Events

 

 

Jul
1
Sat
2017
Canada Day – Harmony B’s @ Desboro Music Hall
Jul 1 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

We welcome the Harmony B’s for our Canada Day Celebration at Desboro Music Hall.  It all happens between the Strawberry Supper and the Fireworks.  PWYC (Pay What You Can).  We’ll have lots happening:

~ Join us for a little Open Mic between sets from 7 – 8pm, 8:30 – 9:00pm-ish, 9:30 – 10pm-ish.  We’ll have a guitar and piano.  You bring your singing voice and songs or whatever you want to perform.  Please sign up when you arrive.

~ The Harmony B’s play at 8pm & 9pm and the dance floor will be open.

~ Our Concession Stand will be open for snacks and drinks.

HAPPY 150th CANADA!

 

Dec
3
Sun
2017
Interro Quartet @ Desboro Music Hall
Dec 3 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Please join us for a Winter Chamber Music Concert.  We have always thought the acoustics in the Hall would be perfect for a small quartet.  Interro Quartet is a string quartet featuring violin, viola and cello.

Interro Quartet combines passionate performances with a curiosity to explore new sounds and venues in chamber music. The group’s repertoire includes works of classical music giants, as well as new compositions by emerging and established Canadian composers. Featuring award-winning graduates of University of Toronto, the Interro Quartet includes violinists Adam Despinic and Steve Koh, violist Maxime Despax, and cellist Sebastian Ostertag.

The mission of the Interro Quartet is not only to make quartet music accessible to those who seek it but also to broaden the spectrum of audiences through diverse programming. To complement this mission, members of the Interro Quartet are also avid educators and clinicians, dedicated to supporting education programs that encourage new ways for artists and listeners to share, experience, and incorporate chamber music into their daily lives.

Interro Quartet Website
Interro Quartet Facebook
Interro Quartet Instagram

Individual bios:
Adam Despinic, violin
Steve Koh, violin
Maxime Despax, viola
Sebastian Ostertag, cello

Jun
30
Sun
2019
Harmony B’s and Friends: A Tribute to the Batterman Orchestra @ Desboro Music Hall
Jun 30 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Harmony B's and Friends: A Tribute to the Batterman Orchestra @ Desboro Music Hall

Harmony B’s and Friends

A Tribute to the Batterman Orchestra

Come join us for an afternoon of storytelling and music and learn the history of the Batterman Orchestra and Harmony B’s.

RSVP ONLY. There will be no tickets at the door.

Limit 100 people.

Pay What You Can at the door

Doors Open 2pm, Music at 2:30pm

Jul
1
Mon
2019
Paul J McInnis – Canada Day @ Desboro Music Hall
Jul 1 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Join us in between the Strawberry Supper and the Fireworks for a PWYC concert (suggested donation of $20) with Paul J McInnis.  You may remember him from our very first Season at the Desboro Music Hall.  Come enjoy some music from 7:30 – 9pm at the Hall.

BIO

If he were alive 100 years ago, Paul J McInnis would have been found strumming on a street corner, singing his songs about roads, girls, and small towns. His closest friends would have been pickers, singers, poets and painters. He would have enjoyed a simple life surrounded by the things he loved. Today, 100 years later, not much is different. If you look for him, Paul can be found strumming on a street corner in some small town, singing songs about roads, girls, and the things he loves. He may slip into his local pub on the way home for a pint with some old friends. It`s a simple life. Paul J McInnis’ music is his own. It is literate, joyful, melancholy, and timeless. He prefers to play in the moment; recording live off the floor with open mics and no overdubs. Mistakes happen, he’ll say, but so does magic. The resulting albums are collections of some of those magical mistakes, all written and arranged by Paul and performed beautifully with some of his closest friends on mandolin, harmonica, accordion, cello or whatever instrument is close by. It is what Paul believes music should be: simple and real.

To remind you of his music, here is the video clip of Paul’s last visit to Desboro Music Hall:

 

 

Sep
29
Sun
2019
Rhyme ‘N Reason @ Desboro Music Hall
Sep 29 @ 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Rhyme 'N Reason @ Desboro Music Hall

A special bluegrass concert from Rhyme ‘N Reason.

