2024-25 Presenter Profiles (Blue Pages)

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Celebrating its 10th year of connecting cultures, the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Ontario is home to a growing Permanent Collection of over 1,200 masterpieces, including manuscripts, paintings, ceramics, and textiles from the 9th to the 21st century. Through its innovative exhibitions and engaging programs — from captivating performances to thought-provoking lectures, workshops, and film screenings — the Museum reaches millions of people worldwide, fostering intercultural understanding through the arts.

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Alliance Française Toronto is a community gathered around Francophone cultures and the value of Canadian bilingualism. Alliance Française Toronto provides a culturally immersive experience through over 70 events every year, including concerts (classical, jazz, world music, pop, folk), theatre plays, art exhibitions, lectures, book launches, kids events, movie screenings, French classes for all ages and many other social events. Events take place in our 140-seat theatre and our art galleries.

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The award-winning Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto celebrates more than 50 years of enlivening Toronto’s arts landscape through energetic performances, unexpected programming and artistic collaborations that redefine choral music.

Led by Artistic Director Kathleen Allan, the Choir champions the best of choral music by commissioning and premiering works by Canadian and international composers through a self-produced concert series, guest performances, and special events.

For the 2024/25 season, the choir will be led by Conductor Emerita Lydia Adams, C.M., for the November 2 performance of “Songs of Hope and Peace” at St. George's United Church, which will feature special guest Tom Allen. Ms. Adams will also conduct “Holiday Serenade” on December 7th which will be presented at the George Weston Recital Hall, in collaboration with the Hannaford Street Silver Band and the Bach Children's Chorus.

Kathleen Allan will return to lead the Bernstein and Durufle concert on May 4 at Metropolitan United Church. To purchase tickets for the Amadeus Choir's season, and to find out more about their educational initiatives and special events, please visit our website.

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The Annex Singers of Toronto is a spirited, auditioned 50-voice community choir with an eclectic repertoire that spans a thousand years and showcases a wide range of styles, from plainchant to jazz.

This year, we are celebrating our 45th season and our 19th year under the dynamic leadership of Artistic Director Maria Case. During that time, the choir has become known for its inventive, relevant programming and for collaboration with a wide array of guest artists and composers — including the commissioning and premiering of new works by Canadian musicians. Recent larger works include Britten’s Ceremony of Carols and Rejoice in the Lamb, Dobrogosz’s Jazz Mass, Faure’s Requiem, Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor, and Poulenc’s Gloria.

The choir performs three concerts each season at Grace Church on-the-Hill, featuring guest soloists and instrumentalists, as well as our own Annex Chamber Choir or smaller ensembles.

Our 2024/25 season:

• December 7 — "Stargazers": Music inspired by the night sky, with a pre-concert talk on astronomy
• March 29 — "Carmina Burana": When Fortuna spins her wheel, who can resist Orff’s masterpiece?
• May 31 — "Sing, Pray, Love!": Hildegard von Bingen, The Spice Girls, and everything in between!

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Apocryphonia ventures beyond the standard fare of traditional Canadian classical music programming to reveal the beautiful, the lost, and the rare. Its mission: to seek out and share hidden and obscure musical masterpieces; whether they are from composers you may not already know, or are rare works by familiar names. We strive to create affordable, accessible Classical Music concerts that showcase Canadian performers. Apocryphonia’s concerts provide both listeners and musicians the chance to discover their new favourite pieces by their new favourite composers.

The Third Cycle of Musical Revelations - our upcoming season - includes:

• September 29, “Sing to Me Again”: Chamber music + art song from Eastern Europe, Canada & the Caucasus with Duo CBJ & MH
• October 15, “Amor Con Fortuna”: The Diapente Quintet takes you to Renaissance Spain
• November 8, “Brews, Beauties & Brawlers”: Charles Villiers Stanford's Irish ballad, 'Phaudrig Crohoore' and more
• November 29, “Diapente Book of Carols 2”: Christmas Cheer, Renaissance Style!
• May 2025, “Faignient and Friends”: Premiere performances of 16th c. Franco-Flemish composer Noe Faignient
• June 2025, “A Cabinet of Curiosities 2”: An eclectic mix of chamber music presented entirely at random!

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Founded in 1987, Attila Glatz Concert Productions produces, promotes, and manages classical, jazz, folk, country, film and video game music performances worldwide.

The company’s signature presentation is the beloved New Year’s Concert, “Salute to Vienna”. Presented annually in more than 20 major concert halls from the Lincoln Center to Roy Thomson Hall, this concert series celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2025!

Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert evokes the enchantment and grandeur of Vienna’s Golden Age with a new cast and musical program each year. Performed by some of Europe’s finest singers, internationally celebrated dancers, and a full orchestra conducted by an expert in Viennese music, this concert experience is the perfect way to greet the New Year.

Along with Salute to Vienna, Toronto audiences can celebrate New Year's Eve in the most elegant of ways, with 'Bravissimo! New Year's at the Opera' at Roy Thomson Hall, featuring Opera's Greatest Hits and the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra.

