Upcoming Dates:
- Thu May 30
Streaming video of classical music concerts, operas and ballets, both live and on demand.
Listen to great music spanning medieval to modern - classical, jazz, electronic, world music, etc. and find expert educational content.
Listen to a comprehensive collection of jazz legends and contemporary jazz. Includes labels such as Blue Note, EMI, Warner Jazz and Fantasy Jazz.
Listen to traditional and contemporary world music from 32,000 artists from 150 countries. Includes the complete ARC and Smithsonian Folkways catalogues.
Current and popular albums you can borrow and download or stream online.
Toronto Reference Library's music research collection, including sheet music, vinyl and music listening stations.
Borrow instruments from the Sun Life Musical Instrument Lending Library.
Use professional equipment and software to record your music.
Practice music at library branches with a piano.
Wed May 01, 2024
- Fri May 31, 2024
Location:
Yorkville
Throughout May, David Missio?s work is on display at the Yorkville Branch. David Missio plays music, makes art and lives in the city of Toronto. David has a deep connection to parts of the city that don't exist as they once...
Wed May 29, 2024
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Toronto Reference Library
Writer and podcaster Rob Harvilla visits the Appel Salon to regale music lovers with tales from his new book 60 Songs That Explain the '90s, a companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify. The 1990s were a chaotic...
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
on recurring dates listed below
Location:
Mimico Centennial
Meet your neighbours, make some friends and explore something new each week. Activities range from arts & crafts, music, games and occasional special speakers. Coffee & tea will be served. In May, we will be playi...
Thu May 30, 2024
6:30 pm
- 7:30 pm
Location:
Palmerston
Celebrate Asian Heritage Month here at Palmerston with Stylish South ? A Night of Guangdong (Cantonese) Music presented by the Toronto Si-Zhu Chinese Music Ensemble. Enjoy a concert featuring Guangdong (Cantonese) music, a s...
Fri May 31, 2024
4:30 pm
- 5:15 pm
Location:
York Woods
Join senior students from Sistema Toronto-Yorkwoods, along with hip hop artist Aaron Manswell, for a panel discussion on the student's process of creating their own hip hop music. This project is funded by the Toronto Arts Co...
Fri May 31, 2024
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Parkdale
The Pingxin Xu Ensemble features professional Chinese musicians who will be playing a wide variety of music, from classical, traditional, and modern Chinese, to popular tunes from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, America...
Mon Jun 03, 2024
6:30 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Toronto Reference Library
Join us in a thought-provoking panel discussion where we will explore the intersection of art and artificial intelligence. The speakers represent diverse disciplines including visual arts, music, and writing, and are all push...
3:45 pm
- 5:45 pm
on recurring dates listed below
Location:
Leaside
For ages 9-12. Using improv, music, storytelling, arts & crafts, and movement, we'll create our own work of creative-movement theatre. Working with professional dancers, musicians and authors, workshop participants...
Tue Jun 04, 2024
6:00 pm
- 7:00 pm
Location:
Toronto Reference Library
Join us for a Jazz concert in celebration of Pride Month! Janet Whiteway is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter who has spent the past 20 years performing original music, playing in cover bands, and working...
Thu Jun 06, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
Maria A. Shchuka
Join us for a concert in the Maria A. Shchuka Library to celebrate Asian Heritage Month! The Canadian Chinese Orchestra Chamber Ensemble (CCOCE) is an ensemble of traditional Chinese instrumentalists whose mission...
10:00 am
- 11:30 am
on recurring dates listed below
Location:
Leaside
Tiger princess dance projects, a non-profit contemporary dance company, brings you a free custom designed arts-based movement class for older adults. Join Artistic Director Yvonne Ng and her team of professional art...
Fri Jun 07, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
Don Mills
These sophisticated ladies enjoy playing audience favourites from jazz & swing to classics & show tunes. Listen and learn about the 4 different types of saxophones as they demonstrate how each one sounds and how they make mus...
Sat Jun 08, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
North York Central Library
Little Black Dress-Ladies Saxophone Quartet is based in Toronto and performs regularly for retirement residences, veterans, outdoor markets, private parties, and special events. These sophisticated ladies enjoy playing audie...
Thu Jun 13, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
Toronto Reference Library
Join us for a Jazz concert in celebration of Pride Month! Robert Ball (He / Him) is an artist who brings heart and passion to everything he does with a voice that is ?smooth as silk? (BroadwayWorld.com), and with...
Fri Jun 14, 2024
10:30 am
- 11:30 am
Location:
Jane/Sheppard
Pingxin Xu is a highly acclaimed Chinese musician. He was the first to obtain a Master Degree in Yangqin (Chinese dulcimer) Performance in China (1985) and was once the youngest Yangqin professor in China (1993). He has toure...
Sat Jun 15, 2024
11:00 am
- 12:00 pm
Location:
Mimico Centennial
Join us for this sophisticated, swinging, soulful and sassy father?s day performance with Sidecar78, a Toronto saxophone quartet with a songbook containing everything from jazz and ragtime to classical and contemporary standa...
Mon Jun 17, 2024
6:00 pm
- 7:00 pm
Location:
Toronto Reference Library
In this very special and intimate pre-show concert event, award winning singer/songwriter Sarah Slean performs a selection of songs from the Joni Mitchell songbook. Signed to Atlantic/Warner Records at the tender a...
Wed Jun 19, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
Fairview
Join us for a concert in the Fairview Library Theatre to celebrate Asian Heritage Month! Performed by the Chinese Music Ensemble with the highest calibre of professional musicians including Pingxin Xu, combining br...
Fri Jun 21, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
Toronto Reference Library
Join us for a Jazz concert in celebration of Pride Month! Ori Dagan is an award-winning singer-songwriter. He brings a wry and agile sense of swing to everything he does, whether interpreting a standard, spinning...
Sat Jun 22, 2024
3:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Location:
Yorkville
Join us for a Gayageum concert with Roa (HyunYoung) Lee, a composer, arranger, and Gayageum musician from Korea. The Gayageum is a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument. Roa studied music in Korea and T...