We’ve had a few more announcements about summer concerts this week, which we’re happy to share with you! And if you are planning summer events – please let us know. Simply send your media releases to info@oc.ca

Orchestre Métropolitain du grand Montréal has announced its summer concerts, six performances of two programs celebrating the human voice. The orchestra’s music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will lead an all-star Canadian cast in two concert performances of Mozart‘s Don Giovanni (June 30 and July 4), and guest conductor Alain Trudel will take the helm for four performances focused on French operatic repertoire, featuring Marianne Fiset and Marc Hervieux. For more information, you can visit the orchestra’s website here.

The National Youth Orchestra of Canada has released its tour dates for its 50th anniversary season. The University of Western Ontario is the site for this year’s training program, and the orchestra opens its tour (under the leadership of Jacques Lacombe) in London on July 24, and finishes in Edmonton on August 14. In between, the group will perform in a number of other communities in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia – with a highlight possibly being their performance with tenor Ben Heppner in Stratford on July 25.  You can visit the orchestra’s website here.

The Guelph Symphony Orchestra is presenting its 7th Annual – and free! – Concert in the Park on June 27 at Guelph’s Riverside Park Bandshell. The program, led by GSO music director Simon Irving, is entitled An Afternoon at the Proms, and will feature orchestra members in traditional light British music. For more information about the GSO, you can visit their website here.