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Annual Spring Concert 2024

Embracing Peace & Love

Hosted by the Chancel Choir

Barry Peters, Music Director at RHUC.

An event for the community with music that embraces the harmony of peace and love; interspersed with poetry and solos on the violin.

Admission by donation at the door (suggested amount $25) - to support the ongoing ministry of RHUC.

GUESTS

Stillman Matheson (piano)

A native of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Stillman Matheson has had an interesting and varied career as an organist, conductor, church musician, and teacher. He was educated at Mount Allison and McGill Universities, as well as the University of Alberta, which granted him a Doctor of Music degree in 1997. He has been the recipient of many awards including a New Brunswick Arts Award, a University of Alberta PhD Dissertation Fellowship, and grants from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

A strong advocate of new music for the organ, Mr. Matheson has commissioned and premiered several new works for the instrument, and his collaboration with the Edmonton Composers’ Concert Society led to the release of a solo organ compact disc, Acclamations: Canadian Organ Music in 2003. William Zagorski wrote in Fanfare Magazine that this recording “makes my head swim in the most delightful of ways”, and that he found Mr. Matheson to be a “technically impeccable and enthusiastic player.”

At the present, Mr. Matheson is the Principal Musician for the Avon-Thames Family of Parishes in Stratford, Ontario.

 

Nadine Bargout (violin)

Hailing from Belarus Nadine Bargout had an extensive concert career performing with the Minsk Philharmonic chamber orchestra and touring throughout Europe.

Prior to her recent move to Canada, Nadine resided in Dubai for more than 10 years, where she became a founding member of the National Symphony Orchestra and eventually the Concertmaster. Nadine had opportunities to often perform as a soloist and lead the orchestras for such renowned international artists as Andrea Bocelli (performing in Winter Tantora Festival), Michael Buble, Jacksons 5, Pink Martini and Steve Vai.

Nadine’s most memorable Solo performance was her favorite Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto at the prestigious Emirates Palace Auditorium.