Big Band

LONDON CONCERT BAND BEGINS NEW SEASON WITH EXOTIC SUGAR AND SPICE!

After a triumphant Canada 150 concert in June which celebrated all Canadians, both old and new, London Concert Band is embracing the world in our first performance of the 2017-2018 season, entitled “Sugar and Spice” and featuring guest bass baritone Chad Louwerse.

Rhythms and lush melodies from countries as diverse as The Netherlands, Iran and Japan will season the program along with more familiar kinds of music from closer to home. “New York 1927” and “Jumpin at the Swing Train” will sweeten your nostalgic streak, while composers such as Molookpour (Iran), Yagisawa (Japan), Padilla (Spain) and Piazzola (Argentina) will definitely provide all the spicy rhythms anyone’s heart could desire.

London Concert Band and conductor Robert Kennedy love bringing such a variety of musical styles to our audience. We guarantee toe-tapping beats and lots of wonderful tunes, both familiar and new – lots of sweetness and spice.

Please join us on Sunday, October 29 at 2 pm at Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, under age 10 free, and are available from Long & McQuade, Music Aid, 519-433-3385 and at the door. Please join us for an afternoon of tasty delights.

Join the best Big Band dance orchestra around for a very special Valentine’s Day concert! They will feature 2017 Jack Richardson Award winning singer Gina Farrugia and many instrumental soloists in a lovely cabaret setting. Dance or just listen to some amazing big band tunes. Keep your spirits hopping and your toes tapping.

Nominated as London’s “Jazz Instrumental Group” (Jack Richardson London Music Awards) in 2017, George Laidlaw’s 18-piece group is known for its versatility, performing everything from authentic swing era and big band dance tunes to clever modern arrangements of popular songs.

Join the finest Big Band dance orchestra around, on a musical tour of the many colours of fall with Richardson Award winning singer Gina Farrugia and our many soloists in a lovely cabaret setting. Dance or just listen to fox trots, jives, Latin grooves and waltzes. Keep your spirits hopping and your toes tapping.

Myles Goodwyn (born in Woodstock, New Brunswick) is a record producer, guitarist, lead vocalist, main songwriter, painter and founding  member of the veteran Canadian rock band April Wine. As the longest serving and only original member, he has led the band from its modest garage band roots (in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1969) to multi-platinum sales exceeding 20 million records worldwide. He continues to lead the band to the present day.

In 2003 Myles Goodwyn received an ECMA Lifetime Achievement Award for his impact on the music industry of Atlantic Canada. Goodwyn has also received numerous writing and publishing awards internationally including the prestigious Socan Classic Award for more than 1,000,000 airplays. In 2009 he and April Wine won the coveted Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Award. In 2010, he and his group were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

Myles Goodwyn & Friends of the Blues, his second solo effort, is an all-blues album featuring a slew of guest performers that include Amos Garrett, David Wilcox, Frank Marino, Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, and Rick Derringer. The album is slated for release in the Spring of 2015. Goodwyn is presently finishing his memoirs, Just Between You and Me, with acclaimed Canadian music industry author Martin Melhuish. The book will be published in the fall of 2016. Goodwyn’s first fictional novel, Elvis and Tiger, will be released in 2015.

For nearly a decade Goodwyn has actively supported and raised funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Goodwyn is the founder of the charitable foundation, Soleful Caring … Shoes for the Homeless, est. 2014. Goodwyn presently lives on a country estate outside of Montreal, Quebec.