GuitarWorks
Alexander Dunn, guitar
With Anne Grimm, soprano
…Plus a host of musicians from the
School of Music

Guitar virtuoso Alexander Dunn marks 20 years at UVic with 20th Century titans. Performing works by George Crumb and Alan Hovhaness, as well as the Canadian premieres of Elliott Carter’s Luimen and Six Interiors by Nicholas Maw.

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Elizabeth MacIsaac, soprano
Douglas Hensley, gittern and lute
and guests

This is the first of the 2012 concert series. Come and savour the ancient and intricate beauty of medieval polyphony and poetry by composers of the 14th and 15th Century. Featured composers are Guillaume de Machaut and Gullame DuFay. “Mon bien, m’amour” is the wonderful and glorious music of these important composers.

Tickets: $15, $10 for students, 250-477-6222 , at the door or after worship.

Concert No. 2
Four Concerto Evening
Friday, January 13, 2012
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
10030 3rd Street, Sidney
starting at 7:30 p.m

Sidney Classical Orchestra – director Stephen Brown

A. Vivaldi, Concerto in G major for Two Guitars, RV. 532
Bradford Werner and Michael Dias – guitars

A. Vivaldi, Concerto in G minor for Two Cellos, RV. 531
Joyce Ellwood and Laura Backstrom – cellos

T. Albinoni, Concerto No. 2 in D Minor for Oboe, Op. 9
Russell Bajer – oboe

Edvard Grieg, Norwegian Dance No. 1
Eugene Dowling – tuba

Janet Grohovac, guitar
Sunday January 8, 2012, 3:00 PM
St. Barnabas Sunday Concert Series
Admission: $10
Location: 1525 BEGBIE ST Victoria, BC

Programme:

Etude No. 8 by Giulio Regondi (1822-1872)

Junto al Generalife Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

Leyenda from Suite Espagnola, Op. 47 by Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

Julia Florida & Un Sueño en la Floresta by Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944)

INTERMISSION

Suite No. 3 in A minor, BWV 995 (Praeludium: Presto) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

The Swan from Birds, Op. 66 by John Duarte (1919-2004)

Sonata para Guitarra Op. 61 by Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)

New Music Giants – presented by Hillside Printing
Sunday, November 20, 2011 2:30pm
Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 907 Pandora

$25/15 general admission
Free for VCM students and faculty

New Music Giants features music by John Cage, Steve Reich, Jacques Hetu,David Loeb, and VCM composers Stephen Brown and RD Wraggett, performed by members of the Conservatory’s string and guitar faculty, together with outstanding students from the Collegium Program for Young Musicians. A program for those who love new music—and for those who think they don’t!

VCM Website: vcm.bc.ca
Hillside Printing: hillsideprinting.com

Who’s Playing ?

• Bradford Werner, classical/electric guitar
• Michael Dias, classical guitar
• Douglas Hensley, classical guitar
• Christine Prince, viola
• Masako Hockey, vibraphone
• Paula Kiffner, cello
• Collegium Students, Radios
• VCM Collegium String Quartet: Nelson Moneo, violin; Rae Gallimore, violin; Stephanie Galipeau, viola; Elise Cassidy, cello.
• Radios: Brenna Hartman, Marvin Ren, Jacob van der Sloot, Simon Farintosh, Nathan Bomans, Stephanie Galipeau, Chloe Kersen, Pearse Wolfe Liblong, Brian Fremlin, Bronwyn LeBlanc, Anne van der Sloot, Kelsey Dupuis, Amita Symons-Yu, Rae Gallimore, Anne Mauz, Caleb Guenette, Ian Howland, Haekyo Lee, Aline Dumalski, Kate Thomas, Emily Groseth, Elise Cassidy, Piersson Richards, Steven Jeon, Ryan Howland

What’s on the program?

• John Cage: Imaginary Landscapes for 12 radios (that’s right, 12 radios!)
• David Loeb: Between Sea and Sky
• Jacques Hétu: Concerto for two guitars (Mov I)
• Stephen Brown: There Was a Lady in the East – Third Suite for Solo Cello (world premiere!)
• Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint for electric guitar and pre-recorded tape
• RD Wraggett: 33 Pieces of Pandora’s Box (world premiere!)

Media:

From a past concert but check this out anyway:

Alexander Dunn shares an afternoon of guitar masterworks showing the composers’ youthful and mature styles in rarely heard works.

Sunday, Nov. 20, 3pm
St, Barnabas Church
(corner of Belmont & Begbie)
Tickets at the door

Nov. 20, 2011 – Ein Schubert Abend. Alexander Dunn & Friends in an all-Schubert program including the Originaltänze D365, Quartet for Flute, Guitar, Viola & Cello D96, Duo in A Minor D173, and four songs with voice (Liebesbotschaft, Das Fischermächden, Aufenthalt, Die Taubenpost) arranged by J.K. Mertz. With Mary Byrne, flute, Michael van der Sloot, viola, Larry Skaggs, cello, Andrew Blad, guitar, and featuring Anne Grimm, soprano. 

St. Barnabas Sunday Concert Series, 3:00pm. Tickets at the door.
Corner of Belmont & Begbie St.

Don’t forget these great upcoming concerts and workshops:

September 14: Victoria Guitar Society Presents Alexander Dunn

September 22: Jeffrey McFadden introduce The new Bridges Guitar Series Workshop

Also see our: Concert Schedule for October and more

ADMISSION: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $10
TICKETS: at the door.
EMAIL: adunn@uvic.ca
LINKS: www.alexanderdunn.ca
VCM Events Website: Alix Goolden Hall Events
Guitar virtuoso Alexander Dunn in a solo recital including works of Mertz, Bracali, Regondi, and Ponce.

Canadian classical guitarist Alexander Dunn has performed to enthusiastic acclaim in Canada, the USA, Cuba, New Zealand, Mexico, Brasil, Southeast Asia, China, South Africa, western and eastern Europe, and Russia. In solo recital, concerto, and chamber music he is consistently praised for his musicality, technique and rich sound. An experienced chamber musician, he has worked with principal players from the Pacific Baroque Orchestra (Vancouver), Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik (Toronto), in duo concerts with guitarists Pepe Romero, and with numerous other musicians and vocalists. He has been a featured soloist with the CBC Vancouver Radio Orchestra, Victoria Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, La Jolla Symphony, Malaga Sinfonico, New England Symphony, and many major US orchestras as a guest artist with Los Romeros.

Letters from Composers & Platero and I (Vol.1) classical guitar & song, poetry, with visuals.

Doug Hensley (guitar), Kiiri Michelsen, Petra Kixmöller & Tim Gosley.

Part 1:   Letters from Composers by Dominick Argento. It’s a gorgeous setting of letters from Chopin, Mozart, Schubert, Bach, Debussy, Puccini and Schumann.

Part 2:   Platero and I (vol.1) written by Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jimenez /  music by  Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Programme:

PARTITA in A minor by J. A. Losy
SONATA No.1 in C Major by Anton Diabelli
ALEXANDRINA; EL JAZMÍN; Waltz by Mazurka by Manuel Ferrer
LA CATEDRAL by Agustín Barrios
CHOROS No.1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos
TWO MEDITATIOS (VI, XIX) by Alberto Ubach
TWO TIJUANELAS by Alberto Ubach