Hornby Festival Presents: Louise Rose

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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
Door at 7pm, Performance at 8pm

For Louise, music is much more than a vocation; it is, in her own words, the perfect metaphor for life itself. As such it permeates all that she does, while in the process touching the lives of those around her in a supremely positive way. Louise Rose is the consummate performer. A talented pianist, vocalist and actress, Louise was formally trained in piano, organ, voice, conducting and arranging. Some of her studies were with Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington and Leonard Bernstein. She performs jazz, blues, gospel, standards and draws on an extensive repertoire of original music. She’ll weave her harmonious web of sounds with her voice and lush piano stylings. The result is velvet and silk. The response is Ahhh! Louise conducts the 200 voices of the Victoria Good News Choir. Her philosophy about singing and about much of the rest of life has been passed down to her from her Grandmother, “You are worthy simply because you’re breathing.” Therefore there are no auditions. Louise coaches the Downbeat Magazine award-winning vocal jazz ensemble ‘Genesis’ (from Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon). She coaches the Victoria High School Rhythm and Blues Band as well as the students in the Applied Music Programme in Victoria.
www.lrose.com