Alyssa Wright and Sandra Ruttan

Please join us for a wonderful concert featuring Alyssa Wright on cello and Sandra Ruttan on piano on November 12th at 12:00pm!

Entrance is by voluntary donation! All proceeds will go to support the downtown Breakfast Program.

Passionately creative and creatively passionate, Alyssa Wright is a Canadian cellist, vocalist, songwriter, composer, educator, writer, activist, advocate, and occasional rant-er. After spending her first three decades in Toronto, she is currently based in Barrie, Ontario. In addition to her solo performance, Alyssa currently explores the world of classical music and beyond with pianist Marilyn Reesor, in the musical fusion collaborative Frizzen Spring, plays with Celtic band Pagan’s Folly, and is Ontario folk music’s “go-to-it” girl for cello studio and session work. She’s played in a rock band, sung in a barbershop quartet, flirted with electronica, jazz, various “world music” and whatever new sounds tickle her fancy. She has played festivals and venues from Cape Breton to Vancouver Island, including Massey Hall, Hugh’s Room, The Carleton, Harbourfront Centre and Molson Amphitheatre, and has appeared on gazillions of commercial recordings (she admits to having lost count some time ago). (Alyssa Wright website)

Sandra Lisa Ruttan grew up in Sarnia, Ontario and has degrees in Music and Education from Western University and, more recently, a degree in Indigenous Social Work from Laurentian University. She brings those three interests together as a performer, teacher, and advocate for social justice, mental health and spiritual well-being. She is passionate about helping people discover and develop their musical abilities. (Collier Website)

Entrance is by voluntary donation! All proceeds will go to support the downtown Breakfast Program.