Volume 21 Issue 3 - November 2015

Performing Arts. The Irish Rovers: 50th Anniversary
Tour. 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519-
758-8090. $40.
Friday November 20
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays
@ 12:30 Series: Gwen Beamish, piano.
Works by Canadian composers. Gwen Beamish,
piano; and others. Von Kuster Hall, Music
Building, Western University, 1151 Richmond St.
N., London. 519-661-3767. Free.
●●1:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Voice
Fridays: International Week Concert. Studio
242, Music Building, Western University,
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767.
Free.
●●7:30: Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and
Performing Arts, Brock University. ENCORE!
Professional Concert Series Presents Southern
Exposure. Works by Villa-Lobos, Piazzola
and Jobim. Gordon Cleland, cello; Patricia
Dydnansky, flute; Andrée Simard, viola; Timothy
Phelan, guitar. FirstOntario Performing
Arts Centre, Partridge Hall, 250 St. Paul St., St.
Catharines. 905-688-0722 or 1-855-515-0722.
$29; $23(sr/st); $5(eyeGo).
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Opera at
Western: Hansel and Gretel. By Humperdinck.
Alain Trudel, conductor; Theodore Baerg,
stage director. Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot
College, Western University, 1151 Richmond
St. N., London. 519-672-8800. $30; $20(sr/st).
Also Nov 21(2pm and 8pm); Nov 22(2pm).
●●8:00: McMaster School of the Arts. Madawaska
Quartet & Ensemble. Works for strings
and piano. Convocation Hall, UH213, McMaster
University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton. 905-
525-9140 x27038. $20; $15(sr); $5(st).
Saturday November 21
●●2:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Opera at
Western: Hansel and Gretel. By Humperdinck.
Alain Trudel, conductor; Theodore Baerg,
stage director. Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot
College, Western University, 1151 Richmond
St. N., London. 519-672-8800. $30; $20(sr/st).
Also Nov 20(8pm), Nov 21(8pm), Nov 22(8pm).
●●2:00: Paul Mercs Concerts. Raffi: Beluga
Grads Concert. Family concert with legendary
children’s entertainer. Raffi Cavoukian, singersongwriter.
Hamilton Place, 10 MacNab St. S.,
Hamilton. 905-546-4040. $65(VIP); $27.50-
$37.50. VIP tickets include opportunity to meet
Raffi after the show. Proceeds benefit the Centre
for Child Honouring. Also Nov 22 (Toronto).
●●7:30: Avanti Chamber Singers. Nocturne:
Songs of the Night. Viva Voce! Choral Series.
Harris Loewen; conductor. Covenant Christian
Reformed Church, 278 Parnell Ave., St.
Catharines. 905-688-5550. $25; $20(sr/st);
$5(eyeGo); $5 discount on advance tickets.
●●7:30: Grand Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
Arvo Pärt @ 80: Passio. Pärt: Passio. Mark
Vuorinen, conductor. St. John the Evangelist
Anglican Church, 23 Water St. N., Kitchener.
519-578-6855. $30. Pre-concert talk at 6:45.
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Opera at
Western: Hansel and Gretel. By Humperdinck.
Alain Trudel, conductor; Theodore Baerg,
stage director. Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot
College, Western University, 1151 Richmond
St. N., London. 519-672-8800. $30; $20(sr/st).
Also Nov 20(8pm), Nov 21(2pm), Nov 22(2pm).
●●8:00: Jeffery Concerts. Arthur Rowe, Piano.
Wolf Performance Hall, 251 Dundas St., London.
519-672-8800. $35; $30(sr); $15(st).
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Soirée Parisienne. Satie: Trois valses
distinguées du précieux dégoûté; Poulenc:
Mouvements perpétuels; Hommage à Édith
Piaf; Les Soirées de Nazelles; Eight Nocturnes;
Satie: Gymnopédie No.1; Stravinsky: Trois
Mouvements de Pétrouchka. David Jalbert,
piano. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W.,
Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $30; $20(st).
Sunday November 22
●●2:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Opera at
Western: Hansel and Gretel. By Humperdinck.
Alain Trudel, conductor; Theodore Baerg,
stage director. Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot
College, Western University, 1151 Richmond
St. N., London. 519-672-8800. $30; $20(sr/st).
Also Nov 20(8pm), Nov 21(2pm and 8pm).
●●2:30: Kingston Symphony. Major Mitchell
Salutes Science. Music from Kingston
Symphony with live science experiments.
Evan Mitchell, conductor. Grand Theatre,
218 Princess St., Kingston. 613-530-2050.
$10-$25.
Tuesday November 24
●●12:00 noon: Marilyn I. Walker School of
Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University.
RBC Foundation: Music@Noon. Voice Students
Recital. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,
Cairns Hall, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines.
905-688-5550. Free.
Wednesday November 25
●●8:00: Showplace. The Irish Rovers: 50th
Anniversary Tour. Showplace Performance
Centre, 290 George St. N., Peterborough. 705-
742-7469. $43.
Thursday November 26
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston).
Advent Concerts at the Cathedral. Mark Himmelman,
organ. 270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-
548-4617. Freewill offering. Thursdays until
Dec 17.
●●7:30: Queen’s University School of Music.
