Last update: Dec.28, 2011
Recent: Gabriola Drum Day 2010
A coproduction with The Xenographic Society and Howie Stiff
A Day of Drumming and Dancing, Workshops and Performances for all ages and skill levels. Click here to see more:
It's Still Available:
Lulu ‘Classical Women’ 2011 Calendar!
Thank you to all who joined us for the launch party on Thursday, September 2nd at Raspberry’s Jazz Café!
Lulu, in collaboration with renowned Gabriola photographer, Carolyn Davey, and twelve extraordinary Gabriola women, has created a calendar of artful nudes called ‘Classical Women’. This project has been a year in the making and, with generous support from individuals and businesses from Gabriola and beyond, is now a reality. We are grateful to all those who have helped make it happen! Proceeds from the sale go toward Lulu’s ongoing mandate to support the performing arts on Gabriola.
Copies are available at several Gabriola outlets, or directly from Lulu, either by sending an e-mail to calendar@luluperformingarts or by following the link below:
To see the calendar images, find out where the calendar is available, or to order copies online please click on the calendar above, or follow this link to the >> Lulu Store
Thank you from Lulu
Lulu would like to extend heartfelt thanks to all those who have given their support to the ‘Classical Women’ 2011 Calendar.
To ‘Standing Ovation’ Sponsors: Atwork Electric, Audio Ark, Gabriola Law Office - Murray H. Grant, Gabriola Professional Centre, Island Pharmacy, Longwood Brewery, North Road Sports and Clothing Company, Okanagan Spring Brewery, Bill Pope’s Law Office, Raspberry’s Jazz Café, Raven Feed and Pet Supply, Robert’s Place, Village Food Market, and Village Liquor Store.
To ‘Encore’ Sponsors: Anonymous, Architrave Design Build, Elaine Filax, Gloria Filax, The Flying Shingle, Gabriola Automotive, The Gabriola Sounder, Robert Norris Jones, Liz Lutz Pilates, Judith Madsen, Mathew I. Richards, Debra Shogan, the Skol Pub, Twin Cedars Veterinary Clinic, Deborah Vitek, and Woodfire Pizza and Pasta.
To ‘Applause’ Sponsors: Arbutus Building Supplies, Body Spirit Center, Brent G Hair and Spa, David C. Brown Barrister & Solicitor, and Matters of the Heart.
Special thanks to Tofino Air and Graeme Ireland for kind assistance bringing the calendars over from Vancouver.
And special thanks to all those who helped with the launch! To Roger Christie for generously opening Raspberry’s to us for the evening; to our amazing musicians Lloyd Arntzen and Steve Smith; to our wonderful volunteers Deborah Vitek, Penelope Bahr, Jenni Gehlbach, Christine McKim, Liz Lutz, Marty Ostrander, Ken Capon, and Rick Cranston; to the Gabriola Lions Club for loaning us chairs, to the weather gods; and to all of you who came out and joined in the celebration!
To purchase calendars, please visit the Lulu online store or any of these fine Gabriola businesses: Artworks, Colleen’s, Gabriola Professional Centre, Island Book Shoppe, Page’s Marina, Slice of Life, or buy directly from Carolyn Davey at the Saturday market. Proceeds benefit the performing arts in your community.
Thank you for your support!
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Educational Outreach
Lulu continues to develop arts education opportunities for children, youth and adults. Please check back for upcoming programs!
Special Projects
You never know where Lulu will show up next, so be sure to check back for upcoming special projects.
Lulu's Lager lauched on Gabriola!
Lulu gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and businesses who helped make this evening such a huge success. Many thanks!
Longwood Brewery and Barry Ladell, The Surf Management and Staff, Village Foods, Alanna Meneilly, Kathy Howard, Mark Cline, Michael Brown, Carolyn Davey, Deborah Vitek, Jenni Gehlbach, Andreas Kahre, Paul O’Sullivan, Village Liquor Store, LogoMotion and Greg Cornforth, Karen Cain and Vern Smith, Gabriola Automotive, David Boehm, The Haven, Arbutus Building Supplies, Diane Marks, Absolute Detailing and Dawn Steinke (Nanaimo), Eternal Flow Computers, Muriel Wiens, Elizabeth Lutz, Art Ellefson, Dick Smith, Elfi and Gary Dillon, Kim Lear, Barb Russell, Christine McKim, the Salad People (yum!), Gabriola Coffee Company, Colleen’s, Gabriola Golf Club, Jen Turner, Gabriola Sounder, Cynthia’s Wardrobe (Nanaimo), Tammy Birch, Farmgate Finds
Lulu is proud to be partnering with the Longwood Brewpub in Nanaimo to bring you what we hope will become Gabriola’s favorite beer!
