Nelson-based artist and composer Doug Jamieson was in Kimberley on Sept. 18 and 19 with a presentation of his installation "Forty Words for Yes." Designed to be an uplifting audio-visual experience, Forty Words for Yes was created in 40 parts in 2023, compiling 40 different singers singing the word yes in their language of origin.
The production was first premiered in June, 2023 in Nelson, and now Jamieson is taking it on the road. He was in Revelstoke the week before Kimberley, and Nelson the week before that and headed to Invermere after his stop at Centre 64. He has plans to bring the show to Castlegar in December and Cranbrook early next year.
"It’s been a very positive reception," Jamieson told the Bulletin. "When you write a composition you never know for sure what it’s going to be like or how people are going to respond. You get so wrapped up in it.
But I was amazed at how people just listened several times and were almost meditative listening to it.". Jamieson is originally from Ontario, growing up playing guitar, but quickly leaning towards a desire to pursue a more classically-based musical education.
After finishing a university degree, he went back and studied at the Ontario Conservatory of Music and worked on compositions, which he discovered were his stong suit. He then went to Durham, England and completed a Bachelor's Degree in music and continued doing musical projects all throughout his adult life, including during his career, when he ran a music school .