Classical
Five Minutes With: Toronto Multi-Instrumentalist and Composer Jessica La
Jessica La, a versatile multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music educator based in Toronto, has graced prestigious stages including having her original […]
classical
Classical
All Things Must Pass: Art of Time Ensemble Bids Farewell After 25 Years
Steven Page. Hawksley Workman. Margaret Atwood. Barbara Hannigan. Don McKellar. Seán Cullen. Peggy Baker. Martha Burns. Michael Ondaatje. These are […]
Classical
Toronto Summer Music returns with a Metamorphosis (July 9-29)
Classical music aficionados, take note: this year, the Toronto Summer Music festival is challenging you to see as many of […]
Classical
TSO Performs Mahler No. 5 (Concert Review)
In last year’s Academy Award-nominated Tár, the swirling personal and professional crises of its title character, a world-renowned (fictitious) conductor, […]
Classical
Bach’s Mass in B Minor (Concert) Review: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Shines in Religious Epic
Of all the things to pack a crowded concert hall on a Toronto evening in 2023, a two-and-a-half-hour Catholic epic […]
Classical
Royal Conservatory of Music Spring 2023 Season Features Chamber Favourites and Belgian Pop Icons
Tucked in next door to Varsity Stadium, Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music has been welcoming classical music […]
Arts
One Orchestra to Rule Them All: FILMharmonic Brings Rings, Jedi, and More to Canadian Concert Halls
Québec-based FILMharmonic, founded in 2015, has been steadily increasing its Toronto presence, with a recent live orchestra performance of The […]
Classical
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Joins the TSO For Elgar, Vaughan Williams, and a Canadian World Premiere (Concert Review)
Last weekend, up-and-coming English cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for an impeccably-programmed (and nearly impeccably-performed) evening of Elgar, […]
Music
Royal Conservatory of Music Season Preview: 2022-2023 Showcase For the Best, Brightest, and Up and Coming
Since its inception in 1886 the Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada’s oldest and largest music conservatory, has been cultivating Canada’s […]
Music
“Five Minutes With” Toronto-based singer and composer, Anastasia Minster
Anastasia Minster is a singer and composer based in Toronto, Canada. She creates melancholy soulful music in the genre of […]