The Brad Prevedoros Collective is celebrating the release of their first Album “Beginnings” with a concert at The Yellowhouse
Saturday, October 4 2025 Doors @7pm - YH outdoors or indoors, weather permitting.
PWYC - Suggested $20-$40
Warm tones and creative melodies weave a musical landscape of jazz, Latin, improv and vocals. Guitarist Brad Prevedoros is joined by friends and musicians Allan Slade on keyboard, guitar and vocals, Marie Slade on oboe, English horn and vocals and Brad Hawkes on percussion. Together the Brad Prevedoros Collective embark on an engaging musical experience that resonates with and inspires audiences. As well as showcasing the new album the concert will also include some Jazz and Latin standards as well as selections from Brad’s earlier albums, including his top-selling Firedance and his WCMA- nominated In Motion.
The Album
All the tracks on Beginnings are original compositions. Six written by Brad Prevedoros and four by Allan Slade. Brad and Allan struck up an immediate friendship while attending Capilano College’s music program in the mid 80’s. They lost touch soon after the program was over with Allen going on to tour and pursue a career as a music therapist and Brad touring, recording and promoting a number of his own instrumental albums. Forty years later they reconnected and began working on this recording bringing in Allan’s wife Marie on oboe, English horn and vocals and Brad’s long time trio member Brad Hawkes As well as showcasing the new album the concert will also include some Jazz and Latin standards as well as selections from Brad’s earlier albums, including his top-selling Firedance and his WCMA- nominated In Motion.
Brad Prevedoros
Something happens when you combine fifty years of musical seasoning and the fingers of a magician. Something happens when you combine the soul of a classical musician, a world musician, and a jazz musician, with a dash of rainy west coast sensibility...and stir vigorously. Brad Prevedoros happens. Whether it's a special reception, a prestigious jazz festival, a summer market, a world-class theatre, or an intimate house concert, a Brad Prevedoros performance stays with you. It's an experience that simmers long afterwards, like a warm home-cooked meal. It's a sound that soothes your soul like a fine wine. Brad was been nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award in 2003, a Vancouver Island Music Award in 2013 and he won a Monday Magazine Performer of the Year Award in 2006.
Allan Slade is a multi-instrumentalist who has been working as a music therapist and a performing musician over the last 30 years.
Allan played keyboards touring in a duo all over BC playing pop, country and rock genres. He then picked up his trombone and played in a 17 piece swing band in Vancouver where they had a regular gig at the Hot Jazz Club, and also played many international resorts in the Caribbean and Mexico. After finishing up his degree in Music Therapy, Slade has been working full time as a music therapist on the Faculty at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. With a focus on songwriting in his practice he has worked with a wide variety of individuals. Slade was heavily involved with a documentary film about one of his client’s journey through music and personal challenges.
Marie Slade is a passionate oboe and English horn player who explores the resonant light and dark tones on her Parision-made
double reed instruments. In her 30 years of playing, she has played with the Civic Orchestra of Victoria, in Victoria Conservatory OboeMasterclasses, and in the chamber orchestra for Victoria Conservatory of Music’s Spark to Flame Showcase. She was a featured oboe soloist at the Kathaumixw Choral festival. She studied oboe at the University of Calgary and Capilano University. As a singer, Marie has performed solos in musical theatre competitions, festivals, and at the Calgary Stampede. Marie is Project Lead for the Heart to Heart Intergenerational Choir at Mount St. Mary Hospital where she continues to provide compassionate care through music therapy. Marie is on the music therapy faculty of Victoria Conservatory of Music and was recently designated as an Honoured Lifetime Member of the Music Therapy Association of BC for her contribution to the field of music therapy.
Brad Hawkes is a band member of several groups and as a go-to sought after back up drummer and percussionist. Brad’s love of drumming started in 1964 when his dad bought him his first drum set. He started playing along with the jukebox at sock hops, and then moved on to playing congas in coffee houses. Brad has recorded and performed with a variety of songwriters, choirs and bands on Vancouver Island. His music styles include folk, country, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, rock, Latin, Persian, blues and choral.
This concert is being hosted on the unceded, asserted & shared traditional territories of Penelakut, Lamalcha, Hwlitsum and other Hul’qumi’num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples, Coast Salish Peoples of Galiano, as well as the ceded territories of Tsawwassen First Nation, on what is now known as Galiano Island.
Supported by Creative BC, CRD Arts & Culture, BC Arts Council and the Province of British Columbia
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