Our 2025–2026 Concerts

The Ambleside Orchestra normally presents up to eight concerts of varied orchestral repertoire each year, in community venues across the North Shore and in Vancouver.

 

Mainstage Concerts

We present four or five mainstage concerts each season, performing exciting new repertoire at each one.

Admission for an adult is $25. Admission for a child (up to age 12) is free.

• Sunday, February 1, 2026
  3 pm
  Highlands United Church
  3255 Edgemont Boulevard
  North Vancouver
  

  Program:
  Schubert, Rosamunde Overture
  Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, featuring violinist Nancy DiNovo
  Dvořák, The Water Goblin

   
• CHANGED DATE: Saturday, April 18, 2026
  8 pm
  Highlands United Church
  3255 Edgemont Boulevard
  North Vancouver
  

  Program:
  Morawetz, Passacaglia on a Bach Chorale
  Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Opus 21, First Movement, featuring pianist Kelly Zhang
  Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Opus 22, First Movement, featuring pianist Serena Yuan
  Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Opus 22, Third Movement, featuring pianist Jinghan Chu
  Knudson, Earthly Delights
  Knudson, A Vagabond Song
  Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, featuring pianist Joseph Goulding

   
• Saturday, June 6, 2026
  8 pm
  Highlands United Church
  3255 Edgemont Boulevard
  North Vancouver
  

  Program:
  Weber, Jubel Overture, Opus 59
  Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Orchestra, K. 297b, featuring oboist Kostas Tiliakos, clarinetist Gene Ramsbottom, hornist Duncan Shaw, and bassoonist Anthony Avery
  Bizet, Carmen Suite No. 1 and No. 2

   

Chamber Group Concerts

From time to time, members of our orchestra perform in small chamber groups in intimate settings. Admission is by donation.

• Sunday, March 8, 2026
  3 pm
  St. Agnes Anglican Church
  530 East 12th Street
  North Vancouver
  

  Program:

  A selection of short pieces by a brass quintet, a wind quartet, and two string quartets.

         

Community Concerts

We present one or two community concerts each year. Admission is free.

Please watch this space for news of upcoming community concerts.

       

Behind-the-Scenes Rehearsals

Ever wonder what goes on at an orchestra rehearsal? Come and see!

Once or twice a year, we open a rehearsal so you can glimpse what goes on behind the scenes. You'll enjoy good music, the odd mistake, interesting commentary, and a few laughs. Admission is free.

Please watch this space for news of upcoming behind-the-scenes rehearsals.