Are you a refugee of Finale or Sibelius? Does the thought of learning yet another software send a shiver down your spine? If you’ve ever been interested in learning Dorico, but don’t know where to start, or you get overwhelmed, you’ve come to the right place. Join CMC Prairie library assistant and music engraver Anton [...]
About The Concert The Vancouver Symphony’s Music Director Otto Tausk makes his Edmonton debut conducting a Mozart masterpiece, his Sinfonia concertante. Featuring ESO Concertmaster Robert Uchida and Principal Viola Keith Hamm, the music in this piece has been described by historian Alfred Einstein as “dropped from heaven.” Written when Mendelssohn was just 15 years old, his First [...]
Daniel Raiskin, conductor Stephen Williamson, clarinet CC Duo, guitars Jacob Mühlrad: RESIL I for orchestra — Canadian premiere Christopher Theofanidis: Indigo Heaven for clarinet & orchestra — Canadian premiere Kelly-Marie Murphy: The Confectioner’s Handbook for 2 guitars & strings Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis: Symphony No. 3 — World premiere / WSO commission Photo: Matthew Fried. Swedish composer Jacob Mühlrad comes to Winnipeg for the first time to present the Canadian premiere [...]
The Program Celebrate the land, people, and voices of Alberta through music that is familiar, fresh, and deeply rooted. This program features works by three Alberta composers, Ashley Seward, Donovan Seidle and Jessica McMann, alongside Beethoven’s pastoral masterpiece, Symphony No. 6. Featured Artists JANNA SAILOR Conductor
The Program Celebrate the land, people, and voices of Alberta through music that is familiar, fresh, and deeply rooted. This program features works by three Alberta composers, Ashley Seward, Donovan Seidle and Jessica McMann, alongside Beethoven’s pastoral masterpiece, Symphony No. 6. Featured Artists JANNA SAILOR Conductor
4 / DANCES OF DREAMS 7.30pm, Wednesday, February 18 Crescent Arts Centre, 525 Wardlaw Ave. Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano Jeri Lynne Johnson, conductor A vibrant celebration of fantasy and rhythm featuring prodigy British pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason and conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson — both returning to the MCO stage since last appearing in spring 2024 — this [...]
Program Catch the brilliance of Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony as conductor Jessica Cottis leads the Orchestra in revealing the complexities behind the work's seemingly lighthearted façade. The Orchestra's own concertmaster Diana Cohen takes the spotlight in Max Bruch's riveting and romantic First Violin Concerto — voted the #1 violin concerto of all time by Classic FM. [...]
About The Concert Celebrated British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor returns after a 12-year absence to perform Benjamin Britten’s energetic Piano Concerto, written when the composer was 24 and known for its rhythmic drive and inventive orchestration. At its premiere, a critic wrote cryptically of Brahms’ final symphony, “It is like a dark well; the longer we look [...]
Program Catch the brilliance of Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony as conductor Jessica Cottis leads the Orchestra in revealing the complexities behind the work's seemingly lighthearted façade. The Orchestra's own concertmaster Diana Cohen takes the spotlight in Max Bruch's riveting and romantic First Violin Concerto — voted the #1 violin concerto of all time by Classic FM. [...]
About The Concert Celebrated British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor returns after a 12-year absence to perform Benjamin Britten’s energetic Piano Concerto, written when the composer was 24 and known for its rhythmic drive and inventive orchestration. At its premiere, a critic wrote cryptically of Brahms’ final symphony, “It is like a dark well; the longer we look [...]