Instrumental Stories returns for another season of monthly music programming at the Central Memorial Calgary Public Library. Each session opens up different worlds of music by featuring instruments with cultural significance.HERE
Justin Luchinski began an active career in early music performance in Montréal while completing his Bachelor's and Master of Music degrees at McGill University. While being a regular rehearsal keyboardist with Opera McGill's baroque opera productions, Justin had regular season concerts, performances at the Montréal Baroque Festival, recording projects, and nationwide touring with the early music ensemble Les Méandres.
Raised in Calgary, Alberta, Scott Duncan is an energetic, passionate performer. He enjoys playing many styles, including Celtic, bluegrass, folk, classical, swing, country and other regional folk styles, and singer/songwriter accompaniment, both live and in the studio. Jessica has recorded two albums. Her latest, "Prairie Dusk" released in 2023. The album evokes the sounds and stories of the prairies and includes commissioned work as well as new originals. It is a follow-up album to her award winning first album Incandescent Tales which was released in 2021. This Indigenous classical album won the 2022 YYC Music Classical Album of the Year and Gold Medals in the Global Music Awards.
He was nominated for both a Juno Award and a Western Canadian Music Award for his début Logos Futura CD of Canadian concerti. He won Italy's Orpheus recording award for his Homage to Tango: The Music of Daniel Binelli CD, which he recorded in Cuba with the prestigious Camerata Romeu string orchestra.was knighted by the Republic of Italy for his contributions to Italian music and culture and received the prestigious University of Alberta Alumni Association Award of Excellence.
Shirley will show off the instrument and at the end of the concert, the audience will have the opportunity to play a simple piece of music with her.stands as the mastermind and guiding force behind the Harmony Guzheng Ensemble. As a dedicated full-time Guzheng instructor, Shirley imparts her expertise through personalized private and small group lessons, extending her teachings to students of all ages.