Opening Night: Duo Concertante - At Water’s Edge WORLD PREMIERE
2026-06-22 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
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.
Duo Concertante brings this world premiere to life alongside other works inspired by homelands: de Falla’s Suite populaire espagnole, Janáček’s Sonata for violin and piano, and Stravinsky’s Danse Russe.
A post concert chat will be held following the performance

Young Artist Masterclass with Violaine Melançon
2026-06-23 14:00 - 17:00 | Suncor Recital Hall
More than a lesson, a masterclass offers a rare window into the craft of music-making, revealing how great artists shape sound, style, and expression. Join violinist Violaine Melançon as she works with our Young Artists in the first masterclass of the season.
Our masterclasses are free and open to the public.

Young Artist Lunchtime Concert
2026-06-24 12:30 - 13:30, 2026-07-02 12:30 - 13:30 | Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 16 Church Hill, St John's, NL, NL A1B 4J9, Canada
The Tuckamore Festival Young Artists demonstrate their artistry in solo and chamber settings on our midday recital series in this majestic and historic church. Admission by donation.

Young Artist Masterclass with Angela Pickett
2026-06-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Suncor Recital Hall
Tuckamore Young Artists perform and explore solo and chamber music repertoire with Newfoundland-born, NYC-based violist, Angela Pickett. Whether you’re a musician or simply a music lover, you’ll gain new appreciation for the artistry behind every note.
Our masterclasses are free and open to the public.

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.
Pianist Louise Bessette, violinist Mark Djokic, and cellist Chloé Dominguez transport the audience to Buenos Aires through the tango-infused works of Astor Piazzolla. Following the evolution of the artform which introduced the tango to audiences world-wide, this performance will immerse the listener in a fusion of classical music and Argentinian folk tradition.

Adaptive Concert with PORT OF CALL: BUENOS AIRES
2026-06-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Suncor Hall, Canada
Trio Bessette-Djokic-Dominguez bring us a tango-infused program is sure to engage and delight!
Our Adaptive Concert is designed with those who have sensitivities and exceptionalities in mind, including autistic and neurodivergent kids and adults, those living with dementia, or anyone for whom the traditional concert setting can be uncomfortable or unwelcoming. In this concert, lights will be dimmed only slightly, a visual display will be woven through the performance, and shorter performance selections will be chosen from larger works. Audience members will be free to move as needed throughout the performance and floor seating is available.
While some sensory tools may be provided, please feel free to bring your own, as well as headphones to dampen the sound if desired. We look forward to welcoming you to the concert and hope everyone will be able to enjoy the performance!
Open to everyone and free of charge. Register HERE.

Young Artist Lunchtime Recital
2026-06-25 12:30 - 13:30 | Newfoundland and Labrador

Late Night: No Treble!
2026-06-25 21:00 - 22:00 | Bannerman Brewing Co, 90 Duckworth St., St. John's, NL, A1C 1E7, Canada
An intimate evening of colourful, dramatic works which magnify the warm, expressive sonorities of the viola and cello – all by themselves!
Kate Read and Tuckamore alumna and frequest guest artist Heather Tuach present an eclectic program featuring a world premiere of St John’s based composer Stacey Brown’s “One Year On”, as well as music by Peter Schickele (aka PDQ Bach), Rebecca Clarke, Witold Lutoslawski, and Robert Humber, a Tuckamore Young Artist Composer alumni and winner of the SOCAN’s Young Composer competition.

Open Rehearsal
2026-06-26 14:00 - 15:30 | D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University of Newfoundland - School of Music, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7, Canada
Open rehearsals invite audiences into the rehearsal room, offering a unique opportunity to witness how musicians explore, discuss, and refine a work before it reaches the concert stage. An engaging experience for seasoned concertgoers and curious newcomers alike.

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.
On the Program

Stephens: Dancing and Spinning
Shaw: Entr’act (2011)
Turina: Piano Quartet
– Intermission –
Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81

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.

Community Masterclasses with the Tuckamore Faculty
2026-06-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Newfoundland and Labrador
An opportunity to learn, perform, and be inspired! Tuckamore Festival faculty, violinist Nancy Dahn, cellist Vernon Regehr, and pianist Timothy Steeves, welcome local musicians studying at the intermediate level or above to participate in our free community masterclasses! Enjoy a chance to perform and gain valuable feedback in a supportive masterclass environment designed to encourage growth, confidence, and artistic exploration.
Register HERE for your opportunity to play!