MOSAIC Concert. Electroacoustic and
acoustic compositions by Queen’s University
students. Harrison-LeCaine Hall, Queen’s
University, 39 Bader Ln., Kingston. 613-533-
2424. Free.
Friday November 27
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays
@ 12:30 Series: Bud Roach. Bud Roach, tenor/
baroque guitar. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building,
Western University, 1151 Richmond St. N.,
London. 519-661-3767. Free.
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Percussion
Ensemble. Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot
College, Western University, 1151 Richmond St.
N., London. 519-661-3767. Free. Also at 8pm.
●●7:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Gloria!
Christmas in Brass. Rutter: Gloria; Work by Z.
Randall Stroope. Members of the Brass Faculty;
Les Choristes; Chorale; Gregg Redner,
organist. Metropolitan United Church (London),
468 Wellington St., London. 519-661-
3767. Free.
●●7:30: Queen’s University School of Music.
Queen’s Jazz Ensemble. Directed by Greg Runions.
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts, 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424.
$15; $7(sr/st).
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Percussion
Ensemble. Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot
College, Western University, 1151 Richmond
St. N., London. 519-661-3767. Free. Also at
12:30pm.
Saturday November 28
●●3:00: 5 at the First Chamber Music Series.
Payadora Tango Ensemble. Rebekah Wolkstein,
violin; Joseph Phillips, bass; Branko
Džinović, accordion; Tom King, piano. First Unitarian
Church of Hamilton, 170 Dundurn St. S.,
Hamilton. 905-399-5125. $20; $15; $5.
●●7:30: Barrie Concerts. Handel’s Messiah.
Vocal Horizons Chorus & Orchestra; soloists.
Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N.,
Barrie. 705-726-1181. $85.
●●7:30: ChoralWorks. A ChoralWorks Messiah.
Favourite choruses and solos from Handel’s
beloved masterpiece. ChoralWorks
chamber choir; chamber orchestra; guest
soloists. New Life Brethren in Christ Church,
28 Tracey Ln., Collingwood. 705-888-4454.
$25; free(under 12).
●●7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.
Totally Mozart. Mozart: Overture to Abduction
from the Seraglio; Sinfonia Concertante;
Symphony No.40. Stephen Sitarski, violin; Chau
Luk, viola; Ivars Taurins, conductor. Hamilton
Place, 10 MacNab St. S., Hamilton. 905-526-
7756. $25-$67; $23-$64(sr); $17(under 35);
$10(child). 6:30: pre-concert talk.
●●7:30: Queen’s University School of Music.
Queen’s Wind Ensemble. Directed by Dan
Tremblay. Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts, 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-
533-2424. $15; $7(sr/st).
●●8:00: NUMUS Concerts/The Perimeter
Institute for Theoretical Physics. 30th Anniversary
Concert No.5: DISCO NEXT. Exploring
the social freedoms that liberated in the disco
movement and disco in contemporary classical
works. DJ Cyclist: Nudisco Improv; Hatzis:
Arabesque for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra
(2009); Hatch & DJ Cyclist: New Work
For DJ and Strings (2015 Premiere); Adams:
Alleged Dances for String Quartet (1994). Penderecki
String Quartet; Perimeter Chamber
Players; DJ Cyclist; Glenn Buhr, piano; Eric
Paetkau, conductor. Perimeter Institute for
Theoretical Physics, 31 Caroline St. N., Waterloo.
519-883-4480. $35; $20(sr/arts worker);
$15(st).
Sunday November 29
●●2:30: Guelph Chamber Choir. Carols for
Christmas. Readings and poetry about Christmas
and winter and audience participation
with carol-singing. Saint-Saëns: Christmas
Oratorio; other works. Madawaska Quartet;
Sharlene Wallace, harp; Chris Dawes, organ;
Gerald Neufeld, conductor. St. George’s Anglican
Church (Guelph), 99 Woolwich St., Guelph.
519-763-3000. $25; $10(30 & under/st).
●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Blaze
of Glory. Kevin Lau: Heroes and Angels; Lalo:
Symphonie espagnole; Mussorgsky (orch.
Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition. James Ehnes,
violin; Bradley Thachuk, conductor. FirstOntario
Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul
St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or 1-855-
515-0722. $64; $59(sr); $32(30 and under);
$14(student); $12(15 and under); $5(EyeGo).
●●5:00: St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston).
Advent Candlelight Procession with Carols.
Adult, Teen and Children’s Choirs and congregational
singing. 270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-
548-4617. Freewill offering.
●●7:30: Queen’s University School of Music.
Queen’s Choral Ensemble. Directed by Darrell
Bryan. Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts, 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424.
$15; $7(sr/st).
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music Society. Norteño - Tango Quintet.
Tangos by Astor Piazzolla, Pierre-Paul Provencher,
and others. Rémi Barrette, guitar;
Laurie Rosewarne, piano; Pierre-Paul Provencher,
bandonéon; Tobias Meis, bass; Christian
Vachon, violin. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young
St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $20(st).
Monday November 30
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Early
Music Studio. Studio 242, Music Building, Western
University, 1151 Richmond St. N., London.
519-661-3767. Free.
Tuesday December 1
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts. Gryphon Trio. Works by Haydn,
Dinuk Wijeratne and Schubert. Guests: Cantabile
Children’s Choir. 390 King St. W.,
Kingston. 613-533-2424 or 1-855-533-2424.
$24.25-$44; $12-$22(st).
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