Music

“Sophisti-pop”… Exuberant, foot-stompin’ music that combines swing with pop-singer/songwriter sensibilities”. (WPIX11 News)

Svetlana is a critically acclaimed "outstanding" (Wall Street Journal) vocalist from New York and a leader of the New York based swing band, The Delancey Five ("NYC Darlings" Time Out).  Svetlana's shows transport the audiences to the carnival of sound, seamlessly moving from sophisticated and sultry retrospection to a rowdy joyous dance party.

"Breakfast at Tiffany's meets Some Like it Hot" (Lucid Culture)

Svetlana and her band have headlined sold out shows in the premier venues and festivals across the US and internationally (Tel Aviv Blues Festival, Italian Villas and Jazz Festival,  Blue Note Jazz Festival - as well as the Blue Note,  BBKings Blues Club, Iridium Jazz Club, Joe's Pub, Boston's Regatta Bar, many Performance Arts Theaters and Festivals around the US) - gaining critical acclaim from audiences and press alike by presenting exhilarating shows that combine the charm of Svetlana's sultry swinging vocals, with the the excitement, power, and unpredictable improvisational aspects of her "little big band", the Delancey Five.

"Outstanding band.... Exceptional vocalist and songwriter" (Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal)

Svetlana's album Night at the Speakeasy (produced by Grammy Award winning Guy Eckstine) has been released to critical acclaim on Origin Records, charted on Jazz Radio charts (was among "most added" in Jan 2016) and was critic's choice for Top 10 2016 albums (Classicalite, Vents Magaizne).

"New York City's darling" (Time Out NY)

The Prime Time Big Band is one of the most popular Swing Big Bands in Ontario. The band has recorded three albums and numerous performances over almost two decades. The band has many exceptional jazz soloists and singers who always put on a great evening of entertainment.

Aeolian Hall provides a wonderful acoustic space for listening and dancing. You won’t want to miss this evening of great swing and jazz standards. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face and a swing in your step!

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The Prime Time Big Band is one of the most popular Swing Big Bands in Ontario. The band has recorded three albums and numerous performances over almost two decades. The band has many exceptional jazz soloists and singers who always put on a great evening of entertainment.

Aeolian Hall provides a wonderful acoustic space for listening and dancing. You won’t want to miss this evening of great swing and jazz standards. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face and a swing in your step!

The Prime Time Big Band are putting together a very special show for May featuring some of their favourite songs from past!

Aeolian Hall provides a wonderful acoustic space for listening and dancing. You won’t want to miss this evening of great swing and jazz standards. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face and a swing in your step!

The Lowest of the Low is a Canadian alternative rock group formed in 1991 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were one of the most influential bands on the Canadian alternative music scene in the early 1990s, garnering widespread critical acclaim and radio play. Their most successful album, Shakespeare My Butt, was later named one of the ten greatest albums in Canadian music history in three successive reader polls by the music magazine Chart, as well as being ranked as the 84th greatest Canadian album of all time in Bob Mersereau's book The Top 100 Canadian Albums.

What is the nature of creativity? Is creativity an attribute, or is it a state of being? What ist the impetus for creative risk and exploration? Is it a problem solving or aesthetic expression?  And can a hindrance eventually become the unique signature of one’s creativity? Perhaps being forced to express oneself in a certain way rather than choosing to do so is, in the end, the thing that metamorphoses creativity into artistry.

Marc was born in Brooklyn NY the son of singer Charles Jordan and grew up in Toronto Canada. In 1978 Marc was signed to Warner Music in Burbank California by Steely Dan Producer Gary Katz and signed as a staff writer for Irving Almo pub. , Geffen Pub. and Warner Chappell Music in Hollywood. Jordan spent 16 years in LA writing song for and with Diana Ross, Chicago, Kansas, Manhattan Transfer, Kenny Loggins, Amanda Marshal, Amy Sky, Bette Midler, Natalie Cole, Roch Voisine, Canadian Tenors, Shawn Colvin, Olivia Newton-John, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Raitt, Josh Groban, Cher and Rod Stewart including the worldwide #1 hit Rhythm Of My Heart. Jordan has won numerous ASCAP, Juno, Socan and Smooth Jazz awards over the years. His songs have been on 35 million CD’s and he has recorded 14 CD’s of his own material on various labels including Warner Bros., Atlantic. RCA, and Blue Note. Jordan has numerous film credits and is the chair of the song writing dept at Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Center. Marc starred himself opposite Olivia Newton-John in the film SCORE A HOCKEY MUSICAL which opened the Toronto Film Festival. Jordan is currently writing with Rod Stewart for Rods upcoming CD  and is on the advisory board of Humber College. At the request of his estate, Marc has been writing songs using unpublished works of Oscar Peterson and hopes to be finished the new works this year..Marc continues to tour himself and with the writers group Lunch At Allens.

