Kingston Road United Church

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Members of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra

(TSYO) in Recital

&

Instrument Petting Zoo

What: A series of monthly recitals featuring Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra musicians in brief, informal recitals. Each recital would features different instruments from the orchestra. The full list of names can be found below.

Where: The sanctuary of Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Road. This is the home of the Kingston Road Village Concert Series, (music director Timothy
Dawson, Toronto Symphony Orchestra double bass and TSYO bass coach).

When: All concerts will be on Sundays. The musician(s) will play the postlude at the end of the church service, then after a short coffee time, return to perform a 30 - 45 minute recital. Start time is approximately11:45 am.

How much: Pay as you can, suggested donation $5.

Why: This (essentially) complimentary series would display as many orchestral instruments as possible, affording young musicians a welcoming place to perform. It is also a fantastic place for families to introduce their children to these instruments and extraordinary young performers. After each concert, children in the audience are invited to approach the performers to see and possibly touch the instruments.

Here’s the lineup:

Sunday October 8, violin and viola! Isla Ertl, viola; Emma Li, violin

Sunday, November 12, cello and bass! Marcus Chan, double bass; Fay Wang, cello

Sunday, January 14, oboe and harp! Clara Aristanto, oboe; Weiqui (Vicki) Chen, harp

Hingyi Cui, oboe; Aidan Taylor, oboe

Sunday, January 28, flute and piano! Tina Jia, flute; Sonya Sim, piano

Sunday, February 25, trumpets! Elias Doyle, trumpet ; Erik Dubeau, trumpet