Upcoming Concerts
The LAMP Concert Experience
Have you had the opportunity to attend a concert at LAMP? It is an intimate experience, not to be matched. Not only because of the outstanding acoustics and caliber of the performing artists appearing on our stage; the size and set up of our concert hall is such that you can practically reach out and touch the performers; hear each breath they take. When you attend a performance at Lamp you feel as if you are part of music being performed. It is nothing short of extraordinary.
Tickets may be purchased to individual concerts below, or through the general ticket order form above. For more information please call the office at 902-634-8667, or email the office.
For every regular season performance (not including any gala events) there are ten tickets available for children under the age of 18 totally free of charge, so long as they come with a paying adult. There are also ten tickets available for university and college students for $10 each (with student ID). Contact us to book these tickets or for more information.
Concerts are being added regularly - and the Spring 2025 concerts will soon be available for booking (including Angela Hewitt, who will perform the complete Goldberg Variations on the 50th anniversary of her first having performed them).
All programs are subject to change without notice. Taxes are included in the prices listed.
Use these links to view the full concert series and choose which performances you will attend.
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Angela Hewitt
Photo (c) James Katz
Angela Hewitt is one of the most respected pianists in the classical music genre. She boasts a sweeping repertoire that covers works from every tradition and century. However, she is best known for the tireless work she has done promoting the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Ms. Hewitt began her piano studies age three in Ottawa, performed in public at four and a year later won her first scholarship. She studied at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory, after which she completed her Bachelor of Music in Performance at the University of Ottawa. She was a prizewinner in numerous piano competitions in Europe, Canada, and the USA, but it was her triumph in the 1985 Toronto International Bach Piano Competition, held in memory of Glenn Gould, that truly launched her international career. The GRAMMY Award-winning pianist’s performances and recordings of Bach have established her as one of the composer's foremost interpreters.
Angela offered a Masterclass at LAMP in 2022, which was popular with both the resident artists lucky enough to perform for her, and a full-house audience.
This afternoon Angela will perform the complete Goldberg Variations by J. S. Bach - on the anniversary of the first time she ever performed them! A monumental performance not to be missed!
Entrance: $100
Verona Quartet
The Verona Quartet
Sunday 23 March 2025 @ 2:30pm
LAMP’s Artistic Directors, the Verona Quartet, will perform the first concert of their Beethoven String Quartet cycle, a six part series featuring all sixteen of Ludwig van Beethoven’s monumental string quartets. This will be the first time the entire cycle is performed in Lunenburg.
This first performance includes:
Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 “Serioso”
Quartet No. 6 in B Flat Major, Op. 18, no. 6
Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Entrance: $35
Verona Quartet
The Verona Quartet - Beethoven Cycle
Wednesday 26 March 2025 @ 7:00pm
LAMP’s Artistic Directors, the Verona Quartet, will perform the 2nd concert of their Beethoven String Quartet cycle, a six part series featuring all sixteen of Ludwig van Beethoven’s monumental string quartets. This will be the first time the entire cycle is performed in Lunenburg.
This evening they will perform:
Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, no. 5
Quartet No. 13 in B Flat Major, Op. 130
Entrance: $35
Jonathan Ferrucci
Jonathan Ferrucci, Solo Piano
photo: http://www.jonathanferrucci.com/
Italian-Australian pianist Jonathan Ferrucci has given concerts as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe, Australia and the United States. He has performed in Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall and Milton Court Concert Hall in London, Carnegie Weill Hall in New York and the Fazioli Concert Hall in Italy, among other venues.
Jonathan is a prize winner of numerous competitions, such as the International Bach Competition in Leipzig, the Royal Overseas League, the Jaques Samuel Intercollegiate Piano Competition. A Kirckman Society Artist for 2022-23 and Keyboard Trust Artist since 2019, Jonathan’s recent work includes a seven-date tour of the United States, focused around the Goldberg Variations, and concerts in Italy with the Orchestra da Camera di Perugia, playing as a soloist and together with his mentor Angela Hewitt. Other recent concert activity includes a tour of Oregon as “Rising Star”, recitals in Padua for Amici della Musica di Padova (Sala dei Giganti), Vicenza (Teatro Comunale), Florence (British Institute – Lord Acton Library), Perugia for the Trasimeno Music Festival, Rome (Villa Torlonia). Jonathan’s Wigmore debut in 2017 was recorded live and released as a CD.
