Friday April 13

N — 8:00: Ensemble Vivant. Ensemble Vivant in Concert. Saint-Saëns: Septet for piano, trumpet, string quartet & bass in E-flat, Op.65; works by Burke, Gershwin, Widor, Anderson & Piazzolla. Guests: Philip Seguin, trumpet; Norman Hathaway, violin; Jonathan Craig, viola; David Young, double bass; Ensemble Vivant: Catherine Wilson, piano/artistic director; Erica Beston, violin; Sharon Prater, cello. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723, 800-708-6754. $42-$48.

N — 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Collage: Wonderous Light, Glorious Sound. Estacio: Wonderous Light; Mendelssohn: Athalie: War March of the Priests; Concerto for violin in e, Op.64; Sibelius: Symphony #2 in D, Op.43. Julia Wedman, violin; Laura Thomas, conductor. Scarlett Heights Academy, 15 Trehorne Dr. 416-239-5665. $20; $15(sr/st); free(16 & under with adult).

N — 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. The Planets. Estacio: Solaris; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #3; Holst: The Planets. Philip Chiu, piano (2005 GGS Concerto Competition Winner); Royal Conservatory Orchestra, Tania Miller, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-205-5555. $15; $10(sr/st).

NI — 9:00pm: Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto/Arraymusic. Interface with Rainer Wiens. Arraymusic Studio, Suite 218 (rear door), 60 Atlantic Ave. 416-539-8752. $15.

NMT — 9:30pm: The Music Gallery/Images/Goethe-Institut/PleasureDome. Images Festival: Quasar by Jürgen Reble & Thomas Köner. Inter Avant series; army of modified 16mm projectors & quadraphonic sound envelop audience in a pulsating array of light and sound particles. Saint George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $10; $8(sr/st/member).

Saturday April 14

N? — 7:00: Canadian Music Competitions. The 2006 Winners’ Annual Gala Concert. Seven young rising stars in piano, violin, flute and voice. Annie Zhou, Julia Mirzoev, Angel Zhou, Minji Kim, James Zhang, Laurien Gibson, & Cory Knight. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-481-9229. $20; $10(st). Proceeds to the CMC scholarship fund.

NMT — 7:30: Harbourfront Centre Fresh Ground New Works. Trudeau: Long March/Shining Path. Pre-premiere staged recital of a new opera, a meditation on the multicultural Trudeau; libretto by George Elliott Clarke, music by D. D. Jackson. Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free.

N — 7:30: Leaside United Church. 50 Years and Counting: Organ Anniversary Concert. Works by Bach, Franck, Sirett, & others. William Maddox, organ; Leaside United Church Chancel Choir & Friends, Sharon L. Beckstead, director. 822 Millwood Rd. 416-425-1253. Free.

N — 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Oundjian & Josefowicz. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto #1; Sibelius: Symphony #2. Leila Josefowicz, violin; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $27.50-$71.50 (incl post-concert party with artists).

N — 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic. Orchestral Colours. Stravinsky: Suite #1; Baker: À Gabriel Fauré (In Memoriam); Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques (two movements); Haydn: Symphony #8 (Le Soir); Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto #1; Davies: Good Times Suite (two movements). Winona Zelenka, cello; John Barnum, conductor. St. Boniface Church, 21 Markana Dr. 416-429-0007. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).

N — 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Spring Songs. Liszt: Angelus; Conway Baker: Flute Concerto; Mercadante: Flute Concerto in e; Beethoven: Serenade. Mario Carbotta, flute; Nurhan Arman, conductor. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-499-0403. $40; $32(sr); $12(16-29/st).

NI — 9:00pm: Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto/Now Lounge. Interface with Rainer Wiens. Now Lounge, 189 Church St. 416-769-2841. $15.

Sunday April 15

N? — 2:00: Royal Conservatory of Music Community School. Arts for All Series: Six String Nation Guitar with Jowi Taylor. Unique instrument, made of more than 60 artifacts  significant to Canadian history or culture. RCM Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321. Free.

NN — 2:00: Toronto Latvian Concert Association. Aira Rurane, soprano, Irisa Purene, piano, in Concert. Beethoven: Ah! Perfido (concert aria); opera arias; art songs by Talivaldis Kenins, Vasks, & other Latvian composers. 1:45: Pre-concert chat with George Juris Kenins. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-481-8616. $33.

NNN — 3:00: Les AMIS Concerts. Gala Fundraising Concert/Reception. Works by Canadian composers Louie, Patrick, Freedman, Pentland, Prévost, & Pepa. Lynn Kuo, violin; Lori Freedman, clarinet; Rachel Mercer, cello; Marianna Humetska, piano; Joseph Macerollo, accordion. Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-929-6262. $25. To support Les AMIS Ensemble’s European tour.

N — 3:00: Mooredale Concerts. Transfigured Night. Schoenberg: Transfigured Night (Verklärte Nacht), from the poem by Richard Dehmel; Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.65. Mike Peterson, reader; Olivier Thouin, Min-Jeong Koh, violins; Eric Paetkau, Carolyn Blackwell, violas; Rafael Kuerti, Igor Gefter, cellos; TBA, piano. Walter Hall, UofT, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714 x103. $25; $20(sr/st).

N — 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Concert Four. Brahms: Tragic Overture; Hovhaness: Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints; Bruch: Violin Concerto #2; Rosenthal: Prophetic Voices (Canadian premiere). Jacques Israelievitch, violin; Michael Israelievitch, percussion; Errol Gay, conductor. 2:15: Talk by Catherine Manoukian; Pre-concert & intermission: Instrument Petting Zoo. George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872-1111. $30; $25(sr/st); $10(18 & under).

NI — 4:00: Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto/Now Lounge. Jazz & Improvised Music. Showcasing local talent. Now Lounge, 189 Church St. 416-769-2841. $6.

NN — 7:30: Hannaford Street Silver Band. A Russian Odyssey. Shostakovich: Festive Overture; Moussorgsky (arr Howarth): Pictures at an Exhibition; Khachaturian (arr Snell): Suite from Gayane; Kuzmenko: Concerto for Piano and Brass Band. Andrew Burashko, piano; James Sommerville, conductor. 6:45: pre-concert chat, Ray Tizzard with James Sommerville. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723, 800-708-6754. $34; $28(sr); $23(st).

Tuesday April 17

N — 8:00: Festival Wind Orchestra. Springtime Serenade. Tichelli: Amazing Grace; Shostakovitch: Festive Overture; Verdi: Giovanna D’Arco; Smith: Songs of Sailors; Fuchik: Florentiner March; works for small chamber ensembles. Gennady Gefter, conductor. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-491-1683. $15.

