BY KIRSTEN BOLTON
For ArtSpring
Every year, the very best students from Victoria Conservatory of Music’s Young Artists Collegium Program come to ArtSpring for a special chamber music concert.
Featuring ensembles of outstanding young talent on strings, winds and piano, the concert will be followed by fascinating on-stage feedback from a master artist to the rising stars.
This year, the concert is on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 2:30 p.m. and the concert features music by Bartok, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Arensky, Martinu, Millhaud, Telemann and Haydn.
Prize-winning Canadian pianist Ian Parker will act as mentor, engaging with the students and audience to review the performance and provide advice.
Whether one is a student of music, has young talent in the family, or wants to learn more about what it takes to become a professional musician, this Sunday afternoon concert hits the right chords.
Founded in 2006, the Collegium includes 12- to 18-year-old students and as a program is rated among the best in Canada. Collegium students from the Victoria Conservancy of Music have won top prizes in festivals and earned placements at UVic, McGill, the Juilliard School of Music and other prestigious universities and institutes.
Adult tickets for Sunday’s event cost $20 and youth are $5.