COSMIC HARMONIES

June 8, 2025 | 7:00PM
Christ Church Calgary
3602 8th Street SW
Calgary, AB

ALBERTA WINDS presents COSMIC HARMONIES with special guest Jillian Camwell, oboe soloist. 

Calgary’s collection of committed woodwind, brass and percussion players returns to the stage with special guest, former Calgarian, noted international performer and Troy University assistant professor Jillian Camwell in the Canadian Premiere of COSMIC HARMONIES, one of the final works of legendary band composer Robert W. Smith. This concerto for oboe, written for and in consultation with Dr. Camwell, is inspired by the work of American artist “Nall” Hollis, a student of Dalí.

We are also proud to present A COLOUR SYMPHONY, the symphony #3 by British Composer Philip Sparke. Meant as a large scale work designed to show off the various timbres or tone colours available in the modern wind band, the music also is inspired by the neurological condition of Chromesthesia, where various musical sounds are experienced as visual colours. 

Canadian TV/Media composer Michelle Lorimer wrote DAYBREAK, DRAWN TO THE FIRE as the great eclipse of 2024 was fascinating many in Ontario and the eastern part of the country. In its musical depiction of a second dawn of the sun in the middle of the day, Lorimer’s music looks to remind listeners of the ever present possibility of new life, and an optimistic vision of the future, even in the face of darkness.