2025-26 Season
This Is Trans: JOY
Dead Name Theatre (DNT), in Association with ReDefine Arts, is producing its first trans and non-binary musical theatre revue, This Is Trans: JOY. The performance will include 3 Featured Performers who will be vocally supported by The Epic Choir, a community choir of trans, non-binary, Two-Spirit, and genderqueer singers, (provided by ReDefine Arts) and a 4-piece band. Presented by DNT, ReDefine Arts, and Pride Toronto.
Anika is a featured performer.
TO Summer Music: Silver Thread
Toronto-based chamber choral ensemble Silver Thread performs a programme exploring wisdom on the human condition, centred around settings of texts from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet. Featuring works by Francesca Hauser, Nicholas Wanstall, Sami Anguaya, Kai Leung, and more! Presented by the Toronto Summer Musical Festival.
Anika is a member of Silver Thread.
Considering Matthew Shepard
Considering Matthew Shepard is a powerful concert event presented by Modern Sound Collective that invites audiences to reflect on the ongoing work for dignity and safety for 2SLGBTQI+ people around the world. The program commemorates the life of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man whose 1998 murder sparked meaningful conversation around hate crimes and homophobia in North America. Presented by Modern Sound Collective and Pride Toronto.
Anika is an alto with MSC, and is a featured soloist.
The House of Special Purpose
The Twilight Company’s “The House of Special Purpose” is a dreamy, fragmented musical about the Romanov family’s reign and brutal execution during the Russian Revolution. Trapped in the room where they died, the Romanovs are suspended in a dreamlike purgatory - spinning “around and around and around” as they relive the moments that define their lives and continue to reverberate through history.
Anika is playing Olga in this production.
Datsuzoku: Hero's Journey
Hero’s Journey is a choral concert that tells a timeless story of trials, transformation, and triumph explored through song.
Anika sings as a professional lead with Datsuzoku.
Concreamus: Power Dynamics
Concreamus premieres Francesca Hauser’s newly commissioned work Parturition alongside Ted Hearne’s searing oratorio Sound from the Bench in an ambitious concert exploring the politics of body, voice, and liberation.
Anika is singing with Concreamus.
Orpheus Choir: SOUND | SPACE
Orpheus closes out the season alongside guest artists, the Guelph Chamber choir in a dynamic program of music for double choir. Anika is singing as a Sidgwick Scholar with Orpheus.
Orpheus Choir: Rejoice in the Lamb
Join the combined 100+ voices of the Orpheus Choir and Durham’s RESOUND choir, as well as a professional orchestra, as they perform several masterpieces by composers from the United Kingdom. Anika is singing as a Sidgwick Scholar with Orpheus.
Silver Thread: Friends of Music at St. Thomas’s
Friends of Music at St. Thomas’s is excited to present Silver Thread Chamber Choral Ensemble!
Anika is a member of Silver Thread.
Silver Thread: Seeds in Flight
Join Toronto’s newest professional choral ensemble, Silver Thread, for a program which spans from Renaissance to Contemporary as part of Tapestry Opera’s Free Underground Concert Series.
Anika is a member of Silver Thread.
Silver Thread: Noon at Met
Start 2026 right with Toronto's newest young vocal octet, Silver Thread! Works by Benjamin Britten, Healey Willan, Kai Leung, Caroline Shaw, Andrew Balfour, and Toru Takemitsu.
Anika is a member of Silver Thread.
Silver Thread: Sacred Music at St. Basil's
Join Toronto's newest professional choral ensemble, Silver Thread, on Friday, January 30 at 7:30pm, for a concert of sacred music at St. Basil's entitled "Like a Rose".
Anika is a member of Silver Thread.
Orpheus Choir: Merry and Bright
Orpheus reunites with the acclaimed Hannaford Street Silver Band to celebrate the holiday season in style. Anika is singing as a Sidgwick Scholar with Orpheus.
The Pit-Stop: Live Playlist
The Pit-Stop NIGHT ONE. A live playlist with a rotation of acts, bringing you a melody of community and culture.
Anika is singing as part of the band and as a soloist.
Datsuzoku: PUSH/PULL
MSC's Datsuzoku presents, "PUSH/PULL." Desire, wanderlust, attraction, and distance – PUSH/PULL explores the powers and tensions that keep us grounded and drive us away.
