evenings with an artist 2009

2nd Sunday of the month: 6:00pm dinner, 7:00pm performance / presentation

Music, art and poetry express spiritual truths that touch the heart and transform our lives. Enjoy dinner followed by a performance or presentation with local artists. All net proceeds go to the Queenswood Bursary Fund, making it possible for guests with lower incomes to participate in Queenswood programs.

• Dinner and performance/presentation: $25
• Performance/presentation only: $15
• Student rate: $15 dinner & presentation, $5. for presentation only

Postponed to Jan. 2010

Lorna Crozier, poet  Margaret Laurence once called Lorna Crozier "a poet to be grateful for." Born in Saskatchewan, Lorna Crozier lives on Vancouver Island and teaches writing at the University of Victoria, where she is a Distinguished Professor and the Chair of the Department of Writing. Inventing the Hawk (1992), received all three of Canada’s national poetry awards: the Governor General’s Award, the Pat Lowther Award for the Best Book of Poetry by a Canadian Woman, and the Canadian Authors’ Association Award for poetry. Her tenth book of poetry, What the Living Won’t Let Go, was published by McClelland and Stewart in the spring of 1999. It received the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Award for the best book of poetry in BC that year.  For more detailed information about Lorna and her work, click here.

Nov. 8

Tobin Stokes, composer If you live around BC, you’ve heard his music. Tobin Stokes composes for orchestra, choir, opera, ballet, theatre, television, film, and large events. Just a few of his credits include Ballet BC, The Victoria Symphony, and film/TV projects such as Saving Luna, Captain Cook, all the theme music on the legislature channel, and countless documentaries airing nationally and abroad. He is in demand as a composer, with premieres here and in many other countries. Where does music come from? What is it like to write for such a variety of projects? How can a simple melody become a symphony or a theme for television? Tobin Stokes will share some of his insight on creativity, with stories, and samples of his work, both live and recorded, at “An Evening With the Artist.”