BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260430T135630Z UID:511-4802@collingwoodunitedchurch.ca DTSTART:20260531T190000Z DTEND:20260531T200000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260424T092927 DESCRIPTION:\n"YOUTH IN CONCERT”\n\nfeaturing Cadence Brassard on organ a s well as special guests performing vocal\, flute and saxophone pieces. \ nTickets at the door are $20.00 with proceeds to Home Horizon and the Trin ity United Music Programs. \n\n\n\nBio for Cadence Brassard\n\nCadence Br assard is a 17 year old organist living in Blue Mountains\, ON. Showing an early and varied interest in all music\, she has also played piano\, clas sical guitar\, and drums.\nCadence has had wonderful touring and pedagogic al opportunities\, including participating in the Curtis Institute of Musi c’s Summer Organ Intensive in Philadelphia\, where she studied under Pro fessor Alan Morrison and Peter Richard Conte\, culminating in a performanc e on the Wanamaker Organ. Cadence has recently played the organ at the Mon treal Symphony Orchestra\, under the tutelage of Jean Baptist Robin (profe ssor at Le Conservatoire de Versailles Grand Parc). Cadence currently stud ies the organ with Manuel Piazza (MMus Yale) and Professor Isabelle Demers (Doctorate in Organ Performance at The Juilliard School and current profe ssor at the Schulich School of Music\, at McGill University)\, and piano w ith Dr. Su Jeon Higuera (The Juilliard School and l’Université de Montr éal). Cadence also is the recipient of a scholarship from the American Th eatre Organ Society to study with Jelani Eddington. Cadence was the past o rgan scholar at Rosedale United Church\, where she studied with Dr. Sarah Svendsen.\nCareer highlights so far include performing on the Metropolitan United Church’s pipe organ for the annual Phantoms of the Organ concert \, recording an episode of Backyard Beats featuring the organ for TVOKids with Rashaan Allwood\, performing at the RCCO’s FutureStops conference a t Roy Thomson Hall\, as well as taking part in a masterclass episode of th e RCCO’s Organist Launchpad program recorded at St. Jean Baptiste in Mon treal (available on YouTube).\nCadence’s future aspirations include work ing with ensembles and making the organ more accessible and inclusive for the younger generations. Cadence will be studying organ performance at uni versity in Fall of 2026.\n\n LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T092927 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Youth in Concert URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.collingwoodunitedchurch.ca/events/youth-in-concer t/2026-05-31 ATTACH;FILENAME=Music Choir.jpeg;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.c loudfront.net/2026/04/13/20/02/31/f39eebda-8384-4208-bcc9-4182f3110074/Mus ic%20Choir.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR