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Music helps to strengthen relationships and connect individuals. We produce professional concerts of music that otherwise would seldom be heard in our area, becoming Northwestern Ontario’s Baroque and Early Music specialists. Our repertoire now covers many eras of classical music – Baroque and Beyond!
Our mission is to educate as well as to entertain, to improve the quality of life in our community, to present concerts accessible to all, and to enlarge the city’s audience for classical music.
Learn more about the music, composers, and artists featured in our concerts by reading our Artistic Director’s Blog
Consortium Aurora Borealis rounds off Season 46 with a concert celebrating divine Mozart, immortal Beethoven, and the soulful viola, which though not often ascending into prominence, is nevertheless worthy of notice. Both composers played the viola, among other instruments, and had a particular fondness for it, as they joined in with it during informal chamber music sessions.
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We are thrilled to welcome Irina Medvedeva on March 15, 2025 as our guest artist in this concert of ravishing arias from Italian Baroque opera. Her flexible, supple, yet powerful soprano voice will wow and delight us in exquisite music by three of the most celebrated 18th-century composers of this genre, Vivaldi, Handel, and Hasse. She is joined by violinists William Sirois and James Moat, violist Patrick Horn, cellist Peter Cosbey, and harpsichordist Elizabeth Ganiatsos. Moods will range from gentle, lyrical and pastoral to passionate, dramatic and fiery, with virtuosic display! Sinfonias, overtures, and dances for strings drawn from operas lend variety and give the singer a break.
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Consortium Aurora Borealis is pleased to transport you to a country and an era we rarely visit. With our “Hungarian Strings” concert, we turn our attention to Hungary, presenting some truly beautiful Romantic and folk-influenced music for strings. It takes place the day after Valentine’s. Since our music is infused with the spirit of Late Romanticism, it may well be the ideal post-Valentine’s Day concert! The music is warm and intimate, played by a superb, stylish string trio.
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