Special Events
Sunday, November 20, 2011
2:30 p.m. / MCC
Meet-the-Faculty
“A Brief History of the Ukulele: The Life and Times of a Four-Stringed Underdog” (.pdf)
Stuart Fuchs, ukulele, and Friends
Brought to Hawaii by Portuguese Sailors in 1879, this tiny four-stringed instrument has captured the imagination of every generation the encounters it. Although it looks like a toy, you will hear in this concert/lecture lively ukulele music ranging from its Portuguese and Hawaiian origins through the era of vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley, Jazz, Blues--even J.S. Bach!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
2:30 p.m. / MCC
Canisius Faculty Composers’ Concert; Bob Accurso, Michael Colquhoun,
Roland E. Martin and Persis Vehar, composers
Saturday, February 25, 2012
7:30 p.m. / MCC
“Love Songs and Madrigals”
Opera-Lytes
Join Opera-Lytes as they present a choral program of love songs for your Valentine this February. Soloists and a choir of 30 singers will perform madrigals, popular and jazz tunes, Gilbert and Sullivan, and love songs from the Broadway stage...all certain to warm your heart!
Saturday, April 21, 2012
7:30 p.m. / MCC
Yen Yu Chen, piano
A prizewinner of the Stecher and Horowitz New York International Piano Competition.
February 27-March 5: Women in the Arts Festival
Monday, February 27, 2012
12 p.m. / MCC
Meet-the-Faculty
Anna Mattix, oboe & English horn
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Rescheduled for April 19, 2012
4 p.m./ Lyons 303
Art History Lecture
“Photographic Agency in Wilhelmine Berlin”
Miriam Paeslack, PhD; Department of Visual Studies and Arts Management Program, University at Buffalo
Thursday, March 1, 2012
7:30 p.m. / MCC
Ladies First Big Band
Created by bassist Jennifer May, the 15-piece all-female jazz group “Ladies First” is winner of the 2010 Buffalo Music Award for Best Jazz Group, sponsored by Nightlife Magazine. Get out your dancing shoes and get ready for a real treat as Ladies First makes its first visit to Canisius! Tickets are $10 general admission; $5 students and can be purchased here or at the door.
Friday, March 2, 2012
7:30 p.m. / CKC
“Women Organ Composers from the Renaissance to the Present”
Barbara Harbach, PhD, organ; Professor of Music, University of Missouri at St. Louis
Enjoy organ music from the 16th century with Gracia Baptista, Romantic music with Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann, the 20th century with Sharon Willis and the 21st century with Barbara Harbach.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
7:30 p.m. / MCC
“ALABASTER BOX: The Gospel According to HER!”
Alabaster Box Gospel Choir; Karen E. Williams, director
An all-female gospel choir will present gospel music written by local female gospel composers, accompanied by an all-female rhythm section.
Monday, March 5, 2012
12 p.m. / REGIS
Music lecture
“21st Century Women Composers”
Barbara Harbach, PhD; Professor of Music, University of Missouri at St. Louis