Christ Church Deer Park
2004-2005 Profile

Music plays a very important part at this busy Anglican parish church, which has served mid-town Toronto since 1870. Christ Church is home to the only recent-vintage tracker organ in a Toronto Anglican church, a three-manual instrument built by Karl Wilhelm in 1982. Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill, Organist and Director of Music, has been organist since 1997; Dermot Muir is Assistant Organist. The first-rate choir sings Sundays and other Holy Days, as well as concerts, which this year will include performances of the Duruflé Requiem and Vaughan Williams Mass in g-minor.

   Christ Church runs a Lunchtime Chamber Music Series on Thursdays in October - November and April - May. This is the ninth season for these concerts, all of which begin at 12:30. Admission is by donation. An Organ Recital Series, which has featured organists from across Canada, takes place Sunday nights in Lent.

   With its Yonge Street location (at Heath, near the St Clair TTC station), fine acoustics, modern facilities, flexible staging, and seating for 500, Christ Church is an increasingly popular venue for outside concerts during the year.