Volume 10 Issue 4 - December 2004

519·846·0331, 800·265·8977. $35.
- 3:00: Renaissanc e Singers. 0 Magnum
Mysteflum: All Nature Worships Him. See
Dec 11. T11m1y Church, 12 Blair Rd., Cam·
bridge.
- 3:00: Wellington Winds. Autumn Gold
and Winter Snow. See Dec 5. First United
Church, 16 Wtlltam St., Waterloo. 519· ·
669·44D9. $15,$10.
- 3:30: Gerald Fagan Singers. Messiah
at St. Peter's. Donna Bennett, soprano,
Anita Krause. alto; Nils Brown, tenor; Marc
Boucher. baritone; Concert Players Orches·
tra; Gerald Fagan, conductor. St. Peter's
Cathedral, 196 Duller in Ave .. London.
519·433-9650, 866·244·0762. $25.
- 7:30: Georgetown Choral Society/
True North Brass. A True North Christ·
mas. Holy Cross Church. Georgetown. See
Dec 10.
Monday December 13
- 7:30: Peterborough Singers. Handel:
Messiah. Sally Dibblee, Marianne Bindig,
Peter Blanchet. Fr. Paul Massei. soloists;
Ian Sadler, organ; Sydney Birrel), music
director. George St. United Church, 534
George St. North. Peterborough. 705-740·
6116. $22,$11.
Tuesday December 14
- 7:30: Peterborough Singers. Handel·
Messiah. George St. United Church. Peter·
borough. See Dec 13.
Wednesday December 15
- 7:30: Kingston Choral Society. Han·
de/: Messiah. St. Mary's Cathedral. King·
ston. 613·546·9729. $20.
- 8:00: Kitchener·Waterloo Symphony.
Christmas with Brian. See Dec 10. River
Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St., Guelph.
519-763-3000. $41.$37.
- 8:00: Westben Arts Festival Theatre.
True North Brass. St. John's United
Church. Campbellford. 416·20 I ·9893.
Benefit concert for Westben Arts Festival.
Thursday December 16
- 7:00: Hamilton Piece. Rita MacNei/.
Guests: The Men of The Deeps. Great Hall.
1 Summers lane, Hamilton. 905·546·
4040. $40.50·$45.50.
- 7:30: Theatre Ancaster. Holiday Music
at the Old Town Hall. Theatre Ancaster
musicians & singers. Ancaster Old Town
Hall, 300 Wilson St. 905·304-7469. Dona·
lions to The Ancaster Information Services
Christmas Fund gratefully received.
Friday December 17
- 3:00: Sanderson Centre. Rita MacNeil
and The Men of The Deeps. 88 Dalhousie
St .. Brentford. 519·758·8090, 800-265·
0710. $45.
- 8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale.
Christmas Concert. Pe riod carols, selected
readings, harpsichord & cello accompani·
ment. 157 Main St. South, Georgetown.
905·877-8321, 905·877-6569. $35 ad·
vance sales only.
- 8:00: Canadian Orpheus Male Choir/
Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Drches·
tra/Hamilton Children's Choir. Annual
Chflstmas Concert. Great Hall, Hamilton
Place, 1 Summers lane, Hamilton. 905·
527-7666. $15,$13. Proceeds to the Spee·
tator Summer Camp Fund.
DECCMOER 1 2004 - FEBRUARY 7 2005
Saturday December 18
- 7:30: Arcady. Welcome Yule! Beckett:
Christmas music; seasonal readings. Alex·
andra Presbyterian Church. 4 10 Colborne
St .• Brantford. 519·753· 1602. $20,$15.
- 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic. The Glo·
ry of Christmas. Guests: Anne Marie lnneo.
soprano; Centenary United Church Choir:
Michael Reason & Shawn Grenke, conduc·
tors. Centenary United Church, 24 Main St.
West. Hamilton. 905·526-6556. $24.
- 7:30: Kitchener Waterloo Philharmon·
le Choir. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium
/Christmas Oratorio/. Suzie Leblanc, so·
prano; Laura Pudwell, mezzo; Scott Weir,
tenor; Bruce Kelly, baritone; Kitchener·
Waterloo Symphony; Howard Dyck, conduc·
tor. The Centre m the Square, 101 Queen
St. West, Kitchener. 1·800·265·B977.
$29·$35, $5(eyeGD & children 12 & un·
der).
- 8:00: Barrie Concerts. Christmas
Around the World. Robert Pol]lakov. bass;
Victoria Scholars; Jer.zy Cichocki. conduc·
Jor. Fisher Audito rium. 125 Dunlop St.
West. Berrie. 705· 726·4980.
- 8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale.
Chflstmas Concert. 157 Main St. South.
See Dec 17.
- 8:00: Hamilton Place. John McOer·
moll: Memofles of a Fam11y Christmas.
Great Hall. 1 Summers lane. Hamilton.
