Treat for music lovers at UVic
Delight in two musical showcases tonight and tomorrow at the University of Victoria:
• Enjoy an evening showcasing the School of Music faculty as it presents its Faculty Chamber Music Series: Our Canadian Landscape, tonight at the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall.
Members of the faculty performing include the Lafayette String Quartet; Arthur Rowe, piano; Susan Young and Anne Grimm, soprano; Merrie Klazek, trumpet; Alana Despins, horn; Scott MacInnes, trombone; Paul Beauchesne, tuba; plus brass students from the School of Music.
The program includes chamber works from across Canada, with music by Morley Calvert, Elizabeth Raum, Howard Cable and Kelly-Marie Murphy.
Admission is by donation. The event runs from 8 to 10 p.m. tonight at the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, B-Wing, University of Victoria.
For more information, go here.
• People and Places is the opening concert of the UVic Wind Symphony’s 2019/20 season, Friday at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium.
The university’s Wind Symphony is conducted by Steven Capaldo and regularly features student, faculty and guest solo artists. It is recognized as one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading wind ensembles.
Friday’s concert brings together works about the people and places that have influenced and inspired the symphony’s featured composers. Works will include Cait Nishimura’s Lake Superior Suite, Handel in The Strand by Percy Grainger, Jodie Blackshaw’s Peace Dancer (based on the book by Roy Henry Vickers) and the Canadian première of An Irish Suite by Australian composer Peter Cavanagh.
Tickets are $20 regular, $15 seniors and $10 students and UVic alumni. The concert runs from 8 to 10 p.m.
Details can be found here.
A Cappella Experience brings women together
Find your voice and find other women who love to sing at a six-week A Cappella Experience with the Pacific Edge Chorus, Tuesday evenings until Nov. 14 at the Gordon United Church Hall.
The Pacific Edge Chorus is a group of 45 women dedicated to advancing a cappella music through performance. The choir is a member of Sweet Adelines International, an international organization of female singers.
The six-week program is part of the group’s mission to enrich the lives of people through musical education and friendship. The course is free to join for women 18 and older.
The course starts at 6:45 p.m. every Tuesday night Oct. 15 to Nov. 19 at the Gordon United Church Hall, 935 Goldstream Ave. (near Jacklin Road), Langford.
You can register at cogbass@gmail.com. For more information, go to pacificedgechorus.ca.
Titanic’s musicians saluted
The Palm Court Light Orchestra pays tribute to the musicians of RMS Titanic who perished in the 1912 disaster at The Titanic Orchestra, today at the Charlie White Theatre and Friday at the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre.
This is the orchestra’s 33rd season of presenting light orchestral music in the palm-court style.
The Titanic’s musicians, led by violinist Wallace Hartley from Colne, Lancashire, are reputed to have played Nearer, My God, to Thee as the ship went down in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage in April 1912.
Joining the Orchestra and conductor Charles Job is mezzo soprano Alana Hayes with songs from the Victoria and Edwardian eras.
Tickets are $36. The concerts run 2 to 4 p.m. today at the Charlie White Theatre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney and 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre, 2121 Cadboro Bay Rd. For more information, go to palmcourtorchestra.com.
Artists open doors to visitors
Spend Thanksgiving weekend shopping for works of art for yourself or family and friends at two self-guided artist’s studio tours in Nanoose Bay and Gabriola Island:
• See the works of artists and artisans at the Nanoose Bay Studio Tour, Saturday to Monday at various locations in the community.
You can enjoy this self-guided tour with friends and family at your own pace.
Start at the Studio Tour Information Centre, Nanoose Place, 2925 Northwest Bay Rd. where three studios and a guest artist will be displaying their work.
Nineteen studios are opening their doors to the public.
The tour is free. Studios will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday to Monday.
You can get more information and download a map of the studio locations at nanoosebaystudiotour.com.
• Spend the weekend on Gabriola Island visiting artists in their studios and seeing where the magic happens at the Thanksgiving Studio Tour, Saturday to Monday.
This is the 23rd year of the event. It features a record-breaking 97 Gabriolan artists, including 27 new artists, in 82 studios opening their doors to thousands of visitors.
The tour includes a Tour Central and Preview Gallery at Village Arts Space. There, you can start your tour by previewing many of the artists’ works, planning your route and talking to volunteers.
The self-guided tour is free. Studios will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday to Monday.
The Tour Central and Preview Gallery is at the Village Arts Space, 476 South Rd. (formerly Hive Emporium at Folk Life Village).
More information and a map of the studio locations that you can download are at studiotour.artsgabriola.ca.
Mental health is topic of conversation
Learn more about mental- health issues and find out how to support those who are suffering at an observance of World Mental Health Day, today at the Victoria Public Market.
Initiated by the World Federation for Mental Health in 1992 and recognized by the World Health Organization, the goal of the observance is to raise awareness of mental-health issues around the world and mobilize efforts in support of mental health.
The theme of this year’s international day of observance is suicide prevention.
In Victoria, the event will feature speakers, local resources, activities, giveaways, performances and dialogue to spread knowledge.
The accessible event is free to attend. It runs from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at the Victoria Public Market, 1701 Douglas St.
For more information, go to Facebook.
