Our Noon Hour Concerts are back for another incredible season of music and community building under the artistic direction of our Music Director Ann-Marie MacDairmid. After a long hiatus, we are excited to welcome guests back into our sanctuary to enjoy these concerts in person and we will continue to stream live to our YouTube channel.
Admission to the building is free, and a sandwich lunch is available for purchase prior to each recital between 11:30am - 12:15pm with the concert beginning at 12:15pm.
We look forward to welcoming the musical community back to our sanctuary this fall.
About the Artists
About Keiko Larocque
Keiko Larocque was born and raised in the small northern community of Chapleau, Ontario where her love of music sprouted at a young age. She began her undergraduate studies at Algoma University with the guidance of voice instructor Agnes McCarthy, which she completed in April of 2019. A recent grad from Wilfrid Laurier’s Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance having studied with Jennie Such, the determined soprano currently studies under the tutelage of Leslie Fagan and Kimberly Barber in Laurier’s Opera Diploma Program. Her past roles include Anne Frank from Singing Only Softly, Maria from West Side Story, and Fiordiligi from Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte. Future roles are Violetta in La Traviata, and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel. For the past four summers, Keiko has held her own voice studio in Chapleau to a standard of excellence in which she and her hometown are extremely proud of. With a rich variety of students, both young and not-so-young, teaching privately and directing choirs has given her an opportunity to pass along the knowledge and experience she has gained through her music.
About Darielle Chomyn-Davison
Darielle is a mezzo-soprano who graduated from Algoma University with a Bachelor's in
Music and is continuing her education in Vocal Performance at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University
in Waterloo. She has had the privilege of studying under the tutelage of Agnes McCarthy,
Paul Dingle (coach), Jennie Such, and is currently studying with Lorin Shalanlo (coach) and Leslie Fagan.
Darielle has been an active choral scholar at St. Andrew's Presbyterian church over the past
three years under the guidance and direction of Ann-Marie MacDairmid and Gordon Burnett.
Since moving to Kitchener she has been involved with choirs such as The Christmas
Cantata (dir. Raymond Nikyuluw) and the Maureen Forester Singers (dir. Elvera Forese).
She made her music directorial debut in Sault Ste Marie, with the Sault Comedy Guild for
Shrek the Musical, and teaches private voice online for the Northern Arts academy, and her own studio Tutte Voice Academy.
Although she has had a bit of a break from theatre, Darielle has been involved with various
theatre productions such as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Footloose
(Stirling Festival Theatre),River Rat and Cat, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl(In Your Eyes
Projects), Anne of Green Gables(Sault Comedy Guild), Tommy, Westside Story(Shot in the
Dark Productions) and has been cast in Opera Laurier Excerpts this fall as Hansel (Hansel
and Gretel) and Flora (La Traviata)
About Darielle Chomyn
…comming soon
View the full concert lineup here:
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Keiko Larocque - vocalist
Darielle Chomyn-Davison - vocalist
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Matthew Gartshore - piano
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Bryn Blackwood - piano
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Hallowe’en Special
Bruce Skelton - Violin
Darielle Chomyn-Davison - Mezzo-soprano
Sophia Malowany - alto
Ann-Marie MacDairmid - Organ/Piano
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Wendy Wagler - Flute
Beth Ann De Sousa - Piano
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Shoreline Chorus
Directed by Ann-Marie MacDairmid
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Emma Allen - Cello & Matthew Gartshore - piano
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Elizabeth Lepock - Soprano
Scott MacDonald - Clarinet
Anna Ronai - Piano
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
KatrinaLisa Keeler - oboe
Tina Giannopoulos - violin
Ann-Marie MacDairmid - piano/organ
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
The Renaissance School of the Arts Flute Choir
Directed by Wendy Wagler
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Steele Strings Duo
Cynthia Steele - cello
Tom Steele - guitar
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Cambridge Girls' Choir
Directed by Jessica Strub