Sundays at 2 pm. Classical Café, monthly classical chamber concerts in association with the Brott Music Festival, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton. Admission $10 entirely to the musicians.
Sunday February 21: String Extravaganza with Megan Jones, violin (photo right)
Here is a wonderful post with videos and photos about Sunday’s Café on The Brott Blog
Sunday March 21: Haut Canada Trio: Marc Gibbons, oboe; Spencer deMan, bassoon; Talisa Blackman, piano
Sunday April 18: Joyce Yu, one of Valerie Tryon’s piano students, will play a delightful piano program — Haydn Sonata No. 52 in E flat, Mendelssohn Andante and Rondo Capriccio in E major, op. 14, Chopin Polonaise, op. 53 in A flat, Ravel Oiseaux Tristes.
Sunday May 30: musicians TBA from this season’s new National Academy Orchestra
[Right: Our launch Jan 31 with Lorna Heidt cello and Katherine Mrmak violin playing some Handel. They were wonderful!]
Come and enjoy some classical music in an intimate friendly cabaret setting over an espresso or a glass of wine.
The Classical Café offers a wonderful chance for emerging professional musicians to perform new works in their repertoire, in a warm intimate setting. The musicians, drawn from the alumnae of the National Academy Orchestra and Brott Music Festival, will perform classical chamber works for small ensembles (duos, trios, quartets).
The National Academy Orchestra of Canada is Canada’s only professional training orchestra, and one of the few of its unique concept in the world. Top music graduates are paired with professional musicians from across North America, who act as mentors. To date, the NAO has graduated over 1,000 students into the profession, in its 21 years of creating world-class musicians. The NAO is the orchestra-in-residence of the Brott Music Festival and performs throughout the Hamilton/Halton regions from May to August each year. For more information visit www.brottmusic.com
Artword Artbar, the latest project of Ronald Weihs and Judith Sandiford of Artword Theatre, is a neighbourhood bar in the James North Art District, that the owners are transforming into an arts hub for live music, art, poetry, theatre and dance. For more information visit www.artword.net/artbar
