Volume 28 Issue 5 | April & May 2023

LIVE OR ONLINE | Mar 28 to Jun 6, 2023
Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. Viva Singers and full
orchestra; www.eventbrite.com/e/in-concert-with-creation-tickets-538039850677.
$25. Religious service.
● 7:30: Avanti Chamber Singers. Considering
Matthew Shepard. Rachel Rensink-Hoff,
director; Lesley Kingham, piano. FirstOntario
Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St.
Catharines. www.avantisingers.com/tickets.
From $16.93. Also Apr 23(3pm).
● 7:30: Northumberland Orchestra and
Choir. Season Finale. Franck: Symphonic
Variations; Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C
Op.21. Christopher Goodpasture, piano. Trinity
United Church (Cobourg), 284 Division St.,
Cobourg. Tickets at www.nocmusic.ca or
289-251-1191. $19-$30.
● 7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Discovery
Series: The Glenn Gould School Piano
Showcase. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, TELUS
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or
rcmusic.com/performance. $20.
● 7:30: Toronto Beach Chorale. Choral Concert.
Fauré: Requiem in d Op.48; Morten
Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna. Toronto Beach Chorale;
Soprano and Bass Soloists & Chamber
Orchestra; Mervin W. Fick, conductor. Knox
Presbyterian Church, 630 Spadina Ave. Tickets:
www.torontobeachchorale.com. $30;
$15(youth under 18).
● 8:00: Aga Khan Museum. Refugee in the
Sea by Tarek Ghriri. Featuring a short screening
of a film directed by Amer Barzawi on the
making of the album. Tarek Ghriri, guitar and
13 performers, guitar, oud, percussion, cello,
violin, bass, Spanish vocals, sitar, indian tabla.
Aga Khan Museum Auditorium, 77 Wynford
Dr. 416-646-4677 or www.agakhanmuseum.
org/programs/refugee-in-the-sea. $45;
$40.50(Friends); $35(sr/st). Tickets include
same-day Museum admission.
● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Elegance & Innovation. Mozart: Symphony
No.31 “Paris”; Maimets: Double Concerto for
Flute, Harp & Orchestra; R. Strauss: Le bourgeois
gentilhomme. Lori Gemmel, harp; Kaili
Maimets, flute; Alexander Shelley, conductor.
Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener.
519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $29-
$87. Also Apr 23(2:30pm).
● 8:00: Music Gallery. Emergents: Matthew
Cardinal + Yolande Laroche. Curated by Sara
Constant,. Matthew Cardinal, modular synthesizer
& electronics; Yolande Laroche,
clarinet/keyboard/vocalist; Stephanie Kuse,
video artist. Music Gallery at 918 Bathurst,
918 Bathurst St. Tickets at www.musicgallery.org/events/jasmyn
or 416-204-1080. $10.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Jazz
Concerts: The Great Composers: Joshua
Redman 3X3 plays Ellington, Shorter & Monk.
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W.
416-408-0208 or rcmusic.com/performance.
$50-$105.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mandolin
Magic: The Artistry of Avi Avital. Vivaldi:
Mandolin Concerto in D RV93; Bach/arr.
Avital: Violin Concerto in g BWV 1056R; Vivaldi:
Mandolin Concerto in C RV425; Bach/
arr. Avital: Violin Concerto in a BWV 1041
and others. Avi Avital, mandolin/leader. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.
From $35. Also Apr 23(3pm-George Weston
Recital Hall).
Trinity-St. Paul’s
United Church
presents
MASS FOR THE ENDANGERED
by
Sarah Kirkland Snider
with VIVA SINGERS, Toronto
and full orchestra
April 22, 2023
7 pm
$25 registration, eventbrite.ca
https://inconcertwithcreation.eventbrite.
427 Bloor St. West
Toronto, Ontario
trinitystpauls.ca
● 9:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Carly
Pearce. Fallsview Casino Resort, OLG Stage,
6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877-
833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. .
Sunday April 23
● 2:00: Chamber Music Hamilton. The Hungarian
Sound with Michael Schulte and
Friends. Works by Liszt, Dohnányi, Maros,
Kodály, Bartók, and others. Michael Schulte,
violin/viola; Aaron Schwebel, violin; Patrick
Goodwin, violin; Drew Comstock, cello. Art
Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King St. W., Hamilton.
chambermusichamilton@gmail.com or 905-
627-1627 or at the door. $35; $15(st). Free
admission to the Art Gallery of Hamilton.
● 2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Elegance & Innovation. Mozart: Symphony
No.31 “Paris”; Maimets: Double Concerto for
Flute, Harp & Orchestra; R. Strauss: Le bourgeois
gentilhomme. Lori Gemmel, harp; Kaili
Maimets, flute; Alexander Shelley, conductor.
Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener.
519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $29-
$87. Also Apr 22(8pm).
● 2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. The
Rite of Spring. Tate: Chokfi’; Mozart: Piano
Concerto No.24; Stravinsky: The Rite of
Spring. Jarred Dunn, piano; Bradley Thachuk,
conductor. Partridge Hall, FirstOntario Performing
Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St.
Catharines. 905-687-4993. $68; $60(sr);
$39(arts worker with valid ID); $15(studentuniversity
or college with valid ID); $15(youth-
18 and under with valid ID).
● 3:00: Avanti Chamber Singers. Considering
Matthew Shepard. Rachel Rensink-Hoff,
director; Lesley Kingham, piano. FirstOntario
Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St.
Catharines. www.avantisingers.com/tickets.
From $16.93. Also Apr 23(7:30pm).
● 3:00: Oakville Chamber Orchestra.
Beethoven & The Wheel of Life. Beethoven:
Turkish March (Marcia alla turca);
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Op.61; and
music by Charles Demuynck. David Rehner,
violin; Emily Bosenius, violin; Charles
Demuynck, conductor. St. John’s United
Church (Oakville), 262 Randall St., Oakville.
1-877-532-6787. $35.
● 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mandolin
Magic: The Artistry of Avi Avital. Vivaldi:
Mandolin Concerto in D RV93; Bach/arr.
Avital: Violin Concerto in g BWV1056R; Vivaldi:
Mandolin Concerto in C RV425; Bach/
arr. Avital: Violin Concerto in a BWV1041 and
others. Avi Avital, mandolin/leader. George
Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre,
5040 Yonge St. 416-598-3375. From $54. Also
Apr 22(8pm-RTH).
● 3:00: Weston Silver Band. 100th Anniversary
Gala. Featuring a new commission by
Toronto Beach Chorale • Mervin W Fick - Conductor
Gabriel Fauré
REQUIEM
Morten Lauridsen
LUX AETERNA
Kevin Norbury. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front
St. W. Tickets: 905-691-2744. From $15.
Weston Silver Band
100 TH Anniversary Gala
CELEBRATING
A CENTURY OF MUSIC
Flute Street
presents
Creatively
Canadian
AN ALL CANADIAN
PROGRAMME!
Sun. April 23, 4pm
www.flutestreet.ca
● 4:00: Flute Street. Creatively Canadian.
Works by Charke, Desilets, Lavallée, Willan,
David Foster, and others. Isaac Page, conductor.
Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-
Apostle, 525 Bloor St. E. 416-462-9498. PWYC
- $20 suggested.
● 4:00: Toronto Classical Singers. Music Fit
for a King. Join us as we celebrate 30 years
of presenting the great choral masterpieces
in Toronto. Handel: Coronation Anthems, and
Saturday, April 22, 2023 7:30pm
Knox Presbyterian Church - 630 Spadina Ave. Toronto
www.torontobeachchorale.com
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