Four young men who have dazzled audiences around the globe with their musical stylings are in town to impress Langleyites.
Canadian Guitar Quartet puts a new spin on classical music at an upcoming Rose Gellert concert.
Langley Community Music School (LCMS) plays host to the young men on Saturday, Jan. 21 – show at 7:30 p.m. – as they embark on their two-month Western Canada tour.
The quartet, which debuted in 1999, will be performing an innovative mix of the classical masters, including Beethoven, Vivaldi, Saint-Säens, and Rossini, as well as new Canadian compositions created specifically for this four-guitar ensemble by guitarists Renaud Côté-Giguère and Patrick Roux.
LCMS artistic director Elizabeth Bergmann believes this concert is destined to be an “unforgettable” experience.
“The reinvention of great classical masterpieces in a four-guitar ensemble is enough to cement critical acclaim. But their original guitar music – with works ranging from an exploration of conflicting inner emotions to a wild taxi ride through the streets of Buenos Aires — compelling enough to engage a very wide audience. It will surely be a stunning performance.”
Tickets are $25 for adults, $22 for seniors, $16 for students, and $10 for LCMS students, available from the box office at 604-534-2848 or online at langleymusic.com.
The Rose Gellert Hall is located at 4899 207th St.
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Chillwack at Cascades
A band with roots dating back more than half a century will be performing in Langley.
Chilliwack – not the town, but the band – will be featured at Cascades Casino next week.
It started in 1966 as the house band at the Torch Cabaret and rose to national acclaim with hit songs such as My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone), Looking at a Baby, California Girl, and Lonesome Mary – 31 hit singles (16 in the Top 40).
Now, Chilliwack is going strong with frontman Bill Henderson still at the helm, and the group is performing at the casino’s Summit Theatre at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26. Tickets are $45.
And for the devout rockers out there looking for another show, this might be worth adding to the datebook.
Led ZepAgain (a tribute to Led Zeppelin) is coming to Cascades on Thursday, Feb. 23.
Building community
A different type of community event is on the marquee at Chief Sepass Theatre this Friday.
Life + App is a Langley-based faith-based organization that hosts periodic events blending music, discussions, and mingling. The sessions revolve around a set theme, this Jan. 20 event focusing on Love Over Hate: Regardless of race, religion, or sexual orientation.
“Our biases can be dangerous, even deadly,” said Jennifer Law. “To be a thriving community of diversity, we’re going to have to honestly expose and consider some of the attitudes we hold towards out-groups – those people or groups we compete against, oppose, can’t relate to, or feel contempt toward.”
Only as people begin to understand, empathize, and “honestly” share in the suffering of others, can they begin to acknowledge their own biases, Law said. And only then can they move towards – instead of turning away from – the groups that make them feel uncomfortable.
“Let’s start the conversation around what it takes to building thriving, radically inclusive communities, known by the way they love.”
It is a free event which includes on-stage interviews, guest speakers, music, media, and a reception to follow – all starting at 7:30 p.m. at 9096 Trattle St. in Fort Langley.