College Events

2012/2013 College Year

Sunday September 15, 2012, 16:00

Home of Geoffrey and Olivia Thornburn

Fall Barbecue

Sunday December 9, 2012, 14:30

Royal Jubilee Hospital

Christmas at Pemberton Chapel

Windrift Woodwind Quintet with Geoffrey Thornburn, organ

Music of Haydn, Mozart, Strauss and Joplin

Admission by donation, refreshments available

Co-sponsored with The RJH Nursing Alumnae Association

Saturday January 5, 2012, 12:00

Home of Jean Pearce

Epiphany Potluck Lunch with presentation by Nicholas Fairbank on his trip to the Arctic

Saturday February 9, 2013, 14:30-16:00

St Luke Cedar Hill Anglican Church

Creative Hymn Playing Workshop by David Palmer from Windsor ON

From traditional hymns to songs with a pop feel to world music, we will explore techniques of building on the notes on the page: embellishing and enriching the basic harmony, varying the texture, realizing a lead sheet, and developing plans of registration.

Cost: $10

Saturday February 9, 2013, 19:00

Alix Goolden Performance Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music

The King Frolicks!! – David Palmer plays the 3000-pipe Casavant organ

Program highlights:

Toccata and Fugue in D minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
"Jig" Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach
Musical Clocks (excerpts) - Haydn
Gospel Prelude "Jesus Loves Me" - William Bolcom
Ragtime Lullaby - William Albright
Toccata - Eugene Gigout
Battle Capers - Rosalie Bonighton
Britannia Waives the Rules (with footy songs) - Simon Lesley
Cat Suite - Denis Bédard
The Squirrel - Powell Weaver
Kiya Pup Strut - Robin Dinda
Carillon-Sortie - Henri Mulet

Admission: $15; children, young adults 25 & under free