Volume 25 Issue 4 - December 2019 / January 2020

●●7:30: Florivox. A Ceremony of Carols. BrassAckwards
Brass Choir. Metropolitan United
Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E.
voxchoirs.com/tickets. $25/$20(adv).
●●7:30: Georgetown Choral Society. Gloria:
The Song of Angels. Vivaldi: Gloria; seasonal
songs and anthems, including some audience
participation. Chris Dawes, director.
Georgetown Christian Reformed Church,
11611 Trafalgar Rd., Georgetown. 905-877-
7795. $25.
●●7:30: Mississauga Festival Choir. An East
Coast Christmas. Seasonal music from the
Maritimes and beyond. Guests: The Barra
MacNeils. Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre,
4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-
306-6000 or livingartscentre.ca. $42.
●●7:30: Oakville Choral. Reflections: Rediscovering
the Women of Music History.
Clearview Christian Reformed Church,
2300 Sheridan Garden Dr., Oakville. 289-351-
1574. $30/$25(adv); $15(st); free(child 12 &
under). Also Dec 8(3pm, Chartwell Baptist
Church, Oakville).
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Home
Alone in Concert. Resonance Youth Choir;
Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.
From $49. Partial-view seats from $35. Also
Dec 6(7:30pm) & 7(2pm).
●●7:30: VOCA Chorus of Toronto. Comfort
and Joy. Vivaldi: Gloria; Vaughan Williams:
Fantasia on Christmas Carols; works
by Gjeilo, Letourneau, Pentatonix and others.
Dallas Chorley, soprano; Lindsay Connolly,
mezzo; Parker Clements, baritone; VOCA
Chamber Orchestra; Elizabeth Acker, accompanist;
Jenny Crober, conductor. Eastminster
United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416-947-
8487. $30; $25(sr); $15(st).
●●7:30: York Chamber Ensemble. Joy!
Beethoven: Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt;
Mozart: Seranato Notturno & 3 German
Dances; Buzoni: Concertino; Christmas Classics.
Stephen Fox, clarinet; York Chamber
Ensemble; York Festival Chorus. Trinity Anglican
Church (Aurora), 79 Victoria St., Aurora.
905-717-2970. $25; $20(sr/st); $10(under 10).
●●8:00: Acoustic Harvest/Live Music East.
Tony Quarrington’s “For King and Country”.
Tony Quarrington, Zoey Adams, James Gordon,
Roger Clown, Margaret Stowe and
others. St. Paul’s United Church (Scarborough),
200 McIntosh St., Scarborough.
416-729-7564 or stpaulsscarborough.org/
contact-find-us or acousticharvest.ca/2019-
12-07.html. $27/$25(adv).
●●8:00: Gallery 345. Jazz at the Gallery: Dave
Young Quartet. Music of Oscar Peterson.
345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781 or info@gallery345.com
or eventbrite.ca. $25; $10(st).
Cash only at the door.
●●8:00: Healy Willan Singers. Follow the
Star. Works by Rutter and Chilcott. John Stephenson,
organ; Ron Ma King, conductor. St.
Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere
Ave. 416-519-0528. $20; $15(sr/st).
●●8:00: Music Gallery/Bad New Days. Melancholiac:
The Music of Scott Walker. Part
concert, part spectacle, part existential
talk-show. Music Gallery at 918 Bathurst,
918 Bathurst St. 416-204-1080. $25/$20(adv);
$15(st/members). 7:30pm: doors open. Also
4pm.
●●8:00: North York Concert Orchestra.
Prize-Winners Gala. Mendelssohn: Violin
Concerto (3rd mvt); Mozart: Piano Concerto
No.9; Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Waldteufel:
Skaters’ Waltz; Ellington: Nutcracker
Suite. Yorkminster Citadel, 1 Lord Seaton
Rd., North York. 416-628-9195. $30; $25(sr);
$10(st). 7:30pm pre-concert chat.
●●8:00: Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers.
Undaunted: Into the Open. Japanese
Taiko drumming combined with singing,
movement and video-stories. Betty Oliphant
Theatre, 404 Jarvis St. 416-671-7256. $35;
$25(st/income challenged). Also Dec 5, 6,
8(2pm). Family-friendly concert on Dec 8.
●●8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Mozart and Mendelssohn.
Ka Nin: Salt and Vinegar; Mozart:
Piano Concerto No.21; Burge: Port Milford
Suite; Mendelssohn: String Symphony No.7.