EnCor Horn Quartet originally formed in 2014 at the University of Western Ontario. Featuring Patrick King, Devon Martene, Wendy Stenger and Christine Van’t Voort, the EnCor Horn Quartet recently hosted “The Most Musical Time of the Year”. EnCor is very happy to be reunited after pursuing graduate level studies and is excited to be bringing a full recital to London at Bishop Cronyn. With the goal of making classical chamber music accessible, EnCor has created a program with something for everyone to enjoy.

Forest City London Music Week is the biggest celebration of London and area music and musicians. Planning for the event dates back to the early years of the project and with the help of our volunteer Board of Directors and some 60 volunteers forming the FCLMA Steering Committee we highlight the areas best in music.

The week is comprised of a number of events celebrating, encouraging and supporting musicians from this area of Ontario. FCLMA week is anchored by the FCLMA Classical, Jazz, World Music Awards Gala on opening night at the famed Aeolian Hall and closes with the FCLMA Pop & Rock Awards Gala Show at the London Music Hall.

Musical Guests Include:

The Mark Swan Band

Rachelle Courtney and Nevin Campbell

Rob Larose

Chad Louwerse

Katy Clark and Paul Grambo

River White

Hot Sauce Band

Magisterra Soloists

Syncopate Tap Co.

Separate Rooms, the third full-length album from Toronto singer-songwriter Megan Bonnell, is the timely and bold statement of a self-assured woman navigating an increasingly dark and perplexing world. Bonnell has never been easily pigeon-holed into the predictable mold of the singer-songwriter and Separate Rooms embraces this edict, turning traditional musical genres on their heads. With her hallmark honesty, Bonnell effortlessly tackles such intense subject matter as mental illness, early pregnancy loss, and the dissolution of love. But, the new album is also a contradiction - it’s a lover’s appeal for space and independence and, at the same time, a desperate yearning for young and innocent love.

Within its songs, Separate Rooms offers Bonnell’s raw account of some of life’s most profound moments. “Breakdown”, the upbeat album opener, embraces the blurred lines between sanity and insanity and challenges the sexist notion that emotional women are somehow unstable or crazy. “Separate Rooms”, the album’s title track and a co-write with Donovan Woods, is the mature realization that true love carries with it as much loneliness as it does companionship.

Despite the personal nature of the album’s lyrics, the production of Separate Rooms was a largely collaborative process. Joining the production team of Chris Stringer and Joshua Van Tassel, Bonnell manages to meld anthemic pop appeal with the textured, layered nuances of 70’s new wave, epic alt-rock ballads of the 90’s, and traditional folk craftsmanship.

Bonnell’s debut album, Hunt and Chase was a whimsical journey of growth from her rural Ontario upbringing to her emergence as one of the most unique voices in Toronto’s established independent music scene. Magnolia, Bonnell’s second release, was a considerably darker and sonically expansive work which painfully and expertly dissected the themes of love, and more importantly, love lost. Thematically, Separate Rooms treads even further into difficult emotional territory, finding Bonnell at her most

vulnerable but also her most courageous. Musically, the album is nuanced and meticulously executed; the cohesive creation of collaborators obsessed with the idea of making something original and important.

Megan Bonnell is quickly becoming one of Canada’s leading voices as a songwriter, performer, and artist. A two-time Canadian Folk Music Award nominee, Megan has spent the last three years touring Canada, the US, and making groundbreaking debut performances at European festivals including BIME Live Festival in Bilbao, the Barcelona Jazz Festival, and The End Festival in London.