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2016/2017

2 Thank you to Country Grocer for their sponsorship of $5 youth tickets.

CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN Friday November 4, 2016 | 7:30pmGarry Oaks Winery tasting at 6:30pm.Canadian pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin, winner of the silver medal and the Krystian Zimerman prize at the 17th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, is one of the most important pianists of his generation. The program will be all-Chopin.

“His sense of time, his sense of harmony, above all his structural originalities are immensely sophisticated and daring. He is an artist firmly on a unique and original path.“- ROBERT HARRIS, THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Proudly sponsored by Joan Farlinger and Hélène Narayana

CANADIAN GUITAR QUARTET Monday January 30, 2017 | 7:30pmSince its debut in 1999 the Canadian Guitar Quartet has toured extensively in Europe, North and South America, from one standing ovation to the next. They have established a reputation as one of the finest guitar ensembles in the world.

“… fabulous… highly energetic, precise and musically convincing… a brilliant close to the week.” - MARK SWITZER, SOUNDBOARD MAGAZINE

Proudly sponsored by Joan Farlinger and Mouat’s Old Salty

Great Performers


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Great PerformersISABEL BAYRAKDARIANFriday March 10, 2017 | 7:30pm Wine reception to follow concertIt’s not every prima donna who can boast a degree in biomedical engineering, but then, Isabel Bayrakdarian isn’t your average prima donna. In a career still in its second decade, an eagerly anticipated visitor to opera houses and concert halls the world over, she’s become as celebrated for her beauty, presence, and style as for a strikingly multihued voice that’s wholly in sync with the rest of her.

VICTORIA BAROQUE PLAYERS Sunday May 28, 2017 | 2:30pmVictoria Baroque Players with Steven Devine, director & harpsichord, present multi-instrument Concertos by Bach and his contemporaries. Victoria Baroque Players present high-quality, high-energy, and engaging performances of music from the baroque and classical periods. Playing on the instruments of the 18th century, the historically-informed ensemble brings audiences closer to the sound world of the period.

“high-quality, personal and engaging performances” - MATTHEW WHITE,

EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

Proudly sponsored by Lyle & Susan Eide, and Joan Farlinger

$28 ADULT | $5 YOUTHExcept Bayrakdarian: $35 ADULT | $5 YOUTH

Canadian Guitar Quartet

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FUOCO E CENERE Toque of the TownSunday November 27, 2016 | 4pmA Gastronomic and Musical Fête!

A theatrical concert followed by a tasting of French specialties in celebration of legendary French cuisine, now ranked by UNESCO as world heritage. Fuoco E Cenere has concocted a highly original musical entertainment honouring these purveyors of “taste”. Chef Denis Leroy shares the stage with the musicians of Fuoco E Cenere. One hour performance (no intermission) followed by a tasting!

Proudly sponsored by Kate Merry

KAI GLEUSTEEN violin & CATHERINE ORDRONNEAU pianoThe Russians Friday March 17, 2017 | 7:30pmGarry Oaks Winery tasting at 6:30pm

Kai and Catherine are frequent visitors to ArtSpring, Chamber Music Fest faculty, and in 2014-15 presented the complete Beethoven Violin and Piano Sonatas. This season they present music of Russian composers. A passionate and dramatic evening of music.

“Both performers are exceptional musicians. Elegant, they played with intensity and unmistakable commitment to the music, search-ing out the most exquisite ways to shape and phrase melodies and to gently underline expressive harmony.” - THE CALGARY HERALD

Proudly sponsored by a happy supporter.

BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD AND SARAH HAGENMonday March 27, 2017 | 7:30pmPraised by The New York Times as “clarion-voiced and vibrant”, tenor Benjamin Butterfield is known for his performances throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has performed with many of the world’s leading conductors including Sir Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Leonard Slatkin, Bramwell Tovey, Seiji Ozawa, Bernard Labadie, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Trevor Pinnock, and Bruno Weil.

Proudly sponsored by Joan Farlinger

On Stage


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ELMER ISELER SINGERS Monday April 24, 2017 | 7:30pm (choral workshop | 4:30pm)The Elmer Iseler Singers, conducted by artistic director Lydia Adams, enters its 38th Anniversary Season in 2016/17. This 20-voice professional choral ensemble, founded by the late Dr. Elmer Iseler in 1979, has built an enviable reputation throughout Canada, the United States, and internationally. Through concerts, broadcasts and recordings — they perform repertoire that spans 500 years, with a focus on Canadian composers.

