At this event, PRISMA students and guest artists will perform a preview of symphonic and chamber music from the festival. Enjoy a variety of food while perusing displays of art to the euphonic sounds of local musical acts. Bring your own chair or blanket as there is very limited seating to enjoy the culture and scenery at the beautiful Willingdon Beach.

So far, here are the confirmed performers, artists and food vendors:

Performers: 

Powell River Idol winner Jasper Snow Sassaman

The Powell River Community Band

Felicia Joseph

Spirit Singers

Artists:

Ursula Medley

Amanda Martinson

Lila Smith

Food Vendors:

The Little Hut Curry

Rob n Lindaz Wood Fired Pizza

Shusma Dass Indian Food

Mayra Funes Indonesian BBQ

and many more!

Roger Cole has been Principal Oboist of the Vancouver Symphony since 1976 and of the Carmel Bach Festival since 1997. He also played Principal Oboe in the CBC Radio Orchestra.

He received his early musical training in Seattle, Washington where he studied with Bernard Shapiro, the Principal Oboist of the Seattle Symphony. He went on to become a scholarship student at Yale University and The Juilliard School where he studied with the renowned American oboist, Robert Bloom.

Roger has participated in summer music festivals at Aspen, Tanglewood, Marlboro, Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver. He performs regularly in solo and chamber music recitals and has appeared as a soloist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra many times. He has collaborated with Vancouver pianist Linda Lee Thomas on a CD for the CBC Musica Viva label entitled The Expressive Oboe. 

Roger is the Artistic Director of the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra. He teaches at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Academy of Music and also teaches many private students in his home studio.

Oboe students at PRISMA 2014 will be working with this world class returning PRISMA guest artist in masterclasses, sectional rehearsals and even private lessons for the two weeks of PRISMA.

Alain Desgagn� won a "Premier Prix" from the Conservatoire de Musique du Qu�bec and later obtained a Master's and Certificate degrees from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, under the direction of Robert Marcellus. 

He started his professional career in 1989 with the Victoria Symphony, then became Solo Clarinet of the Winnipeg Symphony in 1996 and, finally, in 2001, he won his current position of Clarinette Solo Associ� with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montr�al.

Clarinet students at PRISMA 2014 will be working with this world class returning PRISMA guest artist in masterclasses, sectional rehearsals and even private lessons for the two weeks of PRISMA.