Professional Development for the entire Staff at Sam Livingston by Samantha and Walter.

In partnership with the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Centre, Walter White Bear (guitar/flute/drum), and Samantha Whelan Kotkas (trumpet/flugelhorn/piccolo trumpet) will be presenting their musical workshop ‘Inspired by the Land’ in select schools in Central Alberta.

Cross-curricular teaching artist duo, Walter White Bear and Samantha Whelan Kotkas, guide educators through their indigenous and cross-cultural approach to music.  Walter and Samantha share their experiences of bringing a cross-cultural mentality and philosophy to Alberta classrooms and answer any and all questions about how to be part of reconciliation at this time in Canada.

What if we used artmaking to learn about others and the world around us? What if we allowed students to make and create, and then take it out into the world to share? What if students lingered in the process of art making to discover instead of making a product?

This May, Arts Commons is sending local teaching artists to Calgary schools for 135+ workshops to activate the imagination and inspire curiosities – for FREE! 

In partnership with the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Centre, Naomi Delafield (violin), Walter White Bear (guitar/flute/drum), and Samantha Whelan Kotkas (trumpet/flugelhorn/piccolo trumpet) will be presenting their musical workshop ‘Inspired by the Land’ in select schools in Central Alberta.

If you don’t recognize this concert title, you’ll still recognize the music. From Star Wars to Schindler’s List, Jaws to Jurassic Park, composer John Williams is the musical mastermind behind them all, and the RDSO is thrilled to present his greatest hits - live! With an epic orchestra and spectacular scores, there’s no better way to wrap up this standout season. May the Fourth be with you!

May The Fourth Be With You is sponsored by ATB Wealth.

Shows at 1:00pm and 3:30pm. Come and enjoy an afternoon listening to stories and some of Canada’s finest musicians. Storyteller/Musician Samantha Whelan Kotkas and her friends will entertain you and your children with musical interactive tales of child-accessible hikes in the Rocky Mountains. Teach your child about courage, unity, joyfulness, and caring in an afternoon of fun and adventure. An event for the whole family that you will want to be a part of. 

Recommended for children aged 5 to 12, but created with the entire family in mind.

Come one hour before the show & enjoy family friendly activities. Stay after to meet the performers.

Tyler Hornby - Drums, Chris Andrew - Piano, Pat Belliveau - Saxophones, Aaron Shore - Guitar, Stephen Shepard - Bass

$15 adults/ $12 students/children/seniors

Hear a special performance of Mozart’s Requiem, reminiscent of our first performance in the Bella Concert Hall in 2015. The program will also feature works both accompanied and unaccompanied by Andrew Balfour, Owain Park, Jeffrey Ryan and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Our performance proudly features soloists who are all long-time members of Luminous Voices.

NATIVE AWARENESS TRAINING

LIMITED to 20 Participants

WHO: White Bear Services.

Facilitators: Walter MacDonald White Bear and Samantha Whelan Kotkas

WHAT: Native Awareness Training

WHERE: # Arts Commons, 205 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0K9

Arts Learning Center Room

When: Feb 12-2024, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Why: To meet the accreditation requirements for staff that work with Native people in social services and correctional services, or to expand your knowledge!!

HOW: COST-FREE!! rainsky44@yahoo.ca or TXT 403-714-2398

PLEASE NOTE:

The session will be Videotaped for promotional purposes. Waivers are to be signed

SO YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE FILMED

No audio will be used for the session. But optional brief interview at end of day

Musical storyteller Samantha Whelan Kotkas and pianist Mark Limacher create an interactive experience that will delight children of all ages. The Rocky Mountain Fairy Tales interweave story with melody, sparking both imagination and a love of music.

The Wheel of Life: Music and Storytelling

Join Walter White Bear and Samantha Whelan Kotkas for an afternoon of sharing stories, songs, and cross-cultural sharing.

Inspired by the land, water, and sky, Canadian cross-cultural musician/teaching artist duo Walter White Bear and Samantha Whelan Kotkas use the arts to reconnect people with nature.

Told in a theatrical and engaging style for all ages.

Located in the Inspiration Stage.

Come enjoy an evening of brass music and storytelling as we bring on the Christmas season. This pairing will delight audiences of all ages!

