News & Updates
8/27/2008
Jane Eaglen
Opera superstar Jane Eaglen makes her first appearance in Victoria to open the 2008/09 season
Victoria, BC – On September 14 and 15, opera superstar Jane Eaglen will perform in Victoria with the Victoria Symphony for the very first time. Conducted by Music Director Tania Miller, she will sing arias from three of Wagner’s most well known operas. There will be two performances at the Royal Theatre, September 14 at 2:30pm and September 15 at 8:00pm.
Pre-concert talks will begin 45 minutes before each performance.
Ms. Eaglen has an international reputation and the repertoire chosen for these concerts will highlight her renowned portrayals of Wagner’s heroines. Wagner’s operas are celebrated for their drama, their powerful scores, and their emotion. Ms Eaglen will sing the joyful ‘Dich, Teure Halle’ from Tannhäuser, aswell as the emotional and tragic ‘Liebestod’ aria in which her character, Isolde, sings over the body of her dead lover. Ms Eaglen has performed these roles all over the world to critical acclaim and her visit to Victoria will no doubt have audiences on their feet.
Music Director, Tania Miller is very excited about this first time collaboration,
“It will be an immense thrill to work with the great Wagnerian icon, Jane Eaglen, in her debut performances with the Victoria Symphony. The great roles of Brunnhilde and Isolde will be brought to life in these electrifying opening concerts of the season. The Symphony and I are excited to be performing some of the great music of Wagner and to be making music together again!”
Other highlights of the new season include performances of Nielsen’s Symphony no. 4 “The Inextinguishable”, Handel’s Water Music and Last Night of the Proms. The season also includes collaborations with the South Island Dancers, the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra and a spectacular performance of Orff’s Carmina Burana in March which will feature the Victoria Children’s Choir and the Victoria Philharmonic Choir. Over 50 diverse concerts will be performed in this exciting and busy concert season.
The 2008-2009 season marks Tania Miller's sixth as music director of the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, an appointment that made her the first woman to hold such a significant position in Canada. Her vibrancy and dynamic approach to music making have inspired many innovations with the Victoria Symphony and a new era of artistic growth for the orchestra.
Jane Eaglen has one of the most formidable reputations in the opera world today. She has garnered spectacular reviews worldwide, enjoying unique success in the contrasting roles of Isolde (for the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Liceu Barcelona, Lyric Opera of Chicago and in Puerto Rico); Leonore (debuted for the Seattle Opera) and Brunnhilde (performed in Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Milan, New York, Oslo and the UK).
The Victoria Symphony is Vancouver Island’s largest and most active arts organization offering its audiences 68 years of tradition, a commitment to fostering new music and a dedication to community involvement through music education. Showcasing the outstanding talents of its musicians and guest artists the Victoria Symphony’s 2008-2009 season offers a diverse and exciting line-up of over 50 concerts led by its vibrant Music Director Tania Miller.
Jane Eaglen performs at the Royal Theatre with the Victoria Symphony on Sunday, September 14 at 2:30pm and again on Monday, September 15 at 8:00pm. Tickets can be purchased at by calling 250.385.6515 or 250.386.6121 or online at www.rmts.bc.ca.
The Victoria Symphony wishes to acknowledge the generous support of the newly created Egon Baumann Foundation for these performances.
For complete programming details of the 2008-2009 season please visit www.victoriasymphony.ca.
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For more information and interviews contact:
Karen Manders, Community Relations Manager
karen@victoriasymphony.ca
250.385.9771 x 232 phone
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The Rink Cycle!
The Victoria Symphony and Victoria School District 61 announce - The Rink Cycle!
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10/18/2006
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10/16/2006
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2/23/2006
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2/22/2006
Music Director Tania Miller launches the 2006-2007 season of the Victoria Symphony
Amongst a few hundred Victoria Symphony subscribers, today Music Director Tania Miller will share details of the 2006-2007 season of the Victoria Symphony.
2/22/2006
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2/16/2006
Two winners announced for First Annual Reel Music
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2/13/2006
117 musicians on stage perform Mahler!
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2/1/2006
The winds of the Victoria Symphony will be in the spotlight in a wonderful afternoon of music by Handel, Mozart and Schubert.
1/18/2006
Finalists announced for Victoria Symphony's first annual Reel Music
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1/17/2006
Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a programme of Beethoven and Weill
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1/12/2006
A Creative Genius with the Soul of a Vaudevillian – Al Simmons is a one-man cast of thousands!
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1/10/2006
Victoria Symphony Principal Pops Conductor Brian Jackson performs his first concert of the New Year as both conductor and guest soloist in Piano Pops.
1/3/2006
Works by Russian composers Glinka and Khatchaturian will accompany two stellar works by Dmitri Shostakovich, in a salute to the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
12/15/2005
Victoria Symphony presents Astor Piazzolla’s operita tango masterpiece – María de Buenos Aires
Conductor-in-Residence Giuseppe Pietraroia leads the Victoria Symphony and special guests in a rendition of Piazzolla’s tale of love and betrayal, good and evil - the intensely passionate story of María de Buenos Aires conveyed through the beauty of tango.
12/13/2005
Victoria Symphony’s New Currents Festival of Music continues with electrifying Aventa Ensemble
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12/7/2005
“Fashion Show”, the opening concert of the first annual New Currents Festival of Music, features works by living Canadian composers in a celebration of new music.
11/28/2005
John Pizzarelli makes his debut with the Victoria Symphony!
Jazz guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli, and his star-studded trio make their debut with the Victoria Symphony for a holiday concert on Sunday, December 18 at the Royal Theatre at 8pm.
11/25/2005
Auditions announced for 1st annual Young Musicians Concerto Showcase
Young musicians between the ages of 10 and 21 are invited to audition for the first ever Victoria Symphony Young Musicians Concerto Showcase.
11/22/2005
Hallelujah! Rejoice in the festive season with Handel's Messiah
Maestra Tania Miller will lead the Victoria Symphony in its much-anticipated annual performances of Handel’s Messiah with a talented cast of soloists on Friday, December 16th and Saturday, December 17th, 8pm at the Royal Theatre.
11/18/2005
Principal Pops conductor Brian Jackson leads the Victoria Symphony in three wonderful concerts guaranteed to get the whole family in the Christmas spirit!
11/15/2005
Nézet-Séguin and André Laplante team up in spectacular concert!
The Victoria Symphony’s Principal Guest conductor, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, welcomes internationally-renowned pianist André Laplante on Saturday, December 3, and Monday, December 5 at 8pm at the Royal Theatre, with music by André Ristic, Beethoven and Elgar.
11/7/2005
More than 6000 kids to be delighted by the Victoria Symphony!
Beginning November 16, 2005, approximately 6,500 elementary school students will have the opportunity to experience the magic of the Victoria Symphony, as they perform five educational concerts at the University of Victoria and two at the Cowichan Centre in Duncan.
10/25/2005
Victoria Symphony’s spotlight on strings welcomes Vancouver Symphony concertmaster Mark Fewer
Maestro Timothy Vernon will lead the Victoria Symphony with guest Mark Fewer on Sunday, November 13th at 2:30pm and Monday November 14th at 8:00pm, both at the Royal Theatre.
10/19/2005
Globetrotting Yannick Nézet-Séguin makes his first Victoria Symphony appearance of the season
With dozens of concert appearances all over the world throughout the 2005-2006 season, Victoria Symphony Principal Guest Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin makes his first appearance in Victoria of the season on Sunday, November 6 at 2:30pm at the UVic Farquhar Auditorium.
10/18/2005
The Victoria Symphony performs a special Remembrance Day concert on November 11th
“A Tribute to the Music of the War Years” is a special concert on Remembrance Day in honour of the beloved tunes of the 1940s.
10/13/2005
Award-winning children’s entertainers Platypus Theatre, along with the Victoria Symphony led by Giuseppe (Joey) Pietraroia, present Music, Masks, and Monsters on Sunday, October 30 at 2:30pm.
10/10/2005
Celebrate Hallowe’en with spooky symphonic selections
The Victoria Symphony, under the direction of Conductor-in-Residence Giuseppe (Joey) Pietraroia, performs an exciting selection of well-known orchestral classics, made popular by some great films.
10/3/2005
Former Victoria Symphony Music Director Bakels is back!
Kees Bakels [CASE BACKILLS] leads the Victoria Symphony in an explosive concert of music by Douglas Schmidt, Edouard Lalo and Tchaikovsky on Saturday, October 22 and Monday, October 24 at 8pm at the Royal Theatre...
9/1/2005
Spectacular pianist, vocalist and actress Louise Rose joins the Victoria Symphony for the first Beltone Pops Series concert of the 2005/2006 season...
8/24/2005
New Steinway unveiled at Victoria Symphony's opening concert!
The Victoria Symphony’s new season opens at 8pm on Saturday, September 10 at the Royal Theatre with an exciting concert featuring pianist Krzysztof Jablonski [KRIS-TOFF JA-BLON-SKI] performing Edvard Grieg’s dramatic Piano Concerto in A minor.
8/15/2005
Grand piano autographed by Oscar Peterson goes on the auction block at eBay
The Victoria Symphony will be bidding a fond farewell to its grand piano this week when it is auctioned off on eBay. The piano is a Baldwin nine-foot Concert Grand and features a 1982 autograph by Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson, who celebrates his 80th birthday today.
8/3/2005
New member joins Victoria Symphony family!
Victoria Symphony Music Director Tania Miller and her husband Dr. Tom Moonen are proud new parents of a baby boy.
