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Music Niagara ticket sales are managed through the Shaw Festival Box Office.* ONLINE musicniagara.org/events BY PHONE 1-800-511-7429 or 905-468-2172 Phone and online ticket orders are accepted until 8pm on the day prior to the concert. On the day, tickets are sold at the door 30 minutes before the concert. IN PERSON Visit the Shaw Festival Box Office at the Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake. PRICES Prices are subject to change. Book early to ensure the best price! All prices are in Canadian dollars and are subject to HST and handling charge. All discounts are subject to availability, apply only at the time of purchase and cannot be applied retroactively or used in conjunction with other offers. Tickets are not refundable and the program/artists are subject to change. Dear friends, It’s a dream come true. From our modest begin- nings in 1999, we approach our 20th season thrilled with having become a major Canadian music festival, recognized nationally and worldwide. In designing Music Niagara’s programming, I’m guided by the principles of excellence, integrity and fun. We present exceptional international musicians, including top Canadian performers. Music Niagara also showcases and nurtures young talent, the stars of tomorrow, with our Young Virtuosos series and the fifth season of our Music Niagara Performance Academy. My heart is filled with emotion as I see a number of artists, including former students who are now fully-fledged professionals, return to us for our gala 20th season. Having emigrated from Lithuania many years ago, I know the struggles a performing artist faces in becoming re-established in a new land. Music Niagara takes pride in providing performance opportunities to great musicians born abroad who have come to Canada for a better life. They contribute to the diverse Canadian fabric that unites us all. Take time to read through this year’s lineup. Classical, jazz, opera, choral, country, folk, and more — there’s something for everyone in forty events spread over six weeks. So much to enjoy at your festival! Atis Bankas, Founder and Artistic Director CONCERT LOCATIONS First Ontario Performing Arts Centre (FOPAC) 250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines Niagara United Mennonite Church 1775 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake Old Winery Cellar 2228 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake Ravine Estates Winery 1366 York Road, St. Davids Royal Canadian Legion Branch 124 410 King Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake Please note this venue is not wheelchair accessible Royal Elite International Academy 1875 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake Simcoe Park Queen Street and King Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake St. Mark’s Church 41 Byron Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake The Hare Wine Co. 769 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake Court House Market Room 26 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre 247 Ricardo Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake 20th SEASON July 7 to August 11 Niagara-on-the-Lake Atis Bankas, Artistic Director MUSIC NIAGARA SIX-PACK $195 A six-ticket package valid for any concert priced at $50 or less. Some restrictions may apply. (Cannot be applied to July 26th NYO concert.) PLEASE NOTE Six-Pack tickets are subject to availability. To avoid disappointment at the door please contact the box office as soon as possible to exchange your voucher for a guaranteed seat. MULTI-CONCERT DISCOUNT Buy tickets to 4 or more concerts by June 15th and receive a 15% discount. Or after June 15th for a 10% discount. (Cannot be applied to July 26th NYO concert.) STUDENT TICKETS Special prices available for most concerts: Post-Secondary students $10, Elementary and High School $5. Proof of ID may be requested. *For July 26th National Youth Orchestra concert only, tick- ets can be purchased from First Ontario Performing Arts Centre, call: 1-855-515-0722 or 905-688-0722 for tickets and information. musicniagara.org For tickets call: 1-800-511-7429 / 905-468-2172 Music Niagara is a presentation of the Canadian Chamber Academy, a non-profit, charitable organization 892391160RR0001. Illustration by Scott McKowen. Design by Allysha Witt, Punch & Judy Inc. TO PURCHASE TICKETS PHOTO BY COSMO CONDINA PHOTO BY COSMO CONDINA PHOTO BY COSMO CONDINA
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Music Niagara ticket sales are managed through the Shaw Festival Box Office.*
ONLINE musicniagara.org/events
BY PHONE 1-800-511-7429 or 905-468-2172 Phone and online ticket orders are accepted until 8pm on the day prior to the concert. On the day, tickets are sold at the door 30 minutes before the concert.
IN PERSON Visit the Shaw Festival Box Office at the Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
PRICES Prices are subject to change. Book early to ensure the best price! All prices are in Canadian dollars and are subject to HST and handling charge.
All discounts are subject to availability, apply only at the time of purchase and cannot be applied retroactively or used in conjunction with other offers.
Tickets are not refundable and the program/artists are subject to change.
Dear friends,
It’s a dream come true. From our modest begin-nings in 1999, we approach our 20th season thrilled with having become a major Canadian music festival, recognized nationally and worldwide.
In designing Music Niagara’s programming, I’m guided by the principles of excellence, integrity and fun. We present exceptional international musicians, including top Canadian performers. Music Niagara also showcases and nurtures young talent, the stars of tomorrow, with our Young Virtuosos series and the fifth season of our Music Niagara Performance Academy. My heart is filled with emotion as I see a number of artists, including former students who are now fully-fledged professionals, return to us for our gala 20th season.
