Baroque Sonatas for Piano and Bass with Alex Nichol and Monika Zaborowski

Name: Baroque Sonatas for Piano and Bass with Alex Nichol and Monika Zaborowski
Start: 2025-10-16T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-16T21:00:00-07:00
Location: 1490 Fairfield Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada, British Columbia V8S 1E8

Schedule

Thu Oct 16 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

1490 Fairfield Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada, British Columbia V8S 1E8 | Victoria, BC

Join us at Ross Bay Villa for an intimate concert in the fully restored Victorian drawing room of our historic house museum. Enjoy an evening of autumn chamber music played by Alex Nichol on the double bass and Monika Zaborowski on the piano. From familiar favourites to unexpected classics, these musicians will move through a selection of sonatas and other chamber music pieces. Composers include Beethoven, Handel, Vivaldi, and more. There will be a short intermission.

This event will be October 16th at 7:30PM. Tickets are $28 and as seating is limited, must be purchased in advance at https://tinyurl.com/4cwzfnhx. All proceeds support Ross Bay Villa Historic House Museum, a volunteer run and owned historic site in Fairfield.

Monika completed an MA in Piano Performance and Musicology from UVic (2013) with a specialization in Chopin Mazurkas. Her musical pursuits further led her to study in Berlin, and then continue doctoral studies at McGill University (2017-2020). Monika was the head editor of the first collected edition of the works of Irena Poldowski, published by Hildegard Publishing Press in 2020 in two volumes. Music projects that keep her busy are running UVic Summer Piano, which is going into its 4th year. Presently she teaches piano and theory in Victoria and thoroughly enjoys sharing the joy of music with her students.
For over a quarter of a century Alex performed as an orchestral bassist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Halle Orchestra (in Manchester , England) and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. In 1989 Alex left the V.S.O. and moved with his family to the Okanagan. On a small acreage above the village of Naramata he and his wife planted grape vines, made wine and opened for business as Nichol Vineyard Winery in 1993. In 2006 the Nichols sold the vineyard and winery and retired to the West Kootenays where Alex became principal bass of the Symphony of the Kootenays. In 2020 Alex and his wife moved to Victoria.