by Daniel Vnukowski | Jul 17, 2021
Enjoy in your living room or at the drive-in!
7:30pm - Gates Open
8:30pm - Pre-Concert Talk
9:00pm - LIVE Concert
A Canadian Premiere!
Starring acclaimed Lebanese-Canadian opera singer Joyce El-Khoury in the role of Scheherazade well supported by Serouj Kradjian and ensemble – a Canadian first! A exotic fusion of traditional masterworks featuring Maurice Ravel’s Scheherazade alongside twentieth-century Lebanese songs and many other jewels of the East.
Sashaying up the red-carpeted stairs of London’s Royal Opera House for the camera, resplendent in a Marchesa gown, El-Khoury is the very embodiment of a prima donna.
Harrods Magazine
This concert will also feature the projection of a a plein air painting session with local artist Bill Franks, during the song ‘Oblivion.’
PROGRAM
• Shéhérazade (Maurice Ravel)
I Asie
II La flûte enchantée
III L’indifférent
• Give me the flute- Aateny el Nay (Najib Hankash-Kahlil Gibran)
• Swear to me little bird- Rah halfak bel ghosn ya asfour (Wadi El Safi)
• I love you Lebanon-Bahebbak ya Lubnan (Rahbani Brothers)
BREAK
• Enamored of roses-Ya Aashikata el wardi (Zaki Nassif)
• Flower of my dreams-Ya zahratan fee khayalee (Farid el Atrache)
• Oblivion* (Astor Piazzolla)
• Youkali (Kurt Weill)
• Beautiful Dream – Tcheknagh Yeraz (Arno Babadjanian)
VENUE
New Life Church Auditorium, 28 Tracey Lane, Collingwood, ON
Note: This "hybrid" concert will be livestreamed online AND projected outdoors at the church's spacious parking lot (drive-in). The pre-concert talk will be audio-only for digital customers.
This event has been made possible with the gracious support of Jane Moysey, REALTOR® Royal LePage Locations North, Brokerage
$100
(Price Per Person)
Live outdoor concert on August 22
$99
(On Demand Viewing)
Available until August 16
by Daniel Vnukowski | Jul 16, 2021
Enjoy in your living room or at the drive-in!
7:30pm - Gates Open
8:30pm - Pre-Concert Talk
9:00pm - LIVE Concert
Chamber Music For The 21st Century –
Violin, Piano and Electric Cello
A dramatic chamber music experience starring Mayumi Seiler on violin, Angela Park on piano and Cris Derksen on electric cello. Cris Derksen is a Juno Award–nominated, two-spirit, Cree cellist and composer, who will present specially-commissioned arrangements of her works specifically for this occasion. Music by Wolfgang A. Mozart, Johannes Brahms and Cris Derksen.
Seiler brings an exceptional blend of precision with tonal generosity, finesse with enthusiasm. She persuades you to share her absorption.
BBC Music Magazine
Derksen creates undeniably modern music that mixes folk, classical, dance, and aboriginal structures and tunes with electronic beats and, sometimes, vocals.
MusicWorks.ca
PROGRAM
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791) – Violin Sonata in B flat, K. 454
Largo – Allegro
Andante
Allegretto
Cris Derksen (1990- ) – Nice and Clean (Piano, Violin, cello)
INTERMISSION
C. Derksen – Planes (Cello, Violin)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) – Violin Sonata in A Major, op. 100
Allegro amabile
Andante tranquillo — Vivace — Andante — Vivace di più — Andante — Vivace
Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)
Mayumi Seiler, Violin
Cris Derksen, Electric Cello and Composition
Angela Park, Piano
Special thanks to Jonathan Wentworth Associates, Ltd. and Latitude 45 Arts
VENUE
New Life Church Auditorium, 28 Tracey Lane, Collingwood, ON
Note: This "hybrid" concert will be livestreamed online AND projected outdoors at the church's spacious parking lot (drive-in). The pre-concert talk will be audio-only for digital customers.
This event has been made possible with the gracious support of Donald and Catherine MacLean.
$100
(Price Per Person)
Live outdoor concert on August 22
$99
(On Demand Viewing)
Available until August 16
by Daniel Vnukowski | Jul 15, 2021
Enjoy in your living room or at the drive-in!
7:30pm - Gates Open
8:30pm - Pre-Concert Talk
9:00pm - LIVE Concert
Featuring Celebrated Canadian Poet Dr. Duke Redbird
Celebrating the creativity and fire of Indigenous artistic expression with Red Sky Performance, Canada’s leading contemporary Indigenous dance group and a very special guest – the established Indigenous poet and historian Dr. Duke Redbird, who will recite carefully-curated poetry from his latest book.
This event also features a screening of the movie “The Water Walker” and time-lapse photography from the Saugeen First Nation taken by our film crew!
Dr. Duke Redbird brings his breadth of cultural knowledge and artistic practice to the benefit of a global audience. He was instrumental in the implementation of innovative multimedia, technologies and beyond, bringing an Indigenous approach to art education that was rooted in his pioneering work at OCAD University.
Touring since 2003, Red Sky Performance has delivered over 2,755 performances across Canada including international performances in 17 countries on four continents: two Cultural Olympiads (Beijing and Vancouver), World Expo in Shanghai, Venice Biennale, and Jacob’s Pillow, among others.
This event also features a screening of the 13-min. documentary “The Water Walker.” Anishinaabe water activist Autumn Peltier travels from Manitoulin Island, Ontario to New York City to address the United Nations.
Click here to learn more about the movie.
LITTLE LEAF
Did I see a leaf fall from that tree?
Little leaf, I do not know your name yet I have seen you fall.
You did not fall like a stone from the sky
You did not swoop like a great hawk
You drifted and you sang a song
Your song is in my heart.
– © Duke Redbird
PROGRAM
• Introduction by Dr. Duke Redbird on the importance of sharing land resources.
• The Water Walker Movie (13 minutes).
• STAGE I: Poetry by Dr. Duke Redbird accompanied by Native American Flute.
• STAGE II: Red Sky Performance dancers, beginning with and introduction and a series of songs: Grand Entry song, Solo songs, Flute & Hand Drum song and Sneak Up song.
Dr. Duke Redbird, Poetry
Red Sky Performance, Dancing Ensemble
Jason Chamakese, Native American Flute
VENUE
New Life Church Auditorium, 28 Tracey Lane, Collingwood, ON
Note: This "hybrid" concert will be livestreamed online AND projected outdoors at the church's spacious parking lot (drive-in). The pre-concert talk will be audio-only for digital customers.
$100
(Price Per Person)
Live outdoor concert on August 22
$99
(On Demand Viewing)
Available until August 16
