Free or PWYC.
Free or PWYC. ●●8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. Zappa: The Genius of Irreverence of Genius. Andy; The Black Page #1; The Black Page #2; Inca Roads; Peaches in Regalia; and other works. Stephen Clarke, keyboards; Christine Duncan, singer; Wallace Halladay, saxophone; John Johnson, saxophone; Pat Kilbride, bass; Andrew Burashko, conductor; and others. Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. -. Also Feb 20. ●●8:00: Gallery 345. Jazz at Gallery 345: Landen Vieira. CD Release: Dream. Landen Vieira, sax; Adrean Farrugia, piano; Malcolm Connor, bass; Ethan Ardelli, drums. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. ; (st). ●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Massey Hall. Classic Albums Live: The Beatles “Help!”. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. .50-.50. ●●8:00: Royal Conservatory. Quiet Please, There’s a Lady on Stage Series: René Marie’s I Wanna Be Evil (With Love to Eartha Kitt). C’est Si Bon, Come On to My House and other songs. Guest: Wycliffe Gordon. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. -. Saturday February 20 ●●2:00: Royal Conservatory. Sweet Honey In The Rock. A cappella family concert and music mix: spirituals, blues, folk, gospel, jazz, pop and world music. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. - . Also 8:00. American Sign Language interpretation. ●●4:30: Bach on the Beach. Elizabeth Anderson & Patrick Dewell, Organ. Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave. 416-691-8082. Free will offering. Informal reception before concert. ●●7:00: Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto. Love Notes. A celebration of love with jazz favourites. Sharon Smith, vocals; and others. Jubilee United Church, 40 Underhill Dr. 416- 446-0188. ; (sr/st). Annual fundraising concert and silent auction. Refreshments available. ●●7:00: Andrew Clark. A Woman’s Love and Life. Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben; songs A. Concerts in the GTA by Mahler, Barber, Korngold, Charles and others. Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Rashaan Allwood, piano. Heron Park Baptist Church, 4260 Lawrence Ave. E., Scarborough. 416- 284-1741. Donation - PWYC. ●●7:30: Concerts at Scarborough Bluffs. Rising Stars Concert. Students from the Royal Conservatory’s Taylor Performance Academy. Scarborough Bluffs United Church, 3739 Kingston Rd., Scarborough. 416-267- 8265. . All proceeds to Springboard to Music. ●●7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Vivaldi for Freaky Instruments. Vivaldi: Concerto for Sopranino Recorder in C; Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Suite No.1; Vivaldi: Concerto for Viola d’amore in d; Telemann: Suite “La Musette”; Vivaldi: Concerto for Lute in D. Allison Melville, Thomas Georgi, Benjamin Stein, soloists. St. John’s United Church (Oakville), 262 Randall St., Oakville. 905-483-6787. ; (sr); (st). Also Feb 21 (St. Simon’s Anglican Church). ●●7:30: Sony Centre and Attila Glatz Concert Productions. The Godfather Live in Concert. Motion Picture Symphony Orchestra; Justin Freer, conductor. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. E. 1-855-872-7699. -. ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. From Mozart to Rachmaninoff. Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute, K620; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Berlioz: Le corsaire; Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Bizet: Suite from Carmen. Pavel Kolesnikov, piano; Earl Lee, RBC Resident Conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .75-7. Also Feb 21 (3:00). ●●8:00: Acoustic Harvest. A Special Tribute to Rosemary Phelan with CD re-release. Eve Goldberg; Allison Lupton; Jane Lewis; Tannis Slimmon; Adam Warner; Jason LaPrade, host. St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd. 416-691-0449. /(adv) or PWYC. ●●8:00: Alliance Française/Smash Entertainment. Sound Waves. French Touch music and dance. Alliance Française de Toronto, 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014. ; (sr/st/ members). ●●8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. Zappa: The Genius of Irreverence of Genius. See Feb 19. ●●8:00: CoeXisDance. Duet Series. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019. . ●●8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano: Alejandro Vela -- Noche Azúl. Brahms: Intermezzo in E-flat Op.117 No.1; Rachmaninov: 6 Selections; Lecuona: Noche Azúl, La Comparsa; Córdoba; Gitanerías; Malagueña; Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas; Radiohead: Let Down; Exit Music (For a Film); You (arr. O’ Riley). 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. ; (sr/arts workers); (st). ●●8:00: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Soirée. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 - 1st Movement; Romberg: I Bring A Love Song, You Will Remember Vienna (from Viennese Nights); Sieczynski: Vienna, City of My Dreams (all arr. G. Murray); other works. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. ; (st). Concert is in chapel. ●●8:00: Guitar Society of Toronto. Pavel Steidl. Works by Bach, Paganini, Sor and Steidl. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416- 964-8298. ; (sr/st). ●●8:00: Music Gallery. Val-Inc and Witch Prophet. The New Black: Challenging Musical Tropes. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. /(adv); (members). Free panel discussion at 5:00. ●●8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Comedy Series: Bowser and Blue. 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-815-2021. . ●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Massey Hall. Corb Lund. Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 416-872-4255. .50-.50. ●●8:00: Royal Conservatory. Sweet Honey In The Rock. A cappella music mix: spirituals, blues, folk, gospel, jazz, pop and world music. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. -. Also 2:00. American Sign Language interpretation. ●●8:00: Small World Music. Turkwaz. Small World Music Centre, Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw St. 416-536-5439. . Sunday February 21 ●●2:00: Canadian Opera Company. The Marriage of Figaro. See Feb 4. Also Feb 23, 25 and 27. Start times vary. ●●2:00: Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga. Carson Freeman Band. Featuring smooth jazz music. 84 South Service Rd., Mississauga. 905-278-5622. ; (sr/ st); PWYC. ●●2:00: Canzona Chamber Players. In Concert. Works by Bach, Bloch and Ibert. Amelia Lyon, flute; Christopher Miranda, piano; Jonathan Krehm, clarinet. St. Andrew by-the-Lake Church, Cibola Avenue. 416-203-0873. . ●●3:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. German Brass. R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No.1; Wagner: Grand March from Tannhäuser; J. Strauss II: Overture from Die Fledermaus. Guests: Fergus McWilliam, French horn; Hannaford Youth Band; James Gourlay, conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366- 7723. ; (sr); (under 35); (st). ●●3:00: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Vivaldi for Freaky Instruments. Vivaldi: Concerto for Sopranino Recorder in C; Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Suite No.1; Vivaldi: Concerto for Viola d’amore in d; Telemann: Suite “La Musette”; Vivaldi: Concerto for Lute in D. Allison Melville, Thomas Georgi, Benjamin Stein, soloists. St. Simon’s Anglican Church, 1450 Litchfield Rd., Oakville. 905-483-6787. ; (sr); (st). Also Feb 20 (St. John’s United Church). ●●3:00: Off Centre Music Salon. The Cocktail Époque. Allison Angelo, soprano; Joseph Macerollo, accordion; Jimmy Roberts, piano; Marie Berard - Teng Li - Winona Zelenka String Tapestry Music by Gubaidulina, Kodaly and Beethoven Guest Artists Scott St. John, Violin and Sharon Wei, Viola Friday, February 19 th , 2016 7:00 PM / seminar about the repertoire at 6:30 PM New Location Trinity St.Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St.W Tickets / for Students at door or online at brownpapertickets.ca UNITARIAN CONGREGATION IN MISSISSAUGA presents CARSON FREEMAN BAND Sunday, February 21 at 2 pm 2010 Canadian Smooth Jazz Wind Instrumentalist of the Year www.uucm.ca the cocktail époque February 21, 2016 @ 3 PM TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CENTRE, 427 BLOOR ST. W. offcentremusic.com 34 | February 1, 2016 - March 7, 2016 thewholenote.com
Krisztina Szabo, mezzo; James Westman, baritone; and others. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-466-1870. ; (sr/ st); (youth); (child). ●●3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. From Mozart to Rachmaninoff. Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute, K620; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Berlioz: Le corsaire; Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Bizet: Suite from Carmen. Pavel Kolesnikov, piano; Earl Lee, RBC Resident Conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .50-.75. Also Feb 20 (7:30). The Great Outdoors with Joe Phillips, bass Mozart, Onslow, Rival Sunday Feb 21, 3:00 ●●3:00: Windermere String Quartet. The Great Outdoors. Mozart: Quartet in B-flat, K458 “The Hunt”; Robert Rival: Traces of a Silent Landscape (2011); George Onslow: Quintet in c, Op.38 “The Bullet”. Guest: Joe Phillips, bass. St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-0952. , (sr); (st). On period instruments. ●●3:30: Junction Trio. Celebrating the Year of the Monkey. Guest: Ron Korb, flute; Junction Trio (Jamie Thompson, flute; Ivana Popovic, violin; Raphael Weinroth-Browne, cello). St. Anne’s Anglican Church, 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-536-3160. PWYC. Refreshments. ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Twilight Organ Series. David Briggs, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers. Joe Sealy, piano; Paul Novotny, bass. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free. Donations welcome. ●●7:00: Show One Productions. In Recital. Songs by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Strauss. Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone; Ivari Ilya, piano. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. - 5. SOLD OUT. ●●7:00: Toronto Mass Choir. Powerup Finale Concert. Islington Evangel Centre, 49 Queen’s Plate Drive. 905-794-1139. ; (st). Monday February 22 ●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Marriage of Figaro: Ensemble Studio Performance. Mozart. Ensemble Studio young artists; Claus Guth, director; Johannes Debus, conductor. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. -. ●●7:30: Canzona Chamber Players. In Concert. Works by Bach, Bloch and Ibert. Amelia Lyon, flute; Christopher Miranda, piano; Jonathan Krehm, clarinet. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-822-0613. . WINDS OF THE 20TH CENTURY February 22 Carl Nielsen, Jean Françaix, Leoš Janáček www.associates-tso.org ●●7:30: Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Winds of the 20th Century. Nielsen: Wind Quintet; Françaix: Sixtour; Janáček: Mládí (“Youth”) Suite for Wind Sextet. Leonie Wall, flute; Sarah Jeffrey, oboe; Joseph Orlowski, clarinet; Amy Zoloto, bass clarinet; Gabriel Radford, horn; Samuel Banks, bassoon. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-282-6636. ; (sr/st). Tuesday February 23 ●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company/ Desjardins/Jeunesses Musicales du Canada. Piano Virtuoso Series: Chopin’s Last Works. Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. ●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music. Rising Stars Recital. Featuring performance students from the UofT Faculty of Music. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome. ●●12:30: York University Department of Music. Music @ Midday: Student Showcase. Martin Family Lounge, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 647-459-0701. Free. ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Midday Organ Series. David Briggs, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●6:30: Royal Conservatory/Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Music on Film: In Search of Beethoven. Film screening and music accompanying. Phil Grabsky, film director; Barry Shiffman, host for Q & A. Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. . Post-screening discussions and string quartet performance. ●●7:00: Toronto Children’s Chorus. Outreach Concert. Toronto Children’s Chorus Main Choir. Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 416-932-8666 x231. Free. Donations accepted. ●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Marriage of Figaro. See Feb 4. Also Feb 25 and 27. Start times vary. ●●7:30: Jubilee Order of Good Cheer. Metropolitan Silver Band. Classics, marches, sacred, popular and contemporary works. Jubilee United Church, 40 Underhill Dr. 416- 447-6846. ; free(youth). ●●8:00: Massey Hall/GlobalFEST. Creole Carnival. Haitian Roots, Vintage Samba, Jamaican One-String. Emeline Michel; Casuarina; Brushy One String; and others. Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255. .50- .50. Wednesday February 24 ●●5:30: Canadian Opera Company. Jazz Series: The Signal. Elizabeth Shepherd, vocals/ piano. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. ●●8:00: Katherine Hill and Doug Tielli. In concert. Early music, country music, Debussy, Queen original compositions. Katherine Hill and Doug Tielli. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019. Price not available. Thursday February 25 ●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Dance Series: Sporting Life. Julia Sasso, choreographer. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. ●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Thursdays at Noon: Opera Spotlight. Preview of U of T Opera’s production of Britten’s Paul Bunyan. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-0492. Free. ●●12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noon at Met. Melody Chan, piano. Metropolitan United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416- 363-0331 x26. Free. ●●12:30: York University Department of Music. Jazz @ Midday: Jazz Jam featuring Chris Potter. Martin Family Lounge, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 647-459- 0701. Free. ●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Marriage of Figaro. See Feb 4. Also Feb 27. Start times vary. ●●7:30: Toronto City Opera. Die Fledermaus. Strauss. Beatrice Carpino, artistic director; Adolfo De Santis, conductor. Bickford Centre Theatre, 777 Bloor St. W. 416-978-8849. ; (sr); (st). Sung in English. Also Feb 27, Mar 4, 6(mat). ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. U of T Jazz Orchestra. Gordon Foote, director. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-0492. ; (st). ●●8:00: Living Arts Centre. Bruce Cockburn. Living Arts Centre, Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306- 6000. -. ●●8:00: Off Centre Music Salon/Music Gallery. Tea for Two. Christine Duncan, vocals; Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano; Alex Lukashevsky, folk artist; Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano; Chris Donnely, piano. Music Gallery, 197 John St. 416-466-1870. ; (arts); (st); (members). ●●8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. World Artists Series: The Wailers. 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-815-2021. . ●●8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir. The Best of Mozart. Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Symphony No.40 in g; Sinfonia Concertante and others. Guest: Elisa Citterio, violin/conductor; Stefano Marcocchi, viola. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. and THE BEST OF MOZART Feb 25-28 416.964.6337 tafelmusik.org up; and up(sr); -(35 and under). Also Feb 26, 27 and 28(mat). TORONTO CIT Y OPERA Artistic Director: Beatrice Carpino Music Director: Adolfo De Santis Die Fledermaus The Bat, by Johann Strauss II sung in English Tickets - www.uofttix.ca (416) 978-8849 Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore The Elixir of Love sung in Italian English titles Feb. 25 - Mar. 6, 2016 Bickford Centre Theatre 777 Bloor St. W. at Christie subway www.torontocityopera.com thewholenote.com February 1, 2016 - March 7, 2016 | 35
