After two years of reduced programming, the Elora Festival has announced they will return this summer for a full season from July 8–24.
It’s been a while…
… since music lovers have been able to take in a proper festival in Ontario’s picturesque Elora. This summer, Elora invites music lovers to stop in and experience its signature small-town charm.
“With concert halls largely silent for most of the last two years, we’re so excited to be planning for a return to live performances this summer,” said Mark Vuorinen, Artistic Director in a statement. “We have many exciting concerts planned, both featuring the home team, The Elora Singers, and plenty of wonderful guests from across the country and around the world!”
Something for everyone
The festival will include 30 concerts spread out over three weekends this July.
Events include choral and popular music, jazz and chamber ensembles, children’s programs, free village concerts, world premieres of commissioned works, and special events are all part of the festival’s schedule.
Highlights
- Bach’s beautiful B Minor Mass, performed by the Summer Vocal Program’s Hélène Brunet, Krisztina Szabó, Andrew Haji, and Tyler Duncan and the Festival’s Ensemble-in-Residence.
- The Elora Singers perform joint events with Sarah Slean, Autorickshaw, the Penderecki String Quartet, the Rolston String Quartet, the Canadian Brass, and the TorQ Percussion Quartet.
- Intimate concerts by Rolston Quartet, Blackwood, Tyler Duncan, and Erika Switzer.
- Tom Allen’s Being Lost, inspired by a mushroom-hunting outing by composer John Cage in the woods near Emma Lake, Saskatchewan in 1965, and the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal will also perform.
- UK’s award-winning British vocal ensemble, The Gesualdo Six
- Children’s workshops with the TorQ Percussion Quartet
- The Magic Flute by Shoestring Opera.
- Premiere of Peter-Anthony Togni’s Voice of the Weaver for bass clarinet and chamber choir. The work is inspired by Mi’kmâw poet, artist and writer Mary Louise Martin. Bass clarinetist Jeff Reilly and the Elora Singers were commissioned to write this piece to examine the spiritual, dynamic relationship between the awe we feel for nature and the everyday actions.
Details
A full lineup of events can be found at www.elorafestival.ca. Tickets go on sale at noon on Tuesday, April 5, on their website or by calling the box office at (519) 846-0331 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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