Yesterday, after making sure that I had practised with great deligence, Mike and I headed off to the Arts and Letters Club http://www.artsandlettersclub.ca/ which was celebrating its 100 birthday with a street party which included street art, performance art, cabaret acts, poetry reading outdoors at the side of the building and music in the great hall which resembles a Tudor banquet hall. Quite magnificent.Members of the Group of Seven; Vincent Massey, the first Canadian born Governor General of Canada and the discoverer of Insulin Dr. Frederick Banting are among the many illustrious former members.
It was a pleasure to perform at the hall and be part of a very talented group of musicians performing Mozart's Gran Partita for 13 winds. I did not disgrace myself which pleased me.
After our performance, we all had a lovely Italian meal courtesy of the club at a restaurant across the street. Had hoped to eat at the club but after all the activity in the building, it was not set up for dining. Will remember to thank Jonathan Krehm who got us all together for providing another wonderful and challenging musical experience.
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