905·546·4040. $29.50·$39.50.
- 8:00: MusicMakers. Glad Tidings of
Great Joy. Guests: Pine Ridge Brass; Gwen
Darling, musical director. Victoria Hall Con·
cert Hall, 55 King St. West. Cobourg. 905·
372·2210. $12, $10. Proceeds to H ospice
Northumberland Lakeshore.
Sunday December 19
- 2:00 & 7:00: Concert Band of Co·
bourg. Annual Christmas Show. Victoria
Hall Concert Hall. 55 King St. West. Co·
bourg. 905·372-2210. $1.
- 2:30: Kingston Chamber C hoir. A Oick·
ens' Christmas. Music by Rachmaninoff &
Postons; carols; readings from Dickens'
Christmas Carol. Sydenham United Church.
Kingston. 613·531·9413. $15.
- 7:00: Cambridge Kiwanis Boys' Choirl
Choir of Trinity Church. Festival of Les·
sons and Carols. James Kropf, choirmas·
ter. Trinity Church, 12 Blair Rd., Cam·
bridge·Galt. 519·622-4897. Free will of·
fering.
- 8:00: Paul Tobey. Christmas at the Pi·
ano. Traditional holiday classics. Paul To·
bey, piano; 5·piece orchestra; Gord Paynt·
er, comedian. River Run Centre. 35 Wool·
wich St., Guelph. 519·763·3000, 877-
520·2408. $32.50.
Tuesday December 21
- 7:30: Sanderson Centre. Festival of
Carols. Music & tales. Elora festival Sing·
ers; Noel Edison, conductor; Canon Robert
Hulse. speaker. 88 Dalhousie St., Brant·
ford. 519·758·8090, 80D·265-0710. $28.
Tuesday December 28
- B:OO: Peter Skoggard/Guelph Arts
Council. Bayt Lahm - a dramatic oratorio.
Story of tragedy & hope in contemporary
Bethlehem. Music by Skoggard; words by
R.A.D. Ford, W.H.Auden & others. 8 vocal
soloists; members of the Guelph Youth
Singers; instrumentalists. Co·operators
Hall, River Run Centre. 35 Woolwich St..
Guelph. 519·763·3000, 877-520·2408.
$20,$18.
Wednesday December 29
- 5:30: St. James Anglican Church.
Boar's Head Fe$//val. Concert & dinner.
137 Melville, Dundas. 905-627-1424.
Concert free, dinner $15.
- 8:00: Peter Skoggard. Bayt Lahm - a
dramatic orBlorio. River Run Centre.
Guelph. See Dec 28. ·TENTATIVE -
PLEASE PHONE AHEAD TO CONFIRM·
Friday December 31
- 10:00pm: Sanderson Centre. Kings of
Swing. Big band show. Music of Smatra,
Andrew Sisters. Harry James, Arlie Shaw,
Glenn Miller & others. Galaxy All-Star Or
chestra; Robtn lea. vocals; The Moonglows
& other performers. 88 Oalhousie St .•
Brantford. 519·758·8090. 800·265·0710.
$35·$42.
Saturday January 01
- 2:30: Attile Glatz Concert Produc·
tions. Salute to Vienna. Traditional songs
from Viennese operettas; waltzes & polkas
by the Strauss family & o thers. The Centre
m the Square. 101 Queen St. West, Kitch·
ener. 1.aoo.545.7901. $38·$65.
- 2:30: Attila Glatz Concert Produc·
tions/Hamilton Place Theatre. Saluie to
Vienna. Tradillonal songs from Viennese
operettas; waltzes & polkas by the Strauss
family & others. 10 MacNab St. South,
Hamilton. 1·800·545·7807. $29.50·$75.
Sunday January 02
- 2:30: Attila Glatz Concert Produc·
tions. Salute to Vienna. Traditional songs
from Viennese operettas; waltzes & polkas
by the Strauss family & others. Centennial
Hall, 550 Wellington St., London. 1 ·800·
545·7807. $39-$70.
Friday January 07
- 8:00: Kitchener·Waterloo Symphony.
Ragtime, Funk & Stravinsky. The New Or·
chestra; Broken Songs Cabaret Ensemble.
The Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St.,
Kitchener. 519·578· 1570, 800·265·8977.
$20,$12.
Saturday January 08
- 8:00: Barrie Concerts. Saint·Saens:
Carnival of the Animals. And music by Pou·
lenc. Shostakovich, McPhee & Tiefenbach.
Robert Kortgaard & Peter Tiefenbach. duo
pianists & other performers. Fisher Audito·
rium. 125 Dunlop St. West, Barrie. 705·
726·4980.
Thursday January 13
- B:OO: Kitchener·Waterloo Symphony.
Reflections of the North. Judy Kang. violin;
Douglas Bostock, conductor. River Run
Centre, 35 Woolwich St., Guelph. 519·
763·3000. $41,$37.
- 8:00: NUMUS Concert!