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Friday, January 15 - 7 p.m.
Tickets: $15 for Mayfair members, students, and seniors, $20 non-members

The Mayfair presents this cinematic milestone, which pioneered the use of montage editing to dramatize a Russian naval mutiny, with a live musical score by Tom Annand.

Annand leads an active life with numerous ensembles, including the Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra and the National Arts Orchestra. In addition, he is artistic director for Capital Brass Works, and is a founding member of the Gruppetto Baroque Ensemble, and Director of Music at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Ottawa.

After winning the First Prize in the RCCO National Organ Competition in 1987, Thomas began a career as soloist, first as organist and recently as harpsichordist. He gives many recitals each year throughout North America and every year since 1995, he is a guest soloist at the Carmel Bach Festival in California. He has appeared as soloist in the International Congress of Organists, the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, and the Organ Historical Society Convention.

Mayfair Theatre
1074 Bank Street (at Sunnyside)
Ottawa
613-730-3403
mayfairtheatre.ca

Saturday, January 16 - 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
$5 entertainment fee for non-diners.

• Armas Maiste - piano
• Roddy Ellias - guitar

Armas Maiste may not be a household name, but he is truly one of Canada's living legends of music. He is equally gifted in both jazz and classical music and has influenced and mentored many of Canada's brightest younger pianists including Toronto's Dave Restivo and Montreal's Eric Harding. Maiste started the jazz studies program at McGill University and then moved to Toronto where he taught at Humber College for several years. He has performed all over the world in both classical and jazz genres and has represented Canada at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Winner of the 2009 TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Award of Distinction, Roddy Ellias' music has been described as “exquisite” by the Canadian jazz author Mark Miller, “brilliant” by Bill McBernie in Planet Jazz, and  “genius” by legendary jazz saxophonist Bud Freeman. Roddy has performed and/or recorded with Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Tom Harrell, Nat Adderley, Jimmy McGriff, Red Norvo, Bud Freeman, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Cleo Laine, Johnny Dankworth, Guido Basso, Chelsea Bridge, The National Arts Centre Orchestra, and Michel Legrand and The Montreal Symphony.

The reuniting of Armas Maiste's musical connection with Roddy Ellias after several years promises to be a magical musical event not to be missed!

Café Paradiso
199 Bank Street
613-565-0657
www.cafeparadiso.ca

Saturday, January 16 - 9:30 p.m.
Cover: $8

• Matt Ouimet - drums

Matt Ouimet releases his new CD, Oh Jesus!

Opening acts: The Golden Seals, Gamelan Semara Winangun, and Steve Durand

www.mattouimet.com/
www.myspace.com/mattouimet

Elmdale House Tavern
1084 Wellington Street West
613-728-2848
www.elmdaletavern.com/

Roddy Ellias has announced a new series of special concerts over the next five months at Café Paradiso.

Following his successful series of guitar duets in 2009, Roddy is back with a slightly more varied series, featuring guests:

• Montreal singer Jeri Brown (January 23)
  
• Montreal flute genius Guy Pelletier (February 27)
  
• Toronto guitar wizard Lorne Lofsky (March 27)
  
• Toronto saxophonist and composer Kirk MacDonald (May 8)

Tickets for individual shows are $20 per show and the series is $75 for four shows. They will be available at Café Paradiso as of January 8.

Read more: Roddy Ellias unveils his 2010 series at Café Paradiso

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