Volume 23 Issue 4 - December 2017 / January 2018

416-585-4498. $30(door, cash only);
$25/$20(adv/adv before Nov 17); $20(st/
child)/$15(st/child before Nov 17). Also
7:30pm. Proceeds benefit Singing Out, a
registered charity.
●●3:00: St. Michael’s Choir School. Christmas
at Massey Hall. Handel: Messiah (Part
I); Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas
Carols; secular and sacred carols with audience
participation. Elementary, Junior, Senior,
Massed, and Alumni Choirs; Meredith
Hall, soprano; Christina Stelmacovich, alto;
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor; Stephen Hegedus,
bass; chamber orchestra; Maria Conkey, Teri
Dunn, Peter Mahon, and Vincent Cheng, conductors.
Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St. 416-872-
4255. $20-$60. Also Dec 3.
Saturday, December 2
Pax Christi Chorale
presents
The
Children’s
Messiah
Church of the Redeemer
Pay what you can
●●4:00: Pax Christi Chorale. Children’s Messiah.
Handel: Messiah (excerpts). Church of
the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. boxoffice@
paxchristichorale.org. PWYC.
●●4:00: Tapestry Opera. Tapestry Briefs:
Winter Shorts. See Dec 1 for details. Also
Dec 2(8pm), 3(4pm).
●●7:00: Liona Boyd. In Concert: A Winter Fantasy.
Andrew Dolson, guitar; Ron Korb, flute.
Guests: Richmond Hill United Church Chancel
Choir. Richmond Hill United Church,
10201 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-884-
1301 x5. $35.
●●7:00: University of Toronto Scarborough.
Fall Flourish Concert. UTSC Concert Band,
Concert Choir and String Orchestra. University
of Toronto Scarborough Campus,
Room AC223, 1265 Military Trail. 416-208-
4769. Free.
●●7:30: Bach Children’s Chorus and Bach
Chamber Youth Choir. Good Cheer! Charissa
Bagan, artistic director; James Pinhorn,
Bach Chamber Youth Choir conductor; Eleanor
Daley, piano. Toronto Centre for the Arts,
5040 Yonge St., North York. 1-855-985-2787.
$35-$40.
●●7:30: Bel Canto Singers. Songs for a Winter’s
Night. Linda Meyer, conductor; Jacqueline
Mokrzewski, piano. Scarborough Bluffs
United Church, 3739 Kingston Rd., Scarborough.
416-286-8260. $20. Also 2:30pm.
●●7:30: Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir.
Mystery and Wonder. Arnesen: Magnificat;
other works by Class, Halley, Gjeilo and
A. Concerts in the GTA
Vivaldi. Adanya Dunn, soprano; Stephen Tam,
flute; Kate Carver, piano; Matthew Coons,
organ; Emperor String Quartet; Kelly Galbraith,
conductor. Runnymede United Church,
432 Runnymede Rd. 416-655-7335. $25. A
$1,000 donation will be made to Stella’s Place.
●●7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Sacred
Traditions 2017. Pergolesi: Magnificat; Holst:
Christmas Day; and other seasonal works.
Caroline Corkum, soprano; Maria Stevens,
soprano; Emma Cava, alto; Devin Herbert,
tenor; Lawrence Shirkie, baritone; Henry
Renglich, conductor; Carl Steinhauser, piano
and organ. Humber Valley United Church,
76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke. 416-779-2258.
$25. 6pm Christmas Marketplace.
●●7:30: MCS Chorus Mississauga. Rutter’s
Gloria and Favourite Carols. Rutter: Gloria;
What Sweeter Music; and other seasonal
works by the composer. With brass, timpani,
organ, and percussion. First United Church
(Mississauga), 151 Lakeshore Rd. W., Mississauga.
905-278-7059. $20; $10(under 19).
●●7:30: Mississauga Festival Choir. When
Angels Sing. Britten: A Ceremony of Carols;
Mark Hayes: Gloria; traditional holiday music.
