LIVE OR ONLINE | Feb 1 to Apr 7, 2024● 7:30: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Opera Laurier: The Marriage ofFigaro. Music by W. A. Mozart. Wilfrid LaurierUniversity - Theatre Auditorium, 75 UniversityAve. W., Waterloo. www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-music/events/index. Free.Also Mar 14, 15, 16.● 8:00: Centre in the Square. Chris Botti.101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-578-1570 orwww.centreinthesquare.com. From .50.Friday March 14● 12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridaysat 12:30 Concert Series: The LookingGlass Ensemble. Western University - MusicBuilding - Von Kuster Hall, 1151 Richmond St.N., London. 519-661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free. LIVE & LIVESTREAM.● 2:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. PercussionEnsemble with TORQ. Western University- Talbot College - Paul DavenportTheatre, 1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.Also 7:30pm.● 7:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Janina Fialkowska, Piano.Weber: Invitation to the Dance; Grieg: ThreeLyric Pieces; Schumann: FantasiestückeOp.12; Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales;Chopin: Berceuse and Scherzo No.1. KefferMemorial Chapel, Wilfrid Laurier University,75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. www.ticketscene.ca/kwcms.; (st).● 7:30: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Opera Laurier: The Marriage ofFigaro. See Mar 13. Also Mar 15 & 16.● 7:30: TO Live. How To Train Your Dragon– In Concert. Performed live to picture! Featuringthe TO Live Orchestra. Meridian Hall,1 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. .99-.99.Visit www.tolive.com for tickets. Also Mar 15.● 7:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. PercussionEnsemble with TORQ. Western University- Talbot College - Paul DavenportTheatre, 1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.Also 2pm.● 8:00: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.Classic Albums Live - The Who - Who’sNext. Burlington Performing Arts Centre -Main Theatre, 440 Locust St., Burlington.905-681-6000. .50(.50 member)-.50(.50member).Saturday March 15● 2:00: TO Live. How To Train Your Dragon –In Concert. See Mar 14.● 7:30: Music at the Toronto Oratory. CompleteOrgan Works of J. S. Bach, Part XI: Bythe Waters of Babylon. Includes An WasserflussenBabylon, Trio Sonata No.2, Little Fuguein g, Fantasia and Fugue in g, and choralepreludes. Aaron James, organ. Holy FamilyRoman Catholic Church - Oratory, 1372 KingSt. W. 416-532-2879. Free admission. Donationsaccepted.● 7:30: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Opera Laurier: The Marriage ofFigaro. See Mar 13. Also Mar 16.● 7:30: Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts.Marcus Miller: Voices of Freedom. FirstOntarioPerforming Arts Centre - PartridgeHall, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. www.bravoniagara.org or www.firstontariopca.ca. From .● 8:00: Trinity Bach Project. Bach &Passages. Bach: Cantata BWV 196 “Der Herrdenket an uns”; Cantata BWV 106 “GottesZeit ist die allerbeste Zeit” (Actus Tragicus);and a 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. St. Martin-in-the-Fields AnglicanChurch, 151 Glenlake Ave. 306-250-4256or www.trinitybachproject.org/concerts orat the door. ; (budget); (st). AlsoFeb 27(1pm), Mar 1(8pm), 23(3pm).● 8:00: North York Concert Orchestra.The Music of Freddie Mercury. Tolga Kashif:The Queen Symphony. Rafael Luz, conductor.Eglinton St. George’s United Church, 35 LyttonBlvd. www.nyco.ca or 1-888-687-6926. ;(sr); (under 30); (under 12).Sunday March 16● 2:00: HCA Dance Theatre. PASS PresentsJanina Fialskowska: The Legend Returns.Janina Fialskowska, piano. Hamilton Conservatoryfor the Arts - Dance Theatre, 126 JamesSt. S., Hamilton. 905-528-4020 or www.hcadancetheatre.com. From .● 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Brahms & Shostakovich with the VancouverSymphony Orchestra. Marcus Goddard:Mountain Visions; Brahms: Violin Concerto;Shostakovich: Symphony No.5. Vadim Gluzman,violin; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra;Otto Tausk, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or www.tso.ca.From .