Join us for a highlight of the Winter term, the 22 member jazz ensemble concert. Directed by Michael Wood, the Jazz Ensemble plays a wide range of jazz standards and newer compositions. This term the ensemble is featuring the music of Quincy Jones, Wayne Short, Rob McConnell, and more.
Admission is $10/$5 students and seniors. Tickets available at the door. Reception to follow.
Four chamber groups will play a delightful selection of classical music. Included this term are pieces by Mozart and Peterson. Free admission, reception to follow.
A moving concert of vocal and instrumental music inspired by magical tales and legends. The music ranges from the enchanting "Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty" ballets by Tchaikovsky to arias from Mozart's "Magic Flute" and Massenet's "Cinderella", as well as orchestral music from Gounod's "Faust" and the great Can-Can from "Orpheus in the Underworld".
Award-winning Austrian pianist Anna Magdalena Kokits will play a selection of modern and classical pieces as part of her coast-to-coast tour during Canada 150.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
32 Variationen in c-moll, WoO 80 (1806)
Canadian tenor Colin Ainsworth has distinguished himself with his exceptional singing, remarkable diction, and diverse repertoire stretching from the Baroque to modern music. He very recently played Renaud in Opera Atelier's Armide, on stage in Versaille. For this concert he will be accompanied by William Aide on the piano. William Aide is a very well known Canadian pianist, known for both his solo work and as an accompanist. He is also a member of the Order of Canada.
This is the final of the "68" Haydn String Quartet concerts. The title refers to the 68 string quartets that Haydn wrote over the course of his life. Each exhibits its own unique characteristics and compositional techniques. The members of the Attacca Quartet have been so captivated by these works that it felt only natural to feature a number of Haydn string quartets as an entire program, as opposed to the usual tradition of hearing only one as a concert opener.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Op 54, No 3
Op 76, No 5
Kathryn Ladano, bass clarinet and Richard Burrows, percussion.
A trio consisting of Catherine Robertson (piano), Andrew Chung (violin), and Ben Bolt-Martin (cello), will be performing. Pieces include:
E. Bloch 3 Nocturnes
G. Faure Trio op. 120
Founded while its members were still students, the Toronto Percussion Ensemble has been amazing and delighting audiences since 1980 with its unique combination of collective virtuosity and relaxed stage manner. A Toronto Percussion Ensemble concert brings together music of the distant past with music of the here and now, global music with local traditions, and the familiar with the wonderfully exotic.
John Brownell, David Campion, Mark Duggan, and Beverley Johnston are appearing for the 5th time at a Grebel Noon Hour concert.
The Michael Wood Trio will play a selection of jazz classics. Michael Wood on vibraphone, Ted Warren on drums, and Mike McClennan on bass.
For more information on Michael Wood see his website.