by Leslie Lyne | Apr 25, 2017 | 2017/2018 Season, past concert series artist, soprano
We opened our 2017 season with a feature performance by one of Canada’s most celebrated sopranos, Isabel Bayrakdarian. This special concert featured a superb selection of passionate Spanish love songs and tangos. The Lebanese-born Canadian soprano has a surprising...
by Leslie Lyne | Apr 25, 2017 | 2017/2018 Season, past concert series artist, piano
LUCA BURATTO • 2015 Honens Prize Laureate Luca Buratto, laureate of the 2015 Honens Piano Competition, has already set the classical world on its ear with his thrilling and lyrical performances. A veteran of concert halls around the world, Luca joined us in High River...
by Leslie Lyne | Apr 25, 2017 | 2017/2018 Season, choir, past concert series artist
We celebrated the spirit of the Christmas season with a special concert featuring the award-winning Spiritus Chamber Choir accompanied by the Foothills Brass. These gorgeous voices sang familiar Christmas favourites, French Carols, and ‘A Cappella’ choral gems, in a...
by Leslie Lyne | Apr 25, 2017 | 2017/2018 Season, past concert series artist, Saxophone
The Proteus Saxophone Quartet performs high energy concerts that will put a spring in your step on a cold winter’s evening. Classical, romantic, jazz, contemporary—you name it—this quartet plays it all with great colour and flair. Entertaining audiences with stories...
by Leslie Lyne | Apr 25, 2017 | 2017/2018 Season, past concert series artist, piano, violin
“Such complete artistry … I dare say what we heard last night was miraculous.- La Presse Violinists and brothers Nikki and Timothy Chooi join with pianist Philip Chiu to offer a fresh twist to the typical classical concert. These musicians, all in their...
by Leslie Lyne | Apr 25, 2017 | 2017/2018 Season, cello, past concert series artist, violin
We cap off another season with one of our audience’s favourite concerts, Young Musicians Extraordinaire, this year featuring Luka Coetzee on cello and Jacques Forestier on violin. Both only twelve years old, Luka and Jacques delight audiences with their passion for...
