53 - Friday, May 3, 1985 - North Shore News

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VOICEWORKS j
Humor makes classica
music more palatable

other half, Rupert Lang,
have been together for ap-

Voiceworks, Hunt, a Tsron-
tonian, graduated with

He has a masters degree in
music from the Universtiy of

concerto for vacuum cleaner,
organ, and piano.”’

CLASSICAL MUSIC recitals will never be the

same after Voiceworks.

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW

The West Vancouver based
duo is, according to Gillian
Hunt, one-half of
Voiceworks, a totally new

entertainment concept
designed to sharpen the more
sombre edges of classical
music with humor and ex-
tremely odd on-stage
behaviour.

Hunt, and. Voiceworks

proximately six months, both
are classically trained musi-
cians, both have enjoyed
distinguished careers as
soloists,and both view their
chosen professions through
laughing eyes.

Before joining

honours from the Royal Con-
servatory of Toronto and
subsequently established a
reputation as a popular vocal
soloist and voice teacher in
eastern Canada. Vancouver-
born Lang is the duo’s com-
poser and synthesizer wizard.

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NEWS photo Stuart Davis

VOICEWORKS classical cabaret duc, Rupert Lang (left) and Gillian Hunt (right) let fly with a selection of their comedic-
classical repertoire. Voiceworks will be unleashed on the world Friday night, 8 p.m., at West Vancouver United Church.

Cambridge and the founder
and director of the Van-
couver Children’s Choir,
which is based in West
Vancouver.

Voiceworks is a concept
conceived in the fertile
ground of its members’
classical backgrounds and
their desire to present serious
music in a more universally
palatable form.

“Classical music perform-
ed in recital is a dead form,””
says Hunt, ‘“‘so to make it
more accessible to more peo-
ple, we are going a different
way: presenting classical
music in a cabaret style.’’

She says Voiceworks's
repertoire covers everything
from Elizabethan to Modern
Jazz to works from contem-
porary Canadian composers
such as Michael J. Baker.
And, of course, a goodly
selection of Lang’s own
demented compositions.

“Concerto For Winds"’,
explains Hunt, ‘‘is Rupert's

The piece will be perform-
ed, along with kazoo
fulisades, comic antics, and
serious music when
Voiceworks performs
tonight, 8 p.m., at West Van-
couver United Church, 2062
Esquimalt.

Hunt says the show is for
children and adults alike, and
despite the humor and
assorted nonsense integral to
Voiceworks, quality of
musical entertainment is
paramount.

Apart from their concerts,
Voicev.orks is now offering
workshops, seminars, and
private lessons.

A children’s summer
workshop is being planned
for the last two weeks of
July.

Workshops will take place
in Voiceworks’s West Van-
couver United Church
Studios. For workshop or
show. information call
926-3107.

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