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September 2019
Out of Bounds Lecture Series: Samuel Torjman Thomas
Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas The Out of Bounds Lecture Series presents Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas of the City University of New York. Thomas will present "Jewish Songlines: Charting and Chanting the Moroccan Diaspora" from 12:40 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Room 1-57 of the Queen Elizabeth II Music Building. A pizza reception will take place in the Faulty Lounge following the presentation.
Find out more »Music of the Mediterranean Launches pro series Season Tonight!
Music of the Mediterranean Launches pro series Season BRANDON, MB—The 2019-2020 pro series season kicks off with a ground-breaking programme entitled "Mediterranean Encounters: Judeo-Muslim Soundscapes". This evening of Sephardi-Mizrachi music is a first for the pro series, and introduces to Brandon audiences New York-based ethnomusicologist, composer, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and singer Samuel Torjman Thomas. During this performance, he will sing as well as play various saxophones and the oud – a lute-like instrument with up to 13 strings. Joining Torjman Thomas for this event will…
Find out more »WSO in Brandon: Daniel Raiskin, conductor & Alexander Tselyakov, piano
Alexander Tselyakov, piano Acclaimed pianist Alexander Tselyakov will perform in Brandon with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra this Sunday. An Associate Professor of Music at Brandon University, Tselyakov will join the WSO at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium for an afternoon performance of pieces by Mozart and Brahms. Mozart: Concerto No. 23 in A major Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor Few great works of music have taken so long to get to a finished product as Brahm's Symphony No.…
Find out more »October 2019
LA BOHÈME comes to Brandon TONIGHT!
TONIGHT!!!!!! La Bohème A National Tour of opera at bars across Canada Taking place in the WMCA Foyer BUY ONLINE Wednesday, October 2 - 7:30pm Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium - foyer Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) hits the road for its first ever national tour of LA BOHÈME! Against the Grain Theatre presents: LA Bohème! #AtGBoheme — A modern love story sung in English. In a bar! The AtG production that started it all, and uprooted opera…
Find out more »Park Sounds Duo: Root Systems: Jennifer Thiessen, viola, viola d’amore; Ben Reimer, percussion
Pro Series Concert Park Sounds is a new duo comprised of Manitoba-raised, Montreal-based musicians Jennifer Thiessen (viola, viola d'amore) and Ben Reimer (percussion). Their debut program, Root Systems, is inspired by a diagram of the deep root systems of prairie plants and explores themes of origin, belonging and culture. It includes existing works by Luciano Berio and Tigran Mansurian as well as four new Canadian pieces by Karen Sunabacka, Michael Matthews, Marielle Groven and Daniel Morphy. An arrangement of the…
Find out more »Pro Series Concert: Collectif9
Collectif9 Violin: Yubin Kim, Robert Margaryan, Ryan Truby, Abby Walsh Viola: Justin Almazan, Xavier Lepage-Brault 'Cello: Jeremie Cloutier, Andrea Stewart Double Bass and arrangements: Thibault Bertin-Maghit Sound engineer: Rufat Aliev The programme includes Debussy's Nuages, and Golijov's Tancas Serradas a Mur, among others. This genre-bending ensemble presents dazzling, amplified performances. Based in Montreal, these musicians, friends since university, fuse contemporary interpretations and classical repertoire. Lorne Watson Recital Hall 7:30 p.m. Tickets: Adults $20 & $15 Students, Seniors & Alumni Questons?…
Find out more »November 2019
Pro Series Concert: Bryn Blackwood, piano
The programme includes Far Beyond Things Finite by Brian Current, E-Gre's 2019 commissioned work. An up-and-coming piano star, Blackwood stops in Brandon while on a national tour. This marks the Moose Jaw native's return to the stage where he won the 2019 E-Gre National Music Competition. Lorne Watson Recital Hall 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at the door: $20 Adults; $15 Students, Seniors & Alumni Questions? Contact the School of Music Office at 204-727-9631 or 204-727-7438.
Find out more »Brandon University Big Band Concert
Eric Platz, Director. Lorne Watson Recital Hall No admission charge
Find out more »Canada Music Week Recital
Once a year members of the Westman Branch of the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers Association host the Canada Music Week Recital. The program showcases works by Canadian composers and introduces our young performers to music of their times. Lorne Watson Recital Hall No admission charge
Find out more »Brandon University Orchestra
Leanne Zacharias, Director. Works performed by Linda Catlin Smith; Kelly-Marie Murphy and Ludwig van Beethoven. St. Matthew's Cathedral (403 - 13th Street) Admission: General $12; Students $8
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