The Pacific Baroque Orchestra, a professional Vancouver group recently named
UBC’s first ensemble in residence, will play a series of concerts on campus
beginning Oct. 19.
The group performs 17th- and 18th-century music using period instruments and
performance practices.
Their UBC appearances mark a new level of association with the School of Music.
Faculty members John Sawyer, Doreen Oke and school director Jesse Read have
been involved since the group’s inception in 1991. They were joined recently by
Marc Destrubé.
As well, several UBC music students have played in the orchestra after training
in period instrument performance in the school’s Collegium Musicum program,
which Sawyer directs.
Last season, four UBC students — past and present– played with the orchestra,
and over the past several years about nine students have been involved.
Pacific Baroque Orchestra was in residence for a week last summer during the
annual Vancouver Early Music Workshop organized by Early Music Vancouver.
Future joint ventures could involve workshops for UBC students with
international soloists engaged by the orchestra for its concerts.
The 1997-98 season features Sunday afternoon concerts at the School of Music’s
Recital Hall, which follow Friday or Saturday evening performances at St.
Mark’s Trinity Church in Kitsilano.
The first concert features concertos by J.S.Bach, with soloists Destrubé
and oboist Sand Dalton, on Oct. 18 and 19.
For information on future concerts, call the School of Music at 822-3113.
