DuWors tackles Beethoven to help WSO kick off season
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This article was published 13/09/2017 (3125 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Kerry DuWors’ career as a musician has taken her around the globe, but this Sunday she will add another “dream moment” to her resumé a little closer to home when she takes the stage with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
The associate professor of violin and chamber music at Brandon University has been preparing for the past four months to open the WSO in Brandon Series. She will play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major along with the orchestra comprised of 70 musicians, conducted by Alexander Mickelthwate.
“It’s very exciting, something that I’ve been looking forward to for many months,” she said. “In fact in general I’ve been looking forward to performing the Beethoven concerto for years and years.”
DuWors’ love for the violin started at a very early age. By two-and-a-half years of age, she was already learning how to play.
“At that point it’s just one of those things that I guess came to me — and I came to it,” she said. “Music has obviously been a big part of my life.”
Originally from Saskatoon, DuWors said she was in high school when she decided to pursue a career in music.
“It’s absolutely a passion and something I obviously love to do … persevere and dedicate a lot of my time to it,” she said. “I also equally have a passion for teaching, and that’s another reason why I’m at BU certainly all these years, and that gives me great joy as well.”
DuWors has been teaching at BU since 2003. Her career as a performer has taken her everywhere in Canada except the Northwest Territories, which she says is still on her to-do list.
“I’ve performed in New Zealand — that was definitely a highlight,” she said. “I went to perform in a summer festival there, which means … January in Canada, so it was a great break to go to New Zealand at that time.”
She has played in Japan, in addition to Mexico and many countries in Europe.
“But playing close to home is actually also really big for its own reasons,” she said. “Two years ago, I played with the Saskatoon Symphony, and now I’m playing in my other home, which is Brandon, with the Winnipeg Symphony this weekend. They’re all important in their own way.”
This will be the second time DuWors will perform with the WSO. The last time was about nine years ago.
“It’s been a while and I would say definitely this is the biggest performance that I’ve done with an orchestra,” she said.
As the day gets closer, the anticipation only builds for DuWors.
“It’s all in the early preparation and then sort of letting it all go in that moment to enjoy,” she said. “I’m feeling very happy that I’m at that place today.”
The concert takes place on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium. Tickets are $54 for adults, $49 for seniors and $12.50 for students.
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