Summer Music Festivals

July 3 to 7
Toronto, ON

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XV Latvian Festival of Song and Dance in CanadaThe Latvian Song Festival Association in Canada has presented a festival every five years since 1953. We present choral, instrumental and dance performances, featuring Latvian composers and choreographers from Canada and abroad. This summer, over 2000 Latvian singers and folk dancers from around the world will perform at venues in downtown Toronto. Guest artists include the State Choir LATVIJA (Maris Sirmais), folk-dance ensemble LIGO (Janis Purvins) and folk ensemble RAXTU RAXTI. We will celebrate Latvia’s centenary and the contributions of Latvian-Canadian artists to Canadian culture. Each of our concerts will include music by Imant Raminsh, Talivaldis Kenins and Janis Kalnins. In addition, we will launch a new Centrediscs recording of orchestral and chamber music by these composers.

416-948-0634
www.latviansongfest.com
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June 29 to August 24
419134 Tom Thomson Lane, Leith, ON

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Leith Summer Festival presents five concerts in the Historic Leith Church during the summer. This acoustically wonderful venue offers an intimate encounter between musicians and audience. The season opens on June 29 with Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano and Robert Kortgaard, piano. Next is Angela Park, piano; and Andrea Tyniec, violin with a captivating program on July 13. The Payadora Tango Ensemble performs on Sunday, July 28 in a matinee performance of tango, drawing from the traditional to the contemporary. On August 10, Peter Tiefenbach, piano; Mireille Asselin, soprano; Matthew Dalen, tenor; and Adam Harris, baritone, present “The Cannabis Cantata”. The season wraps up with the Rolston String Quartet performing Haydn, Ligeti and Schubert on August 24. Tickets at the Roxy Box Office at 519-371-2833 or www.roxytheatre.ca.

519-664-2092
www.leithchurch.ca

June 7 to 23
Toronto, ON

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Each June, Luminato, Toronto’s international festival of arts and ideas, takes over the city with a flurry of cultural activities and events designed to provoke, delight and inspire audiences of all ages. Over the festival’s 12-year history, more than 9.1 million people have experienced over 3,600 productions featuring 15,000+ artists from more than 40 countries around the world.
Luminato 2019 takes place June 7 to 23 at various venues across the city, jam-packed with the most exciting theatre, music, visual art, opera, dance, film and more from Canada and around the world. Spanning 17 days, the festival lineup features both paid and free indoor and outdoor events, including a larger-than-life mirrored maze and massive choral event.

416-368-4849
www.luminatofestival.com
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June 14 to 15
Main Street Markham Rd., Markham, ON

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Markham Village Music FestivalMarkham Village Music Festival closes Markham Road from Hwy 7 to Bullock on Friday evening and Saturday. The festival features 4 stages of entertainment with a variety of music and dance. Special this year - a salsa stage on Friday and Saturday night, “Exodus: Bob Marley” tribute. Throughout the festival, there will be many performances from our diverse communities, lots of craft and food vendors (including food trucks) and a Farmers’ Market.
The Kids Zone will be in Morgan Park, one block from Main Street. There will be carnival rides, a youth entertainment stage, petting zoo, arts, crafts and much more. Fun for the whole family!

647-983-9054
www.markhamfestival.com
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June 7: Salle Pollack, McGill University, 555 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC
June 11 to 16: Salle Bourgie, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1339 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC

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Montreal Chamber Music FestivalThis season marks the beginning of a three-year project by the Montreal Chamber Music Festival to celebrate the life of the great Ludwig van Beethoven, entitled “Beethoven Chez Nous!” In 2019, 2020 and 2021, the festival will feature cycles of complete works by Beethoven, some with a very special twist! Highlights this year are the Beethoven Violin Sonatas performed by 2019 Grammy winner James Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong; and the Beethoven Symphonies as transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt, with six outstanding pianists from across the world. The festival opens with a new show by Quebec’s star entertainer Gregory Charles, an exuberant survey of the past 250 years in music. This year we also showcase star tenor Joseph Kaiser and the best young talent in “BMO Hottest Classical Artists Under 30!”

514-489-7444
www.festivalmontreal.org
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July 4 to 18
Ottawa, ON

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Music and BeyondMusic and Beyond is a classical music and multidisciplinary arts festival that takes place July 4 to 18 in Ottawa. It presents classical music in all formations and pursues links between other art forms, cultural disciplines and music, including visual art, drama, poetry, dance, architecture, circus, magic, science, comedy, law, food and wine, and even yoga! Music and Beyond is virtually unique in the international field of music festivals by making this a core part of its mandate. By tying together a wide range of cultural disciplines, the festival creates a more “festive” atmosphere, helping to attract an even broader audience to music.

