Toronto Concerts & Music News

• Harbourfront Centre's Summer Music in the Garden Returns to the Toronto Music Garden with Free Concerts, Dance Performances and Tours
  Harbourfront Centre's Summer Music in the Garden returns to the Toronto Music Garden with another season of free performances and popular garden tours. Summer Music in the Garden 2010 will see the return of many favourite performers from the past 10 seasons, while more than 47 artists will make their debuts.
• Line-Up of Artists Announced for the Young Centre's Saturday Night Cabaret Series
  Albert Schultz, General Director of the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, today announced a new line-up of artists who will be performing as part of the Saturday Night Cabaret Series in the Garland Cabaret every Saturday night at 10pm.
• Art of Time Ensemble Announces 2010-2011 Season
  Mixing music with the best of dance, theatre and literature
  Andrew Burashko, founder and Artistic Director of the acclaimed Art of Time Ensemble, announces the exciting and intriguing performances that will make up the ensemble's 2010-2011 season, sponsored by BMO Financial.
• Casino Rama Announcing the September & October 2010 Concert Line-up
  Casino Rama's just announced October concert line-up provides a great mix of entertainment and when combined with a delicious meal in one of our 10 unique restaurants, or with an overnight stay in our luxury all-suite hotel, it's the perfect getaway from the everyday.
• Mooredale Concerts Announces 2010-11 Season - October 3, 2010 – April 30, 2011
  Toronto's Mooredale Concerts has announced its most ambitious season ever for 2010-11.Under the artistic direction of pianist Anton Kuerti, the 22^nd season features two orchestras, four pianists, two string quartets and a concert of music for trombone and organ – with a lineup of stellar Canadian and international artists.
• 2010 - 2011 Jazz @ Massey Hall subscriptions on sale now! Sponsored by TD Canada Trust
  Toronto’s Massey Hall has remained a renowned concert hall for well over a century with Jazz music playing a remarkable role in its enviable history. Internationally recognized as the venue that housed The Quintet's famous 1953 concert...
• Opera Atelier Celebrates 25 extraordinary years as Canada's Baroque Opera Company
  Acis and Galatea runs October 30, November 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7
  La Clemenza di Tito runs April 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, and May 1, 2011
  Opera Atelier celebrates its 25^th Anniversary Season with two new productions: one pays tribute to the company's roots, the second points to its ambitious plans for the future.

From Thursday, July 1 through Sunday, September 19, Summer Music in the Garden presents 20 free outdoor concerts involving more than 88 artists.

The concerts take place Thursday evenings at 7 p.m., and Sundays at 4 p.m. Free tours of the Toronto Music Garden, led by volunteers from the Toronto Botanical Garden, commence June 2 and take place Wednesdays at 11 a.m. through September 29, and on Thursdays before every concert at 5:30 p.m. from July 1 through September 19. Admission to the park is always free and open to all ages, including tours and concerts.

Visitors to the garden can also take an audio tour, with commentary from the Toronto Music Garden's designers Yo-Yo Ma and Julie Moir Messervy. Hand-held audio players are available for $6 at Harbourfront Centre's Marina Quay West office, 539 Queens Quay West.

The annual Summer Music in the Garden series and guided tours are produced by Harbourfront Centre in partnership with City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation, with the generous support of Toronto Culture, and Margaret and Jim Fleck, George Dembroski, David Graham, Sandra and Jim Pitblado, and William and Phyllis Waters. Summer Music in the Garden is curated for Harbourfront Centre by artistic director Tamara Bernstein, who celebrates her 10th year of concert programming in 2010.

The Toronto Music Garden is a City of Toronto park, located on the waterfront at 475 Queens Quay West (on the water's edge side), between Bathurst Street and Spadina Avenue. The Garden is wheelchair-accessible and open year-round. For information on current programmes, the public can call Harbourfront Centre, 416-973-4000 or visit harbourfrontcentre.com/torontomusicgarden. For information on City of Toronto parks and gardens, the public can call 311 or visit toronto.ca/parks_gardens.

2010 SUMMER MUSIC IN THE GARDEN SCHEDULE

Please note: All concerts are approximately one hour long (except where noted) and take place weather permitting. Concerts are cancelled in the event of inclement weather.

• Inspired by Cremona
  Thursday, August 12, 7 p.m.
  As instrument-makers of 17th-century Italy turned out violins of unsurpassed beauty, the local composers dreamed up bold new music to feature the instrument. Catch the excitement and passion as baroque violinists Patricia Ahern and Linda Melsted, harpsichordist Borys Medicky, and lutenist Lucas Harris perform music by Carlo Farina, Tarquinio Merula and Dario Castello.

