Victoria Symphony

New Music Festival - Singing the Earth
2019-03-30 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Vancouver) | VS & Pacific Opera Victoria at the Cameron Bandshell
Another former VS Composer in Residence, Anna Höstman’s Singing the Earth highlights this second New Music Festival concert. Describing the beauty and spirit of British Columbia’s Bella Coola Valley in a multilingual and cross-disciplinary setting, the work features Bella Coola-born soloist Marion Newman.
Tickets are $20 – $25 and are available here.
For more information on soloist Marion Newman, please visit her website here.

New Music Festival - Just a Stranger Here Myself
2019-03-28 20:00 - 22:00 | VS & Pacific Opera Victoria at the Cameron Bandshell
This concert in the New Music Festival features pieces from six previous VS-Composers-in-Residence who have shared their passion with the Symphony. Victoria-born Schmidt’s Just a Stranger Here Myself, reflecting on his new life in Germany concludes the program.
Tickets are $20 – $25 and are available here.

New Music Festival: One More Way To See
2019-03-27 20:00 - 22:00 | VS & Pacific Opera Victoria at the Cameron Bandshell
As a part of this year’s New Music Festival – Celebrating the Legacy of VS Composers-in-Residence, the Victoria Symphony in collaboration with the Emily Carr String Quartet Society will be presenting an evening with the Emily Carr String Quartet featuring mezzo soprano Marion Newman. This concert will feature the world premiere of Jennifer Butler’s One More Way to See. Past VS Composers-in- Residence, Jared Miller and Tobin Stokes will also be featured showcasing their pieces for string quartet inspired by Emily Carr.
Emily Carr String Quartet Society wishes to acknowledge the British Columbia Arts Council for their generous support in the commissioning of Jennifer Butler’s Songs for Klee Wyck: One More Way to See with words by poet Stephanie McKenzie.
Tickets are $25 or buy a New Music Festival pass for $40 and receive tickets to all three shows including this one, Just a Stranger Here Myself (March 28) and Singing the Earth (March 30).

Naked Classics: Symphonie Fantastique
2019-03-24 14:30 - 16:30
Naked Classics animateur Paul Rissmann joins the VS in undressing this Berlioz masterpiece and explores the history and genius of the work, uncovering secrets in the score and deconstructing the composition using visuals, live excerpts and more! The VS then plays the entire score; the amazingly fresh tale of irrational love that is Symphonie fantastique.
Tickets are $33 – $86 and are available here.
Please join us on Sunday, March 24 prior to the concert for our vsNEW concert featuring new works created by young composers (under the mentorship of our VS Composer in Residence, Marcus Goddard) and performed by VS musicians. The concert will take place in the west lobby at 1:15 and is included in the ticket price.
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here.
There are no pre-concert talk for these concerts.
Below, watch Paul Rissmann talk about the upcoming concert!

Kluxen Conducts Haydn
2019-03-17 14:30 - 16:30 | Image Link
Assistant Concertmaster Christi Meyers and Principal Second Violinist Tori Gould play Pärt’s Tabula Rasa, pairing two violins with each other in what has been described as angel music. Maestro Kluxen concludes the concert with Haydn’s witty and exuberant Symphony No. 96 “Miracle”.
Tickets are $35 – $56 and are available here.
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk at 1:30 pm in the Senate Chambers, adjacent to the auditorium.

Symphonic Shenanigans
2019-03-10 14:30 - 15:30
Can you make music with tin cans, soda straws, garden hoses and turkey basters? Juno Award-winner Al Simmons can! Discover the wacky science behind these zany instruments as he pits them against the sting, woodwind and brass instruments of the symphony in this action-packed, sing-a-long concert.
Tickets are $15 – $25 and are available here.
Don’t forget to come early for the VS Instrument Petting Zoo and other activities beginning at 1:30 pm in the lobby!

Wizard of Oz
2019-03-08 20:00 - 22:00
Dorothy is here! Bring your friends and family to see our first ever presentation of this classic film accompanied by live orchestra! Travel over the rainbow and follow the yellow brick road to Emerald City. Click those ruby red slippers, ‘cause there’s no place like home…at the Royal Theatre!
Tickets are $31 – $83 and are available here.

The Saturday matinee performance will have a Tea hosted by concert sponsor Revera beginning at 1:00 pm.

Tam Plays Shostakovich
2019-03-02 20:00 - 22:00
Renowned conductor David Danzmayr teams with virtuosic Concertmaster Terence Tam in this all-Russian concert performing the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1. Written in the German-style, the concerto embodies Shostakovich’s sarcastic humour and emotional intensity. The program concludes with Prokofiev’s lyrical, reflective, yet melancholic Seventh Symphony.
Tickets are $33 – $86 and are available here.
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.

Albright Plays Bach
2019-02-17 14:30 - 16:30 | Image Link
Maestra Tania Miller returns to conduct rising star pianist Charlie Albright performing Bach’s crisp, bold and dramatic Concerto in D. Haydn’s elegant, quirky and exuberant Symphony No. 92 follows on the program.
Tickets are $33 – $56 and are available here.
Single tickets on sale July 16 at 10:00am
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk at 1:30 pm in the Senate Chambers, adjacent to the auditorium.

