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Vernon Proms 2022

by SillyGilly, posted in News
Vernon Proms 2022

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Hello NOCCA friends! As the weather finally starts to warm up and Summer has officially started we want to tell you about the 7th Annual Vernon Proms which is about to kick-off on June 23rd and runs through to July 17th. Come out and support our local musicians!

There are over 25 concerts, many of them free (or by donation – pay what you can), representing a variety of music genres – from medieval, baroque and classical to jazz and world music. There are five public concerts at Polson Park Bandshell – bring your picnic baskets and chairs or blankets.

The festival opens June 23 with a concert of French baroque music by Francois Couperin performed by a world-class period instruments ensemble Contrasto Armonico (now based in Victoria) at Vernon Peace Lutheran Church 7:30 pm; and in Kelowna June 24, 7:30 pm at St. Michael’s Cathedral.

The first week of the Proms continues with “A Trip to the Emerald Isle” by Ancora and Friends with a free Celtic music celebration June 25, 3 pm at Peace Lutheran Church.

Okanagan Recorders Orchestra presents a free concert June 26, 2 pm at Peace Lutheran Church.

Partners in Crime bring a witty musical storytelling by Cvetozar Vutev and Curtis Howell illustrated with music for violin, viola, harpsichord and pianoforte by J.S. Bach and G.P. Telemann June 26, 7:30 pm at Peace Lutheran Church.

Crowd favourite Fish on Five Brass Quintet brings pop, jazz and light classics to Polson Park June 27 at 6 pm.

The Vernon Jazz Club and SilverStar Mountain present Sean Bray’s Peach Band playing “a hybrid of instrumental American roots with a jazz improv sensibility” June 29, 7:30 pm at the National Altitude Training Centre Auditorium, SilverStar.

Alexandra Babbel’s pupils with bright singing futures, accompanied by Graham Vink, will delight you with free classical favourites from Purcell, Strauss and Faure July 2, 3 pm also at Peace Lutheran Church.

The 20-piece Okanagan Symphony Wind Ensemble presents an eclectic mix of the best concert band music of the last 50 years under director Dennis Colpitts July 2, 6 pm at Polson Park.

Vernon Proms also runs a Youth Music Camp this year, July 4-8. For ages five to nine, from 10 to 10:45 am, and ages 10 to 16 from 11:45 am to 1:30 pm at Vernon Peace Lutheran Church, cost $30.

Buy single concert tickets and obtain more information about the rest of the festival line-up at vernonproms.ca.

Festival passes for 11 ticketed concerts are:
General – $240 ($320 value, 25% off)
Senior/Student – $199 ($265 value; 25% off)
Music Student – $50 ($265 value; 80% off)

Buy festival passes at https://www.vernonproms.ca/festival-passes/proms-2022

We hope to see you at some of these wonderful concerts!

Notice Of Annual General Meeting – May 15, 2022

by SillyGilly, posted in News

North Okanagan Community Concert Association

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Sunday May 15, 2022 at 2 PM

On ZOOM

NOCCA will be holding its AGM at the above date and time. In consideration of COVID-19 restrictions, once again, this year’s AGM will be held on ZOOM. If you would like to attend the AGM please email Su Lonsdale at nocca.secretary1@gmail.com and she will send you the password and instructions for using ZOOM.

In addition to a review of the past year, we will be revealing our plans for the coming season.

The minutes of the AGM will be distributed following the meeting.

Thank you for your continued support.

 Joe Trio – Monday May 2, 2022

by SillyGilly, posted in Concert
Joe Trio

Joe Trio
7:30 pm Monday May 2, 2022
at Trinity United Church, Vernon
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A new breed of classical musicians, Joe Trio is not your average piano trio. They don’t want to be neatly categorized, but instead strive for diversity, versatility, and more than a little humour and unpredictability. Their repertoire consists of the classics – from Papa Haydn to Uncle Shostakovich, new works by contemporary composers, and their own arrangements of popular, jazz and rock tunes. And they’re not afraid to mix together so many styles of music into a single piece it makes your head spin! More than virtuosi, the Trio’s members are fantastic performers who engage the audience in a way few classical musicians can. Amply witty, charming, and tremendously musical, Joe Trio leaves audiences with a new appreciation for classical music.

