The year 2024 marks two major anniversaries: the 25th anniversary of Jeunesses Musicales of Moncton and the 75th anniversary of Jeunesses Musicales Canada. To mark the occasion, a grand anniversary show will be held at Moncton’s magnificent Capitol Theatre on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, to which all music lovers are invited. The concert will be a double opera program featuring Poulenc’s “La voix humaine” preceded by a menagerie of French melodies, including Ravel’s “Histoires naturelles”.
Martin Waltz, founding president of Jeunesses Musicales de Moncton and still president after 25 years, underlines the importance of this organization: “There aren’t that many professional classical music concerts in Moncton, but Jeunesses Musicales fills the gap. Over the past quarter-century, we’ve presented some 125 shows,” he points out.
In addition to the anniversary concert at the Capitol Theatre, four other concerts will take place over the course of the year, all four presented at Moncton’s Escaouette Theatre.
- Tuesday, November 5, 2024 – 7:30 p.m.: Opera “La voix humaine” by Poulenc preceded by a menagerie of French melodies, including Ravel’s “Histoires naturelles” (Théâtre Capitol)
- Wednesday, December 4, 2024 – 7:30 p.m.: “The many sounds of the guitar: From Bach to the present day” (Escaouette Theatre)
- Thursday, February 27, 2025 – 7:30 p.m.: “Francoeur” with Tristan Best, viola, and Kerry Bursey, lute and voice (Escaouette Theatre)
- Sunday, March 9, 2025 – 2 p.m.: Gala Concert with young musicians from southeastern New Brunswick (Escaouette Theatre)
- Sunday, April 6, 2025 – 2 p.m.: “Écrivez-moi” with Christina Haldane, soprano, and Carl Philippe Gionet, piano (Escaouette Theatre)
Tickets
Season tickets for all five shows are $100. Individual tickets for each show are also available for $25. Admission is $10 per show for students and free for children 12 and under. Opera-only tickets are available at the Capitol Theatre box office, while season tickets and tickets for the other four concerts are available at the Escaouette Theatre box office on-line. All concerts take place at Moncton’s Escaouette Theatre, except for the anniversary concert, the Opera on November 5, 2024, which will be presented at Capitol Theatre.
