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Banff Centre in June: Celebrating Indigenous Peoples

You are invited to join us in celebrating Indigenous Peoples throughout the month of June.

Red pastel is used to create a detailed illustration of the lower half of a people walking in line single-file.

Carmen Papalia with Heather Kai Smith: Guidelines

June 15 – August 25, 2019

Walter Phillips Gallery

Free and Open to All

 
Collage of the Ensemble Evolution faculty featuring Matana Roberts, Liza Lim, Tyshawn Sorey, Lisa Harris, Aiyun Huang.
Tue, Jun 25, 2019

Ensemble Evolution Opening Recital Featuring Matana Roberts, Liza Lim, Tyshawn Sorey, Lisa Harris, Aiyun Huang, and ICE

Join us for an exhilarating kick-off of the Ensemble Evolution program featuring the inspiring musical talents of the program's faculty. 

Rolston Recital Hall
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$25
A shocked looking opera singer wears a suit and blouse while holding a bloodied knife.
Thu, Jun 27, 2019

No One's Safe

An Interactive Outdoor Murder Mystery Opera Event! Presented June 27 & 28  at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Very limited capacity!

Leighton Artist Studio
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Free
A gnarled and wild looking deciduous tree is in focus growing among a thick green forest.
Sat, Jun 29, 2019

How Forests Think

Taking inspiration from Eduardo Kohn’s provocative book, “How Forests Think,” Liza Lim explores the idea of the communal intelligence of forests and the way that illuminates human interactions in...

Rolston Recital Hall
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$25
A collage of the musicians performing.
Tue, Jul 2, 2019

Ensemble Evolution Faculty Recital Featuring Alvin Lucier, Peter Evans, Mazz Swift, Levy Lorenzo, and ICE

Another star-studded faculty concert featuring the eloquent violinist/composer/improviser Mazz Swift, trumpet legend Peter Evans, technology wizard Levy Lorenzo, composer Miya Masaoko and newly...

Rolston Recital Hall
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$25
Susan Aglukark smiles in front of a retaining wall of 8x8's
Sun, Jun 30, 2019

Susan Aglukark & Leela Gilday

Performing at Banff Centre is Nunavut’s first ever Juno Award-winning Inuk singer/songwriter, Susan Aglukark, who will be joined by Leela Gilday, an internationally loved artist with a 20-year...

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$45
Opera. Silent Light. The words are graphically depicted in black over a rained upon window looking out at a field.
Thu, Jul 4, 2019

Silent Light

Silent Light is a new Opera based on the film Stellet Licht by Carlos Reygadas. 

Catch one of the three consecutive shows on July 4, 5 & 6. 

 

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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$20
A black and white photo of musician Alvin Lucier sitting in a wood chair with what appear to be electric pulse nodes attached to his head under a cap.
Sat, Jul 6, 2019

Portrait of Alvin Lucier

On this special evening, we celebrate one of the greatest artists of our time, the roshi of American experimentalists, Alvin Lucier, with a program of Lucier’s most profound compositions,...

Rolston Recital Hall
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$25
A collage of the musicians performing.
Tue, Jul 9, 2019

Ensemble Evolution Faculty Recital featuring Miranda Cuckson, Wilfrido Terrazas, Reut Regev, Cris Derksen, Yvette Janine Jackson

Miranda Cuckson, Wilfrido Terrazas and Reut Regev make their instruments into vehicles for the exploration of distant musical spaces. And if you still think of these instruments as the genteel...

Rolston Recital Hall
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$25
The six members of Blue Rodeo stand in the grass beneath a maple forest.
Sun, Jul 7, 2019

Blue Rodeo ** SOLD OUT! **

Spanning nearly three decades, Blue Rodeo has sold in excess of four million records and won an unprecedented 11 JUNO Awards.

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$60
Two dancers perform in a beautiful space, Bodytraffic coming to Banff Centre.
Fri, Jul 12, 2019

Bodytraffic Dance Performances

Founded in 2007 by Lillian Rose Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett, BODYTRAFFIC is a world-class contemporary dance company, known internationally for its Los Angeles-grown, contagious vivacity...

