April 21/00

Paul Plimley, left, and Mark Armanini will compose a piano concerto.

Musical notes

apilano College Music

department composition
instructor, Mark Armanini, has
received a commission from the
Coastal Jazz and Blues Society,
through the Canada Council
Millennium Fund, to co-compose
an improvised piano concerto with
Vancouver pianist, Paul Plimley.
The piece will be premiered at the
Vancouver International Jazz
Festival, July 2, at the Vogue
Theatre and will feature Paul as
soloist, along with the CBC
Vancouver Orchestra, led by John
Zoltek.

Mark celebrated the premiere
performance of his Concerto for
Yangquin (Chinese Hammered
Dulcimer), with Vivian Xia as
soloist, April 16 at the Playhouse
Theatre. The featured orchestra was
the B.C. Chamber Orchestra, with
Frances Kan conducting.

The busy composer will be
premiering a new work for the
Orchid Ensemble, led by Capilano
College Music Therapy graduate,
Ian Tung, on June 9 at the
Roundhouse Theatre. As well, Mark
has recently accepted a commission

to compose music for a College
alumni art show and sale, which will
be held in the Birch building atrium
October 6 to 8. Music will be
performed by the Capilano College
Singers. The event is being presented
by the Capilano College Foundation
Special Projects committee, in
association with the Capilano College
Art advisory committee and the

Visions of the North Shore committee.

In addition to selling art produced by
the alumni of the Textile and Studio
Art programs, the event will also
showcase 12 prints produced by North
Shore artists as part of a major
millennium project.

Composition program student E.
Michael Kelly’s work, Barosso for
solo guitar, was presented at the
Vancouver Pro Musica’s Sonic Boom
2000, March 24 at the Western Front.

This year’s student composition
recital will take place Sunday, May 7
at 8 p.m. in the Capilano College
Performing Arts Theatre and will
feature works written for the Capilano
College Singers, with Lars Kaario
conducting.

Submitted by Lars Kaario

Wizards to the left of him, wizards to
the right. Business Administration
instructor, Tony Carter, takes time out
from his modelling duties to welcome
wizards of wellness to the health fair.

Inside Out
2000 had
something for
everybody

izards worked the crowd at the

College health fair, which was
held on Tuesday, April 4 in the
Sportsplex.

Wellness clinics, fashion shows,
information booths, music and a
rockclimbing wall were highlights of
the day, along with the wizards, of
course.

Exhibitors ranged from the personal
counselling firm of Wilson Banwell &
Associates Ltd., to Born 3 Eggs, to the
Canadian Breast Cancer Society. In all,
there were approximately 30 displays to
visit and gather lifestyle information.

Events ran from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and
were interspersed with prize draws.
Retail Marketing students, led by
faculty members Doug Loblaw and
Marilyn Taylor, joined forces with
health fair committee members and
volunteers to show community members
the value of wellness. Considering the
huge amount of planning and
preparation needed to pull off such an
event, the organizing team must be
congratulated for doing a fantastic job.
Plus, the student organizers came away
with something important to add to their
résumés.