Volume 8 Issue 3 - November 2002

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416·736-5186. . - 4:00: Music at Metropolitan. Hymn Festival. Dr. Michael Hawn, leader; instrumentalists & choirs. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416·363- 0331. Freewill offering. - 7:00: North Toronto Institute of Music. leaside Concert Series: If music be the food of love play on ... Music by Mozart, Bizet, Purcell, Brahms, Schumann-Liszt, Ager & Coulthard. Leaside Presbyterian Church, 670 Eglinton Ave East. 416-488-2588. ,. - 7:30: Trio Allegra. Christmas Concert. Anita Domachevsky, artistic director. St. Simon's Church, 1450 Litchfield Rd., Oakville. 905-469·8695. . Proceeds to Wellspring Cancer Centre. - 8:00: Artword Theatre. Eugene's Sunday Series: Artworchestra. Improvising ensemble featuring music, dance, spoken word, singing & more. 75 Por.tland St. 416-408-1146. . - 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Rick Fielding. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416· 410·3655. ,. Monday November 25 - 7:30: York University Dept. of Music. York University-Women's Choir. Britten: A Ceremony of. Carols. Alan· Gasser, ~i(ector . Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4 700 Keele St. 416-736· 5186. . - 8:00: Toronto Organ Club. Frank lacino, Hammond X66 organ. Christ Church, 329 Royal York Rd. 905-631 -1864. , children under 10 free. Tuesday November 26 -; 12:10: Critical Mass. Monteverdi: Missa Ave Domine Jesu Christe. Blessed Sacrament Church, 24 Cheritan. 416· 778-4923. Admission by freewill offering. Proceeds to Second Harvest. - 1 :OD: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hour at St. James'.· Farah Hack, soprano & Christopher Dawes, organ. Sacred favourites for voice & organ. 65 Church St. 416-364- 7865. Free. - 8:00: Cindy Townsend, soprano & Don Tarnawski, piano in Concert. The Music Gallery at St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416-204· 1080. ,. Ecumenical Advent Service Join nine church choirs, organ qnd brass for a service of lessons and carols Wed. Nov. 27th 7:30 pm Donations to the Churches on-the­ Hill Food Bank Calvin Presbyterian Church 26 Delisle A ven"ue (NW of Yonge & St. Clair) (416) 923-9030 www.calvinpc.com 40 rhet M ~Gallery An Evening of Song Music of Poulenc, Strauss, Britten and more'. .. Cindy Townsend, Soprano Don Tarnawski, Piano Tuesday, November 26, 8 pm The Music Gallery St. George the Martyr Church 1 ~7 John Street, at Stephanie For tickets, call 416-204-1080 - il:OO: Markham Theatre for Perform· ing Arts. The Piano Men: Music of Billy Joel & Elton John. Jim Witter and band. 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905·305·7469. . - 8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Canadian Brass. 130 Navy St. 905·815·2021. .99. - 8:00: OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio. Music on the Orient Express·· Ouartetto Ge/afo .. 250 Front St. West. 416·205·5555. . Wednesday November 27 - 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Up Close arid Personal with the Faculty Saxophone Quartet. Rob Carli, Alex Dean, Denise Grant, Paul Read. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416·978·3744. Free. -12:30: York University Dept. of Music. Music at MiddapChamber Ensembles: Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 i

music. Shambu Das, sitar .. Medical Science Auditorium, 1 King's College Circle. 416·966· 9642. ,. - 7:00: All The King's Voices. Canadian Christmas. Carols by candlelight. Black Creek Pioneer Village, Jane & Steeles Aves. 416· 736: 1733. - 7:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hall. See Nov 27. - 7:30: Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra. Arias & overtures from Rossini: Barber of Seville; Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito; Verdi: Nabucodonosor; Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci; Debussy: ,L' Apres·midi d'un faune. Dong·Kyu Kim, baritone; Richard Lee, conductor:George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416· 534·3760. ·. - 7:30: Oakville Children's Choir. A Christmas fanfare. Guests: members of.the Hannaford Street Silver Band. Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. 130 Navy St. 905· 815·2021. .99. - 7:30: Salvation Army Yorkminster Citadel. Classic Christmas Concert. St. John's York Mills Handbell Choir; Salvation Army Yorkminster Citadel Musicians. 1. Lord Seaton Rd. 416·222·9110. - 7:30: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Sentiments & Sugarplums · An Evening of English Handbell Solos & Duets. Seasonal favourites & year·round selections. David & heather Keith, handbells; Joanne Mclennan, accompanist. 