• Dancing with Dvor·k
  Sunday, August 15, 4 p.m.
  The Cecilia String Quartet returns to perform Dvor·k's Waltz Op. 54 No. 1 in A Major and String Quartet No. 13 in G Major, Op. 106, topped off by Brahms's beloved Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor. Min-Jeong Kohand Sarah Nematallah, violins; Caitlin Boyle, viola, and Rebecca Wenham, cello.

• Ragas for a Summer Evening
  Thursday, August 19, 7 p.m.
  Sarangi virtuosa Aruna Narayan invokes the spiritual dimensions of twilight through North Indian ragas for this time of day. With Vineet Vyas, tabla, and Akshay Kalle, tanpura.

• Masque of the Garden
  Sunday, August 22 , 4 p.m.
  Musicians of the Toronto Masque Theatre join with actor Derek Boyes and baroque dancer Dorothea Ventura in a program celebrating summer, life, and the Music Garden itself, including dances which inspired the six sections of the garden.

• Able was I ere I heard Abel
  Thursday, August 26, 7 p.m.
  Viola da gambist Justin Haynes and baroque cellist Kate Haynes present a tribute to the 18th century's last great gamba virtuoso, Carl Friedrich Abel, in a program that might have been heard at the famous Bach-Abel concert series in 1770s London. Music by Haydn, Abel, Christoph Schaffrath and more.

• Accordions – Unleashed!
  Sunday, August 29, 4 p.m.
  Five accordion virtuosi – Ina Henning, Eugene Laskiewicz, Joseph Macerollo, Kimberley Pritchard and Alexander Sevastian – rock the garden with a program of solos and ensembles - including Bach's Concerto for Four Harpsichords.

• Bach at Dusk
  Thursday, September 2, 7 p.m.
  Winona Zelenka concludes her six-year odyssey through Bach's Suites for solo cello with the dark, dramatic Suite No. 5 in C Minor, written for unconventionally tuned cello. Note: short concert (approx. 30 minutes) due to early sunset.

• Tales of Love, Murder and (Other) Nonsense
  Thursday, September 9, 7 p.m.
  The brilliant young mezzo-soprano Marta Herman performs 20th-century music by Brian Elias and Harry Freedman, interspersed with Elizabethan lute songs, with guitar accompaniment. Note: short concert (approx. 30 minutes) due to early sunset.

• Mozart Un-Locked
  Sunday, September 12, 4 p.m.
  The Rosetta Trio presents sublime string music separated by 150 years: a 17th century suite by Matthew Locke, and Mozart's Divertimento for String Trio in Eb Major, K.563. Performed on period instruments by Abigail Karr, violin; Sarah Darling, viola, and Kate Bennett Haynes, cello. They are joined by lutenist Lucas Harris in the Locke.

• Shauna and Friends
  Sunday, September 19, 4 p.m.
  Renowned Canadian cellist Shauna Rolston and outstanding student cellists from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music brings the season to a close with music by Elgar, Massenet, Kreisler and others, arranged for solo, duo and cello ensemble.

TORONTO MUSIC GARDEN BACKGROUND

The Toronto Music Garden is one of Toronto's most enchanting locations. The Garden was conceived by internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and designed by Boston-based landscape artist Julie Moir Messervy. Its design interprets Bach's Suite No. 1 in G Major for Unaccompanied Cello, with each dance movement within the suite corresponding to a different section of the Garden: Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Menuett and Gigue. The Toronto Music Garden is the only garden/park in the world known to be directly inspired by a specific piece of music. In tribute to the garden's anniversary, author and landscape designer Messervy has released The Toronto Music Garden: Inspired by Bach in partnership with the City of Toronto and Margaret and Jim Fleck, available at Harbourfront Centre's BOUNTY Contemporary Craft + Design or through http://www.torontoparksandtrees.org/ For more information on the book, call Valerie Croswell at 416-392-9470 or email vcroswe@toronto.ca.

The Toronto Music Garden opened in 1999; concerts have been held there every summer since 2000. Since 2001, the concerts have been produced by Harbourfront Centre in partnership with City of Toronto, under the artistic direction of Tamara Bernstein. The Garden itself is maintained by City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation, as well as volunteers.

The Toronto Music Garden, located on Queens Quay West at the foot of Spadina Avenue, is easy to reach by public transit. From Spadina Station take the 510 (Union Station) streetcar south. From Union Station take the Harbourfront LRT (509 or 510 streetcar) going west from inside Union Station. Call the Toronto Transit Commission at 416-393-4636 for transit information.

