Performance!
..... Because they came to Edmonton for a concert and workshop with us....see now, what they are offering!.......
Sit back and be inspired by Flûtes Alors! You may recall that Flûte Alors! was in Edmonton a couple of years ago and performed a concert and a workshop for us! The same trip included a collaborative concert with Pro Coro. This season, our news is that they have organized a virtual tour - stream on your own time; check out the details (and all their other wonderful videos and information) at http://flutealors.com/en/actualites/
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Music Wednesdays at Noon & Sinfonia for Spring
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Sunday's concert was cancelled in order to practice social distancing.
Another recital by Dorothy Beyer - with Kathleen Shoen.
Music for recorder, harpsichord, baroque violin & flute,
trumpet & voice. Sat, Dec 7
King's College 7:30 pm
Always entertaining and technically amazing!
Music for recorder, harpsichord, baroque violin & flute,
trumpet & voice. Sat, Dec 7
King's College 7:30 pm
Always entertaining and technically amazing!
Recorders in Concert: A Tale of Two Cities
Migration between Edmonton & Montreal
a bird-centric concert
Saturday, August 17 7:30 p.m.
Knopper's Hall, the King's University (9125 - 50 Street)
Free admission (donations encouraged)
See Also Workshop with Elyse Girard
Sunday, August 18 details here
Migration between Edmonton & Montreal
a bird-centric concert
Saturday, August 17 7:30 p.m.
Knopper's Hall, the King's University (9125 - 50 Street)
Free admission (donations encouraged)
See Also Workshop with Elyse Girard
Sunday, August 18 details here
Summer Performance Opportunities
at La Cite Francophone:
Over the summer, La Cite Francophone is offering performance opportunities to chamber ensembles as part of Sunday Brunch at Le Cafe Bicyclette. Small ensembles are invited to play on the outdoor patio for the brunch crowd any time between 12-2pm., May 26-September 1. A $75 honorarium is offered as well as a “pass the hat” donation option. Performance level expected is fairly advanced, on par with Opus@12 Noon-hour concert series. If interested, contact Lori Klingbeil for more information: [email protected]
at La Cite Francophone:
Over the summer, La Cite Francophone is offering performance opportunities to chamber ensembles as part of Sunday Brunch at Le Cafe Bicyclette. Small ensembles are invited to play on the outdoor patio for the brunch crowd any time between 12-2pm., May 26-September 1. A $75 honorarium is offered as well as a “pass the hat” donation option. Performance level expected is fairly advanced, on par with Opus@12 Noon-hour concert series. If interested, contact Lori Klingbeil for more information: [email protected]
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Recorders in Concert
Tuesday, July 2
Alla Frances Quators concert
7 p.m. Laurier Heights Baptist Church. See below.
August 11-19: Elyse Girard (Montreal recorder specialist) & Dorothy Beyer will be doing a recorder concert - specifics to follow; watch for a possible workshop/masterclass with Elyse
Tuesday, July 2
Alla Frances Quators concert
7 p.m. Laurier Heights Baptist Church. See below.
August 11-19: Elyse Girard (Montreal recorder specialist) & Dorothy Beyer will be doing a recorder concert - specifics to follow; watch for a possible workshop/masterclass with Elyse
July 2, 2019 7 pm
Just in case you thought there would be no live baroque music available in Edmonton until the fall, this is a group of former postgraduate students in early music from McGill. They are driving! across the prairies, recorders in hand and with their harpsichord to do a tour. Come out and hear their excellent playing!
Also watch for one of their players to join Dorothy for a duet concert!
August 11-19: Elyse Girard (Montreal recorder specialist) & Dorothy Beyer will be doing a recorder concert - specifics to follow; watch for a possible workshop/masterclass with Elyse
Sunday, June 16 at 2pm: Dorothy Beyer is playing recorder in Purcell’s Fairy Queen: http://operanuova.ca/production/the-fairy-queen-2019-festival
Friday, April 26 7:30 pm
Free Admission (& free parking, access from 92 Avenue)
We have been following Dorothy's advanced study
to earn her Performer's Certificate...and now she writes:
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I'm doing my final recorder concert ....... You will hear a varied program with music from 1600‘s, Vivaldi, Handel, a piece written by the recorder professor from McGill that I've been studying with (Matthias Maute) and even a bit of jazz! I hope you can come! Dorothy |
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Not a misprint !
more from Dorothy
Noontime Concert
Friday, March 29
12 Noon
The King’s University
Knoppers Hall (9125 - 50 St)
No admission charge
Free parking; try the back lot -
access from 92 Avenue
Dorothy Beyer together
with Judy Loewen!
They will play sonatas from the
early 1600s by Giovanni Paolo Cima and Dario Castello.
