Category: Concert

Duo Rendezvous

Duo Rendezvous – Saturday March 18, 2017

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Duo RendezvousDuo Rendezvous
Saturday March 18, 2017 7:30 pm
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Duo Rendezvous—violinist Jasper Wood and guitarist Daniel Bolshoy join forces in a perfect synergy of intimate and virtuosic performance, gifting us with a presentation of humour and passionate musicianship.

This duo was formed as a response to great demand for a refreshing and passionate chamber ensemble with a strong dedication to outreach and education. Their unique programming enriches the existing guitar and violin repertoire with transcriptions of masterpieces from around the world and newly commissioned pieces by leading Canadian composers.

Jasper Wood has established himself as a major talent of his generation. He made his first public appearance at the age of five, and has since captured the hearts of music lovers everywhere. An acclaimed competition winner, Wood has developed a flourishing reputation as a sought-after soloist with major orchestras and as a recital/chamber musician throughout North America and Europe. He has been awarded both the coveted Sylva Gelber Prize (1996) and the prestigious Virginia Parker Award (2004) from the Canada Council for the Arts. Mr. Wood has eight solo and violin/piano CD recordings on the Endeavor Classics, Analekta, Centrediscs, Disques Pelleas and Naxos labels. Jasper Wood is professor of violin at the University of British Columbia.

Having performed hundreds of concerts internationally, Daniel Bolshoy is internationally recognized as a leader amongst Canadian guitarists. He is regularly praised for his friendly and informative spoken introductions, and progressive programming of solo and chamber music. An ATMA recording artist, Daniel Bolshoy appears on seven CD recordings and two documentary films. His most recent CD features the solo guitar works of Eduardo Sainz de la Maza. A devoted music educator, Daniel Bolshoy is currently the head of the guitar division at the University of British Columbia and head of the guitar department at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s newly created VSO School of Music, where he shares his passion for music with the next generation of guitar enthusiasts and tomorrow’s guitar heroes. duorendezvous.com

The concert will be opened by Vernon pianist Alex MacArthur. Alex began his music studies at the age of eight with Lucy Feldman in Vernon, completing his ARCT in 2003. After receiving his Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Victoria in 2008, he studied for two years at le Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal. He has been teaching piano on and off for the past 10 years and recently joined the faculty at the Vernon Community Music School. In addition to performing and teaching, Alex is also an accomplished accompanist for local musicians and students.

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Concert Program:

J. S. Bach  (1685-1750) Suite in E Minor, BWV 1034
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Suite Populaire Espagnole
Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) Introduction & Tarentelle
Intermission
Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) Luiza
Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Histoire du Tango
Seasons of Buenos Aires
Vittorio Monti (1868-1922) Csárdás

SINGLE CONCERT TICKETS
Adults – $40  Under 18 – $20
Students on the 8to12 program – $5

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3800-34th Street, Vernon, BC.

Pianist Sarah Hagen & Tenor Benjamin Butterfield

Benjamin Butterfield & Sarah Hagen – Sunday Feb 26, 2017

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Pianist Sarah Hagen & Tenor Benjamin ButterfieldBenjamin Butterfield & Sarah Hagen
Sunday February 26, 2017 2:00 pm
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Tenor Benjamin Butterfield and pianist Sarah Hagen unite in a magical offering from the voice and piano repertoire, giving a musical expression of artistry and human emotion.

