The Collingwood Summer Music Festival is kicking off this weekend.
From July 10-16, you can enjoy performances by a range of acclaimed artists, an award-winning Canadian film, and events for the whole family, which will be broadcast on a giant screen that is 40 feet wide and three storeys high.
The performances will take place live inside the New Life Church auditorium with the screen set up in the parking lot, which can accommodate up to 200 cars per night.
The 2021 Collingwood Summer Music Festival schedule is as follows:
July 10 – POPERA: Inaugural concert featuring over a dozen members of The National Academy Orchestra of Canada and several stars of the Canadian opera scene, directed by Maestro Boris Brott.
July 11 – FREE OUTDOOR EVENTS FOR YOUTH: Relaxed performances and activities for families and children with dancing and song-writing.
July 12 – A WOMAN’S LOVE: Starring Vera Pavlova, a contemporary, best-selling Russian poet together with her daughter Natalia Pavlova (soprano) who will be streaming in from Rome, Italy. Accompanied by a live music ensemble made up of local talents. Music by Robert Schumann, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Iraida Yusupova.
July 13 – CHOCHO: Already well-known to Collingwood audiences but with a unique twist. Presenting the ‘Chocho’ or ‘Butterfly’ with Aki Takahashi on taiko and shamisen together with the unbridled energy of the celebrated Japanese drummers Nagata Shachu.
July 14 – RED SKY PERFORMANCE: Celebrating the creativity and fire of Indigenous artistic expression with Red Sky Performance, Canada’s leading contemporary Indigenous dance group and a very special guest – the established Indigenous poet and historian Dr. Duke Redbird, who will recite verses from his latest book of poetry. Accompanied by soothing sounds of the Native American flute with Jason Chamakese.
July 15 – THE WILD GIRLS: A dramatic chamber music experience starring Mayumi Seiler on violin, Angela Park on piano and Cris Derksen on electric cello. Cris Derksen is a Juno Award-nominated, two-spirit, Cree cellist and composer, who will present specially-commissioned arrangements of her works specifically for this occasion. Music by Wolfgang A. Mozart, Johannes Brahms and Cris Derksen.
July 16 – SCHEHERAZADE: Starring acclaimed Lebanese-Canadian opera singer Joyce El-Khoury in the role of Scheherazade well supported by Serouj Kradjian and ensemble – a Canadian first! An exotic fusion of traditional masterworks featuring Maurice Ravel.
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