UVic Music e-Pulse December 2019
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1 | 2:30 PM
UVic Orchestra: Fantasia
Anna Betuzzi, oboe
(2019 UVic Concerto Competition winner)
Ajtony Csaba, conductor
The UVic Orchestra presents Fantasia, featuring an oboe concerto, comic strip projections, new music, and a symphony.
Canada’s earliest opera overture for orchestra, Joseph Quesnel’s delightful Colas et Colinette, will open the concert followed by a musical territory acknowledgment—in dialogue with the orchestra—delivered by indigenous artist Lindsay Delaronde. The orchestra will perform druck // durch, by School of Music alumnus Nolan Krell. Inspired by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, this composition is a musical essay on the discourse between our inner world and the outer one. The first half of the concert will come to a climax with the breathtaking solo in Richard Strauss’s Oboe Concerto, performed by UVic Concerto Competition winner Anna Betuzzi. Currently in the final year of her Bachelor of Music degree in performance, Betuzzi studies oboe with Russell Bajer.
The second half of the concert features comic strip projections from the project entitled Between, created by UVic Writing student Petranella Daviel. Live music by Paul Pratt—arranged by students in Csaba’s orchestration class—will accompany the illustrations. The concert will conclude with Shostakovich’s acrobatic and exhilarating Symphony No 9.
The Farquhar at UVic | Buy tickets: $10-$20
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 | 12:30 PM
Tuesdaymusic
Come for the last Tuesdaymusic concert of 2019 to enjoy a program of solo and chamber music in a variety of genres, from baroque to contemporary, performed by School of Music students.
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8 | 7 PM
A Holiday "Cellobration"
Hosted by cellist Pamela Highbaugh Aloni, this evening brings together UVic School of Music cello students, alumni and community members to make music and share their common enjoyment of the cello. Inspired by dear late colleague Gail O'Riordan, the evening will include performances by community cello ensembles plus the opportunity for everyone to join at the end in music to ring in the holiday season.
All proceeds will benefit the Gail O'Riordan Memorial Fund.
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 | 1–3 PM
41st Annual Tuba Christmas
Paul Beauchesne, conductor
Tuba Christmas Victoria presents the 41st annual gathering of more than 100 tuba and euphonium players from across the Pacific Northwest. Tubist and School of Music instructor Paul Beauchesne will lead the ensemble in one of Victoria’s favourite holiday traditions.
Donations will be accepted for the Times Colonist Christmas Fund, a charity that assists the people most in need in the Greater-Victoria community.
Tuba Christmas dates back to 1974 where it originated in New York City. Concerts now take place in over 200 cities worldwide and this year marks the 46th year for Tuba Christmas internationally.
Market Square (560 Johnson St.) | By donation
SAVE THE DATES!
The UVic School of Music became Canada’s first all-Steinway school in 2008 when we acquired 63 new Steinway pianos. Join us in celebrating our 12th anniversary as an all-Steinway school with faculty, guest and student performances. Pre-concert events will include demonstrations of the inner workings of the piano, plus a chance to experience the Steinway Spirio | r, the world’s finest high-resolution player piano capable of live performance capture and playback. Stay tuned for details.
Event proceeds will benefit our Steinway Legacy Fund, dedicated to the enhancement of our valuable Steinway family of instruments.
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