Heather Walker is a professional horn player and a core member of the Vancouver Island Symphony. Join her in the theatre as the symphony launches it’s 24/25 season! Heather is also a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique. Please contact her to find out how the technique can help you change tension, bad posture, and inefficient movement habits for the better.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2024
7:30 pm | Port Theatre, Nanaimo
PRE-CONCERT TALKS: 6:30 PM

We launch the Symphony’s 30th “Pearl” Anniversary Season with the popular Dvořák Cello Concerto, featuring guest cellist and composer, Sointu Aalto . Tchaikovsky’s most famous Symphony No. 6, known as The Pathétique, was originally named The Passionate.

CONDUCTOR: Cosette Justo Valdés

GUEST ARTISTS: Sointu Aalto Cello
Paige Pierce, Nanaimo Youth Poet Laureate

PROGRAMME
DVOŘÁK   Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191

Sointu AALTO  uni vers uni World Premiere

TCHAIKOVSKY   Symphony No. 6, op.74 in B minor “The Pathétique”

Heather is also a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique.