2022-23 Presenter Profiles (Blue Pages)

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Opened in 2014 in Toronto, the Aga Khan Museum is home to over 1,000 masterpieces showcasing the arts of Muslim civilisations, from the Iberian Peninsula to China. Its dynamic collection of manuscripts, scientific instruments, paintings, ceramics, and metalwork continues to evolve through new acquisitions.

Now spanning the 8th to the 21st centuries, this collection shows the enduring power of tradition in contemporary art. Its mission is to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of the contribution that Muslim civilisations have made to world heritage.

Through education, research, and collaboration, the Museum fosters dialogue and mutual understanding. As a vibrant educational institution, the Museum encourages the full spectrum of public engagement with its diverse permanent collection of more than 1,000 objects and its ever-changing roster of exhibitions and innovative programmes - including music and dance performances, theatre, lectures, workshops, and film screenings.

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Alliance Française Toronto provides a culturally immersive experience through over 100 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 150-seat theatre and our art galleries.

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The Amadeus Choir is a semi-professional choir with 90 members from the GTA and surrounding communities. Each season, the choir presents a four-concert subscription series, in addition to performing with other choral and instrumental ensembles at concerts, public events, and benefits. Founded in 1974, the Amadeus Choir, now under the direction of Artistic Director and conductor Kathleen Allan, has become known for its professionalism, exceptional musicality, and diverse, high-quality programming.

For 2022/23, the choir will present a full season of live choral performances at a special subscription rate.

• October 29, 2022: ‘Carmina Burana/Tubular Bells’ - Amadeus joins TorQ Percussion Quartet, the Bergmann Piano Duo, and the Toronto Children's Chorus for a choral experience like no other.
• December 17, 2022: ‘Let Us All Be Merry!’ - Enjoy holiday favourites by Canadian composers with opportunities for the audience to sing!
• April 2, 2023: ‘Vespers’ - Amadeus collaborates with the Guelph Chamber Choir to premiere new Canadian works and Rachmaninov's transcendent All-Night Vigil.
• May 27, 2023: ‘Nîpîy's Songwalks’ - This finale includes the premiere of a new major work about Indigenous water sovereignty by Cris Derksen, with an immersive outdoor performance.

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Amici Chamber Ensemble celebrates 33 years as one of Canada’s finest and most distinguished chamber music ensembles. Artistic Directors, clarinettist Joaquin Valdepeñas, cellist David Hetherington, and pianist Serouj Kradjian, invite some of the finest musicians to join them in innovative and eclectic programming, celebrating friendship through music. Alongside numerous broadcasts of their concerts on national radio, Amici Chamber Ensemble’s recordings have placed them firmly among the world’s best chamber musicians and garnered the ensemble two JUNO awards.

Amici's 2022/23 concert season is at Trinity St. Paul's Centre:

• October 16 - “La Flute Enchantee”: The best music for flute and chamber ensemble! A French program featuring flute sensation Marina Piccinini.
• November 13 - “Brahms Trio”: Chamber music at its best, featuring Amici’s original trio: clarinet, cello and piano.
• March 5 - “Musica Da Camera”: Featuring Spanish and Latin music/composers and the added feature of celebrating a commission by renowned Mexican composer Arturo Márquez.
• April 16 - “From Strauss to the Orient”: A mesmerising musical journey from Strauss’ songs to Ravel’s Shéhérazade and Lebanese songs featuring soprano Joyce El-Khoury.

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The Annex Singers of Toronto, now in its 43rd season, is a spirited, auditioned choir with an eclectic repertoire spanning seven centuries. Under the dynamic and creative leadership of Artistic Director Maria Case, the choir performs three concerts annually, collaborating with an array of professional soloists and ensembles. Recent large-scale works include Poulenc’s Gloria, Dobrogosz’s Jazz Mass, Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor, and the acclaimed original choral drama December Diaries. The Annex Chamber Choir, an ensemble drawn from the main choir, is dedicated to presenting gems from the chamber repertoire. We provide ongoing professional development to choir members, engage in community outreach, and encourage young singers with a sponsorship program.

In our 2022/23 season, we are continuing our tradition of creative programming with three concerts featuring an exciting repertoire focused on contemporary choral music:

• “The Winter Garden”, December 3, 2022
• “Into Flight: Art Songs and Choral Works”, February 11, 2023
• “Voices of Earth”, May 13, 2023.

Rehearsals are on Monday evenings at St. Thomas’s Anglican Church on Huron Street. We welcome experienced singers - please visit our website to arrange an audition.

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Renowned concert pianist Andrew Burashko formed Art of Time Ensemble in 1998 by inviting a group of like-minded musicians and prominent figures in dance, theatre and other art forms to perform one-off concerts in Toronto. The company has gone on to become a leader in Toronto’s vibrant performing arts scene, through its subscription season at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre, regular appearances at Koerner Hall, album releases, performances with leading Canadian orchestras, and the tours of its unique offerings to dozens of cities throughout Canada and the United States.

Exploring the relationship between classical music in its many forms and other genres such as jazz, pop, electronica, rock, folk, electroacoustic, gospel and others, Art of Time seeks to reveal the qualities that lie at the heart of all great music.

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The biennial Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) is Canada’s largest competition devoted to music composition.

AMP advances the Azrieli Foundation’s commitment to discovering, elevating and amplifying artistic voices that exhibit excellence and embodies its belief in music as a vital human endeavour that expresses our creativity, expands our worldview and fosters positive cultural exchange.

Open to the international music community, AMP accepts proposals for works from individuals and institutions of all ages, genders, nationalities, faiths and backgrounds, which are then submitted to its expert juries through an open call.

The three AMP prize packages – valued at $200,000 CAD per Laureate – currently makes it the top competition for music composition in Canada and one of the most substantial in the world.

On October 20, AMP will celebrate its 2022 Laureates with a Gala Concert in Montréal.

Past prize-winners include Canadian composers Keiko Devaux (2020), Kelly-Marie Murphy (2018) and Brian Current (2016), Dutch-born American composer Yotam Haber (2020), Israeli-born Australian composer Yitzhak Yedid (2020), Israeli-American composer Avner Dorman (2018), and US-based Polish composer Wlad Marhulets (2016).

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Barrie Concert Band has been an integral part of the amateur music scene in Barrie since 1869 and is considered the oldest music organization in the City of Barrie.

Over the years the band has fulfilled a year-round musical role in Barrie by participating in various city events, presenting regular summer and winter concerts and providing music at local senior’s homes and churches, averaging about eight concerts per year.

The longevity of the Barrie Concert Band is due to its faithful membership, the City of Barrie’s financial support, sponsors, honoraria from some of their concerts and the loyalty and support of its audiences. This money is used to purchase new music and cover ongoing operating costs.

The Barrie Concert Band’s mission is to uphold and maintain the true spirit of the concert band. The ensemble’s goal is to enrich the lives of local musicians in a positive manner and to strive to continually improve and achieve high musical standards as well as enhancing the lives of community members.

We look forward to seeing you at one of our free or ticketed concerts and sharing our passion for music!

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The Canadian Opera Company is Canada’s largest opera company, known for its artistic excellence and innovation, as well as attracting some of the world’s best opera performers. 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 local hub for diverse musical artists and creators that reflect the city’s wide-ranging cultural influences. General director Perryn Leech joined the company in 2021, forming a leadership team with music director Johannes Debus and deputy general director Christie Darville.

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Founded in 1998, the Canadian Sinfonietta (CS) is a chamber orchestra led by conductor and founder, Tak-Ng Lai in partnership with concertmaster and artistic director Joyce Lai. The orchestra is composed of 14-25 professional musicians who perform as a large ensemble and as small chamber ensemble concerts throughout the concert season.

The mission of the Canadian Sinfonietta is to attract a new generation of concert goers by presenting concerts that have a balance of traditional and newly composed or culturally interesting programs. Our concerts are both accessible as well as new and fresh. Our programs often feature interdisciplinary artistic presentations, multicultural music, non-western instruments and highlight diverse Canadian artists.

In addition to a regular series of professional concerts, the CS is proud of our Youth Mentorship Program. We have two youth orchestras: a full senior orchestra and a junior string orchestra.

CS is a community conscious group and plays an active role through partnership with local community groups. We are a recipient of the New Horizons Grant from the government of Canada which enables us to play an active role in the lives of seniors.

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Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra brings to life some of the greatest musical masterpieces, presents internationally-acclaimed performers, and helps introduce some of Canada’s rising stars in their debut performances with a symphony orchestra. The Orchestra has been performing for Greater Toronto audiences since 1986.

The 2022/23 season promises six exciting evenings of new compositions and traditional favourites under the baton of Maestro Martin MacDonald. Highlights include Canadian composer Vivian Fung's Prayer, Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major, Neilsen's Clarinet Concerto, and Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor. Soloists include the young piano prodigy Ryan Huang, violinist Aaron Schwebel, cellist Rachel Mercer and Graham Lord on clarinet.

Looking for an orchestra to play in? Send your inquiries to us via email.

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The Gallery Choir at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Toronto has enjoyed a distinguished reputation since its founding by the world-renowned composer, organist and conductor Healey Willan in the 1920s. It sings at the 11am Solemn Mass every Sunday at SMM, and on feast days throughout the year. The repertoire, strongly rooted in the tradition established by Healey Willan, includes many mass settings and motets from the Renaissance to the modern works of contemporary composers. As in Willan’s day, the choristers are all volunteers. A prize-winner in the first CBC Radio Competition for Amateur Choirs in 1976 and again in 2008, the Gallery Choir has made over a dozen recordings, and continues to offer concerts at SMM and beyond. Membership is by audition.