His recent concerto performances have been with the Orchestra da Camera di Perugia (2023 and 2022), Roma Tre Orchestra (2021) and the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra in Leipzig (2018).
Jonathan’s repertoire ranges from baroque music to contemporary composers. His main focus, however, is J.S. Bach’s: in 2020 he began his study of the Goldberg Variations, and has since performed them in the UK, Italy and the US. As for future projects, his exploration of Bach’s music continues with the complete keyboard Toccatas. Upcoming performances include recitals with the seven Bach Toccatas in Florence and Città della Pieve, and the Goldberg Variations at Kings Place, London, in March 2024.
Born in Florence, Italy, Jonathan studied at the Florence Conservatoire L. Cherubini, where he completed his Bachelor degree with honours, then at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he continued his studies with a Masters, followed by Artist Diploma and a one year Artist Fellowship. Along the way, his studies have been supported through scholarships and grants by the Leverhulme Trust, Jessie Wakefield Award, Guildhall School Trust, Tait Memorial Trust and Kirckman Society.
In addition to his training with Giovanni Carmassi in Florence, and Joan Havill at the Guildhall School in London, his artistic sensitivity has been profoundly influenced by Angela Hewitt, with whom he has worked since 2014, and by his studies with Robert Levin, Aldo Ciccolini, and Zhu Xiao-Mei. His journey has been inspired along the way by masterclasses with Murray Perahia, Richard Goode, Christian Zacharias, Dmitri Bashkirov and Peter Frankl.
Parallel to his time spent at the piano, Jonathan is a dedicated Ashtanga Yoga practitioner. He considers Yoga integral to his work as a musician and essential in life.
Entrance: $25
College/University Students: $10
Children 18 and under free with an adult
Jazz @LAMP
Mike Murley Trio featuring: Mike Murley, Richard White & Tom Easley
An engaging, lyrical saxophonist, Mike Murley is one of Canada’s most celebrated jazz artists. He has played on fourteen Juno Award winning recordings since 1990, seven as a leader or co-leader, seven as a sideman.
Murley moved to Toronto from his native Nova Scotia in 1981 and has enjoyed a career that has spanned a wide stylistic spectrum. Recordings with legendary Canadian artists such as Ed Bickert, Rob McConnell and Guido Basso showcase the saxophonist’s talents in the mainstream standard repertoire. On the more contemporary side, Murley has collaborated frequently with younger generations of improviser/composers including pianist David Braid and guitarist David Occhipinti. He is also well known for his work with the three-time June Award winning electric jazz group Metalwood. In addition, he has recorded and performed with numerous international artists including David Liebman, Renee Rosnes, John Schofield, Norma Winstone, as well as the late Paul Bley, John Abercrombie and Kenny Wheeler.
Murley returned to Halifax Nova Scotia in 2022, where he continues to tour nationally and internationally.
Entrance: $35
Verona Quartet
The Verona Quartet - Beethoven Cycle
Sunday 13 April 2025 @ 2:30pm
LAMP’s Artistic Directors, the Verona Quartet, will perform the 3rd concert of their Beethoven String Quartet cycle, a six part series featuring all sixteen of Ludwig van Beethoven’s monumental string quartets. This will be the first time the entire cycle is performed in Lunenburg.
This afternoon they will perform:
Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 no. 4
Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135
Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, no. 2
Entrance: $35
String Quartet Academy Recital
String Quartet Artists
The final performance for the string quartet academy artists here to work with the Verona Quartet, LAMP’s Artistic Directors & Quartet in Residence.
Repertoire to be determined by artists & faculty while in Lunenburg.
Entrance to this performance is by donation - at the door, or online.
