Parry Sound is a beautiful town nestled on the even more beautiful Georgian Bay. The Festival takes place in Stockey Hall as well as on the Bay itself on cruises.
Voice Afire has previously performed at the International Chamber Music Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. www.musicniagara.org.
Something I have discovered about Festivals: the name "festival" is a bit misleading. The name would seem to indicate that a Festival represents a very special performance or group of performances. Nothing of the kind! Festivals usually put on a pot-pourri of concerts. There's little or no time for rehearsal, and performers often put on concerts that don't require much rehearsal. Part of the reason for this is that Festivals often exist on shoe string budgets.
This won't be the case for Madama Butterfly http://www.youtube.com/user/voiceafire#p/a/u/2/9jbhpovMlB8
We'll be having extra rehearsals on our own. Karen Wood will be our director. We have great singers, a great actor in Colin Fox, and terrific players. It will be a wonderful show. Hope the audience appreciates what it's getting! In any event it represents exposure,something that may lead to other gigs. And that's why people perform at Festivals.
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