Antonio Di Cristofano, piano; Nurhan Arman,
conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St.
W. sinfoniatoronto.com. $42; $35(sr); $15(st).
●●8:00: Tafelmusik. O Come, Shepherds. See
Dec 4. Also Dec 8, 10.
Sunday December 8
●●1:30: Borealis Big Band. A Little Taste of
Christmas. A wide selection on jazz and Latin
big band charts. Newmarket Old Town Hall,
460 Botsford St., Newmarket. 905-717-3319
or borealisbigband.com. $20; $10(16 and
ON WINTER’S NIGHT
Toronto Youth Choir
with The Salvation Army
North York Temple Band
Sun. Dec. 8 | 4 PM
St. Andrew’s Church
torontochildrenschorus.com
under). Christmas sweets table and seasonal
drinks for a donation.
●●1:30: Music at Metropolitan. Carol Sing
with the Metropolitan Silver Band & Organ.
Metropolitan United Church (Toronto),
56 Queen St. E. metunited.ca/music. Free.
●●2:00: Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers.
Undaunted: Into the Open. Japanese
Taiko drumming combined with singing,
movement and video-stories. Betty Oliphant
Theatre, 404 Jarvis St. 416-671-7256. $35;
$25(st/income challenged). Also Dec 5, 6,
7(2pm). Family-friendly concert on Dec 8.
●●2:30: Music Gallery. Sounding Difference.
Music Gallery at 918 Bathurst, 918 Bathurst
St. 416-204-1080. PWYC. Community-centric
event.
●●2:30: St. Anne’s Anglican Church. St.
Anne’s Community Cantate. St. Anne’s Choir;
C’Antilles; Sikuris St. Lawrence; Matthew
Whitfield, organ. 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-536-
3160. $15; free(child under 12). Proceeds to
Four Winds Indigenous Health & Wellness
Program and Oasis Food Bank.
●●2:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. PianoFest. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson
Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s
Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public.
●●3:00: Burlington Symphony Orchestra.
A Christmas Spectacular. Tchaikovsky Nutcracker
Suite; Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride;
Sing-along carols; Seasonal favourites. Burlington
Civic Chorale. Burlington Performing
Arts Centre, 440 Locust St., Burlington.
905-681-6000. $46; $39(sr); $25(16-24);
$12(under 16). Group discount for 10 or more.
●●3:00: Oakville Choral. Reflections: Rediscovering
the Women of Music History. Chartwell
Baptist Church, 228 Chartwell Rd., Oakville.
289-351-1574. $30/$25(adv); $15(st); free(child
12 & under). Also Dec 7(7:30pm, Clearview
Christian Reformed Church, Oakville).
●●3:00: Orchestra Toronto. The Winters of
Childhood. Debussy: Children’s Corner Suite;
Richardson-Schulte: The Hockey Sweater;
Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker;
Heller: Hanukkah! Hanukkah! Jeff
Marek, narrator; Michael Newnham, conductor.
George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian
Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the
Arts), 5040 Yonge St. 416-467-7142. $25-$45;
19/20 Season
A CHORUS CHRISTMAS:
CELESTIAL CELEBRATIONS
co-presented by
Sun. Dec. 15 | 2 PM
Roy Thomson Hall
roythomsonhall.com/tcc
$39(sr); $19(OTOpus); $15(under 13). Preconcert
chat (2:15pm).
●●3:00: Roy Thomson Hall. St. Michael’s
Choir School. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$37.50-$47.50.
●●3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Power
Corporation Vocal Series: The Tallis Scholars -
Reflections. Settings of Salve Regina, Ave Maria,
Miserere, and O sacrum convivium. Peter Phillips,
conductor. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $40-$90.
●●3:00: York Region Chamber Music. Viennese
Classics and Serbian Charm. Mozart:
Clarinet Quintet, K581; Schubert: Quartettsatz
D703; Haydn: String Quartet in d Op.42; Grgin:
Clarinet Quintet. Odin Quartet; Goran Gojevic,
clarinet. Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church
St., Aurora. 647-995-3818. $25. odinquartet.
eventbrite.ca.
●●3:30: Tafelmusik. O Come, Shepherds. See
Dec 4. Also Dec 10.
●●4:00: Toronto Youth Choir. On Winter’s
Night. Works by Chilcott and Rutter. Salvation
Army North York Temple Band. St. Andrew’s
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