{"id":33218,"date":"2023-06-29T12:07:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T16:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=33218"},"modified":"2023-07-06T19:09:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:09:45","slug":"cultural-centre-looks-to-new-era-with-voices-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/cultural-centre-looks-to-new-era-with-voices-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Centre looks to new era with Voices of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cVoices of the World\u201d descend on the Aurora Cultural Centre this fall as the organization looks forward to its future in Aurora Town Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cultural Centre launched the Voices of the World performing arts season last week at the historic Aurora Armoury. Billed as \u201cPhase One: In the Community Performing Arts Season,\u201d the program kicks off on October 20 with Joe Sealy, supported by Thompson Egbo-Egbo on piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Aurora Town Square building is sitting off on the horizon waiting to be finished and when we get the keys we will be going into Phase 2,\u201d says programmer Derek Andrews who joins the Centre team this season. \u201cWe are using the phrase \u2018Voices of the World\u2019 to acknowledge that we want to mix cultures and genres and give people voices. Voices of the World is sort of the macro of the concert program and as we\u2019re coming through this time, the micro is that we\u2019re in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the season opener with Toronto-based jazz musician Sealy, who will be accompanied by collaborator Paul Novotny on bass for a special performance, the season continues with Basia Bulat on November 4 at the Aurora Armoury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Montreal-based singer-songwriter of Polish heritage, Basia mixes hammer dulcimer, autoharp, and many instruments with her buoyant and poignant songcraft,\u201d says the Centre. \u201cBasia is the darling of the alt-folk community, making the Polaris Long List multiple times. Her sixth release, The Garden, received a Juno nomination in the Adult Alternative category.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This concert with Bulat is a re-booked event after the scheduled 2022 performance was postponed due to the birth of her baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up at Trinity Anglican Church on November 16 is Philip Chiu, the first performer in the latest season of the Centre\u2019s popular Great Artist Music Series, facilitated and sponsored by Grammy-winners and Aurora residents Bonnie and Norbert Kraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn acclaimed accompanist, coach and recitalist, Philip is much in demand and travels extensively throughout Canada and the United States,\u201d says the Centre. \u201cHe collaborates with the Toronto Symphony and l\u2019Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple Juno Award-winner David Francey next graces the Aurora Armoury stage on November 24. A Scots-born folk poet and singer, he has collected numerous awards over the course of his enviable career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDavid chronicles the lives of working Canadians with humour, and \u2018open hearted\u2019 singing style and acute observations in his storytelling,\u201d says the Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supported by Suba Sankaran and Dylan Bell\u2019s band Freeplay, headlining the December 2 show is Windborne, a unique a capella quartet with deep traditions in harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKnown for the innovation of their arrangements, their harmonies are bold and anything but predictable,\u201d says the Centre. \u201cBoston-based Windborne are adherents to folk music\u2019s long-time alliance with social activism, labour and civil rights, and other movements that champion the oppressed, the poor, and the disenfranchised.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aurora Armoury will be the scene for a family show on December 16 when Ariko takes the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Lafontaine family band that draws on Franco-Ontario folk tradition, three sisters join mom and dad Lefaive in a romp through fiddle frenzy and vocal harmony,\u201d says the Centre. \u201cPerforming as a family, Nicole, Kelly and Jill front Ariko (French for haricot snap bean) in a joyful roots and zydeco blend of foot-stomping good times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rounding out Phase 1 at locations to be determined are The Last Waltz: A Musical Celebration of The Band Live on January 19, and singer-keyboardist Elizabeth Shepherd, supported by Charlotte McAfee Brunner, on January 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then, the upcoming performance hall that is at the heart of Town Square indoor amenities will open all sorts of new possibilities for the Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe performance space is kind of a dream,\u201d says Andrews. \u201cThere are ideas where we\u2019re going to be able to expand that excitement, but I don\u2019t want to say too much about that yet [but] I think Aurora is really going to flourish with this new facility once it is finished.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more, including ticket information, visit auroraculturalcentre.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
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