August 2010 (6)
Saturday August 7, and Sunday August 8, 2010 9pm Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society Wunder Bar (10159 Whyte Avenue) Six acts over two days including: Philip Dickau, agaperaygunexperiment, Condoleezza Rice Paddies, Shawn Pinchbeck, and The Hobophobes.
Monday August 9, 2010 The Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir Western Canadian Tour, Knox-Metropolitan United Church 8310 - 109 St. Program will include traditional Welsh music both religious and secular as well as other popular tunes. Guest soloist will be Edmonton Soprano Ann Parry. Sponsored by the St. David's Welsh Society of Edmonton. Tickets $20 at the door. Information 780-434-5524 or 780-436-6460
Monday August 9, 2010 12pm ESO Musician Showcase Winspear Centre. Select members of the ESO share their favourite pieces in this special summer showcase event. FREE
Thursday August 12, 2010 to Sunday August 22, 2010 Il Duo - Trinity Lutheran Church 10014 81st Ave (see the Il Duo Fan Site for show times) Edmonton International Fringe Festival "... because the world needs more tenors ..." IL DUO is a musical comedy group in the style of Smothers Brothers and Wayne and Shuster, which pokes fun at Il Divo, the Canadian Tenors, and the rash of other tenor groups popping up on the world stage. IL DUO is comprised of three Edmonton Performers: Clint Hagel, Ron Long, and Gail Olmstead.
Saturday August 14, 2010 7:30 pm National Youth Orchestra of Canada Canadian tour - Winspear Centre. Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, R Strauss, Don Juan, Shostakovich, Festive Overture, Agocs, Perpetual Summer FREE
Monday August 23, 2010 12pm Duo Majoya - Organ. Winspear Centre. Organ duets on the Davis Concert Organ, organists Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger launch their CD Duo Majoya. FREE
September 2010 (19)
Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 1:30 PM WindRose Trio Kalido Family Arts Festival Don’s Grand Piano Alley (Back Alley behind 9141 118 Ave, Edmonton) For more information visit: kalidofest.ca
Friday September 3, 2010, 7pm Symphony Under the Sky Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park. Robert Bernhardt, conductor and Karen Gomyo, violin. Brahms, Violin Concerto, Beethoven, First Symphony, and Bach, Sheep May Safely Graze. Adult Reserved $29 / Grass $20, Child Reserved $13 / Grass FREE
Saturday September 4, 2010 2pm Symphony under the Sky, The Celtic Spirit. Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park. Robert Bernhardt, conductor and the Knock School of Irish Dance. Mendelssohn, Herbert, and other traditional tunes. Adult reserved $29 / Grass $20, Child Reserved $13 / Grass FREE
Saturday September 4, 2010 7pm Symphony Under the Sky: John William's Greatest Hits Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park. Robert Bernhardt, conductor and Karen Gomyo, violin. Music: Superman, Schindler's List, Star Wars and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Adult reserved $29 / Grass $20, Child reserved $13 / Grass FREE
Saturday September 5, 2010 and Monday September 6, 2010 2pm Symphony Under the Sky, Great Canadian Songbook. Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park. Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture, and orchestral arrangements of memorable Canadian hits like Four Strong Winds, Snowbird, Big Yellow Taxi and Heart of Gold.
Friday September 10, 2010 7:30pm 2010 Beijing Opera Festival - Traditional Beijing Opera Jubilee Auditorium
Saturday September 11, 2010 7:30pm 2010 Beijing Opera Festival - Beijing Opera with Symphony Orchestra Jubilee Auditorium
Saturday September 11, 2010 7pm Edmonton Raga-Mala Music Society Royal Alberta Museum. Mysore Manjunath, violin, Ronu Majumdar, bansuri Arjun Kumar, mridangam, Ramdas Palsule, tabla.
Sunday September 12, 2010 7:30pm From Zelazowa Wola to Paris. Mazurka Music. Zuzana Simurdova and Mikolaj Waszynski, piano. Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Chopin's birth. Presented in a multimedia format including a cross-section of works by Chopin through the various stages of his development. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact Tix on the Square.
Tuesday September 14, 2010 7pm Cor Godre'r Aran, Welsh Male-Voice Choir, traditional Welsh music. MacDougall United Church. For advance reservations and more information contact David Winfield 780-430-7933.
September 15, 2010, 7:30 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre Lucas Waldin, conductor, Jens Lindemann, trumpet, Robin Doyon, trumpet, Lidia Khaner, oboe, Teresa Hron, recorder, Members of Òran, chorus (Kathleen Skinner, Artistic Director). Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Trumpets, J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Purcell: Chacony (Arr. Waldin), Baldassare: Sonata for Trumpet and Strings
September 17 and 18, 2010, 8:00 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Bruce Hangen, conductor, Jens Lindemann, trumpet. Stephenson: Louis Armstrong Tribute, Gilliland: Dreaming of the Masters III, Leigh: Highlights from Man of La Mancha, Debussy: Clair de lune, Holst: The Planets: Jupiter
Friday, September 17, 2010 at 6:30 PM WindRose Trio Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Gala Arden Theatre, St Albert For more information visit: startsfest.ca Tickets available at: Ticketmaster or at the Arden Theatre Box Office
September 24, 2010 7:30 pm Accordian Grandstand Concert Edmonton Accordian Society Central Lions Senior Recreation Centre 11113 113 Street NW. Michael Bridge, 17 year-old accordion virtuoso and extraordinary entertainer. The Big Band, 20 accordions strong, plus vocalists and a violinist will present a stirring program of familiar songs. Young performers from the Mattierin School of Irish Dance, accompanied by an accordionist, will kick-start the night with their high-energy show.
Saturday September 25, 2010, 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre William Eddins, conductor, Corey Cerovsek, violin. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish" Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 Peters: Butterfly Wings and Tropical Storms.
Sunday September 26, 2010 2pm UofA Music - Homecoming concert, University Symphony and Symphonic Winds. Convocation Hall.
Sunday September 26, 2010 3pm Royal Canadian College of Organists concert series. Winspear Centre. Frédéric Champion (France). Winner of the First Canadian International Organ Competition. Contact Tix on the Square or Arnold Rumond 780-454-3882.
Thursday September 30, 2010, 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre Flamenco and other Spanish Delights - William Eddins, conductor, El Viento Flamenco, ensemble. Albéniz: Suite Española, Granados: Goyescas: Intermezzo de Falla: El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance, Fajardo: Rumba Flamenco
October 2010 (33)
October 2, 2010 St. Albert Chamber Music Recital Series Terzetto Dot Speers, flute, Aiyana Anderson-Howatt, violin, Joanne Yu, cello. Emerging Artist: Cecilia Gee.
Sunday October 3, 2010 2pm UofA music - Yamen Huang, piano. Convocation Hall.
Sunday October 3, 2010, 2pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor, Ewald Cheung, violin, Julianne Scott, clarinet. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Danzi: Fantasie for Clarinet on Mozart’s “La ci darem la mano” and Haydn: Symphony No. 103 “Drumroll”.
Sunday October 3, 2010 Pro Coro Canada - A Virtuoso Choral Concert. McDougall United Church. Richard Sparks, conductor. Brahms' Zigeunerlieder, the first movement of Alfred Schnittke's Concerto for Choir and Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir. Join Marg Daly, Master of Musicology, for pre-concert talks beginning 45 minutes prior to each performance.
Tuesday October 5, 2010, 7:30 pm Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Gala: Cirque de la Symphonie. William Eddins, conductor, Cirque de la Symphonie. “Beloved classical masterpieces” and Cirque artists.
October 9, 2010 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society Convocation Hall, University of Alberta. Anton Kuerti, piano and the Jacque Thibaud Trio: Kai Gleusteen, Violin Paul Cortese, Viola and Bogdan Jianu, Cello. Mozart, Quartet in G minor for piano and string trio, K. 478, Beethoven, String Trio in C minor, op. 9, no. 3 and Hermann Goetz, Quartet in E Major for piano and strings, op. 6.
Wednesday October 13, 2010 12:10-12:50pm FREE Andrew Glover, piano. Music Wednesdays at Noon - McDougall Concert Association. McDougall United Church banquet hall (use Macdonald Dr entrance).
Friday October 15, 2010 8pm Jerome Ducharme, guitar. Edmonton Classical Guitar Society. Muttart Hall, Alberta College Conservatory. Contact Tix on the Square.
Friday October 15 and Saturday the 16th 2010, 7:30 pm Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Anu Tali, conductor, Janina Fialkowska, piano. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1, Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict: Overture, Pärt: Symphony No. 4 “Los Angeles”.
Saturday October 16, 2010 7pm Edmonton Raga-Mala Music Society ‘SANGAM’ Meeting of the rivers Hindustani Vocal Music Festival. Royal Alberta Museum Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay, Khayal Samir Chatterjee, tabla Saibal Bandyopadhyay, harmonium, Shruti Bandyopadhyay, surmandal, Purnima Chaudhuri, Thumri Samir Chatterjee, tabla, Pankaj Mishra, sarangi.
Sunday October 17, 2010 6:30 pm Edmonton Raga-Mala Music Society, ‘SANGAM’ Meeting of the rivers Hindustani Vocal Music Festival, Uday Bhawalkar. Royal Alberta Museum.
Sunday October 17, 2010 2pm UofA Music - MACH 1 Johanne Perron, cello, Jacques Despres, piano. Convocation Hall.
Sunday October 17, 2010, 11am Edmonton Opera Brunch: La Boheme. Alberta Ballroom, Crowne Plaza Chateau Lacombe
Sunday October 17, 2010 Opera Nuova Dinner Cabaret Series, "Give Thanks" at Ginis. Karen Charlton and Cindy Crawford, vocalists.
Sunday October 17, 2010 7:30pm Polish Culture Society, Fryderyk Chopin Songbook – Kuba Stakiewicz Group, Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way. Adults are $35, students/seniors 60+ and members are $30, plus applicable fees at TIX on the Square.
Tuesday October 19, 7:30pm Foothills Brass with Autorickshaw. Horizon Stage.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 7:30 pm Edmonton Recital Society Natalia Shamayeva, Harp Muttart Hall, Alberta College Conservatory 10050 Macdonald Dr, Edmonton $30 adults/$20 seniors/$20 students Tickets available from tix on the square 780-420-1757
Wednesday October 20, 2010 12:10-12:50pm FREE Josephine van Lier, baroque cello, Judith Loewen, harpsichord. Music Wednesdays at Noon - McDougall Concert Association. McDougall United Church banquet hall (use Macdonald Dr entrance).
