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GLORIOUS VOCAL SOUNDS

ie glorious sounds of the
Douglas College Choral
Society will fill the air on Satur-
day, April 16 and Sunday, April
17, as they present two evenings
of music for voice and orchestra.

The 85-member ensemble will
perform two large-scale vocal
works: J.S. Bach’s Cantata No. 21
(Ich hatte viel Bekummernis) and
Gabriel Faure’s Requiem.

Soloists for the evening will be
Ruth Huang-Suzuki, soprano;
Blaine Hendsbee, tenor; and Wil-
liam Kelly, bass. The singers will
be accompanied by a 30-piece
community orchestra, made up of
both student instrumentalists and
members of the community at
large.

The rich blend of voices in the
Choral Socicty is also a combina-
tion of student and community
talent, says Tatsuo Hoshina,
music instructor and director of
the chorus. “The Choral Socicty
is a real community effort. It’s
made up of Douglas College stu-
dents, plus singers from the
outside community. This is our
fifth season. It isa skilled choral
group, for people with previous
singing experience.”

Concerts will begin at 8 p.m.
both nights, and admission is $10
for adults and $8 for seniors and
students. For more information
and ticket reservations, call the
Douglas College box office at
520-5488.

 

ARTISTS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS

 

 

 

 

tarting out as an artist is a
struggle.

Even when blessed with talent
and creativity many artists face
an uphill battle against poverty.
After years of study they are still
often lacking in one crucial skill --
marketing their work.

The artist must face a number
of questions: Where should I sell
my art? What should I charge?
How can I promote my work
more effectively?

Alice Rich seems to have some
answers.

“It’s quite unusual to find an art-
ist who is also a business person,
but we have to go more in that
direction,” Rich says. She is an
artist-photographer who teaches
a workshop at Douglas College in
New Westminster called Market-
ing Your Art.

 

She says artists and
craftspeople can take a number of
steps to enjoy more money from
their work.

One of the first steps is compar-
ing their work to what is already
on the market. "I get them to
think about who they are so they
can go to the gallery that will suit
their work," Rich says.

Asa former Assistant Direc-
tor/Curator at the Contemporary
Art Gallery, Rich has an insider’s
vantage point of what galleries in
Vancouver need from artists.

In her one-day course she
covers the details of how to
develop a proposal package and
what makes an effective presenta-
tion.

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