Is there a boy in your household who loves to sing?
The B.C. Boys' Choir - fresh off a successful Canadian tour - is gearing up for a new season of rehearsals.
Rehearsals kick off on Sept. 17 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.
Singers can take part in one of two choirs: the International Touring Choir, open to boys and young men aged 10 to 24 by audition; and the Town Choir, open to all boys aged seven to 12 who love to sing, with no audition required.
Members of the International Touring Choir represented B.C. this past summer by singing on Parliament Hill on Canada Day, and touring across the country presenting 18 performances of their special concert O Canada Our Home - Songs and Stories of Canada.
The choir is open to boys from across Greater Vancouver, and there's also a choir in Nanaimo for those on the Island.
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Delve into the world of love with Diane Tucker at the next Spoken Ink night.
The Burnaby Writers' Society is launching its reading series for the season on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at La Fontana Caffe.
The event features Diane Tucker, author of three published books of poetry - including her most recent Bonsai Love, released by Harbour Publishing earlier this year.
Her first novel, His Sweet Favour, was released by Thistledown Press in 2009, and her first full-length play, Here Breaks the Heart: The Loves of Christina Rossetti was produced in November 2013 by Calgary's Fire Exit Theatre.
The reading night will also include an open mike portion.
You can sign up for the open mike starting at 7:30 p.m., and the reading starts at 8 p.m.
La Fontana Caffe is at 101-3701 Hastings St. (at the northeast corner of Boundary Road and Hastings Street).
Spoken Ink is presented on the third Tuesday of each month, except July and August. Email [email protected] for more details.
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A Burnaby native and St. Thomas More alumnus will be front and centre when the Koerner Quartet launches its inaugural public season.
Cellist Joseph Elworthy - the executive director of the Vancouver Academy of Music - is part of the quartet, which is presenting a concert on Sunday, Sept. 28 at 2 p.m.
The concert, From Spillville to St. Petersburg, will be the first "public" outing for the quartet, which has been an ensemble-in-residence at the Vancouver Academy of Music since 2012.
"We couldn't be happier to launch our first public season with this incredible program of music," Elworthy said in a press release. "After venturing to Hong Kong for a recent musical residency, the quartet has had world travel in our collective minds. This focus on journeying and the discovery of other cultures served as stimulus for our inaugural program, which transports listeners, with each work, to a completely different time and place."
The quartet also includes violinist Nicholas Wright, violinist Jason Ho and violist Emilie Grimes. They'll be joined by pianist Grace Huang for Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in G minor.
The concert takes place in the Koerner Recital Hall at the Vancouver Academy of Music at Vanier Park, Vancouver. Tickets are $18, or $15 for students and seniors.
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Interested in film?
The Burnaby Arts Council is organizing the inaugural Burnaby Film Forum, to take place during Culture Days on Sept. 26.
A press release notes that the forum, which takes place at the Burnaby Village Museum, will feature a diverse sampling of emerging experimental films. Films will be screened with public discussion and an awards ceremony.
Admission is free.
Screenings are set to take place from 10 a.m. to noon, followed by a Q-and-A with filmmakers.
Replay screenings run from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., with panel discussion from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
An awards ceremony and reception will follow at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.
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