UVic Music e-Pulse                                           February 2020

 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 | 2:30 PM
Faculty Chamber Music Series
Songs With and Without Words

School of Music performance faculty present a concert of chamber music highlighting the lyrical works of Hugo Wolf, Louis Spohr, Simon Laks, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, and others. Performers include soprano Anne Grimm, tenor Benjamin Butterfield, flutist Suzanne Snizek, clarinetist Connie Gitlin, Merrie Klazek on flugelhorn, pianists Harald Krebs, Eva Solar-Kinderman, Bruce Vogt and Yoomi Kim, plus the Lafayette String Quartet.

This is one of two joint performing projects presented by the UVic performance faculty each year. The works on this program celebrate “song” and were written by composers who are well known for their vocal works, or were inspired by song. “No matter the instrument or musical medium, we are all so influenced by the natural singing and drama of the voice,” describes cellist Pamela Highbaugh Aloni. “We do our best to duplicate it in all we perform.”

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation

 

 

 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 | 8 PM
Emerging Artists Alumni Series
Adam Dyjach, tenor
James Yi, piano

Adam Dyjach and James Yi present a concert showcasing the piano and voice independently and in collaboration. The program will feature Schumann's best-known song cycle, Dichterliebe, along with works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Brahms and Britten.

A native of Waterloo Ontario, Adam Dyjach completed his MMus at UVic under the direction of Benjamin Butterfield. He is a choral scholar at St. Barnabas Church under the direction of Michael Jarvis and also sings with the Schooner Cove Singers. In the past Adam has been a member of the St. Christopher Singers, Victoria Philharmonic Choir, Victoria Choral Society and Pacific Opera Victoria Chorus. He teaches private singing lessons and is a music instructor at the Taber Music School.

James Yi began his musical education at UVic in clarinet performance with Patricia Kostek. His journey took him into the field of collaborative piano, with the guidance of Arthur Rowe, accompanying for the Glenlyon Norfolk School, Salt Spring Singers, Cordova Bay United Church, and various soloists and musicals. He is also a member of Victoria’s Baroque chamber group the Raven Baroque and teaches clarinet and piano lessons privately.

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation

 

 

 

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 | 8 PM
(rescheduled from Jan. 14 due to the snowy weather)
Faculty Concert Series
Crossing Borders

An evening devoted to rare chamber music by composers Rosy Wertheim, Simon Laks, Jan Novák and Philippe Gaubert featuring flutist Suzanne Snizek, violinist Ann Elliott-Goldschmid, cellist Pamela Highbaugh Aloni and pianist Yoomi Kim.

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation

 

 

FEBRUARY 6-7
Orion Series in Fine Arts

Laurie Matiation, horn 

Laurie Matiation is currently Assistant Principal/Third Horn with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. She began her professional career as second horn of the Atlantic Symphony and has been a member of the CPO since 1983. In addition to her orchestral duties, Laurie is a passionate teacher. She conducts workshops and clinics and is a teacher of horn at the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University Conservatory.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 | 12:30 PM
Lecture-Recital
Matiation performs Hermann Neuling’s Bagatelle for horn and piano, Nocturno for horn and piano by Franz Strauss, and Vaclav Nelhybel’s Trio for Brass, with Merrie Klazek (trumpet) and Scott MacInnes (trombone).

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 | 1:30-2:30 PM
Brass Masterclass
Matiation coaches School of Music brass students. All are welcome to attend.

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | Free

 

 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 | 8 PM
Faculty Concert Series
Lafayette String Quartet 

The Lafayette String Quartet perform Joseph Haydn’s virtuosic Quartet in C Major, Op. 54, No. 2 and Beethoven’s technically demanding Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, the first of his middle-period quartets. They will also perform Ruth Crawford Seeger’s most famous and influential work, String Quartet 1931.

Since 1986, the members of the Lafayette String Quartet have divided their time between entertaining audiences all over North America and Europe and teaching some of Canada’s finest young string players. Their residency at the University of Victoria is rich in local performances and community involvement. Their concerts in Canada and abroad have been hailed as “passionate, riveting, and with flawless ensemble.”

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | Buy tickets: $10-$25

 

 

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 | 8 PM
UVic Wind Symphony & the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy
Sea and Song 

Now into its 7th year, the UVic Wind Symphony continues its unique collaboration with the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy with a concert of music inspired by “Sea and Song,” directed by Steven Capaldo & Lt(N) Catherine Norris.

