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Presented by the University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing Arts, international superstar Kevin Chen is returning to Calgary for a solo piano recital. This one-night-only celebration concert marks Kevin Chen’s triumphant return to his hometown of Calgary after tours of France, Israel, Germany, Poland and Taiwan following an astonishing string of international successes on the competition circuit. In 2021, he became the youngest pianist in history to win the Liszt International Piano Competition, followed by his first place win in 2022 of the Geneva International Music Competition, and most recently, he took the top prize of the 2023 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition.

“Experience live what the international music world is raving about - the biggest revelation in classical music in a generation” says Jean Grand-Maitre, long-time artistic director of Alberta Ballet, and the host of the pre-concert discussion with University of Calgary Professor Emeritus, Marilyn Engle. “His pianism combined astonishing technical mastery with a bold, wide-ranging musical imagination, profound insight and incomparable colourings, sound and dynamic shadings” said reviewer Luc Lagacé, France Musique.

This momentous event is the brainchild of arts philanthropist Heather Edwards, with all ticket proceeds being matched and donated by the Heather Edwards Foundation to support the music programs at the University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing Arts and the Mount Royal University Academy. The evening will feature special “pop-up” performances with music students from the University of Calgary in a joyous celebration of giving.

6:15 p.m. – pre-concert discussion with Jean Grand-Maitre and professor-Emeritus Marilyn Engle
7 p.m. – Concert
9 p.m. – post-concert Q&A with artist

Concert programme:
Felix Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, Op. 35 No. 6
Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
Frédéric Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 25
Franz Liszt: Bagatelle sans tonalité, S. 216a
Alexander Scriabin: Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 “White Mass”
Franz Liszt: Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este, S. 163 No. 4 from Années de pèlerinage III
Liszt: Réminiscences de Norma, S. 394

Ticket information:
$55 Adult/General Admission (general seating)
$110 Arts Champion Admission (includes general seating within a preferred area and complimentary bar service)
$48 Seniors
$25 Students/children*

*Limited number of tickets available for this category.

Because of the fundraising nature of this event, patrons are encouraged to select tickets generously, based on capacity to give.

Luminous Voices and the Canadian Chamber Choir will jointly host a workshop on February 24, 2024. This workshop is for anyone with an interest in working with the Canadian Chamber Choir and Luminous Voices. Registration is on a first come first serve basis.

DETAILS
Saturday, February 24, 2024 10:00 am - 11:30 am 
Event Address: Knox United Church - 506 4th Street SW

Music will be emailed to you once your registration and payment have been received.

Deadline to apply: February 15, 2024.

Focus will be on vocal technique as well as working on a commissioned piece by Kathyrn Parrotta "Voices Rising". The piece will be premiered at the Luminous Voices / Canadian Chamber Choir concert on February 25th, 2024.

The workshop will be led by the Artistic Directors of the Canadian Chamber Choir Dr. Julia Davids and Luminous Voices Dr. Timothy Shantz along with singers from both choirs!
 

PRICE
$10 students
$60 Adults

The registration includes:

• Participating in the workshop on February 24, 2024
• Ticket to the 3:00 pm concert on Sunday, February 25, 2024
• Singing in the premier of "Voices Rising" February 25, 2024

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"War is Hell." This famous quote is part of the motivation for this concert. While war may occur on the other side of the world, it touches all humanity and, as such, makes victims of us all. This is the subject of John Estacio's powerful work, Victims of Us All.

In this profoundly collaborative, community-driven afternoon, outstanding Ukrainian and Canadian artists will also showcase haunting selections of Ukrainian repertoire and join forces in Beethoven's 9th Symphony, a monumental work of hope and unbreakable unity. 

PROGRAMME:
Across the Steppe (Pashkevych)
Holy Mary, Mother of God (Hnatyshyn)
Victims of Us All (Estacio)
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)

FEATURING:
Ukrainian Male Chorus of Edmonton
Mount Royal Kantorei
Spiritus Chamber Choir
EnChor Chamber Choir

Anna Pompeeva, soprano
Stephania Romaniuk, mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Phillip Addis, baritone

Tickets are $28 (adults) / $25 (seniors) / $19 (students) and are available online through artscommons.ca (plus fees).

5-concert subscriptions are $115 (adults) / $90 (seniors) / $70 (students) are also available. For more information, visit artscommons.ca. 

Every year, musicians from the University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing Arts and the Mount Royal University Conservatory audition for a chance to perform with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. On December 7th, two students from University of Calgary will be chosen to perform with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra on March 6, 2024, along with the two students chosen through the Mount Royal University Conservatory auditions.

The RBC/Calgary Phil Concerto Concert is a unique partnership between the Calgary Philharmonic, Mount Royal University Conservatory, and the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary, to support the development of emerging artists.

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In commemoration of the annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), School of Creative and Performing Arts Music faculty, students and alumni present a concert of music by Jewish composers, including a string trio by Gideon Klein. This was Klein’s very last composition, written in the Terezin concentration camp in 1944. Soon after completing the work, he was sent to Auschwitz and from there to Fürstengrube, where he perished in January 1945.

The programme also includes Klezmer music, which essentially disappeared from Europe after the Holocaust. Then the music of Felix Mendelssohn, Ernest Bloch and Darius Milhaud will round out the program.

Opening address: Dr. Deborah Yedlin, Chancellor, University of Calgary

PROGRAMME:

Gideon Klein (1919 - 1945) – Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello (1944)

Ethan Mung, viola
Takumi Rodgers, cello
Edmond Agopian, violin

Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959) – Nigun from Three Pictures of Chassidic Life

Rachel Kreyner, piano
Edmond Agopian, violin

Darius Milhaud (1892 – 1974) – Suite pour Violin, Clarinette et Piano

Sam Lucas, clarinet
Yuhan Zhao, piano
Edmond Agopian, violin

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) – Sonata for Violin and Piano in F minor Op. 4

Rachel Kreyner, piano
Edmond Agopian, violin

Klezmer arrangements by Edmond Agopian

Aaron Geislinger, trombone
Aine Kay Sison, tuba
Rachel Kreyner, piano
Ernest Flancia, drum set
Takumi Rodgers, cello
Isaac Willocks, violin
Edmond Agopian, violin

Join the Calgary Civic Symphony and the winners of the last two Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competitions for this voyage to the exciting and exotic ports of the Mediterranean!

Beginning with Ibert’s colourful and evocative Escales (Ports of Call), this concert takes you to Rome and Palermo, Tunis and Nefta, Valencia, and Egypt. 

The concert features two of the world’s most brilliant amateur pianists – Thomas Yu, performing Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 “Egyptian”, which he captured first prize in the 2016 Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition. and Jon Lee, who won the most recent competition in 2022, performing Ravel Piano Concerto in G major.

The concert closes with one of the most spectacular works in the repertoire, Respighi’s Pines of Rome.

Tickets are $24 - $35 and are available online through artscommons.ca or at the door.

The UCalgary Chorus is the University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing Arts' largest choir and provides an opportunity for all university students, staff, faculty, and community members to be involved in a choral experience. With approximately 85 singers, the Chorus performs a variety of music including Classical, Folk, Contemporary Choral, World, Pop, and a cappella.

The UCalgary Chamber Choir is a highly auditioned ensemble of 24 singers. The Chamber Choir mainly performs challenging cappella music from many genres.

Tickets are $14 (adults) / $11 (students/seniors) and are available online or at the door.

Part of the Claim Your Seat program. UCalgary students can book their free ticket online. UCalgary employees and alumni receive 50% off for themselves and one guest. 

The University of Calgary Wind Ensemble has earned a reputation as one of the finest University groups of its kind in Canada and one of the principal international leaders in the field. Most notably, they have performed at the CBDNA National Conference and at the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) Conference. Their commercial CDs on three recording labels have established our reputation for musical sensitivity, technical polish and innovative programming.

Because SCPA events are currently limited to reduced seating capacity, we recommend purchasing tickets ahead of time.

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SCPA COVID-19 guideline:

• Those who are feeling ill, and particularly those with COVID-19 type symptoms identified by Alberta Health Services cannot attend events on campus.
• Non-medical grade face masks must be worn in all indoor areas on University of Calgary campuses, included while seated during a performance.
• Upon entry to the venue, all visitors that are 12 years of age and older must present proof of full vaccination status OR proof of a negative, privately paid, Health Canada approved rapid antigen, rapid PCR or lab-based PCR Covid-19 test completed within 72 hours prior to arrival.
• SCPA events are currently limited to reduced audience capacity. Households will be distanced by 2m.
• Non-ticketed SCPA events will be seated socially distanced on a first-come, first-served, basis. Please be advised that capacity is limited, and we cannot guarantee admittance.

University of Calgary's visitor guideline

CCOC presents a concert in support of FearIsNotLove - “Raising our Voices to Help Change the Conversation” Tuesday JUNE 13th, 2023 at the Cardel Theatre at 7:00pm (doors open at 6:00pm)

ABOUT FearIsNotLove:

Formerly known as the Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter, this new name reflects more accurately the importance and impact of the work they do for the community. Those affected by domestic violence and abuse in our community can find hope and help from FearIsNotLove, a front-line organization. “Taking a Stand Against Family Violence” since 1974, this agency has helped over 240,000 Calgarians build safe lives and healthy relationships.

WHY “Fear Is Not Love" is so important to Barbara and Chris (founders of CCOC)

Barbara's ex-husband verbally abused and threatened her for 3 years, but on April 2, 2008, he hit her on the neck, causing both bodily and psychological damage. Barbara managed to get away and return to her parents' home where she recovered by going to physical therapy. Despite this, Barbara still required emotional assistance. This is when the police informed her of the Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter counsellors.

“The counsellors gave me the right tools needed to help me gain my strength back." "My voice healed well, but my inner strength was still lacking, and I found myself constantly crying and terrified. The counsellors supported me and got to work on my path to mental health recovery".

Barbara was able to make use of strategies that assisted her in positively moving on with her life as an opera singer, and avoiding entering into another abusive relationship, thanks to ongoing counselling for three years. Barbara has been happily married to Chris for 9 years and they proudly own Calgary Concert Opera Company.

PERFORMERS

Opera singers: Barbara King, Uwe Dambruch, Kathleen Morrison, Dan Rowley, Anna Pompeeva, Jeanine Williams, Alyssa Durnie, & Carlyn Holmes Piano Accompanist: Grace King 

SILENT AUCTION & RAFFLE - All proceeds are going to FearIsNotLove

Celebrate 10 years of Luminous Voices with a program of unaccompanied favourites from past seasons. Opening with Tormis’ Curse Upon Iron, the program also includes selections from Martin’s Mass for Double Choir, Pizzetti’s Requiem, Wadsworth’s The Far West, and Talbot’s Path of Miracles. 

We proudly continue our tradition of commissioning & premiering new music and will feature a world premiere by Calgary’s own Arthur Bachmann, Weepe you, no more.

Julien Siino, the talented winner of the 44th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition in Strings will perform a winner’s tour concert of innovative and exciting new works.

The concert is free and open to the public. Because SCPA events are currently limited to reduced seating capacity, we recommend arriving early to secure your seat.

For more information, visit the UCalgary SCPA page.

SCPA COVID-19 Guideline:

• Those who are feeling ill, and particularly those with COVID-19 type symptoms identified by Alberta Health Services cannot attend events on campus.
• Non-medical grade face masks must be worn in all indoor areas on University of Calgary campuses, included while seated during a performance.
• Upon entry to the venue, all visitors that are 12 years of age and older must present active UCID identification OR proof of full vaccination status OR proof of a negative, privately paid, Health Canada approved rapid antigen, rapid PCR, or lab-based PCR Covid-19 test completed within 72 hours prior to arrival.
• SCPA events are currently limited to reduced audience capacity. Households will be distanced by 2m.
• Non-ticketed SCPA events will be seated socially distanced on a first-come, first-served, basis. Please be advised that capacity is limited, and we cannot guarantee admittance.

For more information, visit UCalgary’s Visit to Campus page.

The Festival features three days of music events with something for everyone. Start your weekend early and take in 176 Keys, Friday afternoon on Stephen Avenue. On Saturday, bring the whole family to Central Memorial Park for Open Air. Can’t make it Saturday—join us in High River for Open Air on Sunday! And if you missed the ever-popular Bison Noir in previous years, tickets are still available for this cabaret-style event at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #1. This year’s Festival is the perfect finish to a summer of music—mark your calendar and get your tickets now!

“The Honens International Piano Competition, based in Canada, prides itself on awarding accomplished pianists who are complete musicians. This may seem a lofty claim, but the Honens has a long list of thoughtful awardees to back it up.”—The New York Times

In the tenth edition of the Honens International Piano Competition, ten pianists advance from Quarterfinals in Frankfurt and New York to come to Calgary to compete in the Semifinals. Three pianists will advance to the Finals to compete for one of the world’s largest and most respected prizes in classical piano—$100,000 CAD and a comprehensive, three-year artistic and career development program valued at half-a-million dollars.

For a complete list of schedules, visit honens.com/competition/2022-competition/schedule-tickets.

The winner of the 46th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, McKenzie Warriner, will make her stop in Calgary on the 2023 Winner’s Tour, showcasing a selection of contemporary works for soprano and piano. FREE ADMISSION.

PROGRAMME:

Philippe Leroux*: Ma Belle, Si Tu Voulais (1997)

Kaija Saariaho: Leino-laulut (2008)
I. Sua katselen
II. Sydän
IV. Iltarukous

Tristan Zaba*: Finishing Songs (2021)
III. Finis

David McIntyre*: Edibles? (2018)
I. Parsley
II. The Parsnip
III. Celery
IV. Assorted Chocolates
V. Cantaloupe

Brian Elias: Peroration (1973)

Danika Lorèn*: The Idlers (2016)

Keith Hamel*: Breath (2022)

Canadian Folk Song: Thyme ’tis a Pretty Flower (2023)
Arr. McKenzie Warriner and Danielle Guina*

*denotes Canadian composer

E-mail scpacomms@ucalgary.ca for more information.

We’re kicking off the 2023 Honens Festival with the annual audience favourite—176 Keys! Eight hands will fly on two pianos when 2022 Honens Prize Laureate Illia Ovcharenko is joined by Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker, as well as Calgary pianists Akiko Tominaga and Jani Parsons.

The program includes the massive Toccata and Fugue by J.S. Bach, Dave Brubeck’s jazzy Take Five, Milhaud’s colourful Scaramouche, and cameo appearances by Scott Joplin’s Rags and Wagner’s Valkyries!

It’s so much fun, we’ll do it twice! Join us on Stephen Avenue for the second performance of 176 Keys, with just as much energy and excitement.

Eight hands will fly on two pianos when 2022 Honens Prize Laureate Illia Ovcharenko is joined by Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker, as well as Calgary pianists Akiko Tominaga and Jani Parsons.

The program includes the massive Toccata and Fugue by J.S. Bach, Dave Brubeck’s jazzy Take Five, Milhaud’s colourful Scaramouche, and cameo appearances by Scott Joplin’s Rags and Wagner’s Valkyries!

“Tight, infectious, energetic, and virtuosic!”—WholeNote

Come with us for a trip around the world with Canada’s renowned Ladom Ensemble through the piano, accordion, cello and percussion. Traditional melodies meet the flavours of Persia, Romania, Russia, and Argentina, and for fans of alternative rock, music of Radiohead.

This event is 18+

“Technically flawless and impeccably musical.”—International Piano

In his first solo recital appearance in Calgary since being named 2022 Honens Prize Laureate, Illia Ovcharenko’s recital features Franz Liszt’s astounding transcription of the beloved Symphony No. 7 by Beethoven. Music by J.S. Bach, Scarlatti, and Ukrainian composer Levko Revutsky rounds out this beautiful program.

Join us for a free musical extravaganza in the beautiful Central Memorial Park. Enjoy an afternoon in the park with pianists Illia Ovcharenko and Jon Kimura Parker, violinist Donovan Seidle, and the Ladom Ensemble for a family-friendly program from blazingly virtuosic Rachmaninov to charming salon pieces by Elgar and Albeniz.

We’re hitting the road!

Join us for a free musical extravaganza in the beautiful George Lane Memorial Park. Enjoy an afternoon in the park with pianists Illia Ovcharenko and Jon Kimura Parker, violinist Donovan Seidle, and the Ladom Ensemble for a family-friendly program from blazingly virtuosic Rachmaninov to charming salon pieces by Elgar and Albeniz.

Presented in partnership with Xenia Concerts Inc.

Join the Ladom Ensemble for a family-friendly concert that embraces neurodiversity and disability. With music representing a wide variety of musical traditions, this event has been specially designed to be accessible and inclusive for neurodivergent listeners, people with disabilities, and others who face social and systemic barriers to attending typical events. All ages and expressions are welcome!

Presented in partnership with Xenia Concerts Inc.

Join the Ladom Ensemble for a family-friendly concert that embraces neurodiversity and disability. With music representing a wide variety of musical traditions, this event has been specially designed to be accessible and inclusive for neurodivergent listeners, people with disabilities, and others who face social and systemic barriers to attending typical events. All ages and expressions are welcome!

The Chinese zodiac legend depicts the Great Race in which the Jade Emperor ordained that the twelve animals to finish first would be designated and honoured as calendar signs.

Now, thousands of years later, we invite you to join us for the world premieres of 12 new compositions by Vincent Ho, BMus’98, performed by alumni and students of our piano program.

This unique composer/performer project has been a year in the making. Witness how these magical character pieces come alive on stage for the very first time, each with their own spirit.

1:30 p.m.: pre-concert talk with composer Vincent Ho, BMus’98
2 p.m.: concert, followed by a reception with performers and composer, and Chinese refreshments

Pianists: April Reyes, Ronan Paulhus, Ray Wang, Renee Pi, Kiwa Fukuchi, Christine Sul (MMus’21), Jerry Liao, Anika Acasio, Amanda Caceres, Dakota Perez, Jarome Harlea (BMus’22), and Agata Skulimowska.

Mountain View International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society 

with The Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra

2023 Mozart Piano Concerto Competition

Contact:

Kathleen van Mourik
403-638-7569
mountainviewfestival (at) gmail.com

When: November 18-19, 2023 
Where: Polaris Centre for the Performing Arts, Balzac, AB, Canada
 

1st Round: Own choice recital (video submission). Must include a piece by W.A. Mozart.
2nd Round: Any W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto (single movement or complete)

Eligibility: Open to all pianists born after January 1, 2008, currently residing in the Province of Alberta. 
Entry Fee: $25 
Registration Deadline: Midnight: August 15, 2023

REGISTRATION LINK

First Prize: Coaching, Rehearsals & Concerto Performance Opportunity with the Full Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra
Second Prize: Coaching, Rehearsals & Concerto Performance Opportunity with a chamber ensemble

Audition Process:

First Round

Video Submission only.

Must include a work by Mozart.
Maximum Video Length 30 minutes.

Link must be available via streaming (youtube, vimeo, etc) and not be password protected.

Submission Deadline: August 15, 2023

The submitted videos will be viewed by the first round Jury. 
Up to 10 competitors will be invited to the final round.

Notification will occur approximately September 15th.

Second Round (Finals)

The second round (Concerto) will occur in person on November 18-19

The second round provides young pianists with an opportunity to perform with a string ensemble (plus a 2nd piano to cover any wind and brass parts).
The 2nd pianist may be the ensemble pianist OR another pianist of the student’s choice (teachers may play the 2nd piano).
Each pianist will be given one hour with the strings on the day of their audition to rehearse.

Feedback from the orchestral musicians will factor into the final decisions.
 

FAQ:

Q. May I perform with just two pianos?
A. No. All auditions must have the orchestral part performed by a string ensemble and a second piano (or just strings if a suitable arrangement exists).

Q. Who is responsible for the orchestral parts?
A. The string ensemble will use Mozart’s original string parts. The 2nd piano will perform from a usual 2nd piano part to cover any wind or brass solo sections. If the performer prefers the ensemble play from a transcription or arrangement (published or self-produced), the amended parts must be received by November 1, 2023 at the latest. If you are submitting different parts, hard copies only are accepted, no .pdf’s.

Q. May I submit my tempos in advance?
A. No. All tempi and transitions must be worked out in the provided rehearsal time. If you have substantial edits, it is advisable to obtain the string parts in advance (we can help) and mark them on the player’s pages in advance to save time. Edited parts must be received by November 1, 2023. Hard copies only.

Two students from each of the School of Creative and Performing Arts and Mount Royal University Conservatory perform as soloists with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra as part of our annual RBC/Calgary Phil Concerto Concert.

Representing University of Calgary, SCPA:
Nikolai Nesterov, piano: Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15, 1st movement
Dakota Perez, piano: Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16, 1st movement

Representing Mount Royal University Conservatory:
Holly Parker, violin: Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole in D minor, Op.21
Sonja Sward, French horn: Gordon Jacob - Concerto for Horn and Strings, 1st movement

Conducted by Edmond Agopian.

RBC Foundation is pleased to support the 2024 RBC Concerto Concert and its mentorship program. This is a unique partnership between the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, UCalgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts, and Mount Royal University Conservatory.

Join Land's End Ensemble for a special concert (and party!) as we kick off our 2023-24 season. Meet some of Calgary's local composers — many of whom we have commissioned over the years and who have shaped Calgary's cultural fabric. We will be featuring the works of Michael van der Sloot, Kristin Flores, Arthur Bachmann, Ilkim Tongur, Laurie Radford, Mark Limacher, Lesley Hinger, Vincent Ho, William Jordan, and Juno Award-winner Allan Gordon Bell.

Pre-Concert Chat: 6:30pm
Pre-Concert Performance: 7:00pm
Concert: 7:30pm

A Celebration of Music by Black Composers II is this season’s second livestreamed concert which features music by Black composers. The program was initiated in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Featured composers include one of the earliest documented Black composers of Classical music, Joseph Bologne (1745 –1799). The other composers on the programme are David Baker, Adolphus Hailstork and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.

The featured musicians are Isaac Willocks (violin and viola), Edmond Agopian (violin), Patricia Lee (violin), Cindy Chen (violin), Ethan Mung (viola), Jasmine Long (cello), and Teresa Serafini (piano).

The livestream is free and will be broadcasted through https://www.stagestreamlive.tv/show/43998

PROGRAM:

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 –1799)
Sonata for Two Violins No. 3 in A major

David Baker (1931 - 2016)
Ethnic Variations on a Theme of Paganini (1976)

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
Blue/s Forms for Violin Solo (1979)

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Divertimento for Violin and Viola

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Three Spirituals (2005)

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 –1799)
Deux Symphonies Concertantes
- Symphonie in E flat Major
- Symphonie in G Major

 *Program is subject to change

Live-stream production by Emil Agopian Film – Stagestream Live.

