Volume 29 Issue 2 | October & November 2023

LIVE OR ONLINE | Oct 1 to Dec 7, 2023
Bade Me Welcome; Holst: I Vow to Thee, My
Country; John Barry & Don Black: Here’s
to the Heroes; David Chaulk: Elegie; and
other works. Upper Canada Brass. Guest:
Olivier Laquerre, baritone. St Mary’s Anglican
Church, 10030 Yonge St., Richmond Hill.
705-792-5766.
● 7:30: Windjammers Wind Ensemble. “Villages
of the Way” Concert for Mully Children’s
Family. Amazing Grace, Khutso, and
music from Out of Africa. Charles Cozens,
conductor. Trinity Presbyterian Church York
Mills, 2737 Bayview Ave. www.eventbrite.
ca/e/windjammers-for-mully-childrensfamily-tickets-651179404127.
$25. Only 380
tickets available. In support of Mully Children’s
Family.
● 8:00: Brampton On Stage. Pavlo. Pavlo,
guitar. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton.
www.tickets.brampton.ca/online or 905-
874-2800. From $15.
● 8:00: Canadian Golha Orchestra. Rouhollah
Khaleghi: An Iranian Musical Icon. Kousha
Nakhaei, artistic director; Hadi Milanloo, narrator;
Ava Rostamian & Habib Hosseini, vocalists.
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/rouhollah-khaleghi-aniranian-musical-icon-tickets-698046163867.
$49.26.
● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Annual
Discovery Gala: Blue Rodeo. 171 Town Centre
Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469 or www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca.
$150(regular-show
only); $175(prime-show only).
● 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Shari Ulrich.
Hugh’s Room Live (New Location),
296 Broadview Ave. www.hughsroomlive.
com or www.showpass.com/shari-ulrich-
296-broadview. $30.
● 8:00: Orchestra Toronto. Strength
Through Our Ancestors. Bach (arr. Stokowski):
Toccata and Fugue in d; Shostakovich:
Violin Concerto No.1 in a Op.77; Brahms:
Symphony No.4 in e Op.98. Mark Fewer, violin;
Michael Newnham, conductor. George
Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre,
5040 Yonge St. 416-467-7142 or www.ticketmaster.ca.
Single tickets on sale Sep 1. Preconcert
chat at 7:15pm.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Quiet Please, There’s a Lady on Stage Series:
Mavis Staples. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.
rcmusic.com/performance. From $75.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Beethoven’s Seventh. Olga Neuwirth: Dreydl
(Canadian Premiere); Ligeti: Violin Concerto;
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7. Jonathan
Crow, violin; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.
From $35. Also Oct 25(8pm - RTH), 29(3pm -
George Weston Recital Hall).
● 10:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre/Pride
Niagara. The Rocky Horror Picture
Show. Darryl Dyball, host. FirstOntario
Performing Arts Centre - The Film House,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-
0722; boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. $15. Also
Oct 27(9pm), 29(3pm). Costumes welcome.
Sunday October 29
● 12:00 noon: Toronto City Opera. Viva Voce.
In support of our 2023–24 season. Music
from Verdi’s La Traviata and Nabucco; Bizet’s
Carmen; Mozart’s Don Giovanni; J. Strauss
II’s Die Fledermaus; Mascagni’s Cavalleria
rusticana; and other operas. Soloists: Michael
Robert-Broder, Aleandra Della Donne, Joshua
Clemenger, and Chelsea Malamed; Jennifer
Tung, condcutor; Ivan Estey Jovanovic,
piano. Donalda Club, 12 Bushbury Dr., North
York. www.tickettailor.com/events/torontocityopera/999969.
$100. Only 79 tickets
available.
● 2:00: CAMMAC Toronto Region. Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 5. Orchestral reading.
Felipe Luzuriaga, conductor. Christ Church
Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. smmboe@gmail.
com or www.cammac.ca/toronto. $15;
$10(members).
● 2:00: Peter Margolian and Friends. Music
for voice, strings, winds and piano by Galindo,
Wilder, Creston, Berkeley and Ireland. University
of Toronto, Hart House Music Room,
7 Hart House Circle, 2nd Floor. Free. Contact
peter.margolian@gmail.com.
● 2:30: Opera Atelier. Gluck’s Orpheus and
Eurydice. See Oct 26. Also Nov 1(2:30pm).
● 3:00: Canadian Bandurist Capella/
Vesnivka Choir. Ukraine - Glorious and Free.
Inspiring contemporary and historical patriotic
songs, sung to a backdrop featuring
images of the war in Ukraine today. Canadian
Bandurist Capella; Vesnivka Choir; Toronto
Ukrainian Male Chamber Choir. Metropolitan
United Church (London), 468 Wellington St.,
London. www.cbc-vesnivka-london.eventbrite.ca.
$25; Free(under 18). Also Nov 4 (7pm
at Runnymede United Church, Toronto).
