Music lovers in New West have another season of free afternoon concerts to look forward to.
Douglas College’s Arts at One concert series has started up again for 2019.
The concert series offers free performances on Thursdays at 1 p.m. in the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre, on the fourth floor north at the college’s 700 Royal Ave. campus.
Today (Jan. 3) features the Pacific Blackwood Bass Clarinet Quartet, with Chuck Currie, Mike Brown, Jack Liang and Kevin Woo.
Coming up Jan. 10 is Twentieth-Century Clarinet Sonatas, featuring Liam Hockley on clarinet and Scott Meek on piano. On Jan. 17, audiences can enjoy a faculty showcase featuring instructors in the college’s music program – including Barrie Barrington, Eric Hannan, Wayne Jeffrey, Daniel Karrasch, John van Deursen, Leanne Koch and more.
On. Jan. 24, Arts at One and Early Music Vancouver are teaming up to present Music Moves, featuring baroque violin and harpsichord, with Chloe Meyers on violin and Christina Hutten on harpsichord and organ. The Cascadia Reed Quintet will round out the January offerings, taking to the stage on Jan. 31 with a program spanning 400 years of music for reed quintet.
February’s concerts open on Feb. 7 with Zappostrophe!, featuring the music of Frank Zappa performed by faculty and friends of the music technology diploma program.
Feb. 17 will feature Sea and Sky, with Jane Hayes on piano and Julia Nolan on saxophone, in a program including Milhaud’s Scaramouche and Tomasi’s Concerto.
On March 14, pianist Barrie Barrington takes to the stage in Nothing More Than Feelings: German Sturm und Drang and Empfindsamkeit.
March 21 will see a special concert called In Celebration of Women, featuring the music of innovative women composers of various times and cultures, performed by the Mathieu-Chua Duo: Stephanie Chua on piano and Veronique Mathieu on violin.
The season of concerts will wind up with two student showcase concerts on March 28 and April 4.
For more info, see www.douglascollege.ca/artsevents.
