UPCOMING APPEARANCES
Carissa’s performances with the National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra are listed here
2024:
November 13, 2024 (Ottawa, ON)
Dichterliebe: Lindsay, Hetherington, Wiliford, Sly, and Alpers
MacKay United, 7pm
November 30, 2024 (Ottawa, ON)
WolfGANG Session #24
Club SAW, 9pm
Music by Mazzoli, Muhly, Dancigers, Kirkland Snider, and Smith
2025:
February 21, 2025 (Ottawa, ON)
Ironwood Quartet & Yura Lee
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 7pm
Music by Cummings, Britten, and Dvorak
April 27, 2025 (Ottawa, ON)
Carissa Klopoushak & Carson Becke
10,000 Hours Piano Rehearsal Studios, 7pm
Past Performance Highlights
2024:
October 20, 2024 (Saskatoon, SK)
Discovering the Amatis Series with Emily Kruspe
Convocation Hall, University of Saskatchewan, 3pm
Music by Leclair, Bartok, Raum, Morlock, Davis, Mozart, and Halvorsen
August 8, 2024 (Ottawa, ON)
30th Anniversary Celebration: Ironwood Quartet, Philip Chiu, Ryan Davis
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 7pm
Lavender Jump Video
Dvorak Piano Quintet II Video
August 5, 2024 (Ottawa, ON)
NEW MUSIC NOW Next Gen
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 12pm
August 3, 2024 (Ottawa, ON)
Angela Hewitt and the Chamberfest Anniversary Orchestra: Mozart & Brahms
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 7pm
July 31, 2024 (Ottawa, ON)
Blake Pouliot & Mendelssohn’s Octet
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 7pm
July 23, 2024 (Parry Sound, ON)
Festival of the Sound
May 4, 2024 (Ottawa, ON)
Ironwood Quartet at NAC WolfGANG Sessions #23
Club SAW, 9pm
Music by Bielawa, Wijeratne, and Bruce
WATCH VIDEO
March 23, 2024 (Orleans, ON)
Ironwood Quartet Mix for 5 at the First
Orleans United Church, 7:30pm
Music by Tabakova, Showtakovich, and R. Schumann
January 23, 2024 (Ottawa, ON)
Œuvres nouvelles 2024: Works by Emerging Composers
Ironwood Quartet plays student works from uOttawa Musique
Freiman Hall, 8pm
2023:
August 3, 2023 (Ottawa, ON),
Closing Night Mashup at Ottawa Chamberfest, 7pm
Music by Gabriela Smith, Balaklava Blues, and Erno Dohnanyi
July 29, 2023 (Ottawa, ON)
New Music Now: Mashup at Ottawa Chamberfest, 3pm
Music by T. Patrick Carrabré and Nico Muhly
July 29, 2023 (Ottawa, ON),
Parting Wild Horses Mane: Ironwood Quartet with Tai Chi Forms at Ottawa Chamberfest, 12pm
Music by Evan Mitchell, Kevin Lau, Alexina Louie, and R. Murray Schafer
July 23, 2023 (Ottawa, ON),
Sarah Slean and Ironwood Quartet at Ottawa Chamberfest, 7pm
June 29, 2023 (Ottawa, ON)
Private performance at the Japanese Embassy to Canada
with Yosuke Kawasaki, Jessica Linnebach, and Rachel Mercer
June 6, 2023 (Winnipeg, MB)
Midsummer Moon: Carissa Klopoushak and Carson Becke
Music of Schumann and Rebecca Clarke for violin/viola and piano
Agassiz Chamber Music Festival
April 27, 2023 (Ottawa, ON)
Music in the Stacks: Rockcliffe Park Public Library
with Yosuke Kawasaki, Jessica Linnebach, and Rachel Mercer
Music by Kapustin and Mendelssohn
April 23, 2023 (Orleans, ON)
Quartet concert with Yosuke Kawasaki, Jessica Linnebach, and Rachel Mercer
Music by Kapustin, Montgomery, and Mendelssohn
5 at the First, Orleans United Church, 2pm
2022:
October 22, 2022 (Toronto, ON)
ARRAY@50 CONCERT I: 1972–1992
Music by Mozetich, Fodi, Kucharzyk, Smith, and Vivier
