Centric MusicFest 2022
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Various locations. Please read event and concert descriptions.
230 8 Street South
Lethbridge, AB T1J 5H2
Canada
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Centric MusicFest returns featuring traditional concert experiences, exclusive outdoor performances, and free Pop-up concerts!
About this event
Centric MusicFest 2022
Adults $35 | Students $15 | Festival Pass $85
*Student pricing only available for July 5 and 9 concerts.
*Festival pass allows access to both Casa concerts and one of two outdoor concerts.
*Please note that there are different venues for each concert.
Indoor Concerts: July 5 and 9 at 7:30 pm
ATB Community Room, Casa
Free Popup Concerts: July 5 - 8 at 12 pm (weather permitting)
Lethbridge City Hall and Festival Square
Outdoor Concerts: July 6 and 8 at 7:30 pm
Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden and Helen Schuler Nature Centre
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Distinction
Alina Khvatova, violin
Cheryl Emery-Karapita, piano
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
7:30 pm
ATB Community Room, Casa
$5 from every regular adult ticket sold will be donated to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation for relief efforts.
Our opening night concert pays tribute to the continued tragedy in Ukraine by symbolically separating the Ukrainian and Russian repertoire. Russian born violinist, Alina Khvatova and pianist Cheryl Emery-Karapita, of Ukrainian heritage, will perform a distinctive program of Ukrainian, Polish, and Russian music, featuring Lyudkevych, Latoshinsky, and Wieniawski, and Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky.
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Music in the Garden
2022 Centric MusicFest String Quartet:
Laurie Syer, violin
Eric Auerbach, violin
Gabe Kastelic, viola
Julie Amundsen, cello
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
7:30 pm
Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden
Corner of 9th Ave S &, Mayor Magrath Drive S, Lethbridge, AB
*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.
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Music in Nature
2022 Centric MusicFest String Quartet:
Laurie Syer, violin
Eric Auerbach, violin
Gabe Kastelic, viola
Julie Amundsen, cello
Friday, July 8, 2022
7:30 pm
Outdoor Classroom, Helen Schuler Nature Centre
300 Indian Battle Rd S, Lethbridge, AB
*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.
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Rising Stars / Passion of Brahms
Alayna McNeil, violin
Assisted by pianists John-Paul Ksiazek and Deanna Oye
2022 Centric MusicFest String Quartet:
Laurie Syer, violin
Eric Auerbach, violin
Gabe Kastelic, viola
Julie Amundsen, cello
with Ryan Kolodziej, piano
Saturday, July , 2022
7:30 pm
ATB Community Room, Casa
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 Music and 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.
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TICKET PURCHASES
You will receive an e-mail with the choice of a printable PDF ticket and/or electronic tickets for your cellphone that can be scanned at the door.
Festival Passes will be sold in limited quantities.
Festival program and artists are subject to change without notice.
NO REFUNDS will be permitted except on a case-by-case basis as determined by Centric MusicFest or if an event is cancelled.