Podcasts about winspear centre

The Alberta Access to Education Summit recently took place at the CNIB in Calgary. Community reporter Anna Kim shares some of her takeaways from the event. From the March 26, 2024, episode. She also gives details about the upcoming Easter Eggstravaganza at the Calgary Zoo! And she previews “The Magical Music of Harry Potter” at the WinSpear Centre in Edmonton. From the March 26, 2024, episode.

On this episode, we meet The Melisizwe Brothers. Marc, Seth and Zacary James began training in music as early as ages 4 to 7. Encouraged by their families, and with each other's support, they have since established themselves on the music scene. The Melisizwe Brothers have performed internationally and have appeared on several television shows including Netflix's Mowtown Magic, Showtime at the Apollo, the Ellen DeGeneres Show and  more! And they are finding ways to give back to the community through their Gold Mind Programs. ECF is excited to help support their upcoming performance at the Winspear Centre on June […]

At times, the protagonist of Andy Shauf's new album Norm might strike you as a charming, shambling sort of fellow. Norm likes getting high, he watches The Price Is Right, he's been known to lock his keys in his car, he seems excited when Halloween is coming up. Those moments all seem innocuous enough, and it's certainly easy to get lost in just how flat-out gorgeous the songs on this record are. But listening carefully, it starts to become clear that there's something a whole lot more sinister going on here.  There's a lot to process and ponder. Andy gives you just enough detail that you can begin to put the plot's puzzle pieces together, but he also masterfully maintains a great deal of space in this story. It's a space where your imagination can wander, where you might find yourself reflecting on some big questions, and which becomes increasingly unsettling as the album unfolds.  Andy's previous album-length narratives like The Party and The Neon Skyline have garnered him Juno Award nominations, and landed him on the Short List for the Polaris Music Prize. And although this is another beautiful-sounding, long-playing yarn... well, he's going in a dramatically different and darker direction with Norm. It's a bit like a chilling, slow-paced novel; or a sinister movie; or a true crime podcast that involves divine intervention. It's certainly an album like no other.  Norm was released February 10th, 2023, via Anti- and Arts & Crafts. Originally from Estevan, Saskatchewan, Andy Shauf returned to the Canadian prairies in March of 2023 as part of an international album release tour. While preparing to play a big concert hall show at The Winspear Centre, he generously made space in his busy schedule to spend some time at CKUA's Edmonton studios - and he brought his guitar!  In this episode, he shares intimate solo acoustic performances of two songs from Norm: "Halloween Store" and the album's title track. And in a wide-ranging conversation, he tells us all about the record; he relates how a scrapped disco album was part of the process; the way a borrowed synthesizer reinvigorated his songwriting, and fired his imagination for this project; what it's like to have gone from playing small clubs to concert halls in the matter of a few years; why a pop-up Halloween store in Regina, Saskatchewan, holds such special fascination for him; and how he considers himself a storyteller who happens to use music as his medium. 

Thank you for dropping by the Three Things podcast. This week's episode was inspired by events that took place in our upstairs living room, on our downstairs TV and in Row G at the Winspear Centre in downtown Edmonton. 1. Crisis communications – Little Buddy comes to visit 2. Leverage – the LEGO Knight aims for the far shore 3. The Milk Carton Kids – the band brought the hill to the Winspear. The podcast theme music is original. It was composed and performed by Edmonton pianist and composer Brendan McGrath. I met Slavo Cech in high school in the north end. He contributes the end bells that close each episode. I am at glenn.kubish@gmail.com I hope we all have a good week of noticing good things about our lives. It's the only life we've got.

From its humble beginnings in 2007, to growing into one of Edmonton's premiere film festivals, the Mosquers has been highlighting stories from the Muslim community through film and art for more than 10 years. On this episode, our correspondent Amal Mohamud finds out how The Mosquers Film Festival's journey in challenging stereotypes and misconceptions about Muslims and gets a sneak peek at what they have planned for this year's festival. The 2022 Mosquers Film Festival will take place on March 12th at 6 pm, at the Winspear Centre. Click here to get your tickets! Links: Learn more about The Mosquers Film […]

Stuck in the middle of the virtuosic violins and the charming celli, the viola seldom gets the spotlight and has been the butt of many an orchestral joke. This episode we talk about a beautiful and often misunderstood inner voice of the orchestra with the help of some of our amazing ESO violists. “Tune in” as we answer the age old questions: What is a viola? What makes them so unique? And why-oh-why are there so many viola jokes? Featuring the voices of Principal Violist Keith Hamm and Assistant Principal Violist Ethan Filner.   You can find the transcript of this episode here,  Show Notes:  Sensational Strings - Summer Day Camps at the Winspear Centre https://www.winspearcentre.com/tommy-banks-centre/summer-day-camps/  Rusty Musicians - Summer Camp https://www.winspearcentre.com/tommy-banks-centre/rusty-musicians/  YONA's Road to Joy Fundraising Concert https://www.winspearcentre.com/tickets/events/other/2021/road-to-joy Keith Hamm Bio https://www.winspearcentre.com/more/about/about-eso/meet-the-musicians/strings/keith-hamm/  Beethoven - Eyeglasses Duo for Viola and Cello | Keith Hamm & Julie Hereish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_X6kvwRZic  Keith Spotify Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1RV71l6sbcKTroIpF6udxK?si=f2d3743383fd4503  Ethan Filner Bio https://www.winspearcentre.com/more/about/about-eso/meet-the-musicians/strings/ethan-filner/  Two Pieces for Violin and Viola | Ewald Cheung & Ethan Filner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtvxmXscwL8  Ethan Spotify Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4BP3uxtLz9XuKT6WHpTZct?si=c5e82e6a81f94ea9  The Strad The History of the Viola Joke  https://www.thestrad.com/playing-and-teaching/the-history-of-the-viola-joke/5399.article  WQXR  Why is the VIola the Butt of so Many Jokes? https://www.wqxr.org/story/why-viola-butt-so-many-jokes/  Carl Rahkonen No Laughing Matter: The Viola Joke as Musicians Folklore http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/jokes/viola-presentation.html  New World Symphony Viola Visions Festival https://www.nws.edu/viola-visions/watch-now/  National Music Museum: Rivinus Viola http://collections.nmmusd.org/Violas/Rivinus/10830/RivinusViola.html  National Music Museum: Tenor Viola http://collections.nmmusd.org/Violas/Guarneri3354/3354GuarneriViola.html  The Met Museum: Viola d'Amore https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504490  The Met Museum: Viola da Gamba https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503219  Berliner Philharmoniker Master Class - Viola https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW0ncJ3-dxQ  The New York Times This is What a $45 Million Viola Sounds Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe11Pp1g39I 

An interview and featured songs with islander Gary Fjellgaard, a Canadian icon of country-roots music with 15 albums and over 30 hit songs. As a songwriter and performer, he’s received a mitt-full of awards from the Canadian Country Music Association, plus a Juno Award for Best Country Male Vocalist and in 2005 was inducted into Canada’s Country Music Hall of Fame. CDs and more at Gary Fjellgaard's webpage Youtube Concert  footage at the fabulous Winspear Centre in Edmonton. Thank you for subscribing to Straight Outta Gabriola.  

The legendary drummer and composer talks to Grant about his latest project, Stewart Copeland’s Orchestral Ben-Hur, which comes to Edmonton’s Winspear Centre this month. Stewart shares the story behind his rich cultural upbringing, growing up the child of a C.I.A agent stationed in Cairo, Egypt. He also reflects on founding The Police alongside Sting, an epic jam session with Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson of Rush that had an unfortunate ending, and his score for Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Rumble Fish.’  

photo credit: @wildflowersyegGood evening witches and magicians and wizards of all ages! Welcome to this evening's musical performance of Witch, Please!This fornight has Marcelle “in the field” interviewing Konstantine Kurelias and Amanda Brace, two staff members of the Winspear Centre, about the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's enchanting production of The Music of Harry Potter! As a special treat, you'll also hear Marcelle debrief the performance with longtime friend and basically brother Stephen Tchir—a Master of Music and member of the band The Provincial Archive.As always, don't forget to listen all the way through for our latest #trywitches tournament challenge and the answer to this episode's #witchpleasetellme question!http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/s2e6-witch-please-and-the-symphonic-discourse.mp3Download this spell-bindingly symphonic episodeCredits: In this episode you'll hear a LOT of music, including tracks from Kesha's new album Rainbow, which is streaming for free on Spotify; Christopher O'Riley's piano cover of Radiohead's “Airbag”; selections from the many Harry Potter tunes (all of which can be found on YoutTube but, honestly, do petition your local Symphony Orchestra to perform the music if they can!); and a few classical classics that are 100% in the public domain we swear. AND we enthusiastically recommend that you check out the books of N.K. Jemisin for more life-changing fantasy.Good gravy it's after 4am. xoxo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Good evening witches and magicians and wizards of all ages! Welcome to this evening’s musical performance of Witch, Please! This fornight has Marcelle “in the field” interviewing Konstantine Kurelias and Amanda Brace, two staff members of the Winspear Centre, about the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s enchanting production of The Music of Harry Potter! As a special … Continue reading S2E6: Witch, Please and the Symphonic Discourse

Wow! I didn’t see it coming. Tuesday evening I was enjoying a family birthday supper and concert. When we went into the Winspear Centre, our city’s amazing concert hall, to be dazzled by possibly the greatest piano genius I’ve ever experienced, our little family group was curious about our province’s election results. The polls had not yet closed. When we came out three hours later, Alberta’s political world had turned upside down.

Rev. Patrick shares some ideas that come from Jesus and his teachings. First, we hear the concept of consciousness, illustrated in the story of the loaves and the fishes. The Christ-consciousness inspires people to give and share, and teaches us about sufficiency. Our challenge is to look out into the world and to believe---despite what we see---that "I am enough" and "There is enough". The way Jesus turned water into wine reminds us that the everyday things can be extraordinary. Rev. Patrick reminds us that without betrayal there would be no resurrection. Jesus lived and showed us unconditional love; so when Peter cut off the guard's ear, Jesus healed it. Rev. Patrick leads us all in an exercise of unconditional love, to remind us we are not alone, and then sings a short song about God loving us even when we feel broken.