A young violin student at Coquitlam's Place des Arts strung up first place in the Vancouver Youth Symphony Concerto Competition.
Yubin Kim, 10, a student of Roger Mangas, recently won the junior division of the contest. As a result, Kim will have a solo performance of Summer from Vivaldi's Four Seasons at the VYSO's Rising Star concert on March 7 at Capilano University in North Vancouver.
NEW FACULTY
New piano and voice instructors are on the music faculty at the Port Moody Arts Centre.
Lia Dvir (piano) and Danielle Cyr (voice) recently started at the St. John's Street hub.
SINGERS WANTED
A choral group in Port Coquitlam needs new singers.
The Felice Women's Choir will host an open house at its next regular practice session: Thursday, Feb. 12, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Gathering Place (1100-2253 Leigh Sq., behind PoCo city hall).
ART NEEDED
Visual artists who want to see their work on the walls at Port Coquitlam's Leigh Square Community Arts Village can now apply for next year.
The deadline for an exhibition proposals in 2016/'17 is May 12. Submissions will be accepted from emerging, mid-career and established artists using all mediums including video, 2D and 3D. To enter, visit portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare.
Meanwhile, the city is also calling for designs for its new street banners.
PoCo residents can put forward images - photography, digital art, collage, painting, illustration and printmaking - that showcase the municipality at its best.
Images must fit one of five themes: arts and culture, city life, nature, community spirit or active living.
Only digital submissions are accepted (jpg or tiff, 300 DPI or more in a vertical or portrait format) by Feb. 28 deadline. Forms are available on the city's website: portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare.
The community will choose the top designs via Facebook, between March 3 and 13; the winners will be announced in April.
IN DRAG
A Heritage Woods secondary grad is part of an upcoming Valentine's weekend music and dance series by MovEnt.
Street dancer Clarence Tang will be in drag for Small Stage point 5 - the smaller version of the Dances for a Small Stage series - that runs Feb. 12 to 15 at The Emerald in Vancouver.
Among the dance/musician couples performing are Delhi 2 Dublin DJ/producer and tabla player Tarun 'Tspoon' Nayar with Odissi classical Indian dancer Scheherazaad Cooper; songwriter Tariq Hussain and Ballet BC alumni Chengxin Wei; and singer-songwriter Louise Burns with burlesque dancer Burgundy Brixx. For tickets, visit eventbrite.ca.
ARIAS
Vancouver Opera's Heather Pawsey and Andrew Greenwood will lead a Valentine's Day recital at a Port Coquitlam church.
The pair will perform popular and classical arias for the Feb. 15 show at Trinity United Church (2211 Prairie Ave.). The concert starts at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15/$10 at the church door. Call 604-942-0022.
