Season Artists
1965-66 Louis Quilico, baritone
Morisset/Bouchard pianists
Paul Kuentz Paris Chamber Orchestra
1966-67 Claude Frank, pianist
Simon Estes, baritone
Columbus Boys Choir
1967-68 Lois Marshall
Vienna Academy Chorus
Ronald & Jeffry Marlowe
1968-69 N.Y. Lyric Quartet
Lee Evans Trio (jazz)
Orch. Michelangelo di Firenze
1969-70 N.Y. Brass Quintet
De Cormier Singers
Longstreth & Escosa, harpists
Anthony di Bonaventura
1970-71 Paul Kuentz Paris Chamber Orchestra
Dorothy Warenskjold’s Musical Theatre
Jorge Morrel Duo, guitars
Hodgens & Howard, pianists
1971-72 John Alldis Choir
Sheila Henig, pianist
Angus Godwin, folk singer
Lee Evans Trio (jazz)
1972-73 World of Gilbert & Sullivan
New Chamber Winds
Joyce Jones, organist
Rondoliers, male trio
1973-74 Chamber Players of Toronto
Strecher & Horowitz, pianists
Songs by Six
Riki Turofsky, “An Evening with Jenny Lind”
1974-75 Stephanie Chase, violinist
Montagnana Trio
Tucson Boys Choir
Ronnie Kole Trio
1975-76 Veri & Jamanis, pianists
Manhattan Operatic Trio
Romeros Duo, guitarists
Longstreth & Escosa, harpists
1976-77 George Shearing Quintet
Jane Coop, pianist
Frank Guarrera, baritone
Chamber Players of Toronto
1977-78 Rico Saccani, pianist
N.Y. Vocal Arts Ensemble
Ransom Wilson’s Virtuosi Wind Quintet
George Britton
1978-79 World of Gilbert & Sullivan
Joyce Jones, organist
Grant & Winn, pianists
Measure for Measure, harp, violin, cello
1979-80 Laureate Ensemble
Harry & David Owen, guitarists
Serendipity Singers
Spiro Malas, baritone
1980-81 Elmer Iseler Singers
Paul Brodie, sax
Jim Galloway & the Metro Stompers (jazz)
Tafelmusik Quartet
1981-82 Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Ginette Duplessis, soprano
Dancemakers
Climax Jazz Band
1982-83 Peter Appleyard, vibes
Keefer & Lorcini, harp & flute
Anagnoson & Kinton, pianists
Tapestry Singers
1983-84 Repercussion
Canadian Opera Company/Orchestra London 3-day – Merry Widow
Landry, Bick & Blier, soprano, flute, piano
Moe Koffman quintet, jazz flute
1984-85 Elmer Iseler Singers
John Arpin, ragtime pianist
Les Ballets Jazz, dancers
Colorado String Quartet
Canadian Opera Company/Orchestra London – La Boheme
1985-86 Cambridge Buskers, woodwinds/accordion
Tafelmusik, baroque orchestra
McGill Chamber Orchestra
Anton Kuerti, pianist
Spitfire Band (big band) (extra)
Alexander Zonjic, jazz flute (bonus)
1986-87 Great Lakes Brass Quintet
Andre Gagnon, pianist
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Moskquintet (woodwinds)
Nancy White, singer/satirist
Canadian Opera Company – Cinderella
1987-88 Amsterdam Guitar Trio
Classical Cabaret
Scott St. John, violinist
Jazz in a Classical Key
Amadeus Ensemble
Opera Highlights
1988-89 Maureen Forrester, Rosemary Landry, Andre LaPlante
Elyakim Taussig, pianist
Hart Piano Quartet
New Orleans Connection, jazz
Second City touring group
1989-90 Angela Cheng, pianist
Canadian Opera Company – Marriage of Figaro
Popov & Vona, pianists
Brass Sinfonia
Windsor Symphony (bonus)
1990-91 Canadian Opera Company – Coronation of Poppea
Hannaford Street Silver Band
Scott St. John, violinist
Kevin McMillan, baritone
1991-92 Repercussion
Elora Festival Singers
Don Harron/Catherine McKinnon
Amadeus Ensemble
1992-93 Peter Appleyard Quintet
Popov & Vona, pianists
National Arts Centre Orchestra/Scott St. John, violin
Little Eagles of Siberia, dancers/singers
1993-94 Moe Koffman Quintet (flute)
Windsor Symphony (Susan Haig)
“The Man and His Music” (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Anton Kuerti, piano
Elmer Iseler Singers
1994-95 Choice & Chance Encounters – Veronica Tennant, James Campbell, Gene DiNovi
Lara St. John, violin
John Arpin & Louise Pitre, piano/singer
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Orchestra London
1995-96 Canadian Brass
Ballet Jorgen
Quartetto Gelato
Anagnoson and Kinton, duo pianists
Gerald Fagan Singers
Gala: Carol Ann Feldstein, Kevin Bradshaw, John Noubarian, Johnny Bond, Denise Pelley
1996-97 Forever Plaid (musical)
Donna Bennett & Brian Finley – soprano/piano
Millenium – chamber ensemble
