Recent Concerts
Music and Meditation for Lent
Wednesday, Feb. 24 at noon – Soprano Mary Knickle and students
Wednesday, Feb. 17 at noon – Gus Webb, organ
The St. Cecilia Concert Series presents
BOWTIES
Sunday, February 14 at 3:00 pm
Bowties
Nancy Dahn on Violin and Timothy Steeves on Piano (Duo Concertante)
Gordon Stobbe on Fiddle
Greg Simm on Guitar
The violin and piano…. and the fiddle and guitar! These two pairs, one classically trained (Duo Concertante), one folk-oriented (Stobbe/Simm), come together to juxtapose, contemplate, and explore with the audience their seemingly disparate (or similar!) traditions and artistry.
With virtuosity, insight, imagination and humour, they present a thrilling musical experience spanning Bach to Benoit.,Between the Duo Concertante’s ravishing renditions of the traditional classics, and Gordon Stobbe’s toe-tapping Metis fiddle tunes, maritime airs and his own heartwarming compositions, all musical possibilities are open to discovery.
For more information visit the St. Cecilia Concert Series web site
The St. Cecilia Concert Series presents
‘Symphony on the Shore’
featuring
Symphony Nova Scotia
Janina's Chopin to Beethoven's Eighth
Friday, February 5, 2010, 7:30 PM
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Bernhard Gueller, conductor
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth with Symphony Nova Scotia. Pianist Janina Fialkowska, a "born Chopin interpreter" (Arthur Rubenstein), joins the orchestra to perform the composer's bold and imaginative Piano Concerto no. 2. The orchestra also performs Beethoven's boisterous "little Symphony in F." And 'Mirages’ by Jacques Hetu
For more information visit the St. Cecilia Concert Series web site.
St. John’s X 2
A program of music…
Sunday, January 24, 2010 2:30 p.m.
Presented by the Choirs and Handbell Ringers of
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Mahone Bay and
St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg
Directed by Jane Kristenson, Sharon Hill, Barbara Butler
St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg
Freewill Offering
Music & Meditation for Advent
Judith Burdett, soprano; Barbara Butler, piano/organ
Wednesday, Dec. 23 at noon
Bowls of Cheer
Presented by Saint Cecilia Concert Society
Sunday, December 20 at 2:00 pm
Featuring Blue Engine String Quartette and Shelley Thompson
Shelley Thompson and The Blue Engine String Quartet will celebrate the coming of the cold season with an afternoon of story telling, woven through with the Blue Engine’s exquisite renderings of music old and new.
Produced by Willpower Theatre in association with St. Cecilia Concert Series, this performance marries music composed and arranged by Chris Palmer for the Quartet with original short stories by Thompson, first commissioned by CBC Halifax.
Chris Palmer weaves Christmas music and popular songs from World War II into the first of these seasonal offerings, December 1945, which moves between a frozen Nova Scotian river and a French battlefield. Bowls of Cheer, the second story, is a light-hearted tale of Christmas mis-communications on a Maritime family farm at the turn of the century.
Jennifer Jones, Anne Simons, Margot Aldrich and Hilary Brown who make up the Blue Engine String Quartet, are looking forward to the departure that this project is offering them. They worked with Thompson several years ago, and have been looking for the opportunity to do it again. All five of the women think it’s been worth waiting for.
For more information visit the St. Cecilia Concert Society web site.
Music & Meditation for Advent
Ernst Family Singers - Wednesday, Dec 16 at noon
A Concert For Christmas
Presented by South Shore Chorale
Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 pm
This is the first time that the Chorale and Band have performed together. The newly formed SSC Youth Ensemble will perform for the first time. The 65 member chorale has been making music in the region for 40 years, but has never collaborated with the band - which has been the Fire Department Band since 1952.
Included in the concert is a meditative Christmas medley for band and choir - Let All The World Sing - arranged by Mr. Eisener. Beautiful arrangements of motets, old-favourites (Holst, Britten And Rutter) and pieces by modern Canadian composers Healey Willan and Mark Sirett.
The South Shore Chorale with the SSC Youth Ensemble, director John M. Scott and the Bridgewater Fire Department Band, director Wendell Eisener. Sharon Gow-Kinckle accompanies the Chorale.
