![]() ![]() Canada Heritage Council and the British Columbia Arts Council, for example, will be sending representatives. The festival has been going for around five years now and some noted organizations have expressed interest in the festival. When they get here, they find out differently,” she said. “People think that if you come from a larger city you might be a very good level professional player, but if you come from the sticks they don’t have the same expectation. “We have such a vibrant place of arts and culture musicians from Vancouver and Victoria are just blown away,” she said.Īccording to Dykstra, she feels that it’s amazing and it’s like turning things upsidedown. 10-12, feels that the event will bring high-quality classical music to the North through it’s workshops, concerts and recitals.ĭykstra, who hails from Smithers, is an internationally renowned professional violist and violinist whose love of music has led to the development of the festival. Roxi Dykstra, artistic director and festival coordinator of this year’s Spirit of the North Classical Music Festival in Smithers Aug. That might not be an exact quote but sums up the feelings and philosophy of one of Smithers accomplished musicians in the classical field. The festival is not a parade of stars, though there are stars in abundance, and on both sides of the stage, the stream of concerts lifts and invigorates the spirit drawing people back year after year.Classical music belongs to the world and the world includes small communities outside the urban zone. The very high quality of the musicians who gather from around the world is an important factor but the egalitarian and collaborative spirit is also a key ingredient. In 2022 we welcomed The Festival and our audiences back to Townsville, as well as incoming Artistic Director, UK violinist Jack Liebeck, who delivered an exciting program with even more innovations yet to come.ĪFCM has developed an international reputation for its distinguished Australian and overseas-based artists and innovative programming across a range of chamber music styles. Due to Covid-19 circumstances, the 2020 Festival was postponed to 2021 retaining Kathryn and her programming again sadly cancelled due to Australian Covid-19 challenges. The Festival has had three Artistic Directors, Theodore Kuchar who co-created the Festival and directed it until 2006, Piers Lane AO who spent 11 years as Artistic Director and Kathryn Stott who was Artistic Director from 2018 to 2021. The natural beauty of Townsville and the North Queensland region in winter, along with its friendly people, wonderfully temperate weather and tropical ambience provide a unique backdrop for the Festival's concerts and events. The Festival was established to enhance the cultural environment of North Queensland by presenting internationally acclaimed classical musicians to audiences from Townsville, around Australia and overseas. The Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) has a long and treasured history, presenting its first season in Townsville in July 1991, the vision of former Vice-Chancellor of James Cook University, Professor Ray Golding and the Festival's first Artistic Director, Theodore Kuchar.ĪFCM has been an annual event on the North Queensland calendar ever since and celebrated it's anniversary in 2021. ![]()
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