Symphony member takes both music and athletics seriously NICOLA EVERTON has the distinction of being not onty one of the youngest members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO), but also the 40th. woman to finish in the Vancouver Sun Run last weekend, with a time of 40 minutes. By Tina Gilbertson Contributing Writer *“T was always an oddball,” says the sandy-haired Everton of the two abiding loves in her life, “because | was an athlete and a musician. “The athietes didn't know what to make of me going to band class; it was kind of a nerdy thing to do. And most of the musicians were definitely not athletic.” For many years, Everton con- centrated almost exclusively on her music. Her career took root when her father took her at the age of 10 to. a Benny Goodman concert. “| was immediately inspired to pick up the clarinet,’’ she says, which she immediately did. In 1983, she left North Van- couver, where she had lived since NEWS phot0 F Peu! Mcorath Name: Nicola Everton Age: 28 Residence: West Vancouver Born: Manchester, England Occupation: Symphony musician (clarinet) Hobbies: Running, rock climbing, mountainecring, skiing immigrating to Canada when she was just a year old, to attend Arizona State University on a full music scholarship. After a year she moved to the Curtis. Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she would spend four years. . “Curtis was the experience of a lifetime for me,’’ says the soft- spoken Everton, ‘‘being in such an intense atmosphere of music- making, surrounded by gifted musicians from all over the world,.’”’ Everton remembers practising four or five hours every day, in addition to attending classes and rehearsals. Nowadays her daily practice has been cut to between 45 minutes and an hour, but she says she has learned how to con- centrate her work so that she gets much more done in the shorter time. Everton spent the winter of 1988-89 at the Banff School of Fine Arts preparing for the in- evitable: symphony auditions. Anyone who thinks regular job interviews are gruelling can take heart; auditions are worse. ‘‘Sym- phony jobs are rare these days so luck and timing are important,”’ explains Everton. “Often there may be 300 appli- cants for one position and the few who are chosen to be heard must be totally ‘on’ for their five minutes in the spotlight — not an easy thing to do with that kind of pressure.”’ Everton feels fortunate to have bagged the second and E-flat clar- inct position with the VSO. She is currently in her fourth season with the orchestra and ap- pears to be just starting to exhale after the years of hard work it took to get where she is. “In some ways I put parts of my life on hold to focus on my music career, Finally after several years in the orchestra, I’m begin- ning to focus on other interests in life.” Orchestra members, in effect, have summers off, as the season ends in June and doesn’t start up Blood Donors Urgently Needed RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR CLINIC Monday, April 26, 1993 2:30pm - 8:00pm Lions Gate Hospital Medica! Daycare Centre Gymnasium 200 E. 15th St., North Vancouver again until the fall. Usually, the assiduous Everton attends summer music festivals ‘“tto continue my education,”’ but this year she in- tends to devote her time to out- door activities such as running and climbing. But her local plans will have to wait another week, because the VSO will be leaving shortly for a brief tour of Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, Their next home concert, at the Orpheum, will take place on Thursday, May 6. Featuring the music of Copeland, Lalo and Bernstein, the evening will have a Spanish theme. _ FREE BROCHURE f Income received in the form of dividends from Canadian Corporations is given preferen- © § tial tax treatment by Revenue Canada. By investing in high quality bank preferred shares f you can earn a steady, secure f interest equivalent income of f over 9%. b. Call today to receive your complimentary | brochure. Mark Osachoff 661-7433 A *Ratcs Subject to Change ScotiafvicLeod Tasted rreasiment adcg moe 1821. The wheels are turning VANCOUVER ‘SYMPHONY Orchestra musician Nicola Everton was inspired to take up the clarinet after seeing Benny Goodman in SIMON SAYS... 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