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Newswire | Mécénat Musica Program Announces $125 Million of Permanent Capital for Québec Culture

By Newswire on 7 April 2026 Arts Industry, Montreal, Philanthropy, Quebec City

Montréal, March 30th, 2026 – The Mécénat Musica program announced today that it has reached $125,000,000 of permanent capital for Québec cultural organizations, plus $30,000,000 of distributions of investment income to 90 Québec cultural organizations since 2015. More than 800 large donations from individuals and families have created $125,000,000 of permanent capital, which will now generate $6,000,000 in revenue annually (5%) for Québec culture to ensure autonomy and financial security, both now and for generations to come. In celebration of these milestones, we invite you to join us at: Maison Symphonique, Sunday May 17th, 2026, at 15h00 for Beatles a capella! These Quebec cultural organizations employ…

Photo: Olga Shirokova

Elisabeth Boudreault: A Return to Puccini at Opéra de Québec

By Justin Bernard on 6 April 2026 Opera, Quebec City, Vocal

Opéra de Québec’s upcoming production of Puccini’s La bohème comes at just the right time in Elisabeth Boudreault’s career. A native of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, now based in London, England, these days the Quebec soprano is spending more time on this side of the Atlantic. With her Opéra de Québec debut as Musetta, she reconnects with a composer she particularly admires and who has brought her luck in the past. “I fell in love with opera when I heard Puccini,” says Boudreault. “When I started singing at age 14, I didn’t want to hear anything else! My teacher tried to…

Choral Calendar (April 2026)

By Marie-Claire Fafard-Blais on 4 April 2026 Choral, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto

Montréal GERMAN WALTZES AND LATIN PSALMS April 11 at 7:30 p.m. – Maison symphonique For the 10th edition of Opus concerts, Chœur Métropolitain presents Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Brahms’s Liebeslieder-Walzer and Neue Liebeslieder. Pianists Pierre McLean and Louise Pelletier will accompany the choir. www.orchestremetropolitain.com ARCHES: ARMENIA April 26 at 4 p.m. ; May 1, 2 and 9 at 7 p.m. – Various venues in Montreal Vocal ensemble Les Rugissants continues its Arches series exploring the history, music and architecture of important communities in Montreal. This series of concerts looks at the culture of Armenia with choral works by Sharafyan, Mansourian…

Left to right: Anoushka Shankar. Photo: Jag Gundu; Earl Lee. Photo: Lim Hak Hyun; Karen Cargill. Photo: Nadine Boyd

Upcoming Concerts

By La Scena Musicale Team on 3 April 2026 Classical Music, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto

Toronto Koerner Hall Georgian-born violinist Lisa Batiashvili appears in recital on April 26 with pianist and countryman Giorgi Gigashvili, presenting works by Beethoven, Franck and Bartók as well as a new piece by Ioseb Bardanashvili. On May 1, Korean-Canadian cellist and conductor Earl Lee, music director of the Ann Arbor Symphony, leads the Royal Conservatory Orchestra. The ensemble of students from the undergraduate and graduate programs of The Glenn Gould School play Samy Moussa’s Elysium, Mahler’s “Titan” symphony and are joined by violinist Sabina Sandvoss, winner of The Robert W. and G. Ann Corcoran Concerto Competition, for Bloch’s Schelomo. Two…

Summer Camp Guide 2026

By La Scena Musicale on 3 April 2026 Classical Music, Education, Guides, Montreal, Multimedia, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, West

Acadia Summer Music Academies Wolfville, July 5 to 11 Creative Music Workshop, TD Halifax Jazz Festival Halifax, July 4 to 12 Montreal Camp Livingstone Magog, June 28 to August 7 Camp musical d’été de Montréal (CMEM) Montreal, June 29 to August 21 Camps de jour en arts de la scène Nos Voix Nos Visages Longueuil, June 29 to August 14 Creative Video Day Camp Montreal, June 29 to August 21 École de théâtre du vieux St-Eustache, camp de théâtre et d’impro St-Eustache, June 22 to August 14 Institut Suzuki Montréal Montreal, July 18 to 26 KlezKanada Summer Retreat of Yiddish…

