Drumming under the Tent with Architek Percussion
Saturday, August 25th / 1:00pm
Big Lake Tent / 243 Main St.
Our Kick Ass Opening Event!
Sponsored by Kick Ass Media
Join ARCHITEK PERCUSSION, a Montreal-based quartet specializing in the performance of experimental, minimalist, multi-disciplinary, crossover and electroacoustic chamber music, in an outdoor setting under the tent situated right on the shores of Lake Ontario. Experience the quartet’s captivating rhythms set against Lake Ontario’s own natural rhythms in what will truly be a magical experience. Architek Percussion is Ben Duinker, Mark Morton, Ben Reimer and Alessandro Valiante.
Founded in early 2012, the quartet has quickly established itself as a dynamic force in Canada’s vibrant new music community; equally comfortable in performing classic repertoire and exploring new terrain through commissions and premieres. In addition to self producing concerts in Montreal, Architek regularly tours and appears across Canada and internationally. Recent appearances include New Music Edmonton, live@CIRMMT, PASIC, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Virée Classique (OSM), Innovations en Concert, Cluster Festival (Winnipeg), the Music Gallery (Toronto), nu:nord (UK/Norway), and the Scotia Festival of Music (Halifax). In addition, Architek has toured with support from the Conseil des arts de Montréal, Debut Atlantic, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and Jeunesses Musicales Canada.
Architek has commissioned and/or premiered over 40 works by composers from Canada, France, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, USA, and the UK. Architek’s diverse regular repertoire is at once engaging and challenging for audiences, and is presented in a manner inspired by the quartet’s belief that given proper context, no audience member should feel alienated by the nature of a performance of contemporary art music.
For more information about Architek, visit: www.architekpercussion.com
Swim Drink Fish Square Foot Art Exhibit and Sale with Stew Jones & Friends
Sun, August 26th – Fri, August 31
Daily starting at 10:00 am
Midtown Brewing Company, 266 Main Street, Wellington
This week-long art exhibit organized by Wellington-based artist, Stew Jones, will feature original works inspired by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s mandate to create a “swimmable, drinkable, fishable future” for Lake Ontario and its inhabitants, neighbours and admirers.
Several local artists will create a 12×12 water-inspired work of art that the rest of us can admire all week long at Water Week partnering business, The Midtown. All pieces will be priced at $250, with 50% being donated to the Wellington Rotary Club and an optional additional portion will be donated to Lake Ontario Waterkeeper.
Participating artists confirmed so far include:
Derek van der Vinne
Bee Sargeant
Vanessa J Martin
Children who attend the kids’ concert on Tuesday, August 28th, at 10 am, in the newly landscaped garden of the Wellington Heritage Museum, will have the opportunity to create their own water-inspired works of art that can be entered into the exhibit at The Midtown and into the sale as well (if they wish). Art supplies will be given to all kids who attend this interactive outdoor concert event.
Don’t forget to download the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper swim guide onto your phone: www.theswimguide.org. This amazing service, which started as a daily report on Lake Ontario beach water quality, has grown to an online platform and mobile app used in 6 countries, 3 languages, 7000 beaches (including our own Wellington Beach), and nearly 2 million all-time users!
One of our hopes and dreams that inspired Water Week is to one day see our very own local beach have a blue flag (www.blueflag.global) waving proudly at its entrance.
Film Screenings at the Glass Box: Come and see things your mother never told you could be done on a Lake…
Mon, August 27th – Fri, August 31 each day at 2:00 pm
Drake Devonshire Hotel – 24 Wharf Street, Wellington
Grand Opera in a magical setting: Bizet’s Carmen and Mozart’s The Magic Flute from the Bregenz Festival, at and on Lake Constance in Bregenz, Austria.
One year after the end of the Second World War, the first Bregenz Festival was held: the week-long Bregenz Festwoche. The inaugural performance was staged upon two barges moored on Lake Constance – one carrying the stage structures for Mozart’s early work Bastien et Bastienne, the other the orchestra.
