Events

Eh bien, dansez maintenant ! Buy Tickets Redeem your Flex Pass Voucher(s) for This Concert Imagine yourself in the elegant royal court of the French Renaissance, attending a ball with […]

This date is sold out. We have added a second performance on Sunday, August 24 at 2:30. For tickets, please follow this link  Banquo Folk Ensemble returns for a summer concert […]

SPECIAL CONCERT In collaboration with Early Music Vancouver Amanda Forsythe Sings Handel Buy Tickets Amanda Forsythe returns to Victoria in this program of arias by Handel originally written for Élisabeth […]

Photo credit: J Abram Photography Treasure Trove: the Cantigas de Santa Maria Just as archaeologists attempt to reconstruct entire communities from a few sherds of pottery, the odd ancient coin […]

Brilliant Baroque After a hiatus of far too long, we are welcoming back the ever-popular Tafelmusik to Victoria. In 1730s Leipzig, J.S. Bach gathered with friends at Zimmerman's coffeehouse for […]

Photo credit: Åsa Maria Mikkelsen Yule The celebration of Yule in Northern Europe harks back to a transition from ancient Pagan Germanic culture to the more formal spirituality of the […]

Bach and Khayyam The ever-popular, ground-breaking ensemble Constantinople examines two of the greatest geniuses of the past millennium, presenting arrangements of some of the most beautiful spiritual songs and arias […]

Strawberry Fields This dynamic Baroque ensemble is indeed creating a ruckus, with their visceral and playful approach to early music. Featuring two brilliant soloists, flutist Emi Ferguson and violinist Rachell […]

Vivaldi on Fire Back by popular demand, Ensemble Caprice, under the direction of dynamic Artistic Director Matthias Maute, returns to Victoria. A whirlwind of fiery passion and dazzling virtuosity, Vivaldi […]

SPECIAL EVENT Artemisia - Light and Shadow Two nights: Friday, April 17, 2026 and Saturday, April 18, 2026 Buy tickets With the success of our opera and dinner production last […]

SPECIAL EVENT Artemisia - Light and Shadow Two nights: Friday, April 17, 2026 and Saturday, April 18, 2026 Buy tickets With the success of our opera and dinner production last […]

Bird on a Briar: Traditional and Ancient Songs The performance on July 25 is sold out, so we've added a second performance: Two dates: Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July […]

Bird on a Briar: Traditional and Ancient Songs Initially, we had one performance on July 25. That performance is sold out, so we've added a second performance: Buy tickets for […]

Sonatas for the Summer Buy tickets For our second Summer Concert, Ensemble Il Postiglione from Italy will present a program of sonatas by Bach, Telemann, Scarlatti and others. Enjoy an […]

Il Gioco della cieca (Blind Man's Bluff) Buy tickets “Blind love I do not trust to thee, that makes desires full of obscurity”. Thus comments the chorus in Guarini's play, […]

Cornucopia: An Autumnal Musical Feast Buy tickets An opportunity to hear bassoon and horn, in the rarely heard roles as solo instruments and featuring internationally renowned local musicians Katrina Russell and Andrew Clark. […]

Amazone Buy tickets Lutenist Thomas Dunford returns to EMSI's stage, leading Jupiter Ensemble, acclaimed as one of the finest in a new generation of early music ensembles. Soprano Lea Desandre, […]

Stella Nova - The New Star Buy tickets Stella Nova offers a view into the unusually rich repertoire for Advent and Christmas that developed in Europe throughout the Middle Ages. […]

Tormento Seicento This concert is generously sponsored by Ray Fischer and Louise Perry. Buy tickets The magnificent soprano Amanda Forsythe returns with viola da gamba virtuoso Cristiano Contadin and his […]

Moonlit Mozart Buy tickets Les Délices, from New York, performs some of the most beautiful music ever written for wind instruments, in this program of Mozart’s wind octets. The voluptuous […]

Notre Dame – Laying the Cornerstone of Western Music Buy tickets A young novice monk travels from Canterbury to Paris to study at its famous school, the Maîtrise Notre Dame […]

The King’s Music & Tavern Songs Buy tickets An EMSI favourite Ensemble Caprice, led by the indefatigable Matthias Maute, returns with music from Purcell to Handel, interwoven with traditional music […]