• Victoria Baroque: A Festive Baroque Christmas

    St Andrews Cathedral 740 View St, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Victoria Baroque Jeanne Lamon violin and direction (TORONTO) Rebecca Genge soprano (TORONTO) Kris Kwapis trumpet (SEATTLE) Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Victoria’s own Baroque orchestra, […]

  • Tafelmusik: J.S. Bach, The Circle of Creation

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (TORONTO) Elisa Citterio violin and direction Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. This all-Bach multimedia creation combines text, music, and stunning projected video […]

  • Corina Marti: Tabulatura Ioannis De Lyublyn 1540

    St. Andrew’s Cathedral 740 View St, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Corina Marti harpsichord (SWITZERLAND) Doors open at 2:30 pm.  Harpsichord virtuoso Corina Marti performs preludes, fantasias, and dances from the manuscripts of Johannes of Lublin and Johannes Fischer Morungensis: fresh, […]

  • Chiaroscuro String Quartet: Quartets of Haydn, Beethoven, and Schubert

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Chiaroscuro String Quartet (EUROPE) Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Chiaroscuro Quartet brings together some of the finest period string players from across Europe: France, Spain, […]

  • Choir of Clare College Cambridge: Victoria’s Requiem and Penitential Motets

    Chapel of the New Jerusalem, Christ Church Cathedral 911 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Choir of Clare College Cambridge (UK) Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Thirty-two voices-strong, the fresh young vocalists of the Choir of Clare College give a […]

  • Constantinople: Gate to the East

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Constantinople (MONTREAL) Marco Beasley tenor (ITALY) Kiya Tabassian setar and direction Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Italian, Ottoman, and Persian songs are interwoven in Majmua, […]

  • Armonía Concertada: Imaginario: de un libro de música de vihuela

    Oak Bay United Church 1355 Mitchell Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    The Oct 5 Imaginario concert has unfortunately been cancelled due to last minute illness of artist. EMSI apologizes for any inconvenience this has caused to our patrons. Please contact: info@EarlyMusicSocietyoftheIslands.ca […]

  • London Haydn Quartet: Haydn, Beethoven, von Weber

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Haydn, Beethoven, von Weber Eric Hoeprich classical clarinet London Haydn Quartet (UK) The programme features Franz Joseph Haydn’s beloved “Lark” Quartet, Beethoven’s early Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. […]

  • Accademia Hermans: Corelli and the Roman School

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Accademia Hermans (ITALY) Fabio Ciofini harpsichord and direction In Arcangelo Corelli, the Baroque style reached its apotheosis. Although his music was revered throughout Europe long after its composition, it was […]

  • El Mundo: Christmas in Colonial Latin America

    St Andrews Cathedral 740 View St, Victoria, BC, Canada

    El Mundo (CALIFORNIA) Richard Savino guitar and direction Joyous, celebratory, with a distinctive Latin twist. The music abounds with infectious rhythms, sweet melodies, and the lively spirit of the Christmas […]

  • Bach and Buxtehude

    St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church 924 Douglas St, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Chloe Kim, baroque violin Martin Bonham viola da gamba Michael Jarvis harpsichord A star is born! Victoria native Chloe Kim, a student at the Juilliard School of Music in New […]

  • The Baltimore Consort: If Music be the Food of Love

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    The Baltimore Consort (USA) One of EMSI’s favourite ensembles performs a brand-new programme of music based on Shakespeare’s plays. Danielle Svonavec sings some of the greatest hits from the Bard’s […]

  • Concerto Köln: The Four Seasons

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Concerto Köln (GERMANY) Shunske Sato violin One of the great Baroque orchestras of Europe presents the first ever Victoria performance on period instruments of all the movements of Vivaldi’s Four […]

  • Bernstein/Marsh/Schenkman: Vivaldi in Paris

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    As the B.C. Government has placed a ban on all gatherings of 250 or more, EMSI will be cancelling the Saturday March 14 concert, Vivaldi in Paris. A decision on […]

  • Victoria Baroque: Plaisirs de la Chambre

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Emma Hannan soprano Victoria Baroque (PACIFIC NORTHWEST) Soile Stratkauskas flute and direction A sensual selection of music from the salons of Versailles including music by Boismortier, Hotteterre, and Marais. Victoria […]

  • Violin Virtuosi

    Online Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Music for the Pause Program No. 1 – July 3 7:30PM – Violin Virtuosi Chloe Kim, Christi Meyers, Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith, Kathryn Wiebe Telemann Concertos No 1 & 3 for four violins Guillemain Sonata for two […]

  • Virtuoses de Paris

    Online Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Music for the Pause Program No. 2 – July 10, 7:30PM – Virtuoses de Paris Soile Stratkauskas, Jeanne Lamon, Christina Mahler, Christina Hutten Marin Marais Pieces en Trio Suite No.1 Telemann Paris Quartet Sonata No.2 […]

  • Summer Garden Concert 1: Les Délices de la Solitude

    RSVP for address Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    This is our first “real concert” since the month of March! It will be set in the beautiful garden of Dr. Lloyd Howard and organized in accordance with provincial sanitary […]

  • Mad Italians

    Online Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Music for the Pause Program No. 3 – July 17, 7:30 PM – Mad Italians Chloe Kim, Mark McDonald Corelli Sonata in C Major Frescobaldi Toccata 1 for solo keyboard Vivaldi Violin Sonata in G […]

  • Birds, Beasts, and Fantasies

    Online Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Music for the Pause Program No. 4 – July 24, 7:30 PM – Birds, Beasts, and Fantasies Soile Stratkauskas, Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith, & Christina Mahler Telemann Fantasia for solo flute No.1 Telemann Gulliver’s Suite for […]

  • Stylus Fantasitcus

    Online Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Music for the Pause Program No. 5 – July 31, 7:30 PM – Stylus Fantasticus Jeanne Lamon, Chloe Kim, Christina Mahler & Christina Hutton Schmelzer​ Sonate a 2 in F Major […]

  • Summer Garden Concert 2: A Great Noyse

    RSVP for address Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Both performances now fully booked! EMSI is pleased to present, in cooperation with the Ancient Music Society of Victoria, a second garden concert. The theme is outdoor music of the […]

  • Mozart and Friends

    Online Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Music for the Pause Program No. 6 – August 7, 7:30 PM – Mozart and Friends Christi Myers & Mieka Michaux Hoffmeister​ Duo for Violin and Viola, Op. 13, No. […]

  • French Baroque Rivals

    Online Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Music for the Pause Program No. 7 – August 14, 7:30 PM – French Baroque Rivals Tyson Doknjas, Chloe Kim & Kathryn Wiebe Guignon​ Les Folies D’Espagne Op. 9 Nicola […]