Arrayspace, 7:30pm
September 15-18, 2022 (Owen Sound, ON)
SweetWater Music Festival (multiple performances)
Music by Prokofiev, Dohnanyi, Britten, and more
August 2, 2022 (Ottawa, ON)
Introducing Rihab Chaieb at Ottawa Chamberfest
Music by Respighi, Berlioz, Schonberg, and traditional Arabic
August 1, 2022 (Ottawa, ON)
NEW MUSIC NOW at Ottawa Chamberfest
World premiere of Simon Bourget’s Horn Trio
July 30, 2022 (Ottawa, ON)
“The Rest is History: Celebrating 50 Years of Kun” at Ottawa Chamberfest
with Gryphon Trio, Lara St. John, Kelly Hall-Tompkins, OKAN
July 29, 2022 (Ottawa, ON)
Brahms Horn Trio at Ottawa Chamberfest
with Louis-Pierre Bergeron and Meghan Milatz
Music by Brahms and Elizabeth Raum
July 22, 2022 (Ottawa, ON)
NACO Lite at Ottawa Chamberfest
July 21, 2022 (Ottawa, ON)
Chamberfest 2022: First Light at Ottawa Chamberfest
Music of Mustonen, Frolyak, and Mendelssohn
February 20, 2022 (Chelsea, QC)
Dreams & Fairy Tales: Carissa Klopoushak and Carson Becke
Music of Schumann and Rebecca Clarke for violin/viola and piano
Music@MillRoad (8 Chem. Mill), 4pm
2021:
August 3, 2021 (Ottawa, ON)
Echo Chamber Toronto at Ottawa Chamberfest
with members of Ironwood and Rosebud string quartets
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 7pm
July 26, 2021 (Ottawa, ON)
Ironwood Quartet and Jamie Parker at Ottawa Chamberfest
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 7pm
July 24, 2021 (Ottawa, ON)
Duane Andrews: Conception Bay at Ottawa Chamberfest
Club SAW Courtyard, 8:30pm
*repeated July 25, 2021, 12pm
2020:
December 15, 2020 (Ottawa, ON)
NACO at the Fourth with Ironwood Quartet
Free Livestream Performance, 8pm
December 5, 2020 (Ottawa, ON)
James Ehnes Plays Beethoven with the NAC Orchestra
Free Livestream Performance, 8pm *VIDEO still available
November 28, 2020 (Ottawa, ON)
What Keeps me Awake with the NAC Orchestra
Free Livestream Performance, 8pm
November 14, 2020 (Ottawa, ON)
Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark with the NAC Orchestra
Free Livestream Performance, 8pm *VIDEO still available
November 7, 2020 (Ottawa, ON)
Affairs of the Heart with the NAC Orchestra
Free Livestream Performance, 8pm *VIDEO still available
October 31, 2020 (Ottawa, ON)
Solace with the NAC Orchestra
Free Livestream Performance, 8pm *VIDEO still available
February 8, 2020 (Winnipeg, MB)
GroundSwell with Ironwood Quartet
Nicole Lizée, David R. Scott, Caroline Shaw, and Ana Sokolović.
Canadian Mennonite University, Laudamus Auditorium, 8pm
2019:
November 16, 2019 (Saskatoon, SK)
”Homecoming” Carissa Klopoushak with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra
TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 7:30pm
performing Vivian Fung's Violin Concerto no. 1
read blog post
November 17, 2019 (Saskatoon, SK)
Masterclass at the University of Saskatchewan Department of Music
Education Building room 1036, 3-5pm
August 4-6, 2019 (Ottawa, ON)
Appearances at Chamberfest 2019
Sunday, August 4: Après Maman: Gryphon Trio & Friends, 7pm
Monday, August 5: New Music Now II, 1:30pm
Tuesday, August 6: Manhattan Chamber Players, 7pm
July 26-28, 2019 (Prince Edward County, ON)
Classical Unbound Festival (with Ironwood Quartet)
The Ironwood Quartet are the new Artistic Directors of the festival. Read more here.
