Lesley Findlay

Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day!!

Celebrating Copper Thunderbird (Norval Morrisseau) Celebrating Copper Thunderbird (Norval Morrisseau)!

Patrick WEDD (1948 - 2019)
Patrick Wedd, church musician, organist, composer, choral conductor and founding director of the choral ensemble Musica Orbium, died peacefully on May 19, 2019 at age 71. He is survived by his husband Robert Wells, his sisters Penny and Pam, and Pam's partner Jane, along with Wedd and Wells family in-laws and countless friends and musicians whose lives were touched by his gentle spirit and passion for music. A service in celebration of his life will take place on Friday, May 31, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral, 635 Ste-Catherine St west. A Visitation will be held at the Cathedral on Thursday, May 30, 2019 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, a donation in his memory could be made to the Patrick Wedd Music Fund in support of the on-going music program of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal.

littlebroadwaybabies:
“ Happy Opening Day to On the Town!! It’s such a brilliant show- I hope everyone just loves it :)
Enjoy the enormously talented Alysha Umphress and Jay Armstrong Johnson in one of my favorite numbers from the show!!
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