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But her Music Society concert, he rend-“1‘9 donors and ticketâ€"buyers would nisoed about the birth. growth and "‘"*" “ always rise to thechallenge, provid< remarkable history of an organizer ing enough support for another tion that for decades has often year. takenupmorethanhalfofhislife. ‘OvenllJt'sbeenastoryofsta- The other “half“ has been spent bility.‘ Nat-man explained. “and â€"andstillisâ€"inthepmfmional youcan'talythataboutrnanyarts academic world of philosophy, . . organizations these days ...We've dealin with moral and ethical . . . ‘ had roblems. but we've always issuesgeverv bit as varied and WMHAM.-. ”inflammato- numerous as the musical events Despite Waterloo Repon's expo~ that his volunteer side has organ» nential growth in all areas of ans ' for tens of thousands of re» . . . and culture. the KM MS still oocu» mummies app K»WWMWM'meWWaUMiMMWWrnm piesauniquenicheinwhidithere That passion for small-group. Waterloo Region Arts Award as his organizatton celebrates its 40th season. nut-mm": ‘5 WWW little 00de“ _ room~sized music earned him his That single-minded passion of create performance opportunities attendance After all this time. offering regular. plentiful and first Waterloo Region Arts Award. always putting his audiences. for the fledgling Iii-piece Stratford l'm still never sure exactly what affordable concerts. especime on way back in 1989. artists and their music first may Ensemble â€" which became the brings people in, or what keeps weekniQits But it wasn't the applause. the have cost him a few hours in the Canadian Chamber Humble and them away l'm just ghd they keep Narveson believes that in itselfis public recognition. or even posing limelight back then. but in ensuing the professional core of the Kitch- coming." ample reason to simply carry on for a photo with one of the iconic years led to an Order of Canada ener»Waterloo Symphony â€" con» In any given season. about half into a fifth decade with the help of ”Denney" statuettes that he and most recently. a second Water certs per season rapidly grew from of the scheduled artists Nineson low-cost computer technology. remembers socleariy. . loo Region Arts Award â€" this time a mere handful in borrowed local personally selects â€" mostly string word-of-mouth. and the unstinting While the University ofWaterim the prestigious Lifetime Achieve venues to an astonishing 70~plus. quartets and soloists. followed devotion of volunteers who do Philosophy professor emeritus (he merit honours w at a gala held on It's a level that has held steady for closely by piano-string trios and everything from billeting out-of» retired in 2004) was delighted to be lune l9. more than a decade. piano soloists. and an eclectic town musicians to tacking up selected as a Community Arts Supr This time. he was able to schedA Narveson. now 78. admits he's range of other perfomters â€" have posters. porter winner that year. presentar iile KWCMS concerts around the occasionally thought about pulling appeared multiple timesin lhelnti- "When we started out, I never tions were unfortunately held on ceremony ”If not." he said (philor back to “a more reasonable number mate BS-seat Music Room. which thought‘of going on for a certain the same evening as a KW(IMS sophicaily. of course]. “id have But when you find wonderful opened in 1980 and has been the amount of time that kind of concert. skipped it," artists who are available and the main (but not only) concert venue thing lust never occurred to us." he i or Narveson. 'there was no It's hardly surprismg that date is free. how can you not have ever since. reflected. 'lmagine. after 40 years. question of not being here.” in the Narveson has become so closely them come? Mthin a few years. the KWCMS we're still here!” now famous Music Room attached identified With the KWCMS. which “Right now. we're in the midst of acquired “our pride and iny.‘ a ' ' ‘ to his home at 57 Young St W. near marks its 40th consecutive season an amazing summer." he added. fully<restored l887 seven foot TOMA-lg. l3at8p.ni.. uptown Wmer‘loo. So as soon as the this year With a variety of special noting there were four sell-out conr Steinway grand piano that has Wlmlianmflobeno mince-n wasdone be rushed over to contert events. (You can browse certs in July. not bad at all for the earned consistent high praise from MWWMm the awards venue. arrivmg just in the full schedule. follow updates “dog days" oftheseason. art'msand audiences alike. 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