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2025 Canary Pages Choral Profiles Directory
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2025 Green Pages Summer Festival Directory
2025 Green Pages Summer Festival Directory
July 4 to 27, 2025Beaches & Leslieville neighbourhoods, Toronto, ON Celebrating its 37th year, the Beaches International Jazz Festival is a month-long music festival held each year in the
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Judith Lander at the Jean Darlene | The WholeNote
Judith Lander at the Jean Darlene | The WholeNote
Packed Oshawa banquet hall for RESOUND’s fifth anniversary | The WholeNote
Packed Oshawa banquet hall for RESOUND’s fifth anniversary | The WholeNote
Perennials, panto, old favourites and modern takes highlight this year’s holiday fare | The WholeNote
Perennials, panto, old favourites and modern takes highlight this year’s holiday fare | The WholeNote
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Solo Journeys – boomerangs, loopers, and home from home | The WholeNote
Shortly after I moved north I was having a conversation with one of my younger, wiser siblings, and they offered the general life philosophy that if you look at whatever it is you’re doing, and i
Remembering Norma Beecroft (1934-2024) | The WholeNote
Remembering Norma Beecroft (1934-2024) | The WholeNote
BEECROFT, NORMA MARIAN: It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Norma Marian Beecroft in her 91st year, peacefully on Saturday, October 19, 2024. … A beloved Canadian composer,
A joy-filled and music-fuelled season at London’s Grand Theatre and beyond | The WholeNote
A joy-filled and music-fuelled season at London’s Grand Theatre and beyond | The WholeNote
ART OF THE ARC: A CURATORS’ Q & A | Sanjeet Takhar – The Music Gallery | The WholeNote
ART OF THE ARC: A CURATORS’ Q & A | Sanjeet Takhar – The Music Gallery | The WholeNote
Immersive Journeys in Stories and Sound | The WholeNote
Immersive Journeys in Stories and Sound | The WholeNote
Alice Ping Yee Ho’s Dark Tales: On November 9, right after you thought all the pumpkins, goblins and spider webs had been put away for another season, Toronto composer Alice Ping Yee Ho and New
ARCS: A CONCERT CURATORS’ Q & A | The WholeNote
ARCS: A CONCERT CURATORS’ Q & A | The WholeNote
Playing For Real | The WholeNote
Playing For Real | The WholeNote
When I was first contemplating applying to the University of Toronto’s Jazz Studies program, there were many factors that made the prospect appealing: the downtown location, the stellar faculty,
Sizzling Summer Musicals Flourish Through the Fall | The WholeNote
Sizzling Summer Musicals Flourish Through the Fall | The WholeNote
Three remarkably dissimilar music theatre productions, all in one place and performed by one company, have been thrilling audiences since previews in the spring – at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-o
Artists On Board! VIA's Good-News Announcement | The WholeNote
Artists On Board! VIA's Good-News Announcement | The WholeNote
The Canadian, for the uninitiated, is the train that travels twice weekly from Vancouver to Toronto. While it’s largely marketed as a “cross country” experience, its route also acts as an esse
Community Through Song: Elaine Choi’s Choral Journey | The WholeNote
Community Through Song: Elaine Choi’s Choral Journey | The WholeNote
One day in the golden late ’80s in Hong Kong, almost past the reaches of Elaine Choi's memory, she balanced on her mother's piano bench. She was about three years old. Her mother helped one of her
The More It Changes... Tafelmusik Welcomes Rachel Podger | The WholeNote
The More It Changes... Tafelmusik Welcomes Rachel Podger | The WholeNote
It has always been fascinating to observe the processes that Tafelmusik engages in to keep up with the times, while remaining consistent to the principles that have marked the organization since its
Embracing Failure: In Conversation with Gregory Oh | The WholeNote
Embracing Failure: In Conversation with Gregory Oh | The WholeNote
In my previous WholeNote story, I wrote about the three-day Keyed-Up Festival, produced by Soundstreams, which ran from April 18-20. I was fortunate to attend two of the three concerts, both of whi
HAIL AND FAREWELL - The RCM’s Peter Simon | The WholeNote
HAIL AND FAREWELL - The RCM’s Peter Simon | The WholeNote
The sound of trumpets bookended a wonderful Koerner Hall May 23 evening that balanced solemnity, joyful retrospect, and reflections on a professional life well lived. The occasion: the retirement of
Saving Calypso | The WholeNote
Saving Calypso | The WholeNote
SUMMER TIME & the definitions go out the window | The WholeNote
SUMMER TIME & the definitions go out the window | The WholeNote
Purcell was “modern” and so is this production - Les Arts Florissants’ "Fairy Queen" | The WholeNote
Purcell was “modern” and so is this production - Les Arts Florissants’ "Fairy Queen" | The WholeNote
Fellows and Mentors: The Warp and Weft of Toronto Summer Music | The WholeNote
Fellows and Mentors: The Warp and Weft of Toronto Summer Music | The WholeNote
Fellowship and Mentoring: Further Reflections | The WholeNote
Fellowship and Mentoring: Further Reflections | The WholeNote
Fifty Years of Frog Bog Soundwalk - Soothing Whispers of Nature: Sounding Ontario Spring Wetlands | The WholeNote
Fifty Years of Frog Bog Soundwalk - Soothing Whispers of Nature: Sounding Ontario Spring Wetlands | The WholeNote
David Rokeby links Laurie Anderson at Koerner April 5 with Eve Egoyan at George Weston May 9 | The WholeNote
David Rokeby links Laurie Anderson at Koerner April 5 with Eve Egoyan at George Weston May 9 | The WholeNote
Something to Crow About, and a Toast to New Creation | The WholeNote
Something to Crow About, and a Toast to New Creation | The WholeNote
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The COC’s Perryn Leech in conversation | The WholeNote
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Homes for Music Help Communities Heal and Grow | The WholeNote
Toronto Bach Festival: Connecting the Dots | The WholeNote
Toronto Bach Festival: Connecting the Dots | The WholeNote
