The Queen’s Cartoonists is an internationally renowned music ensemble based in Queens New York that performs music from classic cartoons and contemporary animation. The performances are synchronized to video projections of the original films, and the band leads the audience through a world of virtuosic musicianship, multi-instrumental mayhem, and comedy. Behind the project is a … Read more
Enter the shadowy world of Alfred Noyes’ evocative poem The Highwayman in a thrilling chamber music setting by Kingston composer Dean Burry. Featuring Canadian mezzo- soprano Krisztina Szabó, flutist, Sarah Moon, clarinettist, Kornel Wolak, violinist, Gisèle Dalbec-Szczesniak, cellist, Wolf Tormann, pianist, Younggun Kim and conductor, Darrell Christie, the performance will be accompanied by an original … Read more
Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins performs Songs for Murdered Sisters, a deeply personal new song cycle that conveys the tragedy of lives needlessly lost, composed by Jake Heggie based on original poetry by Margaret Atwood. Bookending the concert program is the Faust-Overture by Emilie Mayer and Brahms’s furiously passionate Symphony No. 4. Co-commissioned by the National … Read more
One of the most fascinating aspects of composition is the inspiration a composer draws from. The music on this afternoon’s program represents muses at work from some of history’s greatest composers. Joseph Bologne’s Two Sinfonias shine with true sparkle and wit. Dvorak’s Czech Suite represents some of his best melodic and most colourful output. Haydn’s … Read more
Emilie Steele & The Deal are a grab bag of catchy hooks and toe-tapping turnarounds, delivered with a spirited life force. The band cut their teeth gigging around Kingston before releasing their 2019 eponymous EP of unabashed indie rock, colourfully animated retro ditties, and reaching alt-country ballads. Steele’s animated delivery, vocal melodies and clever turns … Read more
This is Evidence, a powerful multi-media Photovoice exhibit focuses on undocumented South Asian male migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India living in Greece. “This will let the people learn how we live our lives here,” —these words from an undocumented Bangladeshi migrant worker sums the impetus behind this exhibit. Themes include xenophobia, Islamophobia, temporary labour … Read more
A beautiful concert is collaboratively performed by Jon Kimura Parker, Canada’s dynamic master pianist and Honens Artistic Director, with emerging superstar Nicolas Namoradze, first prize winner of the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition. The seasoned and acclaimed master pianist performs with 28-year-old pianist Nicolas Namoradze who Emanuel Ax describes as, “Set to become one of … Read more
Experience the choral ensembles of the DAN School of Drama & Music together with friends from the Kingston Chamber Choir in a spectacular concert of choral music. The DAN School will be welcoming the award-winning Filipino-American composer, conductor, and singer Matthew Lyon Hazzard to Queen’s University for a weeklong residency, culminating in this spotlight performance … Read more
Clarinetist and Queen’s faculty member, Kornel Wolak, joins the Isabel Quartet in performing two great works for clarinet and string quartet: the lyrical Glazunov, Nocturne, and the towering Brahms Clarinet Quintet. In addition to Haydn’s Opus 20, No. 6 in A Major, the concert includes a performance of Madra by Bruce A. Russell (aka El … Read more
This year’s fest showcases 76 short and feature-length narratives and documentaries from 15 different countries… including special spotlights on Trans Cinema and on the Islamic Republic of Iran! Fabulous parties, visiting guests from the films and always a few surprise adventures await you! Festival Schedule + Advance Tickets – browse the schedule & buy advance … Read more