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The Kingston Baroque Consort presents “Viva Vivaldi!” on Friday 17 January, 5:15pm, at St. James Church (10 Union St, Kingston), featuring vivacious music for strings and winds by Antonio Vivaldi, with special guest artist Bassist Shanti Nachtergaele from Montreal. The program will include Vivaldi’s Concerto in B minor (RV580) for 4 violins, cello, strings, and continuo.

Tickets cost $25 (Adults), $10 (Students), and free for under 17, and are available at Novel Idea (156 Princess St) or by emailing/calling legerek@queensu.ca, 613-217-5099.  Visit  Kingstonbaroqueconsort.ca.

Shanti Nachtergaele specializes in historically informed performances of music from the 16th through 19th centuries and has performed with ensembles such as the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto), American Bach Soloists (San Francisco), Accordes! (Oxford), and Les Méandres (Montreal). She holds a BMus in performance from Shenandoah Conservatory, an MMus in early music from the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, an MA in music theory and history from Pennsylvania State University, and a PhD from McGill University.

The Kingston Baroque Consort was founded in 2021 as an orchestra devoted to historically informed practice of music from the Baroque era. Founded by Katie Legere, Jeff Hamacher, Julia McFarlane, and Michael Capon, the KBC is a collective of professional musicians drawn from the Kingston Symphony Orchestra and the wider community.

Ottawa musician, Tony D began his musical journey learning guitar by studying any vinyl record he could get his hands on and by his late teens he was making a living in a band full time. Over his career he has recorded 7 indie solo albums as the Tony D Band. He has spent the last 14 years as the lead guitarist for the 2x Juno band MonkeyJunk. In 2020 Tony released, SPEAK NO EVIL, a compilation of instrumentals that span his career.

Tickets are $30 and are available at the Club. Call (613) 542-8152 to purchase by credit card or bruce@kingstonbluessociety.ca to pay by e-transfer Call (613) 384-8168 for further details

With Robbie Burns Day being January 25th, join Turpin's Trail along with the PWOR pipe band plus the MacLeod Highland Dance Studio for a celebration of Robbie Burns. Tickets include a wee tasting of haggis! Single Malt Scotches are always available too! Tickets are $20 and are available at the Club or call (613) 542-8152 to purchase by credit card.

Multi-instrumentalist maestros Quartetto Gelato will be appearing with the Kingston Symphony on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at Kingston Grand Theatre in a Pops show for the ages. Their musical repertoire consists of a mix of classical masterworks with tangos, gypsy, klezmer, jazz, and folk songs from around the world. There are always elements of humour and dance in an electric Quartetto Gelato performance. See virtuosic showpieces and romantic ballads, blazing Romani tunes and forgotten chestnuts, all brought to life by this Kingston audience favourite. Featuring Quartetto Gelato performing their newest and freshest tunes. Guaranteed to get you excited!

Experience the Canadian premiere of Dan Forrest’s newest work, CREATION, a spectacularly sweeping oratorio that explores the wonders of our planet through a dazzling variety of musical expressions for chorus, orchestra, and soprano and baritone soloists. Written on the 225th anniversary of Haydn's similarly-themed masterpiece, this is Forrest's most expansive composition to date. 

The Isabel Voices is immensely privileged to present this work, first here at the gorgeous Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, and then overseas at the magnificent Ely Cathedral in the UK in June 2025, as part of a concert residency through Vox Anima London.