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"An act or process of merging": Confluence produces joyous, daring and thought-provoking events within a warm atmosphere of intimacy and discovery. Artistic Associates Larry Beckwith, Marion Newman, Andrew Downing, Patricia O'Callaghan and Suba Sankaran curate a wide variety of stimulating programs. 2022/23 highlights include the world premiere of The Drawing Room by composer Ian Cusson and librettist Andre Alexis; Boccheriniana, featuring a guest ensemble led by cellist Elinor Frey; an 80th birthday celebration of master Indian drummer Trichy Sankaran, featuring Trichy, Autorickshaw and a number of his students; a weekend of events entitled “Tłabat'si: Copper Box Project”, initiating a network of Indigenous performing artists; a CD release event featuring Patricia O'Callaghan, the Gryphon Trio and Alice Ping Yee Ho; a concert entitled “Songs of Syria”, curated by Andrew Downing, featuring members of the Canadian Arab Orchestra; a season-ending variety show entitled “All the Diamonds”, words and music inspired by the night sky and many more events to be announced throughout the season. Most events take place at Heliconian Hall, 918 Bathurst or St. Thomas's Church Huron Street. Join us for pre- and post-show receptions.

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We perform the extraordinary! With tremendous talent and fascinating performances, COSA Canada: The Centre for Opera Studies & Appreciation welcomes you! We lift your spirits with the transforming experiences of Canada's young and emerging opera artists. We excite the music in everyone - the story-singers on stage, and the story-catchers in the audience! In house concerts, performance premieres, operas in concert, staged productions, artist profiles, and restaurant opera pops, COSA Canada celebrates and illuminates humanity indelibly, with authenticity and integrity.

COSA Canada is a registered Canadian charitable organisation.

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Counterpoint Community Orchestra was formed in 1984 by gay and lesbian musicians. Together we provide fine music and create a deeper sense of community and diversity in downtown Toronto. People from all walks of life play with us and we welcome any person with a positive outlook toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and two-spirited people.

Our 39th season includes three concert dates:

• Saturday, Dec 10 2022
• Saturday, March 25th, 2023
• Saturday, June 10th, 2023

Details and tickets are available on our website.

Rehearsals are held Mondays at 8pm, currently at St. Barnabas Church on Danforth. Concert performances are currently at Rosedale United Church in Toronto. We welcome players, committee volunteers and volunteers for our board of directors. Player levels range from intermediate to professional. We will help you grow musically. Come and join a fun group of people and make great music!

Our programs for this year will feature works by Mozart, Schumann, Dvorak and premieres of three commissioned works. As a registered charity for tax purposes we welcome donations through Canada Helps.

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The DaCapo Chamber Choir was founded in 1998 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario under the direction of Leonard Enns. 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 annual national NewWorks choral competition for Canadian composers aids in establishing a vibrant and vital presence for recent and emerging Canadian choral music.

Our performance season consists of three annual concerts in Kitchener-Waterloo: one in the fall around Remembrance Day, a mid-winter, and a spring concert. In addition, the choir performs on an ad hoc basis at other events.

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).

2022/23 concert season:

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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 our 2022/23 season, we are excited to welcome the public back into our venues in person to experience the incredible diversity of musical styles and genres our students, faculty and guest artists have to offer. From student ensemble performances (choirs and opera to orchestra, band, jazz, percussion, contemporary and early music), new pop and salsa bands, 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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Once more, from the top...

When The Edison Singers, a fully professional chamber choir, started in 2019, we were immediately challenged by all the starts-and-stops that every performing arts group faced during the COVID pandemic. So this upcoming season is literally our second new beginning.

Over the next performance year we will embark on two international recordings and present concerts we’ve been polishing and perfecting but unable to perform before a live audience. These include the Fauré and Duruflé Requiems, the Rachmaninoff Vespers (All Night Vigil), a delightful programme of Folksongs & Spirituals, and a luminous Messiah. We will also present our popular concert of Christmas music with many of the carols appearing in our new Christmas CD for Naxos entitled The First Nowell.

Most of these programs will be performed several times in different venues. Our home base is Guelph and Elora but we love to share our concerts with our many patrons in Toronto and Niagara.

“We have an outstanding ensemble of singers - t­­heir energy, spirit and commitment to The Edison Singers is remarkable. They truly inspire me. We can’t wait to see you at a performance this season.” - Dr. Noel Edison

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Elmer Iseler Singers (EIS) is 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, the Singers are known for tonal beauty and interpretive range, and valued for their contributions to masterclasses and workshops with schools and community choirs.

