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Manotick Concerts 2022

Manotick Musicale: A Night on Broadway

Saturday, April 30, 2022 – 7 pm
Manotick United Church, 5567 Manotick Main St.

Tickets $25 from Rural Ottawa South Support Services or 613-692-4697 ext. 221.

This annual performance features the Manotick Brass and the Village Singers. This family entertainment supports the Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS).

Websites: Village Singers of Manotick

Manotick Brass Ensemble

Kellylee Evans in concert

Saturday, May 7, 2022 – 7 pm
Manotick United Church, 5567 Manotick Main St.

Tickets $50: Terry McGovern mcgovet@rogers.com, church office 613-692-4576

Kellylee Evans is a Juno award winning jazz & R&B singer and ultimate entertainer.

Website: www.kellyleeevans.com

Organized by Manotick and Area Centre for Arts & Wellness (MACAW)

"Fiddles on the Rideau" fundraising concert

Saturday, June 11, 2022 – 7 pm
Manotick United Church, 5567 Manotick Main St.

Tickets are $25/adult, children under 10 free. Buy Tickets

"Kitchen Party" with Anna Ludlow, Sherryl Fitzpatrick, Chad Wolfe, Graham Lindsey, Mark Allen and Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame singer Gail Gavan.

Fundraiser for a major festival planned for 2023, with part of the proceeds to Serenity Renewal, who support individuals and families affected by addiction.

Website: fiddlesontherideau.com

Watson's Mill 5525 Music Series: Tripod

Thursday, June 16, 2022
Watson's Mill, 5525 Dickinson St.

Tickets are $40. from Watson's Mill. {map}

Terry Tufts, Kathryn Briggs, and their daughter Beth Tufts have made music for most of their lives. Terry is an award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist who has performed with countless greats as well as solo. Kathryn was teaching piano at 18 and started to perform after she met Terry. Their daughter Beth literally sang her way through school, playing violin, piano and guitar. TRiPOD brings audiences a wildly eclectic mix of original music and cover tunes with passion, joy and a whole lot of fun. More about TRiPOD

TriPOD Playlist (Youtube)

About Terry Tufts

Pitch Perfect Master Classes

Sat. July 16, 2022 – 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
Manotick United Church, 5567 Manotick Main St.

$65 full incl. lunch, $40 half day

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Full or half day of master classes in 4-part Harmony A Cappella and/or Folk'appella by world renowned artists in their fields. The full day workshop includes a catered lunch.

The morning session is all about 4-Part Harmony A Capella and led by world-renowned Joe Connelly. Joe is a seasoned motivational coach and on-stage performer with more than 40 years of large audience competition singing, performance judging and choral directing experience. He has a proven track record of inspiring change and growth within hundreds of volunteer organizations all over the world.

The afternoon session is a master class with one of the worlds most popular a cappella quartets. Kongero has offerered master classes to choirs, vocal groups and open workshops for singers who are curious about Folk'appella. All members are skilled and experienced workshop leaders and have released multiple songbooks that will be used during the workshop. Participants will get tips and feedback on vocal technique, intonation, tools for improving their singing and some basic arranging ideas.

Harmony Concerts

Skye Consort & Emma Björling

Sat. July 16, 2022 – 7:30 pm
Manotick United Church, 5567 Manotick Main St.

$35 reserved, $30 adult, reserved youth/senior, $25 youth/senior

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Skye Consort website

Skye Consort & Emma Björling perform trans-Atlantic arrangements of songs & tunes from Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, England, Québec, Acadia, the USA, as well as original compositions. Each musician brings their own individual interpretation to these traditions to create this extraordinary collaboration, consisting of voices, fiddle, nyckelharpa, cello, bouzouki, banjo, and percussion. An assortment of whirling polskas, groovy reels, passionate love songs, breathtaking hymns, and original compositions.

Harmony Concerts

"Arrangements are masterful and varied, from the arresting "Om Berg och Dalar" ("Of Mountain and Valley") in which Björling's pure voice rides atop a meditative drone before the tune morphs into a lilting reel; to "Cast Iron Stove," a sea shanty with vocals by Skye Consort's Sean Dagher that somehow invokes both Mumford & Sons and Philip Glass; to "The Skunk/Thick as Thieves," whose wordless vocals meld beautifully with the instrumental texture. If you're lucky enough to have a cottage to escape to when the warm weather hits, take this album with you." - Robert Rowat, CBC Music

"I think it speaks for itself, the musicianship, the powerful invocation of times gone by. The whole CD is magical like that, sometimes in Swedish sometimes French sometimes English." - barczablog

Kongero w/ CSC Ensemble

Sun. July 17, 2022 – 7:00 pm
Manotick United Church, 5567 Manotick Main St.

