St. Michaels University School featured soloist student performers- in collaboration with their student orchestras- in their spring concert.
Displaying the strength and practice of great boarding school community, each soloist played as a member of the full orchestra in support of each others’ performances.
SMUS head Bob Snowden writes of the experience on his blog:
“…it was an exceptional opportunity to witness both the collective excellence of the orchestras (divided, interestingly, into one Grade 9 and 12 orchestra, and one Grade 10 and 11 orchestra) and the individual excellence of the performers. We heard some slightly more exotic pieces – a tympani concerto featuring Brandon Chow, and a marimba concerto by Victor Ma, a harp concerto performed by Christina Chwyl – and a number of more mainstream pieces including selections of piano concertos by Stephen Lam and Lisa Chen, a Haydn aria by Yun Ji Kim, a violin concerto by Clayton Fair, and a cello concerto by Jocelyn Stedman. In addition to our orchestras, most of these musicians have also performed with the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony, the National Youth Orchestra and a number of other ensembles outside the school. And for us it was all included for the price of admission to SMUS! An occasion not to be missed…”(SMUS)
