2008-2009 Season

Sept.08 | Oct.08 | Nov.08 | Dec.08 | Jan.09 | Feb.09 | Mar.09 | Apr.09 | May.09 | June.09 | Summer.09

Saturday, November 1 - 8:00 p.m.
MI Magazin and CultureBridge.ca presents

Stefan Milenkovich Violin Recital

Admission: $30.00 ($35.00 day of show)

Violinist Stefan Milenkovich first came to international attention at age 10 when he was invited to perform for U.S. President, Ronald Reagan, at the White House Christmas Show. The performance was followed by an invitation from the former Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev, to perform in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He also performed twice for Pope John Paul II in Italy. Hear him in an intimate solo recital at Glenn Gould Studio.

www.milenkovich.com

Monday, November 3 - 8:00 p.m.
Ergo Ensemble presents

Sounding Across the Americas

Admission: $$30 ($20 Seniors/Arts Workers, $10 Students)

Join the ERGO Ensemble, with guests the Larry Bond Trio & Bruce Redstone, and dramatically engaging Mexican performance artist/violinist Paulina Derbez for an evening celebrating the contemporary music and sound of Latin American and North American Indigenous composers.

Pre-concert starts at 7:15pm, with Latin Jazz, followed by the main concert at 8pm. Admission includes both concerts.


 

Thursday, November 6 - 8:00 p.m.
CBC Radio One presents

The Debaters


with Steve Patterson

Admission: $19.00 ($13.00 students/seniors)
$23.50/$17.50 (day of show)


Sorry, this event is sold out.

CBC Radio’s hit show The Debaters features Canada’s hottest comedians going toe to toe, debating topics in the news and on the minds of Canadians. The audience picks the winners based on who delivered the best logic and laughs, the best rhetoric and rant. Facts and force of argument can earn points, but in the end, jokes will likely win the match. Comedy trumps all.

www.cbc.ca/thedebaters


Friday, November 7 - 8:00 p.m.
Live at the Gould presents

Apostle of Hustle,
with Tagaq

Admission: $25

Toronto’s Apostle of Hustle and Inouk singer Tagaq are taking to the road this fall on a series of co-headlining dates. They met last year at a CBC Fuse session in Ottawa, and inspired by the music each was making, wanted to spend some time together on the road.

For both Apostle of Hustle’s Andrew Whiteman, Julian Brown and Dean Stone and Tagaq, the notion of collaboration comes naturally. Whiteman performs as a member of Broken Social Scene, Brown has toured and recorded with Feist, Stone has performed with Peter, Bjorn & John, while Tagaq, on her new album Anuk, brought in such diverse artists as Buck 65 and Mike Patton. Their concert promises to bring some of that same magic and the spontaneity of live performance.


www.arts-crafts.ca/apostleofhustle

www.tanyatagaq.com


Saturday, November 8 - 8:00 p.m.
Roy Thomson Hall presents

Roxanne Potvin

Admission: $29.50 (includes Roxanne Potvin’s upcoming CD)

Roxanne Potvin combines an easy-going confidence and style with fire and a wonderful innocence that engages her audience wherever and whenever she plays. With influences rooted in blues and branching out to include rock ’n’ roll, country, folk and jazz, Roxanne’s music has attracted the attention of artists such as John Hiatt and Colin Linden - both collaborators on her last record “The Way It Feels”. Come celebrate the launch of her upcoming record at Glenn Gould Studio and take home a copy of your own.

www.roxannepotvin.com

Sunday, November 9 - 2:00 p.m.

Chor Trillium

Admission: $15

Toronto-based Japanese women's choir, Chor Trillium, proudly presents their 15 Year Anniversary Concert. Conducted by Takako Yanagida Lordly, the concert will feature a beautiful collection of Japanese songs as well as solo piano by rising stars, accompanists Sayaka Morita and Megumi Okamoto.

www.takako.ca

Sunday, November 9 - 8:00 p.m.
Canadian Sinfonietta presents

Young Artists Concert


Nicole Li, violin (CMC winner)
Erica Iris Huang, mezzo-soprano (CMC winner)

Admission: $25, $15 Students & Seniors

Program
Michael Pepa Fanfare (World Premiere) Bruch Violin Concerto
Mozart Selections from Marriage of Figaro
Bizet Selections from Carmen; Symphony in C major

www.canadiansinfonietta.com

Thursday, November 13 - 8:00 p.m.
Crystal Journey with the art of Eden Martin presents

Journey Through the Solar System

David Hickey, with Eden Martin

Admission: $30




A musical, vibrational and colour journey through our solar system with 18 Paiste Planet Gongs, Quartz Crystal Bowls and Vibraphone, accompanied by artist-painter, Eden Martin.

Planet Gongs are tuned to the natural harmonic series based on the orbital properties of the Earth, Moon, Sun and Planets. All of these gongs resonate in harmony with the celestial bodies and communicate a distinct aspect of the Music of the Spheres, which was first written about by Pythagoras in the 6th Century BC. Each planet gong contributes a vital pitch to the total harmonic resonance of our solar system.

Crystal Bowls are made of 99.992% crushed quartz crystal that is heated to 4000 degrees in a centrifugal mold. The thickness of the bowl determines the note, digitally tuned to C D E F G A and B corresponding to the charkas, our energy centers; root (C), sacral (D), solar plexus (E), heart (F), throat (G), third eye (A), and crown (B). The diameter of the bowl determines the pitch, ranging from 6 inches to 22 inches.

