SingleEvent11 – Barrie Concert Association

Past Concert: March Madness

Gemmell and Smith

Sunday, March 15, 2026 | 2:30 PM

Bethel Community Church, 128 St. Vincent St., Barrie, L4M 3Y9

This concert is part of the Sunday Georgian Music series.

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Performers

Corey Lyle Gemmell, violinist, is a native of Hamilton, Ontario. He has distinguished himself as a soloist and chamber musician with performances in Canada, Germany, the United States and China. Mr. Gemmell is concertmaster of Esprit Orchestra, Mississauga Symphony Orchestra, Burlington Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Ancaster and Orchestra Toronto.

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Performers

Benjamin Smith: Described as having “scintillating technique” (Barrie Examiner), pianist Benjamin Smith has performed both as soloist and chamber musician across Canada and the United States. Devoting considerable time to chamber music, Ben has been heard nationally across Canada on CBC Music, as well as on radio broadcasts in the UK. Dr. Smith currently resides in Toronto, maintaining a concert schedule and serving on the faculties of both the Glenn Gould School (GGS) and the Taylor Young Artist Academy at the Royal Conservatory.

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The Program

Gemmell and Smith present “March Madness – masterpieces from the maelstrom of genius”. From Tartini’s legendary and insanely virtuosic Devil’s Trill Sonata, born of the composer’s feverish dream, to the depths of Schumann’s hallucinatory mind in his Second Sonata for Violin and Piano; from the suicidal struggle of an increasingly deaf Beethoven in his Fourth Sonata for Violin and Piano, to a grieving Poulenc’s anguish in his heart-rending Sonata for Violin and Piano, Gemmell & Smith will draw you into the maelstrom of creative genius as they dive headlong into the madness, the frenetic energy and the creative spark that inspired these monumental works for violin and piano!

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