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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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  The Medusa Deep

  In this electrifying follow-up to his award-winning young adult novel The Midnight Games, David Neil Lee takes Nate Silva to the rain-swept Pacific coast. There, with old and new friends, he once more confronts an ancient evil, all while the Resurrection Church threatens to return to power at home. The Medusa Deep was listed on to the CBC’s list of Best Books of 2021, in the “Middle Grade and YA” category. David Neil Lee is a writer based in Hamilton, Ontario.
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  Quilts, By Rose Schilling

  Sharon Whittle created an edited collection of photos from any persons owning a quilt made by Rose Schilling.
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  The Changing Face of Iceland

  The Changing Face of Iceland, Mark Terry’s third film in a trilogy of documentaries examining the impacts of climate change on the polar regions, premiered at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland on November 4, 2021, presented by The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Writer, Producer, and Director Dr. Mark Terry presented it to the world leaders, delegates, and press followed by a brief question period.
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  My 15 Minute City - StoryMaps about Downtown Kitchener

  My 15 Minute City is a multimedia project with oral narratives, videos and maps specifically about walking to discover the virtues of downtown Kitchener as a 15 minute city. It presents a multimedia, digital, multi-dimensional, and multidisciplinary representation of the place, and the experience of people in that place. This project is a collection of StoryMaps that provide a multimedia virtual experience of walking around My 15 Minute City in downtown Kitchener (DTK), Ontario. I define My 15 Minute City as the area encompassed by a 15 minute walking radius (1,000 metres) around the intersection of King and Queen Streets. The area is shown on the map by the purple circle and includes the downtown core and its surrounding neighbourhoods. The collection is organized into two parts, stories about downtown Kitchener as-a-whole, and stories about specific places and events in the downtown. The project is an outcome of my living, learning, teaching, and doing research in DTK for 30 years.
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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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  The Cultural Life of Drones: music and installation

  What does it mean to think of drones as culture? If culture is the range of social practices through which we come to understand and engage in our shared world, then drone cultures might be the myriad ways in which drones are embedded into our everyday lives as well as our fantasies about what kinds of lives that drones make.
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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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  Career Crossroads

  Getting to where you want to be in your career is not always as linear as we might think. Not everyone picks one career path and sticks to it for the rest of their lives, and lots of people are confused about what they want out of their career. On Career Crossroads, host Jonathan Collaton explores the stories of everyday people who have made pivots along their career journey. Starting with the question "what did you want to be when you grew up?", they discuss all the jobs they have had, the people that influenced them, and both the expected and unexpected decisions that led them to their present career.