St. Cecilia Concert Season 2010-2011 Halifax & Lunenburg

If you are unable to read this message please refer to http://www.stcecilia.ca/schedule.htm Chamber-Plus Chamber music and more featuring the best Nova Scotian and Canadian emerging and established artists in solo, vocal, contemporary ---innovative forms and styles; classical, opera, jazz and world musics. Dinuk Wijeratne, 2010-2011 Musician in Residence. Sunday Afternoon Chamber Plus Concerts, 3 pm Lilian Piercey Concert Hall, (most cases), Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts ‘The Composer’s Cut’ Sunday, October 24, 3:00 pm Martin Robidoux, Harpsichord Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’. A rare opportunity. A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price! Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales Friday, November 12, 7:30 pm NSRMTA Young Artist Award Winners Scholarship winners Alex Lee and Heemin Choi with Greg Suh ‘The Elixir of Canada’s rising opera stars!’ Sunday, November 21, 7:30 pm (Lunenburg, Saturday, November 20th) ‘L’elisir d’amore’ (‘The Elixir of Love’) by Gaetano Donizetti. Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales. ‘Bowls of Cheer’ (filled with Humour & Joy) Shelley Thompson Sunday, December 12, 3:00 pm Shelley Thompson and the Blue Engine String Quartet A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price! St. Andrew’s United Church, 6036 Coburg Road Sunday, February 27, 3:00 pm Jocelyne Roy, Flute & Michelle Yelin Nam, Piano Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales. Sunday, April 17, 3:00 pm Marc Djokic, violin & Julien LeBlanc, piano Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales. Jennifer Farrell Sunday, May 15, 3:00 pm Hidden Gems: a Recital to honour Jan Dussek’s 250th Jennifer Farrell, Soprano & Christopher Bagan, Piano A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price! Evening Chamber-Plus Concerts, 7:30 pm Locations vary and include Lilian Piercey Hall, St. Matthew’s Church, St. AndrewsChurch and FirstBaptistChurch. Check Location A Musician-in-Residence Concert ‘The Art of the Duo’ Lilian Piercey Concert Hall Collaboration with Prismatic. Dinuk Wijeratne, Kinan Azmeh, Clarinet, Lilian Piercey Concert Hall Collaboration with Prismatic. Nobody does it better….Weill & more! Patricia O’Callaghan Saturday, January 22, 2011 7:30 pm Lilian Piercey Concert Hall Sanctuary A Musician-in-Residence Concert Saturday, February 12, 2011 7:30 pm Dinuk Wijeratne & Sanctuary (Jeff Reilly, Peter Togni, Christoph Both) St. Matthews United Church, 1479 Barrington Street, Halifax A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price! Lydia Adams Lydia Adams conducts Saturday, April 2, 2011 7:30 pm The Elmer Iseler Singers First BaptistChurch, 1300 Oxford Street, Halifax (Lunenburg, April 1st) A Musician-in-Residence Concert A most-anticipated meeting of 3 dynamos. Dinuk Wijeratne, piano, Nick Halley, percussion & Joseph Petric, accordion Friday, April 29, 2011 7:30 pm Lilian Piercey Concert Hall A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price! St. Cecilia in Lunenburg: Symphony on the Shore and St. Cecilia by-the-Sea Symphony on the Shore Three Symphony Nova Scotia concerts sponsored by St. Cecilia Series and presented by conductor Bernhard Gueller in the acoustically superb and beautiful sanctuary of St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg. Friday, October 15, 7:30 pm Cellist Denise Djokic Jan Lisiecki Friday, November 26, 2011 7:30 pm Pianist Jan Lisiecki Friday, April 8, 2011 7:30 pm Violinist Robert Uchida Robert Uchida St. Cecilia by-the-Sea: St. Cecilia is also launching ‘St. Cecilia by-the-Sea’ in Lunenburg, 8 additional concerts at St. John’sChurch in Lunenburg between October and May. Chamber music and more featuring the best Nova Scotia and Canadian emerging and established artists in solo, vocal, contemporary, innovative forms and styles – classical jazz, opera and world musics. Saturday, October 23, 7:30 pm E-gre National Award Winner Claudia Chan, piano Saturday, November 13, 7:30 pm A Musician in Residence Concert Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra, Dinuk Wijeratne, conductor Saturday, November 20, 7:30 pm “L’Elisir d’amore” (opera) (‘The Elixir of Love’) by Gaetano Donizetti. ‘The elixir of Canada’s rising opera stars!’ Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales Sunday, December 5, 7:30 pm Bowls of Cheer…filled with humour and joy. Shelley Thompson and The Blue Engine String Quartet Friday, February 11, 7:30 pm A Musician in Residence Concert Dinuk Wijeratne & Sanctuary (Jeff Reilly, Peter Togni & Christoph Both) Saturday, March 5, 7:30 pm Anne-Julie Caron, Marimba & Marie-Eve Scarfone, Piano Collaboration with Debut Atlantic Friday, April 1, 7:30 pm Lydia Adams conducts The Elmer Iseler Singers One of Canada’s best choral groups. Beautiful Reminiscing! May 15, 2011, 7:30 pm Rhapsody Quintet with Daniel Matto www.stcecilia.ca For further information & Photos: Michael Wile (902) 423-0143