A Celebration of Music by Black Composers III features the UCalgary String Quartet and the newly appointed University of Calgary, Piano faculty member, Dr. Jani Parsons. 

This concert is the third concert in a series which features music by Black composers. The series was initiated in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The featured composers in this concert are the Jamaican composer Eleanor Alberga, the English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and the American composer William Grant Still. 

The featured musicians are Edmond Agopian, violin, Isaac Willocks, violin, Dean O’Brien, viola, Beth Root Sandvoss, cello, and Jani Parsons, piano.

Programme:

William Grant Still – Incidental music from The Prince and the Mermaid for string quartet

Eleanor Alberga – String Quartet No. 2 ( 1994)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Quintet in G Minor for Piano and Strings (1893)

This event is available in both in-person and live stream and is a part of Claim Your Seat program (for in-person event only).

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SCPA COVID-19 Guidelines:

• Those who are feeling ill, and particularly those with COVID-19 type symptoms identified by Alberta Health Services cannot attend events on campus.
• Non-medical grade face masks must be worn in all indoor areas on University of Calgary campuses, included while seated during a performance.
• Upon entry to the venue, ALL visitors that are 12 years of age and older must present active UCID identification OR proof of full vaccination status OR proof of a negative, privately paid, Health Canada approved rapid antigen, rapid PCR or lab-based PCR Covid-19 test completed within 72 hours prior to arrival.
• As of November 15, 2021, the only valid Alberta proof of vaccination will be the Alberta vaccine records with a QR code. Vaccination records from First Nations, military, other provinces and international travelers will continue to be accepted.
• SCPA events are currently limited to reduced 2/3 audience capacity.
• Non-ticketed SCPA events will be seated on a first come, first served, basis. Please be advised that capacity is limited, and we cannot guarantee admittance.

For more information, visit UCalgary’s Visit to Campus page.

A Celebration of Music by Black Composers IV features faculty and students from the Music Division, School of Creative and Performing Arts, University of Calgary.

This concert is the fourth concert in a series which features music by Black composers. The series was initiated in 2020, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

The featured composers in this concert are Eric Brian Lacy, Joseph Bologne, William Grant Still and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

The featured musicians are Isaac Willocks and Edmond Agopian (violins), Ethan Mung (viola), Takumi Rodgers (cello), Sam Lucas (clarinet), and Jarome Harlea (piano). 

PROGRAMME:

 Joseph Bologne
Sonata for Two Violins No. 3a in A major

Isaac Willocks and Edmond Agopian, violins

Eric Brian Lacy
Invariant for two violins

Isaac Willocks and Edmond Agopian, violins

William Grant Still
Suite for Violin and Piano

Edmond Agopian, violin, Jarome Harlea, piano

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Clarinet Quintet Op. 10

Sam Lucas, clarinet, Edmond Agopian and Isaac Willocks, violins, Ethan Mung, viola, Takumi Rodgers, cello

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Are you a UCalgary students, staff, or alumni? Receive a special discount through Claim Your Seat program.

Faculty and Friends Concert Series presents A Celebration of Music by Black Composers V with the UCalgary String Quartet. 

Edmond Agopian - 1st violin
Isaac Willocks - 2nd violin
Beth Root Sandvoss - cello
Dean O’Brien - viola

This UCalgary String quartet performance is part of a series of concerts featuring the music of Black composers. The series was initiated in 2020, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

The featured composers are Florence Price, Eric Lacy, Daniel Bernard Roumain and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

PROGRAMME:
Florence Price – String Quartet No. 1 in G Major
Eric Lacy – Empty Eloquence
Daniel Bernard Roumain – String Quartet No. 1
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Five Spirituals and Dances
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Fantasie - Stucke Op. 5

Tickets are $26 (adults) / $19 (students/seniors) and are available online through arts.ucalgary.ca/tickets or at the door.

UCalgary String Quartet
Edmond Agopian - first violin
Isaac Willocks - second violin
Dean O’Brien - viola
Beth Root Sandvoss - cello
 

This virtuoso ensemble, composed of the University of Calgary’s finest musicians, has become a pinnacle of excellence in the Canadian music scene. This concert spotlights the masterful compositions from distinguished Latin American composers, featuring the works of Alberto Ginastera, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Silvestre Revueltas, and Carlos Chavéz.

PROGRAMME:

Albert Ginastera – String Quartet No. 1 Op. 20
Heitor Villa-Lobos – String Quartet No. 1
Carlos Chavéz – String Quartet No. 1
Silvestre Revueltas – Musica de Feria ( Music of the Fair)

Tickets: $14 (adults) / $11 (students/seniors)

This concert is part of the Claim Your Seat program. UCalgary students can request their free ticket in-person at the box office or online, limited quantity available! UCalgary employees and alumni receive 50% off for themselves and one guest.

UCalgary String Quartet
Edmond Agopian - first violin
Isaac Willocks - second violin
Dean O’Brien - viola
Beth Root Sandvoss - cello

Immerse yourself in a captivating musical journey, where we shine a spotlight on the remarkable compositions by women composers. The UCalgary String Quartet showcases the exquisite works of Laura Valborg Aulin, Joan Tower, Canadian composer Elizabeth Raum and the timeless melodies of Fanny Mendelssohn

PROGRAMME:
Laura Valborg Aulin ( 1860-1928): String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 17
Joan Tower (b 1938): Night Fields
Elizabeth Raum (b 1945, Canadian composer): Victims Of Eagles
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847): String Quartet in E flat

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The UCalgary String Quartet is the quartet in residence at the University of Calgary. The quartet has performed nationally and internationally and has been recorded by CBC Radio for regional and national broadcasts, Radio Europa, and the National Radio of Portugal. It has collaborated with many distinguished artists, such as Anton Kuerti, pianist.

Each year the quartet awards the second violin position to an outstanding violin student. This unique experiential learning program gives exceptional students the opportunity to work with faculty members in high profile, professional concerts.

Part of the Claim Your Seat program. UCalgary students can book their free ticket online. UCalgary employees and alumni receive 50% off for themselves and one guest.

As part of its 2020-2021 virtual season, Calgary Renaissance Singers and Players are proud to present an interview with Peter Phillips, founder and director of the renowned early music ensemble, the Tallis Scholars. In this interview. Mr. Phillips talks about the group since its inception over forty years ago and how its sound has changed over time, the differences between recordings and live performances, and the fads in early music performances over the decades. The interview is accompanied by one of the Tallis Scholars' recordings chosen by Peter Phillips. 

Available from Feb 26 on the CRSP YouTube Channel.

Part Two of the interview will be released on March 5, 2021, also on the Calgary Renaissance Singers and Players YouTube channel. In the second part, Mr. Phillips will talk about the role and importance of amateur choirs, as well as his love of the music of Josquin, and the effect of the pandemic on his choral endeavours. 

Join the Calgary Civic Symphony and friends, Johannes Brahms and Divas Opera, in performances of one of the greatest symphonic masterpieces and classic songs to celebrate the holiday season!

Featuring:
Divas Opera (Kathleen Morrison, soprano & Barbara King, mezzo-soprano)

Brahms Symphony No. 4

Works by Strauss, Humperdinck, Puccini, Barber and other seasonal favourites.

Single tickets are $24 - $35 and are available online or at the door.

For more information, visit calgarycivicsymphony.ca.

Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players presents their spring concert on May 7, 2023.  Pre-concert talk at 7:00 pm. Concert at 7:30 pm.

This "divers(e)" program brings together works from Renaissance and modern periods, and from both European and Indigenous cultures. In the Indigenous tradition, special guest Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes will perform a Welcome Song. Our concert will feature several pieces by Canadian Cree composer, Andrew Balfour, with music by Renaissance/Baroque composers (Gibbons and Purcell) and new Cree texts. 

Selections from the early music repertoire will include beloved works such as Palestrina’s Sicut Cervus and Tallis’ If Ye Love me. We will also introduce you to the obscure and innovative English early Baroque composer, George Jeffreys (c.1610-1685).  Organist Jim Picken will join the choir to perform Jeffreys’ He Beheld the City.  And because 2023 is the 400th anniversary of the deaths of William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes, we have chosen a madrigal by each of them  for this concert. 

We are delighted to present original compositions by CRSP Artistic Directors, past and present:  Anthony Petti, Peter Togni, Jane Perry and Paul Grindlay.

Join us online for our December concert presentation as we celebrate the hope represented by light in the darkness. The performance will feature the CRSP choristers singing works such as Palestrina's Tui sunt caeli, Abbie Betinis' Lumen, and the Canadian composer Ernest Gagnon's arrangement of Il est né.

CRSP has invited jazz musicians Frank Rackow (clarinet, saxophones) and Andréa Petrity (piano) to select three carols and Jewish melodies of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and then improvise on those themes. The result? Pure magic! Another guest artist on the video will be Weyman Chan, recent winner of  the Latner Writer’s Trust Poetry Prize, who is also a CRSP bass. Weyman will present two of his recent poems.

This is a free online presentation. We look forward to welcoming you to the YouTube audience on Saturday, December 18 at 7:30 pm on YouTube! Get cozy and join the friendly chat with fellow listeners. 

***Following the update  from Alberta Health Services and due to the growing number of Covid-19 cases in Calgary and beyond, we have made the difficult decision to cancel our in-person concert at the Bella Concert Hall on New Year’s Eve. We are quickly shifting and making plans to celebrate the New Year, virtually, in a program featuring past performances from New Year’s Eve and other Luminous Voices highlights, along with greetings from our Artistic Director, Timothy Shantz, who will also fill you in on some of our anticipated projects in 2022. 

If you have already purchased tickets for either the in-person or online performance, we are offering a full refund via the Mount Royal University box office. You can request your refund by contacting the box office at MRU. 

Please enjoy a complimentary New Year's virtual event through our website at 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve. >> Watch online

A Luminous New Year’s Eve returns in-person, with two years worth of choral highlights we have been waiting to perform for you, including Canadian composers Balfour, Corlis, Janmohamed, MacDonald & Togni, as well gems by Barnwell, Bruckner, Hagen, Mealor, Miškinis and McFerrin. 

Enjoy popular songs by Ben Folds and Dolly Parton and seasonal favourites including The Parting Glass and Auld Lang Syne set by Desmond Earley. Chocolates & sparkling wine top off an indulgent evening of choral music.

Tickets are $23.17 - $31.69 and are available online through MRU Box Office at tickets.mru.ca, by calling (403) 440-7770, or at the door.


For more information, please visit luminousvoices.com or call (587) 889-8370. 

A Calgary favourite! A Luminous New Year’s Eve returns with the choir singing a stunning array of unaccompanied works that will echo through the hall in reflection and celebration. Join Calgary’s professional chamber choir, Luminous Voices, in bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new with a night of sublime music and luminous festivities.

A Luminous New Year’s Eve features a diverse repertoire that includes works by Mendelssohn, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Rutavaara, and the innovative Bobby McFerrin, among other luminaries of the classical and contemporary music world. Also highlighting the evening are two captivating compositions: Rise Up, My Love by Laura Hawley and I am the Rose of Sharon by Ivo Antognini, both featured in their newly released album, Ispiciwin.

And what’s better than spending New Year’s Eve listening to beautiful choral music? Admission to this concert includes chocolates and sparkling wine to top off an indulgent evening of choral music!

A Luminous New Year's Eve will take place on Sunday, December 31, 2023 from 7:30 - 10 p.m. at the Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University.

Ring in 2021 with Calgary’s professional chamber choir - Luminous Voices’ popular New Year's Eve tradition continues from the comfort and safety of your own home!

On Thursday, December 31st, Artistic Director Timothy Shantz will host a livestream version of their popular Luminous New Year’s Eve. Hear “Luminous” singers featured in live, heartfelt solo performances from their own homes. This event will also feature audio & video highlights from past seasons - and a few surprise guest appearances!

Bring your favourite bells to ring as we ring together in solidarity to close out 2020. In the words of Tennyson, we will “Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky…Ring out the old and ring in the new!”

The livestream will culminate in a virtual Luminous performance with over 35 voices from past and present. Be ready to sing along!

8:00-9:00pm MST - Real-time only, don’t miss your chance!

Tickets are $10 (per household) and are available online.

Purchase your tickets and you will be sent the URL link before the event to watch and listen on your tablet, your computer or through your television (if you are able to mirror your device). This event is produced in collaboration with Kelly Brothers Productions. 

For more information, please visit Luminous Voices' website or call (587) 889-8370.

Revv52 brings you this inspiring cover of A Million Dreams, performed socially distanced from our homes as a virtual choir as we share in the fight against the global pandemic. This incredible song of vision, hope and togetherness was originally released in 2017 for the film The Greatest Showman. 

Who says we can't still make music together while we're apart! We call it quarantine music. From Calgary and around the globe, we're in this together.

Don’t miss this remarkable opportunity to hear distinguished British pianist and polymath Sir Stephen Hough perform with the Calgary Phil in the Canadian premiere of his own piano concerto, inspired by the decadence of pre-war Vienna. Rune Bergmann also leads the Orchestra in Schubert’s Great Symphony. The Second Symphony of notable 18th-century French composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges is a charming opener.  

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.  

RUNE BERGMANN conductor  
SIR STEPHEN HOUGH piano  
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  

To purchase tickets, visit calgaryphil.com/23-24-season/ or call the Calgary Phil Box Office at 403.571.0849.  

The tragic story of Edgar Allan Poe as told through great music

Welcome the gathering darkness of November with storytelling, poetry and riveting music in CBC radio host Tom Allen and partner Lori Gemmell's A Poe Cabaret. Featuring music by the brilliant and troubled Impressionist Claude Debussy, his student André Caplet and by Canadian composer Alexina Louie, this performance tells the compelling and tragic life story of Edgar Allan Poe through great music conjured in his honour.

A (mostly) Quiet Brass Christmas, five hundred years of melody!    

Many of Foothills Brass's seasonal favourites are gentle tunes that ring effortlessly in the fine acoustics of Scarboro United Church. Kat Hammer join this concert  on guitar and its Renaissance cousins - the lute and theorbo.


Foothills Brass will ramble from the plain chant of O Come Emmanuel to Silent Night and the Appalachians’ I Wonder As I Wander, to quietly jazzy versions of Winter Wonderland and O Christmas Tree. There will be plenty of familiar carols - plus they will take requests! Audiences are also welcomed to sing along or quietly hum!

Tickets are $30 (adults) / $20 (seniors/students) and are available online through showpass.com, by calling 403-255-9368, or at the door. 
To hold tickets at the door, e-mail foothillsbrass@gmail.com.

For more information, visit foothillsbrass.ca.

Poetry and Early Music to celebrate the season! Join us for this free online premiere where we can enjoy music and verse together, from the safety of our own homes.

Inspired by the meditative quality of the traditional Anglican Evensong, CRSP's "A Renaissance Evensong" embraces music and poetry outside the bounds of traditional liturgy as we make space for contemplation in the dark of winter.

Choral selections include Medieval and Renaissance repertoire along with a setting of the "Ubi caritas" text by Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978).

Our instrumentalists from String Theory Music Collective include baroque violinists Andrea Neumann and Louise Stuppard (who are also STMC's Co-Artistic Directors), baroque cellist and gamba player Joan Kent, and CRSP conductor Jane Perry at the harpsichord. They have chosen three works of the Baroque era: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Trio Sonata, BWV 527: Adagio e Dolce; Thomas Augustine Arne (1710 - 1778)Trio Sonata in G, op. 3 no. 2

Largo, Largo---Allegro; and Christopher Simpson (1602/1606 - 1669)

"Pavan" from Suite in D Major from "Ayres for 3 viols"

Our Evensong will also include readings from three Calgary poets, Weyman Chan, Cassy Welburn and Roberta Rees. Two of the three felt inspired to write brand-new poems specifically for this concert presentation.

All in all, "A Renaissance Evensong" will provide a space where the listener's imagination can flow with the currents and eddies of a breadth of artistic expression --- where all of us can enjoy the warmth of human creativity on one of the longest nights of the year.

Online via YouTube.

A Rocky Mountain High Christmas Calgary 

Lee Holdridge, Conductor
The Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra
Kathleen Morrison, Guest Soprano
Robert Clark, Guest Tenor
The Rocky Mountain High Band

John Denver’s original arranger/conductor and Hollywood legend, Lee Holdridge will conduct the Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra at the Grey Eagle Event Centre November 29, 2022 at 7:30 pm.
Joined by Canadian recording artists, Rick and Steve Worrall and special guest stars, rising star tenor, Robert Clark and soprano supreme, Kathleen Morrison, in this wonderful kick-off to the Christmas season. 

Join us for a celebration of John Denver’s greatest hits along with Mr. Holdridge’s arrangements of John’s favourite Christmas songs. Don't miss this production for all ages. It is is sure to take you down memory lane, put a smile on your face and get you into the Christmas spirit.

A celebration of music from the acclaimed 1984 film Amadeus, this concert features works by the musical genius whose short life made a big impression. Enjoy Mozart overtures and arias, as well as his stormy Little G Minor symphony.

Mozart Overtures from Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart Select soprano arias
Mozart Symphony No. 25

This concert is sold out, but we have a waitlist for any seats that become available closer to the event. To add your name to the list, please contact us at info@calgaryphil.com.

HEALTH AND SAFETY: At this time, Calgary Phil has reduced capacity at our venues to one-third, with physically distanced seating in groups of 1 to 4 tickets purchased together. For the protection of our audience members and staff, masks are required inside the venues and must be worn over the nose, mouth, and chin. You will find more information about our health and safety measures at calgaryphil.com/health-and-safety.

A celebration of music from the acclaimed 1984 film Amadeus, this concert features works by the musical genius whose short life made a big impression. Enjoy Mozart overtures and arias, as well as his stormy Little G Minor symphony.

Mozart Overtures from Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart Select soprano arias
Mozart Symphony No. 25

This concert is sold out, but we have a waitlist for any seats that become available closer to the event. To add your name to the list, please contact us at info@calgaryphil.com.

HEALTH AND SAFETY: At this time, Calgary Phil has reduced capacity at our venues to one-third, with physically distanced seating in groups of 1 to 4 tickets purchased together. For the protection of our audience members and staff, masks are required inside the venues and must be worn over the nose, mouth, and chin. You will find more information about our health and safety measures at calgaryphil.com/health-and-safety.

The Calgary Youth Orchestra presents a tribute concert to Calgary composer and the orchestra's former Manager George Fenwick (1964-2020).

George Fenwick ­– Black Jacques (le chat noir)
­Tchaikovsky – Finale from Symphony No. 6 Op. 74
Wagner – Tod und Trauer-Marsch from Götterdämmerung
Chausson – Symphony in B flat Op. 20

George’s compositions have been broadcasted on CBC Radio, have been performed in France, Germany a,nd the USA, and have been nominated and have received a number of awards.

His relationship with the Calgary Youth Orchestra at Mount Royal University Conservatory, began many years ago when as a student violinist he was a member of the orchestra. From 2009 until a few months before he passed away, George was Manager of the Calgary Youth Orchestra, a position in which he excelled as administrator and mentor to young composers. His empathy for students, his character, intellect, brilliance, modesty, and professionalism made a great impact on the impressionable musicians and made the CYO a really special organization.

Along with his position as Manager, the CYO commissioned from George a number of works and arrangements for such special events as CYO’s 50th anniversary and the opening of the Bella Concert Hall at Mount Royal University. His orchestral arrangement of the Vice-Regal Salute, premiered by the CYO on March 3, 2019, at a concert attended by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, has been uploaded by the Alberta Government on one of its websites. On the CYO tour to France, his piece Black Jacques was a hit with French audiences in Paris and other locations.

Join the Foothills Brass Quintet for a festive and melodious mix of carols and seasonal favourites! Come enjoy the mellow and joyful sounds of the brass quintet with the wonderful Knox United organ mastered by Calgary organist  Chellan Hoffman!

The "Scotch Humor" has enchanted music lovers for hundreds of years. The Baltimore Consort explores the music of Scotland from 400 years ago while also tracing the thread of traditional Scottish Song which followed the migrations of Scottish farmers and artisans to the New World. 

Performers:
Mary Anne Ballard - treble, tenor, and bass viols, rebec
Mark Cudek - cittern, bass viol
Larry Lipkis – tenor and bass viols, soprano recorder, crumhorn
Ronn McFarlane - lute
Mindy Rosenfeld - flutes, whistle, crumhorn
Danielle Svonavec, soprano

Tickets are $40 (general) and Special Returning-to-concerts Season Subscription packages are $100 (available until November 12). Both single tickets and subscriptions are available online through ShowPass.

A dynamic and award-winning ensemble, the Afiara Quartet has been described as "a revelation" (La Presse) with performances balancing "intensity and commitment" and "frequent moments of tenderness" (Montreal Gazette). Afiara has held residencies at The Juilliard School and San Francisco State University, and Fellowship Ensemble at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Afiara is also winner of the Young Canadian Musicians Award and Concert Artist Guild, in addition to 2nd Prizes at Munich ARD, and Banff International String Quartet Competitions. The Quartet will be joined by St. Lawrence String Quartet, Lesley Robertson. A native of Edmonton, Lesley makes her home at Stanford University where, along with her SLSQ colleagues, she directs the chamber music program at the department of music. With strong ties to Calgary and to the Afiara Quartet, Lesley is deeply moved by the invitation to take part in this special program honoring her lifelong creative partner & fellow SLSQ founding member Geoff Nuttall.

April 30, 2023 - 7 p.m.
May 1, 2023 - 7:30 p.m

Program

Haydn:  Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5
Dinuk Wijeratne:  Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems
Mendelssohn:  String Quintet in A Major, Op. 18

Performers

Valerie Li, violin
Timothy Kantor, violin
Eric Wong, viola
Adrian Fung, cello
Lesley Robertson, viola

Lest we forget. Join Mount Royal Kantorei as we honour the fallen on Remembrance Day, November 11, 2019 with a choral concert. This concert will feature "After the War" arranged by Mark Sirett, movements from the "Requiem for Peace" by Canadian composer Larry Nickel, along with repertoire remembering those who lost so much, and those left behind. 

• After the War (from Passchendaele) - Sarah Slean, Arr. Mark Sirett
• Good Night - Matthew Emery
• Ani Ma'amin - Trade Arr. John Leavitt
• Requiem for Peace - Larry Nickel
  • Kyrie Eleison (Lord Have Mercy);
  • Hall Facklan Hogt (Hold the Torch High);
  • Reconciliation
• Please Stay - Jake Runestad

John Morgan, Artistic Director 
Mary Buckley, Piano 

We will also be joined by special guests Bishop Carroll Chamber Choir, conducted by Andrea Ciona. 

