Experience the National Youth Orchestra of Canada's ChamberFest at the prestigious Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts this summer from June 22 - July 4.
Enjoy FREE afternoon and evening concerts featuring talented young musicians performing alongside renowned faculty, including the Formosa Quartet and True North Brass. Discover a diverse world of chamber music, from Juno-winning Tanya Tagaq to W.A Mozart. Don't miss this unique opportunity to support the next generation of classical musicians!
Concert Schedule:
(*Schedule and repertoire subject to change. Please check this page one day in advance of the performance you wish to attend.)
- June 22: 1:30PM (Student Concert) and 7:30PM (Formosa Quartet)
- June 25: 7:30PM (Student Concert)
- June 26: 7:30PM (Student Concert)
- June 27: 1:30PM and 7:30PM (Student Concert)
- June 28: 7:30PM (True North Brass Concert)
- June 29: 7:30PM (Blake Pouliot Artist-In-Residence Concert)
- July 2: 7:30PM (Student Concert)
- July 3: 7:30PM (Student Concert)
- July 4: 7:30PM (Student Concert)
REPERTOIRE FOR JULY 4: 7:30PM
Three Madrigals I. Sparge la Morte II. Se vi duol il mio duolo III. Io Pur Respiro in Cosi Gran Dolore, Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (1566 - 1613) Arr. Ali Yazdanfar: Ludovic Grell, Sonja Swettenham, Étienne Beaulieu-Gaul Benjamin Pastrana Mankovitz, Cameron Breiter, double bass
Silva Caledonia, Gavin Bryars (b. 1943): Cameron Breiter, Sonja Swettenham, Ludovic Grell Étienne Beaulieu-Gaul, Benjamin Pastrana Mankovitz, Dean Chen Charles-Étienne Meloche, Ali Yazdanfar*, double bass
Quartet No. 14 in D Minor ("Death and the Maiden") I. Allegro, Franz Schubert (1797 - 1823): Keshav Srinivasan, Grace Wride, violin Sofia Gabriela Morao Barreto, viola Lexie Krakowski, cello
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 I. Adagio ma non troppo, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Tegwen Sak, Sizhan Zheng, violin Rachel Miner, viola, Joseph Wang, cello
String Quartet in B minor, Op. 33 No. 1 I. Allegro moderato, Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Jonathan Moellman, Gexuan (Annabel) Zhu, violin Sasha Turgeon, viola, Matthew Sullivan, cello
String Quartet No. 5 I. Allegro, Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): Robert Mulchrone, Joshua Lin, violin Miriam Elsawi, viola, Joshua Samuels, cello