Leslie Uyeda Celebration
Murray Adaskin Salon 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, CanadaLeslie Uyeda has spent her life crafting delicate, intimate masterworks inspired by her dual passions for poetry and the human voice.
Leslie Uyeda has spent her life crafting delicate, intimate masterworks inspired by her dual passions for poetry and the human voice.
Join us for this very special event as we celebrate Hildegard’s birthday!
A true pioneer in the field of electroacoustic composition, Barry Truax taught acoustic communication and electroacoustic music at Simon Fraser University.
Imant Raminsh: 75th Birthday Celebration Monday, September 17, 2018 - 7:00 PM Murray Adaskin Salon Emerging Composer: Thomas Beckman Born in 1943 in Ventspils, Latvia, Imant Raminsh came to Canada in 1948. After completing his studies in violin, composition, and conducting in Toronto, he spent two years at the Akademie “Mozarteum” in Salzburg, Austria, studying [...]
Janet Danielson: Celebration of Women's History Month Monday, October 15, 2018 - 7:00 PM Murray Adaskin Salon Emerging Composer: Maren Lisac October is Women’s History Month in Canada, a time for us to reflect upon and celebrate the achievements of women and girls throughout our history and recognize the trailblazing women who have shaped our [...]
Michael Conway Baker: Celebration of Lifetime Achievement Monday, November 26, 2018 - 7:00 PM Murray Adaskin Salon Michael Conway Baker is a very rare figure in Canadian music; he is a composer who has, over the course of an astonishing, pioneering, six-decade (and counting) career, achieved enormous success across all his triple passions of writing [...]
Owen Underhill: 65th Birthday Celebration Monday, January 21, 2019 - 7:00 PM Murray Adaskin Salon There are very few artists who have made as great contributions to their fields and to their communities as Owen Underhill. A true Renaissance man, Owen lives in Vancouver, where he is highly active as a composer, conductor, artistic director, [...]
Alexina Louie: 70th Birthday Celebration Monday, May 27, 2019 - 7:00 PM Murray Adaskin Salon One of Canada’s most highly regarded and performed composers, Alexina Louie was born in Vancouver in 1949, the daughter of second-generation Canadians of Chinese descent. At the age of seven, she began piano studies, and at seventeen, earned her ARCT [...]
The BC Region of the Canadian Music Centre hosts the fourth and final concert in the Class Axe 2019 series! The CMC has been working with a nation-wide group of composers and guitarists to present seven new works across Canada. On September 1, audiences in Vancouver will have the chance to experience these far-ranging pieces [...]