Thursday October 21, 2010 8pm Celtic Tenors Festival Place, Sherwood Park.
Thursday, October 21, 2010 8pm UofA music. Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Winspear Centre.
Friday October 22, 2010 8pm King's University College Faculty Recital Series, 24 Italian Songs and Arias, Piéces Choisies pour le Chant et Guitarre (world premiere), Mauro Guiliani (1781-1829). Rong Long, tenor, Elizabeth Raycroft, soprano, Leanne Regehr, piano, Michel Forestier, guitar. Nicholas B. Knoppers Recital Hall, The King's University College 9125 50 Street $15 Gen, $10 student, senior, alumni. Contact Elizabeth Raycroft 780 438 3179.
Saturday October 23, 2010 7pm Playful Melodies - Ping-Shan Liao, piano. Myer Horowitz Theatre. Presented by Concordia University College of Alberta. Co-presented with Taiwan Universities Alumni Association of Alberta. Mozart: Twinkle Twinkle Variations, Bartok: From the Diary of a Fly, Chopin: Minute Waltz, Liszt: Dance of the Gnomes, Les jeux d'eau and la Villa d'Este, Debussy: Claire de lune, L'isle joyeuse, Rimsky-kolsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee and more! Combining a variety of piano performance with rich multimedia and stage effects, this concert is well suited to inspire a highly enjoyable experience for all ages. Contact Tix on the Square.
Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 7 PM WindRose Trio Tonus Vivus 25th Anniversary Gala Concert For more information visit: tonusvivus.com
Saturday, October 23, 2010 7:30pm La Boheme (Puccini) Edmonton Opera Jubilee Auditorium
Saturday October 23, 2010 8pm FREE Tonus Vivus - 25th Anniversary Gala Performance, All Saints' Anglican Cathedral.
Sunday, October 24, 2010 3pm Robertson-Wesley United Church Alberta Baroque Music Society Haydn and Company Elizabeth Koch, Flute, Allene Hackleman, Horn. Werner, Sinfonia in G Major, Richter, Concerto for Flute in E Minor, Gluck, Sinfonia in G Major, and Haydn, Concerto for Horn in D Major
Sunday October 24, 2010 6pm Changing Lives 2010 with Kokopelli Choirs. Concert and silent auction for Edzimkulu and their fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Royal Alberta Museum, contact Tix on the Square.
Sunday October 24, 2010 7:30pm Concordia University College Music Sacred Music Festival - Abendlied: Evening Song. Winspear Centre. Concordia Concert Choir, Concordia Community Schools, Sine Nomine, Jubiloso: Bells of Concordia. Rev. Lorne Manweiler, organ, featuring Adam Franzke, Dr. John Brough, and Michael Kurschat.Saturday,
Friday October 29, 2010 7pm UofA Music - Contempo New Music Ensemble, celebrating 50 years of the Canadian Music Centre. Convocation Hall
Friday October 29, 2010 7:30 Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir Arden Theatre, St. Albert, $35
Saturday October 30, 2010 8pm The Richard Eaton Singers fall concert. First Presbyterian Church, Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor. Vaughn Williams, Mass in G minor, Mendelssohn, Mitten wir im Leben sind, Willian, An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts, Biebl, Ave Maria, Lauridsen, O magnum mysterium.
November 2010 (50)
Monday November 1, 2010 8pm UofA music - MACH 2, Enterprise Quartet with Tanya Prochazka. Convocation Hall
Wednesday November 3, 2010 12:10-12:50pm FREE Greg Zawaski, piano. Music Wednesdays at Noon - McDougall Concert Association. McDougall United Church banquet hall (use Macdonald Dr entrance).
Monday November 15 and Tuesday November 16, 2010 7:30pm Swan Lake - Moscow Ballet Jubilee Auditorium Moscow Ballet Canada
Thursday November 4, 2010 6pm Cantilon Choirs 10th Annual Dessert Auction and Concert, Primary Choir, Children's Choir, Chamber Choir and Belle Canto. Winspear Centre Lobby.
November 5, 6, 2010 Alberta Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty Northern Jubilee Auditorium
Saturday November 6, 2010, 2pm Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Platypus Theatre's "Emily Saves the Orchestra". Lucas Waldin, conductor and Platypus Theatre. Young Emily is drawn out of her seat and onto the orchestral stage by the strains of beautiful music. However, her bold behaviour brings her much more than she bargained for. In this theatrical introduction to the instruments of the orchestra and the basic elements of music, find out how Emily battles to save music as the ESO presents works by Beethoven, Kabalevsky, Rossini, and more.
Saturday November 6, 2010 8pm Tonus Vivus - Power Horns - Anubis Saxophone Quartet: Allison Balcetis, Ryan Muncy, Sean Patayanikorn, and David Wegehaupt - Winners of the prestigious Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation Prize for Emerging Artists for 2010-2011. Ledcor Theatre, Art Gallery of Alberta. Admission $20 (adults) and $10 (students and seniors).
Sunday November 7, 2010 7:30pm Cosmopolitan Music Society Winspear Centre Lest We Forget...A Musical Tribute. A concert honouring our past and present Canadian Armed Forces personnel and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy. Tickets are $20 each and are available from the Cosmopolitan Music Society, Edmonton and area Legion Branches and Tix on the Square.
Wednesday November 10, 2010 7:30pm FREE UofA Graduate Recital Choir and Chamber Orchestra - The Sounding Sea. Irene Apanovitch, conductor. Con Hall. Music by Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, Raminsh, Barnum, as well as the world premiere of Los Rios Acuden by Master of Composition candidate, Raimundo Gonzalez.
Wednesday November 10, 2010 12:10-12:50pm FREE Guillaume Tardif, violin, Alison Minkun, piano. Music Wednesdays at Noon - McDougall Concert Association. McDougall United Church banquet hall (use Macdonald Dr entrance).
Thursday November 11 to November 20, 2010 Cabaret - Catalyst Theatre. Directed by Linette Smith, Musical Direction by Stephen Delano. Contact Tix on the Square.
Friday November 12, 2010 7:30pm International Guitar Night. Horizon Stage.
Friday November 12 and Saturday November 13, 2010, 7:30 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor, Elmar Oliveira, violin, Lidia Khaner, oboe. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, J.S. Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe, Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Forsyth: Requiem for the victims in a wartorn world, Estacio: Borealis.
Saturday November 13, 2010 Edmonton's 5th Annual Charity Recital. Alissa Cheung, violin, Sarah Ho, piano. Music by Beethoven, R. Strauss, and Canadian M. Matthews. Muttart Hall, Alberta College.
Saturday November 13, 2010 7:30pm Kokopelli Choirs - Odyssey. Kokopelli, Òran, and Ihanna, a new youth choir from Red Deer. McClure United Church, 13708 74 St. Contact Tix on the Square.
Sunday November 14, 2010 2pm Concordia Symphony Orchestra, Francis Dunnigan, conductor, Anni Yu, violin. Saint-Saëns, Danse Macabre Op.4, Mozart Violin concerto No.4 in D, K218, Beethoven Symphony No.7 in A, Op.22. Robert Tegler Student Centre, Concordia, 73rd St south of 112 Av
Sunday, November 14, 2010 3pm Robertson-Wesley United Church Alberta Baroque Music Society Baroque Chamber Music Treasures: A fundraising event for The Alberta Baroque Music Society Susan Flook, Violin Heather Bergen, Violin Anna Kozak, Violin Colin Ryan, Cello Tammy-Jo Mortensen, Harpsichord and Organ Elizabeth Faulkner, Flute Beth Levia, Oboe Music by Bach, Telemann, Fasch, Biber, Albrechtsberger.
Sunday November 14, 2010 2pm Edmonton Youth Orchestra (senior). Banff Centre for the Arts, Eric Harvie Theatre.
Sunday, November 14, 2010 7:30pm Daniel Taylor, countertenor. Festival Place, Sherwood Park. Theatre of Early Music.
Sunday November 14, 2010 3pm Chopin for Three. Polish Culture Society. Muttart Hall, Alberta College Conservatory Chopin 2010
Sunday November 14, 2010 Opera Nuova Dinner Cabaret Series, "Remember" at Sorrentino's in Little Italy. Jon Paul Décosse, baritone.
Monday November 15, 2010 12pm FREE UofA Monday Noon Music series. Wendy Nieuwenhuis, organ and Hyejin Lee, organ. Music by J.S. Bach (the bulk of the program!), Nicolas de Grigny and a duet by Samuel Wesley.
Friday November 12, 2010 7pm Edmonton Korean Community Centre Foundation, Classical piano and traditional Korean music concert, Muttart Hall, Alberta College. A fundraising event for the South West Multi-Cultural Centre. Canadian-Korean pianist Michelle Yelin Nam and Korean traditional musician Yejin Go, Gayageum (traditional Korean instrument) and Pansori (traditional Korean song).
Tuesday November 16, 2010 UofA music. Kathleen Corcoran, soprano, Tanya Prochazka, cello, and Milton Schlosser, piano, in recital Tuesday, November 16 at 8pm in Convocation Hall. Performing works by André Previn, Sergei Rachmaninov, and selected Canadian composers.
Wednesday November 17 to Saturday November 20 Alberta College Conservatory of Music 14th Annual Fall Music Festival. Contact the conservatory for more information.
Wednesday November 17, 2010 12:10-12:50pm FREE Suzanne Langor, horn, Hiromi Takahashi, oboe, Jeremy Spurgeon, piano. Music Wednesdays at Noon - McDougall Concert Association. McDougall United Church banquet hall (use Macdonald Dr entrance).
Wednesday November 17, 2010 5pm Hear's to your Health concert series offers free admission to classical music concerts for frazzled hospital workers as well as the general public. On Wednesday, November 17 at 5pm Hear's to your Health presents David Eggert, cello, at the University Hospital Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre Snell Auditorium.
Thursday November 18, 2010, 8pm Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. William Eddins, conductor, Virginie Gagné, violin, Allene Hackleman, horn, Megan Evans, horn, Julianne Scott, clarinet and Ronda Metszies, cello. Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Violin, Danzi: Fantasie for Clarinet on Mozart’s “Là ci darem la mano”, M Haydn: Concerto for Two Horns, Chabrier: Danse slav, Habanera, Fête polonaise.
Friday November 19, 2010 8pm Irina Kulikova, guitar. Muttart Hall, Alberta College Conservatory. Contact Tix on the Square.
Saturday November 20, 2010 8pm I Coristi Chamber Choir Featuring Canadian Ruth Watson-Henderson’s Magnificat, and settings of Marian texts by Swedish composer Sjöberg, Australian composer Griffiths, and Victoria, Palestrina, Bruckner, Poulenc and Rautavaara. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, doors open at 7pm for a silent auction.