In a town that did not even possess a theatre, the idea of mounting a festival seemed eccentric; but the initially makeshift solution of choosing the loveliest part of the town – the lake – as the stage proved to be a hugely successful one. Visitors from Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France made the Festival an international event in its very first year. The Festival orchestra from the outset was the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, which has made a major contribution to the evolution and success of the Festival.
This inspiring festival has continued to evolve, having celebrated over 70 seasons, and performing to hundreds of thousands of audience members each year, who come to experience opera on the main stage on the lake, as well as indoor performances of lesser known operatic works, chamber music, orchestral works, theatre and extensive programming for children.
SCREENING DETAILS:
Monday, August 27th, Wednesday, August 29th and Friday, August 31st at 2:00 pm is Bizet’s Carmen
Tuesday, August 28th and Thursday August 30th is Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Helpless, Featuring DANIKA LORÈN(soprano, creator) and STÉPHANE MAYER on piano
Sunday, August 26th at 2:00 pm, Wellington United Church
243 Main Street, Wellington
Join Danika Lorèn accompanied by Stéphane Mayer on piano as they present Helpless, an exploration of Ophelia’s story, one that is as murky as the waters in which she finds her death. Together they present a journey from destructive love to debilitating loneliness in a concert programme based on the character that Shakespeare named “Help.”
About Danika Lorèn
A recent graduate of the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio, Danika is known for her dramatic sensitivity and instinctive musicality. She made her Canadian Opera Company debut last season as Woglinde in Götterdämmerung, and recently appeared in The Nightingale and Other Fables. She returns next season as Musetta in La Bohème. Ever versatile, Danika’s past roles include: Zdenka (Arabella), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Dalinda (Ariodante), Coloratura (Kopernikus), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Monica (The Medium), Lady with a Hand Mirror (Postcard from Morocco), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro).
Danika made her orchestral debut in her hometown with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra performing Faure’s Requiem with acclaimed baritone Nathan Berg and conductor Eric Paetkau. After winning the University of Toronto Concerto Competition in 2014/15, Danika performed Richard Strauss’ Op. 27, Vier Lieder with the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Uri Mayer. In 2016, Danika made her debut at the Indian River Festival singing Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and she looks forward to performing Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with Toronto’s Pax Christi Chorale in 2018.
For more information, visit: www.danikalorensoprano.com
Popera at Drake Devonshire featuring the COC Ensemble Studio
Sunday, August 26th at 6:00 pm at Drake Devonshire
24 Wharf Street, Wellington
Join The Canadian Opera Company’s celebrated Ensemble Studio for a night of breathtaking music paired with an inspired menu set against the backdrop of Lake Ontario’s rolling waves. The evening begins with oysters and bubbly in the Drake Devonshire’s outdoor Creekside Kitchen, followed by a sit-down dinner and performance in the beautiful airy pavillion. With a few musical surprises peppered throughout the night, this is a cultural treat that’s not to be missed.
The 2018/2019 Ensemble Artists are: Joel Allison, Samuel Chan, Lauren Eberwein, Simona Genga, Lauren Margison, Simone McIntosh, Anna-Sophie Neher and pianists Stéphane Mayer and Rachel Kerr. Special guests include the COC’s internationally acclaimed Music Director Johannes Debus on piano and renowned conductor, Dionysis Grammenos on clarinet.
The Ensemble Studio is Canada’s premier training program for young opera professionals. Since its inception in 1980, over 230 young professional Canadian singers, opera coaches, stage directors and conductors have acquired their first major professional operatic experience through the program. Former members include Ben Heppner, Isabel Bayrakdarian, John Fanning, Wendy Nielsen, Joseph Kaiser, David Pomeroy, Allyson McHardy, and Krisztina Szabó.
