Calendar of events in Music

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Tickets and subscriptions may be purchased through the Music Department and at the door (cash sales).

If an event is cancelled for any reason, a notice will be posted at mta.ca/music and sent via email.

If you wish to receive notices or updates to our Calendar of Events, please contact [email protected]. *Sackville Festival of Early Music concerts are ticketed separately.For concert details and ticket purchase, visit the SFEM Website.All Sackville Festival of Early Music events are free for students!* **Guest Recital: James Ehnes is ticketed separately and is not included in season passes.

Ticket prices and a link for purchase will be made available soon.** We launch the 2026-27 season with a concert featuring performances by faculty members of the Department of Music.

Admission is free; all are welcome.

For more information call 506-364-2374 or email [email protected].

Guest Recital: Lucía Rodríguez (violin), Eliézer Rangel (viola), Chris Yoon (cello), and James Coghlin (piano), present an evening of chamber music piano quartets by three great masters of the genre: Mahler, Schumann, and Brahms.

Tickets are $15/$10.

Free for current students with Mount Allison ID.

Subscription passes available.

Colloquium: Louise Toppin: Dr.

Louise Toppin from the University of Michigan presents a talk on Western art music by African American composers, and practical tools for engaging with this repertoire through performance, scholarship, and embodied vocal practice.

Music Adjacent Careers: How the Arts Interact with Other Industries A public speaking event by soprano and musicologist, Dr.

Paulina Francisco, co-presented by Sackville Festival of Early Music and Mount Allison Music.

Sackville Festival of Early Music presents a recital in Brunton Auditorium.

For program and ticket information, see Sackville Festival of Early Music website.

SFEM Special video Premiere & Recital: Sackville Festival of Early Music premieres a special video at 7:00pm in Brunton Auditorium.

Recital at 7:30pm to follow.

Symphonic Band Pops Concert: Performance by members of the Mount Allison Symphonic Band, featuring students, guests, faculty, and community members.

Free to attend; all are welcome.

For more details, please call 506-364-2374 or email [email protected].

James Ehnes (J.E.A.

Crake Concert): Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program.

Guest Recital: Elmer Iseler Singers: The Elmer Iseler Singers return to the Brunton stage to present a recital, joined by members of the Mount Allison Choral Ensembles.

Masterclass - Elmer Iseler Singers: The Elmer Iseler Singers present a masterclass/workshop for students in the Bachelor of Music program.

For more information, call 506-364-2374 or email [email protected] Faculty and Guest Recital: Mount Allison faculty Katherine Dowling (piano) and collaborative pianist Clark Schaufele (piano) present a duo recital centered around Stravinsky's seminal "Sacre du printemps" in its original form for piano 4-hands.

Also on the program are Ravel's own version of "La Valse" for two pianos, and the artists' arrangement of Gershwin's "An American in Paris." Students from across the Maritimes present the results of their one-day intensive band workshop.

For details call 506-364-2374 or email [email protected].

Faculty Recital: Katherine Dowling: Tickets are $15/$10.

Subscription passes are available.

For more information, call 506-364-2374 or email [email protected].

Entre Amis at Mount Allison: Featuring student performers from Mount Allison University and l’Université de Moncton.

Entre Amis at l'Université de Moncton: Featuring student performers from Mount Allison University and l’Université de Moncton.

This event will be held at Salle Neil-Michaud, U de Moncton.

Mount Allison Symphonic Band: Featuring performances by the Mount Allison Symphonic Band, comprised of students, faculty, and community members.

For details call 506-364-2374 or email [email protected] Chamber Orchestra Concert: The Mount Allison Chamber Orchestra: featuring performances by students, staff, faculty, and community members.

For details call 506-364-2379 or email [email protected] Mount Allison Jazz Ensemble: Performances featuring MtA students, faculty, staff, and community members.

Choral Ensembles Concert: Choral Ensembles Concert: Featuring performances by students, faculty, staff, and community members.

Chamber Music Collegium, featuring small ensembles, with performances by students in the BMus program and other student performers.

For more information, please call 506-364-2374 or email [email protected].

New Music @ Mount Allison: Original compositions by Mount Allison students, performed by students, faculty, and guests.