Artist Eden Martin will capture the performance in color.

www.crystaljourney.ca

www.edenartjourney.ca

Saturday, November 15 - 8:00 p.m.
Live at the Gould presents

Kevin Fox

Admission: $22.50

Halifax native Kevin Fox is a revered multi-instrumentalist, sought-after arranger/composer and recording artist, and has been dubbed ‘Canada’s most ubiquitous side-man’. Now, three years after the release of his debut album Come Alive, Kevin returns to his exceptional talents as a singer-songwriter with the much-anticipated release of Songs for Cello and Voice.

Kevin combines his signature instrument, which he skillfully bows, plucks, taps and loops, with his charismatic voice, to create a tuneful and captivating musical tapestry of cello-driven folk/pop. From his distinctive originals like ‘Signs’ and ‘In the Eyes of You’, to innovative covers of Kate Bush’s ‘Army Dreamers’ and Eurythmics’ ‘Sweet Dreams’, Songs for Cello and Voice showcases Kevin’s unique talent and reinforces his astonishing artistic scope.


www.kevinfox.ca

Sunday, November 16 - 2:00 p.m.

Toronto Mandolin Orchestra

with special guests, Eugene Draw, violin and Ira Erokhina, domra.

Admission: $30


The Toronto Mandolin Orchestra is a continuation of the proud tradition of mandolin orchestral music in the Ukrainian, Jewish, Macedonian and other communities in Canada. It will present a diverse program featuring instrumental and vocal soloists, including violinist Eugene Draw, and domra virtuoso, Ira Erokhina.

www.shevchenkomusic.com

Thursday, November 20 - 7:30 p.m.
CBC Radio One IDEAS presents


Laughter - The Second Best Medicine


A talk by Dr. Robert Buckman

Admission: $15

Dr. Robert Buckman explores the essential elements of what makes us laugh. He’ll show how humour is a deliberate diversion from the expected and that all things funny can be boiled down to a basic structure. In a presentation that will make you laugh, he uncovers how we make things funny and why laughter and humour is genuinely good for us.

Part of CBC Radio One's series IDEAS.

www.cbc.ca/ideas


www.drbuckman.com

Friday, November 21 - 8:00 p.m.
Society for Traditional Studies presents


Piano Music of Gurdjieff


Charles Ketcham, piano
with Casey Sokol, percussion

Admission: $25.00
($15 students & seniors)

This program of rarely heard piano music represents the remarkable collaboration of composer Thomas de Hartmann with his teacher, George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff. Pianist Charles Ketcham, considered one of the leading interpreters of Gurdjieff’s music, will be accompanied by percussionist Casey Sokol. A discussion of the relationship of the music to the Gurdjieff teaching will follow.

gurdjieff-foundation-toronto.org

Saturday, November 22 - 8:00 p.m.

Stefan Ciric in Concert

The Debut of a Brilliant Serbian Pianist

Admission: $30, Students & Seniors $25
openstagetheatre.com (PayPal)
(416) 535-8431 or (416) 670-2791
E-mail: info@openstagetheatre.com



‘astonishing maturity, elegance and high technical standards’ - Kleine Zeitung
‘gentle lyricism…, brilliance of tone and clarity of texture’ - Musical Opinion
‘Stefan Ciric will go far’ - La Provincia

stefanciric.com

Sunday, November 23 - 2:00 p.m.

Our 14th Schubertiad:
Winterize

Admission: $50, $40 seniors & students


The inhabitants of Toronto are going to hate us: bass baritone Peter McGillivray and pianist Boris Zarankin bring in the Winter early - on November 23rd, with Schubert’s immortal vocal cycle, Die Winterreise. But not to worry, we promise a taste of the Spanish Costa del Sol too – to balance out the afternoon Turina and Granados will be on hand! As always, Inna Perkis and Boris Zarankin will delight us with their four hand piano duo.

Sponsored by the Spanish Consulate General.

www.offcentremusic.com

Friday, November 28 - 8:00 p.m.

Yvette Tollar


with special guests Kevin Breit & Rich Brown’s rinsethealgorithm

Admission: $20.00 ($12.00 students, seniors, artists / $5 children under 12)

Toronto born, modern jazz vocalist, Yvette Tollar celebrates the release of her new CD, Ima. Yvette's rich and highly expressive voice is unique on the Canadian jazz scene and proves the perfect vehicle for this delightful collection of Canadian penned songs. Rich Brown's, modern jazz super-group, rinsethealgorithm opens the night with an exhilarating first set.

www.yvettetollar.com

 

 

Sunday, November 30 - 7:00 p.m.
Les Amis presents

Ellen Annor-Adjei, piano
Atis Bankas, violin

Admission: $35

Celebrating their 26th season, Les Amis Concerts presents pianist Ellen Annor-Adjei and violinist Atis Bankas in recital. The program will include Moussorgsky’s Night on the Bald Mountain and Pictures at an Exhibition and Ravel’s Sonata for violin and piano and La Valse.

www.lesamisconcerts.org

 

 


 

Roy Thomson Hall
Box office
60 Simcoe St.

Phone: (416) 872-4255
Fax: (416) 593-9918

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