PROGRAM NOTES CANADA ROCKS Jeans ‘n Classics Wednesday, October 15 @ 8PM Thursday, October 16 @ 8PM Centre In The Square, Kitchener Subject to additional terms and conditions found at saveonenergy.ca. *Incentives are available for installation of eligible equipment completed between Jan. 1, 2014 and Dec. 31, 2014, and must be submitted no later than Feb. 1, 2015. Equipment must be purchased from and installed by a participating contractor. †Replacement furnaces must be high-efciency models with an electronically commutated motor (ECM). ††Annual electricity cost savings are estimated based on past program experience. Funded by the Ontario Power Authority and offered by Kitchener- Wilmot Hydro Inc. A mark of the Province of Ontario protected under Canadian trade-mark law. Used under sublicence. Official Mark of the Ontario Power Authority. Used under licence. REPERTOIRE Haven’t Met You Yet ............................................ Michael Bublé First We Take Manhattan ..................................Leonard Cohen Let Go The Line ...................................................... Max Webster These Eyes ..........................................................The Guess Who Swingin’ Shepherd Blues ...................................... Moe Koffman Pretty Lady ................................................................... Lighthouse After The Gold Rush .................................................. Neil Young Moonlight Desires............................................................. Gowan INTERMISSION Constant Craving ............................................................. k.d. lang You’re Still The One ............................................... Shania Twain The Weight .....................................................................The Band Black Cars ..................................................................Gino Vanelli If You Could Read My Mind ..........................Gordon Lightfoot The Call To Dance ................................................................Leahy Harvest Moon ............................................................. Neil Young Black Velvet ..........................................................Alannah Myles Spinning Wheel ........................................Blood, Sweat & Tears At Tim Hortons, if we can’t serve our premium blend coffee within twenty minutes of brewing it, we won’t serve it at all. That’s why we write the time on the pot, whenever we brew a fresh one. It’s your guarantee that you’ll always get a great-tasting cup of coffee. WHO’S WHO JEFF CHRISTMAS (Conductor) Jeff is While signed to Sony Music in the nineties, Neil’s album a Canadian-based composer, arranger, releases garnered him multiple Juno nominations. In 2009 conductor, drummer, percussionist Neil was asked by famed foreign correspondent Arthur and trumpeter. He studied at York Kent to voice a song for Afghanistan in an effort to improve University, Toronto, the University of conditions and awareness in the war torn country, to which Western Ontario, London, Ontario, he gladly consented. More recently, his vocal performance and Berklee College of Music, on “Love To Live In Toronto” earned the top prize in a Boston, where he majored in Film competition that featured more than five hundred entrants. Scoring and Composition. He has performed with several symphony orchestras across North Current projects include ongoing pop concerts with America, as well as appearing internationally with such symphony orchestras throughout the U.S and Canada, and notable artists as Denny Doherty, The Rankin Sisters, Ashley lead vocals with the groups “Brass Transit” and “You Can McIsaac, J.P. Cormier, and Michael Burgess. He recently Close Your Eyes”, which perform musical retrospectives of conducted a tour with Roger Hodgson (Supertramp). He the songs of Chicago and James Taylor, respectively. Neil was musical director/arranger for the Opening of the MTS continues to be in high demand, not only for his abilities as Center in Winnipeg where he conducted the WSO and guest a singer but also for his skillful expertise as both a producer artists Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Tom Cochrane and arranger. and Chantal Kreviazuk. His musical theatre experience includes productions at the Grand Theatre London, Huron DAVID BLAMIRES (Lead Vocals) Country Playhouse, and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, David Blamires was born in Yorkshire, as well as a four-month position with Chandris Fantasy England but grew up in London, Cruise Lines based in the Caribbean. His jazz performances Ontario, Canada. David got his start in include collaborations with Sam Noto, Phil Nimmons, Al music as a very busy session vocalist Kay, Jeff Stout, George Zonce, Duncan Hopkins, Mike in Toronto, singing on thousands Murley, Kevin Turcotte, Jerry Johnson, and Guido Basso. of jingles, album recordings, and soundtracks. As a member of the U.S.