Goodyear & Nielsen
2019-02-04 20:00 - 22:00
Popular pianist Stewart Goodyear returns to perform his own jazz infused, upbeat concerto for piano and orchestra, Callaloo. The concert concludes with Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s dramatic Symphony No. 4, a work that embodies the powerful and inextinguishable forces of life over challenge and destruction.
Tickets are $33 – $86 and are available here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.

Mozart & Martinis
2019-01-30 17:30 - 19:30 | Parking Web Icon (1080 × 1080 px)
New to symphonic music and looking for a different type of concert? The VS is introducing a new concert experience where you can have a drink, a bite to eat, and listen to one of history’s greatest composers: Mozart.
Starting right after work, you’ll enjoy martini as well as appetizers while listening to the VS perform in a unique venue in downtown Victoria. It’s a chance to mix and mingle with your friends and the orchestra, and enjoy good food and drink while listening to our talented orchestra play beautiful music.
We’d like to thank our sponsors for making this event happen!
Island Savings / Merridale Cidery / Lighthouse Brewery / Pedersen’s Event Rentals / Toque Catering / Thrifty Foods / White Lotus Events/ Kool Fm / Used.ca

Hass Plays Tchaikovsky
2019-01-26 20:00 - 22:00
Rising star cellist Daniel Hass performs Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme; an elegant, engaging and classical collection of diverse variations. Beethoven’s witty and carefree Symphony No. 8 completes the concert.
Tickets are $33 – $86 and are available here.
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.

Big Bongo
2019-01-20 14:30 - 16:30
Take a fun-filled (and loud) journey through the percussion section as your percussion team bring out their big instruments to demonstrate all weird and wacky noises that can be re-created in music. Dig that crazy beat as you tap your toes to the music of the Can-Can, ride along with the William Tell Overture and feel the power of thunder and lightning!
Tickets are $15 – $25 and are available here.
Don’t forget to come early for the VS Instrument Petting Zoo and other activities beginning at 1:30 pm in the lobby!

The Music of Star Wars
2019-01-19 14:00 - 16:00
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…”
Feel the force around you and be transported to a galaxy far, far away with music from Star Wars and other iconic sci-fi moves including Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and more. Re-live Darth Vader’s Imperial March, the main title sequence and other quintessential Star Wars moments live with the VS under the exciting baton of our Principal Pops Conductor Sean O’Loughlin.
Tickets are $31 – $86 and are available here.

A Viennese New Year’s
2019-01-01 14:30 - 16:30
Start the New Year off right with lively and nostalgic music of the family of Johann Strauss and his contemporaries. Miriam Khalil and Benjamin Butterfield join dancers from Ballet Victoria for this afternoon of music, dance and song.
Tickets are $42 – $92 and are available here.

The Irish Tenors
2018-12-15 20:00 - 22:00
Singing to sold out shows at Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall and The Hollywood Bowl, the Irish Tenors bring their bright, ringing voices back to Victoria for a magical night of holiday music and beloved Irish music. Join Ronan Tynan, Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns and the VS for happy songs of celebration and humour, mixed with touching melodies and songs that warm the heart.
Tickets are $45 – $105 and are available here.

Handel’s Messiah
2018-12-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Image Link
Associate Conductor Giuseppe Pietraroia returns to leads talented soloists, the Victoria Symphony and the Victoria Choral Society in Handel’s sublime Messiah. With the Hallelujah Chorus as its centerpiece, Handel’s oratorio Messiah is probably the most famous piece of classical music in the world.
Tickets are $35 – $55 and are available here.

Christmas Pops
2018-12-07 20:00
Get into the Christmas spirit with the annual VS Christmas concerts. Feel the glow of the season down to your toes with holiday classics, family favourite and Yuletide cheer! Mezzo soprano Rebecca Hass and Vox Humana Chamber Choir join conductor Sean O’Loughlin to create holiday magic.
Tickets are $31 – $83 and are available here.

Mozart, Stravinsky & Grieg
2018-11-25 14:30 - 16:30
The VS wind section takes centre stage in Mozart’s charming Sinfonia Concertante. Maestro Kluxen then weaves Stravinsky’s harmonic and engaging Pulcinella Suite through Grieg’s playful and meditative Holberg Suite to create a one-of a-kind concert experience.
Tickets are $33 – $86 and are available here.
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.

