Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival

Juilliard String Quartet
2026-03-23 19:30 - 21:00 (America/St_Johns) | D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University of Newfoundland - School of Music, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7, Canada
Come hear the Juilliard String Quartet in concert!
Founded in 1946 and hailed by The Boston Globe as “the most important American quartet in history,” come experience this unparalleled quartet in their Newfoundland debut!
The Juilliard String Quartet

FREE Season Launch Concert with Duo Concertante
2026-05-08 19:00 - 21:00 | St. Andrews Presbyterian “The Kirk”, Queens Rd, Long's Hill, St. John's, NL, A1C 2B1, Canada
The Tuckamore Festival’s award-winning artistic directors, Nancy Dahn and Timothy Steeves of Duo Concertante, launch the 2026 season with a free concert at “The Kirk” (St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church)

May 8th will also mark the launch of our 2026 season ticket sales. Please see our Events page for more information on all of our ticketed events happening this summer.

On the Program
Dvořák: Four Romantic Pieces, op. 75
Ramirez: Iridescence (2023)
Brahms: Sonata in A major for violin and piano, op. 100
Kelland, arr. Strachen: Let Me Fish Off Cape St Mary’s Smetana: From My Homeland

Season Launch Concert with Duo Concertante
2026-05-08 19:00 - 22:00 | The Kirk, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Our award-winning artistic directors Nancy Dahn and Timothy Steeves are launching the 2026 season with our annual free presentation!
Tickets also on sale Friday, May 8th. Check out our events listing for more information on all our ticketed events happening this season.
On the Program:
Four Romantic Pieces, op. 75, Antonin Dvořák
Iridescence (2023), Luis Ramirez
Sonata in A major for violin and piano, op. 100, Johannes Brahms

Allegro amabile
Andante tranquillo-Vivace
Allegretto grazioso quasi Andante

Let Me Fish Off Cape St Mary’s, Otto Kelland arr. Duncan Strachen
From My Homeland, Bedrich Smetana

Prelude Concert with Duo Perpetuo
2026-06-18 12:30 - 22:30 | Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 16 Church Hill, St John's, NL, NL A1B 4J9, Canada

Pop Up concert with Tuckamore faculty and alumni
2026-06-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Diamond Design Churchill Square, Canada

Tuckamore Talk with Joe Argentino
2026-06-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Bannerman Brewing Company, 90 Duckworth St, St John's, NL, A1C 1E7, Canada

Opening Night: Duo Concertante - At Water’s Edge WORLD PREMIERE
2026-06-22 19:30 - 21:00 | D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University of Newfoundland - School of Music, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7, Canada
In the late-1980’s, Robert Mellin was a young architect researching the construction of houses, wharves and sheds in Tilting, Fogo Island, NL. The drawings, photos and interviews he compiled into an acclaimed book are now re-imagined by Duncan Major and Melissa Hui in Tilting: At Water’s Edge as an audiovisual journey featuring original music, animation, and stories told by Tilting’s own residents.
With works inspired by other homelands by Janacek, da Falla, and Stravinsky.

Port of Call: BUENOS AIRES
2026-06-24 19:30 - 21:00 | D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University of Newfoundland - School of Music, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7, Canada
An evening of Astor Piazzolla’s sultry and sophisticated piano trio music with its roots in Argentinian tango.
Marc Djokic, violin; Chloé Dominguez, cello; Louise Bessette, piano

Adaptive Concert with PORT OF CALL: BUENOS AIRES
2026-06-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Suncor Hall, Canada
This trio of Louise Bessette, piano, Marc Djokic, violin, Chloé Dominguez, cello brings the colourful music of Astor Piazzolla to those with sensory sensitivities and exceptionalities, including autistic and neurodivergent kids and adults.

Late Night: No Treble!
2026-06-25 21:00 - 22:00 | Bannerman Brewing Co, 90 Duckworth St., St. John's, NL, A1C 1E7, Canada
Heather Tuach and Kate Read team up in an eclectic and rousing program including a new work by Tuckamore alum and rising star composer, Corner Brook’s Robert Humber, and the world premiere of St John’s based composer Stacey Brown’s One Year On for solo viola.

Fire, Fury, and Folklore
2026-06-26 19:30 - 22:00 | D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University of Newfoundland - School of Music, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7, Canada
Guest artists Violaine Melancon, violin, and Angela Pickett, viola, join Tuckamore Faculty in this magical and dramatic evening of chamber music by Turina, Marcus Barcham Stephens, Caroline Shaw, culminating in Dvorak’s beloved Piano Quintet.

Meet the Composers and Young Artists at Play
2026-06-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Suncor Energy Hall, Memorial University of Newfoundland - School of Music, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7, Canada
Audiences are treated to an introduction of the Young Composers new works for piano trio, followed by their world-premiere performances by our Young Artist performers.

Jon Kimura Parker, piano
2026-06-28 19:30 - 21:00 | D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University of Newfoundland - School of Music, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7, Canada
Join us as we welcome world renowned pianist – and audience favourite – Jon Kimura Parker to the stage for a program of Beethoven, Ravel, and Chopin.

Late Night: Of This Place
2026-06-30 21:00 - 22:00 | The LSPU Hall, Resource Centre for the Arts, 3 Victoria St., St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1C 3V2, Canada
“Stories and recitations of the hard and the easy.”
A Newfoundland centred evening of ballads, readings and storytelling with Matthew Byrne and Dave Paddon.

Brentano String Quartet in Admiral’s Cove
2026-07-01 19:00 - 20:30 | The Old Church in Admiral’s Cove, Admiral's Cove Rd, Cape Broyle, NL, A0A 1P0, Canada
Join one of the world’s finest string quartets amid the scenic beauty and excellent acoustics of The Old Church.
Please note, this concert is not included with your Festival Pass.

Brentano String Quartet in Concert
2026-07-02 19:30 - 22:00 | First Light Centre for Performance and Creativity, 81 Cochrane St., St. John's, NL, A1C 3L7, Canada
One of the world’s finest quartets returns to Tuckamore in a program by the father of the string quartet and his trailblazing and luminary student: Haydn and Beethoven.

Masterpieces and Milestones: Brentano String Quartet and Tuckamore Faculty
2026-07-03 19:30 - 22:00 | D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University of Newfoundland - School of Music, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7, Canada
Two genre defying works from the middle periods of Shostakovich (the deeply affecting Trio in E minor) and Beethoven (the daring and dazzling String Quartet op. 59 no 1).

Tom Allen: Brahms in New York
2026-07-04 19:30 - 21:00 | The Majestic Theatre, 390 Duckworth Street, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1C 1H8, Canada
Exploring the real and imaginary lives of Johannes Brahms through stories and music. Featuring narrator Tom Allen with Deantha Edmunds, soprano, Heather Kao, violin, Lori Gemmell, harp, Bill Brennan, piano, and Jim Vivian, bass.
This show is included in the Festival Pass.

Festival Finale with Tuckamore Young Artists
2026-07-05 19:30 - 21:00 | D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University of Newfoundland - School of Music, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7, Canada
We celebrate our Young Artists with the final performance of the festival
