Thought I would compile a list of music events happening In The City this month.
This list includes an array of musical artists and styles that I think will appeal to many of you.
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Thought I would compile a list of music events happening In The City this month.
This list includes an array of musical artists and styles that I think will appeal to many of you.
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The entire FINAL FANTASY video game franchise, which has sold more than 168 million video game copies worldwide, recently celebrated its 35th anniversary. Crystalline Resonance: Final Fantasy, the new and intimate concert features the most acclaimed video game music in the world continues the FINAL FANTASY celebration through various cities worldwide.
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My Music Notes series returns with multidisciplinary artist SlowPitchSound (Cheldon Paterson).
Paterson has a new collaboration with Soundstreams, a company that showcases the work of Canadian and international composers through innovative musical experiences. His latest commission, A Fanfare for Spaces Between, will open Soundstreams’ 40th anniversary fanfare March 25th program.
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As part of my birthday month celebration, I always make it a point of enjoying as much of the Toronto arts & culture scene as possible. This year was no exception and I compiled an In The City list that I hope some of you were able to use to plan your days out and about.
Here are some details and recap of my time at a couple of events in the past month.
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Sara Farb is a veteran with The Musical Stage Company. She has been part of all the UNCOVERED series except one. She has also been part of five seasons at The Stratford Festival with shows including Romeo and Juliet, Anne Frank, King Lear; Fun Home (Musical Stage Company/Mirvish — Dora nom); Canadian premiere of The Humans (Canadian Stage/Citadel), R-E-B-E- C-C-A (playwright and performer, Theatre Passe Muraille).
Sara is the bookwriter for Kelly v. Kelly, which she wrote with Britta Johnson (music and lyrics) with the Canadian Stage and Musical Stage Companies. The world premiere of Kelly v. Kelly was delayed due to COVID. The Musical Stage Company is dedicated to the future of the piece and look forward to premiering it in a future season.
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The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) makes its long-awaited return to the concert hall, with Gustavo Gimeno’s highly-anticipated in-person début as Music Director. November’s concerts promise to be emotional experiences as audiences return to Roy Thomson Hall (RTH) for the first time since March 2020.
After many months away from RTH, I am very much looking forward to spending more time enjoying the TSO’s in-person concerts again!
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Toronto’s Upper Canada Choristers and their accomplished Latin ensemble Cantemos celebrate the diversity of music from Latin America in a concert titled Inti Ukana: A Latin American Tapestry. Originally scheduled for May as a public performance, it will now be live-streamed, with some pre-recorded elements this Friday, October 2 at 7:30 pm EDT.
Co-founder/conductor Laurie Evan Fraser directs the 45-member mixed choir in music new and old, traditional Indigenous and more widely known contemporary, with pianist Hye Won Cecilia Lee. Joining them are leading artists from Toronto’s Latino community, among them tenor Antonio Mata, and Claudio Saldivia on charango and quena. Well-known singer-songwriter and radio host Laura Fernandez will emcee the evening and serve as narrator.
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At a time when countless concerts and performances have been cancelled across the country, Sonic Boom, Canada’s beloved record store has created an online venue for Canadian artists to launch their Spring record releases.
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As part of my birthday month celebration, I have always wanted to attend a Mozart concert by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. This year, I was a able to attend two concerts… Mozart’s Requiem, with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and his Symphony No. 40. A total treat!
Here’s some details about the concerts and my recap of my lovely time spent with Mozart’s music.
The Ward Cabaret, a sold-out work-in-progress hit at last year’s Luminato Festival, premiered at Harbourfront Centre Theatre this past weekend.
From the 1840s until the Second World War, ‘The Ward’ was a place where Jewish, Chinese, African-American and Italian immigrants, among others, lived and struggled – an area loosely bordered by College and Queen, University and Yonge Streets – and was the seeding ground for this city’s cultural diversity. The Ward Cabaret musically and through storytelling explores how that remarkable process of mixing and imagining and sharing began, at the turn of the last century.
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