Tickets available Fulton's Pharmacy, Lunenburg/ Sagor's Book Store, Bridgewater and from chorale and band members
A King’s Christmas
A Feast of Seasonal Song and Story
Produced by Musique Royale
Friday, December 11 at 7:30 pm
King's College Chapel Choir
Directed by Paul Halley
Narrator Neil Robertson
Special Guest Suzie LeBlanc
Under the direction of Grammy-winning musician Paul Halley, the King's College Chapel Choir will present its second annual Christmas concert, featuring carols from the medieval to the contemporary, interspersed with readings on seasonal themes.
For more information visit the Musique Royale web site.
Music & Meditation for Advent
Pamela Rogers, mezzo-soprano; Barbara Butler, piano/organ
Wednesday, Dec 9 at noon
Chris Norman, flute - Wednesday, Dec 2 at noon
St. Cecilia Concert Society presents Symphony on the Shore
Series Opener
MIR: A Soldier's Carol
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 7:30 PM
Martin MacDonald, conductor
Halifax progressive pop trio MIR joins Symphony Nova Scotia for a holiday concert unlike any other. Performing the original, intricately arranged songs from their EP A Soldier’s Carol, as well as samplings from their extensive repertoire, MIR presents a concert of hope, faith, and brotherhood to usher in the holiday season.
Musique Royale presents
Nova Scotia Youth Choir
Saturday, October 3 at 7:30 pm
The 2009 Nova Scotia Youth Choir, under the direction of guest conductor, Iwan Edwards, will perform in concert at St. John’s Anglican Church, 81 Cumberland Street in Lunenburg on Saturday, October 3rd at 7:30 p.m. A second performance will also take place in Halifax on Sunday, October 4th at 3:00 p.m. at St. George’s Round Church. They will be joined by accompanists Danielle Batstone and Maureen Anthony McGee.
The Nova Scotia Youth Choir is an auditioned choir of singers ages 16 – 25 from communities across Nova Scotia. The diverse concert program highlights the versatility of the talented young musicians, ranging from Renaissance works to Spirituals, and featuring Canadian composers from past and present.
Musique Royale presents
Suzie LeBlanc (soprano), Mark Simons (clarinet), and Robert Kortgaard (piano)
Saturday September 19, 7:30pm
Acadian-born soprano Suzie LeBlanc has established an international career specializing in 17th and18th century repertoire. She has appeared world-wide with many of the world’s leading early-music ensembles in concert and opera performances as well as on disc and on film. She now adds lieder, French mélodies and Acadian folk music to her repertoire and recently began exploring the world of improvisation with classical/jazz violinist Helmut Lipsky and his ensemble.
Suzie’s passion and research into Acadian traditional music has resulted in two recordings: La Mer Jolie and Tout passe., released on the ATMA label, as well as a documentary called Suzie LeBlanc: A musical quest directed by Donald Winkler. On film, Suzie LeBlanc can also be seen in More than a thousand kisses and in the documentary Suzie LeBlanc and a man named Quantz, both directed by the late Robert Chesterman (Prometheus Productions).
Mark Simons is an engaging clarinetist who performs a wide range of musical genres. He has performed as soloist with the I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra, L'Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble as well as with the Casal, Arthur Leblanc, Franz-Joseph, Bozzini, Alcan, and Daponte string quartets. His chamber music concerts and solo recitals have been heard in Belgium, the United States, Colombia, and in Canada. Since 1995 he has performed and toured with I Musici de Montréal, with whom he has recorded under the Chandos and Analecta labels.
Mark has performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival with numerous ensembles including the Juno winning Gypsy Bulgarian group Kaba Horo, Lilly's Tigers (jazz), as well as with I Musici de Montreal accompanying Arturo Sandoval and Egberto Gismonti. He performs with Montreal's top klezmer and gypsy musicians including Kleztory, Sergiu Popa and Allan Merovitz.
Mark has been a member of the contemporary music group, KORE since 1998.;Pianist Robert Kortgaard was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and grew up in Calgary, Alberta. He completed his Bachelor and Master's degrees at the Juilliard School in New York City. As a recipient of arts awards from the Canada Council, he furthered his musical studies in Italy and England.