Praised by The New York Times as “clarion-voiced and vibrant”, Benjamin Butterfield is known for his performances throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Born in Halifax NS and raised in Victoria BC, Benjamin began singing in school choirs and at his local church (Christ Church Cathedral). After graduating from McGill University he received grants from the Canada Council to work with David Gordon in Philadelphia, Diane Forlano in London and Leopold Simoneau in Victoria. In a career spanning thirty years, highlights have included tours with Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert as well as with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre. On the operatic stage he has toured with the Welsh National Opera, New York City Opera, Canterbury Opera in New Zealand and with Canada’s Opera Atelier. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, with the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival, the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic, Le Capitole in Toulouse, the Carmel Bach Festival in California as well as participating in the St. Matthew Passion at the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan under Seiji Ozawa. A prolific recording artist, he has recorded for Analekta, Dorian, CBC Records, Koch International and Timpani (France). He has been featured in Messiah on ZDF at the Handel-Festspiele Halle with Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert and on CBC Radio as a guest host twice for “This is my Music”. Recently Benjamin recorded the St. John Passion with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem (Analekta), the Rhien transcription of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde for Yellow Barn, and a sixth CD of Ukrainian Art Song for the Ukrainian Art Song Project in Toronto. He is currently Associate Professor, head of voice and co-head of performance for the School of Music at the University of Victoria, and is the 2015 recipient of the UVic. Craigdarroch Award for Excellence in Artistic Expression. He has served as guest faculty for Opera Nuova, the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy, The Victoria Conservatory Summer Vocal Academy, Vancouver International Song Institute, Yellow Barn, and Opera on the Avalon.

BC Touring Council’s 2015 Touring Artist of the Year, pianist Sarah Hagen has been heard in concert halls and on the airwaves throughout North America and Europe. As a First Prize Winner in the 2013 Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, she was awarded the opportunity to perform solo at New York City’s Carnegie Hall. An avid collaborator, Sarah has performed with cellist Ariel Barnes, violinist Robert Uchida, Trio Accord, Ballet Victoria, the Emily Carr String Quartet, among many others, and has appeared as soloist with the Victoria Symphony, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the West Coast Symphony Orchestra, and the Symphony Orchestra of the Pacific. She is Artistic Director for Pro’ject Sound, a performance project involving live piano with large-scale projected images. Sarah’s debut solo album, Glass House Dancing, was nominated for Classical Recording of the Year at the 2009 Western Canadian Music Awards. Her second album, Devoted: Music of Robert & Clara Schumann, features solo piano works and Clara Schumann’s Romances, Opus 22 with violinist Martin Chalifour, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She currently resides in Toronto where she is putting the finishing touches on her one-woman musical comedy act, “Perk up, pianist!”. sarahhagen.com

This concert will be opened by another of our wonderful North Okanagan “Rising Stars” – harpist, Shae Fraser. Following a successful opening for the 2016 George Elliot Secondary School’s year end music recital, Shae was  featured at a local open air concert in Lake Country. Shae has been playing for just 4 years, studying with local harpist Kate Oswald. She finds inspiration in Celtic folk songs and fantasy soundtracks, along with harpists from the internet that share a similar musical taste.

Concert Program:

John Beckwith (1927- ) Young Man From Canada
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Abendempfindung (“Evening sensations”)
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) Fußreise (“Journey on foot”)
Max Reger (1873-1916) Schwalbenmütterlein (“Little Mother Swallow”)
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Ablösung im Sommer (“Change in Summer”)
Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) Waldsonne (“Sun in the forest”)
Intermission
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Five Greek Songs
Harry Nilsson (1941-1994) Puppy Song
Nobody Cares About The Railroads Anymore
Michael Flanders (1922-1975)
& Donald Swann (1923-1994)		 The gas man cometh
A G–nu
The Warthog
The Hippopotamus

SINGLE CONCERT TICKETS
Adults – $40  Under 18 – $20
Students on the 8to12 program – $5

Purchase tickets at:

TICKET SELLER
Phone: (250) 549-SHOW (7469)
E-mail: boxoffice@ticketseller.ca

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3800-34th Street, Vernon
All concerts are held in the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.

remi buldoc jazz ensemble tribute to brubeck

Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble – Saturday Jan 28, 2017

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remi buldoc jazz ensemble tribute to brubeckRémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble
Saturday January 28, 2017 7:30 pm
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Dave Brubeck Quartet fans take note – we are in for a treat with this Remi Bolduc Ensemble tribute to Brubeck, including the great classics “Take Five”, “Three To Get Ready” and “Blue Rondo a la Turk”. The jazz ensemble features Rémi Bolduc, on saxophone, special guest pianist François Bourassa, Fraser Hollins on double bass and Dave Laing, drums.

