Volume 23 Issue 4 - December 2017 / January 2018

●●7:00: Cirque Musica Holiday. Believe.
Incredible feats of strength, skill, and grace
to great holiday music favourites performed
by a live symphony. RBC Theatre, Budweiser
Gardens, 99 Dundas St., London. www.budweisergardens.com/events/detail/cirquemusica-holiday-spectacular.
$40-$115.
●●8:00: Regent Theatre. Sultans of String:
A Christmas Caravan. Guest: Rebecca
Campbell, vocals. Regent Theatre (Picton),
224 Main St., Picton. 613-476-8416. $30.
Friday December 15
●●12:00 noon: First-St. Andrew’s United
Church. Friday Advent Noon Recital. Laudamus
Bells; Terry Head, director. First-St.
Andrew’s United Church, 350 Queens Ave,
London. 519-679-8182. Freewill offering.
Lunch following for $7.
●●7:30: Cirque Musica Holiday. Believe.
Incredible feats of strength, skill, and grace
to great holiday music favourites performed
by a live symphony. Peterborough Memorial
Centre, 151 Lansdowne St,, Peterborough.
tickets.memorialcentre.ca. $24-$79.99.
●●7:30: Orchestra Kingston/Frontenac
Women’s Chorus. A Christmas Story. Christmas
music for orchestra and choir, with
guest Darrel Bryan, tenor. Sydenham Street
United Church, 82 Sydenham St., Kingston.
613-766-4345. $25; $20(sr/st), free(under 12).
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Yuletide Spectacular. Joni NehRita, vocalist;
Mike Nadjewski, narrator; Grand Philharmonic
Choir; Grand Philharmonic
Children’s Choir; Carousel Dance Company;
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, conductor. Centre
in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener.
519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $19-$86. Also
Dec 16(2:30pm and 8pm), 17(2:30pm).
Saturday December 16
●●2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Yuletide Spectacular. See Dec 15. Also
Dec 16(8pm), 17(2:30pm).
●●7:00: Orangeville Community Band. Music
of Christmas. Vocal music, concert band,
sing-along. Majestic Concert Band; children’s
choir; Joy Spencer, music director.
Westminster United Church (Orangeville),
247 Broadway Ave., Orangeville. 519-942-
9673. $20/$15(adv); $15(sr)/$10(adv);
$10(child)/$5(adv). Registered charity.
●●7:30: Chorus Niagara. Big Band Christmas.
Lindberg: Christmas Cantata; festive
carols, audience sing-alongs and seasonal
music. Chorus Niagara; 20-piece Big Band;
John Sherwood, jazz piano. FirstOntario Performing
Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St.
Catharines. 1-855-515-0722 or 905-688-
0722. $43; $41(sr); $28(under 30); $18(st);
$15(child); $5(eyeGo).
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music Society. Penderecki String Quartet.
Beethoven’s Birthday Concert. Beethoven:
Quartets No.5, Op.18 No.5; No.7, Op.59 No.1;
No.16 Op.135. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young
St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $40; $25(st).
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Yuletide Spectacular. See Dec 15 for details.
Also Dec 17(2:30pm).
●●8:00: Sault Symphony. Sultans of String:
A Christmas Caravan. Sault Community Theatre
Centre, 1007 Trunk Rd., Sault Ste. Marie.
705-945-7299. $31; $23(sr); $8(child/st). Also
Dec 17(Elliot Lake).
Sunday December 17
●●2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Yuletide Spectacular. See Dec 15 for details.
●●3:30: Kokoro Singers. Prelude to Winter.
Works by Rutter and Martin; arrs. by Bolden,
Hatfield and Weir. Brenda Uchimaru, conductor.
Guests: Cambridge Girls’ Choir (Peter
West, conductor). Grace Lutheran Church
(Hamilton), 1107 Main St. W., Hamilton. 289-
439-9447. $20; $15(sr/st); free(under 13). Also
Dec 9(7:30pm, Kitchener).
●●4:00: Hamilton Children’s Choir. The Simple
Joys. Ilumini Choir Special Concert. Hamilton
Philharmonic Orchestra String Quartet.
Christ Church Cathedral, 252 James St.
N., Hamilton. hamiltonchildrenschoir.com.
$20-$30.
●●4:00: St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston).
Christmas Lessons and Carols. Cathedral
Christmas Choir and Children’s Choir.
270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Free.
Religious service.
●●4:30: Music At St. Thomas’. Carols by
Candlelight: A Festival of Nine Lessons
and Carols. St. Thomas’ Choral Academy.
St. Thomas’ Anglican Church (Belleville),
201 Church St., Belleville. 613-962-3636.
Freewill offering. Religious service.
●●7:00: Huronia Symphony Orchestra. HSO
Christmas List. Corelli: Concerto Grosso in g
“Christmas Concerto”; Anderson: A Christmas
Festival, Sleigh Ride; Tormé: Chestnuts
Roasting on an Open Fire; Prokofiev:
Troika; Strauss: Pizzicato Polka; Waldteufel:
The Skaters’ Waltz; traditional Christmas
favourites and carol sing. Guests: Maestro
Music Centre Children’s/Youth Choir and Collier
Street Choir School. Oliver Balaburski,
conductor. Collier Street United Church,
112 Collier St., Barrie. 705-721-4752. $25; $10
(st); $5 (child).
