PAST EVENTS
Check out previous years' great performances!
Distinction
Alina Khvatova, violin
Cheryl Emery-Karapita, piano
July 5, 2022 at Casa
$5 from every regular adult ticket sold will be donated to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation for relief efforts.
Seating will be distanced and masks will be available for patrons who wish to wear one.
Our opening night concert pays tribute to the continued tragedy in Ukraine by symbolically separating the Ukrainian and Russian repertoire. Violinist Alina Khvatova, and pianist Cheryl Emery-Karapita, will perform a distinctive program of Ukrainian, Polish, and Russian music, featuring Lyudkevych, Latoshinsky, and Wieniawski, and Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky.
Music in the Garden
2022 Centric MusicFest String Quartet:
Laurie Syer, violin
Eric Auerbach, violin
Gabriel Kastelic, viola
Julie Amundsen, cello
July 6, 2022 at Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden
*Tickets are limited for this event*
Centric MusicFest and the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden are partnering to produce this exclusive concert! Enjoy an evening in one of Lethbridge’s beautiful outdoor locales while your visit is enhanced with music streaming live to wireless headphones, as performed by the 2022 Centric MusicFest string quartet. This year’s quartet is composed of Lethbridge musicians, Gabe Kastelic and Julie Amundsen with visiting colleagues, Laurie Syer and Eric Auerbach. Enjoy an uplifting and soulful program of music by Borodin, Barber, Glass and Haydn. Wine, spirits and sake will be available for purchase.
*Please note: In case of poor weather, the event will be moved indoors at the same location.*
Music in Nature
2022 Centric MusicFest String Quartet:
Laurie Syer, violin
Eric Auerbach, violin
Gabriel Kastelic, viola
Julie Amundsen, cello
July 8, 2022 at Helen Schuler Nature Centre
*Tickets are limited for this event*
The Centric MusicFest quartet will perform a second concert amongst the beauty of the Helen Schuler Nature Reserve in Lethbridge’s iconic river valley. Enjoy an evening in one of Lethbridge’s beautiful outdoor locales and while your visit is enhanced with music streaming live to wireless headphones, as performed by the 2022 Centric MusicFest string quartet. This year’s quartet is composed of Lethbridge musicians, Gabe Kastelic and Julie Amundsen with visiting colleagues, Laurie Syer and Eric Auerbach. Enjoy an uplifting and soulful program of music by Borodin, Barber, Glass and Haydn.
*The Outdoor Classroom features built-in seating but concert-goers are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs or portable seating for their own comfort.
*Please note: In case of poor weather, the event will be moved indoors at the same location.*
Rising Stars / Passion of Brahms
Alayna McNeil, violin
assisted by pianists John-Paul Ksiazek & Deanna Oye
2022 Centric MusicFest String Quartet:
Laurie Syer, violin
Eric Auerbach, violin
Gabriel Kastelic, viola
Julie Amundsen, cello
with Ryan Kolodziej, piano
July 9, 2022 at Casa
Seating will be distanced and masks will be available for patrons who wish to wear one.
The final concert of our festival features the inaugural winner of the 2022 Centric MusicFest/Primo Music Association scholarship: violinist Alayna McNeil, as recommended by adjudicators and the scholarship committee of the Lethbridge and District Speech Arts Festival. She will be performing some of her winning repertoire, including works by Prokofiev, Bach, and Brahms with pianists John-Paul Ksiazek and Deanna Oye.
This concert is shared with the 2022 Centric MusicFest String Quartet, composed of Lethbridge musicians, Gabe Kastelic and Julie Amundsen with visiting colleagues, Laurie Syer and Eric Auerbach. They will be joined by artistic director, pianist Ryan Kolodziej, in a performance of Brahms’ dramatic Piano Quintet in F minor.
Join us in the heart of our community for lunch-time musical interludes – free!
Buy lunch from the Pop-Up’s lunch sponsor and enjoy your meal with live music!
Contact us with a receipt showing a purchase of $10 or more on the same day as the pop-up concert from that event’s lunch sponsor for a special discount on tickets to the July 5 and 9 concerts.
The Strike Five
July 6, 2022 at Festival Square
Omni Percussion Duo
July 5, 2022 at City Hall
Theo Lysyk, percussion
July 7, 2022 at City Hall
FOURtitude with guest, Kevin Ngo
July 8, 2022 at Festival Square
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Our Festival
Since its inaugural event in 2014, Centric MusicFest, has become a permanent fixture in the City of Lethbridge's flourishing art and music scene. Building upon the success of its founder, Jesse Plessis, the annual summer classical and art music festival has grown under the stewardship of Artistic Director Ryan Kolodziej to feature a combination of local and visiting world-class Canadian and international musicians from coast-to-coast-to-coast. Read more...
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