Saturday November 20, 2010 7:30pm Edmonton Raga-Mala Music Society Dance with Live Music. University of Alberta Horowitz Theatre. Rama Vaidyanathan, dancer, Bharathanatyam, Ramamoorty Sriganesh, nattuvangam, Indu Nair, vocal, Arun Kumar, mridangam, G. S. Rajan, flute.
November 20, 2010 St. Albert Chamber Music Recital Series. Stunnin' and Original:Toni Morrison, Crowfoot and Rachmaninov. Milton Schlosser, piano, Tanya Prochazka, cello, and Kathleen Corcoran, voice. Emerging Artist: Elsie Hoover. Recital Room, Don's Piano Warehouse, 8 Riel Drive, St. Albert.
Sunday November 21, 2010, 2pm Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. William Eddins, conductor, Christopher Taylor, bass trombone, David Eggert, cello. Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Ewazen: Ballade for Bass Trombone, Chabrier: Fête Polonaise, Danse slav, Russo: FrateVento, Estacio: Borealis.
Sunday November 21, 2010 2pm UofA music - World Music Sampler, Convocation Hall. The Indian Music Ensemble, the Middle Eastern and North African Music Ensemble and the West African Music Ensemble.
Sunday November 21, 2010 2:30pm Pro Coro Canada. Voices United! Trent Worthington, conductor. Join Marg Daly, Master of Musicology, for pre-concert talks beginning 45 minutes prior to each performance. McDougall United Church.
Sunday November 21, 2010 8pm UofA music - University Symphony Orchestra - Academy Strings. Convocation Hall.
Monday November 22, 2010 Edmonton Philharmonic OrchestraFriday November 19, 2010 8pm UofA music - Madrigal Singers. Convocation Hall.
Tuesday November 23, 2010 8pm UofA music - Concert Band with Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Winspear Centre. Featuring works by Ridout, Ticheli, Maslanka and "Bells for Stokowski", Michael Daugherty. $20 Adults, $15 Seniors, $10 Students
November 23, 2010 4:30pm FREE Enterprise String Quartet, Enterprise Square. Haydn, Schubert.
Wednesday November 24, 2010 12:10-12:50pm FREE Café Music - flute, cello and piano. Music Wednesdays at Noon - McDougall Concert Association. McDougall United Church banquet hall (use Macdonald Dr entrance).
Wednesday November 24, 2010, 7:30 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Lucas Waldin, conductor , Sergei Babayan, piano. J.S. Bach: Piano Concerto in D minor, Haydn: Symphony No. 94 “Surprise”, Elgar: Three Characteristic Pieces, Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
Friday November 26, 2010 8pm UofA music - Opera Scenes, Convocation Hall
Friday, November 26, 2010 Muttart Hall, Alberta College. Contemporary Showcase Composers Festival Gala Concert. Contact the Alberta Registered Music Teachers' Association (ARMTA) for more information.
Saturday November 27, 2010 7:30pm Ariose Women's Choir - Ceremony of Carols, McDougall United Church, contact Tix on the Square.
Sunday, November 27, 2010 at 2 PM WindRose Trio Fall Concert Robertson-Wesley United Church 10209 123 Street, Edmonton
Saturday, November 27, 2010 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society Robertson-Wesley United Church. Paolo Pandolfo, Viola da gamba.
Saturday November 27, 2010 8pm UofA music - Opera Scenes, Convocation Hall. Performances include scenes from opera favorites including The Elixir of Love, The Merry Widow, Cosi fan Tutte, Candide and The Mikado.
Saturday November 27, 2010 8pm Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus. Brilliance of Bernstein. All Saints Anglican Cathedral. Chichester Psalms, Excerpts from "Mass", West Side Story Medley. Daniel Garber, treble, Jeremy Spurgeon, organ, Nora Bumais, harp, Darren Salyn, percussion, Caleb Nelson, tenor and guitar, Remi Do, piano. Tix on the Square.
Saturday November 27, 2010, 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Mei-Ann Chen, conductor, Lucas Waldin, conductor, Mark Fewer, violin, Shauna Rolston, cello. Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello “Double”, Schumann: Symphony No. 1 "Spring", Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
Sunday November 28, 2010 2pm Edmonton Youth Orchestra (Senior and Intermediate). Winspear Centre, Adults $15, Seniors and students $10.
Sunday November 28, 2010 3pm Concordia University College, Concordia Christmas concert. First Presbyterian Church, 100 Av and 105 St.
November 29, 2010 7:30pm UofA music, Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. UofA Mixed Chorus, Robert De Frece, director, Faculty of Education Handbell Ringers, Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger, organ. Winspear Centre.
December 2010 (52)
Wednesday December 1, 2010 7:30pm World AIDS Day Benefit Concert, for HIV Edmonton. Muttart Hall, Alberta College, $30. Laura McAlpine, mezzo-soprano, Josephine van Lier, cello, Jennifer Bustin, violin, Simon-Marc de Freitas, piano.
Wednesday December 1, 2010 7:30pm Columbian Choirs - Celebration of Christmas. McDougall United Church. Tickets $15 at the door, or call 780 430 6808
Friday December 3, 2010 8pm UofA music - Concert Choir, Convocation Hall.
Friday December 3 and Saturday December 4, 2010, 7:30 pm Handel’s Messiah. Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and The Richard Eaton Singers. Bruce Pullan, conductor, Allison Angelo, soprano, David Trudgen, counter tenor, Colin Ainsworth, tenor, Aaron St. Clair Nicholson, baritone, Richard Eaton Singers (Leonard Ratzlaff, director).
December 3 – 12, 2010 Westbury Theatre, TransAlta Arts Barns, Alberta Opera Musical Theatre: Jack and the Beanstalk at Fringe Theatre Adventures. Adults$18, Seniors/Students $15, Childen (12 and under) $12.50. Contact Alberta Opera Musical Theatre, www.fringetheatre.ca and the Westbury Theatre for tickets and show times.
Friday, December 3, 2010 8pm UofA Music Winter Themes. Music - Vaughan William's Fantasia on Christmas Carols, and Sweenlick, Victoria, Brahms, Rutter, Sirett, and Edmonton's Kim Denis. Mark Wilkinson, baritone, Wendy Nieuwenhuis, organ. Convocation Hall.
Saturday December 4, 2010 7pm Ukrainian Male Chorus of Edmonton "Festive Mosaic" Christmas concert. Guests - Viter Choir, Shumayela Youth Choir and Robertson-Wesley handbell ringers. Robertson-Wesley United Church 10209-123 St. Tickets $15 adults, $10 youth, children under 10 FREE available at door, the Ukrainian Book Store, UMCtickets@gmail.com, from any choir member, or call 780 619 0558.
Saturday December 4, 2010 7:30pm Cosmopolitan Music Society Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Boulevard A Very Cosmopolitan Christmas band and chorus. In advance, tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors At the door, tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for students and seniors
Saturday December 4, 2010 8pm UofA music - MACH 3, Trio Voce, Convocation Hall.
Saturday December 4, 2010 8pm Strathcona String Quartet, Jennifer Bustin, violin, John Calverley, violin, Miriam Ferguson, viola, Josephine van Lier, cello. Music by Brahms, Andrix, Labadie and Noland. Edmonton Moravian Church (9540-83 Avenue) Tickets at the door $20/$15 or contact Tix on the Square. For more information call 780 439 6950.
Saturday December 4, 2010 8pm La Chorale Saint-Jean - Hallelujah! Sing Noël! McDougall United Church (11125-101 St) Music from Handel’s Messiah, beautiful arrangements of traditional carols, a Russian piece which will leave everyone breathless, as well as a new piece by our own, France Levasseur-Ouimet, writer in residence for la Chorale Saint-Jean. Tickets can be purchased at la Librairie le Carrefour, in the Cité Francophone, Phase II (8627-91st street) or by calling (780) 466-1066.
Saturday December 4, 2010 8pm UofA music - Trio Voce. CD release, Con Brio recordings. Shostakovich Op.8 and Mieczyslaw Weinberg Op.24 and Beethoven Op.70 No.1 Trios. Convocation Hall.
Sunday December 5, 2010 2pm UofA Music - Concert Band. Rossini, Erickson, Gillingham, Copland and Nelson and holiday favourites by Hanson, Reed and Anderson. Convocation Hall.
Sunday December 5, 2010 2:30pm Cantilon Choirs, Strathcona String Quartet. Sing We Nowell, Kindersingers, Primary Choir, Children's Choir, Chamber Choir, Belle Canto. Winspear Centre.
Sunday December 5, 2010 2pm UofA music - Concert Band, Convocation Hall.
Sunday December 5, 2010 2:30 Cosmopolitan Music Society Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Boulevard A Very Cosmopolitan Music band and chorus. In advance, tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors At the door, tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for students and seniors
Sunday, December 5, 2010 3pm and 7:30 pm Robertson Wesley United Church Alberta Baroque Music Society Music for a Festive Season Jolaine Kerley, Soprano University of Alberta, Madrigal Singers Music by: Schiassi, Christmas Sinfonia; Vivaldi, Credo; Handel, Gloria; Molter, Sinfonia Pastorale; Vivaldi, Magnificat
Sunday December 5, 2010 7:30pm Vocal Alchemy A Canadian Christmas. St. Andrew's United Church (9915 148 St) Celebrating the season with Canuck composers. Tix on the Square.
Sunday December 5, 2010 7:30pm Greenwood Singers Hymns and Readings for Christmas, St. Joseph's Basilica. Tickets $10 at the door or through St. Joseph's College 780 492 7681 x231
Sunday December 5, 2010 7:30pm Edmonton Recital Society, Daniel Bolshoy, guitar. Alberta College Conservatory of Music, Muttart Hall. Contact Tix on the Square.
Monday December 6, 8pm The Many Moods of Christmas. Greenwood Singers. Motets and carols for Advent and Christmas. Helen Stuart, piano, Jeremy Spurgeon, organ, University of Alberta Faculty of Education Handbell Ringers. First Presbyterian Church (10025 105 St). Contact Tix on the Square.
Monday December 6, 2010 Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra
Monday December 6 and Tuesday December 7, 2010, 7:30 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Canadian Tenors: Perfect Gift. Lucas Waldin, conductor, Canadian Tenors, vocal ensemble.
Monday December 6, 2010 8pm UofA Music - X93 Experimental Improvisation Ensemble with the Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy. Studio 27.
Tuesday December 7, 2010 12pm UofA Music - Interactive Electronic Music Concert. New music using custom built interactive software systems and sounds. Studio 27.
