Volume 26 Issue 2 - October 2020

Performances by Date (Live/Hybrid)
NOTE: All times are Eastern Time unless otherwise noted.
Friday October 2
● 7:30: Stockey Centre & Festival of the
Sound. Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue Live.
Spirit ‘20; Jamie Parker; Guy Few; and James
Campbell. Stockey Centre for the Performing
Arts, 2 Bay St., Parry Sound. 705-746-4210
or info@festivalofthesound.ca. $42.95.
Tickets are limited. Concert will also be
live-streamed.
● 2:00: Art Gallery of Ontario. AGO Live:
Hello from the Other Side - Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Recognizing the powerful
impact that music has in enriching and inspiring
lives, especially during challenging times,
the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has been
resolute in finding ways to perform despite
the circumstances. As an alternative to its
previously scheduled performances at Roy
Thomson Hall, TSO musicians will spend the
coming year performing in smaller ensembles
and connecting with audiences throughout
the GTA. Art Gallery of Ontario, Walker
Court, 317 Dundas St. W. Free with gallery
admission. Also at 4pm. Please book a timedentry
ticket at tickets.ago.ca/events. Also
at 4pm.
Saturday October 3
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Jazz
From Around the World Series: Miles from
India - A Celebration of the Music of Miles
Davis. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor
St. W. 416-408-0208 or rcmusic.com/performance.
$45-$110.
Sunday October 4
● 1:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Sunday
Interlude Series: Fern Lindzon. Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor
St. W. 416-408-0208 or rcmusic.com/performance.
Free.
Wednesday October 7
● 7:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Kings
of Ragtime. Works by Joplin, Morton, Gershwin
and others. Gordon Gerrard, conductor.
CityView Drive-In, 20 Polson St. 416-598-3375
or ticketmaster.ca. $80-$200 per car. Concert
one hour in length. Live on-stage and displayed
on massive LED screens and piped into
patrons’ cars.
Friday October 9
● 2:00: Art Gallery of Ontario. AGO Live:
Hello from the Other Side - Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Recognizing the powerful
impact that music has in enriching and inspiring
lives, especially during challenging times,
the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has been
resolute in finding ways to perform despite
the circumstances. As an alternative to its
previously scheduled performances at Roy
Thomson Hall, TSO musicians will spend the
coming year performing in smaller ensembles
and connecting with audiences throughout
the GTA. Art Gallery of Ontario, Walker
Court, 317 Dundas St. W. Free with gallery
admission. Also at 4pm. Please book a timedentry
ticket at tickets.ago.ca/events. Also
at 4pm.
Saturday October 10
● 2:00: Sonority Sisters. Bach to the
Beatles: Crossing Genres with the Sonority
Sisters. Join us in the Campbell House garden
as the Sonority Sisters perform new and old
compositions ranging from Bach to the Beatles!
Your ticket also includes a complimentary
tour of Campbell House Museum, which can
be redeemed at a later date. Sonority Sisters
are an exciting new duo composed of Kelly
Zimba, Principal Flute of the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra, and Clare Semes, TSO violinist.
Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen
St. W. 416-597-0227. $20 ticket + Eventbrite
processing fee. LIVE OUTDOOR CONCERT.
Thursday October 15
● 8:00: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.
Legacy: A Tribute to Gord Downie. A fundraising
concert In support of the Downie Wenjack
Fund. Featuring Tom Wilson, Twin Flames,
Phil Davis’ Drum Circle and Hoop Dancer,
Kevin Fox and others. Burlington Performing
Arts Centre, Community Studio Theatre,
440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-6000.
$49; $40(member). Also Oct 16.
Friday October 16
● 2:00: Art Gallery of Ontario. AGO Live:
Hello from the Other Side - Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Recognizing the powerful
impact that music has in enriching and inspiring
lives, especially during challenging times,
the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has been
resolute in finding ways to perform despite
the circumstances. As an alternative to its
previously scheduled performances at Roy
Thomson Hall, TSO musicians will spend the
coming year performing in smaller ensembles
and connecting with audiences throughout
the GTA. Art Gallery of Ontario, Walker
Court, 317 Dundas St. W. Free with gallery
admission. Also at 4pm. Please book a timedentry
ticket at tickets.ago.ca/events. Also
at 4pm.
