Hamilton. ON – May 10th, 2022 – The sudden loss of internationally renowned and much-loved Canadian Maestro Boris Brott has brought the future plans of the Brott Music Festival to many minds and hearts.
Brott Music welcomes internationally revered conductor, composer, and trombone virtuoso Alain Trudel as its Interim Artistic Director. Trudel is a Montreal native and part of the sphere of the musical Brott family, including Boris’ parents, Alexander & Lotte. Alain is a familiar face to Brott Festival and has joined the National Academy Orchestra as a star performer, brass mentor, and guest conductor.
“I am humbled to join Brott Music Festival and continue Boris’ extraordinary contributions to music,” said Trudel. “I can’t wait to get to know Hamilton and to meeting the wonderful audiences that the Festival has built over three and a half decades.
“I know how much Brott Music Festival, the National Academy Orchestra and Brott Opera means to Canadian musicians, emerging opera singers and the cultural identity of this City,” he added. “I will strive to live up to their extraordinary reputation.”
Maestro Trudel is Music Director of the Toledo Symphony (USA) and l’Orchestre Symphonique de Laval (QC). He has conducted every major orchestra in Canada as well as orchestras in the UK, USA, Sweden, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Japan, Hong-Kong, Malaysia and Latin America. Maestro Trudel comes to the Brott Music Festival with a multitude of accolades including an Emmy nomination in 2020. He is a six-time Juno nominee, was honoured with the Queen’s Jubilee Medal in 2012 and was also awarded a knighthood by the province of Québec, Chevalier de l’Ordre in 2020, which was attended by friends Boris and Ardyth Brott.
Maestro Trudel is committed to emerging professional musicians and has acted as Principal Youth and Family Conductor with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. A long-time pedagogue and mentor, he has been instrumental in teaching and guiding new generations of musicians for more than 25 years.
Brott Music Festival is one of Hamilton’s four cornerstone arts organization and has been delighting audiences for 35 years. Its summer of live, in-theatre concerts begins June 30th as Trudel makes his debut as Interim Artistic Director with Beethoven’s Ninth, a program dedicated to the memory of Boris Brott. The Festival ends its summer season with a fully staged production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music.
Audiences will also look forward to hearing the sounds of PopOpera, the Italian opera La Cenerentola (Cinderella), festival favourite Valerie Tryon and the Festival’s debut at the new Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre, an evening of Frank Sinatra classics and a night to revisit the 70s and 80s with ABBA with Jeans ‘n Classics.
To purchase tickets, visit www.brottmusic.com or call 905 525 7664.
The National Academy Orchestra of Canada will also perform at the Festival of Sound in Parry Sound and the Collingwood Music Festival. Tickets for both these concerts can be purchased by visiting www.festivalofthesound.ca and www.collingwoodfestival.com.
SCHEDULE
THURS. JUNE 30th, 7:30pm
The Unconquerable Soul: A Festival in Memory of Boris Brott
FirstOntario Concert Hall, Hamilton
Alain Trudel, Conductor
Bach Elgar Choir
Alexander Cann, Director
Our first concert of Brott Music Festival’s 35th season celebrates the breaking of the symphonic mould, Beethoven’s great Ninth Symphony. Beethoven’s last symphony embraces his philosophical belief in unity, tolerance, and joy. It also so perfectly symbolizes the life and passion of our beloved Maestro Boris Brott.
We invite you to join us for this meaningful performance.
Applebaum, L Place Setting
Goulet, M Citius, Altius, Fortius!
Beethoven, L van Symphony No, 9
Tickets
$59 Reg | $54 Sr | $25 Stu | $10 Children (12 and under)
Incl. HST & fees
THURS. JULY 7th, 7:30pm
Viva L’Italia PopOpera
L.R. Wilson Concert Hall (McMaster University), Hamilton Tyrone Paterson, Conductor
Tamar Simon Soprano
Ellita Gagner Mezzo Soprano
Lizzy Hoyt Soprano
David Faria Araujo Tenor
Geoffrey Schellenberg Baritone
Cesar Bello Baritone
Maxime Martin-Vo Bass
A program of favourite Italian Opera highlights including Verdi’s Overture to La Forza del Destino, Rossini’s Largo al factotum from Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Giordano’s Nemico della patria from Andrea Chenier and more. Sing along to Verdi’s Libiamo from La Traviata and Va, pensiero from Nabucco.
Purchase our opera package and join us next week for Rossini’s fully staged opera Cinderella (La Cenerentola).
