January 2020 Edition
Join us on March 12
2019 Concerto Competition first prize winner Julie Lin (violin) will return to Powell River with Paul Williamson (piano) and Arthur Arnold (cello) to perform Beethoven Spring Sonata and other works by Brahms, Messiaen and Rachmaninov. From solo pieces to trio selections, you will be in for a treat.

March 12 – 7:30 PM
Max Cameron Theatre
General Admission
$27.25 adults
$12.25 students
What's new at PRISMA?
Happy New Year! Here's an update from our staff and board:
Winter office hours
Visit us in the Town Centre Mall (across from Subway) on Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 1:00-5:00 and Thursdays & Fridays from 10:00-5:00. Our staff are here to assist you with membership renewals, Spring Concert tickets, and merchandise sales.
Website relaunch
After months of development, we are thrilled to unveil a brand new PRISMA website – well, actually, two! You will notice that traffic is now split into separate Festival and Academy sites to allow for a more streamlined experience for our audiences and prospective students. (Fun challenge: If you can find the word "sneaky" anywhere on the Festival site, let us know, and then stop by the office for a chocolate bar on us.)
Festival ticket sales for members
Want to be able to select the best seats for PRISMA 2020? Become a member, or renew your membership today.

Members are given a head start on picking their reserved seats (beginning Feb. 4) before tickets go on sale to the general public on Feb. 18. Don't wait!
Other News
AGM recap
Thanks to all who attended our Annual General Meeting on Jan. 9. We were thrilled to welcome four new board members: Katya Buck, Kim Code, Meriko Kubota, and Cyndi Pallen. Learn more about them on our website . Our 2019 Annual Report can be found here . Year-end financials can be found here .
Silver named honorary fellow
Longtime PRISMA board member (and festival emcee) John Silver was recently honoured as PRISMA's 2019 fellow. He was part of the visionary team that founded PRISMA in the fall of 2012, and has tirelessly invested in the festival and academy in many different fields. Congratulations, John! A full press release can be found here .
Staff Spotlight
Misty Oakes
Audience Services & Volunteer Manager
Meet our new Audience Services & Volunteer Manager, Misty Oakes. Misty is an event manager, arts administrator and theatre artist who recently re-located from Vancouver. Feel free to reach her for box office or volunteer inquiries.

In the meantime, we've asked her a few questions to help you get to know her better:

1) What brought you to Powell River?
I have been visiting Powell River for the past decade, enjoying the natural beauty this magical place has to offer: the beaches, mountains, backroads, trails, lakes and rivers. But the warm-spirited, generous and kind people are what made me return time after time. It just made perfect sense to have a new beginning here and choose this as my present and future home. 
2) What is it about PRISMA that inspires you?
I love that this festival gives our community the chance to come together and discover that the arts have the transformative power to feed us all emotionally, cognitively, socially and spiritually. 

3) Tell us 3 fun facts about yourself!
I am borderline obsessed with my dogs, I have 2 rescue dogs and they get about 99% of my attention. I am an actor. I love reading and tend to read about 5-10 books at a time, I can’t just start one and finish it without starting the next one. 

4) What’s your perfect day?
A walkabout day with the dogs and coffee.
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