The Edmonton Chamber Music Society brings the world's finest chamber ensembles to Edmonton. Single tickets are available on a per concert basis but buying by the series offers considerable savings.

News & Updates

2008-09 Season

The Gryphon Trio - Saturday, September 20, 2008

“…the Gryphon Trio…is one of the best ensembles of its kind in the world….”
The Globe and Mail

The St. Lawrence String Quartet - Saturday, October 4, 2008
with Marina Hoover, cello and Barry Shiffman, violin

“…the concert was vintage SLSQ: visceral and passionate, yet rooted in a ferocious attention to the details of the score.”
The Globe and Mail

The Theatre of Early Music - Saturday, October 11, 2008
Daniel Taylor, Artistic Director, with Emma Kirkby, soprano

“In the world of baroque music no two individuals more deserve the label ‘superstar’ than countertenor Daniel Taylor and the great English soprano Emma Kirkby.”
Ottawa Citizen

The St. Petersburg String Quartet - Saturday, November 1, 2008

“You might think that discipline, passion and impetuousness inhabit different universes, but the St. Petersburg String Quartet has morphed the three into a powerful musical persona.”
The Washington Post

Arion Baroque Orchestra - Saturday, February 14, 2009
Jaap ter Linden, guest conductor
with Matthew White, counter-tenor

“The Montreal-based Arion has grown from a respectable quartet to a first-rate baroque orchestra….the Netherland’s Jaap ter Linden conducts the orchestra in ebullient, soulful performances….
The National Post

Raphael Wallfisch, cello - Monday, March 9, 2009
with Janet Scott Hoyt, piano

Presented with the Department of Music, University of Alberta
“…Raphael Wallfisch showed the best kind of star quality. Melody spoke out with deceptive ease, never striving yet brimming with quiet rhetoric.”
Irish Times

James Ehnes, violin - Tuesday, March 24, 2009
with Andrew Russo, piano

Presented with the Edmonton Recital Society
“…James Ehnes seems set to become one of classical music’s biggest names…. He produces a simply gorgeous palette of timbres…”
London Times