Music

ENCORE! Professional Concert Series

September 23, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Viva L'Italia!
Travel to sunny Italy as Brock Music faculty Gordon Cleland (cello) and Karin Di Bella (piano) combine forces with Brock Music alumna Melissa Shriner (soprano).  Allow yourself to be taken in by the allure of Italy through the music this country has inspired.  This program features music by Italian composers, as well as composers from abroad who have fallen under the spell of this magical country.  Viva l’Italia!

November 18, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Penderecki String Quartet
The Penderecki String Quartet, approaching the third decade of an extraordinary career, has become one of the most celebrated chamber ensembles of their generation. These four musicians from Poland, Canada, and the USA bring their varied yet collective experience to create performances that demonstrate their “remarkable range of technical excellence and emotional sweep” (Toronto, Globe and Mail).

January 20, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
The Avian Ensemble
This inaugural concert by the Avian Ensemble features two of the Niagara Symphony's distinguished principal woodwind players and a brilliant pianist in a wide range of fascinating repertoire.  Central to the program will be Four Fables by the Canadian/American composer Karim Al-Zand, an exciting and recent narrative work based on Aesop's animal stories.  Original works for flute, clarinet and piano by Saint-Saëns and Florent Schmitt will flank arrangements of popular works from the orchestral and operatic traditions. Featured performers are Doug Miller (flute), Zoltan Kalman (clarinet) and Erika Reiman (piano). Join us on a surprising and absorbing journey!

February 3, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Africville – Joe Sealy, George Elliott Clarke & Friends
Joe Sealy has enjoyed a highly successful career as a musician, composer, recording artist and radio broadcaster.  His 1997 Juno-Award winning Africville Suite inspired Ron Foley MacDonald of The Halifax Daily News to write; “This may be the most important jazz album released in Canada this year”. Joe has presented the Africville Suite in concert venues and at music festivals across Canada as well as Denmark, Norway and the USA. In 2009, Sealy was appointed to the Order of Canada for his outstanding contributions to the arts and specifically  for Africville Suite, which was dedicated to Canada's oldest Black community.

March 23, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Tempted by Opera?… Give in to Carmen!
Jeunesses Musicales presents Carmen by Georges Bizet. This opera, premiered in Paris in March 1875, is based on the novel Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. Today, it remains one of the most frequently performed French operas in the world. The beautiful bohemian girl will share her theory of love, joyfully captivating you with her charms and cheekiness. Come meet some of the country’s finest emerging artists in this wonderful production with costumes, lighting, and original stage direction.  Co-sponsored with the Centre for the Arts, Brock University.

ENCORE! tickets: $28.50, adults, $22.50 seniors/students; $5 eyeGO high school program. Contact the Centre for the Arts Box Office at 905-688-5550 x3257, or visit the Centre for the Arts' website.

Music@Noon

October 2010 to April 2011 
Indulge in a midday “music break” and enjoy a relaxing, free hour of live music every Tuesday from 12:00 noon - 12:50 p.m., featuring our performance faculty, talented students, alumni and guests.

October 4, 2011 - RESCHEDULED TO OCTOBER 11 - DUE TO ILLNESS:
Faculty and Guest Recital: Peter Thompson, baritone and Erika Reiman, piano
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre

October 18, 2011
Faculty Recital: Zoltan Kalman, clarinet and Matthew Therrien, piano
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre

October 25, 2011
Faculty Recital: Karin Di Bella, piano
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre

November 1, 2011
Faculty Recital: Patricia Dydnansky, flute and Erika Reiman, piano
Concordia Seminary Chapel

November 8, 2011
Recital: Piano, Voice and Instrumental Students
Concordia Seminary Chapel

November 15, 2011
Recital: Voice Students
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre

November 22, 2011
Recital: Instrumental StudentsSean O’Sullivan Theatre
November 29, 2011

Recital: Piano Students
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre

February 7, 2012
Faculty Recital: Tim White, trumpet and Karin Di Bella, piano
Concordia Seminary Chapel

February 14, 2012
Recital: Piano, Voice and Instrumental Students
Concordia Seminary Chapel

February 28, 2012
Faculty Recital: Gordon Cleland, cello and Erika Reiman, piano
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre

March 6, 2012
Recital: Voice Students
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre

March 13, 2012
Recital: Instrumental Students
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre

March 20, 2012
Recital: Voice Students
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre

March 27, 2012
Recital: Instrumental Students
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre

April 3, 2012
Recital: Piano StudentsSean O’Sullivan Theatre

The University Wind Ensemble
ZOLTAN KALMAN, CONDUCTOR
 
The University Wind Ensemble enjoys a rich heritage of musical excellence, attracting talented brass, woodwind, and percussion performers from both the University and Niagara community, including high school and university students as well as seasoned musicians.  This group explores and performs noteworthy symphonic wind band works, both original and transcribed. The ensemble presents two concerts per season.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre
 
Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre
 
University Wind Ensemble tickets: $5 general admission.
Tickets can be purchased from the Centre for the Arts Box Office at 905-688-5550, x3257.

Viva Voce Choral Series
HARRIS LOEWEN, CONDUCTOR

Tickets are available at the door or from the Department of Music (905-688-5550, x3817) unless noted: adults $20, seniors and students $15; $5 for eyeGo high school students.

Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. 
Vivaldi Gloria
Avanti Chamber Singers and String Ensemble
St. Barnabas Anglican Church
31 Queenston Street, St. Catharines

Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. 
Another Song Shall Rise
Brock University Choirs
St. Thomas Anglican Church
99 Ontario Street, St. Catharines
Tickets: adults $15; seniors & students $10; eyeGo high school students $5
Available at the door or Centre for the Arts Box Office, 905-688-5550 x3257

Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Haydn Little Organ Mass
Avanti Chamber Singers
St. Barnabas Anglican Church
31 Queenston Street, St. Catharines

Saturday, March 2, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
A Great Lakes Choral Fest
Alma College (Michigan) Choir, William Nichols conductor
Brock University Choirs, Harris Loewen conductor
St. Thomas Anglican Church
99 Ontario Street, St. Catharines
Tickets: adults $15; seniors & students $10; eyeGo high school students $5
Available at the door or Centre for the Arts Box Office, 905-688-5550 x3257

Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
I Come Singing
Brock University Choirs
St. Thomas Anglican Church
99 Ontario Street, St. Catharines
Tickets: adults $15; seniors & students $10; eyeGo high school students $5
Available at the door or Centre for the Arts Box Office, 905-688-5550 x3257

Saturday, April 28 2012 at 7:30pm
There is Sweet Music Here
Avanti Chamber Singers
St. Barnabas Anglican Church
31 Queenston Street, St. Catharines

For information about Music programs, events and venues, please visit the Department of Music.