In addition to this delicious recorder dessert, you get a full meal of music from talented young King’s University music students performing on various other instruments as part of "Noontunes".
..part of The King's University "Noontunes" student concert series. The event is free and open to the general public.
Dorothy is completing a
Performance Certificate in Recorder
at The King's University with
Matthias Maute via Skype lessons.
more from Dorothy
Noontime Concert
Friday, March 29
12 Noon
The King’s University
Knoppers Hall (9125 - 50 St)
No admission charge
Free parking; try the back lot -
access from 92 Avenue
Dorothy Beyer together
with Judy Loewen!
They will play sonatas from the
early 1600s by Giovanni Paolo Cima and Dario Castello.
In addition to this delicious recorder dessert, you get a full meal of music from talented young King’s University music students performing on various other instruments as part of "Noontunes".
..part of The King's University "Noontunes" student concert series. The event is free and open to the general public.
Dorothy is completing a
Performance Certificate in Recorder
at The King's University with
Matthias Maute via Skype lessons.
Not a misprint -
for a second Friday in a row!
Noontime Concert
Friday, March 15 12 Noon
The King’s University Knoppers Hall (9125 - 50 St)
No admission charge Free parking; try the back lot - access from 92 Avenue
Dorothy Beyer will play one of the big sonatas in the recorder repertoire, "Il pastor fido” by Nicolas Chédeville (originally attributed to Vivaldi), together with Judy Loewen on harpsichord.
In addition to this delicious recorder dessert, you get a full meal of music from talented young King’s University music students performing on various other instruments as part of "Noontunes".
..part of The King's University "Noontunes" student concert series. The event is free and open to the general public.
Noontime Concert
Friday, March 8 12 Noon
The King’s University
Knoppers Hall (9125 - 50 St)
No admission charge
Dorothy Beyer will play
Matthias Maute’s Sonata No. 2.
In addition to Dorothy’s fine recorder playing, you will also be treated to some excellent music performances
by King’s University music students.
Dorothy is completing a Performance Certificate in Recorder at The King's University with Matthias Maute via Skype lessons. Maute’s Sonata No. 2 was written in the 1990s in a baroque style, but with Matthias’ unique fingerprint.
..part of The King's University "Noontunes" student concert series. The event is free and open to the general public.
Friday, March 8 12 Noon
The King’s University
Knoppers Hall (9125 - 50 St)
No admission charge
Dorothy Beyer will play
Matthias Maute’s Sonata No. 2.
In addition to Dorothy’s fine recorder playing, you will also be treated to some excellent music performances
by King’s University music students.
Dorothy is completing a Performance Certificate in Recorder at The King's University with Matthias Maute via Skype lessons. Maute’s Sonata No. 2 was written in the 1990s in a baroque style, but with Matthias’ unique fingerprint.
..part of The King's University "Noontunes" student concert series. The event is free and open to the general public.
Christmas Recorder Ensemble
The ERS is not participating at the Legislature Building this year.
Performance December 18, 2018; Senior Care Residence
The 45-minute Christmas programme was a lovely
varied music performance that spread peace among the residents.
We played recognizable Christmas carols and songs - in two, threes, fours and eights; several with jazzy arrangements
The ERS is not participating at the Legislature Building this year.
Performance December 18, 2018; Senior Care Residence
The 45-minute Christmas programme was a lovely
varied music performance that spread peace among the residents.
We played recognizable Christmas carols and songs - in two, threes, fours and eights; several with jazzy arrangements
Dorothy Beyer's Recitals
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I wanted to let you know about one more recital that I have coming up. I’m getting a Performance Certificate from King’s University in a unique program
where I am having my lessons on Skype with professors in Montreal.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
My recital program is really varied, with music from the 1600’s to Baroque
and also a surprising piece from the 1968 with interesting staging.
As well, I will have an amazing dancer for one of the pieces.
For those of you who are piano students, you will have the opportunity to
hear Judy Loewen’s wonderful playing on the harpsichord and the organ.
These instruments are heard less often and it’s a fantastic chance to hear
something that you would have the capability of playing in the future.
Dorothy
Noon Hour Concert!
Featuring the beautiful of combination of:
recorder Dorothy Beyer
oboe Hiromi Takahashi and
cello Josephine van Lier
We will be playing solo music for recorder, oboe and cello by Van Eyck, Castello, Handel, Fiore, and Gabrielli.
Then we'll join forces for the sonorous and exciting
Sonata in e minor by Telemann.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Lunchtime: 12:10 to 12:50 pm
McDougall United Church
10086 MacDonald Drive, one block south of Jasper Avenue, on 101 Street
Use the side door which faces the river on MacDonald Drive
Admission: free
Donation to "McDougall Concert Association" is welcome and
a receipt for tax return purposes is issued by the Association
Featuring the beautiful of combination of:
recorder Dorothy Beyer
oboe Hiromi Takahashi and
cello Josephine van Lier
We will be playing solo music for recorder, oboe and cello by Van Eyck, Castello, Handel, Fiore, and Gabrielli.
