If You Think Classical Music is Dead, You're Dead Wrong!
Welcome to our curated section of WHO’S WHO Arts Presenters.
This is a list of the most significant and important groups in the city. If you think that you should be included on this list, please see more details [here].
Toronto Summer Music Festival & Academy
By Ludwig Van on May 17, 2018
An international classical music festival and academy, Toronto Summer Music Festival brings world-renowned performing artists to Toronto for an unparalleled combination of concerts, guest lectures and Masterclasses.
Lake Field Music
By Ludwig Van on April 18, 2018
Lake Field Music Inc. supports a network of musicians by offering a music camp for adults as well as promoting workshops, readings and concerts.
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir
By Ludwig Van on December 7, 2017
Tafelmusik, Canada’s award-winning period instrument orchestra, was founded in 1979 and has long been renowned in North America and internationally for its distinct, exhilarating and soulful performances. Under the outstanding leadership of Chief Artistic Advisor Jeanne Lamon, C.M., it has excelled equally in music ranging from the baroque and classical eras and beyond, including adventurous cross-cultural reinventions of baroque classics. In the words of Gramophone, Tafelmusik is “one of the world’s top baroque orchestras.”
Music Toronto
By Ludwig Van on September 29, 2017
Off Centre Music Salon
By Ludwig Van on September 26, 2017
Off Centre Music Salon began as an attempt to find the magical, inclusive atmosphere of the Viennese and Parisian Salons of the 19th Century. At a time when the concert hall experience had become almost clinical in its austerity, we felt the need, more than ever, to go back to a time when music was shared: young artists performing alongside established "masters", the great masterpieces programmed with the forgotten gems, creating music with (and for!) friends that are family and family that are friends.
High Notes Avante Productions
By Ludwig Van on September 23, 2017
We at HIGH NOTES AVANTE PRODUCTIONS INC. believe music and words have the power to create social change, inspire, empower and give hope to those touched by mental illness. Our newly registered charity produce the annual HIGH NOTES GALA — a TedTalk and Grammy Inspired event that raise the overall image of mental illness.
Music in the Afternoon
By Ludwig Van on September 17, 2017
The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto presents an annual series of world-class chamber music concerts that include both well-established international and Canadian performers, as well as exceptional musicians on the threshold of their careers. An integral part of the WMCT’s programming is the presentation of its Career Development Award winner every three years, as well as the annual commissioning of a new work by a Canadian composer.
Key Clef Production
By Ludwig Van on September 11, 2017
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
By Ludwig Van on August 29, 2017
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is praised by patrons and media alike for the emotional intensity of its performances, and for its grand symphonic sound and clarity of expression. The Choir continues to be dedicated, since its founding in 1894, to engaging audiences with the power of great choral music performed live.
Mooredale Concerts
By Ludwig Van on August 11, 2017
Since its inception 1988, Mooredale Concerts has become one of the most exciting and successful musical enterprises in Toronto. Designed to inspire and entertain the whole family, great classical music performances feature top professionals as well as brilliant young artists. Some events also have commentaries on the music and human stories about the composers sprinkled in between pieces, enhancing audience appreciation.
Syrinx Concerts Toronto
By Ludwig Van on April 3, 2017
Syrinx Concerts Toronto first began presenting chamber music concerts in 2005. Its mandate is to promote Canadian composers; each concert in the series, performed by local, national or internationally established and emerging musicians, must include at least one Canadian composition integrated within a more familiar repertoire.
Elmer Iseler Singers
By Ludwig Van on September 23, 2016
The Elmer Iseler Singers, conducted by artistic director Lydia Adams for the past 19 years, is a 20-voice professional choral ensemble based in Toronto. Founded by the late Dr. Elmer Iseler in 1979, the Singers have built an enviable reputation throughout Canada, the United States and internationally through concerts, broadcasts and recordings — performing repertoire that spans 500 years, with a focus on Canadian composers.
Talisker Players
By Ludwig Van on April 15, 2016
Talisker Players presents one of Toronto's most exciting and innovative concert series. It's vocal music, it's chamber music, and it's theatre too, blending words and music in evenings of adventure and discovery.
Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts
By Ludwig Van on April 10, 2016
Founded in 2014, Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to defining Niagara-on-the-Lake as an international destination for world-class music and intimate, innovative performances of the highest calibre.
Show One Productions
By Ludwig Van on February 16, 2015
Show One Productions is a full service production company presenting concerts with high-profile classical musicians, opera stars, and orchestras, as well as great dance and theatre companies. Formed in 2004 by Svetlana Dvoretskaia, Show One continues its brand of excellence, presenting in Canada’s most prestigious concert halls. The secret to Show One Productions’ success is its uniqueness among Canadian presenters because of its successful blend of North American entrepreneurship and a strong European cultural sensibility. It thrives as well on a firm knowledge and appreciation of a wide range of musical genres. Not only is Show One Productions busy with concerts in major Canadian cities but it does outreach to the ethnic communities and welcomes many new immigrant audiences to its concerts.
The Chamber Music Society of Mississauga
By Ludwig Van on December 12, 2014
Since 1997 The Chamber Music Society of Mississauga (CMSM) has created, produced, performed and recorded professional cultural programs for audiences of all ages. Each season CMSM presents a "Saturday Evening Great Hall Concert Series", an “Out and About” the community free performances in public spaces and as funding permits, curriculum based performances of “Tales and Tunes for Toonies” for young families and elementary school audiences.
Art of Time Ensemble
By Ludwig Van on November 20, 2014
Led by Artistic Director Andrew Burashko, Art of Time Ensemble transforms the way you experience music. The Ensemble fuses high art and popular culture in concerts that juxtapose the best of each genre. Art of Time entertains as it enlightens, revealing the universal qualities that lie at the heart of all great music, with the goal of attracting new and diverse audiences to the performing arts.
Soundstreams
By Ludwig Van on October 30, 2014
Led by Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney and Executive Director Susan Worthington, Soundstreams is a Toronto-based music presenter that commissions, develops, and showcases the work of contemporary Canadian composers and their international counterparts.
