November 10, 2022






The Brandon College (BU) New New music Pageant returns reside and in-human being, with a few enjoyable live shows, from November 14 to 16.
The BU New Tunes Pageant was last held in-man or woman in 2020. The 2021 Pageant was on the web.
“We have assembled a very gifted and assorted group of artists, who are heading to help us drive the boundaries of audio,” reported Professor Megumi Masaki, the Director of the BU New New music Pageant. “From earth-class browsing musicians, to community talent, to the upcoming of overall performance in our pupils, I’m really excited about the large array of exceptional audio we’ll be bringing to audiences ideal below on our levels.”
The Festival’s opening live performance will acquire place on Monday, Nov. 14 at the Lorne Watson Recital Hall, featuring proficient students from the University of Audio. Performances will include the BU New Songs Ensemble, directed by Leanne Zacharias, the Clarinet Choir, directed by Catherine Wooden, and the Jazz Small Ensemble, directed by Marika Galea.
On Tuesday, Nov, 15, Janelle Fung, piano, and Marina Thibeault, viola will be highlighted for the BU New Music Festival’s professional series live performance, also at the Lorne Watson. The celebrated duo will accomplish a persuasive method which consists of is effective from the classical canon by Clara Schumann, Nadia Boulanger and Rebecca Clarke, as nicely as contemporary compositions by Alexina Louie, Anna Pidgorna and previous BU school member Melody McKiver. The system celebrates the great distance coated in the motion towards equality and respect for all, as perfectly as hope to go on doing work toward this purpose. Thibeault’s recording of this program was nominated for a JUNO Award in 2020 (system description courtesy of Virtuosi Concert events).
Megumi Masaki
The location will change to the Evans Theatre on Wednesday, Nov, 16 for the New Tunes Live performance, featuring Masaki and close friends. Masaki, who was recently named to the Buy of Manitoba, has put with each other a plan, TRANSFORMATION, that is a celebration of human resilience, calls to motion and transformational experiences. This live performance also remembers the internment and historic wrongs fully commited from Japanese Canadians throughout the Second Planet War and backlinks the earlier with injustices of these days to request a lot more just societies across all communities and borders. TRANSFORMATION presents four interactive and multimedia will work that reimagine the piano and pianist’s creative expression through new technologies, and transform the listener’s live performance to an immersive, psychological and cinematic working experience. Will work by Métis composer and previous BU faculty member T. Patrick Carrabré, Keith Hamel and Bob Pritchard will be featured, with all three performing reside electronics and online video with Masaki all through the live performance.
All BU New New music Competition performances will commence at 7:30 p.m. A pre-live performance documentary film about TRANSFORMATION will also be revealed at 6:45 pm on Wednesday, Nov 16 in the Evans Theatre.
“Megumi and our school have done a large job coming collectively to prepare a BU New Music Pageant that is likely to existing spotlight after highlights around 3 nights of inspiring performances,” stated Greg Gatien, Dean of New music at BU. “The New Tunes Competition is always a great prospect to shine a spotlight on present-day and dwelling composers and to show us how we can find new means for audio to move us and convey ourselves.”
The Faculty of Music gratefully acknowledges the generous help of the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Manitoba Arts Council.
Please be aware that is constrained and that systems are matter to improve. For an up-to-day listing of pro series and university student performances, you should visit Situations.BrandonU.ca/Occasions/Class/Audio.
Please get hold of the College of Audio at [email protected] with any accessibility factors.