Kelowna Community Concert
Association
Upcoming events
IMPORTANT NOTES
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The event listings below are presented in colours that correspond to the colour of the membership card issued for each season. Thus, red represents the remaining concert rescheduled from the 2021-2022 season, green is for the current 2022-2023 season, and purple is for the upcoming 2023-24 season.
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All remaining concerts in the 2021-2022 red and 2022-2023 green seasons are performed at the Kelowna Community Theatre, 1375 Water Street, Kelowna, BC. The five concerts in the 2023-2024 purple season will be performed at Evangel Church, 3261 Gordon Drive, Kelowna, BC.
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For membership information, click here.
true north brass
2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 23, 2023
Kelowna Community Theatre, 1375 Water Street
True North Brass has been a prominent fixture on the brass chamber music landscape for more than 20 years. In 2018, with new membership, a new sound and new repertoire, the group reemerged onto the Canadian and international concert stage, reestablishing itself as one of the world’s finest brass ensembles. With some of Canada’s most prominent orchestral brass players, the new True North Brass is equally at home in recital, in music education or collaborating with symphony orchestras. ARTIST WEBSITE.
Don vappie & jazz créole
7:30 p.m., Monday, May 22, 2023
Kelowna Community Theatre, 1375 Water Street
Dubbed “the coolest cat” in New Orleans, Don Vappie brings the rich history, culture and music of New Orleans to the stage with Jazz Créole — David Horniblow on clarinet, Dave Kelbie on guitar, Tom Wheatley on bass, and the cool cat himself on banjo and vocals. Winner of the 2021 Steve Martin banjo prize, Don Vappie is also being inducted into the Banjo Hall of Fame. ARTIST WEBSITE.
Lysander Piano Trio
2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 16, 2023
Evangel Church, 3261 Gordon Drive
The highly-acclaimed New York-based trio of Itamar Zorman (violin), Liza Stepanova (piano) and Michael Katz (cello) have travelled the world, thrilling audiences with thoughtful and passionate programs that draw from Classical and Romantic periods, as well as the 20th Century, tango, and living composers. ARTIST WEBSITE.
Bach to the Future
2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 28, 2023
Evangel Church, 3261 Gordon Drive
Bach to the Future, featuring Michael Silverman and an ensemble of world-renowned performers, authors and composers, melds sizzling talent and cutting-edge instruments to bring an exciting and whimsical approach to the most beloved music of all time. Imagine classics by Bach, Beethoven and Mozart, performed to modern jazz, African and Latin rhythms. Bach to the Future — The Bach that Rocks! ARTIST WEBSITE
To Be Determined
Time p.m., Date, 2023
Evangel Church, 3261 Gordon Drive
artist info and website....plus change photo
Payadora
7:30 p.m., Monday, March 25, 2024
Evangel Church, 3261 Gordon Drive
Toronto-based Payadora, a vibrant ensemble of some of Canada’s most-respected chamber musicians, performs contemporary Argentinian/Uruguayan tango and folk music, as well as original compositions inspired by those traditions. Founded in 2013, Payadora draws from backgrounds in classical, jazz, Latin, Eastern European folk music and improvisation to deliver performances that are as creative, playful and inspirational as they are stylistically flawless. ARTIST WEBSITE
Dock Side Drive
2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 20, 2024
Evangel Church, 3261 Gordon Drive
Dock Side Drive is an eight-piece swing, blues, jazz and show band from British Columbia’s West Coast. These talented and dynamic vocalists and instrumentalists entertain audiences with music from the 1930s through the ’60s, arranged in their own original swing style. You’ll be singing and swinging along to favourites from greats including Ray Charles, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington andThe Beatles. ARTIST WEBSITE
Members Welcome!
To enjoy KCCA's outstanding lineup of concerts, you need to purchase a membership. Memberships in the upcoming 2023-2024 (purple membership card) season are available now!
Until June 1, you can buy or renew your membership at last season's exceptionally low price of $100 per person (including all taxes and fees) for five fabulous concerts. After June 1, the price rises to $120 per person for the season.
So don't delay! Contact our Membership Director, Deb Meldram, at kelownacommunityconcerts@gmail.com, or by phone
at (250) 765-3571.
ABOUT us
With a loyal following for more than 50 years, the non-profit Kelowna Community Concert Association presents five first-class concerts a year, generally between September and May. Only professional artists of international and national stature and acclaim are selected to present a variety of music, theatre and dance with wide audience appeal.
Run entirely by volunteers, the KCCA receives no outside funding and does not solicit sponsors. Pre-selling affordable memberships ensures that we have the stable budget needed to assemble our ambitious programs. Each year we also donate two $500 scholarships to students of the Kelowna Community Music School.
Volunteers help with backstage refreshments for performers, mail-outs to members, stage managing, hosting receptions, and floral arrangements. We’re extremely grateful to our volunteers, who enable us to present these professional concerts at such a reasonable cost.
Current Executive
President: Len McFarlane
Past President: Betty Skilbeck
Treasurer: Neil MacDonald
Secretary: Ken Lindsay
Programming Chair: Sharon Attree
Membership Chair: Deb Meldram
Concert Chair: Brenda Karvonen
Hospitality: Carmella Hohwy
Communications: Nicole Baer
KCCA supports the objectives of Kelowna's Citizens for a New Performing Arts Centre. We encourage you to visit their website, kelownaperformingarts.ca, to register your support for an iconic new stage in downtown Kelowna.
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Website created by KCCA volunteer Nicole Baer, 2022