{"id":76079,"date":"2022-07-27T11:42:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T15:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=76079"},"modified":"2022-07-27T11:42:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T15:42:18","slug":"scoop-sweetwater-music-festival-returns-september-2022-focus-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/07\/27\/scoop-sweetwater-music-festival-returns-september-2022-focus-winds\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | SweetWater Music Festival Returns In September 2022 With A Focus On Winds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_76081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76081\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Sweetwater-FEstival-2022.jpg\" alt=\"L-R (clockwise): Zeynep \u00d6zsuca, pianist; Joseph Phillips, bass; Fretless (Images courtesy of SweetWater Festival)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R (clockwise): Zeynep \u00d6zsuca, pianist; Joseph Phillips, bass; Fretless (Images courtesy of SweetWater Festival)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The SweetWater Music Festival is back with a full program in September 2022. The festival will present a roster of Canadian and international musicians in a series of classical, contemporary, and jazz concerts in Owen Sound and Meaford, Ontario from Sept. 15 to 18.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to be back presenting a full in-person festival for 2022\u201d says <strong>Artistic Director Edwin Huizinga<\/strong> in a statement. \u201cWe are excited to welcome some wonderful artists to Owen Sound this September, featuring wind players on many of our concerts.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A Focus on Winds<\/h2>\n<p>This year\u2019s festival programming incorporates a focus on wind instruments, with resident artists <strong>Sacha Rattle<\/strong> (clarinet), <strong>Aleh Remezau<\/strong> (oboe), and <strong>Todd Williams<\/strong> (french horn). Other resident artists include <strong>Sheila Jaff\u00e9<\/strong> and <strong>Carissa Klopoushak<\/strong> (violin), <strong>Emily Eng<\/strong> (viola), <strong>Arlen Hlusko<\/strong> (cello), <strong>Zeynep \u00d6zsuca<\/strong> (piano), and <strong>Joe Phillips<\/strong> (bass).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Concerts at a glance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, Sept. 15: <strong>Britten and Brahms<\/strong>, a free evening concert at the Georgian Shores Church.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, Sept. 16: Works by <strong>Prokofiev and Schumann<\/strong> at the Historic Leith Church, followed by a reception for the whole audience.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, Sept 17: At 7 p.m., <strong>20th Century Classical Compositions<\/strong> at the Harmony Centre in Owen Sound; then, at 9:30 p.m. the music of <strong>Moneka Arabic Jazz<\/strong>, the brainchild of Iraq-born actor and musician Ahmed Moneka, at Heartwood Music Hall.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, Sept 18: Matinee Mainstage with JUNO award-winning Canadian supergroup <strong>The Fretless<\/strong> for progressive traditional music that expands the definition of string quartet repertoire.<\/li>\n<li>AND, The Fretless and others will perform three <strong>free noon-hour Community Concerts<\/strong> outdoors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Choose Your Own Price<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This year, in recognition of the effects of the pandemic and inflation, the Festival is instituting a choose your own ticket price model for the first time. Patrons can also add extra support for the festival if they choose. More information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca\/swmf-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A pass that includes four concerts, one for each day of the festival, is also available. Tickets are on sale at the <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.roxytheatre.ca\/TheatreManager\/1\/online?event=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ROXY Theatre box office<\/a> in person or <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.roxytheatre.ca\/TheatreManager\/1\/online?event=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a>. To buy the Series Pass, please call the box office at 519-371-2833.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SweetWater Music Festival is back with a full program in September 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":76081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39907,76,19,32,39,3693,59,71],"tags":[40197,36154,5164,40196,40198,39807,40195,40194],"yst_prominent_words":[15319,10469,30058,7765,12940,14475,6767,8858,7412,6616,18513,10551,10171],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Sweetwater-FEstival-2022.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-jN5","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76079"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76079"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76083,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76079\/revisions\/76083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76079"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=76079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}