Great Chamber Music Concerts | Music in the Afternoon
2026 Spring Season
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Accompanying Caregivers | Students with ID : Free admission at the Door
March 5, 2026 | 1.30 pm | VC2 Cello Duo
VC2’s own chamber music arrangements of Bach and Beethoven, plus works written for them by Canadian composers Andrew Staniland, Fjóla Evans, and Dinuk Wijeratne.
Featuring WMCT’s new Artistic Director Amy HIllis.
Tuning Your Mind | Pre-concert Talk at 12:15
Emma Schmiedecke | Music and Memories with a Side of Cellos
Emma Schmiedecke’s work spans solo performance, chamber music, orchestral playing, and contemporary music. She holds music performance degrees from the Bard College Conservatory of Music, the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music, and McGill University. Last year, she completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Cello Performance at the University of Toronto, under the supervision of Robin Elliott, with a thesis on the music of the American composer Joan Tower. Emma is an Instructor in Cello at the University of Toronto and teaches at the Lane School of Music.
April 2, 2026 | 1.30 pm | Stéphane Tétreault, cello, Denis Plante, bandoneon, Chloé Dumoulin, piano
A laureate of the CDA returns with a twist
A diverse program from Bach to Piazzolla to Plante, exploring the ear-tickling possibilities of this new instrumental partnership.
Cellist Stéphane Tétreault and bandoneonist Denis Plante, have won this year’s Prix Opus in the category of Concert of the Year, World Music, for Stradivatango. Hear some of this repertoire at Music in the Afternoon!
Tuning Your Mind | Pre-concert Talk at 12:15 | WMCT Artistic Director Amy Hillis reveals the 2026-2027 Season
May 7, 2026 | 1.30 pm | Fierbois: Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe and Madeline Hildebrand, piano
At the heart of their concert is Oscar Peterson’s jazz-infused Canadiana Suite, a musical exploration of the True North.
A generous program beginning with Mozart and Vivaldi, and featuring a new work written for them by David Braid, a WMCT Scholarship winner in 1995, and this season’s Commissioned Composer!
Venue: Walter Hall
Lower Level
Edward Johnson Building – Faculty of Music
University of Toronto
80 Queens Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C5