Tax receipts issued for donations of $25 or more
Jazz @LAMP
E3 with Adrean Farrugia, Mark Adam & Tom Easley
Award-winning pianist and composer Adrean Farrugia joins Mark Adam (percussion) and Tom Easley (bass) to form the exciting new East Coast jazz trio E3. Adrean is one of Canada’s most distinct voices on the piano and has recently moved east to join the faculty in the St FX Jazz program. Mark Adam is an in-demand producer, educator and percussionist with projects extending across Canada. Tom Easley is a top call performer and educator on the East Coast.
Entrance: $35
Jack Swanson, tenor
Jack Swanson & Rachelle Jonck
image: www.jackswansontenor.com/media
The grand opener for the 2025 Rossini Opera Academy - two weeks dedicated to the Bel Canto style of singing, lead by Rachelle Jonck creator of Bel Canto Bookcamp.
Stillwater, Minnesota native Jack Swanson is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after young tenors in the opera world. His distinctive high lyric voice is known for singing the acrobatic arias of Rossini and the legato melodies of Donizetti.
Entrance: $35
Bel Canto Academy artists
Bel Canto Recital
South African Rachelle Jonck, moved to New York City as Head Vocal Coach and Assistant Conductor of Bel Canto at Caramoor. She has served on faculty at Westminster Choir College, Manhattan School of Music, Teatro Nuovo, Palm Beach Opera’s Benenson Young Artist Program, and Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute. Rachelle’s private coaching studio includes established professionals whose careers take them to the largest opera houses of the world, and younger singers still on the verge of a professional career. Her master class topics, while related to her main study field of bel canto, explore the wider application of the bel canto way of singing. Rachelle is one of the founders of Bel Canto Bootcamp.
This is Rachelle’s first visit to LAMP, and we are extremely excited for this afternoon’s performance by the artists who are coming to Lunenburg to study with her.
Entrance: $25
Susan Hoeppner, Flute
Susan Hoeppner, Flutist
photo: www.susanhoeppner.com/
Canadian-born flutist Susan Hoeppner is highly regarded for her deeply lyrical phrasing, dazzling virtuosity and a “no holds barred” approach in her performances. She is an established international soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, with appearances that include numerous venues spanning the continents of North America, South America, throughout Europe, Japan and China.
Ms. Hoeppner has performed as guest soloist with orchestras around the world and has been invited to perform at many Canadian embassies including London, Belgrade, Tokyo, Mexico and has inspired Canadian composers such as Christos Hatzis, Alice Ping Yee Ho and Gary Kulesha among others to write music for her.
Susan was nominated for a JUNO, Canada’s highest musical award, for Classical Album of the Year. Her numerous recordings are available digitally on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and on labels including Marquis Classics, EMI, Centrediscs/Naxos and Grammophon BIS.
entrance: $25
Jazz @LAMP
The Mingus Project
The music of Charles Mingus is filled with the roots of jazz and blues, complex rhythms and powerful melodies. Seven of Atlantic Canada’s most in-demand jazz musicians join together to pay tribute to ‘The Music of Charlie Mingus’. Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 - January 5, 1070) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history. Entrance: $35
Steven Isserlis
Acclaimed worldwide for his profound musicianship and technical mastery, British cellist Steven Isserlis enjoys a unique and distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster.
One of the world’s leading cellists, we are truly honoured to have Steven return to LAMP this Spring. As a concerto soloist he appears regularly with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, including the Berlin Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra Washington, London Philharmonic and Zurich Tonhalle orchestras. He gives recitals every season in major musical centres, and plays with many of the world’s foremost chamber orchestras, including the Australian, Mahler, Norwegian, Scottish, Zurich and St Paul Chamber Orchestras, as well as period-instrument ensembles such as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Unusually, he also directs chamber orchestras from the cello in classical programmes.
