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Purple Patch (K) | I’ve booked C-302 from 10:30-12:30 for you!

There are rooms available for practice tomorrow, but our team will be in the Wirth Lobby for Musical Mimosa, we’ll bring the office with us!

For all of our Musical Mimosa players in the Wirth Lobby, you can use Tanna Schulich Hall as the green room for your cases and belongings during the concert. Please enter on level 2, a stage manager will be there to let you in!

I’ve given Redpath Hall (terrace door) card access to all the Schulich students performing in the Closing Concert as well as the Schulich professors and visiting professors with access cards.

Reminder for all visiting groups!
Please return your access cards or keys to us tomorrow (May 25!)
at the Closing Concert (Redpath Hall) or reception (A832/833 in Wirth)

We have Canada lanyards for all the travelling players, so please come by the Musical Chairs office to collect one.

Marathon Performance Schedule!

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Friday, May 24 starting at 17:00 in Redpath Hall

Trio Dangereux! | Mendelssohn: Trio in C minor, opus 66 | Dress 13:00-13:30
Trio Lavande | Brahms: Trio in C major opus 87 | Dress 13:30-14:00
Amethyst Trio | Dvorak: Dumky Trio | Dress 14:00-14:30
CinqueDue Quintetto | Suk: Piano Quintet opus 8 | Dress 14:30-15:00
The Shallots | Amy Beach: Piano Quintet | Dress 15:00-15:30
Group R | Schubert: Trio in B-flat, D. 899 | Dress 15:30-16:00

Saturday, May 25 starting at 10:00 in Wirth Lobby

Taro Trio | Beethoven: Trio opus 1 no 3
The Purple Patch | Brahms: Sextet opus 36
Quatuor jolicœur | Beethoven: Piano Quartet opus 16
Group P | Schumann: Trio in D minor, opus 63
Groupe Québec | Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor, opus 60
Groupe G | Brahms: Trio opus 114
Trio Joliven | Mel Bonis: Suite en trio
Bugatti Trio | Saint-Saëns: Trio no 2, in E minor

There is no dress scheduled for this concert, but groups can sign up for more time to rehearse on Friday (and Saturday) and Wirth Opera Studio is reserved for run-throughs from 10:00 to 16:00 on Friday – come up to the Musical Chairs office to sign up for a time 30-minute time slot!

Read me! Marathon message from Stéphane & the Musical Chairs office

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Dear Musical Chair-iots! 😊 

We are nearing the half-way point of the festival and it is time to start thinking about the programming of the Friday evening and Saturday morning “marathon” concerts. Some of you have expressed preferences/conflicts for one of the two dates; Devon has taken note of them (Groups K, P and S), but if we’ve missed something, let us know, so nothing falls between the cracks! |
We realize that the week goes by quickly, and that the repertoire ideally demands much more time than you have had to devote to it. Any group that feels prepared to play the entire piece they have rehearsed is encouraged to do so, but if some groups would prefer to play one or a selection of movements, this is also fine. The two marathon concerts are more informal than other scheduled performances and it is understood that groups are presenting work that is the result of a short rehearsal process! 

By Wednesday, May 22 at 17:00, we’d like to hear from all the groups who will perform on Friday night or Saturday morning. Please have one person from your group email events.music@mcgill.ca. We’d like to know:  

  • Do you have a conflict with either one of the concert dates? 
  • Will you be playing the entire piece, or a selection of movements (and if so, what movements) ?
  • What would you like your group to be called?  (This is a fun thing!!) 

Though we know you may have grown attached to your alphabetical group name (😉), we encourage you to pick something new – and that might capture something special about your group/piece/time together during Musical Chairs. 
If you need a bit of extra inspiration to get the wheels turning, you can use this year’s colour – purple! (One edition, every group name was inspired by the colour green, and it was so successful we’re bringing it back!) 
From amethyst to plum, and everything in between (Iris! Magenta! Lavender!), there’s something right for your ensemble, we know it. You can even think more out of the box with what purple might evoke (Royalty? Opulence? Fields of heather? Baked goods?). Have fun! No need to be a shrinking violet – we know the names will be great! 😊 

McCord Concert Start Time

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Greetings!

A reminder and confirmation that this evening’s concert at the McCord Museum will begin at 18 h 00. It is incorrectly printed in the Musical Chairs program booklets, but should appear correct in your individual schedules.

Please visit A801 with any questions, and enjoy the concert!

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