Volume 24 Issue 6 - March 2019

●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Schubert
and Bruckner. Schubert: Symphony
No.8 “Unfinished”; Bruckner: Symphony No.9.
Günther Herbig, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $34.75-
$148. Also Mar 28.
Thursday March 28
●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Thursdays at Noon: Winners’ Recital.
Jim and Charlotte Norcop Prize in Song and
Gwendolyn Williams Koldofsky Prize i Accompanying.
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building,
University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park.
416-408-0208. Free.
●●12:30: York University Department of
Music. Music at Midday: Classical Piano
Showcase. Tribute Communities Recital Hall,
Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St.
416-736-2100 x20054. Free.
●●7:30: York University Department of
Music. York University Symphony Orchestra.
Mark Chambers, conductor. Tribute Communities
Recital Hall, Accolade East Building,
YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $15; $10(sr/
A. Concerts in the GTA
st).
●●8:00: Citadel + Compagnie. Amorous Playlist.
See Mar 27. Also Mar 29, 30.
●●8:00: Jazz Bistro. Payadora. Tango and
Argentine folk music. Rebekah Wolkstein, violin,
vocals; Drew Jurecka, bandoneon, violin;
Robert Horvath, piano; Joe Phillips, bass.
251 Victoria St. 416-363-5299. $15.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Schubert
and Bruckner. Schubert: Symphony
No.8 “Unfinished”; Bruckner: Symphony No.9.
Günther Herbig, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $34.75-
$148. Also Mar 27.
Friday March 29
●●12:00 noon: York University Department
of Music. Music at Midday: York University
Classical Guitar Ensemble. Martin
Family Lounge, Accolade East Building, YU,
4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x20054. Free.
●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Schumann, Faschingsschwank aus
Wien Op.26; and works by Rameau, Debussy
and Rachmaninoff. Matthew Li, piano. St.
Andrew’s Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St.
416-593-5600 x231. Free.
●●1:00: Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre/Bernard
Betel Centre/Healthy at Home.
Celebrating Shabbat in Song. Jewish-themed
concert featuring a participatory Shabbat
ceremony, challah and traditional treats.
Chazzan Paula Wolfson; Giustin MacLean,
accompanist. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina
Ave. 416-924-6211 x0 or lisar@mnjcc.org.
Free.
●●1:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Woodwind Chamber Ensembles. Eric
Hall, director. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson
Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s
Park. 416-408-0208. Free.
●●5:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. U of T Opera: Glancing Back, Looking
Ahead. Operatic scenes. Walter Hall, Edward
Johnson Building, University of Toronto,
80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $20; $10(st).
●●7:00: Leaside United Church. Variety
Show. 822 Millwood Rd. 416-425-1253 x21.
$10; $25(family). Benefit performance for
Thorncliffe Children’s Day Camp. Cash bar,
refreshments.
●●7:30: Trio Arkel. Into the Fire. Heggie: Into
the Fire for quartet and soprano; Dvořák:
String Quartet No.12 in F Op.96 “American”.
Guests: Monica Whicher, soprano; Sheila
Jaffé, violin; Jethro Marks, cello. Trinity-St.
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-409-6824.
$35; $20(sr); $10(st); free(UofT and Glenn
Gould School students).
●●8:00: Citadel + Compagnie. Amorous Playlist.
See Mar 27. Also Mar 30.
●●8:00: Etobicoke Community Concert
Band. Dance Like No One’s Watching. The
Best of the Miami Sound Machine, Let’s Get
Loud, Crooners Serenade, Mambo No.5,
Uptown Funk; and other songs. Etobicoke
Swing Orchestra. Guest: Meagan Luchko,
vocals. Etobicoke Collegiate Auditorium,
86 Montgomery Rd., Etobicoke. 416-410-1570.
$15; free(under 12).
●●8:00: Music Gallery. Emergents: Happenstance
and Jana Luksts. Works by Gundega
Smite, ZongYun We, Mark Andrew, Elaine Lillio,
Wolfgang Rihm and others. Jana Luksts,
piano; Happenstance (Brad Cherwin, clarinet;
Nahre Sol, piano; Alexandra Smither, voice).
Music Gallery at 918 Bathurst, 918 Bathurst
St. 416-204-1080. $12; $8(members/st).
●●8:00: Tapestry Opera. Songbook IX.
Jacqueline Woodley, soprano; Andrea Grant,
piano; and others. Ernest Balmer Studio, Distillery
District, 9 Trinity St. 416-537-6066. $25.
Also Mar 30(4pm & 8pm).
Saturday March 30
●●1:00: Danie Friesen. Blitzkrieg Cabaret.
See Mar 2.
●●2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Fred Penner. Fred Penner, vocalist; Mélanie
Léonard, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $20-$33.75.
Also Mar 30(4pm).
●●4:00: Exultate Chamber Singers. When
We Were Young. Rutter: Mass of the Children
(excerpts); Howe: Why Not?; Whitacre: little
man in a hurry; Macdonald: Tabula Rasa.
Exultate Chamber Singers (Mark Ramsay,
artistic director). Guests: Chorus Niagara
Children’s Choir (Amanda Nelli, artistic director).
St. Thomas’s Anglican Church (Toronto),
383 Huron St. 416-971-9229. $25; $20(sr);
$10(st).
●●4:00: Tapestry Opera. Songbook IX.
Jacqueline Woodley, soprano; Andrea Grant,
piano; and others. Ernest Balmer Studio, Distillery
District, 9 Trinity St. 416-537-6066. $25.
Also Mar 29(8pm), 30(8pm).
●●4:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Fred Penner. Fred Penner, vocalist; Mélanie
Léonard, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $20-$33.75.
Also Mar 30(2pm).
MANDLE PHILHARMONIC
MAHLER &
TCHAIKOVSKY
Mandle Cheung,
Conductor
Kevin Ahfat
Pianist
SAT MARCH 30, 7PM
WWW.MANDELPHIL.COM
●●7:00: Mandle Philharmonic. Mahler &
Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto
No.1; Mahler: Symphony No.1 “Titan”. Kevin
Ahfat, piano; Mandle Cheung, conductor.
Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.,
North York. 647-892-8251. $10; $6(sr over
65/st/child 18 and under).
●●7:00: Thanks to Dr. Suzuki Concert Performances.
In Concert. Advanced violin,
viola, cello, piano, flute, and guitar students
from Suzuki schools in and around the GTA.
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 647-
637-1530. $15; $10(sr/st); $35(family up to 4
members).
Season Sponsors
Cidel Asset Management
KINDRED SPIRITS ORCHESTRA
10 th anniversary concert season
Guest Artists
Monica Whicher, soprano
Jethro Marks, viola
Sheila Jaffé , violin
INTO THE FIRE
Friday, March 29th , 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Into the Fire by Jake Heggie
Dvořák - American Quartet
Trinity St.Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St.W
Tickets $35/Senior$20/Student$10 at door or online at brownpapertickets.com
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