2011-2012 Concert Season Archive

July 2011 (3)

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.
Saturday July 16, 2011 7:30 pm Taiwan Universities’ Alumni Association Chorus, Dreaming on a Mid-Summer's Night. General admission $15. Winspear Centre.


Saturday July 16, 2011 8pm Olivia Steimel, accordian (on tour from Germany) Music by Bach, Haydn, Frescobaldi, Rameau, Lindberg and Gubaidulina, and a recent work by Canadian composer, Anna Pidgorna. Edmonton Moravian Church, 9540 - 83 Avenue. For more information please contact: Anna Pidgorna (anna@annapidgorna.com 902-495-9251)

August 2011

Sunday August 7, 2011 1pm Lukas Sulzer, Felix Hornbachner, piano and organ (from Linz, Austria). Solo and Duo works. First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St. FREE will offering.

Saturday August 13, 2011 3pm Singspiration Concert, Robert Tegler Student Centre, 73 St. south of 112 Ave, Concordia University College.
Sunday August 14, 2011 1pm "Duo Majoya", Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger, piano. Duets. First movement preview of a Ruth Watson Henderson RCCO commission and the following Mahler works: "Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?" (Who Thought up this Song?), Lob des hohen Verstandes (In Praise of Lofty Judgement) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn and Adagietto from Symphony No5 in c minor. First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St. FREE will offering.

Sunday August 14, 2011 4:30pm Leora Nauta, organ. Celebrating a newly refurbished Dutch-style organ imported from Holland. Early Baroque Dutch music as well as works by Bach and Bruhns. Providence Canadian Reformed Church 12905 122 Avenue.

Monday August 15 to August 22, 2011 Il Duo - Milking It! Ron Long, tenor, Clint Hagel, tenor, and Gail Olmstead. Trinity Lutheran Church - 10014 81st Ave. Part of the Fringe Festival. Tickets $12.

Tuesday August 16, 2011 12pm FREE ESO Musician Showcase, Winspear Centre.

Saturday August 20, 2011 6pm Raga-Mala Music Society – Kathak Dance. Kadamb Kathak Ensemble, Horowitz Theatre Dance, UofA.

Saturday August 20, 2011 8pm Raga-Mala Music Society – Hindustani Vocal. Vocal Pandits Rajan & Sajan Misra. Horowitz Theatre, UofA.

Saturday August 20, 2011 8pm Ancient Voices, New Song. Contemporary and traditional Indigenous music, dance and song. Fundraiser for Tunisia's Global Rise of Indigenous Languages conference. McDougall United Church, $25.

Sunday August 21, 2011 1pm "Duo Majoya" Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger, organ and Alvin Lowrey, trumpet. First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St. FREE will offering.

Tuesday August 23, 2011, 12pm FREE Music of the Davis Concert Organ, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, organ. Music by Canadian and Scandinavian composers. Winspear Centre.

Friday August 26, 2011 2pm Malcolm Forsyth Memorial Celebration. Accepting donation to the Department of Music's Fund in Memory of Malcolm Forsyth. Convocation Hall, UofA.

August 23-27, 2011 Madame Butterfly, Mercury Opera. Via Italia- Giovanni Caboto Park, Edmonton 10878 95 Street. Contact Tix on the Square.

Sunday August 28, 2011 1pm "Duo Majoya" Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger, organ. Duets. First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St. FREE will offering.

September 2011

Monday August 29, 2011 7pm Hymn Festival, Concordia University College, Robert Tegler Centre. FREE will offering. 73 St and 112 Av.

Friday September 2, 2011, 7pm Edmonton Symphony Under the Sky, Robert Bernhardt, conductor, Elizabeth Faulkner, flute, Nora Bumanis, harp. Handel, Suite from Water Music, Mozart, Concerto for Flute and Harp, BRAHMS, Second Symphony. Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park. Grass seating for kids 12 and under is FREE.

Saturday September 3, 2011, 2pm Edmonton Symphony Under the Sky Robert Bernhardt, conductor. Rogers, Selections from South Pacific, Bernstein, Selections from West Side Story and Overture to Candide, Sondheim, Comedy Tonight, Styne, Overture to Gypsy. Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park, Grass seating for kids 12 and under is FREE.

Monday September 5, 2011 2pm Edmonton Symphony Under the Sky, Rhapsody in Blue. Robert Bernhardt, conductor, Sarah Ho, piano. Gershwin: An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue, Márquez, Danzón No. 2, Assad, Brazilian Fanfare, Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture. Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park, Grass seating for kids 12 and under is FREE.

Thursday September 8-11, 2011 7:30pm A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim. Festival Players, Mary Jane Kreisel and Barbarah Mah, directors. Festival Place Sherwood Park.

Friday September 9, 2011 8pm William Joseph, piano. Benefit concert for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation. Silent auction 6:30pm, Winspear Centre.

Saturday September 10, 2011 4:30pm Ritchie Trombone Choir - Kaleido Family Arts Festival, 118 Av between 92 and 94 St.

Saturday September 10, 2011 8pm Trio Voce, Patricia Tao, piano, Jasmine Lin, violin, Marina Hoover, cello. Haydn Trio in e minor, Hob. XV:12, Rebecca Clarke Piano Trio, Mendelssohn Trio in d minor, op. 49. $20,$15,$10 at door. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Sunday September 11, 2011 Andre Rieu, Rexall Place. http://www.ticketmaster.ca/

Friday September 16, 2011 8pm WindRose Trio, L'influence francaise. Beth Levia, oboe, Jeff Campbell, clarinet, Matthew Howatt, basson. Music by Milhaud, Tomasi, Francaix, Ibert and Canteloube. Convocation Hall.

September 16 and 17, 2011 8pm Wicked Divas - Steven Reineke, conductor, Julia Murney, vocalist, Stephanie J. Block, vocalist. Including music from Wicked, Gypsy, Ragtime, Titanic and George Bizet’s Carmen. Winspear Centre. Carnegie Hall Info Session, Studio (enter through stage door) 6:30pm

Saturday September 17, 2011 8pm Leonard Cohen Night 2011, La Cité Francophone.

Sunday September 18, 2011 2pm FREE Edmonton Choral Fair 2011 Joyful Noise, Chanteuses, Edmonton Christian Male Choir, Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus, Edmonton Youth Choir, EKOSingers, Gateway Chorus, Lynne Singers, Richard Eaton Singers, and Vocal Alchemy with special guests Anna Beaumont and Wajjo Drummers. Edmonton City Hall.

September 19 and 20, 2011 7:30pm Alberta Ballet, 60th Anniversary of the National Ballet of Canada. Jubillee Auditorium.

September 21, 2011, 7:30pm Edmonton Symphony, William Eddins, conductor, organ, and piano, Lucas Waldin, conductor. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, Beethoven: Seventh Symphony, Morawetz: Passacaglia on a Bach Chorale, Bach: Herzlich tut mich verlangen. Winspear Centre. Carnegie Hall Info Session, Studio (enter through stage door) 6pm.

Thursday September 22, 2011 7:30pm Boris Krajný, piano. Presented by the Polish Cultural Society in collaboration with the Czechoslovak Society for the Arts and Sciences and the Wirth Institute. Music by Paderewski, Moszkowski, Mahler, Liszt and Dvořák. Muttart Hall, Alberta College. $20-$10 from Tix on the Square or at the door.

Friday September 23, 2011 7:30pm Accordion Extravaganza! Opening night concert, Len Gadica, Anthony Rolando, accordion, Valerie Vacco, vocalist. Tickets $18, Tix on the Square, rush tickets at the door. Central Lions Seniors Recreation Centre 11113-113 St.

Friday September 23, 2011 8pm Das Lied von der Erde (G. Mahler) Benjamin Butterfield, tenor, Elizabeth Turnbull, mezzo, John Hess, piano. Convocation Hall, UofA. Tickets $20,$15,$10 at door.

Saturday September 24, 2011 7:30 pm Edson Centennial Celebration William Eddins, conductor and piano, Lucas Waldin, conductor, Alison Kilganon, piano. Music includes Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23 (3rd mvt), Beethoven and orchestral arrangements of great Canadian songs. Edson District Recreation Centre. All tickets are $30 and are available at the Edson Town Office, Thymes Two, Kwik Crests and the Chamber of Commerce Office.

Saturday September 24, 2011 7:30pm Liasons – Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano. Anthony de Mare, piano. Shell Theatre, Fort Saskatchewan 780.992.6400. Tickets: $25.50 Adults, $23.50, Seniors-Youth, $5

Saturday September 24, 2011 8pm FREE His Name is Waldemar - An evening of Viennese Songs. Christina Bahlo, soprano, and Jacques Despres, piano. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Sunday September 25, 2011 2pm Homecoming 2011, University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Music by Janacek and Dvorak. Convocation Hall, UofA. Admission by donation.

Sunday September 25, 2011 3pm A Poet's Love - voice recital. Ron Long, Tenor and Alexandra Munn, Pianist will perform Dichterliebe by Schumann, Adelaide by Beethoven, Lenski's Aria from Eugene Onegin, To Julia by Quilter, Love, I Hear by Sondheim, Blah, Blah, Blah by Gershwin, and On The Street Where You Live by Lerner and Loewe. Admission is by donation. Reception to follow. This concert is part of the Holy Trinity Recital Series, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Avenue.

September 30 and October 1, 2011 7:30 pm and 8pm Edmonton Symphony, William Eddins, conductor, Karen Gomyo, violin. Mozart, Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”, Beethoven, Violin Concerto, Rival, Scherzo. Winspear Centre.
Saturday, October 1, 2011 7:30pm Raga-Mala Music Society – Sitar. Shujaat Husain Khan, sitar, Samir Chatterjee, tabla. John L. Haar Theatre, Macewan Centre for the Arts. Tickets available at the door, $20,$15 Raga-Mala Patron Members FREE.
October 2011 (38)

Saturday October 1, 2011 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society, James Ehnes, violin, Andrew Armstrong, piano. Tartini, Sonata in G minor, Beethoven Sonata No. 5 in F major, Paganini, Caprices, Franck, Sonata in A major.McDougall United Church. Contact Tix on the Square.

Sunday October 2, 2011, 2:30pm Pro Coro, Dawn to Dusk. Magen Solomon, conductor. McDougall United Church, $30 Adults, $25 Seniors, $20 Students

Sunday October 2, 2011 7:30pm Beata Czernecka, vocalist, Michal Poltorak, violin, Pawel Pierzchala, piano. A recital of Polish and Jewish songs. Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way. $20-$10, Tix on the Square and at the door.

October 5, 2011 Strathcona Strings Baroque Trio on period instruments. Mcdougall United Church basement, 10025-101 Street, Edmonton.
Free Noon Hour concertThursday October 6, 2011 8pm Edmonton Symphony, Robert Bernhardt, conductor, Lucas Waldin, conductor, Canadian Guitar Quartet. Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien, Rodrigo, Concierto Andaluz for Four Guitars, Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnole, Teehan, Dreams of Flying, Roux, Au rhythmes des quartiers latins. Winspear Centre. Carnegie Hall Info Session, Studio (enter through stage door) 6:30pm.

Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:30pm St. Albert Chamber Music Recital Series – Onyx String Quaret. Aiyana Anderson-Howatt, violin, Anna Kozak, violin, Rhonda Henshaw, viola, Colin Ryan, cello. Mozart, Haydn Quartet No.15 in D minor K.421, Beethoven, String Quartet Op. 59 No.1 in F Major, Brahms, String Quartet No.3 Op. 67 in B flat Major. Tickets $25,$20 available at Don’s Piano Warehouse (8 Riel Drive St. Albert ) or the Art Gallery of St. Albert. Each concert will be catered with fine wine and “tasty treats”.

Sunday October 9, 2011 3pm Scona Chamber Singers presents An Afternoon Madrigal. Jolaine Kerley, soprano, Sarah Schaub, soprano, John Brough countertenor, Jacques Arsenault, tenor, Mark Wilkinson, baritone, Jeremy Spurgeon, organ and harpsichord, Josephine van Lier, cello. Includes music by Monteverdi (1610 Vespers) and Gesualdo. 1 hr, no intermission. Holy Trinity Anglican Church $15,$20. 10037-84th Ave.

Wednesday October 12, 2011 12:10-12:50pm FREE McDougall Concert Association, Amelia Kaminski and Byron Myhre, fiddler. McDougall United Church, banquet hall, 101 street and one block south of Jasper Avenue (use Macdonald Drive entrance, faces the river). Bring your friends and your bag lunch – coffee and tea are also available.

Thursday October 13, 2011 7pm Drams and Draughts, collection of whisky and beer, indulge in fine cuisine, enjoy live music, and partake in live and silent auctions. All funds raised will go to supporting the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s trip to Carnegie Hall. Winspear Centre.

Friday October 14, 2011 8pm Molinari Quartet – presented by Tonus Vivus and New Works Calgary. Different Trains, Steve Reich, Salome Dances for Peace – the Gift, Terry Riley, Quartet No. 3 Mishima, Philip Glass.

Friday, October 14, 2011 8pm Tanya Prochazka, cello, Janet Scott Hoyt, piano. Brahms Sonatas Opus 120 for Clarinet and Piano arranged for cello by Tanya Prochazka and Sonata in G (D) Major Opus 78 for Violin and Piano arranged for cello and piano by Julius Klengel. Convocation Hall, UofA. Tickets $20,$15,$10.

Friday October 14, 7pm FREE Masterclass with Pavel Steidl, guitar. Room 421 Alberta College, 10050 MacDonald Drive. For more information contact the Edmonton Classical Guitar Society at 587 708 2044.

Saturday October 15, 7pm A Prairie Guy's Life in Music - So you think you can stump the Quiz Master! with Stuart Hamilton (and some audience participation!) Convocation Hall, UofA. Admission by donation to support student ensembles.

Saturday October 15, 2011 8pm Edmonton Classical Guitar Society, Pavel Steidl, guitar. Music - Bardenklänge, op.13 (selections) Johann Kaspar Mertz, Chaconne, BWV 1004, J.S. Bach, 10 Menuetts, op.11 Fernando Sor. Muttart Hall, Alberta College. Tix on the Square.

Saturday October 15, 2011 8pm Edmonton Symphony, Mei-Ann Chen, conductor, Ilya Yakushev, piano. Mendelssohn, First Piano Concerto, Franck, Symphony in D minor, Allan Gordon Bell (Calgary), Serenity. Winspear Centre.

Sunday October 16, 2011 11am brunch, 12:15pm recital. Edmonton Opera's Opera Brunch. Intimate recital by the artists starring in each of the mainstage productions. Westin Edmonton hotel 10135 100 St, $70. Call the Box Office 780 429 1000.

