Sundays 13 January, 10 February, 10 March, 14 April 20192–3:30 pm Location: Etherington House/Atrium Event webpage: https://agnes.queensu.ca/event/details/inside-agnes-3/The Agnes Society volunteers present a series of insider art talks, musical performances and tea in the historic Etherington House on the second Sunday of the month. The season kicks off with celebrated composer and pianist John Burge. This is a free and open event; all are welcome. Families take note: Creation Station is available concurrently with INSIDE AGNES through the winter.Sunday 13 January 2019, 2–3:30 pm Features John Burge and Carina MagazzeniJohn Burge is a celebrated composer and pianist. He holds three degrees in Composition and Theory from the Universities of Toronto and British Columbia and since 1987, has been teaching at Queen’s University, where he is a full professor. He has composed a large body of instrumental and vocal music in all genres and his work, Flanders Fields Reflections, for string orchestra, received the 2009 Juno Award for the Best Canadian Classical Composition.Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts is just that: a growing, living, breathing exhibition with multiple activations. The exhibition takes the form of scores and at different moments during the exhibition these scores are activated by musicians, dancers, performers and members of the public, gradually filling the gallery and surrounding spaces with sound and action. In this INSIDE AGNES session, Carina Magazzeni, Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art – Special Project, will discuss the exhibition in its current “first part” and the activations that are soon to follow.
