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DATE: TIME: but by invitation Only! To receive an invitation, please telephone: Eden â€" 827â€"5806 or â€" 364â€"0017 International Development Week February 6 to 12, 1994 What is life like beyond our borders? Learn more about the cultures and people of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean at your local bookstore. â€"The best fiction and reference books will be part of International Development Week displays at participating bookstores across Canada. HOLIDAY INN OAKVILLE Feb. 27th 3:00 p.m. > Together Selfâ€"sufficiency through literacy in the developing world we can change our world WEercome Wacon Smez 1930 way another person does," says baritone Maurice Brown, a world renowned opera singer and a priâ€" vate lesson instructor at Appleby College‘s Nicholas Arts Centre. Brown is a major coup for the private lesson facility. He has perâ€" formed major roles for such prestiâ€" gious ensembles as the Stratford Festival (The Mikado and Marriage of Figaro), the Canadian Opera Company, New York City Opera but has also appeared on other illustrious stages throughout the world including the National Arts Centre and Landestheater Coburg. He has also been a part of numerous festival and concert series and TV productions of Mikado, HMS Pinafore and Louis Riel. â€" And if you watch carefully, you can see the white bearded Brown dancing in the opening credits of Road to Avonlea, a ‘contract‘ he ‘won‘ through new bride Sue Irmisch who owns Sundance Talent Agency in Burlington and provides dancers to the CBC show. Brown, who was a boy soprano SCHINDLER‘S LIST (AA) (Dolby Stereo) Evgs. 8:00. Sat. Sun. Mat. 1:30. No passâ€" es accepted PHILADELPHIA (PG) (Dolby Stereo) Evgs. 7:00 9:30. BEETHOVEN (PG) (Dolby Stereo) Sat. Sun. Mat. 2:00. THE PELICAN BRIEF (AA) Evgs. 7:00 9:35. Sat. Sun. Mat. 1:30. I‘LL DO ANYTHING (AA) (Dolby Stereo) Evgs. 6:30 9:00. Sat. Sun. Mat. 2:00 GRUMPY OLD MEN (PG) Evgs. 7:10 9:15 Sat. Sun. Mat. 1:45. SHADOWLANDS (PG) Evgs. 7:10 9:40 Sat. Sun. Mat. 1:45. TOMBSTONE (R) Evgs. 7:15 9:40. Sat. Sun. Mat. 1:45. No passes accepted THE PIANO (R) Evgs. 7:00 9:25. Sat. Sun. Mat. 1:30. SISTER ACT 2 (F) Evgs. 7:10 9:15. Sat. Sun. Mat. 1:45. at Port Credit United Church, decided much later in life he wantâ€" ed to pursue music professionally. He began university enrolled in sciences, and decided to switch to music after his first year when his RoBiIN WILLIAMS SALLY FIELD "The best comedy of the year! MRS. . DOoUBTFIRE STORY BY KATHY YANCHUS WINNER â€" 2 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS 323 Church St. Church Reynolds JOIN US FOR SMVDAY Bklggll musical genes, inherited from a fiercely musical family, won out. Brown made his professional debut in 1960 with the COC and never looked back. He received the Tyrone Guthrie Award at the Stratford Festival in 1964 and was a CBC Talent Festival winner which catapulted him to the U.S. and more wins in the Metropolitan Opera Regional Auditions and the San Franscico Opera Auditions. He won the highâ€" est prize awarded at the 1970 Montreal International Vocal Competition and that same year, joined the (Musiktheater in Germany, two years later, becomâ€" ing the lead bass at the Landestheater in Coburg: He returned to Canada in 1978 to sing the title role in The Marriage of Figaro for the COC. Beverly Sills brought him to the New York City Opera in 1979 for the role of Le Comte Des Grieux in Manon and it was the beginning of a professional ‘engagement‘ which lasted several years and included the roles of Leporello in Don Giovanni and Zuniga in Carmen. Despite many moments of glory, one still eludes him and that is to sing with the Metropolitan Opera "but maybe it will come my way some day." But Brown is kept busy with engagements in and around the Toronto area and his newfound teaching role, from which he derives much satisfaction. At the height of his career, Brown took a hiatus to pursue spiritual studies which he did in California while staying at a monastery "as a student and resiâ€" dent." "I find I learn from teaching. You become more aware of what you‘re doing yourself by explainâ€" ing technique and you solidify your own concepts about singing," says Brown. "It just seemed to be a natural development in my life. I‘ve always been interested in meditaâ€" tion and spiritual studies," says Brown. It was a time of introspection and the time he had to devote to prayer and meditation, he found "very beneficial. ‘"My voice changed during that period; it deepened," he says. Upon his return to Canada, he met and married Irmisch, ‘inheritâ€" ed‘ two stepâ€"children â€" both of whom are performers â€" and settled back into his professional career. Oakvillians will have the opportunity to hear Brown Feb. 13th as part of the Nicholas Arts Centre Series in a concert entitled Songs of Love and Songs Beloved. Tickets are $12 (and $8 for seniors and students) and are available through Appleby‘s Jennifer Neal at 845â€"4681. Brown will be accomâ€" panied by Brian Turnbull, head of performing arts at Appleby, and the Sundance Heritage Performers dance company. (in Miller Mews) Ring‘ s IHIrms