In these times of isolation in our homes and bubbles, EMSI invites you to a Vivaldi party on Sunday January 24th, 2021 at 7 pm. Here is how to attend: 1 Plan ahead. Get a ticket for The Dark Side of Vivaldi here. If needed, update your EMSI membership (swift and easy there ). and check that you can log […]
Vivaldi is well-known for his many concertos, particularly The Four Seasons, but much of this prolific composer’s work is rarely programmed, and so, like the dark side of the moon, remains out of sight. Join us online for an enlightening performance which reveals some lesser-known works of Vivaldi and his contemporaries. All of our videos […]
It is with great sadness that the Directors of the Early Music Society of the Islands write to tell you of the untimely and unexpected death of Michael Jarvis (1958-2020). He was widely regarded as one of Canada’s leading performers on early keyboards. Michael was a pillar of the West Coast early music community and […]
Due to the new temporary non-essential travel restrictions in and out of the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health regions, we have changed the date of this concert to Friday November 27th so that our Vancouver-based harpsichordist, Christina Hutten, will be able to participate. Tickets for the November 14th events will be transferred to the […]
All new and returning EMSI members are invited to join us for our AGM, to be held via Zoom on St Cecilia’s Day, November 22nd at 3pm. If you have not yet purchased your 2020/2021 EMSI membership, please do so here in order to receive your information package and Zoom link.
Dear EMSI friends and supporters, I am sorry to inform you that the Medieval Christmas concert scheduled for December 19th has been postponed to a future season. Given the quarantine period required by visitors from outside Canada, The Gothic Voices will not be able to undertake their tour this year. Ticket holders will be contacted […]
Our eleven concert video series, filmed in the beautiful Chapel of the New Jerusalem at Christ Church Cathedral, will be live-streamed each Friday at 7:30 PM, from July 3rd to September 11th! Watch the concerts live here (a FaceBook account is not needed). Each of the eleven concerts will be available for one week following […]
The Early Music Society of the Islands hopes that you and your loved ones are staying safe in these difficult times. This website will soon contain information on EMSI’s planned 2020-21 season but, at this time, we are uncertain about how many of these concerts will be presented, as we comply with the directions of […]