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50 www.eatdrink.ca and Shawn Adam cello bow — both on loan from the Canada Council’s Instrument Bank. Chiu won the 2015/16 Prix Goyer, Canada’s largest prize for an emerging classical artist. The concert is the first in a three-part mini-series of London artists, presented by The Jeffery Concerts. www.jefferyconcerts.com The following day, two members of the London Youth Symphony step into the spotlight at Dundas Street Centre United Church. The February 5 Adam Iannetta concert features 15-yearold cellist Sarah Cupit performing Strauss’ Romanze and 17-year-old French Horn player, Jennifer Bywaters, playing Weber’s Concertino in E. A student of Ron George and Kate Stone, Bywaters will be continuing her studies in Europe next year, says LYS manager, Joan Mortimer. “She is one of the most dedicated young musicians I have seen.” Watching young musicians like Cupit and Bywaters develop is a very rewarding experience, Mortimer says. “Even players who won’t go on to become professional musicians will have a passion for music that will stay with them for the rest of their lives,” she notes. www.londonyouthsymphony.org Students at UWOpera are gearing up for their winter production. Mozart’s The Anne Lederman Magic Flute runs January 27 & 8 and February 3, 4 & 5 at the Paul Davenport Theatre. The two-act ‘Singspiel’ tells the story of Tamino, a prince who must undergo a series of tests, accompanied by his sidekick Papageno, in order to marry the princess Pamina. Premiered in 1791 in Vienna, just two months before the composer’s death, it has become one of the world’s mostbeloved operas. № 63 | January/February 2017 Windsor native and Western DMA student Adam Iannetta is taking on the role of assistant director for this production. “The music program here at Western does a fantastic job of offering students experiences and opportunities that can lead you in so many different directions, not just being on stage but behind the scenes as well,” he says. www.music. uwo.ca/events/opera.html The Stratford Symphony Orchestra welcomes the New Year with its annual Celtic Celebration, January 28 at Knox Presbyterian Church. This year’s guest artist is Canadian Metis fiddler Anne Lederman, who will be performing her own arrangements of Metis fiddle tunes and Celtic music from the British Isles. The orchestra will also play selections from Leroy Anderson’s “Irish Suite”, arrangements of music from Michael Flatley’s “River Dance Suite” and “Lord of the Dance”, as well as an arrangement of Celtic music by Canadian composer Chris Meyer. Recitations of poetry by Robbie Burns, and the sounds of the Stratford Police Pipe Band round out the program. “We have a longstanding relationship with the Stratford Police Pipe and Drums,” says SSO office manager, David Murray, adding: “One couldn’t imagine a Celtic concert without hearing ‘Highland Cathedral.” www.stratfordsymphonyorchestra.ca NICOLE LAIDLER is a former classical musician who has been writing about London’s cultural scene for more than a decade. To see what else she’s been up to visit www.spilledink.ca
№ 63 | January/February 2017 www.eatdrink.ca 51 various musical notes Let It Snow Winter concerts to keep you warm By GERRY BLACKWELL The snow is snowing, the wind is blowing but, hey, we can weather the storm. We’ve got music to keep us warm. Mighty fine music too. On Sunday, January 15, American country star Lee Ann Womack plays the Chatham Capitol Theatre in Chatham ($40-$60). Womack has been compared to Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette: a traditionalist, but with a contemporary twist. She wowed them in a televised appearance at the 2016 AmericanFest, the Americana Music Association’s annual shindig. If trad jazz is more your style, catch the Uptown Dixieland Jazz Band, also January 15. They’re at the Shrine Centre Hall on Colborne Street, courtesy of the London Jazz Society ($6 members/$12 non-members). The Uptowners are a lot of fun, and can really cut loose. Next up in the LJS series: the Ken Foster Quartet on Sunday, February 12. Then crank up the excitement: the Sam Roberts Band is coming to London Music Hall — Saturday, January 21 ($43.50). SRB has a new record, Terraforming, with a sci-fi theme. Terraforming (say what?), the subject of the title track, is the idea of going to another planet and making it habitable for humans — perhaps not your usual indierock fodder, but intriguing. Jazz for the People continues its 30-plusyears run of free Wednesday night concerts Sam Roberts Band Lee Ann Womack on January 25 and then again February 22 at Wolf Performance Hall (Central Library). Performers to be announced. But the price is right, and the quality always high. You really can’t go wrong. Phenomenal finger-style folk guitarist Don Ross is at the Aeolian on Friday, January 27 ($25/$30). Ross has been making records since 1989, plays like a wizard, wins awards, but still flies under the radar — except among hardcore guitar fans. They revere him. Or here’s a cool idea for Don Ross a cold Friday night: drive over to Stratford to the Revival House for a dinner-concert. They’ve got Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar on January 27. The soulful, whiskey-voiced Martin, a multiple Maple Blues Awards nominee, is based in Toronto but channels the Mississippi
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