The Music Room Chamber Players Series

Fantastic concerts to choose from!

Upcoming Concerts

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Double Bass Squared

Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 7:30pm
The Peggy Corkum Music Room

A recital featuring the entire bass section of Symphony Nova Scotia, and more! Discover how beautifully the biggest member of the string family can sing, given the chance. And for a grand finale, four more bassists will join Max and Jemma for a sight never before seen in Halifax: a double bass choir!

Max Kasper and Jemma Jones, double bass

  • Frank Proto  - Duets for Double Basses

  • George Frideric Handel - Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 2, No. 8

  • B. Schlemowitz - Eight Concert Duets for Two Double Basses

  • Giovanni Bottesini  - Gran Duetto No. 1 for Double Basses

CANCELLED: Richard Simoneau and Friends

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 7:30pm
The Peggy Corkum Music Room

NOTE: Unfortunately, we have had to cancel this concert. We hope to offer a replacement concert, and are currently working on details. If you would prefer a refund, please phone our office at 902-429-9467.

Luke Welch in Recital

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 7:30pm
The Peggy Corkum Music Room

In tonight's recital, Toronto pianist, writer and podcaster Luke Welch shares the story and the magnificently virtuosic music of African-British pianist, conductor, and composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Renowned on both sides of the Atlantic at the turn of the 20th century, Coleridge-Taylor was admired by figures such as Edward Elgar, President Theodore Roosevelt, and W.E.B Du Bois.

Luke Welch, piano

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Scenes from an Imaginary Ballet, Op. 74; Three Humoresques, Op. 31; Three Fours, Valse Suite, Op. 71

  • Frédéric Chopin  - Mazurkas, Op. 24; Bolero, Op. 19

Courage, Curiosity, Compassion

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 7:30pm
The Peggy Corkum Music Room

Founders of Toronto's Essential Opera, Maureen Batt and Erin Bardua create programs that tell stories, celebrate the art of singing, and set new compositional voices alongside the classics. Tonight, we will enjoy a vast range of song, from classics by Richard Strauss, Barbara Strozzi and Kurt Weill, to new Canadian works from Saman Shahi, Anna Höstman and Monica Pearce. A glorious garland of music to end our season!

Maureen Batt, soprano; Erin Bardua, soprano; Hilary Brown, cello; Tara Scott, piano

Chamber Players Series Sponsors

The Craig Foundation

Judith Fingard

Alfhild Larson

Jill Robinson