Pari Farshi and local artist Proctor Martin in the Edinburgh Gallery at City Hall.

Ms Farshi, a British citizen, was educated in both her native Iran and Britain. She attended art college in Tehran, and continued her studies and painting at the Aberdeen Art School.

Her talent was recognised at a very early age, and she sold her first canvas when she was ten. Whilst at Aberdeen she took first prize in a watercolour competition.

Greatly influenced by the masters of Impressionisn, Ms Farshi has a uniquely executed style. Her work covers a diverse range of subjects ranging from portraits to landscapes and still life. She uses varied media, including oil on board and watercolour, as well as the demanding and problematical techniques of coloured enamel on copper.

Ms Farshi is an experienced exhibitor. Among the British galleries in which her art has been shown are the Royal Academy of Art, The Mall Galleries (RBA), Ann Balion Private Galleries, the Royal Cornwall Museum and the Laing Art Exhibition. She has also exhibited in Dallas, Texas; Malaysia and Dubai, as well as at the Bermuda Society of Arts.

Irish born Bermuda resident Mr. Martin is a familiar exhibitor on the local art scene. The retired chartered town planner and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Fine Arts maintains a studio at his Warwick residence, in addition to which he provides coaching and undertakes commissions by appointment. He has participated in workshops in North America and the United Kingdom.

A leisure painter throughout his professional career, Mr. Martin became a full time artist, primarily in watercolours and mixed media, in 1993. In 1996 he added the use of texture, particularly in oil pastel, to the range of his impressionistic abstracts. He believes that each painting must contain a little magic, made possible by the manipulation of the medium.

The Farshi-Martin exhibition will continue through April 26. For further information 292-3824.

Earmark April 19 and 21 for three special events sponsored by The Bermuda School of Music .

On April 19 at Noon a mini concert and talk by American composer, author and educator Dr. Jonathan Kramer will take place at the Bermuda National Gallery (BNG), beginning at 12.15 p.m. Dr. Kramer will be joined by visiting musicians, cellist Paul DeJong of New York, and violinist Mathias Boegner of Switzerland. Together the trio will present a variety of intimate chamber works by Stravinsky, Kodaly and Bach.

General admission is $5 for non-members, free for BNG members.

On the evening of April 19, Dr. Kramer will give a lecture entitled "The Composer Today'' at Waterville, the Bermuda National Trust headquarters on Pomander Road, Paget, beginning at 7.30 p.m. Admission is free.

Both events are designed to share with local audiences the talent and knowledge of the guest artists appearing in the Bermuda School of Music's Spring concert (see following item).

"Some Enchanted Evening'' is the title of The Bermuda School of Music 's annual chamber concert, set for April 21 at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts.

The event will combine the talents of resident and overseas artists, and the programme will include the Bermuda premie nre of Dr. Kramer's piano trio, `Surreality Check', played by violinist Mathias Boegner, violoncellist Paul DeJong, and pianist Dr. Karol Sue Reddington.

The programme will also feature `Melodies' by French Romantic composer Gabriel Faure m, in which mezzo-soprano Janet Budden and her husband, baritone John York Skinner, will be accompanied by Dr. Reddington.

Violinist Joan Stewart, violoncellist Sarah Danby, and pianist Louise Risby will perform Asstor Piazzolla's `Les Cuatro Estaciones Porten qas', and finally Mr. Boegna, Mr. DeJong, Ms Danby, Ms Stewart and Ros Hanson (viola) will play Schubert's `Quintet in C Major, Op. 183'.

Dr. Reddington, Ms Budden, Mr. York Skinner, Ms Stewart, Ms Risby and Ms Danby are on the faculty of The Bermuda School of Music.

Tickets for the concert ($40 patrons, adults $25, seniors/students $10) are available at Opus Encore, Pianos Plus, Meyer Travel and the Bermuda School of Music. For further information 296-5100.

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