Ari Cohen Mann & Benjamin Smith - Oboe & Piano Concert

Doors: 6:30 p.m.

Show: 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Tickets: Advance $30 + service fee or $35 at door.

Students: $20 + service fee or $25 at door(13-17 & Post-Secondary)

12 and under: Free

Free Parking in the St. Thomas lot behind the church (access from Cherry St).

Dropoff and accessible parking available at front driveway of church.

This facility is wheelchair accessible.

Questions - contact: [email protected]

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Ari Cohen Mann serves up "brilliant virtuosity" (The Whole Note) through their playing and brightness and optimism through their popular social media channels. Ari has been hailed as the "Jonathan Van Ness of the oboe" (CBC Music), proudly championing their queer identity and serving as a role model for LGBTQ youth. Based in Toronto, Ari is a dynamic recitalist, new music proponent, orchestral musician, and educator. Recognized on CBC's 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians under 30, they are also a Howarth Artist, performing on a Howarth LXV-VT oboe.With playing described as “emotionally charged” (Ludwig van Toronto), Ari's career includes performances as a concerto soloist with the PEI Symphony Orchestra, National Academy Orchestra, Canadian Studio Symphony, and Ontario Philharmonic. Ari has premiered works by composers such as Kevin Day, Jocelyn Morlock, Nicky Sohn, Matthew Emery, and Felipe Téllez. Ari’s solo debut at Carnegie Hall was with harpist Noël Wan, as featured artists in the Yale in New York series.Ari was a prizewinner at the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Manulife Competition, and the winner of the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition and Ben Steinberg Musical Legacy Award. As a faculty member at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ari teaches oboe and coaches chamber music. www.oboeari.com

Benjamin SmithDescribed by the Barrie Examiner as having “scintillating technique”, Canadian pianist Benjamin Smith resides in Toronto, serving on the piano faculty of the Glenn Gould School (GGS) and Taylor Young Artist Academy at the Royal Conservatory. He has performed across North America, highlighted by appearances as soloist in both Carnegie and Alice Tully halls, and has partnered in concert with international soloists and principal players from orchestras around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Berlin Philharmoniker, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, and all major Canadian orchestras. With much time devoted to chamber music, he is currently a member of the Andromeda piano trio, previously having played with the Israelievitch-Smith-Ahn trio for several seasons, and he is a regular at festivals including Toronto Summer Music (Canada), Festival del Lago (Mexico), and Chamber Music at New Park (NY, USA). Along with a doctorate from Stony Brook University, he holds degrees from Juilliard, GGS, and the University of Toronto. 2025 marks Ben’s debut on Orchid Classics.

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