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Thursday, November 21, 2019 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Fancy a Cuppa? Music from the Glorious Isles : orchestra@uwaterloo

orchestra@uwaterlooThe 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”
Mendelssohn Scottish Symphony

Saturday, November 30, 2019 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Balinese Gamelan Ensemble Concert

Gamelan in Rock GardenThe 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.  There will be an opportunity to try out the ins

Sunday, December 1, 2019 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

CANCELLED - Jazz Ensemble Concert

Jazz EnsembleDUE TO WEATHER, THIS CONCERT IS CANCELLED.

This concert will feature the music of the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band.  The 17 member band includes students from 5 different faculties, and is directed by Michael Wood - a well known timpanist and jazz adjudicator. 
Tickets are available at the door.  Reception to follow in the downstairs atrium.

Sunday, December 1, 2019 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

CANCELLED - Instrumental Chamber Ensemble Concert

Instrumental ensemblesDUE 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.  

Pieces include: 
Schumann Piano Trio in G minor op. 17
Dvorak Piano Quintet No. 2
C.P.E. Bach Trio Sonata
Beethoven String Quartet, op. 18 no. 4
 

Sunday, January 19, 2020 9:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Compline

Spanish singersTimeless chant, Spanish Renaissance music, and prayer in the austere beauty of Keffer Chapel at Martin Luther University College. Presented by Schola Musica Sacra, which includes UWaterloo and WLU students.

Martin Luther University College is on the Wilfrid Laurier Campus, at the corner of Bricker Ave and Albert St. 
The entrance is off Albert Street.
The parking lot is available.
 

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Noon Hour Concert: Duets with Anna, Dan, & James

Daniel Lichti & James McLeanDan Lichti, James McLean, and pianist Anna Ronai are well known to local audiences.  Their program includes duets by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Balfe and Rossini.  

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Noon Hour Concert: Spirits

Shhh EnsembleSpirits is piano/percussion duo SHHH!! Ensemble’s most ambitious project to date. Diversely inspired by composers reflections on the beyond, the nature of creativity, whiskey, and more, Spirits features the world premiere of a new work by John Gordon Armstrong. The programme also features pieces by Andy Akiho, Micheline Roi, Kevin Hanlon, Kelly-Marie Murphy, and John Beckwith.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Noon Hour Concert: Phases

Phases imageThe Happenstancers is the shared vision of co-directors Brad Cherwin and Brenna Hardy-Kavanagh. Described as “Toronto’s best young chamber musicians” (Bachtrack) and recipients of the 2019 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance of an Ensemble in an Opera, Cherwin and Hardy-Kavanagh helm a rotating cast of innovative voices on Toronto’s classical scene. Their daring concert program PHASES leaps between centuries and styles, moods and colours, as works by Augusta Reed Thomas, Bram Van Camp, Mozart, and Beethoven conjure vibrant and varied personalities. Learn more at thehappenstancers.com.