Richmond Review · Page 11
Friday, March 6, 2015
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Friday, March 6, 2015
arts & entertainment
Richmond Music School Dance company challenges students set to shine the seven deadly sins by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter Richmond Music School’s brightest young musicians are preparing for the school’s biggest concert of the year. The Concerto Concert is set for Saturday, and will feature dozens of performers in piano and other instruments. The students range in age, and have practised their music to achieve as close to a professional standard as possible. They’ll perform with the support of a professional orchestra, conduced by Allen Stiles. Rising stars will be among the solo performers, many of whom have come to Richmond from around
the world such as countries United Arab Emirates, Brunei, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam. They include pianists Allyssa Yong, 16, Stacy Wang, 15, Natalie Phan, 17 and Brian Li, 16, along with violinists Rachel Zhu, 13, Carlos Yeung, 17, Jocelyn Chui, 10 and Tony Tan, 10. Richmond Music School came together in 1980. Its faculty offers direction to over 400 students in a variety of disciplines. The March 7 Concert Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Richmond Music School Recital Hall, 11371 No. 3 Rd. Tickets are $18 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Call 604-272-5227.
City calls for artist to design poster Richmond-based visual artists and graphic designers are invited to compete for a chance to create this year’s Richmond Maritime Festival poster. Artists are invited to submit an electronic portfolio of up to five sample works by March 31 to the city, which stages the weekend event at Britannia
Shipyards each August. The poster, which will be used in advertising and marketing materials, should convey Steveston’s maritime heritage. The selected artist will receive a $500 honorarium. Submissions can be made through richmondmaritimefestival.ca.
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Richmond Youth Dance Company dancers will stage three performances of their year-end show this weekend. Seven starts tonight (Friday), highlighting the roles of the seven deadly sins through 23 professional dancers fighting for the spotlight. Choreographers Miyouki Jego and Troy McLaughlin have created a show mixing ballet and jazz dance styles accompanied by live music from the Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Der, with original music composed by Stephen Robb. Shows are March 6 at 7 p.m., March 7 at 7:30 p.m. and March 8 at 2 p.m. at Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate. Tickets, $7, at the cultural centre or call 604-247-8300.
Tony Bowden photo illustration Dancers in the Richmond Youth Dance Company are staging a show entitled Seven, highlighting the roles of the seven deadly sins.
Richmond Chorus presents Missa Gaia (Earth Mass) The Richmond Chorus will present a night of music celebrating Mother Earth in a concert next Saturday at Fraserview Church. The choir will perform “Missa Gaia� (Earth Mass), written in the early 1980s by the Paul Winter Consort with organist Paul Halley. It’s an environmental liturgy of contemporary music, using traditional forms of mass while also featuring calls of wolves and loons, whale songs and jazz instrumentation.
Directed by Brigid Coult the rarely produced work also merges Brazilian and West African rhythms with Gregorian chant and gospel music. Another part of the program will feature music by Franz Joseph Haydn, Waldemar Ahlen, Frank Ticheli, Vancouver’s Rupert Lang and a rousing gospel-style finale by Halley, who now lives and teaches in Halifax, N.S. Gaia, in Greek mythology, was the earth goddess, and her name is a
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Puppets to take over theatre Las Vegas entertainer Terry Fator, who has mastered more than 100 impersonations with puppets, will perform at River Rock Show Theatre next Friday. As a ventriloquist, Fator has a vast repertoire of musical impersonations, including Cher, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Adele, Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber. In addition to his live shows, he has made numerous TV appearances and released a best-selling DVD. Among his cast of characters: Winston the Impersonating Turtle, Maynard Tompkins and the Elvis impersonator. There’s also the always-texting 12-yearold girl, the annoying neighbour and the lounge singer. Tickets to the March 13 show are sold out.