Tönky Hönk EP Release!
Madeline and Everett Hopfner are continuously exploring what it means to be a pianist. With midi keyboards triggering a light show, filters creating an eerie new world of quarter tones, and melting into the mellow vintage sound of a fender Rhodes, this duo is exploring the evolution of the piano… all with a bag of toys they are not afraid to use!
Visit their page and stay up-to-date here.
Video: Airdancing by Tom Flaherty
Music at Port Milford
Madeline returns to Port Milford to teach at this year’s MPM Summer Chamber Music School on the idyllic shore of South Bay, Lake Ontario. Students, who are admitted competitively, work together to produce weekly performances of chamber, orchestral and choral works.
Piano Lab in Winnipeg!
Madeline joins Theresa Thordarson and Everett Hopfner in working with piano enthusiasts ages 10-14. Get set for a week of fun at the piano and away from the piano! Read all about it at PianoLab | Programs | CMU.
The Space Between
This annual conference established by The Canadian Percussion Network brings together percussionists from across the country, building connections between research and performance. Their in-person event series, The Space Between (TSB), is dedicated to creating new opportunities for collaboration and fresh perspectives on the ever-evolving world of percussion.
Syrinx Flute Festival: Opening Recital
The Syrinx Flute Festival is an annual event in Winnipeg. This year’s guest clinician is flutist Christian Paquette, newly appointed Principal Flute of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Christian and Maddy open the festival with works by Taffanel, Blavet, Colgrass, Debussy, Fung and Clarke. Read all about the festival here.
MusCan Composer Showcase
MusCan Composer Showcase is one of many performances presented by MusCan, an organization of educators, scholars, practitioners, students, administrators, and post-secondary institutions that embraces all aspects of, and approaches to, the study and practice of music in Canada and/or by Canadians. This year’s weekend-long conference is being held at the University of Manitoba.
Madeline will be performing on Friday, May 22 at 7:30 pm in the the Contemporary Composers Concert at Desautels Concert Hall.
This concert will be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/live/tM08WvnQXMU
Music in the Afternoon, Toronto
Fierbois is featured in concert presented by the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto.
At the heart of their concert is Oscar Peterson’s jazz-infused Canadiana Suite, a musical exploration of the True North.
A generous program beginning with Mozart and Vivaldi, and featuring a new work written for them by David Braid, this season’s Commissioned Composer.
Tickets are here.
WMC McLellan Competition Semi-Finals, Winnipeg
Madeline is one of three adjudicators on the jury that will choose three finalists to move on to the eleventh biennial WMC McLellan Competition for Solo Performance with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. This prestigious Competition awards a total of $20,000 in career funding and performance opportunities for advanced Manitoba-educated musicians pursuing performance careers.
Madeline in Fort McMurray
Madeline finishes off a weekend of masterclasses with a grand concert on Fort McMurray’s Keyano Theatre.
Presented through the Fort McMurray Music Teachers Association, in partnership with Keyano Theatre and Suncor Centre Stage.
Tickets are here.
Tönky Hönk at Newfound Music Festival
Maddy and Everett will be presenting their one-of-a-kind concerts at the Newfound Music Festival, an annual event that invites students, alumni, and faculty to share their "Newfound ideas" with the School of Music community.
Rhythm in Blue: Music at Memorial
Looking Glass Ensemble and Iris Trio Mainstage Concert Series
Madeline joins her colleagues at Memorial University in an exciting collaboration of dancers, musicians and poet Don McKay that weaves contemporary dance with jazz and classical music. Read more and find tickets at Rhythm in Blue.
FIERBOIS in Whitehorse, Yukon!
Fierbois brings their magic to Whitehorse in a concert that will include a special appearance by the Yukon string players.
This is a Showcase Performance presented by Prairie Debut’s 2025/26 Touring Artist Series.
Read more and get your tickets here.
Xenia Concerts and TO Live!
Fierbois plays a noon-hour concert presented in partnership with Music Toronto through the COSE Residency program. (Celebration of Small Ensembles)
COSE - Music Toronto
In 2023, Music TORONTO launched the innovative COSE Series (Celebration of Small Ensembles), which presents chamber music experiences in a new format and venue, expanding the organization’s capacity to support early career artist development, innovative program design and audience development.
Fierbois will be there, working with musicians through the COSE Artist Residencies program. Master classes are conducted in collaboration with the Royal Conservatory and the University of Toronto Faculty of Music that provide senior music students the opportunity to work with visiting concert artists.
FIERBOIS in Winnipeg!
Fierbois returns to Winnipeg to perform for their beloved home audience.
