We’re Back! Announcing the official Season One of WMF, August 13-27, 2023!

Written By Tong Wang

We promised.

And we keep our promises.

Mark your calendars. The Windwood Music Festival will be back for its official FIRST SEASON from August 13 to August 27, 2023!!!

You’ll find us again at the Nose Creek Amphitheater, Jensen Park, breweries, cafes, and who knows what other surprising locations we have in store for you! Here’s a sneak preview of our MainStage Series events:

Week 1

Friday, August 18, 7 p.m. Opening Concert by Duo Perdendosi at Nose Creek Park Amphitheatre (outdoor)

Sunday, August 20, 2 p.m. Resident Artists Chamber Music Concert and Community BBQ at Nose Creek Park (outdoor)

Week 2

Wednesday, August 23, 5 p.m. Renaissance Fair and String Quartet Concert at Jensen Park (outdoor)

Friday, August 25, 7 p.m. Music Chairs Concert  at Chinook Winds Park (outdoor)

Saturday, August 26, 1 p.m. Closing Concert at Daybreak Church (indoor)

Saturday, August 26, 8 p.m. Salon Concert at the Windwood Residence House  (indoor)

And there shall be many more created by our brilliant 2023 Residents*!

*If you’re a performing artist (strings, piano) with a strong interest in creative concert programming, community engagement, art as activism, or just joy, growth, celebratory teamwork, friendship, heartfelt chamber music making, and delicious homemade feasts - this is the place for you!

Check out all the special, silly, endearing moments from our pilot season here!

Apply HERE now for the WMF Residency from August 13 - 27, 2023 (two weeks).

We look forward to hearing from you - artists, supporters, friends, family, old and new, SEE YOU SOON! <3

All our relations,

Xoxo

The WMF Team

Tong Wang

Tong Wang is a Canadian artist leading innovative initiatives across areas of performance, research, and community engagement. Her projects explore the role of art in relation to identity, culture, and current social-political issues. As a soloist and chamber musician, Tong has performed with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, and ensembles across North America and Europe. As a multidisciplinary artist, she has written the libretto of a new opera, “Labyrinth of Tears”, funded by the Canada Council, FRQSC, and SSHRC, participated in the Napoule Arts Foundation Residency in France, and published an award-winning photo-essay in the literary magazine Carte Blanche. Her other projects include the creative performances “Song of Praise”, “Ghiblilane”, “Once Upon a Pumpkin”, and research on the aesthetic of “cuteness” in popular and classical music. Tong recently toured a recital on multiculturalism, “我们Us” in Lunenburg, Montreal, Basel, and presented the interactive concerts “We’re Not Really Strangers” and “My Neighbours Totoro and Claude!” at the Verbier Festival. In 2022, Tong launched the Windwood Music Festival in Airdrie, Alberta to engage with and support rural farming communities through classical chamber music. In 2023, Tong will be touring with Duo Perdendosi across eastern US & Canada, as well as with Duo Incarnadine in Turkey and China to premiere a new commission by Alice Ho, Four Impressions of China. Using diverse mediums, Tong aims to share the power of art to reach across time, languages, borders, and cultures to connect people and kindle a shared understanding.

https://tong-wang.com
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