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!
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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” [...]