Aida (“I eat a” – like the Verdi Opera or the Elton John musical), is the star of the critically acclaimed one-person show “Drag Me to the Opera,” which has toured to fringe festivals across Canada including a sold-out run at the Calgary Fringe 2021 and the Winnipeg Fringe in 2023.

Alberta Winds and Gareth Jones return to action to showcase the wonderful world of wind music from Japan.

Japan has a deep wind band culture, with many students, ensembles and composers, all often unknown in North America.

Gareth Jones conducts the ALBERTA WINDS in a specially designed concert showcasing this wonderful musical legacy.

Yasuhide Ito's masterwork "GLORIOSA" forms the centerpiece of the program.

The experienced Alberta Winds players will also perform fascinating music by

Satoshi Yagisawa

Wataru Hokoyama

Joe Hisaishi

Doors Open at 6:00pm with a bonus Happy Hour set with a special guest and food/drink specials.

If you can't make it, watch it online at www.AsylumkRP.com.

Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Alita Laurie began studying harp at the age of 8, after bothering her mother with the idea for a year. No one in Alita’s family can recollect where her love of harp sprung from!

While growing up, Alita put on Harp solo concerts to fundraise for humanitarian efforts in Burundi. As a young adult, in 2017, Alita recorded her first CD entitled “Taking Wing”. Alita has completed her Royal College of Music Grade 10 Harp Proficiency Tests which include, orchestral, solo, study, ear training and theory examinations. She is now the principal harpist in the Calgary Civic Symphony and Calgary Wind Symphony and can be found teaching her students around town or busking in the park!

A feast for the ears featuring multiple church choirs with 100+ singers

Join Adam Zinatelli, trumpet and Akiko Tominaga, piano for the album launch of All that Glitters, works for trumpet and piano! 

This groundbreaking recording showcases the work of two living Canadian composers, William Rowson (b. 1977) and Dorothy Chang (b. 1970), as well as lyrical works from the mid-20th century that highlight the sensitive and silvery qualities characteristic of Zinatelli and Tominaga’s musicianship. This special MainStage concert celebration is not to be missed!

With special guest: Jeff Reilly, bass clarinet

Luminous Voices continues a Good Friday tradition. Listeners will be transported by a new and considerably more ornamented edition of Allegri’s Miserere Mei. 

This stunning work is followed by Peter-Anthony Togni’s Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae (Lamentations of Jeremiah) with special guest Jeff Reilly on bass clarinet. Bridging sacred choral music with expressive improvisational gestures, Lamentatio is a 55-minute setting of The Old Testament prophet’s lamentations. 

Togni’s idea originated in a request from bass clarinet player Jeff Reilly for a concerto in which dramatic narrative events would be enacted through improvisation. The piece conveys the story of Jeremiah’s prophecies of the impending destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians, with the choir providing the crowd scenes and the bass clarinet as the voice of Jeremiah.

Pianist Allen Reiser presents a concert of works by four composers: Mozart, Louie, Liszt and Chopin. Each work comes with its own unique story. A story of a work that might not have been, a story of images translated to sound, a story of star-crossed lovers, a story of an inspiration imagined. These stories add depth and insight to musical scores that already on their own, stimulate personal stories within the minds of each listener.  

Anna and Daiga Stube are a mother-daughter duo based in Calgary, Alberta. As a young violinist Anna has performed internationally in countries including the United States, Canada, Israel, Poland, Germany, and England. Anna has been performing with her mom Daiga, whose rich musical background in Latvia inspired her continued passion for piano performance and education in Calgary, for over 5 years with acclaimed solo recitals. This program will feature works highlighting the cherished cultural traditions binding our society such as the rhythmic intrigue of Brahms’ Hungarian Dances and the flair of Monti’s famous gypsy showpiece Czardas, interlaced with the intimate setting of lyrical compositions by Kreisler and Elgar.

Spiritus celebrates the glory of the human voice and the return of singing together by presenting music about singing itself—or ‘the very act of singing.’ The choir will share the stage with young solo artists from the University of Calgary, Mount Royal University Conservatory, Ambrose University and the Southern Alberta Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). Hear the world premiere of When Sleep is Nigh by Alberta composer Stuart Beatch and the Canadian premiere of Everyone Sang by Matthew D. Nielson. The concert will feature Benjamin Britten’s masterful Hymn to St. Cecilia wherein the patron saint of music is asked “appear and inspire…in visions to all musicians.”

Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets and at the door. Credit card would be preferred at the door.

Due to the limited capacity of the venue, ticket sales for the in-person experience may close early. The concert will also be live-streamed to our Facebook page if you would feel more comfortable attending our concert at home. There will be no cost to attend the livestream performance.

Spiritus is committed to a policy of health and safety for our performers, volunteers and audience members. Due to the ever-changing nature of the COVID19 pandemic, we will be providing updates regarding health policies closer to the date of the performance via our email list and social media channels. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please enter from the main doors at St. Stephen’s, which are the green, arched ones. If you require ramp access, there is a second door to the right of the main door.

Should you have any questions or concerns, reach out at info@spirituschamberchoir.ca.

He’s brash, brilliant, and one of the most celebrated Canadian musicians of all time. Platinum-selling and award- winning Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac joins the Calgary Phil for a fiery and foot-stomping concert of traditional favourites combined with lively symphonic arrangements.

This event is sold out — to be added to the waitlist, please contact us at info@calgaryphil.com.

HEALTH AND SAFETY: At this time, Calgary Phil has reduced capacity at our venues to one-third, with physically distanced seating in groups of 1 to 4 tickets purchased together. For the protection of our audience members and staff, masks are required inside the venues and must be worn over the nose, mouth, and chin. You will find more information about our health and safety measures at calgaryphil.com/health-and-safety.

Astralis

John Lowry, violin
Edmund Chung, violin
Marcin Swoboda, viola
Andrea Case, cello

Program:

Mozart: String Quartet in C major "Dissonant" KV 465
Marcin Swoboda: of heaven; of earth
Jeffrey Ryan: String Quartet No. 3  "sonata distorta"

Tickets are $25 and are available by emailing John Reid at jcreid@ucalgary.ca, or at the door.

Astralis returns to cSPACE for another unique program of string quartet music, including Haydn's classic "The Bird," Arthur Bachmann Boundary Layers, and Derek Charke Sepia Fragments. Astralis is led by CPO associate concertmaster John Lowry, with Edmund Chung, violin; Marcin Swoboda, viola; and Andrea Case, cello.

String Theory Music Collective invites you to enjoy music intended for private, royal concerts and fancy yourself at Versailles for a grand public spectacle. The French style, with its irresistible courtly dance rhythms, rippled across national boundaries to infuse the musical offerings in the cathedrals of Germany and the theatres of London. Vous êtes invités!

Announcing - Special Guest violinist: Julia Wedman (Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra et al.)

Tickets are $40 (general) and are available online or at the door. 

An intimate concert experience featuring honoured classics by Beethoven and Shostakovich, and a work by celebrated Canadian composer Kelly-Marie Murphy.

Join us for the Canadian debut performance Of Aurora Trio, with pianist Jani Parsons, violinist Timothy Steeves and cellist Max Geissler.

Piano, bass and drum trio! 

Free. Open to the public.

Come join the Calgary Bach Choir, Chamber Orchestra and soloists all under the direction of Terry Edwards for a program that combines the spirit of Thanksgiving with the anticipation of Christmas.

The Baroque Age has provided us with music that has become like a soundtrack to our lives.  Bachs Nun danket alle Gott (Now thank we All Our God), based on the German chorale tune of the same name, is a familiar melody around autumn and the season for thanksgiving.  Indeed, the choral last movement practically dances and sings for joy! Here's your chance to hear the entire cantata.
                                                             
The French Baroque is bursting with simple, yet singable (and danceable) noëls that celebrate the upcoming Christmas season.  Charpentier's Messe de Minuit pour Noël contains many familiar French melodies. Rounding out the program is instrumental music  by Daquin & Corrette for organ and chamber orchestra based on noëls. 

Constantinople with Hana Blazikova, soprano present music by Johann-Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750) and the Persian poetry of Omar Khayyam (1048 -1131). These two geniuses were made to meet each other. Their deep spirituality and visions of the world through a mathematical lens are developed here into a delightful dialogue which traces a clear path to the sublime.

Directed by Kiya Tabassian

Join the Calgary Bach Choir, chamber orchestra and soloists under the direction of Terry Edwards for an exploration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and the Italian Style. Calgary Phil oboist David Sussman, who has long been associated with the Bach Choir,  performs the beautiful Marcello Oboe Concerto.  Other music includes works by Vivaldi, Pez and Lotti.

PROGRAMME:

Vivaldi - Kyrie, RV 587

J.S. Bach/J.C. Pez - Missa Brevis, BWV Anh 24
 
Marcello - Concerto for Oboe in D Minor

Vivaldi - Credo, RV 591

J.C.F. Bach - Symphony in D Minor, W 1:3

J.S. Bach - Sanctus, BWV 239
 
Lotti - Benedictus and Agnus Dei from
 Missa Sancti Christophori

Tickets are $25 (adults) / $20 (seniors) / FREE (students/children) and are available online at brownpapertickets.com or at the door (cash, credit cards and debit accepted).

For more information, visit www.calgarybachsociety.com.

Join Luminous Voices for an exhilarating performance of one of Bach’s greatest masterpieces, the Mass in B minor!

Luminous Voices will again collaborate with the 2023 JUNO-winner Claude LaPalme and Rosa Barocca in this full baroque performance highlighting the intimacy and grandeur of Bach’s great masterpiece. The performance will provide an opportunity for you to hear the range of Bach’s mastery through the stunning solos, duets, trios and full chorus along with the incredible intimacy and grandeur of his orchestration.

The concert features soloists Hannah Pagenkopf (soprano), Sara Staples (mezzo-soprano), Patricia Thompson (mezzo-soprano), Aoife Bonaventura (alto) and Celia Lee (alto), it will be a musical journey the audience will never forget. They will also be joined by guest soloists Zach Finkelstein (tenor) and Sumner Thompson (baritone).

Tickets are $33 - $43 and are available online through MRU Box Office at tickets.mru.ca, by calling (403) 440-7770, or at the door. 

For more information, visit luminousvoices.com.

For one day only, Philip Hansen, former principal cellist of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, is back in Calgary to present a solo cello recital. 

Mr. Hansen will perform J.S. Bach’s suites for solo cello – among the most emotionally intense pieces in the Baroque repertoire. In this recital, he will perform the suites No. 3, 4, and 5 – the remainder of the Bach Suites after performing No. 1, 2 & 6 in January 2019. Hansen will perform these suites entirely on the Baroque cello. 

Called “a master cellist” by the Calgary Herald, Philip Hansen's intensely personal and colourful playing is showcased in performances from baroque to jazz and in every major work written for solo cello with orchestra. Mr. Hansen has been performing extensively throughout Brazil, where he has been principal cellist of the Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte since 2016.

Tickets are $20 (general) and are available online through showpass.com or at the door (cash only). 

The Calgary Music Makers presents its Spring concert, Be the Change, on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at Woodcliff United Church (5010 Spruce Drive SW, Calgary).

The choir will present selections of choral music under the baton of Artistic Director/Conductor Nancy Thomson. 

The choir will be joined by special guests - The Prairie Mountain Fiddlers.

FREE ADMISSION. Cash or non-perishable food donations to the Calgary Food Bank welcomed.

Reception to follow.

Ludwig van Beethoven etched his own fate through music — not even hearing loss could hold him back. This epic concert features his blockbuster Symphony No. 5, opening with the most famous four notes in history, and innovative Emperor Concerto, performed by prize-winning pianist Krzysztof Jabłoński, Laureate of the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. The concert opens with the debut of Skizzen, a Calgary Phil commission by Canadian composer Dorothy Chang, inspired by the fifth symphony.

Chang Skizzen (World Premiere)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)
Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.

Ludwig van Beethoven etched his own fate through music — not even hearing loss could hold him back. This epic concert features his blockbuster Symphony No. 5, opening with the most famous four notes in history, and innovative Emperor Concerto, performed by prize-winning pianist Krzysztof Jabłoński, Laureate of the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. The concert opens with the debut of Skizzen, a Calgary Phil commission by Canadian composer Dorothy Chang, inspired by the fifth symphony.

Chang Skizzen (World Premiere)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)
Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.

Jumpstart your March with this concert of uplifting classics led by Korean-Canadian conductor Earl Lee, on stage with the Calgary Phil. Diana Cohen brings her virtuosic skill, elegance, and beautiful tone to Felix Mendelssohn’s sublime Violin Concerto. The kinetic energy and joyful exuberance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 will send you on your merry way.  
  
DI CASTRI Pentimento  
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto  
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7  

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.  

EARL LEE conductor  
DIANA COHEN violin  
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  

To purchase tickets, visit https://calgaryphil.com/events or call the Calgary Phil Box Office at 403.571.0849.  

Jumpstart your March with this concert of uplifting classics led by Korean-Canadian conductor Earl Lee, on stage with the Calgary Phil. Diana Cohen brings her virtuosic skill, elegance, and beautiful tone to Felix Mendelssohn’s sublime Violin Concerto. The kinetic energy and joyful exuberance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 will send you on your merry way.  
  
DI CASTRI Pentimento  
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto  
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7  

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.  

EARL LEE conductor  
DIANA COHEN violin  
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  

To purchase tickets, visit https://calgaryphil.com/events or call the Calgary Phil Box Office at 403.571.0849.  

Experience Ludwig van Beethoven’s rousing Symphony No. 9 as we kick off a season full of light and hope. This work is considered a call for peace and freedom from oppression for all humanity, combining the full force of the Orchestra and Chorus in the final movement. The concert opens with the world premiere of a new commission for our Chorus by innovative composer Andrew Balfour. 

Balfour ᓂᔭ niya (I Am) (World Premiere) 
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 

Program and artists are subject to change without notice. 

Bel Canto’s concert for ProArts@Noon Concert Series will be a mix of Baroque, Classical, Jazz and Contemporary music arranged and performed as a String Trio. The performance will go beyond the classics and what is usually expected of such an ensemble. 

For more information, visit Pro Arts Society's website. 

Welcome to 'Bella Italia'

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Divas Opera bring their voices and performance flair back to the big stage!

The Divas (Kathleen Morrison & Barbara King) will be joined by pianist Mimi Park, and the all-female Bridgeland Quartet for a full length concert of all Italian repertoire, ranging from operatic favourites to recognizable songs.

Taking place at the Polaris Centre for the Performing Arts (where drinks are permitted in the theatre!), enjoy a fantastic wine or cocktail throughout the evening as you enjoy ‘Bella Italia’!

The venue and Steinway Piano are generously sponsored by the Polaris Centre for the Performing Arts.

WHERE: Polaris Centre for the Performing Arts - 261051 Wagon Wheel View
DATE: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022
TIME: Doors/Cocktails at 7:00pm - Concert begins at 7:30pm
TICKETS: Available at www.polariscentre.ca
General Admission $35 plus fees.

Classical accordionist Penny Sanborn presents a recital with special guests Andrea Neumann (violin), Andrea Case (cello) and Laura Lindgren (dancer). 

Free admission.

Performers:
Slava Sles, soprano
Todd Scott, piano
Students & other artists

Support the humanitarian effort for Ukraine through the power and beauty of classical music. Some of Calgary's finest professional musicians take the stage in a benefit concert featuring repertoire by Ukrainian composers.

Sunday, March 20
5:00 pm MDT
St. David's United Church
3303 Capitol Crescent NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Tickets: by donation at the door

All proceeds will go to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation www.cufoundation.ca

Featuring:
Prosecco Strings - Olena Kilchyk, cello; Brigit Knecht, violin; Karri Quan, violin
Kathleen van Mourik, piano
Andrea Neumann, violin
Stephania Romaniuk, mezzo-soprano

All are welcome: Come as you are, or wear blue and yellow, your favourite vyshyvanka or any other Ukrainian accessories.

Image credit: Original cover art by Camelia Rubak, age 12

This blockbuster tribute to Broadway favourites by Andrew Lloyd Webber and others features the Calgary Phil’s charismatic Michael Hope and guest vocalist Michelle Todd. Enjoy hits from Cats, Evita, Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, and more.

HEALTH AND SAFETY: At this time, Calgary Phil has reduced capacity at our venues to one-third, with physically distanced seating in groups of 1 to 4 tickets purchased together. For the protection of our audience members and staff, masks are required inside the venues and must be worn over the nose, mouth, and chin. You will find more information about our health and safety measures at calgaryphil.com/health-and-safety.

This blockbuster tribute to Broadway favourites by Andrew Lloyd Webber and others features the Calgary Phil’s charismatic Michael Hope and guest vocalist Michelle Todd. Enjoy hits from Cats, Evita, Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, and more.

HEALTH AND SAFETY: At this time, Calgary Phil has reduced capacity at our venues to one-third, with physically distanced seating in groups of 1 to 4 tickets purchased together. For the protection of our audience members and staff, masks are required inside the venues and must be worn over the nose, mouth, and chin. You will find more information about our health and safety measures at calgaryphil.com/health-and-safety.

Join Donovan Seidle (violin), David Morrissey (cello), Kat Hammer (guitar/theorbo) and Justin Luchinski (organ/harpsichord) as they present three concerts of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's monolithic work, The Mystery Sonatas (1676).  

This set of violin sonatas is one of the most stunning devotional works of the German High Baroque, and is divided into three sets:  the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries, and has the amazing challenge of a different violin tuning convention for each sonata.

Enjoy these three concerts by donation until the end of January 2021.

Link to videos - https://www.donovanseidle.com/concertlandingpage

Saturday, May 11, 2024

7:30pm

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The Program

🇦🇹 STRAUSS Die Fledermaus (Overture)
🇺🇸 CRESTON Trombone Fantasy (Op. 42)

🇩🇪 BRAHMS Symphony #1

Featured Artists

DYLAN MARTIN RMSO Principal Trombone
CARLOS FOGGIN RMSO Music Director

What’s Interesting About This Concert

Paul Creston's music has been called brash, vital, spontaneous, intense, and flambouyant. The Fantasy, op 42, written in 1947, is all of these. Long, lush, motivically generated melodies combine with driving rhythmic sections and lush harmony in this work.

Johannes Brahms is said to have never missed a performance of Die Fledermaus. Jules Massenet observed, “Brahms is the spirit of Vienna, but Strauss is the perfume.”

Brahms was 43 years old when his first symphony premiered in Karlsruhe in 1876. Its composition took at least fourteen years, though some scholars believe Brahms, at the urging of Robert Schumann, began his work as early as 1855. Why did it take so long? Mostly because of the esteem with which Brahms (and so many other composers of the period) held the symphonies of Beethoven. “I shall never write a symphony” Brahms once told a friend, “You have no idea how the likes of us feel when we hear the tramp of a giant like him behind us.”

Join Rune Bergmann and the Calgary Phil as they salute Canadian composer Alexina Louie on her 75th year, with a performance of The Eternal Earth — her “plea for the continuation of life on earth and a celebration of the joys of the universe.” Commemorating the 200th anniversary of his birth, the Orchestra also plays Anton Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony — a pilgrim’s adventure from confidence and passion through struggle to triumph.  
  
LOUIE The Eternal Earth  
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6  

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.  

RUNE BERGMANN conductor  
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  

To purchase tickets, visit https://calgaryphil.com/events or call the Calgary Phil Box Office at 403.571.0849.  

The Celebration of Music by Black Composers concert is uniquely dedicated to Black composers who have made, and continue to make, tremendous contributions to Western Classical music. The program also sheds light on the creativity of 19th and 20th century Black composers who, despite racism and oppression, were able to excel as composers.

PROGRAMME:
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser: Hlonolofatsa
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto with Isaac Willocks, violin
William Grant-Still: Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

Calgary Pro Musica is excited to announce its upcoming livestream concert featuring Canadian violinist Blake Pouliot and pianist Susanne Ruberg-Gordon on Sunday, March 7, 2021.

Violinist Blake Pouliot has joined the upper echelons of brilliant soloists, establishing himself as a consummate 21st century artist with the rigour and passion to shine for a lifetime. At only 27-years-old the tenacious violinist has been praised by the Toronto Star as, “one of those special talents that comes along once in a lifetime.”

Quoted by the Chronicle Herald as “A superb musician”, Swedish-born pianist Susanne Ruberg-Gordon is a highly regarded and sought-after chamber-musician and collaborative pianist. Susanne is the pianist and core member of the Juno-nominated Land’s End Ensemble in Calgary.

PROGRAMME

Prokofiev:  Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 115, Moderato

Mozart:  Violin Sonata in F major, K. 376

Janáček:  Violin Sonata

Kreisler:  Caprice Viennois, Op. 2

Tickets for this live stream concert are $43 (adults) / $33 (students/seniors) and are available online through www.calgarypromusica.ca. 3-concert subscriptions are also available for $90 (adults) / $80 (students/seniors) and include the March 7th livestream concert, "3 Concertmasters" (April 25th & 26th), and "Trio Triple Forte" (May 30th & 31st). The April and May concerts are scheduled to be a socially-distanced concert.

The livestream will be hosted by Stagestream Live, and login details will be sent on March 1st for those who purchased the tickets. The concert will be streamed live at 3:00 PM, and then be posted for one week to be accessed afterwards.

For more information, please visit www.calgarypromusica.ca or call (403) 244-8277.

On Wednesday, December 21, Knox United Church offers Blue Christmas service - a quiet, sacred space for people looking to worship during the Christmas season.

Free and open to the public. For more information, visit kxcalgary.com.

This week the Calgary Phil virtual concert series features the triumphant and engaging Brass Sextet in E-flat Minor by Oskar Böhme paired with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, a lively, Romantic-era piece for strings written during the Russian composer’s time in Florence, Italy.

Tickets are free, but we're asking you to register in advance to receive the concert link and your unique access code. Registration is now open at calgaryphil.com/virtual-concerts/.

Back by popular demand following a sold-out performance in 2019, don’t miss conductor Steve Hackman’s epic symphonic synthesis of Radiohead’s iconic OK Computer and Johannes Brahms’ tremendous Symphony No. 1. Featuring the full orchestra and three solo vocalists, this fusion offers a re-imagined experience of each work through the lens of the other — and explores the explosive tension they have in common. 

This concert is presented with One Yellow Rabbit as part of the High Performance Rodeo. 

Program and artists are subject to change without notice. 

