Glenn Gould Studio

Amelia Curran

2012-02-21T14:42:15Z

Hot on the heels of announcing her upcoming performance as special guest to Whitehorse (Melissa McClelland & Luke Doucet) at Winter Garden Theatre on February 24, 2012, Massey Hall is thrilled to once again present JUNO Award-winner Amelia Curran at the Glenn Gould Studio.

For over a decade, Amelia Curran has been writing, recording, and performing. Her most recent album, Hunter, Hunter, was named the Roots & Traditional Album of the Year at the 2010 JUNO Awards which were held in her native home of St. John's, NF. The four-time East Coast Music Award nominee is a writer in the true sense of the term, provoking an emotional and engaging connection between listener and the characters that her poetic songs reveal.

Admission: $ 29.50.

Into The West

2012-02-21T14:19:09Z

Canadian Violinist Steven Tsitsos constantly pushes the boundaries of today's instrumental scene by effortlessly walking a razor thin line that borders on genres ranging from Classical, to Rock and Jazz. He will be joined by renowned Canadian Musicians to perform an eclectic program that features the music of Ennio Morriccone, Jimi Hendrix and more.

Admission: $45 Regular, $25 Students.

Cowboy Junkies

2012-02-16T01:42:15Z

With the March 27, 2012 release of The Wilderness, Cowboy Junkies complete their four CD collection, "The Nomad Series" and the ambitious schedule of four new releases over an 18-month period will soon be realized. The latest collection of songs follows the critically acclaimed Renmin Park (2010), Demons (2011) and Sing In My Meadow (2011). Renmin Park was inspired by Timmins' two-month stay in China and was called "their most ambitious yet" by The Boston Herald. Demons, a collection of songs by the late Vic Chesnutt, was labeled ".a loving tribute" by NPR. Sing In My Meadow was hailed by Metromix as, "showing yet another side of one of the most versatile, underrated bands of the last 25 years."

Admission: $25.00

http://latentrecordings.com/cowboyjunkies/

Anton Apostolov & Balkania Orchestra

2012-02-11T03:06:12Z

"Anton' s ability to organically combine the complex rhythmical structures of his native Bulgarian folk music with diverse jazz and global music influences makes for a unique and involving musical experience."

Balkania Orchestra

The ensemble, called the Balkania Orchestra, was formed in 2009 for the recording of the album, Balkania After the Rain. It continues to be active, providing live performances of the music. Their work is contributing in a new way to the rich diversity of cross-cultural musical collaborations and exciting creative work occurring in Canada today. Since the recording was made, a few of the original members have been replaced by local artists. The ensemble consists of eleven members. They are:

Anton Apostolov - Guitar, tambura, vocal

Composer, performer, and teacher, Anton Apostolov has been playing professionally for over fifteen years in a variety of musical contexts. He is a member of SOCAN and has composed original works for guitar, as well as world music compositions that fuse elements of Bulgarian folk music, flamenco, Latin music, and jazz. Anton began playing the tambura and guitar in Bulgaria at the age of six. After studying classical guitar, he performed as a soloist with the orchestra Pirinski Zvutzi in Blagoevrad. Later he became a member of the Valeri Dimchev Trio where his many performances and recordings blended traditional Bulgarian folk music with modern and classical music styles. In 1995, Anton settled in Atlantic City, New Jersey where he taught guitar, performed regularly as a solo guitarist, and became a member of the American Federation of Musicians. A Toronto resident since 1998, Anton composes, performs and teaches classical, folk, rock, and jazz guitar in the Greater Toronto Area. His students have won top prizes at the Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto. Anton was recently awarded two Canada Council grants for both writing and recording original compositions that drew from his Bulgarian roots and other forms of world music.

(Jazz Influenced Bulgarian Folk)
Saturday, March 17
Doors 7:00PM, Show 8:00PM
Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West
Tickets: $30 Advance

New Music Concerts presents:

2012-02-11T02:51:36Z

New Music Concerts has been planning to feature Peter Eötvös for a number of years and is pleased to collaborate with the TSO to bring this Hungarian star composer and conductor to Toronto. The New Music Concert, curated by Eötvös, will feature his wind Octet which was written in memory of Karlheinz Stockhausen. It uses the same instrumentation as Stravinsky's Octet which will serve as the culmination of the program. Eötvös' Psy for flute, cello and cimbalom and Windsequenzen for a large mixed ensemble are also featured along with his countryman Zoltan Jeney's Heraclitian Fragments to complete this eclectic program.

Saturday 10 March 2012 New Music Concerts presents - Peter Eötvös Picks

Glenn Gould Studio 250 Front St. West, CBC Broadcast Centre

New Music Concerts Ensemble; Peter Eötvös, direction

Zoltan Jeney - Heraclitian Fragments for mixed ensemble (1997/2004)

Peter Eötvös - Psy for flute, cello, cimbalom (1996)

Peter Eötvös - Octet for mixed winds and brass (2008)

Peter Eötvös - Windsequenzen for mixed ensemble (1975/87)

Igor Stravinsky - Octet for mixed winds and brass (1923)

TICKET INFORMATION

Individual Tickets: $35 (regular)/$25 (seniors/arts workers)/$10 (students)

Prices include 13% HST

Box Office: 416 961-9594

New Music Concerts

157 Carlton Street, Suite 203 Toronto ON M5A 2K3

416.961.9594 / fax 416.961.9508

nmc@interlog.com / www.NewMusicConcerts.com

(photo: Siegfried Ketterer)

Sinfonia Toronto presents

2012-02-06T20:37:37Z

Nurhan Arman, conductor
Lucille Chung, pianist

A glittering new work joins glorious 19th Century masterpieces.

Programme:
Teehan: Commissioned work tba
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (chamber version)
Dvorak: Quintet op. 77 (orchestral version)

Admission,$12 (students), $32 (seniors), $39 (adults)

Aradia Ensemble Presents

2012-02-06T20:06:04Z

The title of this concert, "The Grain of the Voice," comes from an important essay by the semiotician Roland Barthes featured in the collection Image, Music, Text (New York: Hill and Wang, 1977). This concert juxtaposes the raw, vital singing of Toronto-based Georgian choir Darbazi, with 17th century motets by Monteverdi and Gesualdo performed in the style of the Italian baroque with the Aradia Ensemble. New pieces by Andrew Agar and Kevin Mallon will unite these two very different vocal grains with the accompaniment of Aradia.

The choir and orchestra of the Aradia Ensemble, Director Kevin Mallon is joined by Toronto's Georgian choir, Darbazi.

Admission, Adults $35, Seniors $25, Students $15

Canadian Sinfonietta

2012-02-03T15:06:51Z

Camille Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor

Gabriel Faure: Elegie for Cello and Orchestra

Gabriel Faure: Requiem (Chamber Version)

Tak Ng Lai, conductor
Rachel Mercer, cello
Toronto Cantata Chorus with Aileen Lee, soprano

This concert features the music of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns and his student, and later good friend, Gabriel Fauré. Canadian cellist, Rachel Mercer, who is the winner of the 2009 Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank Competition, will be playing the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto and Faure's Elegie on the 1696 Bonjour Stradivarius cello. The concert will also feature guest choir, Toronto Cantata Chorus, with soprano Aileen Lee, performing the hauntingly beautiful chamber version of Gabriel Faure's Requiem.

Admission: $30 Adult, $25 Senior, $20 Student

David Occhipinti Camera

2012-01-31T20:50:23Z

This concert will feature new compositions by guitarist/composer David Occhipinti.

The pieces combine improvisation in a chamber setting, including a cycle for guitar and string quartet. This evening's performance will feature some of the great classical and jazz musicians in Canada as they prepare for a recording of this material. To be released later in 2012.

Camera Ensemble

Max Christie - clarinet

Robin Dann - voice

Steven Dann - viola

Andrew Downing - bass

Amanda Goodburn - violin

David Hetherington - cello

Aline Homzy - violin

Beverley Johnson - marimba/percussion

Nadina Mackie Jackson - bassoon

David Occhipinti - guitar/compositions

Guitarist/composer David Occhipinti composes music that is influenced from a variety of sources. He has four CD featuring his own compositions, including Forty Revolutions, which was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award in the contemporary jazz category. David has also released two duo CD's with saxophonist Mike Murley. Their first CD, Duologue, was nominated for a Juno Award in 2003. As a composer, David has received commissions to compose for solo artists, chamber groups and large ensembles. He has performed all across Canada, in the U.S., Europe, Japan and in Italy where he lived for a short time. David studied in New York with the legendary jazz guitarist Jim Hall during the mid 1990's. David presently teaches guitar, composition, and leads ensembles at the University of Toronto and Humber College.

Please visit www.davidocchipinti.com for more info.

Admission. $18.00 Regular, $10 Student, Seniors and Artists.

A Festival of Music and Culture

2012-01-31T19:17:49Z

University Settlement is pleased to host its second annual Festival of Music and Culture. This year's event includes performances by featured performer violinist Adrian Anantawan, accompanied by pianist Darrett Zusko, the University of Toronto Klezmer Band, Chinese Erhu by Yuan Wang, Iranian music, and a special presentation of University Settlement Music and Arts School students and teachers. All proceeds from this event go directly to support the programs and services which have been provided by University Settlement for over 100 years. In addition, a silent auction with some exciting items to bid on will be held in the lobby before the concert and during the intermission.

