VS launches the season with an energetic overture and a monumental concerto. Since his First Prize win at the International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition in 2010, Kerson Leong has been described as “not just one of Canada’s greatest violinists but one of the greatest violinists, period” (Toronto Star). The musical modernist Arnold Schoenberg paid tribute...
With “a voice like a beacon of hope” (Seattle Times), vocalist Jimmie Herrod brings singular power and expressivity to his global career as a singer, songwriter, and entertainer on stage and screen. The Portland-based performer has earned fame on television (Howie Mandel hailing Herrod as “the best male vocalist in the history of America’s Got...
With “a voice like a beacon of hope” (Seattle Times), vocalist Jimmie Herrod brings singular power and expressivity to his global career as a singer, songwriter, and entertainer on stage and screen. The Portland-based performer has earned fame on television (Howie Mandel hailing Herrod as “the best male vocalist in the history of America’s Got...
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...
For those of you unable to return to the concert hall, we will continue with our Virtual Season airing programs online and free of charge.
