Monday, March 5, 2012

Concert Listings March 5 - 12

Monday March 5, 2012 UofA Monday Noon Music FREE 45 min, student concerts from western classical to world music. Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Convocation Hall, UofA.

Monday March 5, 2012 8pm 15th Annual Salute to the Bands - a tribute to the great swing bands of the 30s and 40s. UofA and Grant MacEwan Jazz Bands, Bryan Hall, MC. Convocation Hall, UofA. Admission by donation.

Tuesday March 6, 2012 7:30pm Edmonton Symphony, William Eddins, conductor, Benjamin Grosvenor, piano. Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G and solo piano recital. Winspear Centre.

Wednesday March 7 to 10, 2012 Teatro Makes Music - an evening of song. Jocelyn Ahlf, Andrew MacDonald-Smith, vocalists, Ryan Sigurdson, piano. Music from shows like Annie Get Your Gun, Rose Marie, Anything Goes, On the Town, State Fair, Babes in Arms, and Spamalot! $25, $20 for Teatro subscribers, Tix on the Square. Varscona Theatre.

Thursday March 8, 2012 7:30 NEW - E-Town Singers, vocal band - Under Pressure. Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus in cooperation with Eastglen High School. South African freedom songs, some Caribbean “steel drum” flavour, pop tunes, and Freddie Mercury's Under Pressure. $10, $5, under 12 are FREE. Tix on the Square. Eastglen High School, 11430 – 68 St.

Friday March 9, 2012 8pm German Baroque Chorale Partitas, Marnie Giesbrecht, organ, Josephine van Lier, violoncello piccolo and gamba, Guillaume Tardif, violin, Eva Bostrand, soprano, Madrigal Singers, Len Ratzlaff, conductor. Georg Böhm, Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (Rejoice greatly, o my soul), Johann Gottfried Walther, Jesu, meine Freude, J.S. Bach, Sei gegrusset, Jesu gütig BWV 768, Gerhard Krapf, Die güldene Sonne (The golden sun), Boccherini, Purcell and Leclair. Inaugurating the 2011 James Louder positive organ. Tickets $20,$15,$10 at door. Convocation Hall, UofA.

Friday March 9, 2012 7:30pm and March 10 8pm Edmonton Symphony, William Eddins, conductor, James Campbell, clarinet. Copland, Music for the Theatre and Clarinet Concerto, Bernstein, Fancy Free, Ballet Suite, Gilliland, Dreaming of the Masters I for Clarinet. Winspear Centre.

Saturday March 10, 2012 1pm Alberta Early Music Society. Masterclass – Adam Wead, lute. Musicians interested in participating can book by phone or email. Members $10, non-members $15, student members FREE. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Saturday March 10, 2012 7:30pm Liona Boyd, guitar. Festival Place, Sherwood Park.

Saturday March 10, 2012 8pm Edmonton Chamber Music Society, Ebène Quartet. Pierre Colombet, violin, Gabriel Le Magadure, violin, Mathieu Herzog, viola, Raphaël Merlin, cello. Convocation Hall, UofA. Contact Tix on the Square.

Sunday March 11, 2012 2pm Connections Concert Series, Alberta College Conservatory of Music. Featuring faculty, student, and alumni performers. Muttart Hall, Alberta College 10050 MacDonald Dr. $20, $10 Tix on the Square. All proceeds to support student scholarships. To be broadcast on CKUA

Sunday March 11, 2012 3pm Early Music Alberta – English Art Songs of the Renaissance. Jolaine Kerley, soprano, Adam Wead, lute, Josephine van Lier, viola da gamba. Admission by donation. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Av.

Sunday, March 11, 2012 3 pm Julie-Anne Derome, sound artist. Presented by Tonus Vivus. Music - David Eagle, Soundplay 2, Serge Provost, Journal d’une enfant reveuse… 1935, Laurie Radford, Tracking, Pierre Boulez, Anthèmes IIL’uni Théâtre, La Cité francophone. 126, 8627 rue Marie-Anne-Gabourey.

Sunday March 11, 2012 7pm Raga-Mala Music Society. Rakesh Chaurasia, bansuri, Pt. Abhijit Banerjee, tabla. Royal Alberta Museum, 12548-102 Av, $20, $15.

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