Upcoming Events
June 2010
The Selfish Giant - World Premiere Musical!
Friday June 11, 2010 at 7:30pm
A new musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde
June 11 & 18 at 7:30 pm: June 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 2 pm
A world premiere musical starring Robert Longo as the Selfish Giant with the Westben Youth Chorus &...
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The Selfish Giant - World Premiere Musical!
Saturday June 12, 2010 at 2:00pm
A new musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde
June 11 & 18 at 7:30 pm: June 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 2 pm
A world premiere musical starring Robert Longo as the Selfish Giant with the Westben Youth Chorus &...
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The Selfish Giant - World Premiere Musical!
Sunday June 13, 2010 at 2:00pm
A new musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde
June 11 & 18 at 7:30 pm: June 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 2 pm
A world premiere musical starring Robert Longo as the Selfish Giant with the Westben Youth Chorus &...
Performers:
Robert Longo
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The Selfish Giant - World Premiere Musical!
Friday June 18, 2010 at 7:30pm
A new musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde
June 11 & 18 at 7:30 pm: June 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 2 pm
A world premiere musical starring Robert Longo as the Selfish Giant with the Westben Youth Chorus &...
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The Selfish Giant - World Premiere Musical!
Saturday June 19, 2010 at 2:00pm
A new musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde
June 11 & 18 at 7:30 pm: June 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 2 pm
A world premiere musical starring Robert Longo as the Selfish Giant with the Westben Youth Chorus &...
Performers:
Robert Longo
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The Selfish Giant - World Premiere Musical!
Sunday June 20, 2010 at 2:00pm
A new musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde
June 11 & 18 at 7:30 pm: June 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 2 pm
A world premiere musical starring Robert Longo as the Selfish Giant with the Westben Youth Chorus &...
Performers:
Robert Longo
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July 2010
The Magic Flute, an opera by Mozart
Friday July 2, 2010 at 2:00pm
New this year! Opera with Orchestra!
The UBC Opera Ensemble will perform Mozart's masterpiece Opera The Magic Flute with conductor Daniel Warren and the Westben Festival Orchestra. This production with orchestra will be sung in German with...
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The Magic Flute - an opera by Mozart
Saturday July 3, 2010 at 2:00pm
New this year! Opera with Orchestra!
The UBC Opera Ensemble will perform Mozart's masterpiece Opera The Magic Flute with conductor Daniel Warren and the Westben Festival Orchestra. This production with orchestra will be sung in German with...
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The Magic Flute, an opera by Mozart
Sunday July 4, 2010 at 2:00pm
New this year! Opera with Orchestra!
The UBC Opera Ensemble will perform Mozart's masterpiece Opera The Magic Flute with conductor Daniel Warren and the Westben Festival Orchestra. This production with orchestra will be sung in German with...
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Brian Manker, Cello
Tuesday July 6, 2010 at 7:00pm
Three of Bach's Solo Cello Suites peformed by Prinicpal Cellist of the Montreal Symphony, Brian Manker
Tickets:
Adult $33.50, Seniors $31, Folding Chair $28.50, Students (19 and over) $15, Child (18 and under) $5
All prices are quoted before...
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Rose of England
Thursday July 8, 2010 at 2:00pm
Tenor Mark DuBois and Friends present an afternoon of songs by Ivor Novello and Gilbert and Sullivan.
Performers:
Mark DuBois
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Romancing the Piano - Chopin & Schumann
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 2:00pm
A celebration of the piano works by Chopin and Schumann. Joining pianist Brian Finley, is the winner of the Canadian Chopin Piano Competition. Mezzo-soprano Lauren Segal and Brian Finley will perform Schumann's beautiful Frauen Lieben und...
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Elmer Iseler Singers
Sunday July 11, 2010 at 2:00pm
Westben is thrilled to welcome The Elmer Iseler Singers and conductor and Artistic Director Lydia Adams to The Barn. The Elmer Iseler Singers is a twenty-voice professional chamber choir based in Toronto, Canada. Founded by the late Dr....
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Quartet for the End of Time
Tuesday July 13, 2010 at 7:00pm
Artistic Directors from Festival of the Sound (James Campbell, clarinet), the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival (Gryphon Trio) & Westben (Donna Bennett & Brian Finley) in Schubert's Shepherd on the Rock and Messiaen's Quartet for the End of...
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Women of Shakespeare
Saturday July 17, 2010 at 2:00pm
From Theatre, Opera & Broadway Stages
Chick Reid, actor; Donna Bennett, soprano; Brian Finley; piano
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Shakespeare’s Songbook with the Toronto Consort
Sunday July 18, 2010 at 2:00pm
The Toronto Consort is Canada’s leading chamber ensemble specializing in the music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and early Baroque. Some of Canada’s leading early music specialists have come together to form the Toronto Consort, whose...
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Robert Silverman, piano
Tuesday July 20, 2010 at 7:00pm
Pre-eminent Canadian pianist Robert Silverman performs Schumann & Chopin.
Tickets:
Adult $33.50, Seniors $31, Folding Chair $28.50, Students (19 and over) $15, Child (18 and under) $5
All prices are quoted before the 5% GST! Tickets purchased...
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Lovin’ Dat Hammerstein!
