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  Banff Centre for the Arts
The Centre for the Arts (the largest and oldest division) is Canada's oldest extant major summer school of the arts, although it has been a year-round facility beginning in 1979.
Located since 1947 on Tunnel Mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta, it began in August 1933 in the town of Banff as an experimental theatre school, with a grant of $30,000 over three years from the Carnegie Foundation of New York to the University of Alberta in support of adult education fine arts programs.
The Banff CA Jazz Workshop, established 1974, was the leading school at the equivalent post-graduate level in Canada during the 1980s, drawing its faculty and students internationally.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000191   (1567 words)

  
 Alberta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On a sunny spring or fall day, one of the most scenic drives in the world is along the Icefields Parkway, which runs some 300 km between Jasper and Banff, with mountain ranges and glaciers on either side of its entire length.
The folk music festivals in both Calgary and Edmonton are two of Canada's largest and both cities host a number of annual multicultural events.
Banff is located 128km west of Calgary on Highway 1 and Jasper is located 366km west of Edmonton on Yellowhead Highway.
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 Banff Centre for Continuing Education
The Banff Centre for Continuing Education offers programs all year round in the arts, management studies, arts management, environmental studies, and is a host to educational conferences.
It is known for its arts division, called The Banff Centre for the Arts, which provides training and development for experienced, professional artists in visual arts, drama, dance, music, jazz, opera, singing, music theatre, theatre production and design, literary arts, and media arts.
The Banff Centre occupies a beautiful site in the mountains, overlooking the town of BANFF, Alta. The Centre has excellent facilities in all branches of the arts, including theatres, galleries, individual studios, and practice huts, and modern equipment for video, audio recording, and electronic, computer, and film media.
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 Banff Centre, Center for the Arts, Centre for Management
The Banff Centre, formerly the Banff School of Fine Arts, is a far cry from study hall.
If you’re interested in the arts in any shape or form, a stroll through the campus at the Banff Centre is well worthwhile.
The Banff Centre is divided into several divisions including the Centre for Management, the Centre for the Arts and the Centre for Mountain Culture, each achieving international recognition and acclaim.
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 Artist Biographies M-R
During the 1998-1999 season, she was a long-term resident at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Calgary, Alberta.
Patterson-Scott is pianist and harpsichordist with the Scott Chamber Players, Quartet-in-Residence at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and performs frequently with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra on piano, harpsichord, celesta, and organ.
In addition to the Fontana Chamber Arts Summer Festival of Music & Art, she has also participated in the Spoleto Festival and the Banff Festival of the Arts.
www.fontanachamberarts.org /?pId=66   (954 words)

  
 Festival Dance 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Festival Dance 2000 964538053 965167200 Banff Canada Banff Centre for the Arts http://www.banffcentre.ab.ca 964538053.jpg 965512799 o Eric Harvie Theatre Festival Dance 2000 A celebration of The Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award
In 1995, as the recipient of the Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award she created Quest for the Banff Arts Festival, a work which was later added to the repertoire of the Alberta Ballet Company.
Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada 2 4 2 The Banff Centre for the Arts Professional Dance Program will break with tradition this summer by presenting four works created at Banff with the assistance of the Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award.
www.undo.net /artinpress/965167200.964538053.html   (1851 words)

  
 Banff NP & the Canadian Rockies Nightlife & the Arts | Fodor's Online Travel Guide
Banff NP & the Canadian Rockies Nightlife and the Arts
Most of the cultural activity in the Canadian Rockies takes place in and around Banff, and the hub of that activity is Banff Centre, which presents a performing-arts grab bag throughout the year of pop and classical music, theater, and dance.
The season peaks in summer with the monthlong Banff Arts Festival, with concerts, performances, films, and discussions.
www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=banff@239&cur_section=nig&review=full&sort=category&pg=1   (87 words)

  
 CBC Arts: Banff Television Festival in question
BANFF - The future of the Banff Television Festival is in question after the foundation that runs the event filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday in an Alberta court.
The move comes as the Banff Television Foundation struggles to overcome a financial crisis that is being described as extremely serious.
The festival, which receives most of its funding from participants' fees, was hit hard by the double blow of last year's SARS and Mad Cow crises.
www.cbc.ca /arts/stories/banff20040414   (1041 words)

