Volume 30 Issue 4 | December 2024 & January 2025

MUSICRESEARCHFESTIVAL2025LIVE OR ONLINE | Feb 1 to Apr 7, 2024Tuesday February 25● 1:00: St. James Cathedral. Tuesday OrganRecital. Angus Sinclair, organ. CathedralChurch of St. James, 106 King St. E. 416-364-7865 or www.stjamescathedral.ca/recitals.Free. Donations encouraged.● 3:00: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Music Research Festival 2025: PostdocResearch Showcase. Edward JohnsonBuilding, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’sPark. www.music.utoronto.ca. Free.Wednesday February 26● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Showcase Series: Son Cubano. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre forthe Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. www.coc.ca/community/showcase-series. Free.Registration required.● 12:00 noon: University of Toronto Facultyof Music. Music Research Festival 2025:Undergraduate Showcase. Edward JohnsonConnecting Research-Creation CommunitiesJoin us for a week-long celebrationof the vibrant research-creationpractices at the Faculty of Music.Faculty Research ShowcaseMon, Feb 24 | 3-5pmPostdoc Research ShowcaseTue, Feb 25 | 3-5pmUndergraduate ShowcaseWed, Feb 26 | 12-1pmGraduate ShowcaseThu, Feb 27 | 12-1pmCentre BMPC & TaPIR LabPresentation, featuring Prof.Aiyun HuangFri, Feb 28 | 7:30-9:30pmAll events are FREE and opento the public, learn more atmusic.utoronto.caBuilding, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’sPark. www.music.utoronto.ca. Free.● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Holst’s The Planets. Thomas Adès: “Paradiso”from Dante; Thomas Adès: Piano Concerto(Canadian première); Holst: The Planets. KirillGerstein, piano; Thomas Adès, conductor. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 orwww.tso.ca. From . Also Feb 27 & Mar 1.● 8:00: Brampton On Stage. BluebirdBrampton. Johnny Rivex curates an acousticevening showcase with music from some ofSouthern Ontario’s most promising countrymusic talent. Cyril Clark Theatre, 20 Loafer’sLake Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800, tickets.brampton.ca. .● 8:00: Brampton On Stage. Finger 11. TheRose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. www.tickets.brampton.ca/online or 905-874-2800.From .Thursday February 27● 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier UniversityFaculty of Music. Music at Noon - NicoleCherry & Friends. Wilfrid Laurier University -Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 UniversityAve., Waterloo. www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-music/events/index.Free.● 12:00 noon: Metropolitan United Church.University of Toronto Chamber Music Concert.Katie Kirkpatrick & Josh Chong, flute;Cedric Theriault & Scott Jolicoeur, guitar.Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E.416-363-0331 x226. Freewill donation.● 12:00 noon: University of Toronto Facultyof Music. Music Research Festival 2025:Graduate Showcase. Edward Johnson Building,University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park.www.music.utoronto.ca. Free.● 1:00: Trinity Bach Project. Bach & Passages.Bach: Cantata BWV 196 “Der Herr denketan uns”; Cantata BWV 106 “Gottes Zeitist die allerbeste Zeit” (Actus Tragicus); anda cappella works by Monteverdi, MacMillan,and Harris. Choir and chamber orchestrawith Nicholas Nicolaidis, conductor; FelixDeák, viola da gamba; Laura Jones, viola dagamba; Alison Melville, recorder; Colin Savage,recorder. University of Toronto - TrinityCollege Chapel, 6 Hoskin Ave. 306-250-4256or www.trinitybachproject.org/concerts orat the door. Free. Also Mar 1(8pm), 15(8pm),23(8pm).● 6:00: Art of Time Ensemble. The RevolutionWill Not Be Televised. A concert filmscreening followed by a Q&A with artistsfrom the film. Featuring Abel Meeropol:Strange Fruit; Bob Dylan: A Hard Rain’sA-Gonna Fall; Joni Mitchell: Big Yellow Taxi;Nina Simone: To Be Young, Gifted, and Black;Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On. ShakuraS’Aida, Jackie Richardson, and Tom Wilson.Palmerston Library - Palmerston Theatre,560 Palmerston Ave. 416-973-4000. Free.