Tag: NOCCA
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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…
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Win 2 Tickets to NOCCA’s Next Concert!
ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN 2 TICKETS To see pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko! When: Tuesday September 12, 2023 at 7:30pmWhere: Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Help us celebrate NOCCA’s Seventy-First anniversary with the homecoming to the NOCCA stage and the North Okanagan’s gift to the international world of music, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko. After a successful year of competitions in…
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meagan&amy – Concert Review
On April 19th, NOCCA presented its last concert of the season that showcased a young local trio and a more mature Canadian duo. Just minutes before the show was to begin, a power outage affecting a wide swath of Vernon postponed the concert. In fact, we were all ushered into the foyer where we waited…
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meagan&amy – Wednesday April 19, 2023
meagan&amy7:30 pm Wednesday April 19, 2023Buy Tickets Passionate, innovative and fearless music-making! meagan&amy, a vibrant Canadian duo consisting of violinist Amy Hills and pianist Meagan Milatz, share an intense passion for innovative programming and fearless music-making. They began their partnership in 2011 at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University. Their individual strengths – Meagan’s…
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Valencia Baryton Project – Concert Review
It was an immense pleasure to listen to Alex Thiessen open the NOCCA’S March 20th concert with the presentation of 4 songs including Bizet’s Habanera, beautifully accompanied by Neta Petkau on the NOCCA Steinway Grand. Thiessen sang with confidence, expressiveness and ease. She is a multi-talented musician whose joy of singing shone through brilliantly. The…
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Valencia Baryton Project Pre-concert Talk – March 19, 2023
Valencia Baryton Project Pre-concert Talk7 pm Sunday March 19, 2023Museum & Archives of Vernon The Valencia Baryton Project is a trio that centres on the rare early classical instrument, the baryton, accompanied by violin and cello. The baryton has 16 strings – 6 on the front and 10 on the back, played like a harp. Popular for about…
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Valencia Baryton Project – Monday March 20, 2023
Valencia Baryton Project7:30 pm Monday March 20, 2023Buy Tickets A new soundscape to modern composition. The Valencia Baryton Project was formed by colleagues from the opera of the Palau de les Arts (Valencia) and the Orchestre Nationale de Montpellier with the vision of performing the nearly 160 works written by Franz Joseph Haydn for the baryton.…
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Change of Venue for NOCCA’s February Concert
Happy New Year to all NOCCA’s subscribers and friends! Due to a recent cold snap the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre experienced water damage and are working to restore the theatre. Unfortunately this results in having to change the venue of NOCCA’s next concert on Friday February 17, 2023 to the Trinity United Church,…
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