Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival 2000
The previous Season of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festivalwas a great success! It featured a children's concert, and performances were presented twice to satisfy the demand for tickets. In addition to the Orcas Center, the Eastsound Episcopal Church was chosen again as a second performance venue. The participating artists were Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann, Martin Friedmann, and Jeanne Preucil Rose (violin/viola), William Preucil, Gwen Starker Preucil and Stephen Rose (violin), Desmond Hoebig and Toby Saks (cello), Owen Kotler (clarinet), Jon Kimura Parker and Jamie Parker (piano).
If you would like to be placed on our mailing list to obtain info on Season Five, please call (360) 376-6636.
If you would like to order the live recording of the FIRST SEASON of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival on CD, please email the webmaster Ingrid Verhamme at: iverham@yahoo.com to have your order processed!
Send a cheque or money order for USD 24.95 (this includes tax and shipping/handling costs), made out to "Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival", to the following address:
Ingrid Verhamme, 1816 Martin St., Nashville, TN 37203
CDs will be shipped via first class US mail upon receipt of your payment. Please confirm your order via email.
Visit our festival website at www.oicmf.org to check out the follow-up and pictures of the prevous Seasons, and upcoming news on the next Season...
We welcome your support in helping us to establish this festival as an annual cultural event on Orcas, by attending the performances, by donating to our "startup/maintenance" fund, or simply by telling all your friends to visit the website! In the meantime, get a taste of what Orcas Island has to offer at their Chamber of Commerce page...
JKP "Mozart to Corea" on PianoDisc
PianoDisc is one of the world's leading manufacturers of electronic reproducing systems for acoustic pianos. The PianoCD player system is an easy to use, entry-level system for those who wish to have a player piano. PianoDisc released Jackie's "Mozart to Corea" in their Artist Series. For more information, contact Jan Kiser.WHOLE NOTES, The Stories Behind the Classics
WHOLE NOTES, a series premiered by Bravo! in 1999 tells the stories behind some of the most treasured musical masterpieces and their composers, and is hosted by Jon Kimura Parker, who also acted as the creative director in helping shape the series.WHOLE NOTES features the inside views of some of classical music's brightest international stars including Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Yefim Bronfman, Lynn Harrell, Steven Isserlis, and Pinchas Zukerman, and features the National Orchestra of Canada. This six part documentary TV series premiered in Canada on Jan 16 - 20, 1999, and is now available via Amazon.com! Click on the following links to order your copy:
BACH: Serving God Through Music
BEETHOVEN: Triumph Over Adversity
MOZART: Giving a Name to Perfection
RAVEL: The Colour of Music
TCHAIKOVSKY: Hopeless Romantic
RACHMANINOFF: Under the Influenceor buy the Whole Notes Box Set.
Parker Records Barber!
In February 97, Telarc International released a new recording featuring Jon Kimura Parker in a performance of the Samuel Barber Piano Concerto with Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The Telarc CD also features the Barber Violin Concerto performed by Robert McDuffie, and the orchestral version of Barber's "Souvenirs". Look for this release in your local record store or call Telarc International at (216) 464-2313 for more information.Beethoven in Bosnia
On New Year's Eve, 1995, Jon Kimura Parker gave a special performance in war-torn Sarajevo. Accompanying an AmeriCares airlift of over a million dollars of medical supplies bound for Kosovo Children's Hospital, Parker performed Beethoven's "Emperor" Piano Concerto with Charles Ansbacher and the Sarajevo Philharmonic. The concert, sponsored by AmeriCares, was broadcast live in 59 countries and was also covered by CNN. AmeriCares sponsors airlifts of medical and relief aid around the world and in North America. If you are interested in volunteering for AmeriCares or in information on how you can help this extraordinary organization, please call 1-800-486-HELP, and ask for Katherine Cohee or Lauren McKeon.Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
Jon Kimura Parker was chosen as the recipient of the 1996 National Arts Centre Governor General's Performing Arts Award. These awards, for Canadians in the performing arts, are presented annually in Ottawa by His Excellency Governor General Romeo LeBlanc. The 1996 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards were also awarded to singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, dance educator and choreographer Grant Strate, film director Michel Brault, costume and set designer Francois Barbeau, lyricist and producer Luc Plamondon, and actor and director Martha Henry. The '95 recipient of the National Arts Centre Award was Metropolitan Opera star Ben Heppner who, like Mr. Parker, hails from British Columbia.Piano Six
Piano Six is a project conceived by Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska. The six Canadian pianists of Piano Six (Fialkowska, Parker, Angela Hewitt, Angela Cheng, Marc-Andre Hamelin, and Andre LaPlante) each give recitals, master classes and school presentations in remote communities across Canada for a ten-day period each year. The entire project is coordinated by Colwell Arts Management. Jon Kimura Parker's Piano Six Tour 96-97 season included concerts in Fort St. John and Fort Nelson, B.C.; and Yellowknife and Iqaluit in the Northwest Territories, to mention "where no one has gone before!"....
If you would like any information about Piano Six, if you or your corporation are interested in supporting this extraordinary project, or if you are a concert promoter in a small Canadian community, please contact Jane Colwell at (519) 662-3499 or via email.Fanfare Interview
A recent interview, A Conversation with Jon Kimura Parker, by James Reel, has been published in the September/October 1997 issue of the classical music magazine Fanfare. For the complete text click HERE. In the interview Jackie talks about his recording experiences, the importance of making contact with the audience and his fellow musicians onstage, about memorable touring experiences and much more.Fanfare is a great publication for music lovers. Check out your local music store or call Fanfare Inc. at (201) 567-3908 for subscription info.
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