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Music in the Afternoon presents VC2 Cello Duo with Amy Hillis, violin
2026-03-05 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Walter Hall, University of Toronto, 80 Queen's Park, Toronto, M5S 2C5
On Thursday, March 5, the VC2 Cello Duo will shake up the Music in the Afternoon concert season with an animated presentation featuring fresh takes on favourite works by Bach and Beethoven, alongside lively new works.

Several of these captivating new works were written especially for the duo by Canadian composers Andrew Staniland, Fjóla Evans, and Dinuk Wijeratne, and the program will feature a world premiere by Matt Brubeck. Amy Hillis, WMCT’s new artistic director, will join them on violin for several of these works, including an arrangement of Beethoven’s String Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 3.

“…a couple of badasses.” – Ottawa Citizen

Arrive at 12:15 for our free Tuning Your Mind lecture “Music and Memories with a Side of Cellos” by Emma Schmiedecke. Emma’s work spans solo performance, chamber music, orchestral playing, and contemporary music. She is an Instructor in Cello at the University of Toronto and teaches at the Lane School of Music.

Music in the Afternoon presents the Maxwell Quartet
2025-11-13 13:30 - 15:30
Music in the Afternoon presents the Maxwell Quartet
Thursday, November 13th at 1:30pm
Walter Hall, University of Toronto
Tickets: www.wmct.on.ca
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see a North American performance from this highly-acclaimed quartet from Scotland. Enjoy an exquisite afternoon concert of Haydn, Brahms, and striking arrangements of Scottish Traditional Folk Music by this award-winning string quartet.

“Take note of the Maxwell Quartet… they bring charisma and a sense of adventure to their programmes” – New York Times.

Arrive at 12:15 for our free Tuning Your Mind lecture “The life of a professional string quartet player: Mark Fewer in conversation with Robin Elliott”. Acclaimed violinist, fiddler and string quartet member Mark Fewer will draw back the curtain on life as a member of a string quartet in advance of the concert. With Robin Elliott, Professor of Musicology, U of T Faculty of Music.
