2012 Summer Solstice Festival
June 22 – 24, 2012
Summer Solstice Ticket Info | All concerts at Convocation Hall 
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Master Classes June 21, 2012 | Pre-concert Scholarship Recital June 23, 2012
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Jasmine Lin Violin |
Tara Helen O’Connor Flute |
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L’esprit Français
FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012
8 PM
7:15 PM: Pre-concert talk by Sandra Friesen
Friday’s concert looks at an important half-century of French music – from Saint-Saëns to Messiaen – and the composer at the heart of this continuum, Claude Debussy. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of his birth, L’esprit français highlights his work and his enduring influence as an early modern composer.
Purchasers of a three-concert Festival Pass are invited to a reception in Convocation Hall’s main floor Lounge following Friday’s performance.
Meet Festival guest artists, enjoy French pâtisseries, sip a glass of sparkling wine and help celebrate the Summer Solstice Festival’s fifth season!
Intersections: Music for Film and Concert Stage
featuring Buster Keaton’s Sherlock, Jr.
SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2012
8 PM
Host-narrator for the first half of the program: D.T. Baker
The work of many film composers is widely admired and frequently performed. Less familiar is the art music of these famous names – works written not for the big screen but the concert hall.
Saturday’s program features chamber works by two greats, Nino Rota and Lalo Schifrin. In a special salute to the cinema, Stephen Prutsman’s 2006 score for the Buster Keaton silent classic Sherlock, Jr., will be performed with a screening of the film and introduced by the composer.
7:15 PM: ECMS Scholarship winner recital
The pre-concert recital will feature the winner of a scholarship established this year by the Edmonton Chamber Music Society.The scholarship, to be awarded annually, recognizes an outstanding undergraduate or graduate performer studying at the University of Alberta.
Summer Passion
SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012
3 PM
2:15 PM: Pre-concert talk by David Gramit
The Festival concludes with an afternoon performance of three tempestuous, highly coloured works – Assobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle) for flute and cello by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Rebecca Clarke’s much-admired Piano Trio of 1921, and Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor.
TICKETS | Summer Solstice Festival 2012
| FESTIVAL PASSES* | |||
| Adult $50 | Senior $40 | Student $15 | |
| SINGLE TICKETS | |||
| Adult $30 | Senior $20 | Student $10 | |
Buy Tickets and Passes*:
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Download 2012 ticket order form*
Mail to:
Edmonton Chamber Music Society
Box 60354 U of A Postal Outlet
Edmonton, AB T6G 2S6*Order forms also available at ticket desk.
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*Purchasers of a three-concert Festival Pass are invited to a reception in Convocation Hall’s main floor Lounge following Friday’s performance. Meet Festival guest artists, enjoy French pâtisseries, sip a glass of sparkling wine and help celebrate the Summer Solstice Festival’s fifth season!
Festival passes and single tickets will also available from Tix on the Square and The Gramophone after May 1, 2012.
Convocation Hall Parking
Visitor parking is available in the "N [map]"
Evening and weekend rates are $2/half hour, with a maximum evening rate (4:30 PM – 12 AM) for Lot "U" of $5.
Master Classes
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Flutist Tara Helen O’Connor and violinist Daniel Phillips, frequent instructors at the Banff Centre’s Summer Music Programs, will conduct master classes for advanced students of flute and string instruments, respectively.
Those interested in participating in these public master classes are invited to apply to Dr. Patricia Tao, Director of the 2012 Summer Solstice Festival, by email to ptao@ualberta.ca. |
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