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DZUNUKWA - A SPATIAL TROMBONE CHOIR EVENT
PERFORMERS: The Slide Rule Trombone Choir
UBC Forest Services Centre, Macmillan Bloedel Atrium, Vancouver, BC
DATE: 7:00 pm; January 7, 2010
ADMISSION: FREE
Vancouver, BC… Vancouver, BC. New Music in New Places continues to boldly go where no Canadian music has gone before with our first concert of 2010: Dzunukwa. Featuring the Slide Rule Trombone Choir led by Jeremy Berkman, this free concert showcases the music of both established and emerging composers within the awe-inspiring architecture of the UBC Forest Sciences Building. This event is co-presented with the Redshift Music Society and the UBC School of Music. Admission is free and the concert begins at 7pm in the Macmillan Bloedel Atrium, located at 2424 Main Mall on the UBC campus.
Dzunukwa takes its name from the First Nations ogress of Kwakwaka’wakw mythology, and a favourite subject of the renowned BC artist Emily Carr. Dzunukwa was both the bringer of wealth and the stealer of children; she was both feared and revered. In tribute to this awe-inspiring mythical figure, the music for this event will reflect on the power, rapture, bounty and potential danger inspired by our province’s natural beauty.
One of the UBC campus’ newest buildings, the Forest Sciences Centre boasts a stunning, four-storey indoor atrium, constructed of Canadian forest products. For Dzunukwa, Redshift will fill every corner of this amazing building with music by established and emerging Canadian composers. Lurking in the balconies and skulking in the parapets, the musicians of the Slide Rule Trombone Choir will perform new works written specifically for the venue by composers Scott Good, Jordan Nobles and Jocelyn Morlock, as well as UBC composers Farshid Samandari, Jeff Caron, Roydon Tse, Benton Roark and Conor Stuart.
The Redshift Music Society was founded in 2001 in Vancouver, with a focus on bringing the music of contemporary Canadian composers to the general public through unique musical events, mostly in public venues.
New Music in New Places is an innovative concert series presented by the Canadian Music Centre, designed to bring Canadian contemporary music out of the concert hall and into the lives of Canadians.
The Canadian Music Centre is an independent, not for profit, non-government agency that promotes and disseminates the music of Canadian composers. The Canadian Music Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund. More Info: Canadian Music Centre http://www.musiccentre.ca/ 604-734-4622
PERFORMERS: The Slide Rule Trombone Choir
UBC Forest Services Centre, Macmillan Bloedel Atrium, Vancouver, BC
DATE: 7:00 pm; January 7, 2010
ADMISSION: FREE
Vancouver, BC… Vancouver, BC. New Music in New Places continues to boldly go where no Canadian music has gone before with our first concert of 2010: Dzunukwa. Featuring the Slide Rule Trombone Choir led by Jeremy Berkman, this free concert showcases the music of both established and emerging composers within the awe-inspiring architecture of the UBC Forest Sciences Building. This event is co-presented with the Redshift Music Society and the UBC School of Music. Admission is free and the concert begins at 7pm in the Macmillan Bloedel Atrium, located at 2424 Main Mall on the UBC campus.
Dzunukwa takes its name from the First Nations ogress of Kwakwaka’wakw mythology, and a favourite subject of the renowned BC artist Emily Carr. Dzunukwa was both the bringer of wealth and the stealer of children; she was both feared and revered. In tribute to this awe-inspiring mythical figure, the music for this event will reflect on the power, rapture, bounty and potential danger inspired by our province’s natural beauty.
One of the UBC campus’ newest buildings, the Forest Sciences Centre boasts a stunning, four-storey indoor atrium, constructed of Canadian forest products. For Dzunukwa, Redshift will fill every corner of this amazing building with music by established and emerging Canadian composers. Lurking in the balconies and skulking in the parapets, the musicians of the Slide Rule Trombone Choir will perform new works written specifically for the venue by composers Scott Good, Jordan Nobles and Jocelyn Morlock, as well as UBC composers Farshid Samandari, Jeff Caron, Roydon Tse, Benton Roark and Conor Stuart.
The Redshift Music Society was founded in 2001 in Vancouver, with a focus on bringing the music of contemporary Canadian composers to the general public through unique musical events, mostly in public venues.
New Music in New Places is an innovative concert series presented by the Canadian Music Centre, designed to bring Canadian contemporary music out of the concert hall and into the lives of Canadians.
