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St. John’s Vancouver presents its annual Christmas Concert with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet and organist David Poon. This family-friendly event features festive music from various genres, including classical, jazz, and popular carols. Join in the holiday cheer with sing-alongs and performances by some of Vancouver’s finest musicians.
A Holiday Celebration for the preservation and maintenance of the historic Pipe Organ at Canadian Memorial United Church.
This December, be transported into a world of festive joy with “The Gift of Music – A Classic Christmas,” a heartwarming and uplifting Christmas Concert featuring the grandeur of pipe organ and brass.
Historic Canadian Memorial United Church heralds the beginning of the festive season with timeless Christmas melodies and holiday favourites. The concert is showcasing the talents of accomplished Canadian Memorial organist Bruce McKenzie, alongside the vibrant and dynamic Lions Gate Brass Quintet, and the Canadian Memorial Music Team under the direction of Jay Esplana. The program is brimming with Christmas music you love—stirring organ pieces, radiant brass arrangements, and joyful carol sing-alongs.
Adding a nostalgic touch, the Canadian Memorial United Church Players present a live performance of the beloved short Christmas radio play, “The Gift of the Magi.”
All proceeds directly support the Organ Fund, ensuring the preservation and care of Canadian Memorial’s 96 year old Casavant Pipe Organ – a community treasure.
Don’t miss this chance to be part of a spectacular event filled with music, tradition, and community, while helping preserve one of Vancouver’s most cherished musical instruments.
Four hilarious shorts from the golden age of silent movies, featuring three of Vancouver’s own organists providing live accompaniment with literally all the bells and whistles!
The organists:
Michael Dirk
Edward Norman
Koos van Nieuwkoop
The movies:
Good Night Nurse (1918) – Starring Roscoe Arbuckle with Buster Keaton
April Fool (1924) – starring Charley Chase with Blanche Mehaffey
Mighty Like a Moose (1926) – Starring Charley Chase with Vivien Oakland
Fiddlesticks (1927) – Starring Harry Langdon
Presented by St Mary’s Kerrisdale Parish Choir with Kirk Adsett, Director of Music/Organist
You are all warmly invited to St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church’s January Choral Evensong.
For this service, Denis Bédard’s former UBC organ students and SJS organists Michael Dirk and David Poon are mounting a music programme in honour of Denis’ 75th birthday.
A celebratory reception will follow the service.
Repertoire will include:
- Responses: Richard Ayleward
- Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D, Herbert Brewer
- Psalm: 113, David Poon, after Denis Bédard
- Anthem: May None of God’s Wonderful Works, Denis Bédard
- Postlude: Festive Toccata, Denis Bédard
- Hymns: Cruger, Old Hundredth