Nov 10

Kluxen – Mozart & Bartók

Two musical giants converge in a program that touches on music of the night. In modern parlance, Mozart’s Gran Partita could be subtitled “My Big Fat Viennese Wind Symphony.” Its rich sonority...
Nov 17

Kluxen & Chooi – Barber Violin Concerto

Even as a fledgling conductor, a 16-year-old Christian Kluxen was already taken with Tchaikovsky’s music. Its mix of romantic beauty with bittersweet melancholy pairs well with Barber’s Violin Con...
Nov 24

Kluxen – Liszt & Lieder

Poetry, mystical texts, and an angelic altarpiece tie together this program of divine inspiration. Lyric tenor Josh Lovell returns home to Victoria to sing Finzi’s rhapsodic cantata and some of...
VS Holiday Brunch
Dec 07

VS Holiday Brunch

The VS Holiday Brunch is back! We had so much fun hosting this special event last year that we knew we had to bring it back – so we hope...
Dec 07

Christmas Pops with Canadian Brass

Christmas Time is Here and Canadian Brass is back in Victoria with music for The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! From holiday classics to jazzy renditions of favourite carols, the world famous...
Dec 08

Christmas Pops with Canadian Brass

Christmas Time is Here and Canadian Brass is back in Victoria with music for The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! From holiday classics to jazzy renditions of favourite carols, the world famous...
Dec 09

Christmas Pops with the Victoria Symphony (Qualicum Beach Co...

Maestro Giuseppe Pietraroia, Sidney-born soprano Diane Pancel, and the Victoria Symphony are coming to Qualicum Beach with music for The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! From holiday classics to...
Dec 12

Messiah by Candlelight

“Hallelujah!” In 1741, Handel composed his great oratorio Messiah in just three weeks, and its message continues to reign forever and ever, enthralling audiences annually. Victoria’s magnific...
Dec 13

Messiah by Candlelight

“Hallelujah!” In 1741, Handel composed his great oratorio Messiah in just three weeks, and its message continues to reign forever and ever, enthralling audiences annually. Victoria’s magnific...
Dec 15

Messiah by Candlelight

“Hallelujah!” In 1741, Handel composed his great oratorio Messiah in just three weeks, and its message continues to reign forever and ever, enthralling audiences annually. Victoria’s magnific...
Dec 17

Christmas Pops with the Victoria Symphony (Sidney Concert)

Maestro Giuseppe Pietraroia and your Victoria Symphony are coming to Sidney with music for The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! From holiday classics to spirited renditions of favourite carols,...
Dec 18

Christmas Pops with the Victoria Symphony (West Shore Concer...

Maestro Giuseppe Pietraroia and your Victoria Symphony are returning to the West Shore with music for The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! From holiday classics to spirited renditions of...
Dec 21

Home Alone in Concert

A true holiday favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the Victoria Symphony. Macaulay Culkin star...
Dec 22

Home Alone in Concert

A true holiday favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the Victoria Symphony. Macaulay Culkin star...
Jan 01

A New Year’s Day Celebration

Victoria’s favourite New Year’s tradition! Effervescent soprano Tracy Dahl hits the high notes as VS breaks out the bubbly. Revel in a musical banquet of much-loved arias, choruses, glamorous danc...
Jan 25

Tony DeSare – Rhapsody & Blue Eyes

From the timeless songs of Ol’ Blue Eyes, to George Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue, triple-threat singer/songwriter/ pianist, Tony DeSare, tackles two musical mavericks in one outstanding co...
Jan 26

Tony DeSare – Rhapsody & Blue Eyes

From the timeless songs of Ol’ Blue Eyes, to George Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue, triple-threat singer/songwriter/ pianist, Tony DeSare, tackles two musical mavericks in one outstanding co...
Feb 02

Kluxen & Pouliot – Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

“Oh, how difficult it is to make anyone see and feel in music what we see and feel ourselves.” Early, temperamental reactions to his Violin Concerto must have stung Tchaikovsky, but it’s now....
Feb 09

