What kind of music was composed in early the 1900s in the shadow of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius? Featuring piano trios from women composers whose lives were governed by gender discrimination but also characterized by a breaking of boundaries, a strength of will and an alternative culture.
Music by Helvi Leiviskä’s (1902-1982), Laura Netzel (1839-1927) and Heidi Sundblad-Halme (1903-1973).
Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive Sunday, February 23 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets $30/$15 student at the door Limited free parking
Sarah Hagen has played many of the big stages most musicians only dream of. She has performed at Carnegie Hall (twice) and is a regular guest on CBC Radio 2.
On Thursday February 6 she will be performing the Bach’s Goldberg variations at the Imperial Theatre in Saint John before heading to Fredericton the following night with a completely different show that mixes her well-documented prowess as a concert pianist with intimate comedy for a performance she calls, Perk Up, Pianist!
With Perk Up, Pianist! Sarah has transformed her award-winning role as concert pianist into a stand-up, or rather, sit-down comedy performance. Pairing humorous anecdotes with music, Perk Up, Pianist! takes audiences deep inside the world of a classical musician as she shares her earnest efforts to keep her spirits up in the midst of troublesome times with tales of a touring classical musician remaining optimistic in the midst of challenging and ridiculous situations.
Join us for a fun, memorable night through this wonderful opportunity to experience a top shelf performer up close and personal. Tickets are on sale now.
The Goldberg Variations by Sarah Hagen | Thursday, February 6, 2 pm | Imperial Sarah Hagen’s Perk Up, Pianist! | Friday February 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Charlotte Street Arts Centre
Sarah Hagen has played many of the big stages most musicians only dream of. She has performed at Carnegie Hall (twice) and is a regular guest on CBC Radio 2.
On Thursday February 6 she will be performing the Bach’s Goldberg variations at the Imperial Theatre in Saint John before heading to Fredericton the following night with a completely different show that mixes her well-documented prowess as a concert pianist with intimate comedy for a performance she calls, Perk Up, Pianist!
With Perk Up, Pianist! Sarah has transformed her award-winning role as concert pianist into a stand-up, or rather, sit-down comedy performance. Pairing humorous anecdotes with music, Perk Up, Pianist! takes audiences deep inside the world of a classical musician as she shares her earnest efforts to keep her spirits up in the midst of troublesome times with tales of a touring classical musician remaining optimistic in the midst of challenging and ridiculous situations.
Join us for a fun, memorable night through this wonderful opportunity to experience a top shelf performer up close and personal. Tickets are on sale now.
The Goldberg Variations by Sarah Hagen | Thursday, February 6, 2 pm | Imperial Sarah Hagen’s Perk Up, Pianist! | Friday February 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Charlotte Street Arts Centre
One might ask – Can classical violin and piano fully express the modernist jazz idioms of Wynton Marsalis’ ‘Fiddle Dance Suite’? How about faithfully voice the blues, spirituals and Black folk music influences in Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s ‘Blues Form’ and ‘Louisiana Blues Strut’? What about capturing the expressionism of the Harlem Renaissance sculptures that inspired William Grant Still’s ‘Suite for violin and piano’? Billy Childs’ ‘Incident on Larpenteur Avenue’ and Alvin Singleton’s ‘Jasper Drag’ present additional challenges, speaking directly to incidents of racialized violence against black men. Nadia and Carl explore the music and these issues.
MusicUNB invites you to listen for yourself, with a full program of works by Black composers reaching from 1927 to 2018. With Nadia Francavilla, violin, and Carl Philippe Gionet, piano.