Summer Music Camps Across Canada: Inclusive Programming for Everyone

By Hal Kowalewski on 3 April 2026 Classical Music, Education, Montreal, Multimedia, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, West

A typical image of summer music camps might involve visions of child prodigies travelling to scenic destinations to master their art. These sorts of camps certainly exist—and we’ll highlight some of the best. But they are far from all that is out there. Free and community-funded camps, adult education camps and multidisciplinary celebrations of art can also be found across Canada. The following is a small sampling of noteworthy Canadian summer music camps. Prominent musical organizations and local community centres alike are constantly working to expand access to music education. You can find a more complete list of recommendations in…

Pianist Bruce Liu

Newswire | Club musical de Québec Unveiling the 2026-2027 season

By Newswire on 18 March 2026 Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Quebec City

Québec City, March 17, 2026 – A concert suspends time… just long enough for borders to disappear, for globetrotting performers to make a stop in Québec, for the pace of life to slow, and for audiences and musicians to share a moment together. This is your chance to appreciate the outstanding artistic personalities and the wealth of repertoire that the Club musical de Québec is proud to present for its 135th season. One of the jewels in the city’s crown, the Club offers outstanding musical experiences that bring people together in events that are worthy of the world’s greatest cities…

Photo: Anna Shvets

An Open Letter from CQM: Music Education in Schools

By Caroline Louis on 3 February 2026 Arts Industry, Education, Newswire, Quebec City

Music is at the heart of our culture and plays a vital role in children’s development. Numerous studies confirm the benefits of learning music for a child’s development and the resulting psychosocial benefits such as socialization, empathy, concentration, and perseverance. Yet, its teaching in Quebec’s elementary and secondary schools is going through a critical period. For several years, the professional music community has observed a worrying decline in music education and laments its lack of value, monitoring, and documentation. Several announcements last spring attest to the decline of music education, notably the reduction of the music-study program at La Camaradière…

Sheila Jaffé: OSQ’s New Concertmaster

By Justin Bernard on 2 February 2026 Orchestral, Quebec City

On Oct. 22, 2025, Orchestre symphonique de Québec (OSQ) announced the appointment of Sheila Jaffé as concertmaster, a position previously held by Darren Lowe from 1987 to 2018. Since 2022, the position had been filled on an interim basis by Catherine Dallaire, who is none other than Jaffé’s mother’s cousin, as well as her former teacher at Conservatoire de musique de Québec during her teenage years. After a lengthy selection process and a three-week trial period, Sheila was chosen for the position. “Sheila is an artistic partner of rare sensitivity, open-minded and curious, with a remarkable stylistic richness,” says OSQ…

Vanessa Sears (Juliet) and cast in Mirvish's & Juliet. Photo: Dahlia Katz

Musical Theatre Calendar (February 2026)

By Emma Yee on 2 February 2026 Guides, Montreal, Musical Theatre, Ottawa, Quebec City, Theatre, Toronto, Vocal

TORONTO Mirvish: & Juliet Through May 31. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. West, Toronto. $59–149. Read more in our feature on George Krissa. www.mirvish.com Mirvish: Shucked March 3–April 5. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. West, Toronto. $59–199. The Tony-winning original musical country-pop comedy, Shucked, tells about Maizy, who must travel to Tampa to save her hometown of Cob County. Hilarity—and corn puns—ensue, starring Canadian Danielle Wade (a Toronto favourite), alongside Miki Abraham and Nick Bailey. www.mirvish.com Shifting Ground Collective: The Drowsy Chaperone March 7–21. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto. $15–65. The three-time Dora-Award-winning Gen-Z-run company,…