Under the guidance of resident conductor Ray Baril and special guest conductor Dale Lonis, New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia announces Northern Dreams and Fantasies, its first concert of the season.
Taking place tomorrow night at Myer Horowitz Theatre, at the University of Alberta, the two-hour program takes a look at the mysteries that surround life's journey and all its great unknowns.
The journey peaks with a performance of John Mackey's Frozen Cathedral. Baril has also included John Estacio's Frenergy and the rich, yet haunting chorale Sleep by Eric Whitacre.
The program adapts a much greater variety of percussion instruments than other wind band concerts use including various bells, water glasses, waterphones (ocean harp), crotales (antique cymbals) and bowed gongs.
Instruments such as piano, celeste and harp are used to provide the ethereal sounds and imagery of frozen stars and mountainscapes.
St. Albert euphonium player Darwin Krips and his wife, piccolo-flute player Crystal Krips as well as Sturgeon County resident and trumpeter John Dymianiw are part of the 50-member symphony.
The concert starts at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are at the door. $20 adults, $15 students/seniors and children under 12 are free.
Three-day countdown to Flashdance
Once again Broadway Across Canada sweeps into Edmonton with the pop culture phenomena of Flashdance running Nov. 25 to 30 at the Northern Jubilee Auditorium.
With an electrifying Bob Fosse-style of dance at its core, Flashdance, the Musical tells the inspiring story of Alex Owens, a steel mill welder by day and bar dancer by night.
When a romance with her steel mill boss threatens to derail her ambitions to become a professional performer, Alex discovers the meaning of love and the power to pursue her dream.
Tickets for the six-day run are still available through ticketmaster.ca.