Entrance: $100
Ian Tomaz - Solo Piano
Concert: Ian Tomaz, piano
Ian Tomaz is an American pianist currently based in Paris, France. He has studied at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot since 2021, working with Pascal Roge. He is in residence at the Fondation des Etats Unis in 2022-2023 as a Harriet Hale Woolley Scholar, performing concerts as an Artist in Residence at the FEU and around Paris while working on themajor solo, chamber and art song compositions of Francis Poulenc.
Ian was an Emerging Artist in Residence at the LAMP from late 2019 to summer 2021, where he performed solo and chamber music recitals in the ‘Ludwig at LAMP’ 250th celebration and shared the stage with many musicians including Symphony Nova Scotia’s Rachel Desoer and soprano Jane Archibald.
He will perform excerpts from Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1: Prelude and Fugues; as well as Etudes Op. 10 (selections), Barcarolle in F Sharp Major Op. 60, and Polonaise Fantasie in A Flat Major Op. 61 by Frédéric Chopin.
For more information about the Bach Cycle Series by Ian Tomaz please visit this page of our website.
Entrance to this performance is $25.
*Kids 18 & under free with a paying adult. Reservations for children are required.
Ian Tomaz - Solo Piano
Concert: Ian Tomaz, piano
PLEASE NOTE THIS CONCERT DATE HAS CHANGED!
This event is now taking place on Friday December 13 @7pm
Ian Tomaz is an American pianist currently based in Paris, France. He has studied at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot since 2021, working with Pascal Roge. He is in residence at the Fondation des Etats Unis in 2022-2023 as a Harriet Hale Woolley Scholar, performing concerts as an Artist in Residence at the FEU and around Paris while working on themajor solo, chamber and art song compositions of Francis Poulenc.
Ian was an Emerging Artist in Residence at the LAMP from late 2019 to summer 2021, where he performed solo and chamber music recitals in the ‘Ludwig at LAMP’ 250th celebration and shared the stage with many musicians including Symphony Nova Scotia’s Rachel Desoer and soprano Jane Archibald.
He will perform excerpts from Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1: Prelude and Fugues; as well as Etudes Op. 10 and Sonata in b minor, Op. 58 by Frederic Chopin.
For more information about the Bach Cycle Series by Ian Tomaz please visit this page of our website.
Entrance to this performance is $25.
*Kids 18 & under free with a paying adult. Reservations for children are required.
Bach Cycle Series: with Ian Tomaz
Preludes and Postludes: How the 17th & 18th Centuries Predict the Future
Finishing 2024 where we started: Preludes, preluding as improvisation and what it means to begin a cycle. Reflecting on music, the end of a year and beginning of another as we head into 2025 and musically into the 20th century.
Pianist Ian Tomaz presents a series of lectures and concerts which uses J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 to guide the general public towards a deeper understanding of classical music and trace its influence on later composers. Each cycle includes one concert, which pairs 6 of the 24 Preludes and Fugues with works of composers influenced by Bach; and three lectures, where specific musical characteristics of each Prelude and Fugue are connected to later works, showing the audience how the principles exemplified by Bach pervade all musical genres and eras. This series is inspired by Nadia Boulanger, whose work Ian has been studying in Paris since 2021, and takes place across Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
For more information about the Bach Cycle Series by Ian Tomaz please visit this page of our website.
Entrance to this music & information session is by donation.
Jazz - Glenn Patscha Trio
Glenn Patscha, Nick Halley & Ian McGimpsey have agreed to return for one final jazz concert in 2024!
Bach Cycle Series: with Ian Tomaz
Preludes and Postludes: How the 17th & 18th Centuries Predict the Future
PLEASE NOTE THIS CONCERT DATE HAS CHANGED!
This event is now taking place on Sunday December 8 @2:30pm
Finishing 2024 where we started: Preludes, preluding as improvisation and what it means to begin a cycle. Reflecting on music, the end of a year and beginning of another as we head into 2025 and musically into the 20th century.
