Join us for an afternoon of compositions pairing different composers, poets, and ideas.

Join us for the world premiere of our 2021 new commission by Cecilia Livingston with words by Anne Michaels

WOV is excited to present a workshop of our new commission by Cecilia Livingston and Anne Michaels. Ticket information to come!

When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic back in March, everything that happened, happened quickly and has deeply affected the singing world in so many different ways. As experienced voice teachers, educators, and performers, we started asking questions about how this extraordinary time will affect the education of the young singer going forward.  Some of those questions included: what are our responsibilities to our students, how do we create not only resilient musicians but resilient and flexible individuals, is this new reality an opportunity to see the role of the whole musician in a new light?

Panelists include:

• Robin Whiffen - Executive Director at Against the Grain Theatre, Toronto

• Stephen Carr - Associate Professor of Opera and Musical Theatre Studies, Eastman School of Music, and Associate Artistic Director of Eastman Opera Theatre

• Michelle Markwart Deveaux - FaithCultureKiss Studio for voice & acting: home of The SpeakEasy Cooperative

• Teresa Winner Blume - Walnut Hill School of Music, MA

• Aaron Humble - Former member of Cantus, Assistant Professor of Voice, Director of Choirs, Minnesota State University Mankato

Moderator:

• Sarah Forestieri - Manager, Children, Youth & Family Programs at the Canadian Opera Company

We do not claim to have any of the answers but we have a lot of questions. We need to start the conversation so this field can survive and THRIVE!

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We are pleased to have been invited to the University of Western Australia to present a virtual seminar to the voice students on “Evolution of an Idea”.

During the masterclass the master clinician will discuss both the dramatic interpretation of the piece with the singer and collaborative pianist while engaging the composer in a discussion regarding their compositional choices from a practical standpoint within each piece. Each of the teams will receive a private coaching between the public workshop and the final performance, to be held on March 20th .

Free and Open to the Public

Concert Hall in the foyer of L.R. Wilson Hall.

Free and Open to the Public

For over fifty years, amid the pines and granite crags of the Maine islands of North Haven and Vinalhaven, and within steps of the sea, Fox Islands Concerts has presented extraordinary music performed by artists of international repute. Ensembles such as the Vermeer Quartet and the St. Lawrence String Quartet have enchanted both local residents and summer visitors, as have distinguished pianists such as Leonard Hokanson and Frederick Moyer. Contemporary composers have brought exciting new music to the islands, and groups like the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet have expanded listeners’ horizons. Concerts are held at Smith Hokanson Memorial Hall on Vinalhaven and at the North Haven Village Church and Waterman's Community Center on North Haven. 

Free and open to the public.

Women on the Verge is excited to be back at the University of Toronto for the Alumni Stress Free Degree Series. We will be presenting on women in music with examples of music through the ages.

Free and open to the public.

Working with young and emerging artists is an integral part of the work of the group in North America and abroad. Women on the Verge encourages the discovery of Canadian and American music while highlighting current and up and coming Canadian and American composers. For the 2018-19 season, Women on the Verge has been invited to present master classes at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Iceland University of the Arts, the Universities of Alberta, Calgary and Lethbridge; lecture recitals at Grande Prairie Regional College, AB, and Middlesex University, UK; and curated Canadian and American repertoire master classes at the Iceland University of the Arts.

Free and open to the public.

Working with young and emerging artists is an integral part of the work of the group in North America and abroad. Women on the Verge encourages the discovery of Canadian and American music while highlighting current and up and coming Canadian and American composers. For the 2018-19 season, Women on the Verge has been invited to present master classes at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Iceland University of the Arts, the Universities of Alberta, Calgary and Lethbridge; lecture recitals at Grande Prairie Regional College, AB, and Middlesex University, UK; and curated Canadian and American repertoire master classes at the Iceland University of the Arts.

Free and open to the public.

Join Women on the Verge for a Lecture-Recital of Emilie LeBel's new work, Blue of the Distance commissioned with the support of the Canada Council. The text "explores themes of migration, displacement, and the experience of women caught in this turmoil". Emilie has set found and collected words from over 140 news articles describing events of displacement, in particular, words to describe women. These words were then mapped onto an essay by Rebecca Solnit, Blue of Distance, using erasure techniques on her text. Women on the Verge was formed in 2016 by American soprano Emily Martin, Canadian soprano Elizabeth McDonald and Canadian pianist Kathryn Tremills. The trio is connected by the performers’ mutual desire to explore the common thread of women’s lives through the millennia, including their strengths, struggles, and collective experiences.

Free and open to the public.

Free and open to the public.

