The Canadian Chamber Orchestra is thrilled to partner with the Art Gallery of Ontario for an electrifying new chapter of their iconic Friday Night series! Throughout the season, hand-picked CCO musicians will take the stage in smaller ensembles, blending bold classical masterworks, contemporary music, original compositions by our own players, and fresh, inventive arrangements of popular favourites. No two nights will be the same. Each performance transforms Walker Court into a vibrant, living soundscape where art, architecture, and exhilarating live music collide for an unforgettable concert experience. 

March 6th Performance by Radia

The Canadian Chamber Orchestra opens its 2025/26 season with Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. On Halloween night, Hugh’s Room Live becomes a shadowy cinema, where the chilling 1922 silent classic is reborn with a live score. Instead of the flickering sound of a lone piano, the CCO unleashes a curated collage of masterworks by Schoenberg, Beethoven, and Crumb, alongside haunting contributions from Canadians Marjan Mozetich and Kelly-Marie Murphy. Each piece is woven into the film’s narrative, tracing its emotional arc with precision and intensity.

Arrive early for a festive happy hour, then stay late as the hall transforms into a Halloween afterparty, complete with drinks, dancing, and a costume contest.

The Sarnia Concert Association presents the Canadian Chamber Orchestra in concert at the beautiful Imperial Theatre, performing Tchaikovsky’s remarkable Serenade for Strings alongside works by Debussy, Wijeratne, and more!

Tickets available for purchase soon at https://www.sarniaconcertassociation.ca/shows/

Pull up a chair. Have a drink on us, and Hear Together—a room full of strangers becoming something more through music.

Living Room Listening Party II invites you into an evening of shared sound and story, where the line between audience and performer fades. With couches, community, and a pre-show happy hour at 6:30pm, we’ve created a space that feels more like a house party than a recital hall. It’s warm. It’s personal. And it’s full of music that pulls between two worlds.

From Vivaldi’s folk-tinged Baroque opener to the tangled tango passions of Golijov, from Britten’s childhood sketches grown into symphonic play to the bittersweet beauty of Kevin Lau and Jocelyn Morlock’s modern meditations—this program explores how music can live in tension: joy with grief, home with elsewhere, simplicity with sophistication. We’ll sing together, too—literally—with Britten’s Cuckoo!, a playful song that gently turns a nursery rhyme into a communal moment.

What ties it all together is not just harmony, but shared presence. Chamber music began in rooms like this, made for neighbours, not nobles. So come as you are, meet the musicians before after, and join us in this collective act of listening. One night. One room. Hear Together.

Xenia Concerts hosts the Canadian Chamber Orchestra live at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre! Join us for another CCO Movie Night, as we perform scores from some of Hollywood's most celebrated movies, including Ocean's 11, Amadeus, Pirates of the Carribbean, Studio Ghibli, and more!

The CCO is honoured to be partnering with Xenia Concertsand presenting a family-friendly, accessible concert that embraces neurodiversity and disability.

Featuring works by Kelly-Marie Murphy, Marjan Mozetich, Aaron Jay Kernis, Jessie Montgomery, Arvo Pärt, Claude Debussy, Pink Floyd, and more!

Tickets and more information available soon!

A celebration of the groundbreaking legacy of Dmitri Shostakovich – a revolutionary mind whose life touched the world deeply. Emotional, raw, potent, & triumphant.  A composer of enormous power, Shostakovich is a towering figure who grappled with and rebelled against the Soviet regime in which he lived.

He forged a musical language that is able to access deep emotions, drawing upon a potent mix of anger, introspection, & optimism that he and his people were experiencing.  Shostakovich walked a tightrope between two opposites of the emotional spectrum, writing for both sides of the coin: at times savage, raw, deep, and a sincere reflection of his life, but also simultaneously joyous, witty, and optimistic in order to cope with the times in which he lived.  

Throughout all of this emotional struggle, at the core of Shostakovich’s music exists a quiet strength – a call to hold on to hope in the most desolate of times.

Movie Night continues CCO’s mission to create immersive, inclusive musical experiences. Known for its conductorless, musician-led performances, the CCO continues it's Living Room Listening Party series: recreating the relaxed atmosphere of a living room, complete with couches, rugs, and lamps - fostering an environment where our guests can relax, focus, and hear together

Mendelssohn was only 16 years old when he wrote one of his most famous works, the string octet in Eb major for double string quartet in the year 1825. No doubt, this young prodigious composer was being influenced by the great composers and music being performed throughout Europe, and one such piece that he may have crossed paths with is Schubert's famous String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden," which was written just one year prior and used themes from songs he had written previously. Schubert was a prolific melodist and song-writer and his influence carries into modern-times, and was the inspiration for Dinuk Wijeratne's "A Letter from the After-life" from his Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems, written in 2015.

Dinuk Wijeratne - “A Letter from the After-life” from Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems (2015)

Felix Mendelssohn - Octet Op.20

The CCO’s debut concert promises an eclectic mix of compositions from renowned composers such as Edvard Grieg, Jessie Montgomery, Kevin Lau, Dinuk Wijeratne, and more. Featuring soloists Radia and Luri Lee, attendees will have the rare opportunity to witness live performances by some of Canada's most sought-after musicians, including stars from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet, and others. This event not only celebrates the rich tapestry of classical music but also showcases the versatility of CCO's musicians, capable of bringing the highest level of musical artistry to both grand stages and intimate settings.

Audiences and musicians have been celebrating Vivaldi’s Four Seasons for centuries. The emotions and feelings the four-part masterpiece evokes are almost unparalleled. The Candlelight series invites everyone to experience selections from one the Venetian composer’s greatest works like never before. As well as a talented orchestra doing justice to the breathtaking concertos, this Candlelight performance will also feature pieces by Jules Massenet and Astor Piazzolla.

Taking place at Evergreen Brickworks, a former quarry and industrial site welcoming over 500,000 visitors annually, this Candlelight event on August 17 is set to be anything but ordinary. Find your seat in the expansive space surrounded by the intimate glow of hundreds of flickering candles.