Camerata Nova is now Dead of Winter
We’re emerging from the pandemic with a new season and bold new name! See within for all the exciting details and a link to our new website!
Entries by Roland Descambault
Chelsea Kutyn Wins Annual Camerata Nova Bursary at the 103rd Winnipeg Music Festival
We would like to offer our hearty congratulations to Chelsea Kutyn, who is the recipient of this year’s annual Camerata Nova bursary for the Most Outstanding Vocal or Choral Performance of Early Music at the 103rd Winnipeg Music Festival!
Singing “Gloria” in the Digital Age
“There is quite a level of nuance in how choral groups are approaching singing during this time. All across the country groups are coming up with interesting and novel things to do.” – John Wiens
Camerata Nova’s groundbreaking Captive is the story audiences need to hear
Camerata Nova is scheduled to release a recording and video performance for Captive, the third project in their Reconciliation Series. Looking to be released this year, the series is spearheaded by composer and Camerata Nova Artistic Director, Andrew Balfour, who curates each concert around a theme that resonates with the Canadian Indigenous experience. So far, […]
MCA’s Award of Distinction for Artistic Excellence
May we extend to the Manitoba Choral Association a heartfelt thanks for awarding us the inaugural Award of Distinction for Artistic Excellence. What a great honor it is to be amongst such a talented group of recipients! We will be forever grateful.
Find holiday warmth in a new video offering from Camerata Nova
This Advent season, may we be reminded that we do not celebrate alone and without comfort, just as we are not alone in surviving the pandemic.
It’s Giving Tuesday! Help us create and innovate
Your generosity goes a long way in supporting our creative endeavours. We couldn’t do it without you – our most valued collaborators.
Andrew Balfour performs Notinikew with The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
On Wednesday, November 11, Camerata Nova’s Artistic Director, Andrew Balfour, is lending his talents to an inspiring Remembrance Day performance with The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. The program offers a Choral Perspective of Canada’s Indigenous Veterans and welcomes Andrew as the guest curator, as well as longtime Camerata Nova collaborator, cellist, and composer Cris Derkson. The […]
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Camerata Nova finds new inspiration during pandemic
There’s never been a year quite like 2020. For musicians around the world, the arrival of COVID-19 met that their performance schedules suddenly emptied. However, in the wake of shutdowns, quarantines, and social distancing, musicians have taken their shows to social media, providing much needed levity during an otherwise serious time. Winnipeg’s Camerata Nova, especially, proves that the show must go on.
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