This concert is a Showcase Performance presented by Prairie Debut’s 2025/26 Touring Artist Series.
Read more and get your tickets here.
FIERBOIS in Silverton, B.C.
The Slocan Lake Arts Council presents Fierbois in an evening concert at the beautiful Silverton Memorial Hall, a historic buiding that they call “the crown jewel of our small community”.
This concert is a Showcase Performance presented by Prairie Debut’s 2025/26 Touring Artist Series.
Read more and get your tickets here.
FIERBOIS in Canmore
Join Fierbois in Canmore’s vibrant community artsPlace!
This concert is a Showcase Performance presented by Prairie Debut’s 2025/26 Touring Artist Series.
Read more and get your tickets here.
Fine Arts Lecture Series
The University of Saskatchewan presents a roster of five engaging lectures, bringing new or different material to musicians and music aficionados alike.
Madeline’s lecture is titled Handwork: Finding Feminism and Flow in the Minimalist Processes of Ann Southam's Piano Music.
FIERBOIS in Saskatoon
Fierbois plays in Saskatoon’s unique and culturally significant Gustin House.
FIERBOIS on Tour
Prairie Debut presents Fierbois
Established in 1997, Prairie Debut is the only organization of its kind in Western Canada, linking the best Canadian classical and global music artists to over 80 communities in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, B.C., and the Yukon.
Follow Madeline and Caitlin Broms-Jacobs as they captivate audiences from Pinawa, Manitoba to Whitehorse, Yukon.
Oct 4, 2025 - Brandon, Manitoba
Oct 5, 2025 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Oct. 9, 2025 - Canmore, Alberta
Oct 11, 2025 - Silverton, British Columbia
Oct 26, 2025 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nov 22, 2025 - Whitehorse, Yukon
March 13, 2026 - Pinawa, Manitoba
FIERBOIS in Brandon
Fierbois plays in the intimate lobby setting of Brandon’s Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium.
At the heart of their concert program is Oscar Peterson’s jazz-infused Canadiana Suite, a musical exploration of the True North. The selections portray the rolling pine-covered Laurentians of Quebec, the sway of wheat fields in the Prairie provinces, and the imposing Rockies, land of the misty giants.
Tickets at FIERBOIS (a WMCA foyer concert) — Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium
Presented by Prairie Debut as part of their Western Canada 2025/26 Artist Series.
Avaloch Farm Music Institute
Tönky Hönk duo Maddy and Everett can’t wait to see what Avaloch Farms has in store for them! It’s a residential arts center designed to serve as a catalyst for unfettered artistic exploration, creation and performance. Now if that isn’t a perfect match for these two!
”AFMI provides an environment to inspire and empower early, mid-career and distinguished musicians to develop meaningful artistic content and collaborations to share with the world-at-large.”
Take a look at all the terrific events happening in the Concert Barn this summer and fall season. Festival — Avaloch Farm Music Institute
Piano Kick Start
Tönky-Hönk will be the perfect duo to inspire the students of the Piano Kick Start summer session in Brandon, Manitoba. This initiative of the Eckhardt-Gramatté Conservatory of Music is designed to give piano students a boost of confidence and inspiration, offering young pianists the chance to work collaboratively, make new friends, and learn from one another in a positive social setting. The program ends with a Gala Concert on August 28 at 7:00 pm in the Lorne Watson Recital Hall.
Windwood Music Festival
Fierbois will be participating in the Windwood Music Festival in August, as part of a series of creative music performance projects. Since 2022, the festival has gathered international artists in Airdrie, Alberta for a two-week residency, where musicians explore what it takes to create projects that celebrate sustainability, community, and arts in all its forms. This can involve exploring local landscapes and drawing inspiration from Airdrie’s natural beauty, or working with produce grown by local farmers to create a meal that inspires a performance! These projects will be presented in public spaces around Airdrie that include parks, cafes, museums, and farms, and are designed by the participants in order to best present a collaboration between community members or aspects of a community and music.
New Music on the Point
New Music on the Point, located on Lake Dunmore in Vermont, is a premier venue for chamber music and music-making. The festival brings together a world-class faculty of composers and performers, along with a group of 50 musicians aged 18-35. Participants experience a unique opportunity to engage in performing, improvising, composing, and collaborating. The festival's location on the lakeside campus provides a beautiful backdrop for outdoor and site-specific performances, immersing participants in the natural environment.
Madeline and her Tönky-Hönk partner Everett Hopfner, are at the festival where they are featured performers playing and premiering brand new compositions.