Sunday October 16, 2011 3pm Organigami - 6th Annual Edmonton Charity Recital for the Alberta Cancer Society. Alissa Cheung, violin, Sarah Ho, piano, Leanne Dammann Maitland, viola. Works by Rolla, Grella-Mozejko, Tchaikovsky, Ysaye, Mozart and Poulenc. Muttart Hall, Alberta College. Admission by donation.

Sunday October 16, 2011 5:30pm Opera Nuova Dinner Cabaret Series - Bountiful Bel Canto. Catherine Bergeron, Aaron Hutton, Giovanni Spanu, Amanda Hillestad, Sarah Staples and Simon Marc de Freitas, piano. Music by Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini. Oliveto Trattoria, contact http://www.operanuova.ca/ for tickets.

Monday October 17, 2011 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min. Visiting artists Federic Bednarz, violin and Natsuki Hiratsuka, piano featuring works by Franck, Ravel & Kreisler. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

Monday, October 17, 2011 8pm UofA Celebrating the Leaders of Tomorrow: Award Winning Graduate Student Performers and Composers. Performances by Wendy Niewenhuis, Chee Meng Low, Sandra Joy Friesen, Colin Labadie, Yoana Kyurkchieva and Viktoria Rieswich-Dapp. Classical to the experimental, and includes works for organ, piano, live music and painting collaboration and prototype guitar. Works by Widor, Schmitt, Kasemets, Labadie and Bartók. Winspear Centre. Tickets $20,$15,$10 from UofA Music or at door.

Wednesday October 19, 2011 12:10-12:50pm FREE McDougall Concert Association, Kerri McGonigle, cello and Leanne Regehr, piano. McDougall United Church, banquet hall, 101 street and one block south of Jasper Avenue (use Macdonald Drive entrance, faces the river). Bring your friends and your bag lunch – coffee and tea are also available.

Friday October 21, 2011 7:30pm Raga-Mala Music Society – Carnatic Percussion. Percussion Heartbeat Ensemble, Dr. Ghatam Karthick - Ghatam, Konnakol, Vocal, Embar Kannan - Silent Violin, Poongulam Subramanian – Mridangam Keyboard Sathya – Keyboard, BS Arunkumar – Rhythm Pads, Shree Sundar – Kanjira. Royal Alberta Museum. Tickets available at the door, $20,$15 Raga-Mala Patron Members FREE.

Saturday October 22, 2011 7:30pm The Music Carries On - Edmonton Chinese Philharmonia 10th Anniversary Concert, Convocation Hall, UofA.
Saturday October 22, 2011 7:30pm Edmonton Opera Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo). Jubilee Auditorium.

Sunday October 23, 2011 2:30 pm Pro Coro - Musical Dialogue Through the Ages, Mark Bailey, guest conductor. Music by Tallis, Bach, Brahms, Vedel, Rachmaninoff, and more. McDougall United Church. $30 Adults, $25 Seniors, $20 Students. Tickets at the Winspear Box Office and at the door.

Sunday October 23, 2011 3pm Alberta Baroque Ensemble, Baroque Masters. Virginie Gagné and Hermine Gagné, violin, Mikiko Kohjitani, viola. Handel, Concerto Grosso in D, Stamitz, Concerto for Viola in G, Teleman, Don Quichotte Suite, Bach, Concerto for Two Violins in D minor. Robertson-Wesley United Church. Tix on the Square or the Gramophone.

Sunday October 23, 2011 7:30pm Daniel Taylor, countertenor. Festival Place, Sherwood Park.

Monday October 24, 2011 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

Monday, October 24, 2011 12pm FREE Location? Noon Hour Organ Concert at the U of A sponsored by the RCCO Edmonton. Featuring works by Bruhns, Couperin, Mendelssohn and others on the gallery organ and the new Krapf Memorial Positive Organ in its first public performance with works by Frescobaldi and Zipoli.

Tuesday October 25, 2011 7:30pm Edmonton Opera Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo). Jubilee Auditorium.

Wednesday October 26, 2011 12:10-12:50pm FREE McDougall Concert Association, Hiromi Takahashi, oboe and Jeremy Spurgeon, piano. McDougall United Church, banquet hall, 101 street and one block south of Jasper Avenue (use Macdonald Drive entrance, faces the river). Bring your friends and your bag lunch – coffee and tea are also available.

Thursday October 27 Friday November 4, 2011 Pinocchio - Alberta Opera Musical Theatre for Young People. Fringe Festival, Westbury Theatre. Contact the theatre for showtimes.

Thursday October 27, 2011 7:30pm Edmonton Opera Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo). Jubilee Auditorium.
Thursday October 28 to November 4, 2011 Chicago. La Cite Francophone, 8627 - 91 Street. Tix on the Square.

Saturday October 29, 2011 6pm Annual fundraising dinner for the Anne Burrows Music Foundation. Performance by Michelle Yelin Nam, piano. Faculty Club.

Saturday, October 29, 2011 7pm The Contempo New Music ensemble presents works by Godin, Hannah, Csapo, Levy & Xenaxis. Featuring a special performance by professor Roger Admiral, piano. Admission by donation. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Sunday October 30, 2011 7:30pm Edmonton Recital Society, Ivan Zenaty, violin. Sponsored by the Czech and Slovak Society of Arts and Sciences of Alberta. Muttart Hall, Alberta College. Contact Tix on the Square.

Sunday October 30, 2011 7:30pm Sacred Music Festival – Concordia School of Music ensembles. Winspear Centre.

November 2011 (65)

Tuesday November 1, 2011 7pm Maclab Centre for the Arts, Faust: A German Folk Legend. F.W. Murnau's 1926 silent film with live piano score by composer Robert Bruce. Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts, 4308 50 St, Leduc. Tix on the Square.

Wednesday November 2, 2011 12:10-12:50pm FREE McDougall Concert Association, Charles Austin, piano. McDougall United Church, banquet hall, 101 street and one block south of Jasper Avenue (use Macdonald Drive entrance, faces the river). Bring your friends and your bag lunch – coffee and tea are also available.

Friday November 4, 2011 8pm Richard Eaton Singers 60th Anniversary Gala Concert. Missa Solemnis, Op.123, L.v.Beethoven, Te Deum in C, Haydn. Laura Whalen, soprano, Anita Krause, mezzo, Michael Colvin, tenor, Nathan Berg, bass, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Len Ratzlaff, conductor. Winspear Centre.

Friday November 4, 2011 8pm Kilburn Memorial Concert Series, Afiara Quartet. Yuri Cho, violin, Adrian Fung, cello, David Samuel, viola, Valerie Li, violin. Works by Haydn, Abigaña and Dvorak. Convocation Hall, UofA. Tickets $20,$15,$10 at door only.

November 4 and 5, 2011 7:30pm Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Wonderland (a reinterpretation of Lewis Carroll). Jubillee Auditorium.

Saturday November 5, 2011 Sound. Body. Space. I: tu:la Gerry Morita, dancer, Shawn Pinchbeck, sound artist. Artery Noiselab, 9535 Jasper Av.

Saturday November 5, 2011 7:30pm A Tribute to Malcolm Forsyth, Mill Creek Colliery Band. McDougall United Church.

Saturday November 5, 2011 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society, Ensemble Masques - Sophie Gent, Tuomo Suni, violin, Kathleen Kajioka, viola, Mélisande Corriveau, bass viol, Benoît Vanden Bemden, violone, Olivier Fortin, harpsichord. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact Tix on the Square.

Sunday November 6, 2011 3pm Alberta Baroque Ensemble, Baroque Chamber Music Treasures – A fundraising event for the Alberta Baroque Music Society. Susan Flook, Heather Bergen, Virginie Gagné, violin, Lidia Khaner, oboe, Colin Ryan, Ronda Metszies, cello, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, harpsichord and organ. Music by Corelli, Buxtehude, Handel and Telemann. Robertson-Wesley United Church. Tix on the Square or the Gramophone

Sunday November 6, 2011 3pm FREE (donations welcome) Pergolesi Brass Quintet, Ken Read, Director. Holy Trinity Anglican Church Concert Series, 10037-84th Ave

Sunday November 6, 2011 7:30pm Cosmopolitan Music Society – Lest We Forget Remembrance Day Concert. Winspear Centre, tickets $20.00.

Monday November 7, 2011 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

Wednesday November 9, 2011 12:10-12:50pm FREE McDougall Concert Association, Megan Kan, harp. McDougall United Church, banquet hall, 101 street and one block south of Jasper Avenue (use Macdonald Drive entrance, faces the river). Bring your friends and your bag lunch – coffee and tea are also available.

November 11 and 12, 2011, 7:30pm and 8pm Edmonton Symphony, William Eddins, conductor, Jens Lindemann, trumpet, Richard Eaton Singers. Rachmaninoff, Second Symphony, Meechan, Apophenia for Trumpet (premiere), Forsyth, A Ballad of Canada. Winspear Centre.

Saturday November 12, 2011 7:30pm Kokopelli Choirs – Voices West. First Western Canada Youth Choir Festival. McDougall United Church. Tix on the Square.

Sunday November 13, 2011 2pm Edmonton Youth Orchestra, Senior Orchestra. Michael Massey, conductor. Les Preludes, Liszt, Taras Bulba (Symphonic Rhapsody ), Janacek. Banff Centre for the Arts, Eric Harvie Theatre. Tickets are available from members or from Tix on the Square.

Sunday November 13, 2011 3pm Admission by donation. Tanya Prochazka, cello, Magdalena Adamek, piano. Music - Chopin's Grand Duo Concertante, Sonata in E minor and Sonata in F major by Brahms, and an arrangement of Liszt's piano works for cello and piano to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth. Holy Trinity Anglican Church Concert Series, 10037-84th Ave.

Sunday November 13, 2011 3pm Alberta Registered Music Teacher’s Association Edmonton, Contemporary Showcase Young Composers Final Concert. Room 409, Alberta College.

Sunday November 13, 2011 3pm In Good Company with Jens Lindemann, Mill Creek Colliery Band. St. Albert United Church 20 Green Grove Drive, St. Albert, Alberta Tickets: Tix-on-the-Square or at the door Tickets are now on sale Tickets available at the door, The Bandstand, The Windshoppe, St. Johns Music.

Sunday November 13, 2011 2pm Concordia Symphony Orchestra, David Hoyt, guest conductor. Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd.

Sunday November 13, 2011 3pm The Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies, Czech and Slovak Society for the Arts and Sciences, Mazurka Musik and Art present “Legends of Central Europe” on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of Dvorak's birth. Piano duos and trios by Dvorak, Smetana, Brahms performed by Mikolaj Warszynski - Zuzana Simurdova Piano Duo from Montreal, Tatiana Warszynski-violin, Joanne Yu- cello. Muttart Hall, Alberta College. Tickets: $25 regular, $15 students and seniors at the Gramophone 780 428 2356, Camelot Travel 780 477 8747 or at the door.

Sunday November 13, 2011 3pm Da Camera Singers Living Sound. John Brough, conductor. Music by Durufle, Brahms, Thompson and Raminsh and works selected by the Tonus Vivus Society for new music and favourite Da Camera Singers commissions from the past 50 years. First Baptist Church, 10031 - 109 St, $20 - $15.

Wednesday November 16 to Saturday November 19, 2011 Alberta College Conservatory Fall Music Festival. Contact Alberta College for more information 780 633 3725

Wednesday November 16, 2011 12:10-12:50pm FREE McDougall Concert Association, Suzanne Langor, horn, Sylvia Shadick-Taylor, piano. McDougall United Church, banquet hall, 101 street and one block south of Jasper Avenue (use Macdonald Drive entrance, faces the river). Bring your friends and your bag lunch – coffee and tea are also available.

Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:30pm New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia - Made In Canada. Myer Horowitz Theatre, UofA. $20-$15. Friday November 18, 2011 8pm Kevin Fox, cello. Art Gallery of St. Albert, 19 Perron St. Contact the Arden Theatre for ticket information.

Friday November 18 and Saturday November 19, 2011 Department of Music Opera Workshop – A Night of One Act Operas. Old Maid and the Thief, Trouble in Tahiti and Signor Deluso. Leanne Regehr, musical director, Kim Mattice Wanat, director. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Friday November 18, 2011 8pm Sea of Sound Festival - new electroacoustic performances from Alberta featuring Jacek Sobieraj, The DADA Police, MUGBAIT, Gene Kosowan, Allison Balcetis, Zachary Polis, Wayne Defehr, and Shawn Pinchbeck and Gerry Morita. Catalyst Theatre, $8,$5

Saturday November 19, 2011 4pm FREE Sea of Sound Festival - Sound installation exhibit by Shawn Pinchbeck, Scott Smallwood and Ken Gregory. Ortona Armoury, 9722 102 St.

Saturday, November 19, 2011 Time? FREE The King's University College Chamber Choir - The Downtown Tree Lighting. Sir Winston Churchill Square.
Saturday November 19, 2011 4pm “Music at First” – Four Saturdays at Four. Early music with Josephine van Lier, piccolo-Baroque cello, Eila Peterson, recorder, Marnie Giesbrecht, harpsichord, special guests “The Sackbone Express” sackbut ensemble. Music by Boccherini and Handel. First Presbyterian Church.

Saturday November 19, 2011 7:30pm I Coristi Chamber Choir, Muses. Whitacre, Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine, Britten, Hymn to St. Cecilia, Burak, The Muses of Mount Helicon. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av. Tix on the Square.

Saturday November 19, 2011 7:30pm St. Albert Chamber Music Recital Series, Magda Adamek, piano, Tanya Prochazka, cello. Tickets $25,$20 available at Don’s Piano Warehouse (8 Riel Drive St. Albert ) or the Art Gallery of St. Albert. Each concert will be catered with fine wine and “tasty treats”.

Saturday November 19, 2011 8pm Sea of Sound Festival - New electroacoustic performances from Alberta part 2 featuring Jeannie Vanderkerkhove and Adam Tindale, Agaperaygunexperiment, Philip Dickau and Ryan Sowiak, Raylene Campbell, Clinker, Will Scott, and D. Andrew Stewart. Catalyst Theatre. $8-$5, festival passes $20-15, tickets available at YEGLive.

Saturday November 19, 2011 10pm Sea of Sound Festival - Late Night Electronic Music Concert featuring Trio Latitude, BEAMS All-Stars, and Wijit. New City Legion, 8130 Gateway Blvd. $8-$5, festival passes $20-15, tickets available at YEGLive.

Sunday November 20, 2011 2pm A Trip to Brazil – WindRose Trio. Beth Levia, oboe, Jeff Campbell, clarinet, Matthew Howatt, bassoon. Music by Koechlin, Escher, Mignone, Villa-Lobos and the world premiere of a new reed trio by Ian Crutchley. Robertson-Wesley United Church.

Sunday November 20, 2011 2pm UofA University Strings. Copland, Appalachian Spring - the original version for 13 instruments. Convocation Hall, UofA, admission by donation.

