Lögberg-Heimskringla - 26.07.1991, Blaðsíða 11

Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 26. júíí 1991 • 11
Heatherlreland, David Ennsand Lana
Thorarinson Betts will be the featured
guests at the Eaton Celebrity Concert at
Heather Ireland
íslendingadagurinn, August 3, 8 pm. at
the Gimli Composite High School.
Heather is well known to the Icelan-
dic community forherwork suchas sing-
ing with the Winnipeg Symphony Or-
chestra, Vancouver Opera Company, and
CBC Radio. She has also been on Iceland
radio. Her taped recording of “Komin
Heim - Favourite Icelandic Songs” is very
popular. She sang for President Vigdís,
on her visit to Vancouver in 1988. In
1989, she sang in Iceland at Canada Days,
again for President Vigdís and many of
Iccland’s business and political leaders.
A television show was also produced in
Iceland.
While in Iccland, Heather received
some new music which she will premiere
at the Eaton Celebrity Concert, a feature
which you will not want to miss.
She is the daughter of Johannes and
Bergljot Sigurdson, and the granddaugh-
ter of Guttormur J. Guttormsson.
David Enns was born in Regina, Sas-
katchewan and began studying the piano
at age five in the northem Saskatchewan
town of Melfort. From the age of seven,
he has competed regularly in festivals
and competitions both in Melfort, and
later in Swift Current, which was his
home from age ten until graduating from
high school in 1984. He joined the band
program as a trombone player in Swift
Current and participated in concert
bands, jazz bands and combos. Upon
graduation from high school, David at-
tended the Brandon University School of
Music where he studied piano with Dr.
Lawrence Jones and Donald Henry.
Throughout thistime David took part in
several masterclasses, includingtwo sum-
mers at the Banff Centre School of Fine
Arts in both chamber music and solo
piano programs. He completed his Bach-
elor of Music degree in 1988 and was
awarded the Brandon University Silver
Medal.
Following his undergraduate studies,
David spent a year in Iceland where he
was Headmaster of the Music School of
Flateyri in Önundarfjörður in the West-
ern fjords. There he taught piano, trum-
pet, trombone, music theory, directed a
small band, played organ and directed the
church choir, continued to perform, and
composed the score of a new play that the
drama society of Flateyri performed
throughout the Western fjords. After fin-
ishing teaching there, David spent eight
days at sea working on an Icelandic fish-
ing trawler before retuming to Canada.
David is presently completing a mas-
ter’s degree at McGill University. Upon
graduating, he plans to continue his mu-
sical studies, teaching and performing. If
that doesn’t work out, he hopes to get
back on with the fishing trawler.
Lana Thorarinson Betts began her flute
studies in Edmonton in 1981 as a band
student, and later began private lessons
with Shelley Younge (1984). She is cur-
rently studying flute performance with
Timothy Hutchins and is entering her
final year of a Bachelor of Music program
at McGill University, Montreal. Last sum-
mer she was a visiting artist at the Banff
Centre of Fine Arts, attending
masterclasses with Trevor Wye and
Samuel Baron.
For the past three years, Lana has been
working in Montreal as a choral singer.
Currently she is a soprano section leader
at St. George’s Anglican Church and pre-
viously held the same position at the
Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul under
the direction of Patrick Wedd.
Lana Thorarinson Betts has been the
winner of several scholarships and com-
petitions, including the Edmonton
Hátiöarkveöjur frá Arborg
David Enns and Lana Thorarinson Betts
Kiwanis Festival Provincial Senior Class,
as well as the Alberta College Conserva-
tory Concerto Competition in 1987.
Lana is the daughter of Lorraine
Thorarinson Betts, daughter of Anna
(Sigvaldson) and the late Kristjan
Thorarinson of Riverton. Her father,
Dennis Olson, is the son of Lara
(Einarson) and the late Raymond Olson,
formerly of Riverton now of Stonewall,
Manitoba. Lorrainc is now married to
Gamett Betts of Winnipeg and together
they have greatly encouraged and sup:
ported their daughter throughout her
musical endeavours.
Lana’s future plans include graduate
studies possibly in Scandinavia, and in
the immediate future performing in sev-
eral recitals with David Enns.
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