Beethoven Symphony No. 6
2018-11-18 14:30 - 16:30 | Image Link
This one of a kind concert event features excerpts from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Panufik’s Four World Seasons and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires are woven together featuring acclaimed violinist Tasmin Little. Kluxen and the VS then bring you sounds and feelings of the countryside with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6.
Tickets are $32 – $55 and are available here.
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here.
**There will be no pre-concert talk prior to the concert.**

My Name is Amanda Todd
2018-11-10 20:00 - 22:00 | VS & Pacific Opera Victoria at the Cameron Bandshell
This engaging concert features an emotional work surrounding the brief life of bullied teen Amanda Todd and Zosha Di Castri’s Dear Life inspired by the iconic poetry of Canadian writer Alice Munro.
This concert is presented with the support of the Hugh Davidson Fund through the Victoria Foundation. My Name is Amanda Todd and Dear Life are commissioned by the NAC Orchestra.
Tickets are $20 – $25 and are available here.
See Amanda Todd’s original message here.
Watch the Fifth Estate documentary called Stalking Amanda Todd here.

Dvořák & Schumann
2018-11-03 20:00 - 22:00
VS Principal Trumpet Ryan Cole premieres BC composer Marcus Goodard’s lyrical tour-de-force Concerto for Trumpet. Maestro Gueller then conduct’s Schumann’s joyous and effervescent Symphony No. 1.
Tickets are $33 – $86 and are available here.
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.

Super Heroes & Bad Guys
2018-10-28 14:30 - 16:30
Maestro Joey needs your help! Super Heroes of the world need to unite with the Mighty Maestro to thwart the evil bad guys running amuck in the theatre. Featuring Super Heroes music from Captain America, Star Wars, How to Train Your Dragon and more, this concert is sure to capture the imagination of budding super heroes everywhere. Don’t forget your costume!
Tickets are $15 – $25 and are available here.
Don’t forget to come early for the VS Instrument Petting Zoo and other activities beginning at 1:30 pm in the lobby!

Super Heroes & Villains
2018-10-27 14:00 - 16:00
Grab you cape, your mask and dust off your superpowers for an exciting evening of music from your favourite super hero movies! From Batman to Raiders of the Ark, Spiderman and Captain America, your spirits will soar with live renditions from these blockbuster movies.
Tickets are $31 – $83 and are available here.

Huggett Conducts Baroque
2018-10-14 14:30 - 16:30 | Image Link
Baroque violin expert Monica Huggett, known for her unforced and expressive musicality, leads the VS in gems from the Baroque Era including works from Bach and Telemann.
Tickets are $33 – $56 and are available here.
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk at 1:30 pm in the Senate Chambers, adjacent to the auditorium.

Min Plays Rachmaninoff
2018-09-29 20:00 - 22:00
VS favourite, the dazzling Lorraine Min, plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, a piece filled with sweeping melodies expressing brooding lyricism and bursting of melancholy and passion. Brahms’ powerful and majestic Symphony No. 3 concludes the program.
Tickets are $33 – $86 and are available here.
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.

Broadway & Bernstein
2018-09-22 20:00 - 22:00
Enjoy the music of legendary Broadway composer Leonard Bernstein, his contemporaries and inspirations including Rodgers & Hammerstein and Sondheim. Hear favourites from On the Waterfront and West Side Story and more!
Tickets are $31 – $83 and are available here!
Overture to Candide Bernstein
Three Dances from Fancy Free
Bernstein
Galop, Waltz, Danzon
Times Square from On the Town
Bernstein
Come up to My Place from On the Town
Bernstein
Finishing the Hat from Sunday in the Park
Sondheim
Children Will Listen from Into the Woods
Sondheim
A Salute to Richard Rodgers
Rodgers (arr. Ricketts)
INTERMISSION
For New York arr. John Williams
Send in the Clowns
Sondheim (arr. Krogstad)
Music from Wicked
Schwartz (arr. Rickets)
Concert Suite No. 1 from West Side Story
Bernstein
One Hand, One Heart
Somewhere
Lara Ciekiewicz
Balcony Scene (Tonight)
Mambo

Mahler Symphony No. 4
2018-09-17 20:00 - 22:00
Maestro Kluxen begins his second season as Music Director with the bright and ethereally beautiful Mahler Symphony No. 4; a piece that combines Mahler’s love of nature, humor, scintillating orchestration, and a search for meaning amid the great questions of life into one masterful symphony.
Tickets are $33 – $86 and are available here!
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here!
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.

À la Française
2018-08-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Volunteer
France’s premier composers Debussy, Bizet and Ravel will all be performed in this summer concert conducted by Alastair Willis. Debussy’s Petite Suite, excerpts from Bizet’s Carmen and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite will ring out in the sacred halls of the Cathedral. Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite is also on the evening’s program.
Tickets are $25 and are available at the Victoria Symphony Box office or at the door.
Festival passes (including the July 25 and August 1st concerts) are $40.
General seating. Doors open@ 6:30. Concert begins @ 7:30.

The Best of Beethoven
2018-07-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Volunteer
Join Associate Conductor Giuseppe Pietraroia and the Victoria Symphony for The Best of Beethoven. Hear the first movement of his most famous Symphony No. 5, movements from his Pastoral Symphony No. 6 and well as Wellington’s Victory.
Tickets are $25 and are available at the Victoria Symphony Box office.
Festival passes (including the July 25 and August 1st concerts) are $40.
General seating. Doors open@ 6:30. Concert begins @ 7:30.
