This December, experience the festive spirit at Studio Bell with Winter Weekends.
Featuring a rotating vendor market, community choirs, ensembles, and pop-up live music, it's the perfect way to celebrate the magic of the winter season through music.
Saturday, December 20 Schedule
| 10:00 am | Studio Bell opens |
| 11:00 am | Vendor market opens (Floors 1 & 2) |
| 11:00 am | Chris Maric on the Allen Theatre Organ (Floor 2, Performance Hall) |
| 12:00 pm | Altra Volta (Floor 2, Performance Hall) |
| 1:30 pm | Altra Volta (Floor 2, Performance Hall) |
| 2:30 pm | Chris Maric on the Allen Theatre Organ (Floor 2, Performance Hall) |
| 4:00 pm | Vendor market closes |
| 5:00 pm | Studio Bell Closes |
About Chris Maric
Chris Maric is a multi-instrumentalist known for his truly unique and innovative musical style. He has honed a technique which persistently flirts with genius, yet seemingly is always on the verge of recklessly stumbling into depths of unbridled passion. As a performer, composer and educator, he has demonstrated his talents to a wide variety of audiences, crossing paths with practically any musical genre and style. He has also worked with a vast array of artists and organizations, continually surprising audiences with fresh performances.
About Altra Volta
Altra Volta is a 7-voice a cappella vocal ensemble founded in 1998. Comprised of talented singers in the Calgary music community, the group's diverse repertoire includes classical choral, vocal jazz and pop music. In recent years the group has gone from performing published choral works to also creating arrangements of their own, exploring the many facets of the human voice to emulate various musical instruments.
Altra Volta has won a number of awards, including first place finishes at the Kiwanis Music Festivals in Calgary and Camrose, and the Norman Kennedy Award for Outstanding Vocal Ensemble in 2001 and 2002. In addition to their own concerts, Altra Volta has performed for weddings and other special events around the city, including the True Patriot Love Tribute Gala and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Night of Honor.
The group has released three studio albums: Primo (2005), Either Way (2008), and a Christmas album, Snowfall (2011).