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SUMMARY:Pacific Baroque Festival 2026 - Concert #1 - Iberian Splendour
DESCRIPTION:This concert is located at Christ Church Cathedral\, 930 Burdett Ave\, Victoria \n\n   \n\nPurchasing Tickets\nSingle Tickets: $35 + tax & fees and $30 for Seniors/Students + tax & fees are available for purchase here. \nFestival Passes: $105 + tax & fees and $90 for Seniors/Students + tax & fees are also available for purchase here. \nSchool-age and post-secondary students:  FREE entry at door with presentation of student ID or proof of enrolment \n\nConcert #1: Iberian Splendour is included in the Festival Pass.  \n\n\nAbout the Concert\nWith ringing bells\, distant drums\, lavishly ornamented motets\, and ancient plainsong\, organist Abraham Ross will present an evening of diverse pieces from one of the most distinctive corners of the keyboard repertory: baroque organ music of Portugal and Spain. In a period marked by a trove of treatises and sources\, the invention of new pipework and case designs\, and the presence of the organ in both courts and cathedrals\, it is evident that Iberian patrons considered the organ most capable of the sublime in music. \nThroughout a 250-year period of political upheaval\, changing borders\, and pressuring outside tastes\, the idioms practiced by organists maintained their forms\, developing within a microcosm relative to the rest of Europe. The written repertory exhibits an unexpected blend of stylistic influence\, owed to a unique coexistence of a lingering Mozarabic diaspora\, imperial conquest and exploitation of the Americas\, and the religio-political leanings of authorities in the southern kingdoms. \n\nLearn more here: https://www.pacbaroque.com/iberiansplendour \n\n\n\nAbout the Pacific Baroque Festival\nThe Pacific Baroque Festival is an annual festival hosted by the Victoria Conservatory of Music     (Victoria\, BC\, Canada) in collaboration with Christ Church Cathedral\, Victoria. \n\nPacific Baroque Festival 2026 celebrates its 22nd year from February 25 – March 1\, 2026.\n‘Spanish Connections\,’ will include 5 events with programs intended to highlight the extraordinary music of baroque Spain.
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/pacific-baroque-festival-2026-concert-1-iberian-splendour/
LOCATION:Christ Church Cathedral\, 930 Burdett Ave\,\, Victoria\,\, BC\, V8V 3G8
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SUMMARY:Pacific Baroque Festival 2026 - Concert #2 - Suave Melodies and Spanish Follies
DESCRIPTION:This concert is in Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, entrance at 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria \n\n   \n\nPurchasing Tickets\nSingle Tickets: $35 + tax & fees and $30 for Seniors/Students + tax & fees are available for purchase here. \nFestival Passes: $105 + tax & fees and $90 for Seniors/Students + tax & fees are also available for purchase here. \nSchool-age and post-secondary students:  FREE entry at door with presentation of student ID or proof of enrolment \n\nConcert #2: Suave Melodies and Spanish Follies is included in the Festival Pass.  \n\n\nAbout the Concert\nLa Modestine: \nMarc Destrubé – violin \nNatalie Mackie – viola da gamba \nLucas Harris – guitar and theorbo \n\nThis intimate program for violin\, viola da gamba and lute/guitar\, will enlighten Festival attendees to the blossoming of Spanish baroque music after El Siglo de Oro (Spain’s “Golden Century”)\, which intriguingly blended the diverse cultures of the Hapsburg Empire which existed across Europe and the Americas\, as well as drawing on Spain’s Moorish past. \n\nDon’t forget to join our complimentary coffee hour before the concert (10 am start)! \n\n\nLearn more here: https://www.pacbaroque.com/suavemelodies \n\n\n\nAbout the Pacific Baroque Festival\nThe Pacific Baroque Festival is an annual festival hosted by the Victoria Conservatory of Music     (Victoria\, BC\, Canada) in collaboration with Christ Church Cathedral\, Victoria. \n\nPacific Baroque Festival 2026 celebrates its 22nd year from February 25 – March 1\, 2026.\n‘Spanish Connections\,’ will include 5 events with programs intended to highlight the extraordinary music of baroque Spain. \n\n\nVenue Accessibility\n\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is wheelchair accessible at street level. There’s a drop-off zone out front\, elevator access inside\, and several accessible washrooms\, including a gender-neutral washroom.  \n\nFor priority seating or other accommodations\, contact us in advance.   \n\nFor full details\, visit vcm.bc.ca/plan-your-visit
