Ontario Pops Orchestra
76 Anglesey Boulevard Toronto, ON, Canada

I couldn’t live in a world without music, could you?

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Music makes us better

Good afternoon, Here's the schedule for my free classes for the next week: Monday, October 12 10 a.m.... Kimberly Hicks-Ruttan is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Gobble Gobble - Thanksgiving Yoga Stretch and meditation Time: Oct 12, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75741294467 Meeting ID: 757 4129 4467 Passcode: 2hKiXf Tuesday, October 13 7 p.m. Kimberly Hicks-Ruttan is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77469068673 Meeting ID: 774 6906 8673 Passcode: Cc2W7N Thursday, October 15 1 7 p.m: Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74932760071 Meeting ID: 749 3276 0071 Passcode: RV5T6m After the above classes I will move to a monthly subscription The workouts are all recorded into a private Facebook group so you can catch them live, or do them later on-demand when it's convenient for you. It's easy to join me from the comfort and safety of your own home! Here is the link to subscribe through Pay pal with my two-month introductory subscription rate of $20/month. link: https://py.pl/1MuSq0 I'm looking forward to seeing you there virtually! If you have any questions please send me an email. Here’s a little bit about me and my background: I have been teaching fitness for 30 years. Certified Canfit Pro Fitness Instructor Certified Personal trainer Certified Tabata Bootcamp Instructor Certified Pre and post natal Instructor Certified Spin Instructor Certified Aqua Fit Instructor Completed yoga for fitness instructors with East to West Yoga and working on my full 200 hours certification Completed Clean Eating Course Yours in fitness, Kimberly

Felipe Luzuriaga is offering private online violin lessons. You can experience the joy of learning how to play a musical instrument from the comfort of your own home. You will be guided every step of the way! Contact FL Music for more information! ... Check out his social media and learn some violin tips every week! Instagram: @felipeluzu

Gabrielle Turgeon All the best in your performance, we are so proud of you! Join Orpheus Choir of Toronto on September 27 at 3pm for a free concert featuring all 6 of Sidgwick Scholars. http://orpheuschoirtoronto.com/sidgwick-salon/

It is not enough to just play the notes, or sing the words, or hear the song. For it to mean something you have to feel the Music . Because if you don’t feel it... How can anyone else?

Music is a higher revelation than philosophy Ludwig van Beethoven 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven! #OntarioPops

Ludwig Van Beethoven Interesting fact: No one really knows Beethoven’s birth date. There is not accurate record for Beethoven’s birth. It is assumed that he was born the day before his baptism, however, it might have been a few days before. On December 17th we celetrabrate his birthday, but it was actually the day of his baptism.... #ontariopopsorchestra

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Ontario Pops Orchestra Conductor Carlos Bastidas to Lead Cairo Symphony Orchestra in 2021. Learn more: https://www.ludwig-van.com//whos-who-ontario-pops-orches/ Toronto Symphony Orchestra

During the following weeks, we will be featuring some classical music composers, celebrating their contributions to classical music, getting to know a bit more about them, and enjoying some of their pieces. Share with us which composer you want us to feature on our page!

OPO has a new collaborative video performance to share, featuring OPO flute players Nancy Nourse and Vivian Goffart! In this video, they perform with Flute Street, their flute choir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqD-hg-WrbM&feature=emb_logo

OPO is excited to share a new video collaboration: watch OPO violinists Jean-Paul Desaulniers and Felipe Luzuriaga, violist Carmen Gonzalez and cellist Robert Morris perform the first movement of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525!

This week we are featuring tango dancer Linda Smith, originally scheduled to perform at OPO’s Spanish Flair concert, and seen in our May 4th OPO collaborative video post. What Linda enjoys the most about being a dancer is expressing the music through movement. She says: It is always such a beautiful experience to dance to live music, something we don’t get to experience that often in the tango world. She is inspired by all of her tango teachers, but also by her students, wh...o have come to learn to dance, some of them having never danced before! If you love to dance and can even give an hour a week to it, you will have the chance to improve, not only your dancing, but your state of mind, and your sense of well being. If you can’t take a dance class, then put on music you love and dance in your living room! Dancing is very good for you. -LS See more

This week we are featuring OPO violinist Veronica Zupanic! The main thing she enjoys about OPO is playing alongside her great colleagues in the orchestra. Veronica’s favourite music to play is solo Bach, and she is inspired by her teacher, Yehonatan Berick. She says: He has been a very important influence for me, and his devotion to teaching and passing on music is very inspiring. During the current situation, Veronica has kept busy teaching and practising. I've been luck...y enough to continue teaching violin and piano through Google hangouts with the Lippert Music Centre. I've also been learning new violin repertoire, specifically Bach's B minor partita and Ysaye's fifth solo sonata. - VZ. In her spare time, Veronica loves to read, and is currently reading Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and The Light. Veronica says: My favourite thing about being a musician and a violinist specifically is that it's this lifelong quest, the idea that you're always trying to get better over time. The constant desire to improve is what makes our profession really special!