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Save The Salish Sea concert

Date: Sunday, September 2, 2012 - 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Location

Waterfront Park / Lonsdale Quay North Vancouver, BC
Canada
49° 19' 10.7292" N, 123° 4' 5.6532" W

On September join us for a free, family friendly concert featuring funky music, DJ's, special guest speakers, Local native artists, a kids zone and much more.

This is a chance to show your support for the Coast Salish Nations as they take a stand against Kinder Morgan and Enbridge's proposed tar sands pipelines and the associated oil tankers in Salish waters!

Salish Seas MainStage:
The Boom Booms
Wayne Lavallee
Phyllis Sinclair
Children of Takaya
Spakwus Slulum
Helen Duguay

2011 TaiwanFest

Date: Saturday, September 3, 2011 - 12:00pm - Monday, September 5, 2011 - 10:00pm

Location

Vancouver Art Gallery Plaza and Granville St.
700 Granville St. and 801 West Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1H4
Canada
Phone: 604-263-9311 Ext. 108
49° 16' 57.0072" N, 123° 7' 5.178" W
TaiwanFest returns to Vancouver Downtown during the Labour Day weekend. Highlights are great fusion concerts, funky Techno Prince dance, Taiwanese Aboriginal artisans, inspiring documentaries, fabulous culinary shows, brand new games for all ages, world's best beef noodle and the first-ever street banquet that celebrates Vancouver 125. This festival is about to change you how you see Taiwanese culture! Admission Free!

Russian virtuoso pianist Denis Matsuev

Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Location

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC
6265 Crescent Road
Vancouver, BC
Canada
Phone: 604-280-3311
49° 16' 11.1324" N, 123° 15' 13.9356" W

Show One Productions proudly presents the debut Canadian recital tour of Russian virtuoso pianist Denis Matsuev, who has been establishing himself as one of the most sought-after pianists of his generation, performing at the world’s major concert halls. His breathtaking virtuosity and clear artistic vision have consistently won him critical acclaim and an enthusiastic following for both his solo recitals and orchestral engagements.

Matsuev will perform four major works by Schubert, Beethoven, Liszt and Rachmaninoff. Don't miss this highly anticipated Vancouver debut performance.

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Royal York Road United Church presents Visions of Paradise

Date: Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Location

Royal York Road United Church
851 Royal York Road
Toronto, ON M8Y 2V3
Canada
Phone: 416-231-9401
43° 38' 31.9812" N, 79° 30' 33.1416" W

Music about heaven and angels, featuring Faure's Requiem. Presented by the Cherub, Junior and Senior Choirs and soloists of Royal York Road United Church. Guest musicians include organist William O'Meara. Director: Kelly Galbraith.

Suggested Donation: $20.00

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Fundraising concert: Voces Unidas --An evening of Latin American music

Date: Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Location

St. Simon’s Church
525 Bloor Street East (Sherbourne Station)
Toronto, ON
Canada
Phone: 647-776-2057
43° 40' 19.6212" N, 79° 22' 26.1912" W

Common Thread Community Chorus will organize a musical benefit for the Mennonite New Life Centre and Justicia for Migrant Workers.  Common Thread is a secular, non-audition choir that sings folk music reflecting the languages and cultures of Toronto. Common Thread is for anyone who believes that social justice and community can be built through music. On March 26, join us for a delightful evening of Latin American Music.


Tickets can be purchased in advance at the three sites of the Mennonite New Life Centre

 

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Eidaneh: An intimate concert of classical and folk music from Iran

Date: Friday, April 1, 2011 - 7:30pm - Saturday, April 2, 2011 - 9:30pm

Location

Beit Zatoun
612 Markham Street near Bathurst subway
Toronto
Canada
Phone: 647.726.9500
43° 39' 53.2584" N, 79° 24' 44.6868" W

Nowrouz (نوروز meaning 'New Day') is an ancient Iranian festival and the start day of Iranian New Year. Nowrouz marks the first day of spring and rebirth of nature. Sarv Ensemble celebrates the occasion with an exciting mix of original compositions, pieces from old masters, and music from different regions of Iran including Khorasan, Gilan, and Kurdistan.

