The Metropolitan United Church is a musical hub within the downtown core with an environment that’s spacious, and provides a refuge from the chaos exterior. The free Midday at Met collection has been operating for greater than three a long time, with about 40 live shows throughout their season.
The Midday at Met collection is offered in partnership with the College of Toronto’s College of Music and the Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould Faculty, and audiences can anticipate to see a few of Toronto’s most proficient artists, each established and rising, and visiting performers.
And, relying on this system, chances are you’ll hear the most important pipe organ in Canada.
Free Midday at Met Concert events
Oct. 16 12:00 p.m. Jonathan Oldengarm | Organ
Dr. Jonathan Oldengarm is Metropolitan’s Minister of Music. The organist, harpsichordist, chamber musician and arranger earned levels in organ and harpsichord efficiency from Wilfrid Laurier and McGill Universities, in addition to the Fellowship diploma of the Royal Canadian Faculty of Organists. He additionally studied on the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart, Germany. He taught organ, harpsichord, keyboards, together with liturgical improvisation on the Schulich Faculty of Music of McGill College, and was Director of Music and Organist at Montreal’s Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, from 2008 till 2022.
Oct. 23 12:00 p.m. Ethan Duan | Organ
Ethan Duan is at present a Wayne C. Vance Organ Scholar on the Metropolitan United Church. Ethan is a scholar of the organ at St. Michael’s Choir Faculty. Ethan can be a chorister within the Metropolitan Choir.
Oct. 30 12:00 p.m. Daniel Hamin Go | Cello
After finding out music at six establishments in 5 totally different international locations, Daniel Go launched an expert profession as a soloist and chamber musician that has seen him carry out on the Berliner Philharmonie, Cadogan, Carnegie Corridor, Flagey Studios, and Konzerthaus Berlin, and classical music pageant worldwide. Go not too long ago launched his debut album Arirang, together with items that span six centuries of music.
Nov 6 12 p.m. Jacob Clewell and Sasha Bult-Ito Viola and Piano
American violist Jacob Clewell is an eclectic performer who’s shared a stage with member of the Emerson and Penderecki Quartets, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and different classical ensembles, and has additionally toured with an Elton John tribute band, and an Icelandic cosmic rock band. Alaskan pianist Sasha Bult-Ito is a chamber musician and soloist with a world profession. She performs usually as a member of the Ezra Duo and Velox Quartet, in addition to at festivals throughout North America and Europe.
Together with the music, you will get your lunch from Trinity Sq. Cafe within the church’s Narthex.
Midday at Met live shows proceed each Thursday till November 27, then resume in February 2026 till the top of Might 2026 (with no live performance on April 2).
Particular Concert events
October 19 3 p.m. Organ & Percussion
Percussionist Naoko Tsujita and organist Jonathan Oldengarm come collectively to carry out items that embrace Dan Locklair’s Constellations and Ravel’s Boléro, amongst others.
Oct. 24 8:00 p.m. Phantoms of the Organ
It’s the twentieth anniversary for Phantoms of the Organ, a Halloween themed live performance collection that options tunes that intensify the spooky season, offered by Music at Met and the Royal Canadian Faculty of Organists (RCCO), Toronto Centre.
Oct. 25 3:00 p.m. Toronto Youngsters’s Refrain: Songs of the Forest
The Toronto Youngsters’s Refrain presents Choral Story Hour — a live performance with songs about owls, foxes, bears, and extra critters in a storybook format that blends songs, narration, and imagery.
Nov. 9 3:00 p.m. Trinity Bach Challenge
This choir and chamber live performance is devoted to J.S. Bach’s sacred choral music. Viewers members are requested to contribute a freewill donation.
Dec. 7 at 2:00 p.m. Deck the Halls
Be a part of the Metropolitan Silver Band (dir. Fran Harvey), a quartet of the Met Choir’s skilled singers, and organist Ethan Duan for an old style carol singalong.
Dec. 14 7:30 p.m. Candlelight Carol Service
Benefit from the spirit of the season with Christmas music within the atmospheric church, with the Met Choir, Met Choristers, Met Hand Bells, and Nice Coronary heart (dir. Ben Stein).
Concert events proceed in February 2026.
Music at The Met
The midday hour live performance collection is one a part of the vary of music supplied on the Met, which includes a 30-member Metropolitan Choir, the Metropolitan Choristers (dir. Alessia Signorella), the Metropolitan Hand Bells, the Metropolitan Silver Band (dir. Fran Harvey), and the Nice Coronary heart Youth Ensemble (dir. Ben Stein).
In 2024, The Met offered 30 recitals and 9 live shows, with 400+ musicians.
Together with attending in-person, Met live shows may also be loved by way of Livestream.
- Discover out extra about live shows at The Met [HERE].
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