February 05, 2009 Sackville -
CMC ATLANTIC REGION FUNDRAISING CONCERT, FEBRUARY 5

Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region’s Annual Fundraising Concert sponsored by Mount Allison University Department of Music

On Thursday, February 5, at 8:00pm, the CMC will host a concert of works by Canadian composers in Brunton Auditorium, Mount Allison University. Acclaimed new music performers and Mount Allison University professors Wesley and Copper Ferreira, clarinet, will perform “Memoriam Opus 43B by Michael Parker”, and “Little Girl Blew by Harry Freedman” respectively. New Mount Allison faculty member Alan Klaus, trumpet, will perform “Sonata for solo Trumpet” by CMC Associate Composer James G. Code. Bob Bauer (CMC Associate Composer) will perform a work composed for the occasion for guitar and electronics. In addition, student performers Evan Mounce, Luke Patterson, Jackie Logan, Landon Braverman, , and Angelina Davey will present new music by composers Denis Bedard, Jean Coulthard , Harry Somers, Violet Archer, Gladys Davenport, Luke Patterson and John Beckwith. Mount Allison New Music Ensemble (Jonny Smith, percussion, Evan Phinney, bass, and Derlis Gonzalez, piano) will perform a work by Jordan Nobles.

The Canadian Music Centre will be accepting donations at the concert. These donations will aid the Centre in supporting Atlantic Canadian composers, musicians in their compositional and performance ambitions. The Sackville office of the CMC (located in the Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music, Mount Allison University) not only operates a library and distribution service for Canadian works, but is also involved in projects that bring the music of Atlantic composers to the public through performances and educational outreach activities.

The Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region invites anyone and everyone to partake in the Sackville event on February 5. Please donate generously to support Atlantic composers and performers. Contact the CMC office with inquiries via email (atlantic@musiccentre.ca), or phone (536-4263).

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