Last Saturday, two St. Albert acts were recognized at the 2012 Edmonton Music Awards for their outstanding achievements.
Tupelo Honey scooped up two major awards, Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year, for the 17-track Caught Up in the Excess.
And Danielle Lowe, a Futures Fest gold winner and St. Albert Rainmaker Rodeo performer took home Country Album of the Year for Off Limits.
Held at the Royal Alberta Museum, the event was fairly low-key with musicians dressed in street wear.
Photos of the award ceremony are available at www.edmontonmusicawards.com.
Lately the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra has made headlines due to its upcoming debut performance at New York’s historic Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, May 8.
Three lucky ESO musicians from St. Albert who will be performing at Carnegie are assistant principal double bass John Taylor, first violin Neda Yamach and cellist Ronda Metszies.
Most impressive is that 1,000 music aficionados from the area will also fly to the Big Apple to celebrate the orchestra’s 60th anniversary and watch musical history unfold under the banner of Dreaming of Carnegie.
For those of us left behind, the ESO concert will be broadcast live by WQXR classical radio. The ESO will stream the WQXR feed on EdmontonSymphony.com and ESOinYYC.com.
In case you miss Dreaming of Carnegie live, CKUA will broadcast it on Wednesday at 7 p.m. as part of Mark Antonelli’s Classic Examples. CKUA’s frequency in Edmonton is 94.9 FM.
The featured repertoire is Robert Rival’s American premiere of Lullaby and Borislav Martinu’s First Symphony. From Alberta composers, conductor Bill Eddins has chosen Allan Gilliland’s Dreaming of the Masters III featuring celebrated trumpeter Jens Lindeman, and John Estacio’s Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello written for the 1997 Winspear opening.
Cantilon Choirs once again raises their angelic voices in Come, Ye Singers of Song at McDougall United Church on Sunday, May 6 at 3 p.m.
The entire family of singers, from four to nineteen years, will perform some of the finest repertoire for treble voices.
Founded in 1999 by Heather Johnston, a former St. Albert resident and renowned Edmonton music teacher, Cantilon has developed an international reputation for its stellar floating vocals.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and children. Call 780-420-1757 or go online to: www.tixonthesquare.ca.
This week Mark Ammar’s Tuesday Barsnbands Open Stage features the likes of Big Hank Leonhardt, Don Marcotte and Texicus Wonderful.
For close to 33 years, Big Hank made a name for himself in Uncle Wiggly’s Hot Shoes Blues Band and opening for the likes of Muddy Waters, Joe Cocker, George Thorogood, James Cotton, John Mayall, the Neville Brothers and Koko Taylor.
But five years ago he moved back to Edmonton and hooked up with old friends from Tacoy Ride to form a Fist Full of Blues.
Complementing Big Hank is Marcotte, a stand-up bass player currently appearing with the Lionel Rault Trio.
“This guy’s tempo, and body motion can be a drummer’s best friend when playing live,” says host Mark Ammar.
And finally Texicus Wonderful was conceived in Texas, born in Two Hills and raised in Edmonton’s deep south. At 16 he started sharing stages with the likes of Blind Lemon Pledge, Interstate Brick Face and The Man from Glad. Don’t you love the names?
A corner guitarist, Tex brings his wacky sense of humour and distinctive blues sound.
The jam starts at LB’s Pub at 9 p.m. No cover.
