Moose Jaw’s Logan and Jeremy Anderson are just one of the unique hosts for an upcoming tour that has classical musicians performing in living rooms across Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Living Room Live is a non-profit organization that brings classical house concerts to the homes of volunteer hosts, where guests can enjoy the talents of classical musicians in a close, intimate setting.
House concerts are a popular venue for acoustic and classical shows, and the Living Room Live tour seeks to broaden the opportunities for both musicians and guests to experience the closeness of a small performance such as this.
“It's just so much more of a personal way to experience the music, I think, because the musicians are up so close and it's much easier to talk about the music with them at intermission,” said Nicola Davies, from Living Room Live. “I know audiences always love when they can sit so close and see the pianist's fingers or the cello or whoever's playing.”
The series began in B.C. and is now on its second season touring through the prairie provinces, with three different tours featuring three different sets of musicians.
The winter tour, which begins in January, is hosting violinist Gregory Lewis and pianist Paul Williamson for a three-week trip.
The duo will be stopping on Moose Jaw on Jan. 15 to take over the Anderson’s living room, with a repertoire of Beethoven, Stravinsky, Massenet, Elgar, and more.
“We thought this would be a great opportunity for us to be able to experience, as well as have our children experience, live music, and we thought that it would be even better by being able to host that in our home,” said Logan.
This will be the second time the Anderson’s have hosted Living Room Live, after welcoming the musician on the fall tour, pianist Benjamin Bertin, in September.
Their previous experience was so unique, said Logan, and she is looking forward to once again hosting another group of musicians.
“It's a great opportunity that we were given, to be able to invite the community into our homes to experience the music,” said Logan. “I'm really looking forward to this [tour] because we get to experience something new, having a violin come and play, [and meet] some new people, having some new guests come and enjoy the concert.”
The Moose Jaw stop of the Living Room Live house concert series will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 15, and tickets are $20 each. To RSVP to the show, guests can either submit their attendance on the Living Room Live website or reach out to Logan and Jeremy Anderson at [email protected].
Those interested in becoming hosts for the concert series in the future are also encouraged to contact Living Room Live through their website.
