In the Family Saturday, March 8, 2025 7:30 PM  9:30 PM Crescent Arts Centre (map) Join Bluestem, Prairie Voices and Horizon plus PVI Alumni for an anniversary celebration like no other! PVI is excited to commemorate 25 years at our annual In the Family concert featuring special performances with the PVI alumni choir, past directors, and more. PVI will [...]

Composers have been writing about nature’s light and the celestial landscape for centuries. The sun and the moon and the stars, the aurora borealis and lightning have been the inspiration for many choral compositions. Whether we look at the sky during the day or more prominently during the hours of darkness, there is always an impressive [...]

Oscar Morawetz: Carnival Overture Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Revel in the vibrant contrasts of Oscar Morawetz’s lively overture, Robert Schumann’s lyrical cello concerto, and Gustav Mahler’s celestial fourth symphony, featuring the exquisite talents of cellist Bryan Cheng and soprano Lara Ciekiewicz. Join us for an evening of contrasts and connections [...]

GS4: North/South GS4: North/South March 20, 2025, 7:00pm GroundSwell and WAG-Qaumajuq are thrilled to co-present North/South, a unique gallery concert featuring throat songs by Nikki Komaksiutiksak and family, as well as music for violas and percussion played by Melody McKiver, Jennifer Thiessen and Ben Reimer.  New collaborations by Melody McKiver and Jennifer Thiessen and new [...]

About The Concert We celebrate our first Composer in Residence John Estacio, whose colourful and cinematic sonorities have electrified Edmonton Symphony audiences for over 30 years. The concert will include a movement from John’s Trumpet Concerto (co-commissioned by a consortium of 19 Canadian orchestras), a dazzling string quartet written for the Banff International String Quartet Competition, a [...]

The Spotlight Series is MRU Conservatory's faculty recital series, showcasing performances by the talented members of our faculty - some of Calgary's finest musicians. On Saturday, March 29 at 4pm in the Trans-Alta Pavilion at the Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, we will be featuring three of our esteemed guitar faculty: Brett Gunther, Ben [...]