Mr. Kortgaard has performed as a soloist with major Canadian orchestras and has given recitals throughout Canada and the United States, as well as in England, Finland, Portugal, Italy, Indonesia, the Czech Republic, China and Japan. He is a favourite collaborator of many of Canada's finest instrumental soloists, vocalists and chamber groups. His performances are frequently heard on CBC Radio and he has recorded for the Centrediscs, Marquis Classics/EMI, CBC Records, Teldec and ATMA Classiques labels.
Mr. Kortgaard is Artistic Director of the Indian River Festival on Prince Edward Island (recently nominated "Event of the Year" by the East Coast Music Awards), and the Leith Summer Music Festival in Ontario. He was musician-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick from 1993 - 1998, and has given piano masterclasses at Universities and festivals in Canada, Indonesia and China.
Musique Royale presents Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra
Saturday, August 29 at 7:30 pm
The concert is a special opportunity to hear these young gifted musicians in a program of popular orchestral classics: The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Dukas, and the richly expansive Second Symphony of Jean Sibelius. Also on the program is the lyrical Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, featuring the equally lyrical Jennifer Jones, first violinist of the Blue Engine String Quartet. The Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1977. For thirty-two years, the NSYO has provided students with educational opportunities not available at any university, public school, or conservatory in the province. The Orchestra has been described by renowned professional conductors and musicians as one of the finest in Canada. Dinuk Wijeratne is current Music Director and conductor.
Musique Royale presents Ensemble Polaris
Thursday August 13, 7:30pm
Marco Cera (guitar), Kirk Elliott (violin, harp, bagpipes, psaltery, accordion, etc.), Margaret Gay (cello), Ben Grossman (hurdy gurdy, jaw harp), Katherine Hill (voice, nyckelharpa), Alison Melville (flutes, recorders, seljefløyte), Colin Savage (clarinet, bass clarinet, recorders), and Debashis Sinha (percussion).
Ensemble Polaris, formed in 1997, plays innovative, category-defying versions of tunes from Scandinavia, the Baltic countries, Canada and other northern climes. ‘Not Much is Worse than a Troll’, the name of their Musique Royale presentation, is the title of their second CD, released in 2005. Often referred to as Canada’s only ‘Arctic fusion’ band, Ensemble Polaris has steadily been winning fans and critical acclaim across North America, Europe and Australia for their vivacious, accessible stage manner and captivating versions of traditional music from Nordic countries. With influences ranging from Balkan to klezmer and Baroque to the Hot Club of Paris, combined with a dazzling range of instrumental colours (nyckelharpa, hurdy gurdy, Norwegian willow flute!!) Polaris concerts feature haunting ballads, rollicking dance tunes, tender lullabies and laments, and nonsense songs that appeal to music lovers of all stripes and ages.
Musique Royale and Boxwood Festival
BOXWOOD BURNS SUPPER
Saturday July 25, 6:00 PM
Lunenburg and District Fire Hall, Lunenburg
To finish up the Boxwood week in style and to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns in 1759, Boxwood and Musique Royale are pleased to present a traditional Burns Supper interlaced with music, poetry, song and traditional Scottish fare. Rod Cameron will be our master of ceremonies along with many of our amazing guest artists. The menu will feature a Cock-a-Leekie Soup, Neeps, & Tatties and a ceremonial haggis. We'll be serving grilled-marinated lamb as the main dish. A vegetarian option will be available upon request.
The evening's entertainment will include songs, stories, music and dancing with featured performances from: Rod CAMERON - song, stories, master of ceremonies, Jerry O'SULLIVAN - pipes, whistle, Chris NORMAN - flutes, smallpipes, executive chef, David GREENBERG - Cape Breton violin, Edmund BROWNLESS - Burns songs, Eamon O'LEARY - guitar, banjo, songs and more . . . .
This event open to the public for a $30 donation per person. Kids 16 and under are $15. The evening is included in for Boxwood participants, work-study students, and paid non-participants. For more information about the evening or to make reservations, please contact Ruth McConnell at 902.634.9994.
