Articles from:February 2017

• Encore! Professional Concert Series presents: Anagnoson & Kinton, piano duo

  Tuesday, February 14, 2017 | By Brock University

  

  March 10, 2017 at 7:30 pm
  Partridge Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines

  Recognized as one of the world’s finest piano duos, their performances are repeatedly met with critical acclaim across North America, Europe, China, and Russia. Respected scholars and performers, Anagnoson & Kinton’s musicianship defines the art of true ensemble playing.

  “…an outstanding two-piano recital with formidable precision and panache”  – The New York Times

  Video teaser: http://bit.ly/28Lxxvz

  Tickets: $25† adults; $20† seniors/students; $10† child (14 and under); $5† eyeGo program
  †Applicable fees and taxes are extra.
  Order tickets from the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Box Office: 905.688.0722 or Toll Free: 1.855.515.0722; online: firstontariopac.ca

   

  Tags: concert, Encore!, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, music, Partridge Hall, Piano
  Categories: Encore! Professional Concert Series, Events

• Music Ed Plus Chamber Music Ensembles

  Tuesday, February 14, 2017 | By Brock University

  

  Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 8pm. Cairns Recital Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Center, St. Catharines, ON.

  The performance will feature a five-piece jazz ensemble, coached by Zoltan Kalman, performing jazz standards and old favorites. In addition, there will be a flute, vocal and piano ensemble who will be singing and playing a more classically-oriented program, coached by Colin Maier.

  The Music Ed Plus co-curricular program – a specialized Experience Plus program – is currently in its fourth year of operation and looks forward to showcasing the musical talents of its chamber music ensembles. These concerts are part of their mandate for community engagement in both the Brock community as well as for the general public in the Niagara Region.

  Event address:
  250 St. Paul St.
  St. Catharines, ON.
  www.firstontariopac.ca

  Free community event

  Tags: Brocku, cairns recital hall, concert, free, music, Music Ed Plus
  Categories: Events, Music Ed Plus Chamber Music Ensembles

• RBC Foundation Music@Noon – March 28

  Friday, February 10, 2017 | By Brock University

  

  RBC Foundation Music@Noon
  Our Tuesday Music@Noon series is generously sponsored by the RBC Foundation. This free concert series takes places most Tuesdays at noon throughout the academic year. Held in the acoustically excellent Cairns Recital Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, our Music@Noon series provides ample opportunities for artists to display their creativity.

  Performing: Voice Students

  Tags: cairns recital hall, concert, free, music@noon, rbc foundation
  Categories: Events, RBC Foundation Music @ Noon Series

• RBC Foundation Music@Noon – March 21

  Friday, February 10, 2017 | By Brock University

  

  RBC Foundation Music@Noon
  Our Tuesday Music@Noon series is generously sponsored by the RBC Foundation. This free concert series takes places most Tuesdays at noon throughout the academic year. Held in the acoustically excellent Cairns Recital Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, our Music@Noon series provides ample opportunities for artists to display their creativity.

  Performing: Instrumental students

  Tags: cairns recital hall, concert, free, Instrumental Students, music, music@noon, st.catharines
  Categories: Events, RBC Foundation Music @ Noon Series

• RBC Foundation Music@Noon – March 14

  Friday, February 10, 2017 | By Brock University

  

  RBC Foundation Music@Noon
  Our Tuesday Music@Noon series is generously sponsored by the RBC Foundation. This free concert series takes places most Tuesdays at noon throughout the academic year. Held in the acoustically excellent Cairns Recital Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, our Music@Noon series provides ample opportunities for artists to display their creativity.

  Performing: Piano & guitar students

  Tags: cairns recital hall, concert, free, music, music@noon, RBC Foundation Music@Noon
  Categories: Events, RBC Foundation Music @ Noon Series

• RBC Foundation Music@Noon – March 7

  Friday, February 10, 2017 | By Brock University

  

  RBC Foundation Music@Noon
  Our Tuesday Music@Noon series is generously sponsored by the RBC Foundation. This free concert series takes places most Tuesdays at noon throughout the academic year. Held in the acoustically excellent Cairns Recital Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, our Music@Noon series provides ample opportunities for artists to display their creativity.

  Performing: Walker String Quartet: Vera Alekseeva and Anna Hughes, violins, Andrée Simard, viola, & Gordon Cleland, cello

  The Walker String Quartet (WSQ) is the Department of Music’s quartet in residence. The group gives prominence to the department through public performance and working with students in high school string programs to share in the joy of music and promote Brock’s music program.

  Quartet members include Music instructors Vera Alekseeva (first violin), Andrée Simard (viola), and Gordon Cleland (cello), along with second violinist Anna Hughes who hails from Guelph. All members of the WSQ are also regular players in the Niagara Symphony Orchestra.

  WSQ workshops with secondary school students over a number of weeks, developing closer ties between the schools and Brock while working together towards a public performance.

  “With this high-level ensemble we are able to bring a new energy to our performing presence in the region, on top of the vital work they are able to do in high schools with students, giving them a sampling of what Brock has to offer,” explains department chair Professor Karin Di Bella.

  “Prospective students will have the experience of having worked with their future teachers, and once they are at Brock they know they will receive the very best instruction possible.”

  In 2016 members of the quartet worked with music students from Laura Secord and Sir Winston Churchill Secondary Schools. At both schools the quartet performed a short program of standard repertoire, talked about Brock and its music programs, and distributed music parts to the students to work on in their classes. A number of weeks later, the quartet returned to the schools and held sectional workshops with the students to work on their parts.

  Finally on November 25, 2016, the high school students came downtown for a day of workshops and tours at the Marilyn I. Walker School of the Fine and Performing Arts, followed by a combined rehearsal and short public performance in Cairns Recital Hall. The gathered audience was appreciative, and the initiative forged closer ties between the two schools and the Department.

  The WSQ also held a similar event with Ridley College students, with a performance by the quartet, combined rehearsals, and a public performance.

  Concert performances are another important aspect of the quartet’s activities. In November, paired with strategic timing of the invitational workshop, the WSQ performed as part of the Department of Music’s Encore! Professional Concert Series in Partridge Hall at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.

  The WSQ was formed in 2016 through funds from the Walker Cultural Leaders Series endowment. The series brings leading performers, artists, practitioners and academics to the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.

  Discussions are underway to build on this success for the 2017-18 season, when the quartet will expand their activities further afield into the Hamilton/Burlington region.

  The Walker String Quartet’s performance takes place on Tuesday, March 7th from 12 noon to 12:50 pm in Cairns Recital Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. This is a free community event!

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  Tags: concert, music, music@noon, rbc foundation, Walker Cultural Leader Series, Walker String Quartet
  Categories: Events, RBC Foundation Music @ Noon Series