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Some 80 partygoers za-ba-doo-bopped over to a jazz-themed fundraising reception for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir, hosted Monday by Stephen Assaly and his wife, Sandra, in Rockcliffe Park.
The evening started with cocktails and canapés, mixed with some marvelling at the couple’s magazine-worthy home, designed by award-winning architect Barry Hobin. The party hummed along nicely with an intimate jazz performance by singer Diane Nalini and her husband, jazz bassist Adrian Cho, complete with improvisational scat singing. As well, members of the Seventeen Voyces sang together under the guidance of chorus master and founding director Kevin Reeves.
The $100-a-ticket benefit was the first social outing for Voyces board chair John Goldsmith since his bypass surgery at the Heart Institute some four weeks earlier. He was on hand to make some welcoming remarks, as was Assaly.
Seventeen Voyces artistic director Kevin Reeves, an alumnus of Ashbury College (1976), with the private school’s current head, Norman Southward, and his wife, Anna Rumin, at a private reception held in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Ottawa chamber choir.
Assaly, owner of Richmond Heights Apartments, recalled how he and Reeves had both been part of an alumni group that spoke, some 20 years ago, to graduating students of private school Ashbury College.
Reeves, while delivering an inspiring speech, revealed he’d never had a regular job. He’s also a composer, caricaturist and filmmaker. His talk that day left Assaly wishing he could have such an interesting career.
Of course, it requires that one have artistic talent first, Assaly humbly added. At least his daughter, Juliana Assaly, has a musical gift; she did a splendid job playing piano during the cocktail reception.
From left, Seventeen Voyces board chair John Goldsmith with hosts Stephen Assaly and his wife, Sandra Assaly, and Seventeen Voyces artistic director Kevin Reeves at a fundraiser for the Ottawa chamber choir, held in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016.
From left, Francine Belleau with Andrea Laurin and Janice McDonald at a private reception hosted by Stephen and Sandra Assaly at their home in Rockcliffe Park, on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
From left, Tracey Hubley with Sheila Watson at a reception for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir, held in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016.
From left, Brian Peters, Sarah Martin, Tom Martin and Greg Kane attended a private reception held in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
Stephen Assaly welcomes guests to his home during a reception that he and his wife, Sandra, hosted on Monday, May 9, 2016, for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
From left, Seventeen Voyces supporters David Bournes and Marianne Bournes from Royal LePage Team Realty, with jazz singer Diane Nalini and her husband, jazz bassist Adrian Cho, at a private reception held in Rockcliffe Park for the Ottawa chamber choir on Monday, May 9, 2016.
Robert Nesbitt with Seventeen Voyces board member Peggy Nankivell and Deanne Monaghan enjoy some late-day sunshine during a private reception held on Monday, May 9, 2016, in Rockcliffe Park for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
From left, Zoe Rikhtegar with her mom, Caroline Rikhtegar, and Pooneh Azadeh, at a private reception hosted by Stephen and Sandra Assaly on Monday, May 9, 2016, for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
Four-year-old Max Mierins hangs out with his dad, Jeff Mierins, at a reception hosted by Stephen and Sandra Assaly at their home in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
From left, jazz singer Diane Nalini with Seventeen Voyces board member Peggy Nankivell and jazz bassist Adrian Cho at the All That Jazz fundraiser for the Ottawa chamber choir, held at the home of Stephen and Sandra Assaly in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016.
Jazz singer Diane Nalini and her husband, jazz bassist Adrian Cho, performed at the All That Jazz fundraiser for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir, held at the home of Stephen and Sandra Assaly in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016.
Tara-Leigh Cancino Brouillette and Jeff Mierins, holding their four-year-old son Max, listen to a live jazz performance at a private reception held in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
Members of the Seventeen Voyces performed under the direction of Kevin Reeves at a fundraiser for the Ottawa chamber choir, hosted by Stephen and Sandra Assaly at their Rockcliffe Park home on Monday, May 9, 2016.
From left, Seventeen Voyces singers Barbara Okun (alto) and Clare Jackson (soprano) helped serve canapÈs to guests before performing at a fundraiser at a private home in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, for the Ottawa chamber choir.
