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SUMMARY:The Big IDEA: Sharing our music and telling our stories
DESCRIPTION:Obtain your tickets for The Big IDEA concert! Tickets are offered for free or pay what you can. Entry for this concert will be at the Victoria Conservatory of Music – 900 Johnson Street. \n\nThe Big IDEA: Sharing our music and telling our stories\nA series of events including performances and conversation in creating a more inclusive and equitable music space. These uplifting and informative\, faculty forward events focus on the principles of Inclusion\, Diversity\, Equity\, and Accessibility (IDEA) through the lens of the vibrant 2SLGBTQIA+ community. These events are offered through support from the City of Victoria. \nOur next events are Sunday\, May 5- Hope in 2SLGBTQIA+ community and Sunday\, June 23- Celebrate Pride! \n\n Sunday\, May 5 – Hope in the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community\nEnjoy an afternoon of beautiful music\, performed by Conservatory faculty who identify as members or allies of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. This concert event will also feature a panel discussion with invited guests focusing on the importance of hope as well as how we all can nurture our mental health. \nFaculty and Special Guest Musical Performers\n\nMary Byrne\, flute \nAlexander Richards\, saxophone \nJany Lu\, piano \nRobert Holliston\, piano \nMarsha Elliott-Edwards\, flute \nAnna Bigland-Pritchard\, voice \nClaire Saunders\, dancer \n\nConservatory Chat\nInvited guests bring their experience and expertise to discuss the topic of hope in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community as well as the importance of maintaining our mental health as we navigate our sometimes complicated lives. This Conservatory Chat will strengthen our sense of hope through exploration of the positive influences and support we experience. As well\, panelists will discuss ways everyone can strengthen and enhance their mental health. This panel discussion will conclude with a short Q & A for the panelists. \nThis conversation is moderated by Jack Edwards \n\nSpecial Guests\nAce Mann \nOriginally from the Unceded Traditional Territories of the K’ómoks First Nation\, they now live on the Unceded Coast Salish Territories of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples. A lifelong queer whose passions have always revolved around amplifying marginalized voices and providing support to their community\, Ace has volunteered for GSRD spaces for over 20 years from here to “Manitoba” and back. They are a trained neuroscientist\, psychotherapist\, and the president of the Victoria Pride Society. Beginning in academia\, Ace studied the immunology of brains at a molecular level.  \nAfter losing a sibling to suicide\, they moved their studies into counselling as a way to study how brains protect themselves in a different way. Seeing the ripple effect that a person’s loss could have on a community\, Ace likes to take any opportunity to create a ripple effect of good; the potential impact for the mental health community and the people who would benefit from their work continues to be the driving force behind Ace’s passions. \nAce plans to work towards a Ph.D. in the near future; they are interested in syndemics and social structure and\, in particular\, the vast inequities faced by equity-deserving people who are disproportionately affected by mental and physical epidemics caused by societal systems of oppression. \nTogether with their partner\, Ace co-founded the Trans and Loved community on Instagram. As avid scuba divers\, Ace and their partner are happiest on\, in\, or under the water. Otherwise\, you can find Ace volunteering with VPS\, writing research papers\, hiking with their dog and partner. \n\nKatree Weick \nAs a white settler living and learning on the unceded lands of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples\, Katree is committed to anti-racism\, decolonizing\, and staying critical in their social work practice. They were born on the stolen lands of the Klallam peoples\, and her ancestors hail from Germany\, France\, England\, Belgium and Poland. They Identify as Queer using both they and she pronouns. She is Polyamorous\, Bisexual\, straight sized and deals with long term invisible chronic illness. As a Social Worker registered with “BC” and “Alberta\,” and as a human living in a gender rich  and relationship diverse community\, She opened an alternative practice offering counselling support to folks who\, like them\, experience life from an anti-normative lens. They are a creative being at heart bouncing between different art forms and creative processes which fuel up her life\, and remind them that in all of the systemic challenges we face\, we can ignite change with our hearts\, our hands\, and our voices together. \n\nVenue Accessibility\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is at ground-level and wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator located on the first floor: as you enter the building go down the ramp to your right and the elevator is on the left at the bottom. Priority seating can be provided at concerts if you have accessibility issues; please contact the Venues Department . Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the main floor\, beside the lobby in the Reception and Registration area.