  
 Arts Banff at Local.co.uk
Arts programs at The Banff Centre have a long and distinguished history.
BANFF - The future of the Banff Television Festival is in question after the foundation...
Nestled in the majestic Rocky Mountains, the Banff Centre is an educational institution that provides artists with resources to stimulate...
www.local.co.uk /Banff/Arts   (247 words)

  
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As resident artists at the 1994 Banff Festival of the Arts, they were presented in a wide array of concerts.
Williams is currently on the faculty at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, and is principal clarinet with the Winston-Salem Symphony in North Carolina.
She has appeared as soloist with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, the Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall, and the CBC Vancouver Symphony.
www.hofstra.edu /FORMS/FORMS_printPage.cfm?thepage=Culture_Strata   (491 words)

  
 Classical music festivals in North america & Canada -  פסטיבלי ...
June 2-9: The seventh biennial festival presents 15 performances of music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque with appearances by Music of the Spheres, Magnificat, Collegium Musicum, Capriccio Stravagante, American Bach Soloists and the return of the 17th-century equestrian ballet, "Carrousel du Roi," which played at the last insallment of the festival.
Festival highlights include an exploration of works by Rachmaninoff with performances of his five works for piano and orchestra, the choral work "Vespers" and his opera "Francesca da Rimini" as well as appearances by Itzhak Perlman, Lang Lang, Karita Mattila and Marilyn Horne.
8-31: Highlights of the festival include the violinist Eugene Drucker (Aug. 8 and 10), the pianist and artistic director Diane Walsh (Aug. 8, 9, 15, 17, 22 and 23), the baritone Sanford Sylvan (Aug. 15), the guitarist Eliot Fisk (Aug. 16) and the violinist Hilary Hahn (Aug. 30 and 31).
www.klassi.net /new_reviews/opus4   (6167 words)

  
 U of L: Faculty of Fine Arts: Department of Music: Faculty and Staff
Hendsbee also enjoys exploring the vast amount of art song repertoire ideally tailored to his lyric tenor voice, keen musicianship, and expressive performance style, and he is heard regularly in Art Song Recitals at the University of Lethbridge.
She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May of 2002 in record time in the history of the piano department of the school.
Conversations in the Arts, University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Fine Arts, Lethbridge, Alberta, September 18, 2003.
www.uleth.ca /ffa/musicstaff.htm   (6515 words)

  
 Indiana University School of Music -- Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cellist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Tsutsumi's frequent festival appearances with Canada's important orchestras include the Algoma Fall Festival, the Banff Festival of Arts, the Guelph Spring Festival, Ontario Place, the Stratford Festival, and in annual CBC broadcast concerts and recitals.
Tsutsumi has recently recorded (for Sony) the Haydn C and D Major Concerti with the English Chamber Orchestra, performed at the Bratislava Festival, toured with the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig and the Austrian Broadcasting Symphony, and appeared with the Academy of Santa Cecilia under Sinopoli.
He was presented National Academy of Arts Prize in Music on May 31, 1993 by the Emperor.
www.music.indiana.edu /som/ejmccf/cellodept/cellofac/tsutsumi.html   (543 words)

  
 Banff and Canadian Rockies's Festivals & Events Listing
Held at the Banff Centre, for the 67th anniversary of presenting some of the most progressive, exciting art being made in the world.
Banff and Lake Louise offer enticing attractions and value season prices from participating hotels, restaurants, and ski areas to draw people to the mountains at the start of the Winter season.
The fundraiser proceeds are to go to the Banff Mountain Ski Academy, a non-profit independent school dedicated to the development of world-class alpine ski racers who also strive for academic excellence.
www.foundlocally.com /Rockies/Entertainment/FestivalsList.htm   (1093 words)

