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From Left to Right: Harmeet Kaur Virdee, Ru Ha, Karl DeJong, and Noah Franche-Nolan
Everyone is a Composer
In-person
Kids Music Visual arts Youth & teens InterculturalDate and time
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Location
Clayton Community Centre (On the traditional and unceded lands of the Katzie, Tsawwassen, Kwantlen, Semiahmoo, Stolo, and other Coast Salish Nations.)
7155 187a Street, Surrey BC
Surrey, BC
Directions: Workshop will be held in the Multipurpose Room 117 (MP117). When you enter the building from the main entrance (by the parking lot), the room will be to your right.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible, has gender-neutral washrooms, and is a relaxed performance.
About
Everyone is a composer! Whether you have a musical background or not, you are a composer. This interactive workshop led by BC Culture Days Ambassador, Harmeet Kaur Virdee, will use creative composition methods to show and inspire participants that they can compose music. There will be a table with arts supplies, and other materials for participants to create a visual composition/graphic score.
In the first half of this interactive workshop participants will create their musical compositions with guidance from the workshop facilitators. In the second half participants’ visual compositions will be performed and interpreted by PALS Quartet. Composers will be invited to give any directions to the quartet and join in the performance of their piece.
This event is open to all ages, and a background or experience with music is not required. Children 13 and under must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Registration closes on October 4, 2024. Please register using the link below.
Special thanks to our community partners at the City of Surrey and Surrey Jazz Nights.
Links
- Registration Link forms.gle
- Website hvird33.wixsite.com
- Clayton Community Centre surrey.ca
- Learn More About the PALS Quartet docs.google.com
Organizer
Harmeet Kaur Virdee - BC Culture Days Ambassador
Harmeet Kaur Virdee (she/they) is a double bassist, composer, music educator, and arts administrator based in Surrey BC. As a musician and composer Harmeet gains inspiration from the sounds and behaviors of nature, as well as visual arts and human emotions. She strives for her music to connect to something bigger than herself, and for it to resonate and touch any listeners. Harmeet believes that music is a powerful form of expression and communication. Music has the ability to express thoughts, emotions, and feelings that words lack and can connect others on a deeper level.
In addition to performing Harmeet is the founder and organizer of Surrey Jazz Nights and a passionate teacher. She teaches a variety of ages at the VSO SoM and Queen’s Academy of the Arts. Harmeet enjoys working with students of all ages as they explore the wonders of music and hopes to inspire them to find their passion whether that is music or another medium.
This event is part of a hub:
Intercultural Interplay
BC Culture Days Vancouver, BCBC Culture Days’ 2024 Ambassador Series, Intercultural Interplay, invites you to celebrate and ponder various creative commonalities that exist among cultures. Through poetic prompts, graphic score workshopping, paint making tutorials, coll...
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