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2009-2010 Season
"Spring Concert”
Saturday, March 6th, 2010, 8:00pm
Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Road, Kanata
Beethoven’s Egmont Overture
Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola,
featuring Julian Hughson (viola) and Iain Macpherson (violin)
Selections from Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
with soprano soloists
"Family Concert”
Saturday, May 15th, 2010, 7:00pm
Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Road, Kanata
“Birds of a Feather”
Cimarosa’s Two Flute Concerto in G,
featuring Isabelle McLeod and Heidi Lagacé
Selections from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
Selections from Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals
Mussorgsky’s “Ballet of Chicks in Shells”
from Pictures at an Exhibition
"Legion Concert”
Friday, December 4th, 2009, 7:30pm
Royal
Canadian Legion, Branch 638, Hines Rd, Kanata
- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite
- Christmas music and carols with the Ottawa Celtic Choir
"Classical Concert"
Saturday, Nov 7th 2009, 8:00pm
Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Road, Kanata
Violin: Josée Leblanc
Program:
Dvorak: Symphony No 9, "New World"
Bach: Violin Concerto in A Minor , BWV 1041
2008-2009 Season
"Classical Concert”
Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8:00pm
Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Road, Kanata
- Smetana: The Moldau
- Beethoven: Symphony 6
- Vieuxtemps: Ballade et Polonaise: Kerson Leong - Violin
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Kerson Leong (violin) Kerson Leong is 11 and has already won the Grand Prize at the Canadian Music Competition for four straight years, each time achieving the highest mark of any age group or instrument. In the recent 2008 competition in Quebec City, the judges awarded him a mark of 99% for his stunning performance. He was recognized in the Galaxie Rising Star Program of the CBC and was also the youngest finalist in the 2006 nationwide CBC Mozart Variation Contest held to celebrate Mozart’s 250th birthday anniversary. |
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Nov10: Kerson Leong's 'encore' piece was Fiorillo's Etude #28:
"Legion Concert”
Friday, December 5, 2008, 8:00pm
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 638, Hines Rd, Kanata
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von Suppe: Light Calvary Overture
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite
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Christmas music and carols
"Spring Concert”
Saturday, March 7, 2009, 8:00pm
Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Road, Kanata
- Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from Samson and Dalilah
- Bizet: Symphony in C
- Opera arias, featuring Iain Macpherson and Norman Brown
"Family Concert”
Saturday, May 9, 2009, 7:00pm
Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Road, Kanata
- Holst: Jupiter, from the Planets
- Grieg: Symphonic Dances
- Haydn: E-Flat Trumpet Concerto
2007-2008 Season
Spring concert:
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Ottawa native Alexandre Boily began his musical studies with Hungarian pianist, composer and conductor Gabor Finta. After receiving the ‘artistic excellence award’ from ‘le centre d’excellence artistique De La Salle’, M. Boily continued his studies at the University of Ottawa. There, he studied piano with Jean Desmarais and conducting with Laurence Ewashko while serving as his assistant. A busy pianist, M. Boily has appeared numerous times in concert as soloist and accompanist in Canada, Europe and Japan. |
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| As a conductor, he has appeared in concert with many ensembles including l’Orchestre des Jeunes de l’Ontario Français, the Kisarazu Youth String Orchestra, the University of Ottawa Choir and the Gatineau operetta company. From 2001-2004, M. Boily was musical director and conductor of the Kanata symphony. | |
Tickets available at Domenic’s Music, Hazeldean Road,
CD Warehouse (Centrum and Clyde stores)
and at the door
"Music from the big & small screen"
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 7:00pm
at the Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Road, Kanata
· Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, 1st movement
· Grieg’s Morning from Peer Gynt Suite
· Morricone’s “Gabriel’s Oboe”
· Hockey Night in Canada theme
· Rossini - Barber of Seville overture
· Rossini - Una Voca Poco Fa
Legion Branch 638 Concert
Friday, December 7, 2007
Kanata Legion, 70 Hines Road, Kanata
Contact the Legion for ticket information
Tickets will not be sold at the door
· Strauss’s Pizzacato Polka
· Rossini overture
· marches
· Christmas Music
“S is for Spring!”
Saturday, March 1, 2008, 7:30pm
Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Road, Kanata Glen Cairn United Church [MAP]
· Schumann: Symphony No. 1 “Spring”
· Sibelius: Valse Triste
· Boccherini: Cello Concerto G482
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2006-2007 Season
Spring Potpourri
Saturday, May 12th, 2006 @ 8pm, Glen Cairn United Church
Piano: Alexandre Boily
Program:
Musical Geography
Saturday, March 3th, 2007 @ 7:30pm, Glen Cairn United Church
Glen Cairn United Church [MAP]
Program:
Ode to the Overture
Saturday, November 4th, 2006 @ 7pm,
Glen Cairn United Church
Program:
Tickets are $10/adult, $8/student or senior, $25/family.
