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NOCCA Welcomes its Eighth Decade of Live Concerts

by JP, posted in Concert, News

Wednesday, October 16 at 7:00 PM, the North Okanagan Community Concert Association begins its 81st year of presenting a season of live musical performances.

TRIO TANGERE is the first offering this season and they are nothing short of “eclectically amazing”. Each member of the trio has been individually recognized for his artistry by publications and award ceremonies, as well as critical reviewers. As a trio, check out what they can do as recorded in sessions throughout the Houses of Parliament in Ottawa, taking advantage of the unique acoustics.

Not only do they perform classical compositions, but they commission new works from Canadian and international composers as well.

Violinist Marc Djokic is concertmaster of l’Orchestre Classique de Montreal and music director of ART CRUSH. His awards for solo works and recordings include winning an East Coast Music Award in 2020 for his solo debut album “Solo Seven”. He has performed as soloist for the Toronto, Quebec and National Arts Centre Orchestras, and has appeared and performed in over 100 music videos and recordings.

Jerome Ducharme appeared on our stage as a member of the Canadian Guitar Quartet. Since winning the Guitar Foundation of America International Competition, Jerome has been invited to perform at festivals
and in concerts across Canada, Mexico and the U.S. He has taught at McGill University in Montreal since 2011, and in 2019 began a teaching position at Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal.

Louis Trepanier is also an alumnus of the Canadian Guitar Quartet as he returns to our stage as well. Louis’s energy and sensitivity easily translate into his musicianship, but also into his composing and arranging. He has performed on three continents for more than twenty years and continues his successful career by collaborating and judging on the national and international levels. He is also Coordinator of the Guitar Sector at the University of Ottawa School of Music.

Come out and be entertained at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre to an evening of delight. Tickets are available through Ticket Seller at 250-549-7469 or at ticketseller.ca.

Haerim Elizabeth Lee & David Fung – Concert Review

by SillyGilly, posted in Review
Elizabeth Lee and David Fung

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 piece was beautifully contrasted by the slow and emotive music of Jules Massenet, Meditation from Thais. Both pieces were played expertly from memory. When Ms. Erickson and Ms. Sunderland concluded their presentation, the audience seemed spellbound as it took several seconds for the resounding applause to occur.

Elizabeth Lee and David Fung graced the stage for the main section of the concert and treated the audience to a cornucopia of modern composers including Debussy, Ravel and Gershwin. The musicians performed with technical brilliance and passion. They encapsulated the different genres of music into a highly complex offering for the concert-goers. It was evident that Ms. Lee and Mr. Fung were thoroughly enjoying themselves as they exuded pleasure both on their faces, smiling widely and in their body language. They were one with their music, their instruments and with each other.

Their playing evoked many images; someone rushing around the streets with a great need to get somewhere fast, to the warm, relaxed ‘Summertime’ of the southern states.

They received a well-deserved standing ovation and were enticed back to the stage three times before offering the audience more brilliant musical prowess in an intensely beautiful, intensely Gershwin finale.

Review by Shannon V Marsh and Gerald Sholomenko.

NOCCA’s next concert will feature: 
Guitarists Adam Cicchillitti and Steve Cowan on Tuesday April 23, 2024. 
Tickets can be purchased at ticket seller.ca or phone (250) 549-7469. 
For more information visit our website nocca.ca

Haerim Elizabeth Lee & David Fung – Thursday January 25, 2024

by SillyGilly, posted in Concert

Haerim Elizabeth Lee & David Fung
7:30 pm Thursday January 25, 2024

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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 Kennedy Center Honors concert in Washington, D.C. to recognize Maestro Seiji Ozawa, which was attended by former President Barrack Obama.

Elizabeth possesses a progressive philosophy when it comes to exploring and premiering works by living composers. 

Elizabeth describes her interpretation of George Gershwin’s works for violin and piano as a “contemporary take on timeless music that captures the vibrant spirit of New Your City as it once was and as it is now. Her new album, My Time is Now, will delight die-hard Gershwin fans and capture the hearts of new followers. More about Liz Lee

Pianist, David Fung will be performing with Elizabeth. He is widely recognized for “interpretations that are elegant and refined, yet intensely poetic and uncommonly espressive.” David regularly appears with the world’s premier ensembles, including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Symphony, as well as the major orchestras in Australia. 

David garnered international attention as a laureate of the Queen Elizabeth International Music Competition in Brussels and the Arthur Rubenstein Piano International Masters Competition in Tel Aviv. In Tel Aviv, he was further distinguished by the Chamber Music and Mozart prizes, awarded in areas in which he has a passionate interest. 

David is currently on the faculty at the University of British Columbia and is a curator at the Chan Center for the Performing Arts.  More about David Fung.

Click on the links below to view videos of violinist Haerim Elizabeth Lee and pianist David Fung.

David Fung, piano:

Haerim Elizabeth Lee, violin:


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*** NOCCA’s next concert will be on Tuesday April 23, 2024. 
Please visit nocca.ca for more details. ***