Northumberland Orchestra And Choir 2009-2010 Season The Concert Hall is very pleased to be able to offer Northumberland Orchestra and Choir tickets for their upcoming season. Per performance tickets are: $28.00 for adults; $25.00 for seniors, and $12.00 for youths (under 12 years Free with an adult) - general admission seating. Subscription tickets are available through the Northumberland Orchestra Society. Their season includes : Starting 2010, still in wintry climes, we present "Sköl - Music of Northern Lands" (a Scandinavian Theme) (Sunday, February 7, 2010) at Trinity United Church, at 3:30 p.m. What more appropriate than Sibelius' "Finlandia" and Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suites". However, a very special feature in this concert the first-time performance, written specially for the Orchestra, is the playing of "Psalm 23" by Michael Cumberland, a resident of Port Hope. Not to be missed. Following on toward the Easter celebrations will be "Genius - Beethoven's Mass in C" (Sunday, March 21, 2010) at Port Hope United Church, at 3:30 p.m. Four Guest Singers will accompany the Northumberland Orchestra and Choir for the "Mass in C", but also being presented will be Haydn's "London Symphony No. 104" - to make for a full day of lovely music. In keeping with the Town of Cobourg's 150th Anniversary of Victoria Hall, we present "Victoria - Music for Queen Victoria and her Empire" (Sunday, May 16, 2010) at Trinity United Church, 3:30 p.m. This very special concert will bring together music of Queen Victoria's British Empire - "Coronation Anthem", "Irish Rhapsody No. 1" and more, but specially featuring Adrian Anantawan, Violinist of International renown (War Amps celebrity), playing Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy" - a must for all supporters of good music. Come and celebrate for Cobourg, and with us!
	Presenting LJYO's 11th Season The season continues with another audience favourite, In the Spotlight, Sunday February 21, 3 p.m. This annual opportunity for some of our most accomplished performers will feature solists Anna Karpazis (marimba), Kate Louws (flute), Colleen Jenish (violin), Sarah McAbe (violin) and Jane Cook (French horn). The season ends with a symphonic welcome to spring, Sonic Bloom, Sunday May 16 at 7 p.m. Always a deeply satisfying musical experience, Sonic Bloom challenges our members with repertoire that would not be out of place for professional ensembles. Our special guest this year will be violinist Nathaniel Anderson-Frank. Now a Masters candidate at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, Anderson-Frank is an alumnus of the Festival Pablo Casals, the Perlman Music Program and the National Academy Orchestra of Canada. All three concerts will be held at the Port Hope United Church. Advance tickets may be ordered at the Box Office 905 372-2210.
	zapp! Productions presents Debbie Davies When the man who discovered Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor tells you to "hear her now", you don't want to miss your chance to see Debbie Davies on February 27 at 8 p.m. The Los Angeles Times says she "wields an electric guitar as if it were a wand". With nine albums under her belt you will be blown away by Debbie Davies and her Blues band - check her out on YouTube. www.debbiedavies.com. Tickets are $26.50 + GST. Theatre-style, general admission.
	Oriana Singers Concert Season 2009 - 2010 Close to Home - March 27, 2010 7:30 p.m. Trinity United Church. This will be the seventh annual concert with the Concert Band of Cobourg. The choir and band look forward to presenting new arrangements by local composers with the support of the Trillium Foundation Grant fund. Other original compositions and arrangements by local composers will be revisited in this concert to celebrate the tremendous artistic talent we have right here "close to home". Tickets for each of the above concerts are $18.00 for adults;$16.00 for seniors (65+) and students (18 and under) and $5.00 for a child under 12. General admission seating. Around the World in 80 Minutes - Oriana Singers Annual Fundraiser - June 5, 2010 7 p.m. Baltimore Recreation Centre. What's in store for this year? Well, part of the fun of this event is that often the choir doesn't even know everything that's going to happen during this fun-filled evening. Count on a memorable event for choir and audience alike with song, food and librations intertwined with some equally entertaining fund-raising activities. Come out and support the choir. Tickets will be $35.00 each and will be available in the New Year.
