Performance Calendar
Vancouver Island Symphony family concert: Wall to Wall Percussion
Percussion superstar Vern Griffiths welcomes the audience into “his house” for a wildly fun, hands‑on percussion adventure. With creativity to spare, and yes, everything including the kitchen sink, using pots & pans, wooden spoons and glass bottles, Vern whips up a kitchen concerto, showing how anyone can make and play instruments at home. The show is interactive, imaginative, and an absolute blast.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Mischief, Madness, and Mystery
Opening playfully and lightheartedly, this Vancouver Island Symphony programme takes you on a vivid musical journey through imagination and innovation – from spark to shadow, reflection to wit and surprise. We are thrilled to have the award-winning cellist Cameron Crozman return to perform the beautiful Elgar Cello Concerto.
GUEST CONDUCTOR: Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser
GUEST ARTIST: Cameron Crozman Cello
Vancouver Island Symphony: Mischief, Madness, and Mystery
Opening playfully and lightheartedly, this Vancouver Island Symphony programme takes you on a vivid musical journey through imagination and innovation – from spark to shadow, reflection to wit and surprise. We are thrilled to have the award-winning cellist Cameron Crozman return to perform the beautiful Elgar Cello Concerto.
GUEST CONDUCTOR: Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser
GUEST ARTIST: Cameron Crozman Cello
Pacific Spirit Choir: Haydn and Mozart Masses
Pacific Spirit Choir performs Haydn’s Theresa Mass, Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate and Little Sparrow Mass with orchestra and soloists Chloé Hurst, Leah Giselle Field, Eric Schwarzhoff, and Aaron Durand. Conductor: Kevin Zakresky
Vancouver Island Symphony: Arabian Nights
Featuring the Vancouver Island Symphony’s new Concertmaster, Joan Blackman , this concert ignites in a blaze of colour with Music for a Celebration, a burst of rhythm and light that sets the evening in motion. Brahms follows with a feat of imagination, forging an entire work from a single Haydn theme. The night culminates in Rimsky-Korsakov’s beloved Scheherazade, inspired by the Arabic folktales of One Thousand and One Nights.
Lord of the Rings
GFN Productions presents Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - In Concert
Experience Howard Shore’s Academy Award®-winning score performed live to the epic motion picture in HD. The 250 musicians on stage from the FILMharmonique Orchestra and Choir will transport you to the heart of Middle-earth in the quest of the Fellowship of the Ring.
Lord of the Rings
GFN Productions presents Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - In Concert
Experience Howard Shore’s Academy Award®-winning score performed live to the epic motion picture in HD. The 250 musicians on stage from the FILMharmonique Orchestra and Choir will transport you to the heart of Middle-earth in the quest of the Fellowship of the Ring.
Lord of the Rings
GFN Productions presents Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - In Concert
Experience Howard Shore’s Academy Award®-winning score performed live to the epic motion picture in HD. The 250 musicians on stage from the FILMharmonique Orchestra and Choir will transport you to the heart of Middle-earth in the quest of the Fellowship of the Ring.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Romeo and Juliet
Vancouver Island Symphony performs Lili Boulanger’s D’un Matin Du Printemps, Gabriella Smith’s Tumblebird Contrails, and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite #2. With guest poets Titilope Sonuga and Wakefield Brewster.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Majestic Mozart
Vancouver Island Symphony performs Mozart’s Symphony #41, Nicole Lizée’s Sepulchre, and a new work by Dorothy Chang, featuring principal players Hannah Addario-Berry, Paolo Bortolussi, Lani Krantz, and Christopher Lee as soloists.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Cuban Heartbeats
Vancouver Island Symphony and wonderful soloists perform Cuban arias and jazz standards, under the direction of maestra Cosette Justo Valdés.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Cuban Heartbeats
Vancouver Island Symphony and wonderful soloists perform Cuban arias and jazz standards, under the direction of maestra Cosette Justo Valdés.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Dancing on Strings
Vancouver Island Symphony performs Grieg’s Holberg Suite, Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances, Britten’s Simple Symphony, Jessie Montgomery’s Strum, and Lopez-Gavilán’s Guaguancó.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Dancing on Strings
Vancouver Island Symphony performs Grieg’s Holberg Suite, Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances, Britten’s Simple Symphony, Jessie Montgomery’s Strum, and Lopez-Gavilán’s Guaguancó.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Celtic Tenors
The Celtic Tenors join Vancouver Island Symphony for a celebration of Celtic culture with timeless favourites and modern hits, alongside a heartwarming selection of Christmas favourites.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Celtic Tenors
The Celtic Tenors join Vancouver Island Symphony for a celebration of Celtic culture with timeless favourites and modern hits, alongside a heartwarming selection of Christmas favourites.
Sigur Ros
Wordless Music Orchestra performs with Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Ros at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Bella Italia
Vancouver Island Symphony performs a collection of opera favourites including music by Verdi, Bellini, Rossini, and Puccini. Featuring soprano soloist Sarah Caulfield.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Bella Italia
Vancouver Island Symphony performs a collection of opera favourites including music by Verdi, Bellini, Rossini, and Puccini. Featuring soprano soloist Sarah Caulfield.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Goodyear Plays Ravel
Vancouver Island Symphony performs Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri Overture, Dvorak’s Symphony #8, and Ravel’s Piano Concerto, featuring piano soloist Stuart Goodyear.
Vancouver Island Symphony: Goodyear Plays Ravel
Vancouver Island Symphony performs Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri Overture, Dvorak’s Symphony #8, and Ravel’s Piano Concerto, featuring piano soloist Stuart Goodyear.