100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, V8K 2V8, Canada
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ArtSpring is an 11,800 square-foot, two-level heavy timber structure boasting a 5,200-square-foot exhibition/ multi- purpose area and a 6,600-square-foot, 265-seat theatre.
The Gulf Islands School of Performing Arts (GISPA) presents Haroun. This production, based on Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie, upholds the innovative integration of dance, music and theatre that GISPA is known for. GISPA has produced an exquisite show full of spinning stories and fanciful lands. This collective creation is a beautiful and imaginative journey, that promises to soar.
GISPA students adapted the script from Salman Rushdie’s novel, where a young boy must travel much farther than he expected to find the answers he is looking for. These talented students have collectively created, composed, choreographed and developed Haroun under the direction of Bruce Smith (music), Sonia Langer (dance) and Jason Donaldson (theatre) with assistance from GISPA alumni Halley Fulford with Theatre design. Come along and experience our journey to surreal places within a captivating story everyone will enjoy.
Salt Spring’s Viva Voce! community choir is thrilled to present its 2012 Spring concert “A Sense Of Place”. The first of three in The Canadian Composer Series, this program is highlighted with the premiere performance of the choir’s first commissioned work, This Canada, by composer Brian Tate. Featuring more than a dozen of our country’s contemporary choral composers, director Debbi Toole invites you to hear their songs of Canada, of its seasons, cultures, and the places we love.
Salt Spring’s Viva Voce! community choir is thrilled to present its 2012 Spring concert “A Sense Of Place”. The first of three in The Canadian Composer Series, this program is highlighted with the premiere performance of the choir’s first commissioned work, This Canada, by composer Brian Tate. Featuring more than a dozen of our country’s contemporary choral composers, director Debbi Toole invites you to hear their songs of Canada, of its seasons, cultures, and the places we love.
The Salt Spring Arts Academy presents Under The Big Top, a one act ballet show: choreographed, written and directed by Lisa Hall. The storyline revolves around a girl who visits the circus when it comes to her village and is enchanted by all the performers: sword swallowers, snake charmers and of course LIONS AND BEARS!
Lisa Hall is a Ballet and Company Class teacher at the Salt Spring Arts Academy. She is also the Artistic Director of Veselka Dancers in Victoria and a teacher at the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and United World College in Victoria. Under The Big Top stars 22 dancers from Lisa Hall’s Company Class. The focus of company class is proper technique, musicality, building grace and poise through an intensive curriculum, which requires a high level of motivation and commitment. Company ballet focuses on providing individualized training to each student to help them achieve their personal goals and dreams and provides the opportunity for performance.
Under The Big Top is a production of The Academy Presents…, a production company that aims to maintain a bursary fund for the Salt Spring Arts Academy.
The Salt Spring Arts Academy presents Under The Big Top, a one act ballet show: choreographed, written and directed by Lisa Hall. The storyline revolves around a girl who visits the circus when it comes to her village and is enchanted by all the performers: sword swallowers, snake charmers and of course LIONS AND BEARS!
Lisa Hall is a Ballet and Company Class teacher at the Salt Spring Arts Academy. She is also the Artistic Director of Veselka Dancers in Victoria and a teacher at the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and United World College in Victoria. Under The Big Top stars 22 dancers from Lisa Hall’s Company Class. The focus of company class is proper technique, musicality, building grace and poise through an intensive curriculum, which requires a high level of motivation and commitment. Company ballet focuses on providing individualized training to each student to help them achieve their personal goals and dreams and provides the opportunity for performance.
Under The Big Top is a production of The Academy Presents…, a production company that aims to maintain a bursary fund for the Salt Spring Arts Academy.
Students from ballet, creative, hip hop, acro dance and dance troupe classes at the Salt Spring Arts Academy present their recital pieces along with Cat Tales, a one act musical theatre show, written, directed and choreographed by Sue Newman.
Variety Fare’s Broadway and Beyond is a two-hour show of music and comedy featuring songs from the most beloved Broadway shows such as Hello Dolly, South Pacific, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, and Brigadoon and more. Enjoy classic favourites from The Beatles, The Carpenters, and Neil Diamond. Variety Fare’s musical theatre stars include Dwight Gordon, Stan Davis, Timothy Kyle, Sarah Carle, Diana Keating and features the well-known talented pianist and producer Bob LeBlanc. Bob has performed at ArtSpring on two previous occasions, most notably at the grand opening of the theatre in 1999. The group is fresh from sold out performances in Victoria and Sidney, BC. If you like Broadway, you will love Variety Fare! For more information about this outstanding group go to www.varietyfare.ca.
Once of Cambridge’s finest mixed-voice ensembles is touring British Columbia with 25 university singers who bring us a programme of sacred music from Britten, Fauré, Saint-Saens, Scarlatti and others. BBC Music Magazine has praised their “fresh voices, precise pitching and chording, and expert pacing.” LISTEN
Bongo Love plays a unique blend of Afrobeat fused with traditional Zimbabwean style music performed on guitar and traditional African acoustic instruments — the mbira (thumb piano from Zimbabwe), the marimba (Mozambique) the djembe/bongo (West Africa) and the congas. Their original songs and vibrant dances have captured audiences for nearly a decade, making them one of Southern Africa’s most diverse bands.
Fifth Salt Spring Chamber Music Festival July 23-28
ArtSpring once again convenes a distinguished faculty for the week of July 23 to 28 to work with young musicians from BC and across Canada as they hone their skills as quartets, piano trios and the like. This year we welcome the famous Alcan String Quartet as guests for the last three days of the festival. You have three opportunities to hear great music during the week:
New York-based Canadian composer Taylor Brook will spend a week’s creative residency on Salt Spring with Montreal’s acclaimed new-music ensemble Quatuor Bozzini and Quebec videographer Natalie Bujold creating a new work. The ArtSpring audience will get a preview of the result on August 4 in the company of the composer and video artist. A rare opportunity to participate in new creation.
Two-time Juno-winning banjoist Jayme Stone makes music inspired by folk traditions from around the world. His latest album, Room of Wonders, explores music from Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Brazil, Italy and North America. The repertoire includes a movement from Bach’s French Suite, a Moorish sword-fighting dance and Stone’s lush, edgy originals. The Globe & Mail has called him “The Yo-Yo Ma of the banjo.”
Carpe Diem is a boundary-breaking ensemble that has earned widespread critical and audience acclaim for its innovative programming and electrifying performances. With programming that reflects its passions for Gypsy, tango, folk, pop, rock, and jazz inspired music alongside the traditional string quartet repertoire, Carpe Diem has quickly become one of America’s premiere “indie” string quartets.
The Gulf Islands School of Performing Arts (GISPA) presents Haroun. This production, based on Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie, upholds the innovative integration of dance, music and theatre that GISPA is known for. GISPA has produced an exquisite show full of spinning stories and fanciful lands. This collective creation is a beautiful and imaginative journey, that promises to soar.
