Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis

A Heather and N. Murray Edwards
Legendary Leaders Performance

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre
Tickets: Adults: $70, $50, Senior/Student: $65, $45;

Described as the most outstanding jazz musician and trumpeter of his generation, Marsalis leads one of the world’s most prestigious jazz ensembles in a concert sure to swing! Know for its intelligent, hard swinging interplay, Marsalis’s band is the favorite among jazz musicians and audiences worldwide. Marsalis himself is a trumpeter of rare ability and a consummate artist, known equally for his playing and for his composing, teaching, and arts advocacy. Marsalis has won nine Grammys for both classical and jazz recordings and is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, the only person to have ever received it for jazz.

The Cashore Marionettes

Simple Gifts

Saturday, September 26, 2009 – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 27, 2009 – 4:00 p.m.
Margaret Greenham Theatre
Tickets: Adults: $13, Child: $10, Family Pack: $42

A performance by the Cashore Marionettes is a celebration of life. The Cashore Marionettes redefine the art of puppetry through exceptional artistry, grace and refinement of movement. The performances, stunning in their intensity and simple beauty, have thrilled audiences in Europe, the Far East and across North America. The classic and well-known Simple Gifts expresses themes of beauty, joy, and the wonder of life.

Mike Daisey:
The Last Cargo Cult

Friday, October 2, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Greenham Theatre
Tickets: Adults: $30, Senior/Student: $28

Solo theatre sensation Mike Daisey has been compared to premiere yarn-spinners Spalding Gray and David Sedaris, with one notable difference: Daisey works without a script. His monolgues are expertly constructed, with multiple narrative threads put together, amazingly, extemporaneously in front of the audience.

The Last Cargo Cult tells the true-life story of his time on a remote South Pacific island whose inhabitats worship America at the base of a constantly erupting volcano. A sharp, searing examination of the international global economic time, Daisey wrestles with the largest questions about what the collapse means, and what it says about our deepest cultural values.

Mike Daisey:
The Envoy’s Dilemma

Saturday, October 3, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Greenham Theatre
Tickets: Adults: $30, Senior/Student: $28

The Envoy’s Dilemma explores notions of the stranger in a strange land after Daisey’s experience visiting the little-known country of Tajikistan with the US State Department in 2008. A most unlikely diplomat, Daisey examines how we shape our world and craft our history.

The St. Lawrence String Quartet

Saturday, October 3, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Rolston Recital Hall
Tickets: Adults: $35, Senior/Student: $32

Renowned world-wide for their spontaneous, edge-of-your-seat music making, the St. Lawrence String Quartet performs the Canadian premiere of a new work by acclaimed composer John Adams, co-commissioned by The Banff Centre. Also on the program: works of Haydn and Ravel.

Leela Gilday

Saturday, October 10, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Greenham Theatre
Tickets: Adults: $30, Senior/Student: $28

Singer-songwriter Leela Gilday is known for music that is strong and clear. Her passionate, soulful perspective on being an urban Dene woman has garnered her numerous awards and recognition as one of Canada’s most important Northern artists.

In addition to the Juno, her album Sedze also won the Western Canadian Music Award in 2007, was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award, and won the Indian Summer Music Award for Best Folk.

Gilday has been recognized at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards as Best Female Artist and Best Songwriter, and her CD Spirit World, Solid Wood was recognized as Best Folk Album. Up Here Magazine named Gilday Northerner of the Year in 2007.

Colin Carr, cello

Bach’s Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello

Saturday, October 17, 2009 – 6:30 p.m.
Rolston Recital Hall
Tickets: Adults: $35, Senior/Student: $32

Celebrated cellist Colin Carr performs Bach’s Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, acclaimed as one of the greatest works ever written for solo cello. This performance is a rare treat to experience the intimacy of this masterful creation in its entirety, in the wonderful acoustic of Rolston Recital Hall.

Paco Peña

A Compás! In the Rhythm

Saturday, October 24, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre
Tickets: Adults: $40, $30, Senior/Student: $37, $28

Paco Peña’s world-famous company of musicians, dancers, and singers comes together in a celebration of flamenco that has been hailed as “outstanding” and “astonishing” by The Times (London). Intent on bringing the true spirit of flamenco to audiences around the globe, Peña builds inventively on the deep foundations of flamenco and continues to renew and uphold this archetypal Spanish form.

BidiniBand

The Land Is Wild, an evening of film, a reading, and music

Saturday, November 21, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Greenham Theatre
Tickets: Adults: $30, Senior/Student: $28
Day of performance: Adults: $33, Senior/Student: $31

Featuring writer and former Rheostatic Dave Bidini, BidiniBand brings an eclectic evening of film, literature, and music featuring, in addition to Bidini, Paul Linklater, Doug Friesen, and fellow former Rheostatic Don Kerr.
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Dancetheatre David Earle and the Penderecki String Quartet

Penelope and Odysseus

Saturday, November 28, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre
Tickets: Adults: $35 | $25, Senior/Student: $32 | $22;
Day of performance: Adults: $38 | $28, Senior/Student: $35 | $25

A tale of separation and reunion, this collaborative piece for string quartet, live electronics, and dance, with music commissioned by The Banff Centre, will enjoy its world premiere.

Stuart McLean
and a Vinyl Cafe Christmas

Saturday, December 5, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre
Tickets: Adults: $52.50. Students 18 and under: $27.50

One of Canada’s best loved storytellers and humourists brings holiday spirit to the Bow Valley. Featuring stories, essays, and music, McLean is a perennial favourite.
Stuart Mclean's website

* Stuart McLean and a Vinyl Cafe Christmas can count toward your subscription, but the discount does not apply to this performance.