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music by Ronan Reinart Jane Coop: Incurable Romantic c o o l musical a p p r o a c h and i m p e c c a ble clarity even sent critics i n t o u n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c flurries o f ecstasy (the G/obe and Moil hailed C o o p f o r h e r "flawless c l a r i t y " ; t h e New York Times said she p o s s e s s e d " n o t only technical p r o w e s s b u t intellectual perception"). She is, by n o w , n o stranger t o t h e c o n c e r t stage, a n d -- i n a d d i t i o n t o a p r o f e s s o r s h i p at t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f British C o l u m b i a -- h a s a r é s u m é s o long, it w o u l d fill up m o s t o f this magazine. H e r r e c o r d i n g s (available o n C B C R e c o r d s and o n V a n c o u v e r based Skylark R e c o r d s ) give us a p o r t r a i t o f C o o p as a sensitive y e t s o p h i s t i c a t e d and d e m a n d i n g p e r f o r m e r . Indeed, o n e gets t h e sense o f a t o t a l pianist: thoughtful and fresh, s e c u r e and detailed, a p p r o a c h i n g material w i t h b o t h youthful v i g o r a n d a sensitivity that at t i m e s b o r d e r s o n e r o t i c . H e r n o c t u r n e s t e m p t t h e list e n e r into d e e p u n u t t e r a b l e fantasies (exactly, I'm s u r e , h o w C h o p i n w o u l d have liked t h e m ) : h e r m a z u r k a s m o v e w i t h quaint h e s i t a t i o n , like a dancer's fluctuating breath. Aside from her Chopin recordings, C o o p is also r e n o w n e d f o r h e r remarkable recordings of keyboard sonatas by H a y d n and M o z a r t a n d the w o r k s o f m o d e r n c o m p o s e r s such as Samuel Barber, Benjamin B r i t t e n , and, o f c o u r s e , t h e f e r o c i o u s Béla B a r t ó k , w h o s e use o f h a r m o n y has been d e s c r i b e d as " o f t e n bitingly dissonant." But w e needn't stray--it seems a p p r o p r i a t e t o stick w i t h C h o p i n h e r e , partly o u t o f r e s p e c t f o r C o o p ' s r e m a r k a b l e p e r f o r m a n c e parallel; partly because as I listen n o w t o t h e h o p p i n g o f C h o p i n ' s Mazurka in F sharp minor, it's difficult t o think o f anything else; and m o s t l y b e c a u s e , being c h a r a c t e r i z e d as a r o m a n t i c c o m p o s e r , C h o p i n tells us s o m e t h i n g else a b o u t t h e musician that m a s t e r s h i m . R o m a n t i c c o m p o s e r s believe (chronically and pathologically) in t h e Interested persons should phone 988-7115 or write a short introductory note addressed to Sheila G i l m o u r , Grants Committee, N o r t h Shore Charitable Foundation, 600 West Queens Road, N o r t h Vancouver, B C , V 7 N 2 L 3 . Applications for grants must be received by A p r i l 1. T h e successful applicant(s) w i l l be notified by June 30. Applicants must have completed basic training and intend to pursue a career in the arts. T h e grants must be used for a specific training project (e.g. attending a course, master classes or w o r k i n g w i t h a mentor). Applicants must be a resident o f the C i t y or District o f N o r t h Vancouver, West Vancouver, Bowen Island or Lions Bay. If you are an emerging artist needing assistance in the development o f specific skills in your field, T h e F u n d may be able to help. Ronan Reinart is a writer, multi-instrumentalist and incurable romantic. North Shore Community Concerts preidea that t h e w o r l d may be m o r e fully k n o w n t h r o u g h feeling, i n t u i t i o n , and creative imagination than t h r o u g h calculation o r physical o b s e r v a t i o n . A n d as I t u r n t o listen t o Jane C o o p , m o r e than t h e urge t o keep scrawling w o r d s and d e s c r i p t i o n s . I get a feeling ... A n d I k n o w i m m e d i a t e l y that she m u s t be as m u c h o f an incurable r o m a n t i c as t h e c o m p o s e r s she interprets. She has t o b e . Jane Coop, pianist Photo Daryl Cahb-Kline sents Jane Coop at the Centennial Theatre on April 14 at 8 pm. Coop will also be giving a workshop tion call 984-4484. to North informaShore piano teachers, for more 1 t was a g o o d y e a r -- 1 8 2 9 -- A n d r e w I Jackson w a s inaugurated as t h e seve n t h p r e s i d e n t o f t h e U n i t e d States, slavery was a b o l i s h e d in M e x i c o , and after a series o f long and b l o o d y battles against t h e Russians and t h e F r e n c h , t h e O t t o m a n Turks signed f o r peace at A d r i a n o p l e , granting G r e e c e its long-awaited i n d e p e n d e n c e . It was also in 1829 that F r e d e r i c Francios C h o p i n gave his d e b u t series o f c o n c e r t s in V i e n n a and fell in love w i t h a y o u n g singer n a m e d C o n s t a n t i n e G l a d k o w s k e . H e w o u l d w r i t e " i t was w i t h thoughts o f this beautiful c r e a t u r e that I c o m p o s e d the A d a g i o o f my n e w c o n c e r t o [in F m i n o r ] . " C h o p i n was 19 years o l d . T h e young pianist/composer, s p u r n e d by t h e beautiful G l a d k o w s k e , w o u l d g o o n t o b e c o m e Poland's national c o m p o s e r and o n e o f t h e t o w e r i n g musical figures o f t h e romantic era. W h y d o e s this m a t t e r ! W e l l , as I w r i t e , I'm listening t o C h o p i n ' s Gentle Nocturne in £ major (Op.62 No.2) as played by V a n c o u v e r ' s jane C o o p . A n d Jane C o o p , like C h o p i n , was 19 years o l d w h e n she l a u n c h e d h e r career, winning the C B C National Young P e r f o r m e r s ' c o m p e t i t i o n in 1970. T h a t v i c t o r y , in a d d i t i o n t o giving us a stunning parallel w i t h t h e great Polish c o m p o s e r , w o u l d raise p r o v e r b i a l e y e b r o w s and ultimately s e n d C o o p t o u r i n g a r o u n d t h e w o r l d , including t h r o u g h C h o p i n ' s native P o l a n d . H e r The Judy Dennis Arti&u Fund Emerging Training V J