Thanks to the Music Performance Trust Fund and the Calgary Musicians Association, StoryMusic will be presenting Little Red Riding Hood with Beethoven at Calgary’s Mahogany School, St.Rose of Lima School, and Annie Foote Elementary School in March and April coming up. We look forward to sharing this exciting program with all the kids and their teachers!
Thanks to a generous grant from Alberta Foundation for the Arts, StoryMusic has had the opportunity to record Little Red Riding Hood with Beethoven. Huge gratitude to my comrades-in-arms: Julie Freedman Smith, voice; Genevieve Micheletti and Diane Lane, violins; Andrea Case, cello; Zana Warner, principal sound engineer; Spencer Cheyne and Trent Dolsen, assisting sound engineers; Janna Sailor, sound producer; and the amazing OCL Studios. Release date TBA, hopefully by Spring 2025! Excited to add something unique to the canon of children’s classical music offerings. Beethoven’s Quartet Op 95 never gets old, and the world seems ready for some rewriting of traditional fairy tales.
StoryMusic was able to present Little Red Riding Hood with Beethoven at three schools this February and March, with the support of the Music Performance Trust Fund. Many thanks also to the good people at Follensbee School, Calgary Arts Academy and Westmount Charter Elementary School for taking time out to host us, and to Calgary Musicians Association for helping with administration! The kids and teachers were super enthusiastic 🤓 💃 🐺 🎻 🎵 ❤️
We are honoured that Instrumental Society of Calgary has selected StoryMusic for its final concert of the 2022-2023 season. Join us June 4th at 3 PM at cSPACE King Edward (1721 29 Ave SW) for Grounder’s Grand Adventure (with Dohnanyi’s Serenade) and Little Red Riding Hood with Beethoven (String Quartet Op. 95). Julie Freeman Smith sings and narrates, along with violinists Genevieve Micheletti and Diane Lane, violist Liza Scriggins, and cellist Andrea Case. Hope to see you there!
We are excited to present Grounder’s Grand Adventure in conversation with Ariel, Arietta and Arioso Choirs at the world-class Bella Concert Hall as part of their Stories that Sing! program. Come see how Director Liz Paynter specially selected choral works to compliment Liza Scriggins’ original story set to Dohnanyi’s Serenade for violin, viola and cello (with StoryMusic performers Julie Freedman Smith, Diane Lane, Liza Scriggins and Andrea Case).
Tickets available here: https://mountroyalchoirs.com/event/mount-royal-childrens-choir-presents-stories-that-sing/
We have multiple unique, beautiful, thought-provoking, school-ready presentations to choose from, including the new option of puppetry with Green Fools Theatre. Grants to cover or contribute to funding are often possible with advance planning. Contact us today! https://storymusic.ca/contact/
A few photos from our SOLD OUT public concert last Sunday! Hugely grateful to our collaborators, supporters, hosts and lovely audience members: Kensington Sinfonia, including Genevieve Micheletti, Diane Lane, Liza Scriggins and Andrea Case; Green Fools Theatre, including Dean Bareham, Rebecca Fauser, Ali Grams, Katelyn Morishita, and Maggie MacKenzie; Calgary Foundation, the Grayson and Dorothy Morrison Flow Through Fund, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Helen Scott Studios and Barb Yates; Aeolian Strings, and Calgary Central Library. More photos and videos on Instagram and YouTube! We are excited to share the results of this Calgary premiere, and hope to be able to bring this program to more listeners before long ❤️
We are super grateful for Aeolian Strings’ generous loan and Nykita’s help in finding a rare tenth-size cello for kids to try at our instrument discovery zoos after our concerts this past week! There was quite the lineup of eager kids at Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association as well as the Central Library, and we hope it leads to more music makers in the coming generations ❤️
We loved the cheers from the audience when Red Riding Hood and Grandma escaped from Wolf! Many thanks to Gurpreet and her colleagues for helping to organize their event for over 100 of their clients— it was a pleasure to share Little Red Riding Hood with Beethoven to such an interested crowd. And many thanks to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts in making this performance possible!
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