6/10/2005
Young soprano wins Symphony Splash audition
The Victoria Symphony is proud to announce that Victoria resident Heather MacLeod will be the young artist participating in the 16th annual Victoria Symphony Splash on July 31, 2005.
5/3/2005
The May 9th performance features Symphonies no. 2 and no. 4, two bold works that firmly established Beethoven as an innovator, and showed his determination to carry on despite his progressive loss of hearing. This performance will mark the first time the Victoria Symphony presents a video screen enhanced concert.
4/22/2005
Pre-concert activities for the Beethoven Festival include music, lectures and more!
variety of pre-concert activities including music and lectures will compliment each performance in the Victoria Symphony’s Beethoven Festival, running May 6-16, 2005.
4/11/2005
Victoria, BC – The 2004/05 Odyssey Series concludes Friday, April 22, at 8pm at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium with an evening of music, stories and dance – and a world premiere!
3/31/2005
Tchaikovsky’s deeply moving “Pathétique” symphony brings the Masters Series to a close
One of Tchaikovsky’s masterpieces, the Symphony no. 6 in B minor ‘Pathétique,’ will be performed on Sunday, April 10 at 2:30pm and Monday, April 11 at 8pm at the Royal Theatre under the baton of Music Director Tania Miller.
3/21/2005
Last Night of the Pops – Proms style!
Maestro Brian Jackson, Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony, will lead the orchestra through a program of British music themed after the annual “Last Night of the Proms” celebrations for the final Pops concerts of the season on Thursday, March 31 at 2pm, Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2 at 8pm at the Royal Theatre.
3/15/2005
Celebrate Easter weekend with sacred music by Beethoven and Haydn
This Easter weekend, Principal Guest Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Victoria Symphony in a moving program of works by Haydn and Beethoven on Saturday, March 26, 2:30 pm at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium
3/2/2005
The performance of Bach’s noble and magnificent masterpiece, the Mass in B minor, on Saturday, March 12 and Monday, March 14 at the Royal Theatre at 8pm, marks the beginning of a four-year cycle of the composer’s great choral works to be performed by the Victoria Symphony.
2/14/2005
It isn’t often that classical music audiences have the chance to hear a work performed by it’s own composer, but Victorians will be presented with such an opportunity when Kenji Fusé, the Victoria Symphony’s own principal viola player, performs his Concerto for Viola and Orchestra under the baton of acclaimed Principal Guest Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin on Sunday, February 27 at 2:30pm and Monday, February 28 at 8pm at the Royal Theatre.
2/7/2005
Jazz favourites light up the symphony stage!
The Victoria Symphony and resident conductor Giuseppe Pietraroia will present a lively evening of music inspired by jazz on Monday, February 21 at 8pm at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium.
2/2/2005
Tickets for the Victoria Symphony’s first Beethoven Festival on sale now!
Music Director Tania Miller, the Victoria Symphony and special guest the Vancouver Symphony perform all nine of Ludwig van Beethoven’s symphonies May 6-16, 2005. Tickets for these six concerts go on sale to the public on Monday, February 14.
1/31/2005
Acclaimed soprano Suzie LeBlanc and popular countertenor Daniel Taylor will perform on Sunday, February 13 at 2:30pm at the University of Victoria and on Monday, February 14 at 8pm at the MacPherson Playhouse for the only BC stop on a cross-Canada tour for their best-selling CD, Handel Love Duets.
1/19/2005
Canadian icon Mario Bernardi makes his Victoria Symphony debut with guest violinist Caitlin Tully
Acclaimed Canadian conductor Mario Bernardi will lead the Victoria Symphony for the first time on Saturday, January 29 and Monday, January 31 at 8pm at the Royal Theatre.
1/13/2005
Three fun, but meddlesome spirits, “Music,” “Noise,” and “Silence,” invade the concert hall during the Concerts for Kids performance conducted by Giuseppe Pietraroia on January 23, 2:30pm at the Royal Theatre.
1/10/2005
Principal Pops Conductor Brian Jackson headlines the first pops show of 2005, “Live from New York!”, with smash hits including music from The Producers, West Side Story, Chicago, Les Misérables and more!
1/4/2005
Warm up this winter with a performance of Mendelssohn's
Victoria audiences will be treated to an all-Mendelssohn concert with the Victoria Symphony on Sunday, January 16th at 2:30pm and Monday, January 17th at 8pm at the Royal Theatre.
12/30/2004
Celebrate the sizzling sounds of Brazil, Spain and Argentina with Latin American Mariachi!
The Victoria Symphony performs its first concert of the new year with Maestra Tania Miller conducting Latin American Mariachi! on Friday, January 7 at 8pm at the University of Victoria, with sizzling selections by composers de Falla, Villa-Lobos, Rodrigo and Ginastera.
