The Kessler Academy
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Music on Main & Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre present
The Kessler Academy
Sunday, August 10, 2025 | 3pm
Performance Centre
Led by Vancouver’s beloved Microcosmos String Quartet, the annual Kessler Academy String Orchestra brings together emerging string professionals and advanced students for a week of intensive rehearsals and orchestral music making. At this year’s concert, celebrated English tenor Charles Daniels is the featured soloist for Benjamin Britten’s “Les Illuminations,” an evocative and luminous song cycle. The orchestra also plays Michael Tippet’s popular and uplifting “Concerto for Double String Orchestra.” It’s a perfect summer afternoon of great music making.
Featuring:
Charles Daniels, tenor
The Microcosmos Quartet:
Marc Destrubé, violin I
Andrea Siradze, violin II
Tawnya Popoff, viola
Ben Goheen, cello
The Kessler Academy’s String Orchestra
Programme
Benjamin Britten – Les Illuminations, with soloist Charles Daniels
Michael Tippett – Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Get Tickets
The Kessler Academy
Sunday, August 10, 2025 | 3pm
Performance Centre
Led by Vancouver’s beloved Microcosmos String Quartet, the annual Kessler Academy String Orchestra brings together emerging string professionals and advanced students for a week of intensive rehearsals and orchestral music making. At this year’s concert, celebrated English tenor Charles Daniels is the featured soloist for Benjamin Britten’s “Les Illuminations,” an evocative and luminous song cycle. The orchestra also plays Michael Tippet’s popular and uplifting “Concerto for Double String Orchestra.” It’s a perfect summer afternoon of great music making.
Featuring:
Charles Daniels, tenor
The Microcosmos Quartet:
Marc Destrubé, violin I
Andrea Siradze, violin II
Tawnya Popoff, viola
Ben Goheen, cello
The Kessler Academy’s String Orchestra
Programme
Benjamin Britten – Les Illuminations, with soloist Charles Daniels
Michael Tippett – Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Get Tickets
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