Jazz & Reflection with Jim Clayton & Friends

Join pianist/vocalist Jim Clayton, bassist Peter Telford and drummer Adam Warner for an afternoon of jazz at Beach United Church on Saturday, March 2nd at 4:30pm.

You may reserve your seats at this link.

About Jim Clayton 

DownBeat Magazine called Jim’s music “warm, happy, and soulful,” and Jersey Jazz called him “hip and swinging.” He’s has been heard internationally on TV and radio and in movies. A two-time winner of Group Of The Year (Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards), Jim’s performed on four continents and has an online following of nearly 30,000 fans. His latest album, Look Out, is his vocal debut, and features drummer Herlin Riley (Wynton Marsalis; Harry Connick, Jr.) and bassist Amina Scott (DeeDee Bridgewater; Christian Scott).

Proceeds go towards supporting our musicians and making our concerts accessible, while also supporting Beach United’s year-round community programs.

60s Music Night

Join us for 60s Music Night at Beach United Church with headliners Fraser/Daley (Alec Fraser and Mike Daley) and openers Skylark (Diana Gibbs and Jack Alvo) with special guests Paul Reddick and Ed Crabtree. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased here.

WHEN:
Friday, March 1, 2024
7pm-10pm
Doors open at 6:30pm
Purchase Tickets Here

  • Cash Bar
  • Snacks & Dessert Table
  • Raffles & Door Prizes 
  • Dancing 
  • Incredible live music
  • and so much more!

Funds raised will go towards Beach United’s year-round Community Programs. Get your dancing shoes on – we can’t wait to see you there!

Sponsored by The Barbara Best Group

60s Music Night at Beach United

Christmas Organ Concert with Manuel Piazza

Join us on Saturday, December 16th at 4:30pm for a special Advent and Christmas-themed organ concert, featuring a diverse selection of organ favourites to get you in the holiday mood. Tickets are pay-what-you-can, and proceeds go towards Beach United’s year-round community programs

RSVP here for our Christmas Organ Concert with Manuel Piazza.

About Manuel Piazza

Manuel Piazza is the Assistant Director of Music at St. Thomas’s Anglican Church, where he accompanies the High Mass and Evensong choirs and leads the parish’s new children’s choral program, The St. Thomas’s Choristers. Manuel completed his undergraduate studies in Organ Performance at the University of Toronto, studying repertoire with John Tuttle and conducting with Ivars Taurins. 

As an undergraduate in Toronto, he served as choir director and organist at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, organ scholar at Trinity College (University of Toronto), organ scholar at St. James’ Anglican Cathedral, and one of the five organists of St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica. 

He was also an organist for the Yale Schola Cantorum, conducted by David Hill. After graduation, he was Interim Assistant Director of Music at Trinity Church in the City of Boston, working with Colin Lynch. Manuel’s playing has been praised for its “seamless registration changes … imaginative stop selections, smoothly shifting tone colours … abundant energy, (and) rhythmic control” in Organ Canada. Other awards include the Godfrey Hewitt Memorial Scholarship (RCCO), the Mary Baker Scholarship in Organ Accompanying (Yale Institute of Sacred Music), the Julia R. Sherman Memorial Prize for excellence in organ playing (Yale School of Music), the Aidan Kavanagh Prize for Academic Achievement (Yale Institute of Sacred Music), and the Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Prize.

Jazz & Reflection – Winter/Spring 2023

Beach United Church is excited to present another season of Jazz & Reflection with you! Our upcoming lineup is incredibly exciting, and we hope you can join us at the concerts below. As always, tickets are free and donations are welcomed; proceeds support our food programs.


Spring 2023:

Saturday, Feb 4, 2023 at 4:30pm
Bright Eyes
Faith Amour (vocalist)
Eric St. Laurent (guitar)

Saturday, Mar 4, 2023 at 4:30pm
Summertime in the Beach
Paul Novotny (bass)
Robi Botos (piano)

Saturday, Apr 1, 2023 at 4:30pm
Sounds of Spring
Tom Reynolds (piano)
George Koller (bass)
Lorne Nehring (drums)


Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 4:30pm
Theme: Time
John Amato (vocals)
John Kervin (piano)
Matt Savard (bass)