Volume 29 Issue 2 | October & November 2023

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● 8:00: Alliance Française de Toronto.
Music for a Young King. Poème Harmonique.
Spadina Theatre, Alliance Française de
Toronto, 24 Spadina Rd. www.alliance-francaise.ca/.
$18.
Wednesday November 1
● 12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.
Noon Hour Series: Douglas Haas Legacy Concerts.
Joonghun Cho, piano. 54 Queen St. N.,
Kitchener. 519-578-4430 or www.standrewskw.com.
Free. Lunch available for $10 or
bring your own.
● 2:30: Opera Atelier. Gluck’s Orpheus and
Eurydice. See Oct 26.
● 7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
Kim Mitchell. FirstOntario Performing
Arts Centre, Partridge Hall, 250 St. Paul St.,
St. Catharines. 905-688-0722; boxoffice@
firstontariopac.ca. $59; $49(members).
● 7:30: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Music
and Your Health. Healing by using music as
a vehicle for finding spiritual meeting and
restoring physical and mental wholeness.
Dr. Kevin Komisaruk, organ & harpsichord.
360 Windermere Ave. www.YouTube.com/
StOlavesAnglicanChurch or 416-769-5686.
Contributions appreciated. LIVE OR ONLINE.
Preceded by a religious service for All Saints’
Day at 7pm.
● 7:30: Tapestry Opera/Crow’s Theatre.
Rocking Horse Winner. By Gareth Williams
and Anna Chatterton. Michael Hidetoshi Mori,
stage director; Kamna Gupta, music director.
Crow’s Theatre, 345 Carlaw Ave. 647-341-
7390 X1010. From $28. Also Nov 2 (7:30pm),
4(1:30pm), 5(1:30pm), 8(7:30pm), 9(7:30pm),
11(7:30pm), 12(1:30pm).
Ave. www.hughsroomlive.com or www.showpass.com/ale-nunez.
$30.
Thursday November 2
● 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:. Julia Mirzoev, violin.
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen
St. E. www.metunited.ca/live. Free. LIVE &
STREAMED.
● 7:30: Brampton On Stage. The Wizard
Of Oz. Brampton Music Theatre. Rose Theatre,
1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. www.tickets.
brampton.ca/online or 905-874-2800. From
$15. Also Nov 3(7:30pm), 4(1pm & 7:30pm),
5(1pm), 9(7:30pm), 10(7:30pm), 11(7:30pm),
12(1pm).
● 7:30: Tapestry Opera/Crow’s Theatre.
Rocking Horse Winner. See Nov 1.
Also Nov 4(1:30pm), 5(1:30pm), 8(7:30pm),
9(7:30pm), 11(7:30pm), 12(1:30pm).
featuring music by
Electric Light Orchestra
NOVEMBER 2 - 18
Scarborough Village Theatre
3600 Kingston Road
smt-theatre.com
Phelps, piano. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 X231 or
www.standrewstoronto.org. Free.
● 7:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Paul Anka:
Seven Decades Tour. Fallsview Casino Resort,
OLG Stage, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara
Falls. 1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.
ca. From $64.
● 7:30: Aga Khan Museum. Festival of Arabic
Music & Arts: Sinbach. Arabic and Baroque
musical traditions convergence. Canadian
Arabic Orchestra; Suadf Bushnaq, composer.
Aga Khan Museum Auditorium, 77 Wynford
Dr. www.agakhanmuseum.org/programs/
sinbach or 416-646-4677. From $50.85.
● 7:30: Brampton On Stage. The Wizard Of
Oz. See Nov 2. Also Nov 4(1pm & 7:30pm),
5(1pm), 9(7:30pm), 10(7:30pm), 11(7:30pm),
12(1pm).
● 7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Glenn
Gould School Operas Series: GGS Chamber
Opera. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, TELUS Centre,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.
rcmusic.com/performance. $20. Also Nov 4.
● 7:30: Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra.
Máté Szűcs, Viola: Showpieces for Viola
and Orchestra. Beethoven: King Stephen
Overture Op.117; Ferenc Farkas: Rumanian
Dances from Bihar, for viola and chamber
orchestra; Ronald Royer: Viola Concerto (first
performance); Mozart: Overture to The Marriage
of Figaro; Tchaikovsky: Suite No.4 Op.61
“Mozartiana”. Máté Szűcs, viola; Scarborough
Philharmonic Orchestra; Ronald Royer, conductor.