$35 adults, $30 seniors

Information & Tickets

Kongero is a Swedish vocal group, consisting of the four female folk music singers Lotta Andersson, Emma Bjorling, Sofia Hultqvist Kott and Anna Wikenius. The original members formed Kongero in 2005 after a Nordic folk music conference. By chance they found that their voices and harmonies blended perfectly. Since then they have performed at many of the major folk music events and a cappella and chamber music festivals, as well as doing tours in Europe, Asia and the Americas. They also do well-received smaller events, and conduct workshops in traditional Swedish vocal music and vocal harmonies. Kongero’s repertoire consists of traditional and original songs and tunes arranged by the members. Kongero tells tales of life, with moving love songs, dramatic medieval ballads, witty ditties, and spirited dances. Their music is characterized by tight harmonies, inciting rhythms, and the clarity of their beautiful voices. With con dence, technical skill, irresistible playfulness and brilliant arrangements, they create a unique sound that brings the traditional music from past to present. They call the genre Swedish Folk'apella.

Special guests: Canadian Showtime Chorus Ensemble

Harmony Concerts

"Oh, how beautiful! The music from these four skilled and talented singers is clear as bells, poetic, and moving. Refined and varied arrangements that really stand out in the middle of the beautiful sounds. A solace and great comfort for a stressed-out editor." - Peter Ahlbom, Spelmannen magazine

Watson's Mill 5525 Music Series: Ros 'n Rob

Thursday, July 21, 2022
Watson's Mill, 5525 Dickinson St.

Tickets are $40. from Watson's Mill. {map}

Rosalyn Dennett and Rob McLaren are a husband-and-wife fiddle/banjo duo that perform roots and folk music with an eclectic mix of instruments and songs. While Rosalyn grew up steeped in the Irish fiddle tradition and later became immersed in the old-time Appalachian style, Rob was playing with bluegrass and country rock bands in Toronto. Together, they apply their instrumental prowess and tight harmonies to fiddle tunes, original songs, and folk music from a variety of sources.

Fiddle Flotillas on the Rideau River

Saturday, Jul. 23 & Aug. 27, 2022

1:00 - 1:45 pm   Mahogany Harbour dock
2:305 - 3:30 pm   Long Islands Locks
    Rain day Sunday

Fiddlers play live on pontoon boats on the Rideau River for all to enjoy from shore. Local musicians are joined by Toronto production "Come from Away" fiddler Anna Ludlow, fiddler and step dancer Chad Wolfe, pianists Mark Allen and Patric Hamelin, fiddler and pianist Sherryl Fitzpatrick, along with fiddlers from local music clubs. Street parking near Mahogany Harbour is limited; Long Island Locks has a pay parking lot.

Websites: fiddlesontherideau.com | 2022 Tune list

Sherryl Fitzpatrick
Anna Ludlow
Chad Wolfe

Watson's Mill 5525 Music Series: Suzie Vinnick

Thursday, August 18, 2022
Watson's Mill, 5525 Dickinson St.

Tickets are $40. from Watson's Mill. {map}

Blues artist Suzie Vinnick is a six-time winner of the Maple Blues Award for Best Female Vocalist in 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013, and a two-time winner of the Maple Blues Award for Best Songwriter in 2006 and 2011. She also won the award for Best Bassist in 2006 and Best Acoustic Act in 2013.

Her 2008 album Happy Here was a Juno Awards nominee for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo in 2009. Her 2011 album Me 'n Mabel was a Juno nominee for Blues Album of the Year in 2012. She won Canadian Folk Music Awards Contemporary Singer of the Year in 2011. She and co-producer Mark Lalama were recently nominated Canadian Folk Music Awards Producer of the Year in 2018 for Suzie's latest release, Shake The Love Around. She is also a two-time winner in the blues category at the International Songwriting Competition, for her songs "The Honey I Want" and "Sometimes I Think I Can Fly".

Website: suzievinnick.com

Watson's Mill 5525 Music Series: Miguel de Armas

Thursday, September 15, 2022
Watson's Mill, 5525 Dickinson St.

Tickets are $40. from Watson's Mill. {map}

Miguel De Armas is a versatile jazz pianist and composer. He weaves strands of Cuban and American jazz in a compellingly eclectic way. Born in Havana, Cuba, Miguel studied at the Conservatory Amadeo Roldan and graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte with a Bachelor in Cuban Percussion.

In 1988, he co-founded the acclaimed Cuban band NG La Banda Orchestra with José Luis Cortés and other prestigious Cuban musicians. For over a decade, he toured with this band around the world and performed at world-class Jazz Festivals such as the North Sea, Montreaux, Nice, Nantes, Normandia, Couleur Café, Barranquijazz, Río de Janeiro Film Festival, among others. He has played with: Ivan Lins, Clark Terry, Tania Maria, Chico Freeman, Dave Valentin, Sammy Figueroa, Robbie Ammen, Gilberto Gil, Ermeto Pascual.

Website: MigueldeArmas.com

Manotick & Area Centre for Arts & Wellness Concerts

Online Concerts - watch anytime, anywhere

MACAW offers music concerts, sing-alongs, story readings, exercise classes (yoga, Tai Chi, fitness) – all free.

Websites: MACAW, MACAW Concerts
MACAW Youtube Channel, all Youtube Concerts

Email (Manotick United Church office)

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