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Established in 2014, The Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) offer opportunities for the discovery, creation, performance and celebration of excellence in music composition. Every two years, AMP offers four prizes: two celebrating the discovery and creation of excellent new Jewish Music; one for the creation of Canadian music; and the fourth that focuses on new works inspired by humanity’s diverse cultural heritage.

AMP is open to composers of all ages, genders, faiths and backgrounds. Full eligibility and submission guidelines are available on the AMP website. AMP also seeks to engage more composers and enrich the concert repertoire through its instrumentation cycle – 2024: Choral Music; 2026: Oratorio/Opera in Concert; and 2028: Chamber Music.

All Prize Laureates receive a prize package valued at $200,000 CAD, including a $50,000 cash award, a premiere in Montréal at the AMP Gala Concert, two subsequent international showcase concerts, and a professional recording for future commercial release. This makes AMP the largest competition of its kind in Canada and one of the most important in the world.

Upcoming Dates:

• October 15, 2023: AMP London Debut Concert at Cadogan Hall
• November 2, 2023: 2024 AMP Laureates Announcement in Montréal

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Brampton On Stage presents enriching artistic programming for all ages at exceptional venues: The Rose, LBP, Cyril Clark, and Garden Square. Supporting Brampton’s diverse creative talent, its vision is to build an inspiring performing arts community that reflects the spirit and diversity of Brampton. Together with local artists and audiences, Brampton On Stage believes in the power of live performance. Programming includes Brampton On Stage Presents, This is Brampton, Arts Adventures Education Series, and commercial and community presentations. Connect with Brampton On Stage on Instagram, X(formerly Twitter), Facebook and LinkedIn.

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The Canadian Opera Company is the largest opera company in the country and one of the largest in North America, known for its artistic excellence and innovation, as well as attracting some of the world’s most renowned opera performers and creators. The company performs with its own acclaimed COC Orchestra and COC Chorus, and its spectacular home base at the Four Seasons Centre for Performing Arts in Toronto serves not only as a national stage, but also as a local hub for diverse musical artists and creators that reflect the city’s wide-ranging cultural influences.

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Cantabile Chamber Singers is a non-profit Toronto-based chamber choir, formed in 2006 by artistic director Cheryll J. Chung. We are committed to enlightening audiences and attracting a new generation of Canadians to the resonance and enrichment of choral music through a combination of informed interpretation, engaging audiences and innovative programming. We believe in engaging in cultural diversity through our programming and promoting music written by living and young composers of the present.

We have come together for several reasons: for the love of music and the joy we can bring to others through the music we make, while helping to bring awareness to causes that impact society.

Keeping with its mission and vision of community outreach and social justice issues, Cantabile is a not-for-profit organization where its members believe that music can help bring awareness to social issues such as climate and environment, discrimination and illness. We hope to enrich the lives of those to come to our concerts, and more importantly, those who benefit from them.

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Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra is passionate about the power of live orchestral music and the community-building impact it has on local performance. Founded in 1985 by violinist Neil Blair and legendary Toronto musician Maestro Clifford Poole, the orchestra has been serving the local Scarborough and Greater Toronto communities by bringing to life some of the greatest musical works, presenting internationally acclaimed performers and introducing some of Canada’s rising stars in their debut performances with a symphony orchestra.

Cathedral Bluffs presents a yearly six-concert subscription series performed in the PC Ho Theatre at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto. This large venue provides comfortable and accessible patron facilities and exceptional acoustics.

The orchestra has been directed by nationally recognized Toronto-based conductor Martin MacDonald since 2022. Martin MacDonald is one of Canada's most dynamic and outstanding conductors and has been awarded both the Heinz Unger Award and the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award for orchestral conducting. Martin has guest conducted extensively across Canada having worked with the orchestras of Toronto, National Arts Centre, Vancouver, Edmonton and more.

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An all-volunteer choir at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Toronto, singing every Sunday morning, specializing in works of Renaissance polyphony, the music of Healey Willan (Director of Music here for most of his life), and modern works by Canadian composers, especially women.

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Confluence Concerts presents joyous, daring and thought-provoking musical experiences within a warm atmosphere of intimacy and discovery. We are a company of diverse creative artists dedicated to personal, thought-provoking, and moving presentations.

This season, our artistic team Larry Beckwith, Andrew Downing, Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野, Aidan McConnell, Suba Sankaran, and Patricia O'Callaghan, has created seven lovingly prepared programs performed by supremely talented artists in the warm surroundings of the Heliconian Hall. Each program has a different theme and tells a different story. We'll experience and learn about the wide scope of influence of the great Scottish bard Robert Burns; we'll focus on love as expressed by Canadian composers, songwriters and poets; we'll celebrate the extraordinary work of the great German-American composer Kurt Weill and much, much more.

Each concert this season features an entertaining and informative pre-show event 45 minutes before the concert start time, and a lively post-show reception at which you can mingle with the performers.

Join us for one concert, or the whole season. We'd love to see you.