We invite you to join us for some unforgettable performances and enjoy a marvelous sense of Toronto community spirit. The Festival of Music and Culture is a family-oriented event, providing everyone with an opportunity to listen to some extraordinary music. For more information, go to our website at www.universitysettlement.ca.

Lady Day

2012-01-25T22:31:40Z

An evening featuring the music of Billie Holiday performed by Grand Salon Orchestra and Jessica Rose conducted by Kerry Stratton. Doors 7 pm / Show 8 pm.

For more information please phone: 647-853-0057

Admission: $32.50

Lucian Ban and John Hebert "Enesco Re-imagined"

2012-01-11T12:23:20Z

More than a century after Romanian composer George Enesco was first introduced to American audiences, Transylvanian expat jazz pianist Lucian Ban, together with renowned jazz bassist John Hebert, takes on Enesco's music legacy in this daring contemporary jazz re-imagination of some of his unique works for a stunning group of New York jazz iconoclasts. Working at the edge of classical, jazz, downtown improv and contemporary music, the ensemble re-orchestrates and re-interprets scores from George Enesco's impressive body of work - from the famous 3rd Sonata for Violin & Piano in Romanian Folk Character to the unfinished4th Symphony to the various chamber pieces and the larger orchestral works of this amazing 20thcentury Romanian composer.

Romanian expat pianist Lucian Ban and bassist John Hebert underscore just how borderless jazz has become today with their impressive multi-national band here featuring top-notch jazz talents from the US, Europe and South Asia.

Mixing up classical elegance, with dirty Downtown skronk against pulsing Indian rhythms and inspired by the music of 20^th century classical genius and fellow countryman GEORGE ENESCU this octet features an A- list band with tenorist Tony Malaby, trumpeter Ralph Alessi, avant-garde viola player Mat Maneri violinist Joyce Hammann, contemporary master drummer Gerald Cleaver and tabla drummer/singer Badal Roy, in a dazzling mix of sounds.

The concert also presents the creative and exciting Toronto-based jazz quartet, Michael Herring and Don Scott's Peripheral Vision.

Co-presented by JPEC (jazzcentre.ca) & the Romanian Cultural Institute (www.icr.ro)

The Romanian Cultural Institute (RCI) is a public body that promotes interest in Romanian culture abroad through programs and active cultural dialogue. RCI seeks to establish cooperation and sustainable relations with cultural entities in other countries, while presenting compelling Romanian culture to wide international audiences.

Admission: $20 Regular, $5 Student.

"Returnings" Eve Egoyen

2012-01-06T18:46:06Z

The late Anne Southam's "Returnings" with Eve Egoyan on Piano chosen as number one album by the Globe and Mail.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/our-verdict-is-in-this-was-the-years-best-music/article2283910/page4/

It was a privilege to be part of this project here at the Gould. Congratulations to our engineer Dennis Patterson and Producer David Jaeger.

Doug Paisley

2012-01-06T18:38:04Z

Ethiopia: A Musical Prespective

2012-01-06T17:47:05Z

To celebrate Black History Month, Batuki Music Society presents the rich musical traditions of "Abyssinia" or present day Ethiopia...a comprehensive look at the country's musical forms:the monochord music of the 'Azmaris' (story-telling and social commentary through song); the pentatonic and varied regional sounds; and the hybrid modern stylings of ethio-jazz.

Ethiopia has the enviable position in the African continent of being the only country that was never colonized by European powers. It also had the longest continuous monarchy until the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie in the '70s by the military. Ethiopia has a glorious past with a great civilization, one of a few countries with a written language (the Ge'ez script) and a developed system of governance. The resilience and bravery of the Ethiopian people in resisting Italian campaigns to colonize it are often seen by many Africans as a catalyst that sowed the seeds of independence for their countries. The idea of a United Africa started in Ethiopia; hence, Africa's first parliament was established in Addis Ababa, the capital city.

Toronto has one of the largest Ethiopian populations in Canada; there is already a large pool of talent within this community.Having interacted on many occasions with its leaders and artists. Batuki Music Society's Artistic Director proposed the idea to put together a musical collective to showcase the various traditions and cultures of Ethiopia.

There will be an array of traditional and modern instruments displaying on a single stage for the first time in Canada the wealth of talent and energy from "the Horn of Plenty".. Batuki Music Society is offering fresh eyes at defining what Ethiopian music is.

Batuki Music Society gratefully acknowledges the support of the Toronto Arts Council and Canadian Heritage.

Admission: $25.00.