Tag: Featured
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JOE TRIO – Saturday March 21, 2015 7:30 pm
JOE TRIO – piano, violin and cello Saturday March 21, 2015 7:30 pm BUY TICKETS These classically-trained musicians fit perfectly into the Kaleidoscope theme. They won’t to be neatly categorized! Instead, JOE TRIO strives for diversity, versatility, more than a little humour and unpredictability. Their repertoire consists of the classics – from Papa Haydn to…
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Concert Review: Les Violons Du Roy Play Music Fit For A King
By CHRISTINE PILGRIM for The Vernon Morning Star. Les Violons du Roy, its name adapted from that of the string orchestra that played for a 17th century French king, awed Tuesday’s North Okanagan Community Concert Association’s gala audience with music fit for any king, or queen for that matter. One young man said afterwards, “This…
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LES VIOLONS DU ROY – Tuesday November 18, 2014
LES VIOLONS DU ROY Tuesday November 18, 2014 7:30 pm BUY TICKETS The 15 member LES VIOLONS DU ROY takes its name from the renowned string orchestras in the courts of French kings. Under the direction of founder Bernard Labadie, they focus on chamber music from the Baroque and Classical periods, playing in the style…
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SERVANTES, guitar – Thursday October 16, 2014
SERVANTES – guitar Thursday October 16, 2014 7:30 pm BUY TICKETS Patrice Servant “Savantes” kicks off our 2014-15 “Kaleidoscope – Colours of Sound” season with a truly unique and innovative blend of latin, flamenco and jazz. In his own words, Patrice Servant describes music as ever changing. “As time goes (by) and humans evolve, new…
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Youth Showcase Concert – February 1, 2015
YOUTH SHOWCASE CONCERT Sunday February 1, 2015 We are excited to announce an upcoming concert to showcase local talented youth. At its Annual General Meeting on June 1, 2014 NOCCA, (North Okanagan Community Concert Association) approved the presentation of a youth showcase of musical excellence to be held at the Performing Arts Centre in Vernon,…
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BRASS ON THE GRASS – Friday September 12th, 2014
BRASS ON THE GRASS – with Fish on Five – returns to Mackie Lake House. Friday September 12th, 2014 6:00 pm BUY TICKETS What is Fish on Five? It’s the wacky name for five friends who share two great loves – fishing and music! They are all brass players with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra. The…
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Concert Review: Montréal Musketeers Have Spirit
by Christine Pilgrim – Vernon Morning Star Published: April 30, 2014 A common spirit connects three French Canadian musical musketeers known on their six CDs as the Montréal Guitare Trio. The sum of their 30 fingers plucking, strumming, drumming and stroking their guitars, created by luthier Bruno Boutin, amounted to a triumphant close of the…
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MONTREAL GUITAR TRIO – Friday, April 25th 2014
MONTREAL GUITAR TRIO Friday April 25, 2014 7:30 pm BUY TICKETS “Back by popular demand” – without question! In January 2012, these three guitarists – Marc Morin, Sébastien Dufour and Glenn Lévesque, melted ice and won hearts in Vernon. Bubbling with unbridled energy and humour, they plucked, strummed and syncopated their way from jazz to…
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Concert Review: Van Django Concert Adds Some Heat
by Christine Pilgrim – Vernon Morning Star Published: March 26, 2014 Vancouver-based acoustic string quartet Van Django breathed fire into gypsy jazz and left the audience smokin’ at the North Okanagan Community Concert at the Performing Arts Centre. Named in tribute to guitarist Django Reinhardt, Van Django is Vancouver’s answer to Paris’s Quintette du Hot…
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VAN DJANGO – Friday March 21, 2014
VAN DJANGO Friday March 21, 2014 7:30 pm BUY TICKETS Van Django is an acoustic string ensemble made up of four of Canada’s most talented and eclectic musicians; violinist Cameron Wilson, guitarist Budge Schachte, guitarist/cellist Finn Manniche and bassist Brent Gubbels. Their music is punchy, driving and rhythmically inventive, combining a wealth of musical influences…
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