Having emigrated from Lithuania many years ago, I know the struggles a performing artist faces in becoming re-established in a new land. Music Niagara takes pride in providing performance opportunities to great musicians born abroad who have come to Canada for a better life. They contribute to the diverse Canadian fabric that unites us all.
Take time to read through this year’s lineup. Classical, jazz, opera, choral, country, folk, and more — there’s something for everyone in forty events spread over six weeks. So much to enjoy at your festival!
Atis Bankas, Founder and Artistic Director
CONCERT LOCATIONS
First Ontario Performing Arts Centre (FOPAC) 250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines
Niagara United Mennonite Church 1775 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Old Winery Cellar 2228 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Ravine Estates Winery 1366 York Road, St. Davids
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 124 410 King Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake Please note this venue is not wheelchair accessible
Royal Elite International Academy 1875 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Simcoe Park Queen Street and King Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake
St. Mark’s Church 41 Byron Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake
The Hare Wine Co. 769 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Court House Market Room 26 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre 247 Ricardo Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake
20th SEASONJuly 7 to August 11
Niagara-on-the-LakeAtis Bankas, Artistic Director
MUSIC NIAGARA SIX-PACK $195
A six-ticket package valid for any concert priced at $50 or less. Some restrictions may apply. (Cannot be applied to July 26th NYO concert.)
PLEASE NOTE Six-Pack tickets are subject to availability. To avoid disappointment at the door please contact the box office as soon as possible to exchange your voucher for a guaranteed seat.
MULTI-CONCERT DISCOUNT
Buy tickets to 4 or more concerts by June 15th and receive a 15% discount. Or after June 15th for a 10% discount. (Cannot be applied to July 26th NYO concert.)
STUDENT TICKETS
Special prices available for most concerts: Post-Secondary students $10, Elementary and High School $5. Proof of ID may be requested.
*For July 26th National Youth Orchestra concert only, tick-ets can be purchased from First Ontario Performing Arts Centre, call: 1-855-515-0722 or 905-688-0722 for tickets and information.
musicniagara.org For tickets call: 1-800-511-7429 / 905-468-2172
Music Niagara is a presentation of the Canadian Chamber Academy, a non-profit, charitable organization 892391160RR0001.
Illustration by Scott McKowen. Design by Allysha Witt, Punch & Judy Inc.
TO PURCHASE TICKETS
PHOTO BY COSMO CONDINA
PHOTO BY COSMO CONDINA
PHOTO BY COSMO CONDINA
SATURDAY, JULY 7 OPENING GALA HANNAFORD STREET SILVER BAND
7:30pm from $50 N.O.T.L. Community Centre
Canada’s finest brass ensem-ble presents an evening of light classics, jazz and old-time favourites.
Pre-concert reception 6:30pm +$15.
SUNDAY, JULY 8 SUNDAY IN THE PARK WHERE HAVE ALL THE FOLK SONGS GONE?
12pm FREE Simcoe Park
Sue and Dwight sing folksongs of hope and social justice from the Sixties.
Bring a picnic and a lawn-chair and enjoy!
SUNDAY, JULY 8 GREAT ROMANTICS DANG THAI SON
3pm from $45 St. Mark’s Church
World-renowned Vietnamese-Canadian pianist Dang Thai Son, first prize and gold medal winner of the International Chopin Piano Competition, plays Schubert, Chopin, Paderewski and Liszt.
MONDAY, JULY 9 MOZART’S DON GIOVANNI
7:30pm from $40 United Mennonite Church
Based on the legends of Don Juan, Mozart’s operatic mas-terpiece features acclaimed British-Canadian baritone Alexander Dobson in the title role, supported by fantastic young Canadian talent.
TUESDAY, JULY 10 THREE MEN IN A BOAT
‘THE FUNNIEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN’
7:30pm from $30 Court House Market Room
Actor, director, author and Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal recipient, Michael Bawtree captures the full range of surprise, baffle-ment, laughter and dismay of this 1881 novel. Let the adven-ture unfold!
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 GREAT ROMANTICS MYKOLA SUK
7:30pm from $40 Court House Market Room
First Prize winner at the International Liszt-Bartok Competition and described as the “greatest present-day Liszt pianist”, Suk plays Mozart, Beethoven and Liszt with Atis Bankas (violin) and Jonathan Tortolano (cello).
FRIDAY, JULY 13 LONESOME ACE STRINGBAND BLUEGRASS
7:30pm from $30 Royal Canadian Legion
This talented trio connects to the heart and ear through their love of Appalachian mountain music. Banjo, bass and fiddle.
