Join us for a fun night of dancing and fantastic music by Fraser/Daley (back by popular demand!) and Skylark on Friday, March 28th. Doors will open at 6:30pm, and Skylark will start off with a sing-a-long set at 7pm. At 8pm, be sure to have your song requests ready as Fraser/Daley will be playing all of your favourite hits!
There will be a cash bar, sweets table, silent auction and a 50/50 draw – all proceeds will help support Beach United’s community programs.Early bird tickets (until the end of February) are $40, and afterwards they will be $50 each – so don’t wait to get your tickets! You won’t want to miss this 🙂
We are excited to present our very own choir member and local jazz vocalist Sheila Brand, joined by Beach United’s Music Director Dr. Steven Webb on piano, and Malcolm Connor on bass as they present a selection of vocal jazz favourites on Saturday, March 1st at 4:30pm to welcome in the start of spring.
Entry is pay-what-you-can, with a suggest minimum of $15 with proceeds going towards our music and community programs.
Sheila Brand has appeared in leading roles in London, New York and across Canada. Graduate of the Dalhousie University Bachelor of Music Program, Sheila’s career took her to opera school in London, England, then to the world premiere of Britten’s “Death In Venice” at the Royal Opera House.
With English Music Theatre (Colin Graham), she played Pamina in “The Magic Flute”, Sophie in Tom Jones and several other roles in London and Europe.
Sheila moved into music theatre playing Sonia Walsk in “They’re Playing our Song” in London’s West End, Nellie in “South Pacific” (Leicester Haymarket), Doatsey Mae and Mona in “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (West End and Broadway), Vera in “Pal Joey” (Theatre Calgary), Julie in “Carousel” (Rainbow Stage). She also played leads in “The Shooting of Dan McGrew”,“Menopositive” (Theatre Orangeville and Ontario tour) and “Colours in the Storm” (Theatre Aquarius).
Her film and television roles include Martha Inc, and Dancing In the Dark, starring Victoria Principal.
On her return to Canada, she taught singing and acting in music theatre at Sheridan College. With the TDSB, she led several choirs, which appeared at the Skydome and Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts and Sheila now runs a jazz choir.
Her most beloved productions are her two sons, Michael and Sam.
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Steven Webb is a Tkarón:to based composer, performer and sound designer. Webb creates new music from an eclectic mix of influences including retro science-fiction, horror, 1990s computer software, and the orchestral cinematic tradition.
Webb creates art primarily by investing in community-based music making, aligning his musical output and practices to create closer communities through public performances, sound installations, and musical recordings.
Webb’s artistic output ranges from works for orchestra, to choirs, to glitch electronica scores for video games. A recent graduate from the Doctorate of Musical Arts program at the University of Toronto, he currently works as a full-time composer, performer and sound designer.
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Malcolm Connor is a Toronto based bassist with over a decade of freelance experience in the city’s vibrant music scene.
In this time, Malcolm has performed and recorded an eclectic array of music from jazz, to indie and hip-hop.
Malcolm was the recipient of the “SUBA institute award for performance excellence” (2013), and the “TD Discovery Series bursary” (2017).
Join us on Monday, February 24th at 7:30pm where author Kim Echlin will be introducing Roxana Spicer. She will be reading from, The Traitor’s Daughter, with a Q&A to follow. We will also be giving away one copy of her book at the reading!
The Traitor’s Daughter is a daughter’s decades-long quest to understand her extraordinary mother, who was born in Lenin’s Soviet Union, served as a combat soldier in the Red Army, and endured three years of Nazi captivity—but never revealed her darkest secrets. It is a true labour of love.
The reading is pay-what-you-can, with proceeds going towards our many community programs. We look forward to seeing you there!
Beach United Church is excited to present The Ferrport Jazz Ensemble on Saturday, February 1st at 4:30pm featuring special guest guitarist, Michael Vuscan, as they share a concert filled with old jazz standards that will leave you humming along in recognition.
The Ferrport Jazz Ensemble performs their own stylized arrangements of the greatest hits of the past century. Ranging from soulful blues to heart-pounding swing, The Ferrport Jazz Ensemble performs music to move your heart, soul, and feet in celebration of life’s most meaningful moments. No matter the occasion, The Ferrport Jazz Ensemble creates a musical journey that carries audiences from the Sunny Side of the Street all the way down to that Wonderful World that exists Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and beyond.
Entry is pay-what-you-can, with a suggested minimum of $10. All proceeds go towards Beach United’s music and community programs.