Sunday September 29, 2019

Doors Open 1:30pm, Music at 2:00pm

Tickets: $15

All Ages

 

Stefan Van Holten on banjo, harmonica, lead vocals, and harmony, has put together a wonderful mix of musicians, vocalists, and friends to create the newest version of Rhyme ‘n’ Reason. Joe Rohrer on guitar sings lead vocals and harmony, Randy Pierson on bass sings lead vocals and harmony adds a solid heartbeat to the group, and Norm Ayerst who sings lead vocals and harmony adds beautiful sound to each song on the dobro. We pay special attention to harmonies in two, three, and also four part. Our blend of traditional and gospel bluegrass music is sure to please all crowds.

Check out their website for more info.

 

Jul
24
Sat
2021
Rummage Sale @ Desboro Music Hall
Jul 24 @ 8:00 am – Jul 25 @ 3:00 pm
Rummage Sale @ Desboro Music Hall

RUMMAGE SALE at Desboro Music Hall

We are having a Rummage Sale for TWO days!  Stop on by either on

Sat July 24: 8am – 3pm

Sun July 25: 11am – 3pm.

Half of the proceeds will go to Desboro Music Hall.

This is our second fundraiser to make some money for the Music Hall.  2021 will be our second year without holding any concerts.  We are crossing our fingers that next year, we will be able to once again have concerts inside the Hall without a limit on numbers.  In the meanwhile, we have had to be a little creative in how we pay the bills.  We’re lucky as we don’t have to pay rent or layoff any staff.  We are looking forward to welcoming people back into the Hall, even if it’s not for a concert.  So come out and Support the Desboro Music Hall on July 24 or 25.

We will be following all COVID protocols.  Please wear a mask and keep 2m/6′ apart.  Patrons inside will be limited.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call us at (519) 377-2358 or email us at [email protected]

Aug
12
Sat
2023
Fundraiser for CDCS with the Joy Trio @ Desboro Music Hall
Aug 12 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Fundraiser for CDCS with the Joy Trio @ Desboro Music Hall
Come support the Music Department at Chesley District Community School with an evening of music.
 
The Joy Trio
Presenting Classic Songs from
Gershwin to Patsy Cline
 
With Special Guests: Students from CDCS
 
Anika Alexander, Olivia Nagle, Grace Heard, Maisie Heard
 
The Joy Trio formed just over a year ago. It came together rather by a turn of events as
Mike Grace had arranged a session for Susan to learn about jazz voicings with Don
Buchanan. That plan quickly changed when Susan received an invitation to entertain at a
Christmas party. The planned session became a rehearsal instead and they have played
together as a trio ever since.
 
Susan Joy Dietrich is proud of her roots in the Desboro Community. Her first time on stage
may have been dancing the Irish Jig with cousins in the Desboro Hall during a Fall Fair
Variety concert. Susan enjoys children, anything music and is especially enjoying this new
venture into jazz as she learns to sing classic tunes from the Great American Songbook.
 
For over 40 years Don Buchanan has been a keyboardist for many groups and
vocalists in the Grey Bruce area. Through this time he has also been a part of
the music ministry at St. Mary’s church in Owen Sound and has contributed
scores and music direction to several OSLT plays and musicals. Vocal
accompaniment is Don’s favourite musical task and he is honoured to play for
Sue in The Joy Trio.
 
Mike Grace has been a professional musician most of his life. From
playing ranch parties and road houses in Texas to touring the world with his
trio or quartet, Mike has made performing classical and jazz music his
passion. Among Mike’s most treasured moments in education is being
named a Disney-McDonald’s Performing Arts Teacher in 1996 and being
named University of Michigan Musical Society’s Educator Of The Year.
Among the many performers Mike has had the great fortune to perform with
are Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Torme’, Rob McConnell, Roger Williams,
Urbie Green, Billy Taylor, Clark Terry, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Henry Mancini,
Jimmy Forrest, Peter Appleyard, Randy Brecker, Rosemary Clooney, Sonny Stitt.
 
Sat Aug 12
Doors at 7:00pm
Concert at 7:30pm
PWYC
 
Proceeds will go to the Music Department at Chesley District Community School to purchase new instruments 
The Music Department at CDCS has a great need for new instruments as repair costs are high and there is no room in the budget to replace instruments.