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/pacific-baroque-festival-2026-concert-2-suave-melodies-and-spanish-follies/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
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SUMMARY:Postsecondary Thursday Lunch Concert
DESCRIPTION:Entrance to this event is at the Victoria Conservatory of Music at 900 Johnson Street. Free admission. \n\nAbout the Concert\n\nCome join us as the Postsecondary students share their musical works-in-progress! And always expect the unexpected! \n\nRanging from Bach to Brubeck to Bluegrass to Beatles\, as well as originals and beyond\, these free concerts bring together fellow students and the public\, to share in the joy of music. \n\nSince September 1979\, the Victoria Conservatory of Music has proudly represented Camosun College as its exclusive provider of music programming. \n\n \nVenue Accessibility \n\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is wheelchair accessible at street level. There’s a drop-off zone out front\, elevator access inside\, and several accessible washrooms\, including a gender-neutral washroom.  \n\nWe honour Canoo and Access 2 Passes. For priority seating or other accommodations\, contact us in advance.   \n\nFor full details\, visit vcm.bc.ca/plan-your-visit
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/postsecondary-thursday-lunch-concert-feb-26-2026/
LOCATION:Robin & Winifred Wood Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Pacific Baroque Festival 2026 - Concert #3 - Fervour and Fantasy
DESCRIPTION:This concert is in Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, entrance at 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria \n\n   \n\nPurchasing Tickets\nSingle Tickets: $35 + tax & fees and $30 for Seniors/Students + tax & fees are available for purchase here. \nFestival Passes: $105 + tax & fees and $90 for Seniors/Students + tax & fees are also available for purchase here. \nSchool-age and post-secondary students:  FREE entry at door with presentation of student ID or proof of enrolment \n\nConcert #3: Fervour and Fantasy is included in the Festival Pass.  \n\n\nAbout the Concert\nRachel Allen – soprano \nMarc Destrubé – violin \nKathryn Wiebe – violin \nNatalie Mackie – viola da gamba \nLucas Harris – guitar and theorbo \nMarco Vitale – harpsichord and organ \n\nThe Italian ‘Modern Style’ of music that would mark the future of western music was no stranger to Spain\, not least because the Kingdom of Naples was part of the Hapsburg empire.  This Italian fashion was also championed by the second wife of Philip V\, Elizabeth Farnese\, who was influential in attracting the Neapolitan Domenico Scarlatti to the royal court in Madrid.  The Spanish composer José de Nebra likely greeted Scarlatti as he was harpsichord teacher to the Portuguese Barbara of Braganza\, future queen to King Ferdinand VI. Both Ferdinand and Barbara had a profound passion for music\, and their reign reflected a true musical paradise\, dominated by musicians such as the celebrated singer Farinelli. \n\nSoprano Rachel Allen has gone from singing in the Pacific Baroque Festival as a member of the Victoria Children’s Choir and studies at the Victoria Conservatory of Music to appearing in the concert halls of London and Europe and on the BBC. We are pleased to welcome her back to perform cantatas by the Spanish composer José de Nebra (a work unearthed a mere 25 years ago in the archives of the cathedral of Guatemala City) and the Neapolitan Domenico Scarlatti\, best known for his 555 keyboard sonatas. \n\nLearn more here: https://www.pacbaroque.com/fervourandfantasy \n\n\n\nAbout the Pacific Baroque Festival\nThe Pacific Baroque Festival is an annual festival hosted by the Victoria Conservatory of Music     (Victoria\, BC\, Canada) in collaboration with Christ Church Cathedral\, Victoria. \n\nPacific Baroque Festival 2026 celebrates its 22nd year from February 25 – March 1\, 2026.\n‘Spanish Connections\,’ will include 5 events with programs intended to highlight the extraordinary music of baroque Spain. \n\n\nVenue Accessibility\n\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is wheelchair accessible at street level. There’s a drop-off zone out front\, elevator access inside\, and several accessible washrooms\, including a gender-neutral washroom.  \n\nFor priority seating or other accommodations\, contact us in advance.   \n\nFor full details\, visit vcm.bc.ca/plan-your-visit
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/pacific-baroque-festival-2026-concert-3-fervour-and-fantasy/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