J.S. Bach’s Long Walk in the Snow
Madeline joins a powerhouse troupe that includes storyteller Tom Allen in a chamber musical that takes a look and listen at “what might have been”, when as a young man J.S. Bach walked the 400 kms from Arnstadt to Lübeck, to hear Dietrich Buxtehude on the organ.
J. S. Bach's Long Walk in the Snow has enjoyed performances from B.C. to Nfld, and wherever they go, Tom and harpist Lori Gemmell team up with top local musicians. In Winnipeg, they'll be joined by singer Catherine Wreford, Karl Stobbe on violin, and Madeline on piano. Read all about them here, and get your tickets at J.S. Bach's Long Walk in the Snow | Wmcwpg.
Dawn & Dusk
Madeline joins the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra at the harpsichord, playing works by J.S. Bach and Variations on Bach by acclaimed Canadian composer David Braid.
The concert will feature two of Canada’s leading violinists and famous musical siblings, Timothy and Nikki Chooi.
All info and tickets ay 8 / DAWN AND DUSK (May 14, 2025) | Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
FIERBOIS in Southern Manitoba
Madeline and Caitlin are featured in the Southern Manitoba Concert Series.
Tickets at Southern Manitoba Concerts - Southern Manitoba Concert Series.
Love & Madness
FIERBOIS AT THE WINNIPEG BAROQUE FESTIVAL!
Fierbois shares bold music from the French Baroque to channel the spirit of their namesake - the sword of Joan of Arc. Featuring the works of Francoise Couperin, Louis Couperin, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and Jean-Baptiste Lully, the duo will be joined by celebrated Winnipeg flutist Jan Kocman and bassoonist Katie Brooks.
Ticket package for WBF is here. Single tickets are $35.
About the WINNIPEG BAROQUE FESTIVAL:
This festival, now in its fourth season, is an unprecedented collaboration among Winnipeg ensembles who are passionate about Baroque and early music in a modern context. From great masterworks to rare gems of the era never before presented in Winnipeg, you’ll be dazzled by the array of sounds and musical mastery of the 17th and 18th century performed by Festival favourites like Canzona and Dead of Winter as well as ensembles like the Winnipeg Singers, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Fierbois, RCCO, Fidem in Fidibus, Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, Karl Stobbe & Benjamin Moser, CMU Festival Chorus, and more!
Almonte in Concert
Almonte in Concert presents a series of exciting and varied chamber music concerts performed by nationally and internationally acclaimed musicians in the historic and acoustically superb setting of Almonte Old Town Hall.
View the series here where you can also read up on Fierbois’ program.
Music by Women Festival
Madeline will be presenting a Lecture Recital at the ninth annual international Music by Women Festival on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women. The festival features concerts of new and historic music written by women composers historically as well as in the present day.
Maddy’s topic is Finding Feminism and Flow in the Minimalist Processes of Ann Southam's Piano Music. Among the selections being referenced is Ann Southam’s Glass Houses.
It's Festival Season in Manitoba!
You can find Madeline adjudicating at the following Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals coming up:
Feb 25-28 - Brandon Festival of the Arts
March 10-15 - Winnipeg Music Festival
March 17-20 - Southeast Music and Arts Festival
About Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals:
AMAF represents community arts festivals in Manitoba and neighbouring Ontario communities. Its purpose is to promote and encourage participation in, growth and development of, and appreciation for the creative and performing arts in partnership with local festivals.
Local arts festivals run throughout the fall, winter and spring in many communities. These involve adjudicated classes in music, dance, theatre arts, speech and visual arts. These festivals provide valuable performing opportunities and foster personal growth and development for all participants through workshops and critiques from highly skilled professionals. Each arts festival is unique, reflecting the culture of its community.
FIERBOIS CD Launch!
After nearly a decade of playing and touring together, Madeline and Caitlin Broms Jacobs will launch their first CD! Madeline writes, “The title of the album, Sing to Me Again, references the lyrical nature of the repertoire. But is also represents the silenced voices of the 20th Century; the composers who have undeservedly been underplayed, and the composers who have been restricted in artistic expression.”
Fierbois chose to feature composers from the Soviet Socialist Realism movement, an era when composers and artists were mandated to represent an idealized representation of life there. These works, with their “national sound through modality and their rhythmic and melodic folk idioms”, captivate the listener in this perfect combination of oboe and piano.
As compelling as the music are the stories that come with the selections, masterfully told by Maddy and Caitlin.
The release of this CD takes place, appropriately, in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, a space dedicated to enhancing the public's understanding of human rights, to promoting respect for others and encouraging reflection and dialogue.
The concert is pay-what-you-can. Persons donating $20 and above will receive a copy of Sing to Me Again.