UVic 50th Anniversary Event

Faculty Chamber Music Series:
Music For and In the Moment

Saturday, January 12, 8:00 p.m.
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
(MacLaurin Building, B-Wing)
Tickets: $17.50 & $13.50

Nearly twenty UVic School of Music faculty will converge on the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall stage on Saturday, January 12 for an extraordinary Faculty Chamber Music concert, Music For and In the Moment, to commemorate UVic’s 50th Anniversary.
On the program: music composed by UVic’s renowned faculty composers. Recognized nationally and internationally for their work, John Celona, Dániel Péter Biró, Rudolf Komorous (faculty alumnus), and Christopher Butterfield will present compositions that were either written for the occasion, or dedicated to this celebration.

“UVic has much to celebrate in its support and educational influence in the arts and music,” says Pamela Highbaugh Aloni. “For 50 years the School of Music has contributed significantly to music in Canada and beyond. This is one way to highlight this distinction and share it with our greater university community.” Highbaugh Aloni, resident cellist and member of the Lafayette String Quartet, is
spearheading the event.

The pieces will range from solo performances such as Biró’s Palimpsests, for solo piano and Salvim (Quails), for solo viola, to Celona’s Networks, featuring the majority of the School’s performance faculty. The concert will also feature the world premiere of Christopher Butterfield’s Omar Khayyam in Belfast – Six Postcards for chamber ensemble.

The concert on January 12 starts at 8:00 p.m. in the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (UVic MacLaurin Building, B-Wing). Tickets are $17.50 & $13.50 and available from the UVic Ticket Centre (250-721-8480 or http://tickets.uvic.ca/) and at the door. Mingle with the faculty performers and composers in a reception following the concert.