Guests: Mississauga Symphony Orchestra.
Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre,
4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-
6000. $37.
●●7:30: Music at St. Andrew’s. Charles Dickens’
A Christmas Carol. Dramatic readings
with musical interludes. Rick Phillips
and Mary Weins, readers; Marion Newman,
mezzo; Joseph Angelo, tenor; St. Andrew’s
Gallery Choir; and others. St. Andrew’s
Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-
5600 x231. Freewill offering. Donations support
St. Andrew’s Out of the Cold program.
Gingerbread and hot apple cider reception
to follow.
●●7:30: Oakham House Choir. The Star of
Bethlehem. Rheinberger: The Star of Bethlehem;
Christmas carol sing-along; orchestral
and vocal seasonal favourites. Oakham
House Choir; Toronto Sinfonietta; Allison
Cecilia Arends, soprano; Jeremy Ludwig,
baritone; Matthew Jaskiewicz, conductor.
Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave.
416-960-5551. $30/$25(adv); $15(st); free(12
and under).
●●7:30: Singing Out. A Sky Full of Stars! Jane
Mallett Theatre, 250 Front St. W. 416-585-
4498. $30(door, cash only); $25/$20(adv/
adv before Nov 17); $20(st/child)/$15(st/child
before Nov 17). Also 3pm. Proceeds benefit
Singing Out, a registered charity.
●●7:30: T Dots Records. Sounds of the City
Holiday Food Drive Concert. CoCo Coelho;
Ai’ma Khojé; Across the Board; Signs of a
Slumbering Beast; Alabasterds; and others;
Joey Harlem, MC. Mây Cafe, 876 Dundas St.
W. 647-675-1279. $10. Donations in support of
Daily Bread Food Bank.
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Home
Alone in Concert. John Williams: Home Alone
(film with live orchestra). Etobicoke School
of the Arts Concert Choir; Constantine Kitsopoulos,
conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-593-1285. $25-$88. Also
Nov 30(7:30pm), Dec 1(7:30pm), 2(2pm).
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Wind Ensemble: Music Responding
to Crisis. Balmages: Fanfare Canzonique;
Benson: The Leaves Are Falling; Meechan:
Korn Symphony; Gillingham: Waking Angels;
Sweelinck: Mein junges Leben hat ein End;
and other works. Gillian Mackay, conductor.
MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building,
80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $30;
$20(sr); $10(st).
●●8:00: Aga Khan Museum. Nazar by Turkwaz.
Melodies inspired by Arabic, Balkan, and
Turkish folk songs. Maryem Toller, vocals; and
others. 77 Wynford Dr. 416-646-4677. $40.
Ticket incl. same day museum admission.
●●8:00: Alliance Française de Toronto. Klezmology:
Klezmer Reinvented. Jonno Lightstone,
David Mott and Nick Fraser. 24 Spadina
Rd. 416-922-2014 x37. $15; $10(sr/st/
member).
●●8:00: Arraymusic. Sarah Hennies and Kurt
Newman. Hennies: Gather & Release (for
vibraphone, sine waves, field recordings and
bilateral stimulation). Sarah Hennies, percussion;
Kurt Newman, pedal steel guitar.
Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-532-7513.
PWYC, $15 suggested.
●●8:00: Healey Willan Singers. Christmas in
the Village. Fauré and Messager: Messe des
pecheurs de Villerville; Chilcott: The Midnight
of Your Birth. John Stephenson, piano; Ron Ka
Ming Cheung, conductor. St. Martin-in-the-
Fields Anglican Church, 151 Glenlake Ave. 416-
519-0528. $20; $15(sr/st).
●●8:00: Isabel Bader Theatre. Sultans of
String: A Christmas Caravan. Guests: Rebecca
Campbell and Amanda Martinez, vocals.
93 Charles St. W. 416-408-0208. $25-$30.
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory. Music Mix:
SongBird North. Temerty Theatre, 273 Bloor
St. W. 416-408-0208. $35.
