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Erik Abbink
903 Collinson Street
Victoria, BC V8V 3B7
(250) 477.5413

Concerts in 2003

The Old School House Arts Centre, Qualicum Beach B.C.
December 7, 2003, 2:30 pm
Works by Debussy, Schumann, Prokofiev, Gershwin, Vaughan Willams, Forsyth, and Adaskin
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

Canada Music Week at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria B.C.
November 21, 2003, 7:30 pm
"Breaking Through" by Malcolm Forsyth
and "Invocation and Ceremony" by Gary Kulesha (solo saxophone)
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

Sax-o-Fun! - Bayside Middle School, Brentwood B.C.
June 18, 2003, 9:00 am
Educational Concert
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

All Saints Church by the Sea, Ganges, Salt Spring Island B.C.
March 5, 2003, noon
Works by Schumann, Schulhoff, Bernstein, Gershwin and Piazzolla
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

Sax-o-Fun! - Mill Bay B.C.
February 26, 2003, 10:30 am
Educational Concert
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

NASA Saxophone Festival, UBC School of Music, Vancouver B.C.
February 6-8, 2003
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

Concerts in 2004

Canada Music Week at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria B.C.
November 19, 2004, 7:00 pm
"Daydreams" by Murray Adaskin and "Critical Mass" by Wes Wraggett (soprano saxophone and tape, world premiere)
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

All Saints Church by the Sea, Ganges, Salt Spring Island B.C.
September 1, 2004, noon
Works by Telemann, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Malcolm Forsyth, Vaughan Williams and Wiedoeft.
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

CD Recording, Recital Hall of the University of Victoria, B.C.
June 21,22 and 23, 2004
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

Rotary Club, Laurel Point Inn, Victoria B.C.
April 30, 2004, 8:30 pm
Works by Gershwin, Moussorgsky, Wiedoeft, and Hywel Davies
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

Composers Concert, Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria B.C.
March 11, 2004, 7:30 pm
"Crackerjack" for baritone sax and piano, by Wes Shelley
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

Sax-o-Fun! - Hampton Community School, Victoria B.C.
March 4, 2004, 9:00 am
Educational Concert
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

Sax-o-Fun! - South Park Elementary School, Victoria B.C.
February 4, 2004, 9:15 am
Educational Concert
- Jacqueline Perriam, piano

Concerts in 2006

UBC Symphonic Wind Band: Taiwan and Hong Kong
First Asian Tour UBC School of Music
Concerts throughout Taiwan and Hong Kong
December 26, 2005 - January 8, 2006

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver B.C.
January 21, 2006, 8:00 pm
U.B.C. Symphony Orchestra
European Legends: Hary Janos Suite, Zoltan Kodaly

Centenary Celebration Murray Adaskin, VCM Victoria B.C.
January 22, 2006, 2:30 pm
"Daydreams" by Murray Adaskin
Jacqueline Perriam, piano

Sanctuary Concerts Temple Shalom, Vancouver B.C.
January 26, 2006, 1:30 pm
Works by Telemann, Cesar Franck, Ryo Noda and Erwin Schulhoff
- Matthew Ma, piano

Palm Court Orchestra: Ain't Misbehavin'
With Karel Roessingh, piano
February 4, 2006, 8:00 pm Uvic Centre, Victoria B.C.
February 5, 2006, 2:30 pm Brentwood College, Mill Bay B.C.
February 12, 2006, 3:00 pm Charlie White Theatre, Sidney B.C.

UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble
February 8, 2006, 7:30 pm Delta, Seaquam, Delta B.C.
February 9, 2006, 2:30 pm Douglas College, New Westminster B.C.

UVic - David Lam Auditorium
Vis-à-Vis! Saxophone Quartet
March 25, 2006, 3pm University of Victoria, B.C.
Works by Gibbons, Glazunov, Francaix e.o.

Qualicum Schoolhouse Concerts
Vis-à-Vis! Saxophone Quartet
March 26, 2006, 2:30 pm Qualicum Beach B.C.
Works by Gibbons, Glazunov, Francaix, Singelee e.o.

Saxophone Clinic
April 22, 2006, 9 am at Uvic, Victoria, B.C.
Clinic only.

UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble
May 6, 2006, Whistler Band Festival, Whistler B.C.
2:30 pm and 4 pm, Baritone Saxophone Clinics at the Listel Hotel.
7 pm and 9 pm, Concert at the Whistler Conference Centre.
Works by Philip Spark, Scott McAllister, Godfrey Ridout e.o.

Brassfire - with Jens Lindemann, trumpet
May 15 - 18, 2006 Banff Workshop, Banff A.B.
Works TBA

Victoria Piano Summer School
July 7, 2006, Phillip T. Young Auditorium, UVic
2 pm, Murray Adaskin Tribute
Daydreams, by Murray Adaskin
- Frances Perriam, piano

2nd DMA Recital, UBC School of Music
December 3, 2006, 2pm in the Recital Hall
"Transcribed!"
Works by Cesar Franck, Arvo Part, Sofia Gubaidulina, Claude Vivier, Domenico Scarlatti and George Gershwin.
- Matthew Ma, piano
- Vis-à-Vis Saxophone Quartet

Concerts in 2007

Saxophone Recital UVic, Victoria B.C.
February 17, 2007, 3pm
Vis-à-Vis Saxophone Quartet
"French Masterworks"
Quartets by Descenclos, Pierne, Schmitt and Vellones

Saxophone Conference, Regina S.K.
February 23, 2007, 8pm
Vis-à-Vis Saxophone Quartet
"French Masterworks"
Quartets by Descenclos, Pierne, Schmitt and Vellones

Sonic Boom New Music Festival, Vancouver B.C.
March 16, 2007, 7:30 pm
"Capricon" by Alfredo Santa Ana
- with Rachel Iwaasa, piano