Flight 182 Meditations premiere and CD launch with poet Renée Sarojini Saklikar
Join award winning poet Renée Saklikar and renowned composer John Oliver for the Vancouver premiere of Flight 182 Meditations – an immersive experience of soundscapes interwoven with poems from Saklikar's long poem children of air india: un/authorized exhibits and interjections. about the bombing of Air India Flight 182. The raw voice of the poet is the instrument for a new sonic journey.
These performances and CD launch mark the 30th anniversary of the Air India bombing, which is June 23, 2015.
CD Launch and 2 performances
June 3, 2015 - 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Shiloh Sixth Avenue United Church,
1111 Sixth Ave, New Westminster, BC V3M 2B7
June 13, 2015 - 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch
Alma VanDusen and Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level
350 West Georgia St.
Vancouver V6B 6B1
Phone: (604) 331-3603
Available in the soundshop.
Poetry available at Harbour Publishing.
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"Little Music Box" receives first performance, a work from 1981!
My minimalist period from 1981-83 produced several works, the most famous of which is …like the sea at sunrise…. So imagine my surprise when the UBC Contemporary Players programmed my Little Music Box for their upcoming concerts this Friday Nov. 21 at 2:00pm at the Belkin Gallery
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Paolo Bortolussi performs "Birds of Paradise Lost"
Wednesday October 15 at noon.
Free Concert.
John Oliver at the computer
Kwantlen College School of Music,
20901 Langley Bypass
Langley B.C.
Map here.
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Children of Air India and conducting the BC Chinese Music Ensemble
Up Wind second performance a hit with musicians and audience
Canadian Premiere of Oliver work "Meditation" for bowed piano
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Nation Youth Orchestra of Canada harp students premiere "Trembling Aspen"
BC poet Renée Saklikar and Oliver collaborate - World Premiere at New West LitFest
BC Chinese Music Ensemble to record live concert, Oliver conducting
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BAMBOO SHOOTS IN SPRING Tea Party and Concert
IN CELEBRATION OF CHINESE NEW YEAR AND 10TH ANNIVERSARY
February 3 and 16, CBC Studios (700 Hamilton Street)
In celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Snake, the British Columbia Chinese Music Association (BCCMA) presents a Concert and Tea Party, Bamboo Shoots in Spring, performed by the BC Chinese Music Ensemble featuring new music and arrangements by conductor and composers Rui Shi Zhuo, John Oliver, and producer Mark Armanini.
Oliver will conduct his composition Eagle Flies to Mountain, a work Georgia Straight reviewer Alex Varty said “deserves to become an intercultural standard.”