Pianist Ian Tomaz presents a series of lectures and concerts which uses J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 to guide the general public towards a deeper understanding of classical music and trace its influence on later composers. Each cycle includes one concert, which pairs 6 of the 24 Preludes and Fugues with works of composers influenced by Bach; and three lectures, where specific musical characteristics of each Prelude and Fugue are connected to later works, showing the audience how the principles exemplified by Bach pervade all musical genres and eras. This series is inspired by Nadia Boulanger, whose work Ian has been studying in Paris since 2021, and takes place across Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
For more information about the Bach Cycle Series by Ian Tomaz please visit this page of our website.
Entrance to this music & information session is by donation.
Bach Cycle Series: with Ian Tomaz
Point/Counterpoint: Explaining Fugues, Polyphony and Contrasts in Music
Our world is shaped by human interaction; communication between one another. We think of a song as one unified piece, but how can we learn to view music as independent voices speaking - agreeing and disagreeing, repeating or presenting new ideas? Learn to develop a new way of listening with Bach and Chopin.
Pianist Ian Tomaz presents a series of lectures and concerts which uses J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 to guide the general public towards a deeper understanding of classical music and trace its influence on later composers. Each cycle includes one concert, which pairs 6 of the 24 Preludes and Fugues with works of composers influenced by Bach; and three lectures, where specific musical characteristics of each Prelude and Fugue are connected to later works, showing the audience how the principles exemplified by Bach pervade all musical genres and eras. This series is inspired by Nadia Boulanger, whose work Ian has been studying in Paris since 2021, and takes place across Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
For more information about the Bach Cycle Series by Ian Tomaz please visit this page of our website.
Entrance to this music & information session is by donation.
Bach Cycle Series: with Ian Tomaz
Point/Counterpoint: Explaining Fugues, Polyphony and Contrasts in Music
PLEASE NOTE THIS CONCERT DATE HAS CHANGED!
This event is now taking place on Sunday December 1 @2:30pm
Our world is shaped by human interaction; communication between one another. We think of a song as one unified piece, but how can we learn to view music as independent voices speaking - agreeing and disagreeing, repeating or presenting new ideas? Learn to develop a new way of listening with Bach and Chopin.
Pianist Ian Tomaz presents a series of lectures and concerts which uses J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 to guide the general public towards a deeper understanding of classical music and trace its influence on later composers. Each cycle includes one concert, which pairs 6 of the 24 Preludes and Fugues with works of composers influenced by Bach; and three lectures, where specific musical characteristics of each Prelude and Fugue are connected to later works, showing the audience how the principles exemplified by Bach pervade all musical genres and eras. This series is inspired by Nadia Boulanger, whose work Ian has been studying in Paris since 2021, and takes place across Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
For more information about the Bach Cycle Series by Ian Tomaz please visit this page of our website.
Entrance to this music & information session is by donation.
Tunes on Tuesday: Ian Tomaz
LAMPs new totally free Tuesday lunchtime concert series. Reservations not required - simply come up to the third floor of the Lunenburg Academy at noon every Tuesday in October and November for a free concert. Duration changes by week, depending on the artists and the audience!
Bach Cycle Series: with Ian Tomaz
Singing in Music | Influence of choral to bel canto in Bach and Chopin
Note: This event was originally scheduled for Wednesday 20 November at 7pm.
From cavemen grunting to religious chanting and later singing in all forms, the voice is at the centre of art and communication. But how can we sing and speak without words as instrumentalists, and how do composers learn from singing? Learn with Bach and Chopin.
Pianist Ian Tomaz presents a series of lectures and concerts which uses J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 to guide the general public towards a deeper understanding of classical music and trace its influence on later composers. Each cycle includes one concert, which pairs 6 of the 24 Preludes and Fugues with works of composers influenced by Bach; and three lectures, where specific musical characteristics of each Prelude and Fugue are connected to later works, showing the audience how the principles exemplified by Bach pervade all musical genres and eras. This series is inspired by Nadia Boulanger, whose work Ian has been studying in Paris since 2021, and takes place across Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
For more information on the Bach Cycle Series, please follow this link.
Entrance to this music & information session is by donation.
