Guest Artist Series

Performing together for many years in Folk and Bossa Nova projects, Ana Luísa Ramos and Eric Taylor Escudero have created a repertoire with the best of the two worlds.  

An evening of song with Canada’s fiery mezzo-soprano, joined at the piano by one of our nation’s most respected chamber pianists. Followed by a post-concert artist chat moderated by Annie Corrigan.

An all-star celebration of female composers and the women behind the music with Julie Nesrallah, Robert Kortgaard, Heather Tuach, Heather Kao, Kate Read, Patrick Cashin and Michelle Cheramy.

We are kicking off the 2023 Tuckamore Festival with the premiere of a brand new work, Taking on Water, featuring actors Robert Chafe and Louise Moyes, alongside Tuckamore Festival Artistic Directors Nancy Dahn and Timothy Steeves. In the fall of 2021 playwright Robert Chafe set out on an interview tour of eastern Newfoundland, asking residents... Read More

This enchanting new group formed from a simple need to make and share music with others during the pandemic shutdown. The Overlook has a mission to create a more representative and relevant musical practice. Join this fresh new group for an evening of incredible ‘overlooked’ repertoire.   Out of the Dark        ... Read More

Guest faculty Amadi Azikiwe, Erika Raum, and The Overlook join our Tuckamore Faculty for a diverse evening of music, including tunes by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and recent JUNO award-winning Bekah Simms.  Followed by a post-concert artist chat moderated by Annie Corrigan. Blues for Solo Viola                  ... Read More

This multiple Grammy award-winning quartet brings their exceptional virtuosity and exuberant performance style to the beautiful First Light Centre for Performance and Creativity in downtown St. John's. String Quartet No. 1 in G Major                                           ... Read More

An additional performance of the Quartet's August 14 program in this intimate renovated church on the Southern Shore. 

This concert will feature two great chamber works from the Tuckamore Faculty and the Pacifica Quartet. The evening begins with the intense Piano Trio in G minor by Clara Schumann, and for the second half of the show, the Pacifica Quartet will present Dvořák’s ‘American’ Quartet No. 12 in F major. Followed by a post-concert... Read More

Starry Night is the SHHH!!! Ensemble’s dreamscape of enchanting and unexpected sounds inspired by the night sky. Interspersed throughout the performance, astrophysicist Hilding Neilson contributes thoughts on the wonders of universe, star formation, and creation of the solar system.  You’ll hear moonlit rituals, works influenced by sleep/dream theory and music inspired by the United Nations... Read More

Canadian virtuoso, Marc-André Hamelin, known worldwide for his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship and brilliant technique, presents a solo recital here in St. John’s.   Second Piano Sonata (‘Concord, Massachusetts, 1840-1860’)       Charles Ives - - - intermission- - - Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), op.82                     ... Read More