Intercultural String Exchange Project
The University of Regina Conservatory of Performing Arts is proud to present the Intercultural String Exchange, a multicultural string music project.
Led by Karley Parovsky (violin) in partnership with the Conservatory, this project sought to bring together string players in Regina to learn new repertoire from a variety of Guest Artists across Canada. Each Guest Artists brought with them expertise in a different cultural style of string playing. Guest artists included Tristen Durocher, Wanes Moubayed, and Elizabeth J. Rodríguez.
Performance Funding
As part of the grant, we received funding to put on six performances with a Regina-based String Quartet. Our players include Heng-Han Hou (violin), Joel MacDonald (cello), Karley Parovsky (violin/viola), and Yeganeh Sotudehnia (violin/viola).
The six performances happened in public libraries and schools with a finale at Darke Hall in June 2023.
The performances in libraries and schools were a shortened 50-min program with the Darke Hall show being an extended 90-min program. All shows include musical selections curated by our Guest Artists and played live by our String Quartet. Performances also include special multimedia contributions from our Guest Artists.
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With the exception of the Darke Hall performance, all library and school performances were offered for free thanks to our grant funding from both SK Arts and the Saskatchewan Orchestral Association.
Learn more about the project and our String Quartet players and Guest Artists: Intercultural String Exchange Project Information Booklet.