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
Join us for a University of Waterloo Balinese Gamelan Ensemble mini-concert and demonstration on Friday, September 6th at noon. The Peter Russell Rock Garden is a lovely place to enjoy even a few minutes of music. Stay after the concert and try a few instruments yourself.
This event is weather dependent. Please check the website the day of the concert.
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.
Playing on period instruments, violinist Joseph Lanza and harpsichordist Borys Medicky will play a selection of classical music from Europe. Lanza is a professor at Western University, and the concertmaster of the London Symphonium. Medicky is an internationally known harpsichordist, who also does repairs and builds instruments as a side line.
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.
The 2019 Benjamin Eby Lecture will be presented by Mark Vuorinen.
Witnessing Passion: Musical depiction of minor characters in Passion music by Bach, Ešenvalds, MacMillan and Pärt
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.
World
renowned counter-tenor Daniel Cabena will sing Ralph Vaughan William's "Ten Blake songs", accompanied by Sarah Cardwell on the oboe.
The Consortium Arts Ensemble will play Benjamin Britten's Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Trio, as well as Mozart's Oboe quartet in F major. Members consist of Anita Walsh on the violin, Brenna Hardy-Kavanagh on viola, our very own Ben Bolt-Martin on cello, and of course to round out the group, the renowned Jim Mason on the oboe.
Schola Musica Sacra presents Compline, an ancient monastic form of night prayer by candlelight. Compline is sung entirely by the chant choir from the loft in the austere beauty of Keffer Chapel at Martin Luther University College.