2013

Dec. 13. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Pure Romantic II’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton Public Libraries, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Yue Deng, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Colin Ryan, cello; Whitemud Crossing Library, Edmonton, AB; Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in a minor, Op. 13 and Schumann String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op.41, No. 2

Dec. 11. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Pure Romantic II’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Yue Deng, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Colin Ryan, cello; Horowitz Theatre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; as above

Nov. 19. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Prussian Quartets III’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, Edmonton City Hall, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Vladimir Rufino, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Colin Ryan, cello; Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; Haydn String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 50, No. 3 (‘Prussian’) and Mozart String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590 (‘Prussian’)

Nov. 18. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Prussian Quartets III’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, Winspear Centre, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Vladimir Rufino, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Colin Ryan, cello; Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB; as above

Nov. 17. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Prussian Quartets III’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, Edmonton Public Libraries, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Vladimir Rufino, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Colin Ryan, cello; Whitemud Crossing Library, Edmonton, AB; as above

Nov. 16. Chamber Music, at the Alberta String Association (ASA) Workshop Weekend; the Enterprise Quartet, with Vladimir Rufino, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Colin Ryan, cello; Haydn String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 50, No. 3 (‘Prussian’) and Mozart String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590 (‘Prussian’)

Nov. 11. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘A War Memorial’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Yue Deng, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Colin Ryan, cello; with guests Spencer Murray, bagpipes, Grace Han, organ, Joshua Iverson, clarinet, and Mark Morris, narrator; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Beethoven Elegiac Song, Op. 118, Coulthard String Quartet No. 2 ‘Threnody’, Fisher Diary of a War Artist, Clarinet Quintet, Guilmant Symphony No. 1 for organ and orchestra, I. Introduction, Lavallée O Canada (arr. G. Tardif)

Nov. 4. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Pure Romantic I’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Yue Deng, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Colin Ryan, cello; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12 and Schumann String Quartet No. 1 in a minor, Op. 41, No. 1

Nov. 3. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Pure Romantic I’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton City Hall, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Yue Deng, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Colin Ryan, cello; Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; as above

Nov. 2. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Pure Romantic I’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton Public Libraries, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Yue Deng, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Colin Ryan, cello; Whitemud Crossing Library, Edmonton, AB; as above

Oct. 25. Duo Recital, ‘Opera Fantasies’, with Roger Admiral, piano; Knuth Hall, College of Creative Arts, San Francisco State University School of Music and Dance, San Francisco, CA, USA; Verdi/Alard Fantasy on La Traviata; Tchaikovsky/Auer Lensky’s Aria; Wagner/Wilhelmj Parsifal-Paraphrase; Gounod/Wieniawski Fantasy on Faust

Oct. 24. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Prussian Quartets II’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, Edmonton City Hall, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Virginie Gagné, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Colin Ryan, cello; Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; Haydn String Quartet in C major, Op. 50, No. 2 (‘Prussian’) and Mozart String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat major, K. 589 (‘Prussian’)

Oct. 23. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Prussian Quartets II’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; Horowitz Theatre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; as above

Oct. 18. Duo Recital, ‘Opera Fantasies’, Music at Convocation Hall Series, University of Alberta, with Roger Admiral, piano; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Verdi/Alard Fantasy on La Traviata; Mozart/Sarasate Fantasy on The Magic Flute; Donizetti/Saint-Lubin Sextet from Lucia de Lammermoor; Tchaikovsky/Auer Lensky’s Aria; Wagner/Wilhelmj Parsifal-Paraphrase; Gounod/Wieniawski Fantasy on Faust

Oct. 17. Duo Recital, ‘Opera Fantasies’, with Roger Admiral, piano; Chapel, University of Alberta, Augustana, Camrose, AB; as above

Oct. 11-12. Performance, Brian Webb Dance Company – Two World Premiere Performances; the Enterprise Quartet, with Yue Deng, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Tanya Prochazka, cello; Timms Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; ‘what awaits me’ – performed and created by Brian Webb and Nancy Sandercock; music by the Enterprise Quartet - Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (fifth movement substitution by composer David Wall)

Sept. 27. Duo Recital, ‘Opera Fantasies’, as part of Edmonton Opera’s ‘50 Days of Opera’, and Alberta Culture Days, with Roger Admiral, piano; Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; Verdi/Alard Fantasy on La Traviata; Tchiakovsky/Auer Lensky’s Aria; Wagner/Wilhelmj Parsifal-Paraphrase; Gounod/Wieniawski Fantasy on Faust