Community Sight Reading
2026-06-28 16:00 - 17:30 | Newfoundland and Labrador
Join fellow musicians for an afternoon of musical exploration. Our Community Sight Reading session invites players to gather, read through great music together, and experience the joy of collaborative music-making in a relaxed and welcoming environment.
If you have an intermediate (or higher) level of playing and want to play some chamber music with like-minded players, please fill out the interest form, and tell us a bit about your playing level, instrument, and experience. We will be using various rooms at the School of Music and will have some excellent sight readers on hand to lend support where needed! Come make music together!
Please find the interest form HERE. Be sure to submit no later than June 23rd in order to allow us time to have organise groups and have music ready.
Please note: This event is for participants only.

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
Pianist Jon Kimura Parker is known for his charisma, enthusiasm, and dynamic performances. A veteran of the international concert stage, he has performed regularly in the Berlin Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, London’s South Bank, the Sydney Opera House, and the Beijing Concert Hall. He is the Creative Partner of the Minnesota Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Honens International Piano Competition, and Artistic Advisor for the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival.
A collaborator in a wide variety of styles, Jon Kimura Parker has performed with Doc Severinsen, Audra McDonald, Bobby McFerrin, Pablo Ziegler, and Sanjaya Malakar. As a founding member of Off the Score, he also performed with Stewart Copeland – the legendary drummer of The Police – for the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival’s 20th Anniversary Season, featuring his own arrangements of music by Prokofiev, Ravel and Stravinsky. He has accompanied Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham, and Luca Pisaroni in recital.
A committed educator, Mr. Parker is Professor of Piano at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He has also lectured at The Juilliard School, and given master classes at Yale.
Join us as we welcome world renowned pianist – and audience favourite – Jon Kimura Parker to the stage!

On the Program
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 9 in D Major, K.V. 311
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
– Intermission –
Liszt: Years of Pilgrimage: Italy
del Patrarca: Sonetto 104
Ravel: Jeux d’eau
Americana! – selections from Chick Corea, Alexina Louis, John Adams, Oscar Peterson

Young Artist Masterclass with Jon Kimura Parker
2026-06-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Newfoundland and Labrador
Witness musical transformation in real time as our talented Young Artists work with Jon Kimura Parker, one of today’s leading performers and teachers.
Our masterclasses are free and open to the public.

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
Singer Matthew Byrne and storyteller Dave Paddon share a love of exploring people and places in Newfoundland and Labrador through their work, and delving into their own family histories through songs and recitations.

Young Artist Masterclass with Brentano Quartet
2026-07-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Newfoundland and Labrador
An extraordinary opportunity to observe the refinement of artistry, from the smallest technical detail to the deepest musical insight. In this final masterclass of the season, we invite you to sit back and watch it all happen as the members of Brentano Quartet work with each of our Young Artist Ensembles.
Our masterclasses are free and open to the public.

Young Artist Lunchtime Concert
2026-07-01 12:30 - 13:30 | Newfoundland and Labrador

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
SOLD OUT!
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.

Children's Concert with Brentano Quartet
2026-07-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Newfoundland and Labrador
Bring the whole family to the beautiful atrium of The Rooms for a joyful introduction to chamber music. This special children’s concert invites young listeners to explore the sounds of a string quartet in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. Perfect for first-time concertgoers and music-loving families alike.

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
With a career spanning over three decades, the Brentano Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. The New York Times extols its “luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism; and the Times (London) hails their “wonderful, selfless music-making.” Known for its unique sensibility, probing interpretive style, and original programming, the Quartet has performed across five continents in the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals, thus establishing itself as one of the world’s preeminent ensembles.
Formed in 1992, The Brentano Quartet has received numerous accolades, including, in 1995, the prestigious Naumburg and Cleveland Quartet Awards. They have been privileged to collaborate with such artists as soprano Jessye Norman and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, as well as pianists Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss. The Quartet’s notable recordings include Beethoven’s Quartet, Op. 131 (Aeon) which was featured in the 2012 film “A Late Quartet,” starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Christopher Walken, and a 2017 live album with Joyce DiDonato, “Into the Fire—Live from Wigmore Hall” (Warner.) Their most recent release features the K. 428 and K. 465 (“Dissonance”) Quartets of Mozart for the Azica label.
Dedicated and highly sought after as educators, the Quartet has served as Artists-in-Residence at the Yale School of Music for the past decade. They also lead the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and appear regularly at the Taos School of Music. Previously, the Quartet served for fifteen years as Ensemble-in-Residence at Princeton University.
The Quartet is named for Antonie Brentano, whom many scholars consider to be Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved,” the intended recipient of his famous love confession.

