6, ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Apr. 13, 1977

GAY SCRIVENER — SPEECH ARTS
Miss Gay Scrivener, F.T.C.L., studied at Tirinity
College of Music and the Old Vic Theatre in London,
England. She acted professionally in Engiand for 15

years. Miss Scrivener has toured in New Zealand as.

speech examiner for Trinity College and is currently
doing freelance work as an adjudicator and actress.
She is also a feacher at Douglas College in New
Westminster, B.C. ;

FESTIVAL NOTES
FOR MARCH 1977

It is very sad indeed that
our enthusiastic, newly
appointed chairman, Mrs,

en Bastin, passed away
suddenly rs. Irene
Squires has taken over her
duties for the festival which
is approaching rapidly.

831 entries have been
received for 200 classes
from competitors in
Aiyansh, Hazelton, Kitimat,
Prince Rupert, Smithers
and Terrace. The demands
on the committee members’
free time is great and ad-
ditional help for a variety of
duties would be most
welcome. Anyone who is
interested in sharing
responsibilities for making
this year's Music Festival a
success is asked to call Mrs.
Olga Power at 635-3833.

Tickets for the final night
concert will be on gale
during the festival from 9:30
a.m. to 12 noon daily at the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre, The
festival program has now
been printed and is now on
sale,

The adjudicators for the
festival are:

Piano - Edward Lincoln.
During the festival, piano
competitors will meet at the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre from.
April 24 to 29.

Strings, Vocal, Choral -
Roberta Stephen: These
classes will be held at
Clarence Michiel School
auditorium from April 27 to

Band, Instrumental « John
Murdie: Band competitions
will be held at the R.E.M.
Lee Theatre from April 23 to

23. Instrumental com-
petitions will be held at the
Caledonia Lecture Theatre
from April 26 to 29.

Speech Arts - Gay
Scrivener: These com-

titions will take place at

assie Hall School
auditorium from April 26 to
29.

Accordion - Marlene
Schier: Accordion classes
will meet in Parkside School
gymnasium on Friday,
April 29. -

The following workshops
will be held:

For Vocalists - at 10 a.m.
on Saturday, April 30 at the
home of Mrs. Joan Spencer,
4003 Munroe Street.

For Pianists - Saturday,
April 30 at the home of Mrs.

arylin Davies, 3416 Bruce
Street - 10.a.m. to 12 noon up
to grade 7; 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Grade 7 and up.

For ,Band and In-
strumentalists - Bobby
Hales will give a Band
Workshop on Wednesday,
April 20 at 3 p.m. in the
Skeena Jr. Sec. School
gymnasium.

For Accordionists - Im-
mediately following the
final class of the program at
Parkside on Friday, April

There will be a presen-

‘tation by the Massed Senior .

High School Bands from
Prince Rupert, Kitimat,
Terrace and Hazelton at 8
p.m. on Saturday evening,
April 23. Guest conductor
be John Murdie, -

MR. JOHN P. MURDIE
He is a veteran of the music teaching profession with
19 years as director of music at Ottawa Technical
High School. He has also been a member of the Music
Curriculum Committee for the Ontario Department of
Education and a staff instructor at the Ontario

‘Department of Education summer school for

teachers. Mr. Murdie served in the R.C.A.F. bands
during the Second World War and since then has
worked with the National Film Board, the Ottawa
Philharmonic Orchestra, CBC television and the CBC
Toronto studios. He has been active throughout On-

‘tario and Quebec, both as a clinician and an ad-

judicator. Currently, Mr. Murdie is an educational
consultant for Ward Music Company in Vancouver.

MARLENE SHIER— ACCORDION
Marlene Shier studied under Monsieur G. Paradis in
Edmonton. She entered music festivals in Edmontan
and Calgary from 1951 to 1959 and won the Alberta
Provincial Open Championship in 1956. For the past
15 years Mrs. Shier has taught in Prince George
where she is the Director of the Prince George Ac-
cordion Band Association.

ROBERTA STEPHEN — VOCAL, —

CHORAL AND STRINGS ;

Mrs. Roberta Stephen, B. Mus., A. Mus., A.R.C.T.,
is a singing teacher from Calgary who trained under
Luigi Zanannelli. Mrs. Stephens has adjudicated in
the three western provinces and examined for the
Western Board of Music. She recently attended a
course in 20th .Century Vocal Music in the
Netherlands. Mrs. Stephens won several prizes with

Festival program

The Festival Program has now been printed and is
on sale at: Terrace Public Library; Sight and Sound
in Terrace, Kitimat and Prince Rupert; Tillicum
Keyboards, Terrace; Ormes Orugs, Prince Rupert
and The Photo Shop, Smithers.

her own compositions. ;

Saal
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Pacific Northwest Music Festival —

. EDWARD LINCOLN — PIANO
Edward Lincoln is well known for his radio and
‘television appearances in Canada. Apart from the
awards he gained in the musical world he was
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1944. He
was a gold medallist in music at the University of
Manitoba and during his early years won a number of
awards including a scholarship from the French
_ government to study with Alfred Cortot in France. He
has appeared on the: British Broadcasting Cor-
poration and also on the Mutual Broadcast network in
‘ the United States. His radio recitals in Canada
/ number in the hundreds and include such programs
as fhe Distinguished Artists series. He has ad-
judicated competitions in both the United States and
Canada. Currently he is on loan from the Music
‘Department of the University of Alberta in order that

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