All-star Student Showcase

On July 23, top students and teachers of the Bergthorson Music Academy were performing at Westacres, in an All-star Student Showcase. Jolanda Oostewegel took some pictures at the event. Click on pictures to enlarge. 

BROCHURE 2015 – 2016 is here!

The Maple Ridge Music Society is proud to present this coming season musicians from as far as Russia and Switzerland, as well as some of the best from the Vancouver musical scene. 
Click the link on top of the right-hand column.

Congratulations Josine!

During a ceremony on Thursday, February 19th, the Community Heritage Commission of the City of Maple Ridge presented Josine Eikelenboom with a Heritage Landscape Award for the "iconic landscape and view" of Westacres. Josine is shown here with Mayor Nicole Read (right) and Brenda Smith, chair of the CHC. 

Saturday March 14 2015

André Laplante, piano

One of Canada’s great pianists, André Laplante, was previously in Maple Ridge for a piano workshop. This is his first performance for the Music Society.   

• Franz Schubert  – Moments Musicaux D 780, Op. 94, 1 -3  
• Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a
• Francois Morel –  Deux Études de Sonorité  
• Franz Liszt – Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171
• Franz Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178

Saturday, 24 January 2015

The Vancouver Cello Quartet
Lee Duckles, Olivia Blander, Cristian Markos, Brian Yoon

It is not often that we get the chance to hear a quartet of cellists. Retired VSO principal cellist Lee Duckles got together with three of his colleagues for this musical treat.

• Gioachino Rossini         Barber of Seville Overture (arr. Moore)   
• Tomaso Albinoni           Adagio (arr. Thomas-Mifune)
• Wilhelm Fitzenhagen     Konzertwalzer (Op.31)       
• Arvo Part                        Fratres (1982)
• Claude Debussy              Sarabande (arr. Varga)
• David Popper                  Polonaise de Concert (Op.14)
• Antonio Vivaldi              Concerto Grosso (Op. 3, No. 11)  (arr. Varga)
• Maurice Ravel                Pavane (arr. Birtel)
• Carlos Gardel                  Por una cabeza (arr. Johnstone)
• Astor Piazzolla                Oblivion (arr. Drabkin)
• Astor Piazzolla                Muerta del Angel (arr. Colon)
• John Phillip Sousa           Washington Post March (arr. Moore)

Sunday, November 16th, 3:00 pm

Trio 180

Ann Miller, violin

Nina Flyer, cello

Sonia Leong, piano

The in-residence piano trio of the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music in Stockton, California, plays a versatile repertoire. 

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in c minor, Op.1 No. 3 
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1987) 
• Antonin Dvořák: Trio in e minor, Op.90, “Dumky”
• Josef Suk:  Elegie Op23    

Sunday, October 19

Saratovski Piano Duo

Sergei and Nikolai Saratovski 

The young Russian pianist Sergei Saratowski, who did his doctorate program at UBC with Jane Coop, has delighted our audience before. Now, he is joined by his equally talented brother Nicolai, who is visiting from Russia.

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in D major, K. 381 for Piano Four Hands                      
• Franz Schubert: Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 for Piano Four Hands
• Felix Mendelssohn: Allegro Brillante, Op. 92 for Piano Four Hands 
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux