Still not sold? Check out video of the Urban Monks [...]]]> Tickets are still available for the third concert in our Pop-Avant Series: The White Album(s)! Join Pete Oldridge and the Urban Monks this Friday, February 3, as they recreate one of the most famous albums of all time in second-to-second detail.

Still not sold? Check out video of the Urban Monks performing at our Rubber Soul/Revolver concert:

Or take a look at what the press is saying about the series:

“Audience smiles were everywhere, as the group broke into the familiar “Baby you can drive my car”, toes tapping, and a feeling of nostalgic whimsy filling the room. The Urban Monks joined by Lukas Bouda, as well as members of the NUMUS Orchestra were spirited interpreters of this music, each disciplined in their adherence to the original charts.[...] Lead singer Pete Oldridge was exceptional on vocals, rigorous in his interpretations — though letting his own appealingly-textured voice carry, rather than actually trying to sound like the early Beatles. Oldrige’s visibly joyful approach to the music had the marvellous effect of buoying up what could have been tired and time-worn melodies in other hands.”
—Stephen Preece, The Record [See full article here]

“Holy #*%! it was so good. Like, not just, “yeah, that was a good bunch of Beatles covers,” but actually like, “wowza that was so awesome!”
-RQ Magazine [See full article here]

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Click [...]]]> We have added a NUMUS Special Event to our 2011-2012 Season. Bass clarinet virtuoso Lori Freedman will be playing on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at the Jazz Room in Waterloo. So come join us for another amazing night of new music!

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And we present an array of new talent: baritone This season we travel great distances. From the sublime romanticism of Gustav Mahler, to the New York minimalist film music by Philip Glass performed by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra.

And we present an array of new talent: baritone Tyler Fitzgerald makes his NUMUS debut in Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King; rock singer Pete Oldrige performs the Beatles’ most progressive music with his band The Urban Monks; pop singer Sarah Slean performs my own Red Sea, a tragic cycle of songs depicting our suffering earth; and cabaret star Patricia O’Callaghan performs songs by Kurt Weill and Eric Satie with the Penderecki String Quartet.

We’re presenting twelve shows over three series this year: Main Series, Pop/Rock Avant Series and The Great Canadian Contemporary Jazz Summit.

Subscribing is simple. Just choose the concerts you want to attend — any collection of concerts from any series, in any combination — and we’ll give you a discount based on the number of concerts that you choose.

So please join us in the journey.

Glenn Buhr,
Artistic Director