The Gift of Song. All Souls offers a unique way to honor or memorialize a loved one. Much the way a hymnal can be inscribed with a dedication, the "Gift of Song" program allows for a choir anthem to be inscribed with a dedication.

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On That Note…
No matter when the pandemic will be over or at least sufficiently contained and we can gather in person again, it is becoming more and more clear that life will not just go back to what it was. Many things will be different — but more importantly, we will have changed through this experience. The question is, changed into what? Who are we becoming as a community? I have no simple answers to offer. What I do know is that the level of engagement from so many members of our congregation over the past twelve months is encouraging to say the least. What, and who, we are becoming is not obvious yet, but we have reasons to be hopeful.
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Oscar Peterson is one of the most recorded jazz artists in history. His brilliance at the keyboard has been an inspiration for countless pianists who heard him in their formative as well as later years. His abilities as both a bandleader and an accompanist helped in creating his momentous recorded legacy but it is genius for getting inside a song that makes his piano playing so special. If you listen to no other jazz pianist then listen to O. Growing up listening to him inspired me to love jazz and learn the piano. He first learnt the trumpet before switching to the piano at an early age, being taught first by his father and older sister before his exceptional talent made it necessary for him to have professional lessons. His teacher was a Hungarian classical pianist who had studied under a pupil of Liszt. After a couple of years, he formed his own trio, and after getting slots on CBC, his radio appearances brought him fame across the country. While his early influences had been boogie-woogie piano as played by the likes of James P. Peterson loved Tatum in particular, and he soon began imitating aspects of his playing style.
March 19, The year was The civil rights movement was in full swing, and a talented Canadian musician felt inspired to compose a song in support. The resulting composition, Hymn to Freedom, soon became known world-wide as the inspiration for the Civil Rights Movement. The musician? Popular Canadian jazz musician, Oscar Emmanuel Peterson. Hymn to Freedom will be sung by a mass choir while pictorial images drawn from highlights of Canadian Black history from coast to coast will be featured on the screen. It is hoped that this event, as well as a resulting video production to be made available on YouTube upon completion, will help Canadians acknowledge and understand the role of the Black Community in Canada, while encouraging inclusiveness, unity, respect for others and freedom for all.