by LizaTaylor | Nov 20, 2024 | 2024-2025 Season, Donor Profile, VI Symphony
For culture advocates Lynne and Dick Bowen, investing in their community means being actively involved with the cultural organizations that matter to them. Since their arrival in Nanaimo over 50 years ago, they have both invested personal resources of time, expertise...
by LizaTaylor | May 15, 2024 | Donor Profile, VI Symphony
Photo: Last concert Dietmar Seibt attended before he died: Proms Island Style, April 29, 2023 at The Port Theatre, photographed with Sharon Seibt and Associate Principal Violist Guyonne Le Louarn Arts are not an extra for this lifelong music supporter “A society or...
by LizaTaylor | Apr 25, 2023 | 2022-2023 Season, VI Symphony
Proms Island Style The Vancouver Island Symphony’s season finale, Proms Island Style, will, according to Guest Conductor Arthur Arnold, blow the roof off the Port Theatre! The Proms is an audience favourite, but what will make this performance unique and Island...
by LizaTaylor | Jan 16, 2023 | 2022-2023 Season, VI Symphony
VIS Artistic Director Search Over the past few weeks, I have been asked about the process the hiring of our new Artistic Director. When Pierre Simard announced that he was heading back to Montreal in the spring of 2022, the VIS Board started preparations for his...
by LizaTaylor | Oct 18, 2022 | 2022-2023 Season, VI Symphony
A New World Interview with Conductor Nadège Foofat The Vancouver Island Symphony is getting ready to launch its 28th season entitled variations with a number of changes and surprises in store for music lovers. One major variation is a season with six guest conductors...
by LizaTaylor | Apr 11, 2022 | 2021-2022 Season, Mark Beaty, VI Symphony
Music • Art • Community Come be a part of it all! Pictures at an Exhibition celebrates a brand new commissioned and production of Mussorgsky’s suite by Jason Nett. This wonderful piece encompasses the mission of the Vancouver Island Symphony: a one-of-a-kind immersive...
