Coming Events
College Events
- Fridays, 14:30
- Pemberton Chapel, Royal Jubilee Hospital
- An hour of quiet organ music provided by volunteers from the Centre
- Casavant Frères opus 2469 (1958), 5 rank, 2 manual unit organ
- Friday November 20, 2009, 19:30
- Grace Lutheran Church
- Organ Travelogue: Geoffrey Thornburn's
European travels in summer 2008.
- Sunday, December 6, 2009, 14:30
- Pemberton Chapel, Royal Jubilee Hospital
- Christmas Concert, with voice students from the VCM accompanied by
Robert Holliston; organists David Berry and Geoffrey Thornburn
- Tickets: $10; reservations 250-592-5863 (Jeannette)
- Refreshments will be served
- Co-sponsored with the RJH Nursing Alumnae Association;
proceeds to the RCCO 2010 convention
- January 16, 2010, 14:00-16:00
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
- Organ crawl, followed by a reception at the home of Jerry McDonald.
- February 26-27, 2010
- Christ Church Cathedral
- RCCO Travelling Clinician Jan Overduin
- March 21, 2010
- Choral Festival
- St. Aidan's United Church
- 13:45 rehearsal; 15:00 performance
- Seven choirs performing two items each, and two items en masse.
Interested choirs should contact Nell Howard or Gordon Miller at St. Aidan's
by January 28, 2010. Collection to support the RCCO 2010 convention.
- Saturday May 29, 2010, 16:00
- Victoria Centre AGM
- July 18-22, 2010
- Victoria BC
- 2010 RCCO National Convention
- Convention Chair: Nicholas Fairbank
- July 17-21, 2011
- Hamilton ON
- 2011 RCCO National Convention
- Convention Co-Chairs: Bruce Cross, Zachary Windus, Simon Irving
Members' Events
-
Sundays, 15:00-15:45
November 11, 11:45-12:15
- Netherlands Centennial Carillon
- Rosemary Laing
plays carillon works, folksongs and improvisations.
Rosemary was guest recitalist at St. Joseph's Oratory in Montréal on July 12
and at the Peace Tower in Ottawa on July 14.
- Sunday November 1, 2009, 15:00
- Church of St. Barnabas
- Reflection, the first of the season in St Barnabas's
Sunday Afternoon Concert Series, presented by the Vancouver Island Chamber Choir.
Music of: Bach, Mahler, Bruckner, Stokes, Poulenc, Witacre and Rheinberger
- Admission: $10
- Sunday November 22, 2009, 14:30
- Grace Lutheran Church 100th Anniversary Concert Series
- Julia Wedman, baroque violin (Tafelmusik, I Furiosi)
- Nicholas Fairbank, organ
- Martin Bonham, viola da gamba
- Douglas Hensley, lute and theorbo
- Admission: $15, $10 unwaged
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Sunday November 22, 2009, 20:00
- Church of St. Barnabas
- Candlelight Compline
- (4th Sundays)
Community Events
- Sunday, October 25, 2009, 15:00
- Cumberland United Church
- Alastair Highet, Lantzville BC, and Comox Valley organists on the
Alfred Hunter organ (1881)
- Admission by donation
- Sunday November 15, 2009, 19:00
- Church of the Advent, 510 Mount View Ave., Colwood
- Jazz Vespers
- Evening prayer service with music provided by outstanding jazz musicians.
- Today featuring:
Monik Nordine, sax;
Brent Jarvis, piano;
Phil Albert, bass;
Sherry Clayton, drums
- Friday November 20, 2009, 18:00
- St. Andrew's Cathedral
- Prayer and Music in the Style of Taizé,
sponsored by the Downtown Churches Association
- (Third Fridays)
Non-local Events
- May 20 - 23, 2010
- Saskatoon SK
- Podium 2010
- Biennial convention of the
Association of Canadian Choral Conductors
- July 6 - 10, 2010
- Powell River, BC
-
International Choral Kathaumixw
- August 3 - 10, 2011
- Puerto Madryn (Patagonia), Argentina
- 9th World Symposium on Choral Music
- presented by the
International Federation for Choral Music
and sponsored by the Municipality of Puerto Madryn
- The deadline for choirs wishing to audition is past.