Since its launch in May of this year, the Saturday Night Cabaret Series has been embraced by Toronto audiences for its eclectic mixture of music and storytelling and personal performances by fascinating and gifted artists.

The Young Centre Cabaret Series is generously supported by Laura Dinner and Richard Rooney.

Saturday Night Cabaret Artists and Performance Dates:

• Tanika Charles – Saturday August 14, 2010 @ 10pm
  NOW Magazine's Best R&B Singer of 2008, Toronto-born and Edmonton-raised Tanika Charles takes cues from the tradition of Al Green and Lee Fields to bring soul music to a younger generation. Tanika has been a touring vocalist with Bedouin Soundclash, and brings her talent and intensity to the Young Centre for a night of smouldering soul vibes.

• Elizabeth Shepherd – Saturday August 21, 2010 @10pm
  Elizabeth Shepherd is a singer-songwriter/pianist who straddles pop, jazz and good old-fashioned story-telling. Her accolades include 2 Juno nominations, and extensive touring across Canada, the US, Europe and Japan. Her latest album, "Heavy Falls the Night" (2010) has been heralded by both the Globe and Mail and EXCLAIM! as "her best work yet."

• Luis Mario Ochoa – Saturday August 28, 2010 @ 10pm
  Born in Havana, Cuba, Luis Mario Ochoa has studied at some of Havana's most renowned conservatories since the age of 11. Luis Mario moved to Toronto in 1990 and formed the band Cimarron ("free spirit") shortly thereafter. Legendary among Toronto's Latin music scene, Luis Mario's songs are a romantic fusion of Cuban and Jazz influences.

• Mary Lou Fallis – Saturday September 11, 2010 @ 10pm
  "Canada's foremost musical comedienne," Mary Lou Fallis is known across the country for her role in the Bravo! Television series Bathroom Divas. Through Primadonna, her ACTRA award-winning, Dora-nominated series of one-woman shows, Mary Lou has re-invented the classical music comedy genre and has toured across Great Britain, Japan, and Iceland.

• Micah Barnes – Saturday September 18, 2010 @ 10pm
  Singer/pianist/composer Micah Barnes has a rich musical history, and is a member of the internationally popular group The Nylons. Touring with The Nylons, Micah has shared stages with performers like Harry Connick Jr, Gladys Knight, and Michael Bolton. Micah's solo career has led to top club and concert performances in Las Vegas, Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.

The Saturday Night Cabarets run all year at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts (future participants will be announced at a later date), located at 55 Mill Street, Building 49, in the Distillery Historic District.

Ticket prices: $15 ($10 if you have purchased a ticket for a Soulpepper/Young Centre performance on the same day.Patrons must show their ticket stub for discount). Tickets are available by calling the Young Centre box office at 416.866.8666 or online at www.youngcentre.ca.

Phenomenal Canadian artists from the fields of music, literature, theatre and dance - including legendary dancer/ choreographer Peggy Baker, singer Steven Page (ex of the Barenaked Ladies), actor Ted Dykstra, pop songstress Sarah Slean, and actors David Ferry and Tom McCamus - take part as special guests in the 2010-2011 season as Art of Time continues to shatter all preconceived notions of what any art form is supposed to be.

Building on the success of the previous season, Burashko has increased the number of Art of Time presentations from five concerts to six for 2010-2011. Various combinations of this season's Art of Time Ensemble musicians - Andrew Burashko, Benjamin Bowman, Steven Dann, Phil Dwyer, Jonathan Goldsmith, George Koller, Rachel Mercer, Rob Piltch, Stephen Sitarski, Kevin Turcotte, Winona Zelenka, and others - accompany each of the shows in the season:

In announcing the season, Burashko stated, "Every program that Art of Time Ensemble presents aims to surprise, to provoke, to bring a fresh perspective to something old and to find the connections to the entirely new with the greatest talents in the country."

• Robert Schumann 1812-2010
  September 17 & 18, 2010
  A multidimensional program celebrating the music of Robert Schumann, featuring singers Andy Maize and Mike Ross. Contextualized by readings from his own letters and critical writings, the performance explores Schumann's piano, vocal and chamber music, including the Andante from his Piano Quartet Op.47, selections from Kreisleriana, a selection of lieder, and the entire Piano Quintet Op.44. A tragic, beautiful life, a musical genius revealed.

