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French Connections: Faculty Chamber Concert & Dinner

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Saturday, October 14th, 2017
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

UVic School of Music faculty and alumni will join on stage with some special guests for a 50th anniversary celebratory concert of stories and songs.


The program features Igor Stravinsky’s theatrical masterpiece L’Histoire du soldat, Camille Saint-Saëns’ humorous and fun-loving Carnival of the Animals, and Rapsodie nègre by Francis Poulenc. Gregor Craigie, local celebrity and host of CBC’s On The Island, will narrate the Stravinsky. Donovan Waters, Professor Emeritus at UVic’s Faculty of Law, will recite the Ogden Nash verses during Carnival of the Animals.


Make an evening of it with a dinner and pre-concert talk! A special French-themed dinner at the University Club will give concert-goers the opportunity to mix and mingle with hosts Craigie and Watersas well as gain insight into the program in a pre-concert talk with UVic Distinguished Professor Dr. Harald Krebs.


Dinner at 6 PM / Doors open at 5:30 PM.

Cost: Adult: $25
Senior: $20
Student: $10
Member: $10 UVic Alumni
General: 80 Dinner + Concert
Category: Concerts | Music
    Classical
Location: Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, B-Wing, University of Victoria
University of Victoria 3800 Finnerty Road Victoria BC V8P 5C2 Canada, Victoria
This event is for Adults, Teens, Seniors, Student / College
More Info: UVic Ticket Centre
[email protected]
250-721- 8480
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