Tickets
$59 Reg | $54 Sr | $25 Stu | $10 Children (12 and under)
Incl. HST & fees
THURS. JULY 14th, 7:30pm
Cinderella (La Cenerentola)
FirstOntario Concert Hall, Hamilton
Tyrone Paterson, Conductor
Enrico Castiglione, Director
Lizzy Hoyt Cinderella
David Faria Araujo Prince Ramiro
Geoffrey Schellenberg Dandini
Maxime Martin-Vo Don Magnifico
Cesar Bello Alidoro
Tamar Simon Clorinda
Ellita Gagner Tisbe
One of Rossini’s greatest operatic works, La Cenerentola tells a story of Cinderella. Celebrated Italian director Enrico Castiglione brings with him sumptuous costumes and wigs from the Rome Opera House for this fully staged performance.
Pair with our PopOpera concert for the ultimate summer operatic experience.
Tickets
$69 Reg | $64 Sr | $25 Stu | $10 Children (12 and under)
Incl. HST & fees
THURS. JULY 28th, 7:30pm
New Theatre New World
Ancaster Memorial Concert Hall, Ancaster
Alain Trudel, Conductor
Valerie Tryon, Piano
We welcome festival favourite Valerie Tryon as she and the National Academy Orchestra perform Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.1 in the acoustically superior Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre. Maestro Trudel and the NAO perform Dvorak’s much-loved New World Symphony and Michael Nunes, Solidarity.
Nunes, M Solidarity
Liszt, F Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major
Dvorak, A Symphony No. 9 in E minor From the New World
Tickets
$59 Reg | $54 Sr | $25 Stu | $10 Children (12 and under)
Incl. HST & fees
SUN. JULY 31st, 3pm & 6pm
A Royal Tribute
Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery, Jordan
Alain Trudel, Conductor
Join us in beautiful wine country at award-winning Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery on the brow of the Niagara Escarpment. Alexander Brott’s A Royal Tribute, composed in honour of Her Majesty’s coronation in 1953. Elgar’s evocative Enigma Variations and the soaring sounds of The Lark Ascending crown our program. Antipasto platters and carefully selected wine tastings during the concert create a joyous and relaxing Sunday afternoon.
Tickets
$127 Food and wine included
Incl. HST & fees
WED. AUGUST 3rd, 7:30pm
The Way You Look Tonight: Frank Sinatra’s Greatest Hits Liuna Station, Hamilton
Jaelem Bhate, Conductor
Pete Cannella, Singer
You’ll be over the moon with this tribute to everyone’s favourite blue-eyed crooner. Sinatra’s greatest hits, straight from his Las Vegas concerts. You’ll feel Young At Heart as you enjoy the songs that have made me feel so young for decades and are still going strong. Fly Me to The Moon, Summer Wind, New York New York, Strangers in the Night and many more! Come fly with Frank, Maestro Bhate and the swinging sounds of the National Academy Orchestra of Canada.
Tickets
$59 Reg | $54 Sr | $25 Stu | $10 Children (12 and under)
Incl. HST & fees
THURS. AUGUST 11th, 7:30pm
ABBA: The Dancing Queen
Liuna Station, Hamilton
Janna Sailor, Conductor
Martin MacDonald, Conductor
Jeans ‘n Classics
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! An ABBA tribute concert with Maestros MacDonald and Sailor, the National Academy Orchestra and Jeans ‘n Classics. Featuring favourites; Waterloo, Fernando, Take a Chance on Me, Knowing Me, Knowing You, The Winner Takes It All and Dancing Queen.
Tickets
$59 Reg | $54 Sr | $25 Stu | $10 Children (12 and under)
Incl. HST & fees
THURS. AUGUST 18th, 7:30pm
The Sound of Music
FirstOntario Concert Hall, Hamilton
Daniel Warren, Conductor
Lou Zamprogna, Director
The Hills are Alive with The Sound of Music!
Director Lou Zamprogna in collaboration with Tom Oliver and his cast of exuberant singers join Maestro Warren and the National Academy Orchestra to bring the true story of the flibbertigibbet postulant Maria who transforms from nun to governess, wife and mother.
Our cast in this fully staged production, sing their way through this Oscar winning score, to delight everyone from start to finish. We have confidence you will be singing Sixteen Going on Seventeen, Maria, So Long Farewell and My Favourite Things, all the way home.
Tickets
$59 Reg | $54 Sr | $25 Stu | $10 Children (12 and under)
Incl. HST & fees
