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March 31, 2021Concert Report: Confluence Concerts songful celebration of composer John Beckwith’s 94th birthday
by Wendalyn Bartley
Confluence Concerts most recent event was a marathon of composer John Beckwith’s music for solo voice – three 90-minute back-to-back online recitals. The production was a family affair, curated and co-hosted by the composer’s son, Larry Beckwith, and granddaughter Alison…
March 23, 2021Concert Report: Toronto Consort’s Of Tricksters and Trolls - a whirl of haunting repertoire
by Jane Coombs
A wraithlike water-dweller, a covetous goddess, a phantom bride. Welcome to the world of Of Tricksters and Trolls, the Toronto Consort’s latest performance released March 16 on their new streaming platform, Early Music TV. Filmed earlier this year at the…
March 20, 2021Inside out as the best way forward: Musical playgrounds, virtual and real
by Richard Marsella
This global health pandemic has certainly illustrated the old Italian proverb, “tutto il mondo è un paese” – indeed, all the world is a village, and every village needs a playground. In my capacity as the executive director of the…
March 20, 2021Take One: Morgan-Paige Melbourne’s multidimensional practice
by Gloria Blizzard
When pianist and composer Morgan-Paige Melbourne recorded her first album, it was during the March 2020 lockdown. She did it on her own, with one podium microphone and an iPad. She placed her mic underneath the piano to capture the…
March 20, 2021From limbo to grey zone: Inconsistent lockdown protocols hamper the live performing arts
by Paul Ennis
On February 22, in response to the continuing uncertainty about when the Ontario government would ease the COVID-19 lockdown protocols disproportionately affecting the live performing arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), which represents 164 professional theatre, dance…
March 20, 2021The Many Virtues of Necessity
by Jennifer Parr
This is such a strange time to be writing about music theatre. As I scour the Internet for news of new works and remounts, the contrast with this time last year is impossible to escape. On top of that, as…
March 19, 2021Listening Fast and Hearing Long
by Steve Wallace
Jazz is not easily boiled down to any one element but when you get right down to it, learning to play jazz is largely about learning how to listen. Really listen, hard, to many things simultaneously while making spontaneous decisions…
March 19, 2021Up Close and Impersonal? A New Kind of Educational Intimacy
by Colin Story
“You know, we’ve still never seen each other in person.” So said one of my favourite guitar students, a man in his early 40s whom I teach on Wednesday evenings. I’ve been teaching him for nearly a year, since spring…
March 19, 2021SHHH!! means “Listen to This”
by Max Christie
Many of us are finding things to do outside of our usual range of work activities, since one thing afforded by the current pandemic for many performing musicians, if not for those in other professions, is time. Zac Pulak, one…
March 19, 2021Toronto ‘woke leftist’? Sounds like a plot for an opera
by Robert Harris
Here’s a reminder for those of you who think we Canadians have no substantial international intellectual clout. You are wrong. So wrong. And how do I know? Because Le Monde, France’s leading newspaper, told me. You see, Paris is up in…
March 01, 2021Now via hologram: Women From Space returns, streaming April 9-11
by Camille Kiku Belair
The third annual Women From Space Festival, a Toronto-based concert series, is returning this year, livestreamed on www.womenfromspace.com. Recently postponed due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the festival is now taking place April 9-11, 2021. Festival passes this year are free,…
March 01, 2021Concert report: “The Human Voice/La Voix Humaine” makes for fascinating programming, digital or live
by Jennifer Parr
On February 5, Toronto’s Voicebox: Opera in Concert (OIC) made its digital debut with a fascinating double bill: The Human Voice and La Voix Humaine. This choice of material—an English-language version of Jean Cocteau’s 1928 play, paired with the 1958…20 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 Period03 Nov 2020 - Steve WallaceJazz Notes03 Nov 2020 - Jack MacQuarrieBandstand03 Nov 2020 - Colin StoryMainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz04 Oct 2020 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed04 Oct 2020 - Matthew WhitfieldEarly Period04 Oct 2020 - Brian ChangChoral Scene04 Oct 2020 - Steve WallaceJazz Notes04 Oct 2020 - Colin StoryMainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz02 Sep 2020 - David PerlmanEditorial and Op-Ed01 Sep 2020 - Brian ChangChoral Scene01 Sep 2020 - Steve WallaceJazz Notes01 Sep 2020 - Matthew WhitfieldEarly Period01 Sep 2020 - Wendalyn BartleyNew Music01 Sep 2020 - Jack MacQuarrieBandstand01 Sep 2020 - Colin StoryMainly Clubs, Mostly JazzMore Stories- Concert report: Latest Kitchener-Waterloo Broadcast - "We're Not Done Drumming" contextualizes a cla...
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