Volume 27 Issue 3 - December 2021 / January 2022

● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. TSO
Holiday Pops. Ryan Silverman, vocalist; Steven
Reineke, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or 1-855-593-
7769. Starting at $56, Matinee starting at $41.
Also Dec 7(8pm); Dec 8(2pm).
Friday December 10
● 1:00: Shaw Festival. Irving Berlin’s Holiday
Inn. See Dec 8. Runs until Dec 23.
● 7:30: West End Micro Music Festival.
Love Mozart. Stravinsky: Three Pieces for
String Quartet; Stravinsky: Three Pieces for
Solo Clarinet; Stravinsky: Pour Pablo Picasso
(fragment); Mozart: Allegro for clarinet and
string quartet K516c; Francaix: Quintet for
Clarinet and Strings. Emily Kruspe, Eric Kim-
Fujita, violins; Maxime Despax, viola; Sebastian
Ostertag, cello; Brad Cherwin, clarinet.
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1691 Bloor St.
W. 647-880-9185 or www.westendmusic.ca.
$20; $50(3-concert pass); Free(st).
● 8:00: Jazz Room. Mary-Catherine Pazzano.
Jazz Room, Huether Hotel, 59 King St N., Waterloo.
226-476-1565. .
● 8:00: Lula Lounge. Salseros with Attitude.
1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. .
● 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Hometown
Holidays with Barenaked Ladies: Hits for the
Holidays. CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge St. www.
mirvish.com/shows/hometown-holidaysbarenaked-ladies.
$59-$150. Also Dec 11, 17,
18, 21, 22, 23.
● 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Jesus Christ
Superstar. See Dec 8. Also Dec 11-12, 14-19,
21-24, 26, 28-31, 2021; Jan 2, 2022.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Music
Mix & Canada on Stage Series: Ashley Mac-
Isaac with Special Guest Jully Black. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.
$40-$95.
● 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Beethoven @
251: Happy Birthday! Coleridge-Taylor: Fantasiestücke;
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1;
Beethoven: Symphony No.8. Dmitri Levkovich,
piano; Nurhan Arman, conductor. Jane Mallett
Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts,
27 Front St. E. In person 416-366-7723; virtual
416-499-0403 www.sinfoniatoronto.com.
In-person: $55.97; $48.06(sr); $20.96(st);
Livestream: $15. LIVE & ONLINE
Saturday December 11
● 2:00: Mirvish Productions. Jesus Christ
Superstar. See Dec 8. Also Dec 12, 14-19,
21-24, 26, 28-31, 2021; Jan 2, 2022.
● 4:30: Beach United Church. Heather Bambrick
and Friends. Thad Jones: A Child Is
Born; and other seasonal favourites. Heather
Bambrick, vocal jazz and piano. 140 Wineva
Ave. www.beachunitedchurch.com or 416-
700-9644. Videolink and in-person tickets
at www.eventbrite.ca. Suggested donations:
$25(in-person); $10(videolink). LIVE &
LIVESTREAM
● 7:00: Shaw Festival. Irving Berlin’s Holiday
Inn. See Dec 8. Runs until Dec 23.
● 7:00: Untitled Ensemble. Emily Suzanne
Shapiro: A Menagerie of Sound. Emily
Suzanne Shapiro: Utter Zoo; Woodwind Quintet
(premiere); Solo Improv. Emily Suzanne
Shapiro, clarinet & bass clarinet; Elizabeth
Christina Brown, oboe & English horn; Chris
Buchner, horn; Iraj Tamadon-Nejad, bassoon;
Jaye Marsh, flute. Array Space, 155 Walnut
Ave. Click on www.untitledensemble.ca.
By donation. Register at www.forms.gle/
RrrUAq5iQ5ygeEW46.
● 7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts. Imagine Online Festival: Minerva
by Suzanne Pasternak. Isabel Digital
Concert Hall. 613-533-2424 or ibcpaboxoffice@queensu.ca.
Free. ONLINE
● 7:30: Northumberland Orchestra and
Choir. Christmas in Northumberland. Dinner
followed by a Carol Cantata. Best Western,
930 Burnham St., Cobourg. 905-372-2105.
$60. Includes dinner, show, service.
● 8:00: Acoustic Harvest. Boreal. St. Paul’s
United Church, 200 McIntosh St., Scarborough.
www.acousticharvest.ca. $30. No
walk-in patrons.
● 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra.
In Concert. Richardson-Schulte: The
Hockey Sweater; Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
Suite; Violin Concerto. Martin MacDonald,
guest conductor; Eva Lesage, violin. P.C. Ho
Theatre, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater
Toronto, 5183 Sheppard Ave. E., Scarborough.
416-879-5566 or www.cathedralbluffs.
com or cbsoboxoffice@gmail.com. $30-$48;
$25-$38(sr/st); Free(under 12).
● 8:00: Jazz Room. Pat LaBarbera Quartet.
Jazz Room, Huether Hotel, 59 King St N., Waterloo.
226-476-1565.
● 8:00: Jon Feldman. Feldman/Malone/Higgins
Trio. Bemsha Swing, In Your Own Sweet Way, Au
Privave, Oleo, Well You Needn’t. Jesse Malone,
trumpet; Bret Higgins, acoustic bass; Jon Feldman,
piano. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave.
647-862-3816. $20; $15(adv).
● 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Hometown Holidays
with Barenaked Ladies: Hits for the Holidays.
CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge St. www.mirvish.
com/shows/hometown-holidays-barenakedladies.