Dinner and concert at the Kanata Legion
Friday, December 8th, 2006 @ 7pm,
Kanata Legion Branch 638
Musical Geography
Saturday, March 3, 2007,
Glen Cairn United Church
Spring Potpourri
Saturday, May 12th, 2007 @ 7:30pm
Glen Cairn United Church
Other details will be posted closer to the concert date.
Legion Concert requires advance-purchase
2005-2006 Season:
Kanata Symphony Russian concertSaturday, 13 May @ 7:30pm
Glen Cairn United Church [MAP]
140 Abbeyhill Drive, Ottawa
Weber: Oberon Overture
Borodin: Polovetsian Dances
Prokofiev: Marche from The Love For Three Oranges
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagñol
Tickets are $10/adult, $8/student or senior, $25/family
Kanata Symphony Birthday Bash
Saturday, 4 March, 2006 @ 7:30pm
Glen Cairn United Church [MAP]
140 Abbeyhill Drive, Ottawa
Katie Murphy, soprano
Denis Lawlor, bass
Gerard Fauvelle, tenor
Magic Flute Overture
Mozart Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra. Mvt 2 & 3
Cosi fan tutte: "Un’aura amarosa" for tenor and orchestra
Don Giovanni: "Finch’han dal Vino" for bass and orchestra
Don Giovanni: "La Ci Darem la Mano" for soprano, bass, and orchestra
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Tickets are $10/adult, $8/student or senior, $25/family
Kanata Symphony at the Movies, Family Concert
Saturday, 12 November, 2005 @ 7:00pm
Glen Cairn United Church [MAP]
140 Abbeyhill Drive, Ottawa
Doreen Taylor-Claxton, soprano
Marya Woyiwada, soprano
Berlioz: Marche au Supplice
Schubert: Unfinished Symphony, 1st mvt.
Williams: Star Wars
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (excerpt)
and more...
Tickets are $10/adult, $8/student or senior, $25/family
2004-2005 Season:
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FAMILY CONCERT NOVEMBER 13th 2004
Glen Cairn United Church140 Abbeyhill, Kanata (MAP) 7: 30 pm "Classical meets folk"
Dvorak : Symphony No 8 Martin : Piano Concerto Williams : Folk song Suite Saint Saëns: Carnival of the Animals [excerpts]
Piano soloist: Maximillian Arsenault
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DINNER AND A CONCERTDECEMBER 10th 2004 Tickets $18 Kanata Legion Branch 638
“Party with the KSO” 5:00 pm Social Hour 6:00 pm Dinner 7:30 pm Orchestra
On the menu Chicken Kiev and Williams : Folk Song Suite Strauss : Emperor Waltz Rossini : Barber of Seville Marches of course!
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CLASSICAL CONCERTFEBRUARY 26th 2005
140 Abbeyhill, Kanata (MAP) 7:30pm
Dussault : Prelude for Strings Mozart: Symphony 29 Mvt 1 Mozart : Wind Serenade in C Beethoven : Symphony No 4
Adult $10, Senior/student $8, Family $25
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SPRING CONCERT MAY 7th 2005, 7:30pm
Unitarian Church on Cleary Avenue [MAP] “An Evening at the Opera”
Featuring Doreen Taylor-Claxton, soprano Gerard Fauvelle, tenor Fred Bradly, bass Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutti Overture and a selection of opera favorites |
2003-2004 Season:
'Completely Beethoven'
Saturday March 6, 2004 at 7:30pm
Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill, Kanata
Tickets $10, Student/Senior $8, Family $25, available at the door
Map to Glen Cairn United Church
Featuring:
Alexandre Boily, Artistic Director
Zi Jin, Piano
Program:
Beethoven - Piano Concerto Nr. 3
Beethoven - Symphony Nr 1
Beethoven - Egmont Overture
As a Chinese pianist, Zi Jin studied in China Conservatory of Music in Beijing
where she had showed her excellence at a number of concerts and competitions as
both soloist and accompanist. After received her Baccalaureate of Arts Degree in
June 2003, she was matriculated in University of Ottawa as a graduate student
and awarded scholarships. Now she is pursuing her Master of Music degree with
Prof. Stephane Lemelin. This season, Zi Jin will perform as the accompanist in
the Inter-varsity choral Festival; the soloist in her recital, as well with
Kanata Symphony Orchestra.
The Family Concert
Saturday November 8, 2003 at 7:30pm
Glen Cairn United Church, Kanata
Tickets $10, Student/Senior $8, Family $25, available at the door
Map to Glen Cairn United Church
Featuring:
Alexandre Boily, Artistic Director
Program:
Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite
Mozart - Don Giovanni Overture
Bartok - Rumanian Folk Dances
2002-2003 Season:
The Classical Concert
Saturday April 26, 2003 at 2pm
Ron Maslin Playhouse, 1 Ron Maslin Way, Kanata
Tickets $10, Student/Senior $8, Family $25, available at the door
Map to Ron Maslin Theatre
Featuring:
Alexandre Boily, Artistic Director
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Egmont Overture, Op 84
Cimarosa Double Flute concerto, featuring Amièle Johanisse and Karen Shields
Gounod Petite Symphonie for woodwinds
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance #6.