Recent Concerts:
Mary Margaret O'Hara & Peggy Lee
with guests J.P. Carter on trumpet, Ron Samworth on guitar, and Dylan van der Schyff on drums,
Sunday, January 29th, 7:30pm, Phoenix Auditorium. The Haven, Gabriola Island
Are you familiar with Mary Margaret O'Hara? Then all you need to know is that she's coming to Gabriola Island on January 29th with acclaimed Vancouver cellist and musical collaborator Peggy Lee. Their collaboration is entitled 'Beautiful Tool' and, together with guests J.P. Carter on trumpet, Ron Samworth on guitar, and Dylan van der Schyff on drums, they performed original songs (including material from the internationally famed album 'Miss America'), covers, and collective improvisations.
"… there’s something hauntingly unique and timeless about her music; Mary Margaret O’Hara sounds like no one else." CBC
If you don't know of her, think of discovering one of the great artists, and one of the most unique personalities of our time. Hailed as “a national treasure” by R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, O’Hara has appeared as a guest artist on numerous records and soundtrack albums over the years for artists as varied as The Henrys and Morrissey. She is best known for 'Miss America' released in 1988, which was recently listed by Chart Magazine as the 14th best album of all time. NOW magazine of Toronto named Miss America the #3 album of the last 20 years, and Mojo Magazine (UK) listed it as one of the top 100 albums of the 20th Century. To read more http://www.cbc.ca/arts/walkoffame/ohara.html.
Peggy Lee is both a highly sought after cellist, and one of the most original compositional voices around. She has composed for Standing Wave ensemble, Vancouver New Music, Talking Pictures, EDAM dance company, Dancecorps, Frozen Eye, and for theatre companies Rumble and Ruby Slippers. She is currently a member of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Standing Wave, Wayne Horvitz's Gravitas Quartet, Talking Pictures, and the Tony Wilson Sextet. In 2005 Peggy received the Freddie Stone Award for integrity and innovation in music.
Huge and heartfelt thanks to the following individuals, businesses, and organizations that helped make the Mary Margaret O'Hara and Peggy Lee (with JP Carter, Ron Samworth, and Dylan van der Schyff) concert so successful: The Gabriola Lions Club, the Gabriola Arts Council, The Haven Resort and Institute and Louise Amuir, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Longwood Brewpub (Nanaimo), Village Food Market, the Village Liquor Store, Peggy Lee, Andreas Kahre (graphic design), Graemme Brown (sound), Liz Lutz, Deborah Vitek, Tina Pearson, K. Louise Vincent, Karen Cain, Erica Jackson, Penny Sidor, Dinah D, Ken Capon, Mark Parlett, Patsy Ludwick, David Howe, Fascinating Rhythm (Nanaimo), The Gabriola Sounder, Gallery Press, and CHLY Radio Malaspina (Nanaimo)
'Beautiful Tool' was a Lulu and DB Boyko co-presentation.
Recent Concerts:
Adrian Brendel & Michelle Mares
Thursday, December 15th, 7:30pm, Phoenix Auditorium. The Haven, Gabriola Island
Lulu and Liz Lutz were very pleased to present Adrian Brendel, cellist, and Michelle Mares, pianist, Thursday, December 15th, 7:30pm, Phoenix Auditorium.
Adrian Brendel has quickly established himself as one of the leading cellists of his generation, performing extensively as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, the US, and Japan. His recent two year partnership with his father Alfred Brendel, performing all of Beethoven’s music for cello and piano at venues throughout the world, was a huge public and critical success. Their recording of the A major Sonata is a top recommendation on the BBC’s “Building a Library Programme”.
Canadian pianist Michelle Mares has won top prizes in national and international piano competitions. She has concertized extensively in Canada and in Europe performing with virtually every major Canadian orchestra as a soloist. Having recently returned to her native West Coast after nearly 2 decades in Europe, Michelle has now settled in Victoria.
These two musicians met and worked together 20 years ago in Cornwall at a chamber music festival working with their mentor, the Hungarian composer, Gyorgy Kurtag. Adrian is performing in Calgary Dec 8, and had a few open days on his schedule. He and Michelle were talking on the phone, and they thought it would be fun to play together again. Michelle suggested Gabriola. What good news for us!
