The winners list for Radio Star, a Canadian national competition for recording artists, was released earlier this month, with Joey Clarkson of Courtenay taking the title of Vancouver regional winner for her single MJ (Get Out).
However, Clarkson wasn’t even in the country when she received the news of her win; she has been travelling for nearly two months in the United Kingdom, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Ireland, teaching musical theatre and playing live.
She was even fortunate enough to be asked to play a new single live on BBC Radio.
In celebration of this phenomenal Radio Star win, which includes a prize package of musical gear, Clarkson is teaming up with the Tourism and Hospitality Department of North Island College to put on Joey Clarkson in Concert — a one-night event in the Stan Hagen Theatre on April 13 at 7 p.m. Guests can expect to hear songs from her first album, as well as songs that will be featured on the new album she hopes to publish later this year.
“I am hoping to release (my second album) after the summer, so I’m aiming for October,” Clarkson indicated in an interview on BBC Radio in Norfolk, “but things are kind of getting a little busy so I don’t know if that is going to have to be pushed back.”
Joey Clarkson in Concert is a project spearheaded by Kathy Trithardt for her Special Events and Conferences course, a requirement for Trithardt to walk away with her Tourism and Hospitality Management diploma at the end of the semester.
“I’ve known Joey for years,” said Trithardt, “and when the chance to put on an event of my own was given to our class, I thought of her first thing.”
Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the Zocalo Café on Fifth Street in Curtenay and Cloves Catering in the cafeteria at the North Island College campus, also in Courtenay.
If you would like more information about this show or Joey Clarkson’s coming endeavours, call Kathy Trithardt at 250-650-5228 or like Clarkson on Facebook at facebook.com/joeyclarksonmusic.
— Kathy Trithardt