Musique Royale and Boxwood Festival
BOXWOOD FINALE CONCERT
Friday July 24, 7:30 PM
Boxwood's remarkable finale concert has become an eagerly anticipated annual event in Lunenburg. This year we feature performances by one of the greats of the Irish flute: Conal O'Grada, whose fast, rhythmically precise playing is driven by a spirit from the true heart of traditional music. He'll be joined by the multi-instrumentalist and singer Eamon O'LEARY as well as the piper Jerry O'Sullivan. Rod Garnett gather guests to play a set that features his astounding virtuosity and breadth of repertoire that spans from Eastern Europe to Bali to South America. The duo of Chris Norman & David Greenberg will also be featured in a blazing set drawn from the musical traditions of Maritime Canada and Scotland with guest dancer Marlys Norman. A grand finale with all of our artists concludes the show. For complete info on these stellar musicians visit our artists page.
Conal O'GRADA - Irish flute, Jerry O'SULLIVAN - Uillean & Scottish pipes, whistle, David GREENBERG - Cape Breton & baroque violin, Chris NORMAN - traditional & early flutes, small pipes, Rod GARNETT- flute, ethnic flutes, Marlys NORMAN - beginning & intermediate ballet, Eamon O'LEARY - guitar, tenor banjo
Musique Royale and Boxwood Festival
presents BIG BOXWOOD CEILI DANCE
Wednesday July 22, 7:30 pm
St. John's Anglican Parish Hall, 64 Townsend St.
Bring your dancing shoes for a rollicking ceili dance in one of Canada’s most historic venues called by the extraordinary dancer Pierre Chartrand. An exhilarating ceili dance with Boxwood’s monster staff on the bandstand (visit our artists page) with the addition of the phenomenal young Quebecois fiddler Alexis Chartrand. Likely one of the best dances in Nova Scotia all year!
Musique Royale and Boxwood Festival
presents FROM OLD TO NEW
Tuesday July 21, 7:30 pm
This concert spans 500 years of music with performances by Canada's great recorder virtuoso Francis Colpron, baroque dancers Anne-Marie Gardette & Pierre Chartrand, tenor Edmund Brownless and the renowned composer & flutist Robert Dick with pianist Ursel Schlicht. Francis is the artistic director: Les Boréades de Montréal, running a successful series in Montreal, touring in North America and Europe, and recording many CDs on the ATMA label. Edmund Brownless will round out the first half with folk songs from the late renaissance & early baroque. With equally deep roots in classical music old and new and in free improvisation and new jazz, Robert has established himself as an artist who has not only mastered, but redefined the flute. Known worldwide for creating revolutionary visions of the flute's musical role, listening to Robert DICK play solo has been likened to the experience of hearing a full orchestra. His performances typically include flute (with his invention, the Glissando Headjoint®)piccolo, alto flute, and bass flutes in C and F. On special occasions, he'll bring out the giant, stand-up contrabass flute.
Robert DICK – flutes, Ursel SCHLICHT – piano, Francis COLPRON - recorder, flutes, Anne Marie-GARDETTE - baroque dance, Pierre CHARTRAND – dance, Edmund BROWNLESS - bel canto voice, Marie BOUCHARD – harpsichord
Musique Royale and Boxwood Festival
presents TEMPEST, a baroque ensemble
Sunday July 19, 7:30pm
St. John Anglican Church
David Greenberg leads Maritime Canada's premiere baroque string ensemble in an exciting program that explores the rich vein of Venetian music in the 17th and 18th centuries. Also featured will be some of Boxwood's world renowned guest artists including English flutist Lisa Besnoziuk playing a flute concerto by Quantz, Marie Bouchard performing a harpsichord concerto of CPE Bach, and the great Uilleann piper Jerry O'Sullivan who will join Tempest for some arrangements from the 18th century Irish O'Farrell Collection. Don't miss this magical concert which kicks-off our 2009 Boxwood Festival and Workshop.
David GREENBERG - Director, baroque violin, Karen LANGILE - baroque violin, Kirsty MONEY - baroque violin & viola, Hilary BROWN - baroque cello, Max KASPER – bass, with guests: Lisa BESNOZIUK - baroque flute, Marie BOUCHARD – harpsichord, Jerry O'SULLIVAN - Uilleann pipes
Musique Royale presents Orchid Ensemble
Thursday July 16, 7:30pm
St. John Anglican Church
Music from East to West - the erhu, zheng, marimba and percussion
From fingers to hands to hearts - that’s the quest of Orchid Ensemble, a group of diverse virtuosic musicians brought together through their passion for this delicate and sensitive art form - music which weaves a tapestry of magical sounds of East and West. From the classical traditions of China to rhythms of Persia and contemporary works, Orchid Ensemble - Lan Tung on erhu (a two-stringed fiddle held on the lap), Bei Bei He on zheng (a 21 string zither) and Jonathan Bernard, marimba and percussion - is evolving and creating its own place in Canadian culture.
