Volume 29 Issue 2 | October & November 2023

LIVE OR ONLINE | Oct 1 to Dec 7, 2023
narrator; 16-person cast and chamber
orchestra; Joe Cascone, designer & director.
Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall
Dr. CivicLightOpera123@gmail.com or 416-
755-1717 or www.clotoronto.com. $20. Also
Nov 11(2pm & 8pm).
● 8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Musicians
from Marlboro Chamber Music Tour.
Von Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University,
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-
661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.
● 8:00: Scarborough Music Theatre. Xanadu.
See Nov 2. Also Nov 11(8pm), 12(2pm),
16(8pm), 17(8pm), 18(2pm).
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Music
Mix Series: Django Festival Allstars. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.
From $50.
● 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Pictures at an
Exhibition. Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel): Pictures
at an Exhibition; Alexandar Simic: In Memoriam
(first Canadian performance); Chan Ka
Nin: Donas de Fuera for Flute and Acting (first
performance); Ezio Mont: Rugiada - Elegy for
Flute and Strings; Vivaldi: Flute Concerto No.1
in F RV 433 “La tempesta di mare”. Luisa Sello,
flute; Sinfonia Toronto; Nurhan Arman, conductor.
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St.
W. 416-499-0403 or www.sinfoniatoronto.
com. $52; $40(sr); $20(st).
● 9:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Nick
Carter: Who I Am Tour. Fallsview Casino
Resort, Avalon Theatre, 6380 Fallsview Blvd.,
Niagara Falls. 1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca.
Also Nov 11.
Saturday November 11
● 2:00: Civic Light Opera Company. Oklahoma!
in concert. Music by Richard Rodgers.
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
80th anniversary tribute. Brian Pearcy, narrator;
16-person cast and chamber orchestra;
Joe Cascone, designer & director.
Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Dr.
CivicLightOpera123@gmail.com or 416-755-
1717 or or www.clotoronto.com. $20. Also
Nov 10(8pm), 11(8pm).
● 7:30: Brampton On Stage. The Wizard Of
Oz. See Nov 2. Also Nov 12(1pm).
● 7:30: Cantabile Chamber Singers. Light
and Dark: A Musical Contrast. Dale Trumbore:
Magnificat (first Canadian performance);
and works by Gerda Blok-Wilson, Dr
Laura Sgroi, Andrew Balfour, Dr. Matthew
Emery and Eric Whitacre. Church of the
Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. . $30; $15(youth
13-18).
● 7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
Pink Floyd Niagara. FirstOntario Performing
Arts Centre, Partridge Hall, 250 St.
Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722;
boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. $39-$65.
● 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.
Sibelius & Dvořák. Kawabe: New Work
(world premiere); Sibelius: Violin Concerto;
Dvořák: Symphony No.7. Kerson Leong, violin;
Jacob Joyce, conductor. FirstOntario Concert
Hall, 1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. 905-526-7756;
boxoffice@hpo.org. $20-$80. 6:30 pm preconcert
talk.
● 7:30: Oriana Singers. For the Fallen: A Service
of Remembrance. A selection of songs,
poems and stories honouring the Canadian
Military, past and present. Victoria Hall,
Cobourg, 55 King Street W., Cobourg. www.
orianasingers.com. $20. All profits to be
donated to Veterans, Veterans’ Families and
Veteran Services.
● 7:30: Soundstreams. The Bright Divide.
Two immersive & contemplative works by
Morton Feldman and a world-premiere by
Cecilia Livingston inspired by the paintings
of Mark Rothko. Soundstreams Choir 21; Steven
Dann, viola; Gregory Oh, celesta; Ryan
Scott, percussion; David Fallis, conductor;
Tim Albery, stage director. TD Music Hall,
178 Victoria St. 416-504-1282 or www.Soundstreams.ca.
From $25. Also Nov 10(7:30pm)
& 11(2pm).
● 7:30: Tapestry Opera/Crow’s Theatre.
Rocking Horse Winner. See Nov 1. Also
Nov 12(1:30pm).
● 8:00: Burlington Symphony Orchestra.
From the New World. Dvořák: Symphony No.9
in e minor Op.95 “From the New World”; Mendelssohn:
Piano Concerto No.1 in g Op.25;
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e Op.64;
Jagger: New Work (first performance). Eric
Guo, piano; Yoanna Jang, violin. Burlington
J.S. Bach: Solo Bass Cantatas
(BWV82 & 56)
Daniel Lichti, bass-baritone
John Abberger, oboist
Sunday, November 12, 3PM
Live & online
$25/15
metunited.ca
Performing Arts Centre, 440 Locust St., Burlington.
905-681-6000 or www.burlingtonsymphony.ca.
$15-$50.
● 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra.
Remembrances. Grayzna Bacewicz:
Overture. Martin MacDonald, conductor;
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Op.55
“Eroica”; and works by Kevin Lau and Vaughan
Williams. P.C. Ho Theatre, Chinese Cultural
Centre of Greater Toronto, 5183 Sheppard
Ave. E., Scarborough. 416-879-5566. From
$25. Free for children under 12. Pre-concert
talk: 7:15pm.
● 8:00: Civic Light Opera Company. Oklahoma!
in concert. Music by Richard Rodgers.
