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Evening Program for NaTuRe SpEaKs
Canadian Jazz Celtic HarpistJohanne McInnis
Harpist, Artistic Director, Producer of NaTuRe SpEaks
NaTuRe SpEaKs Team is delighted to be here this evening
to bathe with you in NaTuRe Sounds with Jazz Celtic Flair.
Nature Speaks... Beyond Appearances...
Seeing Sounds... Hearing Images…
Displays a visual musical journey and relationship between nature, human nature & environmental issues.
This Show is an accumulation of 25 years of musical experiences developed through the study of all the periods of Musical History intertwined with the tremendous sounds we find in nature.
All selections in this concert are related to nature theme of some sort. I am delighted to work with very fine musicians who are sensitive to the delicacy of the Harp Sounds adding their own flair accordingly.
Please welcome with me on the stage
Alex Porter, Drums
Erin Dempsey, Celtic Flute
Kara Friesen, Contemporar
y Dancer
Renaud Labelle, Bass
In addition, we are also working with David Hiller, Sound Engineer in Nova Scotia, Chris Caldwell our wonderful Light Designer, Mary Hartwell for House Manager, and Jaimie Loughead for Event Manager ~ Nature Scenes Projections
“Tonight, I am thrilled to share this deep passion for sound that brings forth music
infused with intentions to guide and encourage people to deepen their heart connection within themselves and with
humanity”.
In our post-modern world, true silence is rarely experienced, it’s as if we conspire to avoid it. It forces us to pay attention to ideas and emotions we make little time for… Silence can be disturbing because it is the wavelength of the soul. Perhaps, silence itself is the mystery at the heart of life and music.
~ Enjoy the show ~ Johanne
Part OneMorning Twilight
Rising SunVoice of the OceanClouds are moving
See the sunLife is a pathway
Summer TimeNe sais-tu pas?
La ballade du printempsCeltic MedleyGangue Juar
After the rain, beautiful weather.
Part Two (Following Intermission)
Chitlin Con CarAll BluesFast JazzSlow JazzMoon DanceWar # 3SerenitySetting SunEvening Twilight
NaTuRe SpEaKs Team
David Hillier - Sound EngineerMary Hartwell - House Manager
Jaimie Loughead - Event ManagerBrian and Kelly Gottam - Filming
tonight via Wild Lupin Productions
Daniel Friesen and Michel Breton - Stage Advisor and Chinese Shadow
for dancer Kara Friesen
NaTuRe SpEaKs Team
Chris Caldwell & Kenneth Stronach - Light Designer
Dance Express Sound & Light Productions
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Renaud Labelle, Bass
Renaud Labelle was born in Montreal in 1980. He studied bass with Zbigniew Borowicz and holds a Bachelor of Music, Laval University . He also benefitted from the teaching of Michel Donato , Frederick Alarie and Norman Lachapelle. He has performed all over the world as a musical director and bass player for Cruise Boat Agencies: Holland America, Cunard, Celebrity and many more. When he is not at sea on the marvellous Queen Mary 2, he is playing for the Symphonic Orchestra or on tour with Canadian Jazz/Celtic Harpist Johanne McInnis. Johanne and Renaud have been performing together since year 2000.
He teaches bass privately since 2003 and was part of the teaching staff of the Atelier Troubadour . He is now active as a freelance musician in the Quebec region and has played as a supernumerary in the Orchestra of the estuary since 2010. His creativity and sense of sounds exploration finds McInnis’s music a beautiful harbor to enhance his creative sense of expression and improvisation.
Alex has over twenty years experience as a Professional drummer. He first studied Jazz during his Bachelor of Arts in musical performance at St.Francis Xavier University.
He started his musical career in Halifax then moved on toToronto. He has played with numerous bands and in a variety of musical genres. He has travelled throughout the world aboard a one of kind private yacht, performing and leading Jazz trio’s. In 2008, he decided to move back home to the Annapolis Valley, where he continues to perform and teach drums.
His latest involvement with Harpist Johanne McInnis allows his musical sensitivity to be revealed through his subtle percussive rifts intertwined with the harp sounds.