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Keying Up for an Inventive Spring | The WholeNote
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A New Journey: Reimagining Art Song for the 2020s | The WholeNote
It’s Time to Ditch the Tails | The WholeNote
It’s Time to Ditch the Tails | The WholeNote
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Looking Forward to the JUNOs (after the fact) | The WholeNote
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Conversations with Musicians: Violinist Leah Roseman’s “other-level” podcasting pivot | The WholeNote
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Freesound Collective tackles Feldman | The WholeNote
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When Small is Beautiful | The WholeNote
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Night Owls, Legions and Libraries: Finding Homes for Music | The WholeNote
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Vocal Music and Community Building | The WholeNote
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Recently In Town: Jane Glover | The WholeNote
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Hidden Histories Revealed and Revisited | The WholeNote
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Musico-metaphorical journeys in Alison Mackay’s "Staircases" | The WholeNote
Opera: The Definite Article | The WholeNote
Opera: The Definite Article | The WholeNote
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Playing It Forward: Christina Petrowska Quilico | The WholeNote
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Gypsy and more: And the seasons they go round and round | The WholeNote
Light Between the Cracks: Small World Music's GLOBAL TORONTO 2023 | The WholeNote
Light Between the Cracks: Small World Music's GLOBAL TORONTO 2023 | The WholeNote
Passing the Torch: Mooredale's Wonny Song | The WholeNote
Passing the Torch: Mooredale's Wonny Song | The WholeNote
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Musical Weavings | The WholeNote
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Visions and Revisions: The Balancing Act | The WholeNote
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Catastrophic Trifles & Musical Remedies | The WholeNote
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True To The Human Being - Mahani Teave
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Michael Palumbo’s Exit Points Makes Its Mark
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Hugh’s NEW Room
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Art Uplifted When Dance & Music Intersect
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A True Reunion: Tafelmusik Welcomes Back Bruno Weil
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Sharon Azrieli on The AMPs at Ten
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"Beautiful Gumbo” - Long Live The Rex
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As The Music Heads Outdoors
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A Summer Musical Mix
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TSM’s metamorphoses
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trillionth i and me: Peter Chin’s Transnational Vision
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“Don’t Forget About Us” - Walk with Amal at Luminato Festival
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A Festival of Pipes: (Re)discovering Toronto’s Oldest Instruments
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Toronto Bach Festival - True to Its Intents | The WholeNote
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Show Room showcase offers a promising start | The WholeNote
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Bustin’ Out All Over | The WholeNote
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Wave after Wave - Esprit Orchestra Celebrates 40 Years of Making A Difference | The WholeNote
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Welcome to the Aperture Room | The WholeNote
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Q & A: Blake Pouliot, violin. | The WholeNote
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Familiar Venues and a Brand New Festival | The WholeNote
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NAGAMO: Andrew Balfour & musica intima | The WholeNote
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Canadian Identity Celebrated and Explored | The WholeNote
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Instant Kinships: Trio Arkel in Conversation | The WholeNote
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To Everything there is a Season... or Four | The WholeNote
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Continuum’s Show Room and Soundstreams’ Reich | The WholeNote
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"Fall On Your Knees" Finds Theatrical Form | The WholeNote
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A Toast to Amnesia as the Music Goes Live (Again)! | The WholeNote
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Orchestral Explosion - Take December 10, for example... | The WholeNote
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Collaborative Serendipity | The WholeNote
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Four Concertos and One String Quartet | The WholeNote
Singing For More Than Just Their Supper! | The WholeNote
Singing For More Than Just Their Supper! | The WholeNote
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Mervon Mehta In Conversation | The WholeNote
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Trichy Sankaran at 80 | The WholeNote
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Bridging the Space Between Us | NUIT BLANCHE TORONTO 2022
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Ballycroy and Beyond
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And Now, Back to Live Action
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Hugh’s and Poetry on the Move
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11th Annual TIFF TIPS
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Reviews | The Listening Room
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