The members of the Ensemble Studio are the COC’s resident artists and important ambassadors for the company. The COC’s pioneering, collaborative approach to training ensures that singers receive a blend of advanced study and practical experience through an individually tailored, multi-year program, involving understudying and performing mainstage roles, intensive vocal coaching, language, movement and acting studies, and career skills development, as well as participation in masterclasses with internationally renowned opera professionals. Intern coaches participate in the preparation of the company’s mainstage productions, as well as art song recitals and Ensemble Studio performances.
The Ensemble Studio is chosen through a national audition process which culminates in the Ensemble Studio Competition, the feature event of the COC’s annual fundraising gala, Centre Stage.
At The Museum: Photo Exhibit and Screenings
Monday, August 27-31 starting at 10:00 am, The Wellington Heritage Museum
290 Main Street, Wellington
As part of Water Week, through photos and screenings, The Wellington Heritage Museum wants to do its part to raise awareness about the future of our planet’s water supply. Museums, after all, preserve the past so that future generations can engage with and learn from it, so our purpose is tied to the future of this village, this country, and this planet.
The water surrounding and within Prince Edward County has been used and enjoyed by residents and visitors alike for millennia, and the number of people that visit our island every year continues to increase. While this constant stream of visitors fuels our tourism industry and benefits many (including the museum), it is important that we remember to ensure the protection and ongoing health of the County’s waters – both the water that we use in our homes every day, and the rivers, lakes and streams that house delicate ecosystems, full of plant and animal life.
MARSDEN KEMP PHOTO EXHIBIT
In an effort to inspire and encourage discussion, we have chosen to display images, by photographer Marsden Kemp, that illustrate the relationship between the people of the County and the waters they depend on for life and leisure.
Marsden A. Kemp (d. 1943) was a passionate and prolific amateur photographer who lived in Kingston and Picton, Ontario. The photographs on display are a sample of Kemp’s immense dedication and output; he was known to travel Eastern Ontario by bicycle capturing images from that era that document communities, recreation, steamships, people and events. His work is the most extensive photographic record of life in this area in the early part of the 20th century, and the full collection of his glass plate negatives are held at the Archives of Ontario.
DAILY SCREENINGS
Vanishing Legacy: The History of the Lakefaring Families of Prince Edward County, by Suzanne Pasternak
Local singer, songwriter, filmmaker and storyteller, Susan Pasternak’s award-winning documentary: Vanishing Legacy: The History of the Lakefaring Families of Prince Edward Countyis a culmination of her research in the maritime history at the south end of Prince Edward County. The film traces the history of lake-faring families from the time just after the American Revolution until modern times, with her friends and neighbours who were among the last of the commercial fishing families in this part of the country.
Daily in the morning, FREE
Paddle to the Sea, by Bill Mason
Based on Holling C. Holling’s book of the same name, Paddle to the Sea is Bill Mason’s 1966 film adaptation of the classic tale of an Indigenous boy who sets out to carve a man and a canoe. Calling the man “Paddle to the Sea,” he sets his carving down on a frozen stream to await spring’s arrival. The film follows the adventures that befall the canoe on its long odyssey from Lake Superior, through the Great Lakes system, to the sea. A beloved film of Canadian Gen Xers and a defining film of the National Film Board of that era.
Daily in the afternoon, FREE
Quinte Conservation Interactive Booth
All Day Event
Starting Monday, August 27th starting at 10:00 am
In front of Midtown Brewing Company, 266 Main Street, Wellington
Come and visit the Quinte Conservation Information booth on Monday, August 27th, all day, in front of The Midtown Brewery.
The local conservation authority will set up two interactive activities for families to explore: the Watershed Model and Critter Pail Activity. Visitors will have the opportunity to see how the local watershed works, as well as being able to net and learn about the critters that make our local creeks and streams home.
Almost 2/3 of residents in Ontario rely on surface water to meet their daily needs. Surface water is water that is visible on the landscape (lakes, rivers, streams). In Wellington’s case, water from Lake Ontario is transported through an intake pipe directly into a water treatment system.
To learn more about the drinking water in the village of Wellington, clickHERE.