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).

Young Artists in Brigus
2026-07-04 15:00 - 16:30 | St. George’s Heritage Church, 37 Middle Ridge, Brigus, NL, A0A 1K0, Canada
Tuckamore Festival returns to Brigus! Our 2026 Young Artists bring their talents to this scenic community, located an hour outside St. John’s. Join us for a concert in the treasured St. George’s Heritage Church, Brigus.
Admission by Donation

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
Which childhood moments determine the adults we become? At age 9, composer Johannes Brahms was not yet the living successor to Mozart and Beethoven. He was just a very creative child whose parents very nearly sent him to America for a touring life of carnivals and minstrel shows. Who would this American Brahms have become, and what would the world, and the other Brahms have thought of him? With glorious music from a tremendous cast of players, Tom Allen brings us to 1880s Vienna for a chance meeting between the life that was, and the life that could have been.
Born in Montreal, Tom Allen is a passionate music lover, storyteller, accomplished trombonist, writer and CBC broadcaster. He written three books, been a Resident Artist with Soulpepper Theatre, delivered storytelling workshops at various University music programs and at the Banff Centre, been named an honourary Doctor of Letters by Thompson Rivers University, and hosted countless concerts across the country. He has also written a series of cabaret storytelling shows, entitled Chamber Musicals, including From Weimar to Vaudeville, The Missing Pages, A Poe Cabaret, Being Lost and JS Bach’s Long Walk in the Snow. Brahms in New York is the latest in this series.
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

Tuckamore Travels: 2026 Young Artist Trio Tour
2026-07-06 - 2026-07-08 | Newfoundland and Labrador
Each year, one talented trio is given the opportunity to tour part of our province in the days immediately following the festival. This year, violinist Nadine Berthiaume, cellist Julian Lee De Vita, and pianist Tina Hsieh will give performances in Pouch Cove, Cupids, Avondale, and Port Rexton. Join them along the tour as they present Schubert’s Piano Trio No.2 in E-flat, a new work by the Tuckamore Young Artist composer Judah Williams’ Biophilic, and many others!
Concert Tour Venues & Ticket Links
* All concerts Admission by Donation; Registration required for July 7th
July 6: Pop-Up Performance – Tiffany Village, St. John’s (residents only)
July 6: James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove – 7:00pm
July 7: Cupids Legacy Centre, Cupids – 2:30pm
July 7: Home of David & Karen Hood, Avondale – 7:00pm REGISTRATON REQUIRED
July 8: Fishers’ Loft Inn, Port Rexton – 1:00pm
The festival gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the Perlin Family Trust in making this tour possible.

Tuckamore Travels: Duo Concertante - Of This Place
2026-07-08 - 2026-07-11 | Newfoundland and Labrador
Duo Concertante, the JUNO award-winning team of violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves, present Of this Place, a program of exciting and provocative music reflecting cultures, homelands and communities from around the world. The concert includes Tilting: At Water’s Edge which was inspired by Fogo Island and its residents, written by Melissa Hui and Duncan Major.
On the Program
Dvořák: Four Romantic Pieces, op. 75
Stravinsky: Danse russe
de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole
Maier: Sonata in B minor for Violin and Piano
-Intermission–
Hui/Major: Tilting: At Water’s Edge (2026)
Kelland arr. Strachen: Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary’s (1947)
Smetana: From My Homeland

Tour Dates and Ticketing Links
July 8: Beaches Theatre and Gallery, Eastport (TICKETS HERE)
July 9: Memorial United Church, Grand Falls-Windsor (TICKETS HERE)
July 10: Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook (TICKETS HERE)
July 11: Garrick Theatre, Bonavista (TICKETS HERE)