● 7:30: Soundstreams. Vancouver ChamberChoir. Tarik O’Regan: The Spring fromThe Colloquy of the Ancients; and world premieresof six short new works by participantsin Soundstreams’ RBC Bridges EmergingComposer Showcase mentored by TarikO’Regan. Kari Turunen, music director. ChristChurch Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. www.soundstreams.ca. Visit website for ticketinformation.● 7:30: Toronto Children’s Chorus. Universityof Toronto Chamber Choir andSoprano-Alto Chorus, with Toronto Children’sChorus. Latin American choral music. CristianGrases, guest conductor. Eglinton St.George’s United Church, 35 Lytton Blvd. www.torontochildrenschorus.com. Visit websitefor information.● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Holst’s The Planets. See Feb 26. Also Mar 1.● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. MusicalIcons. 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469 or www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca.From .Friday February 28● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Vocal Series: Salon Français - Tea for Two.Piano-vocal duos. U of T Faculty of Music’sFrance-Canada Academy of Vocal Arts / AcadémieFrancis Poulenc. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. www.coc.ca. Free.● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Dialogues.Liszt: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude;David Jaeger: Meditations & Nocturnes;Edward Enman:”Remember My Heart” and“Luminosity. Jialiang Zhu, piano. St. Andrew’sPresbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x220. Free. Donations welcome.● 12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridaysat 12:30 Series: Sebastien Malette, Bassoon/ Contrabassoon & Allison Wiebe, Piano.Western University - Music Building - VonKuster Hall, 1151 Richmond St. N., London.519-661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/events.Free. LIVE & LIVESTREAM.● 2:00: CAMMAC Toronto Region. Readingfor Singers and Instrumentalists: Mendelssohn’sLobgesang (Hymn of Praise), Op.52.amie Hillman, conductor. Christ ChurchDeer Park, 1570 Yonge St. www.cammac.ca/toronto. ; (members).● 7:00: Vesuvius Ensemble. Viaggio a Napoli:Il ballo del ritorno, with Geneviève Gilardeau& Friends. Works by Valente, Falconieri,Uccellini and Matteis mixed with traditionalNeapolitan songs. Geneviève Gilardeau, violinfeaturing an ensemble of her favouritecollaborators. Heliconian Hall, 35 HazeltonAve. www.bemusednetwork.com/events/detail/1028. .● 7:30: Bond Street Event Centre. Eli YoungBand with Special Guests Hailey Benedict andAlexa Goldie. 44 Bond St., Oshawa. www.ticketscene.ca/events/50337..50.● 7:30: Music at St. Andrew’s. Echoes of theSoul: Celebrating R & B, Gospel, and More.Bridge Over Troubled Water; Love Is WhatWe Need; Reach Out and Touch Somebody’sHand; Oh, Happy Day; A Change Is GonnaCome. Mark Cassius, Quisha Wint, MichaelDunston, and The Jordan Klapman Quintet.St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 73 SimcoeSt. 416-593-5600 x220 or www.standrewstoronto.org. (single); (groups of 3 ormore). Donations welcome.● 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Music Research Festival 2025: CentreBPMC & TaPIR Lab Presentation. FeaturingProf. Aiyun Huang. Edward Johnson Building,University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. www.music.utoronto.ca. Free.● 7:30: Untitled Ensemble Chamber MusicSociety. A Celebration of Black ClassicalMusic: Chamber Music Edition! Dorothy RuddMoore: Twelve Quatrains from the Rubáiyát;Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (arr. ElizabethBrown): Nourmahal’s Song; Florence Price(arr. Elizabeth Brown): Three Negro Spiritualsfor Violin and Piano and Adoration. MariaMilenic, mezzo; Jaye Marsh, flute; ElizabethBrown, oboe; Emma Vachon, violin & viola;Kate Acone, piano; Chris Buchner, horn.Annette Studios, 566 Annette St. 604-505-0454. ; (sr).● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano. Works byBeethoven, Debussy, Boulez, Webern, andSchoenberg. Royal Conservatory of Music -TELUS Centre - Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St.W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.From .