The Canadian Music Centre is an independent, not for profit, non-government agency that promotes and disseminates the music of Canadian composers. The Canadian Music Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund. More Info: Canadian Music Centre http://www.musiccentre.ca/ 604-734-4622
04 Dec 2009
Wintermezzo at the Greenroom!
We are totally trying something new at the Greenroom next weekend and we think you're going to love it.
We've booked 5 of the most talented musicians in the valley to bring you a beautifully relaxing night filled with Piano, Violins, Bass and Vocals. Add to that a fantastic three course dinner (click here for more info) and you have one heck of a night out with friends. Its a mellow meeting of retro christmas vocals and classical Christmas instrumentals.
Featured performers include:
Roslyn Frantz on Piano
Susan Aylard on Violin
Shari House on Violin and Mandolin
Edmund House on Contrabass
and Rick Worrall on Vocals.
December 3rd to 5th (Thurs to Sat)
Dinner and Show at 7:30pm
Tickets are only $45 including three course dinner
Can be purchased at the Actors Studio Box office or by calling the Greenroom at 250-869-0193.
Reserve your tickets soon as there are less than 100 left in total for the three nights combined.
We've booked 5 of the most talented musicians in the valley to bring you a beautifully relaxing night filled with Piano, Violins, Bass and Vocals. Add to that a fantastic three course dinner (click here for more info) and you have one heck of a night out with friends. Its a mellow meeting of retro christmas vocals and classical Christmas instrumentals.
Featured performers include:
Roslyn Frantz on Piano
Susan Aylard on Violin
Shari House on Violin and Mandolin
Edmund House on Contrabass
and Rick Worrall on Vocals.
December 3rd to 5th (Thurs to Sat)
Dinner and Show at 7:30pm
Tickets are only $45 including three course dinner
Can be purchased at the Actors Studio Box office or by calling the Greenroom at 250-869-0193.
Reserve your tickets soon as there are less than 100 left in total for the three nights combined.
29 Nov 2009
Here and Now: Creative Studies Research Talk by Peter Morin
You are invited to attend our last ìHere and Nowî talk of term one! Bring your lunch and enjoy the event.
HERE AND NOW: RESEARCH IN CREATIVE STUDIES
December 1st , 1 - 2 PM
Fipke 124
"A Look into Three of Twelve"
by Peter Morin
MFA Graduate student Peter Morin will present 3 of the 12 Making Objects interventions recently completed for Open Space gallery in Victoria, BC. These interventions were created with the intention of creating pathways of transformation of the grief and spiritual trauma within aboriginal communities as a result of the Residential School system. As an inter-generational survivor, Morin created twelve interventionist performances in which the audience, along with the performer, could acknowledge the effect of this grief and co-author ways of creating change.
In one of the performances, Peter worked with High school students to created thirteen Button Blankets. These blankets were combined to create a giant button blanket for the Earth.
In the second performance intervention, Peter demonstrates how to read aboriginal written language. His visual work concerns itself with the authentic relationship building between objects of meaning within Tahltan cultural practice.
In the third intervention, Peter worked with Martial Artist David Kong to clear the gallery of negative energy so that the work of healing and transformation could be accomplished.
Peter Morin is an MFA student working in the department of Creative Studies and is a member of the Crow Clan of the Tahltan Nation.
HERE AND NOW: RESEARCH IN CREATIVE STUDIES
December 1st , 1 - 2 PM
Fipke 124
"A Look into Three of Twelve"
by Peter Morin
MFA Graduate student Peter Morin will present 3 of the 12 Making Objects interventions recently completed for Open Space gallery in Victoria, BC. These interventions were created with the intention of creating pathways of transformation of the grief and spiritual trauma within aboriginal communities as a result of the Residential School system. As an inter-generational survivor, Morin created twelve interventionist performances in which the audience, along with the performer, could acknowledge the effect of this grief and co-author ways of creating change.
In one of the performances, Peter worked with High school students to created thirteen Button Blankets. These blankets were combined to create a giant button blanket for the Earth.
In the second performance intervention, Peter demonstrates how to read aboriginal written language. His visual work concerns itself with the authentic relationship building between objects of meaning within Tahltan cultural practice.
In the third intervention, Peter worked with Martial Artist David Kong to clear the gallery of negative energy so that the work of healing and transformation could be accomplished.
Peter Morin is an MFA student working in the department of Creative Studies and is a member of the Crow Clan of the Tahltan Nation.
27 Nov 2009
ubc okanagan fall 2009 Deans' Lecture Series
Dr. Robert Belton, Dean of Creative and Critical Studies
He Said, She Said: Why Do People See Different Things in Creative Acts?