	Sweet Water Country Music Series 2010 Tribute to Buck Owens - March 28 Come and join us for our tribute to the man who had 21 number one hits on the Billboard Country Music Charts throughout his career. Buck Owens and the Buckaroos pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield sound. We hope you will have as much fun listening to these great songs as we will have playing them. How I Spent My Summer Vacation - May 9 During the summer of 2009, various members if the band were able to skip around the province and be in back up bands for different County Music Jamborees. George Hillier and Brian Crosby are a small sample of the great talent out there in our own backyard. We just had to bring them in and share them with you. While the Cats Away - September 19 The Mice will play!! - and play we will. We always like the opportunity to just say - "the heck with rehearsal" - "the heck with learning songs". This is our chance to wing it. We don't know what we are going to do or what you are going to hear. We may have to call on the audience for suggestions, we may have some surprises. We don't know - what the heck! Sean Carson - October 17 We couldn't help ourselves. We called on our pal Sean Carson again to come and visit. We have so much fun when he drops by and based on your reaction, we think you like him too! Sean has toured with Tanya Tucker and Neal McCoy and has also performed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. All shows take place at 2 p.m. Existing season ticket holders have until February 1 to renew the same seats for the 2010 Series. Single tickets may be purchased after March 1. Series tickets are $63.60.
	Fiddler on the Roof Tickets are now on sale for the VOS presentation of Fiddler on the Roof. This beloved musical has touched audiences around the world with its humour, warmth and honesty. The universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion. It is set in Anatevka, a little village in Tsarist Russian in 1905, amid the village's struggle with political unrest and revolution. In the midst of this vortex, a poor dairy farmer Tevye - played by Paul Caldwell - and his wife Goldie represent a relatively peaceful and traditional way of life, but their five daughters are influenced by sweeping new current - and the results are a universal story of the constant call to adapt to change. Fiddler on the Roof is a perennial heart warning favourite with familiar, well-loved music and humour that will be sure to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages. Performance dates are April 16, 17, 23, 24 at 7:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. matinee shows on April 17,18 and 24. Tickets are $22.00 for adults; $18.00 for groups of 20 or more and $17.00 for children under 12. Theatre-style, reserved seating. Tickets may be booked by calling the Box Office at 905 372-2210.
	Words and Music 2010 - presented and performed by Brad Halls and His Guest Vocalists The Words and Music series returns to Cobourg's historic Victoria Hall Concert Hall, celebrating its 25th anniversary and beginning its 26th season of music chosen from the most enduring of our popular songs. For his 2010 season, Brad Halls is pleased to announce a series of entertaining programs, continuing to feature some of the best of popular music, jazz, and the songs of the movies and musical theatre. Each concert will be presented on both Friday and Saturday evening at 8 p.m., and subscribers may choose either a Friday of Saturday series. The season begins on Friday, May 7 and Saturday May 8, 2010. Brad will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first Words and Music concert in 1985 with his first solo piano performance - Magnificent Music From the Movies. All his life, Brad has loved the music of the movies, not just from film musicals, but the great musical themes from the classic dramatic and comic films of the past century. Enjoy Brad's renditions of music by the great film composers, with memorable themes from Gone with the Wind, Dr. Zhivago, Exodus, Casablanca, The Godfather, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Laura, Summer of '42, Moulin Rouge and so many more. Our 2010 season continues on Friday, June 11 and Saturday June 12, 2010 when Brad and his guest vocalists Eileen March and Catherine Ford present The Songs of the Beatles. No group of popular musicians took the music world by storm as did Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr - the "Fab Four" or the 1960's. The concert will emphasize The Beatles as not just great