JPEC Presents: Fred Hirsch Trio

Date: Saturday, April 16, 2016

Time: 8pm

Place: Studio Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street

Fred Hersch has performed with his favourite trio , bassist John Hebert and drummer Eric McPherson since 2009. Praised in a New York Times Sunday Magazine feature as “singular among the trailblazers of their art, a largely unsung innovator of this borderless, individualistic jazz—a jazz for the 21st century,” he balances his internationally recognized instrumental and composing skills with significant achievements as a bandleader, collaborator and theatrical conceptualist.

Hersch’s influence has been widely felt on a new generation of jazz pianists, from former students Brad Mehldau and Ethan Iverson to his colleague Jason Moran, who has said “Fred at the piano is like LeBron James on the basketball court. He´s perfection!”

Tickets are available at:

Toronto Centre for the Arts Box Office

Online & Phone: www.ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-2787

INSIDE OUT North York Film Screening

Cost: FREE

Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Time: 5pm – 7pm

Place: Fairview Branch Library, ROOM 3, 4th Floor, 35 Fairview Mall Drive, Toronto, ON, M2J 4S4

Diverse LGBTQ+ Youth Spot, Open to ALL LGBTQ+ and Allies Ages 13-19 yrs old – No Registration Required!

For the FIRST TIME ever INSIDE OUT will be doing a special screening of selected 26th Annual TORONTO LGBT FILM FESTIVAL Films in the North York area hosted at Fairview Library during our Diverse LGBTQ+ Youth Spot. Learn from experts in the industry and have fun.Come join us to celebrate the unique and diverse LGBTQ+ youth of our community.  Hang out in a space where you can just be yourself and get to know other diverse youth. Food and refreshments will be provided, TTC tickets compensation for travel. Don’t miss out!

P: 416-395-5752

E: fvteen@torontopubliclibrary.ca

JPEC Presents: Sonoluminescence Trio together with Visual Artist Jeff Schlanger

Native Earth Performing Arts and North York Arts co-present

HUFF

Cost: Tickets are $25-$30
Date: February 10-12, 2016
Time: 8pm
Place: Toronto Centre for the Arts, Studio Theatre

North York Arts kicks off the 2016 year of programming with a theatre co-production of HUFF, starring Cliff Cardinal directed by Karin Randoja.

Huff, first developed at Native Earth’s Weesageechak Begins to Dance festival, is the story of Wind and his brothers, caught in a torrent of solvent abuse while coping with the death of their mother. Wind’s gas-induced dream world bleeds into his haunting reality as he’s preyed on by Trickster through the hallways at school, the abandoned motel he loves more than home, and through his own fragile psyche. Huff is the recipient of the 2012 Buddies in Bad Times Vanguard Award for Risk & Innovation and playwright Cardinal was just named this year’s winner of the RBC Tarragon Emerging Playwright Prize.

NATIVE EARTH PERFORMING ARTS is Canada’s oldest professional Indigenous theatre company. Currently in their 33rd year, Native Earth is dedicated to creating, developing and producing professional artistic expressions of the Indigenous experience in Canada. Through stage productions (theatre, dance and multi-disciplinary art), new script development, apprenticeships and internships, Native Earth seeks to fulfill a community of artistic visions. 

Tickets can be purchased online at www.tocentre.com
or by calling the Toronto Centre for the Arts Box Office at 416.250.3708.
Discounted rates available for group purchases.

Connect with Native Earth Performing Arts!
www.nativeearth.ca • FB/NativeEarth • @NativeEarth • NativeEarthInsta
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The Thirtieth Act –  Co-presented by Iranian Canadian Composers of Toronto and North York Arts

Cost: $30
Date: Feb 19, 2016
Time: 8pm
Place: Toronto Centre for the Arts

On behalf of Iranian-Canadian Composers of Toronto (ICOT), we invite you to The 30th Act, ICOT’s first concert in 2016!

This concert features ICOT’s chamber musicians and four new Persian vocal works based on poetry of Ahmad Shamloo, Hamid Mosaddegh, and Nader Ebrahimi featuring Afarin Mansouri as a soprano.

Compositions by Keyan Emami, Maziar Heidari, Afarin Mansouri, Pouya Hamidi, and Saman Shahi

Performers: Bijan Sepanji (Violin), Saba Yousefi (Violin), Andrew Ascenzo ( Cello), Mor Shargal ( Flute), Bahar Tavasoli (clarinet), Saman Shahi (Piano), Pouya Hamidi (Piano),

Tickets available at Sarv Music Academy (2 Greenview Avenue, Toronto, ON M2M1R1) or Toronto Centre for The Arts (5040 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M2N6R8) box office.

JPEC Presents: Everything I Love – Melissa Stylianou Trio

Date: Saturday, February 13, 2016
Time: 8pm
Place: Toronto Centre for the Arts, Lower Gallery, 5040 Yonge Street

Melissa Stylianou has been turning heads and capturing hearts since the turn of this century, from her native Toronto to her adopted home of New York City, from intimate club residencies to top festival stages.
Across her five solo albums (including 2014’s “No Regrets”, which JazzTimes called “Smart. Seamless. Stunning.”), Melissa has maintained a focus on storytelling, whether through her original compositions and lyrics, interpreting the music of songwriters like Paul Simon, James Taylor, and Bjork, or finding a unique and personal way to present oft-sung jazz standards. She looks forward to performing this intimate concert with Jamie Reynolds, one of her favorite duet partners.
This concert also provides an opportunity for Melissa to work with one of her longtime collaborators in Toronto who also happens to be one of Canada’s finest: John MacLeod on cornet and flugelhorn.

Bare Bones & Up Front has returned to Toronto Centre for the Arts!

April 9th -30th, 2015
Tickets $10 (student $5 w/ ID)

NYA will be featuring some local, North York, emerging talent pre-shows and at intermissions!

Week 1 – April 9th
Candace Sand
Arthur Renwick

Week 2 – April 16th
Mellowkotzen
Alanna Matty

Week 3 – April 23rd
Larra Skye
Ben Kunder

Week 4 – April 30th
Sacha
The Bellergards

Music Nest Summer Student Recital on July 18

Music Nest is dedicated to educate and inspire families and children by offering various fun musical programs. Children can come and experience the magic of music and find the encouragement and guidance to stretch their creative boundaries with joy!

For more information please contact Afarin Mansouri (Music Nest): 647-938-1353

July 18, 2015
2:00 – 5:00 pm
Toronto Centre for the Arts, Lower Gallery