Tag: Classical Music
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Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (piano) – Tuesday September 12, 2023
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (piano)7:30 pm Tuesday September 12, 2023 BUY TICKETS The 2023/24 NOCCA concert season begins with one of the North Okanagan’s great sources of musical pride, pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko. Over the past ten years, Jaeden has opened for NOCCA presentations as well as performed for the North Okanagan Youth Showcase of Excellence (NOYSE). After…
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Win 2 Tickets to NOCCA’s Next Concert!
ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN 2 TICKETS To see pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko! When: Tuesday September 12, 2023 at 7:30pmWhere: Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Help us celebrate NOCCA’s Seventy-First anniversary with the homecoming to the NOCCA stage and the North Okanagan’s gift to the international world of music, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko. After a successful year of competitions in…
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meagan&amy – Concert Review
On April 19th, NOCCA presented its last concert of the season that showcased a young local trio and a more mature Canadian duo. Just minutes before the show was to begin, a power outage affecting a wide swath of Vernon postponed the concert. In fact, we were all ushered into the foyer where we waited…
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meagan&amy – Wednesday April 19, 2023
meagan&amy7:30 pm Wednesday April 19, 2023Buy Tickets Passionate, innovative and fearless music-making! meagan&amy, a vibrant Canadian duo consisting of violinist Amy Hills and pianist Meagan Milatz, share an intense passion for innovative programming and fearless music-making. They began their partnership in 2011 at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University. Their individual strengths – Meagan’s…
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Valencia Baryton Project – Concert Review
It was an immense pleasure to listen to Alex Thiessen open the NOCCA’S March 20th concert with the presentation of 4 songs including Bizet’s Habanera, beautifully accompanied by Neta Petkau on the NOCCA Steinway Grand. Thiessen sang with confidence, expressiveness and ease. She is a multi-talented musician whose joy of singing shone through brilliantly. The…
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Valencia Baryton Project Pre-concert Talk – March 19, 2023
Valencia Baryton Project Pre-concert Talk7 pm Sunday March 19, 2023Museum & Archives of Vernon The Valencia Baryton Project is a trio that centres on the rare early classical instrument, the baryton, accompanied by violin and cello. The baryton has 16 strings – 6 on the front and 10 on the back, played like a harp. Popular for about…
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Valencia Baryton Project – Monday March 20, 2023
Valencia Baryton Project7:30 pm Monday March 20, 2023Buy Tickets A new soundscape to modern composition. The Valencia Baryton Project was formed by colleagues from the opera of the Palau de les Arts (Valencia) and the Orchestre Nationale de Montpellier with the vision of performing the nearly 160 works written by Franz Joseph Haydn for the baryton.…
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Pentaèdre – Concert Review
Like many of the musical delights presented in the 70 year history of the North Okanagan Community Concert Association, the concert that was showcased on November 19th was a standout that created complete delight of audience members. In the tradition of the series, the young double bass virtuoso Nicholas Covaser warmed up the audience with…
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Pentaèdre – Friday November 18, 2022
Pentaèdre7:30 pm Friday November 18, 2022Buy Tickets A great variety of colors and atmospheres from all the instruments. Enjoy a Friday night out at Vernon’s Performing Arts Centre. A unique ensemble in Quebec’s musical landscape, Pentaèdre explores and introduces the public to a varied and original chamber music repertoire from the great tradition of music for…
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Mirror Visions Vocal Ensemble – Saturday October 29, 2022
Mirror Visions Vocal Ensemble7:30 pm Saturday October 29, 2022Buy Tickets A trio of passionate storytellers transport us to exotic destinations in song. The Mirror Visions Ensemble (MVE), Soprano Mireille Asselin, Tenor Scott Murphree, Baritone Jesse Blumberg with Grant Wenaus accompanying on piano, is passionate about storytelling through art song, laced with humor. “Charm is a quality…
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