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DESCRIPTION:The gift of song\n\nJoin us for a free online concert\n\nWednes
 day\, September 2\, 2020\n\n7 to 8 p.m.\n\nTo provide comfort to our commu
 nity as we face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic together\, the McG
 ill Dementia Education Program would like to invite you to a free online c
 oncert performed by a talented trio of jazz musicians.\n\nGrab your electr
 onic device\, reach out to your loved ones\, and join our hosts Claire Web
 ster and Derek Cassoff\, along with Drs. José Morais and Serge Gauthier\, 
 for an hour of beautiful music to lift your spirits.\n\nClick here at 7 pm
  EDT on Wednesday\, September 2 to watch the concert live. \n\nThe gift of
  song is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program\, which is
  funded by private donations. To make a contribution or for more informati
 on about our program\, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia.\n\n\nMeet our 
 musicians\n\nLiliane Murdoch\n	Liliane Murdoch is a singer-songwriter and p
 erformer from Montreal. She performed at the Montreal International Jazz F
 estival in 2015 as well as the Vail Jazz Festival in Colorado in 2018. Hav
 ing studied jazz voice at Quebec’s renowned music program at Cégep de Sain
 t-Laurent\, she is now pursuing a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Cultu
 ral Studies at McGill University. Having witnessed three of her grandparen
 ts experience Alzheimer’s at the end of their lives\, she has personally\,
  alongside her family\, been very affected by the disease and is excited t
 o be giving back through jazz music. At a time when her grandfather could 
 not remember how to speak\, he started dancing and singing the words to he
 r version of “Let It Snow”\, proving the amazing benefits of music on the 
 disease. Her upcoming EP is to be published in September 2020.\n\nZach Fis
 cher\n	Guitarist and composer Zach Fischer is an upcoming musician on the M
 ontreal and Philadelphia jazz scenes. Drawn to the guitar at an early age\
 , Fischer has studied guitar with Ben Monder\, Reinier Baas\, Jesse van Ru
 ller\, Greg Clayton and Dave Manley\, as well as improvisation in general 
 with Gary Thomas\, Pablo Held\, Dick Oatts\, Gregory Hutchinson\, Sumi Ton
 ooka\, Anthony Tidd and Christine Jensen. Fischer has performed with some 
 of America and Canada’s finest jazz musicians\, including Ambrose Akinmusi
 re\, John Hollenbeck\, Kevin Dean\, Dave Laing\, Erik Hove\, Mike Rud\, Ja
 leel Shaw and John Stowell among others. Zach is currently pursuing a Bach
 elor’s degree in Jazz Performance at McGill University\, where he has rece
 ived the Seymour Schulich Scholarship for Excellence in Music as well as t
 he David Moyse Scholarship for Excellence in Guitar.\n\nTheo Abellard\n	The
 o Abellard is born and raised in Montreal and started his musical educatio
 n at L’Ecole Le Plateau on classical violin at age 10 and started playing 
 the piano in high school at age 15. Now 23 years old\, Abellard is the lea
 der of the new generation of young Canadian Jazz players. Growing up in ch
 urch\, he developed a spiritually transcendent approach to music making. H
 aving played the piano for only seven years he is already demonstrating vi
 rtuosity and a seemingly infinite potential for growth. Aside from his gre
 at ability on the instrument\, he is also a prolific composer with a matur
 e artistic voice. Theo Abellard has played at the Montreal Jazz Festival w
 ith several International artists. He now studies Jazz Performance at the 
 Schulich School of music of McGill University.\n
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SUMMARY:The gift of song
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