Friday, July 26: The Grange Winery, 7pm
Saturday, July 27: Old Church Theatre, 7:30pm
Sunday, July 28: Hillier Creek Estates Winery, 7pm
July 14, 2019 (Indian River, PEI)
Indian River Music Festival, 3:00pm
Ironwood Quartet with soprano Tracy Cantin and pianist Robert Kortgaard
July 11, 2019 (Mahone Bay, NS)
Musique Royale: recital at Cecilia's Retreat, 5:00pm
with Ironwood Quartet
June 23-30, 2019 (Boscawen, NH)
Avaloch Farm Music Institute Residency
with Ironwood Quartet
June 11-15, 2019 (Montreal, QC)
Montreal Chamber Music Festival
with Canada Council Instrument Bank winners
Friday, June 14, 12pm, Salle Bourgie
BMO Hottest Classical Artists Under 30
performing solo Bach, Ysaye Duo with Christina BoueySunday, June 16, 3pm, Salle Bourgie
Tchaikovski je vous aime: Hommage Albert Millaire
performing Tchaikovsky String Serenade, Beethoven Grosse Fuge, Vivaldi Concerto for 4 violins in B minor
May 16, 2019 (Paris, France)
Canadian Cultural Centre (with Ironwood Quartet)
Performing quartets by Nicole Lizée, Ana Sokolovic, and Maurice Ravel
April 12-14, 2019 (Saskatoon, SK)
Ritornello Chamber Music Festival, 11th edition
ft. Veronique Mathieu and Hypercube Ensemble
Saturday, February 9, 2019 (Ottawa, ON)
WolfGANG Sessions 13
Mercury Lounge, 8pm
Music by Mason Bates, Jocelyn Morlock, Valentyn Silvestrov, and Emma O’Halloran
Sunday, February 3, 2019 (Ottawa, ON)
Music for a Sunday Afternoon with John Storgårds, Yosuke Kawasaki,
Jeremy Mastrangelo, Jethro Marks, Paul Casey, Rachel Mercer, and Leah Wyber
Enescu's Octet for Strings in C major, Op. 7
2018:
Saturday, November 10, 2018 (Ottawa, ON)
Ottawa Pianos Recital with John Dapaah, piano
Music by Adams, Beethoven, and Ravel
Friday, September 21, 2018 (Ottawa, ON)
NACO's Beethoven Festival
Ironwood Quartet plays Beethoven Op. 59/2
Friday, September 14, 2018 (Ottawa, ON)
NACO's Beethoven Festival
Ironwood Quartet plays Beethoven Op. 18/6 and Op. 95 "Serioso"
August 18, 2018 (Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON)
Bravo Niagara! Presents MILOS
August 11, 2018 (Saskatoon, SK)
100 Year Celebration of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Canada
Performance at the Banquet concert
July 19-29, 2018 (Bamfield, BC)
Music by the Sea
2018 festival company member
July 4, 2018 (Ottawa, ON)
Music & Beyond Opening Gala
with the Kruger Brothers
June 4-18, 2018 (Ashfield, MA)
Avaloch Farm Music Institute Residency
with Ironwood Quartet
May 27 - 14, 2018 (Saskatoon, SK)
10th Annual Ritornello Festival
featuring Mark Fewer, Duane Andrews
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 (Ottawa, ON)
Ironwood Quartet at the Egyptian Embassy
Sunday, March 4th, 2018 (Ottawa, ON)
NAC Music for a Sunday Afternoon with Branford Marsalis
National Gallery, 2:00pm
2017:
November 5, 2017 (Whitehorse, YT)
NAC Orchestra chamber concert
Performing Dvorak's Piano Quintet, music by Ewazen, and Whitehorse native Daniel Janke.
