Before we get to our featured events for the fall, we want to let you know that one of Calvin's students (Lia Gronberg) is doing a recital (with Calvin) on Tuesday, August 22nd at 7:00 pm at Bakerview Church (2285 Clearbrook Road, Abbotsford). Admission is by donation and proceeds will go to offset Lia's university tuition this fall.
On September 10th, the Mennonite Heritage Museum in Abbotsford is hosting a very special event celebrating the art of Hilda Janzen Goertzen. A concert and reception will be held at 3pm and 7pm featuring the music of Calvin Dyck and Betty Suderman from their CD “The Dancing Violin”. In addition, Michael Goertzen will be reviewing his mother’s lifetime of work in the arts, and examining some special pieces of significance.
Hilda Goertzen, who passed away in 2016, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and spent her first eleven years enjoying life in the big city. In 1961, she and part of her family immigrated to western Canada. Her art reflects influences that include her Mennonite parents’ flight from Ukraine in the 1920s, the vivid expression of Latin American culture, and her love of music and children.
When Richard Thiessen, Executive Director of the Mennonite Heritage Museum heard about the proposed concert, he suggested that the museum host an Art Exhibit of 30 of Hilda’s works featured in the gallery from September 5th to 21st. The art exhibit will include works that have been gathered from various homes in the Fraser Valley, as well as some previously unseen works that are available for purchase. Proceeds from the concert and the sale of the art will benefit the Mennonite Historical Society of B.C.
Tickets for this event are available at the Mennonite Heritage Museum (1818 Clearbrook Road) or by clicking the link below. For more information, please contact the Museum at 604-758-5667.
On September 10th, the Mennonite Heritage Museum in Abbotsford is hosting a very special event celebrating the art of Hilda Janzen Goertzen. A concert and reception will be held at 3pm and 7pm featuring the music of Calvin Dyck and Betty Suderman from their CD “The Dancing Violin”. In addition, Michael Goertzen will be reviewing his mother’s lifetime of work in the arts, and examining some special pieces of significance.
Hilda Goertzen, who passed away in 2016, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and spent her first eleven years enjoying life in the big city. In 1961, she and part of her family immigrated to western Canada. Her art reflects influences that include her Mennonite parents’ flight from Ukraine in the 1920s, the vivid expression of Latin American culture, and her love of music and children.
When Richard Thiessen, Executive Director of the Mennonite Heritage Museum heard about the proposed concert, he suggested that the museum host an Art Exhibit of 30 of Hilda’s works featured in the gallery from September 5th to 21st. The art exhibit will include works that have been gathered from various homes in the Fraser Valley, as well as some previously unseen works that are available for purchase. Proceeds from the concert and the sale of the art will benefit the Mennonite Historical Society of B.C.
Tickets for this event are available at the Mennonite Heritage Museum (1818 Clearbrook Road) or by clicking the link below. For more information, please contact the Museum at 604-758-5667.
This exciting Young Artists concert will take place on Saturday, October 28th at 7:00 pm at MCA Auditorium (Abbotsford City Hall). Thirteen young local musicians from Mission and Abbotsford will be featured as soloists accompanied by a professional orchestra (and the Abbotsford Youth Orchestra) directed by Calvin Dyck.
The soloists were chosen from among 26 contestants at auditions in June, and will be presented by the Abbotsford Music Teachers Association and Central Valley Academy of Music. The line-up includes Elliot Wakelin, who is just 7 years old and will perform “Song of the Dark Woods”. Other winners include Anna Krahn and Brooklyn Gerber performing a duet version of the “Hungarian Dance No. 5” by Brahms, and more advanced students who will perform pieces by Bach, Brahms and Tchaikovsky.
There are several composers who have been commissioned to write orchestrations for the works including Stan Gubiotti, Paula Quick, and Clyde Mitchell, conductor of the North Shore Sinfonia. Clyde Mitchell was the inspiration for this project because of similar projects he directed with young soloists in Surrey and North Vancouver which were very well received in those regions.
Most students don’t get a chance to perform with a live orchestra until they are semi-professional or studying at a university. But this project will give them a chance to learn the intricacies of working with an orchestra, following a conductor and adapting to working with other musicians. In addition, the orchestra will be featured in “Sinfonia No. 1” by Felix Mendelssohn and the highly entertaining piece by Leroy Anderson called “The Typewriter” for orchestra and a mechanical “Remington” typewriter from the 1900s.
Tickets are available at King's Music or by clicking the link below.
The soloists were chosen from among 26 contestants at auditions in June, and will be presented by the Abbotsford Music Teachers Association and Central Valley Academy of Music. The line-up includes Elliot Wakelin, who is just 7 years old and will perform “Song of the Dark Woods”. Other winners include Anna Krahn and Brooklyn Gerber performing a duet version of the “Hungarian Dance No. 5” by Brahms, and more advanced students who will perform pieces by Bach, Brahms and Tchaikovsky.
There are several composers who have been commissioned to write orchestrations for the works including Stan Gubiotti, Paula Quick, and Clyde Mitchell, conductor of the North Shore Sinfonia. Clyde Mitchell was the inspiration for this project because of similar projects he directed with young soloists in Surrey and North Vancouver which were very well received in those regions.
Most students don’t get a chance to perform with a live orchestra until they are semi-professional or studying at a university. But this project will give them a chance to learn the intricacies of working with an orchestra, following a conductor and adapting to working with other musicians. In addition, the orchestra will be featured in “Sinfonia No. 1” by Felix Mendelssohn and the highly entertaining piece by Leroy Anderson called “The Typewriter” for orchestra and a mechanical “Remington” typewriter from the 1900s.
Tickets are available at King's Music or by clicking the link below.