613-241-0777
www.musicandbeyond.ca
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May 6 to Sept 2
Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto, ON

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Music MondaysA lunchtime concert series at the Church of the Holy Trinity - welcome to our 28th season! Music Mondays has served as a launching pad for emerging talent since its inception in 1992. Our concerts take place in the warm acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, just steps away from the Eaton Centre. We feature an eclectic mix of everything from classical solo and chamber music to jazz, fusion and world music. Our goal is to provide the highest possible musical experience to a pay-what-you-can downtown Toronto audience. Suggested donation $10. Please join us and bring your lunch - and a friend - every Monday at 12:15pm from May to Labour Day.

416-598-4521 x223
www.musicmondays.ca
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June to September
Across Nova Scotia

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Since 1985, Musique Royale presents a province-wide summer festival, touring incredible musicians to some of the provinces most far off and precious venues. In store for 2019, the summer festival includes emerging artists Aureas Voces with romantic Nova Scotian folk arrangements, Bach and Vivaldi Sonatas with violinist Mark Fewer and harpsichordist Hank Knox, The Best of Boxwood’s annual salute to the Canadian Maritimes dance music, heartfelt “And So It Goes” with baritone Brett Polegato and Robert Kortgaard, flashy artistry on the violin with “Two Davids,” and “Pres du Soleil” exploring Medieval and Oriental Music with Montreal’s Ensemble Caprice and Constantinople. Concerts are across Nova Scotia in over 25 beautiful and historic venues. Stay tuned at www.musiqueroyale.com!

902-692-8081
www.musiqueroyale.com
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July 21 Ottawa, ON – presented by Chamberfest
July 22 Montreal, QC – Maison symphonique de Montréal
July 25 Parry Sound, ON – presented by Festival of the Sound
July 27 Stratford, ON – Presented by Stratford Summer Music
July 29 Toronto, ON – Koerner Hall

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NYO Canada Odyssey TourThe National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYO Canada) celebrates its 59th season with a 5-city Canadian tour, preceding the orchestra’s first trip to Spain. The country’s preeminent training orchestra, NYO Canada is comprised of 100 gifted musicians between the ages of 16 and 28, who come together each summer to attend an 8-week intensive training institute, followed by a national and international tour. This year’s orchestra includes musicians from nine provinces. British conductor Michael Francis leads the summer tour, which features Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet; Manuel de Falla’s The Three Cornered Hat; Mahler’s Symphony No. 5; Sinfonia Sacra by Andrzej Panufnik; and a new work by Canadian composer Jared Miller.

416-532-4470
www.nyoc.org
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August 20 to 23
Bracebridge and Windermere, ON

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The OperaMuskoka Festival celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year. We are pleased to welcome Toronto City Opera’s production of Verdi’s La Traviata to the Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre in Bracebridge on August 20, 2019. On August 21, we have scheduled our annual “Stars of Tomorrow” Concert which will feature very talented young performers from around Ontario. The third day, August 22, will be an instrumental masterclass and concert with the Mississauga Youth Orchestra. For our closing day, August 23, we have scheduled a piano and vocal masterclass, followed by an evening concert featuring the very talented Jennifer Tung.

705-765-1048
www.muskokachautauqua.com

May 25, 26 and June 20, 21, 23
Windsor, Tecumseh, Ingersoll, Brantford, Niagara, ON

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Orchestra Breva Eroica A Sesquicentennial Tribute to Laura SecordLaura Ingersoll Secord’s remarkable and significant contributions to our country’s history are recognized in this concert celebration highlighting her heroic acts and life’s journey, illustrated through music significant to her time and circumstance. All who have served humanity in times of war and peace, through acts of bravery and sacrifice, will be honoured. Featuring classical musicians, Indigenous artists, local historians, new works and Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, conducted by Melanie Paul Tanovich.
May 25, 8pm: Assumption Hall, Windsor; May 26, 8pm: Paroisse Ste Anne Parish, Tecumseh; June 20, 8pm: Ingersoll Cheese Museum, Ingersoll; June 21, 8pm: Sanderson Centre, Brantford; June 23, 2pm: Queenston Heights, Niagara-on-the-Lake.

519-980-1113
www.orchestrabreva.com

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