ArtsForum Latin Romance CD Review
Ensemble Vivant’s performance of these 13 tracks, by composers ranging from across Latin America and Spain (and a few closer to home), is a vibrant testament to musical élan. © 2021 by John Arkelian
ArtsForum Review – Tribute to Rick Wilkins – Live in Concert CD
… this album celebrates the long and fruitful musical collaboration between … Rick Wilkins and Catherine Wilson’s Ensemble Vivant ©2021, John Arkelian
Song of Hope, World Band
ENSEMBLE VIVANT and EUTERPE CANADA performers Catherine Wilson, piano, Norman Hathaway, viola, and George Koller, bass were honoured to perform Peter Meechan’s The Song of Hope in support of RYAN ANTHONY in his courageous 8-year battle against cancer.
La Despedida by John Burke
This is the world premiere live performance of Canadian composer John Burke’s La Despedida. Inspired by Catherine Wilson and Ensemble Vivant’s interpretations of the music of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, as well as works by other Latin composers, John Burke...
John Burke, Canadian Composer
ANNOUNCING THE PASSING OF AN IMPORTANT COMPOSER AND MUSICAL INTELLECT DR. JOHN JOSEPH BURKE, May 10, 1951 – January 18, 2020, Toronto, Ontario.
TheWholeNote Latin Romance CD Review
Latin Romance is chamber music at its evocative best! The WholeNote Review: Written by Sharna Searle, Category: Pot Pourri, Published: 24 February 2020
Ensemble Vivant at the Regent Theatre in Oshawa, Ontario
Ensemble Vivant performed at the Regent Theatre in Oshawa, Ontario on May 24, 2018. Sponsored by telMAX Telecommunications, this concert launched the partnership of telMAX/Euterpe/Yamaha in the Durham Region.
EV performs as part of the Social Justice/Equal Rights Conference
Euterpe was asked to engage Ensemble Vivant musicians to perform for a Social Justice/Equal Rights Conference as part of Black History month. Musicians: Catherine Wilson, piano; Corey Gemmell, violin; Sybil Shanahan, cello; Jim Vivian, bass; Kevin Turcotte, trumpet....
LIVE Lab opening ceremonies
Ensemble Vivant with neuroscientist Dr. Laurel Trainor (founder/director LIVE Lab) at the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind (MIMM), September 27th, 2014. ENSEMBLE VIVANT: Catherine Wilson, piano/artistic director; Stephen Sitarski, violin; Sybil Shanahan,...
WholeNote Magazine – Mysterium review
WholeNote Magazine, September 2014, by Roger Knox. John Burke is a distinguished Canadian composer whose work has for two decades moved beyond the concert hall to engage with contemplative practices of several cultural traditions. This disc includes pieces from the...
High-tech venue opens in Hamilton
Mac’s LIVElab welcomes the public for a test drive From the Hamilton Spectator, by Graham Rockingham McMaster University is now home to one of the most-sophisticated, high-tech concert venues in the world. As a matter of fact, the new LIVElab at the McMaster Institute...
NEW CD! John Burke’s Mysterium
The new Euterpe project "Mysterium: Music from the Labyrinth" from composer John Burke and performed by Ensemble Vivant. Available Now through the Euterpe website. $19.95 (includes taxes and shipping worldwide) Purchase To listen or for digital downloads, click here!...
Benefit Concert, April 25th at the Heliconian Club
An evening of sensuous latin music in aid of bringing live quality music to children. Featuring music by Ensemble Vivant and images of Havana by photographer Mary Purdue. Fri April 25 at 7:30 pm at Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto On. Tickets are available...