Calendar of events in Music

Faculty Gala Concert: We launch the 2023-24 season with a concert featuring performances by faculty members of the Department of Music.  Brunton, 7:30 p.m. 
 

Colloquium Musicum: “Liberatory Praxis in Operatic Rehearsal Processes.” Opera unfolds within a hierarchical and oftentimes rigid structural apparatus that leaves musicians grappling with how to reshape current paradigms and methodologies of opera creation. In this Independent Student Research Project, generously funded by the J.E.A Crake Foundation, Emma Yee employs a research–creation methodology to explore and identify ways of granting agency to singers within opera rehearsals that upend and reimagine traditional practices. Brunton, 4:00 p.m. 
 

Colloquium Musicum: "Mozart’s Music of Friends.” In 1829, Goethe famously described the string quartet as a “conversation among four intelligent people.” Inspired by this metaphor, Dr. Edward Klorman (McGill University) draws from historical evidence about musical salons and from musical analysis to explore social interplay in Mozart’s chamber music. This presentation develops an analytical concept called “multiple agency” that interprets the various players within an ensemble as participants in stylized social discourse – characters who are capable of surprising, seducing, outwitting, and even deceiving one another musically, and whose interactions are animated in performance. Brunton, 4:00 p.m. 
 

Colloquium Musicum: “Unveiling the ‘Klop’ Continuo Organ: The Italianate Style and a Historically-Informed Performance Practice.”  Members of Juno-award winning ensemble L’Harmonie des saisons will introduce Mount Allison’s new Klop continuo organ, discussing and demonstrating key elements of historical performance practice in the Italianate style. Julia Wedman (violin), Matthew Jennejohn (cornetto), Mélisande Corriveau (cello, recorder, treble viol), Eric Milnes (organ). Brunton, 4:00 p.m. 
 

Concert: Ensemble L'Harmonie des saisons (Mélisande Corriveau & Eric Milnes, directors) performs music from their recent recording “Bach Concertos.” Performers include Eric Milnes (harpsichord), Julia Wedman and Jessy Dubé (solo violins), Matthew Jennejohn (oboe d'amore and baroque oboe), Guillaume Villeneuve and Marie Nadeau-Tremblay (violins), Hélène Plouffe (viola), Mélisande Corriveau (cello), and Pierre Cartier (double bass). For details and tickets, visit sackvilleearlymusic.com or call (506) 878-3786. Brunton, 7:30 p.m. 
 

Concert: Ensemble Constantinople (Kiya Tabassian, director) presents a program of early Indigenous musics appropriate to reflection on the Day of Truth and Reconciliation. "Breathings" is a celebration of our intimate relationship with nature, a concert that places the breath at the centre of the musical act. Performers include Darlene Gijuminag (Mi’kmaq singer and drummer), Celina Kalluk (throat singer), Kiya Tabassian (director; setar), Kianoush Khalilian (ney), Patrick Graham (percussion), Didem Basar (kanun), Etienne Lafrance (double bass). For details and tickets, visit sackvilleearlymusic.com or call (506) 878-3786. Brunton, 7:30 p.m. ​​

Ensemble L'Harmonie des saisons (Mélisande Corriveau & Eric Milnes, directors) performs “Sprezzatura!,” a program of 17th-century music from Italy in the newly developed language of seconda pratica, which features instruments in increasingly virtuosic and creative roles. Julia Wedman (violin), Matthew Jennejohn (cornetto), Mélisande Corriveau (cello and viol), and Eric Milnes (organ and harpsichord). For details and tickets, visit sackvilleearlymusic.com or call (506) 878-3786. Brunton, 3:00 p.m. 
 

Mid-Week Music: Mount Allison faculty present music ranging from Bach, Chopin, and Fauré to Noël Coward, Oscar Peterson, and Acadian folksong. Adam Cicchillitti (guitar), Christina Haldane (soprano), and Alexander Dobson (baritone), are joined by pianists David Rogosin and Stephen Runge.  Brunton, 4:00 p.m.
 

