UVic Music e-Pulse November 2019
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 | 8 PM
UVic Orchestra: Season Opening Concert
Jeanel Liang, violin (2019 UVic Concerto Competition winner)
Ajtony Csaba, conductor
The UVic Orchestra performs Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture, Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin, selected pieces from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, plus the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 featuring UVic Concerto Competition winner Jeanel Liang.
Jeanel Liang is a passionate chamber, orchestral, and solo musician currently completing a BMus in violin performance at UVic under the tutelage of Ann Elliott-Goldschmid. She has been awarded several accolades including winner of the 2019 UVic Concerto Competition and the Strauss Foundation Scholarship, which will bring Jeanel to the summer academy at the Universitat Mozarteum Salzburg in August 2020. This past summer, she attended the Aspen Music Festival and School in the studio of Juilliard professor Naoko Tanaka. Alongside school, Jeanel regularly performs with her string quartet and substitutes with the Victoria symphony.
The Farquhar at UVic | Buy tickets: $10-$20
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 | 2:30 PM
UVic Chamber Singers
Songs of the Heart
Susan Young, director
The UVic Chamber Singers sing music from various styles and times.
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 | 7 PM
UVic Jazz & Creative Music Ensemble
Blues for Eric
Patrick Boyle, director
Enjoy a night of bebop and jazz classics including music by Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Charlie Parker.
For almost a year, Victoria blues musicians and fans have been celebrating Eric LeBlanc's contribution to the local music scene with a series of Blues for Eric benefit concerts. Proceeds from these concerts generate scholarship funds in the name of Eric LeBlanc and in support of the jazz offerings at the School of Music. For 33 years LeBlanc was one of the world's great disc jockeys, serving up an authoritative, weekly radio show on UVic's CFUV-FM. Listeners all over the world tuned in to Eric's Let the Good Times Roll on the web. LeBlanc also co-authored Blues: A Regional Experience with Australian writer Bob Eagle in 2013 and taught courses in the history of jazz and blues at Victoria Conservatory of Music. When Eric died of cancer, friends and fans who missed his raspy, Quebecois-accented radio voice, deep knowledge of the blues, and warm and generous personality established the Eric LeBlanc Memorial Scholarship at UVic for students studying jazz.
The Oaks Restaurant and Grill (2250 Oak Bay Ave.) | Tickets: $20
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 | 8 PM
Faculty Concert Series
Alexander Dunn: Elegy for Guitar
Virtuoso guitarist Alexander Dunn performs the gorgeous Elegie by 19th century virtuoso Johann Kaspar Mertz, alongside the Elegy by 20th century British composer Alan Rawsthorne. Dunn also explores lesser-known repertoire by German romanticists Ferdinand Rebay and Rudolph Leberl — two composers of orchestral, piano and vocal music whose guitar works are now coming to light. Their music was ignored by Andrés Segovia, a mid-century guitarist who shaped repertoire tastes during his career, rejecting German romanticism in favor of Spanish nationalism. The re-discovery of music by Leberl and Rebay is an important aspect of the repertoire, mirroring the music of Brahms, Grieg and Schumann.
Dunn heads the guitar studio at UVic, considered one of Canada's top guitar programs. He has performed to enthusiastic acclaim around the globe and has been a featured soloist with the CBC Vancouver Radio Orchestra, Victoria Symphony, Victoria Chamber Orchestra, Winnipeg Symphony, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, La Jolla Symphony, Malaga Sinfonico, New England Symphony, and many major US orchestras. Dr. Dunn's international outreach includes work with the Artist Protection Fund in bringing the Orontes Guitar Quartet from Syria to Canada in 2019.
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 | 8 PM
UVic Voice Ensemble
Dona Nobis Pacem
Join students from the School of Music voice studio as they reflect on war and conflict through the music of Schumann, Schubert, Somers, Prokofiev, Debussy, Poulenc and Britten. This Remembrance Day concert—directed by voice professor Benjamin Butterfield and repetiteur Kinza Tyrrell—will close with a call to the power of music in Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music.
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation
NOVEMBER 12 & 13 | 1 PM
String Masterclass with Gwen Thompson-Robinow
Gwen Thompson-Robinow leads a masterclass with School of Music string students. All are welcome to attend.