$59-$150. Also Dec 17, 18, 21, 22, 23.
● 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Jesus Christ
Superstar. See Dec 8. Also Dec 12, 14-19,
21-24, 26, 28-31, 2021; Jan 2, 2022.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Jazz
From Around the World Series: Alfredo Rodríguez
& Pedrito Martinez Group. Koerner Hall,
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or
www.rcmusic.com/performance. $45-$105.
● 8:00: Singing Out. A Light Ahead: A Holiday
Concert. Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence
Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. www.
singingout.com or www.ticketmaster.ca. $35.
Sunday December 12
● Dec 12: Against the Grain Theatre/Toronto
Symphony Orchestra. Messiah/Complex.
Performed in Arabic, Dene, English, French,
Inuktitut, and Southern Tutchone. Handel:
Messiah. Jonathon Adams, Looee Arreak,
Spencer Britten, Rihab Chaieb, Deantha
Edmunds, singers; Le Choeur Louisbourg;
Halifax Camerata Singers; Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir; University of Prince Edward
Island Chamber Chorus; and other performers;
Johannes Debus; conductor; Joel Ivany
and Reneltta Arluk, co-directors. Register at
www.bit.ly/messiahcomplex2021. Available
until Jan 9, 2022. ONLINE
● 1:00: Shaw Festival. Irving Berlin’s Holiday
Inn. See Dec 8. Runs until Dec 23.
● 2:00: Mirvish Productions. Hometown
Holidays with Barenaked Ladies: Snacktime!
CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge St. www.mirvish.
com/shows/hometown-holidays-barenakedladies.
$49-$69. Also Dec 19.
● 2:00: Mirvish Productions. Jesus Christ
Superstar. See Dec 8. Also Dec 14-19, 21-24,
26, 28-31, 2021; Jan 2, 2022.
● 2:00 Shaw Festival. Irving Berlin’s Holiday
Inn. See Dec 8. Runs until Dec 23.
● 3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Invesco Piano Concerts & Canada on Stage
Series: Jan Lisiecki. All Chopin program:
Études and Nocturnes. Koerner Hall, TELUS
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or
www.rcmusic.com/performance. $50-$105.
● 3:00: Tapestry Chamber Choir. Handel’s
Messiah: Part 1. Soloists and strings from
York Chamber Ensemble. Bradford Arts Centre,
66 Barrie St., Bradford. Click on www.
ticketscene.ca or www.tapestrychoir.ca or
905-751-5335.
● 3:00: Villa Charities/Coro San Marco.
Christmas Concert / Concerto di Natale.
Traditional English and Italian Christmas
music. Coro San Marco Choir; Michael Colla,
conductor; pianist Adolfo De Santis, piano.
Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. Click
on www.villacharities.com/coro or 416-789-
7011 x248. $15. A limited number of tickets will
be available to purchase at the door.
Tuesday December 14
● 7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts. Preludes for Piano. Preludes
by Chopin and Burge. Philip Chiu, piano.
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424 or
email ibcpaboxoffice@queensu.ca. $10-$39;
free(online). LIVE & ONLINE
● 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Jesus Christ
Superstar. See Dec 8. Also Dec 15-19, 21-24,
26, 28-31, 2021; Jan 2, 2022.
● 6:30: Music Gallery. Emergents I Series:
Part 1. Workshop: Community Sound, with
Naomi McCarroll-Butler. Guided improvisations
using graphic scores and conduction.
Aimed at community members and earlycareer
artists interested in exploring collective
music-making, this will be a space
for people with different artistic interests
and backgrounds to meet, speak and create
together. Naomi McCarroll-Butler, saxophonist,
clarinetist, instrument maker. Music Gallery
at 918 Bathurst, 918 Bathurst St. www.
musicgallery.org. Free.
Wednesday December 15
● 12:30: ORGANIX Concerts. Hanné Becker,
SINCERE THANKS
to our faithful
Small Concerts patrons
for your interest and
support of 47 seasons
of wonderful chamber
music featuring Toronto
Symphony Orchestra
musicians.
We sincerely regret
that it will not be
possible to present
a season in 2022.
Organ. Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church,
3055 Bloor St. W. 416-571-3680 or click on
www.organixconcerts.ca. Freewill offering -
$20 suggested.
● 1:00: Shaw Festival. Irving Berlin’s Holiday
Inn. See Dec 8. Runs until Dec 23.
● 1:30: Mirvish Productions. Jesus Christ
Superstar. See Dec 8. Also Dec 16-19, 21-24,
26, 28-31, 2021; Jan 2, 2022.
● 7:00: Achill Choral Society. Comfort & Joy.
A virtual holiday concert featuring a mix of
previously recorded live concert selections
plus beautiful choral works recorded this
fall. Shawn Grenke, conductor; Nancy Sicsic,
piano. www.achill.ca. Free. ONLINE
● 7:00: Shaw Festival. Irving Berlin’s Holiday
Inn. See Dec 8. Runs until Dec 23.
● 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Jesus Christ
Superstar. See Dec 8. Also Dec 16-19, 21-24,
26, 28-31, 2021; Jan 2, 2022.
● 8:00: Music Gallery. Emergents I Series:
Part 2. Concert: Stephanie Castonguay +
Skin Tone. Hacking, breaking and reinventing
the creative process. Stephanie Castonguay;
Skin Tone (James Goddard). Music Gallery
at 918 Bathurst, 918 Bathurst St. www.
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