● 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Opera Laurier: The Marriage ofFigaro. See Mar 13.● 3:00: Off Centre Music Salon. When ParisSizzled: The Fabulous 1920s! Ravel: Sonatafor violin and piano and selected mélodies byDebussy, Poulenc, Milhaud, and Satie. JonathanCrow, violin; Sheila Jaffé, violin; Elina Kelebeev,piano; Andrea Ludwig, mezzo; (OCMSArtist-in-Residence); Rémi Pelletier, viola;Inna Perkis, piano; Giles Tomkins, bass-baritone;Boris Zarankin, piano; Winona Zelenka,cello. Trinity St. Paul’s United Church. JeanneLamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. www.offcentremusic.com.; (sr); (ages 13-25);(ages 12 and under).● 3:00: Gallery Players of Niagara. Bachon Turtle’s Back - Year 3 - Rebirth. Bach: ViolinSonata in C; Bach: Partita in E; Bach arias(selection); Andrew Balfour: A Newly CommissionedWork for period string quartetand baritone. Eybler String Quartet; BrianSolomon, choreographer & director; JonathanAdams, baritone. FirstOntario PerformingArts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St.Catharines. Call 905-468-1525 or emailinfo@galleryplayers.ca. From (Live);(Virtual).● 4:00: Flute Street. Myths and a Legend.Johann Stamitz: Concerto in D; Franz Doppler:Chanson d’amour; Robert Aitken: Solemnes;Alan B. Leech: Mount Olympus Scenes(Canadian premiere); Alexandra Molnar-Suhajda: Greek Tableaux. Guest artist: RobertAitken, composer & flute. Church of St. Peterand St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor St. E.416-462-9498 or www.flutestreet.ca. ;(sr/arts workers); (full-time st).Flute StreetMYTHSAND ALEGENDpresentsROBERT AITKENSUNDAY MARCH 16, 4 PMwww.flutestreet.caMonday March 17● 7:30: University of Toronto - Trinity CollegeChapel. A Season of Choral Music: TrinityCollege Chapel Choir in Concert. Works byPurcell, Holst, Lassus, Victoria, and others.Guest: Arthur Jones, trumpet. 6 Hoskin Ave.416-978-2522. Admission by donation.Tuesday March 18● 1:00: St. James Cathedral. Tuesday OrganRecital. William O’Meara, organ. CathedralChurch of St. James, 106 King St. E. 416-364-7865 or www.stjamescathedral.ca/recitals.Free. Donations encouraged.JANINAFIALKOWSKA“Canada’s First Lady of Chopin”—Classical.netMAR 18 | 7:30PMMusic-Toronto.com● 7:30: Music Toronto. Janina Fialkowska.Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanz (Invitationto the Dance); Grieg: Der var engang(Once Upon a Time) Op.71; Schumann: FantasiestückeOp.12; Chopin: Polonaise in c-sharpOp.26 No.1; Chopin: Ballade No.2 in F. JaninaFialkowska, piano. St. Lawrence Centre forthe Arts - Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 FrontSt. E. 1-800-708-6754 or tickets@musictoronto.comor www.musictorontoconcerts.com/concerts/janina-fialkowska. From .(arts workers).Wednesday March 19● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. TheGlenn Gould School Spring Opera: Mozart’sDie Zauberflöte. Music by W. A. Mozart. JenniferTung, conductor; Alsion Grant, stage director.Royal Conservatory of Music - TELUSCentre - Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.. Also Mar 21.Thursday March 20● 11:45am: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Student Recital - Strings | RH.Wilfrid Laurier University - Maureen ForresterRecital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo.www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-ofmusic/events/index.Free.● 12:00 noon: Metropolitan United Church.Piano Recital. Alexander Jacob, piano. MetropolitanUnited Church, 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x226. Freewill donation.● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Mahler’s Fourth. Paradis: Overture to DerSchulkandidat; Mozart: “Temerari! Sortite!... Come scoglio” from Così fan tutte K.588;Haydn: Scene di Berenice Hob.XXIVa:10; Mahler:Symphony No.4. Anna Prohaska, soprano;Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or www.tso.ca. From . Also Mar 22.● 8:00: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert. LaRondine. Music by Giacomo Puccini. Sungin Italian with English Surtitles. CassandraAmorin as Magda; Opera in Concert Chorus;Robert Cooper, chorus director; NarminaAfandiyeva, music director & pianist. TrinitySt. Paul’s United Church. Jeanne Lamon Hall,427 Bloor St. W. www.operainconcert.com or416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754. From .Also Mar 21.