performers, but marvelous songwriters. Enjoy these wonderful interpretations of Beatles classics Yesterday, Ticket to Ride, Let it Be, Eleanor Rigby, In My Life and so many more. The songs of one of the most revered composers of the past century will be celebrated on Friday September 10 and Saturday September 11, 2010 when Brad and his guests Beth Hunt and Derrick Cunningham present The Songs of Jerome Kern. Kern was among the first of the great songwriters to turn the musical theatre into a genuine work of art with productions including the legendary Show Boat. Enjoy great songs including I'm Old Fashioned, The Song is You, Old Man River, A Fine Romance, The Way you Look Tonight and other favourites. Our 2010 season concludes on Friday October 15 and Saturday October 16, 2010 with a night of enduring standards entitled Pop the Question. All the great songwriters loved to pose musical questions, and Brad and his special guests Tanya Wills and Christine Vanderbank will ask Is you Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby?, Can't We Be Friends?, What's New?, What is This Thing Called Love?, Who Can I Turn To?, Who's Sorry Now? and many more classic songs. Who knows where the musical answers may lie? Tickets for the 2010 season are available through the Concert Hall Box Office. To subscribe to all four concerts, mail the order form to Victoria Hall Concert Hall at 55 King St. W. Cobourg, Ontario K9A 2M2 or you can call at 905-372-2210. Tickets for all four concerts are available now at reduced subscribers' prices. Ticket prices will be $17.50 (+GST) for each individual concert, but subscribers can enjoy all four shows for only $60.00 (+GST) and you may order either the Friday or the Saturday series.
	The Three Cantors' St. Mark's Heritage Foundation is proud to present The Three Cantors on Friday May 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the LeVan Theatre for the Performing Arts at Trinity College School Port Hope. The Three Cantors are three musically trained Anglican priests from south-western Ontario. Their concerts take the audience from Broadway to ancient times with some folk music, spirituals and plenty of humour in between. They first performed in 1997 and have been popular across Canada ever since. Tickets are $35.00 each and the proceeds from the concert will benefit the St. Mark's Heritage Foundation which is committed to restore and preserve the oldest public building in Port Hope. The Three Cantors concert is a celebration of the power of music to bring joy, hope and faith to bear on the challenges of a world of people in need... and to have a great time doing it. There will also be a reception following the concert with an opportunity to meet the performers. Tickets are available through the Concert Hall Box Office 905 372-2210. General admission seating.
	Andrew Jr. Boy Jones Zapp Promotions presents Andrew Junior Boy Jones. A bluesman with a talent as big as his home state of Texas. Andrew was a protégé of Freddie King and was the guitarist and band leader for Charlie Musselwhite's band during it's heyday. Fresh from a jaw-dropping performance at this year's Chicago Blues Festival Jr. Boy has been knocking out audiences and critics alike. Andrew Junior Boy Jones has toured the globe several times over and has had songs featured on television shows and commercials. He continues to garner critical acclaim. Few artists play with the control, class and style that Andrew does. His four piece band features John Street on keyboards - a veteran on the Blues scene for over 40 years. The show takes place on Sunday May 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $26.50 + GST. General admission seating.
	Weddings and Receptions The spring, summer and fall seasons are a busy time for us with weddings and receptions. A few dates are remaining for 2010. For an up to date rental rate, please contact the office at (905) 372-2210 or 1-888-COBOURG ext.4153 and we would be happy to help you plan your special event.
	Tickets and Additional Information For additional information or tickets to any of the above events, call the box office at 905-372-2210 or email us at concerthall@cobourg.ca. Try our 1-888 number at 1-888-COBOURG ext. 4153 The Concert Hall at Victoria Hall 55 King St. W. Cobourg, Ontario K9A 2M2 Our office is open Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (holidays excluded) We can be reached by: Phone: 905-372-2210 - Toll Free: 1-888-COBOURG ext. 4153 Fax: 905-372-0781 Concert Hall Facilitator: Beth Hunt Concert Hall Facilitator - Operations: Tom Hall