INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MARCH 14, 1989

 

COLLEGE ASSEMBLY SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 22

To: Douglas College
Personnel from Bill Day

Last fall at the College As-
sembly I provided a review of
significant developments affect-
ing the College, outside and
inside.

At that time, there seemed to
be interest in a follow-up meet-
ing this spring, as well as further
exploration of the implications
of the Sullivan Report on public
school education, and the "Ac-
cess Report", dealing with
tertiary and higher education.

It is now timely to have
another general college assemb-
ly. Brief reports and questions
on the following items would
seem to be of general sig-
nificance:

a) Current budget prospects -
capital and operating dollars.

 

b) Apparent expectations of
government regarding,
educational activities for our
next academic year.

c) Progress on program
assessment activities.

d) Progress on integrating our
planning and budgeting
cycles.

e) Current developments on the
Thomas Haney project, and
curriculum articulation with
the secondary schools.

f) Progress on Coquitlam
development.

g) Current thinking regarding
the governance system,
resulting from discussions
with committee chairmen and
administrators.

There is general awareness of
major changes looming for the
system as a whole based in the

Chapuis/Silverman Concert Continued

cess with the flute. She has per-
formed in the U.S. and plays
often in Vancouver as soloist
and chamber player, and has
been heard on the CBC in both
capacities. She often performs
with her pianist husband Robert
Silverman, and made a joint tour
of the Far East with him.

The March 23 performance
will be a reunion for Chapuis
and Silverman.

"Isabelle and I performed
together at the very first concert
Douglas College ever spon-
sored," says Silverman. "Since
then we’ve performed in many
different places, but we’re
regarding this upcoming concert

 

as something very special."

What has made the duo of
Chapuis and Silverman so
dynamic over the years? "I’ve
got a lot of flair and communica-
tion in my playing, which
dovetails nicely with her techni-
que," says Silverman. “We
simply regard music through a
very similar pair of eyes, and
that’s helped in our friendship
off stage as well."

They have chosen works by
Downey and Corigliano because
they are important figures in the
American music scene, but the
two performers also have per-
sonal attachments to the
composers.

 

 

"Access" report.

Three weeks ago, I sum-
marized some of the
implications at the open meeting
on the Sullivan and Access
reports. Since then, there has
been further information of
general interest. In addition, on
March 20, our Minister will be
making some major public an-
nouncements relating to the
overall system.

At our assembly, I will sum-
marize the announcements
themselves, and information
given to me in government brief-
ing sessions, as well as answer
questions.

The assembly will be held in
the small lecture theatre, room
2203, at 4:15 p.m., Wednesday,
March 22. We will lay on cof-
fee and sticky buns. See you
there. W.L. Day

“When I lived in Milwaukee I
knew John Downey and greatly
admired his work; as for
Corigliano, Isabelle is related to
him,” says Silverman. They
have selected an uncharacteristic
tonal Corigliano adagio entitle
*Voyage’ from his otherwise
celebrated twelve-tone collec-
tion of work.

The Chapuis/Silverman con-
cert is part of the Douglas
College/New Westminster Arts
Council ’Encore Concert Series
1988-89’. The concert begins at
8:00 p.m. in the Performance
Theatre. For information reser-
vations, call the Douglas
College box office at 520-5488.