Music for Piano, and Built Heritage, November 30, 2008

The year 2008 saw the designation of the “Dr. Lyell Gustin Residence” as a Provincial Heritage Property. On Sunday, November 30, an audience at Gustin House recalled this milestone when Peter MacKinnon, President of the University of Saskatchewan, spoke about the significance of heritage buildings as a witness and voice of those who have gone this way before us.  Built heritage is to be cherished and protected, he said, for it enriches us, generation after generation! 

Christine Vanderkooy, pianist on faculty at the University of Regina, gave a wonderful performance of Franz Schubert’s Sonata in A major, D. 959, and Boyd McDonald’s work, An Artist’s Neighbourhood. Dr. Vanderkooy is doubly a Gustin musical descendant, having studied at the Reginald Bedford Studios, Hamilton, and with Boyd McDonald at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo.
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Pianist Christine Vanderkooy at the grand piano; and guest speaker, Peter MacKinnon, President of the University of Saskatchewan

 
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Walter Thiessen, left, with Ken Montgomery of Regina
   
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left to right, Linda Remmer, Irene Rezenbrink, Bob Jones, Deborah Rodger, and Dorothy Cass
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Mildred Kerr, Peggy Sarjeant and Peter MacKinnon
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Helen Few with Christine Vanderkooy
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left to right, Karen Sterner, Doug Bentham, Bonnie Bentham, Allan Few and Gregory Schulte
   
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In the back studio where Lyell Gustin taught, Edna Thiessen speaks with Gustin musical descendant Claire Seibold of Rosetown
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Louise Schulte, left, who studied with Dr. Gustin for more years than any other student, assists Gustin graduate Sheryl McKee in the heritage kitchen of Gustin House!