On Friday, February 23, the CMHR’s galleries will come alive with 40 extraordinary mini‐performances by 40 top classical musicians from around the globe. This event, a collaboration between the Museum and the University of Manitoba, will pair music with specific human rights themes, spotlighting the artistic and tangible impacts music can have on social justice.
Curated by collaborative pianist and event director Valerie Dueck, the repertoire will be music composed as a response to trauma or as a call to action.
The evening opens at 6 p.m. with a welcome in Bonnie & John Buhler Hall. Starting at 6:15 p.m. in six different galleries, live musical performances will enhance visitors’ experiences. Performances will examine Canadian experiences of human rights, the horrors of the Holocaust and of other atrocities, and look at contemporary human rights struggles. In addition, two music films will also be shown that explore the journeys of women in human trafficking and the Duplessis orphans.
St. John’s Pianos and U of M’s Desautels Faculty of Music are providing the acoustic pianos for these collaborative piano performances.
This event is part of Dream Big: Building Community through Collaboration, a conference that draws musicians from around the world. It will take place February 22–24, 2024, at the University of Manitoba and the CMHR.
Performers
- Caitlin Broms‐Jacobs, oboe, and Madeline Hildebrand, piano
- Denise Ritter Bernardini, soprano
- Borealis Piano Trio: Oleg Pokhanovski, Minna Rose Chung and Judy Kehler Siebert
- Jocelyn Dueck, piano
- Valerie Dueck, piano
- Megan Dufrat, piano
- DUO526 – Kerry Duwors, violin; Futaba Niekawa, piano
- Leslie Fagan, soprano
- Allison Gagnon, piano
- Martha Guth, soprano
- Joel Harder, piano
- Rebecca Hass, mezzo‐soprano
- Allen Harrington, saxophone
- Aaron Hutton, tenor
- Lindsay Kesselman, soprano
- Laura Loewen, piano
- Katherine Mayba, soprano
- André Micheletti, cello
- Juliet Petrus, soprano
- Leanne Regehr, piano
- Lisa Rumpel, piano
- Alyssa Ryvers, composer, with Hervé Bertrand, musician and Duplessis orphan
- Karen Santos, soprano
- Erika Switzer, piano
- Viðarneistí – clarinet and marimba duo Catherine Wood and Victoria Sparks
- McKenzie Warriner, soprano, and Danielle Guina, piano
- Jialiang Zhu, piano
