Ottawa Chamber Music Society

2008 Festival Schedule
Day 16
Saturday, August 9

Schedule subject to change without notice.

Musical Musings with Harry Halbreich

10:00 a.m.

Dominion-Chalmers United Church, Woodside Hall

Start the day with renowned European musicologist and speaker Harry Halbreich who will provide stimulating and often surprising insights into the day's musical offerings.

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Meet the Artist NEXT

11:00 a.m.

Perez Building - Freiman Hall, University of Ottawa

Paul Merlelo - trumpet
Nathaniel Mayfield - trumpet
Rex Richardson - trumpet

A new event for Chamberfest '08, Meet the Artistsis an opportunity for young musicians to hear world-class performersin an intimate setting. The Artists will perform, talk to students, answer questions and listen to performances.

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Virtuoso Tango

12:00 p.m.

Church of St. John the Evangelist

Renee-Paule Gauthier – violin
Andrew Mah – guitar

These admired, versatile musicians present a program of tangos and other hot-blooded duos arranged for violin and guitar.

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Music from the Rococo

12:00 p.m.

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Ottawa Baroque Consort

A jewel on Ottawa’s early music scene, the Ottawa Baroque Consort delights with the intimacy that characterizes the Rococo.

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Minsoo Sohn’s Virtuosity

2:00 p.m.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Minsoo Sohn – piano

Minsoo Sohn displays his virtuosity in this solo piano recital.

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Closing Gala Concert – Choral Extravaganza

8:00 p.m.

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Amadeus Choir
Elmer Iseler Singers
Gryphon Trio
Robert Pomakov – bass

The 15th anniversary of Chamberfest closes with a musical experience unlike anything before. Canada’s most celebrated choristers join Robert Pomakov, the Gryphon Trio and others to create a dazzling combination of music and multimedia in Larysa Kuzmenko’s Dreams and Christos Hatzis’s Wormwood.

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