• Abbey Road*
  October 21, 2010
  A special encore performance of last September's sold-out concert, presenting The Beatles' Abbey Road, re-imagined and re-invented in new arrangements for the Art of Time Ensemble and performed by Canada's top classical, jazz and pop artists including Kevin Hearn, Andy Maize (of The Skydiggers), Steven Page (formerly of the Barenaked Ladies), Alejandra Ribera, Sarah Slean, John Southworth and Martin Tielli (formerly of the Rheostatics).

* Not part of the 2010/2011 Subscription Series.

• Shakespeare: If Music Be...
  December 9-11, 2010
  An evening of music, dance and ideas inspired by Shakespeare. Music by Erich Korngold, Sergei Prokofiev, John Cage and Rufus Wainwright; choreography by Peggy Baker and James Kudelka; and scenes from Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo & Juliet. Featuring actors Marc Bendavid, Ted Dykstra, David Ferry, Lucy Peacock and Cara Rickets; and dancers Peggy Baker, Tanya Howard and Patrick Lavoie.

• Take This Waltz
  February 4 & 5, 2011
  A program that explores the waltz throughout the last 150 years, beginning with an arrangement of Johnann Strauss' Emperor Waltz and ending with Maurice Ravel's La Valse. In between, Art of Time explores waltzes by composers Shostakovich, Korngold, Schnittke and Liszt as well as Waltz for Debby by jazz legend Bill Evans, and songs by Tom Waits, Burt Bacharach and Leonard Cohen, as well as Steven Page, the featured singer for the evening.

• The War of the Worlds
  March 31 - April 3, 2011
  Academy Award-winning film composer Bernard Herrmann was responsible for most of Alfred Hitchcock's film scores and Orson Welles' radio dramas. To mark the centenary of his birth, Art of Time has commissioned an instrumental suite based on his film scores, and is staging The War of the Worlds radio drama, featuring actors Tom McCamus, David Ferry and Marc Bendavid, with a live band and sound effects by John Gzowski.

• The Songbook 5
  May 24 & 25, 2011
  For the season finale, Art of Time returns to its popular Songbook series with an all-new Songbook featuring singer/songwriter Sarah Slean. Slean performs rich and innovative new arrangements of songs by Kurt Weill, Jacques Brel, Cole Porter, Leonard Cohen, Bjˆrk, PJ Harvey and others - accompanied by a mixed ensemble cast of Canada's finest classical and jazz musicians.

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All concerts except Abbey Road are at 8 p.m. at the Enwave Theatre at Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queens Quay West. Three- four- and five-concert subscription packages** are available through the Harbourfront Centre Box Office at 416-973-4000 (from $66-$162, $85-$200 and $100-$236 respectively) as are single tickets (from $25-$59). Information: www.artoftimeensemble.com.

Envisioned and crafted by Artistic Director and founder Andrew Burashko, Art of Time Ensemble concerts are provocative, engaging and accessible to people unfamiliar with classical music, but also immensely fulfilling to aficionados looking for a unique musical experience.

**Does not include Abbey Road which is at Koerner Hall.

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The Art of Time Ensemble is one of Toronto's most innovative and artistically resonant music ensembles. The ensemble has attracted the interest and participation of some of Canada's best performers in creating new and exciting opportunities for collaborations between the performing arts; provoking, entertaining and breaking down barriers, revealing the vibrancy of classical music as a contemporary artistic expression and appealing to a range of audiences. Past projects include the North American premiere of Mauricio Kagel's multi-media Varieté, called a "landmark in interdisciplinary arts in Toronto" (National Post), which played to sold out houses over five performances and received a 2004 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Sound Design/Composition on behalf of Kagel.

Andrew Burashko made his debut at the age of seventeen with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and has since established himself as one of the most sought-after soloists in Canada. Known for his eclectic repertoire and unique programming, Burashko has performed with most of the Canadian orchestras, including nine seasons with the Toronto Symphony, collaborating with conductors Marin Alsop, Andrew Davis, Peter Oundjan, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Pinchas Zukerman, among many others. As a soloist, he has performed extensively throughout Canada, the United States and Europe. As a chamber musician, he regularly collaborates with Canada's top artists and performs in festivals throughout Canada and Europe. Burashko has recorded for CBC SM5000, Naxos, and Centerdisc labels, and his recording of Prokofiev's 6th Sonata and Romeo and Juliet suite has been released on the Opening Day label. He performed with bassist Joel Quarrington on his album Garden Scene (Analekta) that recently earned a 2010 Juno for Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble. He is regularly heard on CBC in Canada. A dedicated teacher, Mr. Burashko gives master classes throughout North America and is presently a member of the faculty at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto.

