Listeners may notice an other-worldly aspect to the music during the fall concert by the University of Windsor Wind Ensemble this Friday, November 21. The program includes a fanfare to Mother Earth by David Maslanka, the “Jupiter movement from Gustav Holst’s The Planets, and Howard Shore’s Academy Award winning score to The Lord of the Rings.
The ensemble, under the direction of music professor Nicholas Papador, brings together 40 musicians for a varied repertoire that ranges from baroque to rock and Bach again.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the chapel in Assumption Hall, 400 Huron Church Road. Admission is $10, with a discounted student rate of $5. Order tickets online or by phone at 519-253-30000, ext. 4212.
Anna Maria Tremonti started her journalistic career at the University of Windsor as a reporter with the Lance student newspaper. She served as a foreign correspondent for CBC Television’s news program The National, based in Berlin, London, Jerusalem and Washington from 1991 through 2000, has been a political reporter on Parliament Hill and has covered local and political news across the country for both radio and television. Tremonti has been the host of CBC Radio’s current affairs program The Current since its creation in 2002.
Chris Gelinas (BComm 2007) is a fashion designer who finished his education at the Parsons School of Design. He refined his technical skills at such fashion houses as Marc Jacobs; Proenza Schouler; Balenciaga and most recently as first assistant to Olivier Theyskens at Theyskens’ Theory. Following the debut of his first collection for spring 2014, Gelinas won the Made for Peroni Young Designer Award, which included a $40,000 prize and secured him a spot at Made Fashion Week to present his Fall 2014 collection.
Vincent Georgie (MBA 2004) is an assistant professor of marketing at UWindsor’s Odette School of Business and marketing director of the Windsor International Film Festival. He was named University-wide Teacher of the Year in 2010 and has held the title of Marketing Professor of the Year each year since 2008. His areas of academic interest include the marketing of arts and culture; implications of decision-making for voting and consumer purchases; consumerism and materialism; social marketing and business education.
Navin Ramaswaran (BA 2003) is an independent filmmaker who began his career at Windsor’s Media Street Productions Inc. He is currently a director and editor with Toronto’s Studio M Digital Productions Inc. in Toronto. Ramaswaran has been the creative lead on various TV commercials, corporate videos and music videos and received the Antistatic Film Festival’s Best Fictional Narrative Award for his first short film, My Performance Art. Since then he has written, directed and/or edited several more films including 2014’s Chasing Valentine and Late Night Double Feature.
Vanessa Shields (BA 2002) is a Windsor author and poet. Her first book, Laughing Through A Second Pregnancy – A Memoir, was published by Black Moss Press in 2011 to rave reviews. In April 2013, Shields edited a poetry anthology entitled, Whisky Sour City (Black Moss Press). I Am That Woman, her first book of poetry, was published in January 2014, also by Black Moss Press. Her poetry, short stories and photography have been published in various literary magazines. She offers mentorship, guest speaks and teaches creative writing. She also does Poetry On Demand, on-the-spot poetry that helps make poetry fun and accessible for all.