WHEN: Friday, November 20, 12:15 – 1:15 pm
WHERE: Downtown Kelowna Branch, Okanagan Regional Library -- 1380 Ellis St., Kelowna
The Deans' Lecture Series is a brown-bag lunch event that offers the public a chance to learn about the latest developments in research and teaching at UBC Okanagan, as well as participate in engaging conversation with the deans and researchers themselves, and network with community and business members. The Nov. 20 talk will be He Said, She Said: Why Do People See Different Things in Creative Acts?, presented by Dr. Robert Belton, Dean of Creative and Critical Studies.
Have you ever had one of those conversations about a book or a movie that ended in disagreement with words like, “I don’t think you were watching the same movie I was?” Why is that—especially when you’ve been watching exactly the same movie or reading the same book? Robert Belton, Dean of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, presents an overview of some current research into the psychology of responses to works of art and the way differences in such things as priming, task requirements, selective attention, cognitive mastery and interpretive fluency affect our judgments of visual art, films, and all sorts of other creative acts.
Registration: No cost, but registration is required. To reserve a seat, e-mail <mailto:cs.ubco@ubc.ca>cs.ubco@ubc.ca or by phone 250-807-9289. Space is limited so reserve a seat today!
For More Information: <http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/continuingstudies/programs/deanseries.html>http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/continuingstudies/programs/deanseries.html
Note – This event is sponsored by UBC Okanagan and the Okanagan Regional Library.
We look forward to having you join us for this engaging talk in the Deans’ Lecture Series, along with coffee/tea and conversation this fall!
He Said, She Said: Why Do People See Different Things in Creative Acts?
WHEN: Friday, November 20, 12:15 – 1:15 pm
WHERE: Downtown Kelowna Branch, Okanagan Regional Library -- 1380 Ellis St., Kelowna
The Deans' Lecture Series is a brown-bag lunch event that offers the public a chance to learn about the latest developments in research and teaching at UBC Okanagan, as well as participate in engaging conversation with the deans and researchers themselves, and network with community and business members. The Nov. 20 talk will be He Said, She Said: Why Do People See Different Things in Creative Acts?, presented by Dr. Robert Belton, Dean of Creative and Critical Studies.
Have you ever had one of those conversations about a book or a movie that ended in disagreement with words like, “I don’t think you were watching the same movie I was?” Why is that—especially when you’ve been watching exactly the same movie or reading the same book? Robert Belton, Dean of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, presents an overview of some current research into the psychology of responses to works of art and the way differences in such things as priming, task requirements, selective attention, cognitive mastery and interpretive fluency affect our judgments of visual art, films, and all sorts of other creative acts.
Registration: No cost, but registration is required. To reserve a seat, e-mail <mailto:cs.ubco@ubc.ca>cs.ubco@ubc.ca or by phone 250-807-9289. Space is limited so reserve a seat today!
For More Information: <http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/continuingstudies/programs/deanseries.html>http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/continuingstudies/programs/deanseries.html
Note – This event is sponsored by UBC Okanagan and the Okanagan Regional Library.
We look forward to having you join us for this engaging talk in the Deans’ Lecture Series, along with coffee/tea and conversation this fall!
14 Nov 2009
Okanagan Festival Singers Handel's MESSIAH
The Okanagan Festival Singers, BC Interior's foremost choral ensemble, presents Handel's well-known oratorio, MESSIAH on Saturday, November 28th at the First Lutheran Church, 4091 Lakeshore Rd, Kelowna at 7:30pm.
Leroy Wiens conducts Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists. Nancy DiNovo is Concertmaster.
Soloists are: Christina Jahn, soprano
Fabiana Katz, alto
Jerald Fast, tenor
Paul Grindley, bass
Join MESSIAH lovers everywhere who make this musical event their start to the Christmas season!
A reception for audience and musicians follows the concert.
Tickets are limited: $28 Adults $20 Students
Available through: www.ofsingers.com
Choir members
or phone: 250-763-8070
Leroy Wiens conducts Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists. Nancy DiNovo is Concertmaster.
Soloists are: Christina Jahn, soprano
Fabiana Katz, alto
Jerald Fast, tenor
Paul Grindley, bass
Join MESSIAH lovers everywhere who make this musical event their start to the Christmas season!
A reception for audience and musicians follows the concert.
Tickets are limited: $28 Adults $20 Students
Available through: www.ofsingers.com
Choir members
or phone: 250-763-8070
13 Nov 2009
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