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• 2025/26 Concert Series - SUBSCRIPTION

  • Start
    3 Jul 2025
  •  
    2:30 PM (EDT)
  • End
    1 Feb 2026
  • Location
    35 Hazelton Ave

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  Join us for the 2025-2026

  Heliconian Club Concert Series,

  presented by members of the

  Heliconian Club Music Section.

  
  

  All concerts take place in Heliconian Hall: 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto.

  Purchasing a concert subscription includes tickets to 4 concerts, listed below

  All Performances:

  Saturdays, Doors 2:00 PM

  Show 2:30 PM | Includes Intermission

  
  

  
  

  The concerts include: 

  Hel's Belles: October 18, 2026

  Once again, our Heliconian composers generously spill their riches in a varied program including the world premier of Hope by Kye Marshall featuring mezzo soprano Maria Soulis with string quartet, clarinet and horn, and selections from Susan Bellan’s Toronto themed musical The City by the Lake.

  La Musique des Années Folles: November 15, 2026

  The early 20th century saw  an ongoing  expansion of  musical language and form, from pre-war Impressionistsm to the charged post war atmosphere of a century ago. A vibrant time described variously as the Roaring 20s, the Jazz Age and Les années folles. Works by Ravel, Canteloube, Poulenc, Fauré and others. 

  From Screen to Score : March 21, 2026
  

  Join Heliconians this March for a concert unlike  any other.  Performers will be interpreting  music from the screen - and not just the big screen! Expect to hear music from Final Fantasy and Pokemon alongside silver screen classics. 

  Music for Planet Earth: April 25, 2026
  

  The Heliconian Music Section annually pays tribute to our Planet Earth, with a varied program dedicated heart and soul to turning the tide on the health of our environment. 

  The program will include Three Songs of Innocence by Arnold Cooke for soprano, clarinet and piano and For the Trees, a piano trio by Kye Marshall.

  FREE Extra Concert: Mary Rezza Student Recital: May 17, 2026

  Mary Rezza (1927-2000) was a long-standing member of the Toronto Heliconian Club, a noted collaborative pianist, teacher and vocal coach who organized the first Heliconian student recital in 1991. Heliconian teacher/members continue to bring their students together for an annual program in memory of this esteemed member. Come and share the excitement of students of all ages and levels performing in this congenial environment.

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• Concert: Hel's Belles

  • When
    18 Oct 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Heliconian Hall

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  Hel’s Belles

  October 18

  Once again, our Heliconian composers generously spill their riches in a varied program including the world premiere of the song world premiere of Hope by Kye Marshall featuring mezzo soprano Maria Soulis with string quartet, clarinet and horn, and selections from Susan Bellan’s Toronto themed musical The City by the Lake.       Image by: Vivian East

  
  

  Doors 2:00 PM | Show 2:30 PM | Includes Intermission

  Children under 12 are free when accompanied by an adult.

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• Concert: La Musique des Années Folles

  • When
    15 Nov 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Heliconian Hall

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  La Musique des Années Folless

  November 15

  Mark your November calendars! The bustling and provocative Parisian arts scene of the early 20th century is the inspiration for three events which draw the Heliconian Club together with other members of Toronto’s arts community.

  The early 20th century saw an ongoing expansion of musical language and form, from pre-war Impressionists to the charged postwar atmosphere of a century ago, a vibrant time described variously as the Roaring 20s, the Jazz Age and Les années folles. Works by Ravel, Canteloube, Poulenc, Fauré and others.

  Doors 2:00 PM | Show 2:30 PM | Includes Intermission

  Children under 12 are free when accompanied by an adult.

  
  

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  Echoes of the Avant-Garde, the VA section’s art exhibition, opens November 1 (2-5 pm) and another viewing opportunity takes place on November 12. The works on exhibit will take their inspiration from the vibrant, unorthodox and occasionally scandalous arts scene of 1920s and ‘30s Paris, and its artists of all genres. The show runs until November 26, with free public viewings.

  And a screening of Jean Cocteau's celebrated film The Blood of a Poet with improvised, live musical accompaniment is set for Friday November 21 (7:30 pm). This event, In the Key of Cocteau, is a collaboration between the Toronto Silent Film Festival and North Wind Concerts, and musicians Ben Grossman, Alison Melville, Colin Savage and Deb Sinha will provide an ‘overture’ and ‘postlude’ as well as music for the film. For info & tickets, please contact North WInd Concerts directly here.

  
  

  
  

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• Concert: From Screen to Score

  • When
    21 Mar 2026
  •  
    2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Heliconian Hall

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  From Screen to Score

  March 21 

  Join Heliconians this March for a concert unlike  any other.  Performers will be interpreting  music from the screen - and not just the big screen! Expect to hear music from Final Fantasy and Pokemon alongside silver screen classics. 

  
  

  Image by: Linda Briskin
  

  Doors 2:00 PM | Show 2:30 PM | Includes Intermission

  Children under 12 are free when accompanied by an adult.

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• Concert: Music For Planet Earth

  • When
    25 Apr 2026
  •  
    2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Heliconian Hall

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   Music for

   Planet Earth

  April 25  

   The Heliconian Music Section annually pays  tribute to our Planet Earth, with a varied program dedicated heart and soul to turning the tide on the health of our environment. 

  The program will include Three Songs of Innocence by Arnold Cooke for soprano, clarinet and piano and For the Trees, a piano trio by Kye Marshall.

  Image by: Jana Skarecky
  

  Doors 2:00 PM | Show 2:30 PM | Includes Intermission

  Children under 12 are free when accompanied by an adult.

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• FREE Concert: Mary Rezza Student Recital

  • When
    17 May 2026
  •  
    2:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Heliconian Hall

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  Mary Rezza

  Memorial

  Student Recital

  May 17 

  Mary Rezza (1927-2000) was a long-standing member of the Toronto Heliconian Club, a noted collaborative pianist, teacher and vocal coach who organized the first Heliconian student recital in 1991. Heliconian teacher/members continue to bring their students together for an annual program in memory of this esteemed member. Come and share the excitement of students of all ages and levels performing in this congenial environment.

  Image Credit: Rosemary Tannock

  
  

  Doors 2:00 PM |  Show 2:30 PM

  This event is free. To support this and other Club initiatives, please consider donating to the Heliconian Club by clicking here: https://torontoheliconianclub.wildapricot.org/DONATE-NOW/

  About Mary Rezza (1927-2000)

  Mary Elizabeth Rezza was a long-standing member of the Toronto Heliconian Club, an esteemed pianist, teacher, and a noted vocal coach and accompanist. She became a member of the Club in 1956, sponsored by Dorothy Allen Park and Evelyn Dunlop.

  Rezza graduated with a combined teacher's and solo performer's ARCT in 1949. She specialized in vocal accompaniment and spent her career playing for thousands of students as official accompanist for the Kiwanis Festival of Music. In addition, Mary became both a vocal coach and singing teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Music where she coached many students who went on to international careers, including Robert Goulet, Ermanno Mauro, Catherine Robbin, Gwenlynn Little and Jon Vickers.

  Mary was an active member of the Toronto Heliconian Club and served as Chair of the Music Section from 1993 to 1995. 

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