October 18-November 3, 2017, Western Canada
NAC Orchestra Tour: Central, Western, and Northern Canada
Sunday, September 10, 2017 (Luskville, QC)
Festival Pontiac Enchanté
Soundworlds Recital with Philip Chiu
Carissa and Philip released the album ‘SOUNDWORLDS’ in November 2016, and it was chosen as CBC Radio 2’s Concert Disk of the Week in January 2017. This concert features the entire program from the album, featuring three Canadian works by Willan, Viver, and Carrabré, and three violin sonatas written during WWI in France (Debussy), the Czech Republic (Janáček) and Canada (Willan).
August 25-27, 2017 (Prince Edward County, Ontario)
Classical Unbound Festival (with Ironwood Quartet)
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 (Ottawa, ON)
Ottawa Chamberfest
The Gamut: Carissa Klopoushak & Edwin Huizinga at Ottawa Chamberfest
La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins, 10:00-11:30pm
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 (Ottawa, ON)
Ottawa Chamberfest
The Seasons - Julian Rachlin and the Chamberfest Chamber Orchestra
Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 7:00pm
Friday, July 28, 2017 (Ottawa, ON)
Chamber Pints with Carissa Klopoushak
La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins: Bistro, 8:15-9:00pm
Friday, July 21 and Saturday, July 22, 2017 (Ottawa, ON)
Tyt i Tam at the Capital Ukrainian Festival
See website for showtimes and tickets
Saturday, July 8, 2017 (Ottawa, ON)
Music & Beyond: Coffee Concert - Meditations on Light
Dominion Chalmbers, 10:00am
performing music of R. Murray Schafer and Sebastian Currier
May 28, 2017 (Ottawa, ON)
Music for a Sunday Afternoon with Jon Kimura Parker and the Ironwood Quartet
National Gallery, 2:00pm
May 11 - 14, 2017 (Saskatoon, SK)
Ritornello 9 featuring Jon Kimura Parker and the Ironwood Quartet
Saturday, March 25, 2017 (Saskatoon, SK)
"Golden Harvest" Carissa Klopoushak with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra
TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 7:30pm
performing Emily Doolittle's violin concerto Sapling
2016:
January 12, 2017 (Saskatoon, SK)
SOUNDWORLDS Launch Event, 5-7pm
Saskatoon Symphony Space
December 12, 2016 (Ottawa, ON)
SOUNDWORLDS Launch Event, 7:30pm
Salt Ottawa
December 11, 2016 (Toronto, ON)
SOUNDWORLDS Launch Event, 5-7pm
Canadian Music Centre Chalmers Performance Space
November 21, 2016 (Montreal, QC)
SOUNDWORLDS Launch Event, 5-7pm
Espace Kendergi du Centre de musique canadienne au Québec
November 19, 2016 (Ottawa, ON)
WolfGANG Sessions 7
Mercury Lounge, 8pm
November 17, 2016 (Ottawa, ON)
Ukrainian Canadian Gala 75/125
Westin Hotel, 6:30pm (VIP event 5:30)
Monday, October 17, 2016 (Ottawa, ON)
Ironwood Quartet at the Southam Club Kickoff Party
Philip Glass Quartet no. 5
Friday, October 14, 2016 (Ottawa, ON)
A Night of Classical Collisions #TheKiss
Improvisations with Skratch Bastid
March 18, 2016 (Ottawa, ON)
MacKay United Church, 7:30pm
Versatile violinist Carissa Klopoushak and dulcimer virtuoso Alexandru Sura present Eastern-European music and folk-inspired chamber music, including Ravel’s Tzigane.
With Thibault Bertin-Maghit, bass.
