INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / FEBRUARY 6, 1990

 

 

 

Mary Burns publishes second book

Congratulations to Douglas College instructor
Mary Burns for the recent publication of Shinny’s Girls
and Other Stories. Published by Talonbooks, this is her
second book. It’s a series of short stories about mothers

and daughters.

lege in the Fall semester. Burns, who grew up near
Chicago and moved to Canada in 1970, is currently
teaching at SFU’s Harbour Centre campus. The title
story of her first book, Suburbs of the Arctic Circle, be-

came a CBC radio drama last November. @

Burns taught Short Fiction Writing at Douglas Col-

 

Pianist returns for recital after 20 years

The pianist who performed the
first ever professional concert at
Douglas College in 1970 is return-
ing to the campus stage on
February 8th.

Boyd McDonald will offer a
piano recital in the College’s Per-
forming Arts Theatre as part of the
popular “Noon at New West” con-
cert series. When he played here 20
years ago, the College’s music
department was located in the
North Surrey United Church.

McDonald has become one of
Canada’s leading exponents of the
fortepiano. Solo tours have taken
him across Canada and into the
United States. He has appeared
with the Cleveland Chamber Or-
chestra and the Te Deum Orchestra
of Hamilton. He recently concer-
tized for Columbia Artists and par-
ticipated in the CPE Bach
Conference at Wilfrid Laurier
University.

McDonald performs regularly
as a member of The Classical Trio
with Jean Lamon and Christina
Mahler of Tafelmusik. Their perfor-
mances delight audiences at the an-
nual Baroque and Classical Music
Workshop in Waterloo. A program
of Mozart given on the Trinity
Series in Toronto was broadcast by
CBC Stereo on “Arts Naional.”

A native of Saskatchewan, Mc-
Donald received a Canada Council
grant to study in Paris with Nadia
Boulanger. He won the Leschetizky
Debut Prize in 1963 and, as a mem-

 

 

 

 

 

Boyd McDonald, one of Canada’s leading fortepiano players.

The two-piano team of “Beckett and McDonald” gave the first
professional concert ever at Douglas College in 1970 when the
music department was located in North Surrey United Church.

 

ber of the piano duo “Beckett and
McDonald”, made several tours of
Canada, the U.S., Europe and the
United Kingdom, including record-
ings for the BBC, CBC and Lyrita.
McDonald continues to teach at

Wilfrid Laurier University.

McDonald’s “Noon at New
West” concert takes place
Thursday, February 8 at 12:30 p.m.
in the Douglas College Performing
Arts Theatre. @

 

 

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