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September 2022
Pro Series: Ensemble Télémaque
GroundSwell brings nine-piece Ensemble Télémaque from Marseille, France to Brandon for a diverse concert featuring the Canadian premieres of four new pieces written for this concert.
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Pro Series Homecoming Concert
Press Release Please join us for an evening of piano with acclaimed and celebrated School of Music faculty at the Lorne Watson Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m on Thursday, October 13, 2022. Pictured above, Mark Cramer, Everett Hopfner (standing) and Alexander Tselyakov, Megumi Masaki (seated) Pictured above is the School of Music group that toured the New York Steinway factory, making a careful selection of our fabulous brand new Steinway D piano. Concert #2 of the Pro Series Roster, Homecoming…
Find out more »November 2022
BU New Music Festival pro series Concert #2
Our pro series Concert #2 of the BU New Music Festival features Marina Thibeault, viola & Janelle Fung, piano. FROM FAR ABOVE: BRINGER OF LIGHT - MARINA THIBEAULT, viola & JANELLE FUNG, piano Celebrated duo Marina Thibeault and Janelle Fung delight international audiences with their spellbinding performances and engaging presence. They will perform a compelling program for viola and piano which includes works from the classical canon by Clara Schumann, Nadia Boulanger and Rebecca Clarke and contemporary compositions by…
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Megumi Masaki MEGUMI MASAKI || TRANSFORMATION: a celebration of human resilience, calls to action, and transformational experiences. TRANSFORMATION presents four interactive piano + multimedia works that reimagine the piano and pianist’s artistic expression through new technologies, and transform the listener’s concert to an immersive, emotional and cinematic experience. This program explores new models of interaction between sound, image, text and movement to augment the piano and its surrounding space as a visual as well as musical instrument. TRANSFORMATION hopes…
Find out more »Canzona Choir pro series concert
Canzona The Brandon University School of Music pro series welcomes the nationally renowned choir Canzona to a performance at Knox United Church the evening of Nov. 21. “Canzona is a terrific choir — one of the very best in Canada,” said Greg Gatien, Dean of the BU School of Music. “They have performed here before to a packed house, receiving an enthusiastic standing ovation.” On this return performance, Canzona, will bring 18 vocalists, plus nine orchestra players (two violins, two…
Find out more »David Potvin, piano
Please welcome 45th Annual E-Gré Competition Winner, David Potvin, piano and join us for an evening of concert entertainment. David Potvin, piano Montréal based pianist, David Potvin, has received various performance awards, including prizes at the 2018 Shean and 2017 Stepping Stone competitions. In 2020, he received his Doctor of musical Arts from the University of Toronto, where he studied with acclaimed pedagogue Marietta Orlov and won the DMA recital competition. David maintains an interest in a variety of…
Find out more »January 2023
pro series duo 526
Join us for an evening of wonderful music featuring Kerry DuWors, violin and Futaba Niekawa, piano Fore more information please visit the duo526 website at: https://www.duo526.com/ Tickets are: $20 adults/seniors All music and conservatory of music students, no admission fee.
Find out more »February 2023
pro series: Elin Rombo, soprano & Sharon Rogers, piano
Please join us for an evening of wonderful music! The evening's program will feature art songs by four female composers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, alongside operatic duets and arias in Italian by Mozart and Monteverdi. Works by Nordic composers Elfrida Andrée of Sweden and Agathe Backer Grøndahl of Norway will be followed by selections in French and German by Lili Boulanger and Clara Schumann. Elin Rombo, soprano & Sharon Rogers, piano with guest pianist, Robert Richardson Sr.…
Find out more »March 2023
Didem Basar pro series concert
For further information on this concert and the Continuum Series through Virtuosi Concerts, please visit this link: https://virtuosiconcerts.ca/continuum Please join us for an evening of fine music featuring Didem Basar: https://didembasar.com/ * Patrick Graham: https://patrickgrahampercussion.com/ * Momoko Matsumura, viola & violin Originally from Osaka, Japan, Momoko Matsumura enjoys a varied career playing orchestral and chamber music, as well as historically informed performances of baroque music on period instruments. Based in Winnipeg, she performs regularly with the Winnipeg Symphony and…
Find out more »April 2023
Pro Series: CALMUS vocal ensemble
CALMUS vocal ensemble Elisabeth Mücksch - soprano; Maria Kalmbach - alto; Friedrich Bracks - tenor; Jonathan Saretz - baritone; Friedrich Bracks - bass Homogeneity, precision, lightness, emotionality, humorousness—these are characteristics of the Calmus Ensemble, one of Germany's most successful vocal groups. The wide range of tonal colors, the passionate joy the singers convey on stage, their sound culture and their varied and imaginative programs never fail to inspire. The five singers from Leipzig have won several international prizes and competitions—most…
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