PLEASE NOTE: This venue is not wheelchair accessible.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 ROMANTIC CELLO KHOMA-VYNNYTSKY DUO
7:30pm from $35 Court House Market Room
Prestigious international competition winners Natalia Khoma (cello) and Volodymyr Vynnytsky (piano) dazzle audiences with their diverse and entertaining repertoire from Bach to Rachmaninoff.
SUNDAY, JULY 22 GREAT ROMANTICS ANDRÉ LAPLANTE
3pm from $45 St. Mark’s Church
Canadian pianist André Laplante, at his world-class romantic virtuosic best, returns with members of the Gould String Quartet in an all Brahms program.
FRIDAY, JULY 27 UP ALL NIGHT CELTIC BAND
7:30pm from $30 Royal Canadian Legion
A lively, toe-tapping evening of Celtic Music.
PLEASE NOTE: This venue is not wheelchair accessible.
FRIDAY, AUG 3 BOCCHERINI TO BOSSA NOVA
7:30pm from $45 St. Mark’s Church
Canada’s pre-eminent clari-netist James Campbell and the Tiberius String Quartet play music ranging from spicy tangos to music from the American Songbook.
WEDNESDAY, AUG 8 GREAT ROMANTICS JONATHAN CROW & FRIENDS
7:30pm from $40 Court House Market Room
The love triangle between Brahms and the Schumanns might have been awkward, but it resulted in beautiful music. Featuring Jonathan Crow (violin), Philip Chiu (piano), Gabriel Radford (French horn).
FRIDAY, AUG 10 KEVIN, DAVE, TERRY AND JOHN CANADA’S BEST AGAIN!
7:30pm from $45 St. Mark’s Church
Back by popular demand, award winning Canadian jazz luminaries, John Sherwood (piano), Dave Young (bass) and Terry Clarke (drums) are joined by Kevin Turcotte on trumpet.
SATURDAY, AUG 11 SEASON FINALE TCHAIKOVSKY AND SHOSTAKOVICH
7:30pm from $50 St. Mark’s Church
The Canadian Chamber Academy Orchestra, con-ducted by Nathan Brock, featuring Victoria Kogan (piano), Bora Kim (violin) and Atis Bankas (violin).
Pre-concert reception 6:30pm +$15.
SATURDAY, AUG 4 LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
7:30pm from $45 St. Mark’s Church
It’s the most famous annual concert in classical music; featuring popular classics and British patriotic pieces. Niagara Proms Orchestra with Kerry Stratton conducting. British flags and costumes encouraged.
SUNDAY, AUG 5 SUNDAY IN THE PARK FROG AND HENRY
11am FREE Simcoe Park
American popular music from the 1920s and 30s. Two peo-ple playing seven instruments.
Bring a picnic and a lawn-chair and enjoy!
SUNDAY, AUG 5 REMEMBERING SASHA
3pm from $45 St. Mark’s Church
From Bach to Piazzolla. A tribute to the late Alexander Sevastian of Quartetto Gelato, world-renowned master of the accordion and bandoneon. With members of Quartetto Gelato.
MONDAY, AUG 6 TORONTO ALL-STAR BIG BAND
7:30pm from $45 Ravine Estates Winery
A Music Niagara favourite, TABB revives the spirit, style and sound of the 30s, 40s and 50s — that golden age of the big bands.
TUESDAY, AUG 7 150 YEARS OF CANADIAN LITERATURE
7:30pm from $30 Court House Market Room
Master storyteller and Order of Canada recipient, Douglas Gibson is an irrepressibly charming performer. With pianist, Daisy Leung.
SATURDAY, JULY 28 JAZZ MASTERS PHIL NIMMONS AND DAVID BRAID
7:30pm from $45 St. Mark’s Church
Presented in collaboration with TD Niagara Jazz Festival. Two Juno winners, legend-ary Canadian jazz icon Phil Nimmons (clarinet) and David Braid (piano) dazzle audiences with their new-age jazz inter-pretations and improvisations.
SUNDAY, JULY 29 YOUNG VIRTUOSOS 3
3pm Pay-what-you-can Niagara Pumphouse
Witness the future of clas-sical music in this showcase of endearing vitality and exciting young talent from Music Niagara’s Performance Academy.
SUNDAY, JULY 29 GREAT ROMANTICS TRIO CELESTE
7:30pm from $35 St. Mark’s Church
Critics call them “unfailingly stylish” and “technically daz-zling.” Trio Céleste perform Tchaikovsky, Dvorak. A Music Niagara debut performance.
MONDAY, JULY 30 THE GREAT DEBATE BATTLE OF THE ROMANTICS
7:30pm from $35 Court House Market Room
Christopher Newton, Tom Allen, William Littler, Rick Phillips and Peter Hall are joined by pianist Victoria Kogan for a lively, informative and amusing discussion of Romantic composers, along with musical samples.
WEDNESDAY, AUG 1 CABARET AND SO IT GOES...
