Late March & April Lineup

March 20: workshop of Dean Burry's opera-in-progress, "The Bremen Town Musicians". 12pm at the NAC Fourth Stage. It's a family (read: child-friendly) opera, so it may not be too envelope-pushing, but it's a great opportunity to see the process of art.

March 22: An evening of vocal music featuring Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, Debussy's Ariettes oubliées, an aria from Mozart's opera Mitridate, re di Ponto, and songs by Ives and Britten. Susan Lines (soprano), Carole Portelance (mezzo), Teresa van den Boogaard (piano), and Marlene Basarab (piano). St. Luke's Anglican Church, 760 Somerset West.

March 29: Anne-Julie Caron, marimba. Works by Piazzolla and Abe. Centre culturel du Vieux-Aylmer, 120 Rue Principale, Gatineau.

April 3: Thirteen Strings and Anne-Julie Caron (again!!), marimba. Music of Raats, Sejourne, Vasks, and others. 8pm at St. Andrew's Church (Kent at Wellington).

April 18 & 19: Cantata Singers of Ottawa present music by Willan, Dallapicolla, Lauridsen, Whitacre, Sjolund, and Henderson. Apr. 18: Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Ave., 8pm Apr. 19: Orleans United Church, 1111 Orleans blvd., 3pm.

April 30: Alain Trudel conducts the NACO in a concert of music by British Columbian composers. Features Sharman, Morlock, and others. National Arts Centre, 8pm.

March Already?

Yes. It's March. And this blog has been silent for a while. Sorry about that.

There are a few exciting events coming up, and they've been added to the calendar.

March 6th at 3:30pm, A lecture recital with composer Aris Carastathis. Carleton University, Loeb A900. Carleton Music's Contemporary Music Ensemble, aided by some special guests, will perform his works.

On March 8th, at 7:30pm, Trillium will perform the music of Piazzolla, Martinu, and two Ottawa composers: Glen Morley and Margrit Cattell. We really shouldn't miss this one! It's at St. Luke's (760 Somerset West). Trillium is Cathy Baerg (flute), Steven Smith (cello), and Joan Milliken (piano).

On March 15th, at the Centre culturel du Vieux-Aylmer, salle La Basoche (120 rue Principale, Gatineau (Aylmer sector)), there's a concert accordion recital by Pierre-Paul Provencher featuring works by Kusyakov and Abbott. Here's the kicker: it's at 11am! Hope to see you there.

On March 18th, at 12:15pm, there's a saxophone and piano recital at First Baptist Church Ottawa (Laurier at Elgin). No word on the repertoire, but the odds are good that it'll be modern. Billy Boulet, sax, and Tony Dunn, piano.

March 21st brings us the music of Ottawa composer Jan Jarvlepp. At 8pm, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Gatineau will play his Double Concerto for Flute and English Horn, at the Salle Odyssée de la Maison de la culture de Gatineau. The program is otherwise all-Ravel!

That should keep us all satisfied for the next few weeks!

Two documents

Hey everyone.

Calendar update coming soon.

In the mean time, here are 2 articles which I have written. I hope you will enjoy!
The first is a review of Kenny Werner's Effortless Mastery
http://www.craigpedersen.com/pdfs/review-effortlessmastery.pdf

and the second is a paper on improvisation and semiotics
http://www.craigpedersen.com/pdfs/improvisation.pdf

Enjoy!

Craig