Thursday, Jul 21, 2022
Chamberfest 2022: First Light
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre | 355 Cooper St, Ottawa, ON
Olli Mustonen (b. 1967) | Nonet for Strings No. 2
IV. Vivacissimo
Chamberfest 2022 – opening in a blaze of light! Join nine of Canada‘s finest chamber musicians in a program which evokes a bold and bright sunrise through two wondrous works for strings: Finnish pianist/composer Olli Mustonen’s Nonet no. 2, which begins like the crispness of a Finnish winter and ends like a warm spring day, and Mendelssohn’s famous Octet, which opens like the sun bursting over the horizon. Carissa Klopoushak, Emily Kruspe, Min-Jeong Koh, Yolanda Bruno (violin) Isaac Chalk, David Marks (viola) Rachel Mercer, Desiree Abbey (cello) Travis Harrison (double bass)
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Carissa Klopoushak joins violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz in two Ukrainian folk songs. #StandwithUkraine
Carissa Klopoushak & Katherine Dowling play Myroslav Skoryk's "Melody" from the film "The High Pass"
Filmed by Matt Braden Photography
Recorded by Dan Canfield
Mixed and mastered by Mark Klopoushak.
Carissa performs on a 1851 Maggini-model Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin, generously on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts Instrument Bank.
One-take, live video filmed by Matt Braden Photography, recorded by Dan Canfield at the University of Saskatchewan Convocation Hall, Saskatoon, SK, April 9, 2019. Carissa performs on a 1851 Maggini-model Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin, generously on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts Instrument Bank.
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Radia/Ryan Davis (b. 1992) Lavender Jump performed by Carissa Klopoushak, violin and Ryan Davis, viola and composer
Chamberfest’s 30th Anniversary Celebration: Ironwood Quartet, Philip Chiu, Radia
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre | 355 Cooper St, Ottawa, ON
Chamberfest is turning 30 and we are set to celebrate! Join us on closing night to take in a world premiere, some fan favourites, and to meet some of the faces of chamber music’s next generation. Among the trailblazers of Canadian chamber music is Ottawa-based composer, Kevin Lau. Tonight, Chamberfest is thrilled to premiere Lau’s Song of the Quaking Aspens, a piano quintet commissioned for our 30ᵗʰ Anniversary, performed by Ironwood Quartet and pianist Philip Chiu. We are also proud to introduce violist and composer, Ryan Davis (Radia), to our Chamberfest audience. Davis teams up with Ironwood to perform Brahms’ swashbuckling two-viola Quintet in G Major and a set of his own innovative compositions for viola, electronics, and string quartet. Jessie Montgomery’s percussive Voodoo Dolls will get us grooving before we wrap up our celebration with a barn burner loved the world over – Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A Major. As we reflect on what we’ve accomplished together over 30 years, we also cast our eyes towards the future and we’re so excited for what’s to come. Celebrating the chamber music tradition, ushering in new voices, and co-creating the future of Canadian classical music – this is what Chamberfest is all about. Don’t miss the party—we only turn 30 once!
https://www.chamberfest.com/event/202...