STEVE HACKMAN conductor 
KÉREN TAYAR vocals 
ANDREW LIPKE vocals 
WILL POST vocals 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

To purchase tickets, visit calgaryphil.com/22-23-season/ or call the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Box Office at 403.571.0849. 

with special guests: 
Laura Brandt, soprano 
Jonathon Adams, baritone 
Cheryl Emery & Leanne Regehr, piano

Brahms’s German Requiem beautifully comforts and consoles the living. It is the perfect balm for our audience (and singers) after this long absence from the stage. The Requiem will be bookended by two works by Zachary Wadsworth. The prelude Battle-Flags (2015) is “meant to welcome a North American audience into the Requiem’s spaces of memory and ritual.” Luminous Voices has commissioned an epilogue, combining the choral, piano and solo voices. Wadsworth writes, “this new composition for Luminous Voices will complete the frame by appending a postlude to the Brahms Requiem. I hope that it will create the opportunity to connect Brahms's humanist themes directly to issues of justice and reconciliation in our own time.”

Unlike most Requiems, Johannes Brahms wrote his for the living, rather than the dead. The result is more hopeful and uplifting than dark and dire, and a perfect way to celebrate Spring. Music Director Rune Bergmann leads this powerful work for orchestra, chorus, and soloists.

Brahms A German Requiem

This concert has no intermission.

Join us in the lobby at 6:35PM for an informative Pre-Concert Chat.

RUNE BERGMANN conductor
BRENDAN LORD interim chorus director
LESLIE ANN BRADLEY soprano
PETER BARRETT baritone
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Unlike most Requiems, Johannes Brahms wrote his for the living, rather than the dead. The result is more hopeful and uplifting than dark and dire, and a perfect way to celebrate Spring. Music Director Rune Bergmann leads this powerful work for orchestra, chorus, and soloists.

Brahms A German Requiem

This concert has no intermission.

Join us in the lobby at 6:35PM for an informative Pre-Concert Chat.

RUNE BERGMANN conductor
BRENDAN LORD interim chorus director
LESLIE ANN BRADLEY soprano
PETER BARRETT baritone
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Enjoy the ultimate Chicago experience. Brass Transit’s dynamic, crowd-pleasing tribute brings the decades-long, multi-platinum songbook of iconic American rock group Chicago to the stage. Enjoy hits like If You Leave Me Now, Saturday in the Park, Colour My World, and more performed by eight dedicated, award-winning musicians alongside the Calgary Phil.

KARL HIRZER conductor
BRASS TRANSIT band
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Enjoy the ultimate Chicago experience. Brass Transit’s dynamic, crowd-pleasing tribute brings the decades-long, multi-platinum songbook of iconic American rock group Chicago to the stage. Enjoy hits like If You Leave Me Now, Saturday in the Park, Colour My World, and more performed by eight dedicated, award-winning musicians alongside the Calgary Phil.

KARL HIRZER conductor
BRASS TRANSIT band
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Join the Calgary Bach Choir for an uplifting concert of music that celebrates Spring and the coming of Easter.

The sun, moon, stars, - all spheres of light - are harbingers of hope. You'll hear German language versions of J.S. Bach's brilliant setting of the familiar German chorale, How Brightly Shines the Morning Star in his Cantata No. 1, Telemann's vibrant Psalm 96 - Sing to the Lord a New Song and CPW Bach's spritely Symphony in F Major.

Hannah Pagenkopf, soprano
Aoife Bonaventura, alto
Jason Ragan, tenor
Tyler Fitzgerald, bass-baritone

Calgary Bach Choir & Chamber Orchestra

Terry Edwards, Artistic Director

Bruce Petherick is a Autistic advocate, a sound designer and musician. Born in Melbourne, Australia and now living in Canada, Bruce spent many years recording and touring throughout the world with various bands, playing Classical, Jazz and Music Theatre. 

He now concentrates on playing and recording his own music, as well as being an active advocate for Autism and especially Neurodivergent education. Bruce invites the listener into his music, into an acoustic space, letting them hear the intimate sound of the piano and to let the music emerge, rather than trying to force it.

Check our website for full details at:  http://www.proartssociety.ca/bruce-petherick-piano-3/

On November 12, the Calgary Youth Orchestra will perform one of the most transcendental and profound masterpieces in the orchestral repertoire: Symphony No. 9 by Anton Bruckner. A devoutly religious man, Bruckner composed this spiritual symphony just before his death, and dedicated it to “God the Beloved”. The program will also include Mendelssohn’s Calm See and Prosperous Voyage Overture, inspired by a poem by the 18th century German poet and philosopher of the Enlightenment, J. W. von Goethe.

Tickets are $20 (general) and $15 (students over 18 and seniors) and are available online, by calling 403-440-7770, or at the door.

Nightly @ 7:00 pm from Friday, November 25 to Monday, November 28.

Knox is once again hosting this exciting celebration of magical carols and choirs! This not-to-be-missed event will expand to four days this year to accommodate more choirs.

Admission by donation of cans or cash for the Calgary Food Bank.

For more information, visit kxcalgary.com/calendar.

Calgary Opera’s McPhee Artists perform operatic rarities and cross-over into the worlds of cabaret and music theatre – be prepared for surprises!

Featuring Pianists: 
Carlos Foggin, Ariel Gonzalez, Gabriella Jonas & Kathleen van Mourik

OPEN REHEARSAL: 11:30am - 12:30pm
PIANO MASTERCLASS: 12:30pm - 2pm

CONCERT PROGRAMME:
Mozart: 
Overture to Marriage of Figaro
Overture to Don Giovanni
Overture to the Magic Flute

Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

This is a free event and open to the public.

Mountain View International Festival of Song & Chamber Music Society and the Hungarian-Canadian Cultural Association of Calgary is excited to present Calgary Piano Quartet.

Featuring Pianists: 
Carlos Foggin, Ariel Gonzalez, Gabriella Jonas & Kathleen van Mourik

CONCERT PROGRAMME:

Mozart: 
Overture to Marriage of Figaro
Overture to Don Giovanni
Overture to the Magic Flute

Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

Gounod: Faust

Liszt:
Hungarian Rhapsodies
Les Préludes

Tickets are $20 and are available online or at the door

Free parking. Reception to follow.

Calgary pianists Ariel Gonzalez, Gabriella Jonas, Evan Mounce, and Kathleen van Mourik will present an eight-hand, two-piano concert presenting music arranged for a piano quartet. 

The programme includes: "Les Preludes" by Franz Liszt, Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg, "" by Felix Mendelssohn, and selections by Bach, and Smetana. The concert will also feature flamenco dancer Maria Regnier and guitarist Stephen Strain in "Carmen Fantasy".

The concert will take place on Sunday, June 19, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen's Anglican Church Calgary (1121 - 14 Avenue SW, Calgary).

Tickets are $20 and are available online or at the door.

Presented by the Polaris Centre and the Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra
in partnership with the Government of Alberta

• Amparita Roca, Spanish March
• Fanfare and Allegro I. Fanfare II. Allegro
• My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish, Chorale Prelude
• Chorale and Shaker Dance Colonel Bogey

INTERMISSION

• Celebration Fanfare, Overture for Symphonic Band
• The Marches of Mancini
  Timothy, Marches of the Cue Balls, The Swing March, The Great Race March
• Pavanne from Symphonette No. 2 Chasing Sunlight
• Spitfire

Join us this summer for 6 concerts! (Weather depending)

July 10 & 24

August 7, 14 & 21 

Canada Day 2020 
Conductor: Carlos Foggin 
Vocalists: Kathleen Morrison, Barbara King, Kyle Miller, Kim Raffin 
Musicians: Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra 

Playlist: O Canada (Double Fugue composed by James McGowan) 
Abendsegen (Evening Prayer) from Hansel & Gretel (E. Humperdinck) 
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole) 
You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban) 
Hero (Mariah Carey) 
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) 

Watch on YouTube.

COVID precautions: Masks were worn by all musicians and technical crew. Singers were spaced 10m from recording crew. Ventilation was enhanced (extra room fans & open doors) for the making of this video. 

Update: 14 days post-recording, no-one involved in this recording had shown symptoms nor tested positive for Covid-19.

Join us Sunday, July 16, 7pm for a recital including our esteemed 2023 piano clinician, Michel Fournier! Mr. Fournier will play a number of Debussy Preludes. He will also be joined by Cassa experts, including Derek Stoll, Lorna MacLachlin, Linda Kundert, Janice Dahlberg, Joseph Fridman, Karen Gerelus, and Eric Nyland. We’ll also hear from Cassa students, and there will be musical numbers from Sand, A Musical Ghost, and our 2023 upcoming musical.

Cassa Musical Arts Presents Charles Foreman! 

Join us Sunday, July 17 at 7:00pm for a recital from our esteemed 2022 piano clinician, Charles Foreman! Mr. Foreman will play a recital  featuring Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  |  Fantasy in C minor, K. 475

Ludwig van Beethoven  |  Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2     

Allegro vivace                                                                                                      
Largo appassionato
Scherzo: Allegretto
Rondo: Grazioso

 -intermission- 

Robert Schumann | Carnaval, Op. 9

Préambule                                                                                                        
Pierrot
Arlequin
Valse noble
Eusebius
Florestan
Coquette
Replique
Sphinxs
Papillons
A.S.C.H.     S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes)
Chiarina
Chopin
Estrella
Reconnaissance
Pantalon et Columbine
Valse Allemande – Paganini
Aveu
Promenade
Pause
Marche des “Davidsbündler” contre les Philistins

“Love and Tears” After a long hiatus, Catherine and Brad are looking forward to performing again in the ProArts series at the Cathedral. All of this concert’s selections are well-known vocal melodies that reflect deep human emotions. The program will feature guitar arrangements originally scored for orchestra, lute, or piano accompaniment. Repertoire includes traditional folk songs and works by Dowland, Schubert, Vivaldi, and Puccini.

CCOC joins forces yet again with Opera by Request and the Foothills Philharmonic Opera Chorus to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee at the Cardel Theatre!

Roberto Devereux is the dramatic final chapter in Donizetti’s Tudor Queens Trilogy.

Featuring

Ernesto Ramírez - Roberto Devereux

Cara Lianne McLeod - Elisabetta, Queen of England

Barbara King - Sara, Duchess of Nottingham

Bertrand Malo - The Duke of Nottingham

Valentin Borsu - Lord Cecil

Aaron Bartholomew - Sir Gualtiero Raleigh

Oliver Peplowski - Servant of Nottingham & Page

Alyssa Durnie - Elisabetta Cover

Willian Shookhoff - Music Director & Piano

Foothills Philharmonic Society Opera Chorus

Organist Neil Cockburn curates and performs in this concert celebrating Heinrich Schűtz (died 350 years ago this year). Hear the acclaimed Ronald B Bond Bach Organ and UCalgary's newly commissioned double-manual harpsichord built by Craig Tomlinson (2022).  Also featuring talented young singers from the UCalgary BMus program.

December 2023, Montreal-based artists Buzz Brass get the holiday season off to a rousing start with an exuberant Christmas concert. Buzz Brass takes on a fresh shine with dynamic performance and fresh, stimulating interaction, as classics you know and love are reinterpreted through trumpet, horn and trombone. Since 2002, the ensemble has captivated classical music lovers across the globe, establishing a reputation for innovative programming, praiseworthy recordings, and a unique repertoire and vision. This is brass at its best, delivered with intelligence, whimsy and skill.

Presented in collaboration with Prairie Debut.

Imagine cello and piano performed with an expertise and intensity that venture into the sublime. Stéphane Tétreault’s playing has been described as “astonishingly mature not merely in its technical attributes but also in its warmth, brilliance and subtlety of colour and inflection” by Gramophone Magazine, while the Ottawa Citizen described Akiko Tominaga …. “Her sound is captivating, delicate, crystalline; her phrasing elegant and intelligent.” The contained chemistry of this remarkable combination is not to be missed.

Presented in collaboration with Prairie Debut

Maria Vander Hoek and Angela Smart performing live! 

Free. Open to the public.

Mount Royal Kantorei presents Celtic Connection with special guests the Calgary Fiddlers. Celebrating the music of two great nations and exploring the Gaelic influence on Canadian music. Local Irish dancers join us on stage with traditional Irish instruments for a proper Irish Cèilidh. Excellent preparation for Mount Royal Kantorei choir as they embark on their first tour to Ireland in the Spring of 2020.

Mountain View Festival presents the chamber music of Joaquin Turina and Enrique Granados in an intimate concert setting featuring:

Anita Dusevic Oliva, violin 
Olena Kilchyk, cello 
Kathleen van Mourik, Charles Foreman, piano

Also being showcased on the program are three of Calgary’s young emerging pianists:

Elaine Yuan Meng, piano
Joanna Zhang, piano
Jocelyn Zhou, piano

Tickets are $20 (general) and are available online through showpass.com or at the door.

Mountain View Festival presents the chamber music of Joaquin Turina and Enrique Granados in an intimate concert setting featuring:

Anita Dusevic Oliva, violin 
Olena Kilchyk, cello 
Kathleen van Mourik, Charles Foreman, piano

Also being showcased on the program are three of Calgary’s young emerging pianists:

Elaine Yuan Meng, piano
Joanna Zhang, piano
Jocelyn Zhou, piano

Tickets are $20 (general) and are available online through showpass.com or at the door.

String Theory Music Collective presents CHANT, a concert inspired by the human impulse to create music for healing and connection. Featuring Cree-Dene Songmaker Sherryl Sewepagaham, Spiritus Chamber Choir, and the Calgary Children's Choir, our foray explores music from around the globe. Ancient composers such as Hildegard of Bingen and Palestrina resonate alongside modern composers such as Arvo Pärt and Ola Gjeilo. Canadian composers are featured throughout the program, and a highlight will be the premier of a new work by Sherryl Sewepagaham and Andrea Neumann.

* The performance will last about one hour without intermission.

* Two shorter concerts will be presented at the Calgary Central Library on Sun, November 20th @ 1:30pm & 2:30pm. These performances are free to the public and are great for families with young children.

Charlotte plays the trumpet on a cardboard tube, the xylophone with two knitting needles, and the drums on anything that bangs. Her musical talents are not appreciated at home, so she sets off into the wide world, where the Music Maker comes to her rescue. Families will enjoy this magical journey with Platypus Theatre exploring the sounds and colours of the instruments and the exciting possibilities that music has to offer. Come early for the Instrument Discovery Zoo at 2PM. 

Program and artists are subject to change without notice. 

JENNIFER TUNG conductor 
PLATYPUS THEATRE ensemble 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

To purchase tickets, visit calgaryphil.com/22-23-season/ or call the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Box Office at 403.571.0849.

Alberta Vocal Arts presents their debut performance as a newly established non-profit in Alberta with a stunning new presentation of traditional lieder (classical art songs) alongside breathtaking lighting and shadow.

Chiaroscuro, an exploration of the balance of light and shadow, is a term used interchangeably in both the visual art world and in music, particularly Italian Bel Canto. Traverse the juxtaposition of light/dark, day/night, heaven/hell and love/despair.

Set in the beautiful Polaris Theatre, this concert will explore light and shadow in its varied forms, including lighting, architecture, textiles, and the true aural showcase of the event - the myriad tone colours of the partnership between the human voice and the piano.

No stranger to both contemporary and traditional music scenes, both Kathleen Morrison and Carlos Foggin are recognized for their innovative programming, a unique conversational style which builds a deep rapport with audiences, and a strong desire to delve ever deeper into their artistic subject matter.

Running time: 65 minutes with no intermission
Featuring songs from R. Strauss, Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven, and more

Kathleen Morrison, soprano
Carlos Foggin, piano
Ella Wilson, Death/Maiden
Uwe Dambruch, narrator

Chopin & Beethoven

Join the RMSO and pianist Stephen Nguyen (Grand Prize Winner, Canadian Music Competition) for Chopin's Lyrical Masterpiece and Beethoven's most popular work.

• Beethoven - Creatures of Prometheus
• Chopin - Concerto #1 in E Minor
• Beethoven - Symphony #7

Concert Sponsors:

• Field Law (Series Sponsor)
• The Polaris Centre
• Steinway Piano Gallery

Chopin & Beethoven

Join the RMSO and pianist Stephen Nguyen (Grand Prize Winner, Canadian Music Competition) for Chopin's Lyrical Masterpiece and Beethoven's most popular work.

• Beethoven - Creatures of Prometheus
• Chopin - Concerto #1 in E Minor
• Beethoven - Symphony #7

Concert Sponsors:

• Field Law (Series Sponsor)
• The Polaris Centre
• Steinway Piano Gallery

The internationally recognized choir of the Anglican Parish of Christ Church, Elbow Park hosts Evensong on the fourth Sunday of every month. All are welcome to this free service.

The Cathedral Choir sings Choral Evensong to open the Festival of Music with the Liturgy (June 18-26), with choral singers from the Anglican Diocese of Calgary.

FREE ENTRY. NO TICKETS REQUIRED!

Repertoire:
Stanford - Evening Canticles in B flat
Stanford - O For a Closer Walk with God

All are welcome to attend this festal choral service in the Anglican tradition.

“Every heart needs a home: every soul needs a song. The warmth and music of the Cathedral beckons you to discover yours.
Come join us for our Festival.”
Helen Belcher, Interim Priest-in-Charge

Full Festival schedule:
https://www.anglicancathedralcalgary.ca/festival

The Festival Schola, formed of the Cathedral Section Leads, sings Choral Evensong at 6.30pm in the Cathedral.

NO TICKETS REQUIRED! FREE ENTRY

Repertoire includes:
Philip Moore - The Third Service (Evening Canticles)

All are welcome to attend this choral service in the Anglican tradition.

“Every heart needs a home: every soul needs a song. The warmth and music of the Cathedral beckons you to discover yours. Come join us for our Festival.” - Helen Belcher, Interim Priest-in-Charge

Full Festival schedule:
https://www.anglicancathedralcalgary.ca/festival

The Cathedral Choir sings the final Choral Evensong of the Festival of Music with the Liturgy (June 18-26), with alumni from the Cathedral Choir.

NO TICKETS REQUIRED! FREE ENTRY

Repertoire:
William Smith - Responses
Dyson in D - Evening Canticles
Stanford - For Lo, I Raise Up

All are welcome to attend this festal choral service in the Anglican tradition.

“Every heart needs a home: every soul needs a song. The warmth and music of the Cathedral beckons you to discover yours.
Come join us for our Festival.”
Helen Belcher, Interim Priest-in-Charge

Full Festival schedule:
https://www.anglicancathedralcalgary.ca/festival

Candles, Carols, Choir and Star. Join Foothills Brass Quintet at 6:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public. Visit kxcalgary.com for more information.

Candles, Carols, Choir, Star and Communion. Join Foothills Brass Quintet at 10:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public. Visit kxcalgary.com for more information.

While our concert hall has been closed, the Calgary Phil has been exploring some of our city’s iconic downtown buildings and recording solo and duet performances featuring Calgary Phil musicians for three new free virtual concerts. City Spaces brings you music from the top of a modern skyscraper, the stunning interior of a brutalist-era gallery, and the grand ballroom of a historic hotel.

The performances are available for viewing for 30 days following the premiere. Online access is free with registration — sign up for all three concerts now!

Musician: Maxwell Stein, Horn
Program: Fantasy for Solo Horn, Op. 8, by Malcolm Arnold

Musician: Michael Hope, Assistant Principal Bassoon
Program: Fantasy for Solo Bassoon, Op. 86, by Malcolm Arnold

Musician: Robert McCosh, Principal Horn
Program: Laudatio, by Bernhard Krol

Musician: Adam Zinatelli, Principal Trumpet
Program: Intrada, by Otto Ketting

Musician: Slavko Popovic, Principal Clarinet
Program: Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet, by Igor Stravinsky

Live-stream feature:
Fantasy on a Theme by Beethoven, by Larysa Kuzmenko (performed by the Calgary Philharmonic in 2020)

While our concert hall has been closed, the Calgary Phil has been exploring some of our city’s iconic downtown buildings and recording solo and duet performances featuring Calgary Phil musicians for three new free virtual concerts. City Spaces brings you music from the top of a modern skyscraper, the stunning interior of a brutalist-era gallery, and the grand ballroom of a historic hotel.

The performances are available for viewing for 30 days following the premiere. Online access is free with registration — sign up for all three concerts now!

Musicians: Kathleen de Caen, Cello; and Antoine St-Onge, Principal Bassoon (note: musicians are from the same household)
Program: Sonata for Bassoon and Cello in B-flat Major, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Musician: Alisa Klebanov, Viola
Program: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, by Johann Sebastian Bach

Live-stream features:
Arioso from Cantata, by Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Leopold Stokowski) (performed by the Calgary Philharmonic in 2018)
Innenohr, by Barbara Croall (performed by the Calgary Philharmonic in 2020)

Join us for City Spaces: Heritage Park on Saturday 29 May, where five different musicians perform at the historical village. 

Musician: Laurent Grillet-Kim, Principal Viola
Program: Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, by Johann Sebastian Bach

Musicians: Jennifer Frank-Umana, Associate Principal Horn, and Doug Umana, Horn (note: musicians are from the same household)
Program: Horn Duos, K.487/496a, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Musician: John Lowry, Associate Concertmaster
Program: Snapshot: Claudia, age 8, by Vincent Ho; Tango Études, by Astor Piazzolla

Musician: Adriana Lebedovich, Violin
Program: Думка (Opinion): A XIXth century pastiche, by Claude Lapalme (Traditional Ukrainian Folk Song); Orange Blossom Special, by Ervin T. Rouse

Live-stream feature:
Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, by Richard Wagner (performed by the Calgary Philharmonic in 2017)

Join us for the final concert of the Season that takes us home to Arts Commons. City Spaces: Jack Singer Concert Hall premieres online on Saturday 12 June and features Concertmaster Diana Cohen and her husband, concert pianist Roman Rabinovich. 

Musicians: Diana Cohen, Concertmaster, and Roman Rabinovich, Piano (note: musicians are from the same household)
Program: Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18, by Richard Strauss

Live-stream feature:
Der Rosenkavalier Suite (The Cavalier of the Rose), by Richard Strauss (performed by the Calgary Philharmonic in 2018)

City Spaces: Spark Science Centre premieres on Saturday 15 May and features five Calgary Phil musicians performing a mix of classical and contemporary works in this bright, modern, high-tech space. The second half of the event includes an encore live-stream presentation of the first movement from Verdi’s Requiem, performed by the Calgary Philharmonic in 2018. Add to your at-home experience with 15% off a dinner for two from Charcut — simply order your meal by 12 noon on Tuesday 11 May, then pick it up before the concert and warm it up when you’re ready.

