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Visiting artist John Murrell gives an enlightening talk about:

THE DRAMA OF MUSIC, THE MUSIC OF DRAMA
Theatre as we know it was born from ancient festivals of music and dance.  In turn, spoken theatre has inspired some of the greatest music ever written.  What makes these two arts such fertile parents?

—With a special contribution by University of Lethbridge Music student, Jeanine Williams, who is performing "Storm Aria" from the opera Filumena (John Murrell, librettist and John Estacio, composer).—

John Murrell is among Canada’s most respected and most frequently produced playwrights, whose plays – including Waiting for the Parade, Memoir, Farther West, Democracy, and Taking Shakespeare – have been translated into 15 languages and performed in more than 30 countries.  He is also an opera librettist, a translator of theatre, and an arts activist. 

Murrell is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence, and a recipient of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.

For more information on this dynamic artist, visit the Canadian theatre website.