● 8:00: Centre in the Square. ClassicAlbums Live performs David Bowie – Changesonebowie.101 Queen St. N., Kitchener.519-578-1570 or www.centreinthesquare.com. From .50.● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. TaylorAcademy Series: The Stars of Tomorrow.Royal Conservatory of Music - TELUS Centre- Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. W.416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.Free.Friday March 21● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s/Guitar Societyof Toronto. Noontime Recital. Luis AngelMedina, guitar. St. Andrew’s PresbyterianChurch, 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x220or www.standrewstoronto.org. Free. Donationswelcome.● 12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music.Fridays at 12:30 Series: Theodore Baerg,Baritone & Mark Payne, Piano. Western University- Music Building - Von Kuster Hall,1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.● 7:00: Jazz at Durbar. The Matt Pines Trio.Featuring Francine Kirsh on vocals. DurbarIndian Restaurant, 2469 Bloor St. W. 416-762-4441. No cover. Reserve a table for dinner orcome by for a drink at the bar.● 7:30: Wilfrid Laurier University Facultyof Music. Laurier Student Composer Concert.Wilfrid Laurier University - MaureenForrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave.,Waterloo. www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-music/events/index. Free.40 | February & March 2025 thewholenote.com
● 7:30: Milton Philharmonic Orchestra.Spring Blossoms. Brahms: Symphony No.2in D; Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Overture inC; Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto in g. IsabellaMisquitta-Yip, piano. FirstOntario Arts Centre(Milton), 1010 Main St., Milton. 905-875-5399. ; ; (st/child).● 7:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. WindEnsemble: The Psychological Sigh. WesternUniversity - Talbot College - Paul DavenportTheatre, 1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.● 7:30: Toronto Bandura Festival. Banduraon Bloor 2025 Concert Series. Teryn Kuzma,bandura & soprano; Yarko Antonevych, bandura.Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-845-2691 or www.torontobandurafestival.ca.; (Early Bird). All net proceeds fromthis concert will be donated to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation.● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. TheGlenn Gould School Spring Opera: Mozart’sDie Zauberflöte. See Mar 19.● 8:00: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert. LaRondine. See Mar 20.Matthew JonesBrahmsTragic OvertureShostakovichSymphony #10THE FRIENDS OF MUSICAT ST. THOMAS’S presentClassical GuitaristDaniel RamjattanBach, Mertz and contemporary composersSaturday, March 22 at 4:00 pmSt. Thomas’s Anglican Church, 383 Huron St., TorontoPay what you wish:Suggested regular; studentsTickets: Scan code or visit stthomas.on.ca● 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra.Agony and Ecstasy. Brahms: Tragic OvertureOp.81; Simon Rivet: Ellipse of a Cry; Shostakovich:Symphony No.10 in e Op.93. EtobicokePhilharmonic Orchestra; Craig Doyle of CDH-Live; Matthew Jones, music director. MartinGrove United Church, 75 Pergola Rd., Etobicoke.416-239-5665 or www.eporchestra.ca.; (child).● 8:00: Brampton On Stage. Alan Cumming& Ari Shapiro: Och & Oy! A Considered Cabaret.Alan Cumming (Cabaret, The Good Wife)and Ari Shapiro (NPR’s All Things Considered,Pink Martini) both transport audiences toother worlds through their stories. The RoseTheatre, 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. 905-874-2800, tickets.brampton.ca. -.Saturday March 22● 2:30: Heliconian Club. “…and the worldsmiles with you”. Satie: Sports et Divertissements;Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody; VanillaIce Cream from She Loves Me. KathrynRose Johnson. soprano; Caitlin Holland, sopranoand piano; Ruth Kazdan, piano; VelmaKo, violin. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.416-922-3618 or www.torontoheliconianclub.wildapricot.org/event-5795002.;Free(child 12 and under accompanied by anadult).