Concerts on Campus

The University Symphony Orchestra presents The Early Romantics conducted by Julian Pellicano and Mariana Menezes, featuring Weber’s Overture to Der Freischutz and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 4 featuring Paul Williamson (piano), a second year B.Mus. student and the 2014-15 Concerto Competition Co-Winner.

When: February 3, 7:30pm
Where: Jubilee Place at MBCI, 173 Talbot Avenue
Tickets: $15.00 for Adults, $5.00 for Students – available in advance from the Music Office (T319, Tache Arts Complex – 136 Dafoe Road entrance) or cash at the door

Metamorphosis!
a concert by the UM Wind Ensemble and the UM Concert Band
Selected repertoire includes Adam Gorb’s Yiddish Dances, Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis and George Gershwin’s An American in Paris

When: February 5, 7:30pm
Where: Jubilee Place at MBCI, 173 Talbot Avenue
Tickets: $15.00 for Adults, $5.00 for Students – available in advance from the Music General Office, T319 Tache Arts Complex, 136 Dafoe Road or cash at the door

The Musical Theatre Ensemble under the direction of Donna Fletcher, presents Street Scenes, an annual performance of excerpts from popular musicals, including: And the World Goes Round, Anne of Green Gables, City Workers in Love, Forty Second Street, Title of Show, Sweet Charity, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Guys and Dolls, and more.

When: February 6-8, 8pm
Where: Gas Station Arts Centre, 445 River Avenue
Tickets: $20.00 /Adults; $12.00 Students, available from the Music General Office (T319 Tache Arts Complex) or at the door

Selected jazz ensemble performance groups play at Mardi Jazz, a weekly jazz performance at the Centre Cultural Franco-Manitobain
When: February 24, 8pm
Where: Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Boulevard
Cover charge may be in effect
XIE, the eXperimental Improv Ensemble, directed by Dr. Gordon Fitzell, presents a multimedia performance at Cinematheque.
When: February 24, 7pm
Where: Cinematheque in the Artspace Building, 100 Arthur Street

Several small jazz ensembles perform weekly at The Hang, on Wednesday nights.
When: February 24, 8pm
Where: The Orbit Room (Nicolino’s Restaurant, Pembina at Chancellor)

Chris Reid