Have you ever wondered what those new Drinking Water Protection Zone Signs were all about? Click HERE.
Screenings of select World Water Week Symposium Events from Stockholm, Sweden
Monday, August 27-31
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Wellington United Church
243 Main Street, Wellington
The inspiration behind our Water Week celebrations, World Water Week, is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organized by SIWI and will this year address the theme “water, ecosystems and human development”. For one full week, The Wellington United Church will be live-streaming events as well as broadcasting video captures from Sweden in real time.
Experts, practitioners, decision-makers, business innovators and young professionals from a range of sectors and countries come to Stockholm to network, exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions to the most pressing water-related challenges of today. We believe water is key to our future prosperity, and that together, we can achieve a water wise world. In 2017, over 3,300 individuals and around 380 convening organizations from 130 countries participated in the Week.
World Water Week provides a unique forum for the exchange of views, experiences, and practices between the scientific, business, policy and civic communities. It focuses on new thinking and positive action toward water-related challenges and their impact on the world’s environment, health, climate, economic and poverty reduction.
For more information on World Water Week – visit: www.worldwaterweek.org
Méli Mélo featuring: Ensemble Made In Canada (piano quartet) joined by Yehonatan Berick (violin), Dionysis Grammenos (clarinet)
Monday, August 27th at 5:30 pm Wellington United Church
243 Main Street, Wellington
Including Dinner under the Tent provided by Picnic
Join us for Méli Mélo, a magical evening bringing together a unique assembly of renowned artists including Ensemble Made In Canada, Yehonatan Berick and Dionysis Grammenos. Each performer will shine individually, performing a wide variety of pieces: Clara Schumann Three Romances; Bruch Romance; Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke; Saint-Saens The Swan; Bazzini Ronde des Lutins. They will join together to perform the glorious Brahms Clarinet Quintet.
A delicious light dinner, provided by Prince Edward County’s iconic Picnic, will be served during intermission under the tent right on the shore set against the stunning backdrop of Lake Ontario. And, the brilliant mixologists at Kinsip House of Fine Spirits and The County Bounty Artisanal Soda Company are partnering for this fabulous occasion to create very special Water Week-themed cocktails for our guests.
About the artists:
ENSEMBLE MADE IN CANADA
Rapidly gaining recognition as Canada’s premier piano quartet, in 2006, the ensemble was awarded the 2006 CBC Galaxie Stars Award from the Banff Centre for the Arts, EMIC was featured in 2008 Chatelaine Magazine’s 80th anniversary issue as “Women to Watch” and an ensemble that is leading the next generation of classical musicians. The members of the group have been forging outstanding individual careers and bring together a wealth of experience having already appeared at prestigious festivals such as Marlboro, Ravinia, Orford, Verbier, Prussia Cove, Pablo Casals and Evian. EMIC has performed for Winnipeg Virtuosi, Montreal Pro Musica, SUNY New Paltz, Stratford Music Festival, Ottawa Chamberfest, Parry Sound Festival of the Sound, Jeffery Chamber Music Series, Lindsay Concert Productions, Almonte in Concert, Women’s Musical Club of Toronto, Kawartha Concerts, including multiple work cycles for the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Soceity. EMIC has provided master classes, chamber music coachings, and lectures at universities across Canada and in the United States and have also participated in outreach programs for public schools in Ontario. The group is grateful for support from FACTOR, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. EMIC has been Ensemble-in-Residence at Western University since 2014. For more information, visit: www.ensemblemadeincanada.com
YEHONATAN BERICK
