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19 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,D ecem ber 6,2018 insidehalton.com© 2018 Pandora Jewelry, LLC • All rights reserved Offer valid 12/1/18-12/24/18 or while supplies last. Limit one per customer. No substitutions. Valid only at participating PANDORA retailers and online. Prices before taxes. Void where prohibited. Not valid with prior purchase. Excludes gift card purchases. Ornament presented in PANDORA gift box. Other restrictions may apply, see store for details. A GIFT FROM PANDORA Receive an exclusive porcelain ornament with your PANDORA purchase of $125. THE PANDORA STORE SQUARE ONE SHOPPING CENTRE 905.232.0661 MAPLEVIEW CENTRE 905.632.5400 ERIN MILLS TOWN CENTRE 905.828.5902 BRAMALEA CITY CENTRE 905.792.8820 With annually recertified instructors, give the gift of premium driver training this season. Join a proud community of 1.3 million graduates. Give the perfect gift today! 905-842-6846 | YD.COMHappy Holidays CANADA'S DRIVING FORCEFrom Oakville Choral is celebrating the festive season with Chantez Noel this weekend. The concert features selections from the French and Québécois traditions with works from Gagnon, Fauré and Gounod, featuring soloists Allison Walmsley, sopra-featuring soloists Allison Walmsley, sopra-f no; River Guard, tenor; and Maciej Bujnow- icz, baritone. "Chantez Noel! is a festive program com- bining historical French Canadian carols arranged by 19th-century Canadian com- poser Ernest Gagnon with great choral works by Gounod and Fauré," says David Bowser, music director of Oakville Choral. "The Mass for St. Cecilia by Gounod cele- brates the patron saint of music and has a joyous character. Our wonderful choir sounds superb in this repertoire and we are thrilled to welcome our remarkable solo- ists." Walmsley is an acclaimed Toronto-basedWalmsley is an acclaimed Toronto-basedW soprano originally from Saskatoon. She holds a bachelor's degree in voice perfor- mance from the University of Saskatche- wan and a master's degree from Western University. Allison has participated in the Gordon Wallis Opera competition (first place), the CFMTA Young Artist competi- tion (first place), the Toronto Mozart Com- petition (finalist), MYOpera intensive/con- cert and the Ukrainian Art Song Summer Institute. Recent performances have includ- ed roles with Opera Kelowna and Saska- toon Opera. Bujnowicz is a recent graduate of the University of Ottawa, in the master of music program in performance. Maciej is also a graduate of the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. This year, Maciej joins the Pax Christi Cho- rale as a choral lead for their 2018-19 season and will also be joining the St. James Cathe- dral Choir. Hailing from Hamilton, Guard graduat- ed from Wilfrid Laurier University study- ing with mezzo-soprano Kimberly Barber. Throughout his musical career, River has transitioned from singing in a rock band, to musical theatre and now works toward a full-fledged career in opera performance.full-fledged career in opera performance.f Saturday's concert will be held at Clear- View Christian Reformed Church at 2300View Christian Reformed Church at 2300V Sheridan Garden Dr. at 7:30 p.m. Sunday's concert is at 3 p.m. at Chartwell Baptist Church at 228 Chartwell Rd. Tickets can be purchased at www.oakvil- lechoral.com or by phone at 289-351-1574. Tickets are $25 for adults in advance, or $30 at the door. It's $15 for students, while chil- dren 12 and under get in free. WHAT'S ON OAKVILLE CHORAL'S CHANTEZ NOEL CONCERTS THIS WEEKEND KEVIN NAGEL knagel@metroland.com