Based in Victoria, the Emily Carr String Quartet has quickly established itself as one of BC’s finest music ensembles
Date/Time: Nov 4 2017, 5:00 pm to 6:45 pm
Vancouver, Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | Event calendarCost: $29.00
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Their passionate and inspiring performances have led critics to write about “some of the most intensely driven and eloquently passionate playing I have heard in sometime” and “a musical experience unlikely soon to be forgotten.”
This performance includes the world premiere of composer Jennifer Butler’s Klee Wyck Woman based on words by Mohawk/Tuscarora writer from the Ontario Six Nations Janet Rogers, and sung by Mezzo Soprano Marion Newman.
Concert Programme:
Demian Rudel Rey (Argentina)
Theophilus
Salina Fisher (New Zealand)
Tōrino – echoes on pūtōrino improvisations by Rob Thorne
Hisataka Nishimori (Japan)
Uminari no Gusuku
Robert J. Coe (United States of America)
Freycinet
Geoffrey Hudson (United States of America)
Suite from The Quartet Project
Jennifer Butler (Canada)
Klee Wyck Woman
Performers:
Emily Carr String Quartet
Müge Büyükçelen, violin 1
Cory Balzer, violin 2
Mieka Michaux, viola
Alasdair Money, cello
with
Marion Newman, Mezzo Soprano
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