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Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 5559) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: rjerred@hattonsearch.com ARTSCENE Orpheus Male Choir's performance to benefit Oaklands, Community Living Com m unity Living Oakville and O aklands Regional C entre present The C anadian O rpheus M ale C hoir with guest clarinetist, Susan S trunc, this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at O aklands Regional C entre. This charity performance is being held to assist Community Living Oakville and Oaklands Regional Centre, tw'o agencies serving developmentally-handicapped residents of Oakville. The Canadian Orpheus Male Choir, now under the baton of Stephane Potvin, was founded in 1977 by Conductor Emeritus, Lyn Harry and was originally know'n as the Hamilton Orpheus Male Choir. The choir has grown signifi cantly from its original nucleus of seven, to more than 80 members. Based on the Welsh male choir tradition, this Canadian choir now reflects the multicultural nature of our country, with a membership that consists of men from many national backgrounds. The repertoire is varied, including opera choruses, spiritu als, hymns, popular music, songs from musicals, ballads and folk songs. The Canadian Orpheus Male Choir has performed more than 440 concerts in venues such as the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, St. Paul's Cathedral. Westminster Abbey and The Royal Albert Hall in London. Major concert tours have taken the choir to the United States, Western Canada, the Maritime provinces. Europe. Britain and Ireland. In addition to producing 11 recordings, the choir has, on numerous occasions, appeared on television in Britain and Canada. Guest clarinetist Susan Strunc received her bachelor of music from the University of Toronto and is currently com pleting a M aster's degree at McGill University. She has per· formed in various ensemble setting locally and abroad. Strunc has also appeared at numerous summer festivals, including The Banff Center, Domain Forget, the Orford Center for the Arts and the Danubelands Music Festival in Vienna, Austria. She is a veteran of a number of local orchestras, most notably Symphony Hamilton. She is also a busy teacher of piano as well as clarinet. Strunc is a founding member o f the Onyx Wind Quintet, with whom she has played for the last seven years and has travelled and performed largely within Canada, but also Japan, Germany and Austria. As the Male Orpheus Choir celebrates its 25th anniversary, the public is invited to join the festivities. Tickets cost S 15 and S13 for seniors over 60 and juniors under 15. They may be purchased from Community Living Oakville, 1108 Speers Rd. 905-844-0146 or Oaklands Regional Centre. 53 Bond St. 905-844-7864. Community Living Oakville and Oaklands support more than 400 people who have a developmental handicap. This support is offered in day programs, residential situations, employment training and work experience. Community Living Oakville and Oaklands employs about 225 people and receives most of their required funding from the Ministry of Community and Social Services. With recent funding reductions, fundraising is becoming more important for agencies such as these. Ron Kuzyk · Oakville Beaver M arguerite Broten. director of developm ent for the Oakville A rt Society, and P eter Bogdanis, from Peppercorns R estaurant, display some o f the w ork that will be on exhibit at the restaurant throughout this m onth. Visitors can view the work created by artists, potters and sculp tors, p rio r to the Oakville A rt Society's Annual A rt Auction set for Saturday, A pril 13. Work on display prior to auction The Oakville Art Society and Peppercorns Restaurant, 218 Lakeshore Road, E.. are team ing up to attempt to satisfy Oakville residents hunger for quality art and scrumptious food. Numerous works by Oakville artists, potters and sculptors will be on exhibit at Peppercorns Restaurant throughout this month as an appe tizer before the Oakville Art Society's 36th Annual Art Auction. Saturday April 13 at 7 p.m. An enjoyable evening can be spent quench ing one's thirst and savouring these terrific examples of the 70 or so pieces that will be auctioned. The auction will be held at Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square. 120 Navy Street. The complete show can be previewed at this location Wednesday. April 10, 6-9 p.m., Thursday. April II. 10 a.m. - 9p.m., Friday April 12. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday. April 13, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. For tickets or further information call the Oakville Art Society at 905-827-5711. Simon to perform at synagogue Shaarei-Beth El Congregation is presenting An Evening with Jon Simon, one of North America's foremost contemporary Jewish musical artists this Saturday. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. at the Shaarei-Beth El Congregation, 186 Morrison Rd. Tickets cost $36 for adults and S18 for students. A special pre-concert reception and preferred seating costs $75 per ticket. This is a fundraising event for the synagogue. Everyone is invited for coffee and dessert after the concert where CDs will be available for sale. Simon has released several recordings that have captivated and inspired audiences throughout the world. His repertoire of Jewish music combines beloved traditional melodies and well-known folk songs from die Jewish heritage with a uniquely beautiful piano style. Simon takes his audience on a jour ney featuring timeless Jewish music from the 7th century right up to today. Simon has performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Israeli Embassy and the Holocaust Museum For more information, or to order tickets, call the synagogue office at 905-849-6000. or Suzy Polgar. 905-849-3929. or Jennifer Dockstator. 905-847-9572. COMING SOON I f t h e r e is a b a b y on th e w a y ... Tl 0 M1 IJJBM ·M M IViTinP O ST p r e s e n t Admission isFree! Y o u ' ll w a n t t o a t t e n d th e · Demonstrations · Special Displays · Exciting Gifts for Every mother-To-Be · Numerous Door Prizes Date: Sunday. March 24th, 2<N )2 Starts @ 12:30 pan. Holiday Inn 590 Argus Road. 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