Collegium Musicum: Performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m.  
 

Pops Matinée Concert: “The Final Frontier.” Music inspired by the stars, the planets, and the wonders of the galaxy with the Mount Allison Symphonic Band, Elliott Chorale, and Chamber Orchestra directed by Prof. James Kalyn and Dr. Kiera Galway. Convocation Hall, 10:30 a.m.
 

Pops Concert: “The Final Frontier.” Music inspired by the stars, the planets, and the wonders of the galaxy with the Mount Allison Symphonic Band, Elliott Chorale, and Chamber Orchestra directed by Prof. James Kalyn and Dr. Kiera Galway. Convocation Hall, 7:30 p.m.
 

Honour Band Concert: Students from across the Maritimes present the results of their one-day intensive band workshop. Featuring music of Brian Balmages, Cait Nishimura, Robert Buckley, and Scott Boerma, directed by Prof. James Kalyn. Convocation Hall, 5:00 p.m.
 

Faculty Recital: “Flute and Piano Favourites.” Karin Aurell (flute) and James Coghlin (piano) present music by Katherine Hoover, Carl Reinecke, and Tony Genge. They will also be joined by James Kalyn (clarinet) and Amatoritsero Ede (narrator) for Valerie Coleman’s Portraits of Langston. Brunton, 7:30 p.m.
 

Collegium Musicum: ***CANCELLED***
 

“Choral Fest: Songs of Fate and Destiny.” Join the Mount Allison Choral Society (Dr. Kiera Galway, director), New Brunswick Choral Federation, and choral singers from around the province in an epic start to the choral season! Brahms’ Schicksalslied is the centrepiece of an exciting afternoon of singing which also features as guests the Mount Allison Chamber Orchestra. Convocation Hall, 2:30 p.m. 
 

Collegium Musicum: Performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m.
 

Master Classes: Aaron Schwebel (violin), Marcel d’Entremont (tenor), and Dakota Scott-Digout (piano), members of Echo Chamber, work with violin, voice, and collaborative piano students from the Department of Music. Brunton and Room 100, 6:00 p.m.
 

14th Annual J.E.A. Crake Concert: Echo Chamber presents “A World Transformed,” based on the tragic story of Matthew Shepard, the young man from Wyoming who was brutally murdered because of his sexuality. Contemporary dance, song, and spoken word depict this pivotal story through the lens of both Matthew and his mother, Judy Shepard, who remains one of today’s leading voices fighting for 2SLGBTQ+ rights. This performance is generously supported by the J.E.A Crake Foundation, in partnership with the Mount Allison Performing Arts Series. Brunton, 7:30 p.m.
 

“From Dawn to Dusk.” The Mount Allison Elliott Chorale, directed by Dr. Kiera Galway, traces the arc of a day through music written for morning and night. Brunton, 8:00 p.m.  

Collegium Musicum: Performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m.
 

Piano Master Class: Pianist Kyung Kim works with students from the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 7:30 p.m. 
 

Guest Recital: “Keys and Mallets.” The Three Kims present an intimate exploration and journey through the musical possibilities of keyboard “percussion” instruments. Brunton, 8:00 p.m.
 

Collegium Musicum: Performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m. 
 

Faculty Recital: “The Evolution of Natural Horn Music.” Olivier Blakney (natural horn) and James Coghlin (piano) present music from the 18th to 21st centuries. From Haydn and Mozart to a world premiere commission, this recital explores historic instrument performance in a wide variety of contexts. Brunton, 3:00 p.m. 
 

Collegium Musicum: Celebrating Canada Music Week with a focus on music by Canadian composers in performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m. 
 

“The Collection.” The Mount Allison New Music Ensemble, directed by Prof. Nadia Francavilla. Contemporary works from Michael Pisaro and Samuel Vriezen explore how sounds – instrumental and otherwise – are assembled into a whole. In a rhythmic art form, what place for random happenstance? Brunton, 7:30 p.m. 
 

