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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 Dr. 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 full spectrum of Afrocentric choral music. The mission of the Nathaniel Dett Chorale is to build bridges of understanding, appreciation and acceptance between communities of people through the medium of music. The Chorale has a Toronto concert season, 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 at York University. Membership is by audition. The 2019/20 season will include Great Joy II: Around the World - a jazz/gospel Christmas; the opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom by American composer Nkeiru Okoye; the premiere of God’s Trombones - a song cycle by the Canadian pianist and composer Stewart Goodyear; and collaborations with local choirs.

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“...The chamber music recital is not just alive, it’s kicking.” (musicaltoronto.org) A legacy organization in classical music, Music Toronto presents the world’s best chamber ensembles and pianists. A truly international series, we open with Italy’s premiere Quartetto di Cremona, making their Toronto debut. We specialize in string quartets: the Vision (Berlin - also a debut), the Miró (US), the Schumann (Germany), the Pavel Haas (Czech Republic) and the Ebene (France). Of course, we always welcome back our home-grown favourites, the St. Lawrence Quartet and the Gryphon Trio. Our piano series is equally eclectic – and compelling. Piano 6 New Generation brings 6 brilliant young Canadian pianists to our stage. The distinguished British pianist Jonathan Plowright, the electrifying Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi, Quebec’s grand master André Laplante, and the effortlessly virtuosic young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor (also one of our favourites) complete the season. Great music of five centuries, from Haydn to Hétu; artists new and familiar, extraordinary music-making: only the finest, only at Music Toronto. Join the best audience in the city for these great concerts.

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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. 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 off-season events.

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Music at St. Andrew’s is a community outreach program of historic St. Andrew’s Church in downtown Toronto. It was inspired by the church’s 2011 purchase of a Bösendorfer Imperial grand piano, which we share with the greater community. The piano is featured extensively in our free “Friday Noontime Recitals.” Our seventh season launches October 4 with performances by University of Toronto postgraduate music students and professionals. On Saturday, Nov 30 our candle-lit church will provide an atmospheric setting for dramatic readings from A Christmas Carol. Dickens’ beloved tale will be brought to life by opera star mezzo-soprano Marion Newman, classical music expert Rick Phillips and other talented readers, and complemented by musical interludes and a gingerbread reception. Our annual “Mardi Gras” concert returns Friday, February 21 with an exuberant evening of parades and authentic New Orleans jazz, performed by Patrick Tevlin’s Happy Pals, featuring pianist Jordan Klapman. 

Music at St. Andrew’s presents great music at affordable prices! Concerts take place at St. Andrew’s Church, 73 Simcoe St., Toronto.

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Music at Metropolitan presents a variety of concerts at Metropolitan United Church, featuring Metropolitan’s choir, soloists and guest artists. This season includes two concerts by Benjamin Stein and friends: Nov 16 – “Like as the Lute Delights,” and another concert in March. Our annual Good Friday concert on April 10 features the Metropolitan Festival Choir and Orchestra in Requiem Aeternam; Give Us Peace: Dona Nobis Pacem by Vaughan Williams and Requiem by Mozart. The Marg and Jim Norquay Celebration Concert on May 2 features soprano Chelsea Van Pelt and baritone Nicholas Higgs. During “Doors Open” weekend, on Sunday, May 24, at 1:30pm, the Metropolitan Silver Band presents a free concert. On May 30, tenor Charles Davidson, the choir and others present “Showtunes for 202(0) and Beyond!” Our special Christmas events include the “Deck the Halls” carol sing with the Metropolitan Silver Band and organ on December 8 at 1:30pm, and our “Candlelight Carol Service” on December 22 at 7pm. Metropolitan houses the largest pipe organ in Canada and the oldest tuned carillon in North America. Please contact us for a concert brochure or for more information.

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MOSAIC Canadian Vocal Ensemble is a subsidiary of Glionna Mansell Corporation. The choir is a touring ensemble, and in collaboration with alumni members of St. Michael’s Choir School, present local and international concerts of mostly contemporary, classically-written sacred music. The choir has performed in Italy, particularly in Florence, Assisi, Rome and three occasions at the Vatican. The choir has also performed in Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica in Ottawa, St. George’s Anglican Cathedral in Kingston and St. Paul’s Anglican Church - Bloor Street, Our Lady of Sorrows, and St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church in Toronto. Most recently, the choir performed in the Holy Land and will present a 2020 concert at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York and Holy Cross Basilica in Boston. In 2021, the choir will tour Istanbul and significant venues in Greece. 

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Great Classical music for all. Our 2019/20 (31st) season showcases two string quartets with European and Latin roots. We will present another all-Beethoven programme, this time of violin sonatas; a rare and precious opera recital; and a return by popular demand of a violin/piano super duo. The players: Bennewitz Quartet, Wallis Giunta, mezzo-soprano with Steven Philcox, piano; Andrew Wan, violin and Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano; Dalí String Quartet, and Paul Huang, violin and Helen Huang, piano. Five-concert subscriptions are $200/$175 adult/senior and $125 under age 30. Concerts are Sundays 3:15pm, Walter Hall (UofT) - general admission seating. “Music and 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 to 11 and their parents, grandparents, friends at 1:15pm. Subscriptions are $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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The MSO is designated as one of Mississauga’s six pillars of arts, culture and heritage. The orchestra offers entertaining and increasingly 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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With over 150 singers, MFC is the largest and most spirited community choir in our city. 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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MCS Chorus, a chamber choir of 35 auditioned voices, is Mississauga’s only adult choral organization committed to the choral classical repertoire. MCS Chorus offers a diversified season of extensive community engagement events and ticketed concerts performed with chamber orchestras, instrumental ensembles and soloists. This wide range of programming contributes a strong and unique voice to the cultural fabric of the city. MCS is dedicated to bringing the choir’s performances into the communities of Mississauga under the dynamic leadership of artistic director Mervin William Fick.