Category Archives: Live Music

RCCO Edmonton and Sundays at Three Present Michael Unger in Concert at the Davis Organ

January 05, 2012   kkp

Extend the Music of the Season at the Winspear with Sundays at Three featuring with Michael Unger and The Davis Organ

Sundays at 3 presents the Fourth Annual Stuart and Winona Davis Memorial Tribute and the second concert of its Canadians Near and Far season featuring Canadian organist Michael Unger. Michael’s program will feature works by Widor, Schumann, Daquin, Raison, Litaize, Bach and Canadian composer Henry Hugh Bancroft.
Originally from Toronto, Michael studied at the University of Western Ontario and the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY where he currently lives. Michael, an organist and harpsichordist, appears as a soloist and chamber musician in tours throughout North America, Europe and Japan. He is the 2008 winner of both First Prize and Audience Prize in the American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP) among other awards.

Link: http://www.rcco.edmonton.ab.ca/sundays_at_3-2012-01-08.html

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Swarm Live this Saturday Night

November 24, 2011   admin

Rock band SWARM, one of Edmonton’s Longest Running Bands who is currently involved in Canada’s Got Talent is live this Saturday Night November 26 at THE WESTSIDE PUB. Go to their website http://westsidepub.ca/ for more details including more events and great daily specials.
They are located at 15135 – Stony Plain Road.

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“Music at First” presents Four Saturdays at Four – FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHOIR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS CONCERT with the First Presbyterian Choir and special guests the U of A Faculty of Education Handbell Ringers

November 12, 2011   kkp

DATE: Saturday, December 10, 2011
TIME: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm MST
VENUE: First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St., Edmonton, AB T5J 1C8

“Music at First” presents Four Saturdays at Four, part of the 100th Anniversary Celebrations for the First Presbyterian Church Building.

Come to a concert, lift your spirits, and help keep out the cold!

Proceeds from this final concert of the series, Music at First Four Saturdays at Four, will be donated to an Edmonton Christmas Charity.

The First Presbyterian Choir is directed by Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger. Special guests the University of Alberta Faculty of Education Handbell Ringers are conducted by Robert de Frece.

Bask in the warm and colourful tones of the choir’s Advent and Christmas anthems, and sing along with the choir on a number of carols as we celebrate God’s incarnation in Christ. Be amazed at the virtuosity, precision, and musicianship of the U of A Faculty of Education Handbell Ringers!

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“Music at First” presents Four Saturdays at Four – MUSIC FOR BAGPIPES, ORGAN, AND HANDBELLS with David Trew, Joachim Segger, and the First Presbyterian Church Handbell Ringers

November 12, 2011   kkp

DATE: Saturday, November 26, 2011
TIME: 4:00 pm MST
WHERE: First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St., Edmonton, AB T5J 1C8

“Music at First” presents Four Saturdays at Four, part of the 100th Anniversary Celebrations for the First Presbyterian Church Building.

Come to a concert, lift your spirits, and help keep out the cold!

This is a fundraiser to keep out the cold by raising enough money to repair “the rear window”, an historic stained glass window at the rear of the sanctuary gallery.

Thrill to Scottish music performed by Edmonton’s premier piper on two sets of bagpipes with a full set of organ pipes played by Joachim Segger. Be delighted by the sounds of the handbells, and the premiere performance of a Christmas set for organ, bagpipes, and bells arranged by Joachim Segger. Also hear an award-winning work for handbells and voice composed and arranged by Albertans Richard Reimer and Darryl Dewalt, with Harry Currie (minister, First Presbyterian Church), soloist.

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“Music at First” presents Four Saturdays at Four – EARLY MUSIC

November 12, 2011   kkp

DATE: Saturday, November 19, 2011
TIME: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm MST
WHERE: First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St., Edmonton, AB T5J 1C8
COST: Free Will Donation
CONTACT NAME: Dr. Marnie Giesbrecht
CONTACT EMAIL: majoya@shaw.ca

“Music at First” presents Four Saturdays at Four, part of the 100th Anniversary Celebrations for the First Presbyterian Church Building.

Come to a concert, lift your spirits, and help keep out the cold!

This is a fundraiser to keep out the cold by raising enough money to repair “the rear window”, an historic stained glass window at the rear of the sanctuary gallery.

This early music concert features Josephine van Lier, piccolo/Baroque cello; Eila Peterson, recorder; and Marnie Giesbrecht, harpsichord. Special guests are “The Sackbone Express” sackbut ensemble (a sackbut is an early relative of the trombone) under the direction of Eila Peterson.

Hear the charm of early music by Boccherini, Handel, and others performed on historic instruments in our beautiful historic building!

The Hubbard French Harpsichord used in this concert is courtesy of Josephine van Lier.

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