Musician: Gwen Klassen, Assistant Principal Flute
Program: Fantasia No. 2 in A Minor, by Georg Philipp Telemann; Syrinx, L. 129, by Claude Debussy

Musician: Jonathan Yeoh, Bass
Program: Persephone’s Tears, by Claude Lapalme

Musicians: Trish Bereti Reid, Bass, and Dave Reid, Bass Trombone (note: musicians are from the same household)
Program: Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775, by J.S. Bach; Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777, by J.S. Bach; Air on the G String from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068, by J.S. Bach; Romance from Lt. Kije, Op. 60: Suite, by Sergei Prokofiev

Musician: Jesse Morrison, Viola
Program: Skizzen für Siegbert, by Brett Dean (Canadian Premiere)

Live-stream feature:
Introit — Kyrie from Messa de requiem, by Giuseppe Verdi (performed by the Calgary Philharmonic in 2018)

City Spaces: Spark Science Centre premieres on Saturday 15 May and features five Calgary Phil musicians performing a mix of classical and contemporary works in this bright, modern, high-tech space. The second half of the event includes an encore live-stream presentation of the first movement from Verdi’s Requiem, performed by the Calgary Philharmonic in 2018. Add to your at-home experience with 15% off a dinner for two from Charcut — simply order your meal by 12 noon on Tuesday 11 May, then pick it up before the concert and warm it up when you’re ready.

Musician: Gwen Klassen, Assistant Principal Flute
Program: Fantasia No. 2 in A Minor, by Georg Philipp Telemann; Syrinx, L. 129, by Claude Debussy

Musician: Jonathan Yeoh, Bass
Program: Persephone’s Tears, by Claude Lapalme

Musicians: Trish Bereti Reid, Bass, and Dave Reid, Bass Trombone (note: musicians are from the same household)
Program: Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775, by J.S. Bach; Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777, by J.S. Bach; Air on the G String from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068, by J.S. Bach; Romance from Lt. Kije, Op. 60: Suite, by Sergei Prokofiev

Musician: Jesse Morrison, Viola
Program: Skizzen für Siegbert, by Brett Dean (Canadian Premiere)

Live-stream feature:
Introit — Kyrie from Messa de requiem, by Giuseppe Verdi (performed by the Calgary Philharmonic in 2018)

While our concert hall has been closed, the Calgary Phil has been exploring some of our city’s iconic downtown buildings and recording solo and duet performances featuring Calgary Phil musicians for three new free virtual concerts. City Spaces brings you music from the top of a modern skyscraper, the stunning interior of a brutalist-era gallery, and the grand ballroom of a historic hotel.

The performances are available for viewing for 30 days following the premiere. Online access is free with registration — sign up for all three concerts now!

Musician:
Donovan Seidle, Assistant Concertmaster
Program:
Lento from Suite No. 2, by Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté
Obsession from Sonata No. 2, Op. 27, by Eugène Ysaÿe
Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, by Johann Sebastian Bach
Mystery Sonata No. 16 in G Minor (Passacaglia), by Heinrich Biber

Live-stream feature:
Adagio molto – Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21, by Ludwig van Beethoven (performed by the Calgary Philharmonic in 2020)
 

Join us as The University of Calgary's Collegium Musicum stages excerpts from a baroque opera – John Blow's Venus and Adonis in the beautiful acoustic of the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer.

Join us for an afternoon of family-friendly performances and instrument demonstrations with some of Calgary’s finest musicians at the Calgary Central Library! Presented by the Instrumental Society of Calgary, we will be presenting special guest artists  Iryna Kalinovich (Ukrainian Bandura), Sara Hahn (Flute), Jeremy Bauman (Viola), David Morrissey (Cello), and Brad Mahon (Guitar)

This event is FREE but requires pre-registration, register for tickets HERE

After a very successful Community Orchestra Play-In event that had 56 musicians on July 28th, musicians from Calgary and the surrounding area are once again invited to play in  COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA PLAY-IN OPUS 2!! 

DATE: Tuesday, August 31, 2021
TIME: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
LOCATION: McDougall United Church (8516 Athabasca Street SE, Calgary, AB T2H 1S1)

WHO’S INVITED: EVERYONE!!!

WHAT ARE WE PLAYING:

Piotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan”

Conducted by: Rolf Bertsch

This is an open invitation so, please invite anyone you know! We will need MANY Brass and Woodwind players - especially french horns, trombones, and bassoons. Currently, we have 15 violins, 5 violas, 5 cellos, 4 double basses, 6 flutes, 3 oboes, 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 6 horns, 5 trumpets, 0 trombones, 2 tubas, and 3 percussions.

If you play Brass or Woodwind, please RSVP to Ross at ross.a.lemon@gmail.com. Violins - please RSVP as well to let us know if you would like to play Violin 1 or Violin 2.

Please bring your instrument, music part, and music stand. The music can be download through Dropbox.

Please keep in mind, this is not a performance, this is not a rehearsal, this is a fun play-through! We will be watching the status of the pandemic and the case numbers closely in order to ensure we are all kept safe.

Please e-mail Ross if you have any questions. We hope to see you there!

Community Orchestra Reading Session! It’s not a concert or a rehearsal. This is an event to bring community musicians together, have fun, and read though a few amazing orchestral works.

Conducted by: Rolf Bertsch, conductor of the Calgary Civic Symphony / pianist of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

Location: McDougall United Church (8516 Athabasca Street SE, Calgary)
Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Time: Start Arriving 6 p.m., Down beat 7 p.m.

Repertoire: 
Der Freischutz Overture - CM Weber 
Symphony No.6 - Antonin Dvorak 
- BREAK - 
Symphony No.1 - Johannes Brahms 
(Encore: Academic Festival Overture - Brahms) 
Encore TBA due to time and energy

Please bring your instrument, music part, and music stand. 

Music can be downloaded here.

Please e-mail Ross if you have any questions. We hope to see you there!

It has been 15 or so months that most of us orchestral people have been together and playing music together.

Now that the vaccines are being distributed, COVID-19 case numbers are down, and the restrictions are lifted, let's safely get together and play through some orchestra music! There will be lots of space to spread out. Wearing masks is highly encouraged as we need to continue to stay safe and make sure we have a proper orchestral season starting September. If you feel sick with any COVID-19 and/or flu-like symptoms, please refrain from attending.

The invitation goes out to Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion.

What we will play:

Beethoven Egmont Overture 
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Beethoven Symphony No. 3
Brahms Tragic Overture (Encore)

If you don't have the music, IMSLP files are available through Dropbox. Please e-mail if you need links or if you have any questions.

Please bring your instrument, music part, and music stand.

Please keep in mind, this is not a performance, this is not a rehearsal, this is a fun playthrough!

Compline is the final service of the day, sung just prior to retiring for the night. Join the Cathedral Clerkes as they sing this ancient monastic service to Gregorian Chant by candlelight.

NO TICKETS REQUIRED! FREE ENTRY

“Every heart needs a home: every soul needs a song. The warmth and music of the Cathedral beckons you to discover yours. Come join us for our Festival.” - Helen Belcher, Interim Priest-in-Charge

Full Festival schedule:
https://www.anglicancathedralcalgary.ca/festival

Miss live music? 

On Saturday, February 20th, High River Gift of Music and Luminous Voices are delighted to offer an escape into live musical performance in a format which safeguards the health of audience and performers. To the Wild Sun of Winter combines the old-school charm of a drive-in theatre with modern technology and live performance to deliver a concert like none you’ve experienced before.

We have one ticket to giveaway for this event (one ticket is good for one car). For your chance to win, send e-mail to info@calgaryclassical.ca with LV CONTEST in subject line. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail.

The contest closes 6:00 PM on Tuesday, February 16, 2021.

For more information about the event, visit the event page here.

Prepare to be swept off your feet as Calgary's Spiritus Chamber Choir and Edmonton's Chronos Vocal Ensemble present the grand finale of their season, Of the Soul. 

We're giving away two tickets to this sensational collaboration that promises to leave you spellbound!

The contest closes  5 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The winner will be notified by e-mail.*

*Calgary Classical will never e-mail a winner from any other account than from calgaryclassical.ca account

Celebrate holidays with Foothills Brass!

Indulge in the sounds of the season and enjoy their seasonal favourites of gentle tunes that ring effortlessly in the exquisite acoustics of Scarboro United Church. The concert also features Kat Hammer on the guitar, as well as its Renaissance counterparts, the lute, and theorbo.

Fill out the contest form on this page before noon on Saturday, December 9, 2023 for your chance to win a pair of tickets. The winner will be notified by e-mail.

Calgary's Juno-nominated professional chamber choir presents "Allegri's Miserere and Togni's Lamentations of Jeremiah" on Friday, April 15, 2022 and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

William Byrd  Ave Verum Corpus 
Gregorio Allegri  Miserere Mei 
Peter-Anthony Togni  Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae (Lamentations of Jeremiah) 

TIMOTHY SHANTZ conductor
GLORIA WAN assistant conductor
JEFF REILLY bass clarinet

For your chance to win, send us an e-mail to info@calgaryclassical.ca with "LV contest" in the subject line before 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. *Please note that we do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

For more information about this event, visit the event calendar here.

Questions about the contest? E-mail us.

Join the Calgary Bach Choir for an enchanting program that takes you on a musical journey through the Baroque Age, featuring Bach's uplifting "Nun danket alle Gott" and the festive French Baroque melodies of Charpentier's "Messe de Minuit pour Noël."

We're giving away tickets for you and a friend to experience this beautiful performance.

Fill out the contest form on this page before 9 p.m. on Friday, November 17, 2023 for your chance to win!

Embark on a musical journey as Kensington Sinfonia, Calgary's original string ensemble, collaborates with the brilliant string students from Amici String Program! 

How to Enter: 
Fill out the form on this page for a chance to win a pair of tickets to this concert. The contest closes noon on Saturday, January 27, 2024. The winner will be notified by e-mail.

Enter now for your chance to win a pair of tickets to Instrumental Society of Calgary's "Influences and Improvisations!"

From the timeless melodies of Poulenc and Chopin to the innovative improvisations inspired by these classics, experience the enchanting blend of classical compositions and original jazz pieces curated by the Augustine Yates Trio. 

The contest closes 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The winner will be notified by e-mail.*

*Calgary Classical will never e-mail a winner from any other account than from calgaryclassical.ca account. 

Enter now for your chance to win a pair of tickets to Spiritus Chamber Choir's enchanting concert, "Of the Earth"! Experience the captivating beauty of a mesmerizing choral program that celebrates the awakening of our world and pays homage to the Earth as our sacred home.

The contest closes 5 p.m. on Thursday, February 29, 2024. The winner will be notified by e-mail.*

*Calgary Classical will never e-mail a winner from any other account than from calgaryclassical.ca account. 

Immerse yourself in melodies that glow like the warm flicker of candlelight, creating a magical atmosphere that captures the true essence of the season. We're giving away tickets to this magical concert featuring Arvo Pärt's ethereal Magnificat and timeless Christmas Carols.

Fill out the contest form before 5 p.m. on Friday, December 8, 2023 for your chance to win a pair of tickets. The winner will be notified by e-mail.

Immerse yourself in a musical tapestry that weaves together folk and art songs from around the world, featuring both classical gems like Béla Bartók and James Erb, as well as contemporary masterpieces by Dolly Parton, Andrew Balfour, Sherryl Sewepagaham, and more.

Here's your chance to win a pair of tickets to this unforgettable event! 

Fill out the contest form before 5 p.m. on Friday, November 3, 2023 for your chance to win!

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to experience the power of music in its many forms. Get ready to be moved and inspired by the exceptional talent of Spiritus Chamber Choir.

Hear the tunes by Bobby McFerrin, Rossini (yes, The Barber of Seville!), and … the Spice Girls!

We're giving away two tickets to Cum Vino Cantus's Mother's Day concert! The afternoon concert will be filled with delightful melodies and heart-warming harmonies.

The contest closes 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. The winner will be notified by e-mail.*

*Calgary Classical will never e-mail a winner from any other account than from calgaryclassical.ca account

Get ready for a musical odyssey unlike any other! Enter for your chance to win a pair of tickets to "Strategies Against Architecture" - a concert of new works that brings together the Juno award-winning Land's End Ensemble and students of the Mount Royal Conservatory program.

The concert will take the audience on sonic journeys that transcends material existence. Let the music transport you beyond the ordinary!

The contest closes 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The winner will be notified by e-mail.*

*Calgary Classical will never e-mail a winner from any other account than from calgaryclassical.ca account. 

Enter to win a pair of tickets to an evening of solo repertoire with pianist Daria Rabotkina!

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of classical music as Russian-American pianist Daria Rabotkina takes you on a journey through the "tender" and difficult periods in composers' lives. Experience an extraordinary performance featuring timeless works by Robert Schumann, Ludwig van Beethoven, Nikolai Medtner, and Paul Harvey Aurandt.

How to Enter: 
For a chance to win a pair of tickets for this concert, please fill out the form on this page. The contest closes noon on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. The winner will be notified by e-mail.

A rare occasion to experience a historic instrument that was once popular among aristocrats - now only a handful of people play it worldwide. Baryton is a kind of viol with two sets of strings, one for bowing and sympathetic strings for plucking. 

Enter for your chance to win on this page. The contest closes at noon on Friday, March 17, 2023. 

The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Christ Church Elbow Park.

More info >>

Calgary Pro Musica is presenting a livestream concert featuring Canadian violinist Blake Pouliot and pianist Susanne Ruberg-Gordon on Sunday, March 7, 2021, and we have one ticket to giveaway! 

For your chance to win, send e-mail to info@calgaryclassical.ca with "Calgary Pro Musica Contest" in subject line. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail.

The contest closes noon on Saturday, March  6, 2021.

For more information about the event, visit the event page here.

Calgary's Juno-nominated professional chamber choir Luminous Voices celebrates its 10th season with a program of unaccompanied favourites from past seasons. 

The concert also features James MacMillan's Who Shall Separate Us? which premiered at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, and the premiere of Weepe you no more by Calgary's own Arthur Bachmann (his first work for unaccompanied choir).

The concert will take place on Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 3 p.m. at the Bella Concert Hall.

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before 11 a.m. on Friday, November 4, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. 

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Experience a musical journey featuring works by composers who either directly or indirectly influenced the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Calgary Bach Choir’s Sunday concert features music by J.S. Bach, J.C.F. Bach, Vivaldi, Marcello and more. 

Fill the form on this page for your chance to win a pair of tickets to this extraordinary concert. Enter before 11:59 p.m. on Friday, June 9, 2023. The lucky winner will be notified by e-mail.

*We do not collect, store, or share your name, phone number, or e-mail address.

Join Luminous Voices and the 2023 JUNO award winner Rosa Barocca for an exhilarating performance of one of Bach’s greatest masterpieces, the Mass in B minor! The performance will provide an opportunity for you to hear the range of Bach’s mastery through the stunning solos, duets, trios and full chorus along with the incredible intimacy and grandeur of his orchestration.

We are giving away a pair of tickets! Fill the form on this page before 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, 2023.

Join the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus this weekend for Brahms' German Requiem. Music Director Rune Bergmann leads this powerful work for orchestra, chorus, and soloists.

We are giving away a pair of tickets to Saturday, March 25 concert. Fill the form on this page before 3 p.m. on Friday, March 24, 2023 for your chance to win!

Enter for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the Calgary Bach Choir's Brightly Shines the Morning Star!The concert presents J.S. Bach's brilliant setting of the familiar German chorale, How Brightly Shines the Morning Star in his Cantata No. 1, along with music by Mozart, Telemann,  and CPE Bach.

The contest closes 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 22, 2024. The winner will be notified by e-mail.*

*Calgary Classical will never e-mail a winner from any other account than from calgaryclassical.ca account. 

The Calgary Bach Society celebrates its 35th season with a joyful program of music by J. S. Bach and Georg Frideric Handel. The concert features guest vocal soloists Jonquil Koddo (soprano) and Jason Ragan (tenor), along with a chamber orchestra including trumpets!

The concert will take place on Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 3 p.m. at Knox United Church

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before 12 p.m. on Friday, November 18, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. 

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Win a pair of tickets to a mid-winter concert featuring the Canadian Chamber Choir and Luminous Voices! Immerse yourself in an all-Canadian program that promises to captivate your senses, including a breathtaking new composition by Kenya-born, Vancouver based composer Dr. Hussein Janmohamed. 

How to Enter: 
For a chance to win a pair of tickets for this concert, please fill out the form on this page. The contest closes 5 p.m. on Thursday, February 22, 2024. The winner will be notified by e-mail.

World-renowned organist Neil Cockburn has just moved to Halifax from Calgary, but he will be back one more time next Tuesday to perform music celebrating the work of Heinrich Schütz on UCalgary's Ronald B Bond Bach Organ and the newly commissioned double-manual harpsichord.

This may be the last opportunity to hear Neal play and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 23, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. 

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Join the Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra and pianist Stephen Nguyen (Grand Prize Winner, Canadian Music Competition) as they perform Chopin's Lyrical Masterpiece - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor.

Enter before 2pm on Saturday, May 13, 2023 for your chance to win a pair of tickets to Saturday, May 13th concert. The winner will be notified by e-mail.

The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra presents "Fung, Bologne + Brahms" on November 12 & 13 and we have a pair of tickets to Saturday, November 13 concert to give away!

Fung Prayer
Bologne Symphony No. 2
Brahms Symphony No. 2

RUNE BERGMANN conductor

For your chance to win, send us e-mail with "CPO contest" in subject line before 5 p.m. on November 11, 2021. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. *We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

For more information about this event, visit the event calendar here.

Questions about the contest? E-mail us.

A chance to see the Calgary Phil Concertmaster Diana Cohen performing Mieczysław Weinberg’s striking Violin Concerto! The programme also includes Mendelssohn’s moody overture The Hebrides and Beethoven’s sparkling Symphony No. 8.

We are giving away a pair of tickets to Saturday, April 1 concert. Fill the form on this page before 3 p.m. on Friday, March 31, 2023 for your chance to win!

Early Music Voices presents "Francesca Caccini - A Woman of Influence" on Saturday, May 28, 2022 and we have a pair of tickets to give away! 

The concert features the music of Francesca Caccini (1587-c.1641) - the daughter of the famed Giulio Caccini who sang, played numerous instruments, composed and led ensembles in performances for the Medici court. Join members of VoiceScapes and other outstanding local singers and musicians for music she knew, music she performed and music she wrote. 

For your chance to win, send us an e-mail to info@calgaryclassical.ca with "Caccini Contest" in the subject line before 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. (We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address)

For more information about this event, visit the event calendar here.

Questions about the contest? E-mail us.

Experience a stirring blend of the historical and contemporary in "Gertrude Stein Shenanigans" as Canadian soprano Laura Hynes and collaborative pianist Sandra Joy Friesen presents a world premiere work of the same title by Canadian composer William Jordan. 

Fill the form on this page for your chance to win a pair of tickets to this extraordinary concert. Enter before 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. The lucky winner will be notified by e-mail.

The 2022 Honens International Piano Competition finalists have been selected. This Friday, October 28, Rachel Breen, Sasha Kasman Laude, and Illia Ovcharenko will be performing concertos by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Rachmaninov with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. 

More info about the Final >>

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Entertaining Canadian audience for more than 40 years with their "Serious Fun" concert, Foothills Brass Quintet presents "Jubilant Spring to Celebrate Spring!" on Sunday, April 10, 2022 and we have a pair of tickets to give away! 

The concert features spring-themed music by J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, the Beatles, and Count Basie’s  April In Paris arranged for a brass quintet.

For your chance to win, send us an e-mail to info@calgaryclassical.ca with "FBQ contest" in the subject line before 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. *We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

For more information about this event, visit the event calendar here.

Questions about the contest? E-mail us.

Share in violinist Karen Gomyo’s passion for contemporary works as she joins Grammy-winning conductor Karen Kamensek and the Orchestra to perform Samy Moussa’s Juno Award-winning Violin Concerto. This concert also features Claude Debussy’s charming symphonic poem, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun — one of the most popular classical works of all time. 

We have two pairs of tickets for this sure-to-be fabulous concert! 

For your chance to win, send us an e-mail to info@calgaryclassical.ca with "CPO contest" in the subject line before 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 15, 2022. Two lucky winners will be notified by e-mail. 

We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

For more information about this event, visit the event calendar here.

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Presented by: the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

Beat the cold with hot-burning rhythms and melodies from Spain to Cuba, from Mexico to Argentina.
Foothills Brass Quintet with Raul Tabera, virtuoso Cuban percussionist, and Jon McCaslin, one of Western Canada’s leading jazz drummers!

Enter before 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, 2023, for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Latin Fire. 

The concert takes place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at Scarboro United Church. More info >>

Experience French Baroque music as it's rarely heard! This concert will take you for a journey through a French musical salon and a Parisian church around the turn of the 18th century, followed by a breathtaking performance of Charpentier's Le Reniement de St. Pierre. 

We have a pair of tickets to give away! Fill the form on this page before 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023 for your chance to win. The winner will be notified by e-mail.

A special concert for a special occasion - the Calgary Philharmonic Chorus celebrates its 60th anniversary featuring music for chorus and the Jack Singer’s Carthy organ with organist Neil Cockburn and Cantaré Children’s Choir! 

We have two pairs of tickets to give away to this special concert. Enter before 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, 2023 for your chance to win!

*Please note the Orchestra is not featured in this concert.
**We do not collect your name, e-mail, or phone number.

Experience the magic of Calgary's vibrant choral scene at a special spring concert! We're giving away two tickets to witness the next generation of incredible singers in action, as they come together in a mass choir alongside the renowned Luminous Voices. Don't miss this unique community-building event, showcasing the talents of local high school choirs and soloists from across the city.

The contest closes 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 3, 2024. The winner will be notified by e-mail.*

*Calgary Classical will never e-mail a winner from any other account than from calgaryclassical.ca account. 

Calgary's professional chamber choir Luminous Voices presents familiar choral works including Purcell’s Hear my Prayer, Dowland’s Come Heavy Sleep and Whitacre’s Sleep. The concert also features cellist Beth Root Sandvoss and dancer Tara Williamson Campbell for Jocelyn Morlock’s masterpiece, Exaudi. 

The concert will also feature a world premiere by Cree-Dene composer Sherryl Sewepegaham. Picikîsksîs Chant (Chickadee Chant) is commissioned by Luminous Voices for this concert.

The concert will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, February 26 at Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before noon on Friday, February 24, 2023. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. 

*We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

Luminous Voices presents "Brahms & Wadsworth" on Sunday, November 14 and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

Brahms German Requiem 

Wadsworth Battle-Flags (2015)

Wadsworth Epilogue (commissioned)

For your chance to win, send us e-mail with "LV contest" in subject line before 9 p.m. on November 12, 2021. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. *We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

For more information about this event, visit the event calendar here.

Questions about the contest? E-mail us.

