Instrumental Society of Calgary – Performing For Calgary Since 1974

Kreutzer!

March 15, 2020 – 3PM Rodolphe Kreutzer, a remarkable 18th century violinist whose own compositions have largely been forgotten, but whose name lives on through the works of others, provide the inspiration for this program. Beethoven’s heroic Sonata for Violin and Piano, and Janacek’s intensely descriptive and often frenetic string [...]

Great Quartets

April 26, 2020 – 3PM Featuring a superb quartet of CPO musicians, this program pairs two of the most dramatic and weighty quartets ever written. Bartok wrote his Second Quartet in the midst of World War I. The work has a sense both of concentration and dramatic drive throughout its three movements. The progression of […]

Valdepeñas

May 24, 2020 – 3PM The 2019-20 season closes with a concert featuring CPO assistant principal cellist, Josué Valdapeñas, and his father, Joaquin, legendary principal clarinettist of the Toronto Symphony performing a program of two of the greatest works in the chamber music repertoire. Peformers Maria van der Sloot, violin [...]

About Us

Welcome to the Instrumental Society of Calgary!

For almost 40 years, we have been working to bring together professional musicians from the Calgary area together with the music loving community. Through our seasonal concerts and various community outreach programs, we strive to cultivate an inclusive environment for chamber music enthusiasts and newcomers alike.

Join the Instrumental Society of Calgary in our 39th Season to hear the best local musicians in Calgary perform exceptional chamber music.

For its 2019-20 season Beethoven Plus, the ISC is celebrating the mighty Ludwig’s 250th birthday with programming featuring many of his greatest chamber works performed with passion and world class quality by the best of Calgary’s professional musicians.

Our concerts are performed by the best of Calgary’s artists in one of the most welcoming and acoustically beautiful venues in our city, St. Stephen’s Anglican Church.

We hope to see you soon!

Performing

FOR CALGARY

What’s On

Kreutzer!

Great Quartets

Valdepeñas

About Us