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A Message from Pierre Simard, Artistic Director
Vancouver Island Symphony
8 Concerts plus 1 Extra Special Show! 2010-2011 Season
Inspiration… Innovation… Imagination… These are the driving forces behind the 2010-2011 season of your Vancouver Island Symphony.
Inspiration is at the core of all great composers’ works. And inspiration comes from so many different sources, this season: memories from the past, the majesty of the sea, a simple love song, a folk melody from a foreign yet familiar country.
Discover thrilling musical innovation, sprinkled throughout the season: a Russian composer revisits Carmen, and invents new sounds from the familiar melodies; a concerto created from water percussion instruments; a joyous festival combining wine, visual arts and music drawn up from past ideas, but in new guises.
And the imagination… well! This is your own ingredient, our faithful VIS patrons transforming our musical offerings and shaping them, experiencing them with their own minds! It is also found in the artistry of our musicians, devoted to finding, molding, imagining the best possible way of conjuring up those essential melodies, harmonies, textures, colors.
We hope our music will inspire you, that you will be transported to new realms of sounds and emotions.
Welcome to our season!
Pierre Simard, Artistic Director
Vancouver Island Symphony
Wednesday September 15, 2010 7: 30 p.m. EXTRA SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
Vancouver Island Symphony presents The Canadian Tenors in a solo performance at the Port Theatre.
Tickets $79-99
Performance sponsored by Bernard Calebaut Chocolates, Woodgrove Centre.
Saturday, October 23, 2010 7:30PM
Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. Port Concert Q & A following the performance
Remembrance
Guest Artist: Angela Cheng, piano
Tickets $18-$48
Performance sponsored by Woodgrove Chrysler |
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Saturday November 20, 2010 7:30 p.m. AND
Sunday November 21, 2010 2:00 p.m.
A Tribute to Boston Pops
Tickets $18-$48 |
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Saturday December 18, 2010 7:30 p.m. AND
Sunday December 19, 2010 2:00 p.m.
The Heart of Christmas with the Vancouver Island Symphony
Tickets $18-$48
The Port Theatre, Nanaimo
Performance sponsored by Windsor Plywood |
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Old Wine in New Bottles Festival - January 20-23,2011 - Nanaimo |
Friday January 21, 2011 7:30 p.m.
Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. Port Concert Q & A following the performance
Festival I
Guest Conductor: Ivars Taurins
Tickets $18-$48
The Port Theatre, Nanaimo |
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Old Wine in New Bottles Festival |
Saturday, January 22, 2010 7:30PM
Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. Port Concert Q & A following the performance
Festival II
Pierre Simard, Conductor
Tickets $18-$48
The Port Theatre, Nanaimo |
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Saturday, February 19, 2011 7:30PM
French Kiss
Guest Artist: Nadya Blanchette, soprano
Celebrate Valentine's Day with the Symphony!
Tickets $18-$45
The Port Theatre, Nanaimo |
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Saturday, March 5, 2011 7:30PM
Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. Port Concert Q & A following the performance
Airs d'Espagne
Guest Artist: Daniel Bolshoy
Tickets $18-$48
The Port Theatre, Nanaimo |
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Saturday, April 30, 2011 7:30PM
Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. Port Concert Q & A following the performance
Water
Guest Artist: Jonathan Bernard, Percussion
Malaspina Choir and VCC Willan Choir
Heather Pawsey, Soprano, Peter Alexander, Baritone
Tickets $18-$48
The Port Theatre, Nanaimo
Performance sponsored by Windsor Plywood |
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