inten

 

 

continued from page one.

In 1975 he moved to Toronto, as composer and
director for Theatre Passe Muraille. But he
returned to Vancouver and Tahnous for the

first production of "Billy Bishop Goes to War",
the musical comedy about Canada's World War I
flying ace which established Gray's international
reputation. After a highly successful Canadian
tour, "Billy Bishop" played Washington, New York,
Los Angeles, Denver, Edinburgh, and London,
England. The play won best actor award in

New York, and in Los Angeles took both best
actor and best play, as well as winning a number
of Canadian awards.

Director of Fourty Productions,
Composer of Music for Twenty

His subsequent works include the 1981 hit "Rock
and Roll"; two children's plays, "Bongo from the
Congo" and "Balthazar and the Mojo Star"; "You
Better Watch Out, You Better Not Die", a
farcical thriller; and "Don Messer", about the
maritime folk band. He has published a novel,
"Dazzled", a “comic saga about growing up absurd
in the seventies", and he has a new book, "Stage
Fright", coming out this year. He has directed
over fourty productions, and composed music
for another twenty.

Gray will be visiting Douglas College creative
writing classes on Tuesday, February 4 from

1900 to 2200 hours and Wednesday, February 5
from 1000 to 1200 hours. A reading and discus-
sion at Douglas' Maple Ridge Campus on
Wednesday at 1:00 P.M. and at the New Westminster
Campus on Thursday the 6th at noon in Room 2201
will be two highlights of the week. Open office
hours Thursday from 1400 to 1600 hours and
Friday, February 7, from 1000 to 1400 hours,
both days in Room 3307 have been arranged for
people to meet and talk with Gray.

While the public is welcome to all College events,
Gray will also be doing two readings in the
community; on Monday, February 3, at the Kyle
Center in Port Moody, and at the New Westminster
Public Library from 1000 to 1300 hours on
Saturday, February 8.

2K oe oR ao OK

REGISTRATION APPRECIATION

A Big "THANK YOU' to all staff, faculty, and
administrators who helped with the Spring 1986
registration process. This was one of the
smoothest registrations so far!

Gerry Della Mattia

 

 

MADRIGAL GROUP

The light, lively and enlivening music of the
Renaissance will be the feature presentation of
the Douglas College Humanities Institute when
the Vancouver Madrigal Group performs at the
New Westminster campus on Thursday, January 30.

Peter Sleman, an early music instructor at
Douglas College and founding member of the VMG,
says the group will perform up to an hour of
Madrigal music beginning at 1900 hours.

Madrigal is one of the main forms of music
popularized during the Renaissance featuring
groups of vocalists often performing love songs.

"It's not astyleof music you tend to hear too much
these days, except at Christmas time," Sleman
says. “It's wonderful to perform, and a lot of the
music is great fun. It's very earthy."

The Vancouver Madrigal Group will be performing
works of Palestrina, one of the great composers
of sacred music during the Renaissance, as well
as Sumer Is Icumen (Summer Is Coming), one of
the most well known pieces of the era.

The group consists of Sleman and Gary Honda at
bass, Michael at tenor, Chris Sallis at alto, and
Audrey Winch and Suzanne Lloyd singing soprano.
The group was formed after the members met at
a Madrigal music workshop of the Vancouver
Early Music Society in 1984.

The Vancouver Madrigal Group will perform at
1900 hours in room 2203 of the Douglas College
New Westminster campus.

- DOUGLAS COLLEGE NEWS RELEASES

 

2 A