Christopher William Pierce
Rob MacDonald, Guitar
Madawaska String Quartet
ChromaDuo
Saturday November 21st at 8pm
IMAGES CD RELEASE CONCERT
Rob MacDonald, guitar
Madawaska String Quartet
Rebecca van der Post, Sarah Fraser Raff, violins
Anna Redekop, viola
Amber Ghent, cello
ChromaDuo, Tracy Anne Smith and Rob MacDonald, guitars
Concert program:
Full Circle ...(solo guitar) - Andrew Staniland
Into The Woods - Toru Takemitsu
Nocturne for viola, guitar, cello - Omar Daniel
Images for guitar and string quartet - Christopher William Pierce
...and ChromaDuo will perform as a preview for their upcoming Music Gallery concert
Tickets at door: $20 (adults) $10 (seniors/students)
Time:8:00PM Saturday, November 21st
Location:345 Sorauren Avenue Toronto ON M6R 2G5
Christopher William Pierce works by Christopher William Pierce, Stephen Goss, Roberto Sierra
Time:8:00PM Saturday, February 27th
Location:Music Gallery
Christopher William Pierce works by Christopher William Pierce, Stephen Goss, Roberto Sierra
Time:1:30PM Sunday, February 21st
Location:McMichael Gallery
Christopher William Pierce Works by Christopher William Pierce, Stephen Goss, Roberto Sierra
Time:3:00PM Sunday, February 7th
Location:An Die Musik
Christopher William Pierce
Adagio and Fugue (2007), Christopher William Pierce
The Raw and the Cooked (2004), Stephen Goss
Letters from Composers, Dominic Argento
Time:5:00PM Tuesday, April 29th
Location:Griswold Hall
April 11, 2008 at 8:48am
Christopher William Pierce
Tracy Anne Smith will be joined by Rob MacDonald to perform my guitar duo, Adagio and Fugue.
Program:
Adagio and Fugue (2007), Christopher William Pierce
The Raw and the Cooked (2004), Stephen Goss
Letters from Composers, Dominic Argento
Time:3:00PM Sunday, April 27th
Location:St. John's United Methodist Church
April 11, 2008 at 8:44am
Christopher William Pierce
Rob MacDonald, guitar
With sincere and compelling performances of refreshing, new repertoire, guitarist Rob MacDonald is actively engaging audiences and quickly becoming one of Canada’s most exciting young performers. His efforts have been rewarded with a first prize at the Boston Contemporary Music Competition, the Can...ada Council for the Arts' J.B.C. Watkins Award, top prize at the Domaine Forget Guitar Competition, and recent recording grants from both Canada and Ontario Arts Councils.
In addition to regular concerts in Canada, solo recitals have taken him to the USA, England, and Italy. He has performed with the Canadian Opera Company, Madawaska String Quartet, Peabody Camerata, Canadian Contemporary Music Workshop, Angelus Novus, Soundstreams Canada and on electric guitar, is a regular member of CONTACT contemporary ensemble.
Joined by the Madawaska String Quartet and bassist, Peter Pavlovsky, his recent debut recording features world premiere performances of solo and chamber works by Omar Daniel, Christopher Pierce, Peter Sculthorpe, and Andrew Staniland.
Rob holds performance degrees from the Glenn Gould School and the Peabody Conservatory, where his primary teachers were Jeff McFadden and Julian Gray. Private studies with Matteo Mela in Italy concluded his formal training.
Programme:
Fuhong Shi -- Illusions (for guitar solo)
I - Mirror
II - Moon
III - Flowers
IV - Water
Amin Honarmand -- True Noise
Henry Ng -- untitled
Christopher William Pierce -- Adagio and Fugue (with Tracy Anne Smith, guitar)
Rob MacDonald and Tracy Anne Smith will premiere Adagio and Fugue
Time:8:00PM Saturday, March 15th
Location:Music Gallery
March 12, 2008 at 5:28pm
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