May 27-29, 2016 (Saskatoon, SK)
Ritornello Fest 8
January 1, 2016 (Saskatoon, SK)
Prairie Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Grace-Westminster United Church, 2:30pm
2015:
December 13, 2015 (Ottawa, ON)
Ironwood Quartet at The Record Centre, 5pm
Music by Dessner, Glass, and Sokolovic
November 21, 2015 (Ottawa, ON)
WolfGANG Sessions 4
Mercury Lounge, 10pm
Music by Dessner, Glass, Llugdar
August 4, 2015 (Ottawa, ON)
Ottawa Chamberfest: New Music Now V
École secondaire publique De La Salle
with Fred Lacroix, piano
Music by Valentyn Silvestrov, Claude Vivier
July 11, 2015 (Ottawa, ON)
WolfGANG: Session 3
Mercury Lounge
Music by Mazzoli, Snider, Davies, Brasset, Lizée
May 29-31, 2015 (Saskatoon, SK)
7th Annual Ritornello Chamber Music Festival
ft. special guest Lara St. John
May 24, 2015 (Regina, SK)
Regina Musical Club
Recital with Karen Donnelly, Trumpet
Music by Da Falla, Debussy, and Ewazen
April 1, 2015 (Ottawa, ON)
Ottawa Chamberfest City Series
Ottawa City Hall
Music by Honegger, Schulhoff, Bartok, and folk music from around the world
March 15, 2015
Music for a Sunday Afternoon
Inon Barnatan, Piano
Dvorak Piano Quintet
February 14, 2015 (Ottawa, ON)
WolfGANG: Session 1
Mercury Lounge
January 1, 2015 (Saskatoon, SK)
New Year's Day with Prairie Virtuosi
Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe
2014:
December 9, 2014 (Toronto, ON)
Recital with Phil Chiu, 8pm
Gallery 345
November 27, 2014 (Ottawa, ON)
Private Ottawa Chamberfest Event
November 23, 2014 (Ottawa, ON)
Private House Concert
November 22, 2014 (Montreal, QC)
Private House Concert
July 24, 2014 (Toronto, ON)
Toronto Summer Music: Shuffle Series
with Alexandru Sura and JC Lizotte
May , 28, 29 & 31, 2014 (Montreal, QC)
Appearances at the Montreal Chamber Festival
Bach's Lunch: Carissa Klopoushak & Kerry DuWors
Martin Beaver & The Four Seasons
Cho Liang Lin & Mozart Violin Concerti
May 23-25, 2014 (Saskatoon, SK)
6th-Annual Ritornello Chamber Music Festival
February 4-May 7, 2014 (Sydney, Australia)
Tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra
2013:
October 4-20, 2013 (China)
China Tour with National Arts Centre Orchestra
November 14-21, 2013 (Maritime Provinces)
Recital Tour with Philip Chiu for Debut Atlantic
Including educational concerts and masterclasses
June 10-26, 2013 (Sydney, Australia)
Tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra
July 22-August 10, 2013 (Ukraine)
Tour with Lastiwka Ukrainian Choir and Orchestra
May 21-24, 2013 (Montreal, QC)
Appearances at the Montreal Chamber Festival
May 24-26, 2013 (Saskatoon, SK)
5th-Annual Ritornello Chamber Music Festival
March 9, 2013 (Montreal, QC)
Montreal Collective Orchestra Inaugural Concert
February 9, 2013 (Regina, SK)
Guest Concertmaster for Regina Symphony Orchestra
2012:
January 17, 2013 (Montreal, QC)
Performance with ARTefact
Conseil des arts de Montréal
January 11-13, 2013 (Jasper, AB)
Malanka in the Mountains with Tyt i Tam
November 25-December 3, 2012 (Banff, AB)
Gruppo Montebello residency at the Banff Centre
December 13, 2012 (Saskatoon, SK)
Warhol Dervish at Ritornello Underground
The Bassment, 8pm, $15/20
October 12, 2012 (Montreal, QC)
Doctoral Lecture Recital
Music by Lyatoshyns'kyj and Sil'vestrov
August 9-18, 2012 (Invermere, BC)
Columbia Valley Chamber Music Festival
Artist-in-Residence
August 6, 2012 (Ottawa, ON)
Ottawa ChamberFest
Pierrot Lunaire
August 6-7, 2012 (Ottawa, ON)
Ottawa ChamberFest
New Music Now Series
August 4, 2012 (Ottawa, ON)
Ottawa ChamberFest
Warhol Dervish
Music by Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), Muhly, Dessner, and Riley.
