Local Arts

Editor's note: In conjunction with the Festival of the Written Arts (FOWA), Coast Reporter will be publishing a selection of author biographies in advance of this year's festival slated for Aug. 14 to 17.

The Sunshine Coast Summer School of Celtic Music ended its week-long camp last Friday evening with a stellar concert that opened with a performance from some of the Coast String Fiddlers and closed with a song from the school's instructors.

Recently, a painting depicting a tense moment in history left the Coast bound for a Simon Fraser University gallery.

"None of us will live on this planet forever. I think some people live very intensely and burn very brightly during their time here. I think I am one of those people.

Are you looking to explore your voice and sing from your soul? Viviane Houle is a vocalist, improviser and songwriter with an uncanny ability to mix musical styles as diverse as opera and avant-garde improvisation.

The capacity crowd at Gibsons Heritage Playhouse gave the Kotori children's choir a standing ovation, June 30.

The award-winning Klarup Girls' Choir from northern Denmark will perform in Sechelt on Sunday, July 6. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. at St. Hilda's Anglican Church, with the Coast Recital Society co-sponsoring the event.

The seventh annual Showcase of the Performing Arts (SOPA) kicks off with music and drama in its traditional home, the Heritage Playhouse.

Two exhibitions start next week at the Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre. Quilters Out of Bounds will show their fabric arts in Quilting Song & Poem, and Michaela Cochran will show her porcelain pieces in Radiance.

Definitely Diva is as much fun as their name. The trio is all about chocolates and wine - it's the attitude that counts, according to Lynne Dickson, diva extraordinaire.