ESO 18/19: Ravel, Shostakovich & Stravinsky
2019-01-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2019-01-12 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, T5J 4X8, Canada
A tribute to a pair of WWI veterans and a experimentation with neo-baroque techniques are sure to make this an unforgettable performance. The ESO moves perfectly from reverence to mischief in this outstanding musical display.

SSO 18/19: Ravel Piano Concerto
2019-01-26 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 35 – 22nd Street East, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0C8, Canada
A concert that plans to jazz up your January: Milhaud’s jazz-infused take on the creation of the world is a perfect pairing for Ravel’s incredible piano concerto. Regina Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Gordon Gerrard makes his SSO debut.
Saskatoon’s own Godwin Friesen returns to the SSO as winner of the Shurniak Concerto Competition. His playing is laced with energy and precision that will bring the Ravel to life.
The evening is rounded out by two Canadian pieces, Glenn Buhr’s Winter Poems and Malcolm Forsyth’s Atayoskewin.

WNMF 2019: Bramwell Tovey conducts John Adams
2019-01-26 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1C3, Canada
Winnipeg New Music Festival 2019: Saturday subscribers take in the opening night of the festival with Bramwell Tovey conducting John Adams’ Harmonielehre – the work that first opened the festival in 1991.

ESO 18/19: Elgar's Violin Concerto
2019-01-26 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, T5J 4X8, Canada
Performed by ESO Concertmaster Robert Uchida, Elgar’s thoughtful concerto has become a musical standard. Outgoing Symphony Nova Scotia Music Director Bernhard Gueller champions a work written for his orchestra by Sri Lankan-Canadian Dinuk Wijertane.

WNMF 2019: Roomful of Teeth
2019-02-01 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1C3, Canada
Winnipeg New Music Festival 2019: Friday subscribers enjoy Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw’s sophomore appearance at WNMF and this time she brings her astounding ensemble, Roomful of Teeth!

SSO 18/19: Finding Heinz Moehn
2019-03-23 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 35 – 22nd Street East, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0C8, Canada
Heinz Moehn was a noted editor for the German publisher Barenreiter. He was best known for his editions of Mozart’s works including the great Requiem. And, while every major orchestra in the world has played his edition of the Requiem, none knew he was also a remarkable composer—until now.
Here in Saskatoon, Heinz Moehn’s grandson unearthed his grandfather’s compositions in a box of family heirlooms. The SSO collaborated with Saskatoon-based composer Paul Suchan to take Moehn’s hand-written score for his Violin Concerto and create parts for the SSO to perform—marking the first performance of the concerto in 80 years. We’ve called up rising-star Timothy Chooi to lend his artistry to this unveiling of a new, old concerto.
We’re pairing this debut of Moehn’s concerto with his edition of the beloved Mozart Requiem, featuring a thrilling cast of singers including Prince Albert-born soprano Andrea Lett and tenor Michael Harris.

ESO 18/19: Szymanowski Violin Concerto
2019-03-23 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, T5J 4X8, Canada
Under-represented works by masters (Beethoven & Mendelssohn) join fiery 20th century works, all under the hand of CPO Music Director Rune Bergmann.

WSO18/19: Holst: The Planets, with Imagery from NASA’s Great Observatories
2019-03-29 - 2019-03-30, 2019-03-29, 2019-03-30 | Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1C3, Canada
This special program pairs Holst’s The Planets with John Estacio’s effervescent Borealis trilogy. Guest host astronomer José Francisco Salgado brings his fantastic collection of imagery from NASA’s great observatories.

SSO 18/19: Eroica
2019-04-27 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 35 – 22nd Street East, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0C8, Canada
Is it possible that the thumping opening chords of Beethoven’s third symphony changed the history of music?
Considered one of the greatest and most popular orchestral works ever written, Beethoven’s Eroica is a symphonic masterpiece and it’s steeped in myth. Did Beethoven really change its dedication? Did audiences really find its strange modulations and violent transitions unsettling?
We open the night with Beethoven’s Contradances for orchestra. You’ll hear the composer working through his early sketches of ideas for his third symphony.
The night features the SSO’s Principal Flute Sarah Yunji Moon in a thrilling concerto by audience favourite Christos Hatzis. Departures requires a fearless flutist of the highest caliber–and its the perfect way for us to showcase her remarkable playing!

ESO 18/19: Prior's New Violin Concerto
2019-06-01 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, T5J 4X8, Canada
Alex’s concerto is the product of his close friendship with his colleague Simone Porter. Estacio’s work was inspired by his first sight of the northern lights after moving to Alberta. And Schoenberg, herald of the modern era, was a great admirer of “Brahms the Progressive,” as he called him.

