From Solo to Symphony, the music, work and life of a cellist. In conversation with Lee Duckles
From Solo to Symphony, the music, work and life of a cellist. In conversation with Lee Duckles, first chair cellist of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Kay Meek Centre is on the road and in the community: we have partnered with the Seniors Activity Centre and West Vancouver Memorial Library to bring you a new series […]
Espa
We guarantee the sky will seem brighter and the day just a little warmer following Vancouver Symphony principal cellist Lee Duckle’s program of Spanish melodies and sultry rhythms. Programme Danse Espagnole from â La Vida Breveâ Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Tonadilla Enrique Granados (1867-1916) Intermezzo from â Goyescasa Andaluza Orientale Malaguena Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) Dance […]
Waste Land
Audience Award World Cinema Documentary, Sundance Film Festival 2010 Amnesty International Film Award for human rights, Berlin International Film Festival What happens in the world’s largest trash city will transform you. An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us […]
The Baltimore Consort
The New Yorker asserts “few early music players have more fun making music” than the musicians of the Baltimore Consort, who brings to their performances; awesome thoroughness, a mix of jazz and joy, of improvisation and uncanny insight,” according to The Scotsman. For thirty years the Baltimore Consort has delighted audiences on both sides of […]
The Seahorse
The Sea Horse By Edward J. Moore Director Sarah Rodgers Irresistible force meets immovable object !On the California coast, hard-bitten Gertie owns the run-down waterfront bar, The Sea Horse. Gertie has seen it all, liked none of it, and is bound and determined that no one will change her mind. Enter Harry, a seaman of […]
Early Childhood Development Community Forum with Dr. Fraser Mustard
Early Learning Community Forum West Vancouver Memorial Library and West Vancouver School District 45 present an exciting community forum on Early Learning with international expert, Dr. Fraser Mustard. Take part in this interactive and inspirational forum about the importance of brain development in the early years and the positive impact that early learning can have […]
Pro Arte Showcase 2011
You are cordially invited to the Pro Arte Showcase 2011. Featuring the pre-professional students of Pro Arte Centre, performers will include students from the Classical Ballet, Jazz and Contemporary and Stage and Theatre Programs. These young artists, ranging from age 6 to 18, will amaze and entertain the audience with their presentations from a wide […]
Waiting for Superman
The fate of our country won’t be decided on a battlefield, it will be determined in a classroom. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education “statistics” have names as he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth. Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying […]
27th Annual North Shore Photographic Challenge
27th Annual North Shore Photographic Challenge
Vancouver Youth Symphony Concerto Winners Concert
The Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra proudly presents the winners of the 2010-2011 Intermediate Orchestra Concerto Competition! Featuring orchestral music of Beethoven and Dvorak and the dazzling talent of Hanson Kang performing Weber’s Concerto For Clarinet and Charli Jin performing Scene De Ballet on violin by Charles de Beriot, this will be an evening to remember! […]