●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Four Weddings, a
Funeral, and a Coronation. Handel: Ouverture
from Il parnasso in festa; Purcell: Symphonies
from the ode “From Hardy Climes” Z325;
Blow: Coronation Anthem “God Spake Sometimes
in Visions”; Lully: Ballet from Xerxes;
Pachelbel Canon & Gigue; and other works.
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber
Choir directed by Elisa Citterio and Ivars
Taurins. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor
St. W. 416-964-6337. $19-$97. Also Nov 29,
30, Dec 1, 3.
●●8:00: Tapestry Opera. Tapestry Briefs:
Winter Shorts. See Dec 1 for details. Also
Dec 3(4pm).
Sunday December 3
●●10:30am and 1:00: Canadian Opera Company.
The Magic Victrola. See Dec 1 for
details.
●●2:00: Canzona Chamber Players. In Concert.
Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-flat
Op.20; Brahms: Sextet for Strings No.1 in
B-flat Op.18. Yosuke Kawasaki, violin; Jessica
Linnebach, violin; Shane Kim, violin; Ashley
Vandiver, violin; Theresa Rudolph, viola;
Ivan Ivanovich, viola; Joseph Johnson, cello;
Alastair Eng, cello. St. Andrew by-the-Lake
Anglican Church, Cibola Ave., Toronto Island.
647-248-4048. $25. Also Dec 4(7:30pm, St.
George the Martyr Anglican Church).
●●2:00: Peter Margolian and Friends. Chamber
Music Concert. Bridge: Blow, blow Thou
Winter Wind (Shakespeare) for tenor and
piano; Ireland: Sea Fever (Masefield) for
tenor and piano; Sonata for violin and piano;
Fricker: Serenade for flute, oboe and piano.
Ryan Downie, tenor; Peter Margolian, piano;
Samantha Chang, flute; Hazel Boyle, oboe;
Steve Prime, violin. Canadian Music Centre,
20 St. Joseph St. 647-980-5475 (information).
Free.
●●2:00: Royal Conservatory. Sunday Interludes:
Francine Kay. Janáček: Piano Sonata;
Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op.12; Chopin:
Barcarolle Op.60; Debussy: Ondine, L’Isle joyeuse.
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Royal Conservatory,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. Free.
●●2:00: Toronto Mozart Players. Brass
by Eric Wilder. Steven Woomert, trumpet;
James Gardiner; trumpet; Audrey Good,
horn; Vanessa Fralick, trombone; Mark
Tetreault, tuba; Rachael Kerr, piano. Church
of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 647-478-
7532. $35; $15(st).
●●2:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Choirs in Concert: Sing and Rejoice!
Jocelyn Hagen: How to Survive Winter for
women’s voices and string quartet; and other
works. UofT Men’s Chorus; Women’s Chorus;
Women’s Chamber Choir; MacMillan Singers;
Hilary Apfelstadt, Elaine Choi, Mark Ramsay,
Tracy Wong, conductors. MacMillan Theatre,
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park.
416-408-0208. $30; $20(sr); $10(st).
●●3:00: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.
The Ennis Sisters: Christmas Originals
Music at
St. Thomas’s Church
383 Huron Street, Toronto
Matthew Larkin
Organist & Director of Music
Sunday, Dec. 3 | Advent I
Evensong &
Advent Carols at 7 pm
Sunday, Dec. 17 | Advent III
Festival of Nine Lessons
& Carols at 7 pm
Christmas Eve
Midnight Mass at 11 pm
Christmas Day
Sung Eucharist at 9:30 am
Solemn Eucharist at 11 am
Sunday, Jan. 7 | Epiphany
Evensong & Epiphany
Carols at 7 pm
Sunday, Jan. 28
Evensong Prelude 6:30 pm
Julia Morson, soprano
Evensong at 7 pm (weekly)
Friday, Feb. 2 | Candlemas
Procession & Solemn
Eucharist at 6:15 pm
www.stthomas.on.ca
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