The fifth-annual Collingwood Music Festival opened last night with a performance by the Viennese Violins and the Toronto Concert Orchestra.
Though originally planned as an outdoor show on a stage at Millennium Park, the concert was moved indoors to First Presbyterian Church on Maple Street because of the rain.
The Collingwood Music Festival is orchestrated by its artistic director Daniel Vnukowski, who lives in Collingwood and has performed as a concert pianist on five continents in front of thousands. He is also the radio host at The New Classical FM.
The rest of the festival schedule is as follows, for ticket and artist information, visit collingwoodfestival.com.
July 6: Renowned local Jazz saxophonist John MacMurchy and his Quintet - in Millennium Park (stay tuned to Collingwood Music Festival social media for weather-related venue changes)
July 6: The versatile Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir - from folk tunes of Wales to Broadway tunes
July 7: Montréal's Stick & Bow, cello and marimba duo – surprises from Bach to Radiohead
July 8: Africville - Award-winning Canadian artists Jackie Richardson, and, Joe Sealy and trio, bring the powerful stories of close-knit Africville, the former Halifax black community, back to light and life
July 9: “Postcards Lost” - Juno-winning clarinetist James Campbell and acclaimed concert pianist Daniel Vnukowksi, with Jaclyn Grossman, Andrea Ludwig and Moshe Hammer bring the love story to life of a couple who wrote Yiddish postcards to each other in WWII
July 10: "Step Into The Spotlight" Youth Concert
July 11: National Indigenous Achievement Award-winner Thompson Highway, playwright and novelist with Peruvian-Canadian cabaret vocalist Patricia Cano singing his songs in the Cree language
July 12: Closing Night: An Enchanted Evening, featuring world famous baritone Gino Quilico and Julie Nesrallah; favourite opera, operetta and Broadway songs
The Festival also offers their popular annual Youth Music Day, and a new series “Beyond Music” featuring an array of presentations and introductions giving insight in the future of music.