Sept. 25. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Prussian Quartets I’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, Edmonton City Hall, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Yue Deng, violin 2, Leanne Dammann Maitland, viola, and Tanya Prochazka, cello; Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; Haydn String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 50, No. 1 (‘Prussian’), Mozart String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575 (‘Prussian’)

Sept. 23. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Prussian Quartets I’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, the Winspear Centre, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Yue Deng, violin 2, Leanne Dammann Maitland, viola, and Tanya Prochazka, cello; Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB; as above

Sept. 22. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Prussian Quartets I’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, Edmonton Public Libraries, and the Department of Music, University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Yue Deng, violin 2, Leanne Dammann Maitland, viola, and Tanya Prochazka, cello; Whitemud Crossing Library, Edmonton, AB; as above

Sept. 19. Performance, at ‘Celebrate! Teaching-Learning-Research’ the official ceremony celebrating University personnel’s achievements; with Daniel Gervais, violin, and Clinton Pelletier, guitar; University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; excerpt from The Genius of the Violin (SSHRC grant), Berlin ‘Cheek to Cheek’ - as played by Grappelli & Menuhin (transcribed by. E. Minevich, arr. G Tardif)

Sept. 16. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Old Vienna’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation and the University of Alberta; the Enterprise Quartet, with Virginie Gagné, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Tanya Prochazka, cello; with guest artists Lara Hyde, flute, Noelle Byer, oboe, Joshua Iverson, clarinet, Mathew Walton, harmonium, and Michael Spassov, piano; Convocation Hall, U of Alberta; Strauss Jr. Overture, from the operetta Die Fledermaus, Strauss Jr./Schoenberg Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 from the operetta Das Spitzentuch der Königin, Strauss Jr. Polka, op. 362 from Die Fledermaus, Strauss Jr./Schoenberg Kaiser-Walzer, op. 437, Brahms String Quartet in c minor, Op. 51, No. 1

Sept. 15. Chamber Music, Fall Series, ‘Old Vienna’, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation and Robertson-Wesley United; the Enterprise Quartet, with Virginie Gagné, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Tanya Prochazka, cello; with guest artists Lara Hyde, flute, Noelle Byer, oboe, Joshua Iverson, clarinet, Mathew Walton, harmonium, and Michael Spassov, piano; Robertson-Wesley United Church, Edmonton, AB; as above

Sept. 13. Chamber Music, Waltzing at 50, in collaboration with Edmonton Opera and the Strauss Ball Dancers; sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, Edmonton Opera, and Edmonton City Hall; the Enterprise Quartet, with Virginie Gagné, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Tanya Prochazka, cello; with guest artists Lara Hyde, flute, Noelle Byer, oboe, Joshua Iverson, clarinet, and Mathew Walton, harmonium; Edmonton City Hall,
Edmonton, AB; Strauss Jr. Overture, from the operetta Die Fledermaus, Strauss Jr./Schoenberg Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 from the operetta Das Spitzentuch der Königin, Strauss Jr. Polka, op. 362 from Die Fledermaus, Strauss Jr./Schoenberg Kaiser-Walzer, op. 437

Sept. 5. Chamber Music, 20th Anniversary of the Alberta Safety Council; the Enterprise Quartet, with Virginie Gagné, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Silvia Buttiglione; Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; varied program

Aug. 22. Performance, The Genius of the Violin at GlobalFest, sponsored by the Calgary Francophone Association; with Lizzy Hoyt, Daniel Gervais, violins; and Clinton Pelletier, guitar; Elliston Park, Calgary, AB; Arbeau Pavane Belle qui tiens ma vie (arr. G Tardif), Tartini Theme and 4 Variations on a Gavotte by Corelli (arr. G Tardif), Bach Concerto for 2 violins (mvt. 2, arr. G. Tardif), St-Anne’s Reel, Paganini Caprice 1 (duet version, arr. Bachmann), Ernst 'The Last Rose of Summer' Variations (arr. G. Tardif), Wieniawski Caprice Op. 18, No. 4 (arr. G Tardif for three violins), Bach Presto in G minor (arr. Brahms and Ricci), Tarrrega Recuerdos de Alhambra 4' (arr. Ricci and G Tardif), Bach – Double Concerto ‘Swing’ (arr. G. Tardif), Berlin ‘Cheek to Cheek’ - as played by Grappelli & Menuhin (transcribed by. E. Minevich, arr. G Tardif), Dark Eyes (with solo violin introduction by G. Tardif).