●●7:30: Arcady. There’s a Song in the Air: A
Timeless Holiday Classic. Beckett. Ronald
Beckett, director; Tammy Whetham, staging.
Cambridge Arts Theatre, 47 Water St. S.,
Cambridge. 1-800-838-3006. $25; $10(st).
Monday December 18
●●7:30: Peterborough Singers. Handel’s Messiah.
Suzie LeBlanc, soprano; Erin Fisher,
mezzo-soprano; Colin Ainsworth, tenor;
Andrew Tees, bass; Ian Sadler, organ; Paul
Otway, trumpet; Stan Ewing, timpani; Sydney
Birrell, conductor. Emmanuel (George
St.) United Church, 534 George St. N., Peterborough.
705-745-1820. $30; $20(under 30);
$10(st).
Tuesday December 19
●●7:30: Kingston Symphony. Candlelight
Christmas. Kingston Choral Society. Isabel
Bader Centre for the Performing Arts,
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-530-2050.
From $10. Also Dec 20.
Wednesday December 20
●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. Sarah
Svendsen, Organ and Rita Arendz, Horn.
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Barrie),
47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5;
free(st).
●●7:30: Kingston Symphony. Candlelight
Christmas. Kingston Choral Society. Isabel
Bader Centre for the Performing Arts,
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-530-2050.
From $10. Also Dec 19.
Thursday December 21
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston).
Advent Concert. Jeff Hanlon, guitar. 270 King
St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Free. Voluntary
offering.
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●●7:30: Highlands Opera Studio. Mishaabooz’s
Realm. Music by Andrew Balfour.
Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion,
5358 County Rd. 21, Haliburton. 1-855-455-
5533. $25. Also Dec 22.
Friday December 22
●●7:00: Highlands Opera Studio. Mishaabooz’s
Realm. Music by Andrew Balfour.
Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion,
5358 County Rd. 21, Haliburton. 1-855-455-
5533. $25. Also Dec 21.
Saturday December 23
● ● 7:30: Guelph Chamber Choir. Handel’s
Messiah. Guelph Chamber Choir, Gerald
Neufeld, conductor, Alison MacNeill, accompanist;
Meredith Hall, soprano; Daniel Taylor,
countertenor; Neal Banerjee, tenor;
Alex Dobson, baritone; Musica Viva Orchestra
on period instruments. River Run Centre,
35 Woolwich St., Guelph. 519-763-3000. $40;
$35(group of 4 or more); $10(30 and under/
st); $5(14 and under).
Saturday December 30
●●2:30: Attila Glatz Concert Productions.
Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert. Lilla
Galambos, soprano; Thomas Weinhappel,
baritone; Kiev-Aniko Ballet of Ukraine
and International Champion Ballroom Dancers;
Strauss Symphony of Canada; Niels
Muus, conductor. FirstOntario Concert Hall,
1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. 855-872-5000.
$39-$95.
Wednesday January 3
●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.
Michael Adamson, violin and Philip Adamson,
piano. Works by Beethoven, Martucci, Morris
and Elgar. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church,
50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5;
free(st).
Thursday January 4
●●12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty
of Music. Music at Noon. Katie Schlaikjer,
cello. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall,
75 University Ave., Waterloo. 519-884-1970
x2432. Free.
Wednesday January 10
●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. Mike Lewis Plays
His “F” List. Songs beginning with F. Mike
Lewis, piano. Grace United Church (Barrie),
350 Grove St. E., Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free.
3:30pm: tea and cookies $5.
Thursday January 11
●●12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University
Faculty of Music. Music at Noon. Guy Few,
trumpet; Stephanie Mara, piano. Maureen
Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave.,
Waterloo. 519-884-1970 x2432. Free.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Scott St. John, Violin and Catherine
Chi, Piano. Violin works by Willan, Grattan,
Champagne and L. Smith. KWCMS Music
Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-
1673. $30; $20(st).
Friday January 12
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Mozart’s Jupiter.
Hindemith: Overture to Cupid and Psyche;
Elgar: Cello Concerto in e; Mozart: Prelude
to Apollo and Hyacinthus; Mozart: Symphony
No.41 in C “Jupiter”. Denise Djokic, cello; Tung-
Chieh Chuang, conductor. Centre in the
Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-
4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $19-$86. Also Jan 13.
Saturday January 13
●●3:00: 5 at the First Chamber Music Series.
Piano Trio Masters: AYR Trio. Beethoven:
Piano Trio in D major Op.70 No.1 “Ghost;”
Staniland: Solstice Songs; Brahms: Trio in C
major No.2 Op.87. AYR Trio: Yehonatan Berick,
violin; Rachel Mercer, cello; Angela Park,
piano. First Unitarian Church of Hamilton,
170 Dundurn St. S., Hamilton. 905-399-5125.
$20; $15(sr); $5(st/unwaged); free(under 12).
●●7:30: Southern Ontario Lyric Opera.
Encore: Favourite Opera Arias. Jean Stilwell,
mezzo; Joni Henson, soprano; David Pomeroy,
tenor. Burlington Performing Arts Centre,
440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-6000.
$20-$65.
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