  
 Bowdoin International Music Festival : Faculty : Cello
Masterclasses throughout the U.S. Appearances at the International Cello Festival in Manchester, England and most of the major music institutes in the U.K. Recent recordings on the Bridge label have won the Naird Award in U.S. and the Diapason d'Or in France; other recordings for Caedmon, Gasparo, Pantheon, and Sony.
Festival appearances include the Algoma Fall Festival, the Banff Festival of the Arts, the Gulf Spring Festival, and the Stratford Festival.
The Ying Quartet began its professional life in 1992 in the farm town of Jesup, Iowa as recipients of a National Endowment for the Arts grant to support chamber music in rural America.
www.bowdoinfestival.org /faculty_cello.htm   (1048 words)

  
 The Wholenote Magazine
Founded in 1988 by conductor Boris Brott as a two-week event, BMF has grown to encompass an Autumn Festival in addition to the Summer, which continues to be the centrepiece of Hamilton's vibrant arts scene in July and August.
The Festival maintains a presence in the community throughout the year by presenting a select number of smaller concerts.
Festival passes for adults are $50 and $20 for students.
www.thewholenote.com /wholenote_jun_02/special.html   (2513 words)

  
 Summer Dance Festival Guide 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This festival showcases new works by California-based choreographers from all dance disciplines, and also offers master classes to the general public.
In celebration of the festival’s 65th anniversary this summer, Rennie Harris Puremovement and San Francisco Ballet will be among the performers.
What: The 24th annual festival is a two-week celebration featuring Florida, national and international performing artists and master classes and workshops in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, contact improvisation, African, Afro-Cuban, Spanish, Middle Eastern dance, Skinner Releasing intensive and more.
www.dancespirit.com /articles/resources/summerfestivals602.shtml   (3706 words)

  
 ArtsAlive.ca - Music : NAC Orchestra and Friends
She has participated in festivals around the world including the Verbier Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Savannah OnStage, Festival de Musique de St. Barthelemy, Banff Festival of the Arts, National Arts Centre Great Composer's Festival, Lanaudière Festival, Ravinia Festival, Musica Mundi in Belgium, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, and the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival.
Jessica is a member of the Zukerman Chamber Players, a string quintet including Pinchas Zukerman that completed a highly acclaimed tour of festivals in Canada, the U.S. and Europe in July 2003, with a similar tour planned for the summer of 2004.
In October 2000, Pinchas Zukerman invited her to join the National Arts Centre Orchestra as guest soloist on the Orchestra's historic tour of the Middle East and Europe.
www.artsalive.ca /en/mus/nacorchestra/bios/JessicaLinnebach.html   (516 words)

  
 Credo press area
The death penalty project, featuring the American vocalist David Moss, was performed in Basel and Nuremberg by the Phoenix Ensemble Basel and in New York and Milan by the Klangforum Wien with the support of the European Community.
In 1996, he was invited as "Composer in Residence" at the Banff Festival for the Arts in Banff, Canada.
As a conductor, after his debuts at the Edinburgh International Festival - conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for the UK Premiere of Heiner Goebbels' Surrogate Cities - and at the Wiener Konzerthaus, he opened the Queensland Music Festival 2003 in Brisbane with the The Queensland Orchestra.
www.fabrica.it /credo/press_4.asp   (371 words)

  
 Kathie Kelton
Her solo appearances at festivals include the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, the Banff Festival of the Arts, the Victoria Bach Festival, and the Lake Placid International Vocal Seminar.
She was named a national semi-finalist in the 1995 National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Award Competition, and in 1998, was the alternate for the voice finalist in the Mu Phi Epsilon International Artist Competition.
She was the winner of the Young Artist Competition at the Salado (Texas) Festival in 1985.
www.butler.edu /MUSIC/mu_bio_kelton.html   (541 words)

  
 Tic.Toc International Festival of New Performance - Christopher Butterfield
His opera Zürich 1916, on a libretto by John Bentley Mays, was given its premiere at the Banff Festival of the Arts in August 1998.
In late 1998 he was appointed resident composer of the Victoria Symphony: his orchestral work belladonna from maccabaeus canoe was given its first performance in October 1999.
Art is found somewhere between the two poles.
tictocfestival.org /artists/butterfi/butterfi.html   (314 words)