• Bjˆrn Again
  Friday, September 3 & Saturday, September 4
  SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
  Tickets are $20/$25
  Performing a tribute to ABBA and their award-winning music this entertaining show will feature hit songs: "Dancing Queen", "Fernando", "Mama Mia" & "Money, Money, Money".It's as close as you'll get to seeing the real thing!

• ZZ Top
  Thursday, September 9
  SHOWTIME: 8 PM, DOORS OPEN: 7 PM
  Friday, September 10
  SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
  Tickets are $55/$65
  Sporting their signature long beards, this legendary rock group returns to the Casino Rama stage to perform some of classic rock's greatest anthems: "Gimmie All Your Lovin' ", "Sharp Dressed Man", "Legs", "Sleeping Bag" & "Stages".

• Billy Idol
  Saturday, September 11
  SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
  Tickets are $40/$50
  Instantly recognizable during the MTV era for his trademark peroxide blonde spikes and rebel sneer, this massively successful pop icon is best known for hits: "Mony Mony", "White Wedding", "Dancing With Myself", "Rebel Yell", "Hot In The City" & "Cradle Of Love".

• John Fogerty
  Wednesday, September 15
  SHOWTIME: 8 PM, DOORS OPEN: 7 PM
  Tickets are $50/$60
  Award-winning singer, songwriter whose chart topping solo career included hits "Centerfield" & "The Old Man Down The Road" and former lead singer of CCR who penned hits "Fortunate Son" & "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" makes his Casino Rama debut.

• Aretha Franklin
  Thursday, September 16
  SHOWTIME: 8 PM, DOORS OPEN: 7 PM
  Tickets are $45/$55
  The first female artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the only performer at the historical inauguration of US President Obama, the Queen of Soul returns to Casino Rama to perform some of her legendary hits: "Respect", "Chain Of Fools", "Who's Zoomin' Who" & "Freeway of Love"

• Diana Ross
  Friday, September 17 & Saturday, September 18
  SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8PM
  Tickets are $55/$65
  Having sold more than 100 million albums as both a solo artist and the lead singer of Motown sensation The Supremes, this award-winning performer is best known for her 18 #1 hits including: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Upside Down", "I'm Coming Out" & "Touch Me in the Morning".

• Umberto Tozzi
  Sunday, September 19
  SHOWTIME: 8 PM, DOORS OPEN: 7 PM
  Tickets are $35/$45
  Having sold over 45 million albums worldwide, this Italian singer and composer is back by popular demand.He is best known for popular hits "Ti amo", "Gloria" and his latest single "E non volo".

• Don Rickles and Musical Conductor Joe Mele
  Thursday, September 23
  SHOWTIME: 8PM, DOORS OPEN: 7PM
  Tickets are $30/$40
  This well known comedian and actor is famous for his insulting but hilarious stand-up routines, in which no one — regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or cultural standing — escapes the vicious taunts of "Mr. Warmth".

• Celtic Thunder
  Friday, September 24
  SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8PM
  Tickets are $40/$50
  A singing group composed of five male vocalists, they are known for their eclectic performance style with songs ranging from the classics to pop contemporary.They have just released their fourth studio album which featured the Michael Bublé hit "Home", Disney's "When You Wish Upon a Star" and gospel classic "Amazing Grace" to only name a few.Don't miss their triumphant return to the Casino Rama stage.

• Dionne Warwick

• Friday, October 1 & Saturday, October 2
  SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
  Tickets are $25/$35
  This five-time Grammy Award-winner will perform a selection of her many classics. She is best known for timeless pop, adult contemporary and R&B hits: "I Say a Little Prayer", "Do You Know the Way to San José", "Then Came You" & "That's What Friends Are For".

• Carlton Show Band
  Wednesday, October 6
  SHOWTIME: 1 PM, DOORS OPEN: 12 noon
  Tickets are $15/$20
  For an incredible 32 years from 1964 to 1996 this band evolved as one of the most respected and recognized bands in all of Canada and released 13 albums. With a generous helping of Irish, a dash or two of down home Country, a touch of pop, Rock and even classical music, the comedy, the variety, the laughter and the tears make this a show everyone can enjoy!

• Vince Gill
  Thursday, October 7
  SHOWTIME: 8 PM, DOORS OPEN: 7 PM
  Friday, October 8
  SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
  Tickets are $45/$55
  The unofficial ambassador of country music returns to play hits from the more than 26 million albums he has sold worldwide including: "The Next Big Thing", "In These Last Few Days", "I Still Believe in You" & "One More Last Chance".

