Aucoin, Davidson & Samaras at Jazz Bistro

From Legrand to Streisand, from Sondheim to Jerry Herman and Francoise Hardy to Noel Coward, this will be a rare and wonderful celebration of song you will not want to miss.

ALEX SAMARAS is quickly becoming one of Canada’s leading vocalists in the jazz and new music scene. Alex studied vocal performance in the jazz program at the University of Toronto and at the Banff Center’s Creative Music Program. He also spent time working in New York City with contemporary arts icon Meredith Monk and her vocal ensemble performing in concert versions of Monks work and in multi-disciplinary performances. Alex has blended his love for Jazz and Music Theatre in works that have garnered rave reviews and with stand the passing of time like “The Sondheim Jazz Project....

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From Legrand to Streisand, from Sondheim to Jerry Herman and Francoise Hardy to Noel Coward, this will be a rare and wonderful celebration of song you will not want to miss.

ALEX SAMARAS is quickly becoming one of Canada’s leading vocalists in the jazz and new music scene. Alex studied vocal performance in the jazz program at the University of Toronto and at the Banff Center’s Creative Music Program. He also spent time working in New York City with contemporary arts icon Meredith Monk and her vocal ensemble performing in concert versions of Monks work and in multi-disciplinary performances. Alex has blended his love for Jazz and Music Theatre in works that have garnered rave reviews and with stand the passing of time like “The Sondheim Jazz Project.

CHARLIE DAVIDSON
From Bach to Sondheim, Handel to Lloyd Webber, Charles Davidson brings a dynamic stage presence and exciting tenor voice to the stage. He also is also at home singing the Noel Coward Songbook, standards and songs from ” Grand Hotel”, “La Cage aux Folles” or “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” in which he played the lead.
Trained at the Guildford School of Acting in the UK, Charles received an Honours Degree in Musical Theatre. He has since travelled Asia singing, performed with Grammy and Juno-nominated ensembles in North America, and taken the stage as a soloist/actor in musical productions across Toronto.

GHISLAIN AUCOIN
This Acadian, bilingual “Boy-Wonder” is equally at ease in the jazz, pop, music theatre and rock worlds.
Sought after by established singer-composers like Judith Lander and Nancy White, he also writes his own songs and tours with a number of different bands. Ghislain’s desire to broaden his understanding of jazz and popular styles brought him to the prestigious Humber Institute where he studied piano and voice, receiving a Bachelor of Contemporary Music. He is the recipient of many awards including the Marilyn Michener Award for Piano and the Greg Wells Award, both from Humber. Ghislain currently enjoys playing music around the city with his original music projects such as Triple Gangers, Words Around the Waist, and Slapback. He is also a sought-after accompanist in the Musical Theatre and Jazz circles.

Doors at 11:30am
Music at 12pm
Music Charge $20

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