The Church in the heart of the city, with the city at heart.
The organ, which has been undergoing repairs since last May, has now been returned to the sanctuary.
The restored instrument was used in worship for the first time at the end of the service on Sunday February 9th and has been used ever since. The Rodgers electronic instrument was dismantled and removed after serving us well for several months.
This Summer’s series of noon-hour concerts has been announced! From June through August, every Tuesday at 12:30.
“Music with a Mission” will take place on Saturday, October 2nd at 8 p.m. at St-James United Church as part of the Pop Montreal festival. The proceeds from the concert will support the Montreal City Mission, a community organization celebrating 100 years of service in the downtown core this year. Featured performers are Thomas Hellman, Jordan Officer and Katie Moore, as well as Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak from The Dears. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. VIP tickets are $50 and include a pre-concert wine and cheese and preferred seating. Tickets can be purchased through the Pop Montreal website or at participating record stores. For more information: 514-844-9128, ext. 204.
Montreal, September 6th, 2010 — St. James United Church is pleased to welcome the Montreal Chamber Orchestra. The MCO’s 2010-2011 concert season will be held in the church sanctuary. The first concert, by oboe virtuoso Tamas Balla, will start at 8 pm on Thursday November 4th.
The Montreal Chamber Orchestra is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free classical music to Montrealers since 1974.
Founded and directed by Wanda Kaluzny, one of Canada’s first women conductors, the MCO is accredited for introducing new Canadian talent, composers and works alike, to the classical music scene as well as for launching the careers of many now famous soloists. The MCO’s mandate is to provide free classical music to the widest possible audience and has successfully done so since its inception.
When: July 25, 2010, at 7:00pm
Where: St James United Church
Several concerts planned at St. James United Church, June 25th to July 2nd, 2010
Montreal, June 15th – A unique concert organized by the Montreal International Jazz Festival, a rousing performance by an award-winning gospel choir and several sessions by a young Montreal pianist, are scheduled for St. James United Church, the historic downtown landmark, at the end of June and in early July.
The Jazz Festival, in a concert in its TD Jazz Beat series sponsored by CBC Radio 2 (93.5 FM) and supported by the British Council, presents British saxophonist John Surman accompanied by organist Howard Moody at St. James – 463 Ste-Catherine St. west in downtown Montreal — at 8 pm July 2nd. Tickets ($32.50) are available at Admission and Ticketpro networks or at the Place-des-Arts box office.
A Festival statement says: “One of the most important British saxophonists and composers meets a church organ virtuoso with innovation on the brain and a new way of jazz thinking is born. For their second collaborative album — Rain on the Window – Moody and Surman . . . blend saxophone and clarinet with organ to create a new form of jazz. Unexpected combinations generate a harmony of surprising beauty.”
On June 26th, at 7:30 pm, the award-winning People’s Gospel Choir of Montreal will raise money for the St. James Drop-In Centre in a rousing concert at the church. The choir, directed by Kim Sherwood, won the Vibe Award for the best gospel cd in Canada for its first recording live at St. James and is preparing a second cd in studio. It has performed to great acclaim across Canada and participates frequently in worship at the church.
The Drop-In Centre, located in and founded by but independent of St. James United Church, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. It offers a safe day-time community for people in the downtown city core facing a variety of issues including homelessness. Tickets — $20 per person — will be available at the door.
On Friday June 25th, Saturday June 26th, Wednesday June 30th and Friday July 2nd at 12:30 pm, pianist Jean-Rene Scott will play his own arrangements and compositions on the sanctuary grand piano in a free concert series sponsored by the church’s Open Door program. Scott, who first came to St. James to visit the Drop-In, has played frequently at the church in the last few years to the delight of visitors. Offerings will be accepted.
For information about the Jazz Festival concert call (514) 525-7732. For more information on the other concert, call the church office at (514) 288-9245 or Rob Bull at (514) 483-2343.
Montreal, June 10, 2010 — In a rousing concert, the award-winning People’s Gospel Choir of Montreal will raise money for the St. James Drop-In Centre, Saturday June 26th at 7:30 pm at St. James United Church.
The choir, directed by Kim Sherwood, won the Vibe Award for the best gospel cd in Canada for its first recording live at St. James and is preparing a second cd in studio. It has performed to great acclaim across Canada.
The Drop-In Centre, located in and founded by but independent of St. James United Church, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. It offers a safe day-time community for people in the downtown city core facing a variety of issues including homelessness.
Tickets — $20 per person — will be available at the door.
When: June 26, 2010, 7:30 pm
Where: St. James United Church, 463 Ste-Catherine St. west
For more information, contact Alain Spitzer at the St. James Drop-In Centre at (514) 288-0039 or Rob Bull at (514) 483-2343
Let us play and celebrate !
To celebrate this 15th Edition, the Festival has prepared a brilliant and diversified program presenting many local and international artists, seasoned professionals and young “rising stars”.
The Festival will also mark the anniversaries of great composers Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann and Samuel Barber by presenting some of their works in performance throughout the Festival. The classical series is proud to count great musicians such as André Laplante, David Jalbert, Anton Kuerti, Rachel Barton-Pine, Ignat Slozhenitsyn, Natalie Choquette…
Jazz amateurs will also be fulfilled thanks the Jazz & Jeans series, carried by artists such as Oliver Jones or Kurt Elling.
Discover the entire program on www.festivalmontreal.org
Information: 514 489 7444
Montréal, Tuesday, March 2, 2010 – Music director Bernard Labadie announced details of the 2010–2011 season of Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec today. Audiences can look forward to visits from leading soloists, including reputed English tenor Ian Bostridge, who will join the chamber orchestra for a North American tour with stops in Montreal and nine other cities. There will also be great moments with La Chapelle de Québec, including a feature performance of Vivaldi’s choral masterpiece Gloria.
New this year, all six Montreal concerts will be presented at St. James United Church (463 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montreal).
Bernard Labadie and Les Violons du Roy open the season in grand style with contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, who will lend her artistry to a classical program featuring works by Mozart and Gluck. Alexandre Tharaud, a highly sought-after pianist on the concert circuit, will interpret one of Mozart’s most moving works, the Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 “Jeunehomme” (February 5). And to round out the season, English tenor Ian Bostridge will enchant audiences with works composed by Handel and Vivaldi for three great Baroque-era tenors (April 26).
La Chapelle de Québec has an electrifying season in store once again with masterworks from the choral repertoire, including Vivaldi’s Gloria and Haydn’s Paukenmesse (December 5). In what is sure to be another season highlight, the choir and orchestra will team up with four extraordinary soloists—soprano Shannon Mercer, mezzo-soprano Mireille Lebel, tenor Colin Balzer, and baritone Thomas Meglioranza—to offer some of Jean-Sebastian Bach’s most beautiful cantatas (February 27). The music of Bach will also be the star attraction when Bernard Labadie and his musicians interpret the six of the Brandenburg Concertos (November 5).
For full details on the 2010–2011 concert season ask for a season’s brochure at 418-692-3026, ext. 0, or visit www.violonsduroy.com. For tickets call Billetterie Articulée: 514 844-2172 toll-free 1 866 844-2172