● 8:00: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.
Legacy: A Tribute to Gord Downie. A fundraising
concert In support of the Downie Wenjack
Fund. Featuring Tom Wilson, Twin Flames,
Phil Davis’ Drum Circle and Hoop Dancer,
Kevin Fox and others. Burlington Performing
Arts Centre, Community Studio Theatre,
440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-6000.
$49; $40(member). Also Oct 15.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Vivaldi’s
Four Seasons. Frank: Leyendas: An
Andean Walkabout; Wijeratne: “A letter from
the After-life”. Jonathan Crow, violin/leader.
CityView Drive-In, 20 Polson St. 416-598-3375
or ticketmaster.ca. $80-$200 per car. Concert
one hour in length. Live on-stage and displayed
on massive LED screens and piped into
patrons’ cars.
Saturday October 17
● 8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra.
Beethoven Symphony No. 5. Chan: Concerto
for violin and orchestra (world premiere);
Kreem: Waltz. Sarah Davidson-Gurney, violin;
Kristian Alexander, conductor; Elli Kozak,
host. St. Maurice and St. Verena Cultural Centre,
3300 Hwy. 7 E., Markham. 905-604-8339.
$15-$40. Limited tickets. One hour concert.
Onstage discussion and Q&A.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. First
Ladies of Soul. Strange Fruit; I Will Always
Love You; and others. Shakura S’Aida, vocalist;
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, conductor.
CityView Drive-In, 20 Polson St. 416-598-3375
or ticketmaster.ca. $80-$200 per car. Concert
one hour in length. Live on-stage and displayed
on massive LED screens and piped into
patrons’ cars.
Sunday October 18
● 3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Recovered Concerts: Angela Hewitt. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-
408-0208 or rcmusic.com/performance.
SOLD OUT.
Saturday October 24
● 4:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Taylor
Academy Concerts Series: Taylor Academy
Showcase Concert. Mazzoleni Concert Hall,
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208
or rcmusic.com/performance. Free.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Music
from The Cuban, Featuring Hilario Durán.
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W.
416-408-0208 or rcmusic.com/performance.
$65. Live and online.
Sunday October 25
● 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Sublime Delights.
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Mozart:
Piano Concerto No.20 in d; Beethoven: Choral
Fantasy for Piano, Orchestra & Chorus.
David Jalbert, piano; Amadeus Choir; Michael
Newnham, conductor. Hope United Church,
2550 Danforth Ave. 416-733-0545. $25-$45;
$39(sr); $19(OTOpus); $15(child). Pre-concert
chat at 2:15 pm.
● 3:30: Sinfonia Toronto. Beethoven &
Shostakovich. Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony
in c Op.110a; Beethoven: (arr. Shostakovich):
String Quartet No.10 in E-flat Op.74
“Harp”; Saman Shahi: “When we fall…”
Nurhan Arman, conductor. Koerner Hall,
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. rcmusic.com/
Tickets/Seats/172401. From $18.95. LIVE &
ONLINE.
● 4:00: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.
Elise LeGrow. Burlington Performing
Arts Centre, Community Studio Theatre,
440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-6000.
$39; $34(member). Also 7pm.
Sunday November 1
● 4:00: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.
Kevin Fox: Songs for Cello & Voice.
440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-6000.
$39. Also 7 pm.
Wednesday November 4
● 8:00: Hejaz Entertainment. Pavlo in Concert.
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor
St. W. From $40.
Friday November 6
● 7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. GGS
Operas Series: Glenn Gould School Fall Opera
- Kurt Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins” and William
Bolcom’s “Lucrezia”. Mazzoleni Concert
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208 or rcmusic.com/performance. $20.
Also Nov 7.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Quiet
Please, There’s a Lady on Stage Series: Nella
& Daymé Arocena. Koerner Hall, TELUS
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or
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