NNN — 8:00: The Music Gallery. TorQ Percussion Quartet. Stanford: Percussion Quartet and Tape (world premiere); Burrows: Fire (world premiere). Richard Burrows, Jamie Drake, Christa Mercey, Daniel Morphy, performers. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $10.

N — 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra Hosts. Vengerov & UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Mozart: Violin Concerto #1 in B-flat, K.207; Violin Concerto #5 in A, K.219; Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K.364; Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in c, Op.110a. Lawrence Power, viola; Maxim Vengerov, conductor/violin. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $30-$117, limited seating.

Wednesday April 18

NMT — 8:00: Factory Theatre/Loud Mouth Asian Babes. YES YOKO SOLO. Written & performed by Jean Yoon, with instruction poems, other texts, images & music by Yoko Ono; original music by Lee Pui Ming. Marion de Vries, director. Factory Theatre’s Studio Theatre, 125 Bathurst St. 416-504-9971. $15.

N — 8:00: Show One Productions. Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica: 10th Anniversary North American Tour. Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B-flat, Op.133; Schumann: Cello Concerto in a, Op.29, transcribed for violin; Piazzolla: Three Pieces for Violin and Vibraphone (Libertango; Celos; Fuga y Misterio); Kremer (selected): Sempre Primavera Suite (using works by Poleva, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Desyatnikov, Tchaikovsky, & Piazzolla/Desyatnikov). Andrei Pushkarev, vibraphone; Gidon Kremer, violin/conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872-1111. $48-$88.

Thursday April 19

NMT — 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Chamber Music Series: Music of the Second Viennese School. Works by Varese, Machover & Omar Daniel. Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble, Brian Current, conductor. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West. 416-363-8231. Free.

N — 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park Anglican Church. Noonday Chamber Music. Poulenc: Flute Sonata; & other works. Allan Pulker, flute; Elena Tchernaia, piano. 1570 Yonge Street. 416-920-5211. Collection.

NMT — 8:00: Actors Repertory Company. 36 Views. By Naomi Iizuka; original music composed & recorded on traditional Japanese instruments by Kiyoshi Nagata & Aki Takahashi; explores relationship between imaginary & real, using Kabuki & Western forms; Canadian premiere. Gordon Bolan, Kyra Harper, John Fitzgerald Jay, Gary Reineke, Marjorie Chan, & Ginger Ruriko Busch, performers; David Ferry, director. Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs, 26 Berkeley St. 416-368-3110. $15-$30; PWYC. For complete run see music theatre listings.

NNN — 8:00: Diana McIntosh. In a Sense. Musical expressions, evocative to humorous, of the five senses, works by McIntosh, Roi, Gardiner, & Johnston. Diana McIntosh, Jane Blackstone, Mary Gardiner, piano; Beverley Johnston, percussion. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-239-5195. $20.

NMT — 8:00: The Music Gallery. Monica Germino: Plugged & Unplugged. Inter Avant series; solo program for violin, voice, soundtrack, effects, movement, & film from Amsterdam; ter Veldhuis: Suites of Lux, for electric violin and soundtrack (short version); Bach: Sarabande, from Partita II in d, BWV.1004; Andriessen: Xenia; Glass: Strung Out, for amplified violin; Goebbels: Part 6 from Bagatellen für Violine, for amplified violin with distortion, and samples; Brown: The Bravery of Women, with film and soundtrack; Gordon: Industry, for adapted violin and electronics. 7:00: Artist’s talk. Saint George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $15; $10(sr/member); $5(st).

N — 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra Hosts. National Arts Centre Orchestra. Bach: Violin Concerto #2; Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht; Schumann: Symphony #4 in d (Tragic). Pinchas Zukerman, violin/conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $35-$120.

N — 8:00: Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra/Concert Winds. The Planets. Holst: The Planets, Op.32 (scored for concert band & chorus); Zdechlik: Psalm 46; Hosay: Black Granite; & other works. Agincourt Singers; James Pinhorn, Colin Clarke and Michael Perkins, conductors. George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872-1111. $22.50; $15(st).

Friday April 20

NN — 7:00: Peter Margolian and Friends. Chamber Music. Asafiev: Sonatina, for oboe and piano; O’Carolan: Fanny Power, for harp and strings; Casadesus: Sonate pour flûte et piano; Martin: Trio: Variations on Irish Folk Tunes, for violin, cello, and piano; Bach: Trio Sonata in G; Loeffler: Two Rhapsodies, for oboe, viola, and piano. Hazel Boyle, oboe; Peter Margolian, piano; Charlotte Garcia, harp; Irene Bradshaw, Gina Maenhaut, Steve Prime, violins; John Whittacker, viola; Allan Shantz, Denis Kulesha, cellos; Jonno Lightstone, flute. Performing Arts Lodge, 110 The Esplanade. 416-250-5475. Free.

NNN — 7:30: Maple Grove United Church. TorQ Percussion Quartet. New Commissions from Stanford, Burrows, & Morphy. Richard Burrows, Jamie Drake, Christa Mercey, Daniel Morphy, performers. 346 Maple Grove Dr., Oakville. 416-788-8272. $10.

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NNN — 8:00: RCM. GGS New Music Ensemble. Glenn Gould School Students from brass, woodwind, string, piano, harp, percussion & voice departments; Brian Current, conductor. RCM Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321. Free.

N — 8:00: Stephen Satory. Solo Piano Recital. Works by Beethoven, Chopin, & Bartok. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-969-0279. $18; $10(sr/st).

NI — 9:00pm: Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto/Arraymusic. Leftover Daylight Series. Jazz & improvised music. Arraymusic Studio, Suite 218 (rear door), 60 Atlantic Ave. 416-539-8752. $6-$10(sliding scale).

Saturday April 21

N? — 1:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Glenn Gould School Showcase: Brass. RCM Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321. Free.

N — 1:30 & 3:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra Hosts. Tomorrow’s Symphony Today! Ravel: Tzigane; Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite (excerpts); for ages 5-12. Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra; Toronto Children’s Chorus; Alain Trudel, conductor. ½-hour preceding: pre-concert performance. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $26.50,$16.50.

NN — 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Elektra. By R. Strauss; unreduced score. Susan Bullock, soprano; Ewa Podles, contralto; Thomas de Mallet Burgess, director; Richard Bradshaw, conductor. See May 5 Announcements for Opera Exchange Symposium. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West. 416-363-8231. $60-$275; $20-$95(15 & under with adult); $20(spec price, call). For complete run see music theatre listings.

