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✨ Department of Music presents ✨The University Wind EnsembleTales, Myths, and Legends Zoltan Kalman, conductorFeaturing ...
03/14/2026

✨ Department of Music presents ✨

The University Wind Ensemble
Tales, Myths, and Legends Zoltan Kalman, conductor
Featuring Bailey Williams, vocal

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
St. Thomas’ Anglican Church,
99 Ontario St, St. Catharines

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✨ The Department of Music presents ✨Brock Big BandGroovy Night in the CityZoltan Kalman, conductorFeaturing Greg Holmes...
03/14/2026

✨ The Department of Music presents ✨

Brock Big Band
Groovy Night in the City
Zoltan Kalman, conductor
Featuring Greg Holmes, vocal

Monday, March 30, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
St. Thomas’ Anglican Church,
99 Ontario St, St. Catharines

We can't wait to groove with you! 💫

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Don't miss this compelling exhibition now on show at the Visual Arts Gallery at ! ⬇️ Still Becoming: VISA 3F91 Advanced...
03/13/2026

Don't miss this compelling exhibition now on show at the Visual Arts Gallery at ! ⬇️

Still Becoming: VISA 3F91 Advanced Art Practices
Student Exhibition
Mar. 10-25, 2026
Visual Arts Gallery, MIWSFPA

Still Becoming brings together works by students in VISA 3F91: Advanced Art Practice. This exhibition considers art-making as an ongoing process of making and questioning, and marking a point within an evolving practice. Together, the works in this exhibition reflect a cohort of student artists whose distinct voices are united by a shared commitment to growth and unfolding.

Participating students include: Amber Cairns, Aleah Ciarmoli, Sam Cole, Clare DiFelice, Luis Martin Flores Garcia, Katharine Hoang, Ash Kadwell, Sonia Kimaro, Genevieve Moncion, Madeline Mortimer, Daniel Pacella, Sabrina Paez Rodriguez, Dominic Powell, Emily Reimer, Cho Sherpa, Ariana Trevisan, Olivia Wiens, Zhenhao Xia, Lifan Zhang.

We are thrilled to present our talented Music students for their Spring Solo Recitals this weekend! 🎉 💐The Department ...
03/13/2026

We are thrilled to present our talented Music students for their Spring Solo Recitals this weekend! 🎉 💐

The Department of Music presents Student Solo Recitals, Spring 2026. Admission is free for these fabulous concerts, head to the link in our bio to reserve your seat at FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre!

Friday, March 13, 2026 7:30 p.m.
Maximilian Doherty, clarinet
Erika Reiman, piano

Friday, March 13, 2026 7:30 p.m.
Tianna VanderHoeven, soprano
Erika Reiman, piano

Saturday, March 14, 2026 7:30 p.m.
Marcus de Torres, guitar

Sunday, March 15, 2026 4:00 p.m.
Seo-Yoon Yoonie Park, soprano
Erika Reiman, piano

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✨ The Department of Music presents ✨Brock University Choir: Uncaged SpiritRachel Rensink-Hoff, conductorVladimir Solovie...
03/13/2026

✨ The Department of Music presents ✨

Brock University Choir: Uncaged Spirit
Rachel Rensink-Hoff, conductor
Vladimir Soloviev, collaborative pianist
Saturday, Mar. 21, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
St. Thomas’ Anglican Church

The Brock University Choir is a vibrant community of students from across the Brock University campus. Their performance features choral works from a diverse range of time periods, genres and cultural traditions. Tickets are available for purchase at Brock University Tickets. We can't wait to share our music with you!

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✨ 's Department of Dramatic Arts (DART) is set to whisk audiences away to a magical land of powerful beings and fantast...
03/04/2026

✨ 's Department of Dramatic Arts (DART) is set to whisk audiences away to a magical land of powerful beings and fantastical creatures. ✨

From dragons and elves to wizards and sorceresses, Escape to ILKANOR: A Fantasy Play in Nine Chapters invites viewers to leave the real world behind and embark on a journey of the imagination. The mainstage production opens Friday, March 6 at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre in downtown St. Catharines.

Written and directed by DART Assistant Professor and playwright Mike Griffin, the play explores escapism and fantasy genre tropes through diverse characters and extraordinary creatures. Many of the characters reflect marginalized perspectives that are not often represented in leading roles, Griffin says. Through their magical transportation to Ilkanor, these characters are able to explore different parts of their
identity.

Read the full story in The Brock News and book your tickets! ILKANOR awaits...

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✨ What does it mean to escape? Where do we escape to? ✨Mark your calendars, Escape to Ilkanor: A Fantasy Play in 9 Chapt...
02/26/2026

✨ What does it mean to escape? Where do we escape to? ✨

Mark your calendars, Escape to Ilkanor: A Fantasy Play in 9 Chapters hits the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre stage from March 6-14! Written and directed by Mike Griffin, the original play explores escapism and investigates some of fantasy’s common tropes through whimsical stories, diverse characters, and unique fantastical creatures. Through an episodic structure and a poetic style, the play dives into themes that explore representation in fantasy, neurodiversity, disability, the importance of community and mentorship, and wrestling with identity and self-care.
Set and Costume Design by Kelly Wolf, Sound Design by Gavin Fearon, Lighting Design by Chris Malkowski, Dramaturgy & Movement Direction by Jewels Krauss.

