Les Amis Concert: Don McKay & Iris Trio

Les Amis Concert – Sunday, February 5, 2023, 3:00 pm Performance at Concert Hall at Victoria Hall Iris Trio & Poet Don McKay (Governor General's Award/Griffin Prize) Tickets $35 (HST included) + fees Victoria Hall Box Office 855-372-2210 Project Earth: The Blue Chapter World premiere tour of new works by composer/jazz pianist Florian Hoefner and poet Don McKay. 3:00pm Celebrated for their imaginative programming and powerhouse performances, the Iris Trio (clarinetist Christine Carter, violist Zoë Martin-Doike, and pianist Anna Petrova) returns to Canada for a much-anticipated tour. Together with distinguished Canadian poet, Don McKay (Governor General’s Award, Griffin Poetry Prize), they present the “Blue Chapter” of their multi-year “Project Earth,” including stunning new works by McKay and Juno-nominated composer/jazz pianist Florian Hoefner. Project Earth is the Trio’s response to the triple planetary crisis. Through newly commissioned poetry and genre-crossing chamber music, the project strives to illuminate the impact of human behavior on the environment, addressing issues of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, while recognizing the power of our collective imagination to create meaningful change.

Watch and listen: https://www.iristrio.com/projectearth

The Iris Trio’s recent engagements include residencies at the University of Louisville, Kentucky and Memorial University in St. John’s, Canada, as well as concert tours in Canada and Europe. All three members of the Trio are active recitalists and educators in their own right. Collectively, they hold faculty positions at the Juilliard School, Bard College Conservatory of Music, University of Louisville, and Memorial University, and have performed around the world on many of the major concert stages from Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Sydney Opera House.

Tickets are $35 plus service fee and available at the Concert Hall Box Office: Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 4:30pm 905-372-2210 or 1-855-372-2210 55 King Street West Cobourg, ON K9A 2M2