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March 2025

University of Toronto | Karen Slack: African Queens –John R. Stratton Visitor in Music

March 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Walter Hall – University of Toronto, 80 Queens Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C5 Canada
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Soprano Karen Slack - dressed as an African Queen

A program of new art songs by Black composers sung by soprano Karen Slack, that celebrate the lives and legacies of seven African Queens.

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Elmer Iseler Singers | Springburst

March 22 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Eglinton St. George’s United Church, 35 Lytton Blvd
Toronto, Ontario M4R 1L2 Canada
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$45
Elmer Iseler Singers by photographer Mark Rash

Featuring the North American premiere of Norbert Palej’s new choral work Missa Super Terminos, the Elmer Iseler Singers perform with special guests, the MacMillan Singers.

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Soundstreams | With You And Without You

March 22 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. E.
Toronto, Ontario M5E 1B4 Canada
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$36
soprano Danika Lorèn

Ensemble Soundstreams is joined by soprano Danika Lorèn in a program that understands all love songs as songs of loss.

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Esprit Orchestra | ICEFIRE, DO-RE-MI & CARING FOR THE EARTH

March 27 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St W,
Toronto, ON M5S 1V6 Canada
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$20
Violinist Akiko Suwanai

Esprit's Edge Of Your Seat Festival continues with Eötvös’s concerto around a deceptively simple Do-Re-Mi pattern, along with Streich and Norman.

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April 2025

Esprit Orchestra | CARROT REVOLUTION

April 2 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Trinity St-Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1X7 Canada
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$20
Thalea String Quartet

Along with world premieres of two chamber orchestra works (Mermelstein & Tse), this program reprises a work from Esprit Orchestra's percussionist Mark Duggan.

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Elora Singers | Burning Measures: Bach, Pärt, O’Regan

April 6 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 54 Benton St
Kitchener, Ontario N2G 3H2 Canada
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$55
The ELora Singers

Join The Elora Singers for an afternoon where the past and the present converge, featuring three choral masterpieces, spanning centuries.

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Esprit Orchestra | IMAGINARY PANCAKE

April 6 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Trinity St-Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1X7 Canada
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$20
Composer Gabriella Smith

Esprit gives world premieres of new works for chamber orchestra and contrasts a solo work for piano with larger works by Gabriella Smith, and other composers.

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Esprit Orchestra | COSMIC HEARTBEATS

April 17 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2 Canada
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$20
Composer Unsuk Chin

Works by Nicholas Ma, James O’Callaghan - a world premiere & Esprit Orchestra commission - Claude Vivier and Unsuk Chin make up the Edge Of Your Seat Festival Finale.

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Soundstreams | Garden of Vanished Pleasures

April 25 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
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Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre, 26 Berkeley St,
Toronto, Ontario M5A 2W3 Canada
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$46
Scene from Soundstreams - Garden of Vanished Pleasures - a contemporary opera

Garden of Vanished Pleasures is consummate opera, an emotional journey inspired by the life and work of English filmmaker and queer rights activist Derek Jarman

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Soundstreams | Garden of Vanished Pleasures

April 26 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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One event on April 26, 2025 at 2:00 pm

One event on April 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm

Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre, 26 Berkeley St,
Toronto, Ontario M5A 2W3 Canada
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$46
Scene from Soundstreams - Garden of Vanished Pleasures - a contemporary opera

Garden of Vanished Pleasures is consummate opera, an emotional journey inspired by the life and work of English filmmaker and queer rights activist Derek Jarman

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Soundstreams | Garden of Vanished Pleasures

April 26 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
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One event on April 26, 2025 at 2:00 pm

One event on April 26, 2025 at 7:30 pm

One event on April 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm

Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre, 26 Berkeley St,
Toronto, Ontario M5A 2W3 Canada
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$46
Scene from Soundstreams - Garden of Vanished Pleasures - a contemporary opera

Garden of Vanished Pleasures is consummate opera, an emotional journey inspired by the life and work of English filmmaker and queer rights activist Derek Jarman

Find out more »

Soundstreams | Garden of Vanished Pleasures

April 27 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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One event on April 26, 2025 at 2:00 pm

One event on April 26, 2025 at 2:00 pm

One event on April 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm

Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre, 26 Berkeley St,
Toronto, Ontario M5A 2W3 Canada
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$46
Scene from Soundstreams - Garden of Vanished Pleasures - a contemporary opera

Garden of Vanished Pleasures is consummate opera, an emotional journey inspired by the life and work of English filmmaker and queer rights activist Derek Jarman

Find out more »

May 2025

Music in the Afternoon | Belonging

May 8 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Walter Hall, 80 Queens Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C5 Canada
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$50
Tenor Asitha Tennekoon - photo by Shimon Karmal

Sri Lankan tenor Asitha Tennekoon, pianist Steven Philcox and friends explore a century's worth of music.

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Toronto Mendelssohn Choir | Duruflé’s Requiem (Community Concert)

May 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St,
Toronto, Ontario M4T 1Z9 Canada
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$20
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, photo by Taylor Long

Join the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir as it closes its 130th anniversary season with a community concert, including Duruflé’s Requiem, new music by Aaron Manswell and other composers.

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