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SUMMARY:Pacific Baroque Festival 2026 - Concert #4 - A Night in Madrid with Luigi Boccherini
DESCRIPTION:This concert is in Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, entrance at 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria \n\n   \n\nPurchasing Tickets\nSingle Tickets: $35 + tax & fees and $30 for Seniors/Students + tax & fees are available for purchase here. \nFestival Passes: $105 + tax & fees and $90 for Seniors/Students + tax & fees are also available for purchase here. \nSchool-age and post-secondary students:  FREE entry at door with presentation of student ID or proof of enrolment \n\nConcert #4: A Night in Madrid with Luigi Boccherini is included in the Festival Pass.  \n\n\nAbout the Concert\nKathryn Wiebe – violin \nJoanna Hood — viola \nDiederik van Dijk – cello \nNatalie Mackie – cello \nLucas Harris – guitar \nMarco Vitale – fortepiano \n\nThe Italian composer Luigi Boccherini was attached to the Court of the Spanish Infante\, Luis Antonio (1727–85)\, brother of King Charles III of Spain (1759–88). For having married a common citizen\, King Charles exiled the Infante from the Madrid Court to the Arenas de San Pedro palace in Ávila province. As a courtier of Luis Antonio\, Boccherini joined the exile\, and found himself with much time for composition\, and there completed more than one hundred quintets for various instruments. \n\nOf the ‘Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid’\, Boccherini wrote: ”The piece is absolutely useless\, even ridiculous\, outside Spain\, because the audience cannot hope to understand its significance\, nor the performers to play it as it should be played.” We will do our best to prove Boccherini wrong! The music appears in the 2003 feature film ‘Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World’. \n\nLearn more here: https://www.showpass.com/pacific-baroque-2026-concert-4/ \n\n\n\nAbout the Pacific Baroque Festival\nThe Pacific Baroque Festival is an annual festival hosted by the Victoria Conservatory of Music     (Victoria\, BC\, Canada) in collaboration with Christ Church Cathedral\, Victoria. \n\nPacific Baroque Festival 2026 celebrates its 22nd year from February 25 – March 1\, 2026.\n‘Spanish Connections\,’ will include 5 events with programs intended to highlight the extraordinary music of baroque Spain. \n\n\nVenue Accessibility\n\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is wheelchair accessible at street level. There’s a drop-off zone out front\, elevator access inside\, and several accessible washrooms\, including a gender-neutral washroom.  \n\nFor priority seating or other accommodations\, contact us in advance.   \n\nFor full details\, visit vcm.bc.ca/plan-your-visit
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/pacific-baroque-festival-2026-concert-4-a-night-in-madrid-with-luigi-boccherini/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
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SUMMARY:Stars of Tomorrow: Classical Chamber Music Concert
DESCRIPTION:This event is on Mayne Island at the Mayne Island Agricultural Hall. \n\nTickets are $20 in advance\, $25 at the door. Age 18 and under are free. If price is a barrier and you would like to attend\, please contact mickistirling[at]gmail.com. \n\nTickets are available at the Farm Gate Store or Home Hardware\, or online through the Mayne Island Little Theatre. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the concert\nAn inspiring concert from our award-winning Young Artists Academy students performing dynamic chamber works by  Dvořák\, Milhaud\, Kodály\, Bonis\, and Reger. \n\nAbout the Young Artists Academy\nFounded in 2006\, the Young Artist Collegium Program\, now the Gary Karr Young Artists Performance Academy\, provides colleagues or peers for exceptional young musicians\, supporting and challenging them to become the best they can be\, in music and in life. \n\nThe Academy is an enriched program for talented young classical musicians – strings\, winds\, brass\, and pianists – all brought together with outstanding teachers to create a lively\, collaborative educational experience devoted to the pursuit of musical excellence. \n\nIt provides the environment to develop and thrive as soloists and as chamber musicians with all the necessary tools to think critically and work as a team.
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/stars-of-tomorrow-classical-chamber-music-concert/
LOCATION:Mayne Island Agricultural Hall\, 430 Fernhill Rd\, Mayne Island\, BC\, V0N 2J0\, Canada
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