FRI
26
JAN
2018
WRITER & LIVE TWEETER From Russia With Love
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Every seat at this concert is a Tweet Seat, join the fun @cporush.
TANIA MILLER, conductor
MACIEJ KUŁAKOWSKI, cello
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet
TCHAIKOVSKY: Fantasy Overture Rococo Variations for Cello & Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from Swan Lake
They say that Russians are happiest when they are sad: indeed, Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most lyrical, plaintive, and heartbreakingly beautiful music ever. Yet the rousing and celebratory dances that fire up his ballets are anything but sad. Come hear the best of both in the Calgary Philharmonic’s moving tribute to the great Tchaikovsky!
Jack Singer Concert Hall
Calgary, Canada
FRI
02
FEB
2018
OPERA SINGER Persuasion
7:30 p.m.
Workshop Theatre
Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Adapted by Jennifer Le Blanc
Directed by Shelby Nicole
Pumphouse Theatre
Calgary, Canada
SAT
03
FEB
2018
OPERA SINGER Persuasion
2:30 p.m.
Workshop Theatre
Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Adapted by Jennifer Le Blanc
Directed by Shelby Nicole
Pumphouse Theatre
Calgary, Canada
OPERA SINGER Persuasion
7:30 p.m.
Workshop Theatre
Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Adapted by Jennifer Le Blanc
Directed by Shelby Nicole
Pumphouse Theatre
Calgary, Canada
FRI
09
FEB
2018
OPERA SINGER Persuasion
7:30 p.m.
Workshop Theatre
Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Adapted by Jennifer Le Blanc
Directed by Shelby Nicole
Pumphouse Theatre
Calgary, Canada
SAT
10
FEB
2018
WRITER & LIVE TWEETER Diana Cohen in Concert
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Every seat at this concert is a Tweet Seat, join the fun @cporush.
ROBERTO MINCZUK, conductor Music Director Laureate
DIANA COHEN, violin
SAINT-SAENS: Violin Concerto No.3 in B Minor
A great presenter will catch your attention in under three seconds. Learn and watch how acclaimed violinist Diana Cohen can do exactly that with the first three strokes of her bow. As she leads the audience through Saint-Saens’ invigorating and virtuosic work with all the passion, focus, and drive required for any major career endeavour, you may just be carried away with the beauty of the music and the thrill of the moment.
Jack Singer Concert Hall
Calgary, Canada
FRI
09
MAR
2018
THU
22
MAR
2018
GUEST ARTIST Film screening of "Myth"
Performing an arrangement of "Zhuravli" for voice and cello with cellist Esther Cynn
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church
Calgary, Canada
SAT
25
MAR
2018
GUEST ARTIST Private event
Cowtown Opera Company
McHugh House
Calgary, Canada
THU
19
APR
2018
MEZZO-SOPRANO SOLOIST Opera Disrupted
Cowtown Opera Company
7:30 p.m.
Evan Mounce, Music Director
Cowtown Opera premieres 3 mini-operas following a worldwide composition competition garnering over 40 submissions from across the globe: New York and California to Asia, Finland and Germany!
"The Incredible Journey" by Denis Baptista & Will Collins
"Does Not Compute" by Brooke deRosa & Kelsey Shaw
"Oh Soy!" by Landon Braverman & Claire Tran
Featuring Cowtown Opera Company Resident Artists:
Andrea Berg, soprano
Stephania Romaniuk, mezzo-soprano
Steven Morton, tenor
Adam Brousseau, bass-baritone
Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts
TransAlta Pavilion
Calgary, Canada
Admission by donation
FRI
11
MAY
2018
ALTO SOLOIST Lord Nelson Mass
8 p.m.
Bow Valley Chorus
John Goulart, conductor
Karen Minish, soprano
Stephania Romaniuk, mezzo-soprano
Jason Ragan, tenor
Aaron Dimoff, bass-baritone
Knox United Church
Calgary, Canada
SAT
12
MAY
2018
ALTO SOLOIST Lord Nelson Mass
8 p.m.
Bow Valley Chorus
John Goulart, conductor
Karen Minish, soprano
Stephania Romaniuk, mezzo-soprano
Jason Ragan, tenor
Aaron Dimoff, bass-baritone
Creekside Hall
Canmore, Canada
SAT
26
MAY
2018
FEATURED ARTIST U Fest
3:18 p.m.
Edmonton's First Annual Ukrainian Festival
Borden Park
Edmonton, Canada
SUN
27
MAY
2018
MEZZO-SOPRANO SOLOIST Lecture-Recital
1:30 p.m.
Performing Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's "Three Sephardic Songs" with harpist Gianetta Baril as part of a concert featuring faculty, students, and alumni of Mount Royal Conservatory, with pre-concert lecture by ethnomusicologist Neal Brostoff of the University of California-Los Angeles Herb Alpert School of Music.
Beth Tzedec Congregation
Calgary, Canada
SUN
03
JUN
2018
FEATURED ARTIST "A Heavenly Banquet"
Duo Recital
1:00 p.m.
Stephania Romaniuk, mezzo-soprano
Alena Naumchyk, piano
Featuring works by Bach, Brahms, Barber, Bolcom, and Wesolowsky
Central United Church
131 7 Ave. S.W.
Calgary, Canada
Admission by donation
SUN
24
JUN
2018
FEATURED ARTIST "A Heavenly Banquet"
Duo Recital
4:30 p.m.
Stephania Romaniuk, mezzo-soprano
Alena Naumchyk, piano
Featuring works by Bach, Brahms, Barber, Bolcom, and Wesolowsky
St. Giles Presbyterian Church
1102 23 Ave N.W.
Calgary, Canada
Admission by donation
SAT
04
AUG
2018
MERCEDES COVER/CHORUS
"CARMEN: Opera in the Badlands"
7:00 p.m.
Mercury Opera, Opera Classica Europe & The Badlands Amphitheatre present "CARMEN: Opera in the Badlands"
Set in Seville during the 1800s, CARMEN, George Bizet’s most successful opera, with its exotic Spanish setting and sordid love triangle, introduced a style of realism in opera that changed the theatre forever.
Schedule
5:oo pm Badlands Amphitheatre site opens.
Festival Tent with wine and beer service.
Concession available.
6:30 pm Amphitheatre opens
7:00 pm Carmen: Opera in the Badlands
Length is 3 hours with one 20 minute intermission.
Ticket prices range from at $25.00 $75.00 (plus fees and taxes)
FEATURED ARTIST
Embroidered Night in the Museum
7:00 p.m.
Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago
Вишивана Ніч в Музею - an evening of retro music featuring Stephania Romaniuk, mezzo-soprano, singer-songwriter Sofi Fraser, and violinist Innesa Tymochko-Dekajlo.
Chicago, IL
SAT
18
MAY
2019
GUEST ARTIST
Sviato Heroya
7:00 p.m.
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral
Performance of the Ukrainian prayer "Bozhe velykyj" at the annual concert commemorating Ukraine's heroes.
Chicago, IL
SUN
19
MAY
2019
WED
06
MAR
2019
GUEST ARTIST
Community Engagement Recital
7:00 p.m.
Light-hearted selections performed with Daniel Kuehler for Valley Manor Seniors Residence, as part of a concert organized by the Graduate Students' Association, featuring students from the Eastman School of Music.
Rochester, NY