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Choral Calendar (Oct. 2025)

By Marie-Claire Fafard-Blais on 24 October 2025 Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver

Montreal Towards Peace Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. at Église du Très-Saint-Nom-de-Jésus Voces Boreales kicks off its 20th season with a soothing concert in which beauty and humanity lay at the heart of a meditation on the universal desire for peace. Conducted by Andrew Gray, the choir will perform works by Taverner, Schönberg, and Dove, among others. They will be accompanied by organist Henry Webb. www.vocesboreales.org Au chœur du Québec Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m. at Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel The Temps Fort choir, under the musical and artistic direction of its conductor Pascal Germain-Berardi, presents Au chœur du Québec, a concert dedicated to…

Upcoming Concerts (Oct. 2025)

By La Scena Musicale Team on 3 October 2025 Classical Music, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, West

by Gianmarco Segato, Eva Stone-Barney, Hal Kowalewski Montreal Ladies’ Morning Musical Club (LMMC) The Verona Quartet, which originated in 2013 at Indiana University, is joined by American pianist Henry Kramer, in his second LMMC appearance, on Oct. 19. They will play works by Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Schumann. Then on Nov. 9, Russian-Lithuanian pianist Lukas Geniušas makes his LMMC debut playing Schubert’s Four Impromptus, Opus 90, and his Minuet in C-sharp minor as well as Rachmaninoff’s Sonata No. 1 in D minor. www.lmmc.ca Musica Camerata Musica Camerata will continue its 2025-26 season with a concert of trios for…

Youth 2025-2026: A Season of Programs for the Younger Set

By Heather Weinreb on 4 September 2025 Dance, Montreal, Musical Theatre, Orchestral, Ottawa, Quebec City, Theatre, Toronto, Vocal

Montreal Jeunesses Musicales Jeunesses Musicales’ 2025-26 season is full of original children’s programming. Opéra Bon-Bon, an operatic retelling of the story of Hansel and Gretel, will be performed on Oct. 26. On Nov. 16, Rythmo-Rigolo, an interactive percussion concert, will get children drumming in a variety of ways. Penguin musicians set the stage for this year’s Christmas concert, Le grand bal de Noël, on Dec. 7. On Feb. 8, La forêt des mélomanes takes children on a musical walk through an enchanted forest. On March 22, three musicians and their puppets help children navigate the complex world of friendships—and the…

New and Contemporary Music: An Invigorating Season Begins

By Benjamin Goron on 4 September 2025 Contemporary, Montreal, Quebec City

The autumn of 2025 promises to be a rich one for new and contemporary music throughout Quebec. The season is shaping up to offer a diverse landscape where established institutions, innovative collectives and specialized festivals intersect. Le Vivier: An Autumn Synonymous with Density and Intensity True to its mission of bringing together the driving forces of musical creation, Le Vivier opens the season with a series of daring concerts that, over the course of a month, offer a veritable compendium of contemporary experimentation. On Sept. 16, Paramirabo ensemble kicks things off with Bad Trip, an electroacoustic concert focusing on the…

Opera Across Canada: A Mostly Safe 2025-26

By Gianmarco Segato on 4 September 2025 Montreal, Opera, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, Vocal, West

As opera companies continue to navigate the challenges of skyrocketing costs and audience retention, most Canadian organizations are opting to program well-known titles in 2025-26. Here’s a season rundown from west to east. Pacific Opera Victoria Artistic Director Brenna Corner presents a season in keeping with POV’s always-careful mix of repertoire stalwarts and less-usual fare. October brings a new production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw staged by Canadian theatre director Michael Shamata, with a stellar Canadian cast including Kirsten MacKinnon, Isaiah Bell, Jonelle Sills and Catherine Daniel. In February, Corner herself stages Puccini’s Tosca with a role-debuting Meghan…

Chamber Music & Solo Performances 2025-26: Canadian and International Stars

By Emma Yee on 3 September 2025 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto

MONTREAL Bourgie Hall Bourgie Hall’s 2025–26 season offers concerts across various musical genres. The second year of their complete Franz Schubert lieder series includes concerts by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout (Oct.16); baritone Wolfgang Holzmair and Bourgie Hall’s co-artistic director, pianist Olivier Godin (Oct. 30); soprano Aline Kutan, clarinetist André Moisan, and pianist Michael McMahon (March 15); and baritone Olivier Bergeron, pianist Chloé Dumoulin, and dancers Diana León and Paco Ziel (March 28 & 29). Musicians of the OSM will also feature Schubert’s string music (Oct. 24). Piano will be central this season, with headliners Leif…

2025-26 Orchestra Roundup

By Justin Bernard on 3 September 2025 Classical Music, Montreal, Orchestral, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto

Montreal Orchestre symphonique de Montréal kicks off its season on Sept. 17 and 18 with Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust conducted by Music Director Rafael Payare. The masterful work, inspired by Goethe’s myth, features soloists mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill (Marguerite), tenor Andrew Staples (Faust), and British bass-baritone Sir Willard White (Méphistophélès) and baritone Ashley Riches (Brander). Maestro Payare thus reunites with the French composer following the success of Symphonie fantastique during the OSM’s most recent European tour. In October, the Venezuelan conductor returns to the podium to conduct music by another of his favorite composers, Mahler, to whom he has dedicated…

2025 Fall Festivals Guide

By La Scena Musicale Team on 3 September 2025 Baroque and Early, Classical Music, Contemporary, Jazz, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, West

Montreal Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC) Montréal, September 6 to October 26 | www.ciocm.org The Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC) presents the 2025 Grand Organ Festival, with over 15 events in Montréal and across Québec from September 6 to October 26. Music lovers are invited to explore the King of Instruments through a varied program including jazz, classical, experimental, and everything in between. The headline concert on October 4 features Peter Richard Conte, who was principal organist at the legendary Wanamaker Grand Court Organ (the world’s largest fully functioning instrument) in Philadelphia for more than 35 years. VIP tickets include…

Visual Arts (dup)

By An Ven on 3 September 2025 Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Visual Arts

ONTARIO (Ottawa and Toronto) Art Gallery of Ontario – until Jan. 5, 2026 There are a number of exhibitions currently on display at the AGO, the most prominent of which is undoubtedly Joyce Wieland: Heart On. Active between the 1960s and 1980s, this Canadian artist was known for her humorous and incisive art, which contributed to the evolution of ideas about gender, nation, and ecology. Her rich and colourful body of work includes textiles, collages, prints, drawings, and video creations. www.ago.ca National Gallery of Canada – until Oct. 13, 2025 Erica Rutherford: Her Lives, Her Works offers a comprehensive overview…

Rachel Fenlon and Will Jessup in the first Pierrot workshop. Photo: Marc Lebel

Preview | An Underground Berlin-infused Schoenberg Premiere at Festival d’opéra de Québec

By Gianmarco Segato on 25 July 2025 Contemporary, Dance, Opera, Quebec City, Vocal

Berlin-based Canadian artists, soprano/composer Rachel Fenlon and mezzo-soprano Mireille Lebel have created a unique take on Arnold Schoenberg seen through the filter of Berlin’s electrifying underground. Pierrot entre 3 lunes is their bold new production of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, incorporating original electro-pop compositions, and contemporary dance. It premieres at Festival d’Opéra de Québec for two performances on July 31 and August 2. Under their joint artistic collective Crown The Muse, Fenlon and Lebel began work in 2022 to create and produce a bold, genre-defying 60-minute opera/dance production built around Schoenberg’s iconic Pierrot Lunaire. Their all-new creation presents the original work…