Our favourite Etobicoke community choir is rehearsing for two upcoming concerts, both of which celebrate Canada in music and song. Read on for details!
Local Vocals in Our Story
Friday, November 21, 2025 | 8:00 p.m.
Martingrove Collegiate Institute
Guest Artist: Local Vocals
Join the Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday, November 21 at Martingrove Collegiate Institute—50 Winterton Drive, Etobicoke—for Our Story.
Come celebrate Etobicoke with us in this special collaboration with the Etobicoke Historical Society, featuring the Local Vocals pop-up choir and Etobian composers.
Artefacts on display will include a cannon ball from the War of 1812, so of course we'll play Tchaikovsky's thrilling 1812 Overture.
The jaunty Log Drivers Waltz, performed by Local Vocals, sets an upbeat tone that Etobian composer Gary Kulesha continues with his joyful Celebration Overture.
Did you know the world-famous pianist and composer Oscar Peterson was a Mimico resident? Hear his Hymn to Freedom, which inspired our full "docu-concert" coming February 1.
We also perform Mozart’s Paris Symphony (No. 31) and consider how young we are: this work was captivating Europe when Etobicoke was still Adobigok, nearly a decade before the Toronto Purchase from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
Visit the EPO website to learn more about the program and to purchase tickets.
Posters courtesy of EPO and Local Vocals.
Home for the Holidays: Celebrating Canada and the Holiday Season in Song
Local Vocals
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.
Royal York United Church
On December 2, join Local Vocals for their Winter Concert at Royal York Road United Church (851 Royal York Road, Etobicoke).
Featuring sing along carols, a community choir, and soloists from the Canadian Opera Company including Alain Coulombe, bass, Michael Colvin, tenor, and Mary Bella, soprano and choir director. Briar Boake hosts and Becky Wicks is piano accompanist.
All are welcome. Pay what you can collection. Suggested $15/adult.
Proceeds will be shared with The Christ Church St. James Food Pantry, one of three agencies under the auspice of the Daily Bread Food Bank serving southern Etobicoke.
Please allow extra time to park on neighbouring streets: view parking map.
Visit LocalVocals.ca for more information.
Topal + Cetin at the LVAC Gallery
A reminder that Vladimir Topal and Mustafa Cetin's two-person exhibition, Representation and Abstraction, continues until November 30 at the LVAC Gallery. See the November 3 issue of LVAC News for details.
Lilian Radovac, Editor
Have an event to announce? The submission deadline for our December 1 newsletter is Tuesday, November 18 at 5:00 p.m.
