Events

In September, Professor Frankie Condon, who has conducted extensive research in anti-racism rhetoric and anti-racism pedagogy, will lead the discussion of Robin DiAngelo’s, White Fragility (2018), the New York Times bestseller that gained international prominence in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in the US.

The University of Waterloo Chamber Choir sings a varied program including works by Indigenous composer Andrew Balfour, Indian-American composer Reena Esmail and Haitian-American composer Sydney Guillaume.  Other composers whose works will be performed include Healey Willan, Rene Clausen, Benjamin Britten and Morton Lauridsen. 

Please join us for a joint online concert with the University of Waterloo Balinese Gamelan Ensemble and the Grebel Community Gamelan.  The video premiere will be released on Thursday, December 9 at 7pm, and will be posted on the Music Events website.

Please join us for the online premiere of the Orchestra@UWaterloo Fall Term concert.  The orchestra is directed by Daniel Warren, and this term consists of string players only.  Members include undergraduate students, grad students, staff, and alumni.  

The End of Term concert for this term is being recorded,
and will be released on Monday, December 13 at 7pm.   Please join us for the Premiere.  We are pleased to present a wide range of pieces, from an Mendelssohn octet to a Koechlin Trio, performed by eight different groups.
For details, see the program list below.  The highlighted movements are the ones included in this video.

Programme:
Oh Lady Be Good - George Gershwin

Just Friends - John Klenner

Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk/ Cootie Williams

Queen Bee - Sammy Nestico

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Traditional

Dr. Gerard Yun, shakuhachi (Japanese Zen Buddhist Vertical flute)

Nathan Stretch, acoustic and electric guitars

Music of living plants in real time (plant sonification by PlantChoir, Kingston, Ontario)

This intriguing concert features the following performers.  It will be released as a Youtube Premiere on February 9 at 12:30pm.  Join us and enjoy the chat.

Judith Davenport, viola

Peter Shackleton, clarinet

Anna Ronai, piano

While the spotlight is often given to their cellist colleagues, double bassists never shy away from a feature since the instrument’s rich timbre makes for a delightful acoustical treat. KW Symphony stand-mates Talia and Ian, supported by Guelph key and law expert Elliott, present music from a variety of eras, bass music and transcriptions, familiar and obscure. The audience will even discover how a group of French composers in the 19th century created their own “fake news”…

We will be presenting a recital of English songs and duets by British, Canadian, and American composers, including Vaughan Williams, Barber, Finzi, Larsen, Raminsh, and Weill. Since the partnership between poetry and music is so essential to art song, we wanted to return to our linguistic roots by presenting songs written in our mother tongue. As we chose sets for this recital, the theme of women arose, as our songs are written about women, or set the words of women." 

Elizabeth Lepock, soprano

Michael Lepock, baritone

Anna Ronai, piano