2009 – 2010 Concert Season Archives
On a Spring Note
Karina Choe soprano
April 10–7:30 pm Duncan
April 11–2:30 pm Victoria
April 13– 2:30 pm Sidney
Our April concert will showcase the stunning operatic voice of Korean soprano Karina Choe. It features selections from West Side Story, Parisian comic opera, and even La Boheme. We shall of course include many Palm Court favourites to complete your enjoyment. The flowers that bloom in the Spring…
Blue Danube
Lambroula Pappas soprano
Janos Sandor guest conductor
February 20–7:30 pm Victoria
February 21– 2:30 pm Duncan
February 23– 2:30 pm Sidney
Journey down the Danube between the great cities of Vienna and Budapest and experience the delightful waltzes and polkas of the Strauss family, the operettas of Franz Lehar and Emmerich Kalman, and selections from The White Horse Inn. Celebrate Life and Love!
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Frederick Hodges pianoforte
November 7–7:30 pm Victoria
November 8–2:30 pm Duncan
November 10-2:30 pm Sidney
All the way from Berkeley, California ragtime pianist Frederick Hodges presents the music of the Roaring Twenties and the age of the silent movie. Music by Hubie Blake, Scott Joplin and Irving Berlin will have you snapping your fingers, tapping our toes and dancing the Charleston or the saucey Black Bottom. Absolutely daring and outrageous!
2008–2009 Concert Season
An English Country Garden
Nancy Washeim, soprano
Charles Job, conductor
May 17–2:30 pm Duncan
May 24–2:30 pm Victoria
May 26–2:30 pm Sidney*
*Date on the 2008-09 Concert Season print brochure is incorrect.
Named after Percy Grainger’s famous tune, this concert puts a spring in our steps with wonderful music in the true Palm Court style. Waltzes, marches, romantic intermezzi and show selections all make for a wonderful afternoon. This year we feature music from Carousel and Brigadoon.
O Danny Boy
Kenneth Lavigne, tenor
Charles Job, conductor
October 11–7:30 pm Victoria
October 15– 2:30 pm Sidney
October 19– 2:30 pm Duncan
Join the Orchestra in the Emerald Isles to celebrate the songs of the great Irish tenor John McCormick including Danny Boy, When Irish Eyes are Smiling, and Macushla. At this concert, the Orchestra and Ken Lavigne will release their new CD, Love’s Old Sweet Song.
Gypsy Carnival
Marianne Olyver, violin/conductor
March 7– 7:30 pm Victoria
March 8 –2:00 pm Duncan
March 10– 2:30 pm Sidney
British violinist Marianne Olyver leads the Orchestra in an exuberant, fun-filled concert of gypsy music including Brahm’s Hungarian Dances, Monti’s Csárdás, the Tango Jealousy and selections from Fiddler on the Roof. Get out your dancing shoes!
2007–2008 Concert Season
An English Country Garden
Timmy Chooi, violin
Charles Job, conductor
2:30 pm May 18 Mill Bay
2:30 pm May 20 Sidney NEW!
2:30 pm May 25 Victoria
A wonderful gift for Mother’s Day! Beautiful music and fragrant flowers provide the setting for this first annual English Country Garden celebration of Spring. Conductor Charles Job and the Orchestra feature Victoria violin prodigy, Timothy Chooi, in a program of music by violin virtuosos-turned-composers Pablo Sarasate, Henri Wieniawski and Vienna’s Fritz Kreisler. Memorable music performed in the authentic Palm Court style. Join us in the lobby for our 21st Anniversary retrospective display.
Embraceable You
Barbara Blair , vocalist
Charles Job, conductor
7:30 pm October 6 Victoria
2:30 pm October 14 Mill Bay
2:30pm October 23 Sidney
Join Victoria diva Barbara Blair and the Orchestra featuring pianist Karel Roessingh in a tribute to the great voices of Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney and Sarah Vaughan accompanied by the Hollywood arrangements of Paul Weston and Nelson Riddle. Enjoy the songs of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers.“Barbara’s voice is like warm cocoa on a winter’s night.” Leonard Camplin, Okanagan Symphony
 Operettas of the Silver Screen
Charlotte Corwin , soprano
Dr Donald Hunsberger, guest conductor
Charles Job, conductor
7:30 pm February 9 Victoria
2:30 pm February 10 Mill Bay
2:30pm February 12 Sidney
From New York’s renowned Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger guest conducts Montreal soprano Charlotte Corwin and the Orchestra in the great operettas of the silver screen. Enjoy the music of Victor Herbert, Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg in selections from The Desert Song, Rose Marie, Naughty Marietta and The Student Prince. The program evokes memories of screen idols Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald and Mario Lanza. Romance your sweetheart this Valentine’s.
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