09.10 Royal Conservatory Concert Season
Come celebrate the unveiling of Koerner Hall with performances by the best jazz, world music, pop and classical artists in the world. Below you'll find a list of our 09.10 concerts to date. Tickets are now on sale!
7:30 PM
RC School Opera Presents:
Mozart's La clemenza di Tito
Mazzoleni Hall
Genre: Classical: Vocal & Opera
Category: Royal Conservatory Presents
The Royal Conservatory School Summer Opera presents Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito", a fully staged and costumed Production, with chamber orchestra accompaniment.
7:30 PM
RC School Opera Presents:
Mozart's La clemenza Di Tito
Mazzoleni Hall
Genre: Classical: Vocal & Opera
Category: Royal Conservatory Presents
The Royal Conservatory School Summer Opera presents Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito", a fully staged and costumed Production, with chamber orchestra accompaniment.
8:00 PM
National Youth Orchestra of Canada
Koerner Hall
Genre: Classical: Orchestra
Category: Independent Presentations
The National Youth Orchestra of Canada captures the talent and enthusiasm of the 'best of the best' of Canada's young musicians. Witness the future of Canada's orchestras!
Dukas L'apprenti-sorcier, Hétu Sur les rives du Saint-Maurice,Ravel La Valse,Stravinksy Petrouchka.
Persons holding a Senior or Student discounted ticket must be prepared to present photo ID upon entry into the concert.
Package discount not available for this event. Rush seating not available for this event.
3:00 PM
Frank Fernandez & Jack Semple in Concert
Koerner Hall
Genre: World
Category: Independent Presentations
Rugby Canada presents world renowned Cuban pianist Frank Fernandez and Juno Award-winning guitarist Jack Semple in concert on Sunday, September 12th.
Tickets start at $60 with VIP packages available. Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to enjoy a bit of Cuba in Canada. Visit http://events.rugbycanada.ca for more details.
8:00 PM
The Bacon Brothers
This concert is being scheduled for another date. Please check back for updates.
Koerner Hall
Genre: Pop
Category: Royal Conservatory Presents
How many degrees of separation are there between you and Kevin Bacon? Reduce that number — get up close and hear the multi-talented artist perform live. Brothers Michael and Kevin Bacon have been playing music together since long before Kevin Bacon launched his prolific stage and screen career, and before Michael Bacon became known as a go-to composer for film and television.
8:00 PM
The University of New Brunswick's
A Celebration of Canadian Spirit
Koerner Hall
Category: Events and Lectures
The University of New Brunswick - Canada's oldest English-language university - is celebrating its 225th anniversary by recognizing five outstanding Canadians who have played an important role in shaping our country: Carolyn Acker, Purdy Crawford, Clara Hughes, Phil Fontaine and Alan MacGibbon. Each embodies the theme of UNB's 225th anniversary: A Celebration of Canadian Spirit, and each will share their thoughts on a national issue of personal importance to them.
7:30 PM
ARC Ensemble
(Artists of The Royal Conservatory)
Mazzoleni Hall
Genre: Classical: Chamber
Category: Free Concerts and Events
The twice Grammy nominated ensemble-in-residence of The Royal Conservatory will be performing at two prestigious series this season: Washington's Kennedy Center and New York's Bargemusic. Join these outstanding faculty members in a program of chamber works.
7:00 PM
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche at The RCM
Koerner Hall
Genre: Classical: Orchestra, Classical: Vocal & Opera, Pop, World
Category: Free Concerts and Events
The entire TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning will be open and resonating with music all night! Scotiabank Nuit Blanche at The RCM kicks off with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Uri Mayer, performing a work by R. Murray Schafer for string quartet and orchestra, in Koerner Hall.
8:00 PM
Brandi Carlile
Koerner Hall
Genre: Pop
Category: Royal Conservatory Presents
"She has the most amazing voice I may have ever heard. Soulful. Country. Perfect in every way-and propelled by taste." (Sheryl Crow) With her bell-clear voice, acoustic guitar, and palpable emotion, top-selling recording artist, Brandi Carlile, performs a toe-tapping blend of rootsy pop-rock, alt country, and folk.
7:00 PM
Opening Night Gala Evening
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
with Kathryn Stott, piano
Koerner Hall
Genre: Classical: String
Category: Royal Conservatory Presents
This event is Sold Out!
One of the most forceful musical communicators of our time" (TimeOut NY), multiple Grammy Award-winning cellist, Yo-Yo Ma, is "not only one of the greatest, most versatile cellists of his or any time, but is endowed with an extraordinarily enquiring, adventurous mind that leads him into far-flung intellectual, cultural, and historical explorations." (String)
7:30 PM
LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture:
His Highness the Aga Khan
Koerner Hall
Category: Independent Presentations
The tenth annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture will be delivered by His Highness the Aga Khan, and introduced by the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul.
8:00 PM
Buika
Koerner Hall
Genre: World
Category: Royal Conservatory Presents
Spanish singer and songwriter Buika bares her soul in the raw intimacy of her music and lyrical prowess. Born on the island of Mallorca to parents who came to Spain from Equatorial Guinea, Buika's breathy voice conveys deep emotional resonance. Experience her traditional coplas (female-centric Spanish torch songs), sophisticated flamenco and jazz cross-pollinations, gypsy rumba, beautifully rendered rancheras, and Afro-Cuban rhythms.
2:00 PM
Natalia Shamayeva, harp
Mazzoleni Hall
Genre: All Classical
Category: Glenn Gould School Presents
Natalia Shamayeva, an award-winning harpist with the famous Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, will perform a unique all-Russian recital.
8:00 PM
Esprit Orchestra:
Dream Rainbow, Dream Thunder - Music for the Senses
Koerner Hall
Genre: Classical: Orchestra
Category: Independent Presentations
The vibrant rhythms of Good's jazz-inflected music are contrasted with the luminous, gentle Balinese pulsations of McPhee's Nocturne (enhanced with dance and film) and the atmospheric, and at times turbulent, musical dreams of Schafer.
8:00 PM
Soundstreams Canada presents
Mexico’s Tambuco Percussion and Voices
Koerner Hall
Genre: World
Category: Independent Presentations
The four Mexican master percussionists of Tambuco, and four exceptional Canadian singers perform electrifying works that fuse the ancient and the modern. Primordial, poignant, and dramatic, the program will feature the world premieres of three Soundstreams commissions for percussion and voices from Mexico's Javier Alvarez, Canada's Analia Llugdar and Ana Sokolovic, music by Ginastera, and more.
