Sun Aug 4 19:00
Allison Au & Migrations Ensemble
Lauded as Canada’s new jazz ambassador, Allison Au is a Toronto-based award-winning saxophonist, composer, arranger, and singer. Highly regarded for her distinctive and imaginative voice as both a performer and composer, the concert will feature Au’s Juno-nominated album Migrations in its entirety. Inspired by Au’s family history of immigration to Canada and commissioned by the Royal Conservatory of Music, the Migrations suite marks the first time Au has featured both vocals and string quartet in her writing. Accompanied by her 10-piece Migrations Ensemble, their seamless performance of these complex ideas, issues, and arrangements seems effortless, “…weaving lush, mosaic-like dreamscapes with poignant, heartrending lyrics.”
- Allison Ausaxophone
- Migrations Ensembleensemble
- Todd Pentneypiano
- Jon Maharajdouble bass
- Fabio Ragnellidrums
- Alex Samarasvoice
- Michael Davidsonvibraphone
- Aline Homzyviolin
- Aysel Taghi-Zadaviolin
- Catherine Grayviola
- Amahl Arulanandamcello
Programme
Allison Au
Choice
A. Au
Prayer
A. Au
The ISM
A. Au
Progress
A. Au
Aves Raras
A. Au
Racing Across the Land
Intermission
A. Au
For Russell and Rowena Jelliffe
A. Au
Them Intro
A. Au
Them
A. Au
Keep a Few Embers from the Fire
A. Au
Migration
A. Au
Pecola
A. Au
I Dream a World
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Festival 2024
Experience five spectacular programs on our Signature Series, featuring large-scale collaborations between world-renowned musicians at Ottawa’s Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. The 2024 Signature Series is generously sponsored by Bytek Volkswagen & Carling Volvo.
This series celebrates Canada’s world-class standard in chamber performance, featuring string and piano ensembles, choirs, baroque music, singers, dancers, and a bit of jazz. This series also hosts Chamberfest’s 30ᵗʰ Anniversary Celebration on closing night! Taking place at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, these concerts are generously supported by Marina Kun (of Ottawa-based and internationally loved Kun Shoulder Rests).
Our late-night Chamberfringe concerts cross genres and art forms, pushing the boundaries of chamber music with daring and electric performances. Offering everything from lively Arabic jazz to Middle Eastern-Metal fusion, Indigenous beats, and ambient chamber-electronica to Yiddish folk song, or a full-on Ukrainian-Celtic-Arab mashup, there’s always something fresh to check out!
Our Chamberfringe shows take place at La Nouvelle Scène, Club SAW, and The Gladstone Theatre, providing a more casual setting where audiences can enjoy beverages and immerse themselves in the buzzing late-night atmosphere.