115 St. Andrews Rd. 905·686·5676. . - 8:00: Cantabile Chorale of York Region. Robert Richardson, conductor. St. George Antiochian Church, '9116 Bayview Ave. Richmond Hill. 905·731·e318. - 8:00: Cheryl Campbell in Recital. Arias, songs & other works. Cheryl Campbell, soprano; Andrea Grant, piano. Bloor St. United Church, 300 Bloor St. West. 416·488·3022. ,. - 8:00: Counterpoint Community Orchestra. Music by Brahms, Mozart, J.Robertso_n, ~wr1perdinck & others, Rebecca van der Post, violin; Anna Redekop, viola; Terry Kowalczuk, conductor. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. West. 416-925· 9872 x2066. ,. - 8:00: Hart House Symphonic Band. Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. 416·287- 7650. Free. - 8:00: High Park Choirs of Toronto. Each Child: Songs of the Season. Annual holiday concert! Senior Girls, Senior Boys, Chamber, Youth & Children's Divisions; Dr. Gary Fisher, music director. Runnymede _ United Church, 432 Runnymede. 416-762· 0657. ,. - 8:00: Jubilate Singers. Willcocks: Christmas Cantata Christ is Born; Bolden: Requiem of Ice and Snow; carols from around the world. Isabel Bernaus, conductor. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416·322-6517. ,. - 8:00: Markham Theatre for Performing Arts. The Irish Rovers. 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. . - 8:00: Music Gallery. The Canadians featuring Janice Jackson. Ho: Angst; Montgomery: world premiere; Jaeger: world premiere; music by Gilbert, Pelletier & , Doolittle. Janice Jackson, unaccompanied voice. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416-204· 1080. . - 8:00: Oriana Singers. Christmas with Ruth Watson Henderson. 70th birthday celebration. Veronica Tennant, narrator; Albert Greer, tenor; Earl Haig Chamber Choir; William Brown, artistic director. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-923-3123. , 1sr), .50(st). - 8:00: Tallis Choir. Victoria: High Mass for Christmas Eve; works by .Guerrero and ' Palestrina. Church of St. Martin in-the-Fields, 151 Glenlake Ave. 416-691 ·8621. ,. - 8:00: University of Toronto Facu!tv of TALLIS CHOIR Peter Walker, Director Victoria: High Mass of Christmas Eve Victoria Missa 0 Magnum Mysterium An authentic recreation of the Midnight Mass of Christmas 1602 for the Abbey Royal of Madrid. Saturday, November 30, 8:00 pm Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Glenlake & Keele (1 block north of Keele subway) Tickets, & , will be available at thE;l door For information call 416-691-8621 Remember George Harrison · SHANTI PRESENTS: Festival of Music & Indian Dance at U. of T. Medical Science Auditorium Music to Modern Fusion & Sitar Workshop: Sat., Nov 30/02 at 2:30 pm or with concert ticket purchase ~ . t "' Music for the Peace on Earth by Sitarist Shambhu Das, fl~· the man who taught Ex-Beetle George Harrison to play sitar & played sitar in his Wonderwall album. \ .' ~< CONCERT NOV. 30 London Free Press:"lncense burned as Mr. Das sat in a · j FESTIVAL OF MUSIC half lotus position to play the ancient stringed DANCE MUSIC. FUSION AND SITAR instrument." Sat .. 6:30 pm & For Tickets: YOGA: 416·966-9642 A colla~~~~~~ 1~ 1 r~~~~~ Peter-Beetlemania Shoppe (Downtown) 416·977-2782 Tickets now available S.K. Video (Scarborough) 416-755-5367 Visit: www.shambhudas.com The High Park Choirs of Toronto "Each Child· Songs of the Season" , .. a Holiday Concert featuring the Senior Ciirls, Senior Boys & Children's Divisions Saturday November 30, 2002 8:00 PM Runnymede Vnited Church 432 Runnymede Rd Dr. Ciary Fisher,' Music Director Tickets at the door. or by calling 416-7 62-0657 www.highparkchoirs.org A Community Concert In The Kingsway in support of "Out of the Cold" at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church Bloor ~treet, just west of Royal York Road Saturday, November 30, 2002 at 1 :30 pm presenting "..'A :Fantasia on Cfiristmas CaroCs" by Ralph Vaughan Williams with James Westman, baritone PARTICIPATING CHOIRS All Saints' Anglican Church Kingsway Baptist Church Kingsway-Lambton United Church Our Lady of Sorrows R. C. Church Royal York Road United Church INCLUDING The Salvation Army Toronto Brass The Bells of Kingsway A donation of is suggested (Donations of or more will be receipted if indentifiable by cheque on envelope.) All proceeds go directly to "Out of the Cold." This concert is supported by Merchants of the Kingsway. · Information: 416-231-8530 Proudly Presents: .£0"'6. 0o>Gl Sinfonia Concertante Featuring: Rebecca van der Post) Violin Anna Redekop, Viola (of the Madawaska String Quartet) ro~•0cra Saturday, November 30, 2002 Church of the Redeemer 162 Bloor Street West 8:00pm Advanced Tickets Available at: "This Ain't The Rosedale Library" 483 Church Street .00Advance .00Door . ( 416) 925-9872 ext. 2066 Program Su~jecr to Change Without Notice www .ccorchestra.org www.thewholenote.com 41