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Delta Trio in Concert

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McKee Classics at the House

The Delta Trio
Stephen Robb – clarinet
Bo Peng – cello
Bernard Duerksen – piano

Sunday March 17th at 2:30 pm – Kinsroom, McKee Heritage House

Join three of our own Delta Community Music School faculty in a special performance of masterworks for clarinet, cello and piano.  Johannes Brahms Trio Op. 114 for Clarinet, Cello and Piano,  Ludwig van Beethoven’s Trio Op. 11 and Nina Rota’s Trio for Clarinet Cello and Piano.


stephen_robbStephen Robb –  clarinet
Stephen is an accomplished clarinettist  saxophonist and pianist performing both classical chamber music and jazz idioms, performing the gamut from classical clarinet, chamber and orchestral repertoire to jazz standards, original compositions and free improvisation. His orchestral arrangements have been performed by the Delta Youth Orchestra, Clyde Mitchell and the Sinfonia of the North Shore (North Vancouver), Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Richmond Community Orchestra , and others. Stephen serves as the Music Director of the Delta Community Music School and the Delta Youth Orchestra and teaches at the Richmond Music School and VSO School of Music

bo pengBo Peng – cello
Bo holds a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from the University of North Texas, a Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music, as well as a Performer’s Diploma from the Indiana University where he studied with distinguished cellist Janos Starker. His teachers also included renowned cellists Steven Doane, Carter Enyeart , Marc Johnson and Eric Wilson.
Mr. Peng is a two-time winner of the Music Teacher National Association Competitions (Strings Division) and also 3rd prize winner in the International Chamber Music Competition held by the Czech Radio “Spring of Prague”.
Bo is currently the cellist with the Borealis String Quartet and has toured extensively through North America, Europe and Asia. As a soloist and chamber musician, he attended several summer festivals and master classes including International Summer Academy at University Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria) on the Johann Strauss Foundation (2002 and 2003), the Banff Summer Festival, the Spoleto Summer Festival, the Taos Chamber Music Festival and the National Arts Center Young Artists Programme where he worked with world-class musicians such as Lynn Harrell, Gary Hoffmann, Aldo Parisot, Pinchas Zurkermann and the Tokyo String Quartet.

bernieBernard Duerksen – piano
Bernard holds a Masters in Performance (piano) from UBC. In a career spanning twenty years, Bernard Duerksen has established himself as a reputable and respected pianist and teacher. He has appeared in concert with many leading west coast musicians, including Ian Hampton, cello, Arthur Polson, violin, Brenda Fedoruk, flute, Gene Ramsbottom, clarinet, Jesse Read, bassoon, Steve Denroche, French horn and Chris Robertson, trumpet. Mr Duerksen has been actively teaching throughout his career. Mr Duerksen also teaches at the Langley Community Music School and the VSO School of Music.

 

House concert with Louise Smallwood and Barrie Barrington

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Delta Community Music School Presents

Louise Smallwood with Barrie Barrington

Sunday January 27th, 2013 2:30pm
McKee Heritage House
4705 Arthur Drive

An afternoon of classical guitar and piano music featuring Spanish and Russian masters. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition along works by Rodrigo and Bach.

 Louise Southwood – guitar

Louise was born in Paris in 1978. Her guitar playing began at an early age with many competition successes and performances throughout the UK.
In 2000 she was awarded a Bachelor of Music (hons) degree at The Royal College of Music in London. Here, Louise worked with world class guitarists Carlos Bonell and Gary Ryan on both solo guitar and guitar accompaniment. This was an intense performing period and involved collaborations with many other musicians as well as master classes with some of the world’s most renowned guitarists.
Louise has performed in the UK, Australia, India, Bermuda, the USA and Canada. Performance engagements within the UK were highlighted by appearances at The Trinity Chapel in Cambridge, The National Gallery, Westminster Cathedral, and St. Martin in the Fields in London.
Louise’s CDs, ‘Emergence’ and newly released ‘Chrysalis’ illustrate her varied instrumental techniques and musical interests, with a selection of favourite pieces, ancient and modern. They have enchanted a diverse audience around the world.
Louise is now settled in Vancouver, Canada.  Visit her website

[frame src=”https://www.dcms.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Barrie-Barrington.jpg” width=”400″ height=”HEIGHT” lightbox=”on” title=”IMAGE_TITLE” align=”right” ] Barrie Barrington – piano

Barrie Barrington has taught at Douglas College since 1984 as an instructor in private and class piano. From the fall of 1995 to May of 1997, Barrie was the convenor of the Douglas College music department.Aside from his teaching duties, Barrie performs both solo and chamber music recitals and has performed concertos with several orchestras in the lower mainland area of BC. He is an active adjudicator and clinician throughout Western Canada.

He earned his B.Mus at Brandon U. and both his M. Mus and DMA at the University of British Columbia. While at UBC, he studied with the well-known pianist, Robert Silverman.
Barrie lives with his wife, Lori in the village of Ladner, BC which is located on the ocean just south of Vancouver.

Jazz Ensembles at Petra’s

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Come out and here all our Jazz Ensemble Students performing at Petra’s

Wednesday Dec.19th starting at 7pm – Petras Arts Kafe – 12th Ave at 56th Street in Tsawwassen.

Directed by Brad Muirhead.

The video below is with some of our jazz members with instructor Stephen Robb a couple of years ago.

 

South Delta Jazz Festival recognized with Award

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Celebrating its 61st year, the Delta Chamber of Commerce annual Hats Off to Excellence Awards gala on November 16, 2012 was an occasion to recognize 21 among the many business and community leaders in Delta. The Special Events and Tourism Award was presented to Stephen Robb, on behalf of the South Delta Jazz Festival, in recognition of, “an individual, company or special event which contributes to attracting visitors to Delta, such as a festival, the arts, sports or other activity which attracts visitors to Delta.”  Congratulations to festival organizers Stephen Robb and Dr. Jared Burrows for their many years of work and dedication to the South Delta Jazz Festival!  The Award was sponsored by the Ladner Business Association and was presented by Brad Cooper..  Thank you to the Delta Chamber of Commerce for your recognition and support of our Jazz Festival, now heading into its tenth season!

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A group of Adult jazz musicians from the School’s Tuesday Night Band also took part in the festivities of the evening. Special Thanks to all the members of the band for being there to support us!