Tuesday December 7, 2010 4:30pm FREE The Enterprise String Quartet presents the music of Franz Schubert - Quartettsatz and the two cello quintet with guest Tanya Prochazka. Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Av. For more information contact 780 435 9569 or enterprisequartet@ualberta.ca
Wednesday December 8, 2010 King's University College Concert Lo, In the Time
Saturday December 11, 2010 2pm and 7pm Kokopelli Choirs - Wintersong (afternoon). All four choirs share the stage with a special focus on Celtic music. McDougall United Church. Contact Tix on the Square.
Friday December 10, 2010 7pm UofA music - Graduate Composers Concert. New works for sax quartet. Convocation Hall.
Saturday December 11, 2010 7pm FREE Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra - family friendly Christmas music, Alberta Legislature Rotunda.
Saturday December 11, 2010 7pm Salvation Army's Festival of Carols. Winspear Centre.
Saturday December 11, 2010 7:30pm Concordia University College, Festival City Winds Concert. Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd.
Saturday December 11, 2010 7:30pm Cosmopolitan Music Society Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Boulevard A Very Cosmopolitan Christmas Band and Chorus. In advance, tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors . At the door, tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for students and seniors.
Sunday December 12, 2010 2:30pm Festival Singers Sing Noel! Festival Place, Sherwood Park.
Sunday December 12, 2010 Pro Coro Canada - A Pro Coro Christmas. Trent Worthington, conductor, Jeremy Spurgeon, organ . Old and new festive music and audience participation, featuring Kent Sangster and the Edmonton Jazz Orchestra. Join Marg Daly, Master of Musicology, for pre-concert talks beginning 45 minutes prior to each performance. Winspear Centre.
Sunday December 12, 2010 2:30pm Cosmopolitan Music Society Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Boulevard A Very Cosmopolitan Christmas Band and Chorus. In advance, tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors . At the door, tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for students and seniors.
Sunday December 12, 2010 4pm No charge, freewill offering. Concert of Hope and Light! (traditional congregational carols, scripture readings) Choir of Robertson-Wesley and soloists directed by Tammy-Jo Mortensen. The music includes several traditional favourites as well as choral pieces by Canadian composers, including Calgary composer Allan Bevan and Edmontonian Warren Mack. Robertson-Wesley United Church (10209-123 Street, Edmonton) For more information call Tammy-Jo at 780-482-1587 or email music@rwuc.org
Monday December 13, 2010 7pm UofA music - Undergraduate Composers Concert featuring the Contempo New Music Ensemble. Convocation Hall.
Thursday December 16, 2010 7:30pm McDougall United Church Choir - Handel's Messiah (Part I). McDougall United Church. In concert with orchestra, directed by Lauressa Pawlowski.
Thursday December 16, 2010 8pm The Richard Eaton Singers - Glad Tidings - A Lightly Classical Christmas. Randol Bass, Glad Tidings, and, Gloria. Archbishop Richard Smith, narrator, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Robert Bernhardt, conductor. Winspear Centre.
Friday December 17, 2010 12-1pm FREE with donation Christmas Bureau Sing-Along. Celebrate 70 years of Christmas Bureau cheer with Edmonton's choir community. Winspear Centre.
December 17-19, 2010 (Friday 7pm, Saturday Sunday 3 and 7pm) The Singing Christmas Tree and orchestra, Jubilee Auditorium. 41 years of Christmas celebration!
Saturday December 18, 2010 7:30pm Concordia University College, Jubiloso! Bells of Concordia concert. Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd.
Saturday December 18, 2010 7:30pm The Richard Eaton Singers - G.F. Handel, Messiah, with piano. Soloists TBA, Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor. Horizon Stage, Spruce Grove.
Sunday December 19, 2010 10:30am McDougall United Church Choir - Handel's Messiah (Part I). McDougall United Church. In concert with orchestra, directed by Lauressa Pawlowski.
Sunday December 19, 2010 1:30pm ESO Family Christmas Concert. Christmas favourites at the symphony. Winspear Centre.
Sunday December 19, 2010 3pm Da Camera Singers Tidings of Joy. Da Camera Singers presents a Christmas concert for the first time since 2005, featuring Ottorino Respighi’s Lauda per la Nativita del Signore as well as works by Henryk Górecki, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Anton Bruckner. Featuring Jolaine Kerley, soprano, Rob Clark, tenor and the Da Camera Wind Ensemble. John Brough, Conductor Tickets: $20 (adults), $15 (students/seniors). Available from choristers or at the door. First Baptist, 10031 - 109 Street.
January 2011 (30)
Saturday January 1, 2011, 2:30 pm Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre Salute to Vienna
Sunday January 2, 2011 3pm Edmonton Recital Society, Jason Cutmore, piano. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, admission by donation.
Monday January 3, 2011 9pm BEAMS music - Ningali and flEm - travails of two cities. Wunderbar Hofbrauhaus, 8120 101 St, tickets $5.
Friday January 7, 2011 8pm Tonus Vivus - Boulez is Alive - Aventa (Victoria's contemporary music ensemble) Muttart Hall, Alberta College. $10, $20.
Saturday January 8, 2011, 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Gregory Vajda, conductor, Dubravka Tomšič, piano. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2, Dvořák: Symphony No. 6, Coulthard: Canadian Fantasy.
Sunday January 9, 2011 3pm Royal Canadian College of Organists concert series. Gregor Simon (Germany). First Presbyterian Church. Contact Tix on the Square or Arnold Rumond 780-454-3882.
Sunday, January 9, 2011 Northern Alberta Concerto Competition (NACC) Final Round (strings, woodwinds and brass), Muttart Hall, Alberta College, open to public, tickets $10 at the door. Contact the Alberta Registered Music Teachers' Association (ARMTA) for more information.
Thursday January 13, 2011 8pm Tales from Ukraine Lucas Waldin, conductor, Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company, Ukrainian Male Chorus of Edmonton, Gene Zwozdesky (Minister of Alberta Health and Wellness), narrator. Music includes Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Tchaikovsky's Ukrainian Symphony No. 2. Winspear Centre.
Saturday January 16 7:30pm and Sunday January 16, 2011 2pm An Evening with Chopin with the Cite Ballet and the Young Ballet Company of Saskatchewan. Reception and silent auction with the Strathcona String Quartet on the 16th. Tim's Centre for the Performing Arts, UofA. Contact Tix on the Square.
Sunday January 16, 2011 3pm Robertson-Wesley United Church Alberta Baroque Society. Brilliant Baroque: Robin Doyon, Trumpet. Music: Torelli Concerto for Trumpet in D Major, Corelli Concerto Grosso in B Flat Major, Hertel Concerto for Trumpet in D Major, Telemann Tafelmusik Suite III
Friday January 21, 2011, 9:30 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Late Night Percussion: William Eddins, conductor, Colin Currie, percussion. Calgary composer Allan Gordon Bell’s Symphonies of Hidden Fire, Rough Music – a percussion concerto by H.K. Gruber and music by Steve Reich, Per Nørgărd, and Matthias Schmitt.
Saturday January 22, 2011, 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor , Colin Currie, percussion. H.K. Gruber: Rough Music: Concerto for Percussion, Stravinsky: The Fairy’s Kiss: Divertimento, Beethoven: Symphony No. 4.
Sunday January 23, 2011 11am Edmonton Opera Brunch: The Abduction from the Seraglio Alberta Ballroom, Crowne Plaza, Chateau Lacombe.
Sunday January 23, 2011 11am brunch, 12pm Evgeny Starodubtsev, piano. 2009 Honens Laureate. Arden Theatre.
Sunday January 23, 2011 2:30pm Megalopolis of the Enlightenment – A Concert of Chamber Music From 18th Century London. Henri Gauci, baroque flute, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, harpsichord. Music by Charles Dieupart, George Frederic Handel, Johann Pepusch, John Loeillet and Giacobbe Cervetto. Robertson-Wesley United Church 10209 - 123 St. $15.00 for adults, $10.00 for students and seniors and all proceeds will be in support of the Robertson-Wesley Music Society.
Sunday January 23, 2011 3pm UofA music - MACH 4, Bill Street, saxophone, with friends. Convocation Hall.
Sunday January 23, 2011 3pm Concordia Concert Choir Hymn Festival. Holy Trinity Anglican Church.
Thursday January 20, 2011 7:30pm Quartango (Montreal) Shedding new light on the tango. Arden Theatre.
Monday January 24, 2011 8pm UofA Department of Music Gala Fundraiser, Winspear Centre.
Wednesday January 26, 2011, 7:30 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre William Eddins, conductor, Andrew Wan, violin, Charles Pilon, viola. Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola, Rossini: Semiramide: Overture, Weber: Oberon: Overture.
Thursday January 27, 2011 5pm FREE "Hear's to your health" concert series. Andrew Wan, violin, Jacques Després, piano. Beethoven Sonata in D major, op. 12, no. 1 and Franck Sonata in A major for violin and piano. University Hospital (Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre) Foyer Snell Auditorium.
Friday January 28, 2011 7pm UofA music - Contempo New Music Ensemble, Convocation Hall.
Saturday, January 29, 2011 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society -Tafelmusik (Baroque orchestra on period instruments) Convocation Hall, University of Alberta. C.P.E. Bach, Symphony for strings in B minor, Wq. 182/5, Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 oboes in D minor, RV 535, Lully, Suite from Phaëton, J.S. Bach, Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, after BWV 1060
Saturday January 29, 2011 7:30pm St. Albert Chamber Music - Enterprise Quartet. Guillaume Tardiff, violin, Virginie Gagne, violin, Charles Pilon, viola, Joanne Yu, cello. Emerging Artist: Lara Hyrak. Recital Hall, Don's Piano Warehouse, 8 Riel Drive, St. Albert.
Saturday January 29, 2011 7pm Robertson-Wesley Music. Young artists and choirs come together for a 255th birthday tribute to Mozart. Artists include Anders Muskens, Marlena Muskens, James Bures, Ranon Soans, Jacob Struzik, Jenn Ma, Christine Lee, Sarah Dubois and Brenda Lam with The United Voices of Edmonton and soloists, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, director and accompanied by Warren Mack. Music - Mozart’s “Missa Brevis”, K 194, Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, Adagio K 580a in F, Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C, as well as selections from the Sonata for Two Pianos in D, the Clarinet Concerto in A, and the Violin Concerto in A. Admission at the door is $10.00 and all proceeds will be in support of the Robertson-Wesley Music Society for the United Voices of Edmonton tour to England in August 2011.