NNN — 7:30: High Park Choirs of Toronto/Hamilton Children’s Choir. Sing Into Spring! Open community concert, featuring music of Stephen Hatfield. Stephen Hatfield, guest conductor; Zimfira Poloz, artistic director. St. Anne’s Anglican Church, 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-762-0657. Offering.

NNN — 8:00: Continuum Contemporary Music/Music Gallery. CURV. Marci Rabe, voice; Jennifer Butler, Kristy Farkas, electronics; Max Christie, clarinets;  Wallace Halladay, saxophones; Peter Pavlovsky, double bass; Greg Oh, piano; Kimberley Pritchard; accordion; CURV composing collective: Marci Rabe, Kristy Farkas, Jennifer Butler. Saint George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-924-4945. $25; $15(sr/arts workers); $5(st cheap seats).

NN — 8:00: Sinfonia Mississauga. Hauntings for Orchestra. Purcell: Suite from Abdelazar; Copland: Music for the Theatre; Robertson: Hauntings for Orchestra (with poetry by Gary Michael Dault). Nonnie Griffin, Colin Fox, readers; Eric Robertson, piano; John Barnum, conductor. Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000, 888-805-8888. $45,$35.

NN — 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra Hosts. Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Rossini: William Tell (overture); selected arias; Mozart: selected arias; Sokolovic: New Work; Beethoven: Symphony #7. Michael Schade, tenor; Kent Nagano, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $35-$120.

Sunday April 22

N? — 12:00 noon: RCM. Glenn Gould School Showcase: Harp/Percussion. RCM Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321. Free.

N — 2:00: Northdale Concert Band. Solos and Swing. Vivaldi: Concerto for Flautino in C, RV.443, arr Piccolo; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; De Meij: Klezmer Classics; Calvert: Suite on Canadian Folk Songs. Nancy Nourse, piccolo; Gifford Toole, piano; Stephen Chenette, music director. Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Dr. 416-486-3011. Free.

N — 3:00: VocalPoint Chamber Choir. Finzi and Friends. Works by Bairstow, Ireland, Howells, Stanford, & Vaughan Williams. Maurice White, organ; Stephen Powell, conductor; Ian Grundy, music director.Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-484-0185. $15; $10(sr/st).

NI — 4:00: Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto/Now Lounge. Jazz & Improvised Music. Showcasing local talent. Now Lounge, 189 Church St. 416-769-2841. $6.

N — 5:00: Masaryk Memorial Institute. Nocturnes at Masaryktown: Radim Zenkl, mandolin/flute. Works by Zenkl, and others from Vivaldi to Ellington. Prague Restaurant, Masaryktown, 450 Scarborough Golf Club Rd. 416-439-4354. $20; $15(st).

NN — 7:00: Icelandic National League International Visits Program. Vikingur Ólafsson, piano, Karen Ouzounian, cello, in Concert. Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Chopin: Piano Sonata #3 in b, Op.58; Ligeti: Cello Sonata; Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A, Op.69. Toronto Korean Presbyterian Church, 67 Scarsdale Rd. 416-762-8627. $15.

N — 7:30: TrypTych. Much Ado About Opera: A Celebration of Shakespearean Opera. Scenes from Verdi: Falstaff, Otello, Macbeth; Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor; Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Gounod: Romeo et Juliette; Salieri: Falstaff; Rossini: Otello; Thomas: Hamlet; Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love; McIntyre: Macbeth. Mila Ionkova, Anna Batemen, sopranos; Monica Zerbe, mezzo-soprano; Lenard Whiting, Edward Franko, tenors; TBA, baritone; Ensemble TrypTych Chamber Choir; William Shookhoff, music director/piano. Sanctuary, Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2737 Bayview Ave. 416-763-5066 x1. $25; $20(sr/st).

Monday April 23

N — 7:30: Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Romantic Trios for Piano & Various Instruments. Brahms: Trio for Violin, Cello, Piano (C2); Trio for Violin, French Horn, Piano; Menotti: Trio for 2 Cellos, Piano. Hyung-Sun Paik, Sergei Nikonov, violins; William Findlay, Winona Zelenka, cellos; Gabriel Radford, French horn; Bo Yon Koh, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416-221-8342. $17; $14(sr/st); $10(elem st).

Tuesday April 24

NN — 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Vocal Series: From Jewish Folk Poetry. Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op.79. Larissa Kostiuk, mezzo-soprano; Ekaterina Mel’nikova, soprano; Mikhail Agafonov, tenor. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West. 416-363-8231. Free.

Wednesday April 25

NNN — 12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory of Music. Noon Hour Concert: Glenn Gould School Percussion Ensemble. Works by Power, Brennan, Reich, & others. Room 305, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321. Free.

NN — 8:00: Toronto Masque Theatre. Dido and Aeneas/Aeneas and Dido. Purcell’s classic, and world premiere commissioned work by Andre Alexis, novelist & James Rolfe, composer. Alexander Dobson, baritone; Teri Dunn, soprano; Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, dancer; Vicki St. Pierre, mezzo-soprano; Monica Whicher, soprano; Exultate Chamber Singers; period instrument band, Larry Beckwith, director/violin. 7:15: Pre-show chat. Michael Young Theatre, Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill Street, Distillery District. 416-410-4561. $50; $45(sr/st).

Thursday April 26

NN — 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Vocal Series: Glinka Romances. Works by Glinka & Shostakovich. Mikhail Agafonov, tenor; Ekaterina Mel’nikova, soprano. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West. 416-363-8231. Free.

NN — 1:30: Women’s Musical Club of Toronto. Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano, Gregory Oh, piano in Concert. Works by Chausson, Mahler, Britten, & Croall (world premiere). Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., UofT, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-923-7052. $35.

N — 2:00: Northern District Library/Alchemy. An Hour of Chamber Music. Danzi: Quintet in B-flat, Op.56/1; Debussy: Syrinx; Gebauer: Trio; Honegger: Danse de la chèvre, H.39; Ewazen: Roaring Fork Quintet. Henneke Cats, flute; Cristina Sewerin, oboe; Kaye Royer, clarinet; Elke Streisslberger, horn; Larkin Hinder, bassoon. Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-393-7610. Free.

