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The Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) is thrilled to be celebrating our 40th anniversary. We have always been dedicated to enriching the musical life of the Greater Scarborough area by presenting high-quality musical performances that offer a friendly, affordable, enriching, and convenient live-entertainment experience. 

Our six regular concerts of the 2019/2020 season will feature great masterworks from the greatest composers, including a celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with a co-production with the Toronto Choral Society and Beethoven’s 9th. An SPO co-production with the Canadian Sinfonietta will feature music from the Iranian-Canadian Composers of Toronto (ICOT) and Elizabeth Raum. The SPO will also present new work from Canadian composers. Confirmed musical guests include Jacelyn Holmes (vocalist), Joyce Lai (violin), Máté Szűcs (viola, Berliner Philharmoniker), and more. The SPO is dedicated to educational outreach, youth engagement, and mentoring of New Generation Artists. Please visit our website and for more information

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Scaramella presents intimate, one-of-a-kind period instrument chamber music concerts, bringing together top-notch musicians from Canada and abroad for fresh and vivacious performances. Children 14 and under are welcomed, free of charge.

It’s a celebration! 2019/20 is Scaramella’s fifteenth season, following a tradition we have built over the years of pairing old friends with new. We open with local harpsichord superstar Sara-Anne Churchill and Montréal’s most eloquent French Baroque violin specialist, Olivier Brault, for music of Rameau. In February, we have a fabulous vocal team that pays tribute to the Ferrarese concerto delle donne. We end by exploring music that has been ‘Englished;’ songs and instrumental gems that showcase the sparkling and sonorous accompaniment of viol and harp. Do please join us!

The season in brief includes Nov 16: “Pièces en concerts” (clavecin, violon, basse de viole); February 8: “Musica secreta” (3 sopranos, viola bastarda, lute, cembalo); May 16: “Behold a Wonder” (soprano, harp, 2 lyra viols). More details are available on our website. Tickets are always available at the door, or for advance purchase using the order form on the website. 

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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) and voted “Best Concert Hall” in NOW’s Best of Toronto Awards 2017. This year at Koerner Hall, our 11th season, we bring you extraordinary international and Canadian artists. W are beginning to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday - festivities that will continue over two concert seasons. With close to 100 Koerner Hall concerts to choose from in the 2019/20 concert season, the season also features The Conservatory’s renowned faculty and students performing in The Royal Conservatory’s two additional concert venues, Mazzoleni Hall and the Temerty Theatre, all located in the TELUS Centre at 273 Bloor St. West.

We look forward to seeing you, often!

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Toronto’s premiere venue for bringing the world’s finest, Roy Thomson Hall continues to host Canada’s biggest events through its 2019/20 season. This fall, the season kicked off with another successful run of the Toronto International Film Festival, hosting gala screenings and Hollywood stars. Roy Thomson Hall is also the proud home to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and pleased to present another exciting season of classical performances.

“National Geographic Live!” returns for a ninth season of talks, featuring some of the world’s most adventurous explorers sharing stories of their triumphs and challenges.

Our free choir and organ concert series continues into its 23rd year, and we celebrate our favourite new year’s traditions at the Hall, ringing in 2020 with “Bravissimo! Opera’s Greatest Hits,” and welcoming the year with “Salute to Vienna on New Year’s Day.”

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Rezonance is a vibrant ensemble dedicated to presenting great performances of Baroque music in innovative ways. Inspired by history, but also informed by the present, Rezonance leads audiences through carefully crafted programs, where they can discover under-appreciated and unusual works, as well as experience the best-known classics in new contexts. Operating as a collective with special guest performers and two core members, Rezonance has had a regular concert season since 2012, as well as frequent collaborations with other groups. Rezonance was recently featured by special invitation in the “Early Music America Emerging Artists Showcase” concert. As an ensemble committed to excellence and also willing to experiment with tradition and push boundaries in the concert experience, Rezonance looks forward to many great concerts in its future.