Saturday January 29, 2011 6pm Cosmopolitan Music Society Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Boulevard. Cosmo Luau - Join us for a winter getaway that doesn't take six hours to fly to! A Luau dinner, dancing and frivolity! Be sure to wear your best beach wear! Ticket Information TBA
Sunday January 30, 2011 11:30-3:30pm FREE concerts to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the Art Gallery of Alberta. Manning Hall. 11:30 am Citadel Theatre Young Companies: Musical Selections, 1 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: E-Swat, 2 pm Alberta Ballet: The Making of a Ballet, 3:30 pm Edmonton Opera: Arias by Edmonton Opera Chorus Members.
Sunday January 30, 2011, 2pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor , Gilles Vonsattel, piano (Laureate, 2009 Honens International Piano Competition) and Scott Whetham, tuba. Grieg: Piano Concerto, Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto, Rota: Le Molière imaginaire: Suite, Dohnányi: Symphonic Minutes.
February 2011 (53)
Saturday February 5, 2011 7pm Alberta Children's Choir (Honour Choir) with the Edmonton Youth Choir's Boy's Choir, McDougall United Church.
Saturday February 5, 2011 7:30pm FREE Kanata Winds, a winter recital with reception to follow. Music, Hindemith, Kleine Kammermusik, Ibert, Trois Pieces Breves, Debussy, arr. Hallam, Debussy Suite no. 1, Muczynski, Movements for Wind Quintet, and Coleman, Umoja. UofA Fine Arts Building, Studio 2-7.
Saturday, Februrary 5, 2011 7:30pm The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart), Edmonton Opera, Jubilee Auditorium
Saturday, February 5, 2011 8pm UofA music - MACH 5, Ilya Kaler, violin, Janet Scott Hoyt, piano. Kilburn Memorial Concert, Convocation Hall.
Sunday February 6, 2011 7pm Ukrainian Art Song Project Monica Whicher, soprano, Elizabeth Turnbull, mezzo soprano, Benjamin Butterfield, tenor, Pavlo Hunka, bass-baritone, Dr. Joanchim Segger, piano, Dr. Melanie Turgeon, producer and presenter. World premiere, Yakiv Stepovy, The Art Songs. Winspear Centre.
Sunday, February 6, 2011 7:30pm The Nathaniel Dett Chorale Festival Place, Sherwood Park.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 7:30pm The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart), Edmonton Opera, Jubilee Auditorium
Thursday, February 10, 2011 7:30pm The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart), Edmonton Opera, Jubilee Auditorium
Friday February 11, 2011 8pm UofA music - MACH 6, Early Music Jolaine Kerley and friends, Convocation Hall.
Saturday February 12, 2011 5pm King's Chamber Choir Dinner Concert and Silent Auction. The King's University College. Tickets from The King's Bookstore.
Saturday February 12, 2011 7:30pm Asani. Festival Place, Sherwood Park.
Saturday February 12, 2011 7pm 25th Annual Gospel Concert. Presented by the National Black Coalition of Canada - Edmonton. Northern Jubilee Auditorium, contact Ticketmaster.
Saturday February 12, 2011 8pm I Coristi Chamber Choir – Borealis: A program of works by composers of northern lands—Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Russia…and Canada! Holy Trinity Anglican Church.
Sunday February 13, 2011 2pm Concordia University College, Concordia Symphony Orchestra Concert, Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd.
Sunday February 13, 2011 3pm Three Trios for clarinet, piano, and cello. Alexandra Munn, piano, John Mahon, clarinet, Josephine Van Lier, cello. Works by Beethoven, Brahms and Zemlinsky will be performed. Admission by donation, at the door - Holy Trinity Anglican Church. Presented by the Edmonton Arts Council.
Sunday February 13, 2011 7pm UofA music. Johannes Brahms, Carl Reinecke, and other Romantic German composers including German Lieder. Tickets, available at the door, are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.
Sunday February 13, 2010 7:30pm Pro Coro Canada - Music from Space. McDougall United Church Richard Sparks, conductor. Urmas Sisask's Gloria Patri, 24 settings of latin texts and Ligeti's Lux Aeterna, written for 16 voices which came to fame when Stanley Kubrick used it in his movie, 2001 - A Space Odyssey. Join Marg Daly, Master of Musicology, for pre-concert talks beginning 45 minutes prior to each performance. Music inspired by the wonders of the universe - some will also be accompanied by photos from the Hubble telescope.
Sunday February 13, 2011 Opera Nuova Dinner Cabaret Series, "Love" at Oliveto. Erin Armstrong, soprano, Adam Fisher, tenor, Brent Calis, baritone.
Monday February 14, 2011 Edmonton Opera Gala, Fairmont Hotel MacDonald, Empire Ballroom
February 15 and 16, 2010 Alberta Ballet: Four Seasons and Cantata by Mauro Bigonzetti. Northern Jubilee Auditorium. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal and Gruppo Musicale Assurd.
Friday February 18 and 19, 2011 8pm UofA Music Opera Scenes Showcase with the University Symphony Orchestra. Including music from Die Fledermaus, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, La Boheme, The Elixir of Love, and The Merry Widow. Stuart Howe and Elizabeth Turnbull, directors. Convocation Hall, admission by donation.
February 15-26, 2011 various times Edmonton Opera: Rossini revised! - The Barber of Barrhead, TransAlta Arts Barns - Westbury Theatre
February 18 to 21, 8pm and February 19 and 21, 2pm 2011 Seussical Jr. Celebrate Family Day at Festival Place!
Saturday February 19, 2011 7pm Community Spirit 7 with Citie Ballet. E.O. Howard Theatre, Victoria Composite High School. Contact Tix on the Square.
Saturday February 19, 2011 2pm and 7pm Kokopelli Choirs - Stories. West End Christian Reformed Church, 10015 149 St. Contact Tix on the Square.
Saturday February 19, 2011, 2pm and 7:30 pm and Sunday February 20, 2011, 2pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre Warner Bros. presents Bugs Bunny At The Symphony - Conducted and Created by George Daugherty: “What's Opera, Doc?, The Rabbit of Seville, Long- Haired Hare and A Corny Concerto”.
Sunday, February 20, 2011 2pm David Eggert, cello (from Sherwood Park) Winner of the 2008 International 'Antonio Janigro' Cello Competition and the 2006 Eckhardt-Gramatte Competition for Canadian Music. Festival Place, Sherwood Park.
Tuesday February 22, 2011 12pm FREE Robert de Frece, carillon (digital). Celebrate 100 years of the Alberta Legislature with the new carillon. Alberta Legislature building.
Tuesday February 22, 2011, 7:30 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor , Rafał Blechacz, piano. Chopin’s Grande Polonaise Brillante and Second Piano Concerto, along with an all-Chopin solo recital in the concert’s second half.
Tuesday February 22, 2011 12pm FREE Robert de Frece, carillon (digital). Celebrate 100 years of the Alberta Legislature with the new carillon. Alberta Legislature building.
Tuesday February 22 - 24, 2011 Northern Alberta Junior Honour Band. Location?
Tuesday February 22, 2011, 7:30 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor , Rafał Blechacz, piano. Chopin’s Grande Polonaise Brillante and Second Piano Concerto, along with an all-Chopin solo recital in the concert’s second half.
Thursday February 24 to March 5, 2011. Jekyll and Hyde, the Musical (in concert), by Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse. Directed by Gregory P. Caswell, Musical Direction by Robert Bradford. La Cite Francophone Theatre. Contact Tix on the Square, limited tickets at the door.
Thursday February 24, 2011 7:30pm New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia - Young At Heart. Winspear Centre. with the Northern Alberta Jr. High Honour Band.
Thursday February 24 to March 5, 2011. Jekyll and Hyde, the Musical (in concert), by Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse. Directed by Gregory P. Caswell, Musical Direction by Robert Bradford. La Cite Francophone Theatre. Contact Tix on the Square, limited tickets at the door.
Thursday February 24, 2011 7:30pm New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia - Young At Heart. Winspear Centre. with the Northern Alberta Jr. High Honour Band.
Friday February 25, 2011, 7:30 pm and Saturday February 26, 2011, 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor and piano, Lucas Waldin, conductor. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”, Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary II, Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 “Age of Anxiety”.
Friday February 25, 2011, 7:30 pm and Saturday February 26, 2011, 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor and piano, Lucas Waldin, conductor. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”, Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary II, Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 “Age of Anxiety”.
Saturday February 26, 2011 7pm Edmonton Youth Choir "Dessert" Concert to support the Choir's China tour from July 4-18, 2011. Sunrise Community Church, 3303-37 St.
Saturday February 26 2011 7pm and Sunday February 27 3pm Cantilon Choirs Les Misérables In Concert, Belle Canto and the Cantilon Chamber Choir with special guest artists. Arden Theatre.
Saturday February 26, 2011 7pm Edmonton Youth Choir "Dessert" Concert to support the Choir's China tour from July 4-18, 2011. Sunrise Community Church, 3303-37 St.
Saturday February 26 2011 7pm and Sunday February 27 3pm Cantilon Choirs Les Misérables In Concert, Belle Canto and the Cantilon Chamber Choir with special guest artists. Arden Theatre.
Sunday February 27, 2011 2pm Edmonton Youth Orchestra (senior and intermediate). Michael Massey, conductor. Winspear Centre.
Sunday February 27, 2011 3pm Da Camera Singers. In Paradisum - exploring the Requiem and other sacred texts. Music by Brahms, Fauré and Chesnokov. John Brough, conductor. Tickets $20 (adult) and $15 (students, seniors). First Baptist Church 10031 - 109 St.
Sunday February 27, 2011 2pm Edmonton Youth Orchestra (senior and intermediate). Michael Massey, conductor. Winspear Centre.
Sunday February 27, 2011 3pm Da Camera Singers. In Paradisum - exploring the Requiem and other sacred texts. Music by Brahms, Fauré and Chesnokov. John Brough, conductor. Tickets $20 (adult) and $15 (students, seniors). First Baptist Church 10031 - 109 St.
Sunday, February 27, 2011 3pm Romantic Chamber Music, a fundraiser for the United Voices of Edmonton's trip to England in August. Robin Phillips, pianist, Judith Richardson, soprano, Andrew Sims, piano, Laura Snyder, french horn, Marie Krejcar, violin, Beth Levia, oboe, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, piano. Music, Liebeslieder Waltzes, Robertson-Wesley Church.
Sunday February 27, 2011 7:30pm These Are Our Songs - Vocal Alchemy. Music from the folk genre and great singer-songwriters. Guest, Jessica Heine plus more guest musicians. St. Andrew's United Church (9915 148 St). Contact Tix on the Square.
