North Wind Concerts is a Toronto-based charitable organization created to celebrate and encourage the enjoyment of chamber music of many kinds, and with a soft focus on music for wind instruments. We present performances and educational events for the general public, and occasionally for schools and health care facilities, bringing music to those whose circumstances reduce their access to live music of this kind.
Founded by Artistic Directors Alison Melville and Colin Savage, North Wind Concerts presents an eclectic variety of musical events, often but not exclusively on period instruments. We also seek to explore music from diverse traditions, collaborating with colleagues from Canada’s First Nations and others from around the world who are now based in Toronto. Louise Hung joined NWC as an Artistic Co-Director in 2023.
Our programming also seeks to combine the traditional and the unfamiliar in creative ways, and to develop connections between musicians of differing ages, levels of musical experience, and backgrounds, offering opportunities for growth and collaboration within the artistic community.
Please see our ‘Next Up’ page for information and updates on our future activities. If you’d like to receive our e-newsletters about upcoming events, drop us a line at northwindconcerts@gmail.com and we’ll add your e-mail address to our mailing list. We do not trade, sell or share our e-mailing list. If you’d like to volunteer by helping out at concerts or other events, we’d be happy to have you – please get in touch!
North Wind Concerts is a registered charitable organization (Reg. No. 88993 1044 RR001). Donations in support of our activities are gratefully received and receipted.
You can also donate via Canada Helps by scanning the QR image below, or visiting: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/baroque-music-beside-the-grange/
All the header photographs on this site were taken in Massasauga Provincial Park, Ontario, by Colin Savage.
‘Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.’ Confucius