The legendary ProgRock guitarist for Yes and Asia, was voted "Best Overall Guitarist" in Guitar Player Magazine five years in a row and has been inducted into Guitar Player's "Gallery of Greats". He elevated rock guitar into an art form and almost singlehandedly defined a new style of music known as Art Rock.

www.fingerstyleguitar.ca

www.stevehowe.com

Discover a dynamic blend of indigenous folk and classical music from the ancient South Caucasus nation of Armenia. Featuring six critically acclaimed prodigies playing the duduk (Armenian oboe), piano, violin, cello, classical guitar, kanoon (Armenian zither) and an ethnographic folk singer.

yerazart.org

In the flurry of festivities for the 400th anniversary of francophone presence in North America, Les Héritiers de Champlain celebrate French Ontario from yesterday to today in 25 songs. The six stars of the show, Cindy Doire, Mackendy Dorcilhomme, Olivier Fairfield, Tricia Foster, Stéphane Guertin and Mehdi Hamdad, put their own touch on the songs of French Ontario in addition their own creations.

Friday, October 17 - 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
CBC Radio ONE presents

Q LIVE with Sarah McLachlan




Admission by donation to the Sarah McLachlan Foundation.

All proceeds go to the Sarah McLachlan Foundation to benefit music
education for kids.

www.cbc.ca/q

www.sarahmclachlan.com

The Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra, under the leadership of Founder and Artistic Director Colin Clarke, provides young musicians with the opportunity to perform in a concert setting. Alumna, clarinetist Michele Jacot joins the orchestra as they launch their 18th season with a program that features tunes from the much-loved to the downright obscure – everything from Abba to Zappa!

tywo.ca

Saturday, October 25 - 8:00 p.m.

John McNab


with the Ralph Frasier Trio

Admission: $30, $20 students & seniors.

Internationally acclaimed vocalist John McNab, in concert with The Ralph Fraser Trio, interprets repertoire from The Great American Songbook, with a special tribute to the music of Rodgers and Hart and Arthur Schwartz.

johnmcnab.com

Tuesday, October 28 - 8:00 p.m.

Michele Mele




Admission: $25, $20 students & seniors.

Composer, musician, vocalist and entertainer Michele Mele has compiled the jazz-infused, wit-adorned songs of her latest album into a one-woman show, punctuated by relaxed, funny and moving reminiscences. Naked on the Rocks is Michele’s freshest, most musical and eclectic collection to date providing a range of inspired original material from the worlds of blues, rock, ambient/free music, bossa nova, disco and country influences.

www.michelemele.com

Friday, October 31 - 8:00 p.m.
Amici Chamber Ensemble presents

Welcome Serouj


Pre-Concert Chat hosted by Keith Horner, 7:30 pm

Admission: $45, $40 Seniors, $10 Students

Amici welcomes Serouj Kradjian with a performance of one of his favourite chamber music works, César Franck’s monumental piano quintet. He and David are joined by three exciting and highly sought-after musicians from McGill University’s Faculty of Music, violinists Jonathan Crow and Mark Fewer and violist Douglas McNabney.

The first half of the programme will begin with Franz Krommer’s beautiful Clarinet Quartet and then Serouj, Joaquin and David will perform Amici’s first commissioned composition, the Juno Award-winning trio, “Among Friends” by Chan Ka Nin.

www.amiciensemble.com