Each year about this time, The Valley Concert Society has made a subscriber very happy. Everyone who purchases a subscription to the new season by June 30 automatically becomes part of a random draw. The winner receives an additional free … Read More
The opening concert in the 2025/26 season of the Valley Concert Society is still a few months away, but now is a great time to subscribe. Everyone who subscribes by June 30 will be added to a draw for an … Read More
The 2024-25 season of the Valley Concert Society is in the books, and we are left with our memories of musical inspiration, of experiences that lifted us above the cares of daily life. What are the memories that stand out … Read More
When Quartetto Gelato brought the house down in the concert that closed the Valley Concert Society’s 2024-25 season, it should have been a perfect night—our largest crowd since the pandemic, outstanding musicianship, rapturous applause, spontaneous laughter, exclamations of joy from … Read More
Quartetto Gelato will bring the 2024-25 season of the Valley Concert Society to a rousing close on Friday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium. The foursome bring serious talent to their programs. They also take their … Read More
The Valley Concert Society will end its outstanding 2024-25 season on a lighthearted note as it welcomes Quartetto Gelato to the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium on Friday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. Able to blend their superb musicianship with a love … Read More
Wow! (First draft) Wow! (Feedback from my editors: Too short. Redo.) Wow! (Second draft) That was incredible! (Feedback from my editors: Still too short. Lacks imagination. Change the title.) Virtuosity (Third draft) It just feels like that’s all there is … Read More
Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene and American pianist Sahun Sam Hong will take the stage of the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium on Friday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. The closing piece on their program will be the Violin Sonata No. 2 in … Read More
On Friday, March 21, the Valley Concert Society will welcome Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene and pianist Sahun Sam Hong to the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Dalene is a young musician making a huge splash at an early age … Read More