Celebrate the holidays with Music Students, Faculty, and Staff as we present a Conservatory tradition.

Informal performances in the Music Conservatory Foyer.

Colloquium: MtA Music Faculty Member and Canada Research Chair Linda Pearse presents a lecture on the intersection of music and sound in intercultural encounter and conflict.

Guest recital: SHHH!!

Ensemble perform a recital in Brunton Auditorium.

The electrifying collision of percussionist Zac Pulak and pianist Edana Higham, two musicians redefining what “classical” sounds like.

Colloquium Musicum: MtA Music Faculty Christina Haldane and Kiera Galway present "Building Entrepreneurial Bridges: Innovative Curricular WIL in the Arts." The session shares findings from two CEWIL-funded MtA initiatives that reimagined performance-based courses as entrepreneurial, equity-centred Work-Integrated Learning ecosystems.

Guest Recital: Long time MtA Music Collaborative Pianist and Performing Artist James Coghlin (piano) presents a program of works for solo piano by three great 20th Century composers: Ravel, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninov.

Vocal Workshop: Film Music in Practice & Context.

MtA Faculty member Jennie Del Motte leads the band and the discussion as Mount Allison vocal students discuss and perform music from films.

Colloquium: Sondheim for the Voice: What makes Stephen Sondheim’s music so compelling for singers and audiences alike?

Sondheim for the Voice brings together internationally recognized Sondheim scholar Elizabeth A.

Wells, soprano Christina Haldane, bass-baritone Branden Olsen, and pianist Carl Philippe Gionet for a lecture-recital featuring landmark songs from the musical theatre repertoire.

Through performance, discussion, and scholarship, audiences are invited to explore the vocal, dramatic, and interpretive artistry that has made Sondheim one of the most influential voices in contemporary musical theatre.

Guest Recital: Acadia Trio: A trio of faculty and staff members from Acadia University present an all-Canadian program featuring works by Dorothy Chang (BC), and other works by Paolo Griffen (Ontario), Carmen Braden (NWT), Denis Bedard (Que.) The program also features a brand-new piece for saxophone and electric guitar by MtA Faculty member Amy Brandon (NS).

Sackville Music Festival Fundraiser: Conservatory of Music Brunton Auditorium, 2:00 pm.

This concert presents the premiere of a new song cycle written for Christina Haldane (soprano) and piano by Canadian composer Michael Rose, composed especially for Haldane.

The program will also feature James Kalyn (clarinet), and includes "Unavoidable Happenings" for soprano, clarinet, and piano, which was recently premiered in Manchester in summer 2026.

Recital Juries: Conservatory of Music Brunton Auditorium, 8:00 am.

Chapel Collegium: Chapel Sanctuary, 4:00 pm.

Rogosin and Friends: Recently retired faculty member David Rogosin (piano) is joined by a band of talented guests to explore the world of jazz and bring it to life in Brunton Auditorium.

Bragg Artist: My Life in Music: This year's Bragg Artist-in-Residence (TBA) gives a public talk, discussing their journey through their career in music.

Bragg Artist: Public Talk: This year's Bragg Artist-in-Residence (TBA) delivers a talk on a topic relevant to their musical interests.

This year's Bragg Artist-in-Residence (TBA) performs a recital.

This recital is always one of the highlights of the year and not to be missed!

Faculty and Guest Recital: MtA voice Faculty Erin Bardua (soprano), and Clark Schaufele (piano), present a recital of works by MtA alumni Hope Salmonson, and other composers, focused on composers from underrepresented groups.

MtA Symphonic Band Concert: Ensemble Concert: the Mount Allison Symphonic Band, featuring performances by students, faculty, staff and community members.

For details, email [email protected] or call 506-364-2374. "Swingin' Time at Tweedie Hall." Fun and danceable jazz performances by Mount Allison Students, Faculty, and Community Members.

For more information, call 506-364-2379 or email [email protected] Chamber Music Collegium, featuring small ensembles and classroom groups, with performances by students in the BMus program and other student performers.

Original compositions by Mount Allison students, performed by students, faculty, and guests.

HOLD for Sackville Music Festival: Conservatory of Music Room 100, 8:00 am.