Upcoming JMO Concerts

Music with Bite

a co-production with

An intimate and interactive concert series for the whole family

Music with Bite is a refreshing experience where children can pull up a comfy cushion and sit in front of the stage for an enjoyable, interactive music performance tailored for young audience members. This is a fantastic opportunity to sample music of diverse styles and traditions in a friendly, accessible format. All of the artists bring an element of interactivity, education and entertainment to their performances. After the concert, kids can meet the artists and ask them questions while enjoying a complimentary  milk beverage and cookie. In co-production with Harbourfront Centre.
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Annabelle Canto
Sunday September 26, 2010 at 1:PM

Get ready for the amazing story of a young opera singer who happens to lose both her voice and her memory on the morning of an important concert. Talk about bad luck! But where could her singing talent have gone? Using spontaneity, innocence and humour, Annabelle Canto and her pianist Henry set out on a quest for her magical voice. Along their musical route, they discover astonishing and majestic opera characters.

Credits
Artists: Christina Tannous, soprano & Dominic Boulianne, piano
Concept: François Racine, conception and stage direction
Lighting: Simon Gauthier, Lumin-ART Productions

La tête dans les nuages * (Performance in French)
Sunday September 26, 2010 at 1:PM (FAMILY DAY)

Even though everybody is always saying that she has her head in the clouds, Annabelle never believed it. But then one day, when she is just walking along to school, listening to the birds, wings suddenly start growing out of her back! In two flaps of her new wings, whoosh! Annabelle finds herself standing on a cloud high up in the sky. In this dream world where birds have strange names like Handel, Debussy and Albeniz, Annabelle may be able to make the rain fall and the sun shine with the sound of her harps, but she’s no longer sure whether she’s a little girl, a bird or an angel.

Credits
Artists: Annabelle Renzo, harp
Concept and stage direction:  Marilyn Perreault
Based on an original idea by Annabelle Renzo

Rhythm and Stomp
Sunday April 10, 2011 at 1:PM

This powerful history of percussion starts in Africa, the land of rhythm, where instruments resonate and music resounds. This animated concert takes listeners on a magical journey through percussion history, with stops along the way in the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. From African and Brazilian music to the hip hop of today, these instruments transcend all culture and time. Discover exotic and colourful percussion instruments like the kalungu, djembe, derbouka, tambourine, cymbals and apito in this rhythmic concert experience!

Credits
Artists: Thierry Arsenault, percussion & Bruno Roy, percussion 

Concept: Bruno Roy & Janic Gingras, conception

Lighting: Simon Gauthier, Lumin-ART Productions

Noon-Hour Chamber Music Concerts

a co-production with

All performances take place at:

Canadian Opera Company - Richard Bradshaw Theatre - Four Season's Centre

Cecilia String Quartet
Thursday 7 April, 2010  12 - 1:PM

Schumann and Shostakovich
Formed in 2004, the Cecilia String Quartet (Min-Jeong Koh and Sarah Nematallah, violins; Caitlin Boyle, viola; and Rachel Desoer, cello) has been praised for its astonishing musical chemistry and impassioned performances. Currently resident string quartet at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University and quartet in residence of Jeunesses Musicales Canada for their 60th anniversary season, this prize-winning quartet will perform two masterpieces of the repertoire: Dmitri Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 10 and Robert Schumann’s Quartet Op. 41, No. 3.
 

Philip Chiu and Janelle Fung, four hand piano
Tuesday 23 November, 2011  12 - 1:PM

Inspired by Shakespeare
Two exciting Canadian pianists team up to perform the overture to Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and their own arrangement of scenes from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Fresh from a concert tour in which they played in about twenty venues in eastern Quebec and the Maritimes, the Chiu-Fung duo is known for the sensitivity of their playing and for their impressive technique. Four hands on one keyboard: guaranteed delight!
 

Philip Chiu and Janelle Fung, four hand piano
Tuesday 1 February, 2011  12 - 1:PM

Franck and Poulenc Cello Sonatas
Two outstanding young Canadian musicians unite to perform two masterpieces of the French repertoire: the cello sonatas of César Franck and Francis Poulenc. On tap from this unique musical association are virtuosity and passion. Nothing less!