Musique Royale

06/17/2026

🌞 Looking for a concert that will leave you smiling?

Musique Royale invites you to Here Comes the Sun, featuring Montreal's award-winning ArtChoral vocal quartet.

With nothing but four remarkable voices, the ensemble weaves together music from the Renaissance, Baroque, and modern eras, culminating in a joyful selection of favourites by The Beatles.

Whether you're a lifelong classical music lover or simply enjoy beautiful singing, this uplifting program promises an evening of warmth, harmony, and musical discovery.

📅 June 25–28 in Iona, Sherbrooke, River John, Wolfville, Blue Rocks | Part of Musique Royale's 41st Summer Festival.

Musique Royale is an organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, dedicated to promoting traditional and early music in historic venues throughout the province. Since its founding in 1985, Musique Royale has continued to celebrate venues of architectural and historic significance, and bring world-c...

06/17/2026

Join Musique Royale for Here Comes the Sun, an inspiring performance by the acclaimed ArtChoral vocal quartet.

From luminous Renaissance polyphony and expressive Baroque gems to beloved songs by The Beatles, this a ca****la program showcases the extraordinary colour and intimacy of the human voice.

Winner of the PRIX OPUS Musical Event of the Year, ArtChoral brings together internationally recognized artists in a concert that is both inspired and accessible.

ArtChoral is on tour June 25-28 in Iona, Sherbrooke, River John, Wolfville, and Blue Rocks as part of Musique Royale's 41st Summer Festival.

Musique Royale is an organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, dedicated to promoting traditional and early music in historic venues throughout the province. Since its founding in 1985, Musique Royale has continued to celebrate venues of architectural and historic significance, and bring world-c...

06/17/2026

☀️ Here Comes the Sun with ArtChoral ☀️

This June, Musique Royale welcomes the award-winning ArtChoral vocal quartet for a special tour across Nova Scotia as part of its 41st Summer Festival.

Experience the beauty of four unaccompanied voices in a program traversing Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces to radiant favourites by The The Beatles, celebrating the joy of singing together.

Recipient of the PRIX OPUS Musical Event of the Year, ArtChoral is the resident vocal quartet of Montreal's iconic Le 9e Grande Salle and has performed for audiences in every Canadian province and territory.

📍 June 25–28 in Iona, Sherbrooke, River John, Wolfville, and Blue Rocks.

Musique Royale is an organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, dedicated to promoting traditional and early music in historic venues throughout the province. Since its founding in 1985, Musique Royale has continued to celebrate venues of architectural and historic significance, and bring world-c...

06/17/2026

Musique Royale welcomes the award-winning ArtChoral vocal quartet from June 25th to 28th, as part of its 41st Summer Festival. ArtChoral has provided outstanding choral music to cities and communities in all 10 Canadian provinces and 3 territories.

The upcoming touring program entitled “Here comes the sun” invites audiences to bask in the harmonies of professional a capella singing with gems spanning from the renaissance and baroque eras into present time, including a collection the quartet's favourite songs by the Beatles.

Recipient of the PRIX OPUS Musical Event of the Year, ArtChoral is a professional vocal ensemble steeped in the grand tradition of choral music in Quebec. The touring vocal quartet is in residence at Montreal’s magnificent Art Deco concert hall, Le 9e Grande Salle.

Concerts take place at historic venues in Iona, Sherbrooke, River John, Wolfville and Blue Rocks.

Janelle Lucyk, soprano, has "an angelic voice. Her expressiveness is beyond words."
Rosalie Lane Lépine, mezzo-soprano, is hailed for her “rare perfection of style and spirit” (Christophe Huss, Le Devoir)
Kerry Bursey, tenor, described as a “mega musical talent” (NRC, Netherlands), with a voice of “sweet troubadour-like reverie” – Ôlyrix, France
William Kraushaar, bass, described as “a revelation thanks to his charisma and his powerful, impressive voice”.

Musique Royale is an organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, dedicated to promoting traditional and early music in historic venues throughout the province. Since its founding in 1985, Musique Royale has continued to celebrate venues of architectural and historic significance, and bring world-c...

06/01/2026

This weekend, Musique Royale presents three unique concerts in Lunenburg:

On Saturday at 2 pm is the final Cookie Concert at the Lunenburg School of the Arts before summer break, "Sketches and Sound", with Graphic Scores from young students at Bridgewater Elementary, interpreted by Nicola Miller, saxophone; Tim Crofts, keyboard; Erin Donovan, percussion and Pete Johnston, bass.

Just a few hours later, at 4pm, three Nova Scotian groups (Nova Voce, Tuesday Night Band and the Cantabile Singers of Truro) come together to perform Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert, featuring soprano Frances Farrell at St John's Anglican Church.

Then, on Sunday at 2 pm, keyboardist Tom Richards will perform with bassist Nicholas D'Amato and drummer Mark Adam. This will be an outdoor concert at the Lightship Brewery, overlooking a gorgeous view of the Lunenburg Harbour. Come join us for the music!

05/30/2026

Musique Royale invites you to enjoy an outdoor concert at the Lightship Brewery in Lunenburg by the fantastic Tom Richards Trio. The concert will take us on a cinematic journey through vibrant landscapes, weaving stories of turmoil, love, and redemption. Instrumental music which spans genres such as jazz, cinematic, groove, and minimalist. Every performance includes a special twist - an immersive audience-outreach component where Tom leads a discussion about the music. For the concert on Saturday June 7, Tom is joined by two fantastic performers, bassist Nicholas D'Amato, and drummer Mark Adam. Don't miss this beautiful concert overlooking the scenic view of Lunenburg Harbour!

🗓 Sunday June 7 at 2 pm
📍 Lightship Brewery, 93 Tannery Rd, Lunenburg
🎟 Admission: $30 at the door, $25 advanced rate, youth free
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About Tom Richards - Tom Richards presents a kaleidoscopic world of music through his piano trio. Inspired by artists like Bill Frisell and Khruangbin, TRT takes down-tempo grooves and explodes them into fragments that dance and interweave. Through-composed melodies dissolve into dreamlike landscapes as Nic D’Amato (bass) and Mark Adam (drums) steer the ship over the horizon.

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Tom Richards performs with dozens of projects, including The Human Rights, Jah’Mila, and Many Worlds. In 2025, Tom released Monophilia, a triptych of mono records presented as an interactive art installation and custom web app.

Tom has appeared on well over 100 albums, and has recorded and performed with countless artists, including The Australian Art Orchestra, Ben Caplan, Bruno Capinan, Dan Mangan, David Braid, Do Make Say Think, Friendly Rich, Gregory Stafford, The Heavyweights Brass Band, The Hidden Cameras, Kairo McLean, Kevin Breit, The Massey Hall Band, Mats Gustafsson, Rheostatics, Ron Sexmith, Roscoe Mitchell, Spoon, and The Wooden Sky.

Musique Royale is an organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, dedicated to promoting traditional and early music in historic venues throughout the province. Since its founding in 1985, Musique Royale has continued to celebrate venues of architectural and historic significance, and bring world-c...

05/30/2026

Hear one of the 20th century’s most visionary musical statements - where jazz meets the sacred, through community voices coming together in sound. Composed in the final decade of Duke Ellington’s life, his Sacred Concerts represent what he called “the most important thing I have done.” Designed for choir, soloists, and instrumental ensemble, these works fuse jazz, gospel, blues, and classical traditions into a vibrant and deeply human musical language. The Sacred Concerts move seamlessly from intimate prayer to exuberant celebration.

The concert features soprano soloist Frances Farrell, and is a collaboration of Nova Scotia ensembles, including Nova Voce (Nova Scotia’s Provincial Men’s Choir), Truro Cantabile Singers, and the Tuesday Night Band, bringing together professional and community musicians in a large-scale choral-jazz setting. The performance at historic St John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg takes place on Saturday June 6 at 4 pm, and will reflect the spirit of Ellington’s original performances, presented often in cathedrals and uniting audiences across backgrounds.

🗓 Saturday June 6 at 4 pm
📍 St John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg
🎟 Admission: $30 at the door, $25 advanced rate, youth free
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Musique Royale is an organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, dedicated to promoting traditional and early music in historic venues throughout the province. Since its founding in 1985, Musique Royale has continued to celebrate venues of architectural and historic significance, and bring world-c...

05/30/2026

On Saturday June 6 at 2 pm, join Musique Royale at the Lunenburg School of the Arts for our final Cookie Concert before summer break, "Sketches and Sound". For this unique concert, young students in Grades 2 to 4 at Bridgewater Elementary School have drawn Graphic Scores that will be interpreted by the four featured musicians, Nicola Miller, saxophone; Tim Crofts, keys; Erin Donovan, percussion; and Pete Johnston, bass. The program will feature interpretations of these Graphic Scores along with other standard repertoire. Cookies are served following the hourlong concert, and all ages are welcome!

🗓 Saturday June 6 at 2 pm
📍 Lunenburg School of the Arts, Lunenburg
🎟 Admission: $10 at the door, youth free
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Musique Royale is an organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, dedicated to promoting traditional and early music in historic venues throughout the province. Since its founding in 1985, Musique Royale has continued to celebrate venues of architectural and historic significance, and bring world-c...

05/13/2026

Jessica Pearson and the East Wind is a female folk Canadiana trio from Ottawa. The trio performs this Friday May 15 at 7 pm, at the Lunenburg School of the Arts.

With haunting three-part harmonies, the trio will bind you in a timeless folkloric spell. Alchemizing roots, classic country, Americana and Celtic soundscapes, the trio spin tales of outlaw heroics, matriarchal power, resistance and resilience, and the unrelenting beauty of becoming who you are. “Song of the Year” winners in 2021, and nominated for “Performer of the Year” at Folk Music Ontario Awards 2024, they’re touring the East Coast in May with their new EP titled “Wilding Part 1”.

Tickets: musiqueroyale.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9joSmIycJ7A

Recorded at: Motel ChelseaTitle: Far From St John'sArtist: Jessica Pearson and the East WindAlbum: LIVE from Motel ChelseaLabel: Willow Sound RecordsLyrics:B...

05/04/2026

Musique Royale invites the audiences to the beautiful St John’s Anglican Church on Bell Island on Saturday May 9 at 3 pm to hear the Daniel MacNeil’s jazz quartet. Featuring guitarist Daniel MacNeil, joined by Chris Mitchell, saxophone; Tom Easley, double bass; and Nick Halley, drums, the quartet represents some of the most versatile musicians in Nova Scotia. The concert will mix original works with improvisations, jazz repertoire, and classical traditions from around the world. Don’t miss it!

🗓 Saturday May 9 at 3 pm
📍 St John's Anglican Church, 388 LaHave Islands Road, Bell Island
🎟 $25 advance, $30 at the door, youth free
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