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Local Youth Celebrates Canada Music Week

Event Information:

On Sunday, November 18^th, the Moncton Music Teachers Association presents two recitals for Canada Music Week, an annual nation-wide celebration of musical talent. The concerts will feature young people from all over the region in the works of Canadian composers. Special guests are a trio of young singers who have already delighted local audiences with their winning combination of vocal skill and sensitive musicality. Following their performance, the three girls will join voice instructor Melody Dobson of the Chocolate River Conservatory of Music in a lecture-demonstration, “Who’s On First?- Aspects of Singing In Harmony”.

The recitals are at 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m., Sunday, November 18^th at Mount Royal United Church. Admission is free.

Girls Trio Description:

Drop by the Chocolate River Conservatory of Music on a Tuesday night, peek into the recital studio, and you will see three young girls. They’re laughing and chattering about school, favourite T.V. shows or new hairstyles as they sort through their music books and take their places in front of the piano.

Nothing unusual about this scene, you may think, just a couple of kids having a music lesson. But don’t walk away just yet. The girls have begun to sing - and what comes out of these barely teenage vocalists is anything but “usual”. Tonight it is a song by a contemporary Canadian composer of classical music with text by 18^th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns. The girls’ voices soar and glide through the intricate harmonies of the song with an ease that borders on the matter-of-fact. There are no microphones, no glamorous dance moves, no special effects to enhance their performance, but as you listen to the pure sounds that spill out into the hall, you feel strangely elated…this is the real thing! These kids can SING!

Lauren Barnes (13), Michelle Thibodeau (14) and Clara Weiland (10) have been singing together for only one year, but their musical studies began much earlier. The girls are enrolled in weekly voice lessons at the Chocolate River Conservatory of Music and study other instruments as well: Lauren was a provincial music festival winner on the violin last year, Michelle plays the guitar, and Clara the piano.

Contacts:

Doris Sabean, President

Moncton Music Teachers Association

dsabean@nb.aibn.com, Tel. 382-0280

Melody Dobson, Director

Chocolate River Conservatory of Music

mail@crcm.ca, Tel. 859-4450 (Conservatory), 383-3192 (cell)

More information about Canada Music Week can be found at http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com

and on the website of the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers

http://cfmta.org

Mindscapes New Brunswick in Moncton Oct 26th - Nov. 20th, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Canadian Mental Health Association NB Division is proud to present for the second time MINDSCAPES NEW BRUNSWICK an exhibit of mental health consumer art held at the Moncton Museum from October 26^th through to November 20^th, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Through creative expression, the talented artists who contribute to this exhibit have made an important connection by reaching out to everyone who views their works. The works apply originality and personal nature of the artist’s expression. The art displayed is from across the province and consists of drawings, paintings, wood carvings, paper art, photographs, pottery, crafts, poetry and three-dimensional works.

Making Connections through artistic expression

Good mental health is essential to everyone’s well-being. It is a sign of a healthy society. The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) believes that to achieve good mental health, we must strive for balance in our lives. Making connections - reaching out to those who can help us find that balance - will guide us on the journey to well-being.

Connecting with others to improve the quality of life and care for people affected by mental health problems has been at the heart of the CMHA since it was formed in 1918.

For those living with mental illness, as well as their families, friends and colleagues, reaching out to the CMHA connects them with information, education, support, and many other helpful services and resources in their community. With CMHA offices in more than 135 communities coast-to-coast-to-coast, there are many opportunities to make connections.

Today, we understand that to achieve good mental health, we need to expand our circle of support. The CMHA is achieving this by connecting with our partners in the mental health community and beyond, including organizations that address the many issues that impact on mental health. Being part of Mindscapes is an example of such a partnership.

Please click here to see the Exhibit Program - Mindscapes NB 2007

Please click here to see the Exhibit Program - Mindscapes NB 2006

Outsider Art Brut - Extended for 2 more weeks!

Program available at www.liptonstudios.com

This three week long exhibit of Outsider Art Brut is at the McKenzie Art Gallery, 100 Cameron Street, Moncton, NB.

The vernissage (opening) will be on Friday, October 19th from 7-9pm. Refreshments will be served. It will be open to the public weekdays from 9am to 5pm beginning October 19th through to November 19th, 2007. The show will include Atlantic Canadian artists representing various forms of expressionism, abstract, photography, and sculpture.

The term Outsider Art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for Art Brut (which literally translates as “Raw Art” or “Rough Art”), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture.

Art Brut: Raw art, ‘raw’ in that it has not been through the ‘cooking’ process: the art world of art schools, galleries, museums.

“Those works created from solitude and from pure and authentic creative impulses - where the worries of competition, acclaim and social promotion do not interfere - are, because of these very facts, more precious than the productions of professions.” Jean Dubuffet. Place à l’incivisme (Make way for Incivism). Art and Text no.27 (Dec. 1987 - Feb 1988). p.36

Dubuffet argued that ‘culture’, that is mainstream culture, managed to assimilate every new development in art, and by doing so took away whatever power it might have had. The result was to asphyxiate genuine expression. Art Brut was his solution to this problem - only Art Brut was immune to the influences of culture, immune to being absorbed and assimilated, because the artists themselves were not willing or able to be assimilated.

Running for City Hall 101 -

Lunch & Learn in anticipation of the May 2008 municipal elections in N.B. What if, instead of fighting city hall, you joined it? Moncton: Dieppe Councillor Brenda LeBlanc and Moncton Councillor Kathryn Barnes, Nov. 14, 2007, noon- 2 pm, Delta Beausejour. FREE but you must pre-register: acswcccf@gnb.ca or 1-800-332-3087. Sponsored by Advisory Council.