Local Musician Victoria Yeh Launches 2024-25 Orchestral Season
/Local Peterborough musician, Victoria Yeh, has launched her schedule for the 2024-25 orchestral season.
Photo courtesy of Victoria Yeh.
Yeh recently received grants from EC3 and RTO8 Kawarthas Northumberland Tourism.
This winter, her annual production ‘Timeless’ is being featured with an 11-piece Spirit Awakens string orchestra and her original jazz quartet at Peterborough’s Market Hall on winter solstice, Dec. 21.
The same production will show for the first time at Meaford Hall on Dec. 19. This year, in celebration of the many unsung contributions of women in music, the orchestra will feature a full lineup of leading Canadian female musicians including conductor Cheryll Chung and concertmaster, Natalie Wong.
‘Timeless’ sees Yeh’s violin through the ages of classical baroque to romantic to original jazz fusion. Each year features a refreshed music program, with a similar format - the evening opening with the Spirit Awakens string orchestra, followed by Yeh’s full band in the second half. An eclectic concert that is both grande and intimate, classical and modern, Yeh continues to be approached by fans raving about the shows featuring music ranging from Vivaldi to Chick Corea.
“People have approached me year round saying they attended ‘Timeless’ because they were either drawn in by the band or by the classical orchestra - and in every case, they were surprised and delighted by the other half of the concert,” said Yeh. “That’s exactly the gift I want to share with my audience. The gift of discovering music that you would never have thought to seek out yourself, but that you fall in love with unexpectedly.”
If her season didn’t sound busy enough, Yeh will also perform as a soloist with the Summerhill Orchestra in Toronto while serving her third year as Concertmaster for the Northumberland Orchestra Society in Cobourg.
The season of orchestral concerts include:
Dec. 14 - Northumberland Orchestra Christmas concert, with Conductor Dan Tremblay and Concertmaster Victoria Yeh at Trinity United (Cobourg)
Dec. 19 - Victoria Yeh’s “Timeless” at Meaford Hall (Meaford)
Dec. 21 - Victoria Yeh’s “Timeless” at Market Hall (Peterborough)
Feb. 1 - “Music of our Time” Parkdale Orchestra, with Conductor John Kraus and soloist Victoria Yeh (Ottawa)
March 3 - Summerhill Orchestra, with Conductor Sarah John, and soloists Victoria Yeh and Natalie Wong (Toronto)
April 4 - “Spring Into April” Georgian Bay Symphony, with Conductor Jeffrey Pollock and soloist Victoria Yeh (Owen Sound)
May 3 - Northumberland Orchestra Season Finale with Conductor Dan Tremblay and Concertmaster Victoria Yeh at Trinity United (Cobourg)