The Elmer Iseler Singers have 15 recorded CDs featuring Canadian music. EIS with Toronto Symphony Orchestra were 2019 Grammy-nominated and 2019 JUNO-awarded for the brilliant Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Chandos CD recording, with Peter Oundjian conducting. EIS are 2014 National Choral Award recipients and JUNO nominees for “Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance” for Dark Star Requiem with Tapestry Opera and Gryphon Trio in 2017, and for David Braid’s Corona Divinae Misericordiae with Patricia O’Callaghan in 2019.

We are pleased to announce that the Elmer Iseler Singers will present three in-person concerts as part of their Toronto season. October 22: “Walk and Touch Peace”, with a premiere by Timothy Corlis. December 9: Handel's Messiah with special guests the Viva Chamber Singers, orchestra and soloists. April 30: “Springtime Spirit in Song” with a premiere by Matthew Emery.

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Pioneering tour-de-force Ensemble Vivant’s innovative genre-diverse programming is rich with passionate, deeply communicative playing that touches the hearts and souls of listeners of all ages. EV are ODEG artists with 15 internationally acclaimed CDs. "EV’s latest CD - iFugue ~ A World of Fugues - is an imaginative exploration of fugues from around the world and across the centuries, this album is beaming with creative sonic adventures....each with a message and a beauty of its own." - The WholeNote, July 2021.

EV’s live/virtual programs for children/seniors (endorsed by the scientific community) are conducted through Euterpe (musicisthekey.org) and were awarded: Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant (2020); Canada Council Grant (2021); Levante Foundation Grant (2022).

“…the 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

"This disc is not only a fine listen, but one to revisit again and again." - La Scena, July 2021.

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

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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 organizations 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 65-member orchestra presents music that is otherwise unavailable in Canada, always performed to the highest standards in the acoustically acclaimed Koerner Hall at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning.

In the 2022/23 Subscription Season, Esprit Orchestra will celebrate their historic 40th anniversary with a vibrant and dynamic program featuring iconic composers from the past 40 years, including Unsuk Chin, Alexina Louie and John Rea, while continuing to bring new music to Canadian audiences from composers like Christopher Goddard, James O'Callaghan and Andrew Staniland.

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After a joyous return to live performance in May 2022, Etobicoke Centennial Choir looks forward with great anticipation and hope to a full season of live choral music.

Entering its 55th season, Etobicoke Centennial Choir is an auditioned SATB community choir that enriches its choristers and audiences through inspired performances of diverse choral repertoire, ranging from classical masterpieces to contemporary compositions and popular music.

ECC is an inclusive choir that welcomes new singers. We offer a challenging and supportive choral music experience, facilitated by our music director, collaborative accompanist and section leads. Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings from 7:30pm to 9:45pm at Humber Valley United Church in Etobicoke. Some prior choral experience and the ability to read music is recommended.

2022/23 Season Preview:

• On December 10, 2022: ‘Sing We Joyfully’ features J.S. Bach’s stunning Magnificat, with vocal soloists and baroque orchestra.
• On April 1, 2023: we welcome spring and have some fun on 'The Sunny Side of the Street', an eclectic concert of show tunes, folk songs, spirituals and popular music.
• On June 3, 2023: ‘Musica Borealis’ will showcase beautiful and diverse music from Canada and other northern climes.

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The Etobicoke Community Concert Band, which was founded in 1995, is back after a two-year layoff due to COVID. There are 40+ great musicians who provide an eclectic variety of music for all ages. We have four formal concerts scheduled at Etobicoke Collegiate. The first concert will welcome back the audience with "Great music...right in your own backyard!"

The band has received awards from the Governor-General of Canada, MPs, and the Mayor of Toronto for their musical excellence. We play formal concerts, as well as many concerts in the park, to long term care facilities for those who cannot attend in-person. The band rehearses every Wednesday night at Etobicoke Collegiate, 89 Montgomery Rd. from 7:30pm to 10pm. You can join us at join@eccb.ca. Our Conductor/Director of Music John Edward Liddle has led the band from its beginning and he brings out the best from the talented musicians who play with us.

Our first concert will be held on October 28, 2022 at 8pm to 10pm. Other concerts will be held on:

• Friday, December 16, 2022
• Friday, March 31, 2023
• Friday, May 26, 2023

Tickets are $15 and children under 12 are free. They can be purchased through our Box Office by calling: (416) 410-1570. Come out to hear one of the most exciting bands.

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The Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra (EPO) has been celebrating symphonic music in Etobicoke for over 60 years.

The EPO returns to a full season of live performances for its 2022/23 season. A season’s ticket is a gateway to some of Canada’s most acclaimed soloists and the greatest music ever written. Hear Kara Hubert performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2; flautist Lauren Yeomans and harpist Rosemary Soenen performing Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto; and soprano, Christina Haldane, performing a delightful collection of opera’s greatest hits.

