Tickets are now on sale for the Toronto Concert Band’s 2024-25 season.

The Toronto Concert Band typically performs three concerts per year. Typical performances feature a variety of musical genres, from classical to modern to swing to broadway and pop and last approximately two hours, usually with an intermission.

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Feb
22
Sat
Toronto Community Band Festival Concert @ Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, York University
Feb 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm
We are pleased to announce the inaugural Toronto Community Band Festival, which will be hosted on Saturday February 22nd at Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, York University (map) (box office).
This extraordinary Festival Concert promises magnificent music by over 200 Toronto musicians, the culmination of a series of community band competitions under the artistic direction of renowned composer/conductor Robert Sheldon. Five community ensembles will share the stage, showcasing the workshopped results of gripping Sheldon pieces, plus additional repertoire to entertain and inspire.
Long & McQuade Musical Instruments

Hear brilliant music brought to life by these fine community bands in this inaugural Festival Concert!

Program

Etobicoke Youth Band – Les Dobbin, Mike Samotowka, Music Directors
Columbus Concert Band – Annamaria Mazzaferro, Music Director
INTERMISSION
Markham Winds – Greg Colley, Music Director
Toronto Concert Band – Les Dobbin, Ken Hazlett, Music Directors
Mar
1
Sat
Ragtime to Riches @ Islington United Church
Mar 1 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Two-step your way into a frenetic era in American musical history with Donald Hunsberger’s Ragtime Dance Music Revue Dancin’ into the 20’s! Be moved by the powerful chords and poignant themes of Robert Sheldon’s Glorious Revolution. Savour the majesty of Alfred Reed’s celebration hymn Alleluia Laudamus Te with mighty organ accompaniment. Leap to your feet for G.F. Handel’s famed and jubilant Hallelujah Chorus.

Jun
14
Sat
Jump for Jazz – with Mike Field Quintet @ Glenn Gould Studio
Jun 14 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

We are heating up the concert stage with uber cool jazz featuring guest Trumpeter Mike Field, an award-winning jazz musician revered for his dynamic performances with a worldly flavour and a fun sense of adventure. Some of Field’s original pieces, arranged for jazz quintet and concert band, traverse classic bebop, and Latin infused romps, and Klezmer inspired dancing-in-the-street grooves. Fresh and thrilling!