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Dinuk Wijeratne



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Concerts with Musician-in-Residence
Dinuk Wijeratne

These concerts promise some of the most innovative orchestral and ‘cross-over’ sounds of the season, melding classical, jazz and world musics. Locations vary.

‘The Art of the Duo’
Tuesday, October 12, 7:30 pm
Dinuk Wijeratne: Piano and Kinan Azmeh: Clarinet
Lilian Piercey Concert Hall
Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
6199 Chebucto Road
Collaboration with Prismatic

Nova Scotia’s finest + Flamenco-inspired premiere!
Saturday, November 13, 7:30 pm (Lunenburg only)
Dinuk Wijeratne conducting the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra
St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg

Friday, February 11, 2011 7:30 pm (Lunenburg)
Dinuk Wijeratne and Sanctuary (Jeff Reilly, Peter Togni & Christoph Both)
St. John’s Church
81 Cumberland Street, Lunenburg

Saturday, February 12, 2011 7:30 pm (Halifax)
Dinuk Wijeratne and Sanctuary (Jeff Reilly, Peter Togni & Christoph Both)
St. Matthew’s United Church
1479 Barrington Street, Halifax

Samples-Source-Remix. A most-anticipated meeting of 3 dynamos
Friday, April 29, 7:30 pm
Dinuk Wijeratne: piano, Nick Halley: percussion, Joseph Petric: Accordion
Lilian Piercey Concert Hall
Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts

Chamber Plus
Chamber music and more, featuring the best Nova Scotian and Canadian emerging and established artists in solo, vocal, contemporary, innovative forms and styles; classical, opera, jazz and world musics.

Season Premiere and Launch
Thursday, September 9, 7:30 pm

Gilbert De Greeve: Piano
Zoltan Kodaly’s vision: from the music, through the music, to the music
Lilian Piercey Concert Hall
Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
Gilbert De Greeve, noted Belgium pianist and President of the International Kodály Society, is featured in a lecture-recital, performing works by Kodály, Szõnyi, Schumann, Brahms and Chopin. Opening reception

Sunday Afternoon Chamber Plus Concerts
Lilian Piercey Concert Hall
Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts

‘The Composer’s Cut’
Sunday, October 24, 3:00 pm
Martin Robidoux: Harpsichord
Bach’s Goldberg Variations played as they were written. A rare opportunity.
A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price!
Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales

‘Bowls of Cheer’ filled with Humour & Joy
Sunday, December 12, 3:00 pm
Bowls of Cheer
Shelley Thompson and the Blue Engine String Quartet
A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price!

Sunday, February 27, 3:00 pm
Jocelyne Roy: Flute and Michelle Yelin Nam: Piano
Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales

Sunday, April 17, 3:00 pm
Marc Djokic: Violin and Julien LeBlanc: Piano
Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales

Farrell is home from away with a good friend
Sunday, May 15, 3:00 pm
Hidden Gems: a Recital honour Jan Dussek’s 250th
Jennifer Farrell: Soprano and Christopher Bagan: Piano
A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price!

Evening Chamber Plus Concerts
Locations include Lilian Piercey Concert Hall, St. Matthew’s United Church, St. Andrews Church and First Baptist Church. Check location

Canadian Piano Sensation
Jan Lisiecki: Piano
Thursday, September 23, 7:30 pm
You saw him on the Canada Day Broadcast. A gift for all of Canada.
Lilian Piercey Concert Hall
Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
6199 Chebucto Road
Collaboration with Debut Atlantic

A Musician-in-Residence Concert
‘The Art of the Duo’
Dinuk Wijeratne: Piano and Kinan Azmeh: Clarinet
Tuesday, October 12, 7:30 pm
Lilian Piercey Concert Hall
Collaboration with Prismatic

‘The Elixir of Canada’s rising opera stars!’
Sunday, November 21, 7:30 pm
‘L’elisir d’amore’ (‘The Elixir of Love’) by Gaetano Donizetti
Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales
Lilian Piercey Concert Hall
6199 Chebucto Road

Nobody sings it better… Weill and more!
Patricia O’Callaghan
Saturday, January 22, 7:30 pm
Lilian Piercey Concert Hall

A Musician-in-Residence Concert
Saturday, February 12, 7:30 pm

Dinuk Wijeratne and Sanctuary (Jeff Reilly, Peter Togni, Christoph Both)
St. Matthews United Church
1479 Barrington Street, Halifax
A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price!

Lydia Adams conducts
Saturday, April 2, 7:30 pm
The Elmer Iseler Singers
First Baptist Church, Halifax
(Lunenburg on April 1st)

A Musician-in-Residence Concert
A most-anticipated meeting of 3 dynamos
Dinuk Wijeratne: piano, Nick Halley: percussion, Joseph Petric: accordion
Friday, April 29, 7:30 pm
Lilian Piercey Concert Hall
A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price!

St. Cecilia Series in Lunenburg

Symphony on-the-Shore
Three Symphony Nova Scotia concerts sponsored by St. Cecilia Series. Presented by conductor Bernhard Gueller in the acoustically superb and beautiful sanctuary of St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg.

Friday, October 15, 7:30 pm
Denise Djokic: Cello

Friday, November 26, 7:30 pm
Jan Lisiecki: Piano

Friday, April 8, 7:30 pm
Robert Uchida: Violin

St. Cecilia by-the-Sea
Saturday, October 23, 3:00 pm
Claudia Chan: Piano
E-gre National Winner
St. John’s Church

A Musician-in-Residence Concert
Saturday, November 13, 7:30 pm
Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra, Dinuk Wijeratne: Conductor
St. John’s Church

Saturday, November 20, 7:30 pm
‘L’elisir d’amore’
Jeunesses Musicales of Canada
St. John’s Church

Sunday, December 5, 7:30 pm
‘Bowls of Cheer’ with Shelley Thompson and Blue Engine String Quartet
St. John’s Church

A Musician in Residence Concert
Friday, February 11, 7:30 pm
Dinuk Wijeratne and Sanctuary
St. John’s Church

Saturday, March 5, 7:30 pm
Anne-Julie Caron: Marimba and Marie-Eve Scarfone: Piano
Jeunesses Musicales
St. John’s Church

Friday, April 1, 7:30 pm
Elmer Iseler Singers, Lydia Adams: Conductor
St. John’s Church

Sunday, May 15, 7:30 pm
Rhapsody Quintet with Daniel Matto
St. John’s Church



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