Join saxophonist David Zucchi and pianist/composer Adam Sherkin for an eclectic programme of new music for saxophone and piano. Featuring works from some of classical music's most exciting living composers, including John Adams, Mark Anthony Turnage, Charlotte Bray, and new works by Adam Sherkin.

Regular admission: $20

Students/Children/Arts Workers: $10

Doors from 7:00. Concert at 7:30.

Hailed as “outstanding” by Nonclassical, London-based Canadian saxophonist David Zucchi enjoys a varied career as a performer of classical, contemporary, experimental, and jazz music, collaborating regularly across the UK, Europe, and Canada. Recent appearances as a soloist and chamber musician include the Purcell Room, St. John’s Smith Square, Cadogan Hall, Verbier Festival (Switzerland), Val de Cambra Festival (Portugal), the Glenn Gould Studio, and the Canadian High Commission in London.

He is graduate of the Royal College of Music’s Master’s and Artist Diploma program, where he studied with Kyle Horch and Martin Robertson (jazz) as an Edward and Helen Hague Scholar. Previously, David attended the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, where he studied saxophone with Wallace Halladay and composition with Alexander Rapoport. Upon graduating, he was awarded the William and Phyllis Waters Graduating Award, the Faculty’s top graduating prize. David has attended the Universitée Européenne de Saxophone in Gap, France and was selected to participate in the 2016 London Sinfonietta Academy.

David is the winner of numerous scholarships and awards, including the David and Marcia Beach Summer Study Award, the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto Scholarship, the William and Phyllis Waters Graduating Award from the University of Toronto, the Royal College of Music’s Woodwind Ensemble Prize, and is the first saxophonist to receive the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award.

www.davidzucchi.com

Adam Sherkin is a dynamic and versatile musician who commands a multi-dimensional approach to performance and composition. A native of Toronto, Adam graduated from the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory and the Royal College of Music, London. He has appeared in performance at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, the Four Seasons Centre, the Glenn Gould Studio, the Toronto Centre for the Arts, the Sanderson Centre for the Arts, the Royal Conservatory, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Covent Garden and the Royal Albert Hall, among others.

Adam’s works have been premiered throughout Canada, the United States and Britain including Toronto, Ottawa, Washington, Philadelphia, Manchester and London (UK). Venues have included the Luminato Festival, the Spotlight Festival (Waterloo), the King’s Lynn Festival (Norfolk), The Bridgewater Hall (Manchester), The Warehouse and the National Portrait Gallery in London. The National Youth Orchestra of Canada performed and recorded Adam’s Terra Incognita (2005) on tour in the Summer of 2012, under the baton of Alain Trudel. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, Adam recently released his solo debut album, As at First, on the Centrediscs label.

www.adamsherkin.com