  
 Madeleine Gray, Mezzo Soprano - Biography
Other companies with which she has performed include the Aldeburgh Festival, Annapolis Opera, Banff Festival for the Arts, ECOV, European Opera, Opera North, Scottish Opera, San Francisco Opera’s touring company Western Opera Theater, and many others.
She is also a frequent recital and concert performer, with numerous appearances throughout Europe and the United States.
Highlights include performances at the Tanglewood Festival and The Banff Festival for the Arts as well as appearing as a featured soloist with de Vlaamse Oper Orchestra in their "Night at the Proms" series.
home.earthlink.net /~madeleinegray/data/biography.htm   (265 words)

  
 Banff Centre announces Banff Arts Festival 2001 line-up - March 22, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Banff Centre announces the line-up for the Banff Arts Festival 2001 from May 14 – August 12.
Highlights from the Banff Arts Festival 2001 include the world premiere of BONES: an Aboriginal Dance Opera, a new production of the timeless classic The Odyssey, and a dance celebration of the great choreographer, George Balanchine.
Vocal Jazz kicks off the Festival in style, on May 14, and is the first in an array of stunning summer concerts.
www.digitalbanff.com /banff/news/2001/03/3003.html   (136 words)

  
 CBC Arts: CEO of Banff TV festival anticipates rosy future
BANFF - The 25th annual Banff Television Festival wrapped Thursday and, despite its recent money troubles, the festival's CEO is saying the future looks rosy.
While he acknowledged that this year's festival will lose money, Montgomery wouldn't disclose how much, shifting focus instead on the event's success relative to the financial circumstances.
His consent to manage the festival was a long-term agreement, Montgomery said.
www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2004/06/18/Arts/banfftvend040618.html   (1156 words)

  
 The Canada Council for the Arts - Choreographer David Earle winner of the Canada Council for the Arts Jacqueline ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Ottawa, 19 August 2002 - The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that David Earle, choreographer and co-founder of the Toronto Dance Theatre, is the winner of the Canada Council for the Arts Jacqueline Lemieux Prize.
The Canada Council for the Arts, in addition to its principal role of promoting and fostering the arts in Canada, administers and awards nearly 100 prizes and fellowships in the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences and engineering.
Among these are the Killam Prizes, the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes, the Petro-Canada Award in New Media, the Governor General's Literary Awards, the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts and the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts.
www.canadacouncil.ca /news/releases/2002/pu127239380155000000.htm?colour=teal   (994 words)

  
 If you go ... The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada
While performances, exhibits, talks, readings and think tanks occur and are open to the public at The Banff Centre year-round, you may want to schedule your visit to coincide with one of its major festivals.
While the Banff Springs Hotel offers the most dramatic accommodations, more than 100 options exist for accommodations in the area.
BANFF UPPER HOT SPRINGS: A great place to soak in the natural hot spring water after a long day of watching films or exploring the mountains.
www.post-gazette.com /travel/20030330banffgo0330trp7.asp   (287 words)

  
 Gary Arbuthnot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was a wind finalist in the RTE Young Musician of the Future and a semi-finalist at the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York.
Gary gives regular recitals for Fred Olsen and Cunard Cruise Lines and he has also performed as a soloist at venues including the South Bank Centre in London, the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Pollack Hall in Montreal and the National Concert Hall in Dublin.
He has also appeared at the Stratford International Flute Festival, Banff Festival for the Arts, Chichester Festivities, the Northlands Festival and as a member of the LYS Ensemble was nominated for the prestigious Hamada award at the 1997 Edinburgh International Festival.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gary_Arbuthnot   (353 words)

  
 Canmore Real Estate by Jessica Stoner - Canmore Lifestyles
In addition to gastronomical variety, shoppers take pleasure in the many boutique shops and plethora of art galleries that beg to be explored.
The Arts are never far away with the world renowned Banff Centre for the Arts just 15 minutes away, featuring events such as the Banff Summer Festival of the Arts, the Banff Mountain Film Festival and the Banff Mountain Book Festival.
A state of the art indoor pool complete with hot tub.
www.jessicastoner.ca /Canmore_life.html   (602 words)

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