● 8:00: Burlington Performing ArtsCentre. The Northern Pikes & Grapes ofWrath. Burlington Performing Arts Centre- Main Theatre, 440 Locust St., Burlington.905-681-6000. .50(.50 member)-.50(.50member).● 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. The Gondoliers.By Gilbert and Sullivan. Artists to beannounced. St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts- Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723 or 1–800-708-6754 or www.tolive.com.From . Also Mar 1(8pm), 3(3pm).● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. We WillChoir! You: An Epic Queen Sing-Along.171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469 or www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca. Limitedseating available. From .● 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Venuti StringQuartet. Rebekah Wolkstein, violin; DrewJurecka, violin; Shannon Knights, viola; AmahlArulanandan, cello. Hugh’s Room Live - GreenSanderson Hall, 296 Broadview Ave. www.showpass.com/the-venuti-string-quartetalbum-launch/.Visit website for ticket pricing.Saturday March 1● 2:00: Sudbury Symphony Orchestra.SSO Goes to Italy With Joey Niceforo. WilliamRowson, conductor; Joey Niceforo,tenor. Sheridan Auditorium, 154 College St.,Sudbury. www.ci.ovationtix.com/36875/JubilatesingersIsabel BernausconductorDanceChorA lMuSIC &D A n C ETrADITIonSw i t hSouth Asian,Ukrainian &English countrydance groupsCalvin PresbyterianChurch 26 Delisle AveSat Mar 1 7:30 pmjubilatesingers.ca36 | February & March 2025 thewholenote.com

performance/11512493. ; (under 30).Also 7:30pm.● 2:00: Gallery Players of Niagara. EyblerQuartet - Adaptive Performance. Adaptiveperformances are presented with ThoroldPublic Library and Thorold Senior Citizen’sCentre as family-friendly, accessible, andinclusive, perfect for music lovers fromthe neurodiverse and disability communities,or anyone wanting a more relaxed concertexperience. Eybler Quartet offers a mixof baroque and classical favourites. ThoroldSenior Citizen’s Centre, 8 Carleton St. S.,Thorold. Call 905-468-1525 or email Margaretat info@galleryplayers.ca. Free.● 2:00: Peterborough Singers. The Music ofABBA. Take a Chance on Me; Dancing Queen;Mamma Mia; Anthem; Money! Money! Money!Barry Haggarty, guitar; Andrew Affleck, bass;Curtis Cronkwright, drums; Alexia Preston,piano. Emmanuel United Church (Peterborough),534 George St. N., Peterborough. 705-745-1820 or www.peterboroughsingers.com/concerts/the-music-of-abba. ; (st).● 5:00: Nocturnes in the City. Duo Ambros.Works by Dvořák, Smetana, and Mozart. St.Wenceslaus Church, 496 Gladstone Ave. 416-481-7294. .● 7:30: Cantabile Chamber Singers. CelebratingHuman Diversity. New works byNicholas Ryan Kelly, Joshua Tamayo, and AikoTomi. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St.W. www.cantabilechambersingers.com. ;(youth 13-18); Free(12 & under).● 7:30: Music at the Toronto Oratory. CompleteOrgan Works of J. S. Bach, Part X:Songs of Celebration. Includes Preludes andFugues in C, Trio Sonata No.1, Herr Gott dichloben wir, and other chorale preludes. AaronJames, organ. Holy Family Roman CatholicChurch - Oratory, 1372 King St. W. 416-532-2879. Free admission. Donations accepted.● 7:30: Sudbury Symphony Orchestra.SSO Goes to Italy With Joey Niceforo. WilliamRowson, conductor; Joey Niceforo, tenor.Sheridan Auditorium, 154 College St., Sudbury.www.ci.ovationtix.com/36875/performance/11512493.; (under 30).Also 2pm.● 7:30: Jubilate Singers. Dance! Choralmusic from the 14th to 20th centuries aboutTallIsChoIrVictoria:dance and dancing from different cultures inworks by Schubert, Berlin, Morley, Piazzolla,and others. English Country Dancing Assemblyand The Desna Ukrainian Dance Company.Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave.416-485-1988 or www.jubilatesingers.ca.; (sr); (st/arts workers).● 7:30: Toronto Concert Band. Ragtimeto Riches. Robert Sheldon: Glorious Revolution;Alfred Reed: Alleluia! Laudamus te; DonaldHunsberger: Dancin’ into the 20’s; Handel:Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah. TorontoConcert Band; with guest organist. IslingtonUnited Church, 25 Burnhamthorpe Rd. 647-479-2941 or www.torontoconcertband.com.; (st); Free(12 and under).