2024–2025 Concert Season
Motown Magic and More
October 19, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
Motown Magic is a dynamic high-energy stage show featuring the classic hits of superstars Diana Ross & The Supremes, Sam Cooke, Donna Summer, The Drifters, Tina Turner, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Martha & The Vandellas, Mary Wells, Stevie Wonder and others!
Rhapsody In Blue: A Gershwin Celebration
November 16, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
2024 marks the 100th Anniversary of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Gershwin was an American who excelled as a composer and pianist in both classical and popular music worlds. This celebration features acclaimed Canadian artists in performances of Rhapsody in Blue, songs from Broadway musical theatre, and excerpts from Porgy and Bess, the greatest American opera.
Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Daniel Vnukowski, who will play the Rhapsody, will host the evening, which is highlighted by an appearance by Adrianne Pieczonka, star of the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera and Canadian Opera Company. Joining Daniel and Adrienne is Jonelle Sills, one of the most exciting young sopranos of her generation, named one of CBC Music’s 30 hot classical musicians under 30, along side baritone Justin Welsh.
The Fitzgeralds: A Canadian Christmas
December 7, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
The Fitzgeralds are Canadian Champion fiddling and step dancing siblings – Tom, Kerry & Julie Fitzgerald, along with award winning guest artists. Each holiday season, the group performs an engaging, live version of its “Ontario Folk Music Award” nominated album, The Fitzgeralds – A Canadian Christmas! Live performances feature the group’s signature triple fiddle arrangements of holiday favourites, songs by great Canadian composers, original compositions, and the crowd favourite…Ottawa Valley step dancing! Dust off your ugly Christmas sweater, and join The Fitzgeralds as they provide a heart-warming, cheerful, and truly Canadian soundtrack to your holiday season!
Hogtown Brass Quartet: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue
Special 2:00 p.m. matinée
January 12, 2025
Hogtown Brass is a dynamic Canadian ensemble comprised of accomplished musicians from a variety of diverse artistic backgrounds. Known for their unique arrangements and new compositions, collaborations with vocalists and instrumentalists, along with an affinity for both standard and non-traditional performance spaces, Hogtown Brass is on a mission to reinvigorate the entire concert experience for their audiences. Hogtown Brass is committed to presenting unique concert experiences, as well as entertaining and informative educational programs including workshops, masterclasses, and residencies.
JoyRide
Special 2:00 p.m. matinée
February 9th, 2025
JoyRide features Colin Maier (of Quartetto Gelato) on oboe, musical saw, fiddle and vocals, and Charles Cozens on accordion and piano, who perform favourites in an array of styles, including jazz, ragtime, blues, tango, bebop, gypsy and klezmer. Masters of their craft with careers spanning tours across Europe, the Far East and througout North America, this is their chance to kick back and have fun! Their recent CD has received radio play on jazz stations around the world:
“Ridiculous, virtuosic, outside-the-box fun … It takes a lot of nerve to make music as amusing as JoyRide’s.” (New York Music Daily).
Susan Aglukark
March 8, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Susan Aglukark is Canada’s first Inuk artist to win a Juno, now she has four, a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for lifetime artistic achievement, and she is an officer of the Order of Canada and much more.
As a singer-songwriter beginning in the early 1990’s, Susan discovered the platform of learning, sharing and healing, that inspired her major label début album This Child, released in January 1995. She has since written and recorded 10 albums, founded the Arctic Rose Foundation, authored two children’s books and has a personal memoir in the works.
The 30th Anniversary of This Child Tour with special guest Angela Amarualik, is a celebration of Susan’s call to action as an artist and her Inuk self.