Monday February 6, 2012

Dr. Corey Hamm, piano

Dr. Hamm performed a double midday concert of Frederic Rzewski's The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, and delivered an open lecture on contemporary music.

Dr. Hamm is an Assistant Professor of Piano and Chamber Music at UBC. You can read his full bio here.

Aaron Goldberg

Aaron Goldberg's webpage: aarongoldberg.com

Friday March 9, 2012
2:30 - 4:30pm in The Annex

Aaron Goldberg is a pianist and composer performing at the vanguard of jazz music. His new album Home (April 2010, Sunnyside) builds upon his last, Worlds, both exhibiting the sensitivity and dynamism of his longstanding trio featuring Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland. In addition to heading his trio, Aaron has spent the last 12 years touring with many of the most brilliant voices in jazz--Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Betty Carter, Nicholas Payton, Al Foster, Stefon Harris, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Madeleine Peyroux and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchesta among others.

Christiane Riel, soprano

Masterclasses - Feb. 27  3:30-5:30  Room 156 (Music 2) and Feb. 28 3:30-5:30  Room 170 (Music 2)
Recital (with Laura Loewen) - Feb. 29 12:30-1:20  Eva Clare Hal -l  "Women beyond Words"

Montreal native Christiane Riel is recognized for the beauty of her voice, the generosity of her interpretations and her dramatic prowess as a singing actress. The most demanding roles of the soprano repertoire including the heroines of Puccini, Verdi, and those of the French romantic repertoire encompass the very heart of her career. After a triumphant debut as Antonia in THE TALES OF HOFFMANN with the Canadian Opera Company, and, particularly, when she stepped in at short notice to perform the role of Elisabeth in Verdi’s Don Carlos at the COC, she began drawing the attention of the Canadian press.

Dee Daniels, Jazz Vocalist

Dee Daniels' webpage: www.deedaniels.com

Friday April 20, 2012
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Eva Clare Hall

Whether accompanying herself at the piano, fronting a trio, big band or symphony, Dee Daniels’ musical career is as varied as her four-octave vocal range is thrilling. She is a unique talent who transcends musical borders when she brings her jazz styling, infused with gospel and blues flavoring, to the stage. One critic says,“Daniels’ voice has a hypnotic quality, delivering an impressive range that gives the romantic songs and verse of 50 years ago new life and raw emotion.”

Though Dee has a B.A. Degree in Art Education and taught high school art for a year in Seattle, she quickly realized that her true calling was music. Her vocal style was born in her stepfather’s church choir in Oakland, California, refined through the R&B era, polished during a five-year stay in The Netherlands and Belgium from 1982 to 1987, and brought to full fruition upon her return to North America. During those years to the present, she has performed and recorded with many ‘Legends of Jazz’ including Toots Thielemans, Houston Person, Clark Terry, Lionel Hampton, Monty Alexander, John Clayton, and Jeff Hamilton, Hank Jones, Bill Mays, Dennis MacKrel, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ken Peplowski, and Russell Malone - to mention a few.