NMT — 7:00: Harbourfront Centre/Jumblies Theatre. Bridge of One Hair. Original score by Alice Ping Yee Ho, world premiere; multi-community story of a neighbourhood & its inhabitants, drawing on Somali, Celtic, Afro-Caribbean & First Nations stories; tea-drinking rituals (interactive tea-room); poems by Hawa Jibril & Duke Redbird. VIVA! Youth Singers; Jubilate Singers; Faduma Nkruma, singer; & others. Brigantine Room, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. $25, extremely limited. For complete run see music theatre listings.

— 8:00: Encore Entertainment. Blood Brothers. By Willy Russell, Mario D’Alimonte, director, Ellen Kestenberg, musical NMT — 8:00: Harbourfront Centre NextSteps/DanceWorks. DW 165 - Double Bill. No Exit (Fujiwara Dance Inventions): dance play inspired by Sartre, original music by Phil Strong; Sasha Ivanochko, Miko Sobreira, Rebecca Hope Terry, performers; Denise Fujiwara choreographer; REDD (10 Gates Dancing Inc): solo by Tedd Robinson. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. $27; $17(sr/st).

NN — 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia/Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto. La Dolce Vita: Music from the Italian Cinema. Scores by Nino Rota (La Strada, Amarcord, The Leopard) and Alessio Vlad (Tea with Mussolini, Forever Callas, Jane Eyre, Tuscany). Alessio Vlad, composer/conductor; Kerry Stratton, introduction. George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-870-8000. $53-$59; $44.50-$49(sr).

Friday April 27

NI — 8:00: Crystal Journey. Sound Journey: Healing The Planet with Music. Improvised, meditative & healing tones of Quartz Crystal Bowls & Paiste Gongs. Guest: Gary Diggins; David Hickey, presenter. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555; $25; $20(sr/st).

NNN — 8:00: Elmer Iseler Singers. Concert of 100 Candles. Togni: Lamentations of Jeremiah (world premiere). Guest: Jeff Reilly, bass clarinet; Lydia Adams, conductor. St. Mary Magdalene Church, 477 Manning Ave. 416-217-0537. $35; $30(sr/st).

NI — 9:00pm: Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto/Arraymusic. Leftover Daylight Series. Jazz & improvised music. Arraymusic Studio, Suite 218 (rear door), 60 Atlantic Ave. 416-539-8752. $6-$10(sliding scale).

Saturday April 28

NN — 3:30: Sinfonia Toronto. Violin Magic. Mozart: Quintet in E-flat, K.614 (1st Mvt, orchestral version); Cherney: Illuminations; Khachaturian (arr. Arman): Nocturne from Masquerade for violin and strings; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, “Gypsy Airs” for Violin and Orchestra; Dvorak: Sextet (Mvts 1 & 3, orchestral version). Etsuko Kimura, violin; Nurhan Arman, conductor. Walmer Centre, 188 Lowther Ave. 416-499-0403. $25; $15(sr); $12(st/16-29).

NN — 4:00: Dzirksts Latvian Choir/Estonia Koor/Volunge Lithuanian Choir/Vox Finlandiae. Under the Baltic Sun. Schubert: Mass in G; Raminsh: Under the Baltic Sun (world premiere); and other Baltic choral works. Soloists and orchestra; Ivars Taurins, Imant Raminsh, guest conductors. George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-870-8000. $40,$30.

N — 7:30: Pax Christi Chorale. Gala 20th Anniversary Concert: Music Makers. Elgar: The Music Makers; Handel: Anthem for the Foundling Hospital; Ager: Te Deum (We praise thee, O God); full orchestra. Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano; Dennis Giesbrecht, tenor; Stephanie Martin, artistic director. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-494-7889. $30; $25(sr); $22(st); $5(under 12).

N — 7:30: TSO Hosts. Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. Beethoven: Egmont, Overture; Ravel: Tzigane; Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite. Zubaida Azezi, violin; Toronto Children’s Chorus; Alain Trudel, conductor. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-593-7769 x372. $23; $15(sr/st).

NN — 8:00: Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir. Dances of Time: Celebrating Africa and Beyond. The story of dance told through choral music, Rain Dances, Cries of Freedom, the Waltz and Polonaise; music by Canadian composers Hatfield, Halley, Schafer & Sirett, plus J. Strauss II, Jenkins & Brewer. Kwasi Dunyo, Ray Dillard, Andy Morris, percussion; Ellen Meyer, piano; McKenzie Morgan, coloratura; William O’Meara, organ; Kelly Galbraith, director. Runnymede United Church, 432 Runnymede Ave. 416-236-1522. $20 admission. $1000 donation to the Stephen Lewis Foundation for AIDS in Africa.

NNN — 8:00: New Music Concerts/The Music Gallery. A Ninety-Seven Note Octave (The Piano tuned in 16th Tones). Tremblay: L’infiniment petit; Desjardins: Où va Pierrot; Bancquart: Habiter l’ambre, with tape; Patch: A l’affair en seize, with piano; Gonneville: Naturel tempéré; Mather: 2 Pieces, with ondes Martenot; Beckwith: Fractions, with string quartet (world premiere); Behrens: For John Beckwith’s 80th, for string quartet (world premiere). Bruce Mather, 16th tone piano; Pierrette Lepage, piano; Jean Laurendeau, ondes Martenot; Accordes string quartet. 7:15: Introduction. Saint George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $25; $15(sr); $5(st).

Sunday April 29

NN — 2:00: Brampton Lyric Opera. Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, & I Pagliacci. Fully staged with orchestra; Bluebeard, by Bartók, sung in English: Gerrit Theule, Kelly Winter, singers, Shek Ko, conductor, Madeline Young, director; Pagliacci, by Leoncavallo, sung in Italian with English surtitles: James Ciantar, Shoshana Friedman-Brazeau, Jay Stephenson, Yevgeny Yablonovsky, Yan-Chuen Lee, singers; Sabatino Vacca, conductor; Penelope Cookson, director. The Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $30-$60.

N — 3:00: Mississauga Youth Orchestra. Music That Dances! Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #2 (1st mvmt); works by Dvorak, Bizet & Copland. Daniel Wong, violin; Gregory Burton, music director/conductor. Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000, 888-805-8888. $25; $15(st).

NI — 4:00: Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto/Now Lounge. Jazz & Improvised Music. Showcasing local talent. Now Lounge, 189 Church St. 416-769-2841. $6.

Tuesday May 01

NNN — 12:00 noon: National Ballet of Canada. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Dance Series: Claude Vivier’s Pulau Dewata. An homage to the Balinese people, arranged by Michael Oesterle. Seiler String Quartet; Sasha Ivanocho, dance/choreography. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West. 416-363-8231. Free.

