Showing posts with label Jennifer King. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jennifer King. Show all posts

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Jennifer King performs at the Open Waters Festival on January 6, 2019

Pianist Jennifer King will perform at the Open Waters Festival on January 6, 2019.


Jennifer King, piano, and Gillian Smith, violin, will perform at the Open Waters Festival on January 6, 2019.

A skilled performer, respected adjudicator, coach, and clinician, Jennifer holds a Masters of Music degree in solo piano performance from McGill University, postgraduate diplomas from the University of Reading in the UK as well as the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. 

In addition to her Talent Trust music scholarships, Jennifer received an Award of Appreciation from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia for her contributions to musical life in the province. 

She’s a member of the Nova Scotia Registered Music Teachers’ Association (NSRMTA) and a private piano instructor and faculty member of the Maritime Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Halifax.

Jennifer launched her album O Mistress Moon in January 2018.

Hosted by Upstream Music Association, the duo will perform works for solo violin and solo piano as well as violin and piano duos by contemporary Canadian composers, including Derek Charke, Talent Trust music scholarship recipient Emily Doolittle, and Kati Agocs.

Concert details:
Sunday, January 6, 2019 - 1:00 p.m.
MacAloney Room, Dal Arts Centre
Dalhousie University, Halifax

Tickets: tickethalifax.com.

Monday, September 3, 2018

Pianist Jennifer King Performs in UPEI Music Department Clarinet Spectrum Recital Series

Pianist Jennifer King.
Pianist Jennifer King performs Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time with Karem J. Simon (clarinet), Karen Graves (violin), and Natalie Williams Calhoun (cello). 

The concert, which takes place on September 8, is part of the UPEI Music Department Clarinet Spectrum Recital Series.

A skilled performer, respected adjudicator, coach, and clinician, Jennifer holds a Masters of Music degree in solo piano performance from McGill University, postgraduate diplomas from the University of Reading in the UK as well as the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. 

In addition to her Talent Trust scholarships, Jennifer received an Award of Appreciation from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia for her contributions to musical life in the province. 

She’s a member of the Nova Scotia Registered Music Teachers’ Association (NSRMTA) and a private piano instructor and faculty member of the Maritime Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Halifax.

Jennifer launched her album O Mistress Moon in January 2018. (Visit YouTube to hear her perform Claude Debussy’s La Lune.)

Quartet for the End of Time was written while Olivier Messiaen was was a prisoner of war at the Nazis' Stalag VIII-A camp. The work explores his struggle to endure the conditions of his imprisonment as well as his Catholic faith.

Concert details
Saturday, September 8
Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI Campus
550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PEI

Adults: $20.00 + service fee
Students: $10.00 + service fee
Available to purchase online at Brown Paper Tickets


Quartet for the End of Time.

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Jennifer King in Concert - Music at the Three Churches, Mahone Bay

Halifax Pianist Jennifer King
Jennifer King is joined by Tara Scott to perform Four Hands, One Piano, a concert at Trinity United Church in Mahone Bay. The event, part of the Music at the Three Churches 2018 season, takes place Friday, August 3 at 8:00 p.m.
Jennifer holds a Masters of Music degree in solo piano performance from McGill University, postgraduate diplomas from the University of Reading in the UK as well as the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. 

She was awarded Talent Trust scholarships in 1992 and 1993, and received an Award of Appreciation from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia for her contributions to musical life in the province.

In addition to being a skilled performer, Jennifer is a respected adjudicator, coach, and clinician, and a member of the Nova Scotia Registered Music Teachers’ Association (NSRMTA). She’s currently a private piano instructor and faculty member of the Maritime Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Halifax. 

Tickets for Four Hands One Piano are $25, $10 for students and free for children twelve and under.  

Tickets may be purchased at the door of the church on the night of the performance or in advance at Kinburn Pharmasave (Mahone Bay), Shop on the Corner (Lunenburg) or Strings and Things (Bridgewater).  

To reserve tickets, please call (902) 634-4280 or email threechurches9@gmail.com. Visit the website for more information at www.threechurches.com.

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Pianist Jennifer King in concert on Sunday, January 21, 2018 in Halifax

Cecilia Concert's presents Jennifer King for a refreshing afternoon 
https://www.ceciliaconcerts.ca/pianist-jennifer-king/


Sunday, 
January 21, 2018
at 2pm
Lilian Piercey Concert Hall 
at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
Halifax

Jennifer King will perform two centuries of Nocturnes featured on her first solo album “O Mistress Moon”.

O Mistress Moon Programme
 
Nocturnes (1929) Nos. 1, 4 and 7  /  Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Deux Nocturnes (1890) Op.5, Andante- Allegretto  /  Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
In der Nacht - Fantasiestucke Op.12  /  Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Nocturne in e minor, Adagio  /  John Field (1782-1837)
Nocturne Op.27 #2 in D flat major, Lento sostenuto  /  Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Nocturne Op.33 (Homage to John Field)  /  Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
In the Falling Dark 1- dedicated to Barbara Pritchard  /  Derek Charke (b. 1974)
La SoirĂ©e dans Grenade- Estampes  /  Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Et la lune descend sur le temple qui  fut- Images 2
Noctuelles- Miroirs  /  Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Night-Piece (Notturno) - 1963  /  Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Notturno  /  Ottarino Respighi (1879-1936)
In the Falling Dark 2- 2014 dedicated to Jennifer King  /  Derek Charke (b. 1974)
1. Sunset Glow 2.Entre Chien et Loup 3. The Witching Hour


Saturday, February 27, 2016

India Yeshe Gailey Graduation Recital March 5, 2016 accompanied by Jennifer King

Acadia University School of Music presents a graduation recital 

India Yeshe Gailey, cello 
with Jennifer King, piano

Saturday, March 5, 2016
at 7 p.m.
Denton Hall, Acadia University, Wolfville

Admission is free.

It is always great to see two former scholarship recipients on stage at the same time. (smile)

India also performed at the NSTT Special Awards Ceremony on December 14, 2015 at Central Library in Halifax. Her performance with Roland Smith and Claire Campbell under the direction of Laura Vingoe-Cram and Ken Schwartz was stunning. You can find photos of the event at our Flickr account.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Jennifer King, piano will perform in Cape Breton

Former scholarship recipient Jennifer King, piano will be performing with Curtis Dietz, trumpet at

Colouratura Fine Art Gallery

Sunday, September 13 at
8:00 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or by phone
+1-902-929-2324

More information can be found at the Colouratura Fine Art Gallery website.

Colouratura Fine Art Gallery
45943 Cabot Trail, Indian Brook
NS, B0C 1H0