classical music
The Olympia Chamber Orchestra presents: Joie de Vivre Featuring winners of the 2024 OMTA Concerto Competition
Capital High School 2707 Conger Avenue NW, Olympia, WA, United StatesCome celebrate incredible young musicians in the Olympia area with the Olympia Chamber Orchestra! The Olympia Chamber Orchestra (OCO) and the Olympia Music Teachers Association (OMTA) have a longstanding tradition of fostering young musical talent. Each year, OMTA hosts a concerto competition for young pianists in the region. The winners of the two advanced divisions […]
Huehuetenango: Music from 16th Century Guatemala
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 924 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC, CanadaTenor Jonatan Alverado and Ariel Abramovich on vihuela explore a 16th Century Guatamalan manuscript, reflecting early colonial musical influences in South America. Music played an important role in the early missionizing of local populations in South America. As was the case in other colonial settings, European music, particularly, but not exclusively sacred music, was adopted […]
Abroad – Pacific Baroque Festival 2025: Peace, Friendship and Joy
Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria Quadra at Rockland, Victoria, British ColumbiaSecond concert of Pacific Baroque Festival 2025 featuring Aaron James (Toronto) performing works written for the grand cathedrals of Europe on Christ Church Cathedral's renowned Wolff organ. Why stay at home when there’s a whole world to explore? In the organ lofts of Europe’s great cathedrals, Baroque keyboard players had unparalleled resources for musical expression, […]
Friendship – Pacific Baroque Festival 2025: Peace, Friendship and Joy
Alix Goolden Performanace Hall 900 Johnson St, Victoria, BC, CanadaFeaturing acclaimed German soprano Dorothee Mields, this concert focuses on three musical friends in Johannes Voorhout’s painting Allegory of Friendship – Johann Reinken, Dietrich Buxtehude and Johann Thiele, whose music revitalised Hamburg as a center of music during the Thirty Year’s War. A free city sheltered from war, Hamburg became a refuge for many musicians […]