Then we'll join forces for the sonorous and exciting
Sonata in e minor by Telemann.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Lunchtime: 12:10 to 12:50 pm
McDougall United Church
10086 MacDonald Drive, one block south of Jasper Avenue, on 101 Street
Use the side door which faces the river on MacDonald Drive
Admission: free
Donation to "McDougall Concert Association" is welcome and
a receipt for tax return purposes is issued by the Association
Music Wednesdays at Noon: Presented by the McDougall Concert Association
For a listing of upcoming Music Wednesdays Performances, please see our Current Schedule. [from Anne - not updated yet for 2019] The McDougall Concert Association is in it’s 40th season of presenting outstanding artists in a FREE concert series during the
Fall and Winter seasons.The events are held in the Banquet Hall (lower level)
of McDougall United Church and run from approximately 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.
This is a bring-your-lunch event. Coffee and tea are available.
These concerts began in 1979, and since the beginning have been made possible through the work of volunteers, many private donors, the Edmonton Musicians’ Association,
the Music Performance Trust Fund, and McDougall United Church.
For a listing of upcoming Music Wednesdays Performances, please see our Current Schedule. [from Anne - not updated yet for 2019] The McDougall Concert Association is in it’s 40th season of presenting outstanding artists in a FREE concert series during the
Fall and Winter seasons.The events are held in the Banquet Hall (lower level)
of McDougall United Church and run from approximately 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.
This is a bring-your-lunch event. Coffee and tea are available.
These concerts began in 1979, and since the beginning have been made possible through the work of volunteers, many private donors, the Edmonton Musicians’ Association,
the Music Performance Trust Fund, and McDougall United Church.
Gypsy Baroque Fantasy presented by the
Edmonton Chamber Music Society
Featuring....
Piers Adams Recorders | Adam Summerhayes Violin | Angela East Cello | David Wright Harpsichord
Named after the flame-haired Venetian priest Antonio Vivaldi, British baroque instrumental group Red Priest is the only early music group in the world to have been compared in the press to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones, and Cirque du Soleil. This extraordinary acoustic foursome has been described by music critics as "visionary and heretical" and "outrageous yet compulsive", with a "break-all-rules, rock-chamber concert approach to early music."
Red Priest performs Gypsy Baroque Fantasy, a program inspired by the expressivity and virtuosity of forgotten Roma musicians. Featured works are by Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, Biber, Campra, Byrd, Nicholson, and Mielczewski.
Friday, March 2 7:30 pm
ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH
10209 – 123 Street NW | Edmonton, AB
Hear Piers Adams and his Baroque Ensemble
Vivaldi Recorder Concerto in C
Red Priest - The Baroque Bohemians
Edmonton Chamber Music Society
Featuring....
Piers Adams Recorders | Adam Summerhayes Violin | Angela East Cello | David Wright Harpsichord
Named after the flame-haired Venetian priest Antonio Vivaldi, British baroque instrumental group Red Priest is the only early music group in the world to have been compared in the press to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones, and Cirque du Soleil. This extraordinary acoustic foursome has been described by music critics as "visionary and heretical" and "outrageous yet compulsive", with a "break-all-rules, rock-chamber concert approach to early music."
Red Priest performs Gypsy Baroque Fantasy, a program inspired by the expressivity and virtuosity of forgotten Roma musicians. Featured works are by Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, Biber, Campra, Byrd, Nicholson, and Mielczewski.
Friday, March 2 7:30 pm
ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH
10209 – 123 Street NW | Edmonton, AB
Hear Piers Adams and his Baroque Ensemble
Vivaldi Recorder Concerto in C
Red Priest - The Baroque Bohemians
Teri Hron presents Bohemian Elegy
Teri Hron is back in her home town, our town!
She is a professional recorder player and has led many workshops for the ERS.
This tour is reserved for her performance with pianist, Zuzana Simerdova.
Monday, February 26 7pm Moravian Church
Admission by donation. 9540 - 83 Avenue
Flute Alors!
- in concert with Edmonton's professional choir.
Pro Coro Canada
Canadian Connections VI
Our Canadian Connections series is in its sixth incarnation. When our Artistic Director Michael Zaugg began his tenure, he introduced us to an eclectic array of fascinating new works including The Nightingale, a stand-out composition by Grammy nominated Uģis Prauliņš. This virtuoso work for recorder quartet and 20 part choir will be the highlight of the program. Our guest is Flute Alors!, the only professional recorder quartet in Canada. This unique combination of instruments and voices has inspired new Canadian works which will also be featured on the program.