Teacher and head of McGill University’s jazz department, Rémi Bolduc is considered one of the best jazz alto saxophonists in Canada. He has recorded with double bassist Marc Johnson, who himself performed with Bill Evans, Ben Monder, Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Werner and many others. Bolduc’s album, Tribute to Charlie Parker won the Félix award for Best Jazz Album of 2011. In January 2013 he was awarded the Opus prize for Jazz Concert of the Year. His charismatic playing style and dynamic stage presence create a lasting impression on audiences. On Tribute to Dave Brubeck, his latest album recorded in collaboration with the pianist François Bourassa and released to wide public acclaim, the joy these musicians share in playing together is clearly perceptible. Acclaimed at the greatest venues of New York, Paris, Geneva, Tokyo and Beijing, Rémi Bolduc captivates audiences with the dazzling virtuosity and stunning maturity of a highly accomplished musician. Rémi is working on a new project:  Swingin’ with Oscar!, a programme dedicated to the music of the great Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. Rémi Bolduc plays on a Selmer saxophone and Rico reeds.

Pianist and composer François Bourassa, 2007 recipient of the prestigious Oscar Peterson Award at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, leads one of the most active bands on the Canadian jazz scene. Band members include André Leroux (saxophones, flute), Guy Boisvert (bass) and tandem Greg Ritchie or Philippe Melanson (drums), plus Ivorian-Canadian percussionist Aboulaye Koné, a special guest who adds a world-polyrythmical flavour to several tunes. The latest recording, Rasstones, (Effendi/ Fusion3) is the seventh in a widely acclaimed discography. The quartet has toured on three continents, including recent concerts in Beijing, in major jazz festivals around the world, and in legendary locations such as Dizzy’s Club (Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York) during the memorable Québec Jazz series.

Fraser Hollins began his musical studies at Ottawa University and went on to hone his craft in Montreal at Concordia University. Fraser then found himself participating in musical groups with national and international artists, including musicians Dave Liebman, Mark Turner, Chris Potter, Donny McCaslin and Kurt Rosenwinkel. He currently lives in Montreal, where he teaches at McGill University.

David Laing was born in Kitchener and grew up in a musical family. He studied at McGill University in Montreal and began his professional career shortly thereafter. In the past 15 years he has recorded, toured, and performed with such national and international stars as Jimmy Heath, Junior Cook, Ed Bickert, Denzal Sinclaire and Ranee Lee. He currently resides in Montreal where he also teaches at McGill University.

The Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble

Local trumpet player and singer Jacob Soucy will open tonight’s concert. After receiving an Outstanding Soloist Award at the 2016 BC Interior Jazz Festival and winning a scholarship from the Vernon Jazz Society, Jacob looks to further his music career by playing throughout the Okanagan with various ensembles. He is inspired by live performances and favourite trumpet players Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis…and his musical peers. He is in Grade 12 at W.L. Seaton Secondary and is part of the school’s award-winning Senior Jazz Band.

Tribute To Dave Brubeck Concert Program:

In Your Own Sweet Way
Everybody’s Jumpin
Take Five
Bluette
Three to Get Ready
Intermission
Blue Rondo a la Turk
All the Things You Are
Far More Blue
Charles Matthew Hallelujah

SINGLE CONCERT TICKETS
Adults – $40  Under 18 – $20
Students on the 8to12 program – $5

Purchase tickets at:

TICKET SELLER
Phone: (250) 549-SHOW (7469)
E-mail: boxoffice@ticketseller.ca

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Visit The Performing Arts Centre Foyer
3800-34th Street, Vernon
All concerts are held in the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.

Pianist Ian Parker

Ian Parker, piano – Saturday October 29, 2016

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Pianist Ian ParkerIan Parker
Saturday October 29, 2016 7:30 pm
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Magnetic, easy-going and delightfully articulate, Canadian pianist Ian Parker captivates audiences wherever he goes. Born in Vancouver to a family of pianists, Ian Parker began his piano studies at age three with his father, Edward Parker. He holds both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Yoheved Kaplinsky. He was First Prize winner at the 2001 CBC National Radio Competition, won the Grand Prize at the Canadian National Music Festival, the Corpus Christie International Competition and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition. While studying at The Juilliard School, he received the 2002 William Petschek Piano Debut Award and, on two occasions, was the winner of the Gina Bachauer Piano Scholarship Competition.