Sunday February 27, 2011 7:30pm Edmonton Recital Society, Caroline Stinson, cello, Sarah Ho, piano. Alberta College Conservatory, Muttart Hall. $30 Adult, $20 Student, Senior available at Tix on the Square or at the door. Student rush ticket at the door $10.
March 2011 (47)
Wednesday March 2, 2011 7pm Edmonton Public School Board's 47th Annual talent showcase, Night of Music. Jubilee Auditorium.
Friday March 4, 2011 7pm UofA music. Premiere performance of new works by faculty composers including, Players for solo piano (2010), dead leaf stirring (2011) Roger Admiral, piano, Scott Smallwood, composer, Seven Movements for Viola (2010), Howard Bashaw, composer, It’s later than you think … (2011) Andriy Talpash, composer, Streams (2005), Dorothy Chang, composer, and when suddenly…gradually (2011) Julianne Scott, clarinet, David Harding, viola, Roger Admiral, piano, Mark Hannesson, composer. Convocation Hall. $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students, and FREE for Department Pass holders.
Saturday, March 5, 2011 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society - Shanghai Quartet. Weigang Li, violin, Yi-Wen Jiang, violin, Honggang Li, viola, Nicholas Tzavaras, cello. Convocation Hall, University of Alberta. Joaquín Turina, La oración del torero for string quartet (Matador’s Prayer), Yi-Wen Jiang “Yao Dance” – “Shepherd’s Song” – “Harvest Celebration” from ChinaSong, Chinese folk songs arranged for string quartet, Vivan Fung, String Quartet no. 2, Schubert, String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, D. 810 (“Death and the Maiden”).
Saturday March 5, 2011 10:30am FREE Masterclass with Organist David Titterington. Convocation Hall, UofA. Hyejin Lee, Mendelssohn Sonata 1, movement IV, Cynthia Luk, St. Saens Fantasie in E flat, and Wendy Nieuwenhuis, Cesar Franck's Chorale No. 1 in E major.
Saturday March 5, 2011 8pm Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus - Journeys from Africa. McDougall United Church. An evening of song, dance, stories and images.
Sunday March 6, 2011 2:30pm Old Tyme Skating Party with the UofA Concert Band. Clarke Drake arena.
Sunday, March 6, 2011 3pm Robertson-Wesley United Church, Alberta Baroque Society. Baroque Strings - Caroline Stinson, Cello, Erich Buchmann, Violin. Music: Scarlatti/Avison Concerto Grosso in D Major, Leo Concerto for Cello in D Minor, Geminiani, La Folia and Boccherini, Concerto for Cello in G Major.
Sunday March 6, 2011 3pm Royal Canadian College of Organists concert series. David Titterington (UK). Winspear Centre. Contact Tix on the Square or Arnold Rumond 780-454-3882.
Sunday March 6, 2011 5pm Tonus Vivus - Multi/Media - Ensemble Mujirushi: Helen Pridmore, voice, Chenoa Anderson, flutes, Allison Balcetis, saxophones, Ian Crutchley, computer and found instruments, Piotr Grella-Mozejko, computer, Jerry Ozipko, electric violin, Christopher Payne, video. The Yardbird Suite. Admission $20 (adults) and $10 (students and seniors)
Sunday March 6, 2011 7:30pm Columbian Choirs - Spring Bouquets, McDougall United Church. Tickets $15 at the door or call 780 430 6808
Wednesday March 9, 2011 Edmonton Catholic Schools, Band Day. The Citadel Theatre.
Thursday March 10, 2011 7pm Raga-Mala Music Society, Master of the Sarod. Amjad Ali Khan, with Ayaan Ali Khan and Amaan Ali Khan. Opener for the Year of India in Canada 2011 supported by the High Commission of India.
Friday March 11, 2011 Time? Penderecki String Quartet Masterclass (in conjunction with Tonus Vivus Society for New Music and the University of Alberta) Knoppers Hall, King's University College.
Friday March 11, 2011 8pm UofA music - MACH 8, Jacques Despres, piano. Music, Debussy, Préludes (1er Vol). Convocation Hall. $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students.
Friday March 11 to Saturday March 19, 2011 MacEwan presents Company. George Furth, Stephen Sondheim. John L. Haar Theatre. Contact Tix on the Square for showtimes.
Saturday March 12 – Tuesday March 15, 2011 ChoralFest North, McDougall United Church.
Saturday March 12, 2011 7:30pm St. Albert Chamber Music - WindRose Trio, Beth Levia, oboe, Jeff Campbell, clarinet, and Matthew Howatt, bassoon, with emerging artist, Megan Propp. Recital Room, Don's Piano Warehouse, 8 Riel Drive, St. Albert.
Saturday March 12, 2011 7pm Stories to Tell. Festival City Winds Advanced Band, Wendy J. Grasdahl, conductor, Concordia Concert Choir, Dr. Joy Berg, conductor. Robert Tegler Centre, Concordia University College, 73 St and 112 Av.
Saturday, March 12 2011, 8pm Tonus Vivus - Strong Strings - Penderecki String Quartet: Jeremy Bell and Jerzy Kaplanek, violins, Christine Vlajk, viola, Jacob Braun, violoncello. Canadian works written since 2000 including music by Darlene Chepil-Reid, Linda C. Smith, Ian Crutchley, Helve Sastok and Piotr Grella-Mozejko's Acheron with Chenoa Anderson, flute and electronics and video. Ledcor Theatre, Art Gallery of Alberta.
March 14-15, 2011 ChoralFest North, McDougall United Church.
Monday March 14, 2011 12pm UofA Music, Noon Hour Organ Concert, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta.
Monday March 14, 2011 4pm FREE LECTURE: Performing Arts and the Worlds of Islam: Synergy and Disconnect in the Indian Ocean Trade Winds. Anne K. Rasmussen, Assoc. Professor of Music and Ethnomusicology, The College of William and Mary (Virginia). UofA Fine Arts Bldg, Room 2-20. Department of Music Speakers Series.
Tuesday March 15, 2011 4pm FREE Film Screening: ZURKHANEH – The House of Strength: Music and Martial Arts of Iran, a documentary film by Federico Spinetti, 2010. UofA Arts and Convocation Hall Rm 141, 105 minutes.
Wednesday March 16, 2011 8pm Edmonton Classical Guitar Society, The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, William Kanengiser, Scott Tennant, Matthew Greif, John Dearman. Winspear Centre.
Friday March 18, 2011 8pm UofA music - Honour Band, Convocation Hall.
Friday March 18, 2011 8pm King's Annual Chamber Choir concert with guests Kappella Kyrie (a new Slavic Chamber Choir) First Presbyterian Church (10025-105 Street) Tickets: The King's Bookstore.
Saturday March 19, 2011 7:30pm Cosmopolitan Music Society Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Boulevard CMS Series - Tuesday Band In advance, tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors . At the door, tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for students and seniors.
Saturday March 19, 2011 8pm Tanya Prochazka, cello, and Sylvia Shadick-Taylor, piano, present a preview of their upcoming concert at Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall Stage. Works by Bloch, Steven, Schnittke, Pura and Prokofiev. Tickets $20/$15 Available at the door. Holy Trinity Anglican Church.
Sunday March 20, 2011 2:30pm Cosmopolitan Music Society Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Boulevard CMS Series - Wednesday Band. In advance, tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors. At the door, tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for students and seniors.
Sunday March 20, 2011 3pm Edmonton Recital Society, Alissa Cheung, violin, Sarah Ho, piano. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, admission by donation.
Sunday March 20, 2011 7pm UofA music - Contempo New Music Ensemble, Convocation Hall.
Sunday March 20, 2011 Opera Nuovo Dinner Cabaret Series, "Laugh" at Normands. Il Duo - Ron Long, tenor, Clint Hagel, tenor.
Sunday March 20, 2011 8pm Strathcona String Quartet
Monday March 21 to Sunday March 27, 2011 UofA music - Vocal Arts Week, Location TBA.
Monday March 21, 2011 8pm UofA music - Choral Concert, Winspear Centre.
Thursday March 24 to Saturday March 26, 2011 7:30pm and 2pm Shen Yun Performing Arts. Classical Chinese dance and music with orchestra. Northern Jubilee Auditorium. Contact Ticketmaster.
Thursday March 24, 2011 7pm UofA music - West African Music Ensemble, Convocation Hall.
Thursday, March 24, 2011, 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society - The Tallis Scholars (Renaissance choir). McDougall United Church. Tomás Luis de Victoria, Vidi speciosam Lamentations for Maundy Thursday, Francisco Guerrero, Regina caeli laetere, Sebastián de Vivanco, Magnificat octavi toni, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Requiem.
Friday March 25, 2011 12pm FREE Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's 60th anniversary season launch. Bill Eddins, conductor. Selection of musical highlights from the upcoming 2011/12 season. The ESO will be collecting non-perishable items for Edmonton's Food Bank at this event.
Friday March 25, 2011 7pm UofA music - Indian Music Ensemble, Convocation Hall.
Friday March 25, 2011, 7:30 pm and Saturday March 26, 2011 Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor , Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano, Bonaventura Bottone, tenor. Duruflé: Requiem, Britten: Les Illuminations, Boulanger: Psaume 130.
Friday March 25, 2011 7:30pm Bella Voce Women's Choir and Mannechor, Robert Tegler Student Centre, Concordia University College.
Saturday March 26, 2011 7pm UofA music - Middle East and North African Music Ensemble, Convocation Hall.
Saturday March 26, 2011 7:30pm Jorge Miguel, flamenco guitar, Eliana Cuevas, vocalist, Paul Donat, bass, Daniel Stone and Luis Orbegoso, percussion. Horizon Stage.
Sunday March 27, 2011 2pm UofA music - Vocal Arts Recital, Convocation Hall.
Sunday March 27, 2011 2pm Esquire Alberta Men's Chorus, 2011 - A Real Odyssey. Robert Sund, Guest Conductor. $25, general admission. Winspear Centre.
Monday March 28, 2011 7:30pm Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra, Riverbend Retirement Residence, 103 Rabbit Hill Crt.
April 2011 (46)
Friday April 1, 2011 7pm Edmonton Raga-Mala Music Society, Carnatic Violin – by Vittal Ramamurthy, Padma Shankar and Aarti Shankar. Muttart Hall, Alberta College.
Friday April 1, 2011 7:30pm Jasper Wood, violin. Horizon Stage
Friday April 1, 2011 8pm FREE Light and Darkness Choral Concert. Robertson-Wesley Choir and the UofA Graduate Recital Choir and chamber orchestra with Claire Rolheiser, soprano, Michael Kurschat, baritone, Kimberly Taylor, soprano, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, conductor. Music: Requiem, Eleanor Daley, and other music spanning four centuries.