The Classical Concert Saturday February 22/2003, 7:30 PM
Glen Cairn United Church, Abbeyhill Drive, Kanata
Tickets $10, Student/Senior $8, Family $25, available at the door
Map to Glen Cairn United Church
Featuring:
Alexandre Boily, Artistic Director
Maria Sourjko, piano
Program:
Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, op.81
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C-Minor, op.67
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16
The Kanata Youth orchestra will also perform the following,
Under the direction of Moira Green:
Carl Maria Von Weber: Chorus of Huntsmen
Scarborough Fair, Arr. Frederick Muller
Maria Sourjko was born in Russia, in the city of Vologda, where she studied at the Vologda Music College. After graduating with honors, Ms. Sourjko continued piano studies in Performance program at the Petrozavodsk State Conservatory (Karelia) with Professor Victor Arkhipov, an alumni of the Moscow Conservatory. While studying in Karelia, Ms. Sourjko was a rehearsal and concert accompanist of the Petrozavodsk State University Choir. Ms. Sourjko immigrated to Canada in 1999.
Ms. Sourjko studies with Professor Jean Desmarais at the University of Ottawa, where she has shown excellence at all of her Piano Performance examinations. She is currently completing her Baccalaureate of Music Degree.
Last year, Ms. Sourjko appeared as a soloist in several recitals, among them performance in the CBC Radio II - Noon Hour Classical Encounters Series, and the Radio Canada’s Young Artists Program, both for local and national broadcast.
Ms. Sourjko was awarded the Special Prize for the best performance of contemporary music in the Northwestern Regional Competition of Piano Performers (Petrozavodsk, Russia), and a first prize in Romantic music category in the Kiwanis Music Festival (Canada).
Ms. Sourjko also received the Anthony King Scholarship established by St. Andrew’s Church in Ottawa, the Jean-Paul Sevilla and the Cecile Gagnon Cote Scholarships established by the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund, and Nora Hickson Kelly Scholarship from the private funds of the University of Ottawa.
This year, Maria Sourjko will appear as a soloist in recital, and with the Kanata Symphony Orchestra.
The Family Concert Saturday October 19, 2 PM
Ron Maslin Playhouse, 1 Ron Maslin Way, Kanata
Tickets $10, Student/Senior $8, Family $25, available at the door
Map to Ron Maslin Theatre
Featuring:
Alexandre Boily, artistic director
Victor Herbiet, Saxophone
John Gray, Bassoon
Program:
Beethoven - 6th symphony Mvt 4
Vivaldi - Winter from the Four Seasons
Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto Bizet - L'Arlesienne
2001-2002 Season:
Saturday April 13th, 3 PM
Ron Maslin Playhouse
1 Ron Maslin Way, Kanata
Tickets $10, Student/Senior $8, Family $25, available at the door
Map to Ron Maslin Playhouse
Featuring:
Brian Barker, conductor
George Bailey, guitar
Sylvain Gauthier, cello
Program:
Major-Marothy - First Suite for Brass and Timpani (excerpt)
Haydn - Cello Concerto in C Major
Sibelius - Valse Triste
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Monday April 15th, 8 PM
St. Brigid's Church, 179 Murray Street
(613) 241-5285
Tickets $10, Student/Senior $8, Family $25, available at the door
Map to St. Brigid's Cathedral (Downtown)
Featuring:
Brian Barker, conductor
George Bailey, guitar
Sylvain Gauthier, cello
Program:
Major-Marothy - First Suite for Brass and Timpani (excerpt)
Haydn - Cello Concerto in C Major
Sibelius - Valse Triste
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Family Concert
Location: Ron Maslin Playhouse, Terry Fox Dr.
3pm Saturday, October 20, 2001
Legion Concert
Location: Royal Canadian Legion
Friday December 7th, 2001
Classical Concert
Location: Ron Maslin Playhouse, Terry Fox Dr.
8pm, Friday February 15, 2002
Map to Ron Maslin (Kanata)
The Kanata Food Cupboard will be collecting non-perishable food items at the Feb 15th Concert. In addition, all profits for the Feb 15th concert will be donated to the Kanata Food Cupboard.
For ticket info for the Feb 15th concert, please contact Marianne from the Food Cupboard at 592-4834.
Classical Concert
Location: St. Brigid's, Murray and Cumberland
Time:3pm, Sunday February 17, 2002
Map to St. Brigid's Cathedral (Downtown)
Legion Concert
Location: Legion Branch 638, Hines Road, Kanata.
Friday May 24th, 2001
Tickets are available for puchase in advance from any of our members, or at the door (quantities limited).
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