The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra celebrates the Holiday season like no other Arts organization in Vancouver. All sorts of festive choices await audiences in Vancouver and around the Lower Mainland. The festivities kick off with a holiday concert for toddlers and their families: Tiny Tots: Holiday Hooray features professional educators and entertainers, Let Your Music Shine with Lisa and Linda, and the beloved music of Tchaikovsky.
Next up is the Lower Mainland's favourite Holiday Music Tradition, A Traditional Christmas, with VSO Assistant Conductor Evan Mitchell, host Christopher Gaze, and two great choirs: EnChor and the UBC Opera Ensemble. These concerts feature carols, sing-a-longs, and Baroque music typically associated with the Holidays. The Holiday spirit comes alive in fourteen performances that take place in six different venues across the Lower Mainland, including St. Andrew's Wesley Church in downtown Vancouver, and venues in Burnaby (the Traditional Christmas debut at the Michael J. Fox theatre!), South Delta, Surrey, North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
The celebrations continue with Vivaldi's Four Seasons, a timeless and popular classic, featuring leader/violinist Duncan Riddell, the Concertmaster of the Bournemouth Symphony. These performances take place both at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, and at New Westminster's Massey Theatre. The wildly popular Bugs Bunny on Broadway rounds out the holiday season as a fun concert for kids and adults alike, just before the New Year. This concert features a unique blend of classic Warner Bros. cartoons shown on a large screen, while the orchestra plays the soundtracks on stage.
Enjoy Holiday cheer and great music with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra!
Tiny Tots Series
Friday, Dec 12, 2008 10:00am, 11:30am, 1:30pm
Let Your Music Shine with Lisa and Linda, entertainers
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 10:00am, 11:30am
St. Andrew's Wesley:
Thursday, December 11, 7:30pm
Friday, December 12, 7:30pm
Saturday, December 13, 4:00pm & 7:30pm
Bell Performing Arts Centre, Surrey:
Sunday, December 14, 4:00pm & 7:30pm
South Delta Baptist Church, South Delta:
Wednesday, December 17, 4:00pm & 7:30pm
Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver:
Thursday, December 18, 4:00pm & 7:30
Kay Meek Theatre, West Vancouver
Friday, December 19, 4:00pm & 7:30pm
Michael J. Fox Theatre, Burnaby
Sunday, December 21, 4:00pm & 7:30pm
The Lower Mainland's most beloved Holiday Music Tradition! This season, the VSO's charismatic young Assistant Conductor Evan Mitchell leads the orchestra in a celebration of the Holiday spirit, with carols, heart-warming music traditionally associated with Christmas, and plenty of audience sing-alongs! Vancouver's very own Bard, Christopher Gaze, narrates.
Bach & Beyond Series & Specials:
Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Friday & Saturday, December 19 & 20, 8pm, Chan Centre
Sunday, December 21, 7:30pm, Massey Theatre
Concertmaster of the Bournemouth Symphony and chamber music specialist Duncan Riddell leads the orchestra from the violin in a performance of Vivaldi's timeless classic, as well as beautiful chamber works by Mozart and Mendelssohn.
Bugs Bunny on Broadway
Sunday, December 28, 2pm & 7:30pm, Orpheum Theatre
Monday, December 29, 7:30pm, Orpheum Theatre
That Wascally Wabbit is back! Bugs Bunny on Broadway is a unique and sensational blend of classic Warner Bros. cartoons shown on a large screen, while the orchestra plays the soundtracks on stage. Experience these groundbreaking cartoons like you've never seen or heard them before, classics such as What's Opera, Doc?, The Rabbit of Seville, Long-Haired Hare, a Corny Concerto, and so many more hare-raising cartoons. What's up, doc?! -- www.vancouversymphony.ca
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