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Toronto’s finest gathered at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on Monday to see and hear 250 teenagers from Venezuela. The world-renowned Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel (the Mick Jagger of orchestral music), awed the packed house for more than two and a half hours.

MUSIC: Brooklyn’s Matt and Kim make a return appearance at Reverb for an all-ages show tonight. The dynamic duo wooed the crowds earlier this year at NXNE, and are back after a worldwide tour covering four continents. Check out their new video "Lesson Learned" which just won an MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video. Reverb (651 Queen Street West), 8 p.m., $13.50 (plus service charge).

Pianist Glenn Gould's career was riding high in early 1956. His recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations was released in January and soon became the top-selling classical album in Columbia Records' catalogue. A sold-out recital at Massey Hall on April 16th was a triumph, with critics and the audience applauding loudly. As The Telegram's George Kidd noted in his review of the performance the following day, "It would seem that no longer is Mr. Gould a pianist with considerable promise. He is a mature genius in interpretation, technique, and musical excitement."

Got a violin that's collecting dust in your closet? An itch in your throat that can only be satisfied through loud, boisterous singing? Or perhaps you've been wondering if you should integrate your child into the wonderful world of eurhythmics. Whatever the musical-maladie, if nothing but music notes have been bouncing in your head, you might want to consider taking advantage of some free sample classes at the Royal Conservatory of Music Community School.

Photo by Sylvain Dumais from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.

It takes chemistry, faith and ego control to make a comedy duo work—elements that aren't easy to keep in check. In improvisational theatre, a duo has even less control over the laughs because it's all made up on the spot. But that's the beauty of the form—it's a high wire act. Me Likey, a combo comprised of Jan Caruana and Rica Eckersley, is one of the city's most successful comedic pairings. In June, the act will be representing the T-Dot at the San Francisco Improv Festival. To warm up and raise funds for the Fest, Me Likey is putting on a show tonight at the Bad Dog Theatre.

Michael Ignatieff is a popular guy. He has 171 friends in Toronto, 66 at Queen's and 60 at McGill. His favourite music is by Glenn Gould and his favourite movie is The Godfather Part I. He's married, interested in women, and looking for friendship.

Ok, it's not that dramatic but Glenn Gould's 1955 rendition of the Goldberg Variations is being reperformed, sort of. John Q. Walker, a computer programmer and musician has created software that will allow a piano to very accurately reproduce performances.

Despite the crappy weather outside Toronto's musicians seem to have come out of hibernation. If you have the stamina and money burning a hole in your pocket you could probably hit almost a dozen shows and enjoy each one.

Every December for as long as Torontoist can remember the holidays have been marked by a certain Friday morning when CBC's Metro Morning (our must-listen morning radio since childhood) just doesn't quite sound the same. The strange echo and laughter of a live audience can only mean one thing: we've missed the CBC's holiday open house yet again. Every year we swear that we'll haul our cookies down to Front Street to meet the voices that wake us up every morning, and every year we forget until it's too late.

Weeks like this Torontoist would be remiss if he forced you to stay inside and look at art. So let's take this week's art crawl outside.

The U of T Humanities Department's Voicing Toronto Conference is a mixture of lectures, screenings, performances and readings. Attempting to rope in six humanistic disciplines, they're offering something for everyone, or at least for anyone who lives in Toronto and enjoys the occasional foray into obscure local history. The film events include works by Don McKellar, Clement Virgo and David Cronenberg. The music component includes shows about Glenn Gould's Toronto and A Toronto Songbook. And the art component is a show that attempts to explore the idea of Toronto art. Also of note is a show of Toronto souvenirs, as curated by the MA Museum Studies students at the U of T. At least someone is saving all those misspelled 'I survived Sars' Tees for posterity.