Les AMIS Concerts has introduced new performers, new repertoire and innovative music-making to the classical music canon since incorporating in 1983.

Les AMIS' primary goal continues to be to nurture talented young musicians at the earliest stages of their professional careers. It is also its policy to introduce them to works by contemporary Canadian composers at every opportunity. Emerging artists are showcased with more established performers who, in many cases, were first presented by Les AMIS at the beginning of their careers. Les AMIS aims to achieve its goals by sponsoring recitals with programs containing works selected by the performers themselves. As well, at least one Canadian composition is recommended or commissioned by Les AMIS especially for them. In this way, the Les AMIS audience is continuously introduced to upcoming artists as well as new Canadian music repertoire.

Current Season 2025 - 2026

 Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Callista Trio: Laurence Kayaleh, Violin, Elizabeth Dolin, Cello, Lucas Porter, Piano

Trinity United Church, Cobourg, Ontario
Tickets $40.00

Purchase tickets: 

  • Online at Victoria Hall Box Office
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  • Victoria Hall box office 905-372-2210
  • At the door 30 minutes before the concert. (Cash only)

PROGRAM

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1891-1953), Trio Elégiac, #1 in G minor

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Trio Op. 70, No. 2 in E flat major

Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Trio in G minor, op. 110

 

Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

Penderecki Quartet: Jeremy Bell, Violin, Jerzy Kaplanek, Violin, Christine Vlaik, Viola, Katie Schlaikjer, Cello

Trinity United Church, Cobourg, Ontaio
Tickets $40.00

Purchase tickets: 

  • Online at Victoria Hall Box Office
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  • Victoria Hall box office 905-372-2210
  • At the door 30 minutes before the concert. (Cash only)

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), String Quartet in D Major, K. 499 (Hoffmeister)

Michael Pepa (b. 1939), String Quartet No. 2 (Cobza)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), String Quartet Op.59 No.1

 

Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

Lynn Kuo, Violin, Alexander Panizza, Piano

Trinity United Church, Cobourg, Ontaio
Tickets $40.00

Purchase tickets: 

  • Online at Victoria Hall Box Office
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PROGRAM

Elizabeth Raum (b. 1945), Prayer and Dance of Praise

Ghenadie Ciobanu (b. 1957), “… come le movement de l’air”

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Sonata No. 2 in D Major

 

Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

Manuel Arango Perez, Piano

Trinity United Church, Cobourg, Ontaio
Tickets $40.00

Purchase tickets: 

  • Online at Victoria Hall Box Office
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PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 “Appassionata”

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Jeux d’eau, M. 30 

Blas Emilio Atehortúa (1943-2020), Parafrasis sobre un Bambuco colombiano. Op. 130 No. 1
George Gershwin (1898-1937), Rhapsody in Blue

 

Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

Sharon Wei, Viola, Angela Park, Piano

Trinity United Church, Cobourg, Ontaio
Tickets $40.00

Purchase tickets: 

  • Online at Victoria Hall Box Office
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  • Victoria Hall box office 905-372-2210
  • At the door 30 minutes before the concert. (Cash only)

PROGRAM - To be announced

 

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Quatuor Magenta (Paris, France): Ida Derbesse, Violin, Elena Watson-Perry, Violin, Claire Pass-Lanneau, Viola, Fiona Robson, Cello

Trinity United Church, Cobourg, Ontaio
Tickets $40.00

Purchase tickets: 

  • Online at Victoria Hall Box Office
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  • Victoria Hall box office 905-372-2210
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PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), String Quartet No. 12 in Eb Major, Op. 127

Dinuk Wijeratne (b. 1978), Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems

Raphael Merlin (b. 1982), To be announced

Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847), String Quartet in Eb Major

 

Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

Joyce Lai, Violin, William Beauvais, Guitar, Andras Weber, Cello, Erika Crinó, Piano

Trinity United Church, Cobourg, Ontaio
Tickets $40.00

Purchase tickets: 

  • Online at Victoria Hall Box Office
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PROGRAM

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), Trio Op. 120 for Violin, Cello, and Piano 

William Beauvais (b. 1956), Third Circle (2019) for Violin, Guitar, Cello, and Piano

Michael Pepa (b. 1939), OKTO ECHOI (1983) for Violin, Guitar, Cello, and Piano

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano

Past Concerts:

Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Erika Crinó, Piano, Beverley Johnston, O.C., Percussion, and Susan Hoeppner, Flute

 

Trinity United Church, Cobourg, Ontaio
Tickets $40.00

Purchase tickets:

  • Online at Victoria Hall Box Office
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PROGRAM

George Frederic Handel (1685-1759), Trio sonata HWV 388
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962), Deux Interludes
Michael Pepa (b. 1939), Introduzione for B.E.S.T.
Ann Southam (1937-2010), What to do till the Power comes on
Christos Hatzis (b. 1953), Arctic Dreams 
Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938), To the Earth Frederic Rzewski 
Owen Underhill (b. 1954), Bagatelle n.4
Julie Spencer (b. 1962), Angels in Arches of Hildegard’s Bingen
Claude Bolling (1930-2020), Irlandese

 Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Rachel Mercer, Cello, Angela Park, Piano

Trinity United Church, Cobourg, Ontaio
Tickets $40.00

Purchase tickets: 

  • Online at Victoria Hall Box Office
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  • At the door 30 minutes before the concert. (Cash only)

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Cello Sonata in D Majo, Op. 58

Veronica Ciobanu (b. 1993), Resolution

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), Prayer 

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119

 

 

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