The CAMROSE BOOSTER, January 21, 2020 – Page 18
Local band 103 Cubic Inches to release CD Ballet Camrose Dance Company Presents
Elegant Variations Fine Arts Gala
January 25, 2020 Norsemen Inn 6:00 p.m. – Doors and Silent Auction Open Adult $25.00 Senior/Student $20.00 Child $15.00
$200 scholarship awarded to one of the night’s eligible performers! Come and enjoy a fabulous night showcasing many talented artists from here in Camrose!
Culture & Performance in the North
A discussion with performers from Unikkaaqtuat Tuesday, January 28, 2020 – 6:00 p.m. Free Public Presentation – Everyone Welcome Mayer Family Hall – Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre 4501-50 Street, Camrose, AB T4V 5J1 Contact augustana.reconciliation@ualberta.ca or 780-679-1562 for more information
Submitted Members of the 103 Cubic Inches band are, left to right, Mike Bond, bass; Mark Cloarec, guitar; Tommy Fortin, drums; Andy Johnston, vocals; and Jim Zubkowski, guitar. The band name came from the size of motor in Mark’s motorcycle, 103 Cubic Inches. By Murray Green
Camrose band 103 Cubic Inches will be holding a CD release party at the Bailey Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 25. The hard rocking 103 Cubic Inches will be celebrating the release of their debut five song recording with an evening of high energy rock and roll. “We started the band about three years ago. My friend Andy Johnston and I were at a function and I asked him if he wanted to start a band with me. “I needed to cross that one off of the bucket list. I knew he could sing because I’d heard him at karaoke before. We started in my garage playing with just back-up instruments over the stereo. I recruited my cousin Aaron, an experienced guitar player and we added our bass player Mike Bond, which I connected with through kijiji ads, and a drummer, Mathieu Mulroney, that Andy heard was looking for a band,” shared Mark. “After leaving my garage we went into a couple basements of businesses downtown. The current band line-up has been together for about a year.” Band members include Mark Cloarec on guitar, Mike Bond on bass player, Tommy Fortin on drums, Andy Johnston on vocals
and Jim Zubkowski on guitar. “When Aaron and Mathieu left the band, we needed to fill the void. Tommy and Jim have been great additions and are excellent musicians. “We started playing some cover songs and then we decided to come up with our own songs. We put together about 11 songs and picked the five most polished songs on the CD.” The CD features songs “Toss You Aside,” “Willow Tree,” “Downcast,” “Aint Got Time” and “103.” “I started playing some riffs and Andy put some lyrics to them. I only started playing guitar four years ago, so I didn’t have a big background to draw from. Once you learn how to play a cover song, you have some idea of chord structure. I was interested in making my own music. Generally, Jim and I will come up with a riff, Tommy will lay down a drum beat, Mike will add the bass and Andy will put lyrics to it. It truly is a group effort,” explained Mark. Normally, songwriters pen a song and then find the right sound for the song, but 103 Cubic Inches isn’t your typical band. “Everything about us is unorthodox. We are learning as we go. Jim and Tommy and Mike have some band experience, but
Andy and I are new to this. We don’t know any other way than what works for us.” The band has performed about 30 concerts over the past three years, which is not a lot. “None of us are quitting our day jobs. We play music because we love to do that. It’s an awesome hobby. We would like to play more. I liked bands such as AC/DC and Black Sabbath, so that is the music we started with. We like to perform a mix of everything.” The CD was recorded at Ma-Me-O beach recording studio over a weekend. “The studio owner and producer Miles Jackson was awesome to work with and it turned out great. It is exciting to have a CD and we hope people enjoy it. We are just trying to get our music out there. We are still in the early phases and we just want to play and have fun.” Tickets for the CD release party can be purchased at the Bailey Theatre and all are welcome. Special guests will be another local band, Sawbones, who will start things off at 8 p.m. Ironically, 103 Cubic Inches opened for Sawbones when they had a release party. Mark is planning on playing DJ to end the night.
Musical community to hear Augustana upcoming changes By Murray Green
The music department of the University of Alberta Augustana Campus is changing. They are asking dedicated music contributors and supporters of music in the Camrose community to launch the 20th anni-
versary celebrations of U of A Augustana’s Bachelor of Music (BMus) program. People have been invited to attend a public information session about U of A Augustana Campus’s new BMus curriculum. “Over the last 18 months, our music division
team has worked diligently to create a revitalized program that will continue the long tradition of excellence in performance, pedagogy and scholarship on the Augustana campus,” said Ardelle Ries, associate professor-director of music at Augustana.
The meeting is to fully inform stakeholders in the community of the curricular innovations and plans for the future. Information meetings will be held on Monday, Jan. 27 in the Roger Epp Conference Room at Augustana Campus.
There will be two onehour sessions between 4 and 5 p.m. and between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. As Jan. 27 is the day of Mozart’s birth, invited guests can look forward to a musical celebration and a birthday cake.