UVIC WIND SYMPHONY & ORCHESTRA RESTART PROGRAM

https://finearts.uvic.ca/music/calendar/events/restart/

Federation of Canadian Music Festival Announces Winners of 2021 National Music Festival

We're all very proud of Ayari Kasukawa, Performance Major, of her accomplishment in the 2021 Nation Music Festival. Congratulations, Ayari, on your achievement!

GVPAF Highlights

Congratulations to all UVic saxophonists who participated and who won their categories in the GVPFA 2021! Here is a schedule of events for the highlights concerts.

The 2021 Virtual Highlights Concert Series has begun! 

Go to gvpaf.org and click on Highlights Concerts.  Admission is by donation.

All concerts will be available until December 2021.

Future concert dates are:

May 7: Speech and Dramatic Arts

May 10: Piano

May 12: Four Sections featuring Brass, Classical Guitar, Woodwinds and Composition

May 14: Classical Voice and Musical Theatre

May 17: Large Ensembles (Choral, School Bands, School Orchestras) and Fiddle

May 19: School Dance

May 21: Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship Concert featuring performers from Classical Guitar, Piano, Strings, Classical Voice and Woodwinds.

Congratulations to all of our performers for an amazing Festival 2021!

Baylie Adams Graduating Recital 30MARCH2021

The UVic Saxophone Class celebrates the graduating recital of Baylie Adams. Well done Baylie!

The Class acknowledges the superb work of Yousef Shadian, pianist. Well done Yousef!

https://finearts.uvic.ca/music/calendar/events/degree-recital-baylie-adams-saxophone-bmus/

Ms. Adams recital was well attended by her peers and an online audience.

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We wish Baylie every success as she pursues graduate studies!

NASA 2021 UVIC QUARTET

Quartet Cantabile William Grant Still performance-lecture will be streamed on zoom at 3pm (MDT)/2pm (PDT) on March 20, Saturday.

• https://arts.ucalgary.ca/creative-performing-arts/news-and-events/school-events/2021-nasa-region-9-conference
• https://fb.me/e/82eQgnjei (event page)

Ensembles Concert 2021

Thank you, dear students, for a lovely evening! Please thank your families and friends for listening online!

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SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLE CONCERT

MARCH 6TH 2021 Phillip T. Young Recital Hall

Students from the Class of Wendell Clanton

Quartet T’zum

Sylvanna Wilkinson, soprano

Emerson Jong, alto

Bethanie Tran, tenor

Rhys Batstone, baritone

Premier Quatuor (1857) by Jean-Baptiste Singelée (1812 – 1875)

I. Andante and Allegro

II. Adagio sostenuto

III. Allegro vivace

IV. Allegretto

Quartet Lemolo

Madison Wang, soprano

Meghan Pimm, alto

Hannah Stanwood, tenor

Melissa Holyhead-Miles, baritone

Sarabande No. 2 in A minor by J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750)

Fantazia by Orlando Gibbons arranged by Frederick L. Hemke (1935 – 2019)

Quartet Cantabile

Ayari Kasukawa, soprano

Baylie Adams, alto

Alex Tiller, tenor

Cole Davis, baritone

Quatuor pour 4 Saxophones Op. 109 (1932) by Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)

I. Allegro, Piu mosso

BRIEF INTERMISSION TO RESET THE STAGE

UVic Saxophone Ensemble

Skye Boat Song arranged by Karen Street & Nigel Wood

Conducted by Wendell Clanton