Ascending: UofT Campus Philharmonic Orchestra

🎶 Ascending: A Celebration of Hope and the Power of Rising Voices

Friday, November 28, 8:00 PM

Metropolitan United Church – 56 Queen St E, Toronto

🎟️ Pay-what-you-can (suggested $15) at the door or online: bit.ly/cponov28

Join the University of Toronto Campus Philharmonic Orchestra for an evening of uplifting music that celebrates courage, renewal, and the human spirit. Under the direction of Lorenzo Guggenheim, the orchestra performs a vibrant program ranging from timeless classics to an extraordinary Canadian premiere.

✨ Program Highlights:

Margaret Bonds – The Montgomery Variations 🇨🇦 Canadian Premiere

Gustav Holst – Mars & Jupiter from The Planets

Maurice Ravel – Bolero

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 4 (Allegro), featuring Zoe Yang*

Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 (Allegro), featuring George Gernega*

*Winners of the North York Music Festival 2025 Concerto Competition

Experience a concert of soaring melodies and boundless energy—music that lifts, inspires, and unites.

The University of Toronto Campus Philharmonic Orchestra is a campus-wide orchestra open for non-music majors at undergrad and graduate levels, as well as faculty, staff, and community members who play an orchestral instrument and want to take some time off their routines to play music in a positive and stimulating environment. The orchestra was founded and directed by doctoral student Lorenzo Guggenheim. From the beginning it has been a full-size symphonic orchestra that performs works of the large orchestral repertoire once per semester. We believe in creating interdisciplinary collaboration and interdepartmental connections across campus as part of the academic experience and generating a broader sense of community. We have performed several concerts at MacMillan Theatre, Metromolitan United Church and also during the summer at the Royal Ontario Museum for thousands of attendees. www.facebook.com/UofTCPO

*** The suggested donation helps us fund the orchestra. It is important to us that our concerts are accessible to all, regardless of financial situation, so if you wish you can make as small a donation as you can at the door the day of the concert. The tickets can be obtained online through Eventbrite or the day of the performance from 7:30 pm ***

We believe that creating interdisciplinary collaboration and interdepartmental connections across campus is part of the academic experience and generates a broader sense of community. Please consider supporting us through a donation to help us buy the needed percussion instruments and cover the production costs of this and future concerts. Everything helps!

* If you play an orchestral instrument and are interested in joining, write to us at [email protected]

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