Victoria Symphony invites middle and high school classes to a rehearsal to give students a behind the scenes look at how a professional orchestra rehearses. Prior to the rehearsal, students have an opportunity to meet VS musicians for a Q & A and gain insight into what they are about to hear.
Scroll for the 2026/27 Season Open Rehearsal schedule!
Friday, November 20, 10am – 12:30pm
United Commons, 932 Balmoral Road
Norman Huynh, conductor
Jacob Valcheff, percussion
Copland: The Tender Land Suite
Samuel Kerr: Percussion Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major
Thursday, March 11, 10:00am – 12:30pm
Lambrick Park Church, 1789 Feltham Road
Maurice Cohn, conductor
Jocelyn Morlock: Oiseaux bleus et sauvages
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Friday, April 23, 10:00am – 12:30pm
Farquhar Auditorium, University of Victoria
Christian Kluxen, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Raminta Šerkšnytė: Midsummer Song
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major
Friday, May 7, 10:00am – 12:30pm
Farquhar Auditorium, University of Victoria
Christian Kluxen, conductor
Shostakovich: Symphony No.7 in C major “Leningrad”
There is no fee to participate.
All rehearsals are 10am-12:30pm; Q & A with a VS musician at 9:30am.
If the group cannot stay for the whole rehearsal, it is possible to leave during the break at 11:30am.
Not all the pieces listed are rehearsed at every rehearsal. We can confirm the rehearsal order a month in advance.
You may reserve a maximum of 90 seats for rehearsals at Lambrick Park Church, and 125 seats at United Commons and the Farquhar Auditorium.
TO BOOK: Contact Soile Stratkauskas at soile@victoriasymphony.ca, a minimum of one month prior to the rehearsals date. Advance booking is required.
Please contact Soile Stratkauskas at soile@victoriasymphony.ca at least one month prior to the rehearsal’s date.
This program is underwritten in part by generous gifts from a private foundation, the John H. & Margery M. McEown Trust for the Performing Arts, and the Sunflower Fund, and supported in perpetuity by a gift from Beverly Unger.