7:30pm from $35 Court House Market Room
A transatlantic voyage with songs and stories from both sides — Cole Porter, and Sondheim meet Noël Coward and Ivor Novello. With Brett Polegato (baritone) and Robert Kortgaard (piano).
MONDAY, JULY 23 JULIETTE KANG VIOLIN
7:30pm from $35 St. Mark’s Church
Prizewinning Canadian violinist Juliette Kang, in a gorgeous program including Delius, Vaughan Williams and Debussy. With Dmitri Novgorodsky (piano).
TUESDAY, JULY 24 YOUNG VIRTUOSOS 1
12pm Pay-what-you-can St. Mark’s Church
Witness the future of clas-sical music in this showcase of endearing vitality and exciting young talent from Music Niagara’s Performance Academy.
TUESDAY, JULY 24 GESUALDO SIX CHAMBER CHOIR DIRECTED BY OWAIN PARK
7:30pm from $40 St. Mark’s Church
This vocal consort features six of the UK’s finest young consort singers, some hailing from the perennially popular Trinity College Cambridge Choir.
THURSDAY, JULY 26 NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA
7:30pm from $35 First Ontario Performing Arts Centre
For over fifty years, NYO has enjoyed an iconic reputa-tion as Canada’s orchestral finishing school for our country’s best young classical musicians.
MUST BE PURCHASED THROUGH FOPAC 1-855-515-0722 OR 905-688-0722
FRIDAY, JULY 27 YOUNG VIRTUOSOS 2
3pm Pay-what-you-can Royal Elite International Academy
Witness the future of clas-sical music in this showcase of endearing vitality and exciting young talent from Music Niagara’s Performance Academy.
THURSDAY, JULY 19 ELMER ISELER SINGERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY
7:30pm from $45 United Mennonite Church
Leonard Bernstein to Healey Willan. A Canadian musical jewel, the Elmer Iseler Singers make the rafters ring as their twenty voices unite in song. A Music Niagara debut performance.
FRIDAY, JULY 20 FUTURE OF CANADIAN JAZZ HARRY BARTLETT TRIO
7:30pm from $30 Niagara Pumphouse
Three Canadian up-and-com-ing jazz musicians: guitarist Harry Bartlett, bassist Caleb Klager, and drummer Harry Vetro.
SATURDAY, JULY 21 WINE AND MUSIC GOULD STRING QUARTET
12pm from $30 Hare Wine Co.
Atis Bankas (violin), Vera Alekseeva (violin), Anna Antropova (viola), Jonathan Tortolano (cello) play Mozart and Mendelssohn string quartets.
SATURDAY, JULY 21 CARMEN ON TAP OPERA GONE ROGUE!
7:30pm from $45 Old Winery Cellar
Prima donna and CBC star Julie Nesrallah is joined by Richard Troxell in an intimate cabaret performance of Bizet’s Carmen.
SUNDAY, JULY 22 SUNDAY IN THE PARK NIAGARA FALLS CONCERT BAND
12pm FREE Simcoe Park
Tap your toes to the varied repertoire of the Niagara Falls Concert Band.
Bring a picnic and a lawn-chair and enjoy!
SATURDAY, JULY 14 GREAT ROMANTICS NORBERT HELLER AND ALEXANDER DOBSON
3pm from $40 Court House Market Room
Awarded the EU’s Gustav Mahler Prize, Czech pianist Norbert Heller and acclaimed British-Canadian baritone Alexander Dobson with Atis Bankas (violin), perform works by Dietrich, Brahms and Schumann.
SUNDAY, JULY 15 SUNDAY IN THE PARK THE RETRO RAMBLERS
12pm FREE Simcoe Park
This barbershop quartet per-forms classics from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Bring a picnic and a lawn-chair and enjoy!
SUNDAY, JULY 15 GREAT ROMANTICS VICTORIA KOGAN
3pm from $40 St. Mark’s Church
Top international prize winner, pianist extraordinaire Victoria Kogan returns, along with the Gould String Quartet, in a program of Liszt, Wagner and Schumann.
MONDAY, JULY 16 AMOR Y PASIÓN AN EVENING WITH ISABEL BAYRAKDARIAN
7:30pm from $45 St. Mark’s Church
A Music Niagara first, world- famous Canadian soprano, Isabel Bayrakdarian performs an evening of Spanish music with pianist Robert Kortgaard.
TUESDAY, JULY 17 BREAKING THE SILENCE CLARION QUARTET
7:30pm from $35 St. Mark’s Church
Music by composers whose works were banned by the Third Reich, restored to its rightful prominence on the concert stage: Weinberg, Ullmann, Schulhoff.
Full program details at musicniagara.org
Clarion String Quartet Victoria KoganDang Thai SonLonesome AceIsabel BayrakdarianAlexander DobsonJulie NesrallahFrog & HenryJonathan Crow
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