November 15 & 16

IMPORTANT UPDATE

• Online tickets for Saturday, November 16th are sold out.

• There may be a limited number of tickets available at the door ($30, cash only please).

The exquisite beauty of the poetry of Robert Burns with its profound expression of the worth of each human being. This concert celebrates the inspiration that Burns’ poetry has provided to the African-American orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass; the Bengali poet and social reformer Rabindranath Tagore; and Tayisa Khryplyva, the Ukrainian teacher who is keeping the spirit of Burns alive for children in war-torn Ukraine.

Curated by special guest Alison Mackay

Featuring the renowned actor R.H.Thomson

Performers
Dylan Bell
Beau Dixon
David Greenberg
Lucas Harris
Alina Kuzma
Suba Sankaran

November 15 & 16 at 7:30PM
Pre-concert chat at 6:45
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto

We are grateful to the following individuals for their generous support of this project: Marjorie Lenz, Brian and Sue O'Neill, Robert Richards, Richard Wernham and Julia West, and an anonymous donor.

CONFLUENCE NEWs

In advance of our first concert of the 2024-2025 season, Young Associate Artist Aidan McConnell sat down for a conversation with Associate Artist Andrew Downing about Downing’s concert, entitled American Icons, featuring the music of Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams.

“ I’m borrowing from Duke Ellington, who famously said there are two kinds of music: good music and the other kind. I’ve seen interviews where he expresses reluctance to categorize music as jazz, classical, or anything else. To him, it’s just music. I share that sentiment. While I understand the need for genres as a way to describe and organize music, I believe the most groundbreaking music often transcends those labels. Many pioneering musicians blend elements from various styles to create something new.”

Visit our blog to read the full interview.