BRANDON, MB – The young pianist who won the 2010 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition (a.k.a. the E-Gré), Claudia Chan will give a recital in Brandon on November 16. The 20 year old musician is currently on a 14-city, cross-Canada tour — one of the prizes she garnered following her winning semi-finals and finals performances in May.
Hailing from Ottawa, Chan has been deemed an “ambassador for new music” and a “powerful, expressive, and energetic pianist” by Megumi Masaki, the Artistic Director of the Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition. A humanitarian at heart who raises money for various charities through her music-making, this young performer has played as a soloist, a collaborative artist and a chamber musician in Canada and the United States.
Author: Grant Hamilton
BRANDON, MB – An historic moment will take place in Clark Hall on November 16 — the 125th anniversary of Louis Riel’s hanging — when a new centre designed specifically for Métis students officially opens.
Spearheaded by Dr. Lorraine Mayer and two of her students — Velvet Maud and Candice Carbonneau — this new meeting and studying space has been several years in the making.
BRANDON, MB – The Bobcats men’s basketball team will host a two-day camp skills camp for youth aged seven to 18 aimed at helping youth improve basketball fundamentals in shooting and the basics of how to play offense.
The camp will be led by Bobcats coach Gil Cheung and feature instruction from athletes Isaiah James, Kyle Vince, Jordan Reaves and Nathan Grant.
BRANDON, MB – Dr. Paul Shore, the fall 2010 Stanley Knowles Distinguished Visiting Professor, will give a lecture on November 15 at Brandon University. The focus of this talk will be “Competing Virtues: The Right, The Wrong and The Possible in the Jesuit Missions of Canada”.
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BRANDON, MB – The members of Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) at Brandon University are thrilled to announce their participation in the Pepsi Refresh Program. Pepsi is currently hosting a series of voter-based competitions to give various organizations funding to build projects that benefit their communities.
BRANDON, MB – At 2:30 p.m., on November 4, the generous donation from the late Garth Davis Baker will be acknowledged and celebrated by faculty, students and interested members of the public.
BRANDON, MB — Tasty Bits is a fundraising venture spearheaded by the students from the Brandon University School of Music’s opera workshop and special guests, including performers from last spring’s acclaimed production of “Albert Herring”.
These bits will be aural treats from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a selection of desserts.
BRANDON, MB — On Saturday, October 30, the Brandon University School of Music will be hosting a masterclass with flutist and educator David Gerry. He will be working with five students from the flute studio of Brandon University’s School of Music, who will present works ranging from the Baroque era to the mid-twentieth century.
BRANDON, MB – Saturday evening, three faculty members of the School of Music and the Conservatory— violinist Kerry DuWors, violist Robert Richardson Jr., and ‘cellist Leanne Zacharias — will be joined on the Lorne Watson Recital Hall stage by two musical friends from Calgary. At this performance, violinist Brinna Brinkerhoff and pianist Jeffrey Neufeld will make their pro series debut.
Kerry DuWors, violin
Brinna Brinkerhoff, violin
Leanne Zacharias, ‘cello
Jeffery Neufeld, piano
Robert Richardson Jr., viola
Programme: Prokofiev Sonata for Two Violins, Op.56; Kodaly Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7; Schumann Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44
Professors Kerry DuWors and Leanne Zacharias have invited three of their good friends to join them in this concert: Robert Richardson Jr. from Brandon, Brinna Brinkerhoff and Jeffrey Neufeld from Calgary.
Saturday, October 30
8:00 p.m.