Stephen Holowitz, from Thunder Bay, completed a B.Mus. in Performance (Pipe Organ, Church Music and Piano) and a B.Ed (Music, Dramatic Arts) at The University of Western Ontario. He teache music at A.B. Lucas Secondary School, and is the Director of Music for St. James (Westminster) Anglican Church.
A well-known pianist in jazz and pop styles, Steve has performed with the London Encore Concert Band (Duke Ellington and Hoagy Carmichael), the Amabile Choirs, London ProMusica, Brassroots, soloist Denise Pelley and frequently with the Karen Schuessler Singers (Missa Gaia/Earth Mass, Road to Freedom, et al). He is keyboardist and co-composer for the Antler River Project, an ensemble that blends jazz, world music, and contemporary compositions into a unique musical experience.
He has recorded two CDs of original arrangements of hymns and gospel music, in addition to playing piano on many recordings by various ensembles in London.
Stephen composed music for the Grand Theatre’s world premier of ‘North’ by Greg Nelson (2000) as well as ‘The Wind in the Willows’ (1998) and ‘Anne’ (1999). He frequently arranges pop songs for choirs.
Steve recently was Steven Hardy’s pianist of choice for his tribute, A Salute To Songwriter Steven Hardy, at Wolf Hall.
Join us from 6:45-7:10 in the lobby for some carols with the low brass. It’s a fun holiday tradition featuring the low brass musicians who will be playing on stage at 7:30 and several fantastic musicians from the local music community.
Garry Gable has enjoyed a performing career that has taken him across Canada and into the USA and China in all types of classical music, musical theater, drama, television, radio, in-concert and stage presentations. He has taught and performed several times in China, where he is adjunct faculty in Music Universities and Conservatories in Wuhan, Tianjin, and Lanzhou. Garry has also been heard widely in
Donny Parenteau is a proud Métis Country Music artist & was born and raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Donny’s Saskatchewan Metis heritage goes all the way back to Louis Riel and the Northwest Rebellion 1885. Donny’s Grandfather was a fiddle player who supported his family by playing dances and performances all around Prince Albert & area. Donny picked up the fiddle at age 14 and his musically journey began becoming a multi-instrumentalist – singer songwriter making him today one of the highest nominated independent acts in Canada.