We are proud to host a special event as part of Culture Days 2025! Have you ever wondered how to make a violin sing or what it's like to play a clarinet? Now's your chance to find out. Come get Inside the Victoria Symphony—meet the Maestro, join the full orchestra in rehearsal, try an instrument,...
Read more
With “a voice like a beacon of hope” (Seattle Times), vocalist Jimmie Herrod earned the rare “Golden Buzzer” recognition on America’s Got Talent in 2021. With a globe-trotting career as a singer, songwriter, and entertainer, he has also toured with Pink Martini since 2017. Making his VS debut, Herrod joins Principal Pops Conductor Sean O’Loughlin...
Read more
With “a voice like a beacon of hope” (Seattle Times), vocalist Jimmie Herrod earned the rare “Golden Buzzer” recognition on America’s Got Talent in 2021. With a globe-trotting career as a singer, songwriter, and entertainer, he has also toured with Pink Martini since 2017. Making his VS debut, Herrod joins Principal Pops Conductor Sean O’Loughlin...
Read more
Ten years following the tragic death of his sister, opera star Joshua Hopkins showcases a powerful song cycle that honours her memory and comforts those who are in grief. Co-commissioned by the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Houston Grand Opera, composer Jake Heggie sets poetry by Margaret Atwood in a moving musical work that speaks...
Read more
Triple-threat conductor/pianist/composer Dinuk Wijeratne returns with a program full of folk inspiration and musical variation. Contrasting with Mozart and Brahms, Wijeratne’s own work is described as “a melting pot of tabla-like dance rhythms, funky jazz riffs, and tonal clusters.” In Sri Lankan culture, vannamas are often danced in ritual processions, this one depicting the majesty of the...
Read more
Canadian pianist Angela Cheng returns with a concerto that Mozart lovingly wrote with his student, Barbara Ployer, in mind. Dvořák’s love for his homeland was expressed in his Symphony No. 7. Its London premiere in 1885 brought him great international acclaim. Maestra Naomi Woo returns to share an overture by Emilie Mayer, a pioneering and...
Read more