MONDAY NIGHT SERIES

The Monday Night Series at the Thousand Islands Playhouse offers music and entertainment lovers an experience that’s second to none. The ongoing popularity of this eclectic series has been a big part of the Playhouse’s growing reputation as a festival theatre experience. The series provides audiences with an opportunity to see emerging new talent and internationally renowned artists in an intimate setting – a far cry from the stadiums many of them regularly perform in. There is nothing like the “buzz” in the theatre at a Monday Night Series event, shared as it is by audience and artists alike. The success of these concerts is a source of pride for everyone at the Playhouse, and recognized as an asset to the local community. Join us at the Springer Theatre and enjoy world class performers in the unparalleled intimacy and comfort of one of Canada’s most beautiful settings.

Chic Gamine   June 28 8 PM

Hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, a cappella group Chic Gamine draws inspiration from Gospel, Soul, World, and Roots music. Chic Gamine performs with a solo percussionist as their main musical support while these accomplished songstresses use their voices as instruments, effortlessly launching into intricate string arrangements, bass-heavy rhythm sections and melodious harmonies. An evening with Chic Gamine includes songs and sounds from African, the Middle-East, South American and French-Canadian Folk.

The Lost Fingers   August 16 8 PM

By exercising great musicianship along with a keen sense of humor, this trio has united their unique voices to create an ingenious tribute to the 80’s in the swinging gypsy style of ‘jazz manouche’ inspired by their mentor, Django Reinhardt. They continue to captivate audiences everywhere they go with their witty and jazzed-up renditions of nostalgic hits by the likes of AC/DC, Stevie Wonder, Technotronic, Bon Jovi…

Denzal Sinclaire   September 27 8 PM

Denzal Sinclaire has earned his reputation as Canada’s most popular male jazz vocalist.  His trademark is the joyfulness in his voice and a special approach to phrasing a lyric … pushing or laying back on a beat. This multiple Juno-award nominee is blessed with exquisite delivery, sensitivity to melody and a lyrical imagination.

TUESDAYS IN STUDIO “S” WITH ERIC FRIESEN

Internationally renowned Classical music writer and broadcaster Eric Friesen is host to great musicians from around the world in this groundbreaking new Classical music series at the Thousand Islands Playhouse.  This Tuesday evening series will feature noted CBC radio personality Eric Friesen in conversation with great musicians followed by a first rate concert, all in the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere of the Springer Theatre at the Thousand Islands Playhouse.  Just picture yourself with a glass of local summer wine, listening to your favourite music, as the sun goes down over the St Lawrence River.  It doesn’t get better than this!

 July 6th:  Artists of the Royal Conservatory, Toronto (also known as ARC), who have been twice recently nominated for Grammy Awards for their RCA recordings.  We will have cellist Bryan Epperson (also principal cellist of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra); violinist Marie Berard (also concertmaster of the COC Orch) and pianist David Louie.  Program will include a Brahms C Minor Trio, perhaps a Brahms Cello Sonata or the mighty Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata, maybe a Schubert Piano Sonata.  It will be mix-and-match with the three players, all of whom are terrific.

 July 20th: André LaPlante, solo piano recital. Either a late Haydn Sonata or the Chopin B Minor Sonata, Schumann Papillons, and a second half of Franz Liszt – four items from his Book 2, Années de Pèlerinage, Italy.  LaPlante won the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1978, and is only Canadian ever to do so – just a magnificent Romantic pianist.

 July 27th – Janina Fialkowska.  All Chopin, her specialty, in this Chopin Year. Beloved the world over for her exquisite pianism, Janina Fialkowska has enchanted audiences for over thirty years with her glorious lyrical sound, her sterling musicianship and her profound sense of musical integrity.  Blending her vast experience with her refreshingly natural approach “Fialkowska has become an artist of rare distinction as well as retaining all the virtuosity of her youth” (La Presse, Montreal, February 13, 2009)  

 Aug 31: Gilles Vonsattel – young Swiss pianist, recent laureate of the Honens Competition in Calgary, 2002 winner of the Naumberg Comp, already a well established young player working out of New York.  We are hoping Mr Vonsattel will play his Program #4, which is a highly popular and thrilling concert of all Beethoven.

 Tuesday evenings at 8 PM in the Springer Theatre.

Tickets: $40. See all four concerts for $150.