Ije Live is an immersive, participatory musical experience summarized by this saying “When we gather together in the moonlit village ground, it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.” - Chinua Achebe

"Ije" is an Igbo-Nigerian word for 'Journey'. Ije Live started out as a simple idea to recreate a childhood community experience. A safe space for soulful, uplifting and refreshing musical experience. It features original music, storytelling and more wholesome expressions of Perpie's art. It has now grown into a 'Gathering'. Like last year, it features saxophone and vocal performance by Perpie accompanied by the orchestra and more.

Calling all music teachers! Participate in a live-streamed panel discussion featuring NAC Teaching Artists and accomplished education professionals from coast-to-coast-to-coast. The culmination of three registration-only discussions on Indigenized, cross-cultural, and cross-curricular music teaching, this not-to-be-missed public live forum welcomes a range of diverse expertise and experience.

Emphasizing Cree, Inuit, and Mi’kmaq perspectives in the music classroom, access to this free livestreamed event will be shared via official National Arts Centre social media platforms on Thursday, September 14 and via email to those who optionally register . Commemorating the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, this panel discussion concludes the four-part event series.

Reserve your seat today for the exciting live premiere of a truly unique musical storytelling experience created by RDSO's own Samantha Whelan Kotkas. Inspired by the land, water and sky and filmed against the backdrop of Alberta's beautiful landscapes, Wandering With Wonder uses the arts to reconnect people with nature.

With live orchestral accompaniment composed by RDSO's own Claude Lapalme and TD Grand Jazz Award winning composer & pianist Chris Andrew, this production will be a season finale to remember!

Written and Produced by Samantha Whelan Kotkas

Music by Chris Andrew, Matt Epp, Sherryl Sewepagaham,

Walter MacDonald White Bear and Jordan Andrew

Film production by Roadwest Pictures

Sound and audio engineering by Paul Johnston

Directed by Dean Bareham

Puppetry by Green Fools Theatre

Dance and choreography by Yukichi Hattori

Costume design by Anni Kuhn

“MARITA AND HER HEART’S DESIRE”

May 14, 2023 – 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
The University of Calgary Rozsa Centre: Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall

PERFORMERS

Donovan Seidle, solo violin
Narrator, Samantha Whelan Kotkas
Composer, Bruce Adolphe
Conductor, Claude Lapalme
Puppets by Green Fools Theatre

Zoo Dance introduces four dancing zoo friends - the precise peacock, the sociable tropical bird, the patient turtle and the demanding tiger. Zoo dance draws on world music and dance styles to explore how different personalities operate when they are at their best, and their worst. Recommended for children 0-6 and their grown-ups, we offer a short non-verbal dance performance and interactive creative movement activities to follow. Perfect for young children and their families.

Zoo Dance features an amazing cast of dancers and original music composed by Chris Andrew. Created and Directed by Jenny Repond Peters.

Dates / Times:

Two performances only on May 13th (10:30-11:15 am, and 12:30-1:15 pm)

Tickets are $16.00 / person. Children 18 months and younger are free

Bach Tots specializes in creating engaging dance-theatre productions and arts education for babies, toddlers, and young children. We are fuss-friendly! Visit us at www.bachtots.org

Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Main Series Concert 3 - Suite Française
Take a trip to the Paris Conservatory with us, as we celebrate twentieth-century French music! A perfect blend of old and new, this music is known for its clarity, colour, and charm. Alongside Poulenc's light-hearted Suite française, and Milhaud's jazz-inspired La création du monde, this concert will feature virtuosic saxophonist Chee Meng Low in Ibert's Concertino da Camera. An inspiring concert not to be missed!

The Calgary tradition lives on! Just before Christmas, the annual Sing Along Messiah concert will take place at the beautiful Knox United Church in downtown Calgary with Rosa Barocca.

Solos will be sung by our auditioned Debut Singers along with members of VoiceScapes and Friends. The choruses will be sung by you, the audience -- or just sit back and take it all in.

A complete Performance of George Frideric Handel's Oratorio "Messiah"

Presented by Early Music Voices
With Choir and Soloists from
VoiceScapes & Friends

December 16, 2022, 7:30pm
Knox United Church,
Calgary Alberta

Rosa Barocca
VoiceScapes & Friends
Claude Lapalme, Conductor

ALTIUS BRASS

CHRISTMAS STORIES IN BRASS

INCLUDING THE HURON CAROL, THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS, A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS AND OTHER SEASONAL FAVOURITES

DECEMBER 9 | 7:00 PM

WOODCLIFF UNITED

5010 WOODCLIFF DRIVE SW

TICKETS AT THE DOOR $15 ADULTS
$10 STUDENTS/SENIORS