Today in Toronto: Elliott Carter, Wintersong, John Monteith

Elliott Carter This concert is guaranteed to help clear your brain of the holiday season’s syrupy harmonies. Taking place on the eve of the New York composer’s 102nd birthday (that’s not a typo), the program includes four premieres: one Canadian and one world. Find out more >>

Wintersong—Dances for a Sacred Season Kids and Christmas? It may be a cliché, but it’s a cliché for a reason. Plus, this production has the added benefit of nurturing curiosity. The Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre voyages beyond the commercial and Christian into solstice customs worldwide. Find out more >>

Ralph Bowen/Michael Stuart Quintet A critically acclaimed tenor sax player and a devoted pedagogue (he teaches jazz theory at Rutgers), the Canadian-born Ralph Bowen got an early start: he was leading his own quartet at the age of 13. Find out more >>

John Monteith The Brooklyn-by-way-of-Newmarket 30-something calls this show Lost Highway, a title that has the same elusive resonance as his pieces (painted, as they so often are, on Mylar). Alternately brooding, sinister and pretty, Monteith’s work is a road trip worth the drive. Find out more >>