Orpheum Stage

10am – 12:30pm
VSO Open Rehearsal – VSO Resident Conductor Trevor Wilson with special guest Valerie Lin
1:15pm – 1:45pm
MEI Screaming Eagles Marching Band
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Michael Dirk – Saturday Morning Cartoons (Felix the Cat & Mickey Mouse) with the Historic Mighty Wurlitzer
3:00pm – 3:30pm
The Saint James Music Academy Marimba Ensemble
4:00pm – 4:30pm
VSO School of Music Big Band
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – VSO Resident Conductor Trevor Wilson with special guest Valerie Lin

The Orpheum seats over 2,600 people and no ticket is required to attend. We recommend arriving early as admission will be granted on a first come, first served basis. Your full party must arrive together, as seats cannot be saved

Westcoast Energy Hall

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Saxophilia Saxophone Quartet – 30 years of Saxophilia
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Strings of the East: A Dialogue between Erhu and Zheng – Nicole Li and Jessica Huang

Important Note: To prepare for our next performance, all guests must exit the theatre at 4:30pm. If you are joining us for the 7:30pm VSO performance, please exit and rejoin the queue outside the Orpheum entrance.

Pyatt Hall

9:15am – 11:00am
VSO School of Music Sinfonietta Open Rehearsal
11:00am – 12:00pm
VSO School of Music Camerata Ensemble Open Rehearsal
12:30pm – 1:00pm
Travel to China by Music – Azalea Chinese Music Ensemble
1:30pm – 2:00pm
Aureum Chamber Ensemble “In C”
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Kara-Kata Afrobeat Group
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Quartetto Vivo – 2 Pianos, 8 Hands Dancing 40 Fingers

Willms Salon

10:15am – 10:45am
Gergana Velinova – From Jazz to Broadway for Kids
11:15am – 11:45am
Opera Lirica – Butterflies: A Concert of Arias and Songs
12:15pm – 12:45pm
Collage of Us – Noeul Duo (Hwa Yeong Maria Jung) – Piano, voice
1:15pm – 1:45pm
Songs for Three: Voice, Violin, Piano Trio – Ava Shadmani, Kiandokht Nouri, Bahare Poureslami
2:15pm – 2:45pm
Timeless Voices: Women Composers Across Time and Place – Jonathan Lo, Christine Ngai, Jae-won Bang – Piano Trio
3:15pm – 3:45pm
Laxphobia – Where the Light Wanders – Piano and Vibraphone
4:15pm – 4:45pm
Forest Benson – Solo piano

Activity Rooms

ROOM 411

10am – 12:30pm
 Orchestral Instrumental Playzone – All ages, 3+

ROOM 412

10am – 1:00pm
VSO SoM Mini Music Makers Mini-classes – Perfect for families from 3 months – 5 years old
1:30pm – 2:30pm
VSO School of Music Meet the Ukulele – Suggested age: 5-8 years old
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Michael Dirk Organ Building Workshop – Suggested age 8-12 years old
2:00pm – 2:45pm
Flamenco Dim Sum – Caballo De Fuego
3:30pm – 4:15pm
Ardeshir Trio – Jazz
5:00pm – 5:45pm
Interactive Street Party with Cooking with Brass
12pm – 12:30pm
YoYo Duo (cello duo)
1:00pm – 1:30pm
The Saints Boys x Hot Moose Trio – Haydn Trio, Piazzolla Primavera Portena
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Schubertiade – piano, cello, voice
3pm – 3:30pm
Phoenix Music Duo – Saxophone and piano
12pm – 12:30pm
Between Ocean & the Moon: New Works by Paniz Moslehi – Solo Piano
1:00pm – 1:30pm
Hamilton Lau – Vancouver Chopin Society
2:00pm – 2:30pm
PianoKage: One Piano Orchestra
3:00pm – 3:00pm
Romantic and Spanish Piano: Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Albéniz – Estelle Copery
Arts Umbrella Student Musical Theatre Performances (solos and duets)
3:30pm – 4:15pm
Quinlan McDonald
Miri Grad
Lily Patton
El Quin Ilay
Avery Connors
Elizabeth Dicken
Ellington Campbell
Sage Collins
Reina Grosch
4:30pm – 5:15pm
Genvavie Duval
Sage Collins
Avery Connors
Ellington Campell
Amelie Andrade
Quinlan McDonald
Elizabeth Dicken
Genvavie Duval
Reina Grosch
Rebecca Floresco
Lina Wozniak
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Exploring Movement and Music: Dance & Music Improvisation Workshop – VSO SoM Faculty – Julian Borkowski & Ballet BC – Marco Esccer

In this workshop, participants are invited to experience dance as a living conversation between sound and motion. Explore how musical ideas can transform into movement prompts—and how physical expression can, in turn, shape our understanding of sound. 

No dance or music experience is required—only curiosity, openness, and a willingness to explore.

1:30pm – 2:00pm
Daniel Hersog Quartet: New Music, New Stories
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Harmeet Kaur Virdee Quartet – Jazz
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Undecided Platypus Project – VSO School of Music Jazz Combo
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Silk Road Music – East meets West
6:00pm – 6:30pm
Singers of the VSO School of Music
7:00pm – 7:30pm
Cellissimo!!! (Cello Ensemble)
8:15pm – 9:00pm
Mohamed Assani Trio – South Asian music
10:00am – 12:30pm
VSO SoM Mini Music Makers Mini-classes – Perfect for families from 3 months – 5 years old
1:00pm – 1:30pm
Ardavan Mofidi (Guitar)
1:30pm – 2:00pm
Mahtab Saadatmand (Cello) Ehsan Esfandiari (Violin)
2:15pm – 2:45pm
Shahin Pourghiasian (Tanbour) Babak Banihoseini (Percussion)