Summer Music Festival 2013

For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 11, 2013

EXCITING SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL STARTS NEXT WEEK AT LCMS

Langley, BC – Langley Community Music School (LCMS) welcomes the community to sit back and enjoy a variety of fun and inspiring concerts by professionals and students during it’s Pulse Music Program and Festival from July 21-27, 2013. Pulse focuses on chamber music and also includes improvisation and composition. Festival concerts will feature various collaborations among faculty, visiting artists and student participants.

“As a community music school, LCMS invites the public to experience music making from young aspiring musicians to faculty and guest artist performances at their finest during our summer concert festival,” says Elizabeth Bergmann, LCMS’ director of summer programs and artistic director, concerts. “The 2013 festival promises to be an eclectic mix of music featuring a variety of repertoire and styles that will appeal to music lovers of all ages.”

Pulse Creative & Innovative Chamber Music Program Concerts
July 21 – 7:30pm Pulse 2013 Opening Concert
The opening concert features Pulse faculty members Joel Stobbe, cello (LCMS faculty member), Jeanette Bernal-Singh, violin (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) and Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann (LCMS and Bergmann Piano Duo) performing a programme from duos to trios. The lighter spirited Beethoven- Trio Op. 11, Schubert -Arpeggione Sonata, the famous Handel/Halvorsen duo for violin and cello and a couple of Marcel’s new arrangements for two pianos of tunes by Chick Corea and Pat Metheny will be performed.

July 24 – 7:30pm Pulse Festival concert Boogie Woogie for Two
For this concert we have invited special guest, Hamburg born and now living in White Rock, Boogie Woogie pianist Dominik Heins to our stage for some highly entertaining and virtuosic piano playing. Marcel Bergmann will be joining him on a few tunes. Come and view some pianistic fireworks!

July 26 – 2pm: Pulse Young Composers Competition and Workshop
An always interesting and informative event, the Pulse Young Composers Competition Workshop features new compositions by student composers. Pulse faculty members play through and give feedback on the new compositions.

July 26 – 7:30pm: Pulse Festival Concert Up to a Minute and In C
This concert features the winning compositions from the Pulse Young Composers Competition, performed by Pulse faculty, along with other student compositions composed throughout the Pulse course. Pulse students and faculty will perform the seminal work In C by minimalist composer, Terry Riley.

July 27 – 7:30pm Pulse Final Concert with Student Ensembles
This concert features the collaborative work students have been engaged in over the week. Chamber groups will perform works by Beethoven, Mozart, Bloch, Debussy, Dvorak, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Milhaud, Khachaturian and Piazzolla.

Admission for all concerts is by donation. The Rose Gellert Hall is located at 4899 207 Street in Langley. For more concert information visit www.langleymusic.com or call 604.534.2848.

LCMS offers music programs for enthusiasts of all ages and levels. The music festival is an extension of the school’s summer educational programs that provide a great introduction to music in a family friendly, fun-filled environment. In addition to a comprehensive summer program, LCMS’ music programs run throughout the year for students of all ages, from babies through to seniors, at beginners to pre-professional levels. There’s something for everyone.

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Media Contacts:

Meagan Baker
Communications Consultant
604.351.0525
mb.baker@telus.net

Carolyn Granholm
Assistant Principal
Langley Community Music School
604.534.2848
development@langleymusic.com