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Guitar trios headline Arden Theatre The Montreal Guitar Trio and the California Guitar Trio once again meet up for concert of virtuosic music that is difficult to surpass. Headlining a jazz-rock-classical program at the Arden Theatre on Friday, Feb.

There’s a giant iron jawbone of an unknown dinosaur at the Art Gallery of St. Albert. No wait … it’s more like the Sydney Opera House deconstructed and reconstructed with the “sails” prominently displayed all in a row.

Chamber music served a la Wild West The WindRose Trio starts the season with a departure to the old west. For 11 years, they’ve roped in audiences with their highly accessible chamber music.

The Bellerose High Music and Performing Arts Program is determined to give audiences a night to remember with the stage-musical Mary Poppins. Director Mark Samuel had wanted to mount it for years.

A trio of Canada’s most consummate performers went on a five-year voyage of discovery to unearth their heritage. To most of us the word “heritage” refers to bloodline, race, culture, religion or even a region.

In a typical group of 70 musicians playing together, each player would bring a decade or more of musical experience to the group, playing difficult classical pieces in a stuffy concert hall.

The jury is out on whether the event title is accurate but organizers of today’s “All You Need is Love – Said No Woman Ever” market are still hopeful to draw a mixed crowd of women and men looking to treat themselves and each

It never fails to amaze how students at the St. Albert Rotary Music Festival work so hard to make the most technically challenging pieces look seamless.

I sometimes wonder if it’s simply a sign of my age or if there’s a bit of sophistication that I’ve developed after having watched so many films.

It's getting close to Valentine's Day, and traditionally theatres mount productions about love and relationships. Somehow it seems appropriate that the University of Alberta's graduating BFA students tackle the madness of love in all its forms.