Glatz Loft Concerts

Glatz Loft Concerts Founded in 1987, Glatz Loft Concerts produces, promotes, and manages classical, jazz, folk, country, film and video game music performances worldwide.

Salute to Vienna

For more than 25 years, Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert has been a favorite holiday musical tradition throughout North America. The series combines the brilliant talents of The Strauss Symphonies of Canada and America with stellar European maestros, tenors, sopranos and dancers to perform and celebrate the glorious, uplifting music of Vienna’s “Waltz King”, Johann Strauss Jr.

, and his contemporaries. Salute to Vienna is delightfully reminiscent of Vienna’s famous and beloved NEUJAHRSKONZERT, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for over 70 years and televised annually to 1.3 billion people around the globe. In 1995, STV premiered in Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. By 2004 the show was presented in 33 major concert halls over a 5 day period across the continent, including sold-out performances in Los Angeles (the Walt Disney Concert Hall), Philadelphia (the Kimmel Center), Washington (the Kennedy Center), New York (the Lincoln Center), Boston (Symphony Hall), Montreal (Place des Arts), Vancouver (Orpheum, Theatre) and Calgary (Jack Singer Concert Hall) Some of this season’s hosting cities include: Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, , Toronto, Quebec City and Montreal, in Canada, as well as, Chicago, Clearwater, Coral Springs, Fort Myers, Los Angeles, Miami, New Brunswick, New York, Sarasota, Washington and West Palm Beach in United States. Bravissimo

Opera aficionados and newcomers alike have embraced this innovative opera extravaganza since it premiered at Roy Thomson Hall in 2007. A lighthearted start to New Year’s festivities—the concert always starts early (7 pm), leaving plenty of time to get to a festive party long before midnight or have a nice quiet dinner. Bravissimo is a sparkling holiday presentation always featuring an all-star international cast of singers performing famous arias, duets and overtures from some of the world’s most popular operas, such as Carmen, Der Rosenkavalier, Aida, Turandot, Tosca and many more. This exciting performance brings Opera’s world famous hits to life on the acoustically admired stage of Roy Thomson Hall.

“Oh, you're the best friends anybody ever had!” Of course the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Cowardly Lion are Dorothy’s friends...
06/26/2026

“Oh, you're the best friends anybody ever had!” Of course the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Cowardly Lion are Dorothy’s friends, but a “Friend of Dorothy” is a horse of a different colour. 🌈

In the mid-1900s, when many people in the LGBTQIA+ community felt less safe outing themselves than they might today, the term “Friend of Dorothy” worked as a code for primarily gay men to safely identify each other.

Of course this was a nod to Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, as Judy Garland was an icon in the q***r community. She is also the inspiration for the q***r slang term “Good Judy” or “Best Judy,” used to refer to a loyal and trusted friend.

The Wizard of Oz itself has long been seen as an homage to q***r culture, with Dorothy leaving her drab rural life for a colourful land where differences are celebrated, among many other details and references in both the book and the film.

06/24/2026

Composer Harold Arlen went above and beyond his job description when writing the iconic music for The Wizard of Oz.

This camera buff took home movies behind the scenes, unwittingly creating some of the most incredible candid footage from the era.

Check out this sampling of the amateur filmmaker’s work and learn a little about the composer and the film along the way.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow there’s a pair of tickets to The Wizard of Oz: Film with Live Orchestra ready for a GIVEAWAY!...
06/22/2026

Somewhere Over the Rainbow there’s a pair of tickets to The Wizard of Oz: Film with Live Orchestra ready for a GIVEAWAY! 🌈

To celebrate Toronto Pride, TO Live and Glatz Loft Concerts are giving away a pair of tickets to the September 13th performance of the beloved 1939 film in concert. 🎟️🎟️

The TO Live orchestra will perform the full musical score in sync to the film on the big screen, with all the original vocals and dialogue preserved but original orchestration removed. 🎼

To enter, click your heels together three times and then:

🎶 Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow @‌TOlivegram and @‌glatzconcerts 🎶

Tag someone you know who has brains, heart, or courage 📜❤️🏅

🎟️ A potential winner will be randomly selected and contacted by DM Friday, June 26. They must correctly answer a skill-testing question to claim this prize. The winner will then be tagged in the comments.

Good luck and Happy Pride! 👠👠

[Image description: Promotional image for The Wizard of Oz: Film with Live Orchestra event at Meridian Hall on September 13. The text “The Wizard of Oz: Film with Live Orchestra” is at the top next to a film still of Judy Garland as Dorothy. Below that image is the image of an orchestra, mid-performance. At the bottom, set against rainbow colours, are the words “GIVEAWAY Meridian Hall, September 13.” Next to this, is an image of two tickets. Logos for Glatz Loft Concerts and TO Live appear at the bottom, with the text “Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.” in fine print.]

06/21/2026

When it comes to the Newman family and composing, things are like father, like sons and daughter and brothers and nephews and granddaughters and grandnephew and…

Here’s a look at one of the “Godfathers of Film Scores,” Alfred Newman, who also has family ties to many prolific composers in Hollywood and beyond.

06/19/2026

Find Dorothy at Village Fest this weekend for a free sticker and your chance to sign up for a ticket giveaway for The Wizard of Oz: Film with Live Orchestra! 🌈

Just follow the yellow (and red, orange, green, blue, indigo, and violet) brick road to Toronto’s Church Street beer garden, June 20 & 21. We'll be there from 8-9 pm both days!

Hope to see you there, and Happy Pride!

# ChurchWellesleyVillage

06/18/2026

My first film concert experience surprised me in more ways than one, and I can’t hold it back anymore… ❄️

For more than 30 years, Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert has been our way of celebrating Vienna’s Golden Age of music...
06/17/2026

For more than 30 years, Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert has been our way of celebrating Vienna’s Golden Age of music, bringing the music of Johann Strauss Jr. and his composer contemporaries to multi-generational audiences across North America. 🗺️

This New Year’s, Glatz Loft Concerts will be presenting 20 concerts in two countries with seven casts in the span of eight days! 🎉

Where will you be celebrating with us?

06/16/2026

Here’s why the iconic scores for The Wizard of Oz went missing, and how one very important copy of the score was found 80 years after film’s release. 🌈

You can hear the full score performed live in sync to the 1939 film at The Wizard of Oz: Film with Live Orchestra in Toronto this September, featuring the TO Live Orchestra under conductor Evan Mitchell. 🎼

On this day in 2014, Berk was back on big screens in North America with the theatrical release of How to Train Your Drag...
06/13/2026

On this day in 2014, Berk was back on big screens in North America with the theatrical release of How to Train Your Dragon 2. 🔥

This highly fan-ticipated film won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature and was nominated for an Oscar in the same category. 🏆

In fall 2026, How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert is coming to Toronto, Calgary, and Edmonton, with John Powell’s score performed live by a full orchestra. 🎼

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