Bach Cycle Series: with Ian Tomaz
Singing in Music | Influence of choral to bel canto in Bach and Chopin
PLEASE NOTE THIS CONCERT DATE HAS CHANGED!
This event is now taking place on Sunday November 24 at 2:30pm
From cavemen grunting to religious chanting and later singing in all forms, the voice is at the centre of art and communication. But how can we sing and speak without words as instrumentalists, and how do composers learn from singing? Learn with Bach and Chopin.
Pianist Ian Tomaz presents a series of lectures and concerts which uses J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 to guide the general public towards a deeper understanding of classical music and trace its influence on later composers. Each cycle includes one concert, which pairs 6 of the 24 Preludes and Fugues with works of composers influenced by Bach; and three lectures, where specific musical characteristics of each Prelude and Fugue are connected to later works, showing the audience how the principles exemplified by Bach pervade all musical genres and eras. This series is inspired by Nadia Boulanger, whose work Ian has been studying in Paris since 2021, and takes place across Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
For more information on the Bach Cycle Series, please follow this link.
Entrance to this music & information session is by donation.
Tunes on Tuesday: Jeffrey Ho
With Cellist
Jeffrey Ho
LAMP’s new totally free Tuesday lunchtime concert series. Reservations not required - simply come up to the third floor of the Lunenburg Academy at noon every Tuesday in October and November for a free concert. Duration changes by week, depending on the artists and the audience!
Cellist Jeffrey Ho, here in Lunenburg for a week, will perform for us today.
LAMP on the Road: Jeffrey Ho and Anna Han at the Old Confidence Lodge
Cellist Jeffrey Ho and pianist Anna Han present the first ever classical concert at the Old Confidence Lodge in Riverport. The first half of the program will be solo Bach, and the second half of the program will include a collection of duos from early Beethoven to the works of two living composers. There will be a behind-the-scenes lecture and reception including hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 PM, followed by the concert at 7:00 PM. Come for one or the other, or both! Tickets available on the Old Confidence Lodge website below.
Tunes on Tuesday: Anna Han
With Pianist
Anna Han
This week’s Tunes on Tuesday features LAMP’s new Education Director, pianist Anna Han.
LAMP’s totally free Tuesday lunchtime concert series. Reservations not required - simply come up to the third floor of the Lunenburg Academy at noon every Tuesday in October and November for a free concert. Duration changes by week, depending on the artists and the audience!
Verona Quartet
The Verona Quartet - Beethoven Cycles
Sunday, Nov 10 @ 2:30pm
LAMP’s Artistic Directors, the Verona Quartet, embark on the first concert of their Beethoven String Quartet cycle, a six-part concert series featuring all sixteen of Ludwig van Beethoven’s monumental string quartets. This will be the very first time the entire Beethoven String Quartet cycle will be performed in Lunenburg.
Entrance to this performance: $35
*Kids 18 & under free with a paying adult. Reservations for children are required. All programs are subject to change.
Sneak Peak Soirée
The Verona Quartet: Beethoven
Friday, Nov 8 @ 7:00pm
This performance will be a sneak preview of March's Beethoven String Quartet Half Cycle. The audience is invited into the inner sanctum of preparing a collection of works from this mammoth composer of the string quartet canon. The program will feature selections from several of the great string quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven as well as the complete String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata" of Leoš Janáček, so titled after Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9, famously known as the "Kreutzer". If you like what you see, return in March of 2025 for the two series Beethoven Half Cycle to hear complete works.
Tickets for this event are $35
*Kids 18 & under free with a paying adult. Reservations for children are required. All programs are subject to change.
Tunes on Tuesday - Chris Au
LAMPs new totally free Tuesday lunchtime concert series. Reservations not required - simply come up to the third floor of the Lunenburg Academy at noon every Tuesday in October and November for a free concert. Duration changes by week, depending on the artists and the audience!
Bach Cycle Series: with Ian Tomaz
Ian Tomaz: All About Bach
Get to know Bach through his music and biography, learning how his professional and personal life, as well as his interests in religion, science and philosophy, created a musical style which influenced all of western music.
