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| Happy birthday to us! Members of the music department plan to attend and perform in Friday's concert, including聽Lucy Hayes Davis, Doug Reach, Chris Mitchell, Greg Servant, Lynn Stodola, Philippe Djokic, Marcia Swanston and Gary Ewer. (Bruce Bottomley Photo) |
From classical to jazz, from 1968 to 2008, Friday鈥檚 alumni recital promises to be diverse and exceptional.
St. Andrew鈥檚 United Church will reverberate with music that reflects four decades of AV俱乐部鈥檚 musical achievements and academic excellence. The concert takes place Friday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Alumni such as Gina Burgess and Adam Fine of Gypsophilia, Jeff Mosher and Jody Lyne of the Mellotones, Lorna MacDonald and many more will be performing. Dal music grad Shauntay Grant, the host of CBC鈥檚 All the Best, will officiate. Alumni are expected from all over Canada to attend, perform and reconnect with classmates.
鈥淭he fact that it鈥檚 all coming together and we鈥檝e got so many alumni that are willing to perform and donate their service is really very heart-warming,鈥� said Dr. Gregory Servant, chairman of Department of Music.
The money raised will go to the department, and students will vote on how the money is spent.
The founder of the Department of Music, Dr. David Wilson, will also perform in the recital.
鈥淎lmost everybody who is going to be performing has been a student of mine. It鈥檚 just so interesting, knowing how they performed then, to find out how they鈥檝e grown and become really mature artists,鈥� said Dr. Wilson.
鈥淚t seems like yesterday that we started. I鈥檓 really very, very pleased at how the department has grown, because we really started from scratch,鈥� he added proudly.
Putting together this celebration was no easy task either.
Lesley Brechin, the administrative officer for the music department, says this recital was hard to organize because of the number of alumni and the fact that they鈥檙e sometimes difficult to locate after all these years.
She鈥檚 looking forward to 鈥渟eeing everybody reconnect with their classmates and teachers.鈥�
Music is different from other departments because of the constant interaction with the public.
Dr. Servant says he loves music because of 鈥渢he sheer power that it has to move people, to bring them together... Music is a language of emotions and language of your brain and you don鈥檛 have to speak one another鈥檚 national languages to be able to communicate. Four string players from four different nationalities can sit down and play Beethoven or Bach. Just the way their body gestures and musical gestures, they communicate and create something of beauty.鈥�
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