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Mike Uncorked: Four Seasons Community Orchestra By Mike Butler Do you play an instrument? Have you been practising but were unable to find an ensemble to be a part of? Well, look no further! Formed in 2002, the Four Seasons Community Orchestra (FSCO) is composed of members of all ages, ranging from teenagers to 80+, representing all four seasons of life. FSCO provides a focal point and opportunity for all the talented musicians in the Valley to play in a full symphonic ensemble. FSCO players come from most Valley communities from Windsor to Middleton and beyond, and FSCO even has…
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Acadia Performing Arts Series Presents Ambitious Multimedia Collaboration between Montreal’s collectif9 and Architek Percussion. By François Côté In a true pan-Canadian collaboration, Montreal’s collectif9 and Architek Percussion come together to present a multimedia performance of music for amplified strings and percussion, video, and spoken words. My Backyard, Somewhere is a reflection of our malleable sense of belonging in a vast country; an exploration of boundaries and locations, of our displaced sense of home. With music by five multi-genre composers from across Canada, videography by Nicole Lizée, and the words of poet Kaie Kellough providing a narrative thread, My Backyard, Somewhere…
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Musique Royale Proudly Announces 2018 Summer Festival Season Submitted Musique Royale announces its summer festival season, bringing locals and visitors alike a grand set of performers. The tours will include a vibrant arrangement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Les Voix Humaines, operatic star Isabel Bayrakdarian, the recently discovered early music for cello of Italian composer Fiore, and Nova Scotia traditional music with Boxwood. The season will also showcase early music with young artists Aureas Voces, world music with Steve Normandin, and for the finale, La Nef will spearhead sailor shanties and sea songs! Musique Royale is Nova Scotia’s province-wide presenter…
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Acadia Performing Arts Series Announces 2018-19 Season By François Côté The eight-performance series features wonderful vocal and instrumental music performed by some of our nation’s best ensembles, and by artists visiting Wolfville from the USA and Ireland. The season opens in September with The Rose Ensemble and their performance of “The Land of Three Faiths,” featuring music that is at once sacred, secular, folk, and classical from the Jewish, Muslim and Christian traditions. In October, two ensembles from Quebec, collectif9 and Architek Percussion, join forces to present “My Backyard, Somewhere,” a multi-media experience featuring the works of five talented composers…
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Suzie LeBlanc in the Garden Room By Janet Kirkconnell An Acadian by heritage, internationally renowned soprano and actress Suzie LeBlanc will be giving a recital on April 15 at 2pm as part of the Sunday Music in the Garden Room chamber music series in the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre on the Acadia campus. She will be performing with Simon Docking, piano. To single out two of this very fine musician’s many accomplishments: Suzie LeBlanc is founder and artistic director of Le Nouvel Opera in Montreal, a company that since the year 2000 has been bringing classical opera, from baroque…
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