Seventh Annual Richard V. Ericson Lecture—and Recital: Piano Repertoire in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Réa Beaumont, piano; Green College Society Member and Artist in Residence
Piano Lounge, Green College, UBC
Monday, March 5, 5-6:30 pm
in the series
Richard V. Ericson Lectures and
Transforming Sounds / Altered Selves: How Music Changes in Time, Changes Us, and Changes our Worlds
Piano repertoire has undergone a significant transformation in the past 50 years. The contemporary works are no longer based on traditional models but continue to forge new ground as composers challenge pianists’ interpretive and technical abilities to the extreme.
Reviewed as “a tremendous pianist” (CBC Radio 2), Dr. Réa Beaumont (RAY-ah BO-mont) is an award-winning performer and composer. Her critically acclaimed recordings, often described as “beautiful” (American Public Media), continue to be aired around the world. She has collaborated with renowned composers such as R. Murray Schafer to premiere many new works, including those commissioned for her by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Réa's solo performances include the Canadian Opera Company’s “Piano Virtuoso Series” at the Four Seasons Centre for the Arts, the Canadian Broadcasting Centre’s Glenn Gould Studio (Toronto), Calgary’s Rozsa Centre, Nuit Blanche, Opera House (Italy), Pro Musica, “Sonic Boom” Festival, CONTACT Contemporary Music and mainstage at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square. Réa is the recipient of the Ontario Arts Council’s prestigious Chalmers Arts Fellowship and she has received multiple awards from FACTOR, Ontario Arts Council, SOCAN and The Canada Council for the Arts. Réa has been a faculty member at the University of British Columbia, the Royal Conservatory of Music, and the University of Toronto. Visit her website for more information: www.reabeaumont.com.
Dr. Beaumont will also be performing at Green College on March 8, 8-9 pm, with Richard Beaudoin, Composer; Visiting Research Fellow, Royal Academy of Music, London. Click here for details on the March 8 event.
Richard V. Ericson Lectures
Richard V. Ericson (1948-2007), BA, MA, PhD, LittD, FRSC, was Professor of Criminology and Sociology (1974-1993, 2005-2007) and Director of the Centre of Criminology (1992-1993, 2005-2007) at the University of Toronto; Professor of Sociology and of Law, Distinguished University Professor, and founding Principal of Green College at the University of British Columbia (1993-2003); and Professor of Criminology, Director of the Centre for Criminological Research, and Professorial Fellow of All Souls College, at the University of Oxford (2004-2005). He was a Canada Council Killam Research Fellow in 1998-2000 and held visiting appointments at universities in the UK, USA, Europe and Australia. His many acclaimed publications spanned police work, crime reporting, risk and regulation, insurance and governance, and the sociology of knowledge. He was especially proud of his role in the creation of Green College at UBC as a unique combination of residential academic community and public venue for non-curricular, interdisciplinary inquiry.
The Richard V. Ericson Lecture is given annually. It was inaugurated in 2011 by the journalist Andrew Coyne, who at that time was National Editor of Maclean's Magazine. The lectures are funded from the Richard V. Ericson Lecture Endowment. To learn more about the endowment fund, please visit the Green College "Start an Evolution" webpage.