Friday, April 1, 2011 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society – Rebel (Baroque ensemble) Jörg-Michael Schwarz, Violin, co-Director, Karen Marie Marmer, Violin, co-Director, John Moran, Violoncello, Dongsok Shin, Harpsichord and organ. Convocation Hall, UofA.
Friday and Saturday April 1 and 2, 2011 Alberta Ballet: Serenade and Vigil of Angels at Northern Jubilee Auditorium
Saturday April 2, 2011 8pm FREE UofA music - Evidence presents Losperus with Vector Rails (electroacoustic music). Convocation Hall. For more information, click here.
Sunday April 3, 2011 11am Edmonton Opera Brunch: Tosca. Alberta Ballroom, Crowne Plaza, Chateau Lacombe
Monday April 4, 2011 8pm UofA music - University Symphony Orchestra, Winspear Centre. Premiere of a new piece inspired by the photography of Ed Burtynsky by Colin Ladabie, DMus, Composition.
April 18th to May 7th, 2011. 103rd Annual Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival. Hard copies of the program will be available for purchase from the following venues: Alberta College Conservatory of Music, Gordon Price Music, St. John's Music, Festival Office.
April 6-16, 2011 8pm The Threepenny Opera - Walterdale Playhouse. Book and Lyrics by Bertolt Brech. Music by Kurt Weill, English Adaptation by Marc Blitzstein, Directed by Curtis Knecht, Music Direction by Sally Hunt
Thursday April 7, 2011 8pm UofA music - Winspear World Music, Winspear Centre.
Friday April 8, 2011 8pm UofA music - Concert Choir, Convocation Hall.
Friday April 8, 2011 8pm Florian Larousse, Guitar. Muttart Hall, Alberta College Conservatory. Contact Tix on the Square.
Friday April 8, and Saturday April 9, 2011 8pm Cosmopolitan Music Society Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Boulevard. Monday Band at the Boston Pop From Broadway to LA. All tickets $20.
Saturday April 9, 2011 7pm Homecoming - Janet Chung, organ. All Saints Anglican Cathedral. Tickets: $20.00 (Senior/Student $18) Available at Tix on the Square or at the door.
Saturday April 9, 2011 7pm Taylor Community Choir, We Are One Song. Music by Faure, Handel, Mozart and other contemporary anthems and spirituals. Lendrum Mennonite Brethren Church, 11210 59 Ave NW.
Saturday April 9, 2011 7:30pm Tosca (Puccini) Edmonton Opera, Jubilee Auditorium
Saturday April 9, 2010 7:30pm Concordia University College Jubiloso! Bells of Concordia with the Festival City Intermediate Band concert. Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd. Contact Tix on the Square.
Sunday April 10, 2011 11:30-12:30pm Calgary's Quarter Notes Handbell Ensemble - ExploRING Alberta 2011 Concert Tour. Robertson-Wesley United Church, FREE will offering.
Sunday April 10, 2011 2pm UofA music - Concert Band, Convocation Hall.
Sunday April 10, 2011 3pm The Richard Eaton Singers, Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor - J.S. Bach, Matthäuspassion BWV 244 (St. Matthew Passion), Winspear Centre. Jolaine Kerley, soprano, Elizabeth Turnbull, mezzo, Benjamin Butterfield, tenor, Daniel Lichti, bass, Lawrence Wiliford, Evangelist, Nathaniel Watson, Jesus, The Alberta Baroque Ensemble, Jack Everly, conductor.
Sunday April 10, 2011 3pm Chorale Saint-Jean. Sous le Ciel de Paris (Springtime in Paris). McDougall United Church 10025 101 St. Adults $20, Students, seniors $15.
Sunday April 10, 2011 7pm Royal Canadian College of Organists concert series. Janet Chung (Canada). All Saints Cathedral Church. Contact Tix on the Square or Arnold Rumond 780-454-3882.
Sunday April 11, 2011 7:30pm Gala Season Finale of the Edmonton Recital Society, Georgy Tchaidze, piano. Alberta College Conservatory of Music, Muttart Hall. Contact Tix on the Square. Mr. Tchaidze is the First Laureate of the 2009 Honens International Piano Competition and will perform with Clara-Jumi Kang, Gold Medalist of the 2010 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Music: Brahms Intermezzi, op. 117 featuring Georgy Tchaidze, Ysaye "Ballade" for solo violin featuring Clara-Jumi Kang, Beethoven Sonata #3 in E-flat major for violin and piano, Brahms Sonata #1 in G major for violin and piano, Brahms Sonatensatz for violin and piano. Tickets $40/$35 at the door ($10 student rush one hour before the concert) or Tix on the Square.
Monday April 11, 2011 24th Annual Mayor's Celebration of the Arts. Winspear Centre. In conjunction with the Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton.
Tuesday April 12, 2011 7:30pm Tosca (Puccini) Edmonton Opera, Jubilee Auditorium
Thursday April 14, 2011 7:30pm Tosca (Puccini) Edmonton Opera, Jubilee Auditorium
Friday April 15, 2011 8pm Greenwood Singers, Songs from the Heart. Music from the Renaissance to Broadway, all on the theme of love including Gershwin and Cole Porter. All Saints Anglican Cathedral. Contact Tix on the Square.
Saturday April 16, 2011 3pm Kokopelli Choirs - Songquest. Shumayela and Kikimasu take the spotlight for this concert celebrating the voices of youth and children. Trinity United Church 8810 Meadowlark Road. Contact Tix on the Square.
Saturday April 16, 2011 7:30pm Ariose Women's Choir - Spring Opus. McDougall United Church. Contact Tix on the Square.
Saturday April 16, 2011 7:30pm FREE Kanata Winds A Spring Recital. Studio 2-7, Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta. Reception to follow the concert.
Saturday April 16, 2011 8pm Cosmopolitan Music Society Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Boulevard CMS Series - Cosmo Chorus. In advance, tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors . At the door, tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for students and seniors.
April 17 - 20, 2011 Edmonton Cantando Festival - a non-competitive festival designed for North American school wind ensembles, concert bands, jazz bands, and choirs. Various band and choir performances at the UofA, Winspear Centre and All Saints Anglican Cathedral. Contact Cantando for more information.
Sunday, April 17, 2011 3pm Robertson-Wesley United Church Alberta Baroque Society. Lidia Khaner, Oboe, Charles Pilon, Viola, Sarah Schaub, Soprano. Music: Bach Concerto for Oboe in G Minor, Handel Concerto Grosso in E Minor, Bach Cantata “Non sa che sia dolore”, Telemann Concerto for Viola in G Major and Bach Concerto for Oboe d’Amore in A Major.
Sunday April 17, 2011 2:30pm Cosmopolitan Music Society Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Boulevard CMS Series - Cosmo Chorus. In advance, tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors . At the door, tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for students and seniors
Thursday April 21, 2011 8pm Lafayette String Quartet with Tanya Prochazka, cello. String quartets by Haydn and Beethoven, string quintet in C by Schubert. Convocation Hall, UofA. Tickets at door, $30 and $15.
Friday April 22, 2011, 7:30 pm Pro Coro: Good Friday at the Winspear Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre Richard Sparks, conductor. J.S. Bach: the Passion according to St. John. Join Marg Daly, Master of Musicology, for pre-concert talks beginning 45 minutes prior to each performance.
Monday April 25, 2011 7:30pm Connections Kokopelli and Òran with guest choir The Dresden Youth Choir (Germany). McDougall United Church. Contact Tix on the Square.
April 27 - 30, 2011 Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim. Richard Winnick, director, Brad Heintzman, musical director, Shelley Tookie, choreographer. ELOPE Musical Theatre. Timms Centre for the Performing Arts. Contact Tix on the Square.
Friday April 29, 2011 7pm Ubuntu - Edmonton Children's Choir with Guelph Youth Singers (Ontario) and Storyteller Bethany Ellis. Benefit concert for THE GANG (Grandmothers of Alberta for a New Generation) in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundations' Grandmother to Grandmother campaign. West End Christian Reformed Church, 10015 149 St. Tickets $20 adults, $25 students and seniors, under 10 FREE.
Friday April 29, 2011, 7:30 pm and Saturday April 30, 2011 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor, Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano (2009 Cliburn Gold Medalist). Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Gilbert: Tchal-Kouyrouk and the seventh side of the cube.
April 30 - May 22, 2011 Little Women (the broadway musical). Maclab Theatre at the Citadel. Contact the Citadel Theatre for tickets 780 425 1820.
Saturday April 30, 2011 7:30pm Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan, presented in concert form. A fundraiser for Japan. Admission by donation. All proceeds will be donated through the Presbyterian World Service and Development Fund. All donations will receive a tax receipt. First Presbyterian Church 10025 105th Street.
Saturday April 30, 2011 7:30pm Concordia University College, Home Concert. Robert Tegler Student Centre 7128 Ada Blvd. Contact Tix on the Square.
Saturday April 30, 2011 7:30pm Concordia Concert Choir, Holy Trinity Anglican Church.
May 2011 (34)
Sunday May 1, 2011 2pm Concordia University College. Concordia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Concert. First Presbyterian Church, 100 Av and 105 St. Contact Tix on the Square.
Sunday May 1, 2011 2pm Edmonton Youth Orchestra (senior and intermediate). The Thelma Johannes O'Neill Memorial Concert featuring the winners of the 30th Northern Alberta Concerto Competition. Winspear Centre.
Sunday May 1, 2011 3pm Cantilon Choirs Who Has Seen the Wind? Kindersingers, Primary Choir, Children's Choir, Chamber Choir, Belle Canto. McDougall United Church.
Wednesday May 25, 2011, 7pm Vocal Arts Festival Song Soiree – German Artsong. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
May 25, 2011, 7:30 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor, Angela Cheng, piano (Edmonton). Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27, Scarlatti: The Good-Humoured Ladies (Arr. Tommasini), Stravinsky: Pulcinella: Suite.
Friday May 27, 2011 7:30pm (School Matinee 12:30pm) Vocal Arts Festival Broadway Concert. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
Saturday May 28, 2011 7:30pm Kokopelli Choirs - Colours of Spring Encore. Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples 10821 96 St. Contact Tix on the Square.
Saturday May 28, 2011 8pm Sing! Belle Canto, Cantilon Choirs. Heather Johnson, conductor. Robertson-Wesley United Church. Tickets $12 - $10 through Tix on the Square.