Eric Harvie Theatre
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$25
"The Wanderer" album cover for music by Pauline Oliveros shows a lady astride a small elephant.
Sat, Jul 13, 2019

Ensemble Evolution Final Performance

So it goes, it must be said.  Ensemble Evolution says farewell in style with a program of new music for the sojourning soul.

Rolston Recital Hall lobby
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$25
The four members of the band Alvvays stand with a projection of oranges overlaying them.
Sat, Jul 13, 2019

Alvvays

See these popular Canadian indie artists as they perform award-winning music with an entrancing lo-fi aesthetic.

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$45
Thu, Jul 18, 2019

Shay Kuebler and Radical System Art present Epilogos

Epilogos builds its performance language off a blending of theatre, dance, martial arts and the interaction of these elements to video and live sound. In Epilogos, all the performance elements are...

Eric Harvie Theatre
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$20
The JACK Quartet performs in a small semi-circle at Banff Centre, Banff National Park, Alberta.
Tue, Jul 23, 2019

Evolution of the Quartet Faculty Concert

The string quartet, as a genre, is simultaneously one of the most established musical forms and one of the most rapidly evolving.  This conversation between legacy and experimentation will be...

Rolston Recital Hall
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$25
Jens Lindemann holds a trumpet wearing a suit jacket and jeans.
Sun, Jul 21, 2019

Jens Lindemann in the Shaw Amphitheatre

Featuring a fiery brass brand supporting world-renowned trumpet soloist Jens Lindemann and conductor Matt Catingub – who will also be joined by the phenomenal musicians Steve Morretti, Robi Botos...

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$25
Jens Lindemann plays plays the piccolo wearing a velvet jacket.
Thu, Jul 25, 2019

Jens Lindemann in Concert

Featuring a fiery brass brand supporting world-renowned trumpet soloist Jens Lindemann and conductor Matt Catingub – who will also be joined by the phenomenal musicians Steve Morretti, Robi Botos...

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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$25
Hawksley Workman plays guitar before a mic in a black and white photo.
Sat, Jul 27, 2019

Frazey Ford & Hawksley Workman

Bringing together two incredible Canadian artists for one performance: Hawksley Workman & Frazey Ford!  Between them they have won JUNO awards & critical acclaim. The evening will deliver...

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$50
The Eybler Quartet, a Banff Centre Faculty Quartet, poses in front of a series of windows set into an inside corner of an old stone building.
Tue, Jul 16, 2019

Evolution of the Quartet Faculty Concert

The string quartet, as a genre, is simultaneously one of the most established musical forms and one of the most rapidly evolving.  This conversation between legacy and experimentation will be...

Rolston Recital Hall
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$25
John Prine sits playing an acoustic guitar in an informal space.
Thu, Aug 8, 2019

John Prine

See this roots legend as he performs acclaimed songs which speak to everyday experiences, a simple honesty, and the hearts of his fans.

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$80
Eight participants play various quartet instruments before a crowd.
Sat, Aug 3, 2019

EQ Final Marathon Performance featuring Participants and Faculty Quartets

 Join us for the final concert of Evolution of the String Quartet where faculty and participants will perform their learnings from the program. The repertoire is determined by the faculty and...

Rolston Recital Hall
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$25
Banff Jazz participants perform.
Sat, Aug 10, 2019

Jazz and Creative Music Ensemble Showcase

 Vijay Iyer leads world renowned faculty and participants through an evening of jazz and creative music exploration. Featuring co-Artistic Director Tyshawn Sorey.

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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$25
Afie Jurvanen sits with a guitar, Bahamas.
Sun, Aug 11, 2019

Bahamas

Bahamas is the solo project of Toronto-based guitarist and musical gun-for-hire Afie Jurvanen. See this indie-folk artist in the beauty of the outdoor Shaw Amphitheatre.

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$47
Banff Jazz participants perform.
Sat, Aug 17, 2019

Jazz and Creative Music Ensemble Showcase

 Vijay Iyer leads world renowned faculty and participants through an evening of jazz and creative music exploration. Featuring co-Artistic Director Tyshawn Sorey.

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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$25
Banff Jazz participants perform.
Fri, Aug 23, 2019

Jazz and Creative Music Ensemble Showcase

 Vijay Iyer leads world-renowned faculty and participants through an evening of jazz and creative music exploration. 

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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$25