INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / FEBRUARY 6, 1990

Mary Burns publishes second book

Congratulations to Douglas College instructor Mary Burns for the recent publication of Shinny’s Girls and Other Stories. Published by Talonbooks, this is her second book. It’s a series of short stories about mothers

and daughters.

lege in the Fall semester. Burns, who grew up near Chicago and moved to Canada in 1970, is currently teaching at SFU’s Harbour Centre campus. The title story of her first book, Suburbs of the Arctic Circle, be-

came a CBC radio drama last November. @

Burns taught Short Fiction Writing at Douglas Col-

Pianist returns for recital after 20 years

The pianist who performed the first ever professional concert at Douglas College in 1970 is return- ing to the campus stage on February 8th.

Boyd McDonald will offer a piano recital in the College’s Per- forming Arts Theatre as part of the popular “Noon at New West” con- cert series. When he played here 20 years ago, the College’s music department was located in the North Surrey United Church.

McDonald has become one of Canada’s leading exponents of the fortepiano. Solo tours have taken him across Canada and into the United States. He has appeared with the Cleveland Chamber Or- chestra and the Te Deum Orchestra of Hamilton. He recently concer- tized for Columbia Artists and par- ticipated in the CPE Bach Conference at Wilfrid Laurier University.

McDonald performs regularly as a member of The Classical Trio with Jean Lamon and Christina Mahler of Tafelmusik. Their perfor- mances delight audiences at the an- nual Baroque and Classical Music Workshop in Waterloo. A program of Mozart given on the Trinity Series in Toronto was broadcast by CBC Stereo on “Arts Naional.”

A native of Saskatchewan, Mc- Donald received a Canada Council grant to study in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. He won the Leschetizky Debut Prize in 1963 and, as a mem-

Boyd McDonald, one of Canada’s leading fortepiano players.

The two-piano team of “Beckett and McDonald” gave the first professional concert ever at Douglas College in 1970 when the music department was located in North Surrey United Church.

ber of the piano duo “Beckett and McDonald”, made several tours of Canada, the U.S., Europe and the United Kingdom, including record- ings for the BBC, CBC and Lyrita. McDonald continues to teach at

Wilfrid Laurier University.

McDonald’s “Noon at New West” concert takes place Thursday, February 8 at 12:30 p.m. in the Douglas College Performing Arts Theatre. @

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