The UW Gamelan Ensemble, directed by Dr. Maisie Sum and featuring Balinese guest artist I Dewa Made Suparta, will play a selection of Balinese gamelan pieces.
Free Admission. All are welcome.
The Western Collective is a group of faculty members from the 
University of Western Ontario. They will be performing the Trio by Rochberg, and a selection of other pieces.
Members include:
Jana Starling, Clarinet
Ron George, French Horn
Sharon Wei, Viola
John Hess, Piano
The UW Gamelan Ensemble, directed by Dr. Maisie Sum, will play a selection of Balinese gamelan pieces. If you have never heard this sort of percussion music before, you will find this fascinating. This concert is part of the WLU series of noon hour concerts.
See WLU Concerts for additional events.
Together with the Grand Philharmonic Choir and the KW Symphony, the UW Chamber Choir will perform Bach's St. Matthew Passion at the Centre in the Square. First performed in Leipzig on Good Friday in 1727, the St. Matthew Passion is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of sacred classical music.
The World Beloved: Bluegrass & Beyond
Bluegrass Music, also known as "Old Time Music" or "Old Folk Music," is a North America indigenous music founded by immigrants in the early 20th century. Bluegrass incorporates influences from black spirituals, blues and jazz into Maritime traditional songs, fiddle and dance music. Carol Barnett's The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass is the featured piece.
Discover unique and beautiful interpretations of bluegrass music by the UW University Choir! Tickets are available at the door.
Each Instrumental Chamber Ensemble consists of two to seven players, playing selected pieces from great composers. Sometimes we have classical guitars or brass groups, but the most common grouping is stringed instruments with a piano accompaniment. This term we have three different groups performing.
Come join us for a wonderful Sunday evening concert, with delicious Grebel refreshments to follow.
This earth-themed concert features Earth Voices, a performance piece by Carol Ann Weaver for readers, soundscape, and visuals, with texts by 24 Mennonite writers from North and South America, Middle East, and Africa. The soundscape is based on Carol's compositions, on-site field recordings, and visuals, which frame and synergize with the spoken word. This piece seeks to find voices which can lead us into a deeper knowledge of the earth and our relationship to it.
Music by 12 ACWC Composers (Association of Canadian Women Composers). Featured composers are Hildegard Westerkamp, Emily Doolittle, Gayle Young, Carol Ann Weaver, Jana Skarecky, Laura Pettigrew, Diane Berry, Carmen Braden, Joanne Bender, Caroline Bordignon, Katerina Gimon, and Emily Walker. Performers include clarinetist Tilly Kooyman; vocalists Rebecca Campbell, Gord Burnett, Valerie Nunn; Laurier Singers conducted by Lee Willingham; Amaranth player Gayle Young; and many more.
Come out and participate with your voice, body, and spirit! See how we can work together to make music and create peace through a communal experience of chanting interlocking vocal rhythms from the island of Bali, Indonesia.
Dark Tales: Caplet, Debussy, and Louie
The Factory Arts String Quartet will be playing with guest artist Lori Gemmell, who is a well known local performer and the Principal Harpist for the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. 