Thursday July 22, 2010 at 2:00pm
Broadway at The Barn
July 22, 23, 24, 25 & 29, 30 at 2 pm
Virginia Hatfield, soprano; Marianne Bindig, mezzo soprano, Keith Klassen, tenor, Alex Dobson, baritone
A salute to Broadway's beloved lyricist on the 50th Anniversary of his death....
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Lovin’ Dat Hammerstein!
Friday July 23, 2010 at 2:00pm
Broadway at The Barn
July 22, 23, 24, 25 & 29, 30 at 2 pm
Virginia Hatfield, soprano; Marianne Bindig, mezzo soprano, Keith Klassen, tenor, Alex Dobson, baritone
A salute to Broadway's beloved lyricist on the 50th Anniversary of his death....
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Lovin’ Dat Hammerstein
Saturday July 24, 2010 at 2:00pm
Broadway at The Barn
July 22, 23, 24, 25 & 29, 30 at 2 pm
Virginia Hatfield, soprano; Marianne Bindig, mezzo soprano, Keith Klassen, tenor, Alex Dobson, baritone
A salute to Broadway's beloved lyricist on the 50th Anniversary of his death....
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Saturday Night at the Opera - Great Heroines
Saturday July 24, 2010 at 7:30pm
Adrianne Pieczonka & Laura Tucker with Brian Finley piano & Ian Scott, host
Fresh from the grandest stages of the world, including the Vienna State Opera and the Met, Canadian superstar soprano Adrianne Pieczonka joins mezzo-soprano Laura...
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Lovin’ Dat Hammerstein!
Sunday July 25, 2010 at 2:00pm
Broadway at The Barn
July 22, 23, 24, 25 & 29, 30 at 2 pm
Virginia Hatfield, soprano; Marianne Bindig, mezzo soprano, Keith Klassen, tenor, Alex Dobson, baritone
A salute to Broadway's beloved lyricist on the 50th Anniversary of his death....
Performers:
Virginia Hatfield
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Brett Polegato, baritone & Robert Kortgaard, piano
Tuesday July 27, 2010 at 7:00pm
Known to opera audiences from Paris to Toronto, Brett Polegato joins pianist Robert Kortgaard for an evening of English songs of Vaughan Williams, Britten and others.
Tickets:
Adult $33.50, Seniors $31, Folding Chair $28.50, Students (19 and...
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Lovin’ Dat Hammerstein!
Thursday July 29, 2010 at 2:00pm
Broadway at The Barn
July 22, 23, 24, 25 & 29, 30 at 2 pm
Virginia Hatfield, soprano; Marianne Bindig, mezzo soprano, Keith Klassen, tenor, Alex Dobson, baritone
A salute to Broadway's beloved lyricist on the 50th Anniversary of his death....
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Lovin’ Dat Hammerstein!
Friday July 30, 2010 at 2:00pm
Broadway at The Barn
July 22, 23, 24, 25 & 29, 30 at 2 pm
Virginia Hatfield, soprano; Marianne Bindig, mezzo soprano, Keith Klassen, tenor, Alex Dobson, baritone
A salute to Broadway's beloved lyricist on the 50th Anniversary of his death. ...
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Sisters of Sheynville
Friday July 30, 2010 at 7:30pm
A toe-tapping evening of all-female "swing-klezmer".
Tickets:
Adult $33.50, Seniors $31, Folding Chair $28.50, Students (19 and over) $15, Child (18 and under) $5
All prices are quoted before the 5% GST! Tickets purchased after May 1 for...
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Sultans of String
Saturday July 31, 2010 at 2:00pm
Winners of the 2008 Instrumental Group of the Year (Canadian Folk Music Awards), the Sultans excel in Latin, Gypsy-jazz, Middle Eastern and folk rhythms with brilliant electric fiddle & guitar & drums.
Tickets:
Adult $33.50, Seniors $31,...
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August 2010
Peter Appleyard & Friends
Sunday August 1, 2010 at 2:00pm
The Vibes-Legend of our times brings classic jazz to The Barn!
Tickets:
Adult $33.50, Seniors $31, Folding Chair $28.50, Students (19 and over) $15, Child (18 and under) $5
All prices are quoted before the 5% GST! Tickets purchased after May...
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Guitar Workshop with Don Ross and Jimmy Wahlsteen
Wednesday August 4, 2010 at 5:00pm
The 2010 Don Ross Guitar Workshop is now ready for your reservation.
Arrival to Westben: Wednesday, August 4, Departure Saturday, August 7
Workshop cost includes:
*All teaching seminars with Don Ross and Jimmy Wahlsteen
*A ticket to the public...
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Don Ross & Jimmy Wahlsteen
Friday August 6, 2010 at 7:30pm
Finger-picking at its finest! (Watch for Don's Guitar Camp from August 5-7)
Tickets:
Adult $33.50, Seniors $31, Folding Chair $28.50, Students (19 and over) $15, Child (18 and under) $5
All prices are quoted before the 5% GST! Tickets...
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Finale Fundraiser with Michael Burgess
Sunday August 8, 2010 at 2:00pm
The Westben Barn & grounds will be transformed into the Court of Camelot for this afternoon of "happy ever-aftering" with Michael Burgess and Donna Bennett. Light refreshments, a dazzling silent auction, music and lots of fun are in store for...
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