With such majestic symphony performances as Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “The New World”, and Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 2, you won’t want to miss a concert!

Priding itself on being an affordable, accessible and welcoming concert experience, the EPO supports youth with its bi-annual Canadian Young Composers Competition and scholarship program for young upcoming musicians.

Visit our website for all the exciting details and reserve your seat for the show! Want to play in the EPO? Get in touch through our email for audition information!

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Founded in 1981, Exultate Chamber Singers is an adult mixed-voice chamber choir located in the heart of downtown Toronto. The ensemble is enriched not only by the strong musicianship of its members but also by their varied ages, cultural backgrounds, and academic and professional credentials. Together they form a passionate, committed ensemble with a wide-ranging repertoire.

Exultate was founded and led for 30 years by conductor and organist John Tuttle, and has since been under the direction of Dr. Karen Grylls (2011 to 2012), Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt (2013 to 2018), and its newest artistic director, Dr. Mark Ramsay.

The choir is a three-time winner of the Healey Willan Grand Prize in the CBC National Radio Competition and was most recently awarded first place in the chamber choir category of Choral Canada’s 2019 National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs.

In addition to presenting its annual concert series, Exultate has made regular appearances around Ontario, toured in Canada, collaborated with dozens of artists, released five albums, and enjoyed airplay on CBC Radio. Exultate is currently producing its sixth album, showcasing new Canadian choral music commissioned by the choir in recent years.

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Flute Street, Toronto's Professional Flute Choir returns to the stage this season in October. The unique chamber ensemble is composed entirely of flutes from the tiny twelve inch piccolo through to the very rare twelve foot double contrabass flute. The group presents highly eclectic programs that include a mix of original works, settings of folk ballads, fascinating transcriptions of familiar classics, and a few ventures into the world of jazz and the popular. There are frequent guest artists. Versatility is Flute Street's watchword as members easily transfer from one size of flute to another. Occasionally, for variety from the full seven-octave range of the complete ensemble, Flute Street offers a selection using only the deeper-voiced altos, basses and contras. Or even present a piece exclusively for a dozen piccolos! Do join us this season as we welcome our new, talented composer/conductor, Isaac Page.

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Glionna Mansell Corporation is a music marketing agency, Allen Organ dealer and concert producer in the organ and choral performance genre. The company is an active supporter/promoter of emerging artistic talent alongside experienced world-stage performers. The activities and entities operating under the Glionna Mansell banner include: ORGANIX CONCERTS, Allen Organ Company in Ontario and Eastern Provinces, and touring/concert choir MOSAIC Canadian Vocal Ensemble. Gordon Mansell is Music Director and Titular Organist at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church - Toronto.

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Now in its 15th season, the GTPO has become a unique organisation built upon a collaborative artistic model, a trusted partner for other arts groups and a showcase opportunity for young talented musicians. Under the baton of established conductors, and with the contribution of a select roster of guest artists, the orchestra continues to deliver a rich and challenging calendar of events within the GTA, an affirmation of its maturity and high artistic standards.

The GTPO is a full size orchestra of 50+ professional and amateur musicians who are committed and capable of handling an extended season and challenged to give their best performance in a demanding, supportive, non-competitive atmosphere. The orchestra rehearses on Sundays, 2pm to 5pm at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church.

GTPO’s 2022/23 concert season will feature a fusion of musical genres, styles and guest artists to form a celebratory 15th season. Acclaimed Canadian duo Michael Bridge (accordion) and Kornel Wolak (clarinet), Toronto’s renowned conductor David Fallis, guest conductors Oliver Balaburski and Lorenzo Guggenheim will be collaborating with the orchestra in a season that promises to entertain the audiences and bring out orchestra’s best performances.

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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 2022/23 season features brass repertoire gems, paired with new music played with the verve and virtuosity you expect from the Hannaford Band: “Love Songs and other optimistic notions” on October 30 features Barbara Assiginaak with guest conductor Jean-Michel Malouf; “A Harmonious Holiday” is on Tuesday, December 6th at Metropolitan United Church with Forte, the Toronto Gay Men’s Chorus; “Dearly, Life, Love and Margaret Atwood” on Sunday, February 12 features Measha Brueggergosm-Lee, and our season concludes on Saturday May 13th with “A Concert of Community” - the marquee event of the Great Canadian Brass Band Festival.

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.

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The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts (the Isabel) is a home for the creative arts at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and a hub of vibrant artistic study, creation, and exhibition in our community. The building houses the Queen’s Department of Film and Media and the DAN School of Drama and Music, as well as the Isabel house season, which brings some of the most exciting and acclaimed musicians to its 567-seat concert hall. Situated on the shores of Lake Ontario, the Isabel brings together world-class arts spaces and programs with a captivating sense of place, creating a dynamic venue for our students and community to learn, discover, think, do, and experience together.

