{ Monthly Archives }
Indian Country — July 30, 2004.
“Performing for the first time in Alberta, the Gwa’wina Dance Group brought an exciting collaboration in traditional and contemporary Aboriginal dance, music, singing and drumming to The Banff Centre as part of the 2004 Banff Summer Arts Festival.”
Maclean’s — July 26, 2004.
“It’s hard to imagine a classical chamber music concert with rock accoutrements like lights, pyrotechnics and artificial fog. But a new work by the Gryphon Trio and Canadian composer Christos Hatzis, Constantinople (premiering July 29 at the Banff Summer Arts Festival), takes a step in that direction.”
Newsday (New York) — July 21, 2004.
The Daedalus String Quartet, for a young group, has a long history that may help explain its rapid-fire success…. They thought it “might be fun” to learn some pieces for the Banff International Chamber Music Competition and invited Minneapolis violist Jessica Thompson to join them…. Their new foursome took the grand prize at Banff, Canada, in 2001, power-launching a concert career that took them to 50 cities last season, piling up gusher reviews. A San Francisco critic called their April concert there “a hair-and-fur-flying, take-no- prisoners flight through string- quartet masterworks that threatened to knock you right off your chair.”
La Scena Musicale — July 13, 2004.
“Since its creation, the Banff International String Quartet Competition, now in its 8th edition, has established itself as an immensely pivotal event for any young string quartet earning its way to the top…. Surrounded by a strikingly beautiful landscape, Banff has long established itself as a popular location for international artists who come to develop themselves both personally and professionally in an atmosphere congenial to artistic creativity.”
Calgary Sun — July 8, 2004.
For the third year in a row, Springboard Dance is presenting Vertical Summer in Calgary, a unique, eye-catching project, in which dancers are suspended from harnesses and perform choreographed pieces on the side of a building.
[Founding artistic director] Trina Rasmuson was first introduced to vertical dance in 1998 while attending a workshop by California’s Project Bandaloop company at the Banff Centre.
The Globe and Mail — July 2, 2004. ELSBURY, Anne. Passed away June 2, 2004, at the age of 58. Annie was born and raised in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England, and moved to Ottawa in 1974. She worked in theatre at the National Arts Centre, Stratford Festival, Banff Centre, Calgary Olympics, the Mirvishes, Live Ent, and Cirque du Soleil.
