Victoria Summer Music Festival 2018 Season Announcement. (media release) Celebrating our twenty-third year! We are thrilled to open our series with the James Ehnes Quartet. Due to the tremendous demand for seats when we presented James in recital, we are again booking the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre, in Oak Bay High School, for this concert. Our usual venue, the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall at UVic, will be the site for the … [Read more...]
Victoria Composers Collective Call for Scores for New Music Festival. Media release.
February 22, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Victoria Composers' Collective Call for Scores for Oak Bay New Music Festival. Media release. Founded in 2015, the collective has staged concerts, toured the province and been a major contributor to the Oak Bay New Music Festival. Below please find their internal and external calls for scores for the Oak Bay New Music Festival (June 2/3 in Victoria BC). Photo: Aaron Licht Dear Composers, The Victoria Composers Collective and Oak Bay … [Read more...]
Pretty Good Not Bad Festival June 17-19 2016. Preview.
June 6, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Pretty Good Not Bad Festival June 17-19 2016. Preview. A new festival for Victoria BC. When noted musical improviser Dan Godlovitch contacted me with news of a new festival—I was intrigued. Over the years I’ve come to know Dan more for his work with Paper Street Theatre Co, but others will recognize him from The Krells, Urban Therapy, Cloud Sounds and CFUV. Media release follows: Pretty Good Not Bad (PGNB) is a brand new festival … [Read more...]
Voice ++ at Open Space March 19-22 2015 in Victoria BC.
February 18, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Voice ++ at Open Space March 19-22 2015 in Victoria BC. Media Release. I still remember the concert by Christian Zehnder at Voice ++ 2013--incredible artistry and mastery of the human voice. Open-minded music lovers are encouraged to go outside their normal listening and participate in this fantastic festival. Voice ++ (March 19-22) is Open Space’s festival that focuses on the exploration of the human voice and its intersection with sound … [Read more...]
Ligeti Festival celebrates composer’s centenary in Victoria BC. March 21-29 2014.
March 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Ligeti Festival celebrates composer's centenary in Victoria BC March 21-29 2014 I first learned of the upcoming Ligeti Festival through an e-bulletin from the University of Victoria School of Music, and started to do research on this unknown-to-me composer. What I found was fascinating—for, as with many people, I had actually heard his music. It’s been used extensively (sometimes without prior permission) in the movies 2001: A Space … [Read more...]
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