Wednesday May 02

NN — 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Dvorak & Barber. Stucky: Son et lumière; Barber: Violin Concerto; Dvorak: Symphony #7. Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $30-$117.

Thursday May 03

NN — 8:00: Music Toronto. David Jalbert, piano. Corigliano: Étude Fantasy; Mozart: Rondo in F, K.494; Skryabin: Sonata #5 in F-sharp, Op.53; Fauré: Nocturne #2 in B, Op.33/2; Nocturne #13 in b, Op.119; Wijeratne: new commission; Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723, 800-708-6754. $15; $5(st).

NI — 8:00: Scrap Arts Music. Scrap Arts Music In Concert. Five drummers create percussion music, from thunderous to hypnotic, from large-scale mobile instruments made from discarded springs, artillery shells and scrap metal. The Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $35-$55.

NN — 8:00: TSO. Dvorak & Barber. Roy Thomson Hall. See May 2.

NN — 8:00: Via Salzburg. Dance Related. Mozart: String Quartet; Vivier: Pulau Dewata; Brahms: String Quartet. Guests: Midori Seiler, violin; Naomi Seiler, viola; Yuri Seiler, cello; Sasha Ivanochko, dance; Mayumi Seiler, violin/artistic director. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $50; $45(sr); $20(st).

Friday May 04

N? — 7:00: The Music Gallery/Over the Top Festival. Michael Gira, Peter & the Wolf. Pop Avant series; song-based music, plus soundscapes, found sound, and loops. Saint George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $20.

N — 8:00: RCM. Community School Faculty Concert Series: Toronto Arts Ensemble. Saint-Saëns: Variations on a theme by Beethoven; art  songs for soprano & piano by de Falla, Sibelius, Duparc, Rachmaninoff, & Barber; Beethoven: Trio for clarinet, cello, & piano, Op.11; Stravinsky: Movements from Petrouchka; Spohr: 4 Songs for soprano, clarinet and piano; Mendelssohn: Piano trio in d, Op.49. Karen Quinton, Susan Gagnon, Helen Russell, Corey Gemmell, Stacie Carmona & Alla Zacarelli, performers. Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321. $15; $10(sr/st).

NN — 8:00: Via Salzburg. Dance Related. Glenn Gould Studio. See May 3.

N — 8:00: voxworks. Dead Poets Society I: Robert Bridges & Friends. Vocal works by Berkeley, Bridge, Finzi, Gurney, Holst, & Moeran. Judy Maddren, reader; James Wells, artistic director. St. Wilfrid’s Anglican Church, 1315 Kipling Ave. 416-769-0111. $20.

NI — 9:00pm: Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto/Arraymusic. Leftover Daylight Series. Jazz & improvised music. Arraymusic Studio, Suite 218 (rear door), 60 Atlantic Ave. 416-539-8752. $6-$10(sliding scale).

Saturday May 05

N — 7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. un4gettable. Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto in c; Vivaldi: La folia; Beethoven: Symphony #4. David Rehner, Arpad Josephson, violins; Alisa Horn, cello; Stéphane Potvin, harpsichord. Central Baptist Church, 340 Rebecca St., Oakville. 905-337-1083. $20; $15(sr/st); $5(under 12).

N — 7:30: ORGANIX 07. William Wright, organ, in Recital. Bach: Wir danken dir, Herr, wir danken dir (Sinfonia from Cantata BWV.29); Trio Sonata VI in G, BWV.530; Hesse: Introduction, Theme and Variation in A, Op.47; Mozart: Adagio and Rondo in C, K.617; Widor: Symphony V (Allegro Vivace); Mendelssohn (arr Wright): Spring Song, from Songs Without Words; Rameau (arr Lemare): Gavotte, from Le Temple de la gloire; Hollins: A Trumpet Minuet; Grainger (arr Wright): Handel in the Strand: a Clog Dance; Kerll: Capriccio on “Cuckoo”. Deer Park United Church, 129 St. Clair Ave. West. 416-241-9785. $20.

N — 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Kahane Plays and Conducts. Stucky: Son et lumière; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Dvorak: Symphony #7 in d, Op. 70. Jeffrey Kahane, piano/conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $27.50-$71 (incl post-concert party with artists).

N? — 8:00: Bell’Arte Singers. Springtime with Friends. Musical celebration of the world at our doorstep, music of Canada’s diverse traditions. Guests: Cantabile Women’s Choir of Kingston, Dr. Mark Sirett, conductor; Dr. Lee Willingham, music director. Havergal College, 1451 Avenue Rd. 416-699-5879. $20; $15(sr/st).

NNN — 8:00: Mississauga Festival Choir. Canadian Women of Song. Works by Canadian female composers; Primadonna Choralis, a salute to choral music by Mary Lou Fallis, soprano & Peter Tiefenbach, piano. David Ambrose, artistic director. RBC Theatre, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000, 888-805-8888. $25; $23(sr/st); $18(12 & under).

N — 8:00: Newtonbrook Nights Concert Series. Chamber Music Concert. Classical to contemporary. Judith deHaney, piano; Rob Trite, clarinet; Carina Reeves, cello. Newtonbrook United Church, 53 Cummer Ave. 416-222-5417. $20.

— 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Sunshine. Cherney: Illuminations; Britten: Les Illuminations; Dvorak: Sextet, orchestral version. Aline Kutan, soprano; Nurhan Arman, conductor. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-499-0403. $40; $32(sr); $12(16-29/st).

NNN — 8:00: The Music Gallery. Arnold Dreyblatt. Classic Avant series; American composer and visual artist, compositions based on harmonics.  Saint George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $15; $10(sr/member); $5(st).

NNN — 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir. The Music of Paul Halley. Sacred and gospel arrangements, love songs for springtime. James Bourne, accompanist; Noel Edison, Robert Anderson, conductors. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-598-0422 x21. $25; $15(sr/st).

N — 8:00: voxworks. Dead Poets Society I: Robert Bridges & Friends. Vocal works by Berkeley, Bridge, Finzi, Gurney, Holst, & Moeran. Paula Wing, reader; James Wells, artistic director. St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, 151 Glenlake Ave. 416-769-0111. $20.

Sunday May 06

N — 2:00: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. un4gettable. See May 5. St. Simon’s Church, 1450 Litchfield Rd., Oakville.