A perfect complement to your Mother's Day brunch! Cum Vino Cantus presents a Mother's Day concert featuring the music of Bob Dylan, Harry Somers, Morten Johannes Lauridsen, Alberta's own Ian Tyson, and others. Enter before noon on Saturday, May 13, 2023 for your chance to win a pair of tickets! 

Witness pianists Charles Richard-Hamelin and Ryan Zhu — MacLachlan/Ridge Emerging Artists past and present — in scintillating musical dialogue in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos. Music Director Rune Bergmann leads the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in Anton Bruckner’s majestic seventh symphony. A memorial to Richard Wagner, one of the composer’s idols, the second movement features the distinctively rich sonority of four Wagner tubas.

The concert will take place on Friday, February 17 & Saturday, February 18, 2023 and we have a pair of tickets to give away for each evening!

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 16, 2023. Two lucky winners will be notified by e-mail. 

*We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

Did you know Bach had talented sons and relatives who were composers? The next Calgary Bach Choir's concert  on Sunday, April 2 features music by Johann Ernst Bach as well as J.S. Bach himself and some of his sons. You'll also hear works by Haydn and Mozart including the Alleluja from Regina coeli for soprano soloist.

We are giving away a pair of tickets! Fill the form on this page before 3 p.m. on Friday, March 31, 2023 for your chance to win!

Hear the next generation of orchestral musicians in this thrilling collaborative performance featuring one of Canada’s leading youth orchestras side-by-side with the Calgary Phil. The concert includes two world premieres by Calgary composers Vincent Ho and Allan Gordon Bell. Dvořák’s spectacular New World Symphony caps off the evening.

We are giving away a pair of tickets to this sure-to-be fabulous concert. Fill the form on this page before 11 a.m. on Friday, March 17, 2023.

Ring in the Lunar New Year with Kensington Sinfonia, the phenomenal flautist Jiajia Li and guests! The concert will feature music by Zhou Long, J.S. Bach, Norma Beecroft, and Chinese New Year favourites arranged by Ms. Li. Also featured is “Big Brown Eyes,” by Alberta’s own Joseph Lai.

The concert will take place on Sunday, January 22 , 2023 and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before 6 p.m. on Friday, January 20, 2023. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. 

*We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

Two alumni from each of the School of Creative and Performing Arts and Mount Royal University Conservatory perform as soloists with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra as the annual Concerto Concert resumes.

From Mount Royal University Conservatory:
Maya Budzinski, violin: Bartok, Concerto No. 2 Sz. 112 for Violin, first movement
Jessica Yuma, piano: Chopin, Concerto No. 1 in E minor, first movement

From the University of Calgary:
Angela Smart, violin: Sibelius, Violin Concerto, 1st movement
Christine Sul, piano: Chopin, Concerto No. 1 in E minor, first movement

The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at the Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary.

Fill out a contest form on this page to enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to to see these young soloists perform. The contest closes at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

The Calgary Civic Symphony presents music inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet - West Side Story, Bernstein’s brilliant and iconic Broadway and film adaptation and Prokofiev’s extraordinary ballet score, Romeo and Juliet.

The concert will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 26 at Jack Singer Concert Hall and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before 11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2023. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. 

*We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

Divas Opera (Kathleen Morrison, soprano & Barbara King, mezzo-soprano) joins the Calgary Civic Symphony to perform classic songs to celebrate the holiday season! Come hear music by Strauss, Humperdinck, Puccini, Barber and other seasonal favourites - and Brahms Symphony No. 4.

The concert will take place on Sunday, December 11 at Jack Singer Concert Hall and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before 12 p.m. on Friday, December 9, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. 

French lutenist Thomas Dunford was last in Calgary in 2014, and since then, his career has exploded. Dunford will be back in Calgary for one night only on Sunday, Nov. 27 in a special intimate concert of solo lute music from Dowland to J.S. Bach. 

The concert will take place on Sunday, November 27 at Knox Presbyterian Church and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before 12 p.m. on Friday, November 25, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. 

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Calgary Wind Symphony - Enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Shillelaghs and Shenanigans concert! This concert of Leprechauns and laughter will take you to the Emerald Isle with some fun music that’s enjoyable for all!

The contest closes noon on Saturday, March 16, 2024. The winner will be notified by e-mail.*

*Calgary Classical will never e-mail a winner from any other account than from calgaryclassical.ca account. 

The Calgary tradition lives on! Just before Christmas, the annual Sing Along Messiah concert will take place at the beautiful Knox United Church in downtown Calgary.

Solos will be sung by the auditioned Debut Singers along with members of VoiceScapes and Friends. The choruses will be sung by you, the audience -- or just sit back and take it all in.

The concert will take place on Sunday, December 18 and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before 12 p.m. on Friday, December 16, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. 

*We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

Cum Vino Cantus presents an eclectic mix of winter and holiday-themed music, with the opportunity to sing along to some holiday favorites. 

The concert will take place on Saturday, December 10 at Woodcliff United Church and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

For your chance to win, fill out the contest form on this page before 12 p.m. on Friday, December 9, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. 

Calgary's original chamber music ensemble Kensington Sinfonia presents a season finale like no other - two new commissions inspired by the unique time and place that Alberta represents, including UNESCO Heritage for solo violin and orchestra by Kristin Flores. 

Fill the form on this page for your chance to win a pair of tickets to this special concert. Enter before noon on Saturday, June 10, 2023. The lucky winner will be notified by e-mail.

*We do not collect, store, or share your name, phone number, or e-mail address.

Hailed as "the new king of Indian classical violin" by The Times of India and “India’s Itzhak Perlman” by Ozy Magazine, Indian violinist Ambi Subramaniam has been trained by his father and guru Dr. L. Subramaniam since he was three years old, and gave his first performance at the age of seven. 

Ambi will be in Calgary this weekend presenting a violin recital and we have a pair of tickets for this sure-to-be a fabulous recital! 

For your chance to win, send us an e-mail to info@calgaryclassical.ca with "Violin recital" in the subject line before 6 p.m. on Friday, September 23, 2022. Three lucky winners will be notified by e-mail. 

We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

For more information about this event, visit the event calendar here.

Questions about the contest? E-mail us.

The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra presents "Walker, Strauss + Sibelius" on Friday, March 25 & Saturday, March 26 and we have a pair of tickets to give away for each evening!

Walker Lyric for Strings
Strauss Oboe Concerto
Sibelius Symphony No. 5

RUNE BERGMANN conductor
ALEX KLEIN oboe

For your chance to win, send us an e-mail with "CPO contest" in the subject line, indicating which night you would like to attend, before 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2022. One lucky winner will be notified by e-mail. *We do not collect, store, or share your e-mail address.

For more information about this event, visit the event calendar here.

Questions about the contest? E-mail us.

A Calgary favourite! A Luminous New Year’s Eve returns with Luminous Voices, Calgary's professional chamber choir, singing a stunning array of unaccompanied works that will echo through the hall in reflection and celebration. The concert also includes chocolates and sparkling wine to top off an indulgent evening of choral music!

We have a pair of tickets to giveaway - enter the form on this page by noon on Thursday, December 28, 2023. The winner will be notified by e-mail.

The Calgary Civic Symphony presents two of the world’s most brilliant amateur pianists – Thomas Yu, performing Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 “Egyptian”, which he captured first prize in the 2016 Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition. and Jon Lee, who won the most recent competition in 2022, performing Ravel Piano Concerto in G major. The concert also features music of the Mediterranean - Ibert's colourful and evocative Escales (Ports of Call)  and Respighi's Pines of Rome.

Enter before 6 p.m. on Friday, April 14, 2023 for your chance to win a pair of tickets. Enter through the contest form on this page.

*We do not collect, store, or share your name, phone number, or e-mail address.

Mountain View International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society will showcase three virtual concerts on June 29, July 6 and July 13, featuring chamber music performances by Alberta artists. The performances, hosted by Jonathan Gresl, will feature musicians Jack Olszewski (piano), Lev Nesterov (violin), Sara Far (violin), Susanna Heystek (viola), as well as members of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, David Morrissey (cello) and Matt Heller (double bass).

CONVERGENCE will showcase three diverse 30-minute sets of musical repertoire from around the world, composed for string ensemble and piano. Performances will be broadcast online following this schedule:

Light Classics: A Medley of Chamber Music Miniatures
Live Streamed on Monday, June 29 - 6 PM MST (8 PM EST)

PROGRAMME:

Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931)
Suite for Strings, op.1, arranged by Lev Nesterov for string quintet (1888)

Michael Conway BAKER * (b. 1937)
Rhapsody for Rachmaninoff for piano and strings (2017) *

Jean FRANÇAIX (1912-1997)
L’heure de Berger (French Café Music) for string quintet and piano (1947)

Claude DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
Beau Soir, arranged by Orfeo Mandozzi/Jack Olszewski for string quintet and piano (1880)

Libby LARSEN (b. 1950)
Four on the Floor for violin, cello, bass and piano (1983)

* denotes Canadian composer

Minimalist Expressions: The Sounds of Our Time
Live Streamed on Monday, July 6 - 6 PM MST (8 PM EST)

Mysterious & Magical: A Journey Into a World of Dreams & Imagination
Release Date: Thursday, July 16 - 6 PM MST (8 PM EST)

The concert series will be a collaboration and partnership between Mountain View Festival and several organizations in the Calgary arts community, including the Polaris Centre for the Performing Arts, Steinway Piano Gallery of Calgary, as well as filmmaker Emil Agopian, and Agopian’s new arts streaming platform, Stagestream Live.

All performances can be viewed through the Stagestream Live platform at no charge to the general public. Donations are encouraged and will be matched up to 15% by ATB Cares.

Mountain View International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society will showcase three virtual concerts on June 29, July 6, and July 13, featuring chamber music performances by Alberta artists. The performances, hosted by Jonathan Gresl, will feature musicians Jack Olszewski (piano), Lev Nesterov (violin), Sara Far (violin), Susanna Heystek (viola), as well as members of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, David Morrissey (cello) and Matt Heller (double bass).

CONVERGENCE will showcase three diverse 30-minute sets of musical repertoire from around the world, composed for string ensemble and piano. Performances will be broadcast online following this schedule:

Light Classics: A Medley of Chamber Music Miniatures
Live Streamed on Monday, June 29 - 6 PM MST (8 PM EST)

Minimalist Expressions: The Sounds of Our Time
Live Streamed on Monday, July 6 - 6 PM MST (8 PM EST)


PROGRAMME:

Pavel KARMANOV (b. 1970)
Michael Music for piano quintet (2004)

Terry RILEY (b. 1935)
G Song for string quartet (1984)

Pavel KARMANOV (b. 1970)
String QuaREtet for string quartet (1997)

Mysterious & Magical: A Journey Into a World of Dreams & Imagination
Release Date: Thursday, July 16 - 6 PM MST (8 PM EST)

The concert series will be a collaboration and partnership between Mountain View Festival and several organizations in the Calgary arts community, including the Polaris Centre for the Performing Arts, Steinway Piano Gallery of Calgary, as well as filmmaker Emil Agopian, and Agopian’s new arts streaming platform, Stagestream Live.

All performances can be viewed through the Stagestream Live platform at no charge to the general public. Donations are encouraged and will be matched up to 15% by ATB Cares.

Mountain View International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society will showcase three virtual concerts on June 29, July 6, and July 13, featuring chamber music performances by Alberta artists. The performances, hosted by Jonathan Gresl, will feature musicians Jack Olszewski (piano), Lev Nesterov (violin), Sara Far (violin), Susanna Heystek (viola), as well as members of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, David Morrissey (cello) and Matt Heller (double bass).

CONVERGENCE will showcase three diverse 30-minute sets of musical repertoire from around the world, composed for string ensemble and piano. Performances will be broadcast online following this schedule:

Light Classics: A Medley of Chamber Music Miniatures
Live Streamed on Monday, June 29 - 6 PM MST (8 PM EST)

Minimalist Expressions: The Sounds of Our Time
Live Streamed on Monday, July 6 - 6 PM MST (8 PM EST)

Mysterious & Magical: A Journey Into a World of Dreams & Imagination
Release Date: Thursday, July 16 - 6 PM MST (8 PM EST)

PROGRAMME:

Alexandre RABINOVITCH-BARAKOVSKY (b. 1945)
Trois Invocations for string quartet and amplified celesta (1997) 

Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921–1992)
Oblivion, arranged by Vyacheslav Gryaznov for piano quintet (1982)

François COUPERIN (1668-1733)
Tic-Toc-Choc, arranged by Vyacheslav Gryaznov for piano quintet (1722)

The concert series will be a collaboration and partnership between Mountain View Festival and several organizations in the Calgary arts community, including the Polaris Centre for the Performing Arts, Steinway Piano Gallery of Calgary, as well as filmmaker Emil Agopian, and Agopian’s new arts streaming platform, Stagestream Live.

All performances can be viewed through the Stagestream Live platform at no charge to the general public. Donations are encouraged and will be matched up to 15% by ATB Cares.

Our week-long celebration culminates with a Virtual Gala — an evening of music and surprises that will entertain and delight! This online event features performances by Calgary Phil musicians, as well as special guest appearances, greetings from friends across the globe, and more. To make your evening at home extra special, you will have the option to order a gourmet meal from Great Events Catering, with wine or beer. Delivery only available in Calgary.

Our week-long celebration culminates with a Virtual Gala — an evening of music and surprises that will entertain and delight! This online event features performances by Calgary Phil musicians, as well as special guest appearances, greetings from friends across the globe, and more. To make your evening at home extra special, you will have the option to order a gourmet meal from Great Events Catering, with wine or beer. Delivery only available in Calgary.

Elgar’s Nimrod Variation IX from the Enigma Variations - this is a joint effort between musicians of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, wishing health and care to the people of Alberta, and around the world. 

We hope this music fills you up - We miss being in the concert hall, and look forward to seeing you there again when things return to normal. 

Musicians: 
Conductor. Janna Sailor 
Fl. Sara Hahn, Stephanie Morin 
Ob. Elisabeth Mellinger, Dan Waldron 
Cl. Juilianne Scott 
Bsn. Bianca Chambul, Michael Hope 

Hn. Rob McCosh, Jennifer Frank, Heather Wooton, Maxwell Stein 
Tpt. Adam Zinatelli, Matthew Ross Bone Dave Reid 
Tuba Tom McCaslin 

Timp. Alex Cohen 

Vn.1 Donovan Seidle, Erica Hudson, John Lowry 
Vn.2 Stephanie Soltice-Johnson, Adriana Lebedovich, Erin Burkholder, Steve Lubiarz, Craig Hutchenreuther 
Vla. Arthur Bachman 
Vcl. Rafael Hoekman, Meran Currie-Roberts 

Kb. Patrick Staples, Trish Beretti Reid, Matt Heller 

Project leads: Donovan Seidle, Adriana Lebedovich, Genevieve Micheletti 

Made using DaVinci Resolume, Logic Pro X, Vienna Instruments MIR Pro... and many (and varied) recording devices.

Crossbones Trombones is a professional trombone ensemble from Belgium. 

5 trombones,  4 classical and 1 jazz, bringing a wide range of music to an audience. Enjoy some classical, Jazz, film & Pop music.

Tickets www.asylumforart.ca
20 in advance
25 at the door
Wine, craft beer, coffee, and snacks for purchase

Czarkologie was created in 2010 by pianist/composer Anthony Czarnecki and violinist/conductor Eileen Kosasih. The music of Czarkologie is rooted in Anthony’s jazz compositions (first performed/recorded by the Gerry Hebert Quartet). Anthony rewrote his music in classical style for the duo to perform as Czarkologie. While the pieces are generally through-composed, there are moments for improvisation. The original music of Czarkologie explores rich traditions of structure, color and rhythmic diversity from classical and jazz to world and modern sources. Programs often feature guest instrumentalists on percusssion, winds and strings, expanding the duo up to a septet.

Czarkologie Quartet has performed with Luis Tovar and Jeremy Coates on percussion and bass for Calgary’s Springboard Performance at Sunnyside ContainR. Some of Czarkologie’s repertoire was performed by Calgary Arts Orchestra. In the last two years, Czarkologie has performed at King Eddy, Mikey’s on 12th, ProArts Society, Andrew’s Coffeehouse, and Gravity Espresso + Wine Bar.

Before joining forces, Eileen and Anthony enjoyed diverse performing careers around Canada and the US. Anthony played regularly for Barrage, Stage West, Alberta Ballet, and cruise companies. His current work involves arranging for local theatre companies, schools, and Calgary Arts Orchestra. Eileen is a core member of Symphony
of the Kootenays and concertmaster of Rocky Mountain Symphony, and has performed with various music scenes around the U.S. and Canada. Eileen directed the orchestra for Front Row Centre Theatre‘s “Mystery of Edwin Drood” and Calgary Arts Orchestra.
Both studied instrumental music performance in university and attribute much of their success and versatility to the variety and wealth of independent work they have done.

https://www.eileenkosasih.com/czarkologie/

https://soundcloud.com/anthony-czarnecki-169942375

Songs of the Italian, Ottoman and Persian renaissances are interwoven in an early 17th-century manuscript by the Polish musician and orientalist Ali Ufki (Albert Bobowski). In this source the author revels in shifting from one language to another and one music to another. Joined by Italian tenor Marco Beasley, Constantinople revisits the music of that period and recreates a bridge between European and Persian cultures.

Marco Beasley, tenor
Constantinople, directed by Kya Tabassian

Tickets are $40 (general) and are available online through ShowPass.

Taste the future of classical music as we dance across borders with two former members of the acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh performs the concerto written for him by Sri Lankan-born Canadian composer and conductor Dinuk Wijeratne, and co commissioned by the Calgary Philharmonic. This concert also features Luis Ramirez’s award-winning Chido and orchestral dances by Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák.

Ramirez Chido
Wijeratne Clarinet Concerto
Brahms Selections from Hungarian Dances
Dvořák Selections from Slavonic Dances

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.

Taste the future of classical music as we dance across borders with two former members of the acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh performs the concerto written for him by Sri Lankan-born Canadian composer and conductor Dinuk Wijeratne, and co commissioned by the Calgary Philharmonic. This concert also features Luis Ramirez’s award-winning Chido and orchestral dances by Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák.

Ramirez Chido
Wijeratne Clarinet Concerto
Brahms Selections from Hungarian Dances
Dvořák Selections from Slavonic Dances

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.

A concert of classical and early guitars featuring Darren Young and Kat Hammer, performing works by Koshkin, Ginastera, Tarrega, Murcia, Kapsberger, de Visee, and Guerau.

Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/darren-young-and-kat-hammer-tickets-491872131787

ONLY A FEW TICKETS LEFT - NO TICKETS AT THE DOOR!
Tickets are $30 (general admission) and are available through www.polariscentre.ca/emv. 

After the cancellation of last year’s Sing Along Messiah, Early Music Voices is excited to present the singers who successfully auditioned and coached their arias online in December 2020. Having worked hard through challenging times, these singers continue to grow as artists and prepare for their future careers. Come and support them in their artistic journey as they perform their arias with orchestra. (Sing Along Messiah will return in 2022)

Debut Performers:
Anna Draper, soprano
Brianna Jones, soprano
Madeleine Luntley, soprano
Sean Haid, countertenor
Sarah Nearing, mezzo-soprano
Noah Wright, baritone

Guest Artist:
Oliver Munar, tenor

With Alberta's Baroque Orchestra Rosa Barocca conducted by Claude Lapalme.

The livestream will also be available for you to watch from the comfort of your home. To join us online, go to https://www.earlymusicvoices.ca/2021-2022 and click on the link at the time of the concert. There is no charge to watch the concert online, but a donation will be greatly appreciated.

Savour the wide-ranging artistry of Concertmaster Diana Cohen with the Orchestra and conductor Yue Bao in Mieczysław Weinberg’s striking Violin Concerto. Felix Mendelssohn’s moody overture The Hebrides and Ludwig van Beethoven’s sparkling eighth symphony create an exciting frame of contrasts — opening with atmospheric power and culminating in robust joy.

Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Weinberg Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 8

This concert has a 20-minute intermission.

Join us in the lobby at 6:35PM for an informative Pre-Concert Chat.

YUE BAO conductor
DIANA COHEN violin
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Savour the wide-ranging artistry of Concertmaster Diana Cohen with the Orchestra and conductor Yue Bao in Mieczysław Weinberg’s striking Violin Concerto. Felix Mendelssohn’s moody overture The Hebrides and Ludwig van Beethoven’s sparkling eighth symphony create an exciting frame of contrasts — opening with atmospheric power and culminating in robust joy.

Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Weinberg Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 8

This concert has a 20-minute intermission.

Join us in the lobby at 6:35PM for an informative Pre-Concert Chat.

YUE BAO conductor
DIANA COHEN violin
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Join Alberta Vocal Arts in their inaugural staged production of, 'Die Fledermaus: The Champagne Operetta', directed by Shandra Gallant. This sparkling production showcases Johann Strauss' comedic operetta, a delightful tale filled with mistaken identities, tangled romances, and an enchanting masquerade ball. It is also the 150th anniversary of this timeless classic, and one of the Top 10 performed operas in the canon.

Follow the hilarious mis-adventures of Gabriel von Eisenstein, a charming yet wayward husband, his quick witted wife Rosalinde, the mischievous Dr. Falke, the ambitious maid Adele, the passionate opera tenor Alfred, the steadfast prison warden Frank, and the eccentric Prince Orlofsky. There will also be a surprise guest or two... you never know who the Prince invites to his parties! Amidst the laughter and revelry, these characters discover invaluable lessons about love, forgiveness, and the transformative power of a night of masked enchantment.

Set to captivate audiences from January 11-13, 2024, at Festival Hall in the heart of Calgary's Music Mile, this operatic gem offers a delightful blend of humour, romance, and catchy melodies, promising an enchanting evening for all. A pre-show chat, commencing at 7:00 PM, will unravel the operetta's plot, playful tunes, intriguing anecdotes, and “easter-eggs” to watch for, while setting the stage for the 7:30 PM performance. 

With ticket prices deliberately set at an accessible starting rate of just $25, Alberta Vocal Arts aims to ensure affordability without compromising the quality of this immersive operatic experience. Tickets for "Die Fledermaus: The Champagne Operetta" can be purchased through www.albertavocalarts.com. 

Featuring an impressive cast of accomplished mid-level artists, including local favourites (Sopranos Kathleen Morrison & Lauren Woods, mezzo-soprano Barbara King and pianist Carlos Foggin), the show will be sung in German with English dialogue and features real-time supertitles, making this opera approachable and enjoyable for all. The show is directed by local director, Shandra Gallant.  

