New season / Nouvelle saison

Dear friends of music, Verdun, and friends of mine, I’m writing to invite you to an exciting concert of orchestral music to be given in just under two weeks time, on May 23rd, at 7:30 pm at Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs in the heart of downtown Verdun. This concert, presented by the Verdun Classical Music Society, will [...]

Season’s finale ;-) this Saturday

This is just a friendly reminder. VCMS/SMCV*’s last concert of this season: Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs Church 19 December 2009 at 7:30 pm Christmas Piano Recital Maria Sourjko, piano, Nutcracker Suite – Tchaikovsky/Pletnev Études tableaux – Rachmaninoff * Verdun Classical Music Series / Serie de musique classique de Verdun

Thank you!

I would like to thank each and every one for attending our yesterday’s recital and making it such a success. Your continued support is especially valuable and reassuring for us given the recent difficulties our program has had. I would like to thank our regular listeners and also welcome many new friends who were in [...]

Program for today’s concert (6 Dec 2009)

Today’s concert is a piano recital shared by two fantastic young pianists. Jonathan Tsay, of Texas (USA), who was originally booked to play this weekend, will play the epic Sonata for the Piano (B minor) by Franz Liszt. He will be sharing his program with Elizabeth Schumann, who will compliment the Liszt with a selection [...]

19 Dec 2009: Family friendly event, Christmas piano recital

We are happy to announce our program’s next planned concert: Saturday Dec. 19th, 7:30 pm Christmas Piano Recital Maria Sourjko, piano, Nutcracker Suite – Tchaikovsky/Pletnev Études tableaux – Rachmaninoff Please note that admission to our concerts is still free but your donations are always appreciated. The program organisers are volunteers, the money goes to our [...]

6 Dec 2009: Next concert – Chopin & Liszt, Sonatas

Sonatas by/par Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt Who/Qui: Jonathan Tsay & Elizabeth Schumann When/Quand: Dimanche, le 6 décembre, 19h30 / Sunday, 6 December 2009, 7:30pm Where/Où: Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs Church 4155, rue Wellington, Verdun, Québec, H4G 1V8

Downloadable & Free Jazz “Live At. St. Clement’s” Geoff Lapp Trio-

Musician’s Note:Hi. Please feel free to download all 5 tunes. My gift to you. If you enjoy, please help fund my next self financed CD by donating via paypal or any other means. The link is here: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=8394874 Thanks for dropping by. Geoff Lapp The Geoff Lapp Trio is: Geoff Lapp: Piano,Paul Johnston: Bass ,David [...]

Music at St. Clement’s – Programmation d’autumn, 2009, Sept 26-Dec 19

I have been working with business and community leaders in Verdun over the past few weeks and am please to announce that the Desjardins Bank of Verdun, together with city hall and the Mayor’s office have agreed to sponsor our next season. The partnership of these groups (and a few others which will be confirmed [...]

Impromptu, last-minute addition, Saturday, August 29th

Dear Friends of Music at St. Clement’s, I want to announce a very impromptu, last-minute addition to the arts calendar at St. Clement’s Church. This Saturday, August 29th, at 3 pm, I will give a short recital featuring the 15 Sinfonias (3-part inventions) by J. S. Bach. There will also be works by Chopin and [...]