To help support a clean water project on another continent, two musical ensembles will embark on a melodious adventure.
For the double-billed performance, Island Time Saxophone Quartet and Island Brass will present a mixture of pop, jazz, classical and Latin for ‘A Musical Adventure for All Ages.’
Nicola Crowhurst, a member of Island Time Saxophone Quartet, said she wanted to hold a show that could be appreciated by a younger audience just as much as it could by an older one. She said there will be plenty to recognize, such as their arrangements on Disney tunes from Frozen and Moana, as well as a Pink Panther classic. Both groups will also play original compositions for the performance.
“When people think of saxophones, in particular, they often think of pop and jazz,” said Rod Mont, also part of the saxophone quartet. “But it’s also important to us to cover other areas of music that are not usually associated with saxophone.”
He said the Island Time Saxophone Quartet plan to play a piece traditionally written for guitar, as well as an arrangement of The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – which was written roughly 100 years before the saxophone was invented.
“We when we were setting up this concert, we wanted to not only have something that each audience type would enjoy, but also expose the versatility of the saxophone and what it could do,” he said.
Mont, who is also the vice-president of the Nanaimo Daybreak Rotary Club, said the concert will benefit the club’s efforts to help pay to repair a borehole for a health centre in Nigeria.
‘A Musical Adventure for All Ages’ will embark at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Departure Bay Road. Tickets can be purchased online at www.porttheatre.com.
mandy.moraes@nanaimobulletin.com
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