● 7:30: Apocryphonia. Brews, Beauties& Brawlers. Rowdy choral, vocal andpiano Works by Stanford, Coleridge-Taylor,Vaughan Williams, and Purcell. St. Olave’sAnglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. www.eventbrite.ca/e/brews-beauties-brawlers-classical-music-with-a-rebellious-heart-tickets-1119093411519?aff=WNM. Pay What You Want.● 7:30: Mississauga Chamber Singers.Mozart: Solemn Vespers. Mozart: Vesperaesolennes de confessore (Solemn Vespers fora Confessor) K.33; Haydn: Missa in temporebelli in C (Mass in a Time of War) Hob.XXII: 9“Paukenmesse”. Christ First United Church,151 Lakeshore Rd. W., Mississauga. www.mcsingers.ca. ; (ages 7-18).● 7:30: Karen Schuessler Singers. Saints& Sinners. Stories of the good and the baddrawing on the worlds of opera, Broadway,and more. Wesley-Knox United Church,91 Askin St., London. 519-681-8129. ;(st); Free(ages 6-13 when accompaniedby an adult).● 7:30: Tallis Choir of Toronto. Victoria:Tenebrae of Good Friday. Victoria: Worksfrom the Holy Week collection. St. Patrick’sCatholic Church, 131 McCaul St. www.tallischoir.comor www.tallischoir.square.siteor 416-286-9798. ; (sr - 60+); (st- with ID).● 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Death and theMaiden / Prayers for Peace. Berliner: Jacob’sDream Violin Concerto (Canadian premiere);Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in dD.810 “Death and the Maiden” (orchestraPeter MahonArtistic DirectorTenebrae Of Good FridayHear some of Victoria’sfinest works from hismagnificent collectionof music for Holy Week,the OfficiumHebdomodae Sanctae.Saturday, March 1, 7:30pmSt. Patrick's Church: 141 McCaul St.Order tickets online: tallischoir.square.sitewww.tallischoir.comversion). Haik Kazazyan, violin; SinfoniaToronto; Nurhan Arman, conductor. MeridianArts Centre - George Weston Recital Hall,5040 Yonge St. 416-499-0403 or www.sinfoniatoronto.com.; (sr); (st).● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Holst’s The Planets. See Feb 26.● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.Global Music Series & Quiet Please, There’s aWoman Onstage Series: Jane Bunnett - WarmWinds from Cuba. With Orlando “Maraca”Valle, flute; Santiago Sax Quartet; HilarioDuran, piano. Royal Conservatory of Music- TELUS Centre - Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St.W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.From .● 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. The Gondoliers.See Feb 28. Also Mar 3.● 8:00: Trinity Bach Project. Bach & Passages.Bach: Cantata BWV 196 “Der Herr denketan uns”; Cantata BWV 106 “Gottes Zeitist die allerbeste Zeit” (Actus Tragicus); anda cappella works by Monteverdi, MacMillan,and Harris. Choir and chamber orchestrawith Nicholas Nicolaidis, conductor; FelixDeák, viola da gamba; Laura Jones, violada gamba; Alison Melville, recorder; ColinSavage, recorder. St. Matthew’s AnglicanChurch (Riverdale), 135 First Ave. 306-250-4256 or www.trinitybachproject.org/concertsor at the door. Free. Also Feb 27(1pm),Mar 15(8pm), 23(3pm).Sunday March 2● 3:00: The Jeffery Concerts. Paul Merrittand Friends. Music drawn from the Baroqueera to the modern day, all involving the organincluding Bach: Prelude & Fugue in a for organBWV 543; Krebs: Fantasia in F for oboe andorgan Krebs-WV 603; Krebs: Chorale “Gott derVater wohn uns bei” Krebs-WV 701; Krebs: Fantasiain f for oboe and organ, Krebs-WV 604;Homilius: Chorale for oboe, cello, and organ“Jesu, meine Zuversicht”; and other works.Paul Merritt, organ; Jennifer Short, oboe; KaterinaJuraskova, cello; Richard Frank, soprano& alto saxophones. St. John the EvangelistAnglican Church, 280 St. James St., London.www.grandtheatre.com or 519-672-8800.; Free(st).● 3:00: Greater Toronto PhilharmonicOrchestra. Winter Classics: Yolanda BrunoSunday March 2, 3:00 PMCalvin Presbyterian ChurchWinter ClassicsYolanda Bruno, violinDavid Fallis, conductorwww.gtpo.cathewholenote.com February & March 2025 | 37