Monday, July 7, 2008

Free Music at Noon concerts run for two weeks at Trinity Church, beginning July 7

(The following article originally appeared in The Huntsville Forester on July 2, 2008.)

The most popular of the Huntsville Festival of the Arts fringe events are the Music at Noon concerts, co-ordinated by Marion Haggart.

These concerts take place at Trinity United Church, Monday through Friday, from July 7 to July 18, and they're free.

The concerts, which feature some of Muskoka’s finest vocalists and musicians, begin at 12:15 p.m. each day and run for approximately half an hour.

KEY PLAYER: Marion Haggart, organizer of the Music at Noon concert series, invites all music lovers to refresh body and spirit with the free mid-day musical offerings at Trinity United Church.

The schedule of the first week is as follows:

July 7: New Moon Saxophone Ensemble.

July 8: Jack Hutton.

July 9: Huntsville Community Band with director Jordan Riley.

July 10: Victoria Thompson (soprano) and Ruthellen Shapero (piano).

July 11: Reconnaissance a capella choir.

The schedule of the second week is as follows:

July 14: Bob Plunkett and Friends.

July 15: Merry Winds clarinet quartet; leader Kathy Kilbourne.

July 16: Bob Attfield, piano.

July 17: Carol Hardy (flute) and Marion Haggart (piano).

July 18: Just 8, jazz vocals with director George Kadwell.

After the concerts why not take time to visit the "Festival Image Makers" exhibit in Trinity Hall, which runs from July 14 to 19? The exhibit features works by a dozen Huntsville Festival of the Arts brochure cover artists and the festival's official photographer, Jon Snelson.