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Monday 12:30pm - 4:30pm Tuesday 12:30pm - 4:30pm Wednesday 12:30pm - 4:30pm Thursday 12:30pm - 4:30pm Friday 12:30pm - 4:30pm

The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

Name: The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
Address: 390 King Street West, Kingston, ON, K7L3N6, CA
Telephone: (613) 533-2424
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The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

The Isabel is a 90,000 sq.ft. world-class performing arts centre in Kingston, Ontario. Anchored by a transformational gift to the Initiative Campaign from Drs.
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The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts – also known as “the Isabel” — is home to the creative arts at Queen’s University and a hub of vibrant artistic study, creation and exhibition in the community. Embracing the principles of interactivity and integration, the DAN School of Music and Drama and the Department of Film and Media share teaching, performance and exhibition spaces within the

Isabel. Alfred and Isabel Bader, the Isabel was inspired by the Baders’ love – of the arts, of Queen’s, and of each other – and is named in Isabel’s honour. As a centre of interdisciplinary exchange, the Isabel’s state-of-the-art facilities enables students and faculty to present a wide range of innovative and creative pieces across the disciplines. Situated on the shores of Lake Ontario, the 90,000-square-foot centre was designed by Snøhetta in collaboration with N45 Architecture. The Isabel brings together exceptional spaces and programs with a captivating sense of place to create a dynamic venue for our students and community to learn, discover, think, do, and experience, together.

Address

390 King Street West
Kingston, ON
K7L3N6

Opening Hours

Monday	12:30pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday	12:30pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday	12:30pm - 4:30pm
Thursday	12:30pm - 4:30pm
Friday	12:30pm - 4:30pm

Telephone

(613) 533-2424

Website

http://www.queensu.ca/theisabel/

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Check out this sneak peek from Chanticleer 🎵💙 The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble perform at the Isabel on October 28 at 7:30PM. Don't miss it! Get your tickets today: https://www.queensu.ca/theisabel/whats-on/chanticleer

Sō Percussion performing Angélica Negrón's "Gone"

Check out this sneak peek of So Percussion performing Angélica Negrón's "Gone." Catch So Percussion perform this piece and others on Tuesday, October 4 at 7:30pm 🥁 Get your tickets to see So Percussion with Shodekeh here: https://www.queensu.ca/theisabel/content/s%C5%8D-percussion-shodekeh-talifero-soloist

Yiddish Glory: Lost Songs of WWII

Anti-fascist songs documenting Nazi atrocities, discovered in Ukraine’s National Library Yiddish Glory is a product of collaboration between historian Anna Shternshis (University of Toronto), artist Psoy Korolenko (Moscow- New York), and Toronto-based producer Dan Rosenberg. It features anti-fascist songs and music documenting Nazi atrocities that were discovered in a former Soviet archive in the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. The songs have been resurrected by Yiddish Glory in a jaw-dropping new recording of music written by Holocaust victims and survivors in the Soviet Union during World War II. The full performance includes: Anna Shternshis leading the lecture concert Psoy Korolenko: vocals Alice Ackerman: vocals Robert Horvath: Piano Drew Jurecka: Bandoneon, Clarinet, Viola Rebekah Wolkstein: Violin Michael Herring: Double bass For more information, see: https://www.yiddishglory.com/ Presented by Queen’s Jewish Studies Sponsored by the Harry and Sylvia Rosen Symposium

Headlines by The Gertrudes

The Gertrudes, Kingston's unique and experimental folkestra, make their Isabel debut on Friday, September 23 at 7:30PM! This special show offers the "full Gertrudes experience," with guest musical appearances, a brass section, dancers and more. Get your tickets: https://www.queensu.ca/theisabel/content/gertrudes

Sounding Thunder

By Armand Ruffo and Tim Corlis A musical journey into the life of the renowned Ojibwe WWI sniper and decorated officer of the Canadian military, Francis Pegahmagabow. Composed by Tim Corlis and written by Ojibwe poet Armand Garnet Ruffo, Sounding Thunder is a complex work divided into three acts, exploring Pegahmagabow’s early years immersed in the world of the Anishinaabe spirits, his extraordinary accomplishments in the trenches of WWI, and finally his political life as Chief of the Wausauksing Ojibwe and founder of the early Indigenous political moment in Canada. Based on the book Sounding Thunder by Brian McInnes who provides new perspective on Pegahmagabow and his experience through a unique synthesis of Ojibwe oral history, historical record, and Pegahmagabow family stories. CAST: Larry Beckwith, conductor Brian D. McInnes, narrator Jodi Baker Contin, singer, actor Waawaate Fobister, actor Mark Fewer, violin James Campbell, clarinet Christian Sharpe bassoon Beverley Johnston, percussion Guy Few, trumpet Rachel Thomas, trombone Joel Quarrington, double bass

Wood in the Concert Hall

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SAVANNAH SHEA AND MICHAEL BROADHEAD

SADAF AMINI YGK

MICHELLE KASABOSKI YGK

ALEX MUNDY YGK

Queer Songbook Orchestra

Lemon Bucket Orkestra was a hit last night at the Isabel! People were dancing in the aisles, and we all followed LBO into the lobby for more music and dancing. Thanks LBO for a great performance!!! Thanks to our Tech Director Kevin Tanner for this film.

What a great launch to the season with Ernestine Tahedl's art inspired by music. The exhibit is in the Art & Media Lab beside the main lobby. Stunning art with bursts of colours that leap into your heart.

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The Isabel

The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts – also known as “the Isabel” — is a home for the creative arts at Queen’s University and a hub of vibrant artistic study, creation and exhibition in our community. Embracing the principles of interactivity and integration, the School of Music, Department of Film and Media, Department of Drama, and Bachelor of Fine Art Program will share teaching, performance and exhibition spaces within the Isabel. Anchored by a transformational gift to the Initiative Campaign from Drs. Alfred and Isabel Bader, the Isabel was inspired by the Baders’ love – of the arts, of Queen’s, and of each other – and is named in Isabel’s honour. As a centre of interdisciplinary exchange, the Isabel’s state-of-the-art facilities will enable students and faculty to present a wide range of innovative and creative pieces across the disciplines. Among the Isabel’s offerings are a series of classical music concerts featuring both world-class and rising young artists, as well as two theatrical presentations. Most of these performances will be experienced in the superb acoustics of Kingston’s first purpose-built performance hall, a 566-seat gem enhanced by the expertise of Arup and Theatre Projects Consultants. Other spaces include a studio theatre, a film screening room and a music rehearsal hall. Situated on the shores of Lake Ontario, the 80,000-square-foot centre was designed by Snøhetta in collaboration with N45 Architecture. The Isabel brings together exceptional spaces and programs with a captivating sense of place to create a dynamic venue for our students and community to learn, discover, think, do, and experience, together.