Cantata “Yellow River” performed by B.C. Philharmonic Orchestra Vancouver, Youth Philharmonic Orchestra at Chan Center on Oct 20th, 2019
Formed at the end of 2016, the BC Philharmonic Society BCPS (formally known as Vancouver Youth Philharmonic Orchestra Society) is a registered non-profit society with a mandate to promote, to perform and to produce orchestra music in Vancouver as well as all over the world.
In these five years, the BCPS has become very popular in the Vancouver community by giving out many public performances with less than 50 musicians under the music director/conductor Zhuo, Rui Shi who won the first prize at Romania Black Sea International Conducting Competition at different occasions with a high level professional performing.
We made our first “Flash Mob” at the Richmond Lansdown Mall in April 2017. And we had our first annual concert at the Fraser-view Church in Richmond In June 2017. Also we were invited to perform to celebrate the Chinese New Year at the Richmond Aberdeen Center in February 2018. Especially, our orchestra performed at big theater of Disney Land World, Los Angeles, California USA on March 2018 and also we held a combination performances with Telesis Academy Orchestra, Nogales and Rowland High School Combines Orchestra and RUSD Honor Orchestra in USA. We have our second annual concert at the Norman Rothstein Theatre Vancouver BC in June 19, 2018. One week ago, BCPO and VYPO combined performance for annual 2019 concert with a lot of audience joined our wonderful performance in the Vancouver Scottish Culture Center on June 15, 2019.
Especially, we performed a very successful concert of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the creation of the “Yellow River” Cantata with BC Philharmonic Orchestra and Vancouver Youth Philharmonic Orchestra combined Herald Chanters Choir and Si-Chuan Xing Hai Choir on the Chan Center of UBC on October 20, and Grand Concert with BC Philharmonic Orchestra and Vancouver Youth Philharmonic Orchestra combined Herald Chanters Choir and S.C.U.T. Vancouver Alumni Chorus on Vancouver Playhouse on December 22, 2019. Now, BCPOS received a lot of performing invitation. Due to the pandemic. we converted the format of the concert to virtual online, 2021 New Year Online Concert in Jan 2021 and resumed the in-person concert 2021 Winter Concert on Dec 5, 2021, followed by “Looking Forward to 2022” livestream concert on Dec 12, 2021.
In 2022, we held the 2022 Summer Concert at Norman Rothstein Theater on Jun 30, BC Philharmonic Concert on Nov 20 and 2022 Winter Concert at Beedie Arts Centre on Dec 17. Meanwhile on Dec 18, we joined the community Christmas Celebration Event at the Aberdeen Center in Richmond
In 2023, to support the 2023 New Year Charity Concert held by Seeya Youth Fraternity Foundation. we performed during the event on Jan 15 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver
BC爱乐协会成立于2016年底,下辖温哥华青年爱乐乐团和BC 爱乐乐团,是一个在省政府注册的非营利性的音乐团体,其使命是在温哥华以及世界各地推广、演出和制作管弦乐队音乐。在这两年的排练、演出的时间里,这个乐团有大约有50位音乐家,在指挥家—罗马尼亚黑海国际指挥比赛金奖获得者卓汭仕先生的带领下,该乐团迅速提高的职业水平,在大温哥华社区非常受欢迎,它在不同的场合举行了许多公开演出,我们于2017年4月在列治文市的Lansdown购物中心制作演出了该年第一个“音乐快闪”。2017年6月,我们又在列治文市成功举办了第一次年度音乐会。我们还应邀分别于2018年2月、2019年的2月在列治文市著名的Aberdeen Center中心,成功举办了两场庆祝中国新年 – 春节音乐会。特别是2018年3月,我们的爱乐管弦乐团,在美国加利福尼亚州的洛杉矶迪斯尼乐园的大剧院演出,我们还在美国与美国远程学院管弦乐队、诺加莱斯和罗兰高中联合管弦乐团和RUSD荣誉管弦乐团成功地举行了联合演出。2018年6月19日,我们在不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华市的诺曼罗斯坦(犹太人中心)剧院举行了第二次年度音乐会,获得极大的成功与佳评。今年六月15号,乐团的第三年度音乐会再温哥华苏格兰文化中心举行,场内座无虚席,观众极多站着听完整场音乐会,乐团极具专业的演奏,获得公众的广泛的赞誉!
特别是我们在今年的十月二十号, 在UBC的陈氏演艺中心,联合温哥华海韵合唱团和中国四川星海合唱团,十分成功地演出了“纪念黄河大合唱诞生与首演八十周年”音乐会。接下来在今年十二月22号,在温哥华小女皇剧院, 我们BC爱乐乐团和温哥华青年爱乐乐团,又联合海韵合唱团、华南理工大学合唱团成功的举行了【宏大音乐会】的演出。目前BC爱乐乐团已收到许多重要的演出邀请。
2021年1月, 我们举行了了线上新年音乐会。 随着疫情的好转,2021年12月5日, 我们青年乐团举办了2021冬季音乐会。12月12日,我们举办了现场和直播同步音乐会“展望2022”。
2022年6月30日, 我们在犹太人社区中心温哥华剧场举办了2022年青年乐团夏季音乐会。 11月20日, 我们专业乐团也举办了“爱乐音乐会”在Michael J. Fox剧场。12月17日,我们的青年乐团,在温哥华Beedi Arts中心举办了冬季音乐会。
2023年1月15日,我们参与演出了2023新年音乐会,为支持赛亚青年艺术基金会。
BCPO; VYPO Performed the 2nd Movement of Beethoven Symphony No.7 on Grand Concert at UBC Than Center on Dec 22nd, 2019