James Campbell & Gene DiNovi Trio – jazz
Janina Fialkowska – piano (bonus concert)
Hannaford Street Silver Band
1997-98 Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists
The Mantini Sisters “Top Trios and Singing Stars”
Jazz Canada
The Canadian Forces Band
Viveza – Salon music
1998-99 Gershwin 100 (Trudy Desmond, Doug Riley)
Foothills Brass
Ballet Jörgen, Romeo and Juliet
British Columbia Boys’ Choir
Jane Coop, Pianist
1999-00 Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Francine Kay, pianist
Catherine Robbin and Daniel Lichti
I Musici de Montreal
Royal Winnipeg Ballet – “Dracula”
Quartango
2 Pianos 4 Hands
2000-01 Carol Welsman & Peter Appleyard
True North Brass
Elmer Iseler Singers
Penderecki String Quartet & James Campbell
Angela Cheng, pianist
Joe Trio
2001-02 Nathaniel Dett Chorale
Stewart Goodyear, pianist
The Aeolian Winds
Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte (L’Atelier Lyrique de L’Opera de Montreal)
Glenn Miller Orchestra
2002-03 Toronto Philharmonia: A Night with Gilbert & Sullivan
Ballet Gran Folklorico de Mexico
Bellows & Brass
Octagon
Nancy Hermiston: Naughty Ladies of the Night
2003-04 Toronto Children’s Chorus
Kutrowatz Piano Duo
Ballet Jörgen presents Coppélia
Elizabeth Beeler (soprano), David Love (tenor) and David Warrack (piano)
La Pietà (12-member string ensemble)
2004-05 Triple Forte
Hannaford Street Silver Band
North America in Pictures, Poetry and Piano
The Dances of China
Michael Kim, pianist
2005-06 Cantabile
Derek Yaple-Schobert, pianist
Foothills Brass
Vienna Symphony Virtuosi
Ballet Jörgen’s “Cinderella”
Peter Tiefenbach, piano; Robert Kortgaard, piano; Moshe Hammer, violin; Zorana Sadiq, soprano
2006-07 Elora Festival Singers
The Great Mozart Hunt
Anagnoson & Kinton
Quartetto Gelato
The Grand Salon, Canada’s Palm Court Orchestra, with Kerry Stratton
2007-08 Romanza
Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà
The Czech Boys Choir – Boni Pueri
Duo Diorama
Ballet Jörgen’s Anastasia
2008-09 Minsoo Sohn, pianist
Sinfonia Toronto
Giles Tomkins, baritone, with Kathryn Tremills, pianist
Canadian Brass
St. Lawrence String Quartet
2009-10 musica intima
Shoshana Telner
Penderecki String Quartet & Dancetheatre David Earle
Quebec Viennese Music Society – The Infernal Waltz
Gryphon Trio
2010-11 Mozaique – the jazz age
Project Aria
Triple Forte
Yadong Guan, Sacred Music from China
Pentaèdre
Sharlene Wallace – Music for a Winter’s Eve, harp
2011-12 Boston Brass
Derek Yaple-Schobert
Trio D’Argento
Ensemble Vivante
Cantus
The Schumann Letters
2012-13 Glenn Miller Orchestra
Duo Concertante
Heather Schmidt, pianist
Ensemble Caprice
Wolak and Donnelly, piano and clarinet
2013-14 Linden String Quartet
Amstel Quartet
Appassionata
Sonic Escape
Ballet Jörgen – Romeo and Juliet
2014-15 Sultans of String
Chamber Soloists of Detroit
Sinfonia Toronto
Teresa Walters, pianist
Ensemble Made In Canada
Opera Luminata
2015-16 Hannaford Street Silver Band
Duo Percussion
Shoshana Telner, pianist
Kingston Chamber Choir
Larchmere String Quartet
2016-17 The Judgment of Paris
Elmer Iseler Singers
Buzz Brass
Toronto Jazz Orchestra
Duo Fortin-Poirier, pianists
2017-18 Ventus Machina
Henderson Kolk Duo, guitarists
TorQ
Philip Chiu, pianist
Ladom Ensemble
2018-19 Toronto Concert Orchestra
Maxim Bernard, pianist
Karl Stobbe, violinist
Double Double Duo
Elmer Iseler Singers
2019-20 Tom Allen’s The Missing Pages
TakeFive​ ​Ensemble
Duo Percussion
Sophisticated Fusion (cancelled due to COVID-19)
Julie Nesrallah (cancelled due to COVID-19)
2021-22 Sophisticated Fusion, clarinetist and saxophonist
Cheng² Duo, pianist and cellist
Julie Nesrallah, mezzo-soprano
Sinfonia Toronto
2022-23 Weston Silver Band
Infusion Baroque
The Jim Gelcer/Paul Hoffert Trio featuring George Koller
Joe Trio
Buzz Brass
2023-24 James Campbell, Angela Park and Leslie Fagan, clarinet, piano, soprano
Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano
Gryphon Trio, violin, cello, piano
Ladom Ensemble, piano, cello, accordion, percussion
Duo Fortin-Poirier, piano 4-hands