Prizewinner at the 1993 Naumburg competition and a recipient of the 1996-97 Prix Opus, Yehonatan Berick is in high demand internationally as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. Performances as soloist include Quebec, Winnipeg, Windsor, Ann Arbor, Jerusalem and Haifa Symphonies, and the Israeli, Cincinnati, Montreal and Manitoba Chamber Orchestras, Thirteen Strings and Ensemble Appassionata. Recital offering include the complete Paganini Caprices, and the complete Solo Sonatas and Partitas by Bach. He has collaborated with many world renowned artists. Festival and chamber series include Marlboro, Ravinia, Seattle, Ottawa, Great Lakes, and Music@Menlo. He tours extensively worldwide, and is featured in the world’s most important venues, including Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall. On CD, Berick has recorded for the Acoma, Albany, Centaur, Equilibrium, XXI-21, Gasparo, Summit, and Helicon labels. On video, he can be seen on a BluRay dvd Paganini: 24 Caprices. His recordings have won rave reviews in the press. Equally sought after as violin teacher and chamber music mentor, Berick serves as Professor of Violin at the University of Ottawa. He has been invited as teacher and artist-in-residence at many festivals, and is featured in masterclasses worldwide. His students hold leading positions in major orchestras, ensembles, and music schools worldwide. Yehonatan Berick is currently plays a 1761 violin by Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, generously on loan from the University of Ottawa, as well as violin by Honoré Derazey Père from 1852, and a viola by Stanley Kiernoziak from 2003. For more information on Yehonatan Berik, visit: www.yehonatanberick.com
DIONYSIS GREMMENOS
Praised by the international press as “one of the most promising stars of tomorrow”, Greek conductor Dionysis Grammenos made his debut at the age of twenty-one with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. He received a Conducting Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival in 2016, where he conducted several orchestral and opera programmes including Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito. Following this, he was invited by Johannes Debus, Music Director of the Canadian Opera Company to work with him on Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Toronto in 2018.
Supported by conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Christoph Eschenbach, Robert Spano and Patrick Summers, he has already conducted orchestras such as the Festival Strings Lucerne, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Hofer Symphoniker, Junge Philharmonie Wien, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, Malta Philharmonic, and the New Symphony Orchestra of Sofia. He has recently made his opera debut in Würzburg with Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, whilst upcoming dates include the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of Wagner, Schumann and Brahms/Schönberg. For more information, visit: www.dionysisgrammenos.com
Art. Music. Nature:
Museum Children’s Concert Featuring Dionysis Grammenos, Angela Park, Elissa Lee, Sharon Wei and Darren Sigesumund
Tuesday, August 28th at 10:30 am Wellington Heritage Museum
290 Main Street, Wellington
An event to immerse young audience members in the wonders of art as they make their own original creations in the beautifully re-imagined garden behind the Wellington Heritage Museum.
This is truly a remarkable opportunity to hear renowned musicians live and up-close! Dionysus Grammerios (clarinet); Elissa Lee (violin), Angela Park (piano), Sharon Wei (viola); and Darren Sigesmund (trombone) will play a mixed programme of chamber music and solo pieces to awaken the audience to the range of possibilities inherent in each instrument and to inspire them to create their own work of art, continuing with the week’s Water theme.
Children will have the option to submit their piece into the exhibit and sale at The Midtown Brewery, where profits will be donated to the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper organization. Art supplies will be provided to all children who attend the concert.
Parents and children alike are encouraged to tour the garden before and/or afterwards, enjoy the gorgeous sculpture by Quebec sculptor, Philippe Palafray and explore the exhibits inside the museum, which include a collection of strange and wonderful things in the whimsical, “County Curiosities” exhibit and the specially curated display of photographs by early-20th century documentarian and avid photographer, Marsden Kemp.
Children’s Programming at the Library
Tues, August 28th to Fri, August 31st
The Wellington Public Library and Archives / 261 Main Street, Wellington
The Wellington Public Library has put together a wonderful schedule of fun and FREE water-themed activities for children to enjoy during Water Week. The full schedule is below:
Tuesday, August 28 at 2-4 pm
Water Bottle Water Filters
It’s cool, it’s refreshing, and it’s oh so essential for life. Visit the Wellington Branch Library to learn how to make a water bottle water filter. Great for travelling and camping.