Winner of the 2019 UVic Wind Symphony Concerto Competition, Jesse Johnson, will take centre stage for Ney Rosauro's Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble. Other works on the program include Franco Cesarini’s Blue Horizons, The Sun Paints Rainbows Over the Vast Waves by David Bedford, Alex Shapiro’s electroacoustic work Liquid Compass, and the classic Claude T. Smith fantasy Eternal Father, Strong to Save, based on the traditional British mariner’s hymn of the same name.

Celebrating its 80th anniversary, The Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy is one of six regular force military bands of the Canadian Forces and serves as the official musical unit of the Canadian Forces Maritime Forces Pacific Command (MARPAC). Many School of Music alumni have gone on to perform with Canadian Military ensembles including the Naden Band.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Naden Band of Maritime Forces Pacific Scholarship in Music Performance, awarded annually to second- and third-year School of Music students who demonstrate excellence in brass, woodwind and percussion performance.

The Farquhar at UVic | Buy tickets: $5-$20

 

 

 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 | 8 PM
Faculty Concert Series
Anne Grimm, soprano
Bruce Vogt, piano
 

Join for a delightful evening of lieder, melodie, cabaret and showtunes featuring works by Hugo Wolf, Igor Stravinsky and Francis Poulenc as well as songs by Kurt Weill, Jacques Brel, Noël Coward and Rodgers and Hart.

Soprano Anne Grimm is an internationally recognized performer, specializing in early music and Baroque repertoire. Having appeared extensively in Europe and North America with companies such as the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Bethlehem Bach Choir, Tanglewood Festival, the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Taflemusik, Ms. Grimm has enjoyed a varied and exciting career.

Among the elite of Canadian pianists, Bruce Vogt is a unique and dynamic performer. He appears regularly in concert within Canada, but has also inspired audiences in England, the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Bulgaria, China, and Japan.

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation

 

 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 | 8 PM
Viano String Quartet 

Formed in 2015 at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, the Viano String Quartet has already proved itself one of North America's most exciting young groups. Guest artists at the UVic School of Music, they are top prize winners in several international competitions, including the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition. The Viano Quartet are now the quartet-in-residence at the Colburn School and are performing extensively all over the globe.

This program will include Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 74, No. 1 and Antonín Dvorák’s Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105.

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation

 

 

FEBRUARY 26-28 | 9 AM TO 5 PM
BandFest 2020 

The 36th annual BandFest is a non-competitive concert band festival for elementary, middle school, junior and senior secondary school bands from across Canada and the United States. Participating bands will perform on stage at The Farquhar at UVic and receive adjudication from one of this year’s guest adjudicators, Professor Wendy J. Grasdahl (Concordia University of Edmonton) and Dr. Jeremy Brown (University of Calgary). Plan to attend and support students involved in music education.

The Farquhar at UVic | Free

 

 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 | 6:30 PM
Annual Solo Bach Competition 

UVic string students will perform solo sonatas, partitas and suites by Johann Sebastien Bach for a panel of expert adjudicators. The jury will elect three prizewinners and the audience will have the opportunity to vote for the Audience Prize. The winner of the Audience Prize will receive the donations collected at the door. Come and vote for your favorite!

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation

 

 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 | 8 PM
Faculty Concert Series
A Romantic Soirée  

Violinist Ann Elliott-Goldschmid and guest pianist Stephen Runge present a recital of romances and sonatas that explore the close personal and artistic relationships between Robert Schumann, his wife Clara Schumann, and their protégé Johannes Brahms. They will also perform Duo Sonata by Canadian composer, Jean Coulthard, written 100 years after the Schumanns’ works, and similarly inspired by a partnership of love and music.

Violinist Ann Elliott-Goldschmid is a founding member of the renowned Lafayette String Quartet. Artists-in-residence at UVic, they’ve performed all over North America and Europe for over 30 years. A dedicated teacher as well as performer, Elliott-Goldschmid’s students grace major orchestras, string quartets and graduate schools.

Praised for his sensitivity and versatility, pianist and UVic School of Music alumnus  Stephen Runge (BMus ’01) has been heard from Victoria to Halifax as a soloist and collaborative artist.

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall | By donation

 

 

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