Lan Tung crosses the lines between classical, contemporary, folk, blues and various ethnic styles, such as Indian, Celtic and Middle Eastern, to expand the horizons of the erhu. Lan has performed with Huun Huur Tu (Tuva), Baka Beyond (UK), Khac Chi Ensemble (Vietnam) and Hossam Shaker (Egypt) and shared the stage with many Vancouver's innovative improvisers, such as Ron Samworth and Coat Cooke.
Bei Bei is a Gu Zheng performer, composer, and educator, born in Chengdu, China, and currently residing in Orange County, California. Having majored in the Gu Zheng at the Central University of Nationalities in Beijing, China and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Bei Bei is a multiple award winner, including the 1st Dragon Cup International Gu Zheng Competition in 2001.
Jonathan Bernard combines his background in Western percussion with a fascination for Asian traditions to create a unique sound palette incorporating a myriad of instruments, techniques and styles. Jonathan's interests span genres from orchestral music to New Music, and World Music. Having premiered over seventy chamber works, Jonathan performs with Orchid Ensemble, Tandava, Vancouver New Music, Fringe Group, orchestras including the Vancouver, Victoria, CBC Radio Orchestra, and is principal percussionist with the Vancouver Island Symphony.
Musique Royale presents Tempest Baroque Ensemble
Saturday May 23, 7:30pm
St. John Anglican Church
Tempest Baroque Ensemble will present Lost in Venice, a magical and mysterious tour of the music of Vivaldi and his contemporaries. Music Director David Greenberg has weaved a program of the sounds of Venice that you will not want to miss.
Vivaldi is one of the most well known composers of the Baroque Period but who inspired him? Tempest will explore the works of other Venetian composers such as Monteverdi, Castello, Albinoni, Legrenzi, Merula and others, creating the sounds and atmosphere of Venice during the baroque period. In addition, Greenberg will play Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, but be prepared for something a little different: Greenberg and Tempest will have you mesmerized in this maze of wonderous Venetian sounds.
Tickets $20 ( $5 for students at the door)
A Special Youth Concert at St. John’s Anglican Church
Thursday May 14, at 7 pm.
Music students from Iqaluit will be visiting and performing in Nova Scotia during the week of May 10 – 16. During that time a special concert featuring Aqsarniit School Choir, the Iqaluit Fiddle Club and performers of drum dancing and throat singing will join the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts Chamber Orchestra in a performance at St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg on Thursday, May 14 at 7 pm
At Sea With The South Shore Chorale
a musical celebration of seafaring life
with guest soloist Douglas Brenton, baritone
Saturday May 2, 7:30pm
St. John’s Anglican Church
Tickets $12 / $10 Sagor’s Bookstore, Bridgewater
Fulton’s Pharmacy, Lunenburg, and from choir members & at the door. Community Event
Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra
Saturday, April 25, at 7:30 pm
St. John’s Anglican Church
Musique Royale presents Nova Scotia’s finest young instrumentalists!An opportunity to hear these young gifted musicians in a program of music by Dukas, Elgar and Mussorgsky. The Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1977. For thirty-two years, the NSYO has provided students with educational opportunities not available at any university, public school, or conservatory in the province. The Orchestra has been described by renowned professional conductors and musicians as one of the finest in Canada. Dinuk Wijeratne is current Music Director and conductor.
Tickets $15 ($5 students)
An evening with Nina Scott-Stoddart and Tara Scott
in support of Maritime Concert Opera
Friday, April 24 at 7:30 pm
St. John's Parish Hall
Lunenburg mezzo soprano sings a lighthearted program ranging from British and Nova Scotian folk songs through opera and musical theatre to comic songs of all kinds. Halifax accompanist Tara Scott is well-known to Lunenburg audiences as the principal music director for MCO, and she and Nina are really looking forward to this unusual and fun program.
