Volume 19 Issue 4 - December 2013

Mary Magdalene, 477 Manning Ave. 416-890-1710. By donation.● ● 8:00: Windmill Theatre. All is Calm–All isBright. The First Noël (arr. Forrest); CoventryCarol (arr. Rouse); Rutter: Christmas Lullaby;and other works. Windmill Chorus and StringQuartet; Victor Chen, violin; Joshua Tamayo,conductor. Great Hall, Unitarian Congregationof Mississauga, 84 South Service Rd.,Mississauga. 905-483-5702. $30. Also Dec 6.● ● 9:00: Batuki Music Society. Songs of MyMother: A Celebration of African Women.Tapa Diarra, Blandine Mbiya, Ruth Mathiang,Evelyn Mukwedeya, Memory Makuriand others. Ada Slaight Hall, DanielsSpectrum, 585 Dundas St. E. 416-948-4132.$20/$15(adv). 8:00: doors open.● ● 10:30: Starvox Entertainment. Evil Dead–The Musical. See Dec 3Sunday December 8● ● 10:30am: Church of the Ascension.Ascension’s Christmas Pageant. Retelling ofthe Nativity and celebration of the Eucharist.33 Overland Dr. 416-444-8881. Free. Religiousservice; followed by potluck lunch.● ● 1:30: Music at Metropolitan. CarolsUnited. Sing-along carols. Metropolitan SilverBand; Patricia Wright, organ. MetropolitanUnited Church, 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331ext.26. Freewill offering.● ● 2:00: NYCO Symphony Orchestra. Carnivalof the Dinosaurs. Tchaikovsky: Marchfrom The Nutcracker; Haydn: Cello ConcertoNo.1 (1st mvt); Dean Burry: Carnival of theDinosaurs (narrated by the composer). MatthewChristakos, cello. St. Michael’s CollegeSchool, 1515 Bathurst St. 416-628-9195. $30;$25(sr); $10(st).● ● 2:00: Pickering Community ConcertBand. Christmas Concert. Theme music fromHarry Potter films performed with synchronizedvideo; carols and sing-along. PickeringHigh School Jazz Band; David Kosurko, conductor.Forest Brook Community Church,60 Kearney Dr., Ajax. 905-427-5443. $15.00;$10.00(sr/youth).● ● 2:00: Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers.From Rage Comes. See Dec 7(eve).● ● 2:00: Ross Petty Productions. The LittleMermaid: Ontario’s O-FISH-AL FamilyMusical! See Dec 1.● ● 2:00: St. Anne’s Anglican Church. Cantate:A Neighbourhood Christmas Concert.Selections from Handel’s Messiah and otherfestive favourites. St. Anne’s Choir; JunctionTrio & friends; Matthew Otto, conductor.270 Gladstone Ave. 416-536-3160. $10. Concertproceeds will support the CommunityPolice Liason Committee of Toronto PoliceDivision 14.● ● 2:30: Flato Markham Theatre/OnstageProductions. Sounds of Christmas. See Dec 7.● ● 2:30: ToyBox Productions. How I LostOne Pound, the Musical. See Dec 4; AlsoDec 8(eve).● ● 2:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Choirs in Concert: Wolcum, Yole!Britten: Ceremony of Carols; Henderson:new work; and other seasonal works. Facultyof Music choral ensembles (Men’sChorus, Women’s Chorus, Women’s ChamberChoir and MacMillan Singers); YoungVoices Toronto, Zimfira Poloz, conductor.MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building,80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $30;$20(sr); $10(st).● ● 3:00: Durham Philharmonic Choir. SingNowell. Works by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi.Guest: Allyson McHardy, mezzo; RobertPhillips, conductor. College Park Church,1164 King St. E., Oshawa. 905-728-1739. $30;$15(st); $5(child).● ● 3:00: Harmony Singers. ChristmasDreams. Holiday songs by Liona Boyd, DonMcLean, José Feliciano and others. Guest:Julia Vescio, scholarship winner; Harvey Patterson,conductor; Bruce Harvey, piano. HumberValley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd.,Etobicoke. 416-239-5821. $20; $15(sr/st).● ● 3:00: Humbercrest United Church. MySpirit Rejoices. Saint-Saëns: The ChristmasOratorio. Humbercrest Chancel Choir; WindermereString Quartet; David Miller andCheri DiNovo, narrators. 16 Baby Point Road.416-767-6122. $20. Proceeds to The Red DoorFamily Shelter.● ● 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Holiday Jewels.Mangiardi: Songs of the Rainforest(world premiere); Tchaikovsky: The NutcrackerSuite; Anderson: Christmas Festival;Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves;Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1. KevinMallon, conductor. Guest: Sijing Ye, piano.George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centrefor the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-467-7142or 1-855-985-2787. $43; $37(sr); $19(OTopus16-29); $15(child). 2:15: pre-concert chat.● ● 3:00: Rezonance Baroque Ensemble.Allemanda: A German Baroque Pub Afternoon!Works by Telemann, Bach, Erlebach.Rezan Onen-Lapointe, baroque violin; DavidPodgorski, harpsichord; Justin Haynes,viola da gamba. Tranzac Club Main Hall,292 Brunswick Ave. 647-779-5696. PWYC($20 suggeted).● ● 3:00: Riverdale Share Community Association.The 21st Annual Riverdale Share Concert.Tim Bovaconti, Lorraine Segato, SuzieWilde, Teresa Tova, David Gale, Sharon andLois, the Frankland School Choir and EastviewDancers, Abdominal and the Obliques, andSanta. Danforth Music Hall, 147 Danforth Ave.416-465-1944. $20 plus a non-perishable fooddonation. Proceeds benefit families in needand other community charities.● ● 3:00: Royal Conservatory. Kirill Gerstein.Works for piano by Haydn, Mussorgsky, Ligetiand Gershwin. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W.416-408-0208. $35 and up.● ● 3:00: St. Michael’s Choir School. Chistmasat Massey Hall. Charissa Bagan, JerzyCichocki and Teri Dunn, conductors; WilliamMy SpiritRejoicesSaint-SaensThe Christmas OratorioHumbercrest Chancel ChoirWindermere String Quartetharp and organNarratorsDavid Miller, former Mayor ofToronto, and Cheri DiNovo, MPP,Sun Dec 8, 3pmHumbercrest United Church,TorontoTickets $20, with proceeds toThe Red Door Family ShelterH oliday JewelsSunday, December 8, 2013 | 3 p.m.Call the box office at 416-733-0545to subscribe to our60th AnniversaryDiamond Season ConcertsDebuting Music Director Kevin MallonGeorge Weston Recital Hall | 5040 Yonge Street, TorontoTicketmaster: 1-855-985-2787 | ticketmaster.caTicket Pricing: AD – $43, SR – $37www.orchestratoronto.cathewholenote.com December 1, 2013 – February 7, 2014 | 41