Events - 2019

DUE TO WEATHER, THIS CONCERT IS CANCELLED.

Four groups of talented student chamber musicians will play a wide selection of classical music. Free admission, reception after the concert.  

The University of Waterloo Balinese Gamelan ensemble consists of 20 students who have learned to play the gamelan without prior experience and without notation.  Learning to strike with one hand and dampen with the other is difficult, but you will be impressed by how well the Gamelan Ensemble plays.  Directed by Dewa Made Suparta, this concert will transport you to Bali, Indonesia.  The

Students participating in the fall term Music Studio program perform music they have studied this term. 

Everyone welcome to come and hear these talented students!

Students participating in the fall term Music Studio program perform music they have studied this term. 

Everyone welcome to come and hear these talented students!

The orchestra@uwaterloo is a group of approximately 60 students, staff, faculty, and alumni from the University of Waterloo.  Directed by noted local conductor Daniel Warren, the orchestra will be playing the following pieces:
Vaughan Williams, Fantasie on the theme of Thomas Tallis
Mendelssohn “Hebrides Overture”
Vaughan Williams, “The Lark Ascending”

Eviole (pronounced ay-vee-oh-lay) is a group of musicians who perform music from in and around the 17th century that was composed for female singers. Music from this time period is very beautiful and poetic, often cheeky, and always delightful. Our group features Corey Linforth and Laura Pudwell accompanied by  Miriam Stewart-Kroeker, cello, and Borys Medicky, harpsichord.

Schola Musica Sacra presents Compline, an ancient monastic form of night prayer by candlelight.

Join us for Waterloo’s fall open house

Saturday, November 2, 2019
10 am to 4 pm

Soprano Elizabeth Lepock and collaborative pianist Simone Luti will present musical indulgences on the topic of food, poetry, love, and more… Arranged as a meal, this recital will include a few “meatier” songs sets, by such composers as Liszt and Rachmaninoff, interspersed with shorter tidbits, by Canadian composer David MacIntyre, setting appetizer and dessert food descriptions.

Christopher Bagan is harpsichordist for the Canadian Opera Company and Opera Atelier, and holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance from the University of British Columbia with a specialization in the piano music of Arnold Schönberg. 

Johannes Brahms composed Piano Sonata No. 3 with a masterful combination of free Romantic spirit and strict classical structure when he was 20 years old.  This Piano Sonata is infused with the motif's from Beethoven's 5th Symphony during the first, third, and fourth movements. 

Auditions are open for Fall 2019 Ensembles.  You may take these for credit or as an extracurricular activity.  Ensembles are open to all University of Waterloo students.

Full details available on our ensemble page