Media Room
Welcome to the media room. For general media queries and interview requests, please contact:
Bethany Wilson
Director of Marketing
250.385.9771 x 233
bethany@victoriasymphony.ca
Victoria’s own Daniel Lapp is the featured guest in the upcoming Beltone Pops Series concerts on March 2, 3 and 4 at the Royal Theatre. Led by Maestro Brian Jackson, the Victoria Symphony and Lapp will delight audiences with performances of Irish reels, Scottish folksongs and some tunes from the East Coast.
Included on this great Gaelic concert will be orchestral music from Brigadoon, “Fantasy of Scottish Melodies”, a wonderful arrangement of “Danny Boy”, and Eric Coates’s “Springtime in Angus”. Daniel Lapp will join the orchestra playing both fiddle and trumpet in some great Maritime tunes, “Shetland Airs” and other foot-stomping melodies! Accompanying Daniel in this performance is pianist and fiddler Jaime RT and guitarist Adam Dobres.
Maestro Brian Jackson is the Principal Pops Conductor for Orchestra London Canada, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and the Victoria Symphony. He has performed all the major symphonic and choral literature as well as being recognised as a champion of Canadian composers.
At the age of 25 he was the youngest Music Director in Canada (Peterborough Symphony) and since that time has conducted all the major Canadian orchestras. He was Music Director of the Kingston Symphony and the Kingston Choral Society for over a decade, and has led orchestras in the UK, Europe, the United States and South America. Although he is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, his keyboard skills now concentrate on the piano, as witnessed in his coast to coast "Tribute to Liberace" pops show. Brian is gifted as an arranger, orchestrator and composer. Three of his five musicals, "Pip", "Ernest" and "Wallis" have been staged in Ontario theatres. He has conducted for the Canadian Opera Company, Canadian Operetta Company, and Opera Lyra Ottawa, as well as in opera houses in Germany, Austria, Holland and Switzerland. Brian was an organ scholar at Oxford University, and holds a Master of Arts. He is also an Associate of the Royal College of Music. This year, as piano accompanist, his fifth CD collaboration was released, "The Last Rose" with Baritone, Denys Mailhiot.
Since his childhood years in Prince George, Daniel Lapp has travelled to many corners of the globe with his fiddle and trumpet, playing at festivals, clubs, concert halls and pubs in a great variety of contexts with a wide array of artists, such as Rickie Lee Jones with whom Daniel toured the US and Europe in the fall of 2003 singing and playing seven instruments and also with singer-songwriter, Beth Orton with whom Daniel recorded in 2004.
He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Victoria in trumpet in 1993. Since then he has been a soloist with numerous symphony orchestras on the West Coast. He has appeared at a variety of international gatherings, including Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany, with Bowfire, an ensemble of 10 eclectic violinists from across North America; Fiddlesticks in Cork, Ireland, in 1991; Expo ’86 in Vancouver; and the 1994 Commonwealth Games in his hometown of Victoria, BC, for which he formed the BC Fiddle Orchestra with 10 of his students and four of his fiddling mentors from around the province.
He has taught the fiddle to scores of students at home and abroad and collected over 1000 original BC fiddle tunes with the help of grants from the Canada Council, the BC Arts Council and the Cabot Trust Fund. He has also received numerous Canada Council grants to tour internationally, including a trip to the World Beats Festival in Brisbane, Australia, in March 2004 with his award-winning, innovative electronic and acoustic band, Lappelectro, which was nominated for a national jazz award that year.
Daniel has recorded on over 100 albums, including a contemporary fiddle album entitled Reunion, which was recorded in Newcastle, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland, and features many of the UK’s greatest folk artists. His most recent tours have taken him to Iceland and England, and he has just returned from Glasgow where he performed for the second consecutive year at the largest and most prestigious Celtic music festival, Celtic Connections.
Jaime RT hails from the Kootenay’s where she began her performing career at 12-years-old with family band “The Huscroft Family Fiddlers”. She took her love of music and created a career after university with teaching, establishing the Salt Spring Fiddle Workshop that draws fiddle lovers from all over the globe to the founding of Fiddleworks, a teaching series of music books and CDs. At home on Salt Spring Island Jaime can be found performing at community events and teaching fiddle, violin, piano, theory and composition in her unique straw bale music studio.
Beltone Hearing Care Centres is the title sponsor of the Beltone Pops Series. CFAX 1070 is the series media sponsor.
