issue one - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

M E S S A G E F R O M
vso chairman and vso president & CEO
Dear Friends,
Welcome to the opening concerts of the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s exciting
2010-2011 season. The VSO is proud to
have been serving the people of British
Columbia since 1919, and we are delighted
you are with us for today’s concert.
The 2009-2010 season was one of the
most successful for the VSO in recent
history. In addition to Maestro Tovey and the
Orchestra performing at a very high level to
packed houses and our educational programs
continuing to flourish, reaching over 50,000
children, significant increases in ticket sales
volume and donations from individuals,
along with prudent management of expenses
resulted in a surplus on annual operations
for the seventh consecutive fiscal year.
During the 2010-2011 season the
orchestra will perform over 150 concerts
in 12 different venues throughout the
Lower Mainland. In addition to the Orpheum
Theatre, St. Andrew’s Wesley Church, the
Vancouver Playhouse and Roundhouse
Community Centre in downtown Vancouver,
VSO presentations can be experienced at the
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC,
Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver, Bell
Centre in Surrey, Michael J. Fox Theatre and
Deer Lake Park in Burnaby, Kay Meek Theatre
in West Vancouver, South Delta Baptist
Church, and the Terry Fox Theatre in
Port Coquitlam.
This season will also see the continuation
of our extraordinary education programs,
as well as the February 2011 opening of
the Vancouver Symphony Centre and
VSO School of Music directly next to the
Orpheum Theatre.
The mission of the Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra is to enrich the quality of life in,
and bring prestige to our city, province and
country through the presentation of highquality
performances of classical and
popular music, and the delivery of excellent
education and community programs.
Because of you, our audience, donors,
sponsors and government funders, we
are able to achieve these goals.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, Maestro
Tovey, our musicians, staff and volunteers,
we thank you for your commitment to the
VSO, and wish you a most delightful
2010-2011 season.
Please enjoy today’s concert.
Sincerely yours,
Arthur H. Willms
Chair, Board of Directors
Jeff Alexander
President & Chief Executive Officer
ARTHUR WILLMS
JEFF ALEXANDER
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