August 3, 2012 (Toronto, ON)
Toronto Summer Music Festival
Friday Late Night with Warhol Dervish
Music of Perry, Muhly, and Lev Zhurbin
July 25, 2012 (Joliette, QC)
Festival de Lanaudière with Warhol Dervish
Music of Muhly, Riley, Oesterle, & Perry
June 21, 2012 (Montreal, QC)
Ensemble Portmantô
Schoenberg's Transfigured Night
June 1, 2012 (Regina, SK)
Boundary Ensemble
Westminster United Church
June 2, 2012 (Saskatoon, SK)
Ritornello Chamber Music Festival
presents Boundary Ensemble
Ukrainian Museum of Canada
March 21, 2012 (Ottawa, ON)
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival 2012 Launch
Selections and Improvisations for Solo Violin
March 7, 2012 (Montreal, QC)
Brahms Trio no. 1 in B major with Andrea Stewart & Philip Chiu
Doctorate of Music Recital: Andrea Stewart, cello
February 6-21, 2012: Banff, AB
Winter Residency at the Banff Centre
feat. performance with Christopher Bagan, piano
7:30pm, Rolston Centre, Music & Sound Bldg.
January 8, 2012: Saskatoon, SK
Gustin House Recital Series: Recital with Deborah Buck, piano
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
link
January 1, 2012: Saskatoon, SK
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Prairie Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
3rd Avenue United Church
link
2011:
November 13-25, 2011: Eastern Canada
NACO Atlantic Tour (NF, NS, NB, PEI)
October 29, 2011: Gatineau, QC
Ensemble Prisme - Mozart et les 3 B
September 9-18
Tyt i Tam Eastern Tour
Performing at Toronto and Montreal Festivals
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July 2011: Pontiac, QC
Festival Pontiac Enchanté - Venturing Hills Farm
June 2011: Montreal, QC
Prix d’Europe competition: winner of the Guy Soucy prize for the best interpretation of a Quebecois work
May 27-29, 2011: Saskatoon, SK
Ritornello Chamber Music Festival (3rd edition)
April 23, 2011: Montreal, QC
Productions Berrisque presents “Gypsy-esque” house concert
February 24, 2011: Montreal, QC
David Martel & the Friendship at Divan Orange
January 15, 2011: Toronto, ON
Ukrainian New Years Eve Gala with Тут і Там
2010:
December 9-12, 2010: Saskatchewan
Theresa Sokyrka Ukrainian Roots album launch
September 11, 2010: Regina, SK
Recital with Phliip Chiu for the Regina Recital Society
September 10, 2010: Saskatoon, SK
Recital with Philip Chiu at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
May 28-30, 2010: Saskatoon, SK
Ritornello Chamber Music Festival (2nd edition)
March 24, 2010: Montreal, QC
Doctoral Recital, McGill University
March 3, 2010: Montreal, QC
MusiMars 2010: Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire
McGill Chamber Players (Ensemble Mooncrest)
2009:
October-November, 2009: Across-Canada
Eckhardt-Grammatté Winner’s Tour
August 2009: Ottawa, ON
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival: New Music Marathon
May 2009: Saskatoon, SK
Ritornello Chamber Music Festival (Inaugural)
May 2009: Brandon, MB
Winner of 32nd Annual Eckhardt-Grammatté National Competition for the Performance of Canadian Music.
March 2009: Montreal, QC
Foundation Arte Musica: Haydn 2009 with the Schulich Quartet
Musée des Beaux Arts
March 2009: Montreal, QC
Doctoral Recital, McGill University, presenting works by Canadian Composers
March 2009: Montreal, QC
MusiMars Festival, McGill University: Schulich Quartet with Jens Lindemann
January 2009: St-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC
Lakeshore Chamber Music Society: recital with the Schulich Quartet