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Northdale Concert Band<br />
Theatre box office (905-305-7469)<br />
and you can find more information<br />
on the band and its anniversary<br />
concert at the MCB website<br />
(www .mcb.on.ca).<br />
One of my favourite places to hang<br />
out on the het lately is the Sax On<br />
The Web Forum (http://<br />
more. Sax On The Web also<br />
has downloadable lessons by<br />
several eminent players. If<br />
you're a saxophone player,<br />
you really owe it to yourself<br />
to check this p~ace out.<br />
· The first weekend of <strong>April</strong><br />
has a great opportunity for<br />
band fans. Three great bands<br />
playing on three consecutive<br />
··days. The Northdale Concert<br />
Band leads off with a<br />
benefit concert at Wilmar<br />
Heights United Church on<br />
Friday at 8 p.m. The U of T<br />
Concert Band follows on<br />
Saturday with a concert of the<br />
music of Henry Brant and John<br />
Barnes Chance at the MacMillan<br />
Theatre. The Mississauga Pops<br />
Concert Band rounds out the<br />
weekend with a Sunday matinee at<br />
the Meadowvale Theatre featuring<br />
soloists and ensembles from the<br />
band.<br />
f~rum .. saxontheweb.net/). Th.is On the following weekend, you<br />
d1scuss1on area has a membership can take in the Weston Silver Band<br />
of about a thousand saxophonists with guest artists the Brampton<br />
from all over the world. There are Festival Singers at Central United<br />
topic areas. covering saxes, Church in Weston ~ The concert is<br />
mouthpieces, accessories, reeds, on Apr. 12, and starts at 7:30.<br />
music of all genres, and much ·<br />
Fans of all things Scottish, large and top brass band in the world. This is<br />
loud, will want to be at Massey Hall an afternoon concert (3:00 p.m.)<br />
on <strong>April</strong> 25. J'he Simon Fraser withapre-concertchatat2:15.p.m.<br />
University Pipe Band will be there, If you have a young woodwind or<br />
complete with a dance team and brass musician in your household<br />
Celtic musicians. This group is a who needs.some inspiration, take<br />
four-time World Championship them to this concert. They (and<br />
band. You can find out more about you!) won't be disappointed.<br />
them, and hear some samples at<br />
their site, www.sfupipeband.com. If you would like an upcoming band<br />
event to be featured in the<br />
The Hannaford Street Silver Band Bandstand column, feel free to<br />
rounds out the month '.s band contact Merlin at (416) 489-0275;<br />
offerings in style on <strong>April</strong> 27 with by e-mail, merlinw@attcanada.ca;<br />
their All That Jazz concert. Guest on the web, http://members.<br />
soloists are the two Al's ... Alex attcanada.cal-:merlinwl.<br />
Dean on reeds, and Alastair Kay<br />
on trombone. Both are phenomenal<br />
players, and they're playing with<br />
what is acclaimed by many as the<br />
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