Sound artist Socalled (Montrealer Josh Dolgin) performs at the Messiaen Remix concert at the Centre. Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, composed in 1940 while he was held captive in a prisoner of war camp, was re-imagined in the performance with original klezmer, hip hop, and classical music, and was broadcast by CBC Radio as part of their Remembrance Day presentations. Photo: Don Lee.
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Wardrobe work study participants are buried in a blizzard of tutus during a Tutu Construction Workshop in Banff this summer. Renowned costumer designer Jean Lamprell instructed the group in the exclusive art of cutting and constructing the net tutu. The workshop was supported by the Andrea Brussa Master Artist Endowment Fund. Photo: Tara Nicholson.
Pianist Anton Kuerti accepts The Banff Centre’s National Arts Award in August 2007. One of Canada’s most acclaimed concert pianists, Kuerti has earned accolades throughout his long career. An Officer of the Order of Canada, he is a distinguished musician, composer, teacher, mentor, and recording artist. He has a long-standing involvement with The Banff Centre, as a faculty member and frequent guest artist. Photo: Don Lee.
Singers Marina Delos Angelos Collaso Fernandez and Irian Esther Rondon Montejo (l-r) record a new composition by Toronto jazz saxophonist, flutist, and bandleader Jane Bunnett in Banff as part of a Fleck Fellowship. Twice nominated for Grammy awards, a Juno award-winner, and recipient of the Order of Canada, Bunnett is internationally acclaimed for her creation of jazz-infused Afro-Cuban music. Photo: Don Lee.
Renowned Canadian author Jane Urquhart interviews fellow writers Vincent Lam, Elizabeth Hay, and Michael Winters (l-r) at the 2007 WordFest Distinguished Authors event. Urquhart, Hay (winner of the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize), and Winter are all Banff Centre alumni. Photo: Laura Vanags.
Fiona Mactaggart, chair of the Banff Community Foundation and Mary Hofstetter, president and CEO of The Banff Centre, at a rehearsal for the January Scrap Arts Music concert. Complimentary tickets for the event were included in Banff Santas Anonymous hampers, thanks to a generous donation by the Foundation. The Banff Centre has placed a significant portion of its endowment funds with the Banff Community Foundation. Earned revenue from the endowments supports Centre program and artist scholarships. Photo: Don Lee.
Visitors at the Banff opening of the 2007 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art: Living Utopia and Disaster, co-produced by the Art Gallery of Alberta and the Walter Phillips Gallery, and curated by Catherine Crowston and the Centre's Sylvie Gilbert. Photo: Don Lee
Anne Lalancette and Steve Jarand at the Banff Puppet Theatre Intensive, presented in cooperation with Old Trout Puppet Workshop and the AQM (Association québécoise des marionnettistes). The two-week workshop enabled 20 participants to explore the creative and collaborative nature of puppet theatre, focusing on puppet and set design, narrative, directing, and puppeteering. Photo: Don Lee
