Pianist Philip Adamson and cellist Ben Gitter enjoy the energy and complexity of 20th century music. For their recital this weekend, they have chosen an all-Russian program which includes Igor Stravinsky’s Suite italienne, sonatas by Dmitri Kabelevsky and Nikolai Miaskovsky, and two works by Nikolai Kapustin.
The recital is set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday, October 30, in Assumption University Chapel.
Richard Lanspeary of the Advising Centre won yesterday’s DailyNews contest and two tickets to Afternoon Jazz with Shahida Nurullah & Friends, Sunday, October 23, at 2:30 p.m., in Assumption University Chapel.
His name was drawn from all respondents who correctly identified Robert Fazecash as a trumpeter (photo D), Marion Hayden as a bassist (photo A), Jeffrey Price as a saxophonist (photo C) and Kenneth Rice as a drummer (photo B).
The School of Music is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two free tickets to Afternoon Jazz with Shahida Nurullah & Friends, Sunday, October 23, at 2:30 p.m., in Assumption University Chapel. The concert will star vocalist Shahida Nurullah with some of her fellow instructors from the School of Music and some special guests.
The University of Windsor School of Music will open its 44th concert season with a fabulous afternoon of jazz featuring members of the school’s faculty on Sunday, October 23, at 2:30 p.m., in Assumption University Chapel.
Music instructors vocalist Shahida Nurullah, saxophonist Jeffrey Price, trumpeter Robert Fazecash and guitarist Vaughn Klugh will join special guests Tad Weed on piano, Marion Hayden on double bass and Kenneth “Spider Webb” Rice on drums for a concert entitled Afternoon Jazz with Shahida Nurullah & Friends.
A workshop by fourth-year music therapy student Kylie Klym and professor Amy Clements-Cortes drew television cameras to the Maison Vale Hospice in Sudbury thios week.
Klym is serving a six-month internship at the hospice, providing therapy to its residents and oncology patients at the Regional Cancer Program at Sudbury Regional Hospital.
A coalition of UWindsor students is hosting a forum for candidates in the provincial riding of Windsor West, Wednesday, September 28, at noon in the CAW Student Centre.
The candidates will be asked to address issues related to post-secondary education.
Vajo Stajic, a fourth-year labour studies student, says the October 6 election offers a key opportunity to pressure politicians and demand change.
“Education has become a central issue to several parties’ platforms,” he says. “In Ontario, we’re paying the highest tuition fees in Canada. Enough is enough.”
A filmmaker and a musician have both received federal research funding that will allow them to follow their individual creative inspirations and each others' at the same time.
The School of Music is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two free tickets to Ascolta La Ciociaria, a celebration of classical Italian music, Tuesday, September 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Assumption University Chapel. Tickets are $10 general admission, available at the door or in advance by phone at 519-253-3000, ext. 4212; or online at www.uwindsor.ca/music.
Members of the UWindsor faculty will join musicians from Italy in a recital entitled Ascolta La Ciociaria on Tuesday, September 27.
Composer Francesco Marino, soprano Eleonora Caliciotti and pianist Giovanni Valle hail from Frosinone, Italy. Alto Catherine McKeever and pianist David Palmer will join them for a program that features Marino’s works as well as favourite art songs and arias by Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi and more.
