Tag: Featured
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NOCCA 2024-2025 Season
Welcome to another fantastic season of NOCCA concerts, celebrating the diversity and emotion that music embodies. Thank you so much for continuing to support music, culture and the arts here in our wonderful community. It is because of you that we are able to bring these moments of inspiration and creativity to people of all…
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Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan – Tuesday April 23rd, 2024
Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan7:30 pm Tuesday April 23, 2024BUY TICKETS Two of Canada’s most skilled and forward-thinking classical guitarists. Adam Cicchillitti and Steve Cowan have set a benchmark in the world of classical guitar with their award-winning recordings, commissions of major orchestral works, and competition performances. On their debut release, FOCUS, Tracy Anne Smith…
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Haerim Elizabeth Lee & David Fung – Concert Review
On January 24, NOCCA presented its fourth concert of their seventy-first season and once again the audience was beguiled by the offerings showcased by the performers. The introductory duo opened with Evy Erickson on violin accompanied by Jenny Sunderland on piano. The pair performed an energetic interpretation of O. Rieding’s Concertino in A minor. This…
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Haerim Elizabeth Lee & David Fung – Thursday January 25, 2024
Haerim Elizabeth Lee & David Fung7:30 pm Thursday January 25, 2024 BUY TICKETS Captivating audiences, leaving them breathless with impeccable phrasing and musicality.Violinist, Haerim Elizabeth Lee has developed a playing style indicative of the very essence of her personality: passionate, deliberate and often witty. In 2015, Elizabeth performed as the concertmaster with Yo-Yo Ma at the…
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Quartetto Gelato – Concert Review
On November 28th, Autumn Sunderland opened NOCCA’S 3rd concert of the season. Accompanied by Paul Dykstra on piano, Autumn offered concert goers two delightful pieces, Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise followed by Suk’s Burleska. She played both from memory with confidence and skill. This was demonstrated through the voicing of her violin’s delicate tones. Her fingers rapidly moved…
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Quartetto Gelato – Tuesday November 28, 2023
Quartetto Gelato7:30 pm Tuesday November 28, 2023 BUY TICKETS An exotic blend of musical virtuosity, artistic passion and humour. With sold-out performances in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and elsewhere, this dazzling ensemble has enchanted audiences and critics worldwide with its exotic blend of musical virtuosity, artistic passion and humour. With a…
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Oktopus – Concert Review
On Wednesday, October 11th, Anders Erikson, accompanied by his mom, two sisters and grandfather opened NOCCA’S 2nd concert of the season with Hadyn’s Concerto in C major 1st Movement. Anders played nimbly. His fingers moved over the strings of the cello with grace and the notes wafted beautifully to the audience. The piece was marked…
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Oktopus – Wednesday October 11, 2023
Oktopus7:30 pm Wednesday October 11, 2023 BUY TICKETS Festive high energy performances, sprinkled with humour and spiced with narrative.Oktopus is a major presence on the Canadian music scene, with over 250 performances to its credit at home and abroad. The group is primarily devoted to klezmer – the musical heritage of Eastern European Jews –…
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Jaeden Izik-Dzurko – Concert Review
On September 12, NOCCA’s ‘23-24 concert season was opened by Hadley Lanaway. Ms Lanaway treated the audience to three beautiful piano pieces. As she played, she relaxed into her chosen repertoire allowing concert goers to create images within each selection. Hadley ended her performance with a lovely Sea Dragon lilt by Ina Dykstra. The featured…
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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…