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The DaCapo Chamber Choir was founded in 1998 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario under the direction of Leonard Enns. In November 2023, the choir celebrated 25 years of “giving ideas voice.” The mission of the choir is to promote the best of contemporary choral music through public performance and recordings, including the intentional championing of music of Canadian and local composers. The choir’s national NewWorks choral competition, which held its final season last year, was critical in establishing a vibrant and vital presence for recent and emerging Canadian choral music. DaCapo will continue to profile and support Canadian composers through premieres and commissioning.

The choir has released three CDs: NewWorks (2019); the award-winning ShadowLand (winner of the 2010 ACCC’s National Choral Recording of the Year award, including the Juno-nominated Nocturne by Leonard Enns); and Still (2004).

Upcoming season:

• November 9 and 10, "Word Over All" - featuring oboist James Mason, cellist Miriam Stewart Kroeker, and a string quintet
• March 1 and 2, "Starry Night"
• May 10 and 11, "Sing Us Home" - featuring piano

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Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University in London, Ontario is situated in a research-intensive university on a campus that is inviting and striking. It is a supportive environment that enables students to grow artistically and academically, with a family-like atmosphere and strong focus on community. Our students are among 600 of the brightest and most talented young artist scholars, who come to study in one of our many undergraduate and graduate programs.

In the 2024/25 season, we are excited to share our music with the community and experience the incredible diversity of musical styles and genres our students, faculty and our invited world-class guest artists have to offer. From student ensemble performances (including choirs, fully staged opera performances, orchestra, concert bands, jazz, percussion, contemporary and early music), new pop and salsa bands, showcase events by popular music studies students, faculty concerts, and our signature "Fridays@12:30" series, we are pleased to bring performances to you in person, and select options at home via livestream.

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The Edison Singers is a fully professional chamber choir led by internationally-acclaimed Artistic Director and Conductor, Dr. Noel Edison. We produce concert series in communities across southwestern Ontario becoming an integral part of the musical life of each.

We bookend our 2024/25 with programs featuring composers whom we call “choral mystics.” The leading Canadian exponent of this is Timothy Corlis. His music is transparent, lush, evocative, energetic and deeply spiritual. We will record a selection of his works in the Fall for the recording label Naxos. You can attend a preview concert of this recording at the Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate in Guelph on September 29 in a program entitled “Missa Pax: Choral Works by Timothy Corlis”.

It's hard to believe that Handel wrote his towering Messiah in only 21 days in 1741. His spectacular musical journey is one that has become a Christmas tradition for so many of us. Another December treat our concert of carols, songs and readings entitled “O Hear the Angel Voices”.

On Good Friday 2025, we perform one of J.S Bach’s premiere works, The St. John Passion, with full orchestra. For our last concert, we are back to our mystical theme with “Choral Mystics: Ancient & Modern Reflections”.

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The Elmer Iseler Singers (EIS) are a 20-voice professional chamber choir based in Toronto and founded by the late Dr. Elmer Iseler in 1979. Directed by the acclaimed Lydia Adams, C.M., the Singers are known for tonal beauty and interpretive range, and valued for their contributions to masterclasses and workshops with schools and community choirs.

Experience three glorious Toronto concerts, as EIS present their 46th concert season series, “A Bouquet of Voices!”, featuring a major world premiere by Canadian mystical composer, Peter Togni, an acclaimed performance of Handel’s Messiah, and a Spring flourish of voices, featuring the moving new creation of Canadian composer Norbert Palej, as EIS welcome renowned choirs to their singing table of guests: the University of Toronto Faculty of Music MacMillan Singers and instrumental ensemble, Jamie Hillman, conductor; The Elora Singers, Mark Vuorinen, Artistic Director; the VIVA Chamber Singers, Carol Ratzlaff, Artistic Director and the Amadeus Choir, Lydia Adams, Interim Artistic Director.

Series subscriptions and individual concert tickets are available on their website, along with news about tours, guest appearances and workshops.

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Pioneering tour-de-force Ensemble Vivant’s innovative genre-diverse classical/jazz programming is rich with passionate, deeply communicative playing that touches the hearts and souls of listeners of all ages. EV has 15 internationally acclaimed CDs heard on radio worldwide.

Of EV’s album iFUGUE ~ A World of Fugues, U.S.A. magazines Fanfare & American Record Guide respectively wrote: “Smokin…Fugues shouldn’t be this much fun!”; “Lively readings of fugues by all sorts of composers. A few are presented in original form, such as Bach’s Prelude & Fugue 9 (WTC I), played beautifully by pianist Catherine Wilson.”

More praise: “…highest-level chamber music-making. No matter the genre, there is magic in EV's music-making.” - Jazz Icon Rick Wilkins, C.M.

“Chamber music at its evocative best!” – The WholeNote

“…beautiful, poised performances...capture the passion and verve…Wilson’s piano gives this music unerring drive and plenty of sparkle.” - Toronto Star

EV’s invaluable live and video programs for underserved communities (endorsed by neuroscientists on music and the mind) are conducted through Euterpe (musicisthekey.org). Awards include Ontario Trillium Foundation; Canada Council; Levante Foundation; Ross Mitchell Foundation and more.