Wednesday, August 29 at 10:30-12:30 pm
Fishy Friends
Big and small, fish live in our freshwater lakes. Learn all about our fishy friends and make a magnetic fishing pole to use in our water station. See if you can catch the elusive big fish who swims at the bottom.
Thursday, August 30 at 2-4 pm
Recycling Boats
Make your own awesome floating boat at the library! Use recycling and any materials you want to bring. We will see whose boat can hold the most weight and see how long they will stay afloat.
Friday, August 31 at 2-5 pm
Movie! Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Bring your best pirate songs, words, and clothes and join us for a showing of “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl” to finish off the Library’s programming for Wellington Water Week!! Costume contest and snacks available. Movie is rated PG-13.
MOSAÏQUE PROJECT by Ensemble Made in Canada
Tues, August 28th at 5:30 – 6:30 pm Wellington United Church
243 Main Street, Wellington
Participate in this unique and exciting nation-wide project by taking inspiration from these exceptional musicians and expressing yourself through drawing. Consisting of three components, Mosaïque Project is a newly commissioned suite of piano quartets by 14 Canadian composers, each inspired by a particular region of Canada, a national concert tour throughout the 2018-2019 season, and a specially designed website that will document audience-generated artwork inspired by the musical commission.
It will involve artists from across Canada including performers, composers, visual artists, and web designers in order to create an evolving artistic work that will be experienced by audiences, participants and online visitors throughout our country and internationally. Our aim is to celebrate the diversity and richness of Canada through the eyes and ears of its people.
THE MUSICAL MOSAÏQUE
The Musical Mosaïque will be created by 14 award-winning Canadian composers. Each composer will write a piano quartet of up to 4 minutes inspired by a particular province, territory or region, to create a 40-55 minute musical suite. Composers have been chosen from various musical genres (classical, jazz, singer-songwriter, electronic, and First Nations traditions) to create a unique musical quilt that represents multiple layers of our multi-faceted society and artistic culture.
THE NATIONAL MOSAÏQUE
The Musical Mosaïque will be heard in all 10 Canadian provinces and 3 territories between July 2018 and July 2019. A large portion of the tour will include performances in traditional concert halls and festivals. Currently, 30 concert presenters intend to present this project, including Music Toronto, Virtuosi Concerts Winnipeg, Concerts aux Iles du Bic, Whitehorse Concerts, and Indian River Festival in PEI. Local educational institutions including universities, conservatories and schools are interested in hosting the project, as well as having EMIC give workshops, masterclasses, and presentations. Performances will also be held for elders in long-term care, with the support of the Health Arts Society. In order to reach a broader audience, special self-produced concerts will be held in the following places: Nunavut’s St Jude’s Igloo Cathedral, Hopewell Rocks New Brunswick and Toronto’s Union Station Great Hall.
THE VISUAL MOSAÏQUE
The third component of this project will be the Visual Mosaïque created by audience members across the country. At each concert, guests will be invited to participate in a creative visual representation inspired by the musical experience. They will be provided with drawing tools and a small card on which they can doodle, draw or colour during the performances. Submitted cards will be collected, scanned, tagged, and uploaded to the website. As the tour progresses so will the online Visual Mosaïque, gradually growing in complexity, diversity, and beauty. It will act as a dynamic visual representation of the tour, and of the country, connecting music, art, and communities across Canada. The visitors to the site also become creators as they will have the opportunity to assemble their own online mosaic by their selection of cards to view.
For more information, visit: www.mosaiqueproject.com
H20 featuring Opus 8 – Concert & Dinner
Wednesday, August 29th at 5:30 pm Wellington United Church
243 Main Street, Wellington
Eight Voices. Centuries of Music. Experience the stunning power of choral music through Opus 8’s tribute to H20, a performance inspired by life’s essential element from the 16th to the 20th century, proving human’s timeless fascination with water.