Pianist Ian Tomaz has been presenting a wonderful series of lectures and concerts using J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 to guide the general public towards a deeper understanding of classical music and trace its influence on later composers.
To date the events have been well attended and enjoyed by all and during the October 16 event, Ian announced one additional session on October 30 at 7pm. This will be dedicated entirely to Bach, whereas his other events include works and discussion on other composer as well as Bach.
For more information on the Bach Cycle Series, please follow this link.
Entrance to this music & information session is by donation.
Tunes on Tuesdays
With Pianist
Chris Au
LAMP’s new totally free Tuesday lunchtime concert series. Reservations not required - simply come up to the third floor of the Lunenburg Academy at noon every Tuesday in October and November for a free concert. Duration changes by week, depending on the artists and the audience!
LAMP’s new Development Director, pianist Chris Au, will perform today.
Ian Tomaz - Solo Piano
Concert: Ian Tomaz, piano
Ian Tomaz is an American pianist currently based in Paris, France. He has studied at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot since 2021, working with Pascal Roge. He is in residence at the Fondation des Etats Unis in 2022-2023 as a Harriet Hale Woolley Scholar, performing concerts as an Artist in Residence at the FEU and around Paris while working on the major solo, chamber and art song compositions of Francis Poulenc.
Ian was an Emerging Artist in Residence at the LAMP from late 2019 to summer 2021, where he performed solo and chamber music recitals in the ‘Ludwig at LAMP’ 250th celebration and shared the stage with many musicians including Symphony Nova Scotia’s Rachel Desoer and soprano Jane Archibald.
This performance is the first concert of the Bach Cycle Series project Ian has brought to LAMP. For more information on this project please follow this link. This evening Ian will perform excerpts from Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1: Prelude and Fugues; Sonata in D Major (W. A. Mozart) and Sonata in A Major, Op. 101 (Ludwig van Beethoven).
Entrance to this performance is $25.
*Kids 18 & under free with a paying adult. Reservations for children are required.
All programs are subject to change.
Tunes on Tuesdays
With Pianist
Ian Tomaz
LAMP’s new totally free Tuesday lunchtime concert series. Reservations not required - simply come up to the third floor of the Lunenburg Academy at noon every Tuesday in October and November for a free concert. Duration changes by week, depending on the artists and the audience!
Ian Tomaz has been the start of the show on our Tunes on Tuesday - this week will be his last as he gets a well-deserved few weeks off!
Bach Cycle Series: with Ian Tomaz
What Makes “Classical Music”?
Why do we call almost 300 years of different composers “classical music”? If it’s all the same, what makes those hundreds of years different from music of today? Explore this question with Bach, Mozart and Beethoven.
Pianist Ian Tomaz presents a series of lectures and concerts which uses J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 to guide the general public towards a deeper understanding of classical music and trace its influence on later composers. Each cycle includes one concert, which pairs 6 of the 24 Preludes and Fugues with works of composers influenced by Bach; and three lectures, where specific musical characteristics of each Prelude and Fugue are connected to later works, showing the audience how the principles exemplified by Bach pervade all musical genres and eras. This series is inspired by Nadia Boulanger, whose work Ian has been studying in Paris since 2021, and takes place across Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
For more information about the Bach Cycle Series by Ian Tomaz please visit this page of our website.
Entrance to this music & information session is by donation.
Tunes on Tuesdays
LAMPs new totally free Tuesday lunchtime concert series. Reservations not required - simply come up to the third floor of the Lunenburg Academy at noon every Tuesday in October and November for a free concert. Duration changes by week, depending on the artists and the audience!
Bach Cycle Series: with Ian Tomaz
Perpetual Motion in Music
A song on the radio plays from start ‘til finish, yet classical music pauses: between pieces, between movements, and even between measures. …or does it? Learn about music and motion (and its absence) from Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.
