St. Crispin’s Chamber Ensemble: SIX TEAM LEAGUE
Muttart Hall (Alberta College), 7:30 pm, May 15, 2010 Six of Canada’s leading new music ensembles have come together to create a countrywide event. Sparked by an idea from Vancouver’s Redshift Society, each group has commissioned a nearby composer, and each will play all six new pieces on the night of May 15. The concert [...]
Elena Denisova, violin & Alexei Kornienko, piano
1001 Sonatas! Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 8:00 P.M. Knoppers Hall, The King’s University College, 9125 – 50 Street Tickets $15 (adults) and $10 (seniors, students, low income) On Tuesday, April 27, Viennese violinist Elena Denisova and pianist Alexei Kornienko will be returning to Edmonton to perform a concert of works spanning two centuries of repertoire [...]
QUASAR Tour
Based in Montréal, Québec, QUASAR is undoubtedly world’s leading ensemble in the sax quartet category. Praised as “spectacular” (The Halifax Chronicle-Herald) and “fascinating” (Journal Le Devoir), QUASAR’s mastery, prowess, incredible live shows, and, last but not least, commitment to Canadian composers, are legendary and recognised internationally. They are celebrating their 15th anniversary, bringing with them [...]
Piotr Grella-Możejko’s Premières and Performances
Edmonton (Tonus Vivus — Society for New Music) In the second half of 2009, a series of premières of Piotr’s new compositions, or new versions of older works, took place in Canada and abroad. On 19 June, music for nobody, a graphic score for performers who do not have to know how to play instruments, [...]
Allison Balcetis in Bangkok!
The ECCS was well represented this year at the 15th World Saxophone Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. Allison Balcetis, saxophonist and ECCS member, was chosen to perform in several concerts at this conference, held once every three years anywhere in the world. As a soloist Allison performed the world première of ECCS fellow member Piotr Grella-Mozejko’s [...]
Bach Suite Project: Josephine van Lier performs Bach’s 6 suites for solo cello on 4 different cellos
The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach are acclaimed as some of the greatest works ever written for solo cello and some of the greatest of all music. Cellist Josephine van Lier, one of Edmonton’s busiest and most versatile musicians, performs all Six Suites on her four different instruments: contemporary wooden cello, [...]
Concert – Works by Biber, Haydn and O’Carolan
George Andrix – Baroque Violin Josephine van Lier – Baroque Cello Piccolo Judy Loewen – Harpsichord 25 Wednesday, noon, McDougall United Church (101 Street and Macdonald Drive) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Trio in g minor (Hoboken XV:1) I Moderato II Menuet III Presto Heinrich I. F. Biber (1644-1704) Sonata Violino Solo Representativa I Allegro II Nachtigal [...]
Concert #8: Laurent Estoppey (Switzerland): …sinus seductions…
Part of the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IX Conference, Edmonton 2009 Monday, 16 February 2009, 8:00 P.M. Convocation Hall, University of Alberta Tickets $15 (adults) and $10 (seniors and students) available at the door Music by: Jacques Demierre, Piotr Grella-Możejko, Tom Johnson, Luis Jure, Jean-Daniel Lugrin, Laurent Mettraux, Benoit Moreau, Monte Keene Pishny-Floyd, Maja [...]
Concert #7: Maestro Jacek Rogala with Edmonton Chamber Players:
…of ghosts and daemons…
Part of the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IX Conference, Edmonton 2009 Sunday, 15 February 2009, 8:00 P.M. Convocation Hall, University of Alberta Tickets $15 (adults) and $10 (seniors and students) available at the door Music by: George Andrix, Alex Eddington, Thom Golub, Piotr Grella-Możejko, Jacobus Kloppers, Jacek Sobieraj, Charles Stolte Soloists: Allison Balcetis, Julia [...]
Concert #6: ENSEMBLE MUJIRUSHI: …true confessions…
Part of the nationwide celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Canadian Music Centre and New Music in New Places programme Saturday, 24 January 2009, 8:00 P.M. Edmonton Public Library, Stan A Milner Theatre Tickets $15 (adults) and $10 (seniors and students) available at the door ENSEMBLE MUJIRUSHI Gerry Morita, dance; Michelle Milenkovic, voice; Felix [...]