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The Upper Canada Choristers is an SATB community choir in Toronto with a history of collaboration with choirs and professional guest artists. UCC is committed to excellence and diversity. Cantemos is UCC’s auditioned Latin-American ensemble. Founding artistic director Laurie Evan Fraser, and accompanist Hye Won Cecilia Lee, provide the professional musical leadership for this vibrant organization.

Despite the challenges we face in these uncertain times, the choir continues to meet and rehearse regularly in person and on Zoom, following protocols as advised by Public Health.

Our 2021/22 concert season opens with To Sit and Dream - Voices of Women, devoted to choral works written by women through the ages, including Ontario’s Sarah Quartel. The concert will be live-streamed from Grace Church on-the-Hill on October 1. On December 3, the choir will perform From Darkness Into Light featuring Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and non-seasonal music with themes of light. Our spring concert on May 13, “The French Connection”, features the Faure Requiem with baritone soloist Bradley Christensen.

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Music Toronto - celebrating our 50th season. What to say?

A legacy organization in classical music, we present the world’s best chamber ensembles and solo pianists. Nowhere else in Toronto can you hear the Juilliard and St. Lawrence Quartets, Stephen Hough and Marc-André Hamelin live on stage in a perfect small concert hall downtown. Up close and personal.

But not only the world’s greats. Favourite Canadians artists like David Jalbert, the Gryphon Trio, Ensemble Made In Canada and the Lafayette Quartet. Acclaimed international artists like the Miró Quartet and pianists Vanessa Benelli Mosell and Benjamin Grosvenor. And watch for the Toronto debut of the Korean Esmé Quartet who have enjoyed a very rapid rise to well-deserved stardom.

The greats, the acclaimed, the well-known and loved, the new – music making at its finest. We also celebrate our 50th anniversary with two commissioned works, Kelly-Marie Murphy for pianist David Jalbert and Jeffrey Ryan for the Gryphon Trio.

Please join us for the special experience that is live in-person chamber music. It will inspire your thoughts and engage your emotions.

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The Hannaford Street Silver Band is Canada’s award-winning professional brass band. Its mission is to honour the traditions of this art form and place them in a contemporary context with a unique Canadian point-of-view. Guided by the vision of artistic director David Pell, the band facilitates innovative creative projects and collaborates with the best of Canada’s diverse artists. Our 2021/22 season features concerts that showcase collaborations with artists such as Measha Brueggergosman and vocalist Suba Sankaran with Toronto’s amazing Indo-fusion band Autorickshaw. This season includes live and streamed concerts with both our 10-piece virtuoso ensemble and the full 27 member brass band.

The HSSB is committed to youth and music education through the vibrant Hannaford Youth Program. Directed by Anita McAlister, this program is a fantastic opportunity for brass and percussion players ages 7 to 24 to participate in three bands where they learn music, social and leadership skills.

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Last season we were going to celebrate our 25th anniversary, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had to shut down our operation along with most others. The band began to rehearse once again in June and July outdoors. It started off slowly with about one half of the band attending, but by the start of August, we had more than three quarters back playing. At present we are waiting for the TDSB to approve our permits, which will allow us to hold our regular Wednesday night rehearsals. Due to the uncertainty, we have our October 2021 concert on hold, but we plan to be ready to perform our popular annual “Christmas Gala” with many new tunes as a thank you to our very supportive audiences. Once we have a concert under our belts, we plan on presenting our “25th Anniversary Gala” and play the music from our past, present and future.

There is always room for new members to join us, and if you wish to be a part of this exciting concert band, please check out our website and look for "Join the Band". Rehearsals are held every Wednesday evening from 7:30pm to 10pm at Etobicoke Collegiate, 86 Montgomery Rd. in Etobicoke. Come out, sit in and if you wish, join us - you won't regret it.

