Canada 2026 Opening Concert

8:00 pm Atlantic Time

Live in the Lunenburg Academy Auditorium

Join us for this remarkable concert bridging the Early Music and traditional folk worlds. Elizabeth Walker performs regularly on baroque, 8 keyed and modern flutes, primarily in orchestras based in the UK, and also gives solo recitals in festivals and conventions in Holland, Toronto, Chicago and Orlando, Switzerland and throughout the UK. Liz runs Flutes in Tuscany, an annual flute course in Tuscany which offers tuition, masterclasses and chamber groups to talented young flautists and adults. She is an Artist for Pearl Flute and taught for many years at the specialist music school in Wells along with concerts throughout Europe in ‘24 with the English Baroque Soloists.

The Halifax Rättvik Trio came together in Sweden in the summer of 2023 and decided that they would share their love of the traditional music from their respective countries together as creative musical travelers. Jennifer hails from Halifax, a lively city on the Atlantic coast of Canada where many different folk genres can be heard, such as Maritime Old Time, Cape Breton, Irish, Acadian, and others. Stefan and Peter live in Rättvik in Dalarna, Sweden, an area particularly rich with musical tradition where cultural forms are passed down with pride and transformed anew with each generation. As experienced performers, recording artists, and educators each in their own right, Peter, Stefan, and Jennifer found themselves united by their passion for their own and each other’s music, and the desire to explore the folk genres of all the geographical points in between. They released their first album “Havet” in 2024 and have toured in Sweden and Canada ever since.