Opened in September 2014, the Isabel was designed by Oslo/New York-based firm Snøhetta and Ottawa’s N45, with acoustics and theatre design by ARUP and Theatre Projects Consultants. Anchored by a transformational gift to the Initiative Campaign from Drs. Alfred and Isabel Bader, the Isabel was inspired by the Baders’ love - of the arts, of Queen’s, and of each other - and is named in Isabel’s honour. Click here for a Virtual Tour.

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The Jubilate Singers is an SATB community choir performing music from a variety of cultural traditions under the direction of Isabel Bernaus. The choir enjoys singing in many different languages and collaborating with other arts organizations representing the cultural diversity of Toronto. The choir is particularly known for its expertise in Latin American music, performed with some of Toronto’s finest Latin American instrumentalists. Last year we rehearsed both virtually and in hybrid mode, produced an online concert and in May 2022 returned to performing in-person. In 2022/23 we will be rehearsing in person, with hybrid options as needed, and performing three in-person concerts. A highlight of the season is “Roots and Intersections”, a collaboration with Denise Williams and guest artists exploring the music of the Black, Jewish, and Muslim diasporas.

The Jubilate Singers is an auditioned choir with a Choral Development program for those who are not ready to audition and would benefit from additional attention to ear training and sight reading. We are an inclusive and welcoming choir that works to enhance the musical skills of all its singers, and we are always looking for new members!

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The Kindred Spirits Orchestra (KSO) is a critically acclaimed, auditioned-based civic orchestra performing at the Flato Markham Theatre, the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, and the CBC Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. In addition to performing concerts, the KSO offers several educational, community outreach, professional development and international cultural exchange programmes.

During the 2020 pandemic, the KSO quickly evolved and, by leveraging digital technologies and the Internet, transitioned to offering live concerts via broadcast and stream. As a result, the KSO is now attracting patrons from beyond the geographical boundaries of the Greater Toronto Area and from as far away as the USA, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. In 2021, the KSO became the first orchestra in Canada to migrate to a fully digital library platform that permanently replaced paper-based music parts with iPad Pro tablets made available to all musicians.

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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, you can enjoy more than 90 jazz, classical, world, and roots music performances - in the concert hall or live online - by extraordinary international and Canadian artists, including the annual 21C Music Festival. We look forward to sharing uplifting and inspiring live music with you!

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We are an affirming church, a member of the United Church of Canada. By affirming, we mean that we welcome people of all kinds to our services, and as ministers - all genders, sexualities, races and abilities. If you are queer, you are welcome here just as you are.

We are more than Sunday morning: our church is a very busy place, both in the building, and within our congregation. We offer many programs live online, which can be found on the front page of this website. Meditation, Tai Chi, Hymn Sings, Bible Study, Book Clubs, Faith Exploration and Social Justice discussions - we are very active online during the weekdays, both during the day and at night. We've decided that geography doesn't matter - if you live in another town, but like to participate in our online activities and services, then please do so. This is the 21st century, after all.

We have many choral concerts and partner with artists in the community to present an evening of creativity with unique ideas that can shine a light on a situation, expand the discussions or just simply entertain.

We are providing both in person and online events so please check our website for the current events at the church.

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The Li Delun Music Foundation was established in 2002 in Toronto as a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting cultural exchange between the East and the West through musical events and named after the renowned Chinese conductor Li Delun 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 the annual “East Meets West New Years Concert” at the Toronto Centre for the Arts each year and recitals by acclaimed musicians. 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 also holds masterclasses and workshops given by internationally-acclaimed artists such as Lang Lang, Sa Chen, Haochen Zhang, Bruce Liu, Prof. Lee Kum-Sing, etc.

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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 Jennifer Martyn), 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 (Roy Lee, carillonneur); a portative organ (by Becker of Hamburg); and a Steinway grand piano. 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 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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A New Sound in the City!

Mississauga Chamber Singers celebrate the transition from the larger MCS Chorus/Mississauga to a chamber choir bringing clarity and intimacy to great choral masterpieces.

The transition to chamber choir engages skilled singers within the choral ensemble, creating artistically dynamic performances with a widening scope of the classical choral music. In addition, this enables the choir to better reach the communities in Mississauga by becoming more flexible and able to perform in a wider variety of performance spaces.

Led by artistic director, Mervin William Fick, Mississauga Chamber Singers perform classical choral repertoire, from a wide range of A Capella works to timeless works for choir and orchestra.

The Mississauga Chamber Singers performs a diverse season of extensive community engagement events, multi-generational musical education programming and ticketed concerts. Come and hear the difference!

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With over 150 singers, Mississauga Festival Choir is the largest and most spirited community choir in Mississauga. We first came together in 1984 to celebrate Mississauga's 10th anniversary, and we stayed together to celebrate the joy of singing in a choral community like no other. Our spirited singing springs from our no-audition policy. Everyone who loves to sing is welcome to join us, and audiences hear the joy in every song.

