You are invited to Robert's 60th Birthday! Join us in celebrating Victoria's musical treasure, Robert Holliston, with a magical performance of Classical and Romantic masterpieces followed by birthday cake and wine!
=0D=0A=Robert will be joined on stage by his friends and fellow VCM Faculty colleagues, including sopranos Nancy Argenta and Ingrid Attrot, violinist Gwen Thompson, cellist Paula Kiffner, and pianist Tzenka Dianova, to perform works by Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms, as well as German Lieder, and folk songs.
=0D=0A=Our Man of the Hour Robert Holliston studied at the Victoria Conservatory of Music under Robin Wood and Winifred Scott Wood, and at the University of British Columbia under Robert Rogers. As an accompanist and chamber player he has performed throughout Canada and the USA, England and New Zealand, and has been heard frequently on CBC-Radio. He has recorded CDs with the popular salon ensemble Viveza, trombonist Ian McDougall, tenor Ken Lavigne, his brother Tom Holliston, Show Business Giants, and members of the Hornby Island Ensemble. Robert has collaborated with many of Canada’s leading singers, including Richard Margison, Benjamin Butterfield, Judith Forst, Nathalie Paulin, Susan Platts, Peter Barcza, and fellow VCM faculty members; string players Eugene Fodor, Moshe Hammer, Marc Destrubé, Jonathan Crow, and Paul Marleyn; and (with Viveza) dancers Karen Kain and Evelyn Hart.
=0D=0A=A popular public speaker, Robert has given pre-performance lectures for Pacific Opera Victoria since 1993 and is POV’s Principal Coach.
=0D=0A=Still an active performer, Robert is currently Head of Keyboard at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, where he also teaches piano and music history, and acts as vocal coach. Robert was a founding director of the VCM Opera Studio and is the Repetiteur for the Pacific Opera Victoria.
=0D=0A=Robert is known and loved by everyone and his birthday celebration will be one party you do not want to miss.
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