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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. - Victor Hugo W i t h o u t a d o u b t , t h e m u s i c o n t h e N o r t h Shore Celtic E n s e m b l e ' s CD Jigs Up expresses m u c h m o r e t h a n c o u l d be said in m e r e w o r d s . The j o y o u s reels a n d j i g s , t h e m e l a n c h o l y airs, t h e h e a r t - s t i r r i n g marches, a n d t h e g r a c e f u l w a l t z e s evoke a richness of e m o t i o n a n d i m a g e r y . Jigs Up is e x q u i s i t e l y c r a f t e d a n d a r r a n g e d , a r e c o r d i n g well worth owning. K n u t s o n , w h o h a d p r o d u c e d his CD, t o j o i n forces w i t h h i m a n d , in S e p t e m b e r o f 1 9 9 8 , w i t h e i g h t s t u d e n t s t h e y s t a r t e d t h e North Shore Celtic Ensemble. Soon they opened the Ensemble up t o y o u n g people across the North Shore and their numbers grew, mostly by w o r d of m o u t h . To enrich the p r o g r a m , Giguere a n d K n u t s o n b r o u g h t in professional musicians to The N o r t h S h o r e C e l t i c E n s e m b l e is t h e b r a i n c h i l d o f Claude play w i t h the students. Talia C o r n w a l l , w h o plays the recorder, is one y o u n g person w h o is b e n e f i t i n g f r o m t h e s e o p p o r t u n i t i e s . "The Giguere, a classical v i o l i n i s t w h o has p e r f o r m e d w i t h t h e Royal W i n n i p e g B a l l e t , t h e 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 , t h e CBC Orchestra and the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, to name a few. G i g u e r e w a s t e a c h i n g m u s i c a n d French a t t h e N o r t h V a n c o u v e r W a l d o r f School a n d c o m p l e t i n g a C e l t i c - i n f l u e n c e d CD o f his o w n c a l l e d Entrelace was different w h e n he s a w a n e e d f o r a m u s i c a l e n s e m b l e t h a t from the regular school b a n d s . He a s k e d Jay Ensemble has h e l p e d me musically. I have to play w e l l a n d to w o r k hard a t i t . " In t i m e , t h e Ensemble p e r f e c t e d a t i g h t f o r t y - f i v e m i n u t e r e p e r t o i f H They put aside the music stands a l l o w i n g t h e members to emphasize the performance aspect of their presentation.