On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 8:00 pm, join the VOCA Chorus of Toronto's Emily Vick Agnew (soprano) and Jenny Crober (artistic director/principal cabaret pianist) for "BROADWAY NORTH" - a fabulous tribute to musicals with a Canadian connection, and a VOCA Chorus fundraiser.

Sharing the stage with co-hosts/directors/performers Jenny and Emily will be several special guests, including all of VOCA's professional staff: Elizabeth Acker (pianist), Dallas Chorley (soprano), Lindsay Connolly (mezzo), Kevin Mulligan (tenor), Lee Clapp (tenor), Jacques Arsenault (tenor on-leave), Parker Clements (baritone) and Korin Thomas-Smith (baritone). Also featured will be VOCA's Tom Roedding (baritone) and recent Sheridan Musical Theatre grads Liam Crober-Best (tenor) and Tevra Plamondon (soprano).

Our online cabaret / VOCA fundraiser will be a virtual delight, featuring a variety of solos and duets, stories and background info.  We'll be presenting home-grown selections (from Come From Away, The Drowsy Chaperone, Anne of Green Gables and others), along with much-loved faves from musicals with a Canadian connection (Camelot and  Ragtime).  We'll also feature trivia games, quizzes and a raffle or two... all in an intimate setting (what could be more intimate than your own living room?).  You can pour yourself a drink and enjoy the show from the comfort of your own couch.

* If you are unable to attend our Nov. 14th cabaret – and even if you can make it – and would like to donate to the VOCA Chorus of Toronto for this special fundraising event, we would be very grateful. You can make a payment in one of three ways:

– By cheque to the VOCA Chorus of Toronto c/o Mark Gold, 86 Harcourt Ave., Toronto ON M4J 1J2.

– By INTERAC e-transfer to payments@vocachorus.ca

– By making a donation online: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/vocachorus/

All donations will receive a charitable tax receipt, as well as recognition in our concert programmes.

More event info.: https://www.vocachorus.ca

*Note: All ticket holders will be sent a Zoom link shortly before the event.

BIOS:

EMILY VICK AGNEW is a Toronto-based singer, dancer and teacher originally from Haddonfield, New Jersey.

Emily has performed all over the world. She was a dancer and puppeteer with New York City’s world-renowned cultural institution, LaMama Theatre Company, Loco7 working in Manhattan, Toronto and in South America. She worked with Nickelodeon as Dora the Explorer, touring Canada, US, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Emily has sung at the Kennedy Center, the White House, and Radio City Music Hall.

Since moving to Toronto in 2011, she has performed at Withrow Park’s Shakespeare in the Ruff (Midsummer Night’s Dream), Daniel’s Spectrum (Undefined Fraction), Casa Loma (Dracula), and in various cabaret theatres all over the city.

Emily's cabarets have raised thousands of dollars for organizations focusing on issues like maternal mental health, arts education, and humanitarian aid. She holds a Bachelor of Music and a Master’s in Elementary Education, as well as a certificate in cabaret performance from Yale University.

She lives in Toronto with her husband, George and their two children, sings first soprano with the VOCA Chorus of Toronto, and proudly teaches art, music and drama in Leaside at CGNS.

JENNY CROBER, B.Mus(Hon.), B.Ed (both UWO) is celebrating her 17th Season as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the VOCA Chorus of Toronto, an ensemble she has been involved with since 1990.

She has had a richly varied career for over 40 years as a choral conductor, collaborative pianist, arranger, piano teacher, coach, clinician, adjudicator, dance accompanist, composer, recording artist and a cappella jazz vocalist. Notable musicians she has worked with include Elmer Iseler, Ola Gjeilo, Bob Chilcott and Sarah Quartel.

Jenny accompanied singer Patricia O’Callaghan on her critically-acclaimed debut CD, “Youkali”, recipient of a Billboard Magazine Critics’ Choice Review. She has conducted numerous choral workshops, including several with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and CAMMAC.

She co-conducted Scott Macmillan's Celtic Mass for the Sea with choristers from six Canadian provinces at Carnegie Hall in May 2015. Following a 2016 VOCA Chorus of Toronto workshop with the world-renowned composer, Ola Gjeilo, he invited Jenny to assemble a group of singers to perform as part of a mass choir with singers from across the globe - with the composer at the piano - at Carnegie Hall in April 2018.

Jenny is thrilled that the VOCA Chorus of Toronto has been invited to perform in Roy Thomson Hall’s Choir & Organ Concert Series (date TBA).