From left, Russell Saulnier, Patty Shaw, Lisa Snidal and Brian Morrison turned out for a reception hosted by Stephen and Sandra Assaly at their home in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
Juliana Assaly’s beautiful piano playing attracted the attention of party guest Lois Harper at a private party hosted by Assaly’s parents, Stephen and Sandra, at their Rockcliffe Park home on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
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The evening started with cocktails and canapés, mixed with some marvelling at the couple’s magazine-worthy home, designed by award-winning architect Barry Hobin. The party hummed along nicely with an intimate jazz performance by singer Diane Nalini and her husband, jazz bassist Adrian Cho, complete with improvisational scat singing. As well, members of the Seventeen Voyces sang together under the guidance of chorus master and founding director Kevin Reeves.
The $100-a-ticket benefit was the first social outing for Voyces board chair John Goldsmith since his bypass surgery at the Heart Institute some four weeks earlier. He was on hand to make some welcoming remarks, as was Assaly.
Seventeen Voyces artistic director Kevin Reeves, an alumnus of Ashbury College (1976), with the private school’s current head, Norman Southward, and his wife, Anna Rumin, at a private reception held in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Ottawa chamber choir.
Assaly, owner of Richmond Heights Apartments, recalled how he and Reeves had both been part of an alumni group that spoke, some 20 years ago, to graduating students of private school Ashbury College.
Reeves, while delivering an inspiring speech, revealed he’d never had a regular job. He’s also a composer, caricaturist and filmmaker. His talk that day left Assaly wishing he could have such an interesting career.
Of course, it requires that one have artistic talent first, Assaly humbly added. At least his daughter, Juliana Assaly, has a musical gift; she did a splendid job playing piano during the cocktail reception.
From left, Seventeen Voyces board chair John Goldsmith with hosts Stephen Assaly and his wife, Sandra Assaly, and Seventeen Voyces artistic director Kevin Reeves at a fundraiser for the Ottawa chamber choir, held in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016.
From left, Francine Belleau with Andrea Laurin and Janice McDonald at a private reception hosted by Stephen and Sandra Assaly at their home in Rockcliffe Park, on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
From left, Tracey Hubley with Sheila Watson at a reception for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir, held in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016.
From left, Brian Peters, Sarah Martin, Tom Martin and Greg Kane attended a private reception held in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
Stephen Assaly welcomes guests to his home during a reception that he and his wife, Sandra, hosted on Monday, May 9, 2016, for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
From left, Seventeen Voyces supporters David Bournes and Marianne Bournes from Royal LePage Team Realty, with jazz singer Diane Nalini and her husband, jazz bassist Adrian Cho, at a private reception held in Rockcliffe Park for the Ottawa chamber choir on Monday, May 9, 2016.
Robert Nesbitt with Seventeen Voyces board member Peggy Nankivell and Deanne Monaghan enjoy some late-day sunshine during a private reception held on Monday, May 9, 2016, in Rockcliffe Park for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
From left, Zoe Rikhtegar with her mom, Caroline Rikhtegar, and Pooneh Azadeh, at a private reception hosted by Stephen and Sandra Assaly on Monday, May 9, 2016, for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
Four-year-old Max Mierins hangs out with his dad, Jeff Mierins, at a reception hosted by Stephen and Sandra Assaly at their home in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
From left, jazz singer Diane Nalini with Seventeen Voyces board member Peggy Nankivell and jazz bassist Adrian Cho at the All That Jazz fundraiser for the Ottawa chamber choir, held at the home of Stephen and Sandra Assaly in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016.
Jazz singer Diane Nalini and her husband, jazz bassist Adrian Cho, performed at the All That Jazz fundraiser for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir, held at the home of Stephen and Sandra Assaly in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016.
Tara-Leigh Cancino Brouillette and Jeff Mierins, holding their four-year-old son Max, listen to a live jazz performance at a private reception held in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
Members of the Seventeen Voyces performed under the direction of Kevin Reeves at a fundraiser for the Ottawa chamber choir, hosted by Stephen and Sandra Assaly at their Rockcliffe Park home on Monday, May 9, 2016.
From left, Seventeen Voyces singers Barbara Okun (alto) and Clare Jackson (soprano) helped serve canapÈs to guests before performing at a fundraiser at a private home in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, for the Ottawa chamber choir.
From left, Russell Saulnier, Patty Shaw, Lisa Snidal and Brian Morrison turned out for a reception hosted by Stephen and Sandra Assaly at their home in Rockcliffe Park on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
Juliana Assaly’s beautiful piano playing attracted the attention of party guest Lois Harper at a private party hosted by Assaly’s parents, Stephen and Sandra, at their Rockcliffe Park home on Monday, May 9, 2016, in support of the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir.
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