We Are ALL Music's Children

Aaron Davis’ Circle Of Friends, March 26: 8pm. Composer and keyboardist Aaron Davis performs original compositions from his upcoming new recording, in collaboration with Suba Sankaran, Lori Cullen, Maryem Tollar, Gabriel Davis, Dylan Bell, John Johnson, Rob Piltch, Davide Direnzo and others at the Lula Lounge, Toronto. A pair of tickets awaits RICHARD SMITH at the door!

Confluence Concerts: The Mandala, May 9: 8pm. Their final show this season is curated by Suba Sankaran: words and music inspired by an enduring image, with Ed Hanley, Dylan Bell, Sheniz Janmohamed and others, at St. Thomas’s Church, Toronto. A pair of tickets each, is waiting for MARGARET OLDFIELD and CELIA HARTE.

Sing! In Concert – O Canada! We Are The World, May 29, 8pm. Suba Sankaran and Dylan Bell are co-artistic directors of the 2020 SING! THE TORONTO VOCAL ARTS FESTIVAL (May 19 to 31). Sankaran and Bell’s own genre-bending duo, FreePlay, will host the May 29 concert, celebrating the many cultures that comprise Canada, using nothing but their voices and innovative live-looping techniques for an a cappella concert of astounding variety. The concert will feature Tom Wilson and include East Coast shanty singers Pressgang Mutiny, and others. At Young People’s Theatre, Toronto. A pair of tickets goes to JOAN SAYER.

WHO IS APRIL’s CHILD?

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, 1976

- A rare moment of sitting quiet – these days he’s always on the move!

- Adventures so far this season include Love & Murder (with Northern Début Nord, Sudbury); The Marriage of Figaro, as Bartolo (Edmonton Opera); La Bohème as Schaunard (Calgary Opera); La Cenerentola, as Don Magnifico (Vancouver Opera)

- Hope he travels with his Overcoat! (Toronto 2018)

- When gardening season returns, in April, he’ll be reprising a role that had everyone rocking in 2016, in an award-winning production with Tapestry New Opera.

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