A tribute to the wonderful world of Disney & all things magical in the musical world.

This concert will be shorter than our usual performances, giving families with young children (and audience members of ALL ages) the opportunity for beauty rest after the show.

Everyone is invited and encouraged to dress as their favorite magical character!

From classics like Fantasia, The Wizard of Oz, The Little Mermaid and Beauty & the Beast, to more recent film scores like Frozen, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings – the wide world of music is filled with magic and wonder. Join us and sing along with the tunes you know.

Richmond Orchestra and Chorus

ALL TICKETS PURCHASED (NOT PREVIOUSLY RESERVED) AT THE VENUE ON June 8, ARE $25 EACH.

Tickets purchased or reserved in advance via Eventbrite, email or phone:
$23 - Adult
$20 - Senior/Student
$15 - 6 or more
(Children under 16 are free with paid ticket)

To reserve tickets for Will Call - simply email roca@roca.ca or call (604) 276-2747 and let us know how many of which type of ticket you want and leave your name clearly. We’ll have the tickets ready for you “at the door” (Will Call table in the lobby) on the night of the concert! You can pay by cash or credit card in person.

Our Community Partner for this concert is Richmond Gogos:

The music of composer John Williams is some of the most recognizable, loved and enjoyed around the world. The scores he created for the first 2 Star Wars movies (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope & Episode V: Empire Strikes Back) have been universally set in stone as some of Williams' most iconic work. Even if you are not a Star Wars fan, you probably know and appreciate the orchestral music in the Star Wars Suite!

But, that's not all. We may start out in a galaxy far, far away, but the music of Brahms will ground us back down on earth. His Violin Concerto is arguably one of the greatest concertos for violin ever composed. Guest soloist and returning Richmondite Isabel Lago will shine as she brings this exquisite piece to life with the Orchestra.

You will not want to miss this stellar experience for your ears and heart! May the fourth and the force, be with you...

Isabel Lago, violin soloist

All tickets purchased (not previously reserved) at the venue on May 4, are $25 each.

Tickets purchased or reserved in advance via Eventbrite, email or phone:
$23 - Adult
$20 - Senior/Student
$15 - 6 or more
(Children under 16 are free with paid ticket)

To reserve tickets for Will Call - simply email roca@roca.ca or call (604) 276-2747 and let us know how many of which type of ticket you want and leave your name clearly. We’ll have the tickets ready for you “at the door” (Will Call table in the lobby) on the night of the concert! You can pay by cash or credit card in person.

Our Community Partner for this concert:

Richmond Orchestra

Conductor Brigid Coult celebrates her 30th season as Director of Richmond Chorus with a varied program of sacred and secular music that speaks to our need to raise our voices together in song.

Let All The World – R Vaughan Williams
Cantique de Jean Racine – Faure
Totus Tuus – Gorecki
Five Hymns in Popular Style – Gardner
Nitohtamok Askîy (Listen to the Land) - Sheryl Sewepagaham
United in Purpose – Dilworth
Sing Me to Heaven – Gawthrop
Dirait-on – Lauridsen
How can I keep from Singing? – Quartel
Light of a Clear Blue Morning – Parton/Johnson
J’entends le moulin – Patriquin
Here’s to Song – MacGillivray

Tickets purchased at the door on night of concert: $25 each

Tickets purchased in advance:
$23 - Adult
$20 - Senior/Student
$15 - 6 or more
(Children under 16 are free with paid ticket)

Richmond Chorus

Our Community Partner for this concert is Regional Animal Protection Society (RAPS) - an organization near and near to Brigid’s heart. Come learn more about this fantastic organization helping animals in our community.

Tickets purchased at the door on night of concert: $25 each

Tickets purchased in advance:
$23 - Adult
$20 - Senior/Student
$15 - 6 or more
(Children under 16 are free with paid ticket)

This concert showcases The Richmond Orchestra, featuring these talented local musicians:

Our Community Partner for this Concert is Connections Community Services Society. Learn more about what they do in our community by clicking on their logo below.

The Richmond Orchestra & Chorus Association presents a Holiday Extravaganza
with Community Partner Richmond Food Bank

Your favorite Christmas movies brought to life on stage with full orchestra and chorus.

One of the joys of Christmas is revisiting the classic holiday films – and movies, as you know, have sound-tracks, and tunes we all love. From the old classics like “White Christmas” and “Meet Me In St Louis” to the more contemporary like “Home Alone,” “Polar Express,” and “Frozen” – you'll be whisked away into the nostalgia and magic of the season. Come join Orchestra and Chorus for an afternoon at the Christmas movies.

Richmond Orchestra and Chorus

Tickets purchased in advance:
$23 - Adult
$20 - Senior/Student
$15 - 6 or more
(Children under 16 are free with paid ticket)
Tickets purchased at the door on night of concert: $25 each

Open Tickets for the Season
6 or more tickets for any concert this season are $15 each!
Please contact roca@roca.ca if you would like any number of paper tickets.

This concert is proudly sponsored by RBC through their Communities Together Fund.