Aug. 7. Chamber Music and Solo Performance, Chamber Music Evening, with Gary Gray, Clarinet and Timothy Durkovic, Piano, 10th Annual Beverly Hills International Music Festival, Beverly Hills, CA, USA; Alfred Uhl Kleines Konzert, Trio for violin, clarinet & piano, 1st movement; Ernst Grand Caprice “Erlkönig” (transcription from Schubert, Op. 26)

July 5. Solo Performance, representing Canada at ‘I Nazione, Festival of Nations’, sponsored by Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Canadian portion managed by Ann Summers Dossena, Founder/Director, International Resource Centre for Performing Artists; Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome, Italy

June 6. Chamber Music, with John Mahon, clarinet and Alexandra Munn, piano, All-Saints Cathedral, Edmonton, AB; Milhaud Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano

Apr. 24. (12pm and 7:30pm). Chamber Music, Souvenir de Russie III, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, and Edmonton City Hall; the Enterprise Quartet, with Virginie Gagné, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Tanya Prochazka, cello; with guest Masha Protokyakonova, piano; Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB and Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (respectively); Tchaikovsky String Quartet, no. 3, op. 30 and Arensky Piano Quintet, op. 51

Mar. 29. Chamber Music, Good Friday Concert, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, and Edmonton City Hall; the Enterprise Quartet, with Vladimir Rufino, violin 2 (guest), Charles Pilon, viola, and Tanya Prochazka, cello; Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; Haydn Seven Last Words of Christ

Mar. 29. Chamber Music, Good Friday Concert, with the Robertson-Wesley United Church Choir and the Enterprise Quartet; Robertson-Wesley United Church, Edmonton, AB; Handel, The Messiah, excerpts

Mar. 26 (7:30pm). Chamber Music, Souvenir de Russie II, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, and Edmonton City Hall; the Enterprise Quartet, with Virginie Gagné, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Tanya Prochazka, cello; Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; Haydn String Quartet Op. 33, No. 3 ‘The Bird’, from Haydn’s‘Russian Quartets’, Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 2

Mar. 26 (12pm). Chamber Music, Souvenir de Russie II (in collaboration with Edmonton Opera), sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, and Edmonton City Hall; the Enterprise Quartet, with Virginie Gagné, violin 2, Charles Pilon, viola, and Tanya Prochazka, cello, with guests Zoryana Orlova, soprano, and Michael Spassov, piano; Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; Songs by Alyabyev, Varlamov, Anatolsky, and Rachmaninov, including“The Nightingale”, Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 22 (1874)

Mar. 23. Chamber Music, ‘From Up There and Down’, neworks Calgary, with Roger Admiral, piano; Eckhardt- Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; Oesterle Heuristic Imitations

Mar. 22. Chamber Music, ‘Ultra: Recent music by the University of Alberta Department of Music Faculty Composers’, Music at Convocation Hall Series, University of Alberta; with Roger Admiral, piano, and Joanne Yu, cello; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Hannesson The Proximity of Perspective (2013), Smallwood Thalia Ringing (2013)

Mar. 3. Chamber Music, Plexoos Ensemble presents ‘Mechanica’, sponsored by the Canada Council; with Bill Damur, flutes, Alyssa Miller, oboe, Don Ross, clarinets, Matthew Howatt, bassoon, Michael Clark, horn, Jeremy Maitland, trumpet, Alden Lowrey, trombone, Brian Thurgood, percussion, Roger Admiral, piano & harpsichord; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Platz up down, Sokolovic Géometrie Sentimentale,
Cherney Die klingende Zeit, Xenakis À l’île de Gorée

Feb. 23. Solo Performance, Grande-Prairie Alberta String Association (ASA) Showcase, Grande Prairie, AB; Bach Ciaconna

Feb. 9. Duo Recital, Music at Convocation Hall Series, University of Alberta, with Roger Admiral, piano; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Szymanovski Mythes, op. 30, Bartok First Violin Sonata, Stravinsky's Duo Concertante

Feb. 7. Duo Recital, with Roger Admiral, piano; Faith and Life Chapel, Augustana Campus, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; (as above)