The Guest List
Thursday November 21st, 2024 with Joe Reilly
Interviews with Dave Monks of Tokyo Police Club and Karen Donnelly the Principal Trumpet with the National Arts Centre Orchestra - brought to you by Spaceman Music at 388 Gladstone Avenue.

The Guest List is sponsored by Spaceman Music at 388 Gladstone Avenue. Visit this independent music shop for all your music making needs as they have everything from guitars and keyboards to amps and accessories and offer a great repair shop and music lessons as well. https://www.spacemanmusic.com/ We open the show in conversation with Dave Monks, the bassist, vocalist and lyricist with Tokyo Police Club. The band has been making music for about 20 years and the four members who have been friends since elementary school have decided to bring the band to an end and move on to other musical and artistic endeavours. Dave talks about that decision, how the farewell tour has been going and what to expect when Tokyo Police Club performs its final Ottawa show on Friday, November 22 at Algonquin Commons Theatre. For tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/31006102C29C5D66?CAMEFROM=CFC_SSONIC_TW For more information and music by Tokyo Police Club: https://tokyopoliceclub.com/ https://tokyo-police-club.bandcamp.com/music Then we talk to Karen Donnelly, the Principal Trumpet with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. She will be in the spotlight on Wendesday, November 27 and Thursday, November 28 when she performs John Estacio's Trumpet Concerto with the NACO. Karen tells us why this is such a special concerto and how excited she is to be finally performing it. We also talk about how much she loves passing on her passion for music through education and how challenging it is to manage her music life while raising infant twins. For tickets to see the National Arts Centre Orchestra with Karen Donnelly performing John Estacio's Trumpet Concerto: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36128 For more information about Karen Donnelly: https://nac-cna.ca/en/bio/karen-donnelly Thanks for listening today. Don't forget you can still support CKCU's annual funding drive as we are little bit shy of our goal of $175,000 and this program is a bit shy of its goal as well. Donate to the Guest List's page using this link, and help keep CKCU alive for another year: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/fundingdrive2024/page/the-guest-list-on-ckcu-fm Get out and see some live music this week!