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Sistema NB centre director invited to perform with one of world’s top baroque orchestras

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 06:46

(Moncton, New Brunswick – April 23, 2012) – The director of Sistema New Brunswick’s children’s orchestra centre in Moncton has been invited to perform with Tafelmusik, one of the world’s top baroque orchestras on period instruments.

SISTEMA HOSTS FREE SHOW

Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 08:40

BY ALLISON TOOGOOD

TIMES & TRANSCRIPT STAFF

19 APR 2012

A fabulous and free performance by some of Metro’s most talented musicians is set to take place Thursday at the Moncton Wesleyan Celebration Centre.

It’s set to be the biggest Sistema NB concert yet, featuring the 160 talented kids from the Moncton program, and a few of their instructors. The free show begins at 7 p.m.

MUSICIANS RELISH ORCHESTRA SHOW

Monday, April 16, 2012 - 10:08

BY ERIC LEWIS

TIMES & TRANSCRIPT STAFF

15 APR 2012 09:23PM

Matt Andersen said it’s like “stepping into a band that knows your music better than you do.”

Andersen was one of four New Brunswick musicians to perform with an orchestra on Saturday night at the Capitol Theatre.

SISTEMA SUCCESS IN SAINT JOHN

Saturday, April 7, 2012 - 10:13

KATE WALLACE -- TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL

THOM SWIFT JOINS FORCES WITH SISTEMA

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 16:44

By Ken Kelly -- Times & Transcript Staff

3-April-2012

Two generations of musicians will join forces Wednesday night on stage at Moncton High School.

New Brunswick native and award-winning musician Thom Swift will perform with the Sistema New Brunswick Children’s Orchestra as part of the New Brunswick Child and Youth Advocate’s year-long educational campaign to promote children’s right to play.

NBYO wraps up exciting season / L'OJNB finit la saison sur une bonne note

Monday, April 2, 2012 - 09:39

Lieutenant Governor presents award Sunday at Saint John event

(Moncton, New Brunswick – April 3, 2012) – The New Brunswick Youth Orchestra (NBYO) ended its season on a high note Sunday with a rousing musical repertoire and a special award ceremony in Saint John.

ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING

Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 06:22

KATE WALLACE TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL

30 MAR 2012

The New Brunswick Youth Orchestra concert Sunday afternoon is the last performance of its season, but the first in Saint John since taking first place in the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Competition in Vienna last summer.

The orchestra’s ambition will be as evident at Imperial Theatre as it was at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in July.

El Sistema settles in, surprisingly, down east

Friday, March 23, 2012 - 14:44

By William Littler, Music Columnist--Toronto Star

Mar 23, 2012

MONCTON, N.B.—Ken MacLeod likes to tell about what happened last month when Robert Irving of New Brunswick's all-powerful Irving family came to hear a tyro Sistema orchestra of pre-adolescent childen, most of them drawn from Moncton's economically challenged neighborhoods.

Jaeyoung Chong selected to 2012 National Youth Orchestra of Canada

Monday, March 12, 2012 - 20:51

NBYO NEWS -- 12 MAR 2012

Jaeyoung Chong, principal cellist with the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra of Canada, has been selected to become a member of the 2012 National Youth Orchestra of Canada.

METRO TUNING UP FOR ECMAS

Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 13:24

By Brent Mazerolle Times & Transcipt Staff -- 01 Mar 2012

What types of music will you be able to hear when the East Coast Music Association comes to Metro Moncton in April? Well, pretty much all of them.

“With over 150 artists now scheduled to perform during East Coast Music Week, and more to be announced, Moncton will be resounding with music from all genres,” says Su Hutchinson, the executive director of the East Coast Music Association.

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