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The Tenors Raise $20K for #TorontoStrongFund

The Canadian trio has completed three PBS specials and donated ticket sales from one to a fund aiding victims of the van attack in April that killed 10 people and injured 16 in Toronto.

The Tenors Raise $20K for #TorontoStrongFund

By Karen Bliss

Canadian vocal group The Tenors have done three PBS television specials before, but their fourth was the only one for which proceeds from ticket sales went to charity, #TorontoStrong Fund, which was set up by the City of Toronto and Toronto Foundation for the victims of the van attack in April that killed 10 people and injured 16.


The multi-platinum-selling trio — Victor Micallef, Fraser Walters, and Clifton Murray  — filmed the TV show over two nights in early June at Toronto's Elgin Theatre and raised $20,000 through a minimum donation of $10 per ticket. 

Continue reading about The Tenors on the SamaritanMag website

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Angine de Poitrine perform at the Polaris Music Prize ceremony at Massey Hall in Toronto on Sept. 22
Courtesy Photo/Polaris Music Prize

Angine de Poitrine perform at the Polaris Music Prize ceremony at Massey Hall in Toronto on Sept. 22

Awards

Angine de Poitrine Win Both the Polaris Music Prize and SOCAN Polaris Song Prize

The Quebec duo took continued their major breakthrough, taking home two major best Canadian music honours at the ceremony at Toronto’s Massey Hall last night (Sept. 22), winning for Vol. II and its track “Fabienk.” The Watchmen and Willie Dunn also earned the Polaris Heritage Prize distinction for their albums McLaren Furnace Room and Willie Dunn.

Angine de Poitrine earned two of the country’s top musical honours in the same night.

The band emerged victorious at last night’s (Sept. 22) Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony powered by FACTOR at Toronto’s Massey Hall, taking home both the Polaris Music Prize for Vol. II and the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize for “Fabienk.”

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