Sunday November 20, 2011 2pm Edmonton Symphony William Eddins, conductor, Benjamin Beilman, violin, Jeremy Spurgeon, organ. Dvořák Violin Concerto, Resphighi, Suite for Organ and Strings, Reznicek, Overture to Donna Diana, Thomas, Overture to Mignon. Winspear Centre. Carnegie Hall Info Session, Studio (enter through stage door) 6:30pm.

Sunday November 20, 2011 12pm FREE Sea of Sound Festival - special seminar with Kevin Austin on recent trends in Canadian electroacoustic music. Catalyst Theatre.

Sunday November 20, 2011 2:30pm Pro Coro - Path of Wonder. Michael Zaugg, conductor. McDougall United Church. $30 Adults, $25 Seniors, $20 Students.

Sunday November 20, 2011 3pm Wendy Markosky, organ and harpsichord, and the Early Music Alberta Society. First Presbyterian Church.

Sunday November 20, 2011 7pm Sea of Sound Festival - Canadian Electroacoustic Community meet and greet with artists and CEC personalities in the lobby of the Catalyst Theatre. Performance includes works from the Jeu de Temps - Times Play Competition featuring Maxime Corbeil-Perron, Marc-Andre Perron, Dave Arango Valencia, Jullian Hoff, Guillaume Barrette and Guillaume Campion. $8-$5, festival passes $20-15, tickets available at YEGLive.

Wednesday November 23, 2011 12:10-12:50pm FREE McDougall Concert Association, David Grainger Brown, guitar. McDougall United Church, banquet hall, 101 street and one block south of Jasper Avenue (use Macdonald Drive entrance, faces the river). Bring your friends and your bag lunch – coffee and tea are also available.

Sunday November 20, 2011 5:30pm Opera Nuova Dinner Cabaret Series – Vibrant Verismo. Andrew Love, baritone, Michael Marino, tenor, Jessica Strong, soprano. Music by Puccini, Verdi, Bizet and Gounod. Location - Normands, contact www.operanuova.ca for tickets.

Monday November 21, 2011 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

November 23 and 24, 2011 7:30pm Moscow Ballet Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky). Jubillee Auditorium.

Thursday November 24 to Sunday December 4, 2011 Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure. Based on J.M. Barrie’s original play with permission from Great Ormand Street Hospital for Children. Music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe, book by Willis Hall. St. Albert Children’s Theatre.

Friday November 25, 2011 All Aboard for 104 Underground with Mercury Opera. Pre-performance party at 6pm with various reception sites on 104 St and Jasper Av, performance on the platform of the Bay/Enterprise Square LRT Station. Darcia Parada, Artistic Director, Alicia Wojnarski, mezzo, Lauren Woods, soprano, Nevada Collins and Jill Hoogewoonink. Music from Saint-Saen's Samson and Delilah, Mozart's The Magic Flute, Delibes' Lakme, and a unique performance of Nessun Dorma by Puccini. Tickets $25 available from Devine Wines and Spirits, Eyecare Group and Armstrong 29 with $2.85 from each ticket to benefit the ETS Donate a Ride Program.

Friday, November 25, 2011 8pm UofA Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Wind Music from Around the World. Admission by donation. Works by Yasuhide Ito, Darius Milhaud, Johann de Meij and Roger Nixon. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Friday November 25, 2011 Time? Location? Cantilon Choirs 11th Annual Dessert Auction and Concert.
Friday November 25, 2011 8pm Edmonton Classical Guitar Society, Johannes Moller, guitar. Winner of the Guitar Foundations of America competition. Muttart Hall, Alberta College. Contact Tix on the Square.

Saturday November 26, 2011 9am-4:30pm Workshop with Canadian recorder virtuoso Alison Melville exploring consort music from 16th century Europe. Registration 8:30am, hall of the Parish Church of Saints Faith and Stephen the Martyr, 11725 93 St. $50 for Edmonton Recorder Society members, and $60 for the general public.

Saturday November 26, 2011 1pm Fall Music Festival Concert - MacEwan University Music. Reception to follow. Muttart Hall, Alberta College.

Saturday November 26, 2011 2pm Edmonton Symphony for Kids, Lucas Waldin, conductor. Pre-concert Activities from 1 - 1:45 pm. Winspear Centre.

Saturday November 26, 2011 3pm Alberta Registered Music Teacher’s Association Edmonton, Contemporary Showcase Gala Concert. Muttart Hall, Alberta College.

Saturday November 26, 2011 4pm Music at First - Four Saturdays at Four. Music for bagpipes, organ and hand bells with David Trew, Joachim Segger, and the Hand Bell Ringers of First Presbyterian Church. Fundraiser to repair the historic stained glass window - admission by donation. First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St.

Saturday November 26, 2011 8pm World Music Sampler featuring the Indian Music, West African and Middle Eastern and North African Ensembles. Admission by donation. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Saturday November 26, 2011 8pm Edmonton Symphony, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor , Juliette Kang, violin. Elgar, “Enigma” Variations, Hétu, Légendes. Winspear Centre. 2011Carnegie Hall Info Session, Founder's Room, 6:30pm.

Sunday November 27, 2011 2pm The Bird Fancyer's Delight - Alison Melville, recorder. Music by J.S. Bach, Telemann, Boismortier, van Eyck, and traditional Scandinavian tunes. Parish Church of Saints Faith and Stephen the Martyr, 11725 93 St. $15 for Edmonton Recorder Society members, seniors and students, and $20 for everyone else.

Sunday November 27, 2pm Edmonton Youth Orchestra, Senior and Intermediate Orchestras. Michael Massey, conductor. Double Concerto , Bach, Overture to Der Freischutz, Weber, Two Fairy Tales, Medtner-Massey, Symphony no 5 (Excerpts), Schubert-Massey, Springtide, Forsyth, Les Preludes, Liszt, Taras Bulba, Janacek. Winspear Centre, tickets $15 and $10. Tickets available from Tix on the Square or orchestra members.

Sunday November 27, 2011 8pm UofA Madrigal Singers - The Rose in the Middle of Winter. Dr. Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor, Dr. Marnie Giesbrecht, organ, Josephine van Lier, cello. Featuring music by Brahms, Britten, Chilcott, Hammerschmidt, Schütz, Sweelinck and Willian. Convocation Hall, UofA, admission by donation.

Monday November 28, 2011 noon FREE Enterprise String Quartet. Music includes the 'Lobkowicz' Quartets, Beethoven op.18 no. 3 and 1. Introductory remarks by Dr. Frank Szabo, Dept of History. Winspear Centre.

Tuesday November 29 and Wednesday November 30, 2011 Winter Harp, celtic, medieval and world music for Christmas. Horizon Stage, Spruce Grove.

Wednesday November 30, 2011 12:10-12:50pm FREE McDougall Concert Association, John Mahon, clarinet, Hiromi Takahashi, oboe and English horn and Janna Olson, piano. McDougall United Church, banquet hall, 101 street and one block south of Jasper Avenue (use Macdonald Drive entrance, faces the river). Bring your friends and your bag lunch – coffee and tea are also available.

Wednesday November 30, 2011 7:30pm Edmonton Symphony, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor, Mireille Lebel, mezzo-soprano. Respighi, Trittico Botticelliano, Berlioz, Les nuits d’été, Elgar, “Enigma” Variations. Winspear Centre.

December 2011

Thursday December 1, 2011 7pm Alberta College Honour Band, Rita Burns, Director. Solo performances by woodwinds and brass students. Muttart Hall, Alberta College.

Thursday December 1, 2011 7:30pm Cheryl and Bruce Harding, An Advent Evening. Trinity United Church,

Thursday, December 1 and Friday, December 2, 2011 Time? The King's University College Chamber Choir - The Festival of Trees, Shaw Conference Centre.

Friday December 2 and Saturday December 3, 2011 The Tonus Vivus Festival of New Music. Performances by Allison Balcetis, saxophone, Daniel Gervais, violin, Catherine Norris, flute, Moni Mathew, viola, Don Ross, clarinet, Janet Smith, soprano, Andriy Talpash, conductor, Scott Smallwood, sound artist, Wijit, DJ, Reinhard von Berg, electronic artist, MUGBAIT, electronic artists. Alberta College, Muttart Hall. $20, $15 per night, $30, $20 festival pass. Day and evening events. For a full listing of the performance schedule, go to http://www.tonusvivus.com/ or CLICK HERE.

Friday December 2, 2011 8pm UofA Concert Choir - Winter Dances. Works by Britten, Daunais, Jasperse, Tormis and Whitacre. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Friday December 2 and Saturday December 3, 2011 8pm A Merry Pops Christmas Bob Bernhardt, conductor, Mireille Lebel, mezzo-soprano, Greenwood Singers , University of Alberta Handbell Ringers, Tap dancers from Victoria School of the Arts. Winspear Centre.

Saturday December 3, 2011 4pm Il Duo - Ron Long, tenor, Clint Hagel, tenor and Gail Olmstead, piano. First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St. Fundraiser to fix the large stained glass window at the back of the church. $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

Saturday December 3, 2011 4pm Winter Treasures - from Chopin to Piazzola. Jerzy Kaplanek, violin, Stephan Sylvestre, piano. Presented by the Polish Culture Society. Music includes Chopin, Wjeniawski, Bacewicz, Piazzolla and "Omaggio a Johann Sebastian Bach by local composer Piotr Grella-Mozejko. All Saints Anglican Cathedral, 10035 103 St. Tix on the Square $22, $11.50.
Sunday December 4, 2011 2pm UofA Concert Band - Mostly Mediaeval for Winds. Admission by donation. Works include Variants on a Mediaeval Tune, Norma Dello Joio, Praetorius Suite, Jan Bach, Rhosymedre, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Come Sweet Death, J.S. Bach arranged by Alfred Reed, and Of Sailors and Whales, Francis McBeth. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Sunday December 4, 2011 2pm The Royal Canadian Artillery Band and the Richard Eaton Singers. Capt Eric Gagnon, director of music. $10 adults, $5 children. In support of the Make-A-Wish Northern Alberta. http://www.rcaband.ca/

Sunday December 4, 2011 2:30pm Edmonton Columbian Choirs, Celebration of Christmas. McDougall United Church. Tickets $15, call 780 430 6808.

Sunday December 4, 2011 3pm Concordia Christmas Concert – Concordia Concert Choir, Concordia Ringers, Concordia Community Chorus Chamber Ensemble. First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St.

Sunday December 4, 2011 3pm and 7:30pm Alberta Baroque Ensemble, Music for a festive season. Jolaine Kerley, soprano, Mark Wilkinson, bass, Robin Doyon, trumpet, and the Da Camera Singers. Handel, The Trumpet Shall Sound, Torelli, Christmas Sinfonia, Bach, Cantata Jauchzet Gott, Mozart, Missa Brevis in D. Robertson-Wesley United Church. Tix on the Square or the Gramophone.

Sunday December 4, 2011 3pm and 7:30pm Carols and Lullabies - Vocal Alchemy. Music by Victoria, Lauridsen, Gjeilo and Chatman. Saint Andrew's United Church, 9915 148 St. Tix on the Square.

Sunday December 4, 2011 7:30pm Edmonton Recital Society, New Orford String Quartet. Jonathan Crow, Andrew Wan, violin, Eric Nowlin, viola, Brian Manker, cello, with guest violinist Aaron Au. Music includes Blanc Dominant, by Canadian-Serbian composer Ana Sokolovic, Beethoven String Quartet op. 135 in F major, and Brahms String Quintet in G major, op. 111. Muttart Hall, Alberta College. Tix on the Square. $30-$20 and $10 student rush tickets one hour before the concert.

Monday December 5, 2011 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

Monday December 5, 2011 5pm FREE Hear's to Your Health concert series featuring Andrew Wan, violin, Brian Manker, cello and Patricia Tao, piano. Music includes Beethoven Trio in E-flat, op. 1, no. 1 and Ravel Sonate for violin and cello. Foyer to the Bernard Snell Auditorium, Walter MacKenzie Health Science Centre.

Monday December 5, 2011 7pm Masterclass with the New Orford String Quartet including Andrew Wan, violin and Brian Manker, cello. Room 3-46: Violin Masterclass with Andrew Wan, Room 1-29: Cello Masterclass with Brain Manker. Open to Dept of Music students.

Monday, December 5, 2011 8pm The King’s University College Choirs -"The King of Love". Dr. Melanie Turgeon, conductor, King's University College Concert, Chamber and Community Choirs with Vocal Alchemy, featured soloists and brass. Winspear Centre, $20, $15, $5 (children 12 and under).

Wednesday December 7 2011 7pm Location? St. Albert Community Band - Christmas Concert.

December 9, 10 and 11, 2011 7pm and 1:30pm Alberta Ballet, The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky). Jubillee Auditorium.

Saturday December 10, 2011 2pm and 7pm Kokopelli Choirs – Wintersong. McDougall United Church.

Saturday December 10, 2011 4pm Advent and Christmas Concert with special guests the UofA Faculty of Education Handbell Ringers, Robert de Frece, conductor. Admission by donation to benefit Edmonton Christmas Charities. First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St.

Saturday December 10, 2011 7pm Salvation Army's Festival of Carols - a family Christmas concert. Free admission - ticket required for entry. Tickets available at Salvation Army Offices - 780 423 2111

Saturday December 10, 2011 7:30pm and Sunday December, 11 2011 2:30pm Cosmopolitan Music Society - Tuesday and Wednesday Band Christmas Concert . Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Blvd. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7.00 for students/seniors and children five and under are FREE when purchased in advance.

Saturday December 10, 2011 7:30pm Festival City Winds Music Society, Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd.

Sunday December 11, 2011 1pm Schola Cantorum Choirs Festival of Light Concert. Muttart Hall, Alberta College.

Sunday December 11, 2011 2pm Location? St. Albert Community Band Christmas Concert

Sunday December 11, 2011 3pm Concert de Noël - Chorale Saint-Jean with Les Chantamis d'Edmonton, Marie-Josée Ouimet, director. McDougall United Church, $25 and $15. Tickets available from members of both choirs and at the Librairie Le Carrefour (Cité francophone, 8627 rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury). Benefit for the Choralies internationales Edmonton 2012.

Sunday December 11, 2011 3pm Silent Night - the Wirth Institute's annual Christmas concert. UofA, Convocation Hall.

Sunday December 11, 2011 4pm Music of Hope and Light - Lessons and Carols. Choir of Robertson-Wesley, soloists, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, Director, Belinda Chiang, accompanist. Music by Mark Sirett, Lydia Adams, and W.H. Anderson. Free will offering.

Sunday December 11, 2011 6pm FREE Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night. An outdoor participatory sound sculpture of many individual parts recorded on cassettes, CDs and MP3s played through a roving swarm of boomboxes carried through city streets. Some boomboxes are available, but bring your own if you can (boomboxes, iPod speakers or other sound blasters). Participants meet at 5:45pm at the mini pyramids in front of the Timms Centre (112 St and 87 Av). Unsilent Night moves down Whyte Avenue to Gazebo Park on 104 St by the Old Strathcona Farmers Market.

