Volume 29 Issue 1 | September 2023

LIVE OR ONLINE | Sep 1 to Oct 10, 2023
10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON!
Flute Street
presents
Dances
with
Flutes
SUN. OCTOBER 1, 4PM
www.flutestreet.ca
from Petrouchka; Valerie Coleman: Juba
Dance, Bartók: Rumanian Dances; Warlock:
Capriol Suite, John Palmer: Samba.
Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle,
525 Bloor St. E. 416-462-9498. PWYC - $25
suggested.
● 7:30: Apocryphonia. GinasterAmirov:
Argentine & Azerbaijani Opera and Piano
Masterworks. Ginastera: Piano Sonata
No.1; Ginastera: Las horas de una estancia;
Amirov: Romantic Sonata (Canadian Premiere);
Amirov - Excerpts from Sevil. Thera
Barclay, soprano; Alexander Cappellazzo,
tenor; Narmina Afandiyeva, piano. Cosmopolitan
Music Hall, 10 Via Renzo Dr., Richmond
Hill. 514-378-2558. Pay What You Want(Inperson
or Eventbrite); $25/$50(Supporter
Donations/Program Shout-Outs). Also
Sep 30(Heliconian Hall at 3:30pm).
Monday October 2
● 10:00am: Westben. Fall Festival: Sounds
in Nature. Enjoy a magical autumn morning
amidst the ancient splendour of colourful forests,
peaceful streams, and turning leaves.
Ben Finley & Friends. Willow Hill Amphitheatre,
6698 County Road 30 N., Campbellford.
1-877-883-5777 or www.westben.ca. $55;
$53(sr); $30(under 30); $5(18 and under).
Also Oct 1. Meet at Willow Hill and then take a
nature walk through the Mary West Nature
Reserve followed by refreshments, snacks,
and conversations with the artists at the
Westben Campfire.
● 3:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Sergio
Mendes. Fallsview Casino Resort, Avalon Theatre,
6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls.
1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca.
From $45. Also Oct 3(3pm) & 4(8:30pm).
● 8:00: Massey Hall. Tom Odell. 178 Victoria
St. www.ticketmaster.ca. From $46.
Tuesday October 3
● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Free Concert Series: Trios for Clarinet,
Bassoon, and Piano. Beethoven: Septet
Op.20 (arr. by Beethoven for trio); Glinka:
Trio pathétique. Dominic Desautels, clarinet;
Zsófia Stefan, bassoon; Jean-Luc Therrien,
piano. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,
145 Queen St. W. www.coc.ca/free-concertseries.
Free.
● 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Tuesday Noon Series: Fourth Year
Singers In Performance. Walter Hall, Edward
Johnson Building, University of Toronto,
80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750 or www.
music.utoronto.ca. Free.
● 1:00: St. James Cathedral. The Life and
Times of William Byrd. Organ music as well
as sacred and secular songs of William Byrd.
Thomas Bell, Nathan Jeffery, and soloists
from the Choir of St. James Cathedral. Cathedral
Church of St. James, 106 King St. E.
416-364-7865 or www.stjamescathedral.ca/
recitals. Free. Donations welcome.
● 3:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Sergio
Mendes. Fallsview Casino Resort, Avalon Theatre,
6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls.
1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca.
From $45. Also Oct 2(3pm) & 4(8:30pm).
● 7:30: Brantford Symphony Orchestra.
Indigenous Artists and Sultans of String
Walking Though the Fire: A Trailblazing
Musical Response to the TRC’s 94 Calls
to Action. Sultans of String; Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk,
fiddler; Marc Meriläinen,
singer/songwriteriwan), Shannon Thunderbird,
singer/songwriter; Don Ross, guitar;
and others. Sanderson Centre for the Performing
Arts, 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford.
www.brantfordsymphony.ca/event/walking-through-the-fire
or 519-758-8090. $49;
$20(st).
● 8:00: Hugh’s Room. Coco Montoya.
Coco Montoya, guitar & vocals. The Revival,
783 College St. www.showpass.com/cocomontoya.
$70/$60(adv).
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Pops: The Doo Wop Project. The Doo Wop
Project, vocal group; Steven Reineke, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-
598-3375. From $62. Also Oct 4.
