The Fort Macleod International Festival, formerly known as Windy Mountain Music, has announced details of its spring 2010 festival, running from May 27 – 31, 2010.  The Festival, under the artistic leadership of violist Rivka Golani, will include such artists as pianist Anton Kuerti, cellist Leonid Gorokhov, clarinetist Darko Brlek and the Alberta based violinist Edmond Agopian, violin/violist Barry Shiffman, and Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra associate conductor Mélanie Léonard.  For more information, please visit here.

The Niagara Symphony has launched its 2010-11 season – its 63rd!  Programming includes 4 MasterWorks concerts and 4 pairs of POPS! concerts, beginning in October 2010 and ending in May 2011. This will also be the first season with the Symphony’s new Music Director, whose identity will be announced later this Spring.  Soloists include cellist Shauna Rolston, violinist Julia Wedman and hornist Austin Hitchcock.  For more information, please visit the NSA’s website here.