November 15/96

Capilano College Singers silhouette Notre Dame Cathedral.

A Busy Schedule Provides
Great Music for Canadians

Ce College Singers had an
exciting April and May in 1996
and the spring of 1997 is shaping up to
be very interesting as well.

Last April, Capilano College Singers
were the showcase choir for Festival
Nelson. There they performed for an
audience of more than 1,500 people
comprised of more than 1,000 students
from Washington and B.C., plus 500
local residents. The day after the
concert, we gave a morning workshop
for a Washington choir.

In May, the choir spent three days in
Montreal where it performed in the
massive St. Joseph’s Oratory and
opulent Notre Dame Cathedral. The
main reason for this week long trip was
an invitation to perform at the
Association of Canadian Choral
Conductors’ biennial symposium,
which was held in Quebec City. We
gave a concert for more than 500
choral conductors from across the
country and were the workshop choir
for the famous choral directors Paul
Hillier and Nicole Paiement. We also
sang in Canada’s oldest stone church in
the Mount Royal District of Old
Quebec City. This was truly a
wonderful experience for our College
choir.

On Friday, December 6, and Sunday,
December 8, the Capilano College
Singers, Capilano College Community

Choir and Cecilia Ensemble will give
their annual Choirs, Brass and Organ
concert at St. Andrew’s United Church in
North Vancouver. This festive concert
will feature many of the great Christmas
classics of the past and many Canadian
works as well. And yes, there will be
sing-along carols!

In the last week of January, Capilano
College singers will make a five-day tour
to Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Vernon,
Kelowna, and Penticton. The choir will
give school workshops/concerts, a
concert at Okanagan University College,
and a B.C. Choral Federation workshop/
concert in Penticton.

On March 7, Capilano College Singers
will give its third annual concert in
Squamish as guest artist for the Howe
Sound Performing Arts Society.

On April 6 at 3 p.m., Capilano College
Community Choir, Capilano College
Singers and Cecilia Ensemble will give
an exciting concert at the Centennial
Theatre. The major works to be featured
are the delightful Schubert Mass in C (we
celebrate the 200th anniversary of Franz
Schubert’s birth in 1997) and dramatic
“Lord Nelson Mass” by Joseph Haydn
for choirs, soloist and orchestra.

We hope you will have an opportunity
to attend at least one of our upcoming
concerts!

Submitted by Lars Kaario

A Personnel Note

\ , Je have filled various positions
recently and congratulations go

out to Brenda Briscoe who was the
successful candidate for two temporary
positions — clerk typist IV, Adult
Special Education, and the project
assistant in WestCoast Reader. The new
RFT Pure & Applied Sciences divisional
assistant, replacing Lynne Chatwin
(who will be leaving us shortly) is
Kathy Chute. Sheila Drzazgowski has
returned from a restful leave and is back
in her position as divisional assistant of
ABE. Welcome back Sheila.

Marianne Ketchen is temporarily
working as the move coordinator,
handling all the exciting aspects
involved in the huge move to the Birch
Building. This is a very important and
stressful position. Thanks, Marianne, for
your efforts in getting all the players in
place. To assist Computer Services in
relocating all the required computers to
the new building, we have recruited
eight temporary computer movers, so
you may see some new (and old) faces
around.

Submitted by Dale Gagne

Sharon Miletic, ECCE receptionist,
displays quilt made for new Centre.

Quilt Celebrates Opening

'o celebrate the opening of the new

Capilano College Child Care Centre,
each student in the graduating Early
Childhood Care and Education class of
’96 sewed a quilt piece representing a
song from their childhood. Sharon
Miletic generously donated her sewing
expertise to complete a beautiful quilt
that will be displayed beside the office of
Janet MacDonald, manager of Child
Care Services at Capilano College.