VANCOUVER ISLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Friday February 25 at 7:00 PM and Saturday February 26, 2011 at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM
St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 29 Church Street Nanaimo
Advance Festival Passes $20 (plus applicable fees) are available at the Port Theatre Box Office 250 754 8550 and on line at www.porttheatre.com until 3PM on Feb 25
Individual show tickets $10 – only available at the door
Part of the Nanaimo Arts Council’s Spirit of Shadow/Spirit of Light: Multimedia Arts Festival that is running throughout February, the first annual Vancouver Island Chamber Music Festival is being presented by the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music.
The Chamber Music Festival features 6 acts in three top-quality shows performed by professional musicians. There are a total of 15 musicians involved in the event, 10 of them teach at the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music and many perform regularly with local symphonies and ensembles.
“We are thrilled that the Conservatory is able to present this Festival for the first time. The support of the Nanaimo Arts Council, the Province of BC and the Assembly of BC Arts Council means that we can create a new event that we are hoping will happen every year in Nanaimo!” Said Kathleen Darby, Executive Director of the Conservatory. “The programming is an eclectic mix of styles from classical, jazz and folk and is sure to delight audience members of all musical tastes.”
The Festival is supported by the Province of BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Culture and the Assembly of British Columbia Arts Councils.
Friday February 25 @ 7:00 PM
Sonora Quartet
Trish Clair, viola; James Mark, violin;
Karl Rainer, violin; Hannah Wilson, cello
8th String Quartet by Shostakovitch
Two Pieces for String Quartet – Elegy and Polka
by Shostakovtich
Susanne Bullock, clarinet
and Donna Falconer, piano
Suite Hebraique by Srul Irving Glick
Spiegel im Spiegel by Avro Part
Three Pieces After Gershwin by Paul Harvey
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Leonard Bernstein
Saturday February 26 @ 2:00 PM
Patrick Olmsted, guitar
and Cindy Speelman, flute
Selections by Guiliani, Ibert, Carulli and Piazolla
Blackberry Island Trio
Pippa Williams, oboe; Karen Hough, French horn; Sharon Wolzien, piano
Trio Opus 188 in A minor by C. Reinecke
2nd piece TBA
Saturday February 26 @ 7:00 PM
Nicole Arendt, marimba/piano and Chris Helman, soprano saxophone
Selections by Briggs, Rosauro, and Marcello
Delphinus Trio
Jennifer Cluff, flute; Allannah Dow, cello; Sharon Wolzien, piano
Cooking with Gas by Julia Bowkun
Five Impressions of a Holiday by Eugene Goossens
Trio by Norman Dello Joio
Mistral by Julia Bowkun