Recent Concerts:
Alpha Yaya Diallo & The Bafing Riders
October 29th, 7:30pm, Community Hall
Multiple Juno Award winning guitarist, singer, and songwriter Alpha Yaya Diallo, is a multi-talented artist whose dexterous acoustic and electric guitar-playing, with its fluid melodic lines and compelling grooves, places him in the front ranks of African musicians, while his band, Bafing, features high energy African rhythms, visually stunning dancers and a dynamic percussion section.
"Alpha's music comes together with an irrepressible enthusiasm that makes you want to move in response,thanks to Diallo's multinational band and cross-cultural musical influences.
Edmonton Journal
Drum Workshop with Naby Camara
Sunday, October 30th, 12noon, Agi Hall
Dance Workshop with N'Nato Camara
Sunday, October 30th, 2pm, Agi Hall
Recent Concerts
The Kovich String Quartet
Sunday, September 25th, 4:30pm
The Gabriola Theatre Centre, 1475 Peterson Road
Jeremy Potts, violin
Shima Takeda, violin
Sarah Tradewell, viola
Nathan Jacklin, cello
Join us for the Gabriola debut of one of Canada's finest emerging chamber ensembles. Featured works included:
String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 in Bb, "Sunrise", by Joseph Haydn
String Quartet Op. 10 in G minor, by Claude Debussy
String Quartet No. 8 in c minor, by Dmitri Shostakovich
and a Selection of Popular Favorites, arranged by Nathan Jacklin
Recent: The First Annual Gabriola Summer of Sound
Juy 1-31, 2011, Everywhere on Gabriola Island. A coproduction with the Xenographic Society. Click to see more >>
Recent: Sound Exploration for Adults
One Day Workshop,
with Leah Hokanson and Andreas Kahre
Saturday, MARCH 19th,
at the Gabriola Commons
Are you intrigued by sound? Do you want to discover the fascinating world of the audibleÑ from the sounds within our bodies to the hidden layers of the urban roar? In this one-day mini 'Sound Camp', you are invited to investigate how sound worksÑin us, around us, and between us. Together, we will explore our relationship to the sonic environment through sound walks and focussed listening, discover hidden acoustic dimensions using recording and audio technology, explore the cognitive process of listening, the resonance of the body, and our place in the sonic world.
Recent: Lulu collaborates to create the Summer Youth Sound Camp!
Click here for more information >>
Recent: SOUND WALKS:
During the Vancouver 2010 Olympiad, Lulu Performing Arts, Western Front New Music, Vancouver New Music and the Xenographic Society were pleased to present:
Vancouver February 12-28, 2010: 12 Sound Walks
Soundwalk February 13
Colin Browne, Saturday, 3pm, Jericho Park eastern-most entrance, near the Jericho concession at the western edge of the parking lot at 3 pm.
Soundwalk February 14
Andrew Laurenson Sunday, 2pm. Grandview Park, Commercial at Charles
Soundwalk February 15
Jean Routhier, Monday 2 pm on the street in front of the entrance to Characters cafe / bookstore 8419 Granville st. ends: at marine drive skytrain station duration: about 1 1/2 hr
Soundwalk February 16
Stefan Smulovitz Tuesday, 6:30 pm, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, in front of the gallery
Soundwalk February 18
Soressa Gardner: Thursday, 1 pm at the corner of Main and 27th outside the Saltspring Coffee and Teas shop
Soundwalk February 19
Tina Pearson, Friday, 10am at Ontario St. and E. 33rd Ave. (entrance to Queen Elizabeth park).
Soundwalk February 22
Adrienne Wong, Monday, 2:30 PM, Wendy Poole Park, Alexander @ Main
Soundwalk February 23
DB Boyko, Tuesday, 3:30pm Roundhouse Community Centre in front of the train
Soundwalk February 24
Andreas Kahre, 8pm, European Specialty Foods, 220 Prior Street
Soundwalk February 25
Donna Lytle Thursday, 12 Noon, Science World
Soundwalk February 26
Derek Simons Friday, 4pm, Olympic Village station Canada Line
Soundwalk February 27
Leah Hokanson Saturday, 10am, SE corner of Cambie & 23rd.
More Info and maps at:
http://tinyurl.com/y9ypbgq