Sunday December 11, 2011 7:30pm Steve Bell, guitar - Advent Solo Concert. All Saints Anglican Cathedral 10035 103 St. Tickets $15 available at the Cathedral, Universal Church Supplies or at http://www.stevebell.com/ 1800 854 3499.

Sunday December 11, 2011 7:30pm Greenwood Singers, Hymns and Readings for Christmas. St. Joseph’s Basilica 10044 113 St. Tickets $10, at the door and from St. Joseph’s College, 780 492 7681 ext 231.

Sunday December 11, 2011 2:30pm Cantilon Choirs, Ceremony of Carols. Heather Johnson, artistic director. Winspear Centre, $20, $17. Tix on the Square.

Monday December 12, 2011 8pm Greenwood Singers, The Many Moods of Christmas. Helen Stuart, piano, Marnie Giesbrecht, organ, UofA Faculty of Education Handbell Ringers. Tix on the Square.

Tuesday December 13, 2011 7pm UofA music - Graduate Student Composers Concert featuring the Enterprise Quartet. Dr. Andriy Talpash, conductor. Admission by donation. Studio 27, Fine Arts Bldg, UofA.

December 16 - 30, 2011 (various times) The Wizard of Oz. Written by L. Frank Baum, Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. Directed by Richard Winnick, Music Direction by Sally Hunt. Festival Place, Sherwood Park.

Friday December 16, 2011 12pm Christmas Bureau Sing-along with Edmonton's talented choir community. Admission is FREE and volunteers will be accepting donations. Winspear Centre. Donations can also be made online at http://www.christmasbureau.ca/

Friday December 16, 2011 8pm FREE The University of Alberta Guitarists. Works by Albinoni, Albeniz, Bach, Dyens, Gagne, Piazzola, Rameau, Roman and others. Studio 27, Fine Arts Building, UofA.
Friday December 16 and Saturday December 17, 2011 7:30pm Handel's Messiah William Eddins, conductor, Linda Perillo, soprano, Frances Jellard, mezzo-soprano, John Tessier, tenor, Nathan Berg, baritone, U of A Madrigal Singers, i Coristi Chamber Choir. Winspear Centre.

Friday December 16 - 18, 2011 The Singing Christmas Tree - Jubillee Auditorium.

Saturday December 17, 2011 7:30pm Mill Creek Colliery Band – Festive Brass. David Hoyt, conductor. Robertson-Wesley United Church, $18, $14 available at the door or Tix on the Square.

Saturday December 17, 2011 7:30pm Cosmopolitan Music Society - Monday and Chorus Christmas Concert. Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Blvd. Tickets $10 adults, $7 students/seniors and children five and under are FREE when purchased in advance.

Saturday December 17, 2011 7:30pm Jubiloso Bells of Concordia and Concordia Community Chorus. First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St.

Sunday December 18, 2011 2:30pm A Pro Coro Christmas, Pro Coro Canada, with Da Camera Singers, Dr. John Brough, conductor. Winspear Centre.

Sunday December 18, 20117:30pm 2nd Annual Community Carol Sing at Riverbend United Church, 14907-45 Av. Refreshments to follow.
Sunday December 18, 2011 7pm Night of Wonder – A Family Night of Music. St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 201 Haddow Close (Terwillegar Drive and 23 Av). Free will offering, reception to follow.
Wednesday December 21 and Thursday December 22, 2011 7pm Amahl and the Night Visitors - an hour long Christmas opera by G.C. Menotti. Presented by A Little Opera Company. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av. $15-$5.

Wednesday December 21, 2011 7:30pm and December 22 at 8pm A Lightly Classical Christmas, Edmonton Symphony. Stuart Chafetz, conductor, Nathan Berg, baritone, Richard Eaton Singers. Winspear Centre.

Tuesday December 27, 2011 6:30pm Christmas Fundraising Concert for the Anne Burrows Music Foundation. Vocalists Alexandra von der Ohe and Carrie Dimaculangan, Angelina Weber and Ewald Cheung, violin, Taddes Korris, double bass, and Karl Schwonik, percussion. Michael Massey, music director. $25 at door or from Fran Armstrong 780 487 5567 or farmstrong@shaw.ca. Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Edmonton Food Bank. Tax deductible donation can be mailed to PO Box 76115 RPO Southgate, Edmonton T6H 5Y7 or online via http://www.canadahelps.org/. Giovanni Yamaha Concert Hall, 10528 Mayfield Rd.

January 2012

Sunday January 1, 2012 2:30pm Salute to Vienna - Neujahrskonzert. The Strauss Symphony of Canada. Niels Muus, conductor, Katarzyna Dondalska, soprano, Alexander Kaimbacher, tenor, Dancers from Ballet St. Pölten. Winspear Centre.

Saturday January 7, 2012 2pm A Wild Symphonic Ride, Edmonton Symphony for Kids. Lucas Waldin, conductor. Edmonton composer Allan Gilliland incorporates the unique sounds of shovels, pails, empty water bottles, and even squeaky shoes into his work, A Wild Symphonic Ride, to create a rhythmic afternoon of percussive sounds. Pre-concert Activities from 1 - 1:45 pm, Winspear Centre.

Sunday January 8, 2012 10:30am – 2:30pm Rosette Guitar Duo. Mike Lyngstad and Kevin Marsh, guitar. The Blue Chair café.

Sunday January 8, 2012 3pm Annual tribute concert to Stuart Davis, Michael Unger, organ. Winspear Centre. Sundays at Three – Royal Canadian College of Organists Edmonton. Tickets from Tix on the Square or the Winspear Centre. For information contact http://rcco.edmonton.ab.ca/

Sunday January 8, 2012 Time? 31st Annual Northern Alberta Concerto Competition Final Round. Muttart Hall, Alberta College. Tickets $10 at the door

Sunday January 8, 2012 3pm Holy Trinity Concert Series with the Edmonton Recital Society. Dongkyun An, cello, Sarah Ho, piano. Holy Trinity Anglican Church 10037 84 Av, admission by donation.

Friday January 13, 2012 12pm Ciaccona! Italian and English Baroque music. Dawn Bailey, soprano, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, harpsichord, Josephine Van Lier, cello plus surprise guest performers. Includes music by Monteverdi and Purcell. Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 St. Admission by donation.

Friday January 13, 2012 7:30pm TorQ Percussion Quartet. Morinville Community Cultural Centre, 9502 100 Av Morinville. $25-$20

Friday January 13, 2012 9:30pm Edmonton Symphony, Late Night Romantics. William Eddins, conductor, Kemal Gekić, piano. Music includes excerpts from: R.Strauss, Don Juan, Liszt, Fantasia on The Ruins of Athens, Rachmaninoff, Adagio from Second Symphony, Rossini, William Tell Overture (Arr. Liszt) and Berlioz. Winspear Centre.

Saturday January 14-29, 2012 Seussical (the musical). Young People's Theatre, Shoctor Theatre, Citadel

Saturday January 14, 2012 8pm Art’s Birthday 2012 – The End of Time (part of a global celebration). Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) – Agaperaygunexperiment, Phil Jagger, Pocket Universe, Don Ross, Bill Damur, Zombies and Gene Kosowan. Ortona Armoury, 9733 102 St. $5. www.artsbirthday.net

Saturday January 14, 2012 8pm Edmonton Symphony, William Eddins, conductor, Kemal Gekić, piano. R. Strauss, Don Juan and Death and Transfiguration, Liszt, First Piano Concerto and Fantasia on the Ruins of Athens. Winspear Centre.

Sunday January 15, 2012 2pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Bill Eddins, conductor, Kemal Gekic, piano. Music, Berlioz, Rossini, Liszt and R. Strauss. Arden Theatre, St. Albert.

Sunday January 15, 2012 3pm Music at Language - Richard Van Camp, UofA Faculty of Arts Writer in Residence, William Street, saxophone soloist and conductor, Roger Admiral, piano, Brian Thurgood, percussion, Kayla Chambers, saxophone, the University of Alberta Saxophone and Percussion Ensembles, live electronics performed by Mark Hannesson, improvisation developed by composers Andriy Talpash and Mark Hannesson. Works include Music as Language by Richard Van Camp, Les 7 Iles for piano soloist and Saxophone Ensemble by Christian Lauba; Smoking Mirrors for solo saxophone by John M Kennedy. Tickets $20,$15,$10 at door. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Sunday January 15, 2012 3pm Early Music Alberta - Scona Chamber Singers, Holy Trinity Church Concert Series. Music from the Sistine Chapel - Italian sacred music of the high Renaissance. 10037 84 Av, tickets at the door, $15 for members, students and seniors, $20 for non members.
Monday January 16, 2012 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

Thursday January 19, 2012 8pm Edmonton Symphony, Gold Medal Skates - Lucas Waldin, conductor, Toller Cranston, host. Bizet, Excerpts from Carmen, Khatchaturian, Sabre Dance, Steiner, Excerpts from Casablanca, Stravinsky, Infernal Dance. Winspear Centre.
Friday January 20, 2012 7:30pm Maclab Centre for the Arts, Montreal Guitar Trio. Glenn Lévesque, Marc Morin and Sébastien Dufour, guitar. Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts, 4308 50 St, Leduc. Tix on the Square.

Saturday January 21, 2012 9am Alberta Baroque Ensemble Scholarship Competition. Endowed by the Alberta Baroque Music Society. Location TBA – contact UofA Music.

Saturday January 21, 2012 1pm Early Music Alberta – Masterclass with Gilbert Martinez, harpsichord. Auditors – members $10, non members $15, student members are free. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Saturday January 21, 2012 8pm Eve Egoyan, piano. Music includes Simple Lines of Enquiry, Ann Southam. Arden Theatre, St. Albert. 7pm pre-show wine tasting and readings from Poets Ink.

Sunday January 22, 2012 11am Edmonton Opera Brunch. Intimate recital by the artists starring in each mainstage production. The Westin Edmonton, $70 Adult, $50 Child. Tickets available at the Edmonton Opera Box Office 780 429 1000 http://www.edmontonopera.com/

Sunday January 22, 2012 2pm All Broken Up - WindRose Trio. Beth Levia, oboe, Jeff Campbell, clarinet, Matthew Howatt, basson, Sarah Ho, piano. Music by Steinmetz, Franz Reizenstein, Joan Tower, Desire Dondeyne, Jeanine Rueff and Jenni Brandon. Robertson-Wesley United Church, Tix on the Square, $20 - $15.

Sunday January 22, 2012 2pm Edmonton Symphony, Lucas Waldin, conductor, Scott MacIsaac, piano, Robin Doyon, trumpet. Haydn, Trumpet Concerto, Liszt, Second Piano Concerto, Sibelius, Valse triste and Schumann, Fourth Symphony. Winspear Centre.

Sunday January 22, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Recital Society Gala Concert. Amanda Forsyth, cello, Angela Cheng, piano. Ledcor Theatre, Art Gallery of Alberta. Contact Tix on the Square, or tickets available at the door. $40 - $35. Concert in memory of Malcolm Forsyth.

Tuesday January 24, 2012 7pm Opera - Sublime and Ridiculous. Opera scenes by Alberta College Conservatory's Vocal Arts Program. Music includes excerpts from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan. Muttart Hall, Alberta College, 10050 MacDonald Drive. Admission by donation to support the student scholarship fund.
Wednesday January 25, 2012 12pm Edmonton Opera presents their 2012-13 Season Launch with musical excerpts by next season artists Teiya Kasahara and Ileana Montalbetti. Go to the pedway between City Centre Mall east and west near Tim Hortons. jelenabojic@edmontonopera.com

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8pm Rossetti String Quartet – Henry Gonnier, violin, Sara Parkins, violin, Thomas Diener, viola, Eric Gaenslen, cello, with Rina Dokshitsky, piano. Dvorak, Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 5, Franck, Piano Quintet in F minor, M. 7. Convocation Hall, UofA. Tickets - Tix on the Square, The Gramophone, or the Edmonton Chamber Music Society. $20, $15, $10.

Friday January 27, 2012 7:30pm and January 28 8pm Edmonton Symphony, Gregory Vajda, conductor, Alexander Korsantia, piano. Rachmaninoff, Third Piano Concerto, Mahler, Adagietto from Fifth Symphony, Shostakovich, First Symphony. Winspear Centre. 2011Carnegie Hall Info Session, Studio (enter through stage door) 6pm (Jan 27) and 6:30pm (Jan 28).

Friday January 27, 2012 8pm UofA Music – Contempo New Music Ensemble. Convocation Hall, UofA, admission by donation.

Friday January 27, 2012 8pm Early Music Alberta – Gilbert Martinez, harpsichord, Josephine van Lier, viola da gamba. Music - Pièces de clavecin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, la Reveuse et l’Arabesque, Marin Marais. $15 for members, students and seniors, $20 for non members, $5 for student members. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av. The church will be lit by candlelight for a more authentic performance.

Saturday January 28, 2012 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society presents Joseph Lambert Massart and His Time. Guillaume Tardif, violin, Roger Admiral, piano. Convocation Hall, UofA. $20, $15, $10 tickets available at the door.

Sunday January 29, 2012 2pm Maclab Centre for the Arts, TorQ Percussion. Richard Burrows, Jamie Drake, Adam Campbell and Daniel Morphy. Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts, 4308 50 St, Leduc. Tix on the Square.

Sunday, January 29, 2012 3pm Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble presented by Tonus Vivus. Music – Claude Vivier, Pulau Dewata and Aikea, John Cage, Third Construction, and Iannis Xenakis, Pleiades – Peaux. Victoria School for the Performing Arts 10210-108 Av.

Sunday, January 29, 2011 3pm Trial by Fire - University Symphony Orchestra. Stravinsky's Firebird Suite and Schumann's Symphony No. 2 in C. Also featuring the winner of the University of Alberta Concerto Competition (to be announced). $20,$15,$10 at door. Winspear Centre.

Sunday January 29, 2012 3pm Hymn Festival with the Concordia Concert Choir. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Sunday, January 29, 2012 3pm Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus Celtic Connections. With the Keri Lynn Zwicker Celtic Band. Music of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Cornwall, Brittany & Canada. Myer Horowitz Theatre, UofA.

Sunday January 29, 2012 7:30pm Les Voix de Ghent, a concert of instrumental music composed by the Loeillet Family in 18th century Flanders. Henri Gauci, baroque flute, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, harpsichord. $15, $10 from The Gramophone, Robertson-Wesley Church office or at the door. All proceeds in support of the Robertson-Wesley Music Society. Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 St.

Monday January 30, 2012 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

February 2012

Thursday February 2, 2012 7pm FREE Masterclass with Duo Aperio, Andrew Mah, guitar, Renée-Paule Gauthier, violin. Alberta College, Room 421 10050 MacDonald Dr.Tuesday February 7, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Opera The Mikado (Gilbert and Sullivan). Jubillee Auditorium.

