Composer Eric Ross will be playing an instrument called a Theremin, accompanied by video art designed by Mary Ross. To hear a sample of this eerie music, click here.
2015-2016 Lecturer:
Dr. Janneken Smucker
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Lecture and Dinner to support the Mennonite Archives of Ontario and Mennonite Studies at Conrad Grebel.
Tickets are $75 ($45 Charitable receipt). Contact Alison Enns (519) 885-0220 x 24217 or aenns@uwaterloo.ca
2015-2016 Lecturer:
Dr. Janneken Smucker
Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Public Lecture, Great Hall, Conrad Grebel University College
“Unexpected Intersections: Amish, Mennonite, and Hmong Textiles and the Question of Authenticity”
The Michael Wood Trio will play a selection of jazz classics. Michael Wood on vibraphone, Ted Warren on drums, and Mike McClennan on bass.
For more information on Michael Wood see his website.
Founded while its members were still students, the Toronto Percussion Ensemble has been amazing and delighting audiences since 1980 with its unique combination of collective virtuosity and relaxed stage manner. A Toronto Percussion Ensemble concert brings together music of the distant past with music of the here and now, global music with local traditions, and the familiar with the wonderfully exotic.
John Brownell, David Campion, Mark Duggan, and Beverley Johnston are appearing for the 5th time at a Grebel Noon Hour concert.
Scotland's most celebrated composer, Sir James MacMillan will be the 2016 Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar. His musical language is flooded with influences from his Scottish heritage, Catholic faith, social conscience and close connection with Celtic folk music, blended with influences from Far Eastern, Scandinavian and Eastern European music.
A trio consisting of Catherine Robertson (piano), Andrew Chung (violin), and Ben Bolt-Martin (cello), will be performing. Pieces include:
E. Bloch 3 Nocturnes
G. Faure Trio op. 120
Scotland's most celebrated composer, Sir James MacMillan will be the 2016 Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar.
Kathryn Ladano, bass clarinet and Richard Burrows, percussion.
This is the final of the "68" Haydn String Quartet concerts. The title refers to the 68 string quartets that Haydn wrote over the course of his life. Each exhibits its own unique characteristics and compositional techniques. The members of the Attacca Quartet have been so captivated by these works that it felt only natural to feature a number of Haydn string quartets as an entire program, as opposed to the usual tradition of hearing only one as a concert opener.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Op 54, No 3
Op 76, No 5