25th Anniversary CelebrationEvent Schedule
A Celebration of Music in Historic Churches Saturday, September 11 at 7:30 pm Gordon Callon, Adjunct Professor of History and Musicology at Acadia University will present an historical talk on ‘English Theatre Songs, Robert Johnson to Henry Purcell’. Highlighting his talk will be performances by soprano Judith Burdett and Montreal harpsichordist, Erin Helyard. Mr. Helyard will play the beautiful Dowd harpsichord owned by the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, with shared residence between St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg and the Conservatory in Halifax. The evening will also include a brief discussion of the proposed Organs of Nova Scotia Inventory (Heritage Trust Nova Scotia). Musique Royale is pleased to work in association with Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia in presenting this event. Tickets are $15 and are available at Fulton’s Pharmacy and at the door (students $5 at the door). Information: 634-9994 or 624-0506.
John Grew Sunday, September 19 at 3 pm
John Grew is University Organist at McGill University, where he is also chair of the Organ and Church Music Area of the Schulich School of Music, and the founding Artistic Director of the bi-annual McGill Summer Organ Academy. His teaching career has spanned more than thirty-five years at McGill, where he took over the organ class of Kenneth Meek, and the harpsichord class of Kenneth Gilbert. He also established the university's Early Music program, the largest of its kind in Canada. He has been at the forefront of the mechanical-action organ revival in North America, collaborating with Hellmuth Wolff in the planning of the French classical organ at Redpath Hall. John Grew was Dean of Music at McGill from 1991 to 1996. John Grew's teachers included Maitland Farmer, Marilyn Mason, Kenneth Gilbert, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini and Marie-Claire Alain. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and held several Artist Awards from the Canada Council for the Arts during his studies. In 1970 he was unanimously awarded the First Medal at the Geneva International Organ Competition. He has concertized extensively in North America and Europe both as organist and harpsichordist, and appeared with chamber orchestras such as Tafelmusik (Toronto), the Alberta Baroque Ensemble, the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He has been guest recitalist for national conventions of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, The Organ Historical Society (USA), The International Congress of Organists, and the Fédération francophone des Amis de l'orgue (France). He has made numerous broadcast recordings for both the English and French networks of CBC, as well as Radio France, RTBF (Belgium) and German radio. He has recorded works of Buxtehude, Bach, Daquin and Hambraeus for McGill Records, and the complete works of Nicolas de Grigny and symphonies of Widor for ATMA Classique. He can also be heard on the OHS Organs of Montreal. John Grew holds honorary doctorates from Mount Allison University and the United Theological College (McGill), and in 2005 he was the recipient of a Distinguished Teaching Award from McGill University. He is frequently invited to give master classes, most recently for the American Guild of Organists (New York City Chapter), the University of Kansas, the Boston Conservatory, and the National Superior Conservatory in Barcelona. He has served on numerous international organ competition juries, and he is also the founding Artistic Director of the Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC) which was held for the first time in 2008 (www.ciocm.org). John was the founder of Musique Royale in 1985, and he served as Artistic Director for the first twelve years of our summer festival. His programme in September will include works by Couperin, Pachelbel, Buxtehude, Vivaldi and J.S Bach.
Past EventsMay events Friday, May 7 at 7:30 pm Saturday, May 15 at 7:30 pm Friday, May 28 at 7:30 pm Presented in association with Bringin It Home Community Presenters Association
June Events Friday, June 11 at 7 :30 pm Les Voix BaroquesDeath and the Lady, directed by Canadian counter-tenor Matthew White. A mix of contemporary, renaissance and folk arrangements ranging from the straight to a comic twist ... an exploration of women's relationship with Death in his many guises. Tuesday, July 20, 7:30 pm Wednesday, July 21, 8:00 pm Thursday, July 22, 7:30 pm Friday, July 23, 6:00 pm Saturday, July 24, 8:00 pm
Boxwood WorkshopA weeklong series of workshops, master classes, playing sessions and concerts directed by Chris Norman and featuring early music and Celtic specialists from the national and international scene. July 25–31 Lunenburg Academy, St. John’s Anglican Church, and St. John’s Parish Hall. Lunenburg
Best of Boxwood 2010Traditional Maritime Music led by Chris Norman and featuring musicians from the Boxwood Workshop Sunday, August 1, 3:00 pm Monday, August 2, 7:30 pm Tuesday, August 3, 7:30 pm Wednesday, August 4, 7:30 pm Friday, August 6, 7:30 pm Saturday, August 7, 7:30 pm
Les BoreadesLa Calisto, or Theatre and Music sparkling with the exuberance of the Baroque, hosted by Francis Colpron. Critics and audiences in Canada and in other countries have unanimously hailed the verve, spontaneity, theatricality, expressiveness, and elegance of the ensemble's playing — all qualities that testify to an intimate understanding of the Baroque spirit. Sunday, August 8, 7:30 pm Monday, August 9, 7:30 pm Tuesday, August 10, 8:00 pm Wednesday, August 11, 8:00 pm
Laura Pudwell, Mezzo Soprano and Terry MacKenna, LuteThe History of England in Verse, an evening of glorious entertainment! Sunday, August 15, 6:00 pm Monday, August 16, 7:30 pm Tuesday, August 17, 7:30 pm Wednesday, August 18, 7:30 pm Thursday, August 19, 7:30 pm Friday, August 20, 7:30 pm
Toronto Consort, David Fallis, DirectorMariners and Milkmaids, directed by David Fallis, is a rollicking performance featuring ballads, dances, and madrigals from 16th- and 17th-century England, with voices, lute, guitar, recorder, hurdy-gurdy, percussion and harpsichord. hurdy-gurdy, percussion and harpsichord. Sunday, August 22, 7:00 pm Monday, August 23, 8:00 pm Tuesday, August 24, 7:30 pm Wednesday, August 25, 7:30 pm Thursday, August 26, 7:30 pm Friday, August 27, 7:30 pm |