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Esprit Orchestra is Canada's only full-sized, professional orchestra devoted to performing and presenting new music.

Founded in 1983 by Music Director and Conductor, Alex Pauk, Esprit’s commitment to commissioning and advancing contemporary music has set it apart as one of the few organisations of its kind on a global scale. Esprit consistently collaborates with outstanding composers and performs with first-class soloists and ensembles from Canada and abroad.

With a dynamic annual subscription concert series, this skilled orchestra presents music that is otherwise unavailable in Canada. Esprit performances are regularly recorded and many can be viewed online in full.

In the 2024/25 "Edge of Your Seat" season, Esprit will present two "prelude" concerts, followed by the first iteration of a new International New Music Festival, welcoming to Toronto such esteemed guests as: violinist Akiko Suwanai, soprano Sophia Burgos and composers Andrew Norman, Lisa Streich and Vito Žuraj. Numerous Canadian, North American and world premieres will be heard throughout the season and featured soloists include: accordionist Michael Bridge, violinist Mark Fewer, pianist Kevin Ahfat, harpsichordist Wesley Shen and harpist Erica Goodman. Concerts will be presented at Koerner Hall and Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre.

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VEMU Estonian Museum Canada delivers cultural and educational programming. VEMU is a contemporary memory institution, welcoming all visitors to be inspired by Estonian culture, history and traditions. Its inclusive programming and innovative exhibitions encourage cross-cultural understanding and dialogue. We organize 50 to 70 events per year. These include conferences, seminars, lectures, exhibits (5 to 7 per year), workshops, book launches, film screenings, theatre shows, concerts (including the bi-annual Estonian Music Week festival).

Estonian Music Week is back! The 2025 edition includes world-renowned artists, such as Vox Clamantis, Curly Strings, Estonian Voices and more. The festival takes place May 22 to 25, with festival passes going on sale December 2. Visit www.estonianmusicweek.ca to learn more. Be sure to join the mailing list for additional discounts on tickets.

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Etobicoke Centennial Choir (ECC) is an inclusive, SATB, auditioned community choir dedicated to celebrating the art and joy of choral singing. We offer performances of diverse repertoire, ranging from classical masterpieces to contemporary compositions and music from around the world.

ECC offers a challenging and supportive choral experience guided by professional artists. Rehearsals are held every Tuesday, September to June, from 7:30pm to 9:45pm at Humber Valley United Church in Etobicoke. Some choral experience and the ability to read music are required.

Our 2024/25 season will feature the unique Messe de minuit pour Noël by Marc-Antoine Charpentier with orchestral accompaniment, Will Todd’s acclaimed Mass in Blue, accompanied by a combo of piano, drums, bass and alto saxophone and a journey through Indian classical music, arranged for choir. With accompaniment of sitar, tabla, and harmonium, renowned flautist Hasheel Lodhia and a guest soprano will lead the ECC through the rhythms and echoes of South Asia.

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Join us on a curated tour of great music from masterworks, all the way to powerful new compositions.

This season includes Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’, Schumann’s Symphony No. 1, works by Shostakovich, Estacio, Strauss, Rivet, Donkin and more.

We are delighted to bring stellar soloists to our local stage: Michael Kim playing Mozart's dramatic Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor; Erika Raum performs the romantic Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto; our own Gavin Warren playing Reitz's Clarinet Concerto; and soaring soprano Jennifer Taverner closes the season on a high note with excerpts from Strauss, Estacio and Novello.

At our Sunday matinee “Discovery” concert you won’t want to miss the unique narration of Prokofiev’s iconic Peter and the Wolf by guest artist Craig Doyle of CDH Live!

To maximize access to great orchestral music, our prices remain unchanged since 2015.

Subscribe for our best prices and put "Philharmonic Fridays" on your calendar as a regularly scheduled self-care event.

See you at the symphony!

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Flute Street, now in its second decade, is a homogeneous, seven-octave, full range chamber ensemble comprised exclusively of flutists who perform on nine different sizes of flutes from the tiny piccolo to through to the largest flute – the very rare, and Canada's only, double contrabass flute. With two additional contrabass flutes, the unique contr'alto and several bass and alto flutes there is an unexpected depth and beautiful richness achieved in Flute Street's sound. Audiences delight in the varied programming which includes renaissance and baroque repertoire, pop tunes, a few symphonic transcriptions, folk songs, jazz standards, solo features with international and local guest artists, and in particular, original and contemporary flute choir compositions – many of which have been Canadian or world premieres.

Under the artistic direction of founder, Nancy Nourse, and conducted by Isaac Page, Flute Street is pleased to present its 11th anniversary season at the Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle.

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The Hannaford Street Silver Band is Canada’s award-winning professional brass band and resident company of Toronto’s St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Its mission is to honour the traditions of this art form and place it in a contemporary context with a unique, Canadian point-of-view. We actively facilitate innovative creative projects and collaborate with the best of Canada’s diverse artists.

