Organ Blitzkrieg
(Reinhard von Berg in Europe)

Reinhard von Berg’s 2009 organ touring season began with two concerts in Saskatoon, April 17 and 18, hosted by the Saskatoon Composers’ Performance Society. At these concerts, he was assisted by Dr Walter Kreyszig, flute.
Then, the European portion of this series of concerts continued in Łódź, Poland on June 7, and in [...]

PIPE ORGAN REINVENTED
(Reinhard von Berg in Saskatoon)

April 17 and 18 audiences in Saskatoon had the opportunity to hear two of the finest instruments in town like they’ve never been heard before.  April 17 at the Lutheran Seminary, and April 18 at Third Avenue United Church, Edmonton composer, improviser, church musician and organist Reinhard von Berg performed a pair of programmes that [...]

Michael Horwood’s Thoughts on ECCS CD:
CULT FIGURES: Electroacoustic Music from Canada (Centrediscs CD-13908)

This collection of electroacoustic music consists of eleven works spanning the years between 1966 and 2008 by ten Canadian composers.  All composers are members of the Edmonton Composers’ Concert Society (ECCS) and the Canadian Music Centre (CMC).  Due to the nature of the sponsoring, funding and philosophies of both organizations, all the composers included needed [...]

Bach Suite Project: Josephine van Lier performs Bach’s 6 suites for solo cello on 4 different cellos

[ May 3, 2009; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach are acclaimed as some of the greatest works ever written for solo cello and some of the greatest of all music. Cellist Josephine van Lier, one of Edmonton’s busiest and most versatile musicians, performs all Six Suites on her four different [...]

Concert - Works by Biber, Haydn and O’Carolan

[ March 25, 2009; 12:00 pm; ] George Andrix - Baroque Violin
Josephine van Lier - Baroque Cello Piccolo
Judy Loewen - Harpsichord  

25 Wednesday, noon, McDougall United Church (101 Street and Macdonald Drive)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Trio in g minor (Hoboken XV:1) [...]

New CD Cult Figures Released on Centredisques!

We are pleased to announce the most recent recording issued from the catalogue of the Edmonton Composers’ Concert Society (our thirteenth).  It will prove to be a most unique disc on several fronts.
First, the recording features eleven electroacoustic works crafted exclusively by ten composer-members of the Society.  Second, these selections span nearly the entire spectrum [...]

Michael Horwood’s Thoughts on ECCS CD:
Devil’s Dance

I’m amazed, but then not really surprised, at a wonderful collection like this with the absence of any 12-tone or serial music.  [From the editor: Piotr Grella- Mozejko's Organigami (Music for Aysha) is written in twelve-tone technique from start to end.]  It just shows how far music has come in 30 years.  I’m not lamenting [...]

New Work by Ryan Purchase Premièred in the US!

[ March 4, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] The US première of the Ryan Purchase 2006 piece “Opacity No. 1″ is coming up! If you have an internet connection (and clearly you do), you can attend!

Chris Kallmyer, a graduate student trumpeter at the CalArts School of Music in Valencia, California, will be performing the work as part of his MFA Graduation recital. [...]

User Accounts - Important

In attempt to keep spammers out our website we’ve created a new registration rules. More often than not spammers provide fake e-mail address while registering. In this scenario they cannot login to the website (will not receive e-mail with temporary password) and their new account is simply clattering users’ database. We had to find ways [...]

Concert #8: Laurent Estoppey (Switzerland): …sinus seductions…

[ February 16, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Part of the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IX Conference, Edmonton 2009

Monday, 16 February 2009, 8:00 P.M.
Convocation Hall, University of Alberta
Tickets $15 (adults) and $10 (seniors and students) available at the door

Music by: Jacques Demierre, Piotr Grella-Możejko, Tom Johnson, Luis Jure, Jean-Daniel Lugrin, Laurent Mettraux, Benoit Moreau, Monte Keene Pishny-Floyd, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratjke, Lois [...]