Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

The first resident professional string quartet on the University of British Columbia campus, the Borealis has already established itself as a leading-edge Canadian ensemble. In less than two years they have been engaged by the prestigious Vancouver Chamber Music Festival as one of three resident string quartets, qualified for the BC-Yukon finals of the Great Canadian Music Dream competition on CBC-TV, and embarked on a new season with a thirty-two concert tour of BC, Alberta and Ontario. They have also been featured in numerous broadcasts for the CBC and Radio-Canada The Borealis String Quartet consists of four young Canadian professionals, Patricia Shih and Yuel Yawney, violins, Nikita Pogrebnoy, viola and Joel Stobbe, cello. Tickets: $22 general / $18 seniors / $10 students.... more...