Borden Park is hosting NGT’s 1st annual music festival August 29th, 2010. Enjoy a day of music with some of Edmonton’s finest talent.

Make the Westbury Theatre at the TransAlta Arts Barns (10330 84 Avenue) one of your stops for this years Fringe. Composer Andrew Creaghan & The Collegium Musicum present a world premiere chamber opera version of Kafka’s classic tale “The Metamorphosis”. 8 musicians and 4 singers under the baton of Don Ross tell the crazy story of a young man who transforms overnight into a beetlelike insect. It is a harrowing and absurdly comic study on the quintessentially alienated man of modern society.

Aug 13, 2:15pm-3:20pm Aug 14, 6:15pm-7:20pm Aug 17, 8:45pm-9:50pm Aug 19, 4:00pm-5:05pm Aug 20, 12:15pm-1:20pm Aug 21, 10:15pm-11:20pm

Tickets: $12

I will be joining Hot Club Edmonton at the Regina Folk Fest August 6-8, 2010.  This gypsy-jazz collective includes Clinton & Freddie Pelletier (guitars), Thea Neuman (vocals), and Travis Switzer (Bass).  We’ll be stomp’n and swing’n our way though traditional and original tunes.  If you’re in the area drop by and say hello.

Here we go again!

The Dryland band will rockn’ Festival Place in Sherwood  Park Aug 4th, 2010 @ 7:30pm.

Joining us is the The Command Sisters. These siblings are young up and comers with an awesome folk sound.

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Dig out your plumes, garters and bow-ties for the ultimate retro party of the summer! Vinok is hosting a fabulous fundraiser that hearkens back to the glory days of K-Days.

On July 21, 2010 we’re transforming the Chateau Louis Ballroom into a rootin’ tootin’ saloon complete with Sluice Juice, BBQ, prizes and fab Klondyke entertainment!

5pm Cocktails   6pm Outdoor BBQ    8pm Floor Show

All proceeds will benefit Vinok’s ongoing artistic and educational programming

Tickets are $65 (incl. GST & Gratuity) and may be purchased by filling out the online form. You may also call Vinok Worldance 780.454.3739

Get ready for a wild ride!  This year’s Boonstock is out of control.  Finger Eleven, Bif Naked, The Offsping, Theory of a Deadman, Daniel Wesley, Mathew Good… and many more, including my band featuring the talented Matt Landry.  Matt Landry & the Dryland Band are playing a set on June 25th, 2010 from 4-4:30pm. Check out Boonstock. You won’t be dissapointed.

Opera Nuova is presenting Romeo & Juliet and Falstaff @ the Timms Center for the Arts as part of their Vocal Arts Festival.  You will be treated to great singers backed up by a 20 piece pit orchestra. Performances run from June 22nd-27th starting at 7:30pm with matinee performances  June 26th and 27th staring at 1:30pm. Click for more details and tickets.

CCFCC 4th Annual Lobster Fest is hosting Celtic band ‘The Pure’, June 13th, 2010 @ the Shaw Conference Center. Your toes will be a tappin’…guaranteed!  Tim Rutter-vocal/guitar, Ian Forth-vocal/guitar, Gareth Lambkin-vocal/percussion/bass, Jay Kuchinsky-fiddle/banjo/accordion and John Calverley on fiddle/mandolin.

Tickets are $60 per person (members and non-members). Contact Stephen Kaiser at treasurer@edmontonchefs.ca for tickets or pick them up at Fin’s Seafood Distributors.

Music with the Moravians

 The Strathcona String Quartet performs Worlds at War April 10, 2pm, at the Edmonton Moravian Church (9540-83 Avenue), the second concert in the Music With the Moravians Spring 2010 Concert Series. Admission is by donation and a reception follows the concert.

The Music With the Moravians Concert Series is a unique Edmonton cultural experience. Top Edmonton musicians in a wide variety of genres perform short, informal afternoon concerts, including an audience Q & A session, followed by a reception where the audience meets the artists face to face.

The Strathcona String Quartet will perform Shostakovich’s String Quartet #8, Borodin’s Nocturne, and Edmonton composer Dave Wall’s Wakish2. This concert will be a thrilling experience, featuring some of the most darkly dramatic music in the string quartet repertoire.

Contact: Jennifer Bustin kenanjen@shaw.ca or
Ken Read +1(780)439-6950.

Take in the show March 28 & 29th at Sanremo Italian bistro .  Alfie’s full band, including myself, will be bringing down the house.  Hear Alfie’s songs, new and old ,with the amazing sounds of guitars, horns, strings and backup vocals.  Tickets are $70. Call +1(780)476-0006 for tickets or more info.

Join us for the MAYOR’S CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS Monday, March 22, 2010 7:00 PM. “I invite all Edmontonians to join PACE and me as we celebrate some of the best artistic talents our city has to offer!” said Mayor Stephen Mandel. “It is an evening of awards and sample-sized performances from some of our city’s most talented artists and performers. I promise you will leave this tantalizing taste of entertainment craving more of what Edmonton’s arts community serves up.” Tickets are now on sale, so get yours before they are gone!

If you had a chance to watch the opening ceremonies for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, perhaps you heard the ”Rhytms of the Fall” medley.  This medley, written by Calvin Volrath for the ceremonies, was recorded at Wolf Willow studio in Edmonton, Alberta.  This recording features fiddlers: Calvin Volrath, Alfie & Byron Myhre, Shannon Johnson, and myself.  It was very exciting to be part of the ceremonies and have all those people from around the world hear us play.  Yay Canada!

Flavours of Portugal is an ESO fundraising event with a cultural twist. I will be joining multi-instrumentalist Robert Walsh at the Winspear Wednesday February 10, 2010 along with John Taylor on bass and Jason Kodie on accordion/piano.  

6:30 pm Registration
7:00 – 10:00 pm Wine Tasting / AuctionTickets $125 each (a tax receipt will be issued for a portion of the ticket price). buy tickets

www.robertwalsh.ca

Clarinetist and composer Don Ross has asked me to perform one of his new compositions in a concert hosted by Edmonton’s Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS).

Saturday, 16 January 2010
Doors at 7:00
Show at 8:00
Location: Naked Cyber Cafe 10354 – Jasper Avenue Edmonton

A night of diverse and beautiful music and video featuring: Paul Polushsin, Don Ross, Jay Lind, Du Plafond, Evan Collignwood, Dave Axis, Piotr Grella-Mozejko plus guests.

Tickets at the door $ 10, $5 for Beams Members and for people wearing a birthday hat.

www.beams.ca