The Wellington County Museum is hosting a concert of live music on Nov. 17 at 2pm with music by the Royal City Saxaphone Quartet,(RCSQ).
The event will feature live music including Ragtime, Classics, and Jazz. The concert is the second in the series of non-profit musical afternoons offered by the all volunteer Gallery Music Group throughout the season.
The RCSQ performers are familiar to gallery concert audiences and enjoy enthusiastic applause each time they perform. With numerous recordings to their credit, they enjoy world wide appeal. They have appeared on CBC and many radio stations across Canada and have performed for the Prime Minister and at Canada Day on Parliament Hill.
Their energy, dynamism and sheer musicality will sweep you away.
RCSQ blends together four talented musicians playing on four different instruments of the saxaphone family to bring you a packed program of fun and musical antics.
With timeless appeal, these “pied-pipers” of the saxophone present sparkling renditions of Classical, Ragtime and Jazz selections from the popular to the obscure. The program is unpredictable.
The price of $7 per ticket is affordable for all, children included, and entrance to the museum’s exhibits is included. Buy your ticket at the door.
The Wellington County Museum is wheelchair accessible. There is an opportunity to meet and speak with the musicians during the reception after the concert, and to buy a selection of the quartet’s numerous CDs.
The RCSQ was formed in 1991 in Guelph. Since its debut at the University of Guelph, the group has carved its own niche in the genre of Ragtime.
Their recordings That’s A Plenty!, Smiles and Chuckles, Ticklin’ Time, and Ragtime for Rent have enjoyed worldwide appeal and have been featured on CBC Radio, CJRT Jazz.FM, commercial classical stations, and on Public Radio International.
Concert tours have taken the group to ragtime and jazz festivals throughout Canada and the United States including the du Maurier Downtown Jazz Festival in Toronto, the Evergreen Ragtime Bash in Colorado, the Grand International Ragtime-Jasstime Festival at Alexandria Bay, and the world’s largest Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival in Sedalia, Missouri.
In 1998, the RCSQ represented Ontario in a Canada Day performance before an audience of over 100,000 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and have performed for prime ministers of Canada.
The band is comprised of leader Ernie Kalwa – Baritone and Bass Saxophones, Bradley Moggach – Soprano and Alto Saxophones, Larry Moser – Alto Saxophone, and Danielle Beck – Tenor Saxophone.