• Cheech and Chong – Get It Legal, Special Guest Shelby Chong
  Saturday, October 9
  SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8PM
  Tickets are $45/$55
  Reunited iconic comedy duo Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong return to ‘light up' the Casino Rama stage.They are best known for hilarious off colour comedy routines and cult classic films such as "Up in Smoke" and "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie".

• Divas Las Vegas
  Friday, October 15 & Saturday, October 16
  SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8PM
  Tickets are $18/$25
  An evening of classic Vegas-style entertainment honouring the great musical Divas of past and present.The spectacular stage show is a sensation featuring dazzling choreography, glamorous costumes, hit songs, and of course, the most outrageous divas of our time!

• Table Tennis Tournament of Champions
  Sunday, October 17
  SHOWTIME: 2 PM, DOORS OPEN: 1 PM
  Complimentary tickets only
  A series of exhilarating exhibition matches will be played by some of China's top champions, including the Olympic and World Cup title holders Lin Lu, Ju Li, Yan Yang, Chang Ting & Yan Yan Zhang.This competitive event will include male, female and mixed doubles play.

• America - 40^th Anniversary Tour
  Thursday, October 21
  SHOWTIME: 8 PM, DOORS OPEN: 7 PM
  Tickets are $30/$40
  Grammy award-winning folk-rock act best known for hits: "A Horse with No Name", "Sister Golden Hair", "Ventura Highway" & "You Can Do Magic", will return to the Casino Rama stage to perform their many hits.

• Roch Voisine
  Friday, October 22
  SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
  Tickets are $35/$45
  This popular Juno award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter has recorded in both English and French and will perform a selection of songs from his many hit albums.He is best known for songs: "I'll Always Be There", "Kissing Rain" & "Helene".

• Rumble at Rama XIII
  Saturday, October 30
  SHOWTIME: 8 PM, DOORS OPEN: 7 PM
  Tickets start at $25
  Join us for another exciting Rumble at Rama, as the most popular fight series in Canada continues.The fight card will feature world-class fighters making their Casino Rama debut provided by new international boxing promoter, Knockout Entertainment Canada Inc.

Montreal's internationally celebrated chamber orchestra I Musici opens the season Sunday, October 3, 3:15 p.m. at the MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building (80 Queen's Park Crescent).Conducted by Yuli Turovsky, the concert features serenades by Elgar and Tchaikovsky and Pagan Dances on Burning Coals by Vania Angelova. Pianist Katherine Chi, the first Canadian and first female winner of the Honens International Piano Competition, joins the orchestra in Turina's Rapsodia Sinfonica, and performs a piano solo."Her playing is all warmth, power, command and fantasy" – the Boston Globe.

Sunday, October 31 sees the return of the Afiara String Quartet, in its first-ever performance with stunning young Montreal pianist Wonny Song.Both were named winners of the 2010 Young Canadian Musicians Award, at the nearly sold-out close of Mooredale Concerts' 2009-10 season in April 2009.

In addition to the October 3 event in the MacMillan Theatre, three of the six Mooredale Concerts presentations take place Sundays at 3:15 p.m., at Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, and one at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. Koerner Hall is the scene for the final concert, Saturday, April 30, 2011, featuring the Ontario Philharmonic Orchestra with Anton Kuerti at piano soloist.

Single tickets range from $25 to $40.Subscriptions (including HST) are only $125; or $110 for seniors and students, offering a saving of up to 44%.Information and ticket order forms are online at www.mooredaleconcerts.com.Orders may also be sent to Mooredale Concerts, 146 Crescent Road, Toronto M4W 1V2, or phoned in to 416-587-9411.

The remainder of Mooredale Concerts' 2010-11 season takes place in 2011, as follows:

• October 3rd, 3:15 PM
  I Musici de Montréal with Katherine Chi, piano & Yuli Turovsky, conductor
  MacMillan Theatre
  
  The phenomenal chamber orchestra from Montreal has not been heard in Toronto since 2006. “ ... Winning, persuasive artists of the highest caliber... ”, according to the Washington Times, I Musici de Montréal have toured worldwide and made numerous award-winning recordings. Young Canadian pianist Katherine Chi, gold medal winner of the Honens International Piano Competition, joins them in Turina's brilliant Rapsodia Sinfonica Op.66. Also: the gorgeous Elgar and Tchaikovsky Serenades.

