“Mărţişor”, WCI’s Multicultural Ensemble invites you to an evening of music and dance from all over the world on Saturday, March 1st in the Waterloo Collegiate Institute auditorium.
Orchestra and singers will perform music from Romania, Macedonia, and Russia, while the dancers will bring us dances from Serbia, Germany, and Romania including some Gypsy dances. Our guests will perform dances from Columbia, China and Turkey.
Come to enjoy the music and dances of your ancestors and to learn more about the culture of other people.
The concert starts at 7:00 PM on Saturday, March 1st in the WCI’s auditorium, 300 Hazel Street, Waterloo, across from Wilfrid Laurier. Individual tickets are $15 ($10 for seniors or advance purchases) and $40 for a family. For information, see our web site, martisor.ca or call Mr. Damian at Waterloo Collegiate Institute,
(519) 884-9590
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
"Mărţişor" orchestra
In 2005 "Mărţişor" started with an orchestra, a violin, a clarinet, and a guitar. Since than, the number of players and the variety of instruments went through, and the sound changes every year depending on what instruments we have.
At the moment we have two violins, a cello, saxophone, taragot (similar to clarinet), flute, guitar, and a piano. In the past we also had a pan flute, bass, bass guitar, and trumpet. Acoustical sound is what we strive for, and we try to use amplification as little as possible, usually only for the vocals.
Our music is traditional folk music, ranging from Russia to Macedonia.
Because of our conductors background Romanian music has always been the pillar of our concerts. Reaching far back into time, or "just" a century ago, our music touches the souls and invites the audience to sing and dance with us. Whether you are of Romanian descent or not, makes no difference. Nobody can resist the rhythm of "Ciuleandra" or the melody of "S-aseara ţi-am luat basma".
Often in our concerts we have guests performing music from other parts of the world. In 2007, for instance, we had Indian tabla and harmonium players, and also a Chinese flute player in our annual concert. In our coming March 1st concert we will have Turkish belly dancers and a Columbian dance group.
At the moment we have two violins, a cello, saxophone, taragot (similar to clarinet), flute, guitar, and a piano. In the past we also had a pan flute, bass, bass guitar, and trumpet. Acoustical sound is what we strive for, and we try to use amplification as little as possible, usually only for the vocals.
Our music is traditional folk music, ranging from Russia to Macedonia.
Because of our conductors background Romanian music has always been the pillar of our concerts. Reaching far back into time, or "just" a century ago, our music touches the souls and invites the audience to sing and dance with us. Whether you are of Romanian descent or not, makes no difference. Nobody can resist the rhythm of "Ciuleandra" or the melody of "S-aseara ţi-am luat basma".
Often in our concerts we have guests performing music from other parts of the world. In 2007, for instance, we had Indian tabla and harmonium players, and also a Chinese flute player in our annual concert. In our coming March 1st concert we will have Turkish belly dancers and a Columbian dance group.
"Mărţişor" Board of Directors
Mirela Banica-Stanei, chair
Radu Secasan, public relations and promotions
Ion Damian, artistic director and conductor of the orchestra and choir
Yotza Comenov, coreographer
Arnold Henkel, coreographer
Lorna Cantalare, dance liaison
Rodica Opris, member
Reshma Owal, member
Radu Secasan, public relations and promotions
Ion Damian, artistic director and conductor of the orchestra and choir
Yotza Comenov, coreographer
Arnold Henkel, coreographer
Lorna Cantalare, dance liaison
Rodica Opris, member
Reshma Owal, member
What is "Mărţişor"?
"Mărţişor" (pronounced mar-tse-shore) Multicultural Ensemble is a group of students from Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Ontario that performs various traditional music and dance.
It started in 2005 at the initiative of Mr. Damian, the computer engineering teacher and two students of Romanian origin, Andrei Balulescu, violin, and Mihai Nica, clarinet. They started by performing Romanian carols at the school's Christmas concert.
Today, this group performs Russian, Macedonian, Serbian, Gypsy, and of course Romanian music. The members of the group come from very diverse backgrounds, as well: Chinese, Russian, Romanian, Persian, Mexican, Kenyan, Afghanistan, etc.
The group's first major performance was at the "Music Unite" fundraiser concert for the KW Symphony orchestra. CTV and local newspapers covered our performance. Since then, full house is an expectation, and standing ovations at the end of the concert are almost regular.
In 2007 the group had its first annual concert. "Shevchenko" dance ensemble and Kevin Budd, pan flute player from Toronto were invited as guests. Almost 400 people enjoyed the evening. The OMNI TV and Jurnalul Romanesc journal covered this event on more than one occasion. Later on the "Agenda Romaneasca" newspaper started reporting on our activities.
That same year the group started its own web-site: martisor.ca where you can hear a sample of our "Music Unite" concert.
In 2008 we got our facebook page, and also a blog.
It started in 2005 at the initiative of Mr. Damian, the computer engineering teacher and two students of Romanian origin, Andrei Balulescu, violin, and Mihai Nica, clarinet. They started by performing Romanian carols at the school's Christmas concert.
Today, this group performs Russian, Macedonian, Serbian, Gypsy, and of course Romanian music. The members of the group come from very diverse backgrounds, as well: Chinese, Russian, Romanian, Persian, Mexican, Kenyan, Afghanistan, etc.
The group's first major performance was at the "Music Unite" fundraiser concert for the KW Symphony orchestra. CTV and local newspapers covered our performance. Since then, full house is an expectation, and standing ovations at the end of the concert are almost regular.
In 2007 the group had its first annual concert. "Shevchenko" dance ensemble and Kevin Budd, pan flute player from Toronto were invited as guests. Almost 400 people enjoyed the evening. The OMNI TV and Jurnalul Romanesc journal covered this event on more than one occasion. Later on the "Agenda Romaneasca" newspaper started reporting on our activities.
That same year the group started its own web-site: martisor.ca where you can hear a sample of our "Music Unite" concert.
In 2008 we got our facebook page, and also a blog.
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