Category Archives: Arts

Renowned quizmaster brings trivia event all the way from Victoria to Cortes Island

By Louis Belcourt, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

“Quizzing is a big part my life. I’ve been doing it pretty consistently for about 15 years now.”

Benji Duke is bringing his famed Pub Quiz event all the way from Victoria to the Mansons Landing Community Hall on Cortes this Saturday evening.

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BC composer has original work played by Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Musician and composer Wylie Ferguson has been accepted into a mentorship program with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra where his work will be played and critiqued. The current VSO mentorship and readings program began on October 15th and runs until May 31st, 2023, culminating in the reading of the scores on May 30th.

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A Quadra Compilation CD comes to Folk U Radio

On Friday Oct 14 Manda Aufochs Gillespie welcomed Quadra Island based sound gurus Jim Thievin and Dylan Alps to Folk U Radio. They are the creators of a Quadra compilation cd we will be hearing more about in the coming months and years. It was born during the pandemic, when the music industry was essentially dead. They had a few rules: the music had to be original and under 5 minutes in length. 

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Live Folk U @ CCEDA Tent on Friday Sept 23, 2022

Cortes Islanders Celebrated Life on Glorious Earth & Create Culture on Folk U last Friday with live music from the Awakeneers, interviews with the Creative Culture Guide Website development team, and discussion of Creative Culture and Sustainability on Cortes Island.

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