{"id":2393,"date":"2012-02-22T14:30:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T22:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2012-03-01T15:03:58","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T23:03:58","slug":"concerts-bring-conservatory-to-lansdowne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/02\/22\/concerts-bring-conservatory-to-lansdowne\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerts bring conservatory to Lansdowne"},"content":{"rendered":"

The chair of the Camosun College music department, and director of the professional school at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, believes the picturesque converted church at Pandora and Quadra is the college\u2019s unofficial third campus. And an ongoing concert series on campus should further that theory.<\/p>\n

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Camosun student Emma Raatz performs on campus (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Music students at the conservatory do become isolated from the rest of Camosun at their downtown location, says Camosun music department chair and conservatory professional school director Mary Byrnes. But there\u2019s no reason why they have to stay that way, she says, because the conservatory is coming to Camosun.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve set these up to be these 45-minute, single concerts with no intermission, at Camosun,\u201d explains Byrnes. \u201cWe just wanted to give the folks a little reason to wind down their school week, so they are designed to be short.\u201d<\/p>\n

A mixture of first and second-year students from the conservatory\u2019s music diploma program (one of the Camosun programs offered in partnership with the conservatory) are performing in the on-campus concert series.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of our vocals students will have just the week prior competed in the conservatory\u2019s Italian song competition,\u201d says Byrnes. \u201cAlso, we have a number of students who are preparing their auditions for third-year study and so they\u2019re going to be doing a little bit more of a complete program for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emma Raatz, a second-year student, will be singing on February 24 alongside six other vocalists. They will be performing a mixture of English, Italian, German, and French classical songs, and even some opera.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve just always loved music, since when I was young,\u201d says Raatz. \u201cMy mom used to sing to me all the time, and I just loved music so I wanted to start taking lessons. I can\u2019t imagine my life without it, really.\u201d<\/p>\n

The downtown music program is about performing and trying to get as much experience in front of a crowd as possible, and the Gibson Musicales concert series is a perfect opportunity for that, says Raatz.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I decided to take it in university. I want to be able to share music with people. I want to teach, eventually. It just kind of completes me, I guess you could say; I know that sounds cheesy,\u201d she laughs.<\/p>\n

Unlike Byrnes, Raatz disagrees that the conservatory has a strong connection to Camosun, at least from a student\u2019s point of view.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a bus pass, but that\u2019s the only Camosun-y thing we have at the conservatory,\u201d she says. \u201cEveryone asks, \u2018Where do you go to school?\u2019 and I never say Camosun; I don\u2019t really feel like a Camosun student.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gibson Musicales series<\/strong>
\nFriday, February 24, 4pm
\nYoung Auditiroium, Lansdowne, by donation
\nvcm.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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