Dueling Pianos is a celebration of a beautiful relationship between a father and son. A relationship that, but for a father’s determination, commitment and love, could have detoured to strife and opposition. It is a reminder that music has a central place in our lives, to inspire us in all ways, including our work.

Two generations are represented in a very fine narrative powerfully presented with two voices, speaking to the timeline of sacrifice to triumph, of one generation passing its best on to the next. And, from the father’s perspective as a renaissance leader, also speaking to the qualities of inspiring others that he wants to pass on to his son.

The narrative and the specific musical pieces of Dueling Pianos are deliberately selected to demonstrate the pain and joy in reaching for and attaining excellence. Audiences are treated to masterful renditions of our own Oscar Peterson’s ‘Hymn to Freedom’, of John Coltrane’s ‘Giant Steps’ and more… arranged for two pianos, as the musicians weave the musical classics of Jazz, Classical, Calypso, Reggae and The Blues into their story, showing how the father prepared his son to understand and embrace his historical roots, the roots of music and the world’s great musicians.

For the father his show is his legacy. The son, for his part, shows how this mentoring has shaped his music and his life.

Doors Open: 4 P.M.

Concert: 5 P.M.

Tickets are available HERE

Step into Le Chat Noir and the enrapturing world of 1900’s Paris for an evening of chamber music and contemporary dance.

Le Chat Noir, the famous salon in Paris, was a second home to some of France’s most prolific authors, artists and composers of La Belle Epoque period.

Echo Chamber Toronto presents a magnificent tapestry of French and French-inspired music, choreographed by Alysa Pires, Liana Bellissimo and Tara Pillon.

With a musical program spanning the last century, we’ll hear the exquisite Ravel String Quartet, interlaced with songs by Erik Satie and Edith Piaf, and following an intermission, Debussy’s mesmerizing ‘Syrinx’ for solo flute and the main feature, a new creation by acclaimed Jazz Pianist Renee Rosnes, performed by Rosnes herself.

Choreography: Alysa Pires | Liana Bellissimo | Tara Pillon

Dancers: Skylar Campbell | Meghan Pugh | Jack Bertinshaw | Miyoko Koyasu.

Musicians: 5-time Juno Award Winner Renee Rosnes, piano | Lauren Eberwein, Soprano | Shelley Brown, flute | Rosebud String Quartet (Aaron Schwebel, Sheila Jaffe, Keith Hamm and Leana Rutt)

Echo Chamber Toronto is a performance series that integrates musicians and dancers together on stage for new choreographed works. Merging the intimate dynamic of chamber music with the physical beauty of contemporary dance, ECT delivers the unique opportunity to connect with music not just through listening, but also through movement, interaction, and space. These works are choreographed by some of Canada’s leading dancemakers, and performed by Toronto’s finest musicians and dancers from the National Ballet of Canada, Canadian Opera Company, and Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

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HAPPENING is a four-day Festival that will engage more than 60 artists/performers who self-identified as people of diverse communities, immigrants, newcomers and refugees. Happening brings together traditional and contemporary music, dance, visual arts, story telling, poetry, crafts and food.

During HAPPENING Multicultural Festival we are creating opportunities for professional development for artists interested in working with communities as well as creating opportunities for organizations to network with artists and other organizations.

MUSE ARTS a.k.a Sick Muse Arts seeks to engage community organizations, immigrant, newcomer and refugee artists and local residents to promote love for arts, inclusion, solidarity and community building. We believe in the importance of fostering and building connections among artists and other community partners to achieve that purpose.

Working with community partners,MUSE ARTS creates spaces for Emerging Artists from equity seeking groups to showcase their work, to access opportunities for professional development and to engage communities meaningfully and actively in hands-on, high quality arts education integrated to community building and social justice.

More info HERE

The Instrumental Liberation Front – The Jazz of Classical Sound!

Ron Davis and SymphRONica celebrate two great institutions of purely instrumental music: Jazz and Western classical, bringing them together in new compositions to to create a newly jazz-energized, one-of-a-kind musical experience.

Tickets HERE