Entre Amis: Featuring student performers from Mount Allison University and l’Université de Moncton. Brunton, 7:30 p.m. 
 

Entre Amis: Featuring student performers from Mount Allison University and l’Université de Moncton. Salle Neil-Michaud, U de Moncton, 7:00 p.m.
 

Collegium Musicum: Performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m.
 

The Mount Allison Chamber Orchestra, directed by Prof. James Kalyn, presents a wide-ranging program featuring Schicksalslied by Johannes Brahms, Rhosymedre by Ralph Vaughan Williams, the Brook Green Suite of Gustav Holst, and a Christmas tribute from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Brunton, 8:00 p.m
 

“In their own voice.” The Mount Allison Symphonic Band, directed by Prof. James Kalyn, presents an international tour of works by composers writing about their own lands and culture. With works by Vaughan Williams, Leanna Primiani, Howard Cable, Richard Robert Bennett, Cait Nishimura, and Johan de Meij. Convocation Hall, 7:30 p.m. 
 

“Light.” The Mount Allison Choral Society and Elliott Chorale, directed by Dr. Kiera Galway, present a set of choral meditations on light, with music from Bach, Ramona Luengen, and Leonard Cohen. Brunton, 3:00 p.m.
 

***POSTPONED***New Music @ Mount Allison. Presenting brand-new compositions by Mount Allison student composers, performed by students and guests. Brunton, 8:00 p.m.
 

Collegium Musicum: Performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m.
 

Christmas Collegium: Celebrate the holidays with the students and faculty of the Department of Music. M.Y.B. Conservatory Foyer, 4:00 p.m.
 

Colloquium Musicum: Musical theatre artist Dillan Chiblow, an Anishnawbe storyteller, singer, and educator from Garden River First Nation in Ontario, will present a lecture on the laws under which Indigenous peoples were forced to live during the boom of the “Golden Age” of Broadway. Brunton, 4:00 p.m.
 

Voice Master Class: Dillan Chiblow works with students from the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 5:15 p.m.
 

Faculty and Guest Recital: “Humans and Machines.” Nadia Francavilla (violin),  Christina Haldane (voice), Norman Adams (cello), Carl Philippe Gionet (piano), Joël Cormier (percussion), and James Kalyn (clarinet) perform a dazzling alchemy of music, electronics, video, and theatre. A multi-sensory program of works by Sophie Dupuis, Nicole Lizée, Jocelyn Morlock, Bekah Simms, Ana Sokolović, and Jennifer Walshe.  Brunton, 7:30p.m. 
 

Colloquium Musicum: Faculty composer Kevin Morse presents a lecture-recital to share and discuss some of his latest works, alongside faculty and guest performers. Brunton, 4:00 p.m.
 

Colloquium Musicum: “Bernstein and Stravinsky,” presented by Dr. Elizabeth Wells, explores the close but conflicted relationship between two icons of 20th century music: the conductor Leonard Bernstein and the composer Igor Stravinsky. Brunton, 4:00 p.m.  
 

Faculty Recital: “Short Ride in a Fast Machine.” David Rogosin and Stephen Runge present Russian and American works for two pianos by Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Adams, and Kapustin. Brunton, 7:30 p.m.
 

“The Opera Show,” presented by students from the Opera Workshop course, celebrates much-loved opera hits by Purcell, Handel, Verdi, Gounod, Offenbach, Rossini, J. Strauss, Puccini, and more! 7:30 p.m. 
 

Collegium Musicum: Performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m.
 

Faculty and Guest Recital: Acclaimed woodwind quintet Ventus Machina returns to the Brunton stage for an evening of Canadian music by R. Murray Schafer, Stephen Chatman, and Richard Gibson. Joined by Christina Haldane (soprano), the evening will include some of Carl Philippe Gionet’s sparklingly original settings of Acadian folk songs, arranged for soprano and quintet by James Kalyn. Brunton, 7:30 p.m. 
 