● 3:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre/Pride
Niagara. The Rocky Horror Picture
Show. Darryl Dyball, host. FirstOntario
Performing Arts Centre - The Film House,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-
0722; boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. $15. Also
Oct 27(9pm), 28(10pm). Costumes welcome.
● 3:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. La
Trompette Française. Robert Weymouth,
trumpet; Jean-Michel Malouf, conductor.
Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for
the Arts, 27 Front St. E. From $17. www.ticketmaster.ca/event/10005F2DFA834CA8.
● 3:00: Les AMIS Concerts. Chamber Music
Concert. Works by Guy Fouquet, Bohuslav
Martinů, and Zoltán Kodály. Laurence
Kayaleh, violin; Elizabeth Dolin, cello. Trinity
United Church, 284 Division St., Cobourg.
Tickets available at the door. Information at
www.lesamisconcerts.ca. $35.
● 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Beethoven’s Seventh. Tansy Davies: Plumes
(first North American performance); Ligeti:
Violin Concerto; Beethoven: Symphony No. 7.
Jonathan Crow, violin; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor.
George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian
Arts Centre, 5040 Yonge St. 416-598-3375.
From $54. Also Oct 25(8pm - RTH) & 28(8pm
- RTH).
● 3:00: Wilfred Laurier University. Steven
Page at Laurier with the Penderecki String
Quartet & Guests. Penderecki String Quartet;
James Campbell, clarinet; Steven Page,
vocalist. Wilfred Laurier University, Laziridis
Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. www.
eventbrite.ca/e/steven-page-at-laurierwith-the-penderecki-string-quartet-andguests-tickets-365918009617.
From $20.
All proceeds from this concert support Laurier’s
Making Space for Music fundraising
campaign.
● 4:00: The Edison Singers. Royal Splendour:
A Celebration of Royal Music in Words,
Images & Song. Noel Edison, conductor. Niagara-on-the-Lake
location and ticket pricing to
be confirmed. www.theedisonsingers.com/
performances. Also Nov 4 (Toronto) & Nov 5
(Guelph).
● 4:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
Hear! Here! with Mark Lalama Trio.
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, Robertson
Theatre, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines.
905-688-0722; boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca.
$35; $186(table of 6).
● 4:00: Pax Christi Chorale. Alzheimer’s
Stories. Robert Cohen: Alzheimer’s Stories;
and works by Mark Sirett, Eleanor Daley,
Kim Andre Arnesen, Eric Whitacre, and
Jake Runestad. Pax Christi Chorale; soloists;
instrumental ensemble; Josh Tamayo, piano;
Elaine Choi, conductor. Holy Blossom Temple,
1950 Bathurst St. www.paxchristichorale.org.
$45; $40(sr); $20(19-35); $10(18 and
under).
● 4:00: St. Paul’s Bloor Street Anglican
Church. Benefit Concert for St. Paul’s Refugee
Ministry. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.17
in d Op.31 No.2 “Tempest”; Chopin: Ballade
No.4 in f Op.52; Chopin: Fantaisie in f Op.49;
Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody S.254; Debussy:
Estampes; Schubert: Das Wandern; Puccini:
“Che gelida manina” from La Bohème;
and other works. Ryan Downey, tenor;
Elaine Choi
Artistic Director & Conductor
A Benefit for St. Paul’s
Refugee Ministry
ALAN HOBBINS
PIANO
with guest artist
RYAN DOWNEY, TENOR
SUN OCT 29, 4pm
www.alanhobbins.com
Alan Hobbins, piano. 227 Bloor St. E. www.
alanhobbins.com or www.stpaulsbloor.org.
$30.
● 5:00: Nocturnes in the City. Piano Recital.
Works by Janáček, Chopin, and Smetana.
Jan Čmejla, piano. St. Wenceslaus Church,
496 Gladstone Ave. 416-481-7294. $25.
● 7:00: Sinfonia Ancaster. Land Acknowledgement:
A Concert. Beethoven: Symphony
No.6 in F Op.68; Dénommé-Welch/
Magowan: Miskwaa Biboon; Dénommé-
Welch/Magowan: Bottlenecked; Avery: Indian
Territory - Ancaster; McMann: Muskwa’s
Mountain Home. Jeffrey Pollock, conductor.
Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre, 357 Wilson
St. E., Ancaster. www.sinfoniaancaster.com
or 905-648-3232. $25; $20(sr); $15(under
25). Pre-concert lobby chat with all three
composers at 6pm.
● 7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
Dan Mangan with Aysanabee. FirstOntario
Performing Arts Centre, Partridge Hall,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-
0722; boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. $45;
$39(members).
Tuesday October 31
● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation.
Lunchtime Chamber Music: Violin Recital.
Qiyue He, violin. 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. Joshua Duncan Lee, organ. Cathedral
Church of St. James, 106 King St. E. 416-364-
7865 or www.stjamescathedral.ca/recitals.
Free. Donations welcome.
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