Festival de la Voix – Celebrate season 12 with a month of vocal music

West Island festival performances in Dorval, Pointe-Claire, Beaconsfield and Sainte-Geneviève

Now in its 12th year curated by Kerry-Anne Kutz, Festival de la Voix celebrates the power of music and the human voice. The 2025 program offers concerts for all ages along with master workshops, in various venues across the West Island from April 4-27. The festival kicks off with a free show with singer Laura Anglade and guitarist Mike Bruzzese on April 4.

“The Festival de la Voix BIG BAND, led by Ron di Lauro and featuring star vocalists Sharon Azrieli and David Marino on Saturday afternoon, April 12”

Quartom Male Vocal Quartet

Innu artist Ivan Boivin-Flamand, dynamic singer and lead guitarist of the original Nikamu Mamuitun, returns to the festival to perform his own tunes with his band on Saturday, April 5. Beautiful choral singing with Voces Boreales 8 (VB8) in “Il était 8 fois” featuring music from the Renaissance to Robert Charlebois is on Sunday, April 6.

Swing, dance and sing with the Festival de la Voix BIG BAND, led by Ron di Lauro and featuring star vocalists Sharon Azrieli and David Marino on Saturday afternoon, April 12. Singer-songwriter Lavanya Narasiah and the Dharani Project blends East Indian melodies and rhythms with instruments from Haiti, Africa and Bangladesh. Exceptional young cellists of the Ensemble de violoncelles de Montréal open this concert on Sunday, April 13.

Singer-songwriter Lavanya Narasiah and the Dharani Project perform April 12

Montreal folk singer Linda Morrison presents a Celtic Song Workshop on Saturday, April 19 following a morning of stories and music for children presented by Selina Ann, pianist Michael Woytiuk and trumpeter extraordinaire Mike Cartile along with singer-songwriter and Festival Artistic Director, Kerry-Anne Kutz.

Carolyn Christie, 2^nd flutist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra for 36 years, shares valuable advice and reflection in her seminar, Let’s Talk about Performance Anxiety on April 26. Her own experience is deeply helpful in facing one’s challenges with nerves on the concert stage. Later that afternoon the festival is thrilled to present soprano Bridget Esler, mezzo-soprano Justine Ledoux, counter-tenor Ian Sabourin and collaborator Jennifer Szeto in a showcase event, L’atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal.

Closing this year’s festival on Sunday afternoon April 27 is the female vocal quartet Musaïque with their show “Pour l’amour de la musique”. These last two concerts are highlights for Artistic Director Kutz, “I’m excited about hearing these excellent emerging Quebec opera singers. I’m also thrilled to be singing great Canadian and Québécois music with three wonderful friends and singers, Monique Fauteux, Julie Leblanc and Catherine Léveillé.”

Innu artist Ivan Boivin-Flamand returns with his band on April 5

Once again, Festival de la Voix presents concerts for elementary and secondary students featuring an eclectic line-up including the wind section of the culturally diverse Ensemble Obiora, Quartom Male Vocal Quartet, and the 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron Band of the Canadian Air Force; and eight emerging Innu and Québecois singer-songwriter-instrumentalists present their concert of reconciliation Nikamu Mamuitun (Songs That Unite Us) in three concerts to more than 1,000 high school students and teachers.

Kutz’s top choices for this year are the Festival de la Voix Big Band for lovers of the big band era and a chance to dance the afternoon away, as well as the sensual voice and dancing of Lavanya Narasiah and her remarkable musicians from around the world.

Bringing a community of all ages and cultures together to celebrate the power and beauty of the voice. Festival de la Voix- 12^th Edition, April 4-27. Opening concert free passes available through Pointe-Claire Stewart Hall. Information about concerts, artists/music clips, workshops and venues: festivaldelavoix.com Concert Passports with access to four concerts are available for just $110.

For information please call: (514) 758-3641 [email protected] Tickets and workshop registration forms available now 

Vox Aeterna is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the human voice during its annual Festival de la Voix. It is also committed to providing people of all ages and from all socio-economic environments with opportunities to attend high-caliber, multicultural concerts and workshops featuring both established and emerging Québecois, First Nations and Canadian artists and instrumentalists.