Since Joe Trio was formed in 1989, this classically trained violin-cello-piano threesome has presented hundreds of concerts throughout Canada and the United States – ten provinces, one territory, and thirty-six states so far. They’ve played everywhere from Whitehorse to Corpus Christi, and from Sacramento to St. John’s, and even in Ely, Nevada. Joe has been heard on many CBC Radio shows including the old Morningside show, Disc Drive, The Music Room, West Coast Performance and Quirks and Quarks.

They recorded their first CD, “A Cup of Joe” in 1997, and their second album, recorded with CBC and entitled “Set ’em up, Joe” (2001), was nominated for Best Classical Performance at the West Coast Music Awards. In recent years Joe collaborated with the late Canadian broadcaster and writer Stuart McLean when Joe fiddler Cameron Wilson set the music to McLean’s “A History of Canada”. In 2011 Joe recorded their third CD, “Cold Cuts”.

That same year, violinist Cameron Wilson premiered his film noir operetta “Supernatural Noir” co-written with librettist Kico Gonzalez Risso which included Joe Trio as the house band for the production. 2011 was also the year Joe travelled to Smithers BC to premiere another work by Cameron Wilson, “Fragile Magic” (the Salmon Symphony) which involved the trio coaching and performing in a weekend of workshops and classes with local string instrumentalists, choirs and first nations drummers. In October 2014, the trio joined forces with the late Stuart McLean again this time on a Vinyl Cafe tour of BC and Alberta.

Opening the concert is Gus Hansen. Produced organically in the heart of the Okanagan valley, Gus has been playing guitar for 15 years and is thrilled to be a part of the NOCCA experience. When he’s not touring locally with the O’Keefe Entertainers, Gus enjoys spending most of his time inside, listening to music with his cat. As he prepares to leave for music studies at Capilano, Gus is grateful to receive an opportunity to perform for such an excellent community and hopes you enjoy the show! 

Please note: this concert is being held at Trinity United Church, 3300 Alexis Park Drive, Vernon BC.

Click on the image/link below to view a video of the Joe Trio:

SINGLE CONCERT TICKETS
Adults – $40  22 and Under – $20
Guest of a subscription member $35

Purchase tickets at:

TICKET SELLER
Phone: (250) 549-SHOW (7469)
E-mail: boxoffice@ticketseller.ca

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Visit The Performing Arts Centre Foyer
3800-34th Street, Vernon BC.

Canadian Guitar Quartet – March 25, 2022

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Canadian Guitar Quartet
Canadian Guitar Quartet

Canadian Guitar Quartet
7:30 pm Friday March 25, 2022
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For more than twenty years, the Canadian Guitar Quartet has been performing chamber music for guitar at an international level of excellence.  After their American debut in New York in 1999, classical music lovers have been clamoring for encore after encore throughout the three Americas and Europe.

It has been almost twenty years since they last performed here in Vernon and the response was the same, a resounding standing ovation. They are finally returning.

Founding member, Louis Trépanier along with fellow musicians Jérôme Ducharme, Renaud Giguère and Christ Habib will take the stage at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre on Friday evening, March 25 at 7:30 and present a program featuring  transcriptions from Mozart to their own compositions.

As an original member, M. Trépanier can state that the 2022 version of CGQ is arguably the best and most versatile since the quartet’s inception, and that statement is confirmed by past members of the quartet as well.

The Canadian Guitar Quartet is the perfect example of a coming together of four amazing individual talents. In the case of the CGQ, the musical result is far greater than the sum of the parts.

The guitar can be one of the most sensual of musical instruments. Listen to the harmonies, the counterpoint and the intricacies of the melodies. Hear the response of each of the musicians to the inflections from the others. Sit back and enjoy the Canadian Guitar Quartet!

Opening for the Canadian Guitar Quartet are two of the North Okanagan’s finest young cellists, Holly McCallum and Angela Zeng. Holly comes to us from White Lake and is preparing for university. Angela is a Grade 12 student at Kalamalka Secondary in Coldstream. These amazing ladies have been members of the Okanagan Symphony Youth Orchestra (OSYO) and have both held the position of principal cellist during their tenure with the OSYO. Together they recently performed the Serenata for Two Cellos and Orchestra by Carlo Alfredo Piatti with the combined OSO and OSYO. Both Angela and Holly study cello with John Kadz, Johanne Perron and Morna Howie.

