Coming Events

Fall/Spring Series 2009/10

Looking ahead we are thrilled to announce our Fall / Spring Series 2009/10. Last winter we presented our first subscribed off-season Series with great success and we look forward to another great season. The upcoming Series will begin with a performance by the acclaimed pianist Jane Coop on Sunday, October 11, 2009, followed by Daniel Lapp’s Tribute to Chet Baker on Saturday, November 14th. Spring 2010 will see classical pianist William Chapman Nyaho (Friday, April 2) and singer / pianist Louise Rose (Sunday, May 23) gracing our stage.

Tickets for the remaining two shows of winter series will go on sale on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the GasBar and for Co-op Porch Sales on Mar 20 & 27. Online tix order are no longer available for the rest of the series.

In order to help you plan your off-season visits to Hornby we have included bios for our Fall / Spring Series performers below.

JANE COOP - Sun. Oct. 11, 2009

Door at 6:30pm, pre-show chat at 7pm, Performance at 8pm
No reserved seating

Download the program: jane-coop-program.pdf

Jane Coop is one of the most in demand and established pianists Canada has ever produced. With performances in halls around the world, she consistently engages audiences with her inspired performances and exhilarating programming. She has toured extensively throughout North America, Britain, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, China and Japan. Her recitals have graced the international stages in cities like New York, London, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Prague, Beijing and Tokyo. As a concerto soloist, Ms. Coop has worked with such eminent conductors as John Eliot Gardiner, Andrew Davis, and Rudolf Barshai. She has also appeared with the Royal Philharmonic, Seattle and Oregon Symphonies, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Taiwan Symphony, Bavarian Radio Orchestra and every major orchestra in Canada. Ms. Coop is an active recording artist with a current discography of thirteen titles. Ms. Coop’s recordings have received multiple Juno nominations and continue to garner such praises as “one of the finest Chopin discs of the decade” [InTune Magazine] and “Coop is totally convincing through-out, with an ear for beautiful phrasing and delicate texture amidst the vigorous bravura displays.” [Wholenote Magazine]

DANIEL LAPP QUARTET - a tribute to Chet Baker - Sat. Nov. 14, 2009

Door at 7pm, Performance at 8pm
No reserved seating

The Daniel Lapp Quartet features a stellar line-up of some of the Westcoast’s finest jazz musicians. This quartet can swing like they were cuttin’ up Birdland in 1948. And they can play it real cool just like the California 50’s sound while capturing vitality and a freshness that makes the music contemporary once again. Drawing largely from the repertoire of Chet Baker, the Daniel Lapp Quartet plays many of the hits from Chet’s recordings while throwing in the occasional original tune. Songs like “My Funny Valentine” and “Let’s Get Lost” are regulars in the DLQ songbook along with Burt Bacharach’s “Close To You” and Elvis Costello’s “Almost Blue". In 1999, at his second New York appearance performing Chet’s music, Daniel discovered that there were five other trumpet playing vocalists in the audience. Word had traveled quickly that this man from Canada’s Westcoast “can really do the Chet thing!” Currently, Daniel is working on a series of plays with a New York playwright based loosely on the life of Chet Baker.

WILLIAM CHAPMAN NYAHO - Fri. Apr. 2, 2010

Door at 6:30pm, pre-show chat at 7pm, Performance at 8pm
No reserved seating

Classical pianist, William Chapman Nyaho, a Ghanaian American, is well known as a researcher and performer of classical music by composers of African descent. His solo CD “Senku: Piano Music by Composers of African Descent,” is a groundbreaking compilation of music of the African Diaspora. Gramophone Magazine said, “Nyaho’s gripping performances kept my ears glued to this disc. Let’s hope the pianist continues to explore - and record - more such commanding repertoire.” A recipient of many prizes from international piano competitions, Chapman Nyaho has performed in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and throughout North America, including Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center. He has been soloist with various orchestras and as chamber musician Following four years as a North Carolina Visiting Artist, Chapman Nyaho taught at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and was the recipient of the Distinguished Professor Award and held the Heymann Endowed Professorship. He was also the recipient of the Acadiana Arts Council Distinguished Artist Award.
www.nyaho.com

LOUISE ROSE - Sun. May 23, 2010

Door at 7pm, Performance at 8pm
No reserved seating

Solo performance - piano and voice
For Louise, music is much more than a vocation; it is, in her own words, the perfect metaphor for life itself. As such it permeates all that she does, while in the process touching the lives of those around her in a supremely positive way. Louise Rose is the consummate performer. A talented pianist, vocalist and actress, Louise was formally trained in piano, organ, voice, conducting and arranging. Some of her studies were with Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington and Leonard Bernstein. She performs jazz, blues, gospel, standards and draws on an extensive repertoire of original music. She’ll weave her harmonious web of sounds with her voice and lush piano stylings. The result is velvet and silk. The response is Ahhh! Louise conducts the 200 voices of the Victoria Good News Choir. Her philosophy about singing and about much of the rest of life has been passed down to her from her Grandmother, “You are worthy simply because you’re breathing.” Therefore there are no auditions. Louise coaches the Downbeat Magazine award-winning vocal jazz ensemble ‘Genesis’ (from Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon). She coaches the Victoria High School Rhythm and Blues Band as well as the students in the Applied Music Programme in Victoria.
www.lrose.com