Blackfin Pub Presents : The Vocello Trio
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About this Event
Concert will be located on the beautiful lower floor of the Blackfin Pub, overlooking the Comox Harbour.
Ticket price includes guaranteed table seating and a complimentary glass of wine from a local award winning winery. Charcuterie board tapas will be available for purchase.
Performing tonight is The Vocello Trio, with musicians Helena Jung, Dagmar Kilian and Carol Ann Parkinson. The Vocello Trio is a chamber music ensemble led by Comox Valley’s Helena Jung, cello, accompanied by Dagmar Killian on piano and featuring vocalist Carol Ann Parkinson.
Helena Jung has had a diverse career as a soloist, chamber/orchestral musician, and as a teacher in Vancouver Island. She received her BMus and MMus in Seoul, Korea, and has performed with the Jeunesses Musical World Orchestra as a member, and the Seoul Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and the Gyeonggi Provincial Philharmonic Orchestra as the principal cellist. She has participated in various musical programs, such as the Ratzeburger Sommer Akademie Festival in Germany and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. Currently she plays with the Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Symphony Orchestra, and is the leader of Vancouver Island Cello Ensemble. She has been invited as a performer and faculty to Concerts Denman, Lulu Performing Arts, Quadra Chamber Music Festival, and Comox Valley Youth Music Camp. Helena has held her own cello recital series; “Cellobration” and her students` concerts’; “Hello, Cello!” since 2007. At the pinnacle of her career, Helena is exhilarated to lead the SSO to unprecedented feats enrich the Valley with music unlike any other. Her passion for music can be heard in her work and always leaves concertgoers eager for more. www.helenajung.com
Dagmar Kilian received her musical training at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada obtaining a Bachelor of Music. She continued her education in Utrecht, The Netherlands earning a Master’s in Piano Performance. There she lived and worked as a freelance pianist for 24 years performing with groups such as Circle Ensenble, Netherlands Dance Theatre & Holland Symfonia. Dagmar returned to Canada in 2008 and presently lives in the Comox Valley where she is a piano teacher, accompanist and music director at St John the Divine. Dagmar has collaborated as a pianist with Rainbow Youth Theatre and Courtenay Little Theatre, CYMC and the COVAL Choristers performing countless shows and concerts.
Carol Ann Parkinson received her Bachelor of Music in Voice from UBC in 1995 and has spent the last 25 years dividing her talents between singing, conducting, and teaching voice lessons. She is a versatile soloist with an affinity for early music, and has been featured with the Capilano College Music Program, CYMC, Timbre!, and NICS. She was the founding director of the Nova Voce Choral Society (now the Comox Valley Children’s Choir), which she directed from 1995-2008 and now serves as President. Carol Anne directs the energetic Men of Notes choir and maintains a part-time voice studio guiding students with auditions, choral skills, and vocal health.
Doors open at 6:45 pm
Music starts at 7:30 pm
Tickets are non-refundable. This is an all ages event.
Tickets will be available just prior to doors opening at the venue for this event unless tickets sell out online prior to the event.