The Toronto Traveler

If you have no idea who Gertraud Mohwald is, don’t worry.  I actually didn’t either until I did the research for this post!  That might just be me showing my bias for events in the city that are musical in nature rather than artistic, but for all of you I’m making an effort to expand my horizons!
Gertraud Mohwald is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 1950s, as most of her work came through in the conditions of the post-war European continent.  In the wake of World War II and before the reconstruction efforts led largely by …read more

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Mozart is an 18th century composer that was responsible for the creation of many well known and easily recognizable pieces, although of course some of them have been parodied to the extent that you might not initially realize that they were composed by him.  He’s also probably one of my favourite composers, which is quite naturally why I decided to blog about this upcoming event .
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is going to be kicking off their Mozart Festival at Roy Thomson Hall through the performance of Symphony Number 40 by Mozart, with one of Canada’s best soprano opera singers …read more

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Aaron Davis is a composer and a keyboardist that has lots of years of experience in both of those fields as they relate to jazz blues and a person that can currently be seen regularly playing and arranging music for the singer Holly Cole.  Suzie Vinnick is a blues singer that has won a number of awards for her great talents and is also someone that has been credited with writing some of her own songs as well as playing some musical accompaniment on different instrumental recordings.
Together, the two of them are going to sound terrific and it is in …read more

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Even though The Toronto Traveler has only been around for about two and a half months or so, there are still highlights to talk about!  Here are some of the more memorable posts that have come up in the short time that The Toronto Traveler has been online:
- The Welcome Post, on October 19th
- A Great Picture of the CN Tower, on October 25th
- Staying Safe on Halloween, on October 30th
- A Plug for the Official City of Toronto Website, on November 18th
- Great Music at one of Toronto’s best Jazz Locales, on November 20th
- Toronto’s First …read more

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The first time that The Nutcracker was presented was in the city of St. Petersburg in Russia in 1892.  It is a tale of the wonderment of a child’s mind and over time it also grown to become synonymous with the celebration of Christmas.  To that end, The National Ballet of Canada started performing their version of The Nutcracker at The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on the 8th of this month and the current tour will be wrapping up shortly on December 30th.  There are still tickets left for the December 28th at 1PM and December 30th …read more

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I just happened to stumble across this the other day on YouTube. Comments, anyone?

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If you are really into the New Years spirit and have kids, then one of the great ways for you to ring in the New Year would be at the Metro Toronto Zoo.  There’s going to be fun and fanfare in the guise of great music and entertainment as well as special visitors that will be doing animal acts to delight the kids.  There are very few things that they would find more delightful and at the end of it there will be a big celebration for the New Year, assuming your kids can stay awak of course!

The Metro Zoo …read more

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Christmas is a very fun time, regardless of whether you celebrate it or not.  You get the chance to be with your family, many of whom you may only see at that time.  You get the chance to watch television and eat chocolate as much as your heart desires.  And of course people that do celebrate the holiday get to have presents, sing Christmas Carols and everyone also gets the day off from work.  All in all, Christmas is a very fun time and if you are going to be in Toronto this evening you can help the Metropolitan Community …read more

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Winter Fest this year is going to be very interesting, with the highlight performance being sung by Omarion.  This is a man that is absolutely multi-talented, with the ability to produce, act and sing.  He is a performing arts genius and he will be joined at the Winter Fest concert celebration by young and upcoming R&B artists Trey Songz and Mario.  The price for this concert is quite hefty, with tickets starting around $65.00, but at the same time if you are a big fan of this kind of music and want to get in on the Winter Fest fun, …read more

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By day, it is one of the more bustling shopping areas within the City of Toronto.  People go there in order to get great deals on a number of different things, while local residents and students from the nearby University of Toronto tend to go there during their off hours in order to shop from store to store.  It is one of the quintessential local shopping areas in Toronto and on the 21st of December, it is going to be home to an absolutely fascinating festival of lights.
December 21st is the winter solstice and also the shortest …read more

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