Alex Porter, Drums
From Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Erin Dempsey learned to play traditional Irish music at a young age. Erin's passion for Irish flute took her to Cork, Ireland, where she lived from 2008-2013.
Soaking up the music and culture, Erin hosted sessions with many expert musicians in Ireland. Back in Halifax she is now a member of and regularly performs with both The Halifax Ceili Band and Ragged Robin. Erin's ornamented, smooth playing is rhythmic and energetic, with the subtle ornamentation characteristic of piping-style flute playing.
She has recently discovered the harmony of the wooden flute and Celtic harp -- instruments that both complement and emphasize each other unique sounds.
Erin Dempsey, Celtic Flute
Kara Friesen has trained as a contemporary, ballet and jazz dancer and choreographer for 25 years. Originally from Nova Scotia, she moved to Montreal and studied dance intensively for 8 years.
Highlights of her study were training under the Vaganova ballet technique, earning her BFA from Concordia University and dancing with the Sonia Balazovjech Dance Company. Drawing from her experience in Montreal she has since been involved in the dance scene after moving back to Halifax.
She is currently a dancer with Votive Dance Company, teaches regularly and works as an independent artist; choreographing for Kinetic Studio's open studio series and collaborating with other Nova Scotian artists.
She recently completed the CLEaR Forum with Mocean Dance at Ross Creek Centre for the arts where she resided with like minded artists performing as a dancer. Want to know more about dance in Nova Scotia?
Check out Kara's blog www.halifaxdanceseen.comKara Friesen, Contemporar
y Dancer
Tonight, you are enjoying Kara's creative dance during our Indian Selection called: Guange Juar.
Our Harpist
Harpist Johanne McInnis, recognized as Soundscape Virtuoso of Relaxation music with a Jazz/Celtic flair, has been performing in different parts of Canada. She brings to the concert hall her mastering of creative sound s exploration, passion and drama. McInnis’ latest Canadian Award called: Bringing Life to the Arts, was given by Judy Stretch, Nova Scotia Minister of Education.Her interpretation of the relationship of music and nature alone with her musicians: Alex Porter (Percussion and Drums), Renaud Labelle (Bass), Erin Dempsy (Celtic Flute) is drawing people to what she takes at heart: the fact the we are all interconnected with nature.Nature Speaks… can you hear it? All trained in Jazz and Classical genres, the musicians play sounds that reflect the colours of life in nature.McInnis has performed for political dignitaries from various nations at Le Chateau Frontenac in Quebec city. She has played the harp in hospitals for people passing from one life to the next and found that experience very revealing and inspiring, not only for the patient but for her own understanding of life and death as part of a process.She has performed in various halls of Canada and Europe for the past 20 years. The Show NaTuRe SpEaKs is an accumulation of her artistic vision related to the importance of working together with nature, not against it.
NaTuRe SpEaKs is a musical journey through a day of our lives where humanity and nature intertwine. May this show be an inspiration, a reminder and an invitation to work with nature.In nature, we have no choice of letting go of some layers. David Suzuki, in his book Legacy, relayed his thoughts in the following words:
“We must realize that the laws of nature have priority over the forces of economics. We must also adopt a holistic perspective”. Bathing in these melodies can be refreshing for your mind, body, spirit and soul. Her passion for sound brings forth music infused with intentions to guide and encourage people to deepen their heart connection within themselves and with humanity. Johanne’s bio can be continued by following this link: http://johannemcinnis.ca/bio.htm
Meet Our Sponsors
With your host Charlotte and Frank
Hair Coloring Services by: Charlotte Onyschuk is a published acclaimed Visual Artist and Hair Stylist.
Charlotte's artistic nature is appeased only by multiple creative endeavors. Her love and talent for realism, abstract, oil, and acrylic painting is surpassed only by her love for advanced hair coloring/styling techniques and the Beauty & Esthetics for the industry she prides herself being involved in. Whether she is painting her next book cover on canvas or a "balayage" on hair, Charlotte is hardly seen without a painter's pallet or a Redken color bowl. In every sense of the word an "artist"!
The New Salon called: Alter Ego opened its door a year ago. Your host and co-owners are Charlotte Onischuk and Frank
Color Salon, specializing in color panache and styling! Not forgoing: classic, casual and professional business cuts, date ready up-do's, wedding parties, nails, makeup artistry, expert advice and products.
~ MY YOGA SPACE ~
Why ‘What we do’ is good for you:We know apples, we’ve been growing them for 110 yearsOur apples are free of any insertion chemicals and are safe for you and your kidsWe minimize the use of fossil fuels to keep our environment clean and safeOur cider is safe to drink at any stage. It’s best before and even after.We cold-press our juice which preserves the most nutrients.Our business strengthens the local economy and provides jobs.You can count on our availability all year-round.NaTuRe Spoke and I listened…
Sparked by an elective ecology course during my graduating year at Mount Allison University in the spring of 1970 and by the first wave of environmental awareness leading to the first Earth Day, I added to the knowledge I was absorbing my own intuition and experience beginning with gardening organically for the past 45 years.
Being the third generation of Annapolis Valley apple growing families, I’ve added to this 110 year accumulation of expertise by beginning 25 years ago to explore apple production without synthetic inputs. Adding a healthy dose of serendipity and consciousness raised by 40 years of daily practice of Transcendental meditation ™ has allowed me to develop a system of growing a crop of apples with only human energy produced so naturally that the orchards would turn into a forest without removing succession species like wild cherry each year. A forest is actually a model for our methods; manually flattening the mature vegetation in late summer each year to make harvesting easier mimics nature’s way of letting the winter snow do the job.
By allowing this biomass to be created by sun, water and minerals, including the sulfur the ants circulate to the surface (which facilitates nitrogen fixing), the orchard adds nutrients to replace what is removed each year in the fruit instead of the 2% biomass that can be sustainably removed from a forest each year as wood products.
Working with nature we’re able to produce food for people- unsprayed apples and two flavors of juice which you can enjoy at intermission that is purer than water-the tree filters the water as it makes the apple.This is all made possible using scab resistant varieties that require no fungicide, letting the trees produce what they will. The most attractive apples can be used for fresh eating and the “Cosmetically challenged” are turned into juice: fresh, pure, tasty and local. I’ve accumulated enough material to write a book someday. For more details talk with me at the Wolfville Market on any Saturday or explore the Wolfville and Halifax Seaport Markets websites or contact me by phone 902-582-3044 or email : [email protected]
Enjoy Cider Tasting during our intermission tonight!
Heather Breton: Artistic Director/Event Manager
"We are committed to you and your vision"
Open daily and serving our very own Stems Blend Coffee, a blend of medium
and dark roast coffee, Stems Cafe provides made
fresh soups, sandwiches savory items along with
sweets, treats, ice cream and yogurt. Chef Wayne is continually searching out
new items and loves using local ingredients in his
creating.
A Licensed Cafe we are currently serving premium beer and local cider, plus Luckett Vineyard wines.
Stems Cafe is part of Blomidon Nurseries and was established in 2011, evolving from a cafe to
menu prepared totally on site.
Our Jazz Celtic Trio is delighted to entertain Blomidon distinguish clientele on Sunday
Brunches. You may find the performances dates in the Grapevine, section Eat
To The Beat and on Johanne’s website. Next performances dates are: July 26, Aug 9 and Sept
6th.
Enjoy a Sunday Brunch in the company of Kory Bayer, Alex Porter and Johanne McInnis at Stem Café.
The Only Jazz House Café in the Valley where people can mingle while listening to Live Celtic Jazz Sounds!
A SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENT FROM
JOHN LOHR MLA
Finally, a special thank you to:
Kimberly Matheson for billeting one of our musicians
Daniel Friesen for set design Chinese Shadow
"Peaceful music that creates an intimate contact with nature, the witness of our profound
feelings... we also recognize, here and there, the harsh side of nature that get's over obstacles
through a thunderstorm - in order for us to appreciate the
light that comes after the darkness."
Robert Toupin, France
