Past Events

Direct from New Orleans. “A powerhouse performer,” The Kennedy Centre; “One of the best things we saw,” Rolling Stone Magazine; “stakes out her place…on the authority of mastery.” NPR

Stories of the Underground Railroad with the Juno-award winning Toronto Mass Choir. Cutting-edge gospel music with Caribbean music influences set to the magical shores of Collingwood.

FREE Children’s concert with cottage country’s favourite kid’s duo, Doogie & Dun. Don’t miss the Long & McQuade Instrument Petting Zoo!

This unique programme pays homage to our city’s many attributes, from its dazzling skyline to its iconic gridlock traffic.

Fusing spoken word and Hiphop’s cultural expressions with Colombian Afro-Indigenous música de gaita, two-time JUNO-nominated multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music deliver an urgent call for justice, environmental healing and respect for ancestors and land treaties through an interactive multi-arts performance.

Prepare to be amazed by violinist Christie Cheung and pianists Dayou Kim and Elijah Orlenko from the Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists!

Montreal string ensemble collectif9 presents Rituæls, a grand artistic ceremony bringing together works dating from the Middle Ages to the 21st century with music by Hildegard von Bingen, Arvo Pärt, Michael Tippett, Nicole Lizée, Bryce Dessner, and Jocelyn Morlock.

The Three-Time Juno Award Winning Gryphon Trio has firmly established itself as one of the world’s preeminent piano trios.

Cornerstones: Mozart, Beethoven & Strauss

Scantily Plaid return with their high energy Celtic classics to the Island Queen for a magical, musical evening on the water.

Adi Braun pays tribute to the genius of three iconic songwriters, Noel Coward, Cole Porter and Kurt Weill. Join Adi and her trio – Don Breithaupt (piano), Pat Collins (bass), and Daniel Barnes (drums), as she salutes the witty lyrics and unforgettable melodies of three giants of song.

The artistic brilliance of the concert hall, blended together with the casual cadence of a living room concert – Artistic Director Jonathan Crow and pianist Philip Chiu are back!

FREE Children’s concert with the dynamic duo of bluegrass, Bad Actors. Don’t miss the Long & McQuade Instrument Petting Zoo!

A unique duo of clarinet and digital accordion, Bridge & Wolak use technology and serious chops to create unimaginable sounds with just two performers—all 100% live.

We welcome back the Taylor Academy for another spectacular show featuring pianist Irene Huang and violinists Edward Wu and Evan Pyne!

These innovators of the classical music world come together in an electrifying performance of Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence—a rare example of a string sextet—plus works by Dvořák, Telemann, Bartók, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw.

Santur player, composer, and cultural inventor Amir Amiri has spent his decades-long career exploring the limits of his music – and keeps coming to the conclusion that there are none.

Enjoy coffee, fresh baking, and beautiful Baroque music.

It is with pleasure that Chamberfest presents local favourites Meghan Lindsay and Carson Becke. This art song duo formed in the Gatineau Hills during the pandemic, where they discovered common ground “…in a style of music making that is creative and truly collaborative.“

Festival Baroque Ensemble with Andrea Ludwig, mezzo-soprano; Suzanne Shulman, flute

Music for Trumpet and Organ

Mexican pianist/composer Sergio Emilio Parra makes his Chamberfest debut. Based in Ottawa, Parra recently completed his MA in Music & Culture at Carleton University.

Angela Hewitt in Recital

The Westerlies, “an arty quartet…mixing ideas from jazz, new classical, and Appalachian folk” (New York Times), are a New York-based brass quartet comprised of childhood friends Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands (trumpet) and Andy Clausen and Willem de Koch (trombone).

The Westerlies’ highly participatory young listeners program demonstrates the power of music to evoke emotions and inspire imaginations.

Chamberfest is proud to present Ensemble Obiora, Canada’s first ensemble with a mission to increase the representation of culturally diverse musicians in the classical music scene, and to perform works by composers of colour whose contributions have gone unnoticed.

HATCH is a summer-intensive mentorship program for early-career composers, conductors, and performers offered by Continuum Contemporary Music.