Featured Artists

2022-23 Season Featured Artists

Pankaj Mishra, Sarangi

Pankaj Mishra was trained from an early age by the renowned Sarangi player of the famous Banaras Gharana, late Pt. Mahesh Prasad Mishra. Pankaj has received the mantle of his musical forebears with the greatest respect and humility whilst working diligently to earn the reputation of an accomplished representative of an impressive and unique musical family.  Read more

Sean Stanley Trio

The Sean Stanley Trio PROUDLY plays Jazz, Swing and the Blues, the music of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles and Erroll Garner as well as Sean’s original compositions. The band consists of 2-time Juno winner Kyle Tarder-Stoll on tenor sax, Gram Whitty on upright bass and Sean on piano… Read more

Jaideep Goray

Growing up as a Deaf Indian/Canadian, Jaideep Goray always has a passion for acting & performance. He believes you don’t have to be hearing to enjoy the surroundings of dialogue theater – acting is already within you, it is the natural facial expression, body language and rhythm of our being. Read more

Raine Hamilton

A classical violinist and musicologist by training, Raine and the trio offer string-quartet-like arrangements of Raine’s original songs. They call this chamber-folk, a hybrid of the classical tradition of string quartet chamber music, with the singer songwriter folk that comes so naturally to Raine. Read more

Sisu Ensemble

Meeting during the pandemic, soprano Emili Losier and pianist Jenna Richards founded the voice-piano duo, Sisu Ensemble, out of a love for collaboration and music-making. Sisu Ensemble brings their joy of music to audiences of all kinds, carefully curating programs that are entertaining while evocative. Read more

Alex Samaras

Alex Samaras is a singing artist. His output as a performer and recording artist span every genre and style. Alex leads his own band, Tryal, and has released two records since 2017. His vocal group Grex, founded by Alex in 2010 explores the extremes of the human voice and the body/voice connection. Read more

Bora Kim

Violinist Bora Kim is from Toronto, Canada, where she made her soloist debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 2009, performing 7 concerts at Roy Thomson Hall. Read more

Pratibha Arts

Pratibha Arts is an organization dedicated to enhancing the arts landscape of Ontario and Canada to reflect its cultural diversity, presenting in particular dance and music forms originating from South Asia. Read more

Triology

Triology is a supergroup of three award winning Canadian jazz musicians – Jodi Proznick on bass, Miles Black on piano and Bill Coon on guitar. Read more

Vineet Vyas, tabla

Born and raised in Nova Scotia Vineet comes from a family of traditional musicians from India: his grandfather Pandit Brahmanand Vyas, was a renowned vocalist and initiated him into Hindustani classical music at the age of five. He began studying with Pandit Kishan Maharaj in 1987 in the holy city of Varanasi, in the traditional style of guru-shishya parampara. After intense training and sadhana (dedication) to his guru, Vineet firmly established himself as an accomplished tabla artist. Read more

Paul Moody

Paul Moody (he/him) is a Toronto based music director and educator.  He holds a B. Mus in Classical Piano Performance from McGill University, a MA in Music Education from University of Toronto and has completed additional studies in piano performance through Humber College’s Jazz program and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.  Read more

Diane Kolin

Diane Kolin is a jazz and classical singer, a music educator, and a voice teacher. She is he is the founder of ArtsAbly, a company that offers diverse activities related to accessibility and disability in the arts. Read more