Thursday February 2, 2012 7:30pm Brass Quintery - Robin Doyon and Russell Whitehead, trumpets, Hallene Hackleman, horn, Kathryn Macintosh, trombone, Scott Whetham, tuba. Music by Gabrieli,
Samuel Scheidt, Symphony for Brass, Victor Ewald, and Four Pieces for Brass Quintet, Malcolm Forsyth. Convocation Hall, UofA. $20, $15, $10

Friday February 3, 2012 8pm Edmonton Classical Guitar Society, Duo Aperio, violin and guitar. Andrew Mah, guitar, Renée-Paule Gauthier, violin. Ms. Gauthier plays on the Taft Stradivari, on loan from the Canada Council. Muttart Hall, Alberta College. Contact Tix on the Square, $25, $20.

Saturday February 4, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Opera The Mikado (Gilbert and Sullivan). Jubillee Auditorium.

Saturday February 4, 2012 7:30pm St. Albert Chamber Music Recital Series – Five of a Kind, brass quintet. Wendy Grasdahl, Clarence Samuelson, trumpets, Laura Snyder, horn, Eila Peterson, trombone, David Wiley, tuba with guest Chris Miller, trombone. Tickets $25,$20 available at Don’s Piano Warehouse (8 Riel Drive St. Albert ) or the Art Gallery of St. Albert. Each concert will be catered with fine wine and “tasty treats”.

Sunday February 5, 2012 2pm Made in Canada. Alissa Cheung, violin. Music from Canada includes Still Meanders and Groove 2.0, Alissa Cheung, Bellatrix, Jeffrey Ryan, and Sonate, Raymond Daveluy. PCL Hall, 5th floor, Alberta College, 10050 MacDonald Dr. $15, $10.

Sunday February 5, 2012 3pm Alberta Baroque Ensemble, Central European Gems. Elizabeth Koch, flute. Biber, Battalia, Muffat, Concerto Grosso in A, Fux, Suite in D minor, Benda, Concerto for Flute in E minor. Robertson-Wesley United Church. Tix on the Square or the Gramophone.

Sunday February 5, 2012 5:30pm Opera Nuova Dinner Cabaret Series – Romantic Miniatures. Frederic Beaudoin, Natalie Fagnan, and Adam Fisher. Music by Strauss, Hahn, Brahms. Location – The Marc, contact http://www.operanuova.ca/

Sunday February 5, 2012 8pm FREE Mayron Tsong, piano. Works by Haydn, Chopin, Scriabin and Rzewski. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Monday February 6, 2012 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

Monday February 6, 2012 8pm Poulenc for Winds - Dept of Music Faculty Recital Series. Shelley Younge, flute, Janet Scott Hoyt, piano, Allene Hackleman, horn, Julianne Scott, clarinet, Lidia Khaner, oboe, Matthew Howatt, bassoon. Convocation Hall, UofA. $20, $15, $10.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:30pm Patricia O'Callaghan, The Heart of the Song. Arden Theatre, St. Albert.

Thursday February 9, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Opera The Mikado (Gilbert and Sullivan). Jubillee Auditorium.

Friday February 10 to 18, 2012 Merrily We Roll Along Stephen Sondheim. MacEwan University, John L. Haar Theatre.
Friday February 10, 2012 7pm Craig Humber, organ. First Presbyterian Church. 10025 105 St. $21.75-$19.75. Contact Tix on the Square.

Saturday, February 11, 2012 7pm Looking Forward: New Works by Faculty Composers. Acoustic and Electroacoustic Music by Bashaw, Hannesson, Smallwood and Talpash performed by Roger Admiral, piano, William Street, baritone saxophone, Ken Read, bass trombone, Alden Lowrey, tuba. Tickets $20,$15,$10 at door. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Sunday February 12, 2012 2:30pm Pro Coro: Canada, meet Scandinavia. Erik Westberg, conductor. McDougall United Church.

Sunday, February 12, 2012 2:30pm New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia - For Band Lovers. Myer Horowitz Theatre, UofA. $20-$15.

Sunday, February 12, 2012 3pm Variations for Winds – UofA Symphonic Wind Ensemble with special guests The Northern Alberta Honour Band. Music by Mozart, Charles Ives and Canadian Michael Colgrass. Tickets $20,$15,$10 at door. Winspear Centre.

Monday February 13, 2012 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

Monday February 13, 2012 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society, Theatre of Early Music presents Dido and Aeneas. Noemi Kiss (Dido), Grace Davidson (Belinda), Julia Doyle (2nd woman), Alexander Dobson (Aeneas), Daniel Taylor (Sorceress and Artistic Director), Benjamin Butterfield (sailor). Convocation Hall, UofA. Tix on the Square

Tuesday February 14, 2012 6:30pm Edmonton Opera Valentine's Gala at the Shaw Conference Centre. To reserve a table click here or contact Mary Cousineau at 780 497 3261.

Friday February 17, 2012 8pm UofA Music - University Symphony Orchestra featuring performances by the 2011-12 Concerto Competition winners Emilie Schutz, saxophone, Legende by Schmitt, and Mark Wilkinson, baritone, Let us Garlands Bring, by Finzi. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Friday February 17, 2012 8pm Beth Levia, oboe, Sylvia Shadick-Taylor, piano. Presented by Tonus Vivus. Paul Steenhuisen, Copralite Culture and Analysis #21-X for oboe, piano and live electronics commissioned by Tonus Vivus, Harrison Birtwistle, Pulse Sampler, John Beckwith, Arctic Dances, Makato Shinohara, Obsession, Malcolm Forsythe, Tre Toccate. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037-84th Av.

February 17 and 18, 2012 7:30pm Alberta Ballet, Cinderella (Prokofiev). Jubillee Auditorium.

Saturday February 18, 2012 2pm and 7pm Kokopelli Choirs – Stories. Location

Saturday February 18, 2012 2pm and 7:30pm Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir (African-American roots music). Horizon Stage, Spruce Grove.

Wednesday February 22 to Sunday February 26, 2012 Cats – presented by Broadway Across Canada. Jubilee Auditorium.

Thursday February 23, 2012 to March 4 Hairspray - Stageworks Academy of the Performing Arts. MacLab Centre for the Performing Arts, 4308 50 St, Leduc. $15 in advance, $18 at the door available from http://www.stageworkstheatre.com/

Friday February 24, 2012 7:30pm Guitar Republic - Pino Farstiere, Stefano Barone, Sergio Altamura, guitar. Arden Theatre, St. Albert.

Friday February 24, 2012 7:30pm and Saturday February 25 8pm Edmonton Symphony - Glorious Voices. William Eddins, conductor, organ and harpsichord, Jeanine De Bique, soprano, Christopher Mayell, tenor, Da Camera Singers, Cantilon Chamber Choir, Ukrainian Male Chorus of Edmonton. Mozart, Ave verum corpus, Poulenc, Gloria, JS Bach, Cantata 55 “Ich armer Mensch”, Mendelssohn, Psalm 42 “Wie der Hirsch schreit”, Cherubini, Offertorium, Schubert, “Intende voci”. Winspear Centre.

Friday February 24, and Saturday February 25, 2012 7:30pm I Coristi Chamber Choir, Glorious Voices. Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Bill Eddins, conductor. Bach Cantata 55, Ich armer Mensch, ich Südenknecht, Poulenc, Gloria. Winspear Centre.

Saturday February 25 and Sunday February 26, 2012 2:30pm Arden Theatre, St. Albert. $40, $20. Tix on the Square. Cantilon Choirs, Broadway Gala featuring the music of “Oliver”.

Sunday February 26, 2012 2pm Concordia Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Joy Berg, conductor, Alfredo Villanueva, conductor, Rev. Lorne Manweiler, organ. Music - Frenergy, John Estacio, Academic Festival Overture, Brahms, Symphony No. 3 - Organ Concerto, Saint-Saëns. Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd. Tickets $12, $10, Tix on the Square or at the door.

Sunday February 26, 2012 2pm Edmonton Youth Orchestra, Senior and Intermediate Orchestras.  Michael Massey, conductor, Lee Smith, violin. Two Tales Op. 54 with Micki, Nicholai Medtner, Intermezzo, waltz from “Eugene Onegin”, Tchaikovsky, Prelude a l’apres midi d’un faune and “Fetes” from Nocturnes, Debussy, Symphony no. 2 in D Major Op. 43, Sibelius. Winspear Centre, tickets $15 and $10. Tickets available from Tix on the Square or orchestra members.

Sunday February 26, 2012 7:30pm Vocal Alchemy (including the Men of Vocal Alchemy with special guests) and Edmonton Youth Choir, Jordan Van Biert, conductor. Music includes Randall Thompson's Alleluia. McDougall United Church, 10025 101 St. Tickets $15-$12 in advance, $17-$15 at the door. Tix on the Square.

Tuesday February 28, 2012 8pm The Department of Music, King’s College University and Tonus Vivus Ensemble – Nikel. Muttart Hall, Alberta College 10050 MacDonald Drive.

March 2012

Thursday March 1, 2012 8pm Edmonton Symphony - Behind the Silver Screen. William Eddins, conductor, Ashu, saxophone. Korngold, Saxophone Concerto (Cello Concerto in C Major, arr. Hemke) Waxman, Music from Sunset Boulevard and A Place in the Sun, Bock, Music from Fiddler on the Roof and Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Winspear Centre.

Friday March 2, 2012 7pm Cosmopolitan Music Society – Monday Band Community Concert with the Junior High Honour Band, Garry Silverman and Bill Wahl, conductors. For more information email info@cosmopolitanmusic.org Beulah Alliance Church 17504 - 98A avenue $10 at the door.

Friday March 2, 2012 8pm FREE Steinway Artist Alan Chow. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Saturday March 3 2012, 7pm Location? St. Albert Community Band and the Athabasca Community Band.

Saturday March 3, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Columbian Choirs, Spring Bouqets. McDougall United Church. Tickets $15, call 780 430 6808.

Saturday, March 3, 2012 8pm UofA Kilburn Memorial Concert Series presents Afiara Quartet. Yuri Cho, violin, Adrian Fung, cello, David Samuel, viola, Valerie Li, violin. Works by Beethoven, Nielsen and Sibelius. Tickets $20,$15,$10 at door. Convocation Hall, UofA.
Sunday March 4, 2012 2pm A Country House Weekend - An English Idyll in four days and a prologue. Catherine Abele, soprano, Elizabeth Turnbull, mezzo, Mark Wilkinson, baritone, Stephen Ralls, piano, Bruce Ubakata, piano. Convocation Hall, UofA. $20, $15, $10 at the door only. Refreshments at intermission.

Sunday March 4, 2012 2pm Edmonton Symphony - A Symphonic Guide to New Music. William Eddins, conductor, Brian Current, composer and narrator, Victor Pipkin, cello. Current, A Symphonic Guide to New Music, Korngold, Cello Concerto, Waxman, Sunset Boulevard and The Ride of the Cossacks. Winspear Centre.

Sunday March 4, 2012 3pm Da Camera Singers 50th Anniversary Gala Concert with alumni choir. Carmina Burana, Carl Orff. First Presbyterian Church 10025 – 105 St. $20-$15.

Sunday March 4, 2012 7pm FREE John Sampen, saxophone, Roger Admiral, piano. Studio 27, Fine Arts Bldg, UofA.

Sunday March 4, 2012 7pm (cocktails-dinner 5pm) If My Friends Could See Me Now! - celebration of the 35th anniversary of Edmonton Musical Theatre. Featuring Susan Gilmour, Vance Avery, Marleigh Rouault, Bernard Quilala, Byron Leffler and EMT Show Group. Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way, $70 in advance, $80 at the door. Tix on the Square.

Monday March 5, 2012 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

Monday March 5, 2012 8pm 15th Annual Salute to the Bands - a tribute to the great swing bands of the 30s and 40s. UofA and Grant MacEwan Jazz Bands, Bryan Hall, MC. Convocation Hall, UofA. Admission by donation.

Tuesday March 6, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Symphony, William Eddins, conductor, Benjamin Grosvenor, piano. Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G and solo piano recital. Winspear Centre.

Wednesday March 7 to 10, 2012 Teatro Makes Music - an evening of song. Jocelyn Ahlf, Andrew MacDonald-Smith, vocalists, Ryan Sigurdson, piano. Music from shows like Annie Get Your Gun, Rose Marie, Anything Goes, On the Town, State Fair, Babes in Arms, and Spamalot!  $25, $20 for Teatro subscribers, Tix on the Square. Varscona Theatre.

Thursday March 8, 2012 7:30 NEW - E-Town Singers, vocal band - Under Pressure. Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus in cooperation with Eastglen High School. South African freedom songs, some Caribbean “steel drum” flavour, pop tunes, and Freddie Mercury's Under Pressure. $10, $5, under 12 are FREE. Tix on the Square. Eastglen High School, 11430 – 68 St.

Friday March 9, 2012 8pm German Baroque Chorale Partitas, Marnie Giesbrecht, organ, Josephine van Lier, violoncello piccolo and gamba, Guillaume Tardif, violin, Eva Bostrand, soprano, Madrigal Singers, Len Ratzlaff, conductor. Georg Böhm, Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (Rejoice greatly, o my soul), Johann Gottfried Walther, Jesu, meine Freude, J.S. Bach, Sei gegrusset, Jesu gütig BWV 768, Gerhard Krapf, Die güldene Sonne (The golden sun), Boccherini, Purcell and Leclair. Inaugurating the 2011 James Louder positive organ. Tickets $20,$15,$10 at door. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Friday March 9, 2012 7:30pm and March 10 8pm Edmonton Symphony, William Eddins, conductor, James Campbell, clarinet. Copland, Music for the Theatre and Clarinet Concerto, Bernstein, Fancy Free, Ballet Suite, Gilliland, Dreaming of the Masters I for Clarinet. Winspear Centre.

Saturday March 10, 2012 1pm Alberta Early Music Society. Masterclass – Adam Wead, lute. Musicians interested in participating can book by phone or email.  Members $10, non-members $15, student members FREE. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Saturday March 10, 2012 7:30pm Liona Boyd, guitar. Festival Place, Sherwood Park.

Saturday March 10, 2012 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society, Ebène Quartet. Pierre Colombet, violin, Gabriel Le Magadure, violin, Mathieu Herzog, viola, Raphaël Merlin, cello. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact Tix on the Square.

Sunday March 11, 2012 2pm Connections Concert Series, Alberta College Conservatory of Music. Featuring faculty, student, and alumni performers. Muttart Hall, Alberta College 10050 MacDonald Dr. $20, $10 Tix on the Square. All proceeds to support student scholarships. To be broadcast on CKUA.

