Tag: Music

Angelina Calangis Avison performed with her brother, Conductor George Calangis and her four sisters Geneva, Mary, Helen, and Ethel. A popular act, they were billed in vaudeville theatre as the Musical Calangis Family and they played various mandolins and banjos to entertain their audiences. Angelina, who had studied violin with Arthur Gramm, Wilfred Rutley, Jean…
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Thora Anders was born on September 12, 1913 in Victoria BC. A beautiful songstress, she frequently accompanied her husband, entertainer Barney Potts. She was awarded the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame Star in 1992.

Kazuyoshi Akiyama has had long-standing relationships with the leading orchestras of Japan and now serves as Principal Conductor of the Hiroshima Symphony and also the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra. The Tokyo Symphony has honored him with the title of Conductor Laureate. He has also been Music Director of the Syracuse Symphony and the Vancouver Symphony Maestro Akiyama is…
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Website Bryan Adams is one of the world’s most highly acclaimed musicians whose career has spanned more than three decades.  Constantly in demand, the celebrated rocker is on the road over 150 days a year playing rock n’ roll favorites (“Summer of 69”, “Run To You”, “18 ‘Til I Die”, “It’s Only Love”, “Somebody”, “The…
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Tom Harrison’s name is synonymous with rock music in Vancouver. Since the mid-1970s, he has written about pop and rock, first for the Georgia Straight, then with the Province. In addition, he hosted a longstanding radio show on CFOX and volunteered for countless events. To varying degrees, he has written songs, recorded, toured, and appeared…
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