Sunday, February 25, 2018 - 3:00 PM
at All Saints' Anglican Cathedral.
Flute Alors! Read about and listen to these young upstarts here:
http://flutealors.com/en/biographies/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usTSh1J3YZg
- in concert with Edmonton's professional choir.
Pro Coro Canada
Canadian Connections VI
Our Canadian Connections series is in its sixth incarnation. When our Artistic Director Michael Zaugg began his tenure, he introduced us to an eclectic array of fascinating new works including The Nightingale, a stand-out composition by Grammy nominated Uģis Prauliņš. This virtuoso work for recorder quartet and 20 part choir will be the highlight of the program. Our guest is Flute Alors!, the only professional recorder quartet in Canada. This unique combination of instruments and voices has inspired new Canadian works which will also be featured on the program.
Sunday, February 25, 2018 - 3:00 PM
at All Saints' Anglican Cathedral.
Flute Alors! Read about and listen to these young upstarts here:
http://flutealors.com/en/biographies/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usTSh1J3YZg
Pirate Overture
by Vince Kelly, premier April 2016
On April 24, 2016, our members, Donna Mae, Margriet, Lori, Dorothy and Vince premiered a piece at the Cosmopolitan Music Society's concert. Theme of the concert was Folk Music. The piece, written by Vince Kelly and titled Pirate Overture, includes a secret melody, which listeners were challenged to identify. The prize was a CD by Maurice Steiger, international professional recorder player. Further pieces were played by society members and friends Donna Mae, Lori, Alena (guitar) and Frances (bass viol).
by Vince Kelly, premier April 2016
On April 24, 2016, our members, Donna Mae, Margriet, Lori, Dorothy and Vince premiered a piece at the Cosmopolitan Music Society's concert. Theme of the concert was Folk Music. The piece, written by Vince Kelly and titled Pirate Overture, includes a secret melody, which listeners were challenged to identify. The prize was a CD by Maurice Steiger, international professional recorder player. Further pieces were played by society members and friends Donna Mae, Lori, Alena (guitar) and Frances (bass viol).
Sylvia Hinz in Recital
Now Hear This Festival of New Music
Saturday, March 18, 2017 2 p.m.
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Ave
New Music Edmonton
Think you know what a recorder can do? This concert will change all that. As an artist dedicated to many forms of new music practice, Sylvia Hinz turns all of the clichés about recorders on their head. Presenting a compelling and varied new program of works by composers from all over the world, this recital will be a virtuosic revelation, showing the spectacular breadth of expression the recorder has inspired in composers and inviting the audience into a unique and fascinating sound world. Sylvia will perform the Canadian premiere of Birds (2012) for renaissance soprano recorder composed by Calgary native, Clio Montrey. We are pleased to welcome Sylvia Hinz, one of the finest recorder virtuosi in the world, for her Canadian debut.
Read about Sylvia here and here.
Early Music EventsEdmonton has a lively professional music scene, and from time to time a recorder player or early music ensemble will grace one of the local stages. We try to provide links to these concerts. If you know of an upcoming event and think it should be posted here, please contact us.
The Edmonton Recorder Society is an Institutional Member of Early Music Alberta; this entitles ERS members to a 50% discount for individual memberships. (In 2016, that means $25 instead of $50.) In turn, individual members are entitled to discounted concert prices.
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Early Music Alberta: Annual Festival
May 5,6 and 7, 2017
First Presbyterian Church 10025 - 105 Street
The 3 day festival is dedicated to the historically informed performance of music written before ca. 1850 and are all performed on period instruments.Music Alberta: Annual Festival
RENAISSANCE READING SESSION
SATURDAY, MAY 6 9:30 AM
Recorders, oboes, sackbuts, viola da gambas, vielles, violins, cellos, etc.:
all are welcome for a morning of playing. Interested auditors welcome also.
Pitch will be A-440
FREE First Presbyterian Church 10025 105 St NW, Edmonton
For information: http://www.earlymusicalberta.com/about/
Early Music Alberta: Annual Festival
May 6, 7 and 8, 2016
First Presbyterian Church 10025 - 105 Street
The 3 day festival is dedicated to the historically informed performance of music written before ca. 1850 and are all performed on period instruments.
RENAISSANCE READING SESSION
SATURDAY, MAY 7 9:30 AM
Bill Damur, session leader
Recorders, oboes, sackbuts, viola da gambas, vielles, violins, cellos, etc.:
all are welcome for a morning of playing. Interested auditors welcome also.
Pitch will be A-440
FREE First Presbyterian Church 10025 105 St NW, Edmonton
For information: http://www.earlymusicalberta.com/about/