Sunday March 11, 2012 3pm Early Music Alberta – English Art Songs of the Renaissance. Jolaine Kerley, soprano, Adam Wead, lute, Josephine van Lier, viola da gamba. Admission by donation. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.
Sunday, March 11, 2012 3 pm Julie-Anne Derome, sound artist. Presented by Tonus Vivus. Music - David Eagle, Soundplay 2, Serge Provost, Journal d’une enfant reveuse… 1935, Laurie Radford, Tracking, Pierre Boulez, Anthèmes IIL’uni Théâtre, La Cité francophone. 126, 8627 rue Marie-Anne-Gabourey.

Sunday March 11, 2012 7pm Raga-Mala Music Society. Rakesh Chaurasia, bansuri, Pt. Abhijit Banerjee, tabla. Royal Alberta Museum, 12548-102 Av, $20, $15.

Tuesday March 13, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Columbian Choirs, Spring Bouqets. McDougall United Church. Tickets $15, call 780 430 6808.
Wednesday March 14, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Symphony, Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor, Susan Hoeppner, flute. Haydn, Symphony No. 85 “La Reine”, Devienne, Seventh Flute Concerto, Godard, Suite for Flute, R Strauss, Divertimento after Couperin. Winspear Centre.

Wednesday March 14, 2012 8pm Richard Eaton Singers present Stuttgart Kammerchor (chamber choir), Frieder Bernius, conductor. Music includes Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, Bach, Te Deum, Mendelssohn, Lux aeterna, Ligeti, Nunc dimittis, Pärt, and newly commissed work by Canadian composer Paul Frehner featuring the TorQ Percussion Ensemble. Robertson Wesley United Church, 10209 - 123 St.

Sunday March 18, 2012 3pm Spring Chamber Music Concert - Joachim Segger, piano and Alissa Cheung, violin. Sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms and Grieg. The King's University College, Knoppers Hall. $20, $15. Free to King’s students upon presentation of a valid student card.
Sunday March 18, 2012 3pm Kathy Chi, piano. Holy Trinity Anglican Church in conjunction with the Edmonton Recital Society. 10037 84 Av. Admission by donation.

Sunday March 18, 2012 3pm Mill Creek Colliery Band, guest conductor Russell Whitehead, with Edmonton Children's Choir, Susan Farrell and Adam Robertson, conductors. - Youthful Voices and Brass. $18, $14. Tix on the Square or at the door. McDougall United Church 10025 101 St.

Sunday March 18, 2012 3pm  Robin Doyon, trumpet, Sarah Ho, piano. Holy Trinity Anglican Church in conjunction with the Edmonton Recital Society. 10037 84 Av. Admission by donation.

Sunday March 18, 2012 5:30pm Opera Nuova Dinner Cabaret Series – Operatic Lassies. Whitney Sloan, soprano, Aidan Ferguson, mezzo, Shannon Hiebert, piano. Location – That’s Amore, contact www.operanuova.ca for tickets.

Monday March 19, 2012 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

Monday March 19, 2012 7pm UofA music - Contempo New Music Ensemble. Dr. Andriy Talpash, Director. Convocation Hall. Admission by donation.

Friday March 23, 2012 12pm FREE Enterprise String Quartet and the Calgary String Quartet. Enescu octet op.7 and movements from the Mendelssohn octet op.20. Winspear Centre.

Friday March 23, 2012 7:30pm Early Music Alberta Fundraiser – An evening at the court of Louis XIV. Cocktail reception and concert. Music by Lully, Chambonnieres, Couperin and Marais. Jolaine Kerley, soprano, Adam Wead, lute, Josephine van Lier, viola da gamba. Tickets (in advance only) $100 per person which includes the reception.  Upper Hall, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Friday March 23, 2012 8pm Connected: Celebrating Three Pivotal Composers, Jacques C. Després, piano. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, op. 2, No. 1 Liszt, Nuages gris, Élégie no. 1, S. 196, En rêve, S. 207, Années de pèlerinage, deuxieme année: Italie, Après une Lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata, S. 161/7, Debussy, Préludes, deuxième livre, L 123. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Friday March 23, 2012 8pm Celebrating Mozart - Choral concert of music for the season of Lent and Easter. Choirs of Robertson-Wesley United Church, Knox-Metropolitan United Church and the Willan Chorale with chamber orchestra and soloist. Warren Mack, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, conductors and organists.  Music includes Ave Verum Corpus, Laudate Dominum, Exsultate Jubilate, and Missa Brevis in D Major, K.194. Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209-123 St. $15, $10.

Friday March 23 and Saturday March 24, 2012 7:30pm Alberta Ballet, Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky). Jubillee Auditorium.

Saturday March 24, 2012 2pm Platypus Theatre's Bach to the Future - Symphony for Kids. Lucas Waldin, conductor and Platypus Theatre. Corky accidentally combines the ingredients of a magical musical spell and she finds herself on an adventure with some of the world’s most fascinating composers – Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořák, Shostakovich, and more! Pre-concert Activities from 1 - 1:45 pm. Winspear Centre.

Saturday March 24, 2012 6pm UofA Madrigal Singers 25th Annual Dinner Concert and Silent Auction. Sutton Place Hotel 10235 – 101 St. $75 or $500 for a table of 8, contact awhitney@ualberta.ca or 780 492 5306.

Saturday March 24, 2012 7:30pm Festival City Winds Advanced Band and Concordia Community Chorus. Stephen Stone, marimba., Dr. John Hooper, Wendy Grasdahl, and Debbie Rice, conductors. Canticle of Praise, Beck, The Tender Land, Copland, Marimba Concerto, Ney Rosaura.Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd. $12, $10, Tix on the Square.

Sunday March 25, 2012 3pm Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in Hades), Offenbach. University of Alberta Opera Performance. Petar Dundjerski, conductor, Kim Mattice Wanat, director. Tickets $20,$15,$10 at door or from the department of music. Winspear Centre.

Sunday March 25, 2012 3pm Alberta Baroque Ensemble - Bach and Sons. Anna Kozak, violin, Aidan Ferguson, mezzo soprano. J.C.F. Bach, Sinfonia in D Minor, J.S. Bach, Concerto for Violin in A minor, W.F. Bach, Suite in G minor, J.S. Bach, Cantata, Vergnugte Ruh. Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209-123 St. $25, $20, Tix on the Square, Gramophone.

Monday March 26, 2012 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.
Thursday March 29, 2012 7pm UofA music. West African Music Ensemble. Convocation Hall. Admission by donation.

Friday March 30, 2012 7pm UofA music. Indian Music Ensemble. Convocation Hall. Admission by donation.

Friday March 30, 2012 7:30pm Potpourri - Edmonton's finest emerging artists present a variety of classical works. Alissa Cheung, Neda Yamach, violin, Michael Massey, piano. Works by Alissa Cheung, Double Silk, Prokofiev, Sonata No.1, Szymanowski, Notturno e Tarantella, and Moszkowski, Suite for Two Violins and Piano. Muttart Hall, Alberta College, $25, $20.

Saturday March 31, 2012 7pm UofA music. Middle Eastern and North African Ensemble. Convocation Hall. Admission by donation.

Saturday March 31, 2012 8pm Julian Kuerti, conductor, Shauna Rolston, cello. Music - Dvorak, Cello Concerto, Tchaikovsky, Sixth Symphony “Pathétique”, Rival, Achilles & Scamander (World premiere of an ESO commission) Winspear Centre.

April 2012
Sunday April 1, 2012 2pm Transcriptions for Winds - U of A Concert Band. Music - Colas Breugnon Overture by Kabalevsky arranged by Walter Beeler, The Hounds of Spring by Alfred Reed, Divertimento for Band by Vincent Persichetti. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Sunday April 1, 2012 2pm WindRose Trio has Seven Players. Beth Levia, oboe,  Jeff Campbell, clarinet, Matthew Howatt, bassoon, Chenoa Anderson, flute, Elizabeth Koch, flute, Diane Persson, bassoon,  Kathryn Macintosh, trombone, and Sarah Ho, piano. Works by Paul Pierné, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Raymond Premru, Paul Pierné, Bucolique Varieé, Jean Françaix, Quartet for Winds,  and Bohuslav Martinu, Sextet for Piano and Wind Instruments. Robertson-Wesley United Church. $20, $15 Tix on the Square. 
Sunday April 1, 2012 3pm UofA World Music Sampler Featuring the Indian, West African and Middle Eastern and Northern African Music ensembles featuring special guest, Grammy nominated Rahim Alhaj. Tickets $20,$15,$10 at door. Winspear Centre.

Monday April 2, 2012 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.
Monday April 2, 2012 6pm Mayor's Celebration of the Arts 25th Anniversary, presented by the Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton (PACE). Winspear Centre.

Tuesday April 3, 2012 8pm A Celebration of Winds and Voices - Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Madrigal Singers and Concert Choir Featuring works by Brahms, Grainger, Holsinger, Purcell and Whitacre and Brahms’ Begräbnisgesange, op. 13 and American composer David Holsinger’s  A Song of Moses. Tickets $20,$15,$10 at door. Winspear Centre.

Wednesday, April 4 2012, 7:30pm, Thursday, April 5, 2012, 11am (School Matinée) and 7:30pm. Titanic. Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus. Winspear Centre.
Friday April 6, 2012 10:15 (Robertson-Wesley United Church) and 12pm (City Room at City Hall) FREE Enterprise Quartet. Music features Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross (Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze).

Friday April 6, 2012 7:30pm Pro Coro Good Friday Concert with Jolaine Kerley, soprano, Dr. Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor. Works by Bruckner, Caldara, Canadian composer Jeff Enns, and Nystedt, Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater, Latvian composer Eriks Esenvald’s new work, Passion and Resurrection.

Saturday April 7, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Raga-Mala Society presents Sharanagathi (to surrender) Bharathanatyam performance. Mythili Prakash, Aditya Prakash, vocals, Kasi Aysola, nattuvangam, Rajna Swaminathan, mridangam, Krisha Kumar, violin.  Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium. Tickets at the door, $20, $15, Free for Raga-Mala patrons.

Monday April 9, 2012 8pm Soweto Gospel Choir. Winspear Centre.

Tuesday April 10, 2012 8pm On This Shining Night - The King's University College Concert, Chamber and Community Choirs, Calgary and Immanuel Christian High School Choirs. Dr. Melanie Turgeon, conductor. $15, $12, $5. Winspear Centre. 

Thursday April 12, 2012 7:30pm New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia - Traditions. Convocation Hall, UofA. $20, $15.Friday, April 13, 2012 8pm The Warszynski Trio, presented by Tonus Vivus. Music - Piotr Grella-Mozejko, new piece, Alfred Schnittke, Piano Trio, Thom Golub, Exteroceptions, commissioned by the Warszynski Trio, Dan Brophy, Piano Trio, Jonathan Maywood, Apprehension, Ana Sokolovic, Portrait Parle, Guiseppe Lupis, 8 Variations, One Crazy, on Ah! Vous Dirai-je, Maman, Arvo Part, Fratres, Witold Lutoslawski, Subito. Muttart Hall, Edmonton, 10050 Macdonald Drive.  

Friday April 13, 2012 8pm Greenwood Singers, All Things English. All Saints Anglican Cathedral, 10035 103 St. Elgar, Vaughan Williams, English folk songs, and selections from Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate. Tix on the Square.

 Friday April 13 and Saturday April 14, 2011 8pm Cosmopolitan Music Society – Pops Concert, Tuesday and Wednesday Bands. Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Blvd. Tickets $10 adults, $7 students/seniors and children five and under are FREE when purchased in advance. 

Saturday April 14, 2012 3pm Kokopelli – Songquest. Kokopelli's youngest choirs pursue a wayward feline around the world through music. St. Timothy's Anglican Church, 8420 145 St. $16, $13, Tix on the Square or at the door. 

Saturday April 14, 2012 7:30pm Festival City Winds Music Society with guest ensemble the Edmonton Sackbone Express. Dr. Eila Peterson and Wendy J. Grasdahl, conductors with Patricia Gauci, guest soloist. Music includes works by Tielman, Praetorious, Banchieri, and Palestrina.  

Saturday April 14, 2012 7:30pm Festival City Winds Intermediate Band. Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd.

 Saturday April 14, 2012 8pm Edmonton Symphony, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor and Robert Belinić, guitar. Bach: Chaconne in D minor, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, First Guitar Concerto, Márquez, Danzón No. 2, Dvořák, A Hero’s Song. Winspear Centre. 

Saturday April 14 and Sunday April 15, 2012, 8pm Julie Nesrallah, mezzo-soprano, The Divine Miss N and Men. Arden Theatre, St. Albert.Sunday April 15, 2012 11am Edmonton Opera Brunch - Fidelio. Meal and recital of music from the opera. $70, $50, Sutton Place Hotel. 780 429 1000.

 Sunday April 15, 2012 3pm Pro Coro Canada. Morinville Community Cultural Centre 9502 100 Av, Morinville. $30 - $25, Tix on the Square. Dessert and coffee reception at intermission. 

Sunday April 15, 2012 5:30pm Opera Nuova Dinner Cabaret Series – A tribute to Julie Andrews and Judy Garland. Dawn Sadoway and Kim Mattice Wanat. Location – Century Grill, contact www.operanuova.ca for tickets.Monday April 16, 2012 7:30pm RCCO Edmonton Centre, recital to showcase this year's Scholarship Winners. First Presbyterian Church.

Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 2:00 pm Edmonton Recorder Society Gala Concert 20112 Trinity United Church, 8810 Meadowlark Road, Edmonton Admission to the concert is free.

Monday April 16, 2012 1pm UofA Music. Trumpet masterclass with Allen Vizzutti. Convocation Hall. Free and open to the public.

Monday April 16, 2012 8pm FREE UofA Music. XiME (Experimental Improvisation Music Ensemble) with Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy and Werner Friesen (visual artist). Convocation Hall.

Tuesday April 17, 2012 6pm UofA Music – Undergraduate Composers Concert featuring the Contempo New Music Ensemble. Convocation Hall. Admission by donation.

Wednesday April 18, 2012 7:30pm New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia – Traditions. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Friday April 20, 2012 8pm Early Music Alberta Festival – Scona Chamber Singers. Medieval Chant and sacred polyphony of the Renaissance. Performances of chant from the Montserrat Codex and Hildegaard Von Bingen, and works by Vittoria, Palestrina and Morales. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Friday April 20, 2012 8pm Edmonton Classical Guitar Society presents Berta Rojas, guitar. Alberta College, Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr. $25, $20.