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
II. 80th anniversary tribute. Brian Pearcy,
narrator; 16-person cast and chamber
orchestra; Joe Cascone, designer & director.
Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall
Dr. CivicLightOpera123@gmail.com or 416-
755-1717 or www.clotoronto.com. $20. Also
Nov 10(8pm), 11(2pm).
● 8:00: Greenbank Folk Music Society.
Brooks and Bowskill with The Hometown
Beauts. A little bit country, a little bit rock
n’ roll. Greenbank Hall, 19965 Highway #12,
Greenbank. 905-985-8351 or Blue Heron
Books, P O E Design. $35.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Global Music Series: Israel Fernández & Seffarine.
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 12(2pm), 16(8pm),
17(8pm), 18(2pm).
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Sir
Andrew Conducts Fauré’s Requiem. Ed Frazer
Davis: Sanctum Est Verum Lumen (World
Premiere/TSO Commission); Mozart: Symphony
No. 40 K.550; Fauré: Requiem. Amadeus
Choir; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.
From $35. Also Nov 8 & 9.
● 9:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Nick
Carter: Who I Am Tour. Fallsview Casino
Resort, Avalon Theatre, 6380 Fallsview Blvd.,
Niagara Falls. 1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca.
Also Nov 10.
Sunday November 12
● 1:00: Brampton On Stage. The Wizard Of
Oz. See Nov 2.
● 1:30: Tapestry Opera/Crow’s Theatre.
Rocking Horse Winner. See Nov 1.
● 2:00: Scarborough Music Theatre. Xanadu.
See Nov 2. Also Nov 16(8pm), 17(8pm),
18(2pm).
● 2:00: Victoria Jubilee Hall. Indigenous
Artists and Sultans of String Walking
Through 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.
111 Jackson St. S., Walkerton. www.ticketscene.ca/events/44503.
$55.
● 3:00: Music at Metropolitan. Bach Solo
Bass Cantatas. Daniel Lichti, bass-baritone;
John Abberger, oboe; Choir & Period Instruments
Chamber Ensemble. Metropolitan
United Church, 56 Queen St. E. www.metunited.ca/live.
$25; $15(sr). LIVE & STREAMED.
● 4:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
When Lightning Strikes the River - The
Electric Storm Collective. FirstOntario Performing
Arts Centre, Cairns Recital Hall,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-
0722; boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. $25;
$20(members).
● 7:00: Apocryphonia. Rossi of Mantua:
The Songs of Salamone. Madrigals, motets
& monodies by Salamone Rossi, Claudio
Monteverdi, Giovanni Gastoldi, and Giuseppe
Cenci. Diapente Renaissance Vocal
Quintet: Jane Fingler, soprano; Peter Koniers,
countertenor; Alexander Cappellazzo,
tenor; Jonathan Stuchbery, tenor & continuo;
Martin Gomes, bass. Heliconian Hall,
35 Hazelton Ave. 514-378-2558. Pay What You
Want(In-person or Eventbrite): suggested
$30; $25/$20(Supporter donations/program
shout-outs).
Monday November 13
● 7:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. The Roaring Twenties. Gerswhin:
Rhaspody in Blue (arr. Thierry Huillet); Ravel:
Violin Sonata; and works by Debussy, Satie,
Irving Berlin, Charlie Chaplin, and others.
Sadie Fields, violin; Ken Gee, piano. First
United Church, 16 William St. W., Waterloo.
519-569-1809 or www.ticketscene.ca/
kwcms. Advance: $30; $20(st). At door: $35;
$25(st). NOTE: Change of venue from KWCMS
Music Room to First United Church.
● 7:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Western
University Salsa Band. Wolf Performance
Hall, 251 Dundas St., London. 519-661-3767 or
www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.
Tuesday November 14
● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation.
Lunchtime Chamber Music: Rising Stars
Recital. Featuring students from the Glenn
Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of
Music. 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. Nicholas Wanstall, organ. Cathedral
Church of St. James, 106 King St. E. 416-364-
7865 or www.stjamescathedral.ca/recitals.
Free. Donations welcome.
● 1:00: Westben. Flanders Fields Reflections:
A Back-to-School Chalk Talk. Exploring this
Juno Award winning musical setting of “In
Flanders Fields” with its composer. Dr. John
Burge, composer & presenter. The Schoolhouse,
6788 County Road 30, Campbellford.
1-877-883-5777 or www.westben.ca. PWYC.
Wednesday November 15
● 12:00 noon: ORGANIX Concerts. Organ
Concert. Andre Rakus, organ; Katie Clark,
trumpet. Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic
Church, 3055 Bloor St. W. 416-571-3680 or
www.organixconcerts.ca. Suggested freewill
offering of $20.
● 12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.
Noon Hour Series: Douglas Haas Legacy Concerts.
Music of Edith Piaf. Keiko Larocque,
soprano; Ann-Marie MacDairmid, piano.
54 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-578-4430 or
www.standrewskw.com. Free. Lunch available
for $10 or bring your own.
● 7:00: Aperture Room, Thornton-Smith
Building. All That Remains: Residual
Moments. One-hour performance installation
featuring the Thin Edge New Music Collective.
Utilizes music, video imagery, and human
presence as the stage for the unveiling of
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