Bringing together musicians from institutions across four continents, the 2022 Musical Chairs Chamber Music Festival presents workshops, concerts, and masterclasses featuring top-level students and distinguished professionals.
May 20-28, 2022
Bringing together musicians from institutions across four continents, the 2022 Musical Chairs Chamber Music Festival presents workshops, concerts, and masterclasses featuring top-level students and distinguished professionals.
James Campbell, clarinet (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)
Neal Gripp, viola, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)
Concerts
May 21, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. | Opening Concert / Concert d’ouverture
Pollack Hall | Free Admission | Advance Registration Available
May 24, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. | Brahms & Tchaikovsky
Pollack Hall | Free Admission | Advance Registration Available
May 24, 2022 11 p.m. | Verklärte Nacht
Elizabeth Wirth Lobby | Free Admission
May 25, 2022 | 12:00 p.m. | Intermezzo
Tanna Schulich Hall | Free Admission | Advance Registration Available
May 26, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. | Ravel, Poulenc & Fauré
Pollack Hall | Free Admission | Advance Registration Available
May 27, 2022 | 5:00 pm | Chamber Music Marathon! A Musical 5 à 7 (... à until we're done!)
Elizabeth Wirth Lobby | Free Admission
May 28, 2022 | 10:00 am | Chamber Music Marathon! A Musical Mimosa!
Elizabeth Wirth Lobby | Free Admission
May 28, 2022 | 7:30 p.m | Closing Concert
Pollack Hall | Free Admission | Advance Registration Available
Masterclasses
May 22, 2022 | 3:30 pm | Masterclass: Noémie Bialobroda
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
May 22, 2022 | 7:00 pm | Masterclass: Matthew Jones
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
May 23, 2022 | 3:30 pm | Masterclass: Michele Walsh
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
May 23, 2022 | 7:00 pm | Masterclass: James Campbell
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
May 24, 2022 | 3:30 pm | Masterclass: Yan Lim
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
May 25, 2022 |3:30 p.m. | Masterclass: Leonhard Roczek
Wirth Opera Studio | Free Admission
May 25, 2022 | 7:00 pm | Masterclass: Björn Nyman
Wirth Opera Studio | Free Admission
May 26, 2022 | 11:00 am | Masterclass: Kirill Kozlovski
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
Cancelled | May 26, 2022 | 3:30 pm | Masterclass: Yura Lee
Wirth Opera Studio | Free Admission
Participating institutions
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
(Australia)
Professor Michele Walsh, violin
Tarilindy Quartet
Mozarteum University Salzburg
(Austria)
Professor Leonhard Roczek, cello
Cuarteto Iberia
Schulich School of Music
(Canada)
Professors Jinjoo Cho, Violaine Melançon, Axel Strauss, Andrew Wan, violin
Professors Elizabeth Dolin, Brian Manker, cello
Professors Kyoko Hashimoto, Stéphane Lemelin, Ilya Poletaev, piano
8 PM Trio & many other Schulich students
Sibelius Academy
(Finland)
Professor Kirill Kozlovski, piano
Sibelius Academy Piano Trio
Norwegian Academy of Music (Norway)
Professor Björn Christian Nyman, clarinet
NMH Piano Trio
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore)
Professor Yan Lim, piano
Professor Zhang Jin Min, bassoon
YST Wind Sextet
Geneva Haute école de musique (Switzerland)
Professor Noémie Bialobroda, viola
Geneva HEM String Quartet
Guildhall School of Music and Drama (United Kingdom)
Professor Matthew Jones, viola
Zephyr Quartet
USC Thornton School of Music
(United States)
Professor Yura Lee, viola
Flora Quartet
Procedural masks must be worn at all times in Schulich buildings and concert halls, including during the performance. Masks will be available upon entrance to the Elizabeth Wirth and Strathcona Music Buildings.