“Time Pieces.” The Mount Allison Choral Society and Elliott Chorale, directed by Dr. Kiera Galway, explore the concept of time through music. Brunton, 3:00 p.m. 
 

Collegium Musicum: A focus on music by BIPOC composers with performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m. 
 

“Let’s Dance!” Chamber Music from the Mount Allison Symphonic Band and Chamber Orchestra.  A Valentine’s Day celebration of music designed to lure us to the dance floor. Brunton, 8:00 p.m. 
 

Collegium Musicum: Performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m. 
 

Faculty and Guest Recital: Rogosin Jazz Ensemble. Featuring David Rogosin and guests. More details to come. Brunton, 7:30 p.m.
 

Faculty Recital: Christina Haldane (soprano) and Stephen Runge (piano) present “La Musique aux Tuileries,” a performance inspired by Édouard Manet’s painting of the same name (1862) that depicts a lively scene of Parisians gathered in the Tuileries Gardens to enjoy an afternoon of music. Works by Offenbach, Ross, Hahn, Duparc, and Berlioz. Brunton, 3:00 p.m. 
 

Colloquium Musicum: “My Life in Music.” Brunton, 4:00 p.m.
 

Bragg Artist-in-Residence Guest Recital: Brunton, 7:30 p.m.
 

The Mount Allison Elliott Chorale, directed by Dr. Kiera Galway, and the Brogue Saxophone Quartet, perform Gavin Bryars’ “The Fifth Century.” Hear the moving, haunting music that won a Grammy Award. Setting a text from the fifth century, British composer Gavin Bryars has created a compelling, extended modern work combining the human voice with the vocal timbre of saxophones. University Chapel, 7:30 p.m. 
 

Guest Recital: The Amadeus Guitar Duo presents “Contrasts: Baroque to 20th Century,” music for two guitars by Bach, Handel, Rodrigo, and Kavanagh. Brunton, 3:00 p.m. 
 

Collegium Musicum: A focus on music by women composers with performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m. 
 

Master Class: Duo Concertante works with piano and violin students from the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton and Room 204, 12:30 p.m. 
 

Guest Recital: “Spirited Away.” Duo Concertante present music for violin and piano including Beethoven’s imposing “Kreutzer” Sonata and a newly commissioned work by Canadian Alice Ping Yee Ho. Brunton, 7:30 p.m.
 

Collegium Musicum: Performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m. 
 

Collegium Musicum: Performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m. 
 

“Space and Time.” The Mount Allison New Music Ensemble, directed by Prof. Nadia Francavilla, disrupts the conventional arrangement of performer and audience. Presenting James Tenney’s In a Large Open Space, John White’s Drinking and Hooting Machines, and new works by Mount Allison University composition students. Brunton, 8:00 p.m. 

Collegium Musicum: Performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Brunton, 4:00 p.m.
 

Mount Allison Chamber Orchestra, directed by Prof. James Kalyn, presents music from the concert hall and the theatre, including works by Anthony Genge and selections from Guys and Dolls. Brunton, 8:00 p.m.
 

“Through the ears of others.” The Mount Allison Symphonic Band, directed by Prof. James Kalyn, presents music by composers exploring and celebrating the cultures of other lands. Including John Chance’s Variations on a Korean Folk Song, James G. Code’s Tisquantum, and La Fiesta Mexicana of H. Owen Reed. Convocation Hall, 7:30 p.m. 
 

“Birdsong.” Join the Mount Allison Choral Society and Elliott Chorale, directed by Dr. Kiera Galway, as they finish the season with a concert of music inspired by birdsong. Brunton, 3:00 p.m.
 

New Music @ Mount Allison. Presenting brand-new compositions by Mount Allison student composers, performed by students and guests. Brunton, 8:00 p.m.
 

Convocation Weekend Recital. Performances by students of the Department of Music. Brunton, TIME TBA.