{"id":96176,"date":"2023-05-11T12:50:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T16:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=96176"},"modified":"2023-05-11T12:50:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T16:50:24","slug":"preview-collingwood-music-festival-returns-july-eclectic-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/05\/11\/preview-collingwood-music-festival-returns-july-eclectic-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Collingwood Music Festival Returns In July With Eclectic Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): Jeremy Dutcher (Photo: Vanessa Heins Photography); Devah! Quartet (Photo courtesy of the Collingwood Festival); Gryphon Trio (Photo courtesy of the Collingwood Festival)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The shores of Georgian Bay will be the setting for a week\u2019s worth of imaginative musical programming this July as the Collingwood Music Festival returns for its fourth iteration under Founder and Artistic Director Daniel Vnukowski.<\/p>\n

The festival will run from July 8 to 15, and kicks off with a sunset concert on the shores of Georgian Bay at Millennium Overlook Park. Here\u2019s a look at what\u2019s in store.<\/p>\n

The Program<\/h2>\n

July 8: The National Academy Orchestra and Special Guest Jeremy Dutcher<\/h3>\n

Maestro Alain Trudel will lead the full 65-piece National Academy Orchestra of Canada in an outdoor concert with special guest Jeremy Dutcher. Polaris and Juno-award winning artist Jeremy Dutcher will perform songs in the near-extinct Wolastoq Indigenous language that were inspired by his roots in New Brunswick’s Tobique First Nation. In addition to Dutcher\u2019s songs, the program includes Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 \u201cPastoral\u201d I. Allegro ma non troppo; Vivaldi\u2019s \u201cSpring\u201d from The Four Seasons (Concerto in E major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269); Berlioz\u2019 Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 IV. March to the scaffold; Johann Strauss Jr.\u2019s iconic Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314, and Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 \u201cPath\u00e9tique\u201d Allegro molto vivace.<\/p>\n

July 9: Toronto Mass Choir<\/h3>\n

The Juno-award winning Choir will be accompanied by a five-piece band for a program titled Stories of the Underground Railroad. Director Karen Burke is a Professor of Music at York University, and together with her husband, Oswald Burke, Executive Producer, they bring cutting edge gospel and music with a Caribbean flavour to the stage.<\/p>\n

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L-R (clockwise): Adi Braun; Toronto Mass Choir; collectif9 (Photos courtesy of the Collingwood Festival)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 10: D\u00e9vah Quartet<\/h3>\n

The electric D\u00e9vah Quartet takes the string quartet into the 21st century, accompanied by drums, for a program that ranges from acoustic classical to jazz to 70s rock and contemporary pop. It\u2019s a kid-friendly concert featuring imaginative arrangements of familiar pop and rock songs and more.<\/p>\n

July 11: Peter Stoll and Daniel Vnukowski<\/h3>\n

A Classical & Jazz Jam features virtuoso clarinetist Peter Stoll with Daniel Vnukowski in both classical and jazz works that date from the early 1700s to the 1900s. That includes gems by composers from Giuseppe Tartini to Wolfgang A. Mozart to the late 20th century, including iconic works by George Gershwin and Benny Anderson.<\/p>\n

July 12: Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music<\/h3>\n

The two-time JUNO-nominated multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music get together for a concert that blends spoken word with hip-hop, and the influences of Colombian Afro-Indigenous m\u00fasica de gaita. It\u2019s music and multimedia with a message about justice, the environment, and reverence for ancestors and land treaties.<\/p>\n