Concert honours UVic oboist’s 30 years teaching

UVic School of Music professor and oboist Alexandra Pohran Dawkins celebrates 30 years of teaching March 25

UVic School of Music professor and oboist Alexandra Pohran Dawkins celebrates 30 years of teaching March 25 with a Faculty Chamber Music Concert bringing together musicians who have been an important part of her life at UVic, including faculty and students.

Performances include Hummel’s Partita in E-flat for Wind Octet, Echoes from a Play, by Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen, and Prayer of St. Francis, by late Canadian composer George Bassingthwaigthe.

 

The concert begins at 8 p.m. in the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, B-Wing, MacLaurin Building. Tickets are $10 to $20 from the UVic Ticket Centre (250-721-8480 or uvic.ca/auditorium/) and at the door.

 

 

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