Announcing our 2022 Resident Artists!

Written By Tong Wang

It is with great joy that we announce our residents for the pilot season of the Windwood Music Festival!

Aaron Chan (he/him), violin

Liana Branscome (she/her), violin

Troy Stephenson (he/him), viola

Mairéad Flory (she/her), cello

Chris Soong (he/him), piano

Annie Kwok (she/her), piano and logistical director

This phenomenal group of people are taking this leap of faith with Tong and I, trusting in our vision while bringing their own incredible creative spirits to the mix. We could not be more excited to welcome them to Airdrie and to welcome you, our wonderful community, to what is shaping up to be a truly incredible experience. Please join us in welcoming the inaugural residents!

https://windwoodfestival.com/2022residents

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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