Missing You

Dear Friends, The times we are living through are as strange as any we have known. We find ourselves united in a powerful common cause, participating collectively in a massive and epic struggle against a common foe. Yet we have never been nor felt more alone. We have not in our lifetime seen the country [...]

By |2020-04-09T11:13:54-07:009 April 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

Bramwell Tovey Awarded 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award

The world has only ever known one Leonard Bernstein. And any orchestra today would give their eyeteeth to find another. Yet that is exactly what the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has had, and indeed what the entire nation of Canada has been fortunate to have ever since Maestro Bramwell Tovey first moved to this country in 1989. [...]

By |2024-02-09T15:22:41-08:0022 January 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

Shoutout From VanClassicalMusic.com

In Vancouver Classical Music blog's 2017-2018 Season Preview, Geoffrey Newman notes a Renaissance of new music in Vancouver: "New Music seems to be everywhere in the city these days. In addition to the VSO New Music Festival in January, by far the biggest event sees Vancouver hosting the 2017 ISCM World New Music Days, featuring concerts [...]

A Whirlwind of Activity at the Orchestra North Summer Program in Smithers, BC

Recently, the Orchestra North Summer Program invited CMC BC's Stefan Hintersteininger to participate in their 2017 summer session in Smithers, BC, as part of an exciting new community partnership we've formed with this dynamic organization. We wanted to help document some of the incredible work that is being done by these highly dedicated and passionate [...]

March 8 CMC BC Gala Features Three Great Young Canadian Artists

Timothy Chooi Pianist Avan Yu & Violinist Timothy Chooi are two of the most internationally-celebrated young soloists BC has produced in a generation! Winner of the 2010 Montreal Symphony Competition, Timothy Chooi grew up in Victoria and received the Sylva Gelber Award in  2015 and was recently awarded  the 1717 Windsor-Weinstein Stradivarius  on loan from the Canada Council. [...]

By |2017-02-23T03:40:27-08:0023 February 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

Victoria Symphony Receives Award of Excellence

Vancouver, BC – The Canadian Music Centre in British Columbia (CMC BC) is pleased to honour the Victoria Symphony (VS) with an Award of Excellence for the VS’s extraordinary contribution to Canadian Music. The award was presented onstage to VS Music Director Maestro Tania Miller and the Victoria Symphony by the CMC’s BC Director Sean Bickerton, [...]

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