Noon Hour Concerts: February

[Arts Communications]

Hello, everyone!  Join us for this month's line up of Noon Hour Concerts with the Department of Music.

Mark your calendar:

Anatomy of the Recovering Brain<https://uwaterloo.ca/music/events/noon-hour-concert-anatomy-recovering-brain>. Wednesday, February 4 at 12:00 noon, Conrad Grebel Chapel, Free Admission.

Kitchener-based Dr. Kathryn Ladano is an award winning bass clarinetist, the winner of the most recent Distinguished Alumni Award<https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/news/shining-example-musical-leadership> from Conrad Grebel University College. Kathryn was the director of NUMUS for many years and specializes in contemporary music and free improvisation in solo and chamber settings. The featured piece is called “Anatomy of the Recovering Brain”, a piece she commissioned, performed, and recorded. It is a 60-minute solo work which was composed by Frank Horvat as an integral part of her recovery journey. It is thematically about brain injuries and tells the stories of six different survivors, including her own story.

Northern Winter<https://uwaterloo.ca/music/events/noon-hour-concert-northern-winter>. Wednesday, February 11 at 12 noon, Conrad Grebel Chapel, Free Admission.

Soprano Bethany Hörst and pianist Marianna Chibotar will be playing a selection of modern Canadian art songs by composers such as Gary Kulesha, Ramona Luengen, Martha Hill Duncan, and Jeff Smallman.  These composers are known for creating modern music that is still accessible to audiences, avoiding extreme avant-garde techniques.  They draw inspiration from nature and their Canadian identity.

Wondrous Winds<https://uwaterloo.ca/music/events/noon-hour-concert-wondrous-winds>. Wednesday, February 25 at 12:00 noon, Conrad Grebel Chapel, Free Admission.

The KW Woodwind Quintet will perform pieces by French composers from the late 19th and early 20th Century, and all of them are connected to the Conservatoire de Paris either as teachers or students. Claude Debussy, Gabriel Pierné, and Paul Taffanel were part of the turn of the century movement to establish a distinctly French style, emphasizing clarity, color, and elegance, as opposed to the heavy Germanic Romantic tradition.

View all Noon Hour Concerts<https://uwaterloo.ca/music/events> for Winter 2026
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