Message from the Artistic Director

A graduate of the Montreal Conservatoire, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and the Guildhall School of Music in London, harpsichordist, pianist and recorder player Tim Blackmore has received accolades in Canada and abroad as a musician “of undaunted enterprise, formidable technical powers and lyrical expressiveness” (London Daily Telegraph).  He is the Founder and Artistic Director of  the Early Music Studio of Saint John and the Saint John Early Music Festival (presented annually from 2014 to 2022) and was a member (with lutenist Michel Cardin) of the La Tour Baroque Duo, whose recordings of baroque repertoire have garnered international critical acclaim. He has performed as a solo and chamber player throughout New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and in major centres such as Toronto, Montreal, New York, Paris and London. In 2013 he was Musician-in-Residence at the Fortress of Louisbourg as part of the special events celebrating the fortress’s 300th anniversary. In 2014 he received the Originals Arts Award for his contributions to the cultural life of Saint John. He performs on an Italian-Flemish  harpsichord made by Andrew Graham, a modern version of an 18th century square piano c.1780 and on copies of recorders by the celebrated 18th-century makers Peter Bressan and Englebert Terton.