Heather Walker is a professional horn player and a core member of the Vancouver Island Symphony. Join them for the opening concert of the 2026/27 season.

Featuring our new Concertmaster, Joan Blackman, this concert ignites in a blaze of colour with Music for a Celebration, a burst of rhythm and light that sets the evening in motion. Brahms follows with a feat of imagination, forging an entire work from a single Haydn theme. The night culminates in Rimsky-Korsakov’s beloved Scheherazade, inspired by the Arabic folktales of One Thousand and One Nights.

GUEST CONDUCTOR: Jonathan Girard

PROGRAMME
Alexina LOUIE: Music for a Celebration

Nikolai RIMSKY-KOSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 15

Johannes BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2026 at the Port Theatre, Nanaimo, B.C.
PRE-CONCERT TALK: 6:30 PM | CONCERT 7:30 PM

When not performing music professionally, Heather teaches the Alexander Technique, a unique tool for improving posture and changing movement habits. For more information about private sessions, workshops, and group classes, please contact Heather through this website.