Summer Music Festival 2014

For Immediate Release: Friday, July 11, 2014

EXCITING SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL STARTS JULY 20 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 Creative and Innovative Chamber Music Program and Festival from July 20-26, 2014. Pulse focuses on chamber music and also includes improvisation and composition. Festival concerts will feature various collaborations among faculty, visiting artists and student participants.

“Pulse is always an intensely creative and stimulating experience for both students and faculty,” says Elizabeth Bergmann, LCMS’ director of summer programs and artistic director, concerts. “The faculty enjoys interacting with the students both as coaches and performers and students are given the opportunity to experiment with a variety of creative processes. The combination of studying, rehearsing and performing a mix of the classical chamber music repertoire along with tackling new works of today makes for a vibrant atmosphere throughout the week.”

“Our Opening Concert will feature the A Major Beethoven sonata for violin and piano performed by violinist Jeannette Bernal-Singh and myself,” adds Bergmann. “Marcel and I will perform the third of the spectacular Symphonic Dances for two pianos by Rachmaninoff. The dances are his last work composed in 1943. Also on the programme is Marcel’s latest composition, Intango, premiered at a Cafe Classico this season with flautist Paul Hung and cellist Ben Goheen. This performance will be slightly different as it will be played in the traditional piano trio formation (violin,cello, piano). One or two pieces for cello and piano will also be heard that evening.”

Pulse Creative & Innovative Chamber Music Program Concerts

July 20 – 7:30pm Pulse Opening Concert

Pulse faculty, Jeanette Bernal-Singh, violin and Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann, piano will be joined by guest cellist Ben Goheen and former LCMS faculty member to perform works by Beethoven, Bergmann and Rachmaninoff

July 24 – 2:00pm Pulse Young Composers Competition

Come and hear new works by young emerging composers as Pulse faculty perform and discuss various compositional aspects of the pieces. This event is held as a workshop for the young composers to try out new ideas, get helpful feedback from the performers and hear their works being performed live for the first time.

July 25 – 7:30pm: Pulse Up to a Minute

This concert highlights the creative efforts of the Pulse participants who will be performing their own individual compositions as well as the results of collective work through creative improvisation and group composition.

July 26 – 7:30pm: Pulse Final Concert

Pulse participants will perform chamber works by Haydn, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven and Liszt.

Admission 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.  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