Fountain School of Performing Arts

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Faculty Chamber Series

Music faculty of the Fountain School present four concerts within the Music Room's 2023-2024 Chamber Players Series.  Please contact the Music Room directly to purchase tickets:

Chamber Series II:  Jan. 31, 2024
7:30pm Joseph Strug Concert Hall

Leonardo Perez, violin; Peter Allen, piano

Dynamic Duos and Solos

Join Fountain School faculty Leonardo Perez and Peter Allen in an evening of mesmerizing music for violin and piano. Prokofiev’s haunting and colourful Five Melodies opens the program, followed by a sublime solo Sonata for violin by Bach and piano music from the Romantic period. The recital concludes with Franck’s monumental Sonata for Piano and Violin, composed as a wedding present for the great Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe.

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Chamber Series III:  February 28, 2024
7:30pm Joseph Strug Concert Hall

Featuring Nicole Jordan (soprano), Lynette Whalstum (piano), Patricia Creighton (flute), and djembe, with music by Gabriel Faure, Olivier Messiaen, Leslie Adams, Jeff Enns, Dominique Le Gendre and others.

Goddess of the Wind: An encounter with the Orisha

Canadian soprano Nicole Jordan was born in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad & Tobago where Orisha, an ancient spiritual tradition of the African Yoruba people is still proudly practiced. While the roots remain unchanged, like the people of the Trinidad & Tobago themselves, Orisha has been mixed and blended to include many influences from all over the world, creating a unique spiritual and cultural tradition. Nicole continues this tradition of change by transforming the familiar song recital into a creative new world. Presenting classical and traditional songs and music from Trinidad, France, Spain, India, and the Americas, as well as her own poetry and prose, Nicole tells of her personal encounter with the power and influence of Oya, the Orisha Goddess of the Wind.  With music by Gabriel Faure, Olivier Messiaen, Leslie Adams, Jeff Enns, Dominique Le Gendre, and others. 

PROGRAM SELECTIONS

  • OYA PRAYER – TRAD. YORUBA (solo voice)

  • AUTOMNE (AUTUMN) – G. FAURE

  • BALLAD FROM JAB MOLASSIE  –  D. LE GENDRE (solo piano)

  • VOCALISE ÉTUDE – O. MESSAIEN (piano and flute)

  • BEACH CYCLE –  J. ENNS

  • AGUA DONDE VAS (WATER WHERE ARE YOU GOING?)– D. LE GENDRE

  • L’INVITATION AU VOYAGE (INVITATION TO THE VOYAGE)– H. DUPARC

  • CREOLE GIRL – L. ADAMS

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Chamber Series IV:  March 6, 2024
7:30pm Joseph Strug Concert Hall

Chris Mitchell, woodwinds; Tom King, piano; Jamie Gatti, bass; Tom Roach, drums

From the Page and Beyond

For generations, improvisation has served as a catalyst to great composition and subsequently, performers have frequently drawn on these works as a source for spontaneous musical creation.

From the Page and Beyond explores music both from its origins on the page to hidden musical possibilities that lie in the moment.

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