• October 31st, 3:15 PM
  Afiara String Quartet with Wonny Song, piano
  Walter Hall
  
  All winners of the Young Canadian Musicians Award, selected by Russell Braun, Peter Oundjian and Anton Kuerti, these are some of Canada's most extraordinary young performers, playing together for the first time. The Afiara String Quartet had a huge success on last season's Mooredale series, and are the first performers invited back in consecutive seasons. Wonny Song is “a versatile, intelligent, and deeply musical young pianist,” according to The Washington Post. The delightful Shostakovich Piano Quintet and Beethoven's glorious String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1 will be the featured works.

• January 16th, 3:15 PM
  Alain Trudel, trombone & Patrick Wedd, organ
  Yorkminster Park Church, 1585 Yonge St. (@ St. Clair)
  
  Alain Trudel, "the Jascha Heifetz of the trombone" (Le Monde de la Musique, Paris) joins celebrated Canadian organist Patrick Wedd, for an eclectic afternoon that includes original music for trombone and organ by Gustav Holst, Alexandre Guilmant and others, as well as organ works by Bach and Messiaen. Trudel, probably the only internationally acclaimed trombonist, has been soloist worldwide with numerous elite orchestras, and now is becoming even better known as a conductor.

• February 20th, 3:15 PM
  Debussy String Quartet
  Walter Hall
  
  One of Europe's most admired quartets makes its belated Canadian debut at this concert. According to Le Figaro, the Debussy String Quartet is "a total success. The public acclaims and the critics applaud. The Debussy Quartet plays with a grand heart." They perform regularly in the world's great music centres, and their program will include quartets by Debussy, Puccini and Brahms.

• March 20th, 3:15 PM
  Jane Coop, piano
  Walter Hall
  
  According to Musical America, "Her tone is warm, her technique flawless, her temperament poetic." Jane Coop is one of the leading pianists of her generation, and her return to Toronto is long overdue. Her program will be divided between Beethoven (including the majestic "Eroica" Variations) and Scriabin.

• Saturday April 30th, 8:00 PM
  Ontario Philharmonic with Anton Kuerti, piano & Marco Parisotto, conductor
  Koerner Hall
  
  A thrilling all Brahms program including the heroic Piano Concerto No. 1 will mark the Toronto debut of this remarkable orchestra, the Ontario Philharmonic, formerly the Oshawa Philharmonic. Music Director Marco Parisotto "made the Montreal Symphony Orchestra sound like a marvel.....an artist who stands among the greatest" according to Le Devoir, Montreal. He has won seven international competitions and conducted all over the world, and is fervently building his orchestra into an important and thoroughly professional ensemble. Accompanied by our own Anton Kuerti.

• Music & Truffles, at 1:15 p.m. on the same dates, continues to offer a delightful way for children 5-15 to learn about music through interactive, hour-long concerts. Adults wishing to gain more insight into the music featured on Mooredale Concerts' main series are also welcome.Subscriptions are only $50 for six concerts ($12 for single tickets). Mike Petersen returns to several of the events as the colorful M.C., "Papageno".Other concerts will be hosted by Anton Kuerti or the performers on the program.

Subscriptions to Mooredale Concerts include free admission to the three performances by the Mooredale Youth Orchestras. These highly polished concerts feature three levels of orchestras, at the Rosedale Heights School of the Arts, 711 Bloor Street East (Castle Frank subway).

One event still remains for the current season. The final Mooredale Youth Orchestras concert takes place Sunday, June 13, 3 p.m. at Rosedale Heights School. Music director Anton Kuerti will conduct Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B flat Major.

Toronto's Massey Hall has remained a renowned concert hall for well over a century with Jazz music playing a remarkable role in its enviable history. Internationally recognized as the venue that housed The Quintet's famous 1953 concert and award winning live album Jazz At Massey Hall, which is widely described as "the greatest jazz concert ever," Massey Hall is proud to present the annual concert series aptly named Jazz @ Massey Hall. The 2010 - 2011 season brings 3 concerts, featuring some of the finest jazz musicians currently touring the globe, to this very stage.

• CHICK COREA, CHRISTIAN McBRIDE & BRIAN BLADE
  Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 8 PM / Massey Hall
  
  An NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Jazz Master and undisputed keyboard virtuoso, Chick Corea has enjoyed four prolific decades of creativity and acclaim. The 16-time-Grammy Award winner will collaborate with a rhythm section made up of two of the genres most compelling and inspired players. Bassist Christian McBride, considered one of the marquee jazz artists of his generation, has recorded and performed with countless musical greats including McCoy Tyner, Sting, Diana Krall, Questlove (of The Roots,) and was a member of Ray Brown's SuperBass and Pat Metheny's Special Quartet. The formidable Brian Blade (Fellowship Band) is widely revered as the drummer for many heroes of the music world, including Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Wayne Shorter, Daniel Lanois, Seal, Bill Frisell, and Emmylou Harris. Together, the trio will explore the new and give a contemporary slant to the standards.
  
