Tag: Community Concerts Vernon
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Kokopelli & The University Of Pretoria Youth Choirs
Kokopelli & The University Of Pretoria Youth Choirs Monday April 25, 2016 7:00 pm BUY TICKETS From two countries, two choirs with over 100 youthful voices interweave, creating musical magic. Award winning Kokopelli Youth Choir from Edmonton, Alberta plus internationally acclaimed University of Pretoria Youth Choir (UPYC) from South Africa are coming to Vernon to…
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Concert Review: Duo is on a first-name basis with its audience
by Christine Pilgrim – Vernon Morning Star The North Okanagan Community Concert audience was treated to an evening of unadulterated excellence by the Wolak Donnelly Duo Sunday. The two musical showmen had us eating from their hands, from Kornel Wolak’s first explosion on to the stage, with his clarinet slithering through the opening notes of…
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Wolak-Donnelly Duo – Sunday March 20, 2016
Wolak-Donnelly Duo – Piano & Clarinet Sunday March 20, 2016 7:30 pm BUY TICKETS Armed with a clarinet, a piano and a mischievous sense of humour, Polish born Kornel Wolak and Canadian Chris Donnelly, delightfully weave jazz into the classics. Playing favourites from Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, to Oscar Peterson’s Hymn…
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Concert Review: Steinway’s last stand
by Christine Pilgrim – Vernon Morning Star Sunday afternoon on February 21st, 2016 saw the swan song of the North Okanagan Community Concert Association’s 1887 Steinway piano. It was grand. NOCCA president Paul Maynes announced that all the keys on the association’s virtual piano, raising funds toward the cost of the association’s replacement Steinway, had…
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Sergei Saratovsky – Sunday February 21, 2016
Sergei Saratovsky – Piano Sunday February 21, 2016 2:00 pm BUY TICKETS Sergei has been here before. In 2013, when another artist became ill, he stepped in and totally wowed the audience! His enthusiastic reception was not surprising. The Russian-Canadian pianist has performed before the leaders of both his native and new lands. He is…
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Audience impressed with NOYSE
Review by the Vernon Morning Star The North Okanagan Youth Showcase of Excellence (NOYSE) was “absolutely phenomenal,” according to Gillian Thompson, one of the more than 300 audience members who attended the show Sunday at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre. “The range of talent took my breath away,” added audience member Marie Morris. “I loved it.…
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NOCCA Youth Showcase – Sunday Jan 31, 2016
NOCCA Youth Showcase Sunday January 31, 2016 2:00 pm BUY TICKETS NOCCA is excited to support North Okanagan’s incredible young talent with our inaugural North Okanagan Youth Showcase of Excellence (NOYSE) concert. Thirteen young performing artists from Lake Country to Salmon Arm auditioned in November 2015 to participate in this NOYSE concert, and their levels…
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Christine Tassan et les Imposteures – Sunday November 1, 2015
Christine Tassan et les Imposteures Sunday November 1, 2015 7:30 pm BUY TICKETS The rollicking rhythms of gypsy jazz are back! Four harmonious voices are an extra bonus! In a genre usually dominated by men, Christine Tassan et les Imposteures are re-inventing and rejuvenating this timeless form of music. The friends playing two guitars, violin…
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A New Piano For Vernon’s Performing Arts Centre
Did you know the grand piano used at the Vernon And District Performing Arts Centre is owned by the North Okanagan Community Concert Association (NOCCA)? The current nine foot Steinway concert grand was manufactured in 1887, reconditioned in the 1950’s and subsequently purchased by NOCCA from the Steinway factory in Hamburg, Germany in 1954. The…
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Borealis String Quartet – Thursday September 24, 2015
Borealis String Quartet Thursday September 24, 2015 7:30 pm BUY TICKETS One of the most dynamic and exciting world-class ensembles of its generation, Borealis String Quartet has received international critical acclaim as an ensemble praised for its fiery performances, passionate style, and refined, musical interpretation. Founded in Vancouver in the fall of 2000, Borealis String…
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