Chamber music 'a dream within a dream' for Banff Centre coordinator
In the over-nine decades since the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has been in operation, one of its core artistic pillars has been chamber music. That pillar is being maintained this month by new collaborations between faculty and students from the Interplay program on beloved pieces of the Western classical music canon and new commissions that will see their first performances at the Banff Centre.
Intimacy coordinators advocate for theatre artists on and off the stage
Anastasia St. Amand’s work at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity this month is something of a return to her roots.
“Some of the first intimacy directing classes I took [were] actually here,” she laughs.
Emma Pennell invites audiences into new relations
“I absolutely thought it was the most boring thing I’d ever heard.”
Trans tenor aims to be 'the risk that pays off'
“It’s so funny to be called a trailblazer because it’s not how I see what I do,” muses Patricia Yates about the uniqueness of her artistry, “but I understand that for other people, my experience and my existence in this industry and in this world is something that’s really new.”
Finding balance on the trail with Lisette Oropesa
“God, what a view,” Lisette Oropesa exclaims at the top of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain.
The internationally acclaimed soprano is just one of the faculty members that the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has boasted of in the last couple of years. Oropesa was a member of the faculty for the centre’s Interplay program in 2024 for all of two days in between performances at Carnegie Hall and a tour of Japan with New York’s Metropolitan Opera.
Opera at the Banff Centre shares innovations on timeless classics and stories
One of the most foundational programs at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is opera, which has been around for the vast majority of the centre’s nine-decade history. Now, that legacy continues with new productions that seek to innovate, explore and imagine a distinctly Canadian iteration of the genre.
The latest opera program at the Banff Centre is called Interplay, a cross-pollination between opera and chamber music that aims to tell stories on a smaller scale with just as much impact as its mainstage counterparts.
Winnipeg music veteran assumes music director role at Banff Centre
A longtime member of Winnipeg’s music community has been tapped to be the next musical leadership at one of Canada’s most prestigious arts institutions.
Live from the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity
Classic 107 live from the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity
Classic 107's Morning Light is headed from the Gateway to the Prairies to the heart of the Rockies!
Our very own Nolan Kehler is performing at the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity from the end of June through July and has taken the show on the road.