  For further information on each of these artists please visit: chickcorea.com, christianmcbride.com, brianblade.com

• JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS
  Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 8 PM / Massey Hall
  
  The New York City-based Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO,) widely considered among the finest big bands in the world today, features 15 of jazz music's foremost soloists and ensemble players, performing under the leadership of artistic director Wynton Marsalis. JLCO's repertoire includes original compositions by members of the orchestra, as well as the masterworks of Ellington, Mingus, Coltrane, and other jazz greats. It is the resident orchestra for Jazz at Lincoln Center, a NYC organization that accommodates a jazz history museum and archival library, supports and facilitates music education and community outreach through celebration of live performances, ensuring the tradition of jazz music will be enjoyed for future generations.
  
  A nine-time Grammy Award winner, Wynton Marsalis is an internationally respected musician, composer, teacher and spokesman for music education and has received honorary doctorates from dozens of universities and colleges throughout the U.S.
  
  JLCO is: Music Director and Trumpet: WYNTON MARSALIS; Trumpets: RYAN KISOR, MARCUS PRINTUP, KENNY RAMPTON; Trombones: CHRIS CRENSHAW, VINCENT GARDNER, ELLIOT MASON; Reeds: WALTER BLANDING, VICTOR GOINES, SHERMAN IRBY, TED NASH, JOE TEMPERLEY; Piano: DAN NIMMER; Bass: CARLOS HENRIQUEZ; Drums: ALI JACKSON.
  
  Click here for high resolution photographs or for more information please visit, jazzatlincolncenter.org

• WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET
  Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 8 PM / Massey Hall
  
  For more than fifty years, Wayne Shorter has had an esteemed influence on jazz music. As a celebrated sax player (both tenor and soprano), his signature sound, matched by his choice of notes and expression, has long established Shorter as a true living legend. As a composer, he has written for prominent groups such as Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis Quintet and Weather Report. A prolific solo artist, he expanded his palette from hard bop almost into the atonal avant-garde, with fascinating excursions into jazz/rock territory. The Wayne Shorter Quartet consists of Grammy award-winning pianist Danilo Perez, acclaimed bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade who, lucky for us, joins us twice this season, also performing with Chick Corea and Christian McBride.
  
  For further information, please visit: vervemusicgroup.com/wayneshorter, brianblade.com, johnpatitucci.com, daniloperez.com

Massey Hall, 178 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON
2010 - 2011 subscription series (3 concerts) $199 - $99
For subscriptions, call 416-872-4255 online MasseyHall.com or visit the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office, 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto

The season opens with OA's first fully-staged production of Handel's pastorale Acis and Galatea. Based on Ovid's tale of the water nymph Galatea and her doomed love for the Arcadian shepherd Acis, it is one of Handel's most popular creations. Tenor Thomas Macleay, who thrilled Toronto audiences with his performance in last season's IphigÈnie en Tauride, will sing the title role of Acis partnered with Canadian soprano Mireille Asselin, in her company debut as Galatea. They are joined by bass Jo„o Fernandes who appears as the giant Polyphemus and tenor Laurence Wiliford as the spirit Damon. Acis will also feature Artists of Atelier Ballet, and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir under the baton of David Fallis.

This production is directed by Marshall Pynkoski and choreographed by Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg. Both sets and costumes will be designed by Gerard Gauci – a first for OA! The production will be lit by Kevin Fraser. Acis and Galatea runs October 30, November 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, 2010 and is sung in English with English SURTITLES^™.

The spring production will be North America's first period production of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito. In Mozart's lifetime, La Clemenza di Tito was considered "his most perfect work", enjoying enormous success in Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Naples, St. Petersburg, Paris and London. Desperate intrigues, unrequited love and heart stopping reversals of fortune punctuate this thrilling story taken directly from Roman history. This is the fourth new Mozart production of Opera Atelier's ambitious "Mozart Six" plan which to date includes Idomeneo (2007), The Abduction from the Seraglio (2008) and The Marriage of Figaro (which opens April 2010). Opera Atelier has re-assembled the most famous cast in the company's history for this exciting production. Full casting will be announced at a later date. La Clemenza di Tito will be sung in Italian with English SURTITLES^™ and runs April 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, and May 1, 2011.

Performances for Opera Atelier's 25^th Anniversary Season will take place at the Elgin Theatre (189 Yonge Street) in Toronto. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinee performances begin at 3:00 p.m.

www.operaatelier.com.