Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, and adapted by Bryony Lavery has been developed and produced by GISS Theatre's 10-12 class. It's a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the innkeeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor's feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites […]
Fusing Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk and global rhythms in songs about immigration, resistance and love, OKAN takes their name from the word for heart in their Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria. With vocals in Spanish, English and Spanglish, OKAN is led by the Cuban-born violinist and vocalist Elizabeth Rodriguez and percussionist and vocalist Magdelys Savigne, […]
GISS Music Presents its semester-end show, featuring the Choir, Concert Band, Jazz Band, GISPA Music, and Guitar Class (complete with a surf-rock medley guitar ensemble extravaganza)! The perfect way to kick off the summer! 2 hours. Intermission. BUY TICKETS
Sat Jun 1 | Come see the Makana Youth Choir in action with their end of term concert. These young singers from grades 2-9 will show you their enthusiasm and joy at the end of their second term. With a focus on teaching musical concepts such as harmony, tone and note reading, find out what […]
One night only! GISS Dance will host a Community Dance performance. Dancers in several programs on Salt Spring will perform their year-end dance pieces and offer the community a glimpse of the vibrant dance scene here on the island. The show will include students from Jen Soo’s Ballet class, Lara Raven’s Evolve Dance kids' classes […]
This production has been collectively composed, choreographed, and arranged by the students, under the direction of Jason Donaldson and Michelle Footz. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a play by Simon Stephens, based on the novel by Mark Haddon. The play explores themes of differences and self actualization. Protagonist Christopher Boone […]
Friday May 24, 2024 | Doors Open 6:30 | Presentations + Members Vote 7:00-8:00pm The 100 Women Who Care initiative was launched in 2006 as a simple, efficient, and effective collective fundraising model for charities. One hundred (or more) women each contribute $100 and vote for one of three nominated charities three times a year. […]
A light-hearted and fun romp through the oldies featuring Ben E. King, The Flamingos, The Del Vikings, Peggy Lee, The Drifters, Carol King, James Brown, Nina Simone, Nat King Cole, Roy Orbison, Otis Redding, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, The Searchers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Cooke and others. Intermission and concession. If you were born […]
Join Viva Chorale as the choir takes you to the sylvan dome of a woodland night, and feel voices on the wind as leaves descend to the forest floor. Canadian composers such as Tim Corlis, Stephen Chapman and Sheryl Sewepagaham offer interpretations of earth and forest, and our connection to the land and changing climate. […]
Small Town Artillery Collective (STAC) is an original sextet from the Pacific Northwest, with hubs in Vancouver, Saltspring Island, Kaslo, Lillooet and Victoria. They play pretty good and often interesting rock and roll music. Leading the band is Tom "Tommy" van Deursen, Mateada's Artistic Director. On Violin & Vocal - and opening up the show […]
What better way to end our season than a concert of Schubert and Mozart with special guests, pianists Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow and the Vetta Chamber Players! Franz Schubert Fantasia in F minor, D.940 (Op. posth. 103) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet in E flat major, K 493 Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A […]
Celebrate the joy of reading in a fresh, family friendly way! The enormously popular children’s play, The Enchanted Bookshop, is now a musical! A Likely Story, an ordinary book shop by day, is a magical place each night. Thanks to a spell from the Book Fairy, the story book characters come alive after dark. Five […]
Sat Apr 13 | Experience an unforgettable evening performance of Indigenous dance presenting three original choreographies by dancers Beany John (“The Awakening,”) Yvonne Chartrand (“Eagle Spirit,”) and “Carriers & Keepers of the Ancestral Portals” by Beany John and Sophie Dow. In a recent update to the programming, Friday night will now feature Matriarchs Uprising's Indigi-Dance […]
You are invited to celebrate contemporary Indigenous dance as Matriarchs Uprising takes over ArtSpring for an exciting multi-day series of events that brings together Indigenous female choreographers who are nurturing the art of contemporary dance and weaving stories of transformation. Take part in the artist-led Talking Truths circle conversation and tea social to glean deeper […]
Mar 27 | A strong and iconic voice from Vancouver, the dynamic Shay Kuebler returns with a poignant and virtuosic piece that delves into the pain of solitude. In today’s world, isolation—a theme that has inspired Kuebler since 2018, when he learned that the UK had appointed a Minister for Loneliness—has taken on a whole […]
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE | Charles Gounod | Sat Mar 23 | 9:55am FINAL OPERA OF THE SEASON! Two singers at the height of their powers—soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s Shakespeare adaptation, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores. Bartlett […]
Mar 22 | Join us for music that excites the heart and feeds the soul! Payadora is an award-winning ensemble who performs its own arrangements of a core repertoire drawing from Argentinian/ Uruguayan traditions (tangos, milongas, waltzes, and folk music such as the Zamba and chacarera,) as well as original songs inspired by that tradition. […]
Join Sue Newman for an adventure into the world of musical theatre and what it is to become a “triple threat”! Acting! Singing! Dancing! Throughout the course, the group will not only learn skills in each genre, but design posters and come up with costumes and props! Problem solving together and the overall creative process culminates in […]
