September

songs sweet

s Septembers go, this one was
pretty remarkable for Julia Nolan.
Not only was the Douglas
College music instructor expecting her
first child in mid month, she was also
awaiting a compact disc of her first

recording as a featured soloist.

“There are a lot of firsts right now,”
said Nolan, who soloed on alto saxophone
with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra on
Paule Maurice’s Tableaux de Provence.
Conducted by Mario Bernardi, the French

suite is one of the tracks on a new CBC
album of international music called Globe
Trotters.

“T’ ve played with the CBC, Vancouver
Symphony and Vancouver Opera
orchestras but it was great playing in front

of a full orchestra,” said Nolan,
who also teaches at the

 

 

 

 

 

Universities of B.C. and Western
Washington.

In addition to a new baby and
new album, later this fall Nolan
will be featured soloist on a
CBC Radio concert which was
recorded in May. The broadcast
will feature a newly
commissioned piece by
Vancouver composer Fred Stride
and is scheduled to air
December 2 on Mostly Music, 9
9:05 am on CBC-FM.

Nolan’s work on Tableaux de
Provence takes listeners on an
eclectic journey through pastoral
France. Written by Paris
Conservatory instructor Paule
Maurice during the 1950s, the
five musical sketches weave
through the dances of young
women to souls whispering in an
ancient cemetery to the darting
flight of bees.

Nolan originally recorded the
tracks in 1991, but Globe
Trotters was delayed in
production and is only currently
being released.

“The album was recorded so
long ago that I’m not going to
get excited until I’m holding it in
my hands. Then it will hit me
and that will be a thrill.”

 

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Julia Nolan was getting ready
to celebrate a new baby and
new recording in September.