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For more information or interview requests contact:
Julie Fossitt, Director of Marketing
julie.fossitt@victoriasymphony.ca
385-9771 x 229 phone
385-7767 fax
www.victoriasymphony.ca
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES
Brian Jackson is available for phone interviews from February 22 to February 28 and on-camera (in person) interviews from March 1 to March 4.
Daniel Lapp is available for phone and on-camera interviews from February 22 to March 4.
Beltone Pops 5- “Celtic Celebration”
Thursday, March 2, 2006 2:30pm
Friday, March 3, 2006 8:00pm
Saturday, March 4, 2006 8:00pm
Royal Theatre
Tickets to the Beltone Pops concerts start at $23 plus applicable service charges. Senior discounts are available. “Student Rush” members are entitled to two tickets to each performance for $9.75 each. Tickets are available by calling the Victoria Symphony Box Office (385-6515) or at any Royal McPherson Theatre Outlet (386-6121).
Groups of 20 or more save up to 20% off regular priced tickets to Victoria Symphony 2005/2006 season and special performances. For information and reservations call 250-385-6515 or email box.office@victoriasymphony.ca
Recent News Articles
7/7/2010
Victoria Symphony Splash 2010 Salutes The Navy!
Victoria, BC – Details of the Victoria Symphony Splash, including the theme for 2010, Splash Young Soloist and new additions to the event were announced this morning in the ballroom of the Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour.
6/29/2010
New Victoria Symphony Splash fundraiser generates $50,000 for event
Victoria, BC - On June 29th, 2010 the Victoria Symphony announced that its new fundraising initiative, titled Victoria Symphony Splash Band of Heroes, has generated $50,000 in new support for the city’s marquee event of the summer.
5/26/2010
Public invited to design Special Edition Symphony Splash T-Shirt
Victoria, BC – On May 26, 2010, the Victoria Symphony announced that it would be producing a special limited edition T-shirt for Victoria Symphony Splash 2010 based on the winning design of The Splashy White T-shirt Contest. The contest is open to everyone who has the ability to create a T-shirt design meeting required specifications. These T-shirts will be sold to the public to commemorate Symphony Splash with proceeds benefitting the event.
4/1/2010
Parade of Artists reveal the Victoria Symphony’s spectacular 70th Concert Season
Victoria, BC – On Wednesday March 31 Music Director Tania Miller and members of the orchestra and artistic team unveiled the Victoria Symphony’s new season of concerts for 20010/11. Highlights include soloists such as acclaimed pianist André Laplante, masterworks such as Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no. 2, special appearances by The Nylons, the Canadian Tenors, and Cirque de la Symphonie, and the loveable Concert for Kids The Snowman and The Bear.
3/26/2010
© Copyright (c) The Victoria Times Colonist By Kevin Bazzana The recording of Glenn Gould performing Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with the Victoria Symphony and conductor Hans Gruber in 1955 at the Glenn Gould Archives in Ottawa, part of the Library and Archives Canada.
3/23/2010
Victoria, BC – On April 1, 2, and 3 the Victoria Symphony and students from the Canadian College of Performing Arts bring Tony Award-winning musicals including Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, and Wicked to life at the Royal Theatre in Broadway Brilliance.
1/11/2010
The Victoria Symphony rolls out the red carpet for A Night at the Oscars
Victoria, BC – On January 14, 15 & 16, Regina Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Victor Sawa conducts Oscar-winning music with the Victoria Symphony at the Royal Theatre. Symphony goers will walk the red carpet as they make their way into the theatre for a glamorous evening of music from movies such as Lawrence of Arabia, Psycho, The Way We Where and Jaws.
12/24/2009
Victoria Symphony kicks off the New Year with an extravaganza of music, song and dance.
Victoria, BC – On January 1, at the Royal Theatre, the Victoria Symphony presents A Viennese New Year’s with Maestro Brian Jackson, Ballet Victoria and guest soloists. This new production is inspired by the worldwide Viennese tradition of lively and nostalgic melodies and beautiful waltzes.
12/14/2009
Michael Kaeshammer makes orchestral debut with the Victoria Symphony
Victoria, BC – On December 19, at the Royal Theatre, charismatic jazz sensation Michael Kaeshammer makes his orchestral debut with the Victoria Symphony. Performing uniquely stylized Christmas favourites and songs from his latest album lovelight, this concert provides a brilliant and broad range of entertainment.
11/19/2009
Tania Miller signs with Victoria Symphony for another 3 years
Victoria, BC – Music Director Tania Miller has renewed her contract with the Victoria Symphony for another three years. Beginning immediately this contract will extend to 2013 bringing her to a total of 10 years as Music Director of Vancouver Island’s largest performing arts organization
10/23/2009
Victoria Symphony awarded asteroid for contributions during IYA2009
Victoria, BC – On November 1 and 2, at the Royal Theatre, the Victoria Symphony will be presented a certificate of the discovery and naming of an asteroid during The Planets concerts. This asteroid, VicSympho, was named in recognition for the Victoria Symphony’s strong contributions towards music and science education during the International Year of Astronomy.
10/13/2009
Nikki Chooi makes debut performance on $4.3M violin with the Victoria Symphony
Victoria, BC – On October 19 at the Royal Theatre, Nikki Chooi, winner of the use of a 1729 Guarneri del Gesù, debuts the historic instrument with the Victoria Symphony. This concert, Dvořák Symphony no. 8, conducted by Alain Trudel, features Nikki Chooi performing Saint-Saëns’ violin concerto.
9/24/2009
City Lights starring Charlie Chaplin screened with live performance of original score
On October 9 at UVic Centre Farquhar Auditorium, the comedic adventures of Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 silent film, City Lights, will be shown with live orchestral accompaniment by the Victoria Symphony. The presentation also features a special introduction by actor and artist Duncan Regehr and a Chaplin Look-a-like contest.
9/9/2009
Victoria Symphony Heightens Its Beltone Pops Experience
On September 17, 18, and 19, international vocal quintet Five By Design opens the Beltone Pops Series with Swingin’ and Singin’. This season, the Pops guarantees big band sound, bigger performances, and the biggest pops experience the Victoria Symphony has produced.
8/12/2009
2009/10 Symphony Tickets on Sale Now!
Victoria, BC - On Monday, August 17th, tickets for the Victoria Symphony’s 2009/2010 concerts go on sale to the public. To enhance and complement the concert experience, the Victoria Symphony is creating great concert experiences and value-added opportunities for its audience this season. Preconcert talks, post concert talkbacks with the artists, costume contests, Instrument Petting Zoos and lobby performances are all a part of the new season.
4/7/2009
Grammy-award winner James Ehnes headlines new season!
Victoria, BC – On Friday, March 27, Music Director Tania Miller unveiled the Victoria Symphony’s new season of concerts for 2009/10. Highlights include performances by acclaimed violinist James Ehnes, jazz vocalist Michael Kaeshammer and masterworks such as Holst’s The Planets, Bach’s Magnificat and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no. 3.
1/27/2009
The Victoria Symphony names Mitchell Krieger to serve as Executive Director
Victoria, BC – The Victoria Symphony Society has named Mitchell Krieger to serve as the organization’s executive director.
8/7/2008
Resignation of Executive Director, Marcus Handman
Victoria, BC – The Victoria Symphony Society today announced that executive director Marcus Handman will leave his current position. Mr. Handman, who joined the Victoria Symphony in 2004, will remain in his role until October 24.
6/11/2008
Victoria, BC – On August 3rd, 2008, over 40,000 people will hear 15 year old Hugo Wong perform the first movement from Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Victoria Symphony during the 19th annual Bayview Residences Victoria Symphony Splash. Wong was selected from a field of 22 very talented young performers who auditioned in a taped round, from those 11 were subsequently selected to audition live for Music Director Tania Miller.
3/7/2008
Victoria (BC) – Last night, March 6th, at the Royal Theatre, the Victoria Symphony’s Music Director, Tania Miller revealed the exciting and diverse line-up of 32 different concerts for the 2008/2009 season to a keenly interested audience of 350 people. The evening included an enthralling 20 minute presentation by the dynamic Miller, followed by a reception and then a rare behind the scenes look at a Victoria Symphony concert in the making.
One Night Only - Mariachi Live! with the Victoria Symphony
Victoria, BC – On Saturday, March 13, Mariachi Del Sol reunites with the Victoria Symphony for a passionate and rhythmic live performance at UVic Centre. This 10-member band, fully dressed in charro costumes, will ignite the evening with classical panache, from soft romantic ballads to lively ranchero songs.
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