Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation

The Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation is a Toronto charity presenting inspirational arts programming, with composer, conductor and organist Eric Robertson as artistic director and Colleen Burns as president. Its best-known project is the free Lunchtime Chamber Music series, held Tuesdays from 12:10 to 1:00 pm at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, running September through June. The series began at Christ Church Deer Park in 2009 and moved to Yorkminster Park in 2014. Programmes feature professional musicians alongside advanced students from the University of Toronto and the Glenn Gould School.