Concert Season 2011 - 2012

The Gallery Players of Niagara Chamber Music Series presents chamber music in the Niagara Region. We organize and perform chamber music in traditional and nontraditional venues. We focus on informal presentations that are meant to invite our audiences in, remove barriers, demystify art and integrate the joy of small-scale musicmaking in people’s daily lives.

Join us for our 17th Season of great music. On behalf of all of the Players, we’d like to thank you for supporting fine arts in Niagara.

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Concert Date/Venue	Works / Composers	Performers / Instruments
Concert #1 -Eybler Quartet Sunday September 18, 2011- 2PM St. Barnabas Church, 33 Queenston St., St. Catharines "A new and different way......" That's how Joseph Haydn described the composition of his Op. 33 string quartets when he published them in 1781. Come hear the Eybler Quartet as they explore these pieces. The Eybler Quartet: Aisslinn Nosky- violin Julia Wedman – violin Patrick Jordan- viola Margaret Gay – ‘cello Concert #2 - New York, New York! Sunday, November 20, 2011 -2PM St. Barnabas Church, 33 Queenston St., St. Catharines Join us for a wide variety of 20th century duos and trios inspired by the hustle and bustle of New York City. Hear the fascinating rhythms of Gershwin, Dello Joio, Eldin Burton and Leonard Bernstein. Douglas Miller –flute Margaret Gay-‘cello Piano - TBA Concert #3 - Glissandi Christmas Concert 3A -Friday December 16, 2011 - 7:30PM at Grace United Church 222 Victoria Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake OR Concert 3B-Saturday Dec. 17, 2011 - 7:30PM at Fonthill United Church, 42 Church Hill, Fonthill. Join us for a delightful evening of poems and short stories intertwined with seasonal music for flute, violin and harp. Glissandi and Shaw Festival Actor Guy Bannerman join forces to celebrate the Christmas spirit through classic narratives from Charles Dickens, Dylan Thomas, and various Victorian, Edwardian and North American poets. Guy Bannerman -Narrator Deborah Braun -  harp Douglas Miller -  flute David Braun -  violin Concert #4 - Silence is Golden Co-Prodution with Niagara Artists Centre Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 8 PM Niagara Artists Centre, 354 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines Come with us on a fascinating journey through silent film with accompanying music improvised on the spot. Featuring selections from the 16mm film archive of the Niagara Artists Centre, this evening will certainly be a feast for the eyes and ears. A new solo composition... " Into the Pool”  by  Doug Miller will be presented  and feature some of his exotic flutes.   Douglas Miller –flute Eric Mahar- guitar Penner Mackay –percussion Concert #5 -Tall Tales and Short Sketches Sunday March 25th, 2012 - 2pm St. Barnabas Church, 33 Queenston St., St. Catharines Be charmed during an afternoon of stories and images portrayed through the colourful sounds of woodwinds. From an Ancient Chinese tale performed and narrated by the musicians, to “Porgy and Bess” and the jazzy “Aires Tropicales”.  Featured works are by Jacques Ibert, Lars Erik Larson, Harry Freedman, Paquito D’Rivera, and George Gershwin. Douglas Miller -flute Christie Goodwin –oboe  Zoltan Kalman –clarinet  Chritian Sharpe – bassoon  Tim Lockwood -french horn  Concert # 6 - Let the Cycles begin! Sunday April 29, 2012 - 2pm St. Barnabas Church, 33 Queenston St., St. Catharines Having successfully completed our cycle of the chamber music with piano by Brahms, we begin our next exciting project. Each concert in this cycle will be a musical triptych featuring a piano trio by Mozart, Beethoven and Johann Nepomuk Hummel. Julie Baumgartel- violin Margaret Gay- ‘cello David Louie -Piano

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