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10 - The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday November 25, 2006 www.oakvillebeaver.com Gypsy S p irit ready to touch O akville next w eekend By Krissie Rutherford OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Gypsy Spirit is coming to Oakville Dec. 1. Professional musicians Serguei Tchepournov and Danny McErlain will be put ting on a show of original Gypsy music at Clearview Church. "The music is characteris Cobblestonembers is pleased to announce Charles Wiseman as the new showroom manager. Charles would like to invite his past and present clients to visit him at Cobblestones. www.cobblestonem em bers.com 406 SPEERS RD., OAKVILLE ACROSS FROM RONA LANSING 9 0 5 . 3 3 7 . 2 0 6 6 tic of Gypsy folk and Russian folk," said Tchepournov, a violinist and native of Moscow who now calls Oakville home. "It's full of light heartedness and the joy of living." He and McErlain, a pianist and Oakville native, have been performing concerts together over the past three years. The show is named for and features, music from Tchepoumov' s debut solo CD, which he recorded in 1998 and which has received play on CBC, in the United States, Japan, Russia, Australia and more. Now a music teacher in Oakville who teaches violin, piano and guitar, Tchepournov got into Gypsy music after he moved from Russia to Newfoundland. "I'm a classically trained musician," said Tchepournov, who got his masters in music while living in Russia. "I didn't have this idea to play Gypsy music until I came to Canada. It just came to me sponta neously." While playing at different occasions, such as weddings, receptions, parties and corporate, functions, people kept asking him to play Russian folk and traditional Russian music. "Then I had an idea, maybe I'll release this CD with gypsy flavour - actually peo ple like this kind of music," he said. "People like this flavour and I was sponta neously thinking maybe this will work." Tchepournov's music became very popular, especially when he was writing and performing for dance theatres in Newfoundland. "This type of music has different rhyth mic features and the tempo changes rap idly," he explained. "This is music that has so many unpredictable contrasts, which is the beauty of the music. It's fast, slow, fast slow, it changes in tempo, it changes in mood." That's the biggest characteristic of Gypsy folk music. "It can be sorrowful and immediately become fire dance," said Tchepournov. "It has all the rhythmic features and the spir See Concert page 12 Apply NOW for Hillfield Strathallan College's 2007 Scholarship Opportunities (internal and external applicants) Senior School Scholarships fo r stu d en ts en terin g G rades 9 through 11 Alumni Association's Leadership Award fo r a stu d en t en terin g G rade 9 s Scholarship Tests will take place on Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. Senior School Information Night for Grade 8 parents and students Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. Contact the Admissions Office for more information and application forms or visit www.hsc.on.ca/scholarships * A pplications m u st b e r eceiv ed b y D ecem b er 5, 2006. AM O D E R N M APLE H IL L ARBORICULTURE a k d TREE C O M P A N Y "We treat the cause, not the symptom." Serving the insurance and risk m anagem ent needs of C a n a d ian s w herever you do business. Certified Consulting A rh o rists: · Arborist Reports based on Municipal By-laws · New Development Sites · Tree Evaluations · Disease and Insect Diagnoses · Tree Health Care Program® Certified Tree W orker Arborists; · Tree Ranting and Fertilization · Pruning · Structural Restoration with Cabling and Bracing · Tree Removal · Mulching Aon. Global reach. Local presence. It's what we do. Maple Hill Tree Services Serving Oakville & Burlington 9 0 5 - 8 2 4 -2 1 0 0 t o ll- f r e e 1 - 8 6 6 - 8 7 8 -0 8 8 3 contactus@maplehilltree.com 'Greg Hill, President Serving Halton and Peel Regions 905.829.5008 I www.aon.ca N u rtu rin g Nature for 3 0 years