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19 W ednesday, A ugust 17, 2011 O A KVILLE BEAVER w w w .insideH A LTO N .com Artscene Its the worlds hottest literary market and the non-profit West Side Writers group wants to help you get in on the action. The Oakville group is putting on a seminar called Writing for Children and Young Adults on Saturday, Aug. 20 and is inviting people to join the workshop. The workshop is designed for people who want to write a chil- drens book or those who want to write for their own children. People can also bring in a sam- ple of their childrens writing (up to 1,000 words) and get critiqued. Those who have not started writing will get help doing so. The workshop is led by Brian Henry, who has been a book editor for 25 years. The workshop runs from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Oakville Central Library, 120 Navy St. Cost to attend is $44 in advance or $48 at the door, if space is available. People are asked to register by emailing Henry at brianhenry@ sympatico.ca or by phoning Sheila Eastman at 905-826-8847. Learn to write for children and young adults The Oakville Childrens Choir (OCC) is looking for young singers for the upcoming season. The non-profit organization is holding auditions, looking for chil- dren aged five to 18, to sing in its 2011-12 season. Auditions will be held Wednesday, Aug. 31 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon. The OCC provides choral, musi- cal and performance training. Those interested are asked to book an appointment by visiting www. oakvillechildrenschoir.org, by email to info@oakvillechildren- schoir.org, or by phone at 905-337- 7104. The OCC is located at 123 Maurice Dr. Children's choir hosts auditions By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Young people can do some extraordinary things. And Oakvilles ArtHouse wants to showcase that. To do so, the youth arts organi- zations performance and fund- raising arm, formerly known as Festival Quattro, now called ArtHouse Festival Series, is pre- senting a concert with three award-winning performers on Thursday, Aug. 18. The concert, titled Salute to Youth, will feature three classical performers, two of whom are under the age of 12. People will see some of the fin- est young classical musicians in this country. These kids work hard, they work really hard. This is not something you spend an hour on of the day, said Don Pangman, ArtHouse founder. They work hard and theyve got this gift as well. These kids, they just astound you. Theyre phenomenal. The concert will raise funds for ArtHouse, which provides art, music, drama and ethnic cooking programming to children. Performing, there will be two winners of the 2011 Canadian Music Competition, 12-year-old violinist Emma Meinrenken and National Grand Prize winner 16-year-old pianist Jason Lee. With them will be 12-year-old pianist Anastasia Rizikov who won the 28 and under section of the Rotary International Piano Competition in Mallorca, Spain this past May. Because the three musicians are such good performers, Pangman decided to have each of them perform alone. They will do two songs each. Ive asked them to do crowd pleasers because quite often when these students are competing, they want to do the things that show their technique. This stuff will have you on your feet on two seconds, he said. It will be very bouncy, very lively and everybody is going to leave with a great feeling. This is the second concert for the organization since it decided to change its concert name to ArtHouse Festival Series. Pangman said the decision was made to link the fundraising-performance arm to the childrens program. It was a great stepping stone and we decided to call it the ArtHouse Festival Series, which links to ArtHouse, he said. It doesnt lose any of its mandate to bring in the best performers we can find in the world. But its more closely tuned as a fundraising mechanism for ArtHouse. The name change could also lead to other opportunities. It might result in students in the ArtHouse program being able to do performances at future concerts, such as during show intermission, Pangman said. The concert will take place at St. Aidans Anglican Church, 318 Queen Mary Dr., beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, available at www.arthouseonline.org. SUBMITTED PHOTOS YOUTH ON STAGE: ArtHouse Festival Series is putting on a concert with three award-winning young musicians in Oakville on Thursday, Aug. 18 to benefit ArtHouse programming. Pictured on the left is 12-year-old pianist Anastasia Rizikov and on right is 12-year-old violinist Emma Meinrenken. Not pictured is 16-year- old pianist Jason Lee. ArtHouse concert is a salute to youth People will see some of the finest young classical musicians in this country. These kids work hard, they work really hard. Don Pangman, founder ArtHouse and ArtHouse Festival Series