BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260415T232336Z UID:473-4141770@saltspringanglican.ca DTSTART:20260424T023000Z DTEND:20260424T040000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260413T101347 DESCRIPTION:**Music Makers Presents: All Saints ‘After Dark’ featuring Josh J. Searles &\; Marina Hasselberg — April 23 — Music begins at 7:30pm**\nTickets - $15-30 Sliding Scale (cash only!)\nPlease welcome reno wned musicians Josh J. Searles (guitar) and Marina Hasselberg (cello) to S alt Spring Island for the very first time! Josh will be taking us on a mus ical journey around the world\, with a special focus on South American and Spanish works for the guitar. Marina will be sharing with us solo works f or cello from both the classical Baroque canon\, as well as her own arrang ements of 20th century classical works by composers such as Erik Satie and original works for solo cello and looping pedal.\nPlease read on for more information about these two extraordinary artists! Join us on April 23rd at All Saints After Dark to experience the music live!\nJOSH J. SEARLES:\n Josh J. Searles has spent a lifetime honing his craft across various genre s and instruments. An acclaimed and award winning classical guitarist\, co mposer\, and DJ\, Searles holds a Master's degree in classical guitar perf ormance from the prestigious University of Alicante\, where he studied und er world-renowned guitarists. Including Grammy-winning David Russell\, Man uel Barrueco\, and Meng Su. In 2019 he was rewarded with the E.G. Montgome ry award for excellence in performance by world class virtuoso guitarist A lexander Dunn.\nSearles’ international performance career began at the y oung age of 15.  He has performed classical guitar in solo concerts and c hamber music\, french horn in quartets\, orchestra and concert band\, as w ell as his more avant-garde music: live electronica utilizing outboard syn thesizers\, drum machines\, samplers\, computers and live instruments. His dynamic range has taken him across Canada\, the US\, the UK\, and Spain\, including collaborations with renowned Brazilian guitarist and percussion ist Celso Machado.\nIn addition to his prolific music career\, Searles has contributed scores to films that have premiered at the Vancouver Internat ional Film Festival. His work has also been featured in award-winning shor ts like Ana Valine's “A Love Poem\,” which won Best Experimental Film at Videobardo in Buenos Aires. His original compositions have also appeare d in video productions and short films\, such as Helen Haig-Brown's Pel'si c (Home Coming).\nAs Ghost Orchid\, Searles draws on decades of musical ex perience from his electronic projects Daega Sound and Tamarak\, where he p roduced and remixed an impressive catalogue of original works released on international labels such as Muti Music\, Interchill\, and Deep Heads. His music has graced the stages of iconic festivals like Mutek\, Shambhala\, and Bass Coast. At the same time\, multiple releases\, including the Hatch ed EP\, have reached the Top 10 charts on Beatport and Junodownload.\nMARI NA HASSELBERG:\nBoundless inquisitiveness sits at the very heart of award- winning cellist Marina Hasselberg’s rich artistic practice. Over the pas t decade\, she’s traveled a distinctive route that has variously led her through early music\, free improvisation\, the fringes of pop songcraft\, electronics\, contemporary chamber music\, and an array of interdisciplin ary collaborations that resist classification.\nHasselberg’s deep and me ticulous explorations have culminated in a solo practice that blends dispa rate elements from various musical realms. Her forthcoming album Red (Reds hift Records) sees her insightful interpretive vision colliding with her i mprovisatory prowess. Recorded by violinist and JUNO and Polaris-winning p roducer Jesse Zubot\, the disc leads listeners through an eclectic\, elect ronics-infused\, and deeply personal collection that weaves compositions b y everyone from Domenico Gabrielli to Linda Catlin Smith\, together with s pontaneous performances that feature Hasselberg amidst a cast of her frequ ent collaborators: Aram Bajakian\, Kenton Loewen\, Giorgio Magnanensi\, an d Zubot.\nShe’s a powerful player that’s nourished by her immersion in classical training\, but by no means limited by it. Her relationship with the cello was ignited at age 11 during her studies at the musical academy of Évora\, in her native Portugal. She later completed a Bachelors degre e in Lisbon\, and in 2008\, she came to Canada to pursue a Masters degree in Literature and Performance from the University of Western Ontario.\nSin ce making Vancouver her home\, Hasselberg has become a fixture within an a ssortment of the city’s musical communities—both strictly as a cellist and as a vital creative instigator. In 2016\, she was the recipient of th e City of Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Artist in Music. She was also the feature artist for Pro Musica’s 2017 Sonic Boom Music Fest ival — an event that culminated in a sold-out concert where she premiere d 11 new works for cello and electronics. As the artistic director of NOVO Ensemble she has commissioned and presented numerous works—especially b y Canadian creators. In 2016\, the group was rated Best Classical Ensemble in the Vancouver Is Awesome Reader’s Poll\, flanked by the Vancouver Sy mphony and Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble. The long list of works she ha s premiered spans Howard Skempton’s spartan lyricism to pop eccentric Ve da Hille\, fellow Vancouverite cellist Peggy Lee to plunderphonic provocat eur John Oswald as well as other notables such as Jordan Nobles\, Michael Oesterle\, Lisa Cay Miller\, and Andrea Young.\nHasselberg served as the p rincipal cellist of the Vancouver Island Symphony\, while also enjoying co llaborations with Vancouver New Music\, Early Music Vancouver\, Sound of D ragon Ensemble\, Redshift Music Society\, Turning Point Ensemble\, Okkyung Lee\, Kee Avil\, Lan Tung\, Sarah Davachi\, Uri Caine\, Ingrid Laubrock\, and Endlings\, the duo of John Dieterich of Deerhoof and Pulitzter Prize winning composer Raven Chacon. She has even found herself accompanying hig hly regarded pop stars from Father John Misty to Mariah Carey.\nGeorgia St raight journalist Janet Smith wrote of Hasselberg that she “has become a standout presence on Vancouver’s music scene.” Meanwhile\, speaking t o her imagination and versatility\, veteran writer Alexander Varty describ es her as “a spark plug in two very different musical worlds.”\nAll Sa ints ‘After Dark’ is a series devoted to music that feels personal\, a dventurous\, and alive in the moment. Stripped of formality and illuminate d by mood and resonance\, these concerts encourage listeners to experience sound differently — closer\, warmer\, and more connected. Whether you ’re a longtime concertgoer or new to live performance\, this evening pro mises a rare chance to encounter music in a setting that prioritizes prese nce\, atmosphere\, and shared listening.\nMusic Makers is proud to curate performances that celebrate artistry\, collaboration\, and community. This concert reflects that spirit: music created not just to entertain\, but t o connect people through shared atmosphere and presence. Whether you come to be inspired\, comforted\, or simply immersed in beautiful sound\, this evening offers space to pause and enjoy something meaningful.\nJoin us on April 23rd for All Saints ‘After Dark’ featuring Josh J Searles and Ma rina Hasselberg. Come as you are\, settle in\, and let the music and poetr y carry you into the dark. LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T101347 LOCATION: SUMMARY:All Saints - After Dark URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.saltspringanglican.ca/events/all-saints-after-dar k--473/2026-04-23 ATTACH;FILENAME=2a.jpg;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront. net/2026/04/13/16/56/43/124280bc-dcde-4964-9a1d-f471787bd8dd/2a.jpg ATTACH;FILENAME=2.jpg;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.n et/2026/04/13/17/13/47/e51b0f2a-be62-4ff5-8443-0131a9eb1b73/2.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR