Tag: NOCCA
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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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Concert Review: Parker Inspires & Connects With Audience
by Christine Pilgrim – Vernon Morning Star Published: Februray 5, 2014 The stage lit up (if somewhat late on cue) with concert pianist Ian Parker’s ebullient entrance and immediate connection with a virtually full house — despite competition from the NFL Super Bowl — at the North Okanagan Community Concert Association’s only matinée in its…
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IAN PARKER, PIANO – Sunday February 2nd, 2014
IAN PARKER – PIANO Matinee Performance Sunday February 2, 2014 at 2 pm BUY TICKETS Back by popular request! Magnetic, easy-going and delightfully articulate, Canadian pianist Ian Parker captivates audiences wherever he goes. An enthusiastic recitalist, Ian has performed across the United States, Western Europe, Israel, and throughout Canada on tours with Debut Atlantic and…
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Extraordinary General Meeting
The North Okanagan Community Concert Association (NOCCA) constitution and by-laws have been amended in an effort to help us obtain charitable status. Anyone who holds a 2013/14 season ticket is invited to attend an Extraordinary General Meeting to approve and pass the changes at – People Place 101-3402 27 Avenue, Vernon Sunday February 23, 2014…
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Concert Review: Duo Gets Back To Bach
By Christine Pilgrim – Vernon Morning Star Published: November 27, 2013 Christie Reside and Terence Dawson, she on flute and he on piano, impressed North Okanagan Community Concert-goers at the Performing Arts Centre Friday with a palate of musical choices to suit every taste. Bach suited mine best. As Dawson said in his introduction to…
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