Sunday May 29, 2011 2pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor, Eric Buchmann, violin, and the 15 year old Calgary pianist, Jan Lisiecki. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3, Stravinsky: Pulcinella: Suite, Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto.
Sunday May 29, 2011 4pm Vocal Arts Festival An Afternoon of Sacred Music. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
Sunday May 29, 2011 7pm Vocal Arts Festival Masterclass with Judith Forst. Room I-29 UofA Fine Arts Bldg. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
Wednesday May 4, 2011 7:30pm New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia - Musical Excursions. Convocation Hall, UofA.
Friday May 6 to Sunday May 8, 2011 The First Annual Early Music Festival by the society Early Music Alberta. 9 concerts, workshops and masterclasses. For more information including tickets click HERE. First Presbyterian Church and Holy Trinity Anglican Church.
Friday May 6 and Saturday May 7, 2011 Cocktails 6pm, dinner and show 6:30pm Columbian Choirs - Night on Broadway. Royal Glenora Club (River Valley Rd). Children and adult choirs, Colin MacLean, "emcee". For tickets call 780 430 6808
Friday May 6, 2011 8pm Cameron Carpenter, organ, Bill Eddins, conductor, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Winspear Centre.
Saturday May 7, 2011 8pm I Coristi Chamber Choir Verdure: Celebrating the greening of the earth in Forsyth’s Three Love Poems of John Donne, Badings’ Trois Chansons Bretonnes, and works by Morley, Linley, Brahms, and Swingle. St. Timothy's Anglican Church.
Saturday May 7, 2011 7:30pm St. Albert Chamber Music - Rosette Guitar Duo, Michael Lyngstad and Kevin Marsh with emerging artist Travis Luckert. Recital Room, Don's Piano Warehouse, 8 Riel Drive, St. Albert.
Saturday May 7, 2011 7:30pm Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus - The Joys of Julie Andrews: A Sing-Along Concert. My Fair Lady, Camelot, Mary Poppins, and the Sound of Music. Al Shamal Shriners Centre 14510 142 St. Tix on the Square.
Sunday May 8, 2011 2pm Ritchie Trombone Choir Spring Concert. Edmonton Moravian Church, 9540 83 Av. Admission by donation.
Sunday May 8, 2011 2:30pm Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus - The Joys of Julie Andrews: A Sing-Along Concert. Al Shamal Shriners Centre 14510 142 St. Tix on the Square.
Sunday May 8, 2011 2:30pm Festival Singers, Mother's Day Spring Concert. Bethel Lutheran Church, 298 Bethel Drive Sherwood Park.
Friday May 13, 2011 Time and location TBA. Lend Me a Tenor. Edmonton Opera and Players de Novo fundraiser for Edmonton Opera and Victoria School.
Saturday May 14, 2011 2pm Kokopelli Choirs - Colours of Spring. McDougall United Church, contact Tix on the Square.
Saturday May 14, 2011 Excentrica Women's Chorus, All Saints Anglican Cathedral.
Saturday May 14, 2011, 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Jean-François Rivest, conductor , Joseph Macerollo, accordion. Schafer: Accordion Concerto, Grieg: Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 "Polish".
Sunday May 15, 2011 2pm Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra Celebrate Spring. Edmonton's Gabrielle Després, violin (10 yrs old). Music by Bruch, Beethoven, Bizet, Sibelius and Badelt. Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre, 8426 103 Street. Tickets $10, children under 12 FREE.
Sunday May 15, 2011 3pm Edmonton Youth Choir A May Sing with all three choirs, McDougall United Church, tickets $10, 16 and under FREE.
Sunday May 15, 2011 3pm Da Camera Singers - Earth Songs. Dr. John Brough, conductor. First Baptist Church 10031 109 St. Music by Canadian composers R. Murray Schaffer, Ruth Watson Henderson (Make Me a World) Timothy Corlis. Guests - Edmonton Junior Children's Choir, Josie Burgess, artistic director. $20 adults, $15 students and seniors.
Sunday May 15, 2011 7:30pm Celebrating the Choral Art - Vocal Alchemy. St. Andrew's United Church. Contact Tix on the Square.
Sunday May 15, 2011 Opera Nuovo Dinner Cabaret Series, "Honour" at the Edmonton Petroleum Club. Renee Brad, Leah Meyer-Cook, Cara Brown, John Fanning, and Laura Loewen, pianist.
Sunday May 15, 2011 3pm Da Camera Singers Earth Songs. First Baptist Church 10031 109 Street.
Thursday May 19, 2011, 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. Tom Allen’s Classical Goodtime Variety Show: Lucas Waldin, conductor, Tom Allen, host. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture, Haydn: “London” Symphony, Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 1, Brahms: Symphony No. 2: Finale.
Friday May 20, 2011 7:30pm Vocal Arts Festival Gems Concert (opera arias) including faculty John Fanning, O.C., Judith Forst and Benjamin Butterfield. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
Sunday May 22, 2011 7pm Vocal Arts Festival Masterclass with Nico and Carol Castel. Room I-29 UofA Fine Arts Bldg. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
June 2011 (26)
Wednesday June 1, 2011, 7pm Vocal Arts Festival Song Soiree – Italian Artsong. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
Wednesday June 1, 2011, 7:30 pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor, piano, Pieter Wispelwey, cello. J.S. Bach: Suite No. 1 in G Major for Unaccompanied Cello, Lalo: Cello Concerto, Martinů: Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Schubert: Fantasy in C major.
Friday June 3, 2011 8pm ArtScene - Behind the Scenes at the ESO - music of the 1900s. Pre-reception, tour, concert and afterparty. Founder's Room, Winspear Centre. $39. Behind the Scenes at the ESO
Friday June 3, 2011 7:30pm Vocal Arts Festival Aria Extravaganza, popular duets, trios and ensembles. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
Saturday June 4, 2011 8pm Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society, Ortona Armoury 9722 - 102 Street. Featuring fl3m, Shawn Pinchbeck, Don Ross with Ken Read and Tonona (Dylan Toymaker and Nineca). (schedule may be subject to change) $5 members / $7 non-members. For more information contact BEAMS.
Saturday June 4, 2011 7pm FREE Taylor Conservatory of Music Scholarship Concert. Stencel Hall, Taylor College and Seminary 11525 - 23 Av
Saturday June 4, 2011, 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor, Pieter Wispelwey, cello. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto, Honegger: Pacific 231
Sunday June 5, 2011 11:30am Robertson-Wesley Ringers Handbell Choir and special guests. Robertson-Wesley United Church.
Sunday June 5, 2011 4pm Vocal Arts Festival Sunday in the Park – an Afternoon of Light Opera. Convocation Hall, or the courtyard in front of the Old Arts Building, (weather permitting) UofA. Music by Friml, Romberg, Léhar and Strauss including songs from The Merry Widow, The Student Prince and The Desert Song. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
Sunday June 5, 2011 7pm Vocal Arts Festival Masterclass with Ben Butterfield. Room I-29 UofA Fine Arts Bldg. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.Wednesday
Thursday June 9, 2011 7pm St. Albert Community Band. Arden Theatre.
June 10 and 11, 2011 7:30pm Vocal Arts Festival Light in the Piazza, Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
June 10 – 19, 2010 7:30 pm Edmonton Musical Theatre Ladies in Lights. Westbury Theatre, TransAlta Arts Barns. Tickets available at Tix on the Square or at the door.
Sunday June 12, 2011 1:30pm Vocal Arts Festival Edmonton Journal Intro to Opera. An opera primer featuring excerpts from each production.
Sunday June 12, 2011 7pm Vocal Arts Festival Masterclass with John Fanning. Room I-29 UofA Fine Arts Bldg. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
Sunday June 12 2011 Opera Nuovo Dinner Cabaret Series "Celebrate" at Sabor Divino including 10 artists performing at the Vocal Arts Festival.
Wednesday June 15, 2011, 7pm Vocal Arts Festival Song Soiree – Folk Songs from Far Away. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
Friday June 17, 2011, 7:30 pm and Saturday June 18, 2010 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre. William Eddins, conductor and piano, Lucas Waldin, conductor. de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé.
June 21, 23, 25, 2011 7:30pm, June 26 at 1:30pm Vocal Arts Festival Marriage of Figaro Mozart. Timms Centre for the Arts, UofA. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
June 22, 24, 26 2011 7:30pm, June 25 at 1:30pm Vocal Arts Festival Rusalka, Dvořák. Timms Centre for the Arts, UofA. Contact the Festival or Tix on the Square.
Friday June 24, 2011 6:30pm to 10pm Edmonton Opera - Opera al fresco at the Devonian Botanic Garden. For tickets contact http://www.edmontonopera.com/
Friday June 24, 2011 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society - Summer Solstice Festival - Gypsy Voices. Lara St. John, violin. Works by Haydn, Brahms, Bartok, Leo Weiner and Gene Pritsker. Convocation Hall. Pre-concert talk with Dr. David Gramit, 7:15. Tickets at Tix on the Square, the Gramophone and at the door.
Saturday June 25, 2011 7:30pm Viter Ukrainian Dancers and Viter Ukrainian Folk Choir present Fusion: Harmony in Motion In celebration of the Dancers’ 15th Anniversary. Jubilee Auditorium, tickets from Ticketmaster.
Saturday June 25, 2011 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society - Summer Solstice Festival - Liszt, Revolutionary Romantic. Works include Vallee d'Obermann and Mephisto Waltz. Host-narrator Michael Roeder. Pre-concert talk with D.T. Baker, 7:15. Tickets at Tix on the Square, the Gramophone and at the door.
Sunday June 26, 2011 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society - Summer Solstice Festival - Summer Passion. Convocation Hall. Works include Anton Arnesky, Piano Trio no.1 and Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat major. Tickets at Tix on the Square, the Gramophone and at the door.
July 2011
Sunday July 3, 2011 1:30pm Tammy-Jo Mortensen, organ. Canadian and Scandinavian organ music by Edmonton’s own Allan Gilliland, Jacobus Kloppers, and Ontario composers Eleanor Daley and Healey Willan. Also included is Danish composer Niels Gade, Swedish-Canadian Bengt Hambraeus, and Norwegian composer Mons Leidvin Takle. Robertson-Wesley United Church, admission by donation. Fundraiser for the United Voices of Edmonton England tour.
Sunday July 3, 2011 3pm Edmonton Youth Choir - Pre China Tour Concert. McDougall United Church, tickets $5.
July 16, 2011, 7:30 pm Taiwan Universities’ Alumni Association Chorus, Dreaming on a Mid-Summer's Night. General admission $15. Winspear Centre.