N — 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Spanish Siesta: A Musical Journey through Andalusia with 3 Spaniards, 2 Frenchmen, a few Russians and a Pole. Works by Granados, Turina, de Falla, Ravel, Debussy, Glinka & others. Agathe Martel, soprano; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-466-1870. $45; $35(sr/st).

N — 2:30: Alicier Arts Chamber Music. Spanish Accents. Bizet: Carmen Fantasy; Bernstein: West Side Story (selections); & other works. Guests: The Mirobolus Trio, the Lakeshore Brass; Phoebe Tsang, violin/artistic director; Kim Schemeit, flute/artistic director. St. George’s-on-the-Hill Anglican Church, 4600 Dundas St. West. 416-731-3599. $15; $12(sr/st/artworkers); $10(ch).

NN — 3:00: Choirs of Grace Church on-the-Hill. Praise the Lord, O My Soul: Canticles & Anthems for Evensong. Ager: The Ransomed of the Lord (world premiere); Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis; Carter: Praise the Lord, O My Soul (Canadian premiere); works by Holman, Kodaly, Mendelssohn, Raminsh & Parry. Melva Treffinger Graham, conductor. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884 x333. $15; $10(sr); $5(st).

N? — 3:00: Echo Women’s Choir. Working in Harmony. Salute to the workers of the world; The Ballad of Springhill, & other songs about coal mining in French (Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer), Spanish, & English; dance & celebration songs in Turkish; U.S. mountain music; We Do the Work; Transit Song. Guest: Michael St. George, Dub poet; Alan Gasser, Becca Whitla, conductors. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square. 416-588-9050 x3. $15; $12(adv); $8(sr/st/un(der)waged).

NN — 3:00: Syrinx Sunday Salons. Pamina String Quartet. Schubert: Quartettsatz, D.703; Coulthard: String Quartet; Glick: String Quartet #2; Dvorak: String Quartet #8 in E. Marie Berard, Jin-Shan Dai, violins; Carolyn Blackwell, viola; Roberta Janzen, cello. The Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-654-0877. $20; $15(st).

N — 3:00: TSO. Kahane Plays and Conducts. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Haydn: Symphony #99 in E-flat; Dvorak: Symphony #7 in d, Op.70. Jeffrey Kahane, piano/conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872-1111. $71.75-$83.75.

N — 7:30: Durham Chamber Orchestra. Dance Works. Dance works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bartok & others. John Kraus, director. Performing Arts Centre, Notre Dame CSS, 1375 Harwood Ave. North, Ajax. 705-749-5839. $TBA.

NN — 7:30: Hannaford Street Silver Band. Strings Attached. Tovey: Nine Daies Wonder, for solo violin, brass band and percussion (relating Will Kemp’s legendary 1600 jig from London to Norwich, with jigs & reels, and speeches from Shakespeare (world premiere)); Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen; Gayfor (arr Hiscock): Canadian Landscape; Major-Marothy: Mischievous Spirit; Holst (arr Kenyon): St. Paul’s Suite; three Newfoundland songs. Mark Fewer, violin/actor; Bramwell Tovey, chief conductor. 6:45: Chat, Ray Tizzard with Bramwell Tovey & Mark Fewer; intermission: silent auction. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723, 800-708-6754. $34; $28(sr); $23(st).

NN — 7:30: York Symphony Orchestra. Great Film Music. Corigliano: Chaconne from the Red Violin; Rota: La Strada Suite; Morricone: Music from the Mission; Custer: Music from 007; Williams: Harry Potter Suite. Guest: Joanna Tang, violin; Gregory Burton, conductor. Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469. $25; $20(sr/st); $10(under 12).

NN — 8:00: Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan. Sunda Songs. Songs of love, loss, longing & devotion, from Sunda (West Java, Indonesia); classical repertoire to popular compositions by Nano Suratno, Mark Duggan, Bill Parsons, & John Wyre. Guests: Jennifer Moore, Suba Sankaran, Maryem Tollar, vocals; Blair Mackay, artistic director. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. West. 416-588-0307. $15; $5(sr/st).

Sunday April 01

NNN — 2:00: University of Western Ontario. Faculty Artists Series: Nightingale’s Rhapsody CD release. New works by Canadian composers: Whitehead, Baker, Royer & Reubart. Jerome Summers, clarinet; 13 Strings of Ottawa, Simon Streatfeild, conductor. von Kuster Hall, Music Building, UWO, London. 519-661-3767. Free.

— 2:00: Visual and Performing Arts Newmarket. Valerie Tryon, piano in Concert. Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres., Newmarket. 905-953-5122. $24; $19(sr); $10(st).

NN — 2:30: Georgian Bay Symphony. Organ & Strings. Handel: Organ Concerto #13 in F; Mozart: Church Sonatas; Mascall: Concertino for Solo Cello and Strings; Albinoni: Adagio. Ben Bolt-Martin, cello; Eric Osborne, organ. Knox United Church, 890 4th Ave. East, Owen Sound. 519-372-0212. $17; $15(sr); $10(st); free(grade 8 & under).

NN — 2:30: Kingston Symphony Orchestra. Spring Strings. Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C; Haydn: Symphony #99; Sharman: harp piece written for Sharlene Wallace. Donelda Gartshore, flute; Sharlene Wallace, harp; Glen Fast, music director. Sydenham Street United Church, 82 Sydenham St., Kingston. 613-530-2050. $30; $25(sr); $20(st); $13(ch).

N — 3:00: Central Presbyterian Church. Sundays At Three. Pinkham: Miracles; trios by Telemann & Leclair. David Gerry, Laurel Trainor, flutes; Clyde Ervine, narrator; Paul Grimwood, organ. 165 Charlton Ave., Hamilton. 905-522-9098. Free.

N — 3:00: Conrad Grebel University College. O Great Spirit. Chilcott: Circlesong (Canadian premier); & other works. UW Choir, Gordon Burnett, director. Westminster United Church, The Cedars, 543 Beechwood Dr., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. $10; $8(st).

N — 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Suor Angelica, and L’enfant et les sortileges. By Puccini (in Italian), and Ravel (in English). Faculty of Music orchestra; Leslie De’Ath, music director; Michael Waller, stage director. Theatre Auditorium, 75 University Ave. West, Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. $10; $5(st).

NN — 4:00: Oriana Singers. True Light. Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; & spirituals & works reflecting the theme of light and darkness. Guests: La Jeunesse Children’s Choir. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 67 Victoria Ave., Belleville. 613-392-7423. $15.