Dvořák’s New World Symphony

In advance of Valentine’s Day, we share three heart-felt musical depictions of love: the tragedy of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers from the pen of Tchaikovsky; Saint-Saëns’ romantic, poetic ...
Feb 22

Platypus Theatre’s Charlotte and the Music-Maker

Lost in a blizzard, Charlotte finds herself whisked on a journey through the Magical Monarchy of Musical Magnificence, exploring the sounds and colours of the orchestra and leading her to...
Mar 07

A Night at the Oscars (Qualicum Beach Concert)

“The envelope please…” VS rolls out the red carpet to welcome you to an evening of glitz, glamour, and movie music! From spine-tingling thrillers, heart-pounding action films, triumphant moment...
Mar 08

A Night at the Oscars

“The envelope please…” VS rolls out the red carpet to welcome you to an evening of glitz, glamour, and movie music! From spine-tingling thrillers, heart-pounding action films, triumphant moment...
Mar 09

A Night at the Oscars

“The envelope please…” VS rolls out the red carpet to welcome you to an evening of glitz, glamour, and movie music! From spine-tingling thrillers, heart-pounding action films, triumphant moment...
Mar 16

Kluxen – Haydn’s The Creation

“In the beginning…” Drawing on biblical texts from Genesis and the Psalms, as well as John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, Haydn moulded his gloriously tuneful and optimistic oratorio ...
Mar 23

Kluxen – Brahms Symphony No. 3

The product of a summer’s holiday in 1883, Brahms’s Third Symphony has been described as being “…artistically the most perfect.” A single movement from Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 was the in...
Mar 29

The Princess Bride in Concert

Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles… Experience one of the most beloved films of all time at the Royal Theatre as the Victoria Symphony perfor...
Mar 30

The Princess Bride in Concert

Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles… Experience one of the most beloved films of all time at the Royal Theatre as the Victoria Symphony perfor...
Apr 06

Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (Science and Symphony Concert)

We share some views of our beautiful blue planet, blending live music with Science & Symphony’s high-definition films alongside Dr. José Francisco Salgado’s explorations of oceans, tides, and...
Apr 13

Angela Hewitt Plays Mozart

The return of Angela Hewitt is a not-to-be-missed event. Mozart’s Concert-Rondo was a “new and improved” ending for a much earlier concerto, designed to please the audiences in Vienna. Between...
Apr 26

The Spirit Horse Returns

The Spirit Horse Returns is a captivating concert for all ages that blends traditional North American Indigenous teachings, stunning visual art, and a rich orchestral score to tell powerful stories a...
May 04

Yo-Yo Ma in Concert

THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT. The extraordinary cellist, globe-trotting teacher, and humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma returns to the Royal Theatre to perform with your Victoria Symphony. As the peak of our...
May 10

Dancing Queen – The Music of ABBA

Mamma Mia! A night of ABBA’s music may be the ultimate “guilty pleasure” for us all. Fifty years after they first formed and with millions of albums sold, the music of...
May 11

Dancing Queen – The Music of ABBA

Mamma Mia! A night of ABBA’s music may be the ultimate “guilty pleasure” for us all. Fifty years after they first formed and with millions of albums sold, the music of...
May 29

ECHO: Memories of the World

Imagined within this multimedia project is an exploration of the many efforts around the world to bring voice to submerged histories. ECHO: Memories of the World highlights these important efforts t...

About Victoria Symphony

With a mission “to inspire, educate, and captivate our community through the transformative power of music,” the Victoria Symphony (VS) is one of British Columbia’s largest performing arts organizations. At the core of VS operations is our commitment to our orchestra: 44 outstanding professional musicians who share their expertise not only on stage with our audiences, but in the community as teachers at the University of Victoria, the Victoria Conservatory of Music, and in private studios. The success of VS is tightly connected to our ongoing and valued collaborations with other major artistic partners in the local arts community, putting us at the very center of Victoria’s cultural community.

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