Northern Debut Nord

Looking ahead to our first event in over 19 long months! A capacity crowd for an outdoor house concert on shores of Sudbury’s Lake Nepahwin with mezzo soprano Jessica Lloyd and jazz guitarist Louis Simão alongside artistic director Peter McGillivray. Opera arias, Schubert Lieder, Portuguese fado, Bossa Nova and a little Gershwin to round it all out! It’s been too long without making music, together!

Great news to share! NDN will be roaring back to life this fall and spring thanks to the award of a Music Production and Presentation grant from the Ontario Arts Council. Details to follow soon! Can’t wait to make music again. Together!

We're currently working on plans to come back in 2021 with more performances and innovative collaborations! Stay tuned!

This afternoon we had hoped to present the final concert of our first season, the Drive Shaft Trio with a world premiere by Robert Lemay. Sad to have to postpone due to COVID19, but it WILL happen this fall! Stay tuned for details!

Due to the escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, we regretfully have been forced to postpone our April 5th concert featuring the DRIVE SHAFT TRIO until the Fall of 2020 and a date to be announced later. This should come as no surprise.

It seems that even our scheme to bring the trio to Sudbury to stream the concert live over the internet has become unworkable given the restrictions. However, our commitment to our artists remains steadfast. This is most certainly a postponement, not a cancellation!

We want to do our part to fight the spread of this virus in our community and "flatten the curve" so that our institutions are not overwhelmed. We hope to announce a new date for this exciting concert along with the rest of our 2020-21 over the next month.

Stay safe! Wash your hands! Don't touch your face!

Today is the day! Spend a chilly Sunday afternoon warming up to Love and Murder 3pm at St. Andrew's Church! Tickets still available online and at the door! www.northerndebutnord.com

Tomorrow's the day! Don't miss Love and Murder! 3pm at St. Andrew's Church, Sudbury.

Big thank you to Tony Ryma and CTV Northern Ontario for helping us spread the word! We’re so excited to share this moment with Greater Sudbury’s music lovers this weekend!

https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/mobile/video?clipId=1899084 #1899084

Northern Debut Nord's presents first concert Watch Tony Ryma's interview with Peter McGillivray from Northern Debut Nord about the organization's first concert this coming weekend.

Check out the Sudbury Star’s preview of Sunday’s LOVE & MURDER concert!

https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/the-sweet-and-dark-side-of-love

The sweet and dark side of love Love and Murder on Sunday is the inaugural concert of Sudbury’s Northern Debut Nord

LOVE & MURDER is coming to Sudbury THIS SUNDAY! - https://mailchi.mp/234d31c07f07/greetings-from-northern-debut-nord-6323039

Did you know our soprano for LOVE & MURDER this Sunday, Danika Lorèn, is also an accomplished composer of art songs. She has also composed a new opera based on Ibsen's Hedda Gabbler!
https://www.danikalorensoprano.com/copy-of-performer-1

Composer | danikaloren     As a composer, Danika's work is inspired by her love of poetry and drama, and her unique perspective as a storyteller. Having started her musical education in piano at age 6, she earned a grade 9 level certificate through the Royal Conservatory of Music in 2005. She began composing seriously ...

We couldn't have got our inaugural season going without the generous and visionary support of the Ontario Arts Council's Music Projects and Music Creation programs. Public support for the arts in Ontario is absolutely crucial and we're immensely grateful for it.

Come celebrate our first concert with us this weekend: https://northerndebutnord.com/event/love-and-murder/

One week to go!
Time to get your tickets for Love & Murder, folks!
Be a part of it from the very start!

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/love-murder-tickets-86391660783

Love & Murder Our inaugural Northern Debut Nord concert! Featuring a powerhouse quartet of Canada’s finest vocal talent + not one but two piano virtuosi!

We’re pleased to again be featuring pianist CHRISTOPHER MOKRZEWSKI as one of our accompanists for LOVE & MURDER next Sunday. Those who attended our launch party last fall will remember his artistry vividly.

