Celebrating Steve Reich's career with 'Clapping Music' by Trish Crawford

The composer, celebrated for his minimalistic style, will be honoured at an April 14 concert at Massey Hall.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01am on April 14, 2016☆⚑

How Carmen's Anita Rachvelishvili transforms herself into a red-hot opera heroine by Trish Crawford

Georgian mezzo-soprano, who stars in COC production, on what makes Carmen irresistible.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00am on April 12, 2016☆⚑

Let's play ball " on a piano keyboard by Trish Crawford

Kara Huber uses two baseballs and a glove to pound the keys in sports-themed concert

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on April 11, 2016☆⚑

Opera Atelier's portraits are destroyed every night on stage by Trish Crawford

Artist Gerard Gauci's portraits part of set at production of Lucio Silla

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:35am on April 7, 2016☆⚑

Cameron Carpenter is king of the 'king of instruments' by Trish Crawford

Virtuoso's International Travelling Organ, which can be taken apart and reassembled, has been on the road since 2014. Toronto sees it April 1 in a concert at Koerner Hall.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:30am on March 31, 2016☆⚑

Jeff Melanson leaves top job at Toronto Symphony by Trish Crawford

Jeff Melanson has resigned as president and CEO of Toronto Symphony Orchestra after less than two years, and a marriage breakup

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:11pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Who owns the podium? Conductor Tania Miller says expectations have changed by Trish Crawford

As she brings the Victoria Symphony to play Roy Thomson Hall on March 31, trailblazer says there's no longer a set way for conductors to look, dress or act.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01am on March 27, 2016☆⚑

New musical GIG is ready to rock by Trish Crawford

Classic Albums Live creator wrote GIG based on lifelong experience in rock 'n' roll. It opens March 15 at the Panasonic Theatre.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00am on March 13, 2016☆⚑

National Ballet's Cacti turns dancers into musicians by Trish Crawford

Alexander Ekman ballet, a satire of seriousness of modern dance, opens March 9.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:46pm on March 9, 2016☆⚑

North Toronto Players do Gilbert and Sullivan for 50 years by Trish Crawford

Community theatre company specializing in Gilbert and Sullivan puts on special production to celebrate 50th anniversary.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00pm on March 3, 2016☆⚑

Loretta Lynn, 83, still on the road and singing by Trish Crawford

A new album, a documentary about her life and a Broadway show marks Loretta Lynn's six decades of performing.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00am on March 3, 2016☆⚑

Tarragon Theatre brings back The Watershed and Infinity by Trish Crawford

New season includes premieres The Millennial Malcontent by Erin Shields and Peace River Country by Maria Milisavljevic

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:37pm on February 27, 2016☆⚑

Second City owner Len Stuart dies peacefully by Trish Crawford

Len Stuart, one of the owners of Second City which saw the troupe gain television success, remembered as a larger-than-life personality that was 'born to be a businessman.'

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00am on February 23, 2016☆⚑

Art of Time plans variety for 2016/17 season by Trish Crawford

Program includes jazz, poetry, comedy and classical music.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:14pm on February 17, 2016☆⚑

National Ballet to present world premiere of Pinocchio by Trish Crawford

National Ballet of Canada's 2016/17 season includes Canadian premiere of Streetcar Named Desire.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:32pm on February 16, 2016☆⚑

Mirvish nabs Beautiful and Come From Away by Trish Crawford

The 2016/17 season includes Carole King musical and Canadian hit about Sept. 11 aftermath.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:30am on February 16, 2016☆⚑

Thirty years of love, sweat and tears by Trish Crawford

Opera Atelier founders' love story is inextricably tied to their opera company

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00pm on February 15, 2016☆⚑

Harrison Thomas comes from good thespian stock by Trish Crawford

Thomas learned his love of theatre from his actress mother, Lucy Peacock, a Stratford stalwart.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00pm on February 10, 2016☆⚑

Accordion achieves new musical heights in Squeezebox by Trish Crawford

Soundstreams showcases the lowly accordion with lofty new music compositions in Squeezebox Feb. 10

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01am on February 9, 2016☆⚑

Performer gives a little piece of her heart to Janis Joplin portrayal by Trish Crawford

Singer Mary Bridget Davies frees her inner demons to perform in A Night with Janis Joplin, playing Toronto Feb. 9 to 21.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:44pm on February 8, 2016☆⚑

Canadians star in Toronto Symphony Orchestra's new season by Trish Crawford

More TSO soloists, more of the Decades Project and the New Creations Festival, and more live film scores part of 2016/17 program.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:19pm on February 3, 2016☆⚑

The Marriage of Figaro with a Scandinavian twist by Trish Crawford

Ingmar Bergman films, Ibsen and Strindberg, and Danish drawings influenced COC production opening Feb. 4

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:00am on February 1, 2016☆⚑

Shakespeare from the ground up by Trish Crawford

Groundling Theatre and a cast of Stratford and Shaw Festival vets bring The Winter's Tale to Toronto's tiny Coal Mine Theatre.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:00pm on January 28, 2016☆⚑

Yehudi Menuhin's great influence on Daniel Hope's life by Trish Crawford

Violinist grew up being mentored by the great musician when he gave Hope's mother a job.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00pm on January 27, 2016☆⚑

Canadian Stage features Quebec and Australia in 16/17 by Trish Crawford

Canadian Stage is mounting numerous new productions in its 2016/17 program, highlighting both Quebec and Australia.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:10pm on January 26, 2016☆⚑