Volume 29 Issue 2 | October & November 2023

LIVE OR ONLINE | Oct 1 to Dec 7, 2023
Iannis Xenakis
Jonchaies (1977)
for a large orchestra of
109 musicians
Sun Oct 15
X MARKS THE SPOT
espritorchestra.com
● 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Joanna Majoko
& Jessie Ryan. Hugh’s Room Live (New Location),
296 Broadview Ave. www.hughsroomlive.com
or www.showpass.com/
jessie-ryan-revival. $25.
Tuesday October 17
● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation.
Lunchtime Chamber Music: Jialiang Zhu &
Friends. Works for piano and saxophone.
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge
St. 416-922-1167 or www.yorkminsterpark.
com. Free. Donations welcome.
● 1:00: St. James Cathedral. Tuesday Organ
Recital. Stefanie Bedin, organ. Cathedral
Church of St. James, 106 King St. E. 416-364-
7865 or www.stjamescathedral.ca/recitals.
Free. Donations welcome.
Wednesday October 18
● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Showcase Series: Latin Heritage Month -
Quest for Belonging. Celebrating the richness
of folkloric music from Ibero-America.
Obsidiana Duo. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. www.coc.ca/free-concert-series.
Free.
● 12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.
Noon Hour Series: Douglas Haas Legacy Concerts.
Michelle Wilmot, piano. 54 Queen St.
N., Kitchener. 519-578-4430 or www.standrewskw.com.
Free. Lunch available for $10
or bring your own.
● 12:30: ORGANIX Concerts. Organ Concert.
Peter DuBois, organ. Our Lady of Sorrows
Catholic Church, 3055 Bloor St. W. 416-571-
3680 or www.organixconcerts.ca. Suggested
free-will offering of $20.
● 7:00: City Playhouse Theatre. Gatsby.
Music by Laura Nobili. 1000 New Westminster
Dr., Thornhill. 905-303-2000 or 905-
832-2281 or www.tickets.cityplayhouse.ca/
event/655:209/655:267/. From $20.
● 7:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Chamber Music for Piano & Violin.
Jean-Luc Therrien, piano; Jean-Samuel
Bez, violin. First United Church, 16 William St.
W., Waterloo. 519-569-1809 or www.ticketscene.ca/kwcms.
$30; $20(st). NOTE: Change
of venue from KWCMS Music Room to First
United Church.
● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Fidelio.
See Oct 1. Also Oct 20. At 7:30pm unless
otherwise noted.
● 7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts
Centre. Burton Cummings. FirstOntario
Performing Arts Centre, Partridge Hall,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-
0722; boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. $95;
$85(members).
● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Hiromi’s
Sonicwonder. Adam O’Farrill, trumpet;
Hadrien Feraud, bass; Gene Coye, drums.
171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-
7469 or www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca.
$88(regular); $98(prime); $15(YTX).
Thursday October 19
● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Instrumental Series: Schubert’s Last Words.
Presented by the Young Classical Artists
Trust. Janáček: In the Mists; Schubert: Piano
Sonata in B-flat D.960. Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula,
piano. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. www.coc.ca/free-concert-series.
Free.
● 12:00 noon: Music at Metropolitan.
Thursday Noon at Met:. With carillon recital
at 11:30am. Irina Bazik, piano. Metropolitan
United Church, 56 Queen St. E. www.metunited.ca/live.
Free. LIVE & STREAMED.
● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. La
Bohème. See Oct 6. Also Oct 21, 22(pm),
28(4:30). At 7:30pm unless otherwise noted.
● 7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
Celebrating Gord & The Hip with Songs &
Stories. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,
Partridge Hall, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines.
905-688-0722; boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca.
$25.
● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Keep the
Faith - Bon Jovi Tribute. 171 Town Centre Blvd.,
Markham. 905-305-7469 or www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca.
$65(prime); $60(regular).
● 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Mimi O’Bonsawin
& Alexis Normand. Hugh’s Room Live (New
Location), 296 Broadview Ave. www.hughsroomlive.com
or www.showpass.com/mimiobonsawin-alexis-normand-296-broadview.
$30.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
James Ehnes Plays Barber. Barber: Adagio
for Strings; Barber: Violin Concerto;
White Lafitte: Mvt III from Violin Concerto;
Karen Sunabacka: The Prairies; Revuettas:
Sensemayá; Bernstein: Symphonic Dances
from West Side Story. James Ehnes, violin;
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From $35.
Also Oct 21.
● 8:30: Fallsview Casino Resort. The Commodores.
Fallsview Casino Resort, Avalon
Theatre, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara
Falls. 1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.
ca. From $64.