At intermission, a delicious light dinner provided by Prince Edward County’s iconic Picnic, will be served under the tent right on the shore set against the stunning backdrop of Lake Ontario. And, the brilliant mixologists at Kinsip House of Fine Spirits and The County Bounty Artisanal Soda Company are partnering for this fabulous occasion to create very special Water Week-themed cocktails for our guests.
Opus 8 comprises eight of Toronto’s finest ensemble singers, dedicated to musical excellence in the pursuit of sharing the best choral music with the widest audience possible. Their repertoire covers the breadth of history, from unpublished 14th century chansons and 17th century partsongs to 21st century jazz arrangements.
From the wild soundworlds of Stockhausen, Schoenberg and Machaut to the elegant compositions of Elgar, Brahms and Bach, this versatile and invigorating group of choral soloists draws diverse audiences of all ages, both experts and newcomers, with a motivation to inspire all through their formidable artistry. Silly and serious, sublime and audacious, Opus 8’s vision is an ambitious and compelling venture into spreading their love of music-making at an internationally high standard.
For more information, visit: www.opus8choir.com
Jennifer Gasoi
Thursday, August 30th at 10:30 – 11:30 am at The Tent
243 Main Street, Wellington
Join Grammy® Award Winner Jennifer Gasoi for an upbeat and interactive family show featuring a unique blend of jazz, blue-grass, folk, Cajun and Calypso. Jennifer has a knack for creating music that is danceable, singable and gets kids and parents alike singing and swinging! Jennifer will be joined by John Sadowy, one of Montreal’s top piano players.
2014 Grammy® Award-winning and two-time JUNO nominated singer/songwriter Jennifer Gasoi is one of Canada’s most acclaimed children’s performers and recording artists. Jennifer has a unique gift for writing and performing upbeat, intelligent, jazz and world based children’s songs that adults love too. The lyrics are clever, the melodies catchy, and the rhythms undeniably danceable. Jennifer’s ability to appeal to kids and adults alike is one of Jennifer’s most unique and endearing qualities.
Since moving from Vancouver to Montreal in 2002, Jennifer has established herself as one of the hottest children’s entertainers in Montreal.
She has developed a devoted and adoring fan base that includes children, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends of all ages. Her ability to appeal to kids and adults alike is one of Jennifer’s most unique and endearing qualities.
For more information, visit: www.jennifergasoi.com
Tangos featuring the Payadora Tango Ensemble
Thursday, August 30th at 6:30 pm Wellington United Church
243 Main Street, Wellington
Enjoy an evening of rhythmic Tangos with the Payadora Tango Ensemble – one of Toronto’s most vibrant and sought-after acts. Payadora performs an expansive repertoire that draws from the height of Buenos Aires’ Tango tradition, including compositions and arrangements by De Caro, Pugliese, Troilo, and Salgan, to the masterful, contemporary sounds of Astor Piazzolla and beyond. Drawing from eclectic backgrounds in Classical, Jazz, Latin, Eastern European folk music, and improvisation, Payadora’s performances exude technical virtuosity, playful spontaneity, and rhythmic vitality. Payadora Tango Ensemble is: Rebekah Wolkstein, Drew Jurecka, Robert Horvath and Joseph Phillips.
Highlights from Payadora’s past performances include sold-out shows at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto Music Festival at Heliconion Hall, the Lula Lounge, the Jazz Bistro, the Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, the TD Toronto Jazz Festival, The Toronto Botanical Gardens Concert Series, the Kingston Road Village Concert Series, the Knox United Church concert Series, the Group of 27 Concert Series at Heliconion Hall, and for the Canadian Opera Company’s World Music Series at the Four Seasons Centre. Payadora enjoys collaborating with ensembles and artists from other disciplines. Payadora has been featured with the London Symphonia and the Hannaford Street Silver Band. In August 2018, Payadora will be performing at the Ottawa Chamberfest. Payadora’s 2nd album, Volando includes arrangements of Argentinean folk music, traditional and modern tango as well as original compositions by Payadora members, Wolkstein and Horvath and album producer, Drew Jurecka.
