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Colleen and Mark Donnelly

 

Tonight an audience at the University of British Columbia will be delighted by a father-daughter concert featuring two 91快活林 Aquinas College alumni, Mark (89) and Colleen Donnelly (14). The concert, billed as , in honor of St. Valentine檚 Day, is set to begin with the 淓cco la primavera of Francesco Landini (d. 1397), and then continue on 渢hrough seven centuries and three languages. It will feature masterpieces by Mozart and Beethoven as well as many Broadway favorites. Notably, the production will also include the premier of Mr. Donnelly檚 musical setting of Alfred Noyes classic ballad 淭he Highwayman.

An opera singer, teacher, and composer, Mr. Donnelly is most famous for leading crowds in the singing of 淥 Canada at Vancouver Canucks home games. Since graduating from the College two years ago, Miss Donnelly has enrolled in the UBC檚 School of Music, where she is concentrating in opera performance.

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