2007 – 2008 Season
Upcoming Concert
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.
2008 – 2009 New Concert Season
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 Dream.
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 Brahmn’s Hungarian Dances, Monti’s Csárdás, the Tango Jealousy and selections from Fiddler on the Roof. Get out your dancing shoes!
An English Country Garden
Nancy Washeim, soprano
Charles Job, conductor
May 17 2:30 pm Duncan
May 19 2:30 pm Sidney
May 24 2:30 pm Victoria
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.
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