VS Presents: The National Youth Orchestra of Canada

Celebrate 65 incredible years of music with NYO Canada! When: Friday, August 1, 7:30 pm Where: Christ Church Cathedral Tickets: $47.50, general admission Led by acclaimed Music Director Naomi Woo, this one-night only anniversary performance transforms Victoria’s Christ Church Cathedral into a space of sound, and transformation—experience a powerful program that doesn’t shy away from darkness—but insists on beauty, meaning, and hope. The evening opens with Across the Vaulted Night, a work commissioned by the SOCAN Foundation NYO Canada and composed by NYO Canada cello alum Nicholas Denton Protsack. Next, 2025 Michael Measures First Prize winner Justin Saulnier takes center stage in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2—a work of shifting moods, flickering between solitude and spectacle, and concluding in a blaze of rhythm and colour. After intermission, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 offers a searing portrait of survival under totalitarianism, where even silence carries weight. Featuring 91 of Canada’s most talented young musicians — including local Victoria talent! One cathedral. One unforgettable summer night. The next generation of Canadian orchestral music starts here.