Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society Presents a free community performance and lecture:

Kaleidoscope

Saturday November 10, 2012, 7-8pm
Vancouver Central Public Library
Alma VanDusen Room (downstairs)
350 West Georgia Street

Alan Lau, guest speaker ♦ Ji Rong Huang, erhu ♦ Sarah Tan, guzheng

Gui Lian Liu, pipa ♦ Zhong Xi Wu, suona/sheng

Our workshop features Chinese music scholar Alan Lau as guest speaker. He explores the nature of Chinese music by taking us on a journey from its past to present, and looks at where it is headed.  A Continuum of Chinese Music also includes a study of other musical styles in relation to Chinese music:  from classical Japanese gagaku to traditional Indonesian gamelan, minimalism to 12-tone music and orientalism to post modernity. The audience will be taught how to create their very own Chinese melodies based on the six tones of the Cantonese language.

This event will be a sneak peak at our fall concert performed by the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble. Transformation: Our Story will be a full concert performance demonstrating 33 years of Chinese music in Vancouver.

During the workshop, musicians from the Ensemble will be playing selections of music from different places and times discussed during the workshop.  The musicians will demonstrate new sounds and developed techniques through growth and performances. There will be a question and answer session at the end of the workshop that will allow the public to interact with the instruments and learn more about Chinese culture and music. This workshop is a great place for the culturally curious, the music lover, and life long learners of
all ages to spend an evening out with family and friends.

A concert featuring music inspired by drummer Claude Ranger,

performed by

Buff Allen • Bernie Arai • Miles Black • Paul Blaney

Bill Clark • Phil Dwyer • Kevin Elaschuk

Bruce Freedman • Miles Foxx Hill • André Lachance

Bob Murphy • Clyde Reed • Ron Samworth

Dave Say • Stan Taylor • Brad Turner

Tony Wilson • Dylan van der Schyff • Rene Worst

TWO NIGHTS!

8 pm, Friday and Saturday, November 16-17, 2012

Ironworks Studios • 235 Alexander Street

Tickets: $20 per evening for general admission

(or $30 for both nights);

$15 per evening for students/seniors

Buy tickets online: ranger.brownpapertickets.com

or at the door – CASH ONLY – box office opens at 7pm

Info/Reservations: 604.683.8240

For these two concerts in tribute to Claude Ranger, we will re-unite the community of players who worked with the master drummer during his West coast tenure and present a regional celebration of Ranger’s music and the musicians he touched and inspired.

Ranger is a Canadian jazz legend whose intensity, virtuosity, and creativity rank him among the greats. He began his career in Montréal in the 1960’s and moved to Toronto in 1972 where he was a fixture on the scene for fifteen years – accompanying top Canadian and US musicians in the city’s jazz clubs. Claude moved to Vancouver, living here for a decade or more from about 1987 to early 2000 (at which time he disappeared). He worked as a sideman, collaborator, mentor and bandleader, inspiring the numerous musicians he played with and audiences who heard him during his Vancouver tenure.

This is a two-night tribute to this brilliant musician – seven sets of music – a different ensemble per set, by the alumni of his various projects – the small groups and the larger Jade Orchestra. The musicians who will be involved constitute the cream of the modern mainstream as well as the avant-garde, representing the full range of Ranger’s artistry. The programmed material will draw upon some of Claude’s original compositions, and will also feature original compositions, arrangements and improvisations by the featured musicians.

This event promises to be a heartfelt and thoughtful acknowledgement of Claude’s unique gift to the world of music.

FRIDAY:  Buff Allen, Kevin Elaschuk, Miles Foxx Hill, André Lachance, Bob Murphy, Clyde Reed, Campbell Ryga, Ron Samworth, Dave Say, Stan Taylor, Dylan van der Schyff

 SATURDAY:  Bernie Arai, Miles Black, Paul Blaney, Bill Clark, Phil Dwyer, Bruce Freedman, André Lachance, Clyde Reed, Stan Taylor, Brad Turner, Dylan van der Schyff, Tony Wilson, Rene Worst