{"id":32469,"date":"2023-01-12T17:44:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T22:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=32469"},"modified":"2023-01-12T17:44:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T22:44:11","slug":"music-is-centrepiece-of-cultural-centres-winter-of-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/music-is-centrepiece-of-cultural-centres-winter-of-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Music is centrepiece of Cultural Centre\u2019s \u201cWinter of Content\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s a \u201cwinter of content\u201d as homegrown Canadian talent shines as part of the Aurora Cultural Centre\u2019s winter performing arts season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mix of fan favourites and up-and-coming musicians, the winter season offers something for everyone \u2013 and with a lot more certainty than in the last few seasons due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI call it the \u2018winter of content\u2019 because we are seeing each other again, which is great, and we\u2019re on a more regular schedule,\u201d says Jane Taylor of the Cultural Centre. \u201cWe have our sea legs back this year, we\u2019re really set knowing where we\u2019re going to be and hopefully it rolls out that way!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This winter\u2019s Performing Arts season gets underway on January 21 at St. Andrew\u2019s College, with Cultural Centre mainstay John Sheard Presents: A Tribute to the Beatles Pt 2. The first of two shows pianist Sheard is bringing to the Aurora Cultural Centre before the Spring, it\u2019s a completely new show featuring Beatles tunes that are yet to be heard at a Cultural Centre performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s those favourite sounds of the Beatles, but tunes they haven\u2019t heard before \u2013 not that that ever seems to matter anyway because people are always going to come out to enjoy a Beatles show!\u201d says Taylor with a laugh. \u201cAs John always says to the audience, \u2018I know you\u2019re going to know every word and want to sing along \u2013 please don\u2019t!\u2019 It will be just like old home week bringing everyone together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up, on Friday, January 27, the Great Artist Music Series will take over Trinity Anglican Church on Victoria Street with the Payadora Tango Ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Payadora, a contemporary chamber music ensemble performing tango and folk music from Argentina and Uruguay, along with original compositions, was one of the first concerts on the Centre\u2019s schedule that had to be cancelled when the pandemic first hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizers are as excited as ever before to host them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are one of the most versatile groups of musicians I have ever met,\u201d says Taylor. \u201cIt\u2019s in the Great Artists series, but it really crosses over more into popular music in a way. It\u2019s such emotive music. The nice thing about shows in the Great Artist Music Series at Trinity is at 6.30, there\u2019s a pre-show artist talk that Rebecca and Drew will be delivering, just included in the ticket. If people want to come and get a little inside information on what they\u2019re going to hear that night, it\u2019s a great way to kind of whet your whistle on that one. The show itself is 7.30 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live performances will continue on March 4 at 7.30 p.m. when Amanda Rheaume takes over the Aurora Armoury stage at 7.30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With music described as \u201crootsy, guitar-driven ballads\u201d in the genre of heartland rock, Rheaume is a member of the Metis Nation, the 2SLGBTQ+ community, and is devoted to being a \u201cbuilder of Indigenous music infrastructure and community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHer genre is sort of roots, folk, indigenous music, and she\u2019s highly creative and she\u2019s an incredible storyteller on top of it all,\u201d says Taylor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Cultural Centre continues its RBC The NEXT stage series, Dominique Fils-Aime: Three Little Words is the next show in the program. Scheduled for March 24 at SAC, Fils-Aime brings to the stage a combo of blues and soul, celebrating the rich legacy of African-American music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDominique is a Montreal-based artist whose star is just on the ascendency \u2013 she\u2019s already won a Juno award for Jazz \u2013 and she\u2019s got a genre that kind of transcends soul and jazz, and blues and she is mesmerizing in a performance,\u201d says Taylor. \u201cShe is someone we\u2019re keeping our eye on and we\u2019re very thrilled we were able to, after she needed to postpone in the fall, we were able to rebook her in this really lovely space we have at the Wurth Theatre at St. Andrew\u2019s College.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Winter concert lineup is rounded out on Saturday, March 25, at 7.30 p.m. when John Sheard returns with his Legends of Motown show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese are all musicians and performers who can entertain. They\u2019re working at such a high level and they also bring you into their circle. Every act we bring in, we want our audience to come out being wowed by what they just saw. Whether it is discovery, because they don\u2019t know who this person is, or they do know, we want them to have that sense of awe and wonder,\u201d says Ms. Taylor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cQuite honestly, every artist we\u2019ve worked with as we have been emerging from the pandemic has expressed that incredible gratitude to seeing and hearing their audience again in this way. It\u2019s visceral and everyone comes out and sees it. That hasn\u2019t stopped yet and we\u2019re all getting that feeling. There is that sense of awe and wonder and that sense of, \u2018I really feel I was entertained and had some sense of discovery here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on this season\u2019s lineup, and to purchase tickets on sale now, visit auroraculturalcentre.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
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