Friday October 20
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Works by Beethoven, Debussy, Liszt,
and Fauré. Koichi Inoue, piano. St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-
593-5600 X231 or www.standrewstoronto.
org. Free.
● 12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays
at 12:30 Concert Series: Trombone from
the Americas. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building,
Western University, 1151 Richmond St. N.,
London. 519-661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/
events. Free.
● 7:30: Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto.
Nosferatu. A screening of the 1922 silent film
Nosferatu with live choral performance of a
soundtrack by Andrew Downing. Amadeus
Choir; Andrew Dowling, composer & bass
plus 9-piece combo. Meridian Arts Centre,
5040 Yonge St., North York. 416-446-0188
or www.amadeuschoir.com/nosferatu. $54;
$20(st/youth/arts workers).
● 7:30: Brantford Music Club. Daniel Vnukowski,
Piano. Romantic worksa by Chopin,
Rachmaninoff, and Gershwin. Sanderson
Centre for the Performing Arts, 88 Dalhousie
St., Brantford. 519-758-8090. $30; $10(st);
Free(elementary st).
● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Fidelio.
See Oct 1.
● 7:30: Freesound. Music for Trumpet,
Accordion, and Percussion. Freesound members
Émilie Fortin, Matti Pulkki, and Michael
Murphy perform music written for them by
Laurence Crane, Lieke van der Voort, Sophie
Dupuis, Magnus Lindberg, and Christopher
Fox. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 647-354-
4244. PWYC.
● 7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Global Music Series: Omar Kamal. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.
From $50.
● 8:00: Brampton On Stage. Kim Mitchell.
Kim Mitchell, singer & songwriter. Rose Theatre,
1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. www.tickets.brampton.ca/online
or 905-874-2800.
From $20.
● 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra.
Orchestra Landmarks and Beacons. Sibelius:
Symphony No.2 in D Op.43; Beethoven: Violin
Concerto in D Op.61. Andrew Wan, violin;
Matthew Jones, conductor. Martingrove Collegiate
Institute, 50 Winterton Dr., Etobicoke.
www.eporchestra.ca/season/2324 or www.
eventbrite.ca/o/etobicoke-philharmonicorchestra-29601704531.
Free. Pre-concert
chat(7:40pm).
● 8:00: Exultate Chamber Singers. Music
to Inspire. “Come in, all you two-legged creatures,
there is good life here”. Andrew Balfour:
Ambe Anishinaabe with Ojibway text
by Cory Campbell; and works by Lili Boulanger,
Hyun Kook, Matthew Emery, and Reena
Esmail. Mark Ramsay, artistic director. Calvin
Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 416-
971-9229 or www.exultate.net/performances.
Pay What You Wish: $5, $20, $40 or over. Tax
receipt.
● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Burton
Cummings & His Band Unplugged. 171 Town
Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469 or
www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca. $128(regular);
$138(prime).
● 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. The Pirates
of Penzance. By W. S. Gilbert & Arthur
Sullivan. Soloists: Karen Bojti, Alexander Cappellazzo,
Ana Isabella Castro, and Gregory
Finney; Jennifer Tung, conductor. Jane Mallett
Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the
Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723 or 1–800-
708-6754 or www.tolive.com. From $75. Also
Oct 21(8pm); 22(3pm).
Saturday October 21
Singsation
Come Sing With Us
Reserve your spot
in our community
singing workshop
at tmchoir.org
Saturday
Oct 21
10:30 am
● 10:30am: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
Singsation: Melodies of Home. An SATB reading
of music from around the world that
brings comfort and peace. With Shireen Abu-
Khader. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,
1585 Yonge St. www.tmchoir.org. $10.
● 2:30: Heliconian Club. Colours of
the Earth: Opening Concert of the
2023/24 Season. A variety of accomplished
Heliconian members perform in a wide range
of styles, from Joni Mitchell to Tchaikovsky,
including Canadian premiere performances.
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-606-
0799 or www.heliconianclub.org. $30.
● 2:30: Schola Magdalena. Choral Concert.
Works by Hildegard of Bingen, Colin Eatock,
and Anthony St. Pierre, and chant. Schola
Magdalena, ensemble for women’s voices;
Robert Dixon, organ. Trinity Anglican, 12 Blair
Rd., Cambridge. 416-531-7955. Pay what you
can at the door. Also Oct 14(Church of St.
Mary Magdalene, Toronto at 4pm).
● 3:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Western
University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic
Band. Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot
College, Western University, 1151 Richmond
St. N., London. 519-661-3767 or www.music.
uwo.ca/events. Free.
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