Tag: North Okanagan Community Concert Association
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Benjamin Butterfield & Sarah Hagen – Sunday Feb 26, 2017
Benjamin Butterfield & Sarah Hagen Sunday February 26, 2017 2:00 pm BUY TICKETS Tenor Benjamin Butterfield and pianist Sarah Hagen unite in a magical offering from the voice and piano repertoire, giving a musical expression of artistry and human emotion. Praised by The New York Times as “clarion-voiced and vibrant”, Benjamin Butterfield is known for…
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Concert review: cool jazz at its finest
By Jim Leonard For The Morning Star The volunteers of the North Okanagan Community Concert Association’s music committee must be thanked for their hard work in bringing first-class entertainment to Vernon. Saturday’s performance of the Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble was certainly up to the committee’s high standards. But if that wasn’t enough, we were treated…
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Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble – Saturday Jan 28, 2017
Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble Saturday January 28, 2017 7:30 pm BUY TICKETS Dave Brubeck Quartet fans take note – we are in for a treat with this Remi Bolduc Ensemble tribute to Brubeck, including the great classics “Take Five”, “Three To Get Ready” and “Blue Rondo a la Turk”. The jazz ensemble features Rémi Bolduc,…
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Concert Review: Piano makes a stunning debut
By Jim Leonard – a special review for The Vernon Morning Star Brilliant pianist Ian Parker delighted the audience as he performed on the North Okanagan Community Concert Association’s new Hamburg Steinway piano Saturday, Oct. 29th at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre. The soloist for the evening, Ian Parker, was also a charming host, sharing…
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Yegor Dyachkov & Jean Saulnier – Thursday September 22, 2016
Yegor Dyachkov & Jean Saulnier Thursday September 22, 2016 7:30 pm BUY TICKETS Yegor Dyachkov, cello and Jean Saulnier, piano. Each artist is acclaimed as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Together, their technical brilliance, sensitivity and flair for musical connection give authentic life to their music. Lauded for his remarkable stage presence, depth of…
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Audience impressed with NOYSE
Review by the Vernon Morning Star The North Okanagan Youth Showcase of Excellence (NOYSE) was “absolutely phenomenal,” according to Gillian Thompson, one of the more than 300 audience members who attended the show Sunday at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre. “The range of talent took my breath away,” added audience member Marie Morris. “I loved it.…
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Concert Review: Les Violons Du Roy Play Music Fit For A King
By CHRISTINE PILGRIM for The Vernon Morning Star. Les Violons du Roy, its name adapted from that of the string orchestra that played for a 17th century French king, awed Tuesday’s North Okanagan Community Concert Association’s gala audience with music fit for any king, or queen for that matter. One young man said afterwards, “This…
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