Saturday April 21, 2012 9:30am Early Music Alberta Festival – workshop. Renaissance dance music reading session, Bill Damur. Recorders, oboe players and sackbuts welcome. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Saturday April 21, 2012 11:15am Early Music Alberta Festival – lecture. Urbs Orbis Miraculum, Venice – Miracle City of the World. Life in 17th and 18th century Venice. Nadir Aslam. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Saturday April 21, 2012 3pm Early Music Alberta Festival – Afternoon at the Early Music Festival. Henry Gauci, baroque flute, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, harpsichord, Julie Harris, soprano, Judy Loewen, harpsichord. Music of Handel, Louillet, Chedeville, Purcell and others. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Saturday April 21, 2012 4:15pm Early Music Alberta Festival – workshop. Jon Helm, sackbut.

Saturday April 21, 2012 7:30pm Concordia University College, Concordia Ringers and Jubiloso! Bells of Concordia concert. Robert Tegler Student Centre, Concordia campus.

Saturday April 21, 7:30pm Edmonton Vocal Minority – Capital Cabaret, with special guests EKOSingers. Unitarian Church of Edmonton, $15, $12.

Saturday April 21, 2012 7:30pm St. Albert Chamber Music Recital Series. Bianca Baciu, piano, Frank Ho, violin, Katianne Bargen, piano. Don’s Piano Showroom, 8 Riel Dr, St. Albert. Fine wine and tasty treats! $25, $20. Advance tickets available at Art Gallery of St. Albert. (this venue is not wheelchair accessible)

Saturday April 21, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Opera – Beethoven’s Fidelio. Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, sung in German with English surtitles.

Saturday April 21, 2012 8pm Early Music Alberta Festival. Nadir Aslam, baroque violin, Josephine van Lier, baroque cello, Marnie Giesbrecht, harpsichord. Violin sonatas of Pandolfi, Biber, Vivaldi and Leclair. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Sunday April 22, 2012 11am Early Music Alberta Festival – The Baroque Violin – a masterclass. Nadir Aslam, baroque violin. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Sunday April 22, 2012 2pm Ritchie Trombone Choir’s Spring Concert – Swingin’ an’ Slidin’. Millwoods Community Church, 2304 38 St, Edmonton. $20, $15.

Sunday April 22, 2012 3pm Richard Eaton Singers – Perfect Pitch. Handel’s Israel in Egypt. Catherine Abele, Erika Vogel, soprano, Rebecca Claborn, alto, Timothy Shantz, tenor, Michael Kurschat, Mark Wilkinson, baritone, Alberta Baroque Ensemble, Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor. Winspear Centre. $35 to $47, RES office, Tix on the Square, or Winspear Centre Box office.

Sunday April 22, 2012 3pm Ordo Virtutum - the Way of the Virtues (a 12th century musical drama by Hildegaard Von Bingen) performed by the Ordo Collective, Eva Bostrand, Director. Providence Centre Chapel 3005 119 St.

Sunday April 22, 2012 8pm Early Music Alberta Festival – Famous String Concertos. Nadir Aslam, Jennifer Bustin, Shannon Johnson, Allyson Lyne, Adam Pappas, baroque violin, Charles Pilon, Ronelle Schaufele, baroque viola, Janet Kuschak, Josephine van Lier, baroque cello, Judy Loewen, harpsichord, Marnie Giesbrecht, positive organ. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Tuesday April 24, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Opera – Beethoven’s Fidelio. Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, sung in German with English surtitles.

Thursday April 26, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Opera – Beethoven’s Fidelio. Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, sung in German with English surtitles.

Saturday April 28, 2012 9:30am Gospel workshop with Louise Rose presented by Eva Bostrand, artistic director of A Joyful Noise. St. Andrew’s United Church 9912 148 St. $25 at the door includes the workshop and an invitation to perform at the April 29 concert.

Saturday April 28, 2012 3pm Mr. Majeika and the Magic Organ by Bob Chilcott. A short magical story for children with a pipe organ "show and tell" and other activities afterward. Timothy Anderson, narrator, Tammy-Jo Mortensen, organ. Admission is pay-what-you-can. Robertson-Wesley United Church 10209 123 St.

Saturday April 28, 2012 7pm Mill Creek Colliery Band – Prairie Brass Band Festival. William Gordon, guest conductor. Music includes Where Eagles Sing (Lovatt-Cooper), Maori melody Hine e Hine and Fanfare for the Common Man and Hoedown from Rodeo by Aaron Copland. All Saints Anglican Cathedral 10035 103 St. $20, $15, children under 12 are free.

Sunday April 29, 2012 3pm Alberta Baroque Music Society – Alla Corda. Mark Fewer, violin. Scarlatti, Avison Concerto Grosso in G major, Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin Il riposo, Locatelli, Concerto Grosso in D major, Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin Il mogul grosso. Robertson-Wesley United Church. $25, $20, Gramophone, Tix on the Square, or at the door.

Sunday April 29, 2012 3pm Louise Rose and A Joyful Noise Choir in a performance of gospel music. St. Andrew’s United Church 9915 148 St. Tix on the Square, $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

Sunday April 29, 2012 Cocktails 5:30pm, Dinner 6:30pm, Concert 8pm Resound! Spring Dinner and Concert celebrating 110 years in Old Strathcona. Robert King, tenor, Mark Eeles, cello, Janet Smith, soprano, Cherie Larson, piano, The Schoen Duo and string and choral groups. Proceeds will benefit renovation work in the sanctuary interior. Trinity Lutheran Church 10014 81 Av. $50 ($20 concert only) available from the Trinity Office or Tix on the Square.

Sunday April 29, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Recital Society presents Katherine Chi, piano (first ever Canadian winner of the Esther Honens International Piano Competition). Music includes Tombeau de Couperin, Ravel, Sonata no. 27 in e minor, Beethoven and other works by Chopin, Griffes and Canadian Composer Alexina Louie. McDougall United Church 10086 MacDonald Dr. $30, $20, Tix on the Square or at the door.

Monday April 30, 2012 12pm FREE Enterprise Quartet – Great Patrons of Central European Music. Sponsored by the Wirth Institute at the UofA. Beethoven String Quartets no. 4 and 6, Op.18 (Lobkowicz quartets). Introductory remarks by Dr. Franz Szabo, Dept of History, UofA. Winspear Centre Lobby.

Monday April 30, 2012 7:30pm The Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences Alberta and the Wirth Institute present Whitney-Leigh Sloan, soprano, and Sylvia Shadick-Taylor in a program of Czech songs and arias. Timms Centre for the Arts (UofA) 112 87 Av.

May 2012

Friday May 4, 2012 7:30pm and Saturday May 5 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra – Dreaming of Carnegie. William Eddins, conductor, Jens Lindemann, trumpet, Angela Cheng, piano, Juliette Kang, violin, Denise Djokic, cello. Estacio, Triple Concerto, Gilliand, Dreaming of the Masters III for Trumpet, Martinu, First Symphony, and Rival, Lullaby. Winspear Centre.

Friday May 4, 2012 8pm Excentrica Women’s Choir – 10th Anniversary Concert. All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral 10035 103 St. Tickets available at Tix on the Square and from choir members.

Saturday May 5, 2012 7:30pm Festival Singers – Puttin’ on the Ritz. Broadway and TV tunes. Heather Bedford-Clooney, conductor, Linda Steinbring, accompanist, Colin McLean, MC. OLPH Parish, 13 Brower Dr, Sherwood Park, lower level. $30 tickets available from choir members. Hors d’oeuvres with a cash bar.

Saturday May 5, 2012 7:30pm Concordia University College School of Music Concert Choir Home Concert. Robert Tegler Student Centre, Concordia Campus.

Saturday May 5, 2012 7:30pm A Joyful Noise – Sanctuary. Music by Bach, Mozart, Karl Jenkins and Allister MacGillivray. $10, $8 in advance from info@ajoyfulnoisechoir.ca $15,$12 at the door.

Sunday May 6, 2012 2pm Edmonton Youth Orchestra and the Northern Alberta Concerto Competition Winners. Michael Massey, conductor, Mairi Irene McCormack, soprano, Tong Wang and Louisa Lu, piano. Music – Piano Concerto in c minor, Allegro con brio, Beethoven, selections from The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart and Songs of Auvernge, Canteloube, Piano Concerto no.1 in b flat minor, Tchaikovsky, and Symphony No.9 in E flat major, Shostakovich. Winspear Centre. $15, $10, Tix on the Square or at the door.

Sunday May 6, 2012 3pm Cantilon Choirs – Come Ye Singers of Song. New commissioned work by Margaret King. McDougall United Church, 10025 101 St. $15, $12, Tix on the Square.

Sunday May 6, 2012 3pm Da Camera Singers and Spiritus Chamber Choir (Calgary) present Sergei Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil. First Baptist Church, 10031 109 St. $20, $15 at the door or from choir members.
Monday May 7, 2012 6:30pm Wagner's Dream - Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at Cineplex Theatres.

Wednesday May 9, 2012 6:30pm Das Rheingold - Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at Cineplex Theatres.

Wednesday May 9, 2012 7:30pm The Marek Jablonski Endowment Fund presents Stéphane Lemelin, piano. Music includes Schubert's G major Sonata and Debussy's Preludes, Book 1. Convocation Hall, UofA. Tickets at the door, $20, $10. All proceeds support the scholarships offered by the Marek Jablonski Endowment Fund.

Thursday May 10, 2012 7pm FREE Raga-Mala Music Society workshop with Kumaresh (violin) and Jayanthi (Veena). Presented in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology, UofA. Humanities Centre Lecture Theatre 1 University of Alberta Campus 11487 89 Av.

Friday May 11, 2012 7:30pm Raga-Mala Music Society. R. Kumaresh, violin, Jayanthi Kumaresh, veena, with Neyveli Narayanan, mridangam and Trichy Krishnaswami, ghatam. Muttart Hall, Alberta College, 10050 MacDonald Way. $20 and $15 at the door.

Friday May 11 and Saturday May 12, 2012 cocktails 6pm, show 6:30pm, dinner 8pm. Columbian Choirs present Night on Broadway Dinner and Cabaret. Royal Glenora Club 11160 River Valley Road. For tickets and additional information contact Beth at 780-430-6806.

Saturday May 12, 2012 10am Die Walkure - Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at Cineplex theatres.

Saturday May 12, 2012 7pm Mill Creek Colliery Band - Salute to the Proms. David Hoyt, conductor, Cam Martin, soprano cornet, Paul Buckingham, E flat bass, Chris Diaper, euphonium. Music includes Where Eagles Sing, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Royal Parks, and other favourites from the British music tradition. World premiere of a new commissioned arrangement by Geoff Colmer on the Entrance of the Knights of St. John (Strauss). Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 St. $18, $14, Tix on the Square (children under 12 are free).

Saturday May 12, 2012 7pm Cosmopolitan Music Society, Monday Band and St. Albert Community Band. Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Blvd. Tickets available from the Cosmopolitan Music Society 780 432 9333 or info@cosmopolitanmusic.org

Saturday May 12, 2012 7pm Kokopelli Choirs – Colours of Spring. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Saturday May 12, 2012 7:30pm St. Albert Chamber Music Recital Series. David Grainger Brown, guitar, Hiromi Takahashi, oboe, Joel Kristiansen, guitar. Don’s Piano Showroom, 8 Riel Dr, St. Albert. Fine wine and tasty treats! $25, $20. Advance tickets available at Art Gallery of St. Albert. (this venue is not wheelchair accessible)

Saturday May 12, 2012 7:30pm I Coristi Chamber Choir – Spirits. Dr. Debra Cairns, conductor, Josephine van Lier, baroque cello, Dr. Marnie Giesbrecht, organ. Bach, Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, Fauré, Les Djinns, Martin, Songs of Ariel from Shakespeare’s The Tempest and music by Beethoven, Canadian composers Eleanor Daley, Imant Raminsh, and Mark Sirett. Holy Trinity Anglican Church 10037 84 Av. Tix on the Square, $21.75, $16.75. Donations will be accepted for the Edmonton Food Bank.

Sunday May 13, 2012 2pm (1hr duration) Alberta College Conservatory of Music Connections Concert Series. Brittney Jette, mezzo, Eric Meier, guitar, Jocelyn Anselmo, soprano, Katia Paskevich, soprano, Michelle Powell, piano, Rachel Johns, mezzo, Bianca Baciu, piano, Don Ross, clarinet, Frank Ho, violin, Simon-Marc de Freitas, piano. Works by Liszt (Spanish Rhapsody), Offenbach (Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman), Joaquin Turina (Sonata in D Major), Delibes (Flower Duet from Lakme), Astor Piazzolla (Tango Etudes), Grieg (Solveig's Lied from Peer Gynt) and George Enescu (Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano). Muttart Hall 10050 MacDonald Dr. $20, $10 Tix on the Square and Acquired Taste Tea (children under 12 are free). Series aired on CKUA and proceeds from ticket sales go directly to support student scholarships.

Sunday May 13, 2012 2pm Esquire Men’s Chorus – A Concert for Mother’s Day. Michael Zaugg, conductor, Joachim Segger, accompanist. Winspear Centre.

Sunday May 13, 2012 2pm Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra Annual Concert. Spring Symphonie - Music for Mothers and Others. Murray Vassjo, conductor, Anni Yu, violin. Music by Lalo, Mozart, R.V. Williams, Gainger and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 103 St. $10, children 10 and under are free.

Sunday May 13, 2012 2:30pm Edmonton Youth and Children’s Choir Spring Concert. Primary Choir, Boys’ Choir, Girls’ Choir and Youth Choir. Music includes Aaron Copland’s I Bought Me a Cat and Ching-a-ring Chaw, Rossini’s Duetto buffo di due gatti, Martin Shaw’s the Song of the Music Makers and Neil Ginsberg’s Two Poems of Emily Dickenson. McDougall United Church 10025 101 St. Suggested donation $10.

Sunday May 13, 2012 7:30pm Vocal Alchemy – This Shining Night – 10th Anniversary Concert. Jordan Van Biert, conductor, Satomi Tozawa, piano, David Wilson, guest conductor, Adam Pappas, violin, Brett Ludwig, piano, Keith Rempel, bass, Thom Bennett, drums, Dan Davis, saxophone, Janet Smith, soprano, Adrienne Sitko, alto, Caleb Nelson, tenor, Kyle Carter, bass and special guest singers. Music of Lauridsen, Vaughan Williams, Faure, Chatman, Stanford and Whitacre (Five Hebrew Love Songs), plus jazz standards and folk favourites. St. Andrew’s United Church 9915 148 St. $17, $15 or $15, $12 in advance. Available from choir members, http://www.vocalalchemy.com/ or Tix on the Square.

Sunday May 13, 2012 5:30pm Opera Nuova, Enchanted Evenings – A Mother’s Day Special Event. Theodore Baerg, baritone, Irena Welhasch Baerg. Highlights from their 2007 CD “Enchanted Evenings”. The Edmonton Petroleum Club 11110 108 St. For tickets contact www.operanuova.ca

Monday May 14, 2012 6:30pm Manon - Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at Cineplex Theatres.

