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Choral Calendar (Nov 2024)

By Kristen Whittle on 9 November 2024 Choral, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver

West Early Music Vancouver Dec. 22, Vancouver Under the direction of Alexander Weimann, Early Music Vancouver will present a pairing of “Festive Cantatas” featuring Gloria in excelsis Deo cantata by J.S. Bach and Missa Nativitatis Domini by Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. www.earlymusic.bc.ca Vancouver Chamber Choir Dec. 12, 13, Vancouver Peace and tranquility is the theme of the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s holiday concert entitled “Christmas by Candlelight.” Under the direction of Kari Turunen, the choir will present a large selection of holiday classics and new works, including Laura Hawley’s Mary called it an angel and the world première of Chris…

Jean Rondeau, fortepiano, Bourgie Hall, November 15, 2023 Photo : Claudine Jacques

Bourgie Hall: A Home for Early Music in Canada

By Heather Weinreb on 9 November 2024 Classical Music, Montreal

One of the most exciting things the founding figures of Bourgie Hall—Bernard Lamarre, former chairman of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and Pierre Bourgie, a Quebec benefactor and art collector—conceived of was the novel idea of a concert hall in a museum. Since its inauguration in September 2011, Bourgie Hall has become a home for early music in Canada. Space, Sound & Instruments In 2008, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts obtained possession of the Erskine and American United Church across the street. “At the time, there was a need in Montreal to have a hall for Baroque music,…

Fred Lambert Photo: Brent Calis

Frédéric Lambert: Teaching Students how to Teach Themselves

By Heather Weinreb on 8 November 2024 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Education, Montreal, Strings

The ancient Chinese proverb—“Give a man a fish and you can feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you can feed him for a lifetime”—is also true for music. For Frédéric Lambert, viola/violin professor at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and assistant viola professor at McGill University, viola teaching is all about fostering musical independence. “Your future teacher is you,” he says. Lambert’s approach to teaching is modelled after his own mentor, André Roy, whom he studied with at McGill University for 10 years. From his bachelor’s through to his doctorate, Roy always made sure…

Ensemble Scholastica at Notre Dame de Bon Secours. Photo: Paul Eifert

Ensemble Scholastica: Illuminating Montreal’s Medieval Manuscripts

By Heather Weinreb on 8 November 2024 Classical Music, Montreal

A medieval musical manuscript has a long way to travel before reaching our ears. On Nov. 10, Montreal audiences have the opportunity to travel through time and space as Ensemble Scholastica performs a selection of McGill’s collection of medieval manuscripts. At the Notre-Dame-De-Bon-Secours chapel, the ensemble will perform a program of medieval chant in various musical settings. “This is a huge and varied repertoire,” says Artistic Director Rebecca Bain, “of which we are picking specific pieces that are found in the sources (manuscripts and fragments) of McGill’s collection. We will perform them according to medieval practice. We’ll have some period…

Johannes Skoog of Sweden Wins 6th Canadian International Organ Competition

By Newswire on 26 October 2024 Classical Music, Montreal, Music Competition, Newswire

CIOC announces the winners of the competition 2024! Over the past weeks, 9 contestants from around the world performed in the semifinals, in venues across Montréal. Four finalists advanced to the final round at the Maison Symphonique de Montréal, and the jury has revealed the winners! In first place is JOHANNES SKOOG, winning $25,000 CAD, recording and distribution of a CD under the ATMA Classique label, 3-year career management services for North America by Karen McFarlane Artists, and 3-year career development program by the CIOC. Second place is Amercian HENRY WEBB, winning $15,000 CAD, and in third place is French…

Four Finalists Announced for the 6th Edition of the Canadian International Organ Festival

By Newswire on 24 October 2024 Classical Music, Montreal, Music Competition, Newswire

FINAL ROUND October 2024 – The Canadian International Organ Festival reveals the four finalists for the 2024 competition. Alma Bettencourt, Mélodie Michel, Johaness Skoog, and Henry Webb will advance to the final round! These incredible young musicians from around the world take to the stage at Maison symphonique de Montréal on Friday, October 25, for the final round. There are two sessions, one at 3:30 and one at 7 p.m. The order of performers is: 15h30 – Henry Webb 16h30 – Mélodie Michel 19h – Johannes Skoog 20h – Alma Bettencourt This is the culmination of the competition, an opportunity…

Free Music Lessons with Two Cellists of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra

By Newswire on 22 October 2024 Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire, Strings

Montreal Symphony Orchestra cellists Genevieve Guimond and Gary Russell are excited to announce they are accepting new students this January! The Montreal Cello Ensemble offers intensive music training to talented Montreal children, with a focus on breaking financial barriers to ensure access to high-quality music education. Every child admitted into the program receives either a full or partial scholarship that includes instruction, the use of an instrument, and accessories. No prior musical experience is necessary. In fact, almost all of the students they admit have no prior musical training. The application deadline for this unique opportunity is December 20th, 2024.…

Olivier Godin. Photo : Tam Photography

Bourgie Hall: Complete Schubert Lieder

By Justin Bernard on 8 October 2024 Art Song, Montreal

Excellence, beauty and discovery. These are the keywords used by Bourgie Hall to present its new concert season. If there’s one event that brings them all together, it’s the launch of their traversal of the complete catalogue of Schubert’s Lieder. Bourgie Hall’s presentation of the complete cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach had only scarcely been completed when artistic director Olivier Godin was already thinking of another project on a similarly grand scale. There are no fewer than 600 songs born of Schubert’s genius. “It’s a very rich body of works,” he says, “and yet the public hears perhaps 20 per…

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VENUE GUIDE

By LSM Calendar on 7 October 2024 Guides, Montreal

Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours / Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel 400, rue St-Paul E. Montréal, QC 514-282-8670 | www.marguerite-bourgeoys.com Superficie: 51 m / 551 p , 75 m / 807 p Capacité: 356 spectateurs / 60 spectateurs Vestiaires: 1 Équipement audio: système de son, haut-parleurs Équipement vidéo: oui Aire de réception: oui Restauration/bar: non Service de billetterie: oui Service de placeurs compris: non (négociable) Accès fauteuils roulants: oui Stationnement: 3 Bus/métro: oui Catégorie: musique classique Coût: 750 $+ La Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours est située au cœur du magnifique quartier du Vieux-Montréal. Sa voûte de bois qui lui confère une acoustique exceptionnelle. La crypte avec sa voûte…

Photo: Tam Photography

Review | Rhapsody in Blue‘s 100th: Romance and American Jazz with Jean-Philippe Sylvestre

By Amanda Wong on 4 October 2024 Concert Reviews, Jazz, Montreal

George Gershwin was born on September 26, 1898; it was only fitting that his most beloved piece Rhapsody in Blue, written 100 years ago, would be celebrated in Montreal on what would have been his 126th birthday. In a night of romance and American jazz, Montérégie’s very own Jean-Philippe Sylvestre filled Maison Symphonique on Sept. 26h for a solo piano concert that also included Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturnes and Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story. Sylvestre has won many awards worldwide, the First Prize and Audience Prize from the OSM Competition, the esteemed Virginia Parker Prize, and the John…

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