Past Concerts

Thursday May 18th 2023 7PM
The Port Theatre

This annual concert features over 50 local musicians ranging in age from 4 years to 60+, and it has become a favourite event in Nanaimo’s music community. This year we are excited to have the Island Consort Chamber Choir joining us as our special guest ensemble. Fiddelium were named as the Young Performers of the Year at the 18th annual Canadian Folk Music Awards in Vancouver last month.

2:00pm May 6th - Christ Church Gabriola, Gabriola Island
7:30pm May 7th - St. Andrew's United Church, Nanaimo

In our many dimensions of life and living, the music we listen to, perform and appreciate forms an integral part of our psyche. Our concerts are always an exploration of history, in that our music was conceived and composed yesteryear – sometimes recently, sometimes centuries ago

December 3rd 2022 5pm and 7:30pm,  Port Theatre

We will be joining the Vancouver Island Symphony for a concert for the whole family featuring favourite carols and songs.

For tickets and more information: https://www.vancouverislandsymphony.com/christmas-memories-dec-2022/

2:00pm November 5th 2022 - Church of St John the Divine, Courtenay
7:30pm November 6th 2022 - St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Nanaimo

The Island Consort Chamber Choir presents its postponed Spring 2020 program, Choral Treasures. These Treasures express and endearingly celebrate a broad range of our “human condition”.

May 7th 2022, 7:30 pm at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Nanaimo May 9th 2022, 7:30 pm Knox United Church, Parksville “In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love” (Locksley Hall, Tennyson). And here we are, the Island Consort, to celebrate Love and Spring in a program of poetry readings and song. It is an interesting exercise to partner a selection of poems with choral repertoire – each from a vast library of compositions – and we hope that you enjoy our choices. Admission is adults $20, students $5 and under 13, free at the door.  COVID19 Protocols: All attendees will be required to be masked throughout the performance. Vaccinations are appreciated. Any provincial health orders at time of performance will be respected

We are thrilled to announce that we will be presenting a heart-warming Christmas concert Singing for Christmas on Saturday, December 11^th at 2:30 p.m. The performance will take place in the spacious auditorium of St. Andrew’s United Church at 311 FitzWilliam Street in Nanaimo. Tickets $20 per adult and $5 for students. Children under 13 are free. 

The Island Consort is pleased/excited to be back singing and performing in this season of Christmas 2021.  Thankfully most of our members have re-joined us but you will see a few new faces.  This program has many familiar songs and carols – some with new melodies and arrangements - that we hope you will enjoy.  Some are organ-accompanied which, I think, adds to the flavour of Christmas and for which we are again fortunate to have Jenny Vincent as accompanist.

We are disappointed to announce that all three of our concerts this April are cancelled. We wish for all our members and audience to remain safe and healthy through this COVID-19 pandemic and as such we are following recommendations of our governments on limiting group activities.

When it is safe to hold concerts again we will be ready to bring you "Choral Treasures" at that time. 

Nov. 29th, 7:30 pm at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Qualicum Beach

Dec. 1st, 7:30 pm at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Nanaimo

7:30pm April 12th 2019 – St. Mark’s Anglican Church,
Qualicum Beach
2:30pm April 14rh 2019 – St. Andrew’s United Church,
Nanaimo

Director Bruce Farquharson has assembled a collection of notable works, taken from each year of the choir’s 12-year history, that represent the many choral elements of the group’s performances.

with guest organist Jenny Vincent

7:30pm Nov 30th 2018 – St. Mark’s Anglican Church,
Qualicum Beach
7:30pm Dec 2nd 2018 – St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,
Nanaimo

Poulenc, Rutter, Schütz, Holst, Isaac, Lauridsen
An evening of Christmas Choral Music

with guest organist Jenny Vincent

2:30pm April 14th 2018– St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Qualicum Beach
2:30pm April 15th 2018 – St. Andrew's United Church, Nanaimo

Can you feel the thrill of a soprano’s high C in Allegri’s Miserere Mei or the energy in Mozart’s Misericordias Domini or the sublime angst in Amazing Grace? “There is Sweet Music” is a program that offers the richness of Early Music, the vitality of Classical Music, the sublimity of Romantic Music and the diversity of Contemporary Music.