Monster Music Sale
2024-04-03 09:00 - 16:00, 2024-04-04 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton) | University Theatre Foyer, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
Our upcoming Monster Music Sale will feature sheet music, music books, rare and superlative LP’s and box sets, and compact disks from all genres! Everything $5 on day one, everything half price on day two!

GS1: Sustenance - Featuring Carmen Braden, Iman Habibi, Kelly-Marie Murphy
2024-09-15 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Alberta
What nourishes you? Us? Our planet? What happens when life necessities are absent? Food and water, song and play, community and solitude – get off the grid for a few hours and explore SUSTENANCE at its source. With support from Canada’s Council for the Arts Create and Explore program and SOCAN, violinist and guest curator Elation Pauls brings this banquet of sound to you in anticipation of her debut album to be released this fall on the SPEKTRAL label with renowned Canadian composer-pianists David Braid and Serouj Kradjian performing their own works. Including five Manitoban Premieres and one World Premiere, Canadian composers Carmen Braden, Cris Derksen, Iman Habibi and Kelly-Marie Murphy will also be featured on this evening of powerhouse works for solo violin and violin and piano duo.
Tickets

Jessica McMann with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
2024-09-25 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Alberta
1 / LAMENT
7.30pm, Wednesday, September 25
(Desautels Concert Hall, UM)
Anne Manson, conductor; Jonathon Adams, baritone; Jessica McMann, flute-composer; Tyson Houseman, video artist
THE VISIONARY CREE-MÉTIS BARITONE sings baroque and urgent new musical lamentations. Guiding you through stirring discoveries, disruptions, and landscapes, this concert will leave you changed.

Kati AGÓCS with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
2024-09-27 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-09-28 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Jack Singer Concert Hall, 205 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 0K9, Canada
Treat yourself to an evening of magnificent symphonic classics performed by your Calgary Phil. The concert opens with Canadian composer Kati Agócs’ dignified A Hero’s Welcome. Then, pianist Jonathan Biss brings out all the brilliance and splendor of Ludwig van Beethoven’s grand Emperor concerto with his renowned finesse and sensitivity. Conductor Ramón Tebar then plumbs the emotional depths of Johannes Brahms’s powerful Fourth Symphony, full of passion, anguish, and tenderness.
AGÓCS A Hero’s Welcome
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Join us in the lobby 6:35PM for our Pre-Concert chat.
This concert includes a 20-minute intermission.

Vivian Fung with Virtuosi Concerts
2024-09-29 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Edmonton) | Alberta
Our season opens with a breath of fresh air from the interdisciplinary Looking Glass Ensemble. Founded by clarinetist Christine Carter and dancer.choreographer Shannon Litzenberger in collaboration with trailblazing pianist Gregory Oh and acclaimed Winnipeg-born cellist Vernon Regehr, this innovative performance collective from St. John’s and Toronto melds music and movement, presenting classical chamber music for clarinet, cello, and piano in combination with contemporary dance. The refreshing program they bring to Winnipeg pairs newly imagined creations including Randy Woolf’s breathtaking “Everything is Green” and vinian Fung’s whimsical “Billy Collins Suite” with Arvo Part’s exquisite classic “Spiegel im Spiegel” and Ludwig van Beethoven’s quintessential “Trio in Bb Major” for clarinet, cello, and piano.

Dinuk Wijeratne by Cheng² Duo with Cecilian Chamber Series – November 3
2024-11-03 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Edmonton) | Darke Hall, 2255 College Ave, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 0S9, Canada
With their programme “Between Friends and Family,” Cheng² Duo explores the relationships between generations of composers across cultures and centuries, celebrating the friendships and admiration they inspired. The first half juxtaposes two revolutionaries of their time: Dinuk Wijeratne and Ludwig van Beethoven. Wijeratne, who fuses elements of Indian and Middle Eastern music in his compositions, was inspired by Beethoven’s 3rd cello sonata to write his JUNO-nominated work, Portrait of an Imaginary Sibling; meanwhile, Beethoven blazed the trail for future composers, being the first to write sonatas for cello and piano that treated both instruments as equals. The brother-and-sister duo then takes us to Paris in the 1910s – the ultimate melting pot of culture in the world – where musicians, painters, poets, writers, and choreographers gathered regularly to exchange ideas. Claude Debussy was a central figure in that musical scene, which included his close friends Manuel de Falla and Igor Stravinsky. Revel in the unique musical soundworlds each composer has to offer with their distinct and powerful voices and witness the influence that endearment and adoration create in these classical masterworks!

Örjan Sandred and Gordon Fitzell in GroundSwell 2 – November 4
2024-11-04 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Winnipeg) | Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 1V1, Canada
Join us for an evening of electrifying repertoire featuring the Stenhammar Quartet, one of Scandinavia’s leading string quartets. The quartet has done it all—travelled the globe, crafted numerous acclaimed recordings, and premiered works by leading international composers. For their Winnipeg concert, the group will present powerful compositions by internationally celebrated Inuk artist Tanya Tagaq, Cree-Mennonite composer Cris Derksen, and Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Caroline Shaw. They will also give world premiere performances of two brand new pieces for string quartet and electronics: Sketches of Shifting Landscapes by Swedish-Canadian composer Örjan Sandred and Sleight of Hand by Winnipeg composer Gordon Fitzell.

Mental Performance in Arts Canada - From Sport to Stage: The Development of Performance Psychology in Canada
2024-11-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Alberta
From Sport to Stage: The Development of Performance Psychology in Canada
This webinar will explore the development of performance psychology in Canada. Our presenter will be Natalie Durand-Bush, who is the co-founder of both the Canadian Sport Psychology Association and the Canadian Centre for Mental Health in Sport, which have played pivotal roles in the growth of this domain in Canada. Natalie is a Professor of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa and has worked extensively with athletes as well as performing artists. The discussion session will enable members to share ideas about processes from sport that can be applied or modified to meet the needs of the performing arts industry.
Admission is free, but registration is required. Register using the form below. Registration will be open until November 6th.

Elizabeth Raum with the UCalgary String Quartet – November 8
2024-11-08 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
This virtuoso ensemble has been University of Calgary’s string quartet-in-residence since 1995. The 30th anniversary season is representative of its programing since its inception: timeless masterworks from the string quartet canon mixed with works by Canadian composers and underrepresented composers, and collaborations with distinguished guest artists.
Program:
Elizabeth Raum (Canadian composer) – “Victims of Eagles”
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Quintet Op. 57, with Jani Parsons, piano
Johannes Brahms – String Quartet Op. 51 No. 1

Roydon Tse and Marie-Claire Saindon with CHOR LEONI - November 11
2024-11-11 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-11 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Vancouver) | St. Andrew’s-Wesley United, 1022 Nelson St #100, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 4S7, Canada
Join us for a cherished annual tradition on November 11th, and immerse yourself in a sonic space for the heart and mind to consider the conflicts and violence of the past and present. Take time to contemplate and reflect, as, through song, we transform this darkness into a better vision of understanding and peace. Our uncanny mix of folk songs, popular songs, and choral masterpieces, will guide you a journey from the shadows of death to the dawn of empathy, understanding, light and love.
Tickets from $20-$70
35 and Under Ticket Pricing Available.
Free tickets available for any active or retired members of the military. Call the Chor Leoni Box Office to book: 604.263.7061
Please join us for a post-concert chat after each concert.

Kelly-Marie Murphy with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra – November 15 and 16
2024-11-15 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-16 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Jack Singer Concert Hall, 205 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 0K9, Canada
Let the Calgary Phil envelop you in sumptuous orchestral sound with the passionate drama of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, starring 2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze. Conductor Sarah Ioannides then leads the Orchestra in Rimsky-Korsakov’s fantastical symphonic suite inspired by tales from the Arabian Nights. The concert opens with Kelly-Marie Murphy’s striking tone poem that explores the mystery and beauty of a starry sky.

MURPHY Dark Night, Bright Stars, Vast Universe
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherezade
Join us in the lobby 6:35PM for our Pre-Concert chat.
This concert includes a 20-minute intermission.

Decolonizing the Narrative: Adrian Stimson
2024-11-20 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | Max Bell Auditorium, 107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff, Alberta, T1L 1H5, Canada
Join us for an insightful conversation with Adrian Stimson as part of the Decolonizing the Narrative Conversation Series. In this session titled Not for the Faint of Heart: The Continuum of Decolonizing the Western Art Practice, Stimson will explore his artistic journey and the constant challenge of decolonizing his work in an often politically hostile world.

Stimson often tells people that art is not for the faint of heart, as it takes courage to face the colonial beast—an incessant and relentless process. He reflects on how, as Indigenous artists, we navigate the hostilities of a politically charged world, care for ourselves, and use our art to counter dominant narratives. He challenges us to consider: Are we truly decolonizing, or are we merely pawns in an ever-shifting game controlled by colonial powers? Akin to The Matrix, do we choose the white pill, the red pill—or simply become a pill ourselves?
Facilitated by Janine Windolph, Director of Indigenous Arts at Banff Centre, the session includes a presentation by Stimson followed by a discussion and a Q&A. This conversation will be recorded and shared following the event, but the Q&A portion will remain unrecorded. Sessions may share experiences and ask difficult questions.
