Inspired by Lyell Gustin's ideal of the unity of the fine arts, an evening highlighting the works of a Saskatoon violinist-composer and two visual artists was held at Gustin House on Sunday evening, February 26. Michael Swan, concertmaster of the Saskatoon Symphony orchestra for nearly 22 years, performed three of his own compositions for unaccompanied violin, commenting on the ideas which shaped each piece. Showing representative paintings, Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, discussed her relationship with the landscape as expressed in her art; and Degen Lindner spoke about realism and abstraction in her work. Ms. Lindner--whose artist-father Ernest Lindner was a friend and colleague of Lyell Gustin--and Ms. Perehudoff Fowler, daughter of painters Dorothy Knowles and William Perehudoff, recounted their family experiences of the artistic life and also shared childhood recollections of Dr. Gustin. Gregory Schulte brought the program to a close with a premiere of several piano compositions by Mr. Swan.
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