Schedule // Upcoming Events
Alex Boisselle – Roots/Blues Singer-Songwriter
Alex Boisselle is a musician with a big heart and a big sound to match.
Calgary Concert opera presents Bellini’s story of Romeo and Juliet
Bellini’s story of the star-crossed lovers is not the tale most familiar to Shakespeare’s fans.
Andréa Petrity, piano and Frank Rackow, sax & clarinet
A Jazz Duo with superb style and grace, Andréa Petrity and Frank Rackow are consummate "crowd pleasers" .
Calgary Opera Emerging Artists Ensemble
The Calgary Opera Emerging Artists Development Program is intended to benefit Canadian singers who have completed pre-professional training at an opera program.
AFGHANISTAN – REQUIEM for a Generation (preview)
To commemorate the end of Canada's military mission to Afghanistan,
YEAR OF THE DRAGON – ARTS PARADE
As downtown commuters leave their offices on January 20th, they'll receive a colourful surprise
Year of the Dragon +15 ART PARADE!
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Join us for this exciting lunchtime preview, where participating parade artists will give us a sneak peek at the action that will infect downtown.
NOISE – Verb Theatre
Created with the Bitter Suite Society and featuring musical direction by Kris Demeanor
Vocal Latitudes World Music choir
Vocal Latitudes is a mixed-voice, non-audition community choir under the direction of Frank Rackow.
Quarter Notes Handbell Ensemble
Quarter Notes Handbell Ensemble performs on 4 octaves of Malmark handbells using a variety of small ensemble ringing techniques.
Talisman Energy Choir
The Talisman Energy Choir is a recreational choir currently in its eighteenth season
MASS ENERGY Chorale Event
MASS Chorale Event featuring three of Calgary's "Oil Patch" choirs
Crescent Heights High School Choir
Crescent Heights High School Choir performs in the Cathedral Church, Wednesday, November 23, '11.
Calgary Opera Emerging Artists Ensemble
Each season, Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist Development Program provides up to eight young singers with the opportunity to study and perform under a highly prestigious professional staff of teachers and performers.
We Remember: The John Rutter Requiem
We Remember: The John Rutter Requiem with St. Andrew's Presbyterian and Knox Presbyterian Church Choirs and guest musicians
Timothy Shantz, Tenor
Timothy Shantz, Tenor with Marilyn Engle, piano accompaniment performing selections from Schubert's "Winterreise"
FAUST-classic silent film with live piano score
The uncanny effect of this program is an experience that any true appreciator of music and the dramatic and cinematic arts will cherish!
Kripa Nagashwar, coloratura soprano
In June 2009, Ms. Nageshwar organized and performed in a Trans-Canada Recital Tour, visiting five major Canadian cities, to raise funds for local charities.
Egor Ukoloff, jazz piano
For the past eight years Egor has worked as a bandmaster for the Seabourn and then Princess Cruise Lines but now he’s back to Calgary and you can hear him at different venues in Calgary and around the province.
Roxanna Laycock Bingham, piano
Roxanne Laycock Bingham began her musical studies with Beatrice Foster in Lethbridge, Alberta where she was active in local music festivals.
Soulocentric Performing Arts FESTIVAL 2011
Soulocentric is a performing arts company that knows no boundaries between theatre, dance and music.
Soprano Maria Drost
Soprano Maria Drost has shown passion for music since she was very young. She sang often with her family at events in Calgary.
Juanita Faas – Inspirational/Jazz Pianist
Classically trained as a youth. Ballet accompanist for 20 years. Trained in jazz for 4 years. Attended Anderson University in Anderson IN. Touring Canada and the USA for 4 years
Lauren Woods is a coloratura soprano from Calgary, Alberta.
Lauren attended UBC where she played Countess Blavinskeya in the world premiere of The Dream Healer, Nanetta in Verdi’s Falstaff and Despina in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte in the Czech republic, Ontario and Vancouver.
COWTOWN OPERA
The mission of Cowtown Opera Company is to increase the number of opera enthusiasts in Calgary by providing fun and interactive opera experiences.