“...the choir’s joyful exuberance were a powerful reminder that some emotions are too powerful to be merely spoken... they must be sung.” PETER MCGILLIVRAY, FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND

Proudly sponsored by Debbi P. Toole

$28 ADULT | $5 YOUTH

Catherine Ordronneau & Kai Gleusteen

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THE BILLS Wednesday October 12, 2016 | 7:30pm (bar open 6:30pm)The Bills are an acoustic roots music powerhouse from Canada’s west coast who blend exquisite songcraft, instrumental virtuosity, sublime vocals and an unpretentious good-time energy. Strings, bellows, keys, voices, skin and bows - with individual band members sporting world-class credentials in folk/roots, jazz, classical, and world music, The Bills truly are a Canadian acoustic music supergroup.

“Their sound is panoramic, mischievious, fiercely unpretentious - and musically splendid” - BOSTON GLOBE

Generously sponsored by the estate of Dan Davies

RÉMI BOLDUC Tribute to Dave BrubeckFriday January 20, 2017 | 7:30pm (bar open 6:30pm)When I heard this Canadian ensemble of jazz greats last year I immediately knew they had to come to Salt Spring. Saxophonist Rémi Bolduc, pianist François Bourassa, double bassist Fraser Hollins, and drummer Dave Laing are the cream of the jazz world and have come together for a tribute to Dave Brubeck.

Proudly sponsored by Seth Berkowitz

Musique du Jour


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Dave Gunning

DAVE GUNNING Thursday March 23, 2017 | 7:30pm (bar open 6:30pm)There are stories that wash over you like a tide, and then there are stories that grab you by the heart. Dave Gunning has made a point of finding the latter and wrapping them up in song since he broke upon the East Coast music scene in Canada back in 1997.

“Gunning is the next big thing in the True North of Song, an artist as compelling, as assured and attentive to every nuance of the writing process, as Lightfoot, Cockburn and Stan Rogers before him.”- TORONTO

STAR

UNION DUKE Saturday May 6, 2017 | 7:30pmSweat flies and floorboards tremble – Union Duke is a Toronto folk quintet with an explosive live show. Bridging soulful indie rock with bluegrass and country, the group belts out soaring harmonies with three, four, and even five voices. The songs are irresistible, the perfect fit for the heatwave of the dance hall, the cool breeze of the park, or ArtSpring.

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BALLET JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL Danse 2 Monday & Tuesday, October 17 & 18, 2016 | 7:30pm Salt Spring Vineyards tasting at 6:30pm (Oct 18)An internationally renowned repertory company, BJM has continued to grow with all the energy and spirit of exploration for which it has been known since its birth in 1972. Since Louis Robitaille was nominated Artistic Director in 1998 BJM is now, more than ever, in tune with the times. While preserving the essence of the company BJM works today with some of the most prestigious figures in the world of dance and contemporary ballet.

Proudly sponsored by Joan Farlinger and Mouat’s Clothing Co.

OUT INNERSPACE DANCE THEATREMajor Motion Picture Friday October 28, 2016 | 7:30pmAbout Major Motion Picture: “We’re interested in exploring conflicts between the self and the crowd. We’re asking: “How do we want to be seen, heard, and understood in the world as a group, a generation, a people? What do we protest, what do we promote, and what are we up against?”

Cicela Månsson says: “Seeing the complete work in Victoria several months ago I found it striking, physical and darkly beautiful. You will not be disappointed.”

Proudly sponsored by Joan Farlinger, and Mouat’s Old Salty

Dance


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MASCALLDANCE The OutLiner Saturday, February 11, 2017 | 7:30pmEach figure wears an architecturally devised costume created by Vancouver designer Nathan Wiens. Some appear like creatures, others contraptions. All are extensions of an idea of the body. Dancer and garment delineate lines and volumes in space, rendering the invisible visible. The point of ignition between dancer and garment reveals what we understand and communicate about the body in space.

Proudly sponsored by Joan Farlinger, and Mouat’s Clothing Co

SHAY KUEBLER/RADICAL SYSTEM ART Glory Wednesday May 3, 2017 | 7:30pmInspired by the epic battles of childhood and a passion for action films, Glory examines the complexities of violent behaviour and its glorification in our media-drenched culture. A company of six bold and dynamic performers create a physical essay around numerous themes of glorification. Creating rich and dark imagery through visceral and impactful choreography, Glory pushes the audience to question the purpose and reasoning of violent material in society.

