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Cerovsek appearance
greeted with ovation

COREY CEROVSEK was hoping someone attending last

week's

VSO performance at

the Orpheum would

remember he used to be a North Vancouver boy.

“t really wanted to make a
good impression,’”’ Cerovsek said
of his guest appearance with the
orchestra. “In some places I’m
pretty well-known, but not in
others. | hoped a few people
would remember that i'm from
here.”

Not only did they remember
-him, they gave the boy wonder a
standing ovation.

Corey Cerovsek has become
something of a local legend in his

Fish
printing
workshop
offered

THE NORTH Shore Neighbour-
hood House (NSNH) is offering a
workshop on Gyotaku, which is an
art form more commonly known
as fish printing.

Gyotaku is the art of japanese
fish printing, originally developed:
as a means of recording different
types of fish. Pasticipants can print-
on any material they desire, in-
cluding T-shirts, aprons and rice
Paper.

The course is instructed by
Roberta Jones, a professional artist
and arts and crafts teacher. Inter-
ested participants are asked to
pre-register and to pick up a supp-
ly tist.

The workshop is being held
Thursday, Oct. 24 from 6:30 te
9:30 p.m. The fee is $19.

For more information visit
NSNH at 225 East 2nd St., North
Vancouver, or call 987-8138.

Players
receive

funds

THE NORTH Vancouver Com-
munity Players theatre company
has received approval of a $13,000
“Go 8.C."" award to. upgrade
Hendry Hall.

Improvements will be made to
the building’s exterior, the theatre
lighting, sound and stage areas,
plus the foyer, kitchen, dressing
room: and storage area,

PARTICIPICTION.

By Evelyn Jacob
News Reporter

own time — and he’s only 19. His
extraordinary talent has earned
him praise from such international
luminaries as Zubin Mehta, with
whom Cerovsek performed last
year,

At barely 20 he's already earned
his master’s degree in music and
mathematics, and has performed
all over the world with some of the
best orchestras.

Still, he sounds like an average

teenager talking over the phone -

from his Holiday Inn hotel roe:

“Yeah, Vm working. on my
doctorate in music with a little
math’ thrown in,” he says. “But
I've been pretty busy with con-
certs. so there's been a little bit of
juggling «vith school. It’s a lot of
fun, “though. Bloomington is a
campus town — it’s kind of cute.
And I’ve got a great teacher
(Cerovsek has been studying with
Russian-born Joseph Gingold. for
seven years). He’s a very under-
standing person. He's 82 now and
he still has 30 students.”’

Sure he’s been enjoying amaz-

ing success which took off follow-
ing his family’s move to Bloom-
ington in 1984, but Cerovse .
doesn’t take anything for granted.
“Ive still got plenty of work to
do. | can’t rest on my laurels.’
Before this time next year, he
hopes to have his PhD under his
belt. After that he'll tour the U.S.,

44 I’ve still got
plenty of work to
do. { can't rest on

my laurels. 99

-Corey Cerovsek

and Europe next summer.

Unfortunately for Vancouverites,
he’s going to be playing more in
America and less in Canada.

And moving back to North Van-
couver isn’t in the cards, at least
not for now. “I’d love to be back
here, because | still have a lot of
friends here, but in terms of my
musical career, Vancouver is not
very well situated. It’s easier to be
on the east coast. For example,
from where | am now, | can be in
New York in one hour.”

Workshop frees ‘singer within’

CAN'T SING to save your life?
Penny Sidor and the West Van-
couver YMCA are here to help you
free the singer within.

They're offering a singing
workshop on Oct. 19 from 10 to 5
p.m. Participants will be shown
simple exercises, games and
meditations that help to engage
the whole body in the act of sing-

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