For tickets: https://northerndebutnord.com/event/love-and-murder/

MORE ABOUT TOPHER:
Conductor, pianist and vocal coach Christopher “Topher” Mokrzewski (pronounced mok-SHEV-ski) is a steadily rising figure in the worlds of Canadian opera, symphony and chamber music. He is Resident Conductor of Calgary Opera and Founding Music Director of Toronto’s acclaimed indie opera company, Against the Grain Theatre. A graduate of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, Mokrzewski has been described by music critic John Terauds as “one of those bright, eager, whip-smart young artists who could give even the most hardened cynic a jolt of optimism about the future of classical music and opera” and was named one of CBC Music’s “Hot 30 Classical Musicians under 30” in 2013. Praised by Opera Canada for his “exemplary playing in its clarity and lyricism,” Mokrzewski is frequently sought as a piano soloist, collaborator and music director. He has performed a concert tour throughout Ontario with soprano Measha Brueggergosman and conducted Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Saskatoon Opera and Britten’s The R**e of Lucretia and The Barber of Seville with Calgary Opera. In November 2014 he appeared with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra as the piano soloist in Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony. He has given many solo piano recitals at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, and music directed Against the Grain Theatre’s Dora Mavor Moore Award-winning Figaro’s Wedding, The Turn of the Screw and multiple other productions. He holds multiple degrees in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music, and is a graduate of the Vocal Piano Program at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California, where he studied with renowned coach and pianist Warren Jones.

LOVE & MURDER features music by some of your favourite composers! Johannes Brahms’ Liebelieder Waltzes, Op. 52 is the highlight. Other gems include excerpts from Verdi’s Rigoletto and Falstaff, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera, and Bizet’s Carmen.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/love-murder-tickets-86391660783?ref=eios

Big thanks to the Sudbury Star for this preview of LOVE & MURDER. Get your tickets today!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/love-murder-tickets-86391660783?ref=eios

Night of music in Sudbury to explore love, lust and murder The inaugural Northern Debut Nord concert — Love and Murder — is coming to Sudbury on Sunday, Feb. 16, 3 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Place Downtown.Featuring a powerhouse quartet of Cana…

Here’s a gem from the archives to whet your whistles for our LOVE & MURDER concert on Feb 16th. Featuring the late tenor Peter Schreier who passed away this past December.

Voici un petit bijou pour vous donner un avant-goût de notre concert LOVE & MURDER le 16 février. Il met en scène le grand ténor Peter Schreier, décédé en décembre dernier.

https://youtu.be/eR9-gQaQO8I

J. Brahms - Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 52 - Ed. Mathis Br. Fassbaeder P. Schreier Bar. McDaniel - 1983

‪Happy Birthday, Wolfie! Mozart turns 264 today and still sounding good! We’ll be showcasing some delicious selections from his opera Don Giovanni at our LOVE & MURDER concert Feb 16th in Sudbury.

Details/Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/love-murder-tickets-86391660783?ref=eios‬

Our tenor soloist, ASITHA TENNEKOON won Toronto’s 2018 DORA award for best performance for his haunting performance in Rocking Horse Winner. Listen to this interview on CBC’s Metro Morning https://bit.ly/2TNbnPo

For tickets to LOVE & MURDER, click https://bit.ly/2RfWJyE

Thanks to Sudbury.com for the coverage of our inaugural concert spectacular!

Love & Murder: Feb. 16 concert features some of Canada's best voices Concert marks the kickoff of Northern Debut Nord

You may remember our mezzo-soprano soloist, ARIANA CHRIS, from her iconic moment singing the Greek national anthem for an audience of millions at the Vancouver Olympics.

Hear her live in Sudbury on Feb 16th in LOVE & MURDER. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/love-murder-tickets-86391660783

Learn more about ARIANA on her website: https://www.arianachris.com

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Meet our soprano soloist Danika Lorèn.
She has been profiled recently in the Globe and Mail: https://tgam.ca/2ukEX4d and you can learn more on her website http://danikalorensoprano.com

Buy Tickets for LOVE & MURDER on Feb 16th: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/love-murder-tickets-86391660783?ref=eios

Announcing a casting change for our Love & Murder concert on Feb 16th.

Due to personal reasons, our friend Lauren Segal has reluctantly been forced to withdraw. But we are thrilled to welcome ARIANA CHRIS, to our stage in her place.

Ariana, Greek-Canadian mezzo soprano, was heard by millions performing the Greek Anthem at the Closing Ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. Other prestigious appearances include representing Greece at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and singing the role of Componist for the Polish National Premiere of Ariadne auf Naxos, televised for Mezzo Television France broadcast worldwide. Known for Carmen, Cendrillon, and Dorabella, her collaborations include Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chicago Lyric Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Hong Kong, Montreal Opera, Angers and Nantes Opera France, Opera Baltycka Poland, Santa Fe Opera, Kentucky Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Opera Francais de New York, Lincoln Centre and Carnegie Hall. Her CD Greek Tangos is available on iTunes. www.arianachris.com