Anders Åstrand, vibraphone. Photo by Rita Taylor, Banff Centre 2022.

Evolution: Classical faculty members bring together music, storytelling, improvisation, dance and projections in a captivating presentation format that coalesces tradition with innovation and reaches beyond convention.

Hosted by Tom Allen with performances by mezzo-soprano Patricia O'Callaghan, percussionist Aiyun Huang, percussionist Anders Åstrand, violinist Parmela Attariwala, flutist Brandon Patrick George, pianist Megumi Masaki, composer Dinuk Wijeratne, composer Eliot Britton, visual media artist Sigi Torinus and the Gryphon Trio. 

Program

Pre show 1930's dance music  - various
Eliot Britton

Trio No. 2, B minor Op. 76, I. Lento - Allegro molto moderato  -  Joaquin Turina
Gryphon Trio
Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin
Roman Borys, cello
Jamie Parker, piano

Finding the Well  -  Parmela Attariwala
Parmela Attariwala, dance and viola
Choreography by Sujit Vaidy

Frozen Road  -  Ian Cusson
Megumi Masaki, piano
Brendan Briceland, visuals
    
Misterioso  -  Krzysztof Penderecki
Brandon Patrick George, flute
Jamie Parker, piano

Whose Windows are Songs and Silences - Dinuk Wijeratne
Dinuk Wijeratne, piano 
Anders Åstrand, vibraphone

Sophisticated Lady  -  Duke Ellington
Anders Åstrand, percussion with Marie-Josée Chartier
Sigi Torinus, visuals

Intermission

Temazcal  -  Javier Alvarez
Aiyun Huang, percussion 

Suite Op. 57  for solo flute  -  Egon Wellesz
Brandon Patrick George, flute
    
If I had Heaven’s Embroidered Cloths  -  R. Murray Shafer, text by W.B. Yeats
Patricia O’Callaghan, voice
Lori Gemmel, harp
    
Dla Anny  -  Henryk Górecki
Marie-Josée Chartier, dance
Jamie Parker, piano   

Pirate Jenny   -  Kurt Weill
Patricia O’Callaghan, voice
Gryphon Trio 
Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin
Roman Borys, cello
Jamie Parker, piano

Phyrygia and Lydia  -  Anders Åstrand
Anders Åstrand, percussion
Jamie Parker, piano
Dinuk Wijeratne, piano
Megumi Masaki, piano 
Aiyun Huang, percussion
Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin
Roman Borys, cello
Patricia O’Callaghan, voice 
Brandon Patrick George, flute
Parmela Attariwala, violin 
Marie-Josée Chartier, dance

Storyteller
Tom Allen

Lighting Design
Hugh Conacher

Artistic Producer
Caroline Hollway