Here’s what’s coming down for the holiday season, as best I know:
- December 3rd sees the Ensemble Studio performing a lunchtime concert in the RBA.
- Soundstreams has a concert called Invocations on December 5th at the Jane Mallet Theatre.
- Also on the 5th Oraculum opens at Buddies in Bad Times. Previews are the 1st and 3rd and the run extends to the 15th.
- On the 8th Opera Revue have BACH Humbug at the Redwood; the antidote to holiday music.
- Confluence have their annual Young Associate curated gig at Heliconian on the 10th.
- VOCES8 are appearing at Koerner Hall on the 13th.
Well late August has been a bit thin in terms of live performances but September. sees things back with a bang.
Thursday’s concert by members of the Ensemble Studio in the RBA was an all French affair (at least as far as language went) and it was rather good. Karoline Podolak iniated proceedings with Mattia Senesi at the piano with Kurt Weill’s “Youkali”. Now I’ve heard this sung by everybody from Barbara Hannigan to Benjamin Appl and I’d have to see that Ms. Podolak is right up there. There was 
First some additional February shows
My usual reaction to holiday season concerts is (polite version) “Bah humbug”. The less polite version involves reindeer placement. That said Thursday’s concert from the COC Ensemble Studio was really rather enjoyable.
Tuesday’s lunchtime concert in the RBA consisted of works by Cecilia Livingston chosen and performed by members of the COC’s Ensemble Studio. It was a fairly varied programme considering it was all works by one composer.
First some late calls for November:
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