Camber Arts (formerly Gros Morne Summer Music)  began in 2003 as a classical chamber music festival held in the summer in Gros Morne National Park (hence the name). Over the past eighteen years, a restless spirit of exploration has evolved this little operation into a year-round interarts company that works across four major areas of activity: presentation, creation, innovation, and education.

Presentation - reflects, challenges, and celebrates Corner Brook as a ‘public audience’ through music and musical theatre.

We've presented acclaimed artists such as Jan Lisiecki, Joel Plaskett, Jane Coop, collaborations with the Aga Khan Museum to combine Newfoundland and Islamic musicians; bringing Corner Brook artists Edmund MacLean and Cindy O’Neill back for Woman of Labrador; curating The Once with the MUN Chamber Choir. These presentations root Corner Brookers in a sense of place, time, and belonging, while nurturing collective, progressive relationships with worlds beyond home.

​Creation -​ takes the relationship between art and place-making beyond reflecting Corner Brook, to enchanting that reflection, rendering places, people, and narratives fluid, limitless, and magical through site specific work.

Same River Twice (ACE Award - Arts Event Of The Year) & Borrowed Black, Glynmill Pond; Aberdeen and the Old Boot, Bowater Park; Barley Legge and the Logger’s Dream, Corner Brook Stream Trail; Postcards From The Train (ACE Award - Historic Project) & Blood on the Newfie Bullet, Historic Train Site.

Innovation - engages communities in Corner Brook and beyond, as Camber Arts drives key innovation strategies for the Cultural Non-Profit sector nationally and internationally. We serve the digital arts community, co-leading a national summit at Banff Centre (2019), producing award-winning work internationally (2022), and collaborating on digital creation R&D with Sheridan’s Screen Industries Research and Training Centre, National Arts Centre (ongoing). With the international cultural policy community, we co-funded national workshops on impact investing that led to a collaboration with the Metcalf Foundation, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council. Co-AD David Maggs co-authored an international report on impact investing for the UK’s Policy and Evidence Centre, and presented on the subject across Canada, Australia, the UK, and Europe.

Education -- is our strongest community impact, annually transforming the lives of hundreds of youth and families beyond standard art-going demographics, thereby building the underlying values and relationships that support the broader arts ecosystem regionally. The Graham Academy, named for Dr. Gary Graham to extend his pedagogical legacy, is directed by Co-AD Ian Locke. GA runs 14 programs with 170 youth and 150 adult registrations, producing 6 theatrical productions (with full production values), monthly regional television episodes, recitals, community choral and theatrical performances, summer camps, and studio lessons. A volunteer bursary committee fundraises tirelessly to eliminate barriers for low income families (providing $20 000.00 of tuition in 2025).

The Graham Academy

The Graham Academy, an initiative of Camber Arts, is proud to be founded based on the rich history of Dr. Gary Graham’s work here in Corner Brook.  The Graham Academy gets its name and spirit from Gary Graham, the chair of then Gros Morne Summer Music from 2007 until his passing in June 2019, and the recipient of both the Order of Newfoundland and an Honorary Doctorate from Memorial University for excellence in music education and lifelong service to the arts.  Each initiative of the Graham Academy celebrates and supports the continuation of a different aspect of over forty years of Dr. Graham’s teaching here in Corner Brook.

The Graham Academy’s good work is forever guided by its namesake, Gary Graham, and his lifelong dedication to youth development through the arts, his commitment to our community, his compassion and support for those in need, and his drive for excellence. In developing and delivering performing arts opportunities to youth in Western Newfoundland and Labrador, the Graham Academy recognizes that performing arts teach young people the skills needed to grow, learn and excel in all aspects of their lives.

Graham Academy’s youth programming is committed to developing skills in a variety of performing arts disciplines, including but not limited to choral and musical theatre and through performance opportunities.

Through these opportunities, young people are empowered to be confident, creative, and connect with their community.

As a proud member of the Camber Arts family, the Graham Academy seeks opportunities to support youth development by working with and learning from professional artists engaged in activities with Camber Arts where possible.