For more information, visit: www.payadora.com
Underwater” An Augmented Reality Experience created for Water Week
Fri, August 31 from 10:00am – 2:00pm
Wellington Town Hall
246 Main Street, Wellington
An interactive installation where kids and adults use augmented reality controllers to move through a visual and audio landscape that immerses them underwater. By moving their controller forward, back, and rotating it, underwater sounds will be generated and objects like bubbles can be popped, which then create further visual elements like ripples and additional sound layers.
Artistic Aim
The aim of this project is to expand the visitor’s senses through their own natural movements and experience the impact they can have on this environment.
About Yugen, creators and presenters of “Underwater”
Yugen Interactive is a Picton-based interactive storytelling studio. Our team of inventors is hard at work crafting the next generation of digital storytelling games for kids. We believe in the power of play, and that the joy of storytelling can be brought to life in fun and magical ways. That’s why we created Gepeto.
Bringing together augmented reality technology with adventure-based learning, Gepeto is a new way for kids to play stories. Beautifully crafted for the iPad, kids use a magic controller and their imaginations to make their own choices and explore never before seen worlds. They solve challenges, interact with unique characters and participate in rich storylines woven around contemporary themes. Learning about the world around them has never been so fun!
Gepeto – Next Generation Storytelling.
www.gepetoapp.com
Grain Discovery
www.graindiscovery.com
We are creating an online grain exchange that uses blockchain technology to help farmers market their grain, and to track it from farm to fork, and we are doing it right here, in the County.
Swim Drink Fish Square Foot Art Exhibit and Sale With Stew Jones and Friends
Starting Sunday, August 26th at The Midtown Brewery
266 Main Street, Wellington
This week-long art exhibit organized by Wellington-based artist, Stew Jones, will feature original works inspired by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s mandate to create a “swimmable, drinkable, fishable future” for Lake Ontario and its inhabitants, neighbours and admirers.
Several local artists will create a 12X12 water-inspired work of art that the rest of us can admire all week long at Water Week partnering business, The Midtown. All pieces will be priced at $250, with 50% being donated to the Wellington Rotary Club and an optional additional portion will be donated to Lake Ontario Waterkeeper.
| Participating artists confirmed so far include: Elizabeth Lennie Julie Himel Pamela Carter Kevin Scanlon Michelle Reid Christopher Wakelin Terry Culbert Barb Hoegenauer Vanessa Pandos Derek van der Vinne Bee Sargeant Vanessa J Martin Stew Jones |
Children who attend the kids’ concert on Tuesday, August 28th, at 10 am, in the newly landscaped garden of the Wellington Heritage Museum, will have the opportunity to create their own water-inspired works of art that can be entered into the exhibit at The Midtown and into the sale as well (if they wish). Art supplies will be given to all kids who attend this interactive outdoor concert event.
Don’t forget to download the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper swim guide onto your phone: www.theswimguide.org. This amazing service, which started as a daily report on Lake Ontario beach water quality, has grown to an online platform and mobile app used in 6 countries, 3 languages, 7000 beaches (including our own Wellington Beach), and nearly 2 million all-time users!
One of our hopes and dreams that inspired Water Week is to one day see our very own local beach have a blue flag (www.blueflag.global) waving proudly at its entrance.
Sung, Spoken, Played: Our final performance of Water Week
Fri, August 31st at 6:30pm
Wellington United Church
243 Main Street, Wellington
Wellington resident Alain Coulombe is considered one of the most commanding and exciting singers of his generation. This French-Canadian bass is a favourite of international critics and audiences alike. In a career spanning over 25 years, he has collaborated with outstanding conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Helmut Rilling, Richard Bradshaw, Kent Nagano, Bernard Labadie, Mark Albrecht, Edoardo Muller, Alain Altinoglu, Ingo Metzmacher and Richard Bonynge.
We are thrilled to present this unique collaboration of four of Canada’s most established and distinguished artists.