Monday April 02

NN — 8:00: Chamber Music Hamilton. Cecilia String Quartet. Mozart: String Quartet in D, K.499; Brahms: String Quartet #1 in c; Shostakovich: String Quartet #9. Sharon Lee, Sarah Nematallah, violins; Caitlin Boyle, viola; Rebecca Wenham, cello. Recital Hall, Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, 126 James St. South, Hamilton. 905-528-5628. $27; $22(sr); $13(st).

Tuesday April 03

NNN — 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Music at Noon. Newly-commissioned quartets for oboe and strings by Canadian composers. James Mason, oboe. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave. West, Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Free.

N? — 7:30: Brock University Department of Music. University Wind Ensemble. Symphonic wind band works, original & transcribed. Zoltan Kalman, conductor. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3257. PWYC, donations to music scholarship fund.

Thursday April 05

N — 12:30: University of Western Ontario. Choral Series: Eastertide. Thompson: The Place of the Blest, for treble choir, string quintet and winds, and other works. Les Choristes; UWO Singers. von Kuster Hall, Music Building, UWO, London. 519-661-3767. Free.

Friday April 06

N — 7:30: Melos Chorale Ensemble/Chalmers Church. Good Friday at Chalmers, 2007. Rutter: Requiem; Purcell: I was glad when they said unto me; Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei; Elgar: Ave Verum; Cameron: A Proclamation and a Prayer, a new work for string quartet, flute, oboe, organ, & choir. Guests: Chalmers Church choir, Melos String Quartet, flute, oboe, timpani, harp, and organ; Gilda DiCola Mills, Janice Coles, vocal soloists; David Cameron, music director. Chalmers United Church, 212 Barrie St., Kingston. 613-549-7125. $20; $17(sr); $10(ch); $18(adv); $15(adv sr); $8(adv ch).

Tuesday April 10

NNN — 7:00: University of Western Ontario. New Music Series. Electroacoustic music written and performed by students. von Kuster Hall, Music Building, UWO, London. 519-661-3767. Free.

Wednesday April 11

N — 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Dena Jones, piano. Bach/Busoni: Chaconne; Beethoven: Sonata in D, Op.10/3; Terzian: Toccata; Granados: Spanish Dances #2, 5; Albeniz: Córdoba; Asturias; Rodrigo: Adagio; Falla: Fantasia Bética. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. West, Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).

Thursday April 12

NNN — 8:00: University of Western Ontario. New Music Series. Student composers chamber music. von Kuster Hall, Music Building, UWO, London. 519-661-3767. Free.

Saturday April 14

N — 7:30: Cantabile Choirs of Kingston. Sea to Sea. Canadian repertoire, Newfoundland folksongs to B.B. soundscapes. Guests: Bell’Arte Singers, Lee Willingham, director; Mark Sirett, artistic director. Grand Theatre, 218 Princess Street, Kingston. 613-530-2050. $15; $12(sr/st/ch).

N — 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Daedalus Quartet. Mozart: Quartet K.465; Bartok: Quartet #3; Schumann: Quartet in A #3, Op.41/3. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. West, Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).

Wednesday April 18

NN — 8:00: Orchestra London. Barber and Beethoven. Buhr: Akasha; Barber: Violin Concerto (1941); Beethoven: Symphony #7. Joseph Lanza, violin; Alain Trudel, conductor. Forest City Community Church, 3725 Bostwick Rd., London. 519-679-8778. $33-$48; $29-$42(sr).

Thursday April 19

NN — 8:00: Orchestra London. Barber and Beethoven. Forest City Community Church, London. See Apr 18.

Friday April 20

N? — 8:00: Willem Moolenbeek. Into Paradise: Music for Saxophone and Choir. Willem Moolenbeek, saxophones; Boyd McDonald, piano; Brandon Leis, tenor; choral ensemble, Timothy Corlis, director. Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church, 245 Lexington Rd., Waterloo. 519-747-9625. $20; $15(sr/st).

Saturday April 21

NN — 7:30: Grand Philharmonic Choir Chamber Singers. Music of Duruflé. Duruflé: Four Motets on Gregorian themes, Op.10; Requiem, Op.9; Suite for Organ, Op.5. Jan Overduin, organ; Howard Dyck, conductor. St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 54 Benton St., Kitchener. 519-578-1570, 800-265-8977. $30; $10(to grade 8); $5 (eyeGO).

N — 7:30: Icelandic National League International Visits Program. Vikingur Ólafsson, piano, Karen Ouzounian, cello, in Concert. Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Chopin: Piano Sonata #3 in b, Op.58; Ligeti: Cello Sonata; Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A, Op.69. First-St. Andrew’s United Church, 350 Queens Ave., London. 416-762-8627. $15; $10(sr/st).

NI — 7:30: Perimeter Institute/Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound. Pre Open Ears Event. Fred Frith, improviser/guitarist, Malcolm Goldstein, improviser/violinist. Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas, Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline St. North, Waterloo. 519-883-4480. $25; $15(st).

Note: Detailed listings for this festival were not available at press time; please see www.openears.ca for complete details. The Festival runs from Apr 21-29 (formal opening Apr 24), and includes about two dozen events at various K-W venues, from guided soundwalks through to musical performances in concert halls, with electroacoustics, performance art, sound poetry, music in alternative venues, conference activity, and interdisciplinary performance.

N — 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Soo Bae, cello; Olena Klyucharova, piano. Hindemith: Solo Sonata; Piatti: Caprices; Schumann: Fantasy Pieces; Fauré: Elegy; Huang Ruo: 4 Fragments; Niedermaier: There is None LIke You (after Bach); Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. West, Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20; $15(sr); $10(st).

Sunday April 22

NNN — 1:00: Metropolitan United Church. Chris Morano, piano, in Recital: On the Road to Eckhardt-Gramatté. Works by Bashaw, Daniel, Dutilleux, & Rzewski. 468 Wellington St, London. 519-777-5944. $10.

NN — 2:30: Kingston Symphony Orchestra. Classic and Contemporary. Sirett: New Work (world premiere); Koprowski: New Work (world premiere); Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4. Angela Cheng, piano; Maria Knapik, soprano; Kingston Choral Society, Ian Juby, chorus master; Cantabile Choirs of Kingston, Mark Sirett, artistic director; Glen Fast, music director. Kingston Gospel Temple, 2295 Princess St., Kingston. 613-530-2050. $31-$39; $29-$36(sr); $25-$31(st); $13(ch).

NN — 2:30: Niagara Symphony. Romantic Secret Garden. Gougeon: Le Jardin Mystérieux; Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D, Op.77; Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op.64. Jonathan Crow, violin; Daniel Swift, conductor. 1:45: Pre-concert talk. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts, Brock University, St. Catharines. 905-687-4993 x2. $25-$39; $10(st).