- During his tenure as composer in residence with Orchestra based Pat Metheny Group from 1986-, London, he wrote several major compositions including 1997, he appeared on three Grammy Award-winning Algoma, a tone poem for orchestra, and Concerto for English albums and performed for multitudes of fans all over the Horn. Jeff has worked with Amy Sky, Marc Jordan, Lorraine world. During this time he also recorded and released Segato (The Parachute Club), Alan Frew (Glass Tiger), Rik his own self-titled contemporary jazz album, “The David Emmett (Triumph) Brian Vollmer (Helix), Lawrence Gowan, Blamires Group”, throughout the U.S. and Canada. Jim Witter, Thomas Wade and The Spoons. In 1997, David and his family moved from Toronto to Jeff’s original compositions for a wide variety of ensembles Chicago, where he began working as a staff composer for a are in demand internationally. His music for the Opening very successful music and audio production company. David Ceremonies of the Canada Games premiered on national writes and records music for TV and radio commercials, for television in the summer of 2001. Jeff has worked on various clients such as American Airlines, Coors, Proctor & Gamble, feature films and television programs with credits including McDonald’s, Kraft, and many more. High Point Casinos (Global TV), National Aboriginal Achievement Awards (CBC) and “Chatroom” (HBO, David performs regularly around the Chicago area, both as BET). His most recent commissions include Bluewater a solo artist and as a guest vocalist with “Tributosaurus”, Portrait for solo oboe and orchestra, and Canadian Voyage, a phenomenally successful tribute/cover band. David is a five-movement suite for french horn and orchestra. the father of an AAA hockey-playing daughter, and is consequently never home and always broke. NEIL DONELL (Lead Vocals) “You blew me away!” These were the words KATHRYN ROSE (Lead Vocals) As a internationally renowned writer- singer songwriter, “Canada’s original producer David Foster spoke after bombshell” Kathryn Rose is known hearing Neil Donell sing for the first for her artful, cerebral brand of sexy/ time at Toronto’s legendary Blue Note sad/funny cinematic pop. Her latest club. High praise indeed, yet such release, Something I Can Use (2010), accolades are not uncommon for the is a compilation of favorites from singer/songwriter, who moved from her three previous solo albums, Montreal to emerge on Toronto’s music scene in the with new, live and reworked tracks, eighties. Since then, Neil has come to prominence for his available at her website and on iTunes. Kathryn’s reputation extreme vocal versatility, gift for mimicry and four-octave also precedes her as one of the country’s top “go-to” vocal range. This combination of attributes has made him voices, having sung on well-over 60 albums of other artists. the “go to” voice for more than ten thousand recording Some of her live and studio appearances include work sessions, in virtually every medium where music is an with Barenaked Ladies, Kevin Breit, Oliver Schroer, Patti integral component. He has been referred to in the media Labelle, Sir Tom Jones, Stephan Moccio, Ron Sexsmith, as “the most recorded voice in the country.” He has lent his Anne Murray, Martin Fry (ABC), The Spoons, Susan voice to the albums of many other artists: Anne Murray, Aglukark, Esthero, Sarah MacLachlan and many more. Triumph, Rush; the list goes on and on. WHO’S WHO Kathryn has sung on countless soundtracks and jingles. She Peter has always loved the sound of a rock band with an provided vocals for the TV shows Battle Of The Blades and orchestra. In the early ‘90s this dream became a reality for the last two seasons of Canadian Idol as a backup singer in him with the establishment of Jeans ’n Classics. What began the live band. Her own songs have been placed in film and as seven scared people assembled for a one-off concert television, and have been covered by Melanie Doane and experiment with an equally nervous orchestra, has grown Slean Slean, both with the acclaimed Art Of Time Ensemble. into an ensemble of twenty-nine people presenting forty-five different pop/rock productions with over eighty orchestras Kathryn was also a successful actress in film, TV and stage worldwide, to some two hundred thousand people annually. until she left that world for music in her mid-twenties. Currently this longtime core artist with Jeans ‘n Classics The J&C family features some of the finest vocalists and is balancing her solo music career, sitting on the Board instrumentalists in Canada and the US. It also boasts a of CIRAA (Canadian Independent Recording Artists’