Our 2024/25 season features brass repertoire gems, paired with new music played with the verve and virtuosity you expect from the Hannaford Band: “Brassology” on October 27 features Brandon Ridenour with guest conductor Patrick Sheridan; “A Holiday Serenade” is on Saturday, December 7 at the George Weston Recital Hall with the Amadeus Choir and Bach Children's Chorus; “War and Art ” on Sunday, March 23 features Sarah Slean, and our season concludes on Sunday, May 11 with “Beyond Brass” – a collaboration with Michael Bridge, accordion and Ed Hanely, table with guest conductor Jean-Michele Malouf.

The HSSB demonstrates its commitment to youth, outreach and education by running the Hannaford Youth Program. This vibrant program is a fantastic opportunity for brass and percussion players ages 7 to 24 to participate in.

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The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts is home to the performing arts at Queen’s University and a hub for vibrant artistic study, creation, and exhibition in Kingston, Ontario. We prioritize diverse arts presentation, engagement, and innovation, quality facility management, and support for arts education and exposure. We are an accelerator for artistic development and an incubator for new technologies and multi-disciplinary creation.

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The Jubilate Singers, founded in 1969, are a mixed-voice, auditioned, community choir directed by Isabel Bernaus. The choir specializes in eclectic international music and takes pride in singing in the original languages - everything from Arabic to Zulu.The choir also collaborates with a variety of other musicians and performing groups. Last season the choir performed an all-Spanish program of Latin American music with Sikuris St. Lawrence and the North American premiere of Aharon Harlap's Requiem with the York Chamber Ensemble.

The up-coming season features a collaboration with the Wychwood Clarinet Choir in the fall. The winter concert theme will be 'Dance'. The choir will perform songs from international dance music accompanied by ethnic dancers. In the spring the choir will present some concerts outside the GTA with Denise Williams, exploring the musical traditions from the African, Jewish and Muslim Diaspora.

The Jubilate Singers rehearse on Tuesday evenings, September through June, in the City of Toronto. Each year the choir donates free tickets to settlement houses, seniors' centres and other community organizations for people who would not otherwise be able to attend cultural events.

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The Kindred Spirits Orchestra (KSO) is a critically acclaimed, award-winning, auditioned-based civic orchestra, performing at the Meridian Arts Centre (George Weston Recital Hall), and the CBC Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, as well as at the Flato Markham Theatre, and the Cornell Recital Hall. In addition to performing concerts, the KSO offers several educational, community outreach, professional development and international cultural exchange programmes. In 2021, the KSO became the first orchestra in Canada to migrate to an environmentally conscious business operations, implement a digital music library, and replace paper-based music parts with iPad Pro tablets, made available to all musicians.

The 2024/25 concert season under the direction of maestro Kristian Alexander includes Bruckner‘s Symphony No. 6, Verdi‘s Messa da Requiem, Shostakovich‘s Symphony No. 7, Debussy‘s La mer, and Scriabin‘s Poem of Ecstasy, as well as a world premiere of a Concerto for Piano Trio and String Orchestra by Gary Kulesha. Featured ensembles are the Gryphon trio, Orpheus and Resound choirs, as well as cellist Winona Zelenka, pianists Michael Berkovsky and Dmitri Levkovich, and violinist Heng-Han Hou.

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The Li Delun Music Foundation was established in 2002 in Toronto as a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of cultural exchange between the East and the West through musical events. Named after the renowned Chinese conductor Li Delun, who founded the first symphony orchestra in the People’s Republic of China, the foundation is now well-known in the community as a presenter of high-quality musical events such as recitals by acclaimed prizewinners, and the annual “East-Meets-West New Years Concert” at the George Weston Recital Hall. Aside from forming the Toronto Festival Orchestra, which gives talented young aspiring musicians a chance to work alongside seasoned professionals, the foundation also provides a platform for young up-and-coming soloists to play on the concert hall stage, accompanied by a professional orchestra in front of a live appreciative audience.

The Li Delun Music Foundation has also held masterclasses and workshops, led by internationally-acclaimed artists, including Lang Lang, Sa Chen, Haochen Zhang, Bruce Liu, professor Lee Kum-Sing, et cetera.

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Accepting, affirming and welcoming to everyone, Metropolitan United Church at Queen and Church Streets has a 200-year history of presenting great sacred music in the heart of Toronto. Under the leadership of Minister of Music Jonathan Oldengarm, our ensembles include the Adult, Children's (director Michael Denomme), and Handbell Choirs, the Metropolitan Silver Band (est. 1934, and directed by Fran Harvey), and the Great Heart youth ensemble (director Ben Stein). Our collection of instruments includes Canada's largest pipe organ, installed in 1930 by Casavant Frères of Quebec; the 54-bell Massey/Drury Carillon (Elisa Tersigni, Carillonist; a portative organ (by Becker of Hamburg); a Hubbard harpsichord; and Steinway and Yamaha grand pianos. In addition to great music every Sunday morning, our beautiful neo-gothic sanctuary hosts two concert series including Music at Met and Noon at Met (Thursdays at 12pm, from September to November, and February to June). Our Christmas Lessons and Carols service and Good Friday evening Choral Concert are particular annual highlights for many Torontonians. Visit us in person, go to our website and/or YouTube channel.