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Founded in 2007, Reaching Out Through Music provides musical opportunities to the youth of St. James Town, one of North America’s most densely-populated and ethnically diverse communities. We seek to enrich children’s lives by offering active participation in choral, instrumental and other programs, including the opportunity to attend some of the myriad concerts in the City of Toronto. We create social opportunities for children by encouraging them to share a love of music, performance and teamwork through collaborative choral and instrumental ensembles. A critical part of child development, music education has been proven to provide children with cognitive and emotional benefits that will have a lifelong impact on learning and social skills. ROTM has a tradition of hosting concerts yearly, and endeavour to do so locally, and accessibly. Our concerts feature up-and-coming artists and our own students. ROTM is expanding and increasing the number of musical learning opportunities for its members, including a Kinder Khoir & Ukulele Choir. We will hold our annual Fundraising concert in April, 2020. Our dedicated teachers and volunteers look forward to an enriching season, and we welcome inquiries.

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The Royal Canadian College of Organists - Toronto Centre publishes a list of events that celebrate the majestic mighty organs in the Toronto, 905 region! A vibrant executive committee meets monthly to coordinate and plan short- and long-term events. At present, the Toronto Centre has approximately 200 members.

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The Peterborough Singers is an auditioned 100-voice community choir of adults and youth. We generally perform four concerts per year: a Yuletide concert, Handel’s Messiah, an oratorio, and one concert dedicated to music outside the box of regular classical programming. Past oratorios have included music by Bach, Verdi, Fauré, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn and many others. The popular music concert has been soul, folk, Celtic, Broadway, popular music, music by the Beatles, or music highlighting the work of a particular modern composer. Fortunately we are not limited by the lack of availability of sheet music because of local associates who are able to create original arrangements for this repertoire. Concerts this season are “Yuletide Cheer”, Handel’s Messiah, Verdi’s Requiem, and “Canadian Legends”.

Rehearsals are held Wednesday evenings from September to the beginning of May at Murray Street Baptist Church in Peterborough. Prior to most rehearsals, we provide ongoing educational initiatives which allow interested members to greatly improve their sight-reading or musical skill levels at no additional cost above the yearly membership fee. Auditions take place in May and September.

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Hailed by critics and audiences alike as one of Canada’s finest oratorio choirs, Pax Christi Chorale delivers stirring performances with great polish and total conviction. Under the artistic direction of David Bowser, the award-winning choir has established its reputation as an ensemble of high calibre and a cultural beacon in our city. The organization operates the 100-voice chorale, a chamber choir, and a choral scholars program which provides professional development training to emerging artists. Pax Christi Chorale’s collaborations with outstanding guest artists and artistic partners inspire, in audiences and performers alike, a deep appreciation for choral masterworks and new Canadian music. 

The organization has recently committed to the commission and premiere performance of three new works by Canadian women composers over three seasons. Pax Christi Chorale champions great choral music among a diverse community. We have an inclusive philosophy and welcome audience members, choristers, and volunteers from all backgrounds and walks of life.

Rehearsals are on Monday nights in North York. Auditions are at the beginning of September, and can be arranged by contacting associate conductor Daniel Norman at dnorms9@gmail.com.

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Orpheus Choir’s vision is to celebrate the power of choral music as an agent of social change and a passionate medium of artistic expression. The 65-voice choir, under artistic director Robert Cooper, champions the new and unusual in choral performance, commissioning and introducing new works and performing overlooked masterpieces. Regularly working with living composers, and singing a wide range of repertoire in concerts with high production values, Orpheus has introduced audiences to many accessible works from the current generation of leading composers. Orpheus also supports young emerging vocal talent through its highly respected Sidgwick Scholars Program and its newer Vocal Apprentice Program for high school singers. Winners of the 2018 Choral Canada Award for Outstanding Innovation, Orpheus continues to present an “expect something different” experience!

The 2019/20 season features a celebration of the 1969 moon landing; a performance of Canadian music and readings for Christmas with “Stratford and Shaw” actor Benedict Campbell; Will Todd’s Passion Music, featuring jazz pianist John Sherwood and gospel singer Melissa Davis; and an exploration of music and mental health in Allan Bevan’s Ancient of Days.