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  John Beckwith Songbook: Over 70 Years of Originality

  This event celebrated the "dean of Canadian composers" on the occasion of his 94th birthday. John Beckwith has had a foundational impact on Canadian music for over 70 years, and he is still very much a driving force. As part of Confluence Concerts' celebration of John Beckwith's 94th birthday, Kimberly Barber contributed a piece entitled "The formal garden of the heart (1950)" from Two Songs to poetry of Colleen Thibaudeau. The piece was shared during the COVID-19 pandemic through YouTube concerts on subsequent nights.
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  Laurier Lyon Music at Noon

  This Music at Noon performance by Guy Few and Stephanie Mara (Laurier), and Arnaud Schotte (Conservatoire de Lyon) was presemted at the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall at Wilfrid Laurier University in January 2020.
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  Songs of Kitchener - a community music collaboration with local residents

  Songs of Kitchener came out of my tenure as the 2019 City of Kitchener artist in residence. The songs were created in workshops across the city with local residents. The recordings were a commissioned work with the City of Kitchener and features many musicians, including a number of Laurier students and alumni.
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  Collaboration with the Elora Singers "Reflection"

  Online performance (prerecorded) collaboration between cellist (Katie Schlaikjer) and the Elora Singers, conducted by Mark Vuorinen.

• Complete cello and piano works of Robert Schumann, and piano works by Clara and Robert Schumann

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  The Gahu Project

  The Gahu Project is a racial justice community music initiative that brought together local youth, professional artists and arts organizations to explore racial justice and discover the music of Ghana and engage in participatory music making through a presentation of Gahu. ​The project involved collaborators including the Centre for Sound Music Education, the Waterloo Region District School Board, the African Community Wellness Initiative and the Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University. Additional community partners include the KW Multicultural Centre and the City of Kitchener. The project used participatory music from Ghana as the catalyst to engage the broader regional community in a discussion around the intersection of racial justice and music education. Leading up to the main project weekend, professional artists delivered music workshops in local high schools and key leaders within the ACBI (African, Caribbean, Black Identifying) community, who crafted the curriculum around the intersection of racial justice as a part of workshops in partnership with the WRDSB.
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  Sticky Note Collection

  Sticky Note Collection is an album written by Colin Watts and recorded with fellow musicians from across Ontario.
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  Beethoven's Cavatina from op 130

  Celebrating their 33rd anniversary, the Penderecki String Quartet is in its 30th year as resident artists at Wilfrid Laurier University. The Cavatina from Op.130 is deep in our hearts, and speaks stronger than ever this year! Its mysterious ascent from the troubled Beklemmt section is a remarkable moment of awakening and hope. We invite you to find solace in the Cavatina’s message.
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  Beethoven Quartet in EB major, op 127

  Celebrating their 33rd anniversary, the Penderecki String Quartet is in its 30th year as resident artists at Wilfrid Laurier University. This concert was recorded live at the Festival of the Sound, Stockey Centre, Parry Sound | Beethoven 250 on December 15, 2020.

• Virtual Laurier Orchestra Concert ("Orchestra Series") Jan 2021

  "Orchestra Series" Jan 2021, Virtual Concert of the Laurier Symphony Orchestra.

• Virtual Laurier Orchestra Concert ("Orchestra Series") Oct 2020

  "Orchestra Series" Oct 2020, Virtual Concert of the Laurier Symphony Orchestra. Join our Symphony Orchestra as they share excerpts of music performed while physically apart during our Fall 2020 term. They also share inspiration and advice on their Laurier journeys. To remind us of future days to come, they've included a live October 2019 performance of the Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, performed in the Recital Hall.
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  Avoiding the Answers

  "Avoiding the Answers" (2013) is a work that involves two parts, one performed live and the other acting as a backing track. The backing track features Kathryn Ladano on bass clarinet with effects, such as a long reverb, added. The live part is fully improvised. While the performer can play whatever they wish for the live part, it is important to complement the backing track and fill in the many open spaces within the texture. This recording was made March 30, 2021, at The Registry Theatre in Kitchener, Ontario.
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  Circle of Music Choir for those living with dementia