Women on the Verge is excited to share our music and thoughts on women in music with the students at St. Margaret’s Bushey in London, UK

Join Women on the Verge for the UK Premier of Emilie LeBel's new work, Blue of the Distance commissioned with the support of the Canada Council. The text "explores themes of migration, displacement, and the experience of women caught in this turmoil". Emilie has set found and collected words from over 140 news articles describing events of displacement, in particular, words to describe women. These words were then mapped onto an essay by Rebecca Solnit, Blue of Distance, using erasure techniques on her text. Women on the Verge was formed in 2016 by American soprano Emily Martin, Canadian soprano Elizabeth McDonald and Canadian pianist Kathryn Tremills. The Trio is connected by their mutual desire to tell the stories of women’s lives both past and present - the stories of celebration and condemnation, motherhood and loss, marriage and betrayal, breakdowns and breakups...the stories of every woman.

Free and open to the public.

Women on the Verge explore the common thread of women’s lives through the millennia, including their strengths, struggles, and collective experiences and are committed to commissioning new music written by women that reflect these stories from the contemporary world around us. During the 2018-19 season the trio will be singing these stories in London, UK, Reykjavik, Iceland, throughout Alberta including Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, and Lethbridge, Toronto, and Seattle. This recital will feature works by Faculty of Music alumni Cecilia Livingston and Emilie LeBel, and faculty member Norbert Palej.

Women on the Verge was formed in 2016 by American soprano Emily Martin, Canadian soprano Elizabeth McDonald and Canadian pianist Kathryn Tremills. The Trio is connected by their mutual desire to tell the stories of women’s lives both past and present - the stories of celebration and condemnation, motherhood and loss, marriage and betrayal, breakdowns and breakups...the stories of every woman. "Expectations and Desires" features the music by Hugo Wolf, up-and-coming Canadian composer Cecilia Livingston, and contemporary American Composers Richard Pearson Thomas, Logan Skelton, Robert Spillman, Roberta Aldridge.

Free and open to the public.

Working with young and emerging artists is an integral part of the work of the group in North America and abroad. Women on the Verge encourages the discovery of Canadian and American music while highlighting current and up and coming Canadian and American composers. For the 2018-19 season, Women on the Verge has been invited to present master classes at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Iceland University of the Arts, the Universities of Alberta, Calgary and Lethbridge; lecture recitals at Grande Prairie Regional College, AB, and Middlesex University, UK; and curated Canadian and American repertoire master classes at the Iceland University of the Arts.

Free and open to the public.

Women on the Verge was formed in 2016 by American soprano Emily Martin, Canadian soprano Elizabeth McDonald and Canadian pianist Kathryn Tremills. The Trio is connected by their mutual desire to tell the stories of women’s lives both past and present - the stories of celebration and condemnation, motherhood and loss, marriage and betrayal, breakdowns and breakups...the stories of every woman. "Expectations and Desires" features their new commission "Blue of the Distance" by Canadian composer Emilie LeBel as well as music by Hugo Wolf, contemporary American Composers Richard Pearson Thomas, Logan Skelton, Robert Spillman, Roberta Aldridge, and up-and-coming Canadian composer Cecilia Livingston.

Free and open to the public.

Women on the Verge was formed in 2016 with the desire to tell the stories of women’s lives - the stories that explore the depths of what it means to be a woman both in the past and in the present day - the stories of celebration and condemnation, expectations and desires, motherhood and loss, marriage and betrayal and redemption, ...the stories of extraordinary women living everyday lives. "Expectations and Desires" features their new commission "Blue of the Distance" by Canadian composer Emilie LeBel as well as music by Hugo Wolf, Henri Duparc, and contemporary American Composers Richard Pearson Thomas, Logan Skelton, Robert Spillman, and Roberta Aldridge. Tickets: $10 general admission/ $5 senior citizens (60+), military, alumni / free PLU community, students, 18 and under. Tickets available through the PLU Concierge Desk (253 535-7411). Tickets can also be purchased online one month prior to the event. The concert will be livestreamed via the following link: https://www.plu.edu/soac/webcast

Women on the Verge was formed in 2016 with the desire to tell the stories of women’s lives - the stories that explore the depths of what it means to be a woman both in the past and in the present day - the stories of celebration and condemnation, expectations and desires, motherhood and loss, marriage and betrayal and redemption, ...the stories of extraordinary women living everyday lives. "Expectations and Desires" features their new commission "Blue of the Distance" by Canadian composer Emilie LeBel as well as music by Hugo Wolf, Henri Duparc, and contemporary American Composers Richard Pearson Thomas, Logan Skelton, Robert Spillman, and Roberta Aldridge.

Free and open to the public.