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Local Mountain and Musicians Featured in Symphony Concert Tich Nis a n d Danny I raditionally, the V a n c o u v e r Boy, b y F r e d honour S t r i d e , w e r e c o m m i s s i o n e d in of John M o n t g o m e r y ' s S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a ( V S O ) has p e r formed downtown in t h e resplendent retirement. of m u s i c by Peggy Stortz a p p r e c i a t e . " i t s t i r s u p i m a g e s in t h e m i n d , a bit like a m e r r y - g o - r o u n d or c a l l i o p e in t h e s k y . " F o s t e r n o t e s t h a t m o s t of Chatman's w o r k evokes a m a g i c a l r e s p o n s e in p e o p l e , t h a t is a c e r t a i n m y s t i c a l n a t u r e t o it. there Currently Assistant Superintendent the N o r t h V a n c o u v e r S c h o o l O r p h e u m Theatre, one of Canada's f i n e s t c o n c e r t h a l l s . B u t in 1 9 9 7 , t h e V S O initiated a series of s y m p h o n y c o n c e r t s in d i f f e r e n t v e n u e s a n d c o m munities throughout Mainland.The the Lower District, M o n t g o m e r y d e v o t e d m u c h o f his energy to fostering music on the N o r t h Shore. education C o l e r e i n f o r c e s t h i s by s a y i n g , " S t e p h e n C h a t m a n ' s Dream Fantasy is T h e N o r t h Shore Band and S t r i n g s P r o g r a m is a u n i q u e instru- an e x t r e m e l y a t m o s p h e r i c a n d b e a u t i f u l s o u n d i n g p i e c e o f m u s i c . It is accessible for any a u d i e n c e and I e n j o y p l a y i n g it v e r y m u c h . " C o l e a n d F o s t e r a g r e e t h a t it's b e e n t o o l o n g since they have played this w o n d e r f u l p i e c e . T h e Fantasy Orchestra the for Oboe, Clarinet Dream and they 1998-99 series included t h r e e c o n c e r t s in N o r t h V a n c o u v e r ' s Wesley Principal Vancouver Symphony Foster Clarinet C e n t e n n i a l T h e a t r e , the third of w h i c h will take place o n May 26. T h e f i r s t half o f t h i s c o n c e r t begin w i t h a Fanfare f r o m the will mental program, a partnership b e t w e e n the N o r t h V a n c o u v e r S c h o o l B o a r d and the V a n c o u v e r S y m p h o n y Orchestra. Sixteen-hundred from 31 s c h o o l s r e c e i v e students North private instruction. S h o r e Band and Strings Students. Roger Principal Vancouver Symphony Cole Oboe M e m b e r s of the V S O string section l e s s o n s as w e l l as c l a s s S o m e of the students attend p r e m i e r e d in 1 9 9 3 , a n d w i l l t h e n join t h e m f o r an a r r a n g e m e n t o f B a c h ' s Third Concerto. Brandenburg O r c h e s t r a r e h e a r s a l s a n d play at c o m m u n i t y c o n c e r t s h e r e in Vancouver. T w o o f t h e s e l e c t i o n s in t h e h a v e n ' t p l a y e d it s i n c e . It w a s a g r e a t h o n o u r to have this p i e c e c o m m i s s i o n e d , a n d F o s t e r is l o o k i n g forward North T h e n e x t t w o p i e c e s , Tich sec- t o " c o m i n g b a c k t o an o l d f r i e n d . " B o t h artists are especially pleased to b e p l a y i n g it a t h o m e in Vancouver. C l y d e Mitchell will be conducting North o n d half o f this p r o g r a m have s p e c i a l significance to N o r t h S h o r e audiences. B o t h w e r e w r i t t e n by Vancouver composer Stephen Chatman. T h e Grouse Mountain Lullaby, writ- the V a n c o u v e r S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a in a p r o g r a m t h a t w i l l a l s o i n c l u d e W e b e r ' s Bassoon Concerto, w i t h bass o o n i s t C h r i s t o p h e r M i l l a r d , yet another N o r t h Vancouver and Rimsky-Korsakov's The Maiden Suite. Season three resident, Snow t e n in a t r a d i t i o n a l F r e n c h classical local style, w a s i n s p i r e d by o u r o w n m o u n t a i n . O r i g i n a l l y c o m p o s e d in 1978 f o r p i a n o o r m u s i c b o x , C h a t m a n a r r a n g e d it f o r b o t h o r c h e s t r a a n d c o n c e r t b a n d t w o y e a r s later. It h a s b e c o m e a f a v o u r i t e p i e c e f o r high s c h o o l bands. The second Chatman is t h e D r e a m Fantasy and Orchestra. composition Clarinet The V S O Millennium ( 1 9 9 9 - 2 0 0 0 ) will also include N o r t h S h o r e C l a s s i c s c o n c e r t s in O c t o b e r and N o v e m b e r of this year a n d in M a y o f t h e y e a r 2 0 0 0 . T h e s e community concerts provide a w o n for people to see for Oboe, In 1 9 9 2 , C h a t m a n w a s c o m m i s s i o n e d by the V S O t o w r i t e a piece of music for the orchestra's derful opportunity the S y m p h o n y close to h o m e , and the c o n c e r t this s p r i n g feels e v e n c l o s e r t o h o m e by v i r t u e o f t h e Chatman compositions. two principal oboist R o g e r C o l e and principal clarinettist, W e s Foster. C o l e and Foster, both N o r t h V a n c o u v e r residents, first h e a r d the D r e a m Fantasy on a synthesizer and, although C h a t m a n was definitely the sole c o m poser, these t w o musicians had s o m e input into the creative o f this work. development The Vancouver North Shore Symphony Band and Orchestra Strings 8 pm and perform on May at the Centennial 26. For tickets at 280-33 at 876-3434. Theatre, call please Ticketmaster Hotline tickets. 11 or the Symphony See p. 2 to win Foster describes the Dream Fantasy as " a n a p p r o a c h a b l e p i e c e " -- o n e that touches the e m o t i o n s , unlike s o m e m o d e r n c o m p o s i t i o n s that tend to be t o o esoteric for m o s t people to Peggy and Stortz is a West Vancouver She is also Dramaworks. writer entertainer. of assistant director