Anika sings as a professional lead with Datsuzoku.
Silver Thread: Early Music at St. James
Join Silver Thread for their first public performance as part of the Early Music concert series at St. James Cathedral.
Anika is a member of Silver Thread.
Path of Miracles
MSC's Concreamus presents Joby Talbot’s "Path of Miracles.” This moving contemporary work explores the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage through music of extraordinary beauty, intensity, and scope.
Anika is singing as a soloist, as well as a part of Concreamus.
Orpheus Choir: The Earth I Know
The Orpheus Choir of Toronto kicks off their 2025/26 season with an innovative choral-theatre performance celebrating the natural world. Anika is singing as a Sidgwick Scholar with Orpheus.
Rooftop Revue ft. Jennarie and Aiza
Rooftop Revue is a live music series on a secret rooftop in The Junction (Keele and Dundas), Toronto, ON, that features emerging and established artists from both Toronto, across Canada, and Worldwide.
Anika is singing with Jennarie for this concert.
UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE: In Concert
An Afternoon of Song in Celebration of Parent + Child, celebrating the release of songs from the Quote Unquote Collective Stage Production, UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE.
Anika will be singing with the cast of Universal Child Care.
New Bad Ideas Live
Bad Hats Theatre first concert event for their theatre development initiative, New Bad Ideas, celebrating some of the program's greatest hits as well as some brand new works.
Anika is a performer at this concert.
New Bad Ideas Live
Bad Hats Theatre first concert event for their theatre development initiative, New Bad Ideas, celebrating some of the program's greatest hits as well as some brand new works.
Anika is a performer at this concert.
Alice in Wonderland - Village Playhouse Bancroft
This smash-hit family musical broke box office records over the past two years and now it’s coming to Tweed & Company! Bad Hats Theatre’s contemporary spin on Wonderland takes us down the rabbit hole with Alice, a girl with a lot of questions. It’s a musical reimagining of the classic tale like you’ve never seen before!
Alice in Wonderland - Marble Arts Centre Tweed
This smash-hit family musical broke box office records over the past two years and now it’s coming to Tweed & Company! Bad Hats Theatre’s contemporary spin on Wonderland takes us down the rabbit hole with Alice, a girl with a lot of questions. It’s a musical reimagining of the classic tale like you’ve never seen before!
Glimmer
Glimmer is a new concert-length musical work by Thierry Tidrow that explores the many layers and interpretations of queerness, both within society and through diverse personal experiences. Commissioned by NMC, and presented at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, this piece marks a significant shift as it brings together text and music organically created by an all-queer team of performers and musicians.
Alice in Wonderland - Capitol Theatre Port Hope
This smash-hit family musical broke box office records over the past two years and now it’s coming to the Capitol! Bad Hats Theatre’s contemporary spin on Wonderland takes us down the rabbit hole with Alice, a girl with a lot of questions. It’s a musical reimagining of the classic tale like you’ve never seen before!
Alice in Wonderland - YES Theatre Sudbury
From the team that brought you Peter Pan comes the 6 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winning show, Alice in Wonderland. This contemporary spin from Bad Hats Theatre moves straight from the Toronto stage to the Sudbury Theatre Centre and takes you down the rabbit hole to a Wonderland like you’ve never seen before.
Orpheus Choir: The Atonement
Join the Orpheus Choir of Toronto, and special guests The Nathaniel Dett Chorale, alongside orchestra and soloists as they celebrate the legacy of this trailblazing composer and reintroduce The Atonement in its full splendour to Canadian audiences for the first time in over 100 years.
Anika is a Sidgwick Scholar with the Orpheus Choir of Toronto.
TSO & Choir 21: Holst's The Planets
Award-winning British conductor Thomas Adès also presents two of his own works alongside Holst’s famed The Planets, with the TSO and Soundstreams Choir 21.
Anika is singing with Soundstreams Choir 21 for this performance.
Sighs Too Deep For Words: A Canadian Valentine
A celebration of love songs and poetry from Canadian songwriters, composers and authors, including three world premieres and a rare performance of the brilliant Neruda Canciones by Omar Daniel.
Anika is performing as a soloist in this Confluence concert, and is premiering a piece by Francesca Hauser with text by Anika Venkatesh.