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Estonian Studies Centre (ESC) delivers cultural and educational programming. ESC is home to Estonian Museum Canada (VEMU), 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 50-70 events per year. These include conferences, seminars, lectures, exhibits (5-7 per year), workshops, book launches, film screenings, theatre shows, concerts (including the Estonian Music Week festival).

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Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra is a volunteer community orchestra that has been based in Scarborough since 1986. 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.

Cathedral Bluffs Symphony returns to the stage for its 2021/22 season with six exciting concerts, featuring such works as Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale", Schumann's Cello Concerto, Dvorak's In Nature's Realm, Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer, Schumann's Symphony No. 1 “Spring”, Barbara Croall's Nimkii N'gamwin (Thunderbird Song), and Holst's The Planets. Guest conductors include Pratik Gandhi, Martin MacDonald, and Christine Fong.

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

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Counterpoint Community Orchestra has been operating as a community orchestra in downtown Toronto for 37 years. Formed in 1984, it was the first LGBTQ+ orchestra in Canada and in the world. Counterpoint is a full symphony orchestra with repertoire drawn from the Baroque through to the contemporary periods. Prior to the pandemic, rehearsals were held at the 519 Community Centre on Church Street and our three concerts at The Church of St Peter and St Simon-the-Apostle on Bloor Street East.

During the pandemic, Counterpoint Community Orchestra went virtual and has showcased a few of our members playing various pieces on our website. We are diligently planning our current 2021/22 season and look forward to being back in person in the near future. For more information, please visit our website.

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Canada’s world-renowned large vocal ensemble launches an exciting 2021/22 season under the artistic leadership of our new artistic director Jean-Sébastien Vallée. We plan to return (with safety protocols in place) to rehearsing and performing together and are excited to welcome back our patrons - either in person at our Yorkminster Park concerts or online enjoying the live-streamed concerts. In this season of reconnecting, the TMC will present concerts that bring together different artists and composers in compelling ways.

On November 2, the TMC launches its season with “Coming to Carry Me Home” - bringing together Brahms’ Requiem and Nathaniel Dett’s Chariot Jubilee. December 1 sees the return of TMC’s popular “Festival of Carols” concert.  April 15 - Sacred Music for a Sacred Space with the Nathaniel Dett Chorale. May 28 - Endangered - featuring a commission by Barbara Assiginaak and the Canadian premiere of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered.

Visit the TMC website for updates on 2021/22 programs and how to purchase in-person and online tickets.

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Celebrating 60 years, the Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra features programming that engages and inspires our diverse community through the performance and exploration of symphonic music.

Despite the current challenges to live performance, the EPO continues to promote the musical growth of its members, patrons and community with imaginative performances, rehearsals, and creative outreach initiatives that unite and inspire.

Look for us live as soon as it is safe to return to in-person performances. In the meantime, join us on our online portal (eporchestra.ca) where you will find all things EPO presented with the same energy and enthusiasm you have come to expect from your EPO.

You will enjoy mini-concerts, interviews, and conversations from soloists and orchestra members talking about their role in the orchestra, how important music is in their lives, and how much they appreciate the opportunity to perform for the community of Etobicoke.

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Having begun her career as a summer reporter on the Winnipeg Tribune, arts publicist Linda Litwack is a long-practised matchmaker between artists and the media. Her services include various forms of writing and editing - from media releases and bios to radio spots, online postings and CD booklets - working with designers, photographers and other professionals, and, of course, liaising with the media.

In addition to media, music and other contact lists, she maintains a list of friends, usually offering discounts for special events. Since leaving CBC publicity (20 years in radio and three in TV), she has collaborated with numerous creative people on intriguing projects, mostly in classical music but also in theatre, TV documentaries, books and the visual arts. Longtime clients have included Show One Productions, pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, and the Upper Canada Choristers. Linda chaired the Program Committee of the historic Toronto Jewish Folk Choir for a number of years and ran the choir in its final seasons. She is also a board member of the International Resource Centre for Performing Artists.