Our 2024–2025 Concerts

The Ambleside Orchestra normally presents up to eight concerts of varied orchestral repertoire each year, in community venues across the North Shore and in Vancouver.

 

Mainstage Concerts

We present four or five mainstage concerts each season, performing exciting new repertoire at each one.

Admission is by donation; we suggest $20 per adult or $15 per youth (aged 13 to 21). Admission for a child (up to age 12) is free.

• Sunday, December 1, 2024
  3 pm
  Highlands United Church
  3255 Edgemont Boulevard
  North Vancouver
  

  Program:

  Márquez, Danzón No. 2
  Donizetti, Quel Guardo Il Cavaliere
  Puccini, O Mio Babbino Caro
  Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor
  Dvořák, Song to the Moon
  Lehár, Meine Lippen, Sie Küssen So Heiss
  Strauss, On the Beautiful Blue Danube
  Yon, Gesù Bambino
  Anderson, A Christmas Festival
  
  Featuring soprano Melanie Krueger and violinists Zoe Robertson and Jake Blakely
  
 
• Friday, January 31, 2025
  8 pm
  Highlands United Church
  3255 Edgemont Boulevard
  North Vancouver
  

  Program:

  Mozart, Magic Flute Overture
  Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 3 in E Flat Major
  Massenet, Scènes Alsaciennes (Orchestral Suite No. 7)
  
  Featuring hornist Duncan Shaw
  
 
• Sunday, March 30, 2025
  3 pm
  Highlands United Church
  3255 Edgemont Boulevard
  North Vancouver
  

  Program:

  Fauré, Elegy for Cello and Orchestra
  And chorales by Mozart, Verdi, Rameau, Cyrillus, and Tin
  
  Featuring cellist Joseph Elworthy and the St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School Choir, directed by Siiri Rebane
   
• Friday, June 6, 2025
  8 pm
  Highlands United Church
  3255 Edgemont Boulevard
  North Vancouver
  

  Program:

  Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor
  Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor
  Vivaldi, Concerto in D Major for Guitar
  
  Featuring pianists Jerry Zheng and Joseph Goulding and guitarist Golnar Riahi
   

 

Chamber Group Concerts

From time to time, members of our orchestra perform in small chamber groups in intimate settings. Admission is by donation.

• Sunday, January 26, 2025
  3 pm
  St. Agnes Anglican Church
  530 East 12th Street
  North Vancouver
  

  Program:

  A selection of short pieces by small groups comprising winds, brass, strings, and piano.

         

Community Concerts

We offer several public concerts in community venues each season. Admission is free.

Please watch this space for news of upcoming community concerts.

       

Behind-the-Scenes Rehearsals

Ever wonder what goes on at an orchestra rehearsal? Come and see!

Once or twice a year, we open a rehearsal so you can glimpse what goes on behind the scenes. You'll enjoy good music, the odd mistake, interesting commentary, and a few laughs. Admission is free.

Please watch this space for news of upcoming behind-the-scenes rehearsals.