Tickets $15 (available at the door or in advance at Fultons) or $2 for children 14 and under (only available at the door)
Community Event
Ernst Family Singers and Togni Concert
Sunday, April 19 at 3pm
St. Cecilia Concert Society presents Lunenburg’s treasured family of singers joins forces with the Halifax based Togni Consort, conducted by Peter Togni, Canadian choral icon, composer, organist, jazz musician and current host and producer of CBC’s Choral Concert.
Tickets $15 ($5 students)
Music and Meditation for Lent
Wednesday, Feb 25 at noon
Pat Watson, vocalist; Barbara Butler, piano and organ
Wednesday, March 4 at noon
John Scott, organ
Wednesday, March 11 at noon
Rachel Kristenson, violin; Heather Brill, piano
Wednesday, March 18 at noon
Pamela Rogers, soprano; Wayne Rogers, piano and organ
Wednesday, March 25 at noon
Members of the Ernst Family Singers
Wednesday, April 1 at noon
St. John's Mahone Bay Senior Choir, directed by Jane Kristenson in a performance of "Tennebrae", a Passion Cantata
Wednesday, April 8 at noon
Judith Burdett, soprano; Barbara Butler, piano
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Sunday, March 8 at 2:30 pm
Canada’s internationally renowned is touring Eastern Canada; south shore audiences will be able to hear this outstanding choir in Lunenburg, as a presentation of the St. Cecilia Concert Society. Their performance will take place at St. John’s Anglican Church.
The Vancouver Chamber Choir is Canada's outstanding professional vocal ensemble. Based on the Pacific Coast in British Columbia, conductor Jon Washburn and his twenty singers are noted for their diverse repertoire and performing excellence. The ACDA Choral Journal has declared the VCC to be "as fine a vocal chamber group as any in the world today." The choir and Jon Washburn have been the recipients of numerous national and international awards including the prestigious Louis Botto award, given in recognition of Washburn's innovative and entrepreneurial spirit in the development of a professional choral ensemble of exceptional quality.
Tickets $20 ($10 for students)
St. Cecilia Concert Society presents ‘Moon River’
Friday, February 20th at 7:30 pm
The St. Cecilia Concert Society presents ‘Moon River’ an evening of romance and mystery with soprano Rebecca Whalen and pianist Peter Togni. The artists perform in concert at St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg.
When you combine the crystalline voice of singer Rebecca Whelan and the unique sonic world of pianist and composer Peter Togni you will find a sense of wonder and stillness. Hear them in an evening of romance and mystery in a concert called Moon River. Their sound can be richly romantic or clear and spare. The river will flow through the Mancini classic, through jazz standards and Sting’s “Fields of Gold,” Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ In the Wind” to “Danny Boy.” Come and join these two innovative artists under the light of a musical moon and river of song in a most beautiful setting.
Tickets $15 ($5 for students)
Symphony on the Shore
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Bernhard Gueller leads Symphony Nova Scotia in a performance which features, as special guest, the young Canadian violinist Susanne Yi-Jia Hou, replacing Maritime tenor Terence Mierau who had to step down from this scheduled performance for health reasons. On the program will be Dvorak’s melodic Wind Serenade and Beethoven’s elegant Symphony No. 4 and his Violin Concerto, often referred to as the “Everest” of the violin repertoire.
Hou’s playing has been praised as “strangely strong yet delicate; her technique near flawless” (The Strad), and “absolutely phenomenal” (Lord Yehudi Menuhin). She performs on a $3 million 1729 Guarneri violin, on a three-year loan from the instrument bank of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Acknowledged as one of Canada’s most captivating and gifted young performers, Susanne Hou is in demand across Canada and around the world. Along with regular solo orchestral appearances, she is a lead violinist with Bowfire, the highly acclaimed production led by Lenny Solomon. Susanne has been seen on PBS and the Today Show amongst the top virtuoso violinists and fiddlers in each genre of modern string playing.
Suzanne recently performed the violin solos in the Atom Egoyan film Adoration, and was the subject of a CBC documentary entitled Shanghai Violinist.
Tickets: $25 special student tickets at $10
Music and Meditation for Advent
Wednesday’s, December 3rd – 17th at noon
December 3 – Mark Himmelman, Organ
December 10 – Students of Mary Knickle and organist Barbara Butler
December 17 - Pamela Rogers, Organ; Wayne Rogers Organ