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***Just added, a special concert featuring Owen Pallett, violinist, songwriter and winner of the inaugural Polaris Music Prize. Tickets are on sale now.

Season 13

BOTH OF THESE CONCERTS ARE SOLD OUT!! We Shall Be Released, A Celebration of the Last Waltz - November 22 and 23, 2006 - |
Brazilian Pathways - Celso Machado & Friends - December 1, 2006 -|
Nimmons 'n More - Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra - December 5, 2006 |
Canzoni del Sud - M.Occhipinti & A.Belloni - January 13, 2007 |
Scots, Wha Hae - M. Hall, TMT & Shaggy Haggis - January 20, 2007|
No Strings Attached - Sharlene Wallace etc. - February 13, 2007|
Jazz à la Laila - Laila Biali & Friends - February 24, 2007 |
Oi mi lasso - Gavin Bryars & Friends - March 06, 2007 |
Heaven and Earth - Harry Manx & Friends - March 10, 2007|
Eine Kleine Mozart - Janina Fialkowska and Chamber Players of Canada - March 13, 2007 |
New Sounds/Ancient Cultures - Evergreen/Bergmann Duo - March 27, 2007|
13th Opera Gala - COC / J.Henson / J.Kaiser / R.Gleadow - April 23, 2007

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It was in 1994 that the CBC announced the debut season of the concert series OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio. Here we are in our 13th season with a line-up that reflects the excellence and diverse musical offerings that audiences have come to expect. Thirteen unique events have been prepared, and while some details and guests will be announced subsequently, we are pleased to “raise the periscope” on the 2006-2007 season. Glenn Gould Studio has become a destination for a wide array of artists from all genres. OnStage has led the way with musical events that you’d be hard pressed to find elsewhere. Whether your taste is for the classics, opera, jazz, world or contemporary music, OnStage has something to offer.

The Canadian Opera Company Orchestra celebrated a milestone this year with the opening of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, but they will make a welcome return visit to Glenn Gould Studio in April of 2007 for the 13th OnStage/COC Gala. The vocalists being showcased will be soprano Joni Henson, tenor Joseph Kaiser and bass Robert Gleadow.

A milestone of a very different sort is marked in November. We Shall Be Released - A Celebration of the Last Waltz will be a unique celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Last Waltz, the performance and subsequent concert film that celebrated the legacy of the seminal Canadian pop group The Band. OnStage gathers together an all-star band, anchored by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings (Colin Linden, Tom Wilson and Stephen Fearing) that will pay tribute to the music of The Band and the artists that shared the stage with them back in 1976. At the same time they will showcase a new generation of Canadian artists.

In early December, The Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra will convene in Glenn Gould Studio to play Nimmons ‘n More, and guitarist/vocalist Celso Machado leads us down Brazilian Pathways with a world-beating team of collaborators that includes pianist David Virelles and bassist Rich Brown. Also this season, in February, we’ll showcase the sensational young pianist Laila Biali - at 25 she’s already double award winner (as composer and keyboardist) at the 2005 National Jazz Awards. Guitarist Michael Occhipinti will explore his Sicilian roots along with New York-based singer/dancer/percussionist Allesandra Belloni in Canzoni del Sud. Speaking of roots, those wishing to celebrate Burns Day will want to take in Scots, Wha Hae, when OnStage will bring together Larry Beckwith’s innovative ensemble Toronto Masque Theatre, soprano Meredith Hall and the Stratford-based Celtic group Shaggy Haggis.

Ranging from Celtic to Classical to Jazz and beyond, there are No Strings Attached to the range of music played by harpists Sharlene Wallace, Lori Gemmell and Monika Stadler and friends in February. A favourite of Canadian audiences, we welcome Gavin Bryars as he makes a long overdue return to Glenn Gould Studio with some friends for Oi mi lasso. Also in March, Harry Manx demonstrates why he’s been called an "essential link" between the music of East and West, while Eine Kleine Mozart pairs pianist Janina Fialkowska with the Chamber Players of Canada for Mozart’s own pocket-sized arrangements of two favourite piano concertos. Colin McPhee’s Balinese Ceremonial Music will be heard when the piano duo team of Marcel and Elizabeth Bergmann collaborates with the Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan in New Sounds / Ancient Cultures.

My fellow producers and I sincerely hope you’ll explore the musical landscape that we’ve mapped out for the 2006-2007 season. We encourage you to experience the intimacy of Glenn Gould Studio as you make new discoveries and welcome familiar favourites, OnStage.

Matthew Baird, Senior Producer / OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio
onstage@cbc.ca