12/8/2004
Exult in the glories of the season with a timeless masterpiece: Handel's Messiah
The Victoria Symphony will present its annual performance of Handel’s Messiah with a talented cast of soloists on Friday, December 17th and Saturday, December 18th, 8pm at the Royal Theatre.
12/1/2004
Audiences will delight in hearing their favourite holiday tunes performed live with Tania Miller conducting the Victoria Symphony on Friday, December 10th and Saturday, December 11th at 8pm, and Sunday, December 12th at 2pm at the Royal Theatre.
11/29/2004
Holly Cole’s “A Night Before Christmas Tour 2004”comes to Victoria for one night only!
Deck the Halls with Sounds of Holly! Gold and platinum album recording artist Holly Cole joins the Victoria Symphony as part of her “A Night Before Christmas Tour 2004” on Sunday, December 19 at 8pm at the Royal Theatre
11/23/2004
Award winning and critically acclaimed soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian will perform a selection of arias by Mozart and Rossini with the Victoria Symphony under the direction of Maestra Tania Miller
10/26/2004
Two internationally recognized guest artists will join the Victoria Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, November 6th and Monday, November 8th at 8:00 pm the Royal Theatre to feature one of the heavyweights of the solo violin repertoire, Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Opus 77.
10/14/2004
Victoria Symphony Principal Pops Conductor Brian Jackson and host Harry Currie lead the Victoria Symphony in a tribute to the popular music master Leroy Anderson on October 28 at 2:00pm and October 29 and 30 at 8:00pm at the Royal Theatre...
10/13/2004
Award-winning cellist Yegor Dyachkov makes his Victoria Symphony debut with two cello concertos.
The young and vibrant cellist Yegor Dyachkov joins the Victoria Symphony for two concerts led by guest conductor Jean-François Rivest on Sunday, October 24th at 2:30 pm and Monday, October 25th at 8pm at the Royal Theatre...
10/6/2004
Victoria Symphony Society announces two new Staff Appointments
Marcus Handman, Executive Director of the Victoria Symphony Society, is pleased to announce two recent staff appointments – a Director of Marketing and a Director of Development...
10/4/2004
Music Director Tania Miller presents an afternoon of eighteenth-century music by Mozart and Haydn on Sunday, October 17 at 2:30pm at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium.
9/16/2004
Volunteer Directors Bring Dynamic Energy to Symphony
The Victoria Symphony Society welcomes seven new members to its Board of Directors...
9/13/2004
Great Romantics – Past and Present
Music Director Tania Miller sets the mood for great romance as the Victoria Symphony performs the first concert in the Masters Signature Series September 26 and 27 at the Royal Theatre...
9/1/2004
Swing into Symphony’s First Pops Concert of the Season...and make a New Orleans Connection!
Victoria, BC – George Haden and the New Orleans Connection celebrate Mardi Gras early with the Victoria Symphony on September 16, 17 and 18 at the Royal Theatre.
8/31/2004
Legendary Pianist Anton Kuerti Launches New Symphony Season
Legendary Pianist Anton Kuerti Launches New Symphony Season, Opening Night on Saturday, Sept 11
7/28/2004
Top 10 Fun Things for Families to do at Bell Symphony Splash
Listen to great music all day long. Seven great daytime musical acts play from 11:45 am to 6:00pm and the Victoria Symphony perform a pirate-themed pops and classical music program from 7:30pm to 10pm. All from a barge in Victoria’s Inner Harbour...
7/19/2004
BC Musicians Take Centre Stage at Splash’s All Day Celebration
Bell Symphony Splash celebrates the Province’s culture and diversity with some of BC’s best performers taking centre stage for the daytime portion of the event...
7/14/2004
Press Release Correction on Splash Young Musician Program
Bell Symphony Splash Young Musician Jordan Ofiesh will be playing the Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso.
7/14/2004
Buy a button. Listen to music. Support the Symphony.
Bell Symphony Splash organizers are hoping a new way of fundraising strikes a chord with symphony supporters...
7/13/2004
Flibustiers, Freebooters and Picaroons join Splash for an exciting Adventure on the High Seas
We’re swinging the lead and coming alongside, so scrape off the barnacles ...
7/13/2004
Local Violinist Makes it Big at Splash
Tania Miller, Victoria Symphony Music Director, today announced that local violinist 15-year-old Jordan Ofiesh is the featured young musician at this year’s Bell Symphony Splash evening concert on Sunday, August 1...
7/8/2004
Symphony ‘Blooms’ for Three Summer Concerts at Butchart Gardens
The Victoria Symphony celebrates with Butchart Gardens on their 100th Anniversary.
7/3/2004
Bell Symphony Splash Now Entertains All Day Long
Bell Symphony Splash Now Entertains All Day Long …with help from the Provincial Capital Commission and other generous sponsors
