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September 2019
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 »October 2019
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 »January 2020
Pro Series: The Faculty Concert
To kick off the New Year, faculty members of the Brandon University School of Music present an evening of works as varied as their musical interests - from beloved classical masterpieces to exhilarating newly composed, multi-media creations. 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 »February 2020
Brandon University Indigenous New Music Festival 2020
building intercultural understanding, partnerships and mutual respect The BU Indigenous NMF will include concerts, lectures, talks and workshops. Pro Series BU Indigenous NMF concerts Tuesday, February 11 @ 7:30 p.m. in the Lorne Watson Recital Hall Wednesday, February 12 @ 7:30 p.m. in the Lorne Watson Recital Hall Concerts will feature Cris Derksen, a two-spirit Juno Award-nominated Cree cellist and composer, and Melody McKiver, Anishinaabe musician, violist, media artist, grass dancer and arts educator; The Brandon University New Music Ensemble…
Find out more »Brandon University Indigenous New Music Festival Concert
Megumi Masaki, director Guest artists include: Cris Derksen, 'cellist and composer; Melody McKiver, musician, media artist, traditional powwow dance and arts educator; Brandon University New Music Ensemble. Tuesday, February 11, 2020 @ 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 12, 2020 @ 7:30 p.m. No admission charge.
Find out more »Brandon University Indigenous New Music Festival 2020: February 11 – 12, 2010
Megumi Masaki, director Guest artists include: Cris Derksen, 'cellist and composer; Melody McKiver, musician, media artist, traditional powwow dancer and arts educator; Brandon University New Music Ensemble. Tuesday, February 11, 2020 @ 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 12, 2020 @ 7:30 p.m. No admission charge.
Find out more »Pro Series: Les voix humaines, Viol Consort; Violas da gamba: Melisand Corriveau, Felix Deak, Margaret Little, Susie Napper
The programme features Vivalid's The Four Seasons, Op. 8, RV 269, RV 315, RV 293, and RV297, and other season-inspired works. This inimitable viol consort, with a world-wide following and more than 30 recordings to its credit, reinterprets works not only from the Baroque period, but from other eras as well. Lorne Watson Recital Hall 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at the door: $20 Adults; $15 Seniors, Students & Alumni Questions? Contact the School of Music Office at 204-727-9631 or 204-727-7438.
Find out more »Pro Series: Diana Cohen, violin; Franklin Cohen, clarinet; Roman Rabinovich, piano
The programme includes Bartok's Contrasts and Mozart's Kegelstadt Trio. The concertmasster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Diana Cohen, joins forces with her father Franklin, the distinguished, long-time principal clarinetist of the Cleveland Orchestra, and her husband, concert pianist Roman Rabinovich, for this leap day performance. Lorne Watson Recital Hall 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at the door: $20 Adults; $15 Seniors, Alumni & Students Questions? Contact the School of Music office at 204-727-9631 or 204-727-7438.
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