A Canadian violinist and recipient of the Order of Canada, Thompson-Robinow has enjoyed a career of more than 50 years as a performer, educator, teacher, and coach. She has nurtured young musicians in her role as professor of violin at Western University, the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Academy of Music, the University of Manitoba, the University of Victoria, and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. She has performed, taught and mentored at summer festivals and string and chamber music workshops across Canada and in the United States. She has acted as concertmaster of Orchestra London, the CBC Chamber Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the Victoria Symphony, as well as leading the Baroque Strings of Vancouver.
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | Free
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 | 2:30 PM
An Afternoon in Paris
Stéphane Lemelin, piano
Axel Strauss, violin
With the Lafayette String Quartet
Pianist Stéphane Lemelin and violinist Axel Strauss perform Lili Boulanger's Deux Morceaux and Gabriel Fauré's Violin Sonata No. 1. They will be joined by the Lafayette String Quartet for Ernest Chausson's Concerto in D Major, Op. 21.
Stéphane Lemelin is well-known to audiences throughout Canada and regularly tours in the United States, Europe and Asia as soloist and chamber musician. He is Department Chair of Performance at McGill's Schulich School of Music.
Equally passionate about teaching and performing, Axel Strauss joined the faculty of the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in 2012. Prior to moving to Montreal, he served as Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | Buy tickets: $10-$25
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 | 8 PM
UVic Wind Symphony
Time and Space
Steven Capaldo, conductor
Join the UVic Wind Symphony for a program that explores the concepts of time and space, from early works written for wind band to innovative and modern pieces that push the boundaries of our expectations. The program will include works by Gordon Jacob, Julie Giroux, Peter Meechan and Katherine Bergman.
The UVic Wind Symphony is recognized as one of the premier performing wind ensembles in the Pacific Northwest. The Wind Symphony regularly features student, faculty and guest soloist, collaborates annually with the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy, and has given numerous Canadian and world premieres of contemporary works.
The Farquhar at UVic | Buy tickets: $10-$20
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 | 8 PM
Sonic Lab
Ajtony Csaba, director
Come for an audiovisual experience with Sonic Lab, UVic's contemporary music ensemble dedicated to performing Canadian and international music of our time. This concert features works by Giacinto Scelsi, Alexander Schubert, Michael Beil and David Leisner as well as improvisations by the ensemble.
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 | 7 PM
UVic Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Fall Showcase
Wendell Clanton, director
Expect a fun-filled evening featuring original arrangements and timeless classics performed by Vocal Jazz studio groups and combos.
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 27 | 8 PM
Orion Series in Fine Arts
Carl Petersson: Solo piano
Pianist Carl Petersson performs solo works by Frédéric Chopin, Niccolò Paganini/Franz Liszt, Einar Englund, Sergei Rachmaninov, and Isaac Albéniz.
Born in 1981 in Lund, Sweden, Petersson began playing the piano at age 15. With an international performance career, he has appeared at venues such as Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio, the Shanghai Oriental Art Center and the Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, New York and has collaborated with orchestras including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kraków Philharmonic and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. In 2013 Petersson received his PhD from the Academy of Music in Kraków. As a lecturer, he has been invited as a guest speaker to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Tel Aviv University, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the University of Ottawa and the New England Conservatory, among others.
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | Free
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28 | 8 PM
Don Wright Symphonic Winds
Out of This World
Michael Keddy, conductor
Students from across campus join together to perform music representative of the human fascination and connection with all things "extraterrestrial."
The Farquhar at UVic | Buy tickets: $10-$20
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 | 3:30 PM
UVic Choirs
'Tis the Season
More than 250 voices from the University of Victoria choirs join in harmony for this popular seasonal concert. Get into the holiday spirit with the UVic Chorus, Chamber Singers, and Vocal Jazz Ensemble directed by Adam Con, Susan Young, and Wendell Clanton, plus UVic brass players led by Merrie Klazek. A cappella ensemble Fifth Street, featuring all UVic alumni, will make a guest appearance. Arrive early to get a seat!
Christ Church Cathedral (Quadra St. at Rockland Ave.) | By donation
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