“A captivating new composition by composer-pianist Rea Beaumont… this evocative half-hour work offers a fresh sonic perspective on the natural beauty of the grounds …[an] unforgettable listening experience.” - Review - Garden Secrets
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MIDNIGHT AND THE GARDEN (2025)
REA BEAUMONT, composer-pianist
Discover the Toronto Botanical Garden as you have never experienced it before. Garden Secrets: A Year in the Toronto Botanical Garden (2025) transforms the colours, rhythms, mysteries, and changing moods of the seasons into an unforgettable journey. Commissioned for the garden's 70th anniversary. Midnight for solo piano, which opens the album, evokes the hour of mystery …
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“Beaumont has a knack for composing piano music that is pretty and gorgeous and is simultaneously imbued with something deeper and the pieces in this Pacific Northwest set really show off that ability of hers. … It is pretty, it is something you could put on to set the mood if you wanted to, but there is also more going on here. These pieces are imbued with deep thought and reflection and they do really romance the West coast … draw[ing] inspiration from the natural world." - CBC Music, Review - Enjoy the Journey
ENJOY THE JOURNEY (2024)
“Record of the Week” (CBC Music)
CHRISTOPHER VERRETTE, violin
REA BEAUMONT, composer-pianist
Enjoy the Journey (2024) takes listeners on a journey from Canada's Pacific to Atlantic coast, and beyond. It features Green Pieces, which is a musical tribute to Vancouver's social energy and the beauty of Canada's Pacific Northwest. Commissioned by UBC Green College for its 30th anniversay. The album includes French-Canadian Folksongs featuring Tafelmusik violin Christopher Verrette. The folksongs are the result of Beaumont's extensive research into the genre's rich history and cultural context, while presenting a new artistic vision.
CD available in Vancouver, BC, at Gandharva Loka World Music (Granville Island) and Vancouver's oldest record store Neptoon Records
Awaken is “Record of the Week” on CBC Music
AWAKEN (2022) SPP 2022
CHRISTOPHER VERRETTE, violin
REA BEAUMONT, composer-pianist
“A wave washed over the world. From the ebb and flow of uncertainty, we emerged with anticipation for new beginnings." - Rea Beaumont
Composer-pianist Rea Beaumont acknowledges the fragility of life with works composed during the COVID-19 pandemic and emergence from the global lock-downs: New Beginnings, featuring violinist Christopher Verrette (Tafelmusik); Angel Bright that Beaumont dedicated to the 16,000 children who lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic (Source: UNICEF); and the five-movement set LIQUID that uses water as a metaphor for life, while highlighting environmental issues.
Recorded at CBC Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
Producer: David Jaeger, C.M.
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