Green Pages 2012

June 30 to August 25
Leith Church, 419134 Tom Thomson Lane, Leith, ON

Leith Summer Festival concerts are presented in Georgian Bay’s historic Leith Church. This season includes: “The Book of Love,” June 30 (sopranos Patricia O’Callaghan and Monica Whicher, pianist Robert Kortgaard and bassist Andrew Downing); “L’Accordéoniste: Latin Heat,” July 14 (Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano; Mary-Lou Vetere, accordion; Peter Tiefenbach, piano; and Carol Bauman, percussion); “Jayme Stone’s Room of Wonders,” July 28 (banjoist Jayme Stone and friends playing music inspired by folk traditions); “Evening Enchantment: Chopin’s Nocturnes,” August 11 (Italian pianist Robert Prosseda); and “The Donna Steinacher Bursary Stars,” August 25 (a gala by four emerging young artists). All concerts start 7:30pm. Tickets are $25 and season passes $120.

1-888-446-7699 or 519-371-2833
www.leithchurch.ca or www.ticketscene.ca/roxy

August 5 to August 18
Kincardine, ON

Now in its 21st year, this professional concert series features jazz, blues, classical, world and chamber music.

Perfomers for August 5 to 10: Denzal Sinclaire, Sophia Perlman with Adrean Farrugia and Jason Hunter, Al Kay with the Jazz.FM91 Youth Big Band, Robin Banks, the Antler River Project and the KSMF Jazz All-Stars (Jules Estrin, Amy Peck, Brian O’Kane, Earl MacDonald, Mike Downes, Geoff Young, Joel Haynes).
Performers for August 12 to 17: Ensemble Vivant piano trio, Marc Djokic, Katie Gleiser, Caroline Leonardelli with Matthew Larkin, Brass Roots, Jasmine Schnarr and Thomas Beard.

Sundays to Fridays enjoy free “4 O’Clock in the Park” concerts in Kincardine’s Victoria Park.

519-396-9716
www.ksmf.ca

July 5 to July 15
North Bay, ON

The JVL Summer School for Performing Arts showcases young and aspiring musicians participating in its unique course. The course offers its participants a wonderful opportunity to combine their intensive music studies and concert performances with recreational activities. The JVL SSPA is committed to the artistic development of young musicians of all ages by providing students with intensive, highly professional training under the tutelage of a distinguished faculty. Concerts take place in North Bay. For a full list of performances, please see our website closer to the end of June.

416-735-7499 or 905-882-7499
www.MusicinSummer.com

July 9 to July 20
Amherst, MA, USA

Jazz in July is a concentrated two-week program allowing participants to study jazz improvisation with some of the nation’s best jazz educators and artists. Located on the scenic UMass Amherst campus, Jazz in July offers jazz vocalists and instrumentalists a course of study that is challenging and enriching. The Jazz in July program involves one-on-one sessions, group clinics, jazz theory and improvisation training, ensemble coaching, jam sessions, style explorations, combined lectures and public performances by participants and faculty members alike. For a full list of performances, please see our website closer to the end of June.

416-545-3530
www.jazzinjuly.com