March 6 - 14, 2026
March 12th at 11 a.m.
March 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th at 7:30 p.m. March 8th at 2:00 p.m.
Marilyn I. Walker Theatre, MIWSFPA. Tickets can be purchased through Brock University tickets.

We look forward to welcoming you in Ilkanor...

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We couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Jordanian Canadian composer, educator and choral visionary Shireen Abu-Khader to...
02/26/2026

We couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Jordanian Canadian composer, educator and choral visionary Shireen Abu-Khader to in residence this week at . 🎉

As part of the 2025-2026 Walker Cultural Leaders Series, for the culminating performance of her WCL residency, Abu-Khader will be joined by Brock University Choir and Avanti Singers in a presentation that shares Levantine choral traditions and celebrates the power of collective singing. Don't miss the dynamic performance happening tomorrow at FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. ⬇️

SONGS & STORIES: From Palestine, With Love
With Brock University Choir & Avanti Singers
Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, 8:00 p.m.
Recital Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre

Free event, registration required. We can't wait to gather and share this special performance with our downtown St. Catharines and wider community!

https://loom.ly/Be8JY1E

Presented by Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture (STAC), Voix du Milieu/Voices In-between: La Francophonie Plurielle ...
02/12/2026

Presented by Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture (STAC), Voix du Milieu/Voices In-between: La Francophonie Plurielle du Niagara opens tomorrow at and will be on show until Saturday, Feb. 28.

The exhibition, curated by Dramatic Arts Associate Professor David Vivian and local artist, author and SOFIFRAN member Nafée Nelly Faïgou, will feature small sculptures, images and material culture from West Africa and the African Great Lakes regions, drawing from the collections of Faïgou and Fété Ngira-Batwaré Kimpiobi to celebrate Black History Month/African Heritage Month.

“It is a privilege to host this very special exhibition at MIWSFPA and share extraordinary masks, richly decorated headpieces, musical instruments, textiles, pottery and more displayed throughout the first two floors of the school,” Vivian said. Read more about the exhibition in The Brock News through the link in our bio. 🔗

Exhibition description:
A collection of small sculptures, images and material culture selected from the exhibition Eternal Africa – Past, Present, Future (FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 2025) and from the private collections of Nafée Nelly Faigou (St. Catharines) and Fété Ngira-Batwaré Kimpiobi (Welland) to celebrate Féstiv’Ébène 2026 and Black History Month in Niagara. Select pieces will be installed in different locations of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts. Curated by David Vivian and Nafée Nelly Faigou. In cooperation with SOFIFRAN (Solidarité des femmes et familles interconnectées francophones du Niagara). Sofifran

✨ Department of Music presents ✨RBC Foundation Music@Noon Series Tyler Versluis: A Portrait ConcertFeaturing: Leanne Vid...
01/26/2026

✨ Department of Music presents ✨

RBC Foundation Music@Noon Series
Tyler Versluis: A Portrait Concert

Featuring:
Leanne Vida (voice) (BMus '14)*
Erika Reiman (piano)
Gordon Cleland (violoncello)
Matti Pulkki (accordion)*
Tyler Versluis (composer) (BA '12)*
(*denotes alumni)

Our Tuesday Music@Noon series is generously sponsored by the RBC Foundation. The winter Music@Noon series is made possible by the generous support of FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre - St. Catharines
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✨ Visual Arts is thrilled to welcome Walker Cultural Leader Omar Badrin to ! ✨ARTIST TALK WITH OMAR BADRINThursday, Jan...
01/21/2026

✨ Visual Arts is thrilled to welcome Walker Cultural Leader Omar Badrin to ! ✨

ARTIST TALK WITH OMAR BADRIN
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 from 5-6:30 p.m.
Studio C (MWS 251), Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines
Free admission, open to the public.

Omar Badrin is an interdisciplinary artist born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Badrin obtained his MFA at the Ontario College of Art and Design University, where he was awarded a graduate medal for his work in the Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art Media and Design program. His practice is based on his personal history and examines identity formation through the lens of transracial adoption. Badrin’s practice explores racial and cultural dynamics and affective states of his own upbringing: being a visual minority who was born in Malaysia, adopted by a white parent and raised in the predominantly white province of Newfoundland.

Badrin has been using the craft medium of crochet—which is very popular in Newfoundland—as a signifier for the province. Initially, the use of crochet symbolized a way of belonging to the province because of its rich tradition in the culture and in his own family. However, upon reflection and after accepting that he might not ever feel a sense of belonging, he began to embrace the feeling of otherness through the making of grotesque masks that now serve to reveal, rather than hide.

Learn more through the WCL link in our bio! 🔗

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15 Artists' Common
Saint Catharines, ON
L2R0B5

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 10pm
Tuesday 7am - 10pm
Wednesday 7am - 10pm
Thursday 7am - 10pm
Friday 7am - 10pm
Saturday 7am - 10pm
Sunday 7am - 10pm

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