  The Circle of Music is a funded and research-based program that places people living with dementia, their care partner, and high school student volunteers together in a choir. The choir was originally the capstone project for Sasha Judelson, who has now obtained her master’s degree from Wilfrid Laurier University’s Community Music program. This project goes beyond the typical choir to present something to the community that benefits the lives of many.
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  rethink

  reTHiNK may be Toronto-based keyboard collective junctQín's debut recording, but its varied program marks over a decade together for the ensemble. The group's titular portmanteau — slamming junct, the latin sufx meaning "join," up against Qín, the Chinese character for "keyboard instrument"—says much about their approach, which emphasizes creating vibrant new connections between disparate elements. Founded in 2009, the trio has since positioned itself as a tireless advocate for keyboard-driven ensemble music, noted especially for its expert grasp of piano geography and love for wayward instrumental polyglots.
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  In Her Image

  "In Her Image" is a choral work composed by Katerina Gimon. It was written for and recorded by Sirens choir for their debut album "Boundless".
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  Carmen on Your Couch

  Join Julie Nesrallah as the ultimate operatic gypsy queen, Carmen, together with Guy Few and the Festival Ensemble for an intimate gathering of sizzling Spanish hors d'oeuvres, both musical and otherwise. Includes music by Manuel De Falla, Xavier Montsalvatge, and, of course, Georges Bizet.
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  Getting In Drag and Playing Classical Music

  Special guest Marc Blouin joins Ron Cohen Mann in getting into drag, discussing classical music, and playing a duet by Marion Bauer. The piece is called Duo for Oboe and Clarinet and we play the first movement, I. Prelude.
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  A Path to Hope

  A Path to Hope is a set of three short works drawing inspiration from reflections written by Canadian choral music educators early in the COVID-19 pandemic as part of a collaborative commissioning project called Sonic Timelapse Project. Each movement was composed as a short response to a specific idea, emotion, or question found within one or more of the reflections as part of my own journey to finding hope in uncertain times. Each work includes short spoken sections featuring fragments from or inspired by the material in these written reflections. However, although this piece was born during a unique time in our history it’s themes of voicelessness, overcoming fear, and seeking hope, are timeless and universal. More at: https://www.katerinagimon.com/a-path-to-hope.html
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  Halibut Cheeks and other Love Songs

  Here the politely unruly dances with the proudly undiscovered, while the untamed holds hands with the serene. These are our songs, classically composed and as diversely beautiful as Canada herself.
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  A History of Female Conributions to Guitar Orchestras

  Presented at the Guitar Foundation of America online conference in June 2020, this lecture is a history of women's contributions to Guitar Orchestras from the 1800s to present day.
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  The Oxford Handbook on Music and Medievalism

  The Handbook provides a snapshot of the growing field of medievalism—broadly construed as the retrospective immersion in the images, sounds, narratives, and ideologies of the European Middle Ages—in music, bringing together scholars to explore a wide variety of past and present genres in which medievalism is present. Thirty-four essays by international scholars writing on subjects from nineteenth-century opera to contemporary video game music. Co-edited with American, Stephen C. Meyer.
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  Relationship Completion in Palliative Care Music Therapy

  Relationship Completion in Palliative Care Music Therapy provides foundational information on relationships, relationship completion in end-of-life care, locations of care, and the scope of the continuum of music experiences.

• The Impact of Group Music Therapy for Individuals with Eating Disorders

  This mixed-methods study examined the impact of group music therapy upon individuals receiving inpatient treatment for eating disorders. There was a total of 21 participants ranging between the ages of 16 and 58. Participants’ lived experiences of music therapy, including music’s effects on mood and emotion regulation were explored.
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  Community Music at the Boundaries

  Community Music at the Boundaries explores how music enhances lives in community. Some of the topics explored in the volume include education and change, music and Indigenous communities, health and wellness, music by incarcerated persons, and cultural identity. By shining a light on boundaries, this volume, which includes multiple contributors from Laurier, provides a wealth of international perspectives and knowledge about the ways that music enhances lives.