"We're thrilled to bring 'Die Fledermaus: The Champagne Operetta' to Calgary's vibrant Music Mile, inviting audiences on a laughter-filled journey through the lighter side of opera," remarked Kathleen Morrison, Artistic/Executive director for Alberta Vocal Arts. "This production will be a night of pure entertainment, fantastic singing, beautiful music and a wonderful way to introduce Alberta Vocal Arts to the Calgary public!”​

The unforgettable animated classic returns to the big screen with Michael Giacchino’s Academy Award-winning score performed live by the Calgary Phil! Follow the unlikely duo of Carl, a curmudgeonly 78-year-old balloon salesman, and Russell, an 8-year-old stowaway, on this hilarious, heartwarming journey to a lost world filled with danger and surprises. 

 Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. 
© All rights reserved. 

 Program and artists are subject to change without notice. 

 SUSIE BENCHASIL SEITER conductor 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

The unforgettable animated classic returns to the big screen with Michael Giacchino’s Academy Award-winning score performed live by the Calgary Phil! Follow the unlikely duo of Carl, a curmudgeonly 78-year-old balloon salesman, and Russell, an 8-year-old stowaway, on this hilarious, heartwarming journey to a lost world filled with danger and surprises. 

 Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. 
© All rights reserved. 

 Program and artists are subject to change without notice. 

 SUSIE BENCHASIL SEITER conductor 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

This Thanksgiving, experience Disney’s Frozen like never before! See the film on the big screen as the Calgary Phil performs Christophe Beck’s catchy score live. Join Princess Anna, Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven, and the hilarious snowman Olaf as they team up to find Princess Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, Frozen received Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Song Let It Go. 

Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. © All rights reserved. 

ANTHONY PARNTHER conductor 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

This Thanksgiving, experience Disney’s Frozen like never before! See the film on the big screen as the Calgary Phil performs Christophe Beck’s catchy score live. Join Princess Anna, Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven, and the hilarious snowman Olaf as they team up to find Princess Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, Frozen received Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Song Let It Go. 

Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. © All rights reserved. 

ANTHONY PARNTHER conductor 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

This Thanksgiving, experience Disney’s Frozen like never before! See the film on the big screen as the Calgary Phil performs Christophe Beck’s catchy score live. Join Princess Anna, Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven, and the hilarious snowman Olaf as they team up to find Princess Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, Frozen received Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Song Let It Go. 

Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. © All rights reserved. 

ANTHONY PARNTHER conductor 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

After having their concert tour cancelled due to the pandemic, the Divas are finally back onstage & singing for a live audience! Taking place on the vibrant rooftop patio of the Marriott hotel, on historic Stephen Avenue in downtown Calgary, 'The Show Must Go On!' will have plenty of space and open air to accommodate our mandated 100 audience members.

For our guests who are not yet comfortable in coming out to a public event, we will be live streaming the event as well. You also have the opportunity to send us your photo, which we will print out and put on a chair so you can be a virtual presence in our live audience.

The safety and comfort of our audience, artists and performers are our top priority and we are conforming to all of the regulations set forth by AHS for an outdoor vocal concert. 

We are beyond excited to be performing for you again, with our longtime friend and collaborator, Carlos Foggin, and cannot wait to see you all!

The Show Must Go On!

~ Kathleen Morrison & Barbara King

In Sergei Prokofiev’s imaginative masterpiece for young audiences, Peter and his animal friends decide to capture a wolf that’s been prowling about the village. A time-honoured introduction to the orchestra, the instruments serve as characters in this story brilliantly narrated by drag storytellers in collaboration with Calgary Pride.  

Come early for the Instrument Discovery Zoo at 2PM.  

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.  

JULIANE GALLANT conductor  
AIDA CUPCAKE storyteller  
THE FRIZZ storyteller  
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  

To purchase tickets, visit calgaryphil.com/23-24-season/ or call the Calgary Phil Box Office at 403.571.0849.  

Canadian guitarist Tim Beattie brings genre-defying programming to stages around the world. “Moving between textures and moods with ease ... Beattie’s guitar dazzles.” (Laura Stanley, MusicWorks Magazine)
               
Currently a member of The Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Beattie is active as a performer, collaborator, educator, and recording artist.
 
Beattie’s performance career has taken him to stages across North America and Europe, with appearances at the Bath Festival, Cleveland International Guitar Festival, GuitarFest West (Calgary), Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam (Spiegelzaal), Lammermuir Festival, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Perth Summer Festival, Théâtre du Vaudeville (Brussels), 2021 UN Climate Conference (Glasgow), Mazzoleni Concert Hall (Toronto), among many others. Beattie has appeared on radio and television broadcasts for NPR (Podium Klassiek), Concertzender Actueel, and BBC Radio Scotland.
 
A laureate of the Brussels International Guitar Competition, Tim is the recipient of numerous grants and awards from the Amsterdam University of the Arts, Cleveland Institute of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Overseas League, Sylva Gelber Foundation, Tillett Trust, Worshipful Company of Musicians; and top prizes at the international guitar competitions in Antwerp, Brussels, Calgary, Hamilton and Uppsala.

Active as a chamber musician, Beattie is a founding member of Duo Beattie-Go, Quartet Malamatina, and the North American Guitar Trio. As an educator, he has taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and St. Andrews University, and has been invited to deliver workshops and masterclasses at the University of Regina Conservatory, University of Lethbridge, University of Alberta, and Mount Royal University.

Tim proudly plays guitars built by Canadian luthiers Martin Blackwell & Mark Usherovich, with Royal Classics Strings and a GuitarLift support. 

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Described as “authoritative, poised, and dripping with élan” (Jonathan Freeman-Atwood), 26 year-old South Korean cellist Daniel Hamin Go is recognised as a special emerging talent.
 
As a devoted chamber musician, Daniel has performed throughout North America and Europe collaborating with renowned musicians including Jonathan Biss, Miriam Fried, Ida Kavafian, Daniel Philips, Rachel Podger, Wolfgang Redik, and Fazil Say; appearing in concert halls such as Berliner Philharmonie, Cadogan, Carnegie, Flagey Studios, and Konzerthaus Berlin. 
Daniel finds inspiration working with artists such as Steven Isserlis, Ferenc Rados, and Rita Wagner, with invitations to festivals such as Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, Krzyzowa Music, Mendelssohn on Mull, Music Academy of the West, Ravinia's Steans Institute of Music, Tsinandali Festival, and Yellow Barn.

Daniel received his Bachelor of Music at the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Julia Lichten and David Geber, Master of Music at the Hochschule für Musik 'Hanns Eisler' Berlin in the class of Nicolas Altstaedt, and as a recipient of the prestigious Bicentenary Award and the Drake Calleja Trust Award, Daniel completed an Advanced Diploma at the Royal Academy of Music. During the 2021-22 season, Daniel was an artist-in-residence at the coveted Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel working closely with Gary Hoffman. During the 2022-23 season, Daniel holds a fellowship position at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Residency Program.

Daniel plays on a late 17th-century Cremonese cello by Francesco Ruggeri, generously on loan from a private collection.

The University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing Arts' Faculty and Friends Concert Series presents:

Duo Beija-Flor
with
Marie-Noëlle Choquette, flute
Charles Hobson, guitar

With its unique brand of ethno-classical music, Duo Beija-Flor is a flute and guitar pairing presenting a varied repertoire of works inspired by traditional and folkloric music found around the world.

COSTAS - Latin songs and rhythms from the Atlantic coasts includes music by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Sergio Assad, Manuel de Falla, Sid Robinovitch, Narciso Saúl, Astor Piazzolla, and Celso Machado.

Tickets are $26 (adults) / $19 (students/seniors) and are available online or at the door.

Special discount for UCalgary student, staff, and alumni. Visit Claim Your Seat page at http://arts.ucalgary.ca/cys.

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SCPA Covid-19 Guidelines:

The SCPA is working diligently to ensure a safe and comfortable experience on the part of all our audience members. As of March 1st, as a reflection of the altering conditions of the pandemic and revised provincial, municipal and institutional policies, the following Covid-19 guidelines will be in place in all SCPA performance venues.

- Patrons at performances presented by the School of Creative and Performing Arts will no longer be asked to provide proof of vaccination.
- Non-surgical masks must be worn by all patrons at all times—before, during and after the performance, including intermissions. (No concession sales will be available.)
- There will be no physical distancing requirements for audience members and no reduction in venue seating capacities.
- Performers will appear maskless at safe distances from all audience members for the duration of the performance.

Questions? E-mail us at scpa@ucalgary.ca.

As a viola/cello duo, they most often perform modern repertoire together, although they have also enjoyed transcribing other genres for their instruments. They are pleased to present a program of 20th and 21st Century classical music, featuring repertoire from well known composers such as Hindemith and Piston, as well as the lesser known Norwegian composer Kjell Marcussen (a friend of the CPO’s own Rune Bergmann).  

Livestream link - https://www.stagestreamlive.tv/show/43910

This is the second concert in which the UCalgary String Quartet explores the music of two composers born in Bohemia (now Czech Republic): Antonín Dvorák (1841–1904) and the Canadian composer Oskar Morawetz (1917–2007), who in 1939 narrowly escaped the Nazis and found refuge in Canada.

Watch SCPA professor/first violinist of the UCalgary String Quartet talks about this concert on YouTube.

Programme:

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
String Quartet No. 13 in G major, op. 106

Oskar Morawetz (1917 – 2007)
String Quartet No. 5, 1991 “Tribute to Mozart”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791)
String Quartet No. 19 in C Major K.465 “Dissonance”

*Program is subject to change

The UCalgary String Quartet

Edmond Agopian, violin
Sara Far, violin
Dean O’Brien, viola
Beth Root Sandvoss, cello

Livestream production by Emil Agopian Film – Stagestream Live

As the winner of the 45th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, Montreal-based pianist David Potvin presents a program of all Canadian contemporary repertoire.

Step back to a flamboyant moment in musical history with cellist Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca under the direction of Claude Lapalme. With a program featuring their 2023 Juno award-winning album, the ensemble highlights the spectacular flair of early Italian cello concerts from the Baroque era.

“Along with Rosa Barocca’s committed and dynamic playing, Elinor Frey’s period sensitive and highly expressive interpretations teleport the spirit of a baroque ensemble (minus the powdered wigs of course)...”    - CLASSICAL MUSIC SENTINEL

This special fundraiser concert, the third concert of the 2021 – 2022 Calgary Civic Symphony season “Easter With Pavlo and the Civic Symphony” brings international recording star Pavlo and his band to the stage of the Jack Singer showcase a first-time collaboration between the Calgary Civic Symphony and a popular music recording star.  The concert will commence at 2:30 pm on Sunday, February 23rd on the stage of the Jack Singer Concert Hall.

This unique program will feature Pavlo and his band, special guest Sophie Armstrong of Calgary along with the musicians of the Calgary Civic Symphony.  Musically, the concert will provide the audience with many of Pavlo’s best known works including: Highstrung, Under the Heat, Love You Forever, Mediterranean Jig / Midnight Dance and Love Letter (featuring Sophie Armstrong).  The Civic Symphony will also delight the audience with works from Bizet’s Carmen and Manuel de Falla.

Maestro Rolf Bertsch conducts this ensemble of exceptional artists as we bring this wonderful collaboration to the stage of the Jack Singer Concert Hall. 

The Calgary Civic Symphony was founded in 1975 as Calgary’s volunteer orchestra. Over the years, the Civic has swelled to over 80 musicians. With an interesting diversity in professions, its members come together each week to rehearse complex orchestral works. Under the baton of Artistic Director and Conductor Rolf Bertsch, the Symphony shapes and polishes performances that are truly brilliant!

Eileen Kosasih is a pianist, violinist, and artist. She has a B.A.Music (violin), M.Music (orchestral conducting), piano diploma, and is an MFA candidate. Eileen is principle 2nd violin of Symphony of the Kootenays. She was concertmaster for the Rocky Mountain Symphony for two seasons. As a crossover freelance musician, she has performed all over North America. Eileen directed Calgary Arts Orchestra, her two-year creative project. She is the accompanist for UUphonia, and was resident accompanist for Calgary Multicultural Choir, Suzuki Talent Education Society, and Calgary Girls Choir. She is a clinician for the Youth Orchestra Symposium at the Banff Centre. Eileen was host and programmer for “Casual Classical” at the King Eddy and currently hosts Classical Revolution Calgary. She and composer Anthony Czarnecki have a jazz-inspired instrumental ensemble called Czarkologie.

Sam Tidd is an organist/pianist hailing from Middle-of-Nowhere, Nova Scotia. Sam has been at a keyboard of some sort since age four, playing for churches, opera companies in both Winnipeg and Calgary, music festivals, and various other gigs. When they’re not playing music, they can be found in the back corner of a pipe organ chamber tinkering around to make sure everything’s in tune.
tune in on www.AsylumKRP.com for the live stream

Soprano Kathleen Morrison and pianist Carlos Foggin bring their artistry and talent to a Ein Liederabend: An Evening of German Art Song. Presented by Rise Up! Weekends, the captivating duo will perform on November 24th, 2021 at 7:30 pm in The Pioneer on 8th. The concert will feature art songs from famous composers including Schubert, R. Strauss, Schumann, Korngold and Mendelssohn. The pair will describe what to listen for, synopses, and personal anecdotes from their numerous performances. “Kathleen & Carlos share such a love and respect for this art form, and are so in sync during their performances. It’s a real collaboration.” Barbara King, previous audience member.

The pair have performed together numerous times, including orchestral concerts with the Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra, during 2 performances of Verdi’s La Traviata, recorded live streams, and intimate performances. Kathleen has a professional opera singer whose career has taken her all over the world, including a Liederabend concert tour of numerous castles in Germany. Carlos is the artistic director and conductor of the Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra, and is a highly sought after collaborator in Canada.

Experience the passionate intensity of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, as interpreted by award-winning Canadian cellist Stéphane Tétreault. Composed in the aftermath of WWI, it is a wistful but compassionate reflection on human suffering. Conductor Ramón Tebar then leads the Calgary Phil in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s final orchestral masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances. Combining big melodies, harmonic lushness, and rhythmic drive, it’s a sonic feast for the ears!

Elgar Cello Concerto
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances

This concert has a 20-minute intermission.

Join us in the lobby at 6:35PM for an informative Pre-Concert Chat.

RAMÓN TEBAR conductor
STÉPHANE TÉTREAULT cello
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Experience the passionate intensity of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, as interpreted by award-winning Canadian cellist Stéphane Tétreault. Composed in the aftermath of WWI, it is a wistful but compassionate reflection on human suffering. Conductor Ramón Tebar then leads the Calgary Phil in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s final orchestral masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances. Combining big melodies, harmonic lushness, and rhythmic drive, it’s a sonic feast for the ears!

Elgar Cello Concerto
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances

This concert has a 20-minute intermission.

Join us in the lobby at 6:35PM for an informative Pre-Concert Chat.

RAMÓN TEBAR conductor
STÉPHANE TÉTREAULT cello
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

This year’s Summer 2021 Emerging Artist Recitals run online from 8 to 30 July and features 53 young musicians from Canada, China, Hong Kong, Poland, South Korea, Taiwan, United States, and Zimbabwe.

PROGRAMME:

Pietro Locatelli 
Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 6 
III. Minuetto 

     Noah Chung Igelman, cello — USA ;  Luis Ortiz, piano 

Robert Musczynski 
Desperate Measures (Pagannini Variations) for Piano, Op. 48 

     Seokyoung Hong — South Korea, piano 

Johann Sebastian Bach 
Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 
I. Prelude 

     Davin Mar, viola — Canada  

Ludwig van Beethoven 
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 
I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionata 
II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile 

     Boao Zhang, piano — China 

Lukas Foss 
Capriccio for Cello and Piano 

     Yireh Choi, cello — USA ; Hyejung Choi, piano  

Frédéric Chopin 
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61 

     Jessica Yuma, piano — Canada 

This year’s Summer 2021 Emerging Artist Recitals run online from 8 to 30 July and features 53 young musicians from Canada, China, Hong Kong, Poland, South Korea, Taiwan, United States, and Zimbabwe.

PROGRAMME:

Niccolò Paganini 
Caprice No. 5 for Solo Violin in A Minor, Op. 1 

     Chang Ge, viola — China 

Ludwig van Beethoven  
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78  

I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo 

     Jinyoung Kweon, piano — South Korea 

Johann Sebastian Bach 
Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 

I. Prelude 

     Shuhan Xu, viola — China 

Richard Wagner (arr. Wilhelm) 
Albumblatt, WWV 94  

     Esme Arias-Kim, violin — USA; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano 

Sergei Rachmaninoff  
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 

II. Adagio sostenuto 

     Sean Tan, piano — China; Lu Ye, piano  

 Ludwig van Beethoven  
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 (Kreutzer) 

I. Adagio sostenuto 

     Paloma So, violin — Hong Kong; Junhui Chen, piano 

 Pablo de Sarasate 
Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 (Gypsy Airs) 

     Luka Coetzee, cello — Canada; Susanne Ruberg-Gordon, piano 

 Frédéric Chopin 
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 

     Hao Rao, piano — China 

Divas Opera makes their highly anticipated return to the stage for an 'Encore!'

Divas Opera is back for an ‘Encore!’ - returning to the stage and singing for a live audience. The captivating duo will perform on August 10th, 2021 at 7:30pm on the spacious rooftop patio of the Marriott Downtown Calgary with Jill Kotchon on piano. The concert will feature the Divas Opera distinct flair of numerous gown changes, personal anecdotes of their careers, descriptions of what to listen for, and a wide range of repertoire including the Divas greatest hits, audience favourites, and some new surprises as well.

They have invited Palladio Music (violin duo) and young singers from the Renert Solo Voice Studio to join them as guests.

After having their concert tour and 2020/early 2021 engagements cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Divas Opera has fought hard to keep their audience engaged, and classical vocal music alive in Calgary. They released videos of their ‘Physically Distant Duets’, created a Divas Opera Christmas week full traditional songs, lent their voices to Mysterious Barricades Suicide Awareness concert, and finally performed one of the only live classical vocal concerts with a live audience during the pandemic. Their concert ‘The Show Must Go On’ in September in 2020 was a massive success with support from AHS and having zero cases of community transmission and zero cases of Covid-19. This ‘Encore’ is highly anticipated and one not to miss!

Join us for a voyage to Spain, where exotic nights and infectious rhythms await. Be swept away by the mesmerizing melodies of "Concierto de Aranjuez," Spanish composer Rodrigo's renowned masterpiece and one of the most iconic works for classical guitar, featuring Iliana Matos Vega.

Also on the programme are de Falla’s "Three Cornered Hat" and "La vida breve: Interlude and Dance," as well as Montsalvatge’s "Cinco canciones negras," featuring mezzo-soprano Andrean Hill.

Featuring:
Iliana Matos Vega, classical guitar
Andrea Hill, mezzo-soprano
Rolf Bertsch, conductor

Tickets are $19 – 28 and are available online through artscommons.ca or at the door.

A very special Christmas collaboration sure to raise the roof! Acclaimed brass quintet, Foothills Brass, joins forces with the angelic voices of the Calgary Women’s Chorus in "Fanfares and Lullabies.” Featuring festive and beloved Christmas carols and songs of the season, this concert includes musical fireworks alongside a collection of more intimate fireside pieces.

Adults/Seniors $25
Students $10
Children 12 & Under FREE

Tickets available online Showpass, by calling the Polaris Centre Box Office at (403) 255-9368, or from choir members.

Doors open at 2:00 PM

More info at: www.calgarywomenschorus.ca/

Tammy Hensrud, mezzo soprano
Korliss Uecker, soprano
with pianist Akiko Tominaga

Feminine Musique is a New York vocal duo dedicated to mainly performing music by women composers, including works by Pauline Viardot, Maria Malibran, Josephine Lang along with Delibes’ famous opera duet Lakme and more.

Tickets are $26 (adults) / $19 (students/seniors) and are available online or at the door. *Tickets are non-refundable and unchangeable.

Part of the Claim Your Seat program. UCalgary students can request their free ticket in-person at the box office or online, limited quantity available! UCalgary employees and alumni receive 50% off for themselves and one guest. More info >>

For more information, visit SCPA website.

The Cathedral Church of the Redeemer in downtown Calgary is holding a celebration of Music within the Liturgy in June. There will be daily services with special music, featuring guest musicians, chorister alumni, and choirs from across the Diocese. Services will be offered in a variety of formats, including traditional Choral Evensong, and Sung Eucharist, while also branching out into other realms, including a Taizé service.

For the latest updates or to watch a livestream visit: www.anglicancathedralcalgary.ca/home

Featuring:
The Cathedral Choir and Neil Cockburn, Director of Music

With Special Guests:
Mark Bartel (Guest Director), Chellan Hoffman (Guest Director)
Donovan Seidle (Violin), Chenelle Roberts (Vocalist)

SCHEDULE:
Saturday, June 18, 2022
4:30 pm Choral Evensong—Diocesan Choirs' Festival
Canticles: Stanford in B flat
Anthem: Stanford—O for a closer walk with God

Sunday, June 19, 2022
10:30 am Festival Choral Eucharist—Sung by the Cathedral Choir
Celebrant and Preacher: The Archbishop of Calgary
This service will be live-streamed.
Mass setting: Louis Vierne—Messe solennelle (G, S, A)
Anthem: C.M. Widor—Tantum Ergo

12-2 pm Ministry Fair and Extended Coffee Hour

6 pm Hymn Festival
With guest musicians Joanne Collier, and Chellan Hoffman

Monday, June 20, 2022
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Open Cathedral

12:10 pm Noon Prayer with meditative music
Led by Deacon Marcus Herrel
Featuring Donovan Seidle (Violin), with Neil Cockburn (harpsichord and organ)

Tuesday, June 21, 2022 — National Indigenous Day of Prayer
11:30 am-1:30 pm Open Cathedral
12:10 pm Noon Eucharist with meditative music
Celebrant: Rev’d Helen Belcher
Deacon Bob Mummery
Music led by Neil Cockburn

Wednesday, June 22, 2022
9:30 pm Sung Compline
This service will be live-streamed.

Thursday, June 23, 2022
11:30 am-1:30 pm Open Cathedral
12:10 pm Noon Eucharist with meditative music
Celebrant: Rev’d Helen Belcher
Deacon Adam Bedford

6:30 pm Choral Evensong—Sung by the Festival Schola
This service will be live-streamed.