The Richmond Orchestra & Chorus Association presents "Clean & Classic"

What better way to begin our 37th season than with the music of two great composers of the 18th century? The Orchestra offers the music of Mozart, featuring one of the overtures and the great Sinfonia Concertante – a concerto for violin and viola soloists – and the Chorus, with chamber orchestra, presents the sparkling setting of the Gloria by Vivaldi.

Brigid Coult, Chorus Conductor
James Malmberg, Orchestra Conductor & violin soloist
Manti Poon, viola soloist
Tabitha Brasso-Ernst, mezzo soprano soloist

Orchestra & Chorus

Tickets purchased in advance:
$23 - Adult
$20 - Senior/Student
(Children under 16 are free with paid ticket)

Tickets purchased at the door on night of concert: $25 each

Follow the link above to purchase tickets for Clean & Classic with your credit card.

Paper/Season Tickets
6 or more tickets for any concert this season are $15 each, in advance!
Please contact roca@roca.ca if you would like paper tickets, a season package, or any number of tickets for any concert this season.

What were the songs you sang When We Were Young? Family singalongs? school events? what was on the radio, or the albums you exchanged with friends?

ROCA’s members were polled, and it turned out that many of them were would-be pop stars! What we sang obviously depended on our age, but we ended up zeroing in on the music of the ‘60’s to the ‘80s (some of us are older, some of us younger for that repertoire). Of course, a lot of those numbers are not written for orchestra and chorus – but James Malmberg didn’t let that stop him, and turned to colleagues to arrange rock music into a format for our ensemble.

So we’ll be offering songs from ‘60’s Beach Boys to ‘80’s Metallica, with hits from Procul Harem, Queen, and Pink Floyd, to name only a few. We are delighted to welcome Frank Ludwig, of Canadian rock group Trooper as our MC for the concert, and will be sharing his own arrangement of “Round Round We Go”. And of course, no rock concert would be complete without a Beatles singalong to end it.

Come join us for a retro evening – dig out your tie-dyed shirts, your beads, your big hair, your leather! James Malmberg will lead the ROCA band from the bass guitar, while Brigid Coult will bring Chorus and Orchestra together for an evening in which We Will We Will Rock You!

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Richmond Orchestra and Chorus

Don't miss your chance to experience the mesmerizing talent of pianist Libby Yu in an unforgettable concert event.

A Vancouver pianist, Libby Yu is recognized internationally as an accomplished performer, collaborator, teacher and adjudicator. An audience favourite, she has graced international stages including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Carnegie Recital Hall in New York, Le Chatre in Nohant, and the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena. She has also appeared as soloist with major symphony orchestras such as the Netherlands Philharmonic, Montreal, Toronto, National Arts Centre, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver, CBC Vancouver, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Manitoba Chamber and Victoria. 

She will be performing Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Paganini accompanied by the Richmond Orchestra. Come join us for an enthralling evening of music.

Richmond Orchestra

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Join the Richmond Orchestra in celebrating three “Rising Star” musicians! 

SOLOISTS

Anka Stefanovic: Clarinet

Caleb Chiu: Violin

Kathryn Fakeley: Cello

They will be performing movements from: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, Sibelius's Violin Concerto, and Dvorak's Cello Concerto.

Children 12 years old and younger can attend for free when accompanied by an adult.

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Richmond Orchestra

Come and enjoy orchestral music from Hansel and Gretel, Nutcracker, and other Christmas favourites.

Admission will be by donation at the door.

Offering mostly sacred choral music, this performances ranges from a baroque setting by Vivaldi through to the energetic "Gospel Magnificat" of Robert Ray

Richmond Chorus, directed by Brigid Coult

Purchase your tickets here:https://www.vtixonline.com/richmond-orchestra-and-chorus/3055/

Fauré’s “Requiem” and other music to acknowledge and honour those we have lost over the past few years.

Richmond Orchestra and Chorus, led by James Malmberg & Brigid Coult

• God Save the King ~ Last Post & Reveille ~ O Canada

• Eroica Symphony: Funeral March - Beethoven

• In Memoriam - Sibelius

• Banks of Green Willow - Butterworth

• Beethoven Funeral March - Walch

• “Nimrod” Variation - Elgar

• Requiem - Gabriel Faure (baritone solo: Joshua Levesque)

Purchase your tickets here: https://www.vtixonline.com/richmond-orchestra-and-chorus/3018/

Note: This concert will be recorded and available for streaming in December 2022. On Sunday, Nov. 6 at 4pm, Richmond Chorus will join a church service at St. Mary’s Kerrisdale featuring the Faure Requiem. This does not include the full In Memoriam concert program and is not ticketed.

CONCERT RESCHEDULED FOR DEC. 7

Questions to our office administrator: roca.office@gmail.com

In-Person Tickets are now SOLD OUT! Thank you!

Watch this space for an online concert with special priced tickets (coming soon)!

ROCA follows the guidance provided by the Province of British Columbia’s BC Restart Plan.

• All audience members, performers, and staff must be fully vaccinated and masked.

• Please note the current BC Government proof of vaccination requirement. Proof of vaccination will be required to access indoor ticketed concerts.

• Please follow all relevant signage when arriving at and inside the venue.

• There will be no intermission; the concert duration is 1 hour.