Proudly sponsored by Joan Farlinger

Shay Kuebler “Glory”

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12 ANGRY PUPPETS Baker’s DozenThursday November 17, 2016 | 7:30pmRub-a-dub-dub, the Baker’s dead in the tub! Now his husband, the Butcher, is on trial. A single puppeteer, Adam Francis Proulx, transforms one puppet into the twelve members of the jury. These characters must decide the Butcherʼs fate in this courtroom drama, puppet show, comedy, and one-man show. The jurors struggle with the mystery of Bakerʼs death, their own personal problems, our flawed judicial system, their fellow jurors, their own gnat-like attention spans, their intolerance of people unlike themselves, and of lactose.

SHAKESPEARE 1600 with Chris Humphreys & THE STANDARD BEARER with Neil Dickson Saturday January 28, 2017 | 7:30pm Salt Spring Vineyards tasting at 6:30pmThey met thirty years ago in Tunisia on the set of a Biblical-Roman epic. Now Neil Dickson (Dynasty) and Chris Humphreys (Coronation Street) reunite to explore their first love: Shakespeare. Join Chris as he takes us to the hectic streets of London – and discovers why Shakespeare wrote Hamlet then! While Neil plays an old actor touring Africa who examines his life, his wife, his whiskey – and Macbeth!

Proudly sponsored by Victoria Olchowecki

PETER N’ CHRIS The Mystery of the Hungry Heart MotelTuesday February 7, 2017 | 7:30pmPeter N’ Chris (Just For Laughs, CBC’s The Irrelevant Show) bring you their most acclaimed show ever. With hundreds of sell-outs under its belt, The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel is a hilarious send up of the horror and slasher in the way only Peter N’ Chris can.

“The funniest thing I have ever seen”

- UPTOWN MAGAZINE

“ Extremely Funny - CBC

“ masters of physical comedy” - NOW MAGAZINE, TORONTO

Theatre


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MONSTER THEATRE A Midsummer Night’s Dream!Thursday February 16, 2017 | 6:30pm (School workshop 10am, school show 1:30pm)A brand-sparkling-new adaptation of Shakespeare’s whimsical classic about fairies, love potions and talking donkeys.

Created by the award winning storytelling masters of Monster Theatre and starring students from your school and community!

Proudly sponsored by Victoria Olchowecki Workshop and school show proudly sponsored by Country Grocer

GOD IS A SCOTTISH DRAG QUEEN Thursday April 13, 2017 | 7:30pmGod is a Scottish Drag Queen is a highly acclaimed hour with everyone’s favourite deity. God, dressed in a floral power suit, comes to skewer everything from Justin Bieber to the pope. This 70 minute one-man show has received such acclaim as Pick of the Fringe in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Orlando, and nominees for Best English Production at the Centaur Theatre and Best Comedy at Just For Laughs in Montreal.

Appropriate for ages 14 and up due to some coarse language. Proudly sponsored by Kate Merry


Chase Padgett in Nashville Hurricane

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12 Angry Puppets


MICHAEL OCCHIPINTI The Sicilian Project Thursday November 24, 2016 | 7:30pmMichael Occhipinti’s Sicilian Project is dazzling audiences world-wide with its intriguing mix of rare Old World Sicilian folk material and a New World mix of adventurous electric guitar, chamber music, modern jazz, global rhythms, and modern grooves. Using music sung by Sicilian fishermen, sulphur miners, and folk musicians as a starting point the group takes the audience on a journey that reveals the drama and passion of Sicily’s past and showcases the global sound and great musicianship of modern day Canada.

Proudly sponsored by John Moore

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KIRAN AHLUWALIA Thursday March 2, 2017 | 7:30pm (GISS music workshop | 1:45pm)Kiran Ahluwalia is a modern purveyor of the great vocal traditions of India and Pakistan which she honours, yet also departs from while exploring bold new territories. Winning two JUNOs, the UK Songlines Award and two Canadian Folk Awards — Kiran has over the course of six albums created a style uniquely her own — a hybrid of Indian grooves and Saharan desert blues with elements of jazz.

Proudly sponsored by Mouat’s Clothing Co

GAMELAN ALLIGATOR JOY

Ventriloquial InvestigationsSunday May 21, 2017 | 2:30pmVentriloquial Investigations is Michael O’Neill’s answer to the operatic works of Robert Ashley and the mysteries of Plato’s cave. A 40-minute musical theatre performance for speaker, ventriloquist’s puppet, Javanese gamelan and live video score by Sammy Chien, this could be one of the most engaging philosophical treatises you will ever hear. The program also features offbeat new compositions by Gamelan Alligator Joy members Mark Parlett, Andreas Kahre, and Sam Salmon.