Friday, June 24, 2022—The Birth of St. John the Baptist
11:30am-1:30pm Open Cathedral

12:10 pm Noon Prayer with meditative music from the Taize Community
Led by Deacon Carol Tubman
Music Led by Chellan Hoffman, with musicians from Knox United Church, Calgary

6:30 pm Vespers Café (Evening Prayer with music in contemporary styles)
Leader: The Rev’d Canon Dr Neil Mancor, Diocese of Montreal
Featuring Chenelle Roberts (Voice)

Saturday, June 25, 2022
11:30 am-1:30 pm Open Cathedral

4:30 pm Choral Evensong—With Alumni from the Cathedral Choir
Guest Conductor: Dr. Mark Bartel
This service will be live-streamed.

Sunday, June 26, 2022
8 am Said Eucharist (BCP)

9:30 am Sung Mattins—Sung by the Festival Schola

10:30 am Festival Choral Eucharist—With the Cathedral Choir
Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev’d Canon Dr Neil Mancor, Diocese of Montreal
This service will be live-streamed.

Noon-2 pm Open Cathedral

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For more information, visit www.anglicancathedralcalgary.ca/festival.

Join Foothills Brass in a free outdoor concert at the Cornerstone Music Cafe on Saturday, August 8th from 11am to 12:30pm. Program will also be live-streamed on the CM Cafe page. This is a free-admission festive outdoor program featuring familiar tunes from classics to latin, swing, Dixieland, kids' favorites, marches, and more!

Bring a lawn chair, and a good hat and please remember to observe proper distancing.  

For more information, please visit www.foothillsbrass.ca.

Join Foothills Brass as they"rehearse" in Confederation Park, among the trees just east of 10th Street, starting around 1pm.

This is a free-admission festive outdoor program featuring familiar tunes from classics to latin, swing, Dixieland, kids' favorites, marches, and more!

Bring a lawn chair, snacks, beverage, and a good hat (some shade available) and please remember to observe proper distancing. There's lots of room to spread out, and our sound carries a long way!

Visit our Facebook event page for more information.

We are sad to announce that we are canceling our ‘Band Classics’ concert due to COVID-19

After 70,000 km and over 300 concerts from inside her rolling concert hall, parks, seniors residences, parking lots, schools, and hospitals, Gianetta is returning to Calgary this September. 

Her musical return to Calgary kicks off with a free concert on Sunday, September 10. This outdoor concert presents music that ranges from Gregorian chant to Gordon Lightfoot, and will be held in the garden of a fellow musician's residence, where the porch sets the perfect backdrop as a stage.

The concert is slated for 4 p.m. on Sunday, September 10 at 1643 Broadview Road, Calgary.

Calgary Piano Quartet presents an afternoon of operatic and orchestral favourites arranged for eight hands and two pianos.

Program:

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Ernesto Lecuona: Malagueña 
E.R. Rocherolle:Jambalaya 
Kevin R. Olson: A Scott Joplin Rag Rhapsody

With:

Ariel Gonzalez
Kathleen van Mourik
Gabriella Jonas
Evan Mounce

General Tickets $20. To purchase tickets, please visit www.showpass.com/four-friends-forty-fingers. Festival (Rush) Seating available at the door.

REP Venue (proof of full vaccination or negative test within 72 hours required). Masks required.

Francesca Caccini was the daughter of the famed Giulio Caccini and part of a renowned musical family. Francesca, first known as a brilliant singer, became a highly regarded composer who taught music, led ensembles and wrote music for important court celebrations, including the first known opera written by a woman. This special concert will take you on a journey through her musical life in the early 17th century.

Singers:
Hannah Pagenkopf, Julie Harris, Elizabeth Fast
Aoife Bonaventura & Celia Lee
Jerald Fast, Nicholas Allen,
Roderick Bryce & Paul Grindlay

With:
Ralph Maier, baroque guitar & theorbo
Justin Luchinski, harpsichord & organ
Andrea Neumann, Louise Stuppard & Eduardo Solá, violins
Andrea Case, viola da gamba

Tickets are $40 (general) and are available online through ShowPass. $20 student rush tickets are available at the door.

To enjoy the concert online, visit Early Music Voices' Concerts page and click on the link at the time of the concert. There is no charge to watch the concert online, but making a donation is greatly appreciated!

The Ahrend organ (built 2006) at the University of Calgary is the child of a rich family tree of scientific, artistic, and cultural traditions. Organist, Neil Cockburn, curates this biographical performance to tell the story of the instrument in word and music. The programme will include Prelude and Fugue in G by J.S. Bach, Toccata in D minor by Dietrich Buxtehude, and more. 

The concert will take place at 7:30 PM on Saturday, February 27, 2021. The livestream link will be available through www.earlymusicvoices.ca. The concert is free, but donations to either the UCalgary Division of Music or the Early Music Voices Concert Series are encouraged.

Live-stream production by Emil Agopian Film - Stagestream Live.

Enjoy combined choirs of St. David's United Church, St. Stephen's Anglican Church, and Knox Presbyterian Church & orchestra as they present Mass in G by Schubert. Directed by Paul Grindlay.

Elizabeth Fast & Christina Jahn, sopranos
Tayte Mitchell, tenor
Kristian Lo, baritone

This is a fundraising concert to benefit. There will be a silent auction.

Tickets are $30 and available online, by calling 403-244-4879, or at the door. Tickets include cheese & wine reception.

Joseph Bologne, le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was an 18th century composer (and swordsman) born to a white plantation owner and a Black slave. If you haven’t heard of him, you won’t soon forget his charming Symphony No. 2. This work pairs perfectly with Johannes Brahms’ cheerful second symphony. The concert opens with Canadian composer Vivian Fung’s Prayer, written during the pandemic and inspired by a chant by Hildegard von Bingen.

Fung Prayer

Bologne Symphony No. 2

Brahms Symphony No. 2

HEALTH AND SAFETY: At this time, Calgary Phil has reduced capacity at our venues to one-third, with physically distanced seating in groups of 1 to 4 tickets purchased together. For the protection of our audience members and staff, masks are required inside the venues and must be worn over the nose, mouth, and chin. You will find more information about our health and safety measures at calgaryphil.com/health-and-safety.

Joseph Bologne, le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was an 18th century composer (and swordsman) born to a white plantation owner and a Black slave. If you haven’t heard of him, you won’t soon forget his charming Symphony No. 2. This work pairs perfectly with Johannes Brahms’ cheerful second symphony. The concert opens with Canadian composer Vivian Fung’s Prayer, written during the pandemic and inspired by a chant by Hildegard von Bingen.

Fung Prayer

Bologne Symphony No. 2

Brahms Symphony No. 2

HEALTH AND SAFETY: At this time, Calgary Phil has reduced capacity at our venues to one-third, with physically distanced seating in groups of 1 to 4 tickets purchased together. For the protection of our audience members and staff, masks are required inside the venues and must be worn over the nose, mouth, and chin. You will find more information about our health and safety measures at calgaryphil.com/health-and-safety.

Artists

CARLOS FOGGIN Conductor
Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra

Program

BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
BEETHOVEN Symphony #8

The concert features Eric Satie’s Ludions from 1923 as a companion to the premiere performance of William Jordan’s Gertrude Stein Shenanigans, featuring Laura Hynes (coloratura) and Sandra Joy Friesen (piano). Composed in 2018 for Hynes, the Shenanigans consists of thirteen concert arias with texts drawn from Stein’s Stanzas in Meditation, as well as her The Geographical History of America. 

Laura Hynes has been described as a “ten-thousand megawatt coloratura.” She has performed opera roles, early music, new music, and art song recitals across Europe and North America, and has most recently collaborated with the renowned Land’s End Ensemble as part of Calgary’s new Sound Atlas Festival.

Pianist Sandra Joy Friesen is known for her sensitive and virtuosic performances of contemporary works, and for interdisciplinary collaborations with visual art and musical improvisation. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout North America, as well as in Austria, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia.

Tickets are $26 (adults) & $19 (students/seniors) and available through University Theatre Services.

Friday, November 4, 2022 – Polaris Centre

7:30pm

Programme

Solo & Duo Selections
SCHUBERT - Trout Quintet

Artists

JAMES WATSON Violin
DUARTE SILVA Viola
LIZ TREMBLAY Cello
ROSS LEMON Bass
CARLOS FOGGIN Piano

Han Ding is a classical pianist, composer, arranger, harpsichordist, multimedia visual artist, and teacher. With twenty-five years of music experience, he has performed as a soloist and with ensembles, written a wide range of new works and arrangements, and taught for nearly two decades.

Have your chance on playing or singing the magnificent Messiah composed by George Frideric Handel.

Messiah is an English language oratorio that was composed in 1741. First performed in Dublin Ireland in April 1742 which was later performed in London a year later.

This is not a rehearsal or a concert. This is just a play through event - get together and play/sing some music and, most of all, have fun!! Prepare your solo if you are a vocalist.

Doors to the church will be open at 6:30 PM. We will play through the entire Messiah with intermission in between. Bring your music if you're a singer. Orchestra music will be available but bring a stand.

This event is free and open to everyone - invite your friends, family, neighbours, co-workers!!

This event will take place at the McDougall United Church (8516 Athabasca Street SE, Calgary).

There will be coffee served.

E-mail us at info@calgaryclassical.ca if you have any questions.

A favourite Christmas tradition, Early Music Voices presents a full performance of Handel’s Messiah with Rosa Barocca, guest soloists and an elite choir made up of VoiceScapes & friends, conducted by Claude Lapalme.

Guest Soloists:
  Hannah Pagenkopf, soprano
  Nicholas Burns, countertenor
  Adam Schmidt, tenor
  Phillip Addis, bass

Tickets are $60 (general) / $50 (seniors) / $20 (student rush tickets - at the door only) and are available online through Showpass or at the door.

For more information, visit earlymusicvoices.ca.

This programme explores some of the most extravagant and playful music for harpsichord from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Calgary harpist Gianetta Baril has devoted her life to sharing the transformative power of music, performing in an array of spectacular locales across the world like the Rudolphinum in Prague and on the Selaron Steps in Rio de Janeiro. When COVID stopped all live performances in 2020, she turned a huge van into a self-contained rolling home/concert hall and took the comfort of live harp music on the road in Alberta and BC -  stopping wherever people were in need of hope and inspiration. After 6,000 km and 33 concerts, Gianetta returned to Calgary at the end of October.

“Over the winter months, I have both missed the audiences and the joy of sharing music,” says Gianetta. “But I used that time to plan my next journey across Canada and built a new vehicle better suited to the long journey. My scheduled departure date is April 20th, and to kick off the next journey, I am presenting a tour launch concert on Sunday, April 25th where I will be sharing some pre-recorded music. I hope the music will bring comfort and courage to the audience, and I will also share a few stories of my journey, and the big reveal of my new van!”

Harp To Heart Cross Country Tour Launch Concert will be live streamed online at 3:00 PM on Sunday, 25 April 2021. This event falls under the category of activities permitted by Alberta Health Services and the Alberta Government.

Tickets are pay-what-you-want with a minimum of $15 for concert access. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.polariscentre.ca. For more information about Gianetta, please visit www.forloveofharp.com.

Celebrating classical music of the past and present. This concert begins with ‘father of the symphony’ Joseph Haydn’s Oxford, followed by 20th century composer Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, influenced by his interest in chant music. The main feature is Graffiti by Unsuk Chin, a recent, multilayered work that takes inspiration from the creativity behind the provocative artform.

Haydn Symphony No. 92 (Oxford)

Pärt Fratres

Chin Graffiti

HEALTH AND SAFETY: At this time, Calgary Phil has reduced capacity at our venues to one-third, with physically distanced seating in groups of 1 to 4 tickets purchased together. For the protection of our audience members and staff, masks are required inside the venues and must be worn over the nose, mouth, and chin. You will find more information about our health and safety measures at calgaryphil.com/health-and-safety.

Joyful music presented with the inspiring energy of the future stars of Calgary’s classical music scene - Calgary’s original string ensemble Kensington Sinfonia will be collaborating with the talented string students from Amici String Program. 

The programme will include Silver City by beloved Calgary composer George Fenwick, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by the great British composer Vaughan Williams, Petite Symphonie by the young, exciting American composer Quinn Mason, and African Suite by Fela Sowande, who is considered the central figure in Nigerian art music.

Tickets are $25 (adults) / $20 (seniors) and are available through Eventbrite or at the door. Free admission for students.

For more information, visit kensingtonsinfonia.ca.

Get into the heroic spirit with this concert of iconic themes from cinema and TV, conducted by John Morris Russell. Epic tunes from Batman, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Mandalorian, and many more will let you relive your favourite musical moments from the adventures of heroes of the big and small screens! 

Program and artists are subject to change without notice. 

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL conductor 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

To purchase tickets, visit calgaryphil.com/22-23-season/ or call the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Box Office at 403.571.0849. 

Get into the heroic spirit with this concert of iconic themes from cinema and TV, conducted by John Morris Russell. Epic tunes from Batman, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Mandalorian, and many more will let you relive your favourite musical moments from the adventures of heroes of the big and small screens! 

Program and artists are subject to change without notice. 

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL conductor 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

To purchase tickets, visit calgaryphil.com/22-23-season/ or call the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Box Office at 403.571.0849. 

A concert featuring musicians, past and present, of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.  All donations will go to the CPO after school PhilKids program.

Share in the magic of modern circus company Troupe Vertigo’s spellbinding artistry as they perform their signature fusion of cirque acrobatics, classical dance, and contemporary theatre, synchronized to glorious music performed by the Calgary Phil! With stunning physical feats choreographed into works of art, it’s sure to be an unforgettably thrilling experience!  

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.  

JULIAN PELLICANO conductor  
TROUPE VERTIGO cirque artists  
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  

Purchase tickets here

Share in the magic of modern circus company Troupe Vertigo’s spellbinding artistry as they perform their signature fusion of cirque acrobatics, classical dance, and contemporary theatre, synchronized to glorious music performed by the Calgary Phil! With stunning physical feats choreographed into works of art, it’s sure to be an unforgettably thrilling experience!  

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.  

  
JULIAN PELLICANO conductor  
TROUPE VERTIGO cirque artists  
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  

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Program

TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker Suite
FINZI Eclogue

…and more of your Holiday Pops favourites.

Artists

CARLOS FOGGIN Conductor
Special Guests TBA

Calgary's 15th Annual celebration of festive holiday music performed by tubas, euphoniums and baritones of all levels and ages!   We welcome Jane McLauchlin as director, this year!  Dress up yourself and your instrument for the holidays!  Bring a donation for the Food Bank!  #holidaytubafest_yyc

16th annual #holidaytubafest_yyc !!!

10am -warm-up and rehearsal
2pm - public concert

Calgary's annual Holiday TubaFest - this year online!  Prepare your recording and submit it by Nov 28 to be part of the virtual ensemble on Dec 12!  Join in the fun and play warm-ups with CPO Principal tubist, Tom McCaslin and invite family and friends to sing along with the holiday music performed by rich low brass from all over!!!

For more information, visit 

Join the Calgary Phil online for a festive evening of holiday music conducted by Karl Hirzer and experienced from the comfort of your home. Enjoy seasonal favourites like Antonio Vivaldi’s Winter, performed by Concertmaster Diana Cohen, and his Concerto for Two Trumpets, featuring Adam Zinatelli and Miranda Cairns, plus sing along to popular Christmas carols that are sure to put you in a merry mood!

Join the Calgary Civic Symphony as they match festive wits with Calgary’s favourite a cappella ensemble, the Heebee-jeebees. Nothing celebrates the holiday season quite like their whimsical versions of your favourite festive songs. 

The concert also features some classical favourites including Bach’s ever-popular Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Richard Strauss’s charming Serenade for Winds, and seasonal audience favourites including Radetzky March by Strauss and Sleighride by Leroy Anderson. 

The Civic Symphony also welcomes Edmonton pianist Jaydon Zhuang, one of the Grand Prize winners of the national finals of the 2023 Canadian Music Competition, to perform Liszt’s dazzling Piano Concerto No. 1. 

Featuring:
The Heebee-jeebees
Jaydon Zhuang, piano (2023 Canadian Music Competition Winner)

Rolf Bertsch, conductor

Tickets are $28 (adults) / $25 (seniors) / $19 (students) plus applicable fees and are available online through artscommons.ca or at the door.

A true holiday favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the Calgary Phil. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves. Hilarious and heart-warming, Home Alone is holiday fun for the entire family! 

© 1990 Twentieth Century Fox 

SARAH HICKS conductor 
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY CHORUS 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

A true holiday favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the Calgary Phil. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves. Hilarious and heart-warming, Home Alone is holiday fun for the entire family! 

© 1990 Twentieth Century Fox 

 
SARAH HICKS conductor 
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY CHORUS 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

The Honens Pro-Am is a friendly and fun piano competition which is open to accomplished amateur musicians who earn their living in ways other than performing music full-time. Five pianists will unleash their creative energy and competitive spirit to raise $25,000 for Honens.

Help each Pro-Am pianist raise $5,000 by making a personal or corporate pledge, or by buying a ticket and cheering them on!

Carnival of the Animals

Our season begins on a joyous note with an outdoor celebration of live music, as Honens brings their ever-popular Open Air concert performance to High River. Join us for a parade of fantastical performance, concluding with a spectacular arrangement of Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals. Best of all, this performance is free.

Presented in collaboration with Honens.

A collaboration between the Calgary Phil and Pink Flamingo on the Black Lives Matter Murals Project invited two vastly different artistic cultures to collide. Five artists were invited to respond to a new Calgary Phil commission by Canadian composer Laura Hawley, written for our Chorus and based on L.R. Knost’s poem I Rise. We celebrate the results with the debut of this new work in a performance led by conductor Leslie B. Dunner, accompanied by the mural artwork, and music by Duke Ellington and Florence Price. Uyemi and Sinzere join us for John Legend and Common’s hit Glory  from Selma. 

Presented in partnership with Pink Flamingo. 

Program and artists are subject to change without notice. 

LESLIE B. DUNNER conductor 
SINZERE rap/soul artist 
UYEMI vocals 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC CHORUS 
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 

Mount Royal Kantorei sings Jake Runestad's I Will Lift Mine Eyes. 

In the wake of the 2020 COVID-19 virus, Mount Royal Kantorei cancelled their trip to compete in the Cork International Choral Festival (April 29th - May 3rd) and a planned Celtic Connection concert at the Bella Concert Hall on March 16th. 

Kantorei moved their rehearsals online and members recorded this message of hope and comfort for each other and for all those affected by this pandemic. 

Encounter the impressive brilliance of Ukrainian pianist Illia Ovcharenko, winner of the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition, as he performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s grand Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Calgary Phil. The Calgary Philharmonic Chorus and soloists then join Music Director Rune Bergmann in Anton Bruckner’s glorious Te Deum, which the composer considered his greatest work and the ultimate statement of faith. 

A perfect complement to your Mother's Day brunch - celebrate Mother's Day with Cum Vino Cantus with the music of Bob Dylan, Harry Somers, Morten Johannes Lauridsen, Alberta's own Ian Tyson, and others.

Directed by Heidi Wood, accompanied by Jon Day

The concert takes place at 2:30 p.m. at McDougall United Church. Doors open at 1:30 p.m.

Cash 50/50 and Mother's Day Wine Basket raffle tickets will be available at the door: 1 for $5 or 5 for $20.

Tickets are $20 (general admission) and are available through Eventbrite. Tickets may not be available at the door due to capacity, so get your tickets early! 

The Indigo Trio brings together three accomplished artists. Violist John Sellick has already been recognized as one of CBC’s Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30. Cellist Alyssa Ramsay is an established figure in the Winnipeg classical music landscape, as a member of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, solo performer and prized instructor. Violinist Jessie Ramsay has participated in national and international concert performances and tours, and most recently trained in Germany. Let yourself be drawn in by the fresh energy of these talented artists. This concert is presented in collaboration with Prairie Debut.   Two shorter concerts will be presented at 5 pm & 7:30 pm without intermission.
www.highrivergiftofmusic.com

Our first Friday Night Soiree features the extraordinarily versatile musicians of the Augustine Yates trio! This concert will feature classical compositions by familiar composers such as Poulenc and Chopin, followed by original jazz pieces and improvisations inspired by each, demonstrating the malleable nature of musical motifs and how a small inspiration can create an entirely new piece of music. Magic! The program also features original compositions by Augustine Yates. Join us for a night of discovery!

Indigenous artist, musician, and creator iskwē joins the Calgary Phil for a one-of-a-kind concert experience. Known for her powerful and expressive vocals, iskwē finds inspiration in everything from poetry to post- rock influences and blends it with the borrowed sounds of her Cree and Métis ancestors to create a compelling and innovative style that is hers alone.

Program and artists are subject to change without notice.

Mountain View Connection Concert Series is thrilled to present the 10th Isolation Point virtual concert featuring Calgary cellist Olena Kilchyk. The programme includes Elgar's "Salut D’amour", Boccherini's Rondo in C major, and Tchaikovsky's Nocturne.

This online concert will premiere at 7:00 PM, Thursday, June 18th through YouTube.

Alberta's Mountain View Connection Concert Series goes to a virtual concert series during the COVID-19 pandemic with a new performance project: Isolation Point, To Keep Music and Musicians Moving Forward. For more information, please visit Mountain View's website.

A native Ukrainian, Olena Kilchyk is a solo cellist, chamber and orchestra musician, clinician, festival adjudicator and a teacher. Ms. Kilchyk is a principal cellist with Calgary Bach Society and plays regularly with the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra. She is also involved with the CPO, Festival Chorus Orchestra, Kensington Sinfonia and Calgary Instrumental Society. In addition, Olena is on the cello faculty at Mount Royal University Conservatory and Amici String Program. Many of her performances have been broadcast on CBC and other radio and television networks.

Mountain View Connection Concert Series is thrilled to present the 11th Isolation Point virtual concert featuring Jocelyn Zhou, piano.

Concert Programme:
Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777 - Bach
Fur Elise - Beethoven
Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2 - Chopin

This online concert will premiere at 7:00 PM, Thursday, July 30, 2020, through YouTube.

Jocelyn Zhou, age of eight, began her music education at Yamaha Music School and showed her passion at the age of four. After achieving First Class Honors with Distinction in her first RCM exam by self-learning, she started private piano lessons at the age of six and is currently the student of Ms. Kathleen van Mourik. Jocelyn has won her classes and scholarships in the Calgary Performing Arts Festival and Calgary Contemporary Showcase.  

Alberta's Mountain View Connection Concert Series goes to a virtual concert series during the COVID-19 pandemic with a new performance project: Isolation Point, To Keep Music and Musicians Moving Forward. For more information, please visit Mountain View's website.

This concert is free but we also hope you may be able to donate. Our funds are being used at this moment to help as many local musicians as we can – your support is most appreciated for this local cause. We will have several performances over the next while featuring Alberta artists. The adventure will continue with a variety of musicians coming your way for as long as we can continue! To make a donation through ATBCares, please click here.