ARTS AND LETTERS
Hudson Studio Tour - 15th Edition on Sept 15, 16, 22 and 23 — featuring 20 studios in Hudson, St-Lazare, Rigaud and Vaudreuil-Dorion. Free. Visit hudsonstudiotour.com.
The McGill University Book Fair will be held October 16-18 and has a West Island depot. If you have books/CD’s/ vinyl in good condition for donation please call 514-421-0804 or email bookfair.alumni@mcgill.ca.
MUSIC
Melodia Choir, under new director Marjolaine Daneault, is looking for singers, sopranos, altos, tenors and basses for its upcoming fall session. Varied repertoire ranging from folk, pop, Broadway musicals, gospel and contemporary selections. Rehearsals on Saturday mornings from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Church of the Resurrection, 865 Lakeshore Drive in Dorval, starting Sept. 15. Call 514-631-6533. Coro Vivo, a dynamic ensemble for adult soprano, alto, tenor and bass singers, hold an open house on Sept. 6 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Valois United Church, 70 Belmont Ave. in Pointe-Claire. Visit corovivo.ca or call 514-697-6297.
The Philomela Singers, directed by Margo Keenan, are a bilingual West Island community choir with a varied and entertaining repertoire. They welcome new singers for their upcoming season which begins in September. Rehearsals on Wednesday evenings in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue from 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. Candidates must have a good ear and preferably some choral experience. Email chorale.philomela@gmail.com or call 514-946-4160 for an audition. Stewart Hall Singers chorus auditions have begun for the fall 2018 season, featuring Handel’s Messiah for their December concert. Visit stewarthallsingers.ca or call 514630-0331.
Cantabile Chorale, under the direction of Peter Willsher, in preparation for the fall concert featuring Oratorio de Noël de St-Saëns, are holding auditions for sopranos, altos, tenors and basses, continues until Sept. 28. Rehearsals start Sept. 10 at St-Johnthe-Baptist-Church, 233 Ste-Claire Ave. in Pointe-Claire. To arrange for an audition, call 514-694-4689 or email cantabilepublic@gmail.com. For more information visit cantabilechorale.com. Flute and violin lessons: registration ongoing at Stewart Hall, 176 Lakeshore Rd. in Pointe-Claire. Information on the Suzuki Music Program (ages 4+). Call 514-630-2726, Local 1749.
Ste-Anne Singers, a West Island award-winning chamber ensemble of 24 voices singing contemporary and standard a cappella repertoire, are holding auditions for a bass and a tenor for their fall season. Open to those who enjoy a challenge, have choral experience, excellent pitch and some sight-reading ability. For an audition, email mkeenan@videotron.ca.