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upcoming events
Oct 4, 2026 Farquhar Auditorium, 2:30pm
Victoria Symphony “The Lark Ascending”, Eivind Aadland, conductor and Terence Tam, soloist
Program: Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending, Schumann Symphony No. 2
Oct 17, 2026 Farquhar Auditorium, 3:00pm
Victoria Symphony Kids Concert “The Unicorns Birthday”, Kimberley Bartczak, conductor, Amanda Lisman, narrator
Oct 25th, 2026 Royal Theatre, 2:30pm
Victoria Symphony “Parameswaran – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1”, works by Fung, Liszt and Tchaikovsky, Vinay Parameswaran, conductor, Sophia Liu, soloist
Oct 30, 2026 Royal Theatre, 7:30pm
November 1, 2026 Royal Theatre, 2:30
Victoria Symphony, “Spirited Away – The Music of Studio Ghibli”, Juliane Gallant, conductor
Nov 8, 2026 Royal Theatre, 2:30pm
Victoria Symphony, “Ray Chen in Concert”, Christian Kluxen, conductor and Ray Chen, soloist
Program: Moussa Elysium, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Dec 16, 2026 Mary Winspear Centre, 3:00pm & 7:30pm
Dec 17, 2026 Qualicum Beach Civic Centre, 3:00pm & 7:30pm
Christmas Pops Concert with the Victoria Symphony, Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor
Dec 19, 2026 Royal Theatre, 7:00pm
Dec 20, 2026 Royal Theatre, 2:30pm & 7:00pm
Victoria Symphony “Home Alone in Concert”, Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor
Jan 31, 2027 Farquhar Auditorium, 2:30pm
Victoria Symphony “Wagner’s The Ring Without Words”, Christian Kluxen, conductor
Apr 3, 2027 Farquhar Auditorium, 10:00am & 2:00pm
Victoria Symphony, “Hugh Davidson Readings”, Grant Harville, conductor
April 30, 2027 Royal Theatre, 7:00pm
May 1, 2027 Royal Theatre, 7:00pm
May 2, 2027 Royal Theatre, 2:30pm & 7:00pm
Victoria Symphony “Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert”, Sean O’Loughlin, conductor
May 9, 2027 Royal Theatre, 2:30pm
Victoria Symphony “Shostakovich Leningrad Symphony”, Christian Kluxen, conductor
Program: Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 (69′)
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July 10 – 17, 2026
Participant in Baroque Summer Music Intensive @ Victoria Conservatory of Music
May 2, 2026 Royal Theatre, 7:30pm
May 3, 2026 Royal Theatre, 2:30pm
Victoria Symphony, “Queens of Soul” Sean O’Loughlin, conductor
April 25th, 2026 Wingate Studio Pacific Opera 10am & 2pm
Victoria Symphony, Hugh Davidson Readings
December 20, 2025 Royal Theatre 7pm
December 21, 2025 Royal Theatre 2:30pm & 7pm
Victoria Symphony, “Elf: Film in Concert”, Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor
November 1, 2025 Royal Theatre, 7pm
November 2, 2025 Royal Theatre, 2:30pm
Victoria Symphony, “E.T.: Film in Concert”, Sean O’Loughlin, conductor
April 23rd, 25th, 27th, and 29th, 2025 Verdi’s Rigoletto w/ Pacific Opera, Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton, Victoria, BC
February 9th, 2025 sub w/ Victoria Symphony: Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture & Saint-Saëns’ The Muse and the Poet; Royal Theatre, Victoria, BC
January 25th, 2025 Autocorrect, Rough Cuts @ Dance Days, Dance Victoria. Choreographies by Vitor Freitas and Lee Ingram. Directed by Kemi Craig. Live music performances by singer-songwriter Zoe-Blue Coates and cellist Jane Chan. The choreographies draw from habitual movements submitted by the public during Kemi Craig’s tenure as City of Victoria artist-in-residence. This collection of daily gestures reflects how we adjust, adapt, accommodate, strive for perfection, and navigate the desire for safety. The work highlights the tension between the constant influx of societal norms and expectations, which shift suddenly and rapidly, and the ritualization of correction.
November 17th, 2024 sub w/ Victoria Symphony: Kluxen & Chooi – Barber Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky, Sharman Christian Kluxen, conductor and Timothy Chooi, soloist; Royal Theatre, Victoria, BC
September 28, 2024 2-3 p.m. Autocorrect Dance Performance Autocorrect is a dance performance composed of movements submitted by members of the public who responded to the invitation to share a gesture or common movement from their life showing how we strive for safety, perfection, adaptation, fitting in or making ourselves or others more comfortable. The movements illustrate how our internal and external experiences influence each other. Local dancers have been given these movements and will use them in a live performance which is free and open to the public; The Atrium 800 Yates street, Curated by Victoria’s Artist in Residence Kemi Craig, Dancers: Lee Live music by Jane Chan and Zoe-Blue Coates,
September 9th, 2024 Performance of Peter Hatch/Matthew Talbot-Kelly: Black Water Elegy (world premiere) for cello, electronic sound and visuals as part of SALT New Music Festival Concert: Diverse Sounds; UVic Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, Victoria, BC
July 28th, 2024 sub w/ Victoria Symphony: works by Mozart, Handel, Respighi, Britten and Mendelssohn, Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor; Qualicum Beach Civic Centre, Qualicum Beach, BC
April 24, 2024 sub w/ Victoria Symphony: “Brahms, Britten and Brown” Christian Kluxen, conductor, Mireille Lebel, soloist; Farquhar Auditorium at Uvic, Victoria, BC
November 5 – 26th, 2023 – 3 sound art contributions presented at final dissemination exhibition at Pat Martin Bates Gallery as part of Physical Intersections Digital Collaborations Project organized by Xchanges Gallery and Studios, Victoria Arts Council, and MediaNet/Flux Media Gallery in Victoria, BC
Saturday May 28th, 2023 Performance of Zosha Di Castri’s The Dream Feed for improvising cellist and electronics as part of Sound Genres: Exploring Sound as Foundational Practice symposium at the School of Music, University of Victoria
March 13th, 2022 An afternoon of String Trio music by Schubert, Beethoven, Pärt, and Dohnanyi with Philip Manning, violin, Jessica Pickersgill, viola and Jane Chan, cello, 2:30 (Doors at 2:00 pm), Performance is approx. 75 mins long with festival seating, The Old School House Arts Centre, 122 Fern Road West, Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1T2
Friday, October 22nd, 2021 Onde de Choc, présenté par l’Association Franco-Yukonnaise, directrice artistique, Geneviève Doyon, Parler bien et Veridis, Elk Lodge, Whitehorse, Yukon
Saturday, September 4th, 2021 Wonderhorse Festival show with Parler Bien at United Church (Sanctuary) 601 Main Street, Whitehorse, Yukon