If you love music, and are in the Oshawa area a few weeks from now, then you might be interested in a concert taking place in the City of Oshawa later this month that will have a slight French flavor to it.

A Musical Winterlude, a winter concert by the Durham Philharmonic Choir, will be featuring music arranged and created by French composers. But the biggest moment of the night will be a rendition of Charles Gounod’s Mass of St. Cecilia for soloists, choir, and orchestra.

The evening’s soloists will be Giles Tomkins and Mary-Ruth Roadhouse, both natives from the Durham Region, and Martin Hautman from Toronto.

Meanwhile, Joanne Averill-Rocha on flute, and Kristen Theriault on harp, will be doing French secular instrumental music during the event.

And finally, renowned conductor Robert Phillips will be at the helm during this grand performance.

A Musical Winterlude, will be held this coming 21^st of February, 3 in the afternoon, at the St. George’s Anglican Church in Oshawa. You can score your tickets in advance for only $20, while tickets sold at the venue itself will be priced at $25. Tickets are sold at the

For more details and information on A Musical Winterlude, you can log on to www.durhamphilharmonic.ca.