Midday Melodies featuring Elinor Frey & Mélisande McNabney

Come join us for the Midday Melodies Series! Get ready to enjoy a relaxing afternoon filled with beautiful music. Don't miss this opportunity to unwind and appreciate some wonderful tunes. Presented in partnership with The Chamber Music Society of Mississauga.

Maker Stage

Hazel McCallion Central Library

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Don't miss a stunning program with Juno award winning cellist Elinor Frey and harpsichordist Mélisande McNabney.

Cellist Elinor Frey is a leading Canadian-American cellist, gambist, and researcher. Her albums – many of which are world premiere recordings – have received many awards including the JUNO, Diapason d’Or, and Prix Opus. Her critical editions of Dall’Abaco’s cello music is published in collaboration with Walhall Editions.

In recent seasons, she has performed as a soloist with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, London Symphonia (ON), Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Symphony Nova Scotia, Rosa Barocca, Il Gardellino, and Pacific Baroque Orchestra.

She was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Italy, Québec’s Opus Prize for “Performer of the Year” (2021), and she holds degrees from McGill, Mannes, and Juilliard. Elinor teaches cello and performance practice at McGill University and the Université de Montréal.

Harpsichordist Mélisande McNabney performs keyboard music of all periods, on harpsichord, piano, fortepiano, and organ. In August 2015, she received the third prize at the International Competition Musica Antiqua in Bruges, Belgium.

Very active on the concert scene, Mélisande has performed solo recitals across Canada and Europe, notably at Early Music Vancouver, the Festival International de Lanaudière, as well as in the Clavecin en Concert and Jacques Dansereau concert series at Bourgie hall in Montreal. She was invited as a soloist with leading ensembles such as Les Violons du Roy, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Arion Orchestre Baroque, Ensemble Caprice and the Toledo Symphony. Mélisande is a graduate of the Amsterdam Conservatory where she studied harpsichord, continuo and fortepiano in the classes of Bob van Asperen and Richard Egarr.

She was granted her Doctorate degree at McGill University. Mélisande teaches harpsichord at the Conservatoire de Musique de Québec, and at the Domaine Forget International Academy.

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