Metropolitan Winds in Concert
Friday March 16, 7:30 pm
Hope Lutheran Church
3527 Boulton Rd NW, Calgary
Please join the Metropolitan Winds for our second concert of the season! The eclectic program includes Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Hymn for the Cream and Crimson by Saucedo, Third Suite by Jager, Dusk by Bryant and Olympiada by Hazo. In addition we will be featuring the challenging Vesuvius composed by Frank Ticheli. Originally started as a wild and passionate dance the piece became more fiery and explosive as it developed and was more in keeping with a dance in the final days of Pompeii before it was destroyed by Mt Vesuvius. An exciting piece we’re sure you will enjoy.
Tickets are $10 (adults), $5 (seniors/students) and are available at the door.
www.metropolitanwinds.ca
Majestic Works for Winds - A 55th Anniversary Celebration of the Calgary Concert Band
with Charles Foreman, piano
Sunday, March 18, 2012
2:30 P.M.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Rosza Centre
University of Calgary
Two cherished celebrations come together in this program! The 55th season of the Calgary Concert Band will be marked with the first performance by the CCB of the landmark Symphony No. 6, Op. 69 (1956) of Vincent Persichetti, one of the greatest works of all time for wind band.
Remember Expo'86? We reprise the excitement and energy of that special time with High Spirits of Canadian composer Louis Applebaum, premiered in Vancouver in 1986. This rare and unforgettable concert will also showcase the powerful and emotional playing of artist Charles Foreman in a performance of the Concertino for Piano and Wind Ensemble by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Karel Husa.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students/seniors. Available at the door or by calling 403-214-7571 or by visiting www.calgaryconcertband.com
The Bow Valley Chorus presents Variety Night 2012!! Sunday, March 11 at the Cornerstone Theatre in Canmore. A great night of entertainment featuring awesome local talent including classical guitar, storytelling, short selections from the Missa Gaia Earth Mass by the chorus....even a fabulous belly dancer! And the highlight, the annual mini-musical "Broadway Cabaret - The Finale "....featuring 8 members of the chorus performing 37 songs from 15 musicals plus a few surprises!
Shows are at 2:00pm and 7:30pm and sell out quickly. Bar service and hot munchies are also available from Cornerstone.
Come out to beautiful Canmore for lunch or supper and stay for the show, or relax and be entertained after a day of skiing. See poster for ticket locations. Tickets also available from Chorus members and in Cochrane, from Kitty Bosch of CMS Choral Waves.
Sue Chick presents: An Evening in Two Parts
Come in out of the chilly Alberta winter and let the music warm you!
House Concert and
Vocal Improvisation Workshop
Saturday, 21 January 2012 - 7:30pm
Common House (Prairie Sky Co-Housing)
403 31st Ave NE, Calgary
Suggested donation $15
Please feel free to BYOB and/or nibbles to share.
Please RSVP to Houseconcert
If you are apprehensive about the "vocal improv" part of the evening, rest assured that there is NO requirement to sing, and you will enjoy the spontaneous music being made by others. You will not be alone. If you're up for a good sing though, there is no experience necessary - only a good attitude!
Location Description: The townhouses on the SE corner of 31st Ave and Edmonton Trail, right across from the Centex Gas station. Please park on 31st Ave NE (not 30th Ave) and come up the stairs by the garage doors.
Sue Chick is extending an invitation to all directors of choirs, choruses and singing groups in and around Calgary to participate in an upcoming vocal improvisation workshop.
There is no charge for this workshop, and it will be a chance to sing, play, connect, listen, grow and make music with other directors in the area. The invitation is to leaders or directors of all manners of chorus or choir - children's choirs, adult choirs, auditioned, non-auditioned, community, church, barbershop, chamber....
This is a free workshop, however space is limited so Sue is requesting that you register. If there is enough interest she will add a second date.
So please come join in singing for the joy of singing!
Choir Directors Sing YourSelf
Saturday, 11 February, 2012
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Christ Church Elbow Park - Crump Room
3602 - 8th Street SW, Calgary, AB,
Information is also at singyourself website. Please contact Sue for details, with questions, or to register.
Take advantage of the Red Deer College Adult Concert Band Workshop!
January 20-22
Cost: $110 plus GST Register by January 10 to receive 10% discount.
This year, RDC if offering one band at Grade 3.5-5 concert band level. In addition to full band rehearsals under the direction of the guest conductor, Clinton Marshall, there are instrumental clinic sessions and a wine & cheese social. The finale is a concert presentation. Take advantage of top-notch professional instruction and make music with people from across Alberta!
For more details and registration information check out the 2012 Adult Concert Band Brochure!
