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April
Showers Bring May Flowers... Or sometimes snow flurries depending on your part of the world, but let's not think about that. Think about green grass, daffodils, crocuses, tulips and magnolias...if you haven't seen them yet this season they are coming, just hang in there! (For those of you in the southern hemisphere or who already have spring flowers, please humour those of us in the snow belt). We keep thinking that spring has to be arriving soon, but in case the weather does not cooperate exactly we can certainly listen to music that gets us thinking spring. Our CD special this month Spring Any Day Now does just that. For $10.00 plus shipping, violinist David Greenberg, David McGuiness, harpsichord and Concerto Caledonia serve up music from 18th century Scotland and elsewhere. If you need more convincing, have a listen to a track by clicking here. Orders can be placed on-line at our secure website http://www.marquisclassics.com. You can also order by telephone at 888-627-6165 in North America (416-690-7662 in Europe and Asia), by fax 416-690-7346. Questions? Call us from 9-5 Eastern time, Monday-Friday. Spring
has officially arrived and April is now upon us. Our artists have been
up to a lot of interesting activities lately including travel, showcases
and awards shows so we'll definitely have highlights later in this issue.
April also marks the release of our two newest music videos which we're
very excited about and we anticipate the recording of a brand new piano
album in May with one of Marquis' favourite pianists! So, throw off
the winter blues and join Marquis in thinking spring! |
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ALFIE ZAPPACOSTA In our last newsletter, we mentioned that Alfie had recently been in Toronto filming a music video to the title track to his latest album, Start Again. Thanks to the tireless efforts of producers Riddle Films and director Joel Goldberg the video is finished and it is beautiful! Look for it on MuchMore Music and Bravo! and our technical staff will be adding the video to the Marquis website as soon as we can! Alfie is
back in Toronto at the beginning of the month promoting his album and
he gave an exhilarating live performance at The Smooth Jazz Awards on
April 10th. Alfie snagged two nominations this year for Male Vocalist
of the Year and Album of the Year, for Start Again. Congratulations
Alfie! Following
the awards, it's back to Edmonton until the end of the month when Alfie
returns to Ontario for concerts in Windsor and Burlington. Concert details
are listed below in the on tour section of the newsletter. Catalog: MAR 319 |
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PATRICIA O'CALLAGHAN Patricia O'Callaghan recently returned from London, UK where she performed a showcase at St James Church. The audience was enthusiastic and attentive, so hopefully she'll back again performing in Europe soon! Since returning
to Canada, Patricia has been busy preparing for concerts toward the
end of the month. She and her band will be performing in Port Perry
on April 23 and from the 27-29 Patricia can be heard singing some music
by Leonard Cohen as part of the Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound
in Kitchener, ON. Check it out! Catalog: MAR 315 Also available: |
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JENS LINDEMANN Jens was recently in Japan appearing as a featured soloist to open the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan, in March. As the only Canadian, he performed in front of the 'Super World Orchestra' an ensemble of selected members of the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic and others. The ‘Super World Orchestra’ will be the second feature of EXPO 2005 Opening Ceremonies. The ceremonies are comprised of three parts. The first involved speeches and other functions in line with the protocol of World Expositions. The second featured the ‘Super World Orchestra’. And the third part featured a special program called “Welcome to EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN,” in which the event's message will be dynamically transmitted to the rest of the world. Catalog:
MAR 305 Flying
Solo MAR 295 |
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SONGBIRDS
2005 Please join us for a spectacular fundraising concert at Glenn Gould Studio, Monday May 30 at 8 pm in support of the Canadian Women’s Foundation. All ticket sales go directly to Canadian Women’s Foundation - Canada’s only national public foundation for women and girls – and the foundation’s work to help stop violence against women, move low-income women out of poverty, and help girls build self-esteem. This year
the event features four very talented women including Tabby Johnson,
Eleanor McCain, Serena Ryder and Marquis' own Maria
Antonakos. Other special guests to be announced... |
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MARIA
ANTONAKOS Music videos seem to be the order of the day and after weeks of editing by the contingent at Paulus Productions, we are pleased to announce the release of Maria Antonakos' music video "Stars of Sparta" from her latest album Mystras: Siren Songs of the Mediterranean. In the coming weeks, Maria will be featured in an interview with Paul Gerrard that will launch the new video on Bravo! The interview is being taped April 22 and will air on Bravo! in May. Again, we will post the music video on our website as soon as it's available digitally. For Marquis
fans in Greece - take note - Mystras has been picked up by EMI Greece
and will soon be available and distributed throughout the country! Maria
will also be spending August in Greece making promotional appearances
and performing. Stay tuned for more details! |
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND... Jeux
à Deux: Music for Flute and Harp We are thrilled to announce the re-release of Marquis' first recording Jeux à Deux, a fabulous CD featuring Robert Aitken, flute and Erica Goodman, harp. The lyrical
beauty of flute and harp in fourteen works that are "well chosen,
intelligently arranged and superbly performed." - Music Magazine.
If you're a fan of flute and harp, you'll definitely want to add this fabulous recording to your collection! Catalog: MAR 101 |
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There's
never enough space to list all the concerts and tour dates for Marquis
artists. Below are just some highlights. For more information, visit
the web site of your favourite artists. There's a list of artist links
on the Marquis web site: http://www.marquisclassics.com/tour James
Campbell Molly
Johnson Stuart
Laughton
Agathe Martel |
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| All the CDs mentioned in our newsletter, as well as the other recordings in the Marquis catalogue can be purchased on our secure web site at http://www.marquisclassics.com. All orders are shipped Air Mail from Marquis in Toronto, and almost all orders are shipped within 48 hours. And we offer a money back guarantee. For more information about prices and ordering, read "Ordering CDs". | |
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