Celebrating Thirty Years of Bringing Chamber Music to Calgary

info@calgarypromusica.org

Phone: 403.244.8277
Fax: 403.451.1819

5111 Northland Dr NW
PO Box 67146
Calgary, T2L 2L2

Enriching Calgary With the
Best Chamber Music

For the past thirty years, Calgary Pro Musica Society has been bringing the best in chamber music to Calgary audiences, a tradition we wish to continue for at least another three decades. With the vital assistance of the Calgary Region Arts Foundation, University of Calgary, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, corporate and individual sponsors, media sponsors, as well as the many gifts from our subscribers, the Calgary Pro Musica Society has been able to underwrite several important initiatives:

engage five internationally acclaimed chamber music ensembles for a yearly season of concerts
sponsor public broadcasts of our concert performances
sponsor concert receptions in which young musicians and members of the audience have an opportunity to meet established artists of world renown and experience
present master classes led by visiting artists at the University of Calgary’s Department of Music, exposing Alberta’s promising young artists to the very best in chamber music

Calgary Pro Musica Society is dedicated to maintaining its exemplary standard of concerts, musical receptions, public broadcasts and master classes. By supporting these important initiatives, Calgary Pro Musica Society is working to enhance the city as an important Canadian cultural centre.

Leaving a Scholarship Legacy

There are many fine young musicians attending University of Calgary and Mount Royal University. The Calgary Pro Musica Society wishes to support their studies by underwriting scholarships. No promising young musician should ever be denied a chance to pursue their dream, enrich the cultural heritage of western music and provide others with the opportunity to hear beautiful chamber music because of a lack of funds. To find out more about Leaving a Legacy, see Ways to Help the Calgary Pro Musica Society.

Chamber Music - A Short Profile

The most common definition of “chamber music” is music written for a small group of musicians – usually from two to eight – with one performer to a part and generally without conductor. At the Calgary Pro Musica Society, we embrace a broad definition of chamber music that includes not just the most common chamber ensembles – the string quartet (two violins, viola and cello), the piano trio (violin, cello, and piano) and woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) – but spanning many combinations that can include strings, piano, wind instruments, voice and even chamber orchestras. We also try to represent the music of many eras from the Baroque masters and earlier to compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries. The heart of chamber music is the spirit of collaboration. The democratic essence of the music engages the performers in a close musical dialogue and invites the audience to listen actively and thoughtfully. These qualities have led many of history’s greatest composers to choose it as the medium to express their most profound and intimate musical thought. We invite you to join us and experience this compelling art form first hand.

Artistic Director:

Dr. Dean O'Brien

President:

Lucie Jones

Vice-President:

Corine Fricke

Past-President:

Hallgrimur Benediktsson

Treasurer:

Lorraine Campbell

Secretary:

Robin Cox

Administrator:

Kelli Novak

Directors:

Carolyn Kelly, R. Douglas Gillmor, Amanda McArthur, Karie Newman, Louise Moore, Kim M. Hathaway, F.R. (Dick) Matthews, C.M.

Directors Emeriti:

Clara Blackstone, Martha Cohen, C.M. Hugh Gaudet, John Heintz, Herb Kariel, F. R. Matthews, C.M. Fay Mintz, Maurice Paperny, Bettina Zeisler

Artistic Director Emeritus

Talmon Hertz