Musique chez nous

Howard Brown Faculty Concert
Dedicated to the founder of the Music Department, this concert features members of our faculty. Proceeds from this concert will be put towards the Howard Brown Memorial Scholarship fund.

Sylvain Daigneault, jazz piano, with the Guillaume Gilbert Trio: Guillaume Gilbert, guitar; Mathieu Tarlo, bass; J.F. Montour, percussion
Works by H. Hancock, H. Mobley and K. Burrell will be given a blues-tinted soul flavor.

Geneviève Beaudry and Valérie Belzile, violins, Sylvain Bergeron, Baroque guitar and archlute
Les Chasseurs d'hémioles - Welcome to an evening of hits from the Baroque, featuring this unusual and rarely-heard ensemble. Music by Telemann, Handel, Bach, Vivaldi and others.

Michel Donato, jazz bass, Jeff Simon, percussion, Mike Gauthier, guitar
Join us for an evening of jazz classics with one of Quebec’s best-known jazz artists. Do we have to say more? Michel Donato will be artist-in-residence at Bishop’s between November 1st and 3rd.

The University Singers, with Jamie Crooks, director and Fannie Gaudette, accompanist
This fall the Singers will perform with the Orchestre Symphonique de Sherbrooke, conducted by Stéfane Laforest, in Salle Maurice O’Bready, Université de Sherbrooke. On the programme is the fabulous Carmina Burana, by Carl Orff. Reservations are advised, through the box office of the OSS (819-820-1000).

The Reiner Trio - Kayaleh Laurence, violin; Elizabeth Dolin, cello; Paul Stewart, piano
One of our favourite chamber groups returns for a recital featuring the music of Haydn, de Falla, Arensky, Korngold and Andrew MacDonald. Mark it on your calendar!

Jean-Yves Saint-Pierre, harpsichord and solo early flute and recorder
Dr. Saint-Pierre brings us an unusual programme of music for solo keyboard and solo flute and recorder, featuring music by Byrd, Louis Couperin, J.S. Bach, Telemann and others, with some contemporary pieces thrown in.

Bishop’s Chamber Music ensembles, Pauline Farrugia, director
Bishop’s students perform a wide variety of music for a variety of small ensembles. Have we got talent! Free admission.

Bishop’s University Jazz and Pop ensembles, Kevin Sullivan, director
Kevin will lead his students in an evening on jazz and pop standards that will provide a great end to our term of music in Bandeen. Free admission.

Andrée-Anne Perras-Fortin and Jean-François Latour, piano
We welcome new pianists in town, Fortin & Latour in their Chez Nous debut. They call their programme “Dancing pianos”, and will perform works for piano 4-hand and for two pianos by Brahms, Dvorak, Ravel and Clermont Pépin. They promise to give our pair of Hamburg Steinways a good workout.

Greg Clayton and Mike Gauthier, jazz guitars, with Dave Gelfand, bass and Kevin Sullivan, percussion
Two guitars are better than one, it seems, as Mike brings his McGill colleague to Bishop’s for a joint show. Expect solos, duos, trios and quartets from this novel ensemble.

Andrew MacDonald, composer and guitar, with the Pegasus Quartet and Eleanor Gang, soprano
Andrew celebrates 25 years at Bishop’s with a concert of his music, old and new, featuring string quartet. A newly-composed work for electric guitar and string quartet promises to catch your attention.

Cat Affleck, soprano, with Andrée-Anne Perras-Fortin, piano
A Bishop’s grad who went on to a successful career in opera performance, Cat returns for a recital of art songs from Russia, France and Canada, as well as some operatic arias. We proudly showcase our former student, now coming back as artist-in-residence.

“Delta Blues” with Andrew MacDonald and Mike Gauthier guitars; Eleanor Gang, vocals; Guy Breton, bass and Kevin O’Sullivan, drums
Don’t miss our annual Blues event, this time set in the Mississippi mud. If you haven’t heard Black Snake Moan by Blind Lemon Jefferson, you haven’t heard anything!

3rd-year recital: Jonathan MacAulay, guitar; Sam Crooks, bass; Jason Drew, jazz piano. Free admission.

University Singers Spring Show, with Jamie Crooks, director and Fannie Gaudette, accompanist
In Centennial Theatre, naturally, and promising the same fantastic mix of pop, soul, and show songs, the Singers will be joined this year by an ensemble of strings– just imagine the mellow mood! Get your tickets early, as this will be a sell-out.

Bishop’s Chamber Orchestra, Andrew MacDonald, conductor.
The newly-revived Bishop’s orchestra will perform works by Grieg, Respighi, Holst and Mozart.  Free admission.

Composers’ Forum, Andrew MacDonald director
Our talented crew will be working with a piano quartet this year,  featuring Geneviève Beaudry, violin; Boyana Milinov, viola; Anne-Marie Leblanc, cello; and Andrée-Anne Perras-Fortin, piano.  They will be playing all this new music at a professional level! Free admission.

Bishop’s Chamber Music Ensembles, Pauline Farrugia, director
Pauline directs students in ensembles featuring a wide variety of both familiar and contemporary repertoire for small ensembles. Free admission.

Bishop’s University Jazz and Pop ensembles, Kevin Sullivan, director
It’s the end of the year, and our pop and jazz groups always send us out on a rocking note – come and chill out, or get hot. Whatever. Celebrate. Free admission.