An international festival of contemporary music presented annually by the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.
2026 Season
January 23 – February 3, 2026
23 January (Friday)
Christoph Hartmann
Berlin Philharmonic Oboist
Oboe Masterclass
10:00 am | Room 330, Edward Johnson Building
23 January (Friday)
2026 Bedford Trio Composition Competition
Reading Session
4:00 pm | Room 217, Edward Johnson Building
23 January (Friday)
FOUR CENTURIES
Berlin Montreal TO
CHRISTOPH HARTMANN, Oboe I NOÉMIE RAYMOND, Cello
7:30 pm | Trinity-St. Paul’s Church
Presented by Sinfonia Toronto
24 January (Saturday)
Christoph Hartmann
Berlin Philharmonic Oboist
Younggun Kim, Piano
Featuring the Winning Piece of the 2026 Bedford Trio Composition Competition
2:00 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
24 January (Saturday)
University of Toronto Wind Ensemble
Intrinsic Light
7:30 pm | Tribute Communities Recital Hall,
York University
Pratik Gandhi, conductor
Featuring KöNG Duo, percussion
25 January (Sunday)
minMAX Electroacoustic Orchestra
Simple Beginnings
Anthony Gunadi and Elienna Wang, directors
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
26 January (Monday)
The Sound of Nordic Voices
EVENT CANCELLED
26 January (Monday)
Canadian Art Song Project
EVENT CANCELLED
27 January (Tuesday)
Composition Masterclass #2 with Vivian Fung
10:00 am | Room 109, Edward Johnson Building
27 January (Tuesday)
Tuesday Voice Series | Canadian Art Song Showcase
12:10 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
27 January (Tuesday)
Gryphon Trio with Nordic Voices
7:30 pm | Jane Mallett Theatre,
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
Presented by Music Toronto
28 January (Wednesday)
Jeffrey Ryan Composition Lecture
10:00 am | Room 109, Edward Johnson Building
28 January (Wednesday)
Nordic Voices Vocal Composition Workshop
12:00 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
28 January (Wednesday)
Canadian League of Composers 75th Anniversary Past Presidents’ Piano Recital
John Burge, piano
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
29 January (Thursday)
Thursdays at Noon: “Made in Manitoba”
Jana Starling, clarinet and Allison Wiebe, piano
12:10 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
29 January (Thursday)
Rob MacDonald, guitar
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
30 January (Friday)
Vivian Fung Composition Lecture
12:00 pm | Room 130, Edward Johnson Building
30 January (Friday)
Electroacoustic Music Concert
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
31 January (Saturday)
Composition Masterclass #1 with Vivian Fung
10:00 am | Room 130, Edward Johnson Building
31 January (Saturday)
Prize Winners’ Concert
2:00 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
31 January (Saturday)
University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Korngold Sinfonietta
7:30 pm | Tribute Communities Recital Hall,
York University
Uri Mayer, conductor
1 February (Sunday)
DOG Ensemble and Jazz Faculty
2:00 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
1 February (Sunday)
TaPIR Lab Open House
Aiyun Huang, director
4:00 pm | Room 079, Edward Johnson Building
1 February (Sunday)
Portraits and Tributes
Mariusz Monczak, violin and Robert Adamczak, piano
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
2 February (Monday)
“Is Music a Mimetic Art?”
Polish composers since Szymanowski
A Lecture-Presentation by
Mariusz Monczak, violin and Robert Adamczak, piano
10:00 am | Room 225, Edward Johnson Building
2 February (Monday)
Jakub Polaczyk
Composition Lecture
11:00 am | Room 225, Edward Johnson Building
2 February (Monday)
University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble
VIS-À-VIS
Aiyun Huang, director
Featuring Brad Cherwin, bass clarinet
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
3 February (Tuesday)
University of Toronto
Contemporary Music Ensemble
A Storm Within: The Music of Vivian Fung
Wallace Halladay, conductor
Featuring Sophie Lanthier, flute
University of Toronto Saxophone Collective
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
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