Heard regularly on CBC Radio, he has also appeared as soloist with major orchestras internationally, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Honolulu Symphony, as well as every major Canadian Orchestra. He has recorded the works of Ravel, Stravinsky and Gershwin with the London Symphony Orchestra (2010) as well as an all-Fantasie CD entitled Moonlight Fantasies (2011).

Ian Parker returns to Vernon for the exciting début of NOCCA’s new Steinway piano. He will display the dazzling range of his artistry (and of our new piano) in this insightful and passionate performance. www.ianparker.ca

Ian will be joined by the young and talented Jaeden Izik-Dzurko for the final piece of the concert. Jaeden is from Salmon Arm, BC and began playing piano at age five. He is currently studying with both Ian Parker and Dr. Corey Hamm in Vancouver.

This concert is our annual “gala event” where those who feel so inclined are invited to dress “to the nines”.

Concert Program:

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Variations in F minor (un piccolo divertimento) Hob.XVII:6
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Schubert Song Transcriptions for Solo Piano s.558:
Gretchen am Spinnrade
Auf dem Wasser zu Singen
Ludwig van Beethoven (1811-1886) Piano Sonata No. 12 in A Flat Major, Op. 26
George Gershwin (1898-1937) Three Preludes
Intermission
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op 24
Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) Variations on a Theme By Paganini for 2 pianos, with Jaeden Izik-Dzurko

SINGLE CONCERT TICKETS
Adults – $40  Under 18 – $20
Students on the 8to12 program – $5

Purchase tickets at:

TICKET SELLER
Phone: (250) 549-SHOW (7469)
E-mail: boxoffice@ticketseller.ca

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Visit The Performing Arts Centre Foyer
3800-34th Street, Vernon
All concerts are held in the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.

Yegor Dyachkov & Jean Saulnier – Thursday September 22, 2016

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dyachvkov and saulnier

Yegor Dyachkov & Jean Saulnier
Thursday September 22, 2016 7:30 pm
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Yegor Dyachkov, cello and Jean Saulnier, piano. Each artist is acclaimed as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Together, their technical brilliance, sensitivity and flair for musical connection give authentic life to their music.

Lauded for his remarkable stage presence, depth of insight, nuance and generosity, cellist Yegor Dyachkov is an inspired recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist. Since being proclaimed Artist of the Year by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in 2000, Mr. Dyachkov has gone on to perform throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia, Canada and the United States, making his New York debut at Lincoln Center in October 2000. yegordyachkov.com

Jean Saulnier leads an active career as a recitalist, chamber musician and teacher, with broad experience in both the solo and the chamber music repertoire. He is a sought-after collaborator by the best musicians from Canada and abroad, speaking eloquently to the flexibility, natural playing ability, and spirit of partnership he brings to every performance. A recipient of numerous prizes in national and international competitions, including the William Kapell International Competition, the Prix d’Europe and the Leschetizky Competition, Jean Saulnier has performed in Canada, United States, South America and Europe. He is frequently heard in major Canadian music festivals and on CBC radio.

They have released 2 albums together. Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano and Prokofiev & Stravinsky: On Stage.

Once again, this season we will be showcasing some of the North Okanagan’s talented young musicians prior to each concert. This concert will be opened by Anastasia Martens, cello and Holly McCallum, cello.

Concert Program:

Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) Sonata in E minor, Op. 38
Intermission
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

SINGLE CONCERT TICKETS
Adults – $40  Under 18 – $20
Students on the 8to12 program – $5

Purchase tickets at:

TICKET SELLER
Phone: (250) 549-SHOW (7469)
E-mail: boxoffice@ticketseller.ca

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Visit The Performing Arts Centre Foyer
3800-34th Street, Vernon
All concerts are held in the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.