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“Keys to the Future”, in aid of the Burlington Performing Arts Centre.

“Keys to the Future” is designed to raise funds for a grand piano in the Burlington Performing Arts Centre, planned for completion in 2011. The money will be generated through direct donations, as well as in a series of musical events to be held in the next two years.
Three concerts have already been planned for 2010.

The first, titled "Traveling through Time" will be held Friday, January 29 and will feature Burlington pianists representing five centuries of piano music. The second, "You must Remember This", is scheduled for Friday, March 26 and will feature popular songs from five decades performed by a number of local singers and musicians. Both these concerts take place at St. Luke’s Parish Hall at 1382 Ontario Street in Burlington.
The gala concert on May 8 will feature 2 excellent groups, the Jazz Connection and the Harlequin Singers in a concert titled "I Love a Piano and All that Jazz". The gala will be at the Polish Hall at 2316 Fairview St, Burlington.

Tickets for all these concerts can be purchased at the Burlington City Hall or by contacting Andrea Battista at abattista1@cogeco.ca or by calling 905-331-8701.

The Burlington Performing Arts Centre is a major initiative, designed to provide two state-of-the-art performance spaces: a main stage seating 730, and a community studio theatre seating 225. It is intended for a wide range of performance types including theatre, music, opera and ballet. The Centre is being built on the south-west corner of Elgin and Locust Streets near City Hall in downtown Burlington, on the site of the former police station. It will serve the residents of Halton County, and provide a permanent location for all forms of musical and dramatic arts endeavours.

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Classical guitar concert by Nicholas Goluses

This concert is the first event of the weekend-long Toronto Guitar Symposium
Friday March 19th: Heliconian Hall,
35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto 8p.m.
Price: $25 : Symposium Registration $70 see website
Tickets: At the door or Paypal, see website

Wit, charm, virtuosity, and depth of feeling, adding up to the humanity to which all artists should aspire. A model of virtuosic display. Goluses was dazzling,” wrote the New Jersey Star Ledger about Nicholas Goluses, one of America’s most sought-after guitarists. The New York Times wrote: “... produced an elegant sound. And the finales, taken dangerously fast, were accurate, transparent, and impressively articulated....persuasive, energetic readings.” The Generalanzeiber (Bonn, Germany), acclaimed: “Goluses reached the highest levels of instrumental virtuosity.”

One of America's most sought-after guitarists, Nicholas Goluses is Professor of Guitar and director of the guitar programs at the Eastman School of Music, widely recognized as one of the world's premier conservatories and a leading centre for guitar study. At Eastman, he received the Eisenhart Award for Excellence, and is currently CoChair of the string department. Mr. Goluses has held the Andrés Segovia Faculty Chair at the Manhattan School of Music, where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree, and was the recipient of both the Pablo Casals Award “for Musical Accomplishment and Human Endeavour” and the Faculty Award of Distinguished Merit. Mr. Goluses is in great demand for master classes at major colleges, universities and conservatories throughout the world.
http://www.goluses.com/

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Classical guitar concert by GFA winner Mark Edwards

This concert is the second event of the weekend-long Toronto Guitar Symposium Saturday March 20th: Heliconian Hall,
35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
8p.m.
Price: $25 Symposium Registration $70 See website
Tickets: At the door or Paypal, see website
Guitarist Mark Edwards has been hailed by the Montgomery Advertiser as a player who “transfers to another zone, effortlessly playing a variety of classical masterpieces with clarity.”

After seeing guitarist Benjamin Verdery play a concert in Boaz, Alabama, Mark began his life dedication to the instrument. Wanting further inspiration, he looked to inspiration from the great masters of the guitar, such as Andres Segovia, Julian Bream, and David Russell.

Mark has been performing concerts since the young age of 14 and competing since 13. He has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, and Germany. From 1998 to present, he has earned 28 top prizes in the United States and Canada, including the 2009 Montreal International Guitar Competition and the 2008 National Guitar Workshop/National D’addario Solo Competition. Since the spring of 2000, he has been featured on 6 recordings.

Mark graduated Magna Cum Laude from Columbus State University’s Honors Program, and recently graduated with a Master of Music in Guitar Performance and Guitar Pedagogy from the Peabody Institute of Music, studying with a full scholarship with Guitar Department Chair, Julian Gray http://www.markedwardsguitar.com/

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Augustin HADELICH & Ian PARKER in PORT HOPE

Friends of Music welcomes violinist AUGUSTIN HADELICH and pianist IAN PARKER to Cameco Capitol Arts Centre in Port Hope, Sunday March 28th 2010 at 3:00 PM. The New York Times says "Hadelich plays with an exacting focus, an unerring dramatic sense and a rich, beautiful tone”; and "Parker, a technically assured pianist, offered a well-thought-out approach projected with extraordinarily cleanly etched textures” according to the Washington Post. Their programme includes selections from Stravinsky, Beethoven and Schumann.

Adults $39, students $15, online or at the door.

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Classical Guitar Concert by Nicholas Goluses

This concert is the first event of the weekend-long Toronto Guitar Symposium
Friday March 19th: Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
8p.m.
Price: $25 Symposium Registration $70 see website
Ticket purchase: At the door
“Wit, charm, virtuosity, and depth of feeling, adding up to the humanity to which all artists should aspire. A model of virtuosic display. Goluses was dazzling,” wrote the New Jersey Star Ledger about Nicholas Goluses, one of America’s most sought-after guitarists. The New York Times wrote: “... produced an elegant sound. And the finales, taken dangerously fast, were accurate, transparent, and impressively articulated....persuasive, energetic readings.” The Generalanzeiber (Bonn, Germany), acclaimed: “Goluses reached the highest levels of instrumental virtuosity.”

One of America's most sought-after guitarists, Nicholas Goluses is Professor of Guitar and director of the guitar programs at the Eastman School of Music, widely recognized as one of the world's premier conservatories and a leading centre for guitar study. At Eastman, he received the Eisenhart Award for Excellence, and is currently CoChair of the string department. Mr. Goluses has held the Andrés Segovia Faculty Chair at the Manhattan School of Music, where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree, and was the recipient of both the Pablo Casals Award “for Musical Accomplishment and Human Endeavour” and the Faculty Award of Distinguished Merit. Mr. Goluses is in great demand for master classes at major colleges, universities and conservatories throughout the world. http:/%2Fwww.goluses.com/

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Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers Springtime Choral Potpourri

March 20, 2010

Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers Present:

Springtime Choral Potpourri

7:30 p.m.

St. George Hall, 665 King Street North, Waterloo

With the Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers

Howard Dyck, conductor

General Admission $30

Tickets available at Centre In The Square box office 519-578-1570 or 1-800-265-8977

www.centre-square.com or www.grandphilchoir.com

Tickets also available at the door.

Relax over a complimentary glass of wine and hors d’oeuvres as the Chamber Singers take you on a springtime choral romp to tempt every musical palette! Folk music celebrating springtime and romance, choral jazz and the timeless Liebslieder Waltzes by Brahms—this is a concert to put a spring in your step and a smile on your face.