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Wednesday, January 25, 2023 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Noon Hour Concert: The Virtuosic Violin, Bach, Waxman & More

Jung Tsai, the accomplished 2nd Associate Concertmaster of the KW Symphony, will perform 20th Century violin works.  Franz Waxman’s virtuoso violin showpiece will be featured, entitled Carmen Fantasie.  Other pieces include a work by eminent Canadian composer Elizabeth Raum, called Les Ombres.  

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Noon Hour Concert: Navré de ton dart...

Using songs of Gilles Binchois and John Bedyngham, with their associated parody Masses — and new adaptations of poetry by Christine de Pizan — this program tells a late-medieval transition story, which is also a story of the progress of love, both sacred and profane.

Saturday, February 4, 2023 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

2023 Concerto & Aria Competition Finale Concert

Every two years, orchestra@uwaterloo holds a Concerto and Aria Competition that is open to University of Waterloo students and recent graduates, and is judged by a panel of professional musicians. Winners perform as soloists with the orchestra in a public concert.  Both singers and instrumentalists are welcome to enter. The Finalists concert will be held at 5pm on February 4th, 2023. 

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Noon Hour Concert: Poland Parables

Poland Parables, music by Carol Ann Weaver, is a set of pieces based on text by Canadian Mennonite writer Connie Braun who recounted difficult, impossible, and heart-rending stories from her own family members during WWII, Poland — stories of displacement, trauma, loss, and hardship.