Lonnie Saunders, Gospel Singer
Lonnie Saunders has been awarded the Silver Heart for Female New Artist of the year and Female Vocalist, the Silver Heart for Psalmist of the year and Female Entertainer of the year, and International Female Artist of the year.
Duo Majoya
Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger are Duo Majoya. Their duo repertoire includes piano duets, organ duets and duets for organ and piano. Concert programs are eclectic and innovative, including a broad range of original, commissioned and arranged works.
Alex Boisselle, Slide Guitar
Alex Boisselle is a Roots/Blues slide guitar/harmonica singer/songwriter recently signed to the EAR DRUM VALLEY label. He was picked out of a nationwide demo submission in the summer of 2009 and was awarded a label funded recording deal including mixing, mastering and promotion.
Neil Cockburn
International prize-winning organist Neil Cockburn has been a central figure in the development of a musical culture of the pipe organ in Calgary and Western Canada for the past nine years. Celebrated for his diverse repertoire interests and expertise, he is known particularly for his many concerto performances with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.
Fiona Malena – Flamenco Dancer
Described as a dancer of “unique and mesmerizing talent,” Fiona Malena received her training and formation as a dancer in Seville, Spain. Her acclaimed mentors and teachers include Farruquito, Juana Amaya, Concha Vargas and Andrés Marín, among others.
Lukas Sulzer & Felix Hornbach
Lukas Sulzer is a composer, and since 2008 he is active as a singer with the choir "ad libitum". Felix has sung in various choirs and played viola in a number of ensembles.
Queen Ara – Afrikadey! Festival Artist
Ara has taken her music across the world haven played in Ghana, the UK, Paris, and various states in the USA. Ara has performed before the Queen of England, she has also performed alongside big names in the industry including Wyclef Jean and the legendary Stevie Wonder.
Tim Pyper
An accomplished performer, Tim has won First Prize in numerous regional and national competitions including the Arthur Poister Memorial Competition (2008), the John Rodland Memorial Competition (2002), the A.G.O./Quimby Region II Competition (2001) and the Royal Canadian College of Organists’ National Competition (2001).
Calgary Concert Opera Company
Barbara King, co-founder of the Calgary Concert Opera Company (CCOC), is thrilling audiences with her “exquisite vocal command of a three octave range” and the possession of a “warm, agile mezzo-soprano voice”. A native of Montréal, Québec, Barbara currently resides in Calgary, Alberta, where she sang as Countess Ceprano with Calgary Opera in Rigoletto.
Sterling Hunte, Steel Drum
Sterling Hunte got his start in Liverpool, England and has enjoyed a career spanning the past fifteen years including a performance in the 1988 Olympic cultural Festival, a three night Latin concert with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in 1994, and an award at the Calgary Calypso Monarch competition in 2005.
MRU Conservatory’s Morningside Music Bridge Festival
Entering its 15th year the festival brings together the world’s hottest young classical musicians of violin, viola, cello and piano from across Canada, China, Poland and the USA. This year’s festival runs from July 3 to 29, 2010.
Phoebe Powell, harp plus Christine Tuturea, voice
Born in Winchester, England, in 1993 Phoebe Powell has studied repertoire from mediaeval through to contemporary, including jazz and broadway. She is inspired by the expressive versatility of her instrument to master challenging and inventive pieces that exploit the harp’s magnificent sonorous and percussive powers.
Wesley Chu, piano
Wesley has performed as a soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Calgary Civic Symphony, National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta at the Celebration of the Hand-Over to China. He is now studying at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston with Mr. Hung-Kuan Chen.
Allen Reiser
Allen Reiser has performed with various orchestras in England and Canada, and recital engagements have taken him to nearly every major center in Western Canada. He is a pianist of diverse musical interests, with a particular interest in Canadian piano music and the music of Franz Liszt.
Brian Buchanan
Brian Buchanan continues to earn respect as a Canadian jazz artist. He has shared the stage with numerous legends including Clark Terry, Herb Ellis, Chet Baker and Mark Murphy.
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