CHORDIAL NOTES APRIL 2012

FESTIVAL OF RECITALS - YEAR END PERFOMANCES! JUNE 1 AND 2, 2012
On the weekend of June 1st & 2nd we will celebrate the successes of all of the wonderful students of the Conservatory. A special awards performance is being planned followed by a full day of musical fun which ends with the award-winning Nanaimo Youth Choir’s final performance of the year. All the details will be available soon and the full schedule of events will be posted in the next newsletter. Make sure to mark the date and plan to be with us for this first-ever super-celebration.

CONSERVATORY MEMBERS TO ATTEND PROVINCIAL MUSIC FESTIVAL!
The following individuals who are either students or accompanists with the Conservatory have been recommended to the Provincial Festival to be held in Nanaimo May 27-31, 2012. Congratulations to all! Brittany Hannah – Senior Classical Voice Johanna Gallant – Piano (Johanna is a NYC accompanist) Liam Pistor – Intermediate Woodwinds (also NYC accompanist) ALSO - Congratulations to Conservatory Students who are Upper Island Music Festival Bursary Recipients! The bursaries are awarded at the Honours Performance on Sun. April 22 at 2:30 pm. Recipients are asked to arrive at 1:45 to the back of St. Andrews Church, Fitzwilliam & Wesley St. Guitar Strings Alex Kolodinsky Aidan Olmsted Morgan McPhee Christopher Torrie Clif Clemotte Chloe Hardbattle Ella Wyndlow

NANAIMO YOUTH CHOIR NEWS
Youth Choir Recommended to the Provincial Music Festival - AGAIN!
Year after year the Nanaimo Youth Choir achieves awards and recognitions and this year is no exception! Once again our illustrious Choir is honoured to have been recommended to the Provincial Music Festival which will be happening very soon right here in Nanaimo. Don’t forget that the Nanaimo Youth Concert Choir is raising funds to attend the Pacific Childrens Choir Festival in Eugene, Oregon June 26th - July 2nd. We would appreciate your support by: · purchasing the Nanaimo Youth Choir CD $15(launched in Nov) available at: Quilted Duck, A to Zebra, Tom Lee Music, Nanaimo Museum Gift Store, Newfoundland to Nanaimo and the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music; · picking up a Thrifty's Smile Card from Shelley Wallace at 250-758-1834. This fund raiser costs you nothing but guarantees the choir 5% of groceries purchased at any Thrifty's store; · collecting bottles/cans for the choir's bottle drives. We would appreciate it if you could drop your returnables at the Mostar bottle depot and just say you want the money to be added to the Nanaimo Youth Choir account there.

SUMMER PROGRAMS
Keep your passion alive this summer by attending summer programs at the Conservatory.
1. Summer Jazz Intensive with Christine Jensen, Phil Dwyer and Ken Lister August 16-19, 2012 Early Bird Tuition (by May 31) $275 Regular Tuition $325 Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn the art of jazz with some of the finest Canadian Jazz musicians! Open to students ages 14 and up, the program includes three days of instruction as well as an instructor’s concert and student concert. Register early as space is very limited. To register call the Conservatory at 250 754 4611
2. Summer Flute with Cindy Speelman Dates to be Announced Cindy Speelman will be offering her flute workshops again this summer for beginner to advanced. These workshops are a wonderful way to keep your musical studies going over the summer or to even find out whether studying the flute is for you. Email Cindy directly at spcindy@shaw.ca for more details.
3. Guitar Styles with Patrick Olmsted Tuesday and Thursday evenings – more details to come Introduction to Spanish Guitar, Introduction to Gypsy Jazz Guitar, Gypsy Swing and World Guitar. These introductory classes are open to all. A foundation in world ensemble traditions and improvised music is something that all musicians can benefit from.

FROM THE FACULTY
From Teresa Borek: Congratulations to Johanna Gallant – member of the Nanaimo Youth Choir and the accompanist for the Junior Choir, who was a winner in all her piano classes (Classical, Romantic, Concert Group). She won a bursary, has been invited to perform in the Honour Performance on April 22 and she will represent Nanaimo in the Provincial Festival of the Arts (in Junior category) in May 2012 in Nanaimo.

MUSIC AT MIDDAY
St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 29 Church Street, Nanaimo 12.15 p.m. – 12.45 p.m. Organist: Peter Orme (Director of Music, St. Paul’s Church) Wednesday, 9th May - Music by J.S. Bach (1685-1750); Admission free – donations to St. Paul’s organ fund

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED The Conservatory’s Annual Silent Auction will be happening in a few months and we are accepting donations starting now. If you have something you would like to donate, please bring it by any time. All donations of items will receive a tax receipt for the full value of the item. Thank you so much for supporting your Conservatory!!

COMMUNITY EVENTS
The Vancouver Island Symphony presents - Carnival Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m. Guest Artists: Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann, Piano Duo; Conductor: Pierre Simard What a way to celebrate life! ALL life! Join in the Carnival on Saturday, April 21 at 7:30 as the Vancouver Island Symphony performs their final concert of this season at the Port Theatre. Like the Carnival parades of Brazil there will be joyous rhythms and fantasy with powerful, exciting, thrilling music. Beams Maestro Pierre Simard, “These are classical works that are really popular, music that is so joyful you forget it’s classical.” Why go all the way to Brazil when you can experience the music of Carnival right in Nanaimo! Get your tickets while they last – by calling 250-754-8550 or online at www.porttheatre.com. Come early to the Pre-Concert Talk (6:30 p.m.) and hear Maestro Simard tell the stories behind the music. For more information visit: www.vancouverislandsymphony.com

IN MEMORIAM – WE REMEMBER · WELDON DAVIDSON BRADLEY
Donations to the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music are being made in celebration of the life of Weldon Davidson Bradley, an avid fiddle player from the central island area. Mr. Bradley has been fondly remembered by the following people who have made a donation to the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music in his name: Dr. D. Bradley, Joan and Marvin Sheppard. Thank you for joining with us in this celebration of Mr. Bradley’s life and his love of music. Donations will be used to support music instruction for students of the Conservatory.

CALENDAR
Please check your calendars, many new dates have been added
April 27 Faculty Concert TBA
April 27 Suzuki Parent Session
May 17 Suzuki Piano Recital at St. Paul’s
May 25 Faculty Concert
June 2 Festival of Recitals and NYC Concert
August 13-16 Jensen Jazz Camp

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Summer Jazz Intensive
August 13-16, 2012

Faculty:
Christine Jensen
Phil Dwyer
Ken Lister

Registration opens on April 16, 2012

Early Bird Registration (before June 1): $275
Regular Registration (June 1 - August 1): $325
Last Minute Registration (Up to Aug 10): $400

Program includes three days of instruction as well as concerts!

To be first on the list to receive a registration package, contact the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music at 250 754 4611 or "ncmusic at island dot net."