Welland Port Colborne Concert Association

Thank you for a great season! Past Performances Susan Aglukark Susan Aglukark is Canada’s first Inuk artist to win a Juno, now she has four, a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for lifetime artistic achievement, and she is an officer of the Order of Canada and much more. As a singer-songwriter beginning in the early 1990’s, Susan discovered the platform of learning, sharing and healing, that inspired her major label début album This Child, released in January 1995. She has since written a

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Ballet Jorgen has created a full-length ballet with the magical story of the Russian princess Anastasia. It tells the tragic story of the youngest daughter of the last Russian Czar through the ballrooms of St. Petersburg, the Russian Revolution, to captivity and beyond. “Ballet Jorgen is one of our cultural treasures.”– The Hamilton Spectator Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia

Paul Taylor / Taylor2

Harry Manx & Michael Kaeshammer

Born in Montreal in 1925 in the working-class neighbourhood of Little Burgundy Oscar Peterson became one of the most important pianists in the entire history of jazz. As accompanist to the greatest jazz vocalists of all time including Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, and as recording artist for the famous Verve Records label, recognition of his talent quickly spread far beyond his hometown. The Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble – Swingin’ With Oscar pays tribute to our very own Oscar Peterson! Playin

Barbra Lica is a fast-rising star on the Canadian music scene. Since her 2012 debut album release (That’s What I Do), she has been selected as one of Canada’s Top 5 Jazz singers by CBC host Tim Tamashiro, as well as one of 5 up-and-coming jazz artists in Toronto by blogTO. On October 21, Barbra will be presenting all new songs and stories from her latest album, “I’m Still Learning”, released October 2016 by Justin Time Records. Her show uniquely combines original songs with a vintage-pop feel an

Considered one of Canada’s finest chamber orchestras, they perform standing in the tradition of great chamber orchestras, blending each musician’s soloistic energy and passion into a brilliant ensemble style under Maestro Nurhan Arman’s inspired direction. Guest artist will be the young virtuoso violinist, Lara St. John. The Moscow Boys Choir

Accompanied by a string quartet, Christopher Hall (clarinet) former principal clarinet of the Orchestre Metropolitain in Montreal delights people with beautiful music while making them laugh from time to time! This irresistible group of musicians promises to fill your ears and heart with their joie de vivre and their beautiful music-making. Between the performance of each piece, Christopher Hall turns into a stand-up comic and makes fun of the musicians, the music and especially all of the ritua

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Kerry Stratton will conduct the Toronto Concert Orchestra in a program entitled Russian Romance. The performance will include a Tchaikovsky spectacular — Piano Concerto #1, known for its familiar theme Tonight We Love. The guest soloist will be pianist Lang Ning Liu who has enjoyed success around the world. “A sensitive, extremely compelling artist.”– New York Times A Celtic Christmas w/the Barra MacNeils

Internationally acclaimed musician Michael Kaeshammer has toured the world showcasing his talents as a singer, songwriter, pianist & producer. A spellbinding artist, Kaeshammer’s performances and recordings are intimate and inviting affairs, whether in a small club, large theatre or on home stereo. It is easy to distinguish great music upon rst listen, regardless of genre labels and titles. Kaeshammer’s passion for writing, performing and producing exceptional music is abundantly clear. Flavours

Nothing Else Matters… a head-spinning, heart-stopping performance of ViVA Trio’s debut album titled Nothing Else Matters. This trio of angelic and athletic voices are recasting hits such as John Lennon’s “Imagine,” Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and many more of their contemporaries set to soaring orchestral arrangements and powerful three part harmonies. All three ladies of the ViVA Trio are highly trained opera singers that have studied and performed internationally; and so always love to sing t

The Great Canadian Songbook is a show that highlights the greatest Canadian songs of the past and present, taking audiences on a musical journey from Bonavista to Vancouver Island! Drawing on a wide array of music and a variety of genres, performers Ken Lavigne, Tiller’s Folly and Diyet combine stories, music and projections to provide the audience a stylistic overview of Canada’s greatest hits. The show features the music of Leonard Cohen, Stan Rogers, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Buffy St. Marie

2006-2007 Isabel Bayrakdarian

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble

It is said that no other musical work in history has done more to clothe the naked, feed the hungry, or foster the orphan than Handel’s Messiah. Handel was facing debtor’s prison after numerous failed performances when his friend and librettist Charles Jennings begged him to write one more time. At age 56 and miserably discouraged, Handel took Jennings’ libretto and began to work. Hardly eating or sleeping, Handel completed in twenty-four days the single most monumental musical achievement in hi

Good Rockin Tonight

Men of the Deeps, North America’s only coal miners’ choir celebrates its 50th anniversary with its first ever solo Christmas tour. The Men of the Deeps is a choir of working and retired coal miners from the island of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, Canada. Organized in 1966 as part of Cape Breton’s contribution to Canada’s Centennial Year (1967), the group’s inception was an effort by the people of Cape Breton to preserve in song some of the rich folklore of that island’s coal mining communities. Sh

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Natalie Choquette

The powerful sound of this 30 voice all-male choir has been described as the voice of angels, as they tour around the world performing for heads of state and royalty including the British Royal Family and at The White House. “If indeed there is such a thing as a heavenly chorus, it must sound like the Moscow Boys Choir!”– St. Joseph News Press Pavlo, Rik Emmett & Oscar Lopez