Recent Performances 2006-2008
Maryem Tollar Ensemble with guests Alfred Gamil and Muhamed Aly- Toronto Jazz Festival, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Calgary Folk Music Festival- summer 2008..
Opening gala of Festival du Monde Arabe, Maison de la Culture Maissoneuve, Montreal.
Premiere performance of Christos Hatzis’ ‘Mystical Visitations’, written for Maryem. Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto
Three concerts at Winnipeg New Music Festival-
Hatzis’ Sepulchre of Life; Hatzis’ arrangement of ‘Ah Kalleli’ and original Maryem Tollar repertoire, Garrick Street Theatre.
Five performances of Constantinople at Royal Opera House, London, UK.
Constantinople with Patricia Callahan at Luminato Festival. Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
Concert with Sultans of Strings at Hugh’s Room, Toronto
Songs and Poems with Ehab Lotayef , WISE Hall, Vancouver, BC, Doukhobor Cultural Centre, Castlegar, BC, Harrison Festival of The Arts, Harrison Hot Springs, BC.
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival- with Simon Shaheen, Gryphon Trio and other guests. Dominion Chalmers United Church, Ottawa.
Constantinople- High Performance Rodeo, Calgary; Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse.
Premiere of “Mawal Saba” video from Book of Life, BravoFact Tent, Toronto.
Performance with Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan and Indonesian master musician/composer Nano Suratno, Toronto
Premiere of Christos Hatzis’ In The Garden of Delights: Music From The Song of Songs with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Choir, Tenor, Rufus Muller, and oud master Bassam Bishara, Toronto
Premiere of new composition with Lata Pada's Bharata Natyam
Dance Company - Sampradaya Dance Creations - "SHUNYA" with bansuri player, Catherine Potter in Toronto at the Premiere Dance Theatre and Canada Dance Festival, Ottawa.
Performance with the East Coast New World Orchestra led by violinist/composer Chris Church, Luminato Festival, Toronto.
Performance of songs by PRINCE at "Girls do Boys", Hugh's Room, Toronto. |