This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between September 3 and September 8, 2024. For more of what’s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here.
Arts in the Garden for SweetWater: Fire & Grace
Saturday, September 7, 2 p.m.
212 Miller St., Meaford, ON, $35+
Women in communities make amazing things happen. For this Saturday, Meaford power leaders Jen Burak and Alicia Hutchings (Meaford resident and SweetWater board member), are hosting the 3rd season of Arts in the Garden, to fundraise for the SweetWater Festival. The duo Fire & Grace: Edwin Huizinga (Artistic Director of SW, and musician extraordinaire) and William Coulter (Grammy-awarded steel-string guitar master), local musician Drew McIvor, poet Richard-Yves Sitoski, and young talent Olivier Lafleur from Owen Sound, will fill out the afternoon. With lovely drinks in the garden, and a variety of goodies and experiences offered in the silent auction, this is a great gentle way to spend a long summer afternoon. Rain date is Sunday, September 8. Info here.
Canadian Chamber Choir: Where Waters Meet: CD Release Tour
Saturday, September 7, 4 p.m.
Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, 230 St. Clair Ave W. $20+
Grown from a shared love of singing together, the Canadian Chamber Choir draws its singers from coast to coast. With music prepared for rehearsals, the members travel to meet up for the year’s project, offering community workshops and performance tours for the hosting locals. For 2024, CCC is meeting in Ontario, performing in Toronto, Huntsville, North Bay, Manitoulin Island and Owen Sound. This Saturday’s concert is the first concert of the tour, where they will present the brand new recording: Where Waters Meet. Toronto-based Babεl choir and guest Sherryl Sewepagaham will join them on the stage. It takes a special group of people to travel across this wide nation, to sing together — come and witness such love and passion in person. Read our Preview here. Info here.
TO Live: Symphonic Anime
Saturday, September 7, 7:30 p.m.
Meridian Hall, $98+
Demon Slayer, Naruto, Attack on Titan, One Punch Man, My Hero Academia — this is a list that will excite an anime fan. The big hit numbers from these animes will be performed live with over 100 musicians and the singer Nan Sathida. The anime fandom has been growing globally, and music is such a big part of anime’s artistry. If the exodus of cosplayers heading to the annual Fan Expo ever tickled your fancy, come out this evening, and be immersed in the love of anime, celebrated in richly orchestrated scores, and join in the hum along with diehard fans. Check out our Preview here. Info here.
Piano Lunaire: High Summer Haydn 2024 Festival Finale
Sunday, September 8, 3 p.m.
Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St. $25
Pianist/composer Adam Sherkin kept himself busy this summer, curating and presenting three programs built on Haydn’s keyboard sonatas in NYC, and this fourth concert — the finale — will feature music of Haydn, George Benjamin, Richard Rodney Bennett, Edmund Rubbra, Lennox Berkeley, and Sherkin’s own sonatina. Haydn often gets shafted in music history, simply considered the ‘nice’ grandpa (with the exception of the string quartets); his works are often discussed as transitional developmental material of the classical style, rather than serious artistic works of their own. Sherkin digging out Haydn and aligning him with contemporary works is a welcoming sight, to illustrate how Haydn’s finer writing has inspired musicians, even in the 20th century. Stephen Runge (piano), Chantelle Grant (mezzo soprano), and Ivan Ivanovich (viola), will join Sherkin. Info here.
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