by Gillian Crowley –
Kat Eggleston at Deep Cove Folk Concert
Kat Eggleston has inspired audiences all over the world with her strong, clear voice and fingerstyle guitar technique, her interpretation of traditional music and her own original songs. She has collaborated onstage and in recordings with a variety of musicians over the years, including David Bromberg, Tom Dundee, Irish music supergroups Bohola and the David Munnelly band, as well as long-time music partner Kate MacLeod. Kat presents her music with humour and joy that touches each listener. Tickets at the door. April 8 from 8 to 10:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:30 p.m.) St John’s United Church,
10900 West Saanich Road.
Go Figure
Artist Nicholas Pearce and 30 of his students will display their figurative work to illustrate the magic that can be created using a limited palette of four colours and a single 1½-inch housepainter’s brush. The artwork ranges from portraiture to paintings of flamenco dancers, nudes and more. Free admission. Reception April 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. Mary Winspear Centre. April 9 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and April 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Via Choralis: Songs of the Amazon
The choir’s final concert of the season will feature a new piece by composer/conductor Nicholas Fairbank, written this past summer during a residency in eastern Peru. Led by Fairbank, the choir will combine with a professional chamber orchestra to perform an exciting concert of Hispanic music, culminating in the première performance of Fairbank’s latest composition: Canción amazónica. Partial proceeds from the concert will go to support a not-for-profit that allows one or two Peruvian students to spend six months in Victoria. Tickets for the Sidney concert from Tanner’s Books or Brentwood Bay Empourium. April 23, First Metropolitan United Church, Victoria: 7:30 p.m. and April 24, St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church, Sidney at 2:30 p.m. www.viachoralis.ca.
SPAC Spring Arts Show and Sale
The Saanich Peninsula Arts & Crafts Society (SPAC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to offering promotion, support and education for over 200 member artists. Its annual spring show will display the artists’ visions created over the past year. Come to appreciate (and perhaps buy) fibre arts, jewelry, paintings, pottery, sculptures and more. Mary Winspear Centre, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and May 1, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Peninsula Singers and the Life Journeys We Take
The popular Peninsula Singers will take concert-goers on a musical journey that touches on important milestones in life, the roadblocks we may encounter and the joys we may savour. Artistic Director Glenda Korella promises much merriment, as usual. The male singers will ham it up on ’50s pop tunes such as Love Potion Number 9 while the women will ask for maternal advice in Ma, He’s Makin’ Eyes at Me. Janet Yonge on piano, Lynell Korella on bass, Terry Erskine on percussion and Jim Kingham returns as MC. More at www.peninsulasingers.ca. Mary Winspear Centre, April 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m., May 1 at 2 p.m.