● 3:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. SymphonicBand: Resplendent Reflections.Western University - Talbot College - PaulDavenport Theatre, 1151 Richmond St. N., London.519-661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.● 4:00: Elmer Iseler Singers. Springburst.Norbert Palej: Missa Super Terminos (NorthAmerican premiere). Guests: MacMillan Singers(Dr. Jamie Hillman); Elmer Iseler Singers(Lydia Adams, conductor). Eglinton St.George’s United Church, 35 Lytton Blvd. Visitwww.bit.ly/springburst2025 or call 416-217-0537. ; (sr); (under 30).● 7:00: Annette Studios. My Shadow y yo.Works by Capó, Schumann, Díaz, Sondheim,and Handel. Fabián Arciniegas, vocalist; ClaireHarris, piano. 566 Annette St. 647-458-3330.; (sr/st).● 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.Pictures at an Exhibition. Ravel: MotherGoose Suite; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Mussorgsky(arr. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition.Jane Coop, piano; Hamilton PhilharmonicOrchestra; Earl Lee, conductor. FirstOntarioConcert Hall (Hamilton) - Boris Brott GreatHall, 1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. www.hpo.org/pictures-at-an-exhibition. From . 6:30pm:Pre-concert talk.● 7:30: Soundstreams. with you and withoutyou. Curated by Brad Cherwin, winner ofthe 2024/25 Soundstreams New Voices CuratorMentorship Program. Works by FannyMendelssohn, Oliver Knussen, MatthewRicketts, Tansy Davies, Shawn Jaeger, AnaSokolovic. Danika Lorèn, soprano; EnsembleSoundstreams. St. Lawrence Centre forthe Arts - Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St.E. www.soundstreams.ca. Visit website forticket information.● 7:30: Orpheus Choir of Toronto. TheAtonement. Samuel Coleridge Taylor: TheAtonement. Guests: The Nathaniel DettChorale. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,1585 Yonge St. 416-420-9660 or www.orpheuschoirtoronto.com or tickets@orpheuschoirtoronto.com. ; (sr 60+);(st/arts workers).● 7:30: North Wind Concerts. New Tricks!The Cinderella story reimagined in music bySimon & Garfunkel, Cyndi Lauper, Queen,and others. Susan St. John, Carol Ann Treitz,Kathy Hanneson, Laura Pudwell, voices.Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. www.bemusednetwork.com/events/detail/1040.Pay-What-You-Can. Suggested amount or .● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Mahler’s Fourth. See Mar 20.ElmerIselerSingers● 8:00: Acoustic Harvest. Garnet Rogers.St. Paul’s United Church, 200 McIntoshSt., Scarborough. ticketscene.ca; acousticharvest.ca;acousticharvest@proton.me(for e-transfer). (door cash only);(advance). Fully accessible venue.● 8:00: Voices Chamber Choir. LuxAeterna: Music for Lent. Morten Lauridsen:Lux Aeterna; Cherubini: Requiem in c. ConradGold, accompanist; Ron Cheung, conductor.St. Martin-in-the-Fields Anglican Church,151 Glenlake Ave. 416-519-0528. ; (sr/st); Free(under 12).● 8:00: Voices Chamber Choir. Light Eternal.Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; Luigi Cherubini:Requiem. Conrad Gold, piano & organ;Ron K. M. Cheung, conductor. Church of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, 151 Glenlake Ave. www.voiceschoir.com. ; (sr/st - cash only).Sunday March 23● 1:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Young People’s Concert: Beethoven LivesUpstairs. Classical Kids LIVE!, actors; TrevorWilson, TSO RBC Resident Conductor. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 orwww.tso.ca. From . Also 4pm.● 3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. PianoRecitals Series. Works by Bach, Mendelssohn,Charles-Valentin Alkan, and Haydn.Schaghajegh Nosrati, piano. Royal Conservatoryof Music - TELUS Centre - KoernerHall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance. From .● 3:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. PopBand. Western University - Talbot College -Paul Davenport Theatre, 1151 Richmond St. N.,London. 519-661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/Lydia Adams, ConductorSat. Mar 22, 2025 at 4:00 pmEglinton St. Georges United ChurchSpringburstElmer Iseler SingersLydia Adams, ConductorWITH SPECIAL GUESTSMacMillan SingersDr. Jamie Hillman, ConductorTORONTO PREMIEREMissa Super Terminos by Norbert Palej, Composer416-217-0537 elmeriselersingers.comthewholenote.com February & March 2025 | 41
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