SHAUNA ROLSTON
PERFORMS AT
DOUGLAS COLLEGE

The internationally acclaimed
Canadian cellist Shauna Rolston will
appear in a special New Westminster
performance on Wednesday, March
4th, in the final showing of the Douglas
College Great Canadian Musicians
Series.

Rolston, acclaimed as a virtuoso since
the age of 12, will perform alongside
her mother, Isobel Moore, pianist and
assistant director of music at the Banff
School of Fine Arts.

All Eyes Upon Rolston

Rolston's professional career began
with the Edmonton Symphony
Orchestra before she reached her teen
years. This natural Canadian talent
was quickly billed a ‘child prodigy” and
all eyes were upon her seemingly
magical muscial abilities.

After her 1983 U.S. debut, at the age of
16, Rolston was lauded with praise.
“Her relationship with the instrument
was completely natural,” wrote Edward
Rothstein of the New York Times. “No
physical movement was alien, and her
breathing was intimately related to the
music's.”

She has toured across Europe and
Asia, and everywhere her music has
received nothing but the greatest
applause. Rolston plays a small, 1824
French Chanot cello.

This special Douglas College
performance will present a rare oppor-
tunity to hear one of the truly great
artists in contemporary Canadian
music.

The performance will take place at the
Douglas College Performance
Theatre. The cost is $8 general and $4
for students and seniors. Reservations
can be made by calling 520-5488.

For more information on Shauna
Rolston performing with Isobel Moore
in this special mother and daughter
duo, please contact the music depart-
ment.

MUSICIANS WANTED

Room is still available in virtually all
performing musical groups at Douglas
College, and whether it's rock, classi-
cal, jazz or vocal music, the music
department has something for every
performer this spring.

One of the more popular groups is the
impressive Douglas College Concert
Band, winner of many festivals in the
past year. This group has captured
accolades at the Kiwanis Music Fes-
tival, the B.C. Festival of the Arts and
the National Concert Band Festival at
Expo 86.

The Concert Band is for intermediate
and advanced players only, and

regular practices are held on Monday
evenings between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.

The new Community Stage Band is
looking for players able to make their
Wednesday night practices. Band lea-
der and trumpeter Robin Shier will be
organizing several public perfor-
mances for this group.

For the more adventurous performer,
Douglas College offers three Jazz
Bands who play rock, jazz and other
contemporary styles. These groups
meet on various nights. The two
advanced level jazz bands have
collected a host of awards.

Currently, the Jazz Band 2 is recording
an album under the directorship of
Blair Fisher. This group meets on
Tuesday evenings between 5:00 and
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Jazz Band |, the premier Douglas
College ensemble, will be travelling to
the Surrey Jazz Festival and Arts Syn-
ergy in Victoria this year. Practices are
held on Thursday evenings between
7:00 and 9:00 p.m.

Other ensembles and choral groups
will be accepting auditions. For more
information, please contact the
Douglas College music department.

WRITING ADDED

Popular demand is causing Douglas
College to add two additional Creative
Writing courses this spring.

“The Craft of Writing Articles” and
“Writing the Romance Novel” will be
offered a second time, on Saturday,
March 7.

Both courses are designed for the
novice writer hoping to make an entry
into the sometimes lucrative world of
publishing. The first is specifically for
the freelance magazine aspirant, and
the latter for the budding romance
novelist.

“Writing Articles” will look at the steps
required to prepare a journalistic piece
for the editor’s eyes. Instructor Carol-
ine Jackson has been published na-
tionally and is an accomplished writing
teacher.

Jackson will guide students through
the steps of choosing a topic, prepar-
ing cover and query letters as well as
choosing the suitable market. The
program will focus on the typical wri-
ter’s day, and the view from the editor's
desk.

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