Volume 28 Issue 4 | February - March 2023

$47.50 or $52; $10(st).
LIVE OR ONLINE | Feb 7 to Apr 4, 2023
Friday March 31
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Brahms: Ballades Op.10 and works
by Albeniz. Emily Chiang, piano. St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-
593-5600 X231 or www.standrewstoronto.
org. Free.
● 7:30: Against the Grain Theatre. Bluebeard’s
Castle. Music by Béla Bartók. English
libretto and stage direction by Daisy Evans.
Gerald Finley, baritone (Bluebeard); Charlotte
Hellekant, soprano (Judith); Stephen
Higgins, conductor & arranger. Fleck Dance
Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens
Quay W. www.harbourfrontcentre.com/
event/bluebeards-castle. $50-$150. Also
Mar 30(7:30pm); Apr 1(1:30pm).
● 7:30: Rose Theatre. Brampton Music Theatre:
Kinky Boots. Music by Cyndi Lauper.
Book & Lyrics by Harvey Fierstein. 1 Theatre
Ln., Brampton. 905-874-2800 or www.therosetheatre.ca.
$20-$39. Also Mar 30(7:30pm),
Apr 1(1pm & 7:30pm), 2(1pm).
● 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Visions of Spain: Gimeno Conducts Boléro,
Rodrigo & More. Coll: Aqua Cinerea (North
American Premiere); Dutilleux: Symphony
No.1; Falla: Selections from El amor brujo
(with Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra);
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar
& Orchestra; Ravel: Boléro. Juan Manuel
Cañizares, guitar; Toronto Symphony Youth
Orchestra; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.
From $35. Mar 29(8pm), Apr 1(8pm), 2(3pm).
● 8:00: Etobicoke Community Concert Band.
Winter’s End. Etobicoke Collegiate Auditorium,
86 Montgomery Rd., Etobicoke. 416-410-
1570 or www.eccb.ca. $15; Free(under 12).
● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Troupe Vertigo. Troupe Vertigo, circus performers;
Andrei Feher, conductor. Centre in
the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-
745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $29-$87. Also
Apr 1.
● 8:00: Massey Hall. Buddy Guy. 178 Victoria
St. www.tickets.mhrth.com. From $63. Also
Mar 30.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. String
Concerts: Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk
Trio. Schubert: Piano Trio No.2 in E-flat D.929;
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a Op.50. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-
408-0208 or rcmusic.com/performance.
$50-$105.
● 8:00: Tapestry Opera/Obsidian Theatre
Company. Of the Sea. Music by Ian Cusson.
Libretto by Kanika Ambrose. Philip Akin,
stage director; Jennifer Tung, music director.
Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 437-326-9410
or www.am.ticketmaster.com/tolive/ofthesea-events.
From $52. Also Mar 25(8pm);
28(8pm); 29(8pm); Apr 1(4pm).
Saturday April 1
● 1:00: Rose Theatre. Brampton Music Theatre:
Kinky Boots. Music by Cyndi Lauper.
Book & Lyrics by Harvey Fierstein. 1 Theatre
Ln., Brampton. 905-874-2800 or www.therosetheatre.ca.
$20-$39. Also Mar 30(7:30pm),
31(7:30pm), Apr 1(7:30pm), 2(1pm).
2023
Performing Arts Sunday
Series Spring Season
presents
Dance a Mile
in My Shoes
/Bells
Sunday, April 2,
2023 • 2pm
DANCE
MUSIC
THEATRE
For Tickets visit
HCADanceTheatre.com
Sheng Cai
Pianist
Sunday, April 23,
2023 • 2 PM
Every
Brilliant
Thing
by Duncan Macmillan
with Jonny Donahoe
May 5, 6, 2023 at 7 PM
& May 7, 2023 at 2 PM
● 2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Symphonic Fairy Tales. Troupe Vertigo, circus
performers; Andrei Feher, conductor.
Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener.
519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $13;
$11(child).
● 1:30: Against the Grain Theatre. Bluebeard’s
Castle. Music by Béla Bartók. English
libretto and stage direction by Daisy Evans.
Gerald Finley, baritone (Bluebeard); Charlotte
Hellekant, soprano (Judith); Stephen
Higgins, conductor & arranger. Fleck Dance
Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens
Quay W. www.harbourfrontcentre.com/
event/bluebeards-castle. $50-$150. Also
Mar 30(7:30pm); 31(7:30pm).
● 4:00: Tapestry Opera/Obsidian Theatre
Company. Of the Sea. Music by Ian Cusson.
Libretto by Kanika Ambrose. Philip Akin,
stage director; Jennifer Tung, music director.
Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 437-326-9410
or www.am.ticketmaster.com/tolive/ofthesea-events.
From $52. Also Mar 25(8pm);
28(8pm); 29(8pm); 31(8pm).
● 4:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Cabaret:
Latin Fiesta. Music from the Hispanic world.
Edward Jackman Centre, 947 Queen St. E.,
2nd Floor. 416-366-7723 or 1–800-708-6754
or www.tolive.com. $45.
● 7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. On the
Sunny Side of the Street. An eclectic concert
of show tunes, spirituals, folk songs, and standards
of the jazz repertoire. Carl Steinhauser,
piano; Henry Renglich, conductor. Runnymede
United Church, 432 Runnymede Rd.
416-779-2258. $30.
● 7:30: Northumberland Orchestra/Oriana
Singers of Northumberland. In the Moment.
A collaborative concert of quiet reflection.
Fauré: Requiem; Vaughan Williams: The Lark
Ascending. Emily Rocha, soprano; Joseph
Song Chi, baritone; Victoria Yeh, concertmaster
& solo violin; Robert Grandy, organ.
Trinity United Church (Cobourg), 284 Division
St., Cobourg. www.nocmusic.ca and www.
orianasingers.com. $25. Also Apr 2(3pm).
● 7:30: Rose Theatre. Brampton Music Theatre:
Kinky Boots. Music by Cyndi Lauper.
Book & Lyrics by Harvey Fierstein. 1 Theatre
Ln., Brampton. 905-874-2800 or www.therosetheatre.ca.
$20-$39. Also Mar 30(7:30pm),
31(7:30pm), Apr 1(1pm), 2(1pm).
● 7:30: The Jeffery Concerts. TorQ Percussion
Quartet. Wolf Performance Hall,
251 Dundas St., London. 519-672-8800
or www.jefferyconcerts.com or jefferyconcerts@gmail.com.
$40; Free(st with
ID). Tickets at Grand Theatre Box Office,
471 Richmond St.
● 8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. The Four
Temperaments. Górecki: Concerto for Harpsichord;
Hindemith: The Four Temperaments;
Honegger: Symphony No.2. Antonia De Wolfe,
piano. Cornell Recital Hall, 3201 Bur Oak Ave.,
Markham. 905-604-8339. $20-$40.
● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Troupe Vertigo. Troupe Vertigo, circus performers;
Andrei Feher, conductor. Centre in
the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-
745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $29-$87. Also
Mar 31.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Visions of Spain: Gimeno Conducts Boléro,
Rodrigo & More. Coll: Aqua Cinerea (North
American Premiere); Dutilleux: Symphony
No.1; Falla: Selections from El amor brujo
(with Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra);
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar
& Orchestra; Ravel: Boléro. Juan Manuel
Cañizares, guitar; Toronto Symphony Youth
Orchestra; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.
From $35. Mar 29, 31(7:30pm), 2(3pm).
Sunday April 2
● 1:15: Mooredale Concerts. Music & Truffles
for Kids. Mathieu Gaudet, piano. Walter
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of
Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714 X103
or 647-988- 2102 (eve & weekends) or www.
mooredaleconcerts.com. $20.
● 2:00: Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts.
Performing Arts Sunday Series: Dance a
Mile in My Shoes/Bells. Exploring the connections
between Flamenco and traditional
Indian Kathak dance. Carmen Romero and
Bageshree Vaze, dancers; Vineet Vyas, tabla
drums; Nicolas Hernandes, guitar. 126 James
St. S., Hamilton. www.HCADanceTheatre.
com. $25-$30.
● 2:30: Barrie Concerts Association.
Magisterra Soloists Play Schubert’s “The
Trout”. Bethel Community Church, 128 St.
Vincent Street, Barrie. www.barrieconcerts.org.
.
● 3:00: Northumberland Orchestra/Oriana
Singers of Northumberland. In the Moment.
A collaborative concert of quiet reflection.
Fauré: Requiem; Vaughan Williams: The Lark
Ascending. Emily Rocha, soprano; Joseph
Song Chi, baritone; Victoria Yeh, concertmaster
& solo violin; Robert Grandy, organ.
Trinity United Church (Cobourg), 284 Division
St., Cobourg. www.nocmusic.ca and www.
orianasingers.com. $25. Also Apr 2(3pm).
● 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Visions of Spain: Gimeno Conducts Boléro,
Rodrigo & More. Coll: Aqua Cinerea (North
American Premiere); Dutilleux: Symphony
No.1; Falla: Selections from El amor brujo
(with Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra);
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar
& Orchestra; Ravel: Boléro. Juan Manuel
Cañizares, guitar; Toronto Symphony Youth
Orchestra; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.
From $35. Mar 29(8pm), 31(7:30pm), 1(8pm).
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