Music with Bite returns to Harbourfront Centre Feb. 14

FREE family concert features trombone quintet ’ÄúI Tromboni’Äù

TORONTO, ON (Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010) ’Äì Harbourfront Centre is thrilled to present the next installment of Music with Bite, our interactive and intimate FREE concert series designed especially for kids ages five to 12.

Satisfy your ears and your taste buds! Music with Bite is a refreshing experience where children can pull up a comfy cushion and sit in front of the stage for an enjoyable, interactive music performance tailored to young audience members. This is a fantastic opportunity to sample music of diverse styles in a friendly, accessible format. All of the artists performing bring an element of interactivity, education and entertainment to their programmes. After the concerts, children can enjoy a complimentary Natrel® milk beverage and cookie. In partnership with Jeunesses Musicales Ontario.

Upcoming Music with Bite concerts include trombone quintet I Tromboni on Feb. 14, cabaret performer Patricia O’ÄôCallaghan on April 18, and erhu master George Gao on May 23. Performances take place Sundays at 1 p.m. at Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West.

For additional information and complete event listings, the public may visit harbourfrontcentre.com or call the Information Hotline at 416-973-4000.

UPCOMING 2010 MUSIC WITH BITE CONCERTS AT HARBOURFRONT CENTRE

I Tromboni
Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 ’Äì 1 p.m. (Enwave Theatre)

Kids can discover the magic of the trombone on a voyage that strays off the beaten path. I Tromboni is compiled of five young trombonists who are ready to entertain and enlighten you! Since forming in 1999, they have worked to break down the myths & stereotypes that have kept trombones in the back row of the band for too long! Nicknamed ’ÄúTeam Canada of Trombones,’Äù this dynamic Vancouver-based quintet incorporates music of many genres including jazz, romantic, popular and original compositions. I Tromboni entertains, educates and brings great music-making to kids of all ages. For more information visit itromboni.com.

Patricia O’ÄôCallaghan

Sunday, April 18 ’Äì 1 p.m.  (Brigantine Room)

The whole family can enjoy a vocal performance by the most promising cabaret performer of her generation, Canada’Äôs own Patricia O’ÄôCallaghan. O’ÄôCallaghan has performed her European cabaret show around Europe and North America. She has also toured the Juno Award-winning opera Constantinople. O’ÄôCallaghan is no stranger to the camera; she appeared in CBC’Äôs ’ÄúYoukai Hotel’Äù and the acclaimed series, ’ÄúFoolish Heart.’Äù For more information visit patricia-ocallaghan.com.

George Gao

Sunday, May 23 ’Äì 1 p.m.  (Brigantine Room)

PART OF HARBOURKIDS WEEKEND!

Hailed as one of the most exciting, innovative and respected erhu masters today, the Gemini Award-nominated erhu master George Gao performs at Music with Bite as part of an exciting HarbourKIDS weekend festival. Gao has performed with multiple orchestras around the world including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Billions of people around the world have watched him on CCTV, China's most watched TV station. Gao fuses traditional Chinese music with jazz, Western Classical music, New Age and other ethnic music from different world cultures. For more information visit  georgegao.com.

HarbourKIDS Club Membership

Sign up to be a HarbourKIDS Club Member and receive your very own ’ÄúSplooshy’Äù tattoo! Pick up a copy of our Kid’Äôs Guide to Harbourfront Centre and explore our site on an interactive discovery walk! If you want, we’Äôll send you periodic emails to let you know what fun family events are coming up at Harbourfront!

 

ABOUT JEUNESSES MUSICALES ONTARIO

Jeunesses Musicales Ontario is a non-profit arts organization that fosters the careers of outstanding young professional musicians at home and abroad. JMO promotes the development of the arts in Ontario by bringing fine classical music to audiences of all ages. As young artists gain valuable experience and exposure, students, families and the general public enjoy high-quality, affordable, accessible musical entertainment. For more information visit jmontario.ca.

ABOUT HARBOURFRONT CENTRE

Harbourfront Centre is an innovative, non-profit cultural organization which provides internationally renowned programming in the arts, culture, education and recreation, all within a collection of distinctive venues on a 10-acre site in the heart of Toronto's downtown waterfront.