Salvation Army Scarborough Citadel,
2021 Lawrence Ave. E., Scarborough.
647-482-7761 or www.spo.ca/Concerts. $35;
$30(sr); $15(st).
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Chamber & String Concerts Series: Danish
String Quartet. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.
rcmusic.com/performance. From $45.
● 8:00: Scarborough Music Theatre. Xanadu.
See Nov 2. Also Nov 4(8pm), 5(2pm),
9(8pm), 10(8pm), 11(8pm), 12(2pm), 16(8pm),
17(8pm), 18(2pm).
● 8:00: Toronto Consort. Time Stands Still.
Artistic Direction by Alison Melville. Works by
Richard Allison, Thomas Campion, Thomas
Morley, John Johnson and others, along with
duets and trios for other mixtures of instruments
and voices. Martin Gomes, bass &
spoken word artist. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,
Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. www.
torontoconsort.org or 416-964-6337. Also
Nov 4.
Saturday November 4
● 1:00: Brampton On Stage. The Wizard Of
Oz. See Nov 2. Also Nov 5(1pm), 9(7:30pm),
10(7:30pm), 11(7:30pm), 12(1pm).
● 1:30: Tapestry Opera/Crow’s Theatre.
Rocking Horse Winner. See Nov 1.
Also Nov 5(1:30pm), 8(7:30pm), 9(7:30pm),
11(7:30pm), 12(1:30pm).
● 4:00: The Edison Singers. Royal Splendour:
A Celebration of Royal Music in Words,
Images & Song. Noel Edison, conductor.
Toronto location and ticketing details to be
confirmed. www.theedisonsingers.com/performances.
Also Oct 29 (Niagara-on-the-lake)
& Nov 5 (Guelph).
● 4:00: St. Thomas’s Anglican Church. In
Remembrance. Duruflé: Requiem; Vaughan
Williams: Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge;
and works by Larkin and Howells. Organ
music by Duruflé. Choirs of St. Thomas’s
Church; Elizabeth Anderson, director; Manuel
Piazza, assistant director. 383 Huron St. 416-
979-2323 or www.stthomas.on.ca. Admission
by donation.
● 7:00: Brampton On Stage. Crate Clash.
Curated by Joseph Khargie. The ultimate DJ
battle showcasing young DJs and DJ crews
participating in a 70-year-old Jamaican tradition.
Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton.
www.tickets.brampton.ca/online or 905-874-
2800. $10.
● 7:00: 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. Runnymede
United Church, 432 Runnymede Rd. www.
cbc-vesnivka-toronto.eventbrite.ca. $25;
Free(under 18). Also Oct 29 (3pm at Metropolitan
United Church, London).
● 7:30: Technology and Performance Integration
Research Lab at UofT Faculty of
Music. New Ways for Old Works. Saint-
Marcoux: Episodie II; Frykberg: MOTHER
TOO; Beecroft: Jeu II; Beecroft: Cantorum
Vitae. Tony Arnold, soprano; Members of
the Technology and Performance Integration
Research Lab at UofT Faculty of Music.
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 647-526-
6959. Free.
● 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Ale Nuñez. Hugh’s
Room Live (New Location), 296 Broadview
● 8:00: Scarborough Music Theatre. Xanadu.
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Lynne and
John Farrar. Scarborough Village Theatre,
3600 Kingston Rd., Scarborough. 416-
267-9292 or www.smt-theatre.com. $30;
$27(sr/st); $25(group rate). Also Nov 3(8pm),
4(8pm), 5(2pm), 9(8pm), 10(8pm), 11(8pm),
12(2pm), 16(8pm), 17(8pm), 18(2pm).
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
An Evening with Audra McDonald. Audra
McDonald, singer/actor; Andy Einhorn, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-
598-3375. From $78.
● 8:30: Fallsview Casino Resort. The
Righteous Brothers Bill Medley & Bucky
Heard. Fallsview Casino Resort, OLG Stage,
6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877-
833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. From $45.
Friday November 3
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Rachmaninoff: Sonata in g for Cello
and Piano Op.19. Brandon Wilkie, cello; Ryan
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