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The Mississauga Chamber Singers bring clarity and intimacy to great choral masterpieces from a wide range of A Capella works to timeless works for choir and orchestra.

Led by Artistic Director, Mervin William Fick, the choir presents dynamic within a widening scope of the classical choral repertoire.

The Mississauga Chamber Singers performs a diverse season of extensive community engagement events, multi-generational musical education programming and ticketed concerts in a variety of performance spaces within the city.

Come and hear the difference!

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Our 2024/25 season showcases a celebrated soloist, an exciting ensemble, and wonderful duos. We will present programs with an eclectic mix of world classical works from all Brahms and Debussy events to Wiancko, Gershwin and Nino Rota. Classical guitar combined with violin adds extra dimension to the season.

The Players: Benedetto Lupo, piano, Aeolus String Quartet, Andrew Wan, violin & Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano, Duo Sonidos, and Stéphane Tétreault, cello & Olivier Hébert-Bouchard, piano. Five-concert subscriptions are $250/$225 adult/senior and $125 under age 30. Concerts are Sundays 3:15pm, Walter Hall (UofT) - general admission seating.

MUSIC & TRUFFLES KIDS – Give your child their first taste of classical music! Artists featured in our mainstage events also perform a one-hour mini-concert for young people ages 6-11 and their parents, grandparents, friends at 1:15pm. Subscriptions are $100 and include a Lindt chocolate truffle for everyone at the end of each concert.

Wonny Song, Artistic and Executive Director of Orford Music, mentored by Anton Kuerti, is our Artistic Director.

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Since its 2011 launch, Music at St. Andrew’s has gained a reputation for delivering great music at affordable prices. We're delighted to welcome audiences to enjoy the superb acoustics of our spacious sanctuary in the heart of Toronto's entertainment district.

St. Andrew’s magnificent Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano, which inspired the launch of our music program, is used extensively in our free, mostly classical Friday Noontime Recitals. Now in its eleventh year of fall and winter/spring recitals, this popular series features graduate students and professors from U of T's Music Department, established performers and rising young stars.

Join us on October 4 as we welcome back pianist Irina Bazik. And watch later this season for returning favourites such as Jean-Luc Therrien and Tristan Savella.

Following the success of last year's Ceilidh Christmas concert, we've invited St. Andrew’s renowned professional choir to take stage again.at “Come Home for Christmas” on Friday, December 6. Pay-What-You-Can (PWYC). Donations will be accepted for church's Refugee Support program.

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Through its “Music in the Afternoon” concert series, the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto (WMCT) presents chamber music concerts featuring musicians on the threshold of international recognition, as well as established artists and ensembles. Concerts are held Thursday afternoons at 1:30pm at Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. Illuminating pre-concert lectures at 12:15pm are free to all concert-attendees.

Our exciting 127th season (2024/25) includes Campbell Fagan Park Trio (October 3, 2024); Julian Rachlin, violin & Friends: Sarah McElravy, viola; Karen Ouzounian, cello; and Sheng Cai, piano (November 14, 2024); Marmen Quartet (March 13, 2025); Midori Marsh, soprano; with Frances Armstrong, piano; Laura Chambers, flute; and Alex Hetherington, mezzo-soprano (April 3, 2025); Asitha Tennekoon, tenor; with Steven Philcox, piano (May 8, 2025). Artists and programs are subject to change. Visit our website for regular season news and updates.

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Experience great chamber music with Music TORONTO, a presenter of the finest ensembles, pianists and vocalists from home and abroad. We enrich our community through chamber music by supporting artistic development, producing community engagement and education initiatives, and, of course, by producing concerts. Artistic and Executive Director Roman Borys invites you to our 2024/25 season at the Jane Mallett Theatre at the St Lawrence Centre for the Arts.

Our season opens with the return of Quartetto di Cremona, followed by the Miró, JACK and Isidore Quartets, and the Gryphon Trio with violinist Lara St. John and vocalist Aviva Chernick. The piano series features iconic Canadian pianists Marc-André Hamelin and Janina Fialkowska, soprano and pianist Rachel Fenlon, and Ukrainian pianist Illia Ovcharenko. We are pleased to welcome music commentator Rob Kapilow, who will be joining forces with the Cheng² Duo and the Gryphon Trio for two “What Makes it Great?” ® presentations at the George Weston Recital Hall.

Join us for concerts, both traditional and groundbreaking, and experience the transformative power of live music– enlightening, entertaining, enriching, and deeply engaging.

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Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation marks its 31st anniversary this season under the continuing leadership of artistic director Eric Robertson. Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation has presented a rich variety of concerts for Toronto audiences, including its popular weekly recital series, as well as international groups such as King’s College Cambridge Choir, Clare College Singers and St. John’s College Choir. It has also featured Canadian artists, including Erica Goodman, David Hetherington, Colin Fox, John McDermott, Sharlene Wallace, Anne Lindsay, Neil Swainson, John Johnson, Guido Basso, Guy Few, Heather Bambrick, the True North Brass, the Gryphon Trio, and percussion ensemble NEXUS.

Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation is also involved in the City Carol Sing, a large annual charity event that raises money for food banks across Canada.

Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing the best in inspirational arts programming. It is governed by an elected volunteer board of directors and operates with the assistance of advisors from a variety of backgrounds, including event management, promotions, finance and business.

All of our concerts are "admission free – donations welcome"

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North Wind Concerts is a Toronto-based, not-for-profit organization created to celebrate and encourage the enjoyment of chamber music of many kinds, and with a soft focus on music for wind instruments.

NWC offers concerts of early, Classical and contemporary chamber music, as well as our ongoing “Encircling the World” series, which brings musicians who play similar instruments from different cultures and backgrounds together for solo performances, Q&A with the audience, and improvisation. NWC also presents musical workshops, and school shows.

Our 2024/25 season includes “Acquiescent: The French Baroque In China”; a pop-up 'pot pourri' of 18th- and 20th-century music; a chamber program for clarinet, cello and piano featuring the Brahms Trio; “Vice & Virtue”, a collaboration with Capella Intima and the Gallery Players of Niagara; and “Encircling the World” programs focusing on drums, single reeds, and harps.

“Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.” - Louis Armstrong

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Opera Atelier is an opera/ballet company committed to creating historically-informed productions that are realized as complete artistic statements – always built from the ground up with equal attention given to music, dancing, acting, and design. All of our productions are performed on period instruments.

For Opera Atelier, the pivotal aspect of period production lies in the in-depth examination of the original intentions of composers, choreographers and librettists in order to find new ways to challenge ourselves as artists in the 21st century. A period production is not a museum piece; it is a new creation and takes its own place in history.

The core repertoire extends from Monteverdi to Mozart, and also explores productions of later repertoire. In doing so, OA keeps pace with the finest international ensembles and conductors who are performing productions of Beethoven, Massenet and Debussy on period instruments in major venues to great acclaim.

Opera Atelier’s productions are performed in partnership with Tafelmusik, Canada’s internationally-acclaimed period-instrument orchestra. The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is also often featured in OA productions.

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Pax Christi Chorale is a vibrant and dynamic 100-voice community choir dedicated to celebrating the beauty of choral music. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Elaine Choi, our passionate singers bring to life a diverse range of repertoire that includes both timeless oratorio masterpieces and fresh, newly commissioned works. Drawing on a broad base from across the Greater Toronto Area, the choir has built a loyal following and continues to broaden its community and deepen its impact as a leading arts organization in the city. We value partnerships and connections to enhance our knowledge, expand our reach, and strengthen relationships within the choral community. Our overarching aim is to create a welcoming space for the development of choral skills and to share meaningful musical experiences with a wider audience.

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Originally formed as the Peterborough Symphony singers in 1990, the Peterborough Singers (PS) became a stand-alone entity in 1993. This highly regarded choir boasts upwards of 130 members under the direction of Sydney Birrell. Each season the choir presents four concerts, incorporating a blend of repertoire from gospel to sacred to pop to oratorio. World-class, professional Canadian soloists enjoy performing with the choir time and again. The PS also makes a point of incorporating young emerging artists into their season, giving them a chance to perform alongside some of the more seasoned performers. Specially commissioned music from Canadian composers is part of the regular repertoire. The Singers hold weekly music classes, enabling young musicians to gain the skills required for choral music performance. The PS appreciates the wonderful support given by the community.

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Founded in October 1924, the Royal Canadian College of Organists’ Toronto Centre is the city’s foremost advocate for the pipe organ and its music. We host public concerts, featuring both internationally-acclaimed artists and local performers, as well as masterclasses, workshops, lectures and other special events. Many of our events are intended for general audiences, while some of our educational offerings are specially designed to support organists and church musicians in their professional work. Join us as we celebrate our centennial season!

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The Rose Orchestra is excited to enter its second decade of inspired performances at the world-class Rose Theatre, delivering high-quality live entertainment that caters to a diverse range of musical tastes. Our community orchestra boasts a vast pool of talented musicians, many of whom have been delighting Brampton audiences for over 20 years. We believe music transcends generations, which is why we provide opportunities for Brampton's young musicians through our Rosebud Orchestra, where children aged 8 to 18 receive coaching and training. Many Rosebuds join the Rose Orchestra family, perpetuating a tradition of multigenerational music-making.

This upcoming season, we are thrilled to present a variety of themed concerts: "Fall for Romance" with Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Piano Concerto No. 1 and excerpts from Romeo and Juliet; "Hymns to Freedom" featuring gospel vocal dynamo, Jackie Richardson, a Christmas concert with the Brampton Children’s Chorus & St. Roch Chorale; "Too Darn Hot" celebrating Cole Porter; "Legendary Journeys" with the Star Wars Suite; and "Natural Melodies, Life & Love" showcasing Rachmaninoff’s The Rock, Fantasy Op. 7 and Dvorak's Carnival. Three of our concerts will also highlight the talented Rosebuds.