Under the leadership of David Ambrose, MFC performs many concerts, raises money for local charities, records professional CDs, holds an annual choral competition and tours the world.

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With a combination of 100 community musicians and professional section leads, the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has earned the reputation as the best hybrid orchestra in Canada. The MSO offers entertaining and sophisticated programs from the classic and popular repertoires of symphonic music, all performed to the highest artistic standards. Based out of Hammerson Hall, a world-class performing arts facility located within the Living Arts Centre, the MSO provides performance opportunities and personal development to talented amateurs while combining the strands of excellence and education by assisting young professional performers and composers through solo performance opportunities, commissions and mentoring.

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Returning after 2.5 years, our 2022/23 season showcases celebrated soloists, thrilling duos, and exciting ensembles. We will present all-composer programs highlighting the music of Vivaldi, Schubert, and Brahms.

The players: Cheng Squared Duo, Ensemble Caprice, Andrew Wan, violin and Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano, Mathieu Gaudet, piano, and TSO Chamber Soloists. Five-concert subscriptions are $200/$175 adult/senior and $125 under age 30. Concerts are Sundays at 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 will also perform a one-hour mini-concert for young people ages 6-11 and their parents, grandparents, friends at 1:15pm. Subscriptions $75 and include a Lindt chocolate truffle for everyone at the end of each concert.

We are fortunate to have Wonny Song (Artistic & Executive Director of Orford Music) as our artistic director.

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Music at St. Andrew’s is a community outreach program of historic St. Andrew’s Church in downtown Toronto. This program was launched in 2011 with our purchase of a Bösendorfer Imperial grand piano, which we share with the greater community. The magnificent piano is used extensively in our free, mostly classical Friday Noontime Recitals featuring University of Toronto music students and professionals. The live, 45-minute recitals run from October-November and February-May. Join us October 7 for our new season launch.

On Saturday, December 3, our church will be decked with garlands and candles for an eclectic musical evening of sing-along carols and popular holiday favourites featuring jazz/pop, Celtic, Klezmer and steel pan performers. Free admission. Goodwill offerings accepted. More info on our website!

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The Music Gallery is Toronto’s centre for creative music. We present and promote experimentation and innovation in all forms of music, and encourage cross-pollination between genres, disciplines and audiences. Since 1976, we have occupied a valued position within Toronto’s musical ecology, presenting both internationally-renowned contemporary music and a wide spectrum of local artists and projects.

We are now located in the beautiful 918 Bathurst St. Centre for Culture, Arts, Media and Education, though this season most of our programming will be delivered online. We present the “X Avant Festival” during October, and “Emergents” (emerging artists) and “Departures” (off-site) series as well as unique main stage concert experiences throughout our season. We also partner with artists and arts organizations to co-present their work in our space, assisted by our highly experienced technical crew. Our season runs September through June with some off-season events.

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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, 80 Queen’s Park.

This year the WMCT celebrates its 125th season: Connection & Continuity. Concerts include our 2021 Career Development Award winner Michael Bridge, accordion, with Ladom Ensemble and Joseph Macerollo, accordion (October 6, 2022); Quatuor Despax with Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola, and Brian Manker, cello (November 17, 2022); Fjóla Evans, composer/curator, with Aizuri Quartet, VC2 Cello Duo, Talisa Blackman, piano and Krista Kais-Prial, vocalist (February 23, 2023); Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano, with Melody Courage, soprano, Evan Korbut, baritone, and Gordon Gerrard, piano (April 6, 2023); Mark Fewer, violin, with Thalea String Quartet, Chris Whitley, violin, and Jeanie Chung, piano (May 4, 2023). Artists and programs are subject to change. Please visit our website for regular season updates.

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Music TORONTO, a legacy organization in classical music, presents the world’s best chamber ensembles and solo pianists. Join the best audience in the city for live performances in a perfect small concert hall downtown.

2022/23 is a season in two parts. The traditional main season is five string ensembles and two pianists, still at the Jane Mallett Theatre, presents the Pacifica Quartet; the Lafayette and Borealis Quartets; the St. Lawrence Quartet with Toronto’s Odin Quartet; the Gryphon Trio, and two distinguished women pianists, Michelle Cann and Janina Fialkowska.

The season concludes with the “Small Ensembles Celebration”, three evenings in spring 2023, curated by Roman Borys, best known to us as cellist of the Gryphon Trio. A new initiative, in a new venue: an intriguing variety of ensembles will create unique “play lists” that connect and contrast Western classical traditions with other global music traditions. Full info coming in the new year.

Please join us for concerts traditional and ground-breaking, to engage in the special experience that is live concert music - enlightening, entertaining, inspiring, engaging.

