From la 'Belle Époque' to World War II, France, and Paris in particular, was a magnet for artists of all kinds. Musicians, painters dancers, and writers from far and wide came to soak up the culture and be part of this creative period. Artists such as Maurice Ravel and Darius Milhaud, along with others, worked in new musical idioms that broke ties with the past. The American composer George Gershwin was also attracted to Paris, where he soaked up the energy and later blended it into his Jazz-infused style.
The post-World War I period had its own popular musical champions that represented new ways of thinking in new venues and using the new recording techniques. The celebrated singer, Édith Piaf, emerged as the voice of the times being one of the world’s most popular entertainers from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Help us celebrate the music of France with special guest Karine Basque with the songs of Édith Piaf.
Tickets available from the Fredericton Playhouse (purchase tickets).
Repertoire forthcoming
Orchestra Members
- Violin I
- Ian Burdon, Concertmaster
- Miriam Lobinsky
- Grace Jackson
- Glorietta Benigno
- Thomas O'Connor
- Emma Fortunato
- Kynan Hughson
- Violin II
- Julie Probert, Principal
- Wladyslaw Cichocki
- Kelsey Fraser
- Daniel Robb
- Marnie Schwarz
- Libby Cassidy
- Viola
- Alison Ready, Principal
- Theodore Campbell
- Christine Chase
- Carol Maurey
- Cello
- Conor Britt, Acting Principal
- Chad Cromwell
- Sarah Jarvis
- David Nielsen
- Gary Chase
- Bass
- Byrann Gowan
- Daniel Da Fonseca
- Flute
- Julie Grant
- Yunjia Dai
- Oboe
- Karen Arnold
- Fran Robinson
- Clarinet
- Vasana Abeysekera
- Ed Maurey
- Bassoon
- Sam Arnold
- Yvonne Kershaw
- Horn
- Yeva Sibiryakova
- Mark Roberts
- Barbara Richards
- Cameron Bowie
- Trumpet
- Don Lévesque
- Morgan Mollins
- Norman Neil
- Trombone
- Heather Fyffe
- David Bent
- Gavin Woodward
- Tuba
- Matthew Daley
- Percussion
- Siobhan Hanratty
- Andrew Northmore
- Keyboard & Percussion
- Catherine Macdonald