Volume 24 Issue 4 - December 2018 / January 2019

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A. Concerts in the GTA
WINTerSONGS
Seasonal songs, including Celtic choral & instrumental
BACH CHILDREN’S CHORUS &
BACH CHAMBER YOUTH CHOIR
Sharing our love of making music.
Charissa Bagan
Artistic Director
Jenny Crober, Artistic Director
Elizabeth Acker, Accompanist
Saskia Tomkins, violin, nyckelharpa
James Pinhorn
BCYC Conductor
Sybil Shanahan, cello
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2018 7:30 PM
Eastminster United Church,
310 Danforth Ave. (Chester subway), Toronto, Ontario
$30 Gen. Adm. $25 Seniors $15 Students; Under 30
416-947-8487; www.vocachorus.ca
Eleanor Daley
Pianist
M Y S T I C A L
L I G H T
Featuring “Chasing the Northern Lights”,
“I Want To Stare At My Phone With You”,
plus music from Raffi and Gordon Lightfoot.
will be taken for the Churches on-the-Hill
Food Bank.
●●2:30: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.
The Nutcracker. Music by Tchaikovsky.
National Ballet Theatre of Odessa. Burlington
Performing Arts Centre, Community Studio
Theatre, 440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-
6000. $69.50; $64.50(members); $35(18 and
under). Also Dec 7(7:30); 8(7:30).
●●2:30: Village Voices. Rejoice! Ave Maria;
Helvey: O Lux Beatissima; Thompson: Alleluia;
plus old and new holiday favourites. Village
Voices Community Choir; Village Voices
Chamber Choir; Oksana Vignan, conductor;
Joan Andrews, guest conductor; Robert Graham,
piano. Markham Missionary Church,
5438 Major Mackenzie Dr. E., Markham. 905-
471-4464. $25; $20(sr); $10(st); free(under
12). Also 7:30pm.
●●4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Asheq: Ritual
Music to Cure a Lover. See Dec 5. Also
Dec 8(7:00).
●●4:00: Oakville Choir for Children and
Youth. Community Carol Concert. Guest:
Lianne Tan, organ. St. John’s United Church
(Oakville), 262 Randall St., Oakville. 905-
337-7104. $25; $20(sr); $15(under 13). Also
1:30pm.
●●4:00: Weston Silver Band. Yule Sing! Singalong.
Timothy Eaton Memorial Church’s
Choir School and Sanctuary Choir. Timothy
Eaton Memorial Church, 230 St. Clair Ave. W.
905-691–2744. $15; $45(family: 2 adults plus
children).
●●4:30: Church of the Holy Trinity. The
Christmas Story. See Dec 7. Also Dec 9(4:30);
14(7:30); 15(4:30); 16(4:30); 21(7:30); 22(4:30);
23(4:30 & 7:30).
●●7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Asheq: Ritual
Music to Cure a Lover. See Dec 5.
●●7:00: National Ballet of Canada. The Nutcracker.
See 2pm. Also Dec 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30. Times vary.
●●7:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. PianoFest. Walter Hall, Edward
Johnson Building, University of Toronto,
80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. Free. Also
Dec 6(7pm) & 9(2:30pm).
●●7:30: Bach Children’s Chorus and Bach
Chamber Youth Choir. Mystical Light. 180
voices perform seasonal music. Chasing
the Northern Lights; I Want to Stare at My
Phone with You; Petit Papa Noel; Gordon
Lightfoot: Song for a Winter’s Night. Eleanor
Dailey, piano; Charissa Bagan, artistic director;
James Pinhorn, conductor (Bach Chamber
Youth Choir). Toronto Centre for the Arts,
5040 Yonge St., North York. 1-855-985-2787.
$35 and $40.
●●7:30: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.
The Nutcracker. Music by Tchaikovsky.
National Ballet Theatre of Odessa. Burlington
Performing Arts Centre, Community Studio
Theatre, 440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-
6000. $69.50; $64.50(members); $35(18 and
under). Also Dec 7(7:30); 8(2:30).
●●7:30: Cor Unum Ensemble. Merry & Bright.
Works by Bach, Telemann, Corrette and
others. Elisa Jane Cassey & Ruth Denton,
conductors. Trinity College Chapel, U of T,
6 Hoskin Ave. 416-371-6999. $20; $10(st/arts
workers). Also Dec 9.
●●7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Welcoming
the Light. Bach: Cantata 40 “Sleepers
Wake!”; selection of seasonal carols;
John Williams: Holiday Music from “Home
Alone”. Gabrielle Turgeon, soprano; Caroline
Corkum, soprano; Erin Ronningen, alto;
Lawrence Shirkie, baritone; guests: Islington
United Church Junior and Youth Choir; Carl
Steinhauser, piano and organ. Humber Valley
United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke.
416-779-2258. $30. Venue is accessible. Holiday
Marketplace at 6:30pm.
●●7:30: Fonitika Vocal Ensemble. In Concert.
Music by Tallis, Saint-Saëns, Gershwin, Elvis
Presley, and your favourite Christmas music.
Sarah Maria Leung, soprano; Lydia Harper,
alto; Arieh Sacke, tenor; Joshua McFaul, bass.
St. Andrew’s United Church, 117 Bloor St. E.
647-631-2047. $25/$20(adv); $15/$12(adv/st/
arts worker).
●●7:30: Forte - Toronto Gay Men’s Chorus. All
Is Calm, All Is Bright. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,
427 Bloor St. W. forte.eventbrite.ca with
promo code FORTE or fortechorus.com. $30;
$25(online).
●●7:30: MCS Chorus Mississauga. G. F. Handel:
Messiah. MCS Chorus Chamber Choir;
Jennifer Krabbe, soprano; Jillian Yemen,
mezzo; Charles Davidson, tenor; Matthew
Cassils, bass; MCS Chamber Orchestra. First
United Church (Mississauga), 151 Lakeshore
Rd. W., Mississauga. 905-278-7059. $25;
$12(st under 18).
●●7:30: Northern Lights Chorus. A Northern
Lights Christmas. St. John the Evangelist
Church (Whitby), 903 Giffard St., Whitby.
905-668-3676. $25; $15(st). Also Dec 1 (2 pm,
St. Catharines).
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Home
Alone in Concert. See Dec 6.
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. U of T Wind Symphony. Fucik: Florentiner
March; Weinzweig: “Deep Blues” from
Out of the Blues; Glazunov: Concerto for Alto
Saxophone in E-flat Op.109; Tull: Sketches on
a Tudor Psalm; Ticheli: Postcard; and other
works. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson
Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208.
$30; $20(sr); $10(st); free(UofT st).
●●7:30: Village Voices. Rejoice! Ave Maria;
SATURDAY DEC 8, 2018 AT 7:30PM
Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St (north of Sheppard)
$35 and $40 at the box office or Ticketmaster at 1.855.985.2787
bachchildrenschorus.ca
Merry & Bright
Dec 8 & 9, 7:30pm
Trinity College Chapel
corunumensemble.com
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