Benefit Concert For Rwanda with Claire Duchesneau, Barbara Lewis & Chad Linsley
Adrian Vedady – bass / Eric Thibodeau – drums
Feb. 14, 2014 • Noon-1PM • Montreal General Hospital
Livingston Hall (6th Floor) 1650 Cedar Ave. H3G 1A4
On April 7, 2014, the national commemoration of the genocide in Rwanda will begin, marking the 20th anniversary of this dark period in history. This benefit concert is to assist a Rwandan patient of the MUHC to go to Rwanda in April 2014 to attend these events.
Please join us in making this possible!
Barbara Lewis is a classical/pop singer & songwriter whose voice & style is often compared with Nana Mouskouri & Sarah Brightman. Praised for her wide range and deep emotive power, Lewis sings well-known songs from pop/folk, jazz and new world fusion genres.
Claire Duchesneau was born into a musical family and first performed on the radio at age 3. Over the years, she suffered hearing loss and wears hearing aids in both ears. In 2010, after she was diagnosed with cancer and before the start of treatment, Claire recorded her first CD as she was concerned that the chemotherapy could affect her hearing. She is now in remission from cancer. Claire is a full time social worker in HIV/AIDS at the MUHC.
Chad Linsley is a sought after pianist, soloist, sideman and accomplished arranger.
He teaches jazz piano at McGill University.
SONGS
Claire Duchesneau
Maybe you’ll be there – Rube Bloom/Sammy Gallop
Too late now – Burton Lane/Alan Lerner
I’m in the mood for love – Jimmy McHugh/Dorothy Fields
Buddy can you spare a dime – E.Y. Harburg/Jay Gorney
Here’s To Life – Artie Butler/Phyllis Molinary
La vie en rose – Piaf/Louiguy
There’s no such thing as love – Anthony Newly
Claire & Barbara – “I thought about you”
Barbara Lewis
Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell
Alexandra Leaving- Leonard Cohen
Fever – Eddie Cooley & Otis Blackwell
Sabor a mi – Alvaro Carillo
A Case Of You – Joni Mitchell
Try To Remember – Tom Jones
Motherless Child – Trad. (vocal trio including Erin Ashley Singer)
Claire & Barbara – “Always” by Irving Berlin
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