JEAN-MICHEL BLAIS & DINA GILBERT
Dina Gilbert; conductor
Jean-Michel Blais; composer and pianist
François Vallières; orchestration
Glass .................................... Opening, Closing
Blais ..................................... Murmures
Debussy ............................... Passepied
Blais ..................................... Passepied Absinthe
Satie (arr. Debussy)............. Gymnopédie No. 1
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Blais ..................................... If you build it, they will come...
Britten .................................. Playful Pizzicato
Blais ..................................... Nina Outsiders
Blais/Rachmaninov ............ Roses
INTERMISSION
Clyne .................................... Restless Oceans
Blais ..................................... Carrousel
Amour
Smetana............................... The Moldau
Tiersen ................................. J'y suis jamais allé
Blais ..................................... Ouessant
Yanni
Yanni .................................... Santorini
MEET THE ORCHESTRA
Music Director Dina Gilbert | Music Director Emeritus Bruce Dunn
FIRST VIOLIN
Cvetozar Vutev* concertmaster
Geoff & Judith Benson Chair
Carol Hur++ assistant concertmaster
Rod Michell Chair
Meredith Bates
Evelyn Creaser-Rumley
Jiten Beairsto
Samantha Kung
SECOND VIOLIN
Boris Ulanowicz*
Gabriele Klein Chair
Narumi Higuchi
Sandra Wilmot
Annette Dominik
Susan Cottrell
VIOLA
Ashley Kroecher*
Caroline Olsen
VIOLA, CONT’D
Wennie Wei
Calvin Yang
CELLO
Martin Krátký*
Doug Gorkoff
Jake Klinkenborg BASS
Maggie Hasspacher*
Yefeng Yin FLUTE
Heather Beaty*
Jeff Pelletier
OBOE
Marea Chernoff*
Wei Wang
CLARINET
Sally Arai*
John & Joyce Henderson Chair
Marcella Barz
BASSOON
Olivia Martin*
Dave Overgaard
HORN
Sam McNally*
Heather Walker
TRUMPET
Mark D’Angelo*
Jeremy Vint
TIMPANI
Caroline Bucher*
PERCUSSION
François-Xavier Leroy*
HARP
Naomi Cloutier++
LIBRARIAN
Sally Arai
*Principal
+Acting Principal
KAMLOOPS SYMPHONY SOCIETY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John McDonald, ICD.D. • President
Steve Powrie • Vice President
Tyler Klymchuk • Treasurer
Christy Gauley
Lucille Gnanasihamany
Gabriele Klein
Chelsea Tuyttens
Simon Walter
HONOURARY
LIFE MEMBERS
Bonnie Jesten
Art Hooper
ADMINISTRATION
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Christopher Young
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Sue Adams
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Sam Bregoliss
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Adrien Fillion
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER
Olivia Martin
AUDIO ENGINEER
Doug Perry
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THANK YOU TO OUR 2023/24 DONORS
$2000+
CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE
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VOLUNTEERS
Thank you to our wonderful team of volunteers
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