Drawing inspiration from diverse classical and folk traditions across Iran, it performs and shares this music through concerts, as well as workshops, outreach and community events.

Advance Tickets $20: available at Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. (647-726-9500); Shawrak Music Centre, 11 Steeles Ave East. North York; (416-733-7701), Khorak Food Market, 6125 Yonge St. North York (416-221-7558).

Free concert! The Sound Resistance: Invincible, Narcycist, Redslam and Nomanzland

Date: Monday, September 27, 2010 - 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Location

Vanier Field (Behind Student Centre)
4700 Keele Street York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
Phone: 416-736--5724
43° 46' 26.2992" N, 79° 29' 37.266" W

DisOrientation 2010 at York presents...

The SOUND Resistance

Featuring Invincible. the Narcycist. Nomanzland. Redslam Collective.

...Concert | Party | Social Justice Fair

 

Join us for LIVE acts and performances from:

From Detroit: Invincible (http://www.emergencemusic.net/)

From MTL: Narcycist (http://iraqisthebomb.com/)

Nomanzland (http://jane-finch.com/videos/nomanzland.htm)

RedSlam Collective (http://www.myspace.com//redslamcollective)

and more.......

Browse the info tables from radical social and environmental organizations from York and across
TO.

There will also be free silkscreening from No One Is Illegal-Toronto

Bring Shirts. Patches. Canvass. Enthusiasm

Laplante's Beethoven -- Sinfonia Toronto Masterpiece concert

Date: Friday, May 13, 2011 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Location

Glenn Gould Studio
250 Front Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 3G5
Canada
Phone: 416-872-4255
43° 38' 40.002" N, 79° 23' 19.8924" W

Legendary Canadian pianist André Laplante will perform with Sinfonia Toronto under Maestro Nurhan Arman. Mr. Laplante will be heard in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

The ‘Laplante’s Beethoven’ program will complement this masterwork with Albinoni’s renowned Adagio, Rorate Coeli by University of Toronto faculty member Norbert Palej and Schubert’s Quartet in G Minor in a new orchestral version.

The Good German: Sinfonia Toronto masterpiece concert

Date: Friday, April 15, 2011 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Location

Glenn Gould Studio
250 Front Street West
Toronto
Canada
Phone: 416-872-4255
43° 38' 40.002" N, 79° 23' 19.8924" W

Canadian violin virtuoso Andréa Tyniec will join Sinfonia Toronto and conductor Nurhan Arman to perform remarkable German composer Karl Hartmann’s Concerto Funebre.

In commenting on the program Sinfonia Toronto’s Conductor Nurhan Arman said “Hartmann was the only German composer who had the courage to protest against the Nazi regime. Concerto Funebre was written after Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia”.

Two chamber music gems Schubert’s Quartettsatz and Mozart’s Quintet in C will be performed in an orchestral version.

Tickets are $40 adult; $32 senior and $12 student.

Fantasies: Sinfonia Toronto masterpiece concert

Date: Friday, March 11, 2011 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location

Glenn Gould Studio
250 Front Street West
Toronto
Canada
Phone: 416-872-4255
43° 38' 40.002" N, 79° 23' 19.8924" W

Sinfonia Toronto’s next masterpiece series concert will feature an important Canadian premiere, the first performance of a work for piano and orchestra by Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova. 

Pianist Sara Buechner will join Sinfonia Toronto and conductor Nurhan Arman to perform Kapralova’s Partita. Ms. Buechner gave the U.S. premiere of this work. She will also be heard in Turina’s Rapsodia Sinfonica. The orchestra will also perform Brahms’ Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel and JUNO-award winning Canadian composer Marjan Mozetich’s Fantasia. 

Tickets are $40 adult; $32 senior and $12 student.

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