Click on the image/link below to view a video of the Canadian Guitar Quartet:


SINGLE CONCERT TICKETS
Adults – $40  22 and Under – $20
Guest of a subscription member $35

Purchase tickets at:

TICKET SELLER
Phone: (250) 549-SHOW (7469)
E-mail: boxoffice@ticketseller.ca

– or –

Visit The Performing Arts Centre Foyer
3800-34th Street, Vernon
All concerts are held in the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.

Aljoša Jurinić, Piano – February 24, 2022

by SillyGilly, posted in Concert
Aljoša Jurinić

Aljoša Jurinić, Piano
7:30 pm Thursday February 24, 2022

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Praised for “pure and unadulterated virtuosity”, Aljoša Jurinić has established himself on the international stage at the world’s preeminent piano competitions. Aljoša appeared as a soloist and with orchestras, at Carnegie Hall, major European concert halls, as well as important festivals in the United States and Europe. He has worked with many of the worlds most esteemed conductors, and toured China and Japan. In 2019 he was awarded the Order of the Morning Star by the president of Croatia for outstanding achievements in culture and the international promotion of his country.

A keen chamber musician, Aljoša Jurinić performs in duos with world-renowned musicians. His collaboration with Luka Šulić (cello) earned the prestigious Orlando Award at the 70th Dubrovnik Summer Festival. His discography includes a solo album, Chopin Alive, a CD box set of highlights from the 2016 Queen Elisabeth Competition, Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, and a live album featuring Schumann’s Fantasy, and Chopin’s 12 Etudes.

Aljoša Jurinić holds a Concert Diploma from the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar, where he studied under Grigory Gruzman, and a Master’s Degree from the Academy of Music of the University of Zagreb, where he studied under Ruben Dalibaltayan. Other teachers who have contributed to his artistic development include Eliso Virsaladze, Noel Flores, and Jasna Reba. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Toronto with James Parker.

Aljoša is hailed as “a startlingly subtle and visionary pianist” with “a rare blend of charm and mastery”. He has been praised as nothing less than sublime, with flawless and formidable technique, demonstrating full command of the technical challenges. He is also known for his beautiful and expressive interpretations with well-built dynamics, and “yet sometimes whisper-soft touch.” His clear commitment to the composers, indicating he deeply understands their language and speaks it in a natural and fluid way allows the glory and spiritual richness of the melody to shine.

“The magnificence of his artistry and pianistic genius astonishes us each time. He has something truly special but is set apart from the rest by his meticulous attention to the compositional and theoretical aspects, as well as the historical context. He also devotes himself completely to the emotional aspects, without the slightest premeditation. As a listener, when you begin to absorb the music, note by note, you leave the physical realm and glory in the beauty and spiritual richness of the melody, from the first tone to the last.” – Sound Report

“One listens to a concert by Aljoša Jurinić breathlessly, without fatigue, in constant anticipation. His performance is simultaneously contemplative and dynamic, exceptionally disciplined, although there are surprising twists of a nearly rhapsodic character, historically informed but with almost a futuristic perspective of transcendental scope.” – Klasika

Opening the concert will be Salmon Arm’s Teslyn Bates. Teslyn has been playing piano for 12 years and is studying for her ARCT exam. Teslyn comes from a very musical family – both her sisters play piano and her parents are in a garage band. Music also connects Teslyn to her community, including playing every other week at a retirement home and for fundraisers for her ski team.

Come hear these two wonderful pianists – Teslyn Bates and Aljoša Jurinić! 

Click on the image/link below to view a video of Aljoša Jurinić:

SINGLE CONCERT TICKETS
Adults – $40  22 and Under – $20
Guest of a subscription member $35

Purchase tickets at:

TICKET SELLER
Phone: (250) 549-SHOW (7469)
E-mail: boxoffice@ticketseller.ca

– or –

Visit The Performing Arts Centre Foyer
3800-34th Street, Vernon
All concerts are held in the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.