Music

Partnering with Ottawa Riverkeeper, Mia Kelly has pledged to donate all proceeds from Bandcamp to fund initiatives to preserve Kitchissippi.

The release of Cody Coyote’s latest album Passage comes with a powerful message and a set of calls to action to support Indigenous people.

Friday night, Dan Mangan made his much-awaited return to Algonquin Commons Theatre. The show’s opener was Georgia Harmer.

Headlining the evening at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre was the world-renowned Danish String Quartet, who also hosted an afterparty at Club SAW.

Wednesday was the second-last day of Chamberfest 2022, but the festival wasn’t winding down slowly. Day 14 had big acts in Cheng² Duo, Hinrich Alpers’ second Beethoven set, Kaitlyn Raitz’s Cello Party, and some of the region’s best emerging talent performing the Rising Stars slot. Follow @apt613 for more sights and sounds of Chamberfest 2022. 

To celebrate the August holiday, Chamberfest packed Monday with an astounding array of concerts, celebrating both the old and the brand-new. Drew Jurecka and Rebekah Wolkstein returned for an intimate concert tailored to neurodivergent folks, while the Midday Matinée saw Chamberfest-favourite Hinrich Alpers perform a selection of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. But the centrepiece of Day […]

First launched in 2012, the Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival is back with in-person programming this year!

Day 13 of Chamberfest, in photos.

Day 11 at Chamberfest, in photos.

See photos from Day 10 of Chamberfest, as our coverage continues.

Day 9 of Chamberfest was one of the strongest days yet. Gryphon Trio, Nordic Voices, Raphael Weinroth-Browne, and the Cris Derksen Quartet headlined.

On Thursday at Chamberfest, we saw Montreal’s Quatuor Andara at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, pianist Meagan Milatz at the Steinway Piano Galleries, and Toronto’s world-renowned Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.

Day 7 of Chamberfest saw a chamber masterclass with Quatour Danel and Quatour Andara, and then a double-bill of Simon Trpĉeski & Friends.

Both contemporary and medieval music could be heard at Chamberfest on Day 6.

Nicole Presentey, John Kofi Dapaah, Ruby Jin, and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada featured on Day 5 of Chamberfest.