Volume 29 Issue 2 | October & November 2023

LIVE OR ONLINE | Oct 1 to Dec 7, 2023
● 7:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Anthony
Rodia: Totally Relatable Tour. Fallsview Casino
Resort, Avalon Theatre, 6380 Fallsview Blvd.,
Niagara Falls. 1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca.
From $58.
● 7:30: 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).
● 7:30: London Symphonia. Forbidden
Music. Schulhoff: Excerpt from Five Pieces
for String Quartet; Korngold: Excerpt from
String Quartet No.2 Op.26; Walter Kaufmann:
String Quartet No.5 (first Canadian performance);
Mozart: String Quartet K.575. Tom
Allen, narrator; London Symphonia String
Quartet: Joe Lanza, leader & violin; Émilié
Paré, violin; Kelvin Enns, viola; Ben Bolt-
Martin, cello. Metropolitan United Church
(London), 468 Wellington St., London. 226-
270-0910 or www.londonsymphonia.ca.
$70(premium); $52(adult); $22(st).
● 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 3.
● 7:30: The Isabel Voices. the breath of
life. Dan Forest: the breath of life. Isabel
Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Jennifer
Velva Bernstein Performance Hall,
390 King St. W., Kingston. www.queensu.
ca/theisabel/whats-on/breath-life-presented-isabel-voices.
$30; $25(sr); $15(st).
Livestream: Pay What You Can Donation
$10/$25/$35/$50/$100/$200. LIVE &
LIVESTREAM.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Jazz
Concerts Series: Christian McBride’s New
Jawn. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor
St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/
performance. From $50.
● 8:00: Scarborough Music Theatre. Xanadu.
See Nov 2. Also Nov 5(2pm), 9(8pm),
10(8pm), 11(8pm), 12(2pm), 16(8pm), 17(8pm),
18(2pm).
● 8:00: TO Live. Hariharan: Soul India - Live
in Concert. Hariharan, singer & composer.
Meridian Hall, 1 Front St. E. www.tolive.com
or 416-366-7723 and 1-800-708-6754 or
boxoffice@tolive.com. From $58.
● 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 3.
Sunday November 5
● 1:00: Brampton On Stage. The Wizard
Of Oz. See Nov 2. Also Nov 9(7:30pm),
10(7:30pm), 11(7:30pm), 12(1pm).
● 1:15: Mooredale Concerts. Music & Truffles
KIDS. New Orford String Quartet. Walter
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of
Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714 x103;
647-988-2012 (eve/wknd). $25.
● 1:30: Tapestry Opera/Crow’s Theatre.
Rocking Horse Winner. See Nov 1. Also
Nov 8(7:30pm), 9(7:30pm), 11(7:30pm),
12(1:30pm).
● 2:00: Scarborough Music Theatre. Xanadu.
See Nov 2. Also Nov 9(8pm), 10(8pm),
11(8pm), 12(2pm), 16(8pm), 17(8pm), 18(2pm).
● 2:30: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert.
Un giorno di regno (King for a Day). Music
by Giuseppe Verdi. With English Surtitles.
Holly Chaplin, Belle Cao, César Bello, Tonatiuh
Abrego, Justin Welsh; Opera in Concert
Chorus; Robert Cooper, chorus director; Suzy
Smith, music director & piano. Jane Mallett
Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts,
27 Front St. E. www.operainconcert.com or
416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754. From $42.
● 3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Piano
Concerts Series: Sir András Schiff. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.
From $75.
● 3:00: Trio Arkel. Chamber Music Concert.
Weber: Clarinet Quintet Op.34. Marie
Bérard, violin; Rémi Pelletier, viola; Winona
Zelenka, cello. Guests: Dominic Desautels,
clarinet; Luri Lee, violin. Trinity-St. Paul’s
Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W.
www.eventbrite.ca or admin@trioarkel.com
or 647-229-6918. $40.
● 3:15: Mooredale Concerts. New Orford
String Quartet. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson
Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s
Park. 416-922-3714 x103; 647-988-2012 (eve/
wknd). $55; $50(sr); $30(st).
● Nov 5 4:00: The Edison Singers. Royal
Splendour: A Celebration of Royal Music in
Words, Images & Song. Noel Edison, conductor.
Guelph location and ticketing details
to be confirmed. www.theedisonsingers.
com/performances. Also Oct 29 (Niagara-onthe
Lake) & Nov 4 (Toronto).
● 4:00: Music Salon. The Healing Power of
Music. Informal Romantic Music lecture-concert
in an innovative salon-style atmosphere.
Wine, hors d’oeuvres and piano music by Schumann,
Chopin, Listz, Hensel, Tchaikovsky, Grieg
and Dvořák, performed by young pianists and
professional musicians. Learn about the healing
power of music for enhancing immune system;
treating various medical problems; stress
reduction and emotional rescue. A Private
Home in Burlington, 630 Budgeon Common,
Burlington. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-musicsalon-tickets-658162932047
or mayakvasserman@gmail.com
or 416-357-8345.
Tuesday November 7
● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation.
Lunchtime Chamber Music: Piano Recital.
Carina Shum, piano. 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. Michael Capon, organ. Cathedral
Church of St. James, 106 King St. E. 416-364-
7865 or www.stjamescathedral.ca/recitals.
Free. Donations welcome.
● 7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
Dean Brody - Right Around Here. FirstOntario
Performing Arts Centre, Partridge Hall,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-
0722; boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. $75;
$65(members).
● 8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Piano
Concert. Stephen Runge, piano. Von Kuster
Hall, Music Building, Western University,
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767
or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.
November 7 at 8 pm
DUO
TURGEON
music-toronto.com
● 8:00: Music Toronto. Duo Turgeon. Works
by Bach, Octavio Pinto, Barbara Assiginaak,
Shostakovich, Anne Louise-Turgeon, and
0thers. Anne Louise-Turgeon, piano; Edward
Turgeon, piano. Jane Mallett Theatre, St.
Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E.
416-366-7723 or www.music-toronto.com.
$47.50-$52, $10(st).
Wednesday November 8
● 12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.
Noon Hour Series: Douglas Haas Legacy Concerts.
Donna Forward-Houriet: And The
Poppies Grow; John Rutter: A Flower Remembered;
Howard Goodall: Lacrymosa; Claude-
Michel Schönberg: “One Day More” from Les
Misérables; Rita MacNeil: Home I’ll Be. Shoreline
Chorus; Ann-Marie MacDairmid, director.
54 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-578-4430
or www.standrewskw.com. Free. Lunch available
for $10 or bring your own.
● 7:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. The Ligeti Quartet. First United
Church, 16 William St. W., Waterloo. 519-
569-1809 or www.ticketscene.ca/kwcms.
Advance: $35; $20(st). At door: $40; $25(st).
NOTE: Change of venue from KWCMS Music
Mods & Rockers:
Haus Musik
November 7, 2023, 8pm
El Mocambo
The Beatles, David Bowie, Queen...
Relive the tunes of the British musical tidal
wave that flooded the airwaves in the 1960s.
Brought to you by the creators of Cafe Counterculture, Andew
Downing and Alex Samaras, and the musicians of Tafelmusik.
Haus
Musik
tafelmusik.org/haus-musik
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