Pianist Ian Tomaz presents a series of lectures and concerts which uses J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 to guide the general public towards a deeper understanding of classical music and trace its influence on later composers. Each cycle includes one concert, which pairs 6 of the 24 Preludes and Fugues with works of composers influenced by Bach; and three lectures, where specific musical characteristics of each Prelude and Fugue are connected to later works, showing the audience how the principles exemplified by Bach pervade all musical genres and eras. This series is inspired by Nadia Boulanger, whose work Ian has been studying in Paris since 2021, and takes place across Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
For more information about the Bach Cycle Series by Ian Tomaz please visit this page of our website.
Entrance to this music & information session is by donation.
Bach Cycle Series: Ian Tomaz
Prelude: An Introduction to the music of Bach
How do we define the fundamentals of music? If you had never heard music of any kind before, what would you need to know? Learn how all music shares two basic traits: harmony and dissonance using works from J.S Bach and Chopin.
Pianist Ian Tomaz presents a series of lectures and concerts which uses J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 to guide the general public towards a deeper understanding of classical music and trace its influence on later composers. Each cycle includes one concert, which pairs 6 of the 24 Preludes and Fugues with works of composers influenced by Bach; and three lectures, where specific musical characteristics of each Prelude and Fugue are connected to later works, showing the audience how the principles exemplified by Bach pervade all musical genres and eras. This series is inspired by Nadia Boulanger, whose work Ian has been studying in Paris since 2021, and takes place across Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
For more information about the Bach Cycle Series by Ian Tomaz please visit this page of our website.
Entrance to this music & information session is by donation.
Anna Han - Solo Piano
Concert: Anna Han, pianist
Hailed by the Washington Post as “prodigiously gifted… a display of imagination, taste and pianistic firepower far beyond her years,” American pianist ANNA HAN strives to deliver heartfelt performances through a variety of classical piano repertoire. Second prize winner of the 2023 Naumburg International Piano Competition and first prize winner of the 2023 National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Auditions, she has performed eleven different concerti with orchestras, over seventy solo concerts, and over a hundred chamber music recitals. Recent highlights included Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, National Concert Hall of Taipei, Newport Classical Chamber Series, Schubert Club, Performing Arts Houston, and Yellow Barn, and chamber recitals with Steven Isserlis, Kim Kashkashian, Randall Goosby, and the Verona Quartet.
As pianist-in-residence at the LAMP, she has performed over twenty solo and chamber concerts here, including nearly five hours of Beethoven’s music as part of his 250th birthday celebration, and two different solo Schumann programs. Her repertoire also includes thirty works by living composers, including Michael Brown’s Suite for Piano, which she recorded for the Steinway and Sons label.
Tonight YAM faculty pianist Anna Han will perform for the participating young artists and for the general public.
Further details of repertoire to be announced.
Entrance to this performance is $25 OR purchase a series ticket to all four performances for only $50.
*Kids 18 & under free with a paying adult. Reservations for children are required.
All prgrams are subject to change.
Free Open Community Event!
Presenter: Anna Han
INTERACTIVE CLASS SERIES: Lectures and guided activities which allow you to partake in the musical process
Monday, September 2, 6:00pm | How do I build a program to perform?
The context in which a piece of music is heard can be extremely powerful. Pianist Anna Han shares her programming process, using her upcoming concert (September 6) as a case study, and analyzes other programs. This will be the first of several programming workshops this year, where participants (regardless of musical ability) learn to build their own hypothetical programs from pieces they love.
Young Artist Masterclass (YAM) Concert
Concert: Young Artists
Young Artists who have participated in LAMP’s inaugural Young Artist Masterclass (YAM) program from August 29- Sept 1 will perform this afternoon at 2:30pm. This week long festival for talented pianists and string players, aged 13-18, included private lessons, daily group activities and masterclasses - guided by exceptionally talented emerging artists as faculty: Anna Han (piano), Janice Lu (piano) and SoYoung Choi (voilin). For more information on this program, follow this link.
Entrance to this performance is by donation, OR purchase a series ticket and attend all four YAM concerts for only $50.
Donations over $25 will receive a Canadian charitable tax receipt.