Tag: Music

November 2024

Spoken Word & Jazz

Wednesday, November 6th @ 7:00 pm
Section 6 Brewing

Students will perform a program of brand-new compositions, featuring live spoken word with jazz music.

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August 2024

Prairie Wires Summer Sound Series 4/4 — Brady Allard, L’Alien, Koda Maxon

Saturday, August 17th @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Princess Park
Four people, one of them playing a trumpet

The air will be energized as Prairie Wires turns its focus on a showcase of Brandon University School of Music alumni.

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January 2024

Da Capo Music Education Conference

Saturday, January 20th @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
School of Music
A group of people sit in auditorium-style seating to listen to a presentation from two people at a table in front.

The Da Capo Conference is a one-day professional development conference that provides music educators of all levels a chance to participate in workshops and seminars and allow for networking opportunities.

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September 2022

Listening to the Fur Trade

Friday, September 23rd, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
Gathering Space, John E. Robbins Library
Free
An illustration of people dancing as others clap and fiddle

Daniel Laxer will present Listening to the Fur Trade on Friday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m., in the Gathering Space of the John E. Robbins Library. As fur traders were driven across northern North America by economic motivations, the landscape over which they plied their trade was punctuated by sound: shouting, singing, dancing, gunpowder, rattles, […]

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March 2022

Brandon Chamber Players: Here We Are

Saturday, March 12th, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
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One event on Saturday, March 12th, 2022 at 7:30 pm

Lorne Watson Recital Hall, QEII Music Building, Room 1-60

Here We Are features new, original jazz compositions by Brandon-based saxophonist Aren Teerhuis.

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November 2021

Pro Series: E-Gré winner Julien Siino

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Online
Collage of two photos. A man stands with his back to a wall holding a cello in one photo. A man smiles in the other

Cellist Julien Siino, winner of the 2021 E-Gré National Music Competition, will be joined by collaborative pianist Edward Liddall as they conclude their Winner’s Tour with a live-streamed performance on Tuesday, Nov. 23.

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July 2021

Crazy Canadians Virtual Concert with Amy Hillis

Thursday, July 29th, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Online

In this 45-minute concert, Amy Hillis will highlight works for violin by Canadian composers including Métis, female, BIPOC and prairie composers.

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February 2021

BU Indigenous New Music Festival/Pro Series — Jessica McMann (livestream)

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Online
A woman smiles while holding several types of flute

Jessica McMann is a Cree musician, dancer and choreographer from Cowessess, Sask. McMann's recent compositions explore Indigenous identity and history.

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November 2020

E-Gre 2020 Competition Winner, Brittany Rae, soprano (live-streamed)

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Online
A woman looks to her right and smiles

Brittany Rae E-Gré National Music Competition winner Brittany Rae and accompanist Jesse Plessis will conclude their Winner’s Tour with a live-streamed performance on Tuesday, Nov. 17. The concert, beginning at 7:30 p.m. CDT, will be streamed on the Brandon University (BU) School of Music Facebook and YouTube pages. In September Rae won the 43rd E-Gré […]

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March 2020

Performance Anxiety Workshop

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 12:40 pm - 1:30 pm
Brandon University

Come and join us in the music library for a performance anxiety workshop with BU Student Counsellor Marsha Harris. Although the workshop will be geared towards BU music students, everyone is welcome.

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