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This summer, community groups in the
regions of New Westminster, Coquitlam,

Maple Ridge and Burnaby are in for a real
treat.

With the help of the Challenge '85 project,
ive students from Douglas College and
Simon Fraser University have formed a

Summer Brass Quintet to take their music to
the community.

The students, Nei | Wyles and Dave Trimble
on trumpet, Kevin Ronaghan on french horn,
Martha Smith on trombone and low brass
player Brian Smith are now fine tuning
their repertoire for a rare summer of
performance.

"It's not very often that music students
have the chance to actually play for money
before they've graduated," says Douglas
Cot fede music director, Blair Fisher.

Come September, they'll probably have

ten times as much practi
a Mg p ce as any other

The problem with finding practice time
during the summer break was one of the
major reasons why Fisher requested the
project for the students. Most people in
music programs end up working in non-study
related fields during their time away from
school, he says.

Music Bound to Excite Anyone

From the Jazzy tunes of Scott Joplin to
special arrangements of well known
classical pieces, the Summer
is putting together a selection of m

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that is bound to excite anyone. de

And the group will be doing a lot more
than just playing. The students will be
responsible for booking their own concerts
over the summer, and that brings even
more benefits.

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Places to Play Will be Easy to Find ®

"Most music students never have to do
their own bookings, but it's something
they will have to deal with eventually,"
Fisher says. "But then again, it probably
won't be that hard to find places to play,
especially when the quintet is able to
come in for free."

The group will probably start off playing
for elementary students, showing them how
the different brass instruments work, and
then move onto bigger and more exciting

shows.

"There's a good chance the Summer Brass
Quintet will be playing at the Hyack
Festival this year," says Fisher, "and
with free concerts, they'l! probably find
a lot more local festivals to play."

Without this type of work project, students
in the music department have practically a
zero chance of playing during the summer

and that really hurts some of their QO

playing."

"| we can find more projects like
Challenge '85, there's no doubt that the
fine arts program will improve," Fisher
says. "It's this kind of day in and day
out playing that helps students improve."

- DOUGLAS COLLEGE NEWS SERVICES