beloved repertoire. Visit here for further information. ONLINE
ONLINE GROUPS
Recollectiv: A unique musical online meeting group made up of people affected by memory challenges caused by illness (such as dementia) or brain injury (stroke, PTSD, etc.) and their care partners. Volunteers of all ages also form part of the band, providing a positive intergenerational experience for all. Participation is free with pre-registration. E-mail Recollectiv here for meeting times, information and registration. ONLINE
PREVIOUSLY RECORDED
Esprit Orchestra. Soundbites: Zosha di Castri - Serifiniana. This performance was recorded by Esprit Orchestra in Koerner Hall on May 25, 2014. Conducted by Alex Pauk, and featuring Claudia Shaer on amplified violin, and Sanya Eng on amplified harp. Visit here to listen. Watch a Soundbite Insight with Alex Pauk in conversation with Zosha Di Castri here. ONLINE
Kingston Symphony. Finale of Beethoven’s Third Symphony (Eroica). Forty members of the orchestra perform the finale of the Eroica, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 while in isolation in their homes. To view the virtual performance, please click here. For more information on the Kingston Symphony, please visit here. ONLINE
NEW!! New Music Concerts. Sonic Grace: A NMC Audio Diary. Canadian pianist, contemporary music expert, and long-time collaborator of NMC, Stephen Clarke. To hear Marianne Schroeder perform Giacinto Scelsi's Un Adieu along with a scrolling score, visit here. ONLINE
TD Toronto Jazz Festival. Online Premiere. Measha Brueggergosman, soprano; Lennie Gallant, guitar. The internationally acclaimed opera singer and concert artist co-wrote "Champions" with Lennie Gallant. The concert is available here. ONLINE
Thirteen Strings! Virtual Concert. Purcell: Excerpts from The Fairy Queen. Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 5 in D. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Marc Djokic, violin). Elgar: Serenade for Strings. Find the link here. Free. ONLINE
Toronto Operetta Theatre. An archival video of Toronto Operetta Theatre's production of H.M.S. Pinafore performed March 4-8, 2020, at Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Enjoy the video here. ONLINE
Toronto Symphony Orchestra & Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. The TSO was thrilled to harness the healing power of music to help The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation celebrate the virtual opening of its new, world-class Cancer Centre. Watch TSO musicians perform six musical pieces by Bach, Mozart, Elgar and Sibelius (two quartets, two duets, two solos) in the new spaces. To view the video, visit here. ONLINE
VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert. Archival Video Project: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. Enjoy some archival scenes from our 2019 production here. ONLINE