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/the-big-idea-hope-in-the-2slgbtqia-community/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
CATEGORIES:VCM Concerts and Events
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SUMMARY:Senior Collegium Chamber and Vocal Collegium Concert
DESCRIPTION:Entry for this concert is at The Victoria Conservatory of Music entrance at 900 Johnson Street. Admission by donation. \nFamily\, friends\, and the public are welcome to watch the award winning students of the Victoria Conservatory of Music Young Artists Collegium Program perform Chamber Music: Beethoven\, Arensky\, Milhaud\, Bartok\, Beeftink and Gaubert. Always astonishing!   \n\nVocal Collegium members will also perform duets by various composers including Fauré\, Donaudy\, Quilter and Schumann.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the Young Artists Collegium Program?\n\nFounded in 2006\, Collegium is an enriched program for talented young classical musicians – singers\, pianists and other instrumentalists – brought together with outstanding teachers to create a lively\, collaborative educational experience devoted to the pursuit of musical excellence. \nLearn more about Collegium.
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/senior-collegium-chamber-and-vocal-collegium-concert-05-07-2024/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
CATEGORIES:Faculty and Student Performances
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SUMMARY:New Orford String Quartet presents Pizzicato!
DESCRIPTION:Entry for this concert will be at the Victoria Conservatory of Music – 900 Johnson Street. \n\nVictoria Conservatory of Music celebrates 60 years!\nWe begin our celebration with Focus on Strings – A series of concerts featuring internationally renowned artists including the New Orford String Quartet (May 16)\, CelloFest: Paul Marleyn and Friends in Recital (May 17)\, and the Victoria Conservatory Strings Faculty Artists in Concert (June 15). \nThese concerts celebrate the work of Victoria Conservatory’s Founding Head of Strings Sydney Humphreys\, and cellist James Hunter\, who together with the Conservatory’s founding Principal\, pianist Dr. Robin Wood\, performed as Trio Victoria across Vancouver Island and throughout Western Canada\, growing awareness of the newly founded Music Conservatory in Victoria\, and the excellent quality of music instruction it would become nationally renowned for. \nThe Victoria Conservatory of Music is very excited to welcome the New Orford String Quartet\, and especially violinist Jonathan Crow\, one of the Conservatory’s most prominent Alumni\, who studied with the Conservatory’s founding Head of Strings\, Sydney Humphreys. \n\nThe New Orford String Quartet returns to the Alix Goolden Performance Hall with a captivating program showcasing the diverse ways in which pizzicato\, a technique where the strings are plucked instead of bowed\, is used to shape the expressive landscapes of string quartet music: \n\nCaroline Shaw’s “Blueprint” experiments with pizzicato textures\, creating intricate rhythmic patterns that weave a mesmerizing sonic tapestry. \nAna Sokolovic’s “Commedia delle’arte” utilizes pizzicato to evoke the playful\, lively spirit of the Italian theater\, adding a delightful rhythmic energy to the music. \nBeethoven’s Harp quartet incorporates pizzicato passages to enhance the ethereal and dreamlike atmosphere of the piece. \nMaurice Ravel’s magnificent string quartet takes the listener through a whole beautiful and distinctive sound world as heard through the prism of Ravel’s gorgeous harmonic language.  \n\nThroughout this program\, pizzicato serves as a powerful tool\, showcasing the expressive possibilities and adding a unique sonic dimension to the string quartet repertoire. \n \n\nCaroline Shaw: “Blueprint”  \nBeethoven: String Quartet in E flat Major Op. 74 (“Harp”)  \nIntermission  \nAna Sokolovic: Commedia delle’arte  \nRavel: String Quartet in F Major \n\nWe acknowledge the generous support of the Gail O’Riordan Climate and the Arts Legacy Fund through the Victoria Foundation.  \n\nAbout the New Orford String Quartet\nAndrew Wan\, violin\, concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal \nJonathan Crow\, violin\, Concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra\, Victoria Conservatory of Music alum \nSharon Wei\, viola\, Associate professor of viola at Western University   \nBrian Manker\, cello\, Principal Cellist of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra\n\nFour musicians with equally stellar pedigrees formed the New Orford String Quartet with the goal of developing a new model for a touring string quartet. Their concept – to bring four elite orchestral leaders and soloists together on a regular basis over many years to perform chamber music at the highest level – has resulted in a quartet that maintains a remarkably fresh perspective while bringing a palpable sense of joy to each performance. The Toronto Star has described this outcome as “nothing short of electrifying.” \nLearn more about the New Orford String Quartet at https://www.neworford.com/about   \n\nVenue Accessibility\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is at ground-level and wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator located on the first floor: as you enter the building go down the ramp to your right and the elevator is on the left at the bottom. Priority seating can be provided at concerts if you have accessibility issues; please contact the Venues Department . Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the main floor\, beside the lobby in the Reception and Registration area.   \n\nA message from our sponsor\nMetamorphosis: A Healing Journey features 120 pages of beautiful photography\, poetry\, quotes and short pieces that inspire contemplation and expanded consciousness. This book premiered during Earth Week this past April and is a CreativelyUnited.org collaborative production in partnership with Climate & The Arts. \n\nCreativelyUnited.org is a free community solutions hub that offers a 24/7 event calendar\, community blog\, videos and resources\, plus features a directory of more than 270 area-wide non-profits doing good in our community. \n\nContributors include: Winnipeg photographer/writer Sam Baardman; esteemed Kwakwaka’wakw poet\, Krystal Cook; a touching written piece by Jonathan O’Riordan; photography and writing by multi-media producer\, Frances Litman; a powerful lyrical piece by Kwakwaka’wakw and Nuu-Cha-Nulth artist\, Alex Taylor-McCallum; and evocative writing and imagery by Robert Sandford\, Senior Government Relations Liaison for Global Climate Emergency Response at the United Nations Institute for Water\, Environment\, and Health. \n\nPlease visit CreativelyUnited.org to learn more.
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/new-orford-string-quartet-2024/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
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SUMMARY:Spring Serenata 2024 (Le Grand Concert!)
DESCRIPTION:Please note: Entrance to this event in Alix Goolden Performance Hall is at 900 Johnson Street. Admission by Donation. \n\n\nThe Spring Serenata (Le Grand Concert!) is an end-of-year Concert presented by Victoria Conservatory of Music Voice Department\, which allows students the opportunity to perform repertoire that they have been working on during the year in an informal concert production setting. \nThis year the Classical Concert  (5:00pm to 6:30pm) will be comprised of students singing classical / Musical Theatre repertoire while the Contemporary Concert  (7:00pm to 9:00pm) will present students singing excerpts from the contemporary song repertoire. \nIt promises to be an exciting evening of music & song! Come and Join us. Admission is by donation & everyone is most welcome! \n\n\n\n\nVenue Accessibility\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is at ground-level and wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator located on the first floor: as you enter the building go down the ramp to your right and the elevator is on the left at the bottom. Priority seating can be provided at concerts if you have accessibility issues; please contact the Venues Department . Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the main floor\, beside the lobby in the Reception and Registration area.
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/spring-serenata-2024-le-grand-concert/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
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SUMMARY:The Village Choir Spring Concert
DESCRIPTION:Entry for this concert will be at The Victoria Conservatory of Music – 900 Johnson Street. The balcony is closed for this event. \n\n\n\nThe Village Choir is back at Alix Goolden Performance Hall for their Spring Concert featuring performances by Oliver Swain\, Claire Butterfield\, Ahsley Wey\, Damian Graham\, and a community choir for all people and all voices. Music by Coldplay\, Redbone\, Hozier\, John Lennon\, Natasha Bedingfield\, and Bob Marley\, Village Choir concerts are always different and unforgettable celebrations of community and music. \n\nVenue Accessibility\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is at ground-level and wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator located on the first floor: as you enter the building go down the ramp to your right and the elevator is on the left at the bottom. Priority seating can be provided at concerts if you have accessibility issues; please contact the Venues Department . Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the main floor\, beside the lobby in the Reception and Registration area.
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/the-village-choir-spring-concert/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
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