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The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is a 21-voice SATB professional choir based in Toronto, dedicated to performing Afrocentric music of all genres, including classical, spiritual, gospel, jazz, folk and blues. Founded by artistic director D. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor in 1998, the Nathaniel Dett Chorale is Canada’s premier performer of Afrocentric composers and a touchstone for the education of audiences and communities regarding the spectrum of Afrocentric choral music. The mission of the NDC is to build bridges of understanding, appreciation and acceptance between communities of people through the medium of music. The Chorale has a three-concert season in Toronto, tours extensively each season and has released several CDs and DVDs.

The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is artist-in-residence at the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas. Membership is by audition.

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At NMC we inspire our listeners with extraordinary performances of the world’s most adventurous music. New Music Concerts is a leader in curating, performing, and promoting innovative and cutting-edge music by Canadian and international composers. NMC is internationally renowned and unique in Toronto as the foremost champion of contemporary works for large chamber ensembles. In our programming, we take pride in reflecting Canada’s ever-growing diversity of musicians, listeners, composers, and guest artists.

NMC's 2022/223 concert season:

•  October 30th, 2022: “Cris Derksen’s Omiimiikaa” (Free Digital Broadcast)
• November 20th, 2022: “Standing Wave: ex Machina”
• December 8th, 2022: “James O’Callaghan’s As in a Simile” (Free Digital Broadcast)
• January 22nd, 2023: “Bekah Simms’ subsume” (Free Digital Broadcast)
• February 22nd, 2023: “BRuCH: Chansons Madecasses”
• March 30th, 2023: “Re-Sequencing Berio: a Film/Concert Spectacular”
• April 27th, 2023: “Duo Airs and Marina Thibeault: Misceo – Between Folklore and Creation”
• May 14th, 2023: “Nicole Lizée’s New Work for Distanced Ensemble”
• June 17th, 2023: “MAKEWAY - An Empowerment Program for Early Career Creators”

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Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation marks its 29th 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 and St. John’s College Choir. It has also featured Canadian artists including David Hetherington, John McDermott, Colin Fox, Sharlene Wallace, Anne Lindsay, John Johnson, Guido Basso, the True North Brass, the Gryphon Trio, and 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.

Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation, in cooperation with Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, begins its 2022/23 season on Tuesday, October 4th with the first recital in its weekly “Lunchtime Chamber Music” series.

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Nocturnes in the City is in its 23rd season.

During our last two seasons, we had a few interruptions of presenting our concerts but we still managed to keep three Zoom sessions with Iain Scott about famous Czech operas by Antonín Dvořák, Bedřich Smetana, Leoš Janáček and Bohuslav Martinů.

We also held a few recitals by pianist David Kalhous, and mandolin player Radim Zenkl. Local jazz players performed two dixieland concerts in 2021.

Our present season is starting with excellent Czech violinist Ivan Zenaty and pianist David Kalhous on October 30, 2022. This is followed on November 27 by an evening featuring an upcoming film about a famous Czech conductor, Karel Ančerl, who was the Music Director of the Toronto Symphony orchestra from 1968 to 1973. Granddaughter of Karel Ančerl, Maximiliana Ancerl from Prague, will be present together with movie director and musician Ivan Bierhanzel - showing clips from the movie and reading letters from Karel Ančerl to other famous musicians. The last concert in 2022 is “Czech-Slovak Dixieland” on December 11 under the leadership of famous trombone player Miro Letko from Slovakia. All concerts take place in the hall of St. Wenceslaus Church, 496 Gladstone Avenue in Toronto.

In 2023, we are planning for four different pianists.

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Off Centre Music Salon began as an attempt to find the magical, inclusive atmosphere of the Viennese and Parisian Salons of the 19th Century. Our goal was, and remains, to create an environment where music is intimately shared, concerts tell a story and a personal connection is present for the audience and performers alike. Our programs tell a story. Each concert is unique with repertoire rarely, if ever, repeated, including many Canadian "firsts".

2022/23 marks our 28th season. After the last few years, we feel an explosive bubbling-over of creative energy all around us. We can't wait to perform. Please join us at Trinity-St. Paul's Centre (Spadina and Bloor) on Sunday afternoons at 3pm. For more information and concert dates please visit our website.

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Orchestra Toronto is an orchestra created by passionate musicians within the community, for the community. We offer the enjoyment of music, foster education and music appreciation and support emerging Canadian talent. Our organization of volunteers is committed to making symphonic music accessible to a broad and diverse public beyond the concert hall.

Our 85-member volunteer orchestra, under the musical leadership of Music Director Michael Newnham, in the splendid acoustic of the George Weston Recital Hall in the Meridian Arts Centre in North York, rehearses weekly. In addition to our five-concert performance season, we offer annual conducting apprenticeships and youth fellowships, and sponsor a composition prize and concerto competition in alternating years.