CAMMAC Montreal offers many activities for amateur musicians all year round.
Come and share the joy of making music!
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We are celebrating this year CAMMAC’s 70th anniversary. Getting together to play, sing and enjoy music in our regions is the true nature of what drives CAMMAC members. From exciting opportunities like participating in a sight reading with achoir or an orchestra, playing Jazz or Renaissance music in a workshop or join the ranks of the CAMMAC Symphony Orchestra, we hope that you’ll participate in these moments of hapiness honouring the legacy of our founders.
You have an idea for a musical project? Don’t hesitate, let us know your inspiration by sending an email to montreal@cammac.ca.
The CAMMAC Symphony Orchestra
celebrates CAMMAC’s 70 years of making music
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L’Orchestre Symphonique CAMMAC a dédié son concert à cet événement au printemps 2023. La soirée du 18 mai a débuté par une allocution d’Élizabeth Little, l’une des filles des fondateurs qui nous a parlé de l’histoire du Centre Musical et présenté, en première mondiale, la nouvelle chanson hommage Hymne à CAMMAC de Mélodie Rabatel. Sous la direction de Jean-Pierre Brunet et de Geoffroy Michaud-Beaulieu, l’OSC a interprété l’Ouverture des Ruines d’Athènes de Beethoven, le célèbre 3ᵉ mouvement de la 3ᵉ symphonie de Brahms, le fougueux Boléro de Ravel et avec le son envoutant du violon de Geneviève Parent, Poème de Chausson. Ce fut un concert mémorable.
Marquez bien votre calendrier, l’OSC poursuit cet hommage avec un autre concert des plus agréable, le jeudi 30 novembre 2023 à l’église Saint-Édouard dans Rosemont, à 19h30. Ne manquez pas ce rendez -vous tout en musique.
The CAMMAC Symphony Orchestra is proud to dedicate their upcoming concert on Thursday, May 18th, 2023 to the 70th anniversary of CAMMAC. Approaching nearly three quarters of a century of making music together and forging bonds between people that transcend differences in age, language and culture is a milestone worth celebrating!
The concert program will feature Beethoven’s Overture to The Ruins of Athens, Chausson’s Poème for violin and orchestra, Brahms’ Poco Allegretto from his 3rd Symphony, and Ravel’s Bolero, under the direction of conductors Jean-Pierre Brunet and Geoffroy Michaud-Beaulieu, with Geneviève Parent performing on the violin.
In addition, the video of Mélodie Rabatel’s Hymne à CAMMAC will be premiered for the first time in public during the May 18th concert. Mélodie created this project during the pandemic to remind people of all the things they love about CAMMAC, and several members and teachers participated in the creation of the video.
All are welcome, and we hope that many CAMMAC members will attend.
The CAMMAC Symphony Orchestra in concert:
BEETHOVEN • CHAUSSON • BRAHMS • RAVEL
Thursday May 18, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Église Saint-Édouard, 425 rue Beaubien Est (Métro Beaubien), in Montreal.
Admission is free, though a voluntary contribution is encouraged.
The CSO will also offer a performance of this repertoire on Mother’s Day, Sunday May 14, 2023, at 2:30 p.m., at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (4565, chemin Queen-Mary, Montreal)
Come experience the joy of making music with the CAMMAC Symphony Orchestra!
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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
It’s a tradition at CAMMAC Montreal to hold sight radins on Sunday afternoon once a month for both members and non-members, featuring instrumental and choral works, from September to May.
Malheureusement, à défaut d’avoir des bénévoles pour organiser ces rencontres musicales, aucune lecture à vue n’est prévu cet automne. Nous faisons donc appel aux membres CAMMAC de la région de Montréal à se manifester pour s’impliquer, à votre rythme, comme bénévole pour former un comité et faire revivre ces rendez-vous. Ce sera aussi une opportunité de revoir la formule afin de mieux répondre aux besoins et attentes des membres.
Vous souhaitez vous impliquer ? Envoyez-nous un courriel avec vos coordonnées à montreal@cammac.ca.
For some typical photos of these readings, click here.
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Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs is a system for musicians to meet up and practice together (duet, trio, foursome, etc.). To add your name to the list, send your contact information to montreal@cammac.ca, specifying your instrument and level. Your contact information will not be shared with the public at large, only with the other Musical Chairs members.
The next list will be sent out around October 15, 2023.
NEW ADDON FOR THE MUSICAL CHAIRS :
CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOPS & RECITAL
This year, we want to innovate by offering three half-days of chamber music workshops where groups formed as part of the musical chairs activity will be able to have the opportunity to play in front of a professional chamber music coach. We are also planning a recital in the spring for all trained groups who wish it.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
On the other hand, for this to be possible, we need the involvement of CAMMAC members to form a small management committee for this activity. If you would like to collaborate on this project, send us an email with your contact details to montreal@cammac.ca.