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The Royal Conservatory’s Koerner Hall is “the greatest venue in this city” and “magnificent in its acoustics, as much as in its design” (Toronto Star). This concert season has a diverse lineup of more than 80 inspiring performances in store for you, featuring exceptional artists representing Canada and the world. Experience the thrill of live music in the magnificent Koerner Hall with unforgettable classical, jazz, roots, and global music concerts.

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Under the direction of Ron Royer, who brings years of experience as a conductor, musician, composer and music educator, the SPO has developed as a lively community orchestra and a Canadian composition incubator, while also producing live and digital chamber concerts by orchestra ensembles.

SPO is also a local resource as a co-producer of recording projects by local ensembles, artists and choirs. Orchestra Canada included SPO in its “Digital Toolkit” as an exemplar for small orchestras citing its podcast, streaming content, and recording production skills.

The SPO has been an anchor cultural organization in Scarborough for 45 years. and presents, on average, six main-series concerts, plus performing/presenting at festivals and community celebrations, plus recording, developing and presenting substantial Canadian programming, as recognized by the Canadian Music Centre in awarding SPO the 2021 John Beckwith Award,

The orchestra has a professional core augmented by highly achieving community amateur musicians. Annually, it offers a unique program for New Generation artists and composers, as well as residency programs.

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Love Pitch Perfect? Looking for a welcoming, fun and exciting place to sing? SoundCrowd is the place for you!

SoundCrowd is an auditioned community a cappella ensemble, led by Founder and Artistic Director Scott Pietrangelo, heading into its ninth year with a bang. Continuing our "VS" concert series, SoundCrowd's first show of the year is "Spice Girls vs. Backstreet Boys" at the Paradise Theatre in January. April will see a trip to NYC to perform at the annual "Total Vocal" concert, with choirs from all over the world at the Lincoln Centre, under the direction of the godfather of contemporary a cappella, Deke Sharon. Our final concert is back at the Isabel Bader Theatre in May, with details coming soon...

We would love for you to join in the fun! All audition info can be found at soundcrowd.ca/sing-with-us. Solo and small group opportunities are open to all members for consideration each year. SoundCrowd rehearses Tuesday nights, 7:30pm to 9:30pm at Knox Presbyterian (630 Spadina Ave) and occasional Sunday afternoons. Membership fees are $350 for the choir year (September to September).

All voice, no limits!

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Soundstreams is a global leader in the presentation of innovative, carefully curated, and immersive musical experiences. Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney is committed to showcasing the work of living Canadian and global composers/musicians.

Our 2024/25 season offers new music for chamber ensemble, choir and opera. The program “with you and without you” asks important questions about the vulnerability of human relationships through the lens of the love song in provocative works by Ana Sokolovic, Oliver Knussen and Tansy Davies. Tarik O’Regan’s I Sleep But My Heart Waketh, performed by the illustrious Vancouver Chamber Choir, is inspired by the Biblical Song of Songs, considered by many the greatest love song ever written.

If we seek spiritual guidance from some thing or some being beyond ourselves, what would we ask for? Letters to God, featuring Japan’s legendary Fujii Percussion and choirs, explores some of those questions, including some astonishing ones from children. Invocations explores our yearning for spiritual connection through various traditions including: the “nign”, a wordless and improvised prayer dating back to medieval Hasidic Judaism; and German Romanticism.

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The Choir of St. James Cathedral sings for two choral services each Sunday, the morning eucharist and afternoon evensong. The choir includes both eight professional singers and experienced amateur singers. Handel’s Messiah is presented on December 14th, and an annual choral concert in May, both with orchestra. The Advent and Christmas candlelight carol services are always very popular.

Organ recitals on the large 5,100 pipe organ are presented each week of the year on Tuesdays at 1pm. Admission is free.

St. James Cathedral also supports an artist-in-residence and an organ scholar.

All enquiries about our music may be directed to Thomas Bell, Director of Music.

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Since 1937, St. Michael’s Choir School has served the Archdiocese of Toronto by educating and training the boys’ choirs that sing every weekend at St. Michael’s Cathedral. Founded by Monsignor J.E. Ronan, St. Michael’s Choir School is unique in offering both an enriched academic program, including extended French instruction, integrated with a lively ministry of sacred music. Choirs from St. Michael’s Choir School perform annually on tour and at many local concerts and events. During the school year, they sing three weekly Masses at St. Michael’s Cathedral. School alumni are active in Toronto and beyond, performing in choral groups, operas and more. St. Michael’s Choir School accepts boys grades 3 to 12. For more information please visit our website or contact us via email.

Located in downtown Toronto, SMCS is a full-curriculum school of 250 boys from grades 3-12 that provides sacred music for St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica. SMCS is devoted to helping boys realize their full academic, musical and spiritual potential. Our academic and music programme results in the formation of well-rounded young men of character and faith.

The commitment to sacred music that characterizes St. Michael’s Choir School provides students with a deep sense of the beauty and joy of the Catholic spiritual tradition and helps them mature in their faith while fulfilling the school's mission of the formation of Catholic men through the service of sacred music and the pursuit of knowledge.