University Settlement Presents Two Benefit Concerts Set for Spring 2010

Two fundraising concerts are taking place in the spring to raise funds for University Settlement, a multi-service agency founded in 1910, which has the distinction of being the first community-based social service centre in Toronto. The first features two University Settlement staff members, Anne Yardley, the Director of the Music & Arts School, soprano, and Michelle Simmons, Music and Arts School Program Assistant, mezzo-soprano. Both study with Gary Relyea. The other features the popular Toronto piano duo, Anagnoson and Kinton in a dual piano recital. Located in downtown Toronto and bordering on the revitalized Grange Park (where John Street ends, north of Queen), University Settlement is part of the Grange neighbourhood, a culturally rich and vibrant area. One essential program is the Music & Arts School. It provides affordable, quality programs to people from the Grange neighbourhood, as well as the wider GTA. The school functions in the belief that the arts should be a right, not a privilege, and that lessons should be available to everyone regardless of age, ethnicity, perceived talent, disability, or ability to pay. Classes are available for those of all ages, regardless of income. Lessons are available for piano, violin, viola, cello, guitar, clarinet, saxophone, accordion, voice, drum set/percussion, along with ear training and theory.

University Settlement receives funding from the United Way of Greater Toronto, the Federal and Provincial governments, the City of Toronto and the private sector. In addition, funds are collected through registration fees of various programs and a number of different fundraising events held by the Agency. University Settlement's fundraising priority in 2010 is to raise funds for its subsidy program to help families in need participate in our programs. Donations will go towards our programs and services to help achieve this goal. A tax receipt will be issued for any donation over $10.00.

The details for the concerts are as follows:

Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 2 PM, The Music Gallery (St. George the Martyr church, 197 John Street). A RECITAL OF LIEDER DUETS AND OTHER SONGS Anne Yardley, Soprano; Michelle Simmons, Mezzo-Soprano; Nicole Bellamy, Piano.

Tickets: $20 adults, $10 seniors/students 18 and under; purchase at the door

Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 2 PM, Glenn Gould Studio (250 Front Street West) ANAGNOSON & KINTON BENEFIT CONCERT FOR UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton, Piano.

Tickets: $40 adults/seniors, $20 for students and children, 18 and under.

Contact the box office at (416) 872-4255, www.roythomson.com or in person at King & Simcoe. The GGS box office will be open for ticket sales two hours before the concert.

For more information on University Settlement, please visit http://www.usrc.ca.

 

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