N? — 3:00: Brantford Symphony Orchestra. Music Inspired by Dance. Smith: Sacred Spring and other works. Santee Smith, dance/choreography; Kaha:wi Dance Theatre; Victor Feldbrill, conductor. 2:15: Pre-concert chat. Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts, 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519-758-8090, 800-265-0710. $27-$40; $14-$18(st); $5(eyeGO).

NN — 4:00: Grand Philharmonic Choir Chamber Singers. Music of Duruflé. Duruflé: Four Motets on Gregorian themes, Op.10; Requiem, Op.9; Suite for Organ, Op.5. Jan Overduin, organ; Howard Dyck, conductor. Church of Our Lady, 28 Norfolk St., Guelph. 519-763-3000, 877-520-2408. $30; $10(to grade 8); $5 (eyeGO).

NNN — 7:30: Arcady. Celebrating The Composers of Arcady. Works by Arcadians Beckett, Cunningham, Demuynck, Kim, Lenson, Peros, Van Maanen, Walshaw, Windus. 6:00: Dinner. St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 302 St. George St., Port Dover. 519-583-1984. $12.50; free(under 12); $10(dinner, adv only).

NN — 7:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Hosts. Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Rossini: William Tell Overture; Arias; Sokolovic: New Canadian work (OSM commission); Beethoven: Symphony #7. Michael Schade, tenor; Kent Nagano, conductor. Centre In The Square, 101 Queen St. North, Kitchener. 519-578-1570, 800-265-8977. $40-$75; $15(st).

Wednesday April 25

N — 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Grzegorz & Andrzej Krawiec, Classical Guitar Duo. Bach:  French Suite #2, BWV.813; Chopin: three Mazurkas; Cwojdziski: Suite of stylized dances; Granados: Valses poeticos; Granados: Tonadilla. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. West, Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).

Friday April 27

NN— 7:30: Brasswerks. Chorus and Brass. Rutter: Gloria; Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony; Haufrecht: Symphony for Brass and Tympani; Wagner: Siegfried Funeral Music; choral selections. Guests: Kingston Choral Society; Aurora Dokken, organ; Glen Fast, Ian Juby, conductors. St. George’s Cathedral, 270 King St., Kingston. 613-389-6888. $20; $15(sr/st).

NN — 8:00: King Edward Choir. Beethoven and Beyond. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei); Dubrogosz: Requiem (Lux Aeterna); Leonard: A Celtic Twenty-third Psalm (world premiere); Copland (arr): Old American Songs, for orchestra & choir (Little Horses, Zion’s Walls, Golden Willow Tree, At the River, Ching-a-Ring Chaw). Orchestra; Donna Bennett, soprano; Gabrielle Prata, mezzo-soprano; Mark Dubois, tenor; Bruce Kelly, baritone; Barbara McCann, director. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 65 Amelia St., Barrie. 705-726-1916. $20.

Saturday April 28

N — 8:00: Georgian Bay Symphony. American Rhapsody. Copland: Clarinet Concerto in A; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Williams: Star Wars Suite; Carmichael: medley. Rob Tite, clarinet; Renee Kruisselbrink, piano; John Barnum, conductor. 7:00: Pre-concert talk with Richard Mascall, composer in residence. OSCVI Auditorium, 1550 8th Street East, Owen Sound. 519-372-0212. $23; 21(sr); $15(st); $5(grade 8 & under).

NN — 8:00: The John Laing Singers. 25 Years of Song. Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Laing: Three Portraits; Together In Music (world premiere); Elgar: My love dwelt in a northern land; Taverner: Dum transisset sabbatum; Moustaki: Le temps de vivre; Liszt: Mariengarten. Janet Obermeyer, soprano; JLS choristers & alumni; John Laing, artistic director. Christ’s Church Cathedral, 252 James St. North, Hamilton. 905-628-5238, 877-628-5238. $22; $19(sr/st).

Sunday April 29

NNN — 2:00: The Gallery Players of Niagara. Arctic Dreams. Hatzis: Arctic Dreams; Shankar: L’Aube Enchantée; Parker: Beneath the Canopy; Farr: Kembang Suling; MacDonald: Prelude #1; Devil Dance. Douglas Miller, flute; Beverley Johnston, percussion. Rodman Hall, 109 St. Paul Cres., St. Catharines. 905-468-1525. $25; $22(sr); $11(st/ch); $50(family).

N — 3:00: Symphony Hamilton. The Magic of Shakespeare. Nicolai: Merry Wives of Windsor Overture; McDonald: Six Sonnets (premiere); Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Suites 1 & 2 (selections). Guest: Reid Spencer, baritone; James R. McKay, conductor. Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Rd. West, Burlington. 905-526-6690. $25; $10(sr/st); $5(under 12).

NNN — 8:00: The Gallery Players of Niagara. Arctic Dreams. See 2:00. St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 41 Byron St., Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Saturday May 05

N? — 7:00: Lindsay Concert Foundation. Penderecki String Quartet. Glenn Crombie Theatre, Fleming College, 200 Albert St. South, Lindsay. 705-878-5625. $25; $10(youth).

N? — 8:00: DaCapo Chamber Choir. Daybreak: Sounds of a New Day. Music with a distinctly Latin American flavour. Leonard Enns, conductor. St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 23 Water St. North Kitchener. 519-725-7549. $20; $15(sr/st); $5(eyeGO).

NN — 8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. Great Film Music. Corigliano: Chaconne from the Red Violin; Rota: La Strada Suite; Morricone: Music from the Mission; Custer: Music from 007; Williams: Harry Potter Suite. Guest: Joanna Tang, violin; Gregory Burton, conductor. Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora. 416-410-0860. $25; $20(sr/st); $10(under 12).

Sunday May 06

N?— 3:00: Brock University Department of Music. Poet’s Choral Corner. Great choral settings of great poetic works. The Niagara Vocal Ensemble, Harris Loewen, conductor. St. George’s Anglican Church, 83 Church St., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3257. $15.

N — 3:00: Grand River Chorus. Great Masses. Works by Byrd, Pärt, Gounod. Amanda Kind, soprano; Paul Jeffrey, tenor; Dane Wendell, bass; Richard Cunningham, director. Alexandra Presbyterian Church, 410 Colborne St., Brantford. 519-759-7885. $20; $15(sr/st); $5(ch/high school with ID).