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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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.