Proudly sponsored by Lyle & Susan Eide


Gamelan Alligator Joy

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Tristan und Isolde OCT 8 Wagner 9 am

Don Giovanni OCT 22 Mozart 10 am

Nabucco JAN 7 Verdi 10 am

Roméo et Juliette JAN 21 Gounod 10 am

Rusalka FEB 25 Dvorák 10 am

La Traviata MAR 11 Verdi 10 am

Idomeneo MAR 25 Mozart 10 am

Eugene Onegin APR 22 Tchaikovsky 10 am

Met Opera $21.95 adult | $18.95 senior | $12.95 youth

Save 10% if you buy five or more

opera and/or balletat the same time.

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Bolshoi BalletLIVE BROADCAST$21.95 adult | $18.95 senior | $12.95 youth

Bolshoi Ballet MAR 19 Contemporary Evening 10 am

Frank Bridge Variations Short Time Together Russian Seasons

Music: Benjamin Britten, Max Richter, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonid Desyatnikov Choreography: Hans Van Manen, Sol León, Paul Lightfoot, Alexei Ratmansky

For one evening the Bolshoi takes on a new challenge with audacity in Hans Van Manen’s Frank Bridge Variations, Sol León and Paul Lightfoot’s Short Time Together and Alexei Ratmansky’s Russian Seasons. This encounter between some of the best dancers in the world and masters of contemporary choreography results in an outstanding synthesis of bringing Van Manen’s formal beauty, León and Lightfoot’s intensity, and Ratmansky’s witty brilliance to a new level.


Special Events ARTSPRING OPEN HOUSE October 14 & 15, 2016Showcase of local artists, artisans and performing artists doing their work and showing off their art.

SURFACING (ArtSpring Gallery show) October 28 – November 7, 2016 Opening October 28 | 5:00-7:30pmExplorations in Two Dimensions. The purpose of the exhibit is to encourage artists who work in various disciplines to explore the potential of plane surfaces to find visual meaning without resorting to conventional illusions of depth.

CHRISTMAS SING-ALONG

Wednesday December 21, 2016 | 6:30pmBring a donation to the food bank. Dress-up as your favourite elf or Frosty and bring your voice to the ArtSpring Christmas sing-along!

DAVID WISDOM & SLIDESHOWSSaturday April 1, 2017 | 7:30pm$23/adult | $5/youth

Former CBC radio personality and photographer David Wisdom hosts his legendary artist slideshows. A slide show featuring his work and other Salt Spring Island artists including: Seth Berkowitz, Sophia Burke, Amy Jones, Connie Kuhns, Helen Mears, Margarite Sanchez, and others!

CHILDREN’S VISUAL ART WORKSHOPSFall 2016: Group of Seven with Tracy Harrison

Spring 2017: TBD

Proudly sponsored by Salt Spring Foundation and Country Grocer.

DEATH CAFÉSIf death is the last stop for all of us, why are we not talking about it more? Join JayaLynda Cole and other facilitators for open, honest, and genuine dialogue about death.

Free. Refreshments by donation.

ArtSpring Lobby, 2-4 pm October 22, February 25, March 25, April 29

FREE

SEASON A T A GLANCEOCTOBER

The Bills Musique du Jour Wed Oct 12, 7:30pm

ArtSpring Open House Special Fri Oct 14 & Sat Oct 15

Ballet Jazz de Montréal Dance Mon Oct 17 & Tue Oct 18, 7:30pm

Surfacing Special Oct 28 – Nov 7

Out Innerspace Dance Dance Fri Oct 28, 7:30pm

NOVEMBER

Charles Richard-Hamelin Great Performers Fri Nov 4, 7:30pm

12 Angry Puppets Theatre Thu Nov 17, 7:30pm

Michael Occhipinti & Sicilian Project Bravura Thu Nov 24, 7:30pm

Fuoco E Cenere On Stage Sun Nov 27 2016, 4pm

DECEMBER

Christmas Sing-Along Special Wed Dec 21, 6:30pm

JANUARY

Rémi Bolduc Musique du Jour Fri Jan 20, 7:30pm

Shakespeare 1600 & The Standard Bearer Theatre Sat Jan 28, 7:30pm

Canadian Guitar Quartet Great Performers Mon Jan 30, 7:30pm

FEBRUARY

Peter N’ Chris Theatre Tue Feb 7, 7:30pm

MascallDance Dance Sat Feb 11, 7:30pm

Monster Theatre Theatre Thu Feb 16, 6:30pm

MARCH

Kiran Ahluwalia Bravura Thu Mar 2, 7:30pm

Isabel Bayrakdarian Great Performers Fri Mar 10, 7:30pm

Kai Gleusteen & Catherine Ordronneau On Stage Fri Mar 17, 7:30pm

Dave Gunning Musique du Jour Thu Mar 23, 7:30pm

Benjamin Butterfield & Sarah Hagen On Stage Mon Mar 27, 7:30pm

APRIL

David Wisdom Special Sat Apr 1, 7:30pm

God is a Scottish Drag Queen Theatre Thu Apr 13, 7:30pm

Elmer Iseler Singers On Stage Mon Apr 24, 7:30pm

MAY

Shay Kuebler Dance Wed May 3, 7:30pm

Union Duke Musique du Jour Sat May 6, 7:30pm

Gamelan Alligator Joy Bravura Sun May 21, 2:30pm

Victoria Baroque Players Great Performers Sun May 28, 2:30pm


How to Buy Tickets1 CHEF’S SPECIAL FIXED MENUS

If you subscribed to any 2015-16 series you can renew your subscription starting Monday August 29. In addition, when you renew your subscription, you can add tickets to any of the other shows and receive the same discount.

2 MAKE YOUR OWN MEAL

Starting September 6 (ArtSpring members) or starting September 12 (non-members) you can put together your own series subscription to any shows listed and save money.

Save 10% if you purchase 6-8 performances at the same time.

Save 15% if you purchase 9+ performances at the same time.

This year there are 25 performances to choose from!

3 A LA CARTE

Individual ticket sales start September 12.

4 OPERA AND BALLET BROADCASTS

Met Opera and Bolshoi Ballet go on sale Friday, September 2.

Please note that GST will be added to all prices shown in this brochure.

Monday, August 29 – 2015-16 series subscribers: renew your subscription and add single tickets to your series.

Tuesday, September 6 – ArtSpring members: purchase a subscription, Make Your Own Meal, or purchase individual tickets.

Monday, September 12 – the general public: purchase ArtSpring Presents 2016-17 series, Make Your Own Meal, or single tickets.

Box Office 537-2102www.tickets.artspring.ca

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Fixed Menu 1 – Great PerformersCharles Richard-Hamelin (Nov 4)Canadian Guitar Quartet (Jan 30)Isabel Bayrakdarian (Mar 10)Victoria Baroque Players (May 28)

One Fixed Menu = 10% (you save $11.90)Two or more Fixed Menus = 15% (you save $17.85)

Fixed Menu 2 – On StageFuoco E Cenere (Toque of the Town) (Nov 27)Kai Gleusteen & Catherine Ordronneau (Mar 17)Benjamin Butterfield and Sarah Hagen (Mar 27)Elmer Iseler Singers (Apr 24)


Fixed Menu 3 – Musique du JourThe Bills (Oct 12)Rémi Bolduc (Tribute to Dave Brubeck) (Jan 20)Dave Gunning (Mar 23)Union Duke (May 6)


Fixed Menu 4 – DanceBallet Jazz de Montréal (Oct 17 & 18)Out Innerspace Dance Theatre (Oct 28)MascallDance (Feb 11)Shay Kuebler/Radical System Art (May 3)


Fixed Menu 5 – Theatre12 Angry Puppets (Baker’s Dozen) (Nov 17)Shakespeare 1600 AND The Standard Bearer (Jan 28)Peter N’ Chris (Feb 7)Monster Theatre (A Midsummer Nights’ Dream!) (Feb 16)God is a Scottish Drag Queen (Apr 13)


Fixed Menu 6 – BravuraMichael Occhipinti & Sicilian Project (Nov 24)Kiran Ahluwalia (Mar 2)Gamelan Alligator Joy (May 21)

One Fixed Menu = 10% (you save 6.90)Two or more Fixed Menus = 15% (you save $10.35)

ArtSpring gratefully acknowledges the support of

Dan Davies, Lyle & Susan Eide, Joan Farlinger, Kate Merry, John Moore, Hélène Narayana, Victoria Olchowecki,

Debbi P. Toole, and anonymous (2).

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