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LIVE OR ONLINE | Jun 1 to Sep 7, 2023 Concert Orchestra. Palais Royale, 1601 Lake Shore Blvd. W. www.tcomusic.ca/presale-2023. Presale now on. Wednesday July 5 ● 1:00: Mostly Madrigals. July 5 Singout. One-hour outside a cappella vocal concert at the gazebo featuring 16th-century secular songs from England, France, and Italy. Humber Bay West Park, 2225 Lake Shore Blvd. W., Etobicoke. Rain date is July 12. Thursday July 6 ● 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. . ● 12:00 noon: Music at Met. Thursday Noon at Met Concert Series. This is an outdoor recital, but the church will be open. Ellen Dickinson, carillon. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E. www.metunited.ca. Free. LIVE & STREAMED. ● 7:30: Brott Music Festival. PopOpera. An evening of PopOpera arias, ensembles, orchestral overtures, and other works. National Academy Orchestra; Alain Trudel, conductor. L.R. Wilson Concert Hall, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton. www.brottmusic.com or 905-525-7664. ; (sr); (st); (under 12). OPENING NIGHT! Jon Kimura Parker, Illia Ovcharenko, and friends July 6 tosummermusic.com ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Opening Night! Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 in c-sharp Op.27 No.2 “Moonlight”; Mozart: Piano Concerto No.12 in A K.414 (chamber version); Milhaud: Scaramouche Op.165b; Levko Revutsky: 7 Preludes for Piano Op.7 Nos.1 & 2; Rachmaninoff: Suite No.2 Op. 17, for 2 pianos; and other works. Illia Ovcharenko, piano; Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Yura Lee, violin; Jonathan Crow, violin; Milena Parjaro-van de Stadt, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Michael Chiarello, double bass. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408- 0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. From . Discounts are available to those over 65 and under 35. Champagne reception for entire audience after concert. Friday July 7 ● 7:00: Brookside Music Association. Festival of the Bay: The Fretless. Trent Freeman, fiddle/viola; Karrnnel Sawitsky, fiddle/viola; Ben Plotnick, fiddle/viola; and Eric Wright, cello. Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St., Midland. 705-527-4420 or www.midlandculturalcentre.com. . ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Brahms & Schumann. Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro Op.70; Clara Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano Op.22; Brahms: Six Pieces for Piano Op.118 Nos.1 & 2; Brahms: Piano Quintet in f Op.34. Yura Lee, violin; Jonathan Crow, violin; Milena Parjaro-van de Stadt, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano; and others. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. Discounts are available for those over 65 and under 35. From . Saturday July 8 ● 1:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival. ReGeneration. ReGeneration Concerts feature Academy Fellows alongside their Mentors. Visit www.tosummermusic.com for repertoire updates in June. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. Tickets at 416-408- 0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. From . Also at 4pm and 7:30pm. ● 7:30: Leith Summer Festival. Penderecki String Quartet. Works by Mozart, Schulhoff, Brahms. Historic Leith Church, 419134 Tom Thomson Lane, Leith. http://www.roxytheatre.ca or 519-371-2833. . ● 7:30: Ontario Cross-Cultural Music Society. Dancing in the Summer. J. Strauss II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube; Zequinha de Abreu: Tico Tico; Vivaldi: Summer from The Four Seasons; Fauré: Pavane (arranged for flute choir); Andrew Lloyd Webber: Memory from Cats; and other works. OCMS Choir and Orchestra. Trinity Anglican Church (Aurora), 79 Victoria St., Aurora. www.ocms-ca.com/ concert or info@ocms-ca.com. ; (sr/ st). ● 4:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival. ReGeneration. ReGeneration Concerts feature Academy Fellows alongside their Mentors. Visit www.tosummermusic.com for repertoire updates in June. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. Tickets at 416- 408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. From . ● 9:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Steve Miller Band. Fallsview Casino Resort, OLG Stage, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877- 833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. . Sunday July 9 ● 3:00: Smoke Show BBQ & Brew. The Metro Big Band. Smoke Show BBQ and Brew, 744 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-901-7469. . Also Mar 12 & Jun 11. Monday July 10 ● 12:15: Music Mondays. Aspiration and Inspiration. Joan Tower: Big Sky; Donizetti: Piano Trio in E-flat; Ravel: Piano Trio. Trio Coriolis: Rebecca Morton, cello; Tomoko Inui, piano; Jung Tsai, violin. Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521 X223 or www.musicmondays.ca or musicmondayscs@gmail.com. PWYC ( suggested). ANA MARÍA MARTÍNEZ July 10 tosummermusic.com ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Ana María Martínez. A recital of Spanish-language songs by Falla, Montsalvatge, Ponce, and others. Ana María Martínez, soprano; Craig Terry, piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208 or www. tosummermusic.com. From . Tuesday July 11 ● 5:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Shuffle Hour. One-hour casual concert featuring Festival artists and next-generation Lunchtime Concerts Mondays at 12:15 July 3 - Conrad Gold, organ July 10 - Trio Coriolis July 17 - Ensemble Elatós July 26 - Clara Yoon, Julia Tom & Megan Chang July 31 - TCO String Quartet, Marco Verza Admission: PWYC Church of the Holy Trinity www.musicmondays.ca stars. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416- 408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. Free. Also Jul 12, 13, 18, 19, 20. ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Parting Wild Horse’s Mane. Evan Mitchell/Wu Style: Music for 13 Form Spear (world premiere); Kevin Lau: String Quartet No.4 (world premiere); R. Murray Schafer: String Quartet No.6 “Parting Wild Horse’s Mane”; Alexina Louie: Music for Fast Form and Double Sword (world premiere). Ironwood Quartet: Jessica Linnebach, violin; Emily Kruspe, violin; Carissa Klopoushak, viola; Rachel Mercer, cello. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. From . Discounts are available for those over 65 and under 35. ● 8:00: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Mozart’s Letters. Readings of letters written by Mozart intertwined with his music. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat K.364; and other works. Alyssa DiMarco, soprano; Huachu Huang, violin; Laurence Schaufele, viola. Palais Royale, 1601 Lake Shore Blvd. W. www.tcomusic.ca/ presale-2023/. Presale now on. Wednesday July 12 ● 11:00am: Toronto Summer Music Festival. TSM Kids Concert. One-hour concert for ages 5-12. Joanne Kellam, host. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. Free. Also Jul 19. ● 12:00 noon: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Academy Noon Concert. Featuring Academy Fellows. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. Free. Also Jul 13, 14, 26, 27, 28. ● 5:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Shuffle Hour. One-hour casual concert featuring Festival artists and next-generation stars. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416- 408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. Free. Also Jul 11, 13, 18, 19, 20. ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. The Butterfly Project. A re-imagination of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly into The Butterfly Project 蝶 々さんのプロジェクト (or, The Ballad of Chō-Chō san). Teiya Kasahara 笠 原 貞 野 , interdisciplinary artist; Andrea Wong, sound artist; Aria Umezawa, director. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208 or www. tosummermusic.com. From . Discounts are available for those over 65 and under 35. ● 8:00: Huntsville Festival of the Arts. Choir! Choir! Choir!: Fleetwood Mac Singalong. Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman, creative directors. Algonquin Theatre, 37 Main St. E., Huntsville. www.huntsvillefestival.ca/ event/choir-choir-choir. (non-member); .45(member); (youth). Also Jul 13. Thursday July 13 ● 12:00 noon: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Academy Noon Concert. Featuring Academy Fellows. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. Free. Also Jul 12, 14, 26, 27, 28. ● 5:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Shuffle Hour. One-hour casual concert featuring Festival artists and next-generation stars. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416- 408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. 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● 7:30: Brott Music Festival. La traviata. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. National Academy Orchestra; Alain Trudel, conductor. Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre, 357 Wilson St. E., Ancaster. www.brottmusic.com or 905-525- 7664. ; (sr); (st); (under 12). Also Jul 14. Pre-concert chat 6:30 with Dawn Martens in the Voortman Studio Theatre. THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS July 13 tosummermusic.com ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. The Goldberg Variations. Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (arr. Dmitry Sitovetsky). Jonathan Crow, violin; Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola; Cameron Crozman, cello. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 416-408- 0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. ; (under 35). All proceeds from this concert go towards supporting the TSM Academy – Emerging Artist Program. ● 8:00: Huntsville Festival of the Arts. Choir! Choir! Choir!: Fleetwood Mac Singalong. Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman, creative directors. Algonquin Theatre, 37 Main St. E., Huntsville. www.huntsvillefestival.ca/ event/choir-choir-choir. (non-member); .45(member); (youth). Also Jul 12. Friday July 14 ● 12:00 noon: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Academy Noon Concert. Featuring Academy Fellows. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. Free. Also Jul 12, 13, 26, 27, 28. ● 6:00: Taste of the Middle East. Summer Festival 2023. Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. W. www.linktr.ee/tasteofthemiddleeasttoronto. Free. ● 7:00: Brookside Music Association. Festival of the Bay: Collectif9. Hildegard von Bingen: O vis aeternitatis; Arvo Pärt: Psalom and Summa; Nicole Lizée: Another Living Soul. Chloé Chabanole, John Corban, Robert Margaryan, and Elizabeth Skinner, violins; Scott Chancey and Xavier Lepage-Brault, violas; Jérémie Cloutier and Andrea Stewart, cellos; Thibault Bertin-Maghit, double-bass. Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St., Midland. 705-527-4420 or www.midlandculturalcentre.com. . ● 7:30: Brott Music Festival. La traviata. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. National Academy Orchestra; Alain Trudel, conductor. Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre, 357 Wilson St. E., Ancaster. www.brottmusic.com or 905-525- 7664. ; (sr); (st); (under 12). Also Jul 13. Pre-concert chat 6:30 with Dawn Martens in the Voortman Studio Theatre. ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Miró Quartet. Haydn: Quartet No.50 in B-flat Op.64 No.3; George Walker: Lyric for Strings; Kevin Puts: Home for String Quartet; Brahms: String Quartet No.1 in c Op.51. Miró Quartet: Daniel Ching, violin; William Fedkenheuer, violin; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408- 0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. From . Discounts are available for those over 65 and under 35. Saturday July 15 ● 1:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival. ReGeneration. Concerts feature Academy Fellows alongside their Mentors. Visit www. tosummermusic.com for repertoire updates in June. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. Tickets at 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. . Also 4pm & 7:30pm. ● 4:00: Whistling Gardens. Dancing Around The World & Through The Ages. New Vintage Winds. 698 Concession 3, Wilsonville. Tickets: 519-428-3185 or in person at Whistling Gardens’ Garden Centre. Tickets include a same-day pass to the botanical gardens and fountain shows. .60(adult/youth); Free(child 4 and under). ● 8:00: National Arts Centre. Choir! Choir! Choir!: Epic Queen Singalong - We Will Choir You! Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman, creative directors. National Arts Centre Southam Hall, 53 Elgin St., Ottawa. www. ticketmaster.ca/event/31005E68A6203739. From . Monday July 17 ● 12:15: Music Mondays. “Femmetastique”. Lera Auerbach: Trio No.2 “The mirror has three faces”; and other works. Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello; Matthew Cohen, viola; Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano. Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521 X223 or www.musicmondays.ca or musicmondayscs@gmail.com. PWYC ( suggested). ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Quotations. Kevin Lau: If Life Were a Mirror...; Alice Hong: ...for not all is lost; Brahms: Violin Sonata No.1 in G Op.78; R. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat Op.18. Jonathan Crow, violin; Philip Chiu, piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208 or www. tosummermusic.com. From . Discounts are available for those over 65 and under 35. Tuesday July 18 ● 5:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Shuffle Hour. One-hour casual concert featuring Festival artists and next-generation stars. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416- 408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. Free. Also Jul 11, 12, 13, 19, 20. ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Bach to Benny Goodman. Bach, S. Rachmaninoff, Bridge & Wolak: Violin Partita in E; Bach, Bridge & Wolak: Rock Bach; Sydney Bechet: Petite fleur; Chopin: Mazurka in B-flat Op.7 No.1; Bach, Bridge & Wolak: Digital Stardust (Sicilienne); and other works. Michael Bridge, accordion; Kornel Wolak, clarinet. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. Tickets at 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. . Reserve pre-concert dinner at 416-588- 0307 or www.lula.ca. ● 8:00: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Gatsby! Come dressed in your flapper best and enjoy the best of the roaring 20s and beyond! Maya Killtron, vocalist; TCO dance band. Palais Royale, 1601 Lake Shore Blvd. W. www.tcomusic. ca/presale-2023/. Presale now on. Wednesday July 19 ● 11:00am: Toronto Summer Music Festival. TSM Kids Concert. One-hour concert for ages 5-12. Joanne Kellam, host. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. Free. Also Jul 12. ● 5:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Shuffle Hour. One-hour casual concert featuring Festival artists and next-generation stars. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416- 408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. Free. Also Jul 11, 12, 13, 18, 20. ● 7:30: Brott Music Festival. Jeans ‘n’ Classics: All Out 80s. Martin MacDonald, conductor. Liuna Station, 360 James St. N., Hamilton. www.brottmusic.com or 905-525- 7664. ; (sr); (st). ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Isidore String Quartet. Bach: Selections from The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080; Aida Shirazi: umbra; Dinuk Wijeratne: Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini; Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in a Op.132. Isidore String Quartet: Adrian Steele, violin; Phoenix Avalon, violin; Devin Moore, viola; Joshua McClendon, cello. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. Tickets at 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. From . Discounts are available for those over 65 and under 35. Thursday July 20 ● 5:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Shuffle Hour. One-hour casual concert featuring Festival artists and next-generation stars. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416- 408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. Free. Also Jul 11, 12, 13, 18, 19. ● 7:30: Brott Music Festival. A Clear Day. Jazz, folk, and rock. Emilie-Claire Barlow, vocalist; Alain Trudel, conductor. Liuna Station, 360 James St. N., Hamilton. www.brottmusic.com or 905-525-7664. ; (sr); (st). ● 7:30: Stratford Summer Music. Opening Night Gala. Deantha Edmunds, Yolanda Bruno, Suba Sankaran, Dylan Bell, Lori Gemmell, Quatuor Despax, and others; Tom Allen, host. Avondale United Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford. www.stratfordsummermusic.ca. From . ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. TSM x BANFF. Telemann: Intrada from Suite for Two Violins in D TWV 40:108 “Gulliver’s Travels”; Bartók: Selected Duos for Two Violins Sz.98; Dvořák: 4 Miniatures (Drobnosti) Op 75a B.149; Caroline Shaw: in manus tuas; Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence Op.70. Isidore String Quartet: Adrian Steele, violin; Phoenix Avalon, violin; Devin Moore, viola; Joshua McClendon, cello. Guests: Min-Jeong Koh, violin; Jonathan Crow, violin; Barry TSM X BANFF July 20 tosummermusic.com Shiffman, viola; Adrian Fung, cello. The Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. W. Tickets at 416-408- 0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. ; (under 35). Friday July 21 ● 7:30: Brott Music Festival. Practically Hip. Dean Hughes, vocalist; Charles Cozens, conductor. Liuna Station, 360 James St. N., Hamilton. www.brottmusic.com or 905-525-7664. ; (sr); (st). ● 7:30: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Tradition. Gabriela Lena Frank: Four Folk Songs; Iman Habibi: Relics; Jerry Bock: If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof (arr. Kelly Hall-Tompkins); Jerry Bock: Fiddler Rhapsody and Scherzo from Fiddler on the Roof (arr. Oran Eldor); Dvořák: Piano Quartet No.2 in E-flat Op.87 B.162. Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin; Barry Shiffman, viola; Matthew Zalkind, cello; Philip Chiu, piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. Tickets at 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. From . Discounts are available for those over 65 and under 35. Saturday July 22 ● 11:00am: Toronto Summer Music Festival. Xenia @ TSM: The Rolston String Quartet. Family-friendly, accessible concert embracing neurodiversity and disability. Works by Knox and Haydn and a performance Seven Miniatures, an original work written by seven composers who identify as being neurodivergent or having a disability. The Rolston String Quartet featuring guest violist Rory McLeod. Meridian Hall, 1 Front St. E. 416-408-0208 or 647-896-8295 or www.tosummermusic.com. From . This event has been designed to be accessible to people who face barriers to attending typical events, especially children and their families. ● 4:00: Toronto Summer Music Festival. ReGeneration. Repertoire and further details to be announced in June. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. Tickets at 416-408-0208 or www.tosummermusic.com. . Also 7:30pm. ● 7:30: ORGANIX Concerts. Organ Concert. Renée Anne Louprette, organ. Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, 3055 Bloor St. W. thewholenote.com Summer 2023 | 43
