SING! offers this free show at Nathan Phillips Square for all to enjoy, as a preview to all the great events happening as part of SING! 2026

FreePlay:
Using nothing but their voices and innovative live-looping techniques, international a cappella sensation FreePlay takes you from the concert halls of Europe, to the jazz clubs of Manhattan, to the temples of India… all without you leaving your seat. From Bach to Bird to the Beatles to Bollywood, Dylan and Suba effortlessly cross musical boundaries, continually combining and recombining sounds to create a concert of endless variety, with the intimate delivery of two people. Imagine Simon and Garfunkel crossed with a Bach 2-part invention… or an acrobatic jazz melody combined with ancient Indian beats… or a 16-part vocal arrangement created by two singers… and you’ll get a glimpse of what FreePlay has to offer.

FreePlay’s diverse concert program has taken them across Canada and around the world, with performances at major music festivals at over twenty-five countries across six continents. They have three albums: FreePlay (2009), Go Back Forward (2018), and Talk To Me (2022).Partners offstage as well as onstage, Dylan and Suba delight in exploring music together, bringing this joy to audiences worldwide.‘Beyond Incredible!’ (Mark Kibble, Take 6)‘Brilliant!’ (Janis Siegel, The Manhattan Transfer)‘Mesmerizing’ (Lauren Kinhan, New York Voices)

City Choir:
Launched in 2010 by The Young Centre for the Performing Arts, City Choir has since grown into an exciting independent choral group. Our five well-known founding directors have stayed with us —Waleed Abdulhamid, John Millard, Patricia O’Callaghan, Greg Oh, and Suba Sankaran. In 2023 we welcomed Sophia Grigoriadis as a director.

Open to all who love to sing, City Choir is a Toronto-based, non-auditioned community choir. We perform music of many different styles (jazz, pop, classical, folk, world, funk, spirituals, holiday songs and more). 

 In addition to our self-produced concerts and cabarets, City Choir performs throughout Toronto at various cultural events and cultural spaces. 

 We have performed as part of the following: The Events, a successful early 2020 Crow’s Theatre theatre production; at The Drake Underground; the Aga Khan Museum and Ismaili Centre, in Luminato in 2019, and also in 2015 as part of the Mixed Choir in R. Murray Shaffer’s Apocalypsis; several times in SING A Cappella Festival; at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in the Global Cabaret and Winter Waves Festival; at the Evergreen Brickworks; and the Distillery District Christmas Market.  

Peterborough Pop Ensemble:

The Peterborough Pop Ensemble, founded in 2000 by the late Barbara Monahan, has been performing and touching lives in Peterborough and the surrounding area for many years. Striving to present the highest level of musical excellence while creating energetic and infectious concert experiences for audiences, their diverse musical style and clear love of singing have allowed the Pop Ensemble to develop a remarkable reputation. They perform a broad spectrum of music, including jazz, pop, gospel, and Broadway. 

With a fundamental belief in supporting local charities and the community, the Pop Ensemble proudly participates in many local events such as the annual Dragon Boat Festival and Remembrance Day ceremonies. In recognition of these contributions, the Pop Ensemble was presented with a Civic Award for Community Betterment in June 2012, and has been named Peterborough's Musical Ambassadors; honours which they are proud to carry.