Sun, Oct 25th , 2:30-4:30pm, Concert – Kenneth Paul Cooper – The Time Has Come - Lessons To Learn And Tales To Be Told
An Intimate Acoustic Evening Of Lessons To Learn And Tales To Be Told
Kenneth Paul Cooper has been writing songs for much of his life and is celebrating his retirement from a career as a well-known Human and Social Development professional on three continents by sharing the songs and stories that helped shape his life in an intimate, acoustic performance format.
The show, aptly titled “The Time Has Come”, pays homage to Cooper’s long time love of and dedication to song-writing, and features several songs from his 2014 album This Lovers Dance.  For those who know Cooper, and for those who don’t yet, you can rest assured that the evening is not without great humour and a well-crafted narrative.  Though the focus of the performance is his music, Cooper offers observations on the creative process and factors associated with the art of song-writing and shares stories about the many people, places and events that were the inspiration behind his songs.
 
Paul Keim, owner of Dove Creek Recording Studio, worked with Cooper This Lovers Dance and describes him as, “a singer-songwriter in the sense of folk musicians, not pop music. His musical influence seems to be from old-school vocal jazz; he’s a lyricist similar to Cole Porter’s music in that his songs tell stories that are based in personal experience.”  Cooper’s repertoire is not filled with songs of teen angst, but rather he brings his personal history and influences to create the music that is inside him.  It is not constrained by any particular genre – he is the quintessential singer-songwriter.
 
From his early days playing coffee houses and clubs, from the Prairies to Europe and now Vancouver Island, Kenneth Paul Cooper never gave up on his passion.  Finally, he is saying goodbye to one career and celebrating a new beginning.  The time has come to share and celebrate the ‘rebirth of the cool’.
 
www.kennethpaulcooper.com   http://www.kennethpaulcooper.bandcamp.com   http://www.tinyurl.com/kpcwhen
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