Wednesday October 4
● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Free Concert Series: Meet the Artists of
NIGHT/SHIFT. Meet three of NIGHT/SHIFT’s
dynamic movement makers before their new
dance work’s world premiere as part of Fall
for Dance North’s ninth annual festival, copresented
with Citadel + Compagnie. Enjoy a
thought-provoking preview and hear directly
from the choreographers about their creative
process. Citadel + Compagnie and Fall
for Dance North. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. www.coc.ca/
free-concert-series. Free.
● 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonday Organ Recital. John Paul Farahat,
organ. 1585 Yonge St. www.yorkminsterpark.
com. Free. Donations welcome.
● 7:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
The Circle: Indigenous Songwriters’
Showcase. FirstOntario Performing Arts
Centre, Robertson Theatre, 250 St. Paul St.,
St. Catharines. 905-688-0722; boxoffice@
firstontariopac.ca. PWYC.
● 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. University Of Toronto Percussion
Ensemble Presents Ligeti at 100. Walter
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of
Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750 or
www.music.utoronto.ca. Free.
● 8:00: Flato Academy Theatre. Indigenous
Artists and Sultans of String Walking Though
the Fire: A Trailblazing Musical Response
to the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action. Sultans of
String; Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, fiddler;
Marc Meriläinen, singer/songwriteriwan),
Shannon Thunderbird, singer/songwriter;
Don Ross, guitar; and others. 2 Lindsay St.
S., Lindsay. www.flatoacademytheatre.com/
events-shows/sos or 705-324-9111 or 1-877-
888-0038 or boxoffice@academytheatre.ca.
From $42.
● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Eternal Sun. Delius: A Song Before Sunrise;
Telemann: Overture in C (Water Music);
Delius: Summer Night on the River; Dvořák:
Nocturne in B for String Orchestra; Debussy
(arr. Mouton): Rêverie; Haydn: Symphony
No.6 (Le Matin); Debussy (arr. Mouton): Clair
de lune. Ian Whitman, curator; Thomas le
Duc-Moreau, conductor. First United Church
(Waterloo), 16 William St. W., Waterloo. 519-
745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $29-$87. Also
Oct 6(Harcourt Memorial United Church,
Guelph) & Oct 7(Central Presbyterian Church,
Cambridge).
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Pops:
The Doo Wop Project. The Doo Wop Project,
vocal group; Steven Reineke, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.
From $47. Also Oct 3.
● 8:30: Fallsview Casino Resort. Sergio
Mendes. Fallsview Casino Resort, Avalon Theatre,
6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls.
1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca.
From $45. Also Oct 2(3pm) & 3(3pm).
Thursday October 5
● 11:00am: Encore Symphonic Concert
Band. Monthly Concert. 35-piece concert
band performing band concert music,
pop tunes, jazz standards (2 singers) and
the occasional march. Trinity Presbyterian
Church York Mills, 2737 Bayview Ave. www.
encoreband.ca. $10.
● 12:00 noon: Music at Metropolitan.
Thursday Noon at Met:. Masucci Facchini,
countertenor. Metropolitan United Church,
56 Queen St. E. www.metunited.ca/live. Free.
LIVE & STREAMED.
WOMEN’S MUSICAL CLUB OF TORONTO
OCTOBER 5 | 1.30 PM
FAURÉ
QUARTETT
416-923-7052 | wmct.on.ca
● 1:30: Women’s Musical Club of Toronto.
Music in the Afternoon: Fauré Quartett - The
Pleasure and the Spirit. Beethoven: Piano
Quartet in E-flat Op.16; Fauré: Piano Quartet
No.2 in g Op.45; and music by Max Reger.
Fauré Quartett: Dirk Mommertz, piano;
Erika Geldsetzer, violin; Sascha Frömbling,
viola; Konstantin Heidrich, cello. Walter
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of
Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-923-7052 X1.
$50; free(st with ID at door).
● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Abbamania
& Night Fever. 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham.
905-305-7469; www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca.
$65(prime); $60(regular).
● 8:00: Massey Hall. Steve Hackett: Genesis
Revisted, Foxtrot at 50, and Hackett Highlights.
178 Victoria St. www.ticketmaster.ca.
From $59.
Friday October 6
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Mozart: Piano Sonata No.15 in
F K.533/494 and works by Bach, Peart, and
Debussy. Oliver Peart, piano. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600
X231 or www.standrewstoronto.org. Free.
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