Tuesday May 15, 2012 7pm Nova Musica Community Orchestra. Bill Dimmer, conductor. Music Der Freischutz Overture, Carl Maria von Weber, Academic Festival Overture, Brahms, Peer Gynt Suite 1, Grieg, My Fair Lady, F. Loewe, and Music for a Young Prince, Canadian Composer Geoffrey Ridout. New members welcome. Stanley A. Milner Library Auditorium. Donations to the Food Bank will be accepted.

Thursday May 17, 2012 1-4pm 6:30-9:30pm FREE The Shean Piano Competition - solo piano programs http://www.sheancompetition.com/ Artists - Benjamin Chapman (Sydney, Australia), Rich Coburn, (Nelson, BC), Steven Massicotte (Montreal, PQ), Michelle Powell (Grande Prairie, AB), Lisa Tahara (Vancouver, BC), and Adam Zukiewicz (Jawor, Poland). Muttart Hall, Alberta College Conservatory 10050 MacDonald Dr.

Thursday May 17,2012 6:30pm Siegfried - Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at Cineplex theatres.

Friday May 18, 2012 2-4pm 6:30-8:45pm FREE The Shean Piano Competition - piano concertos. http://www.sheancompetition.com/ Artists - Benjamin Chapman (Sydney, Australia), Rich Coburn, (Nelson, BC), Steven Massicotte (Montreal, PQ), Michelle Powell (Grande Prairie, AB), Lisa Tahara (Vancouver, BC), and Adam Zukiewicz (Jawor, Poland). Muttart Hall, Alberta College Conservatory 10050 MacDonald Dr.

Saturday May 19, 2012 10am Götterdämmerung - Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at Cineplex theatres.

Saturday May 19, 2012 8pm Boreal Electoacoustic Music Society – The Saturn Sessions (artists will perform to a bedtrack consisting of radio signals from Saturn, recorded in 1981 by the Voyager 2 probe). Artists - Moonfrye, Will Truchon, Bill Damur, Don Ross, and Stanis Coleslaw R.E.M. Ortona Armoury 9722 103 St.

Wednesday May 23, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Lucas Waldin, conductor, Marc Destrubé, violin. Haydn, The Creation, Representation of Chaos, LeClair, Violin Concerto, Bach, Violin Concerto, Beethoven, Sixth Symphony, Pastorale.

Friday May 25, 7:30pm, Saturday May 26 7:30pm and Sunday May 27 at 2pm 2012 Chat Blanc – Shadows and Light on Erik Satie – an exploration of Satie’s music during La Belle Epoque. Shadow play, original art and historic images. Animateur-Musical Director, Roxanne Classen, Image-Shadow Play Director, Eva Colmers, Performers – Timothy Anderson, Mireille Rijavec and Laura Jones, Illustrations, Caitlin Richards, Ambient Music, Bill Richards. Campus Saint-Jean Auditorium, McMahon Pavillion 8406 91 St. $20, $15, Tix on the Square or Le Carrefour Bookstore, or at the door.

Friday May 25, 2012 7:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Vocal Gems Concert. Kimberly Barber, J. Patrick Raffery, Irena Welhasch Berg and Theodore Berg. Convocation Hall, UofA. Tickets $16-$22.

Saturday May 26, 2012 10:55am La Traviata - Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at Cineplex Theatres.

Saturday May 26, 2012 7pm Kokopelli Choirs – Life’s a Happy Song – Ten Years of Oran. St. Andrew’s United Church.

Saturday May 26, 2012 7:30pm Concordia University College Spring Concert with the Festival CityWinds Music Society (four concert bands). Works by Tielman Susato, Jay Chattaway, Fergal Carroll, Stuart Johnson, Jacob de Haan and Christiaan Venter. Robert Tegler Student Centre 7128 Ada Blvd. $8, Tix on the Square.

Sunday May 27, 2012 2pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Lucas Waldin, conductor, David Requiro, cello, Stefan Jungkind, viola. Beethoven, Sixth Symphony, Pastorale, Schumann, Cello Concerto, Georges Enesco, Concertpiece for Viola. Winspear Centre.

Sunday May 27, 2012 2:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Best of the Fest. The most promising vocal artists from the Kiwanis Music Festival. Convocation Hall, UofA. Tickets $14-$20.

Sunday May 27, 2012 7pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Behind the Scenes Masterclass. Room 1-29 Fine Arts Bldg, UofA. Tickets $14-$20.

Tuesday May 29, 2012 7:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Song Soirees at the AGA. English Artsong. Art Gallery of Alberta, Ledcor Theatre. Tickets $14-$20.

Tuesday May 29, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. William Eddins, conductor and piano, Elliot Madore, baritone (winner of the 2010 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions). Arias and songs from Don Giovanni, The Barber of Seville, Die Tote Stadt and Carousel and music by Ravel, Poulenc, and de Falla. Winspear Centre.

Thursday May 31, 2012 Noon FREE Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Music at Noon. Winspear Centre Lobby.

Friday June 1, 2012 7:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Classic Broadway Concert. Music from Brigadoon, Company, She Loves Me, and The Music Man. Convocation Hall, UofA. Tickets $16 - $22.

Saturday June 2, 2012 10am-3pm FREE Oliver Community Festival. Family entertainment including the Nova Bells Hand Choir, Choir of Robertson-Wesley United Church, Choral Morphosis, Edmonton Musical Theatre and the Edmonton Police Pipe and Drum Band. 102 Av between 121 and 123 Streets.

Saturday June 2, 2012 7:30pm Cantate! Edmonton Youth Choir Year End Concert. Jordan van Biert, conductor. St. Timothy’s Anglican Church 8420 145 St, admission at the door.

Saturday June 2, 2012 7:30pm Raga-Mala Music Society – Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty, Patiala Gharana, vocals. Royal Alberta Musem 12845 102 Av.

Sunday June 3, 2012 4pm Kokopelli Choirs – Colours of Sping Encore. Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples.

Sunday June 3, 2012 4:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - An Afternoon of Sacred Song. Excerpts from oratorios by Bach, Haydn and Handel. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av. Tickets $14 - $20.

Sunday June 3, 2012 7pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Behind the Scenes Masterclass. Room 1-29 Fine Arts Bldg, UofA. Tickets $14-$20.

Sunday June 3, 2012 7pm The Edmonton Mozart Festival - Perspectives. James Bures, organ and conductor, Tara Plamondon, french horn, Anders Muskens, harpsichord and conductor. Epistle Sonata No 14 in C, Serenade for Winds in C minor, Nacht Musique, Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat major, Allegro Molto in C major (a newly discovered work), Harpsichord Concerto No 3 in E flat major, and Six German Dances KV 509. Muttart Hall, Alberta College Conservatory 10025 MacDonald Dr. $15 ($20 at door), $25 festival pass. http://www.edmontonmozartfestival.com/

Sunday June 3, 2012 7:30pm Cosmopolitan Music Society All Bands and Chorus Season Finale. Winspear Centre.

Tuesday June 5, 2012 7:30pm Nova Musica Community Orchestra. Bill Dimmer, conductor. Music Der Freischutz Overture, Carl Maria von Weber, Academic Festival Overture, Brahms, Peer Gynt Suite 1, Grieg, My Fair Lady, F. Loewe, and Music for a Young Prince, Canadian Composer Godfrey Ridout. New members welcome. Royal Canadian Legion Hall 4815 47 St Calmar. Donations to the Christmas Elves will be accepted. 

Tuesday June 5, 2012 7:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival Song Soirees at the AGA. French artsong. Art Gallery of Alberta, Ledcor Theatre. Tickets $14-$20.

Wednesday June 6, 2012 7pm St. Albert Community Band Spring Concert. Arden Theatre, St. Albert.

Thursday June 7, 2012 Noon FREE Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Music at Noon. Winspear Centre Lobby.

Thursday June 7, 2012 8pm Edmonton Vocal Minority Choir – A Touch of Goth. Special guest Darrin Hagen. Westbury Theatre. $15, $12.

Friday June 8, 2012 7:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Opera Extravaganza with Improvaganza. Operatic scences with improvs of opera scenes. $16 - $22.

Friday June 8, 2012 9:30pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra – Late Night Brahms. William Eddins, conductor, Angela Cheng, piano, Members of Oran and Kokopelli Choirs. Excerpts from Brahms’ First Piano Concerto, Third Symphony and the Liebeslieder Waltzes. Winspear Centre.

Saturday June 9, 2012 8pm Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. William Eddins, conductor, Angela Cheng, piano. Brahms’ First Piano Concerto and the Third Symphony. Winspear Centre.

Sunday June 10, 2012 2pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Opera for 'New-ova-ites', Keeping the stories straight. Learn more about the operas, composers and the artists. Upper Crust Cafe. Tickets $14-$16.

Sunday June 10, 2012 4:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival An Afternoon with a Merry Widow. Old Timers Cabin 9430 99 St. Tickets $14-$20.

Sunday June 10, 2012 7pm The Edmonton Mozart Festival - A Little Night Music. Irina Konavalov, Marlena Muskens, Anders Muskens, Elliot Kam, and Brenda Lam, piano. Aleasha Pawluski, trumpet, and the Wild Rose String Quartet. Sonata No.2 in D major for Piano Duet, Allegro Molto in C major (a newly discovered work), Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, Piano Sonata No. 62 in E flat major (Haydn), Piano Sonata Op. 79 No. 24 in F sharp major (Beethoven), Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (Haydn), and Serenade for Strings, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Muttart Hall, Alberta College, 10050 MacDonald Dr. $15 ($20 at door), $25 festival pass. http://www.edmontonmozartfestival.com/

Sunday June 10, 2012 7pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Behind the Scenes Masterclass. Room 1-29 Fine Arts Building, UofA. Tickets $14-$20.

Tuesday June 12, 2012 7:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival Song Soirees at the AGA. German artsong. Art Gallery of Alberta, Ledcor Theatre. Tickets $14-$20.

June 14-16 and June 19-23, 2012 7:30pm (check Tix on the Square for showtimes) Edmonton Musical Theatre - The Time of Our Lives. Celebrating 35 years. Randy Mueller, Director-Music Director, Marie Nychka, Adam Blocka and Steffni Ault, choreographers, Geoff Emery, Jen Magel, Set Designers. Westbury Theatre, TransAlta Arts Barns 10330 84 Av. $25 Tix on the Square.

Friday June 15, 2012 7:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Opera Extravaganza with Improvaganza. Operatic scences with improvs of opera scenes. $16 - $22.

Sunday June 17, 2012 5:30pm Opera Nuova – L’Invitation du Voyage, A Father’s Day Event featuring artists from the Vocal Arts Festival 2012 including the music of R.V. William’s Songs of Travel. Sabor Divino 10220 103 St NW. For tickets contact http://www.operanuova.ca/

Sunday June 17, 2012 7pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Behind the Scenes Masterclass. Room 1-29 Fine Arts Building, UofA. Tickets $14-$20.

Monday June 18, 2012 7:30pm FREE Organ Information Evening - Organ Building and Restoration with Bruce Shull. Royal Canadian College of Organists - Edmonton. Providence Church, 12905 122 Av.

June 19, 20 and 21, 2012, 7:30pm, June 20 1:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Albert Herring, Benjamin Britten. Convocation Hall, UofA. Tickets $24-$40.

Thursday June 21, 2012 7pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society - Summer Solstice Festival. Masterclass with Tara Helen O'Connor, flute, and Daniel Phillips, violin. Fine Arts Building, UofA Room 1-29 and 2-7.

June 22-24 and 27-30, 2012 Elope Musical Theatre presents Kiss Me Kate. John L. Haar Theatre 10045 156 St. $27.50, $22.50 Tix on the Square. For more information go to http://www.elopemusicaltheatre.ca/

Friday June 22, 2012 6pm gates open, 7pm performances start. Edmonton Opera presents Opera al Fresco, a summer garden party at Devonian Gardens. Robert Clark, tenor, Catherine Daniel, mezzo-soprano and Bertrand Malo. Featuring the debut of the Edmonton Opera Children’s Chorus. Located 5 kms north of Devon on Hwy 60. (51227 Hwy 60, Spruce Grove, T7Y 1C5) Tickets $49 adults, $20 children 12 and under.

Friday June 22, 2012 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society presents the Summer Solstice Music Festival – L’Esprit Francais. Music of Saint-Saens, Messiaen and Debussy. Jessica Linnebach, Jasmine Lin, Daniel Phillips, violin, Charles Pilon, viola, Shauna Rolston, Marina Hoover, cello, Tara Helen O’Connor, flute, Julianne Scott, clarinet, Nora Bumanis, harp, Stephen Prutsman, piano, Jacques Despres, piano, Patricia Tao, piano and festival director. Convocation Hall. Pre-concert talk begins 45 minutes prior to performance. $30, $20, $10. Tix on the Square or The Gramophone.

Saturday June 23, 2012 7:15pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society presents the Summer Solstice Music Festival. Pre-concert - ECMS Scholarship winner recital. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Saturday June 23, 2012 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society presents the Summer Solstice Music Festival – Intersections, Music for Film and Concert Stage. Chamber pieces by Nino Rota and Lalo Schifrin, and Stephen Prutsman’s score for Sherlock, Jr. plus a showing of the film. Jessica Linnebach, Jasmine Lin, Daniel Phillips, violin, Charles Pilon, viola, Shauna Rolston, Marina Hoover, cello, Tara Helen O’Connor, flute, Julianne Scott, clarinet, Nora Bumanis, harp, Stephen Prutsman, piano, Jacques Despres, piano, Patricia Tao, piano and festival director. Convocation Hall. $30, $20, $10.

Sunday June 24, 2012 3pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society presents the Summer Solstice Music Festival – Summer Passion.  Assobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle) for flute and cello by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Rebecca Clarke’s Piano Trio of 1921, and Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor. Jessica Linnebach, Jasmine Lin, Daniel Phillips, violin, Charles Pilon, viola, Shauna Rolston, Marina Hoover, cello, Tara Helen O’Connor, flute, Julianne Scott, clarinet, Nora Bumanis, harp, Stephen Prutsman, piano, Jacques Despres, piano, Patricia Tao, piano and festival director. Convocation Hall. Pre-concert talk begins 45 minutes prior to performance. $30, $20, $10.

Friday June 29, 2012 7pm Lucernarium - Medieval Music of the Night. Chant, organum, polyphony and organ music from the 10th century. Leora Nauta, artistic director and organist, Dawn Bailey, soprano. St. Timothy's Anglican Church, 8420 145 St. Admission by donation to benefit the choral scholar program at St. Timothy's.

June 26, 28 and 30, 2012 7:30pm, July 1 1:30pm and 7:30pm. Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Alcina, Handel. Timms Centre for the Arts